a p the world. r pave the planet. one world. one people ... · super secret war-room in waiting. it...

GDT has had delusions of grandeur since its ineptionø —there's no new information there — but it wasn't untilrecently that we've really begun to exercise our aggres-

sive tendencies. Not only have we been given access to a computer and scanner that

we can use (We will hug him and pet him and call him George...)† for as long as weexist, RIT's Computer Science House and the Glorious Commune of Acheron havegiven Hell's Kitchen office space, allowing GDT to have a permanent base. Of

course, since we now have a home and are no longer forced to wander the deserts,¥

all of the equipment and literature we've acquired over the last three years can beput to good use.

Military intelligence and weapons training manuals, TVs, VCRs, oscilloscopes,games of Twister, Sea Monkeys.... Once we got everything into one place, we real-ized what we simply had to have: a war room. But what war room is completewithout a globe? To that end, we set about to get one the old fashioned way: we'dsteal it.

Rule number one in creating and making a subversive and officially unsupport-ed publication work is to act like you know what you're doing. Thanks to westerncivilization's attitude of “mind your own business” this works in just about any sit-uation; walk into a room and look like you shouldn't be there and you'll have secu-

rity on you in no time. Act like you own the place and you do.√

Using this simple technique the staff members of GDT and Hell's Kitchen havegained access to rooms and equipment that we really shouldn't have access to. Takefor example the various Neibliums.

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"Pave the planet. One world. One people. Oneslab of asphalt."

ø Not a type-o.† Thank you, Mr. Diablo. We promise to be good to everything!¥ Cast out of our birthplace—the dinning commons named Gracies on RIT—and subject toperiodic obstacles placed in our path by RIT's Center for Campus Life, we feel like we'vestumbled onto our very own Promised Land.√The best example of this came from a teacher I had in high school. According to her, sheand some friends managed to get some traffic cones, uniforms, and equipment while in col-lege. They then proceeded to set up their equipment in the middle of a busy intersection andtear the crap out of the road. In only a short time the police arrived...to divert traffic! Comelunch time they decided they were really pushing their luck, so they just never returnedfrom their break. In another teacher's words "fake it till you make it." Good advice, guys.

First mentioned during Religious Marathon weekwhere we related our discussions with Thor on thenature of belief while lost in the netherworlds undersome of RIT's academic buildings, we have bravely ven-

tured there several times in the past.π Of course theWagner (pronounced Vaaaagner) operas sung off-key bythe dwarfs really push us to the edge of sanity, but it canreally be quite useful.

OK, that's not entirely true.The most interesting thing Iever emerged from the under-world with was a spool of cop-per wire, and I had to barterwith some slimy green icky thingthat kept calling my high schoolring “our precious.” I wasmore than happy to give itto him for the copper, butthe weird thing was thatwhen he put it on he justdisappeared. Weird. ButI'm REALLY off topic here.Sorry. I just thought youmight appreciate this notbeing a footnote.

Anyway, when we needed a globe, of course ourfirst stop in shopping was the underworld. It's easy toget to. Climb into an elevator (Like I'd tell you whichone. I'm not going to be responsible when some poor fratguy thinks he's cool, goes to Middle Earth and goesinsane from all the operas), take it to the top floor, hit allthe buttons, and while it's going down, jump up anddown. If it doesn't get stuck between the 1st and 2nd

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π And I have reason to believe that Steve Antonson, formerwriter for the Melancholy Predator spent an entire quarter or morethere. His journal, “Notes from the Underground,” published inthe Predator prior to it's metamorphosis into the MelancholyHomewrecker, is an indispensible guide for any brave souls wish-ing to tackle this bizarre land.

floor, repeat this whole procedure. If itdoes get stuck, ring the bell twice andthe car should start up again. Eventuallythe car will stop again. When the doorsopen, welcome to the hidden worldbelow. To your left you'll see a red-head-ed physicist in a wheelchair. He is theperson who uses the winch to move theelevator. Give him a drink of water andhe'll help ya out.

Of course, you don't always end upin the same place. I've tried to draw amap of the various places I've gotten tofrom the same starting location, but itended up looking like a hyper cube, andsince the Doctor says such things can't bedone I think I did something wrong.

This particular time I ended up inwhat looked like the storage area in thebasement of a dilapidated, industrialkinda building. After giving the elevatoroperator a glass of Fountainhead™ bot-

tled waterµ (In a voice that'd come froma repressed worker from the 1800's:“You're always so nice. You give medrinks of water.”), I started snoopingaround. There were a bunch of doors andall were locked save one which openedinto a passageway that led farther intothe structure of the facility.

There I discovered stacks of varioussized sea monkeys (yummy), marble(cool), some turn-of-the-century brasschandeliers (sayy) and an airlift gurney(huh?). I took the gurney, some sea mon-keys and the cool three inch diameterspherical bulb covers from the chande-

liers. I can think of a million uses forthem. My own snow-globes, for instance(Rosebud!). I can have a box of 'em whenI'm feeling especially melancholy andlamenting my lost childhood.

Anyway, I popped the other storagedoors and found me a wee bookcase,some unassembled, pre-fab office furni-ture that I didn't want, and the globe.Ahhhh, the globe. The dusty acrylic orbhad a 32 inch diameter and was set in amassive brass ring, adding another threeinches to its girth. We're talking a reallybig globe here. I could see bothLiechtenstein and Tuva clearly markedon it's surface.

The brass ring sits and can roll in thebase, thus providing the X-Y rotation. Iimmediately knew that this was THEGLOBE that we needed, but I was torn.The globe definitely wouldn't fit into myBeetle, so I asked a one eyed dwarf whohappened by singing Wozzeck, by AlbanBerg, for advice.

It so happened that he had a blazerand using my stunning personality andinnate people skills I convinced him tolet me borrow it. Luckily it fit into theelevator and I popped back into the nor-mal world, ears ringing from that night'satonal aural assault.

Being three in the afternoon I hadlittle trouble getting it to the blazerparked in a spot marked “ETC Vehiclesonly”...after all, I acted like I was sup-posed to be pushing a three foot globe inan oak frame and fitted with brass across


µ “When Objectivist thirst is just too much, satisfy yourself with Fountainhead”

one of RIT's parking lots. Why would Ihave any problems? Sure, there was theCampus Security guy perched up on topof the Imaging Science building whosaw me, but I just nodded my head tohim and he went back to watching theparking lot to make sure no one's carwas broken into.

After using the littleguy's scraper to get all thetickets off the windows, Imoved the seat back, tookoff the extenders on thepeddles, and loaded it upand zoomed it off to oursuper secret war-room inwaiting.

It will be a glorioussight. We've already gotmost of the equipment we'llneed. Of course, if just any-one walked in it would looklike a normal room, but hitthe secret button andBLAM-O! Quick-o, change-o, the war room appears.Couches flip over and wingbacked chairs with theChief of Staff strapped inappear and a huge mahogany table low-ers from the ceiling.

From the closet emerges CharlestonHeston. His job is just to walk aroundand say anything he wants...to add tothe atmosphere.

On the desk that folds out from thewall is our Red Phone. It is connecteddirectly to Dorthy Brown's (the person incharge of RIT's calendar of event's,

CalendaRIT) super secret line...the oneshe answers when she's “on the otherline” or “out of the office.”Unfortunately it's under a bell jar andsealed with a vacuum, so we really can'tuse it. Just as well, really. She hasn't beena help to us in the past.

The Def Con indicator is our masterstroke. Controlled byanother computer namedJoshua, it has five levels: 5indicates we're in a state ofporn, but this has neverhappened. We even don'tknow if there is a bulb inthere. Level four indicatesMario Cart, at which pointhuge monitors are loweredfrom the ceiling so we canplay N64. Level three indi-cates Mamma's Family ison the air and that we'reheaded for trouble. Thismight seem obscure, but ifyou think back to your car-toon filled Saturdays,you'll remember that whenMamma's Family came on,you knew that all the car-

toons were done for the day and that theworld just became that much darker.Level two is Golden Eye, and Level 1 is,of course, Global Thermal Nuclear War.The only glitch with the Def Con systemis that the computer, Joshua, alwayssays, “Hello Dr. Falcon. I don't want todo this anymore,” and shuts down. Thismeans we have to change the bulbs inthe indicator by hand, but we still think


it's a good system and are dedicated tomaking it work.

But the globe would finish the room.How else can we plot our expansion?Sure, it's fun to use golf clubs to push lit-tle pieces around on a Risk board, but aglobe is so much more impressive. Evenif it did nothing but sit in the corner tak-ing up space and collecting dust, peoplewould walk into the room, ignore thetable, Chiefs of Staff seat belted to theirchairs, and Charleston Heston, andthey'd say, “God DAMN! What a kickass war room! Where's the firing switchand why are there sea monkeys in thewater cooler?

After a bit of fidgeting with theglobe I fit it into the elevator and startedto take it up. The problems started once Itried to actually get it into the room. Itook the base off and it wouldn't fitthrough the frame. OK. It had littlecasters that were set in, so I tookthem off and, huzzah! it fit with roomto spare. The globe, however posed amore serious problem. It wouldn't fit. Asit wasn't fit with casters and remained asphere no matter which way I turned it Iwas beginning to get frustrated. Imaginea room filled with type A personalities,held down in their chairs, all yelling atyou on how you should go aboutgetting it in the door.

Of course, if theglobe were accurate, it would be a littleflattened at the poles and I could get itthough, but no use complaining aboutcentrifugal forces and the role theyshould play when making really big

acrylic globes. I'd rather throw it outthan bring it back to that horrid base-ment where I'm sure the dwarfs hadmoved onto something mind numbinglybad, like show tunes by Andrew LloydWeber. Ugggghhhhh.

I took the pins off the hinges ofdoors and tried again. UHG. And nowit's stuck. So if I push really hard, itseems springy enough...

CRACK!There goes the mid western US. Oh,

well. I never liked them anyway. It's in.So the world is ours, and we only

had to destroy the desert states, and a lit-tle bit of Mexico. Bru-ha-ha-ha. Watchfor us as we start annexing land in anarea near you!


Gracies Dinnertime Theatre Tourist’s Magazine Reviewby Sean Stanley

THIS WEEK: REPORTER

MAGAZINE

This week's moviereview has been pre-

empted. This is more of an editorial concern-ing recent trends in irresponsible journalism.On whose part, you may ask? Well, aroundhere (RIT), when I want a good healthy doseof irresponsible, convoluted, misguided,biased and totally irrelevant tripe, I turn toThe Reporter. They always deliver. Anddeliver they have over the past few weeks.Nothing is cooler than black text on a blackbackground, wishy-washy commentary, andtheir unique take on many issues.

Take the Rochester Cannabis Coalition(a fine group of people who balance politicalaction with a good amount of elementsfound in “Dazed and Confused”) and theway the Reporter has handled their recentstruggle with Fat Albert. In reading the vari-ous articles from the Reporter, one thing isclear. There is a SERIOUS drug problemamong the staff members of that publication.Its obvious that they don't do enough drugs.They probably don't do any drugs! How doyou expect to deliver objective and un-biasedcoverage of a major issue involving drugs ifyou don't do them yourself?

Their last issue concerning drug use oncampus was painful to the eye, due to thenumber of glaring errors. LSD IS ACID, youmorons!!! Come on! I'm sure that there areat least one or two people on the staff whohave done SOME drugs (maybe not a social-ly acceptable amount, but enough to giveReporter a frame of reference). If thereweren't, they should have found someonewho has done enough drugs to get the jobdone, and hired them for a bit.

The article concerning Fat Albert's letterto the RCC might have been tolerable to read

if it was presented by a twisted drug freak.Perhaps the drug heroin would not havebeen spelled “heroine” in this week's issue(“In spell check we trust?” Is there an editorin the house?? Oh that's right, Reporter is ineditor limbo. I am, however, glad to see thatthe head editor has stepped down, finallyrealizing that she's a meddling little trollopwho's right-wing, born-again Christian,born-again-virgin, Gestapo views were notconducive to running a responsible newspublication). What about the executive edi-tor? Doesn't he look over the proofs beforethey go to the press? Guess not. How doeshe expect to get a job in imaging science forthe CIA when he can't find typos in a collegenewspaper? Jesus Dan, you were worriedthat the CIA might find out about your affili-ation with us (for all you CIA backgroundcheckers, Dan Newland was a contributor forGDT Volume 4-7, and we suspect that he hasnumerous ties to the underground commu-nist movement in America today) and notgive you a position? Well, looking at themediocre job you're doing at Reporter, howcould anything we say hurt your chances atall?

Oh well. Takes all kinds, I guess. It justsaddens me to see all that tuition moneygoing to waste on a slip-shod publication. IfHell's Kitchen had one-tenth of Reporter'sbudget, things would be different. You'dsuddenly be eager to read the CHOICE cam-pus publication. Not because you want tofind the errors and mistakes, but becausethere'd be worthwhile content, instead ofcheesy photo essays (deadlines are impor-tant, boys and girls). Who is going to careabout the articles in a news publication ifthey present the reader with things theyalready know? Good journalism transportsthe reader, making whatever the event orissue stated come alive on paper. Simply list-


Djoliba: HOT

“This is African Music!” proclaimedDjoliba frontman Lansana Kouyate at a per-formance at the University of Rochester thispast week (with a guest appearance made byDonna, The Buffalo's drummer). Yes, it isindeed.

The band consists of Lansana (vocals,guitar, djembe and other African percussion),Greg Newton (sax), David Tickell (bass),Dylan Savage (guitar), Ian Nelson (drums),Mike Toner (keys), and Steve Imburgia (con-gas, djembe, and other percussion).

Djoliba is a local, Rochester area bandthat has performed in numerous locations allover Rochester, including Water Street MusicHall, Milestones, etc.

Their sound comes primarily from veryAfrican influences, as Lansana hails fromGuinea (not New Guinea) in West Africa, andcan be found donning interesting traditionalgarb at performances. Adding to the African

feel, none of the lyrics are in English andrange from being festive to very political.

Their music is extremely jam-heavy andenergized, with plenty of exciting percussionand rhythm. Greg's soulful sax playing andnear-goofy stage presence seem to be aDjoliba trademark but the band makes nosecret that Lansana is the band's leader, as heis the main vocalist and the center of atten-tion.

Together, the band integrates all theinstruments well and cohesively, which is nosmall feat for such an outfit. Their collectivesound is unique, exciting, and refreshing, yetnot entirely new. So rarely does a qualitygroup like Djoliba surface that combinesAfrican lyrics and a jam-band sound withRusted Root-like percussion, especially inthis area, their novelty more than makes upfor it.

They have released a homemade tape,simply entitled “HOT.” The tape does notcontain their newest material and the pro-duction does not effectively capture the ener-gy and edge of the live performances, but itis good for a local production and will be aworthy member of any collection.

In short, Djoliba is an exciting localband with a distinctive African flavor that

pluggédby Michael Grandner and Justine Grey.

ing the facts and making dumb commentary that is similar to the comments Bob Sagetmakes on “America's Funniest Home Videos” is not the way to keep readership. You'dnever see hundreds of Hells Kitchen's being tossed into the trash cans by enraged studentsafter a “layout mistake”, and “communication problems” caused severe amounts of anguishfor members of the RIT community. You'd never see us justifying what we print for thecommunity to save face in the eyes of administration. We are our own administration - wedon't compromise. We don't apologize. We have something that Reporter once had, but overthe years has lost - Journalistic Integrity. Maybe one of these days, Reporter will come outof it's malaise and return to being what it once was - effective poignant, and credible, withattention to quality, instead of internal politics...he..he....hehehe...HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! I almost believed the sincerity of that lastsentence myself. DAMN, I'm good!


This past week I hadthe good fortune to attend“The Spirit and the Man: atribute to Michael Thomas.”I knew Michael Thomasbriefly, I took a ballet class ofhis several years ago, it wasall I could fit into my hecticschedule. I had heard that hehad passed away lastOctober, but I guess it neverseemed real until I sat in thattheatre and watched scoresof dances choreographed byhim in the days of his health.

Sitting in that theatre'sdarkness imersed in thesights and sounds of histrade, I finally realized hisdeath. Just as teachers andclassmates will gatheraround to fill up a card withgood cheer to ailing friendsin the hospital, I realized thatmy presence in that theatrewas my signature on hisfarewell, just as everyoneelse there who had onceknown him was signing intheir presence.

I never really knewhim, but I knew that he

cared about his students andhe cared about his art. As Iknew him, he was encorag-ing and thoughtful. In yearsto come, when thoughts ofhim may drift through mywaking hours, I will remem-ber him fondly as I once con-sidered him fondly in hislife. The tribute was a perfectreminder of life's absences,and a perfect goodbye to aman held dear to many inthe RIT community.

Thank you for your lifeMichael Thomas, you will bemissed.

our area is very lucky to have. If you get achance to see one of their shows, go and seefor yourself what all the excitement is about.“This is African music!”

-Mike

Fretblanket: Home Truths FromAbroad

“Home Truths From Abroad” isFretblanket's second effort after a three-yearabsence following “Junkfuel.” Fretblanket areBritish, but will most likely find more popu-larity in the US (a la Bush). Their sound hasmore American influences, such as the Pixies,but they have learned a bit from Radioheadas well.

“Into The Ocean” is Fretblanket's single,which is a very catchy pop-rock song thatmakes one want to either play it really loud,jump up and down, or clap and sing along (ithas a very straightforward chorus). It's agreat song.

Fretblanket's second album has morevariety than their first. Unfortunately, theonly stand-out track is, at first listen, “Into

The Ocean.” Eventually, with repeated listen-ings, more tracks start to differentiate, suchas “Killer In A Former Life”, “Why Can't ISleep?”, “Me And The Stars”, “Accident EnRoute,” “Abandon Ship,” and “BlackTambourine.”

Overall, this is a solid effort fromFretblanket. Hopefully, the world won't haveto wait so long for their next. These are songswhich should be played loud, and in yourroom. Perhaps their next effort will expandto further territory.

-Justine

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Somewhere three-thousand miles away,while I type this in a basement sitting in myunderwear, hundreds of parties are raging.An industry is giving itself a pat on the backfor a job well done. Caviar, Champaign,beautiful people, millions of fans — it's atough job and they deserve to relax, getdrunk and bloated and take tomorrow off,lest they immortalize their hangovers on cel-luloid.

And what an Oscar spectacular it was.I knew it was going to be a night of surpris-es when I heard Scream I and II's NeveCampbell introduce the performance of bestsong nominee: Hercules “Go the Distance.”In a blank, deadpan voice, she read from theTelePrompTer, “...which will be performedby the exciting Michael Bolton.”

Wow, that was a phrase I never expect-ed to hear in this, or any other lifetime! (If Ihad to give an acceptance speech after theperformance of Michael Bolton, I wouldmake sure to thank Percy Sledge, the writerof “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay,” who wasthe only person in the world Bolton didn'tthank when accepting his Grammy for rip-ping off that song.)

Even though I am “not in the business,”the Oscars were not completely lost on me.

For instance, there was Ashley Judd'sdress, or, to be more specific, the slit alongthe leg in Ashley Judd's dress. As thisactress from “Kiss the Girls” walked acrossthe stage to present the award for... I forgetwhat now... she flashed hundreds of millionsof home viewers her black velvety kittenwith each alternate step. (It could've beenblack panties, but fashion conscience actress-es know it's uncouth to show panty linesunder a tight dress, and I didn't see any

lines.) And for the first time I got to see what

Anne Dudley looks like when she receivedthe award for the music of The Full Monty.“Who's Anne Dudley,” you ask? Ever hearof a little band in the eighties called Art ofNoise? She has been a member of that par-ticular band which innovated noise sam-pling for musical intentions since its incep-tion. I have all their albums and been a fanof them for ten years, but images of the bandare scarce, if not completely non-existent.† Iimagined her being as avant-garde in herappearance as she was with her music.“What does Anne Dudley look like, any-way,” you might ask? She looks like anaverage English housewife in her late forties.

The night also was a big one for PhilipGlass, who didn't win, but was at least nom-inated for his downright quirky use ofarpeggios in the barely viewed visual epicmasterpiece, Kundun.

The biggest Oscar night story, however,has to be about someone who decided not togo...Leonardo DiCaprio.

Ignored by the Academy in that hefailed to be nominated, he publiclyannounced his plans for non-attendance andwent on to declare a year sabbatical with theless than subtle tone of, “We'll just see ifHollywood can manage to make anotherblockbuster without me.”

Sorry to burst your bubble, boy-boy, butTitanic was going to be big, with or withoutyou. That is, after all, the definition of theword “titanic” — big.

Leonardo wasn't a lead actor in thismovie; he was just a walking, talking YMpinup with the most lines in the biggest

And the Oscar Goes To...by Brian Barrett

† One member of Art Of Noise, Trevor Horn,went on to sing “Video Killed the Radio Star.”More than a hit song, it was their Modus Operandi.


movie of all time. Jonathan Taylor Thomasof Home Improvement could have been asconvincing.

Just because Leo's agentmanaged to get him points (Ibelieve it was 2.5% of theprofits) doesn't mean he'sworth $20 million dollars afilm. Was he worth thatmuch when he was in TheQuick and the Dead? Whatabout Critters 3? Oh, andlet's not forget the soon to beforgotten Man in the IronMask, which will be on air-planes and network TVbefore Das Boat sinks fromits number one box officeposition.

Who's nomination spotdoes he think he deserves? DustinHoffman's? Peter Fonda's? Robert Duvall's?Freakin' Jack Nicholson's? I don't think so.

Two words: Matt Damon. This nobody!Out of nowhere! He comes along with hissimilarly boyish good looks and steals Leo'sthunder. What does Matt have that Leodoesn't? Let's see... could it be... talent?(And lots of it. Who above the age of 17would disagree that Matt Damon wouldhave been better in Titanic's lead role?)

I'd respect him if he said: “No, I'm notgoing because I value every second of myfleeting youth, the ceremony's too long (itdid run 42 minutes over). And in the time ittakes Jack Nicholson to get from his frontrow seat to the podium I can meet and bofour barely legal fashion models.”¥

He didn't give that reason, leaving allof the Hollywood community thinking hewasn't man enough to accept that he stillneeds to learn an important lesson... how to

act; both on and off the stage. I wholeheartedly support this impu-

dent nothing-but-a-pretty-boy's year off. If you seehim, offer him some crack orheroin. Even if you don'tuse any, find out how to getsome and offer them to him.He might not take them, butwho knows? A year can doa lot to destroy your career.River Phoenix took a yearoff. Chris Farley was aboutto take a year off and didn'tmake it past the first week-end! This would bring megreat joy, but I would behappy if his vacation is onlyenough to make him thenext Todd BridgesΩ or

Robert Downey, Jr. I took a year off. Nobody noticed

except my closest friends, and my next doorneighbor, who's trying to figure out whatI'm doing in the basement, two o'clock in themorning, in my underwear.

¥ The author’s birthday is the same as Leo’s,(November 11) and he feels a Zodiological psy-chic link to the Scorpio “actor.”Ω Whacha Talkin' 'bout Willis?!?

Jonathan Taylor Thomas hamsit up with Kate Winslet in this

rare test screen still.

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“Stop the Noise!”Rube Goldberg Contest

W i n $ 2 0 0 +GDT’s third, but probably last, contest. In honor of allthings crafty & wacky, GDT is sponsoring a RubeGoldberg Contest.

GOAL: STOPPING THE NOISE OF AN ALARM CLOCK.WHO CAN ENTER: ANYONE!DATE: APRIL 18TH, 52AT (1998)LOCATION: 3RD FLOOR NRH, FISH LOUNGE, RITCONTACT: [email protected] OR (716) 235-7666

RULES AND REGULATIONS:• The dimensions of the machine shall not exceed 6x6x6

feet.• Each team must submit three copies of a step-by-step

description of its machine by 10:30am on the day of the con-test. The description must be legible and concise.

• Each team is responsible for the security of theirmachine and for removing their machine and related debrisimmediately following the contest.

• During the run, each team may assist their machineonce without penalty. Any further assistance required willentail a penalty for each occurrence.

• Only two people from each team will be allowed tointeract with the machine once activated.

• Machines must not use combustible fluids, explosives,open flames, or overtly hazardous materials. Safety issueswill be decided by the judges. The decision of the judges isfinal.

• Machines must not incorporate live animals.• A minimum of eight separate steps must be made to

complete the task, four of which must be non-electrical.Each step beyond the required eight will represent addition-al points.

• There will be a upper time limit of ten minutes for thecompletion of machine's run. Judging will cease at this time.A run includes activation to completion of the the task.

• Two separate attempts will be allowed to attain theobjective.

• Supply your own damn alarm clock.

“Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho.Al Simone Has Got to Go”

“See that drug rally? If you napalm thatthing, you'll solve the drug problem at RIT.”

This was reportedly one observer's opin-ion on the quarter mile on Friday, March 27th,as members and supporters of the RochesterCannabis Coalition, and the curious marchedtoward RIT's academic buildings. Carryingsigns with messages such as “This is ourschool” and “Who will they censor next?”,these students were protesting RIT PresidentAl Simone's decision to deny student organiza-tion status to the RCC. The rally began in theSol Heuman quad around 1:30pm, where RCCTreasurer Kris Lotlikar addressed a small gath-ering of supporters and observers. Accordingto Mr. Lotlikar, the RCC had been approved bythe student activities board to form an officialstudent organization on campus several weeksago, but the board's decision had been over-turned by President Simone due to the organi-zation's subject matter—specifically, the legal-ization of marijuana.

We followed the RCC and its supportersin their march, attended one of their meetings,and interviewed a group of representatives.The RIT administration claims that allowingthe RCC to form an official club would encour-age drug use and related crimes on campus.The RCC contends that approximately 25 otheruniversitiesø, many highly accredited, havesimilar student organizations without suchproblems. When the RCC learned of PresidentSimone's decision, members collected over1000 signatures for a petition to oppose this

action. This rally was evidence of growingsupport for the RCC on campus, and a newhigh water mark in the continuing studentopposition of Simone's policies. From the SaveOur Schools campaign of 1995-96 school year,to RIT's new alcohol policy, to this latest con-frontation with the RCC, there has been noshortage of criticism from the student popula-tion.

The group of approximately 200 stoppednear the end of Lomb Memorial Drive, block-ing the “wind tunnel” between the EastmanBuilding and the Student Alumni Union. SheaGunther, president of the RCC, stood atop atrash can and addressed the crowd using ahastily constructed PA system. Speaking to theenthusiastic crowd regarding Simone's policiesand the need for RIT students to unite behindthe cause of reform, he also encouraged atten-dance at the RCC meeting later that afternoon.

To learn more about the RCC's goals, andto meet some of its members, we attended theRCC meeting in the Booth building the after-noon of the rally. At the start of the meeting,RCC President Shea Gunther discussed thenature of the RCC and its goals and othermembers read reports of news involving mari-juana issues, and attempted to gauge reactionsto the rally. There seemed to be a consensusthat the rally had been very well received. Welearned that RCC membership includes — fora $10 fee — several benefits, such as access tothe RCC library, membership in NORML (theNational Organization for Reform ofMarijuana Laws†), and the RCC's legal advice.Shea Gunther predicted that the collegecannabis movement will be the largest andmost powerful college movement within fiveyears. Approximately 20 people attended themeeting.


Long-haired Freaky People by Matt Zimmerman and Adam Fletcher

ø Universities cited were Penn State, ColumbiaUniversity, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, andVirginia Polytechnic Institute† http://www.norml.org/

I went down to the demonstration To get my fair share of abuse. . .

- The Rolling Stones

Following the meeting, we conducted aninterview with three officers of the RCC.

GDT: What are your names and positionswithin the RCC?

RCC (Gunther): Shea Gunther, President RCC (Lotlikar): Kris Lotlikar, Treasurer RCC (Terrell): Davis Terrell, Webmaster GDT: What is the official procedure for form-

ing a student organization at RIT? Whatwas your experience, specifically?

RCC (Gunther): We had tofill out a 4 page application,stating the purpose of the club,provide with a membershiplist, and we passed that in tothe head of UniversityOrganizations. The boardmeets about every two weeks toreview new club applications.

GDT: Who is on the board? RCC (Gunther): It's all students; I'm not

sure exactly how you get on the board. GDT: What is the name of the board?RCC (Gunther): Not sure, Club review?

They sat down, and I talked to one of the peo-ple who was on the board, and the point wasbrought up how women couldn't vote, howev-er long ago, but they still had the right to saywhat they felt. They came up with a decisionthat they couldn't deny us just because theydidn't like what we had to say. They made theright decision.

GDT: How did you get the RCC started?RCC (Gunther): I hung up posters, kids

started coming. I started holding weekly meet-ings. Attendance fluctuated, but we got somegood people.

GDT: When was the decision made to acceptyou?

RCC (Gunther): It was 6 weeks ago lastMonday [February 9th, 1998]

GDT: When did President Simone get

involved with the decision? RCC (Gunther): As soon as we got

approved, Al Simone pulled us up for admin-istrative review, and it took five weeks forthem to get back to us.

GDT: Who handles administrative reviews? RCC (Gunther): I think it went to Dr.

Linda Kuk and she passed it on to Simone. Dr.Simone decided to reject it. We talked to the

Ombudsman, Dr. Laura Tubbs. GDT: When did the word come

through from Simone? RCC (Gunther): Me and

Kris met with him lastMonday. He talked with Krisand I and he gave us a letterwhich outlined his thoughts

and also told us that he dis-banded the club.Ω

GDT: So Al just said no? RCC (Gunther): His reasoning is

that it would make RIT appear to condonedrug use and that he is afraid that criminalsfrom Rochester will come to RIT to sell theirdrugs because [the criminals] heard that wehave such a club. If you look at the other clubslike ours that have been around, none of thatproves true.

GDT: What reactions have you gotten fromstudents, both to what went on before, and to therally itself ?

RCC (Gunther): I think the student reac-tion has been pretty good.

RCC (Lotlikar): We have a lot of apathyat RIT, a lot of people don't care either way.They just say well, whatever, but there are kidsthat do care. A lot of people think that we justwant the school's money so that we can buypot. But we are not about drug use; we areabout education. That's what this is supposedto be about.

RCC (Gunther): One day, we went to the


Ω See “Further Reading” for text of Simone's letter.


SAU and filled about 4 pages of signatures forthe petition, and had maybe five kids tell methat they wouldn't sign it. A lot of people whosigned it said that they may not agree with ourcause, but they think that Al made the wrongdecision.

GDT: So the rally went well? RCC (Gunther): Oh yeah, the rally went

way better than I was expecting. GDT: A lot of people joined the march and

stood on the side voicing theirsupport. We made rough esti-mates of 160 or more whenthe group left frat row, and bythe time the march was at theSLC [RIT's Student LifeCenter] there could have beenas many as 200, perhapsmore.

RCC (Lotlikar): Wehad someone countingabout 300 by the SAU. Yes,the rally went very well.

GDT: You seemed to dowell; you seemed to get manypeople signing the petition,and I didn't see many peopleopposing the rally. Do youfeel that there is a strongopposition, barring theadministration (Al Simonespecifically)?

RCC (Gunther): Um,there are always going to be kids that havebeen so brainwashed. . .

RCC (Lotlikar): Yeah, straight-edge.Kids who are straight-edge think that 'causethey don't smoke pot. . . . It's like people whodon't have AIDS bashing down on an AIDSrally.

GDT: Have you heard any other reactionsfrom the administration, apart from Simone?

RCC (Gunther): I've had indications that

a lot of the administrators think that Simoneshould have just accepted us. If we wereapproved two weeks ago, we might just havemade the five- or six-o'clock news and theneveryone would have forgotten about us.

RCC (Lotlikar): If he had just approvedus, there would have been no reason for thenews to get involved.

RCC (Gunther): Well, they would havereported us, but then they would have forgot-

ten. It's bad public rela-tions—he says he doesn'twant bad press, but hecalled a news conferencethe morning after hedenied us, a 10:30 pressconference. I found outabout it at 10 o'clock andmanaged to talk to somereporters, on the side of theroad, across from his house(because they kicked meoff the grounds). At thepresident's house—thehouse that we built.

GDT: Any reactionsfrom the administration aboutthe rally?

RCC (Gunther): Dr.Linda Kuk complimentedus, and said that it was agood rally.

RCC (Loklikar):There is no way [Simone] is

going to talk to a mass number of studentsbecause he's not a very good public speaker,especially on the fly if he hasn't written whathe is going to say. He might meet with a fewof us one on one, but he will never meet witha lot.

It really would just be such a bad idea forhim to come out and meet with us. You don'tgo with a hostile audience toward you and tryto discuss something. No matter what he said.

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RCC (Gunther): He can't really justifyhis decision because his reasons don't hold upto reality.

GDT: How do you think this compares to the“Save Our Schools” rally of three years ago? Ithink it's along a similar vein in removing therights of the students without first consultingthem, but where that was a scholastic issue, this isbasically just a student activities issue (whichmight not get as much attention).

RCC (Gunther): I don't know a whole lotabout what went on, but that if you look atthat, what he's done with the alcohol policy,and what he's done with us, I think it just indi-cates that—I don't think President Simone hasbeen a very good thing for the RIT campus.

GDT: Do you think that the timing of yourdecision to become a club and the strengthening ofthe RIT drug and alcohol policy was poor? Do youthink it affected his decision?

RCC (Gunther): I think it did. Justbecause he's under this pressure to look toughon drugs and to look tough on alcohol. But theproblem is his policies aren't designed, hisalcohol policy isn't designed to limit the harmof alcohol, it's designed to look strong, and thesame thing with us. His policy is not designedin the best interests of the students, it'sdesigned to look tough.

GDT: Simone once said that 18-22 year oldshave no voice and if they want to vote, they canvote with their feet.ø What is your reaction to this?

RCC (Lotlikar): If you don't think thatpeople 18-21, or whatever his ages were, aren'tcompetent enough to make decisions, thenyou shouldn't be president of a college,because those are the kind of people. . .

RCC (Gunther): That is the wrong kindof attitude to have. It just shows his completelack of respect for us. It's our school: he shouldbe leading us; he should not be making state-ments like that, and his attitude is 100% that.He doesn't think that students can make com-petent decisions.

GDT: I think your timing was excellentregarding holding the rally on an open house day.

RCC (Gunther): Yeah, that was uninten-tional, but it worked out really well.

GDT: Did you notice any of the parents'reactions?

RCC (Gunther): I didn't personally, butI've been told that a lot of parents—

Dave Bort [observer]: When we werein Sol Heuman quad, a lot of parents wereasking people what this was all about. I toldone guy what it was all about and he basicallysaid “What is this, a police state?”

GDT: I noticed both, walking with you guys,I saw reactions of both disgust and support fromparents.

RCC (Gunther): When you are dealingwith marijuana, you are always going to getthat, because some people are just so ferventand adamant and they don't really know theissues. You're going to get people like thateverywhere.

RCC (Lotlikar): When they look atlegalization, they look at it as an excuse for usto smoke more pot. And we are not sayinglegalize so we can smoke more pot—I cansmoke as much pot as I want now. That's notthe issue. The issue is that the laws are hurtingour country—

RCC (Gunther): —the policies are bad. RCC (Lotlikar): I think it would do a lot

more to cut down on marijuana abuse, get it toan acceptable level, where we could handle it,when it's legalized. It's easier for high schoolkids to get a 10 bag than a beer.

RCC (Gunther): The Dutch have effec-tively legalized it, and allowed it to be sold incafes, and they have just about the same per-

ø “In my opinion, the 18-22 year-old age group is notqualified in making decisions. You're a customer. . . andif you don't like it, you can vote with your feet.”(Simone's speech at the “Save our Schools” rally, RIT1995-96 school year)


centage rate of adult use [as the US], but theyhave a much much lower rate of use amongchildren.

RCC (Lotlikar): 18% as compared to 60%. GDT: The same thing holds true for [the

Dutch's] more liberal alcohol policy. Do you feelthat there is a significant population of marijuanausers among RIT students?

RCC (Gunther): I'm not too sure. I doknow that kids, I mean, anywhere you go,people are going to be smoking. Marijuana isthe most-used illicit recreational drug. As faras numbers or comparisons, I'm not too sure.

RCC (Lotlikar): But there is a goodamount of kids that smoke. Even still, in thedorms, with alcohol compared to marijuana, ifthey catch you holding a beer, they warn you.Sometimes if the campus safety officer is adick, they throw them in, but if they smellsomething, they want to go through yourroom, they want to check you out. A lot ofkids are like—we're not doing anything, we'rejust studying, but if you have the wrong kindof sticker outside your door, you'll getknocks—”We smell something in the hall.”Just since the alcohol policy, anti-drug policy,and our thing has been going on, they really...the day he denied us I know a bunch of kidsgot busted.

RCC (Gunther): Prohibition has neverever ever been shown to work. It's counter-productive; it's a harmful policy that doesn'tminimize the harm of drug use.

GDT: Do you have anything to say about orin response to your opposition's views? What dothey have to say, and what do you think their rea-sons are?

RCC (Gunther): I think that peopleshould look into the issues, they should do theresearch, they should do the reading, becauseif you do the reading, do the research and youtake a look at some of the studies and some ofthe things that the government uses to opposeall of these things, you'll see that the things

that they are using as backup are just poor sci-ence, hysteria and rhetoric.

RCC (Lotlikar): A lot of the commentswe get are “It's illegal. You don't understandthat it is illegal.” I do understand that it is ille-gal. We are not about using an illegal sub-stance; we are about changing the laws so wedon't have to do something that it is illegal.

RCC (Gunther): I have a big problemwith, one of things is about Dr. Simone, is thatthey use every reason, every cause of prohibi-tion that we want to change as a reason not toallow us to do it. “Well it's illegal, well crimi-nals are involved.” All those things will not beif our group is successful in it's goals.

GDT: If your petition is unsuccessful willyou keep fighting? How dedicated are you?

RCC (Gunther): Oh yeah, we will fightand we will bug and we will make sure no oneforgets about this until we get recognition.We're here to stay and we will fight until weare recognized. I'm here for another four years,so at least another four years. [laughs] Oncewe are 81 we can stop.

GDT: How strong is New York's marijuanalegislation; how pro-marijuana is New York State?

RCC (Gunther): It is decriminalizedunder an ounce. You get a ticket, you don'tget put in jail, but New York is still a fairlyconservative state.

RCC (Lotlikar): Right now, in the stateassembly, there is one guy, there are a few peo-ple that are for medical legalization, but can'tfind a co-sponsor in the senate. So, with onlyhaving a uni-house bill, there is no chance of itgetting passed. But he can propose it just tomake it symbolic, like get people talking aboutmedical marijuana. If you go to a state likeCalifornia, a lot of people are starting to seethe advantages of medical marijuana. Peoplewho have been using it for medicine who havejust gotten ragged on. I mean, you read DRCnet and you see.

RCC (Gunther): Polls of Americans on


the question of medical marijuana issue—over85% of Americans support legalizing marijua-na for medicinal use.

RCC (Lotlikar): We need to make surethat politicians know that it is not that politi-cally unfit a move. Right now, it's a big issue,and hopefully it gets taken care of.

RCC (Gunther): The politicians are waybehind the opinions of the people as far as theissue of medical marijuana is concerned. Thefederal government can admit that it is wrong,it's been harassed in California—the four may-ors in San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Cruz andanother city have all asked President Clintonto leave the buyers club alone.

GDT: Marijuana is still a Schedule 1 drug.∆

RCC (Lotlikar): Right, which is ridicu-lous. There are bills, Marijuana PreventionAct, and Marijuana Deterrence Act,≈ in front ofCongress now, under which any doctor whowould prescribe medical marijuana would losetheir license to prescribe medicine, even if[marijuana] was legal in that state. The doc-tors are scared, [politicians] are using scare tac-tics.

RCC (Gunther): The thing is, now,they can get as extreme as they want. Themore extreme that the drug warriors get, theeasier it is going to be to overturn this sillypolicy. Newt Gingrich is calling for the deathpenalty for people bringing two ounces ormore of marijuana into the United States.∑

GDT: Where did you hear that? RCC (Gunther): Well, you know, it's

around. He's trying to get this bill passed. Let

them get as crazy as they want, because it'sonly going to make them look more extreme.Newt, he criticizes Clinton's drug plan, andBarry McCaffrey, the drug czar, is a ten yearplan, and Newt Gingrich says that's too long.He wants to rid the country of illicit drugs by2001, which is ridiculous.

RCC (Lotlikar): The government justspent $200 million to get drugs out of the pris-ons in the U.S. If the government can't keepdrugs out of prison, which has barbed wires,brick walls, and guards with guns (which isnothing like our borders), how do they thinkthey can keep it out of the country?

GDT: Regarding, just for our clarity, whatsources are you looking at for your information?You noted www.marijuananews.com, DRC net[sites mentioned during the RCC meeting]. . .

RCC (Gunther): The NORML page hasgood information. The problem with the main-stream media is that they don't report any-thing that is pro-drug. The media, right now, isin cahoots, is the lapdog of the drug warriors.Every now and then, you get an exception tothat, but for the most part, to get the news ofthings that are going on in the movement, youhave to go to other sources.

RCC (Lotlikar): If you look at the cover-age we have gotten, we have been called thepot club. They do cuts to intentionally make uslook bad. All except FOX [who covered therally].

RCC (Gunther): You look, for instance,[CNN's web site] allows you do personalnews, and I happen to do a search onMarijuana all the time, and the only news theyever do on marijuana is people getting busted.

RCC (Lotlikar): If you want books,Marijuana Reconsidered has been out for along, the first comprehensive study of marijua-na, a very good book. Marijuana: Myth andFact, that's the newest one, it's gotten so muchpublicity, it's such a good book, they reallyoutline it well, and it's by two doctors and a

∆ Schedule 1 indicates that a drug has no medicinaluses. Schedule 1 drugs include LSD, cocaine and hero-in.≈ See the section on “Further Reading” for additional

information

∑ GDT was unable to verify this information at the timeof printing.

professor. Anything by Ed Rosenthal, he has abunch of books, William F. Buckley, Jr., he's sofar to the right, it's amazing.

RCC (Gunther): It's still personal free-doms, that's what it's all about, he's an editorof National Review.

GDT: It's been accused that marijuana smok-ers have lower GPA's; what's your reaction to this?

RCC (Gunther): I like how Simone quot-ed these supposed statistical studies.

GDT: I didn't see any sources in the

Reporterƒ or either of its two recent drug relatedarticles.

RCC (Gunther): He also declined toname any universities with the gun shootings.

RCC (Lotlikar): He shoots from his hip,and just makes stuff up. I don't know anyonewho has been shot here or at U of R who havebeen shot. Rochester just isn't that dangerous acity.

RCC (Gunther): As far as the academicthing, that just doesn't hold up.

RCC (Lotlikar): We have kids in the clubthat are 4.0 students.

RCC (Gunther): There have been stud-ies done in Jamaica that show heavy users,where people who use are at the same level oreven sometimes making more money or at ahigher level in their career. I don't think any-thing's ever been done that shows that peoplewho use marijuana have lower GPA's.Obviously people who abuse it may, but that'sa different thing. That's the same for anyone

who abuses anything. RCC (Lotlikar): Not to get down on art

majors, but they always think that anybody inthis building is from the art school. Like whenI went up to his office to talk to [Simone], hesaid “Oh, you must be in the art school”because I have long hair—first words he saidto me.

GDT: What's your major? RCC (Lotlikar): MIS [Management

Information Systems]. Our officers, Davis isComputer Science, Shea is Graphic Design,Mike is IT, Jared is Bio Tech. We're not just“fluff” majors.

All the universities that have the clubare good universities, have free-thinkingstudents. You don't see a huge community col-lege backing the marijuana issue. We think forourselves.

GDT: That's it for the questions; is there any-thing you'd like to add?

RCC (Gunther): If you look at this wholething, one of the things that prohibitionists do,is they label anyone who does not agree withthe drug policy as pro-drug and say “Oh, thisperson wants to use drugs.” And this is a clearcut example of that—President Simone evensays in his letter that we might not intend theeffect of people thinking that RIT condonesdrug use but it is going to happen.∫

But, it just doesn't hold up. We are aneducational group, and we're serious peoplewith serious goals.


ƒ RIT's weekly news publication.

∫ “In my judgment, the recognition of the Rochester Cannabis Club as an official RIT club will be interpreted by stu-dents and the general public as RIT officially condoning the use of drugs on this campus. Official club recognitionwill inevitability [sic] lead to on-campus and off-campus publicity implying that RIT approves of drugs and druguse by students. You and your fellow club members may not intent [sic] this effect, but there is ample evidencefrom previous experience in this and other campus communities that there will be widespread publicity of univer-sity recognition of a club which advocates legalization of marijuana use and that most, if not all, of the publicitywill imply that the university condones drug use by its students. It is also clear that such publicity will encouragethe dangerous criminal elements connected with drug consumption in our society to come on the RIT campus andmake contacts with students with the intention of selling them illegal drugs.” (Letter from Simone to Gunther)[errors are Simone's]

People have a lot of misconception, andhopefully we will clear them up.

RCC (Lotlikar): “The only people whocan change the world are people crazy enoughto think they can.”

Further Readingo Letter from RIT President, Dr. Simone, toShea Gunther, President of the RochesterCannabis Coalition, available from ShawnPorter's Cannabis Coalition Debate page:

http://www.rit.edu/~sjp6683/cc/ o The Lycaeum:

http://www.lycaeum.org/ o Paranoia's Drug Information Server:

http://www.paranoia.com/drugs/

o U.S. Department of Justice, DrugEnforcement Administration:

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/ o Marijuana News:

http://www.marijuananews.com/ o FedWorld:

http://www.fedworld.gov/ o Library of Congress, marijuana bills before105th Congress:

http://thomas.loc.govo The Rochester Cannabis Coalition:

[email protected] Marijuana Reconsidered, Lester Grinspoon,ISBN#0932551130 o Marijuana Myths Marijuana Facts: A ReviewOf The Scientific Evidence, Lynn Etta Zimmer,ISBN#0964156849

I only learned on Wednesday ofPresident Simone's decision to override theClub Review Board's decision to recognizethe Rochester Cannabis Coalition as an RITclub, and have become interested in theissues presented.

Emotions are running high on bothsides of the issue, obviously. I think every-one needs to take a step back and take anoth-er look at the issues involved. First, we allhave to recognize that Dr. Simone, asPresident of the Institute, does have the rightto deny official recognition to student organi-zations. That is a fact, and there is no evi-dence you can offer to refute that. No matterthat the Club Review Board (not entirelycomposed of students, by the way) is normal-ly responsible for approving clubs for recog-nition, nor that the students pay an Activities

Fee to help support Student Governmentclubs (this is by no means SG's only source offunds).

Once we understand that Dr. Simonecan do this, the question becomes should hedo this? Obviously, this is stickier. AsPresident, he has a responsibility to the entireRIT community to make RIT as successful aninstitute as possible. For reasons that hemade clear in his letter to Shea Gunther, hefeels that recognizing the Cannabis Coalitionwould cause more problems than it solves.His arguments (contrary to what marijua-nanews.com thinks) are not entirely withoutmerit.

(As an aside, the aforementioned site'sarticle about the letter is at least as full ofinaccuracies as Dr. Simone's letter — theyclearly misunderstood, at least partially, mostof his points.)

Knowing the media of today, they cer-tainly would make a big deal about the

He Would If He Could, So he Did,But Should He?

by Matthew D. Wilson


Cannabis Coalition becoming recognized asan official RIT club. I can't say whether thiswould have a detrimental effect, but the pos-sibility of negative publicity is certainly there,and President Simone is right to be wary ofthe possibility.

However, I do agree that recognizing theclub probably (note that word) will not causedrug dealers to show up on campus in signif-icantly increased numbers. That, I admit,does not make much sense, and PresidentSimone did seem to be trying to find justifica-tion for his action in that.

Okay, so that's my view on PresidentSimone. What about the club itself? I believethe Coalition's insistence that they are not justa bunch of “pot-heads” trying to get theirfavorite pastime legalized. However, I'mafraid I have to object to some of their meth-ods. The various flyers around campus havea distinct attitude about them. The first onesI saw were very presumptuous, makingbroad claims about the government and othertraditional views about marijuana withoutany support to back them up. Although I rec-ognize that the flyers were most likely meantjust to get people thinking, the only thing itgot me thinking was, “I'm not impressed.”

The other flyer I remember is one thatcomplained about flyers getting torn down.Not only did it target the Chess Club (imply-ing, probably not intentionally, that Chessfans are rather straight arrows and would bein opposition to a Cannabis Coalition), but italso failed to recognize that EVERY CLUBGETS POSTERS TORN DOWN. Again, atotal failure to impress me, because neither ofthe clubs I'm in publicly complains aboutmissing flyers.

Okay, now on to marijuana. I admit I'mnot particularly well-versed in the specifics. Ido know that there is a difference betweenhemp and the traditional marijuana plant

used for smoking, but I am not aware of thelegal issues regarding these two cousins. As Iunderstand it, both are illegal.

I have read that marijuana is not a chem-ically addictive substance. This may be (I cer-tainly don't know from experience), but Ihave also read that it is extremely addictivepsychologically. This is no less dangerous, inmy opinion.

Unofficially, I have heard that marijuanadoes not “kill brain cells.” Frankly, I've neverheard anyone claim otherwise, so I have noreason not to believe this claim. However,there is evidence that marijuana affects users'states of mind (Well, duh, why else wouldthey smoke it?). I feel that any such sub-stance (the actual term would be drug) ispotentially dangerous. Yes, including alcoholand caffeine. Does that mean they should beillegal? Maybe. Alcohol is a very ingrainedpart of American life, as is caffeine. Ideally,that shouldn't matter, but it does. Caffeine isdifferent still, because, while it is addictive,its effects on the mind appears to be muchless severe, and few incidents can be tracedback to use of caffeine.

I think alcohol is much more dangerousthan marijuana, taken on even ground. Butthey are not on even ground. Alcohol is cur-rently legal, and used by a vast majority ofAmericans. Marijuana has a small user base(past users don't count), and is currently ille-gal. Alcohol is a factor in far too many vehi-cle accidents, while marijuana is not. Thisdoes not mean marijuana is less dangerous —fewer people use it, and those that do tendnot to go out and put themselves in danger-ous situations when they are “stoned,” pri-marily because marijuana is illegal, but par-tially because it appears to reduce motivation.

So, I don't know where I stand on thelegalization issue. I don't think marijuanashould be legalized just because it has poten-


tial benefits. I also don't think these potential benefits should be ignored. The problem isallowing it to be used for medicinal and other purposes, without encouraging its abuse.That's where the real danger lies — in the potential for abuse. True, any object or substancehas that potential, but marijuana has a higher potential than many of those things.

So to sum up. President Simone was well within his rights to protect the image of theInstitute by refusing to recognize the Cannabis Coalition. However, he may have overesti-mated the club's potential effect on the image of the Institute.

The Cannabis Coalition's goals are admirable, but I feel they need to be less confronta-tional and more accessible.

The benefits and uses of marijuana (not the user base — “70 million Americans havetried it” is not a valid reason to legalize it) are well documented and have much merit, butthere are many unresolved issues regarding its negative effects.


“RIT should stand for 'really in touch'with the real world,” said Carl Kohrt, execu-tive vice president of Kodak, in his keynoteaddress during the Nov. 14, 1996 installationof the cornerstone for the 157,000 square footCenter for Integrated Manufacturing Studies(CIMS). The building was financed at a costof $21 million, $11.25 million of which wasprovided by the federal government and$9.25 million by the state of New York.

The Rochester Institute of Technology(RIT) has also earned the appreciation of theCentral Intelligence Agency, which has desig-nated the institution as a “strategic nationalresource worthy of explicit development andsupport.” In a 1985 Memorandum ofAgreement between RIT and the CIA, theschool agreed that its curriculum would be“responsive to certain defined specialties ofthe CIA.”

RIT's responsiveness to those specialtiesmay well explain its recent attempt to cut artprograms and the ensuing student unrestthere. In late April '96, four weeks before theend of the final academic quarter, RIT profes-sors leaked word to students that several art

programs, including painting, printmaking,glass, textiles, ceramics, art education, med-ical illustration and interior design, wereabout to be discontinued or placed on “pro-bationary continuation.”

The cuts would have devastated RIT'sprestigious School of Art and Design (SAD)and the School for American Crafts (SAC)and couple of days after learning about thecuts, students gathered at RIT's Bevier ArtGallery on a Monday to organize. When theyheard that the college's trustees were meetingat that very moment on campus in Building1, they moved to its lobby to get their atten-tion.

Soon President Simone and ProvostStanley McKenzie came down from thetrustee meeting to hear the concerns of thestudents. Simone might have calmed the stu-dents, right there and then, with some vaguewords of reassurance. Instead, one of hisgaffes, caught on videotape by a film student,propelled the students into action.

When a student asked Simone where theart schools fit into his vision of RIT's future,Simone replied that while RIT was primarilyknown for its engineering and computer sci-ence, there was a danger that graduates couldbe too “narrowly focused.”

The Politics of High TechDamnation by A. S. Zaidi

What the schools of American crafts,photography, interior and graphic design didfor engineers, said Simone, was to providethem with “breadth of experience.” “As theywalk on campus they see, uh... somebody...there are not too many engineers with, uh...long hair, for example,” he said, pointing toKurt Perschke, a grad student in ceramics.

There was a moment of stupefiedsilence. Troy Liston, a writer for GDT at thetime, described what followed:

I think I heard a cricket at this point.The silence in the room was actually tangi-ble as everyone had to stop and take amental step back. I know that I was whis-pering inside my skull, “Please dear lord,let this be a metaphor for something.Please don't let him mean what I knowhe's saying.” Of course, he had to keeptalking. I, and everyone else in the roomwho had been repeating that silent plea,could no longer block it out: he wasindeed saying what we thought he wassaying. In the wake of that aftershock, theroom's ambient animosity level grew tenfold and threatened to precipitate out ofsolution. Simone eventually realized hisfolly and made a feeble attempt to save hisfloundering position by saying, “Well Iguess there are a lot of people here withshort hair.” All was lost.

The next day, students rallied in abreezeway, packed tightly together. A newactivist group, Save Our School (SOS), hadbeen born of panic and anger.

“The art programs are world-renowned,” said engineering student JesseLenney to the crowd. “Who runs this place?Who are they trying to please by booting theart students?”

Later, at a RIT community meeting, stu-dents expressed their concerns to MargaretLucas, then dean of the College of Imaging

Arts and Sciences (CIAS). On Thursday, stu-dents formed committees for speakers, alum-ni and parent contacts, rally organizers,research, as well as media and communityoutreach.

At a mass rally at Webb auditoriumattended by hundreds, students viewed thevideotape in which Simone made his infa-mous hair remark. “That's what we’re herefor, to run around so the engineering stu-dents can have some diversity,” said KurtPerschke, unappeased by Simone's apologyto him a couple of days earlier. “I want anapology for cutting my school. I don't give adamn about my hair.”

That day, the faculty voted unanimouslyto support the efforts of the SOS students tosave the art programs. Professors who hadpreviously limited themselves to slippinginformation under the door of the new SOSoffice at night, now openly criticized theprocess that had led to the cuts.

As information came to light, it wasmade clear that RIT professors had beengiven an “Academic Program ReviewCriteria” form to numerically evaluate theirprograms according to their centrality, finan-cial viability, marketability and quality.Administrators were to recommend pro-grams for consolidation or discontinuancebased on the raw data provided.

The professors did not appear to haveunderstood the purpose of the evaluative“tools,” which were meant to give theappearance of “scientific objectivity” to cor-porate downsizing. Not surprisingly, the pro-grams that won out in the evaluative processwere those dear to the corporate interests onthe RIT trustee board, including accounting,business administration, management,finance, information systems and marketing.

In a memo to RIT administrators, writ-ten during the first week of student protests,


Thomas Lightfoot, an associate professor inCIAS, said:

“Numerous proposals have been putforth... which have not been seriously con-sidered or even responded to. Is the facul-ty the driver of the curriculum or theadministration? Is the faculty even a part-ner in the process? Or are we just employ-ees, to do what were told, as the Presidenthas suggested?... I must add that the facul-ty, of at least the SAD/SAC component ofthe college, also pointed out its judgmentthat the review instrument was seriouslyflawed... It is also notable that the reasonsfor discontinuance keep changing. ThePresident wanted to identify a pot ofmoney that could be saved through thisprocess. He was convinced that there waslot of waste and money being lost by ourprograms. When it was discovered thatthere was no money to be found, the rea-sons shifted to a resource reallocationrationale.”

That week, SOS obtained donationsfrom parents, student groups and alumni.They passed out flyers to students and askedalumni to write to the trustees, some ofwhom professed to be unaware of the pro-posed cuts. They got coverage from local tele-vision stations.

The rallies were followed by image-ori-ented protests. With the permission of AlbertPaley, an RIT artist in residence, SOS studentssymbolically shrouded his sculptures outsidethe Strong Museum and the Eastman Schoolof Music. They also wrapped the Main StreetBridge railings that Paley had designed.

At the Memorial Art Gallery, ceramicsgrad students Molly Hamblin and KurtPerschke used gauze and string to coverworks by Paley and Richard Hirsch, an RITceramics professor who attended the event insupport of the arts. “We intend to keep the

heat on,” said Perschke. “Today's demonstra-tions are about showing the fundamentalconnection between the school and the artcommunity.”

The media images of a Rochester with-out art succeeded in embarrassing thetrustees, and the RIT administration quicklybacked away from its intention to cut thearts. In under two weeks, SOS had provedthat students, alumni, faculty and even muchof the business community strongly support-ed the arts. Through efficacious aesthetic per-suasion, the students had saved their pro-grams, at least for the time being, while alert-ing the RIT community to the implications ofthe Strategic Plan.

It was impossible, however, to sustainthis activism, which began to wane as finalsdrew near. “A lot of students have shownhow dedicated they are, but their work suf-fers,” explained glass grad student LuisCrespo. “Come 'crunch time,' people will feeltorn. In the end it boils down to the fact thatthey are students and have to get a grade.”

In a series of informational meetings,Simone tried to promote the Strategic Plan,but the authoritarian character of the planmade it a hard sell. In addition to downsizingprograms, the plan called for outsourcingRIT's physical plant services. Anthony Burda,an editor of the student weekly, The Reporter,was present at one meeting. He describedSimone's response to a woman who hadasked him about the outsourcing:

“As an alternative to out-sourcing...we might move towards student help...like fifty percent, something like that....”He points to catering, where the studentstaff comprises about 90%. He also pointsto savings in pensions, health insurance,etc., by having student janitors. Not tomention the saving in flat pay, resultingfrom paying students only around $5.25 an


hour. “By the time they're ready for a payincrease, they graduate.” He starts laugh-ing before he can finish his sentence.Everyone laughs. Well, the professorslaugh. The lady in the audience, and thejanitorial staff of about thirty, sit in theback quietly. For some reason, it appearsthey really don't find getting replaced bystudent workers too funny.

At another meeting, an undergraduateasked Simone what role students played inthe decision-making process at RIT.Christopher Hewitt, writing for The Reporter,provided an example of Simone's sensitivityto students:

He responded by telling the studentthat “in my opinion, the 18-22 year-old agegroup is not qualified in making decisions.You're a customer...and if you don't like it,you can vote with your feet.” When askedabout Simone's comment, the studentreplied, “We can vote with our feet bystamping them down in protest. Whyshould we run away from a place that webelong to when we can stay and make it aplace that others will come to, not runaway from? I think that these old men whoare making the decisions don't realize howqualified the 18-22 age group is in makingchange and solid, competent decisions.”

Thus did Simone squander the trust andgoodwill that had come to him as RIT's newpresident soon after the CIA controversy of1991.

Cut to 1991. The collapse of the SovietUnion had threatened this country with apeace dividend, but now the U. S. was avoid-ing that danger as it edged towards Bush'sreelection campaign and the Gulf War.

In this climate, Richard Rose, then presi-dent of RIT and a former Marine, announcedthat he was taking a four month sabbatical towork on national policy and procedures in

Washington. It occurred to someone to try toreach Rose at the CIA. When Rose answeredthe phone, the RIT-CIA scandal had begun.

Though most documents pertaining toCIA activities at RIT were shredded, a fewwere leaked to the press after a highly publi-cized theft from Rose's office. Many profes-sors and administrators recalled their experi-ences with the CIA when the press and a fact-finding commission began to investigate theaffair.

The “lead organization” in the CIA-RITrelationship, according to the 1985Memorandum of Agreement, was the Centerfor Imaging Science. New courses were to beadded in artificial intelligence, integratedelectro optics and digital image processing.Rochester journalist J. B. Spula explainedwhy the CIA helped build RIT's imaging sci-ence facilities: RIT offers the CIA, and thenational security establishment in general,state-of-the-art support in things like aerialphotography, image-analysis, and high-techprinting. These and related technologies arethe building blocks of surveillance, spy satel-lites, and, at the end of the militarist's rain-bow, “Star Wars” in all its imperial glory.

In 1985, Rose consulted with CIA agentsover the choice of a new director for theimaging science center. One agent, RobertKohler, became an RIT trustee in 1988.Another, Keith Hazard, later joined RIT'sadvisory board for imaging science.

In 1989, the administration tried toremove the center from the College ofGraphic Arts and Photography and place itunder the RIT Research Corporation (RITRC),which administers most of the CIA training,recruitment and research at RIT.

CIA influence extended to the rest ofRIT as well. The Federal Programs TrainingCenter was created at RIT in 1988 to givetechnological support to the CIA. There, stu-


dents were paid $8-10 an hour to produceforged documents. The crafts were also put toCIA use. Woodworking majors designed fur-niture with secret drawers, and pictureframes with cavities for listening devices. Inone course, students identified only by theirfirst names, designed wax molds for key-holes. The CIA even tried to place an inter-preter at RIT's National Technical Institute forthe Deaf.

Andrew Dougherty, Rose's executiveassistant and a member of the Association ofFormer Intelligence Officers, supervised CIAactivities at RIT. He authored the 1985 memo-randum and consulting reports for the CIA,two of which caused a stir. The first,“Changemasters,” resulted from discussionsamong six panelists, including RobertMcFarlane (of Iran-Contra fame) and formervice presidents of Xerox and AT&T.

“Changemasters” advocated economicespionage against U.S. trading partners, thetransfer of government-funded technology tothe private sector, and the repeal of antitrustlegislation. The second report, “Japan 2000,”was an outgrowth of discussions with suchexperts on Japanese culture as McFarlane,Tim Stone, a former CIA agent and director ofcorporate intelligence for Motorola, andFrank Pipp, a retired Xerox executive. Itwarns our nation's decision-makers:“Mainstream Japanese, the vast majority ofwhom absolutely embrace the nationalvision, have strange precedents. They arecreatures of an ageless, amoral, manipulativeand controlling culture — not to be emulated— suited only to this race, in this place.” Thereport concludes, “'Japan: 2000' should pro-vide notice that 'the rising sun' is coming —the attack has begun.”

When the contents of “Japan 2000” weredisclosed, Rose tried to distance himself fromthem by saying that the report was only a

working draft. Although he later released arevised version, the report still caused wide-spread indignation. RIT historian RichardLunt observes, “It is the height of hypocrisyto solicit gifts from leading Japanese corpora-tions to finance the imaging science buildingwhile at the same time preparing a confiden-tial document for the CIA which claims theJapanese government and Japanese corpora-tions are conspiring to attack and destroy theUnited States.”

The graduation ceremonies in May '91were marked by protests. Visitors to RITfound the outlines of bodies drawn in chalkon sidewalks and parking lots.

That June, the administration announcedthat a blue ribbon trustee committee wouldinvestigate CIA activities at RIT. Somehow, acommittee containing the likes of ColbyChandler, then chairman of Kodak, and KentDamon, a former vice president of Xerox, didlittle to reassure critics of RIT-CIA ties that itsinquiry would be impartial. The administra-tion later added two students, five professorsand an alumnus, who happened to be aKodak vice president, to the committee. Italso brought in Monroe Freedman, a formerlaw school dean at Hofstra University, toserve as its senior fact finder.

As the scandal unfolded, Rose andDougherty hastened to reassure the RIT com-munity that the CIA was not unduly influenc-ing the curriculum or threatening academicfreedom. Claiming that “morality is built intoevery fiber of my being,” Doughtery said thatthe CIA would never do anything morallyobjectionable. “They are really gun-shy aboutdoing anything improper with an academicinstitution,” he maintained.

Monroe Freedman, the senior fact finderof the commission that investigated the RIT-CIA ties felt otherwise. In his report he wrote,Intimidation and fear are recurring themes in


comments about matters relating to the CIAat RIT and, specifically, about Mr. Dougherty.One Dean called him “authoritarian,”“harsh,” and a “threatening individual.”Another Dean said that Mr. Dougherty “hadthe power to make you or break you.”

“To clash with him meant that you weregoing to be fired,” the Dean said, giving thename of one person who, he alleged, wasfired because he had said that Mr. Doughertydid not understand what a university is. OneVice President expressed resentment that hehad been compelled to accept the appoint-ment of an unwanted subordinate for anadministrative position, noting that the sub-ordinate also had responsibilities at theRITRC. “Things were done, said the sameVice President, and I had to go along.”

Some RIT faculty and administratorsdeclined to cooperate with the intelligenceagency. Edward McIrvine, dean of RIT'sCollege of Graphic Arts and Photography,twice refused CIA security clearance requests.Nonetheless, the CIA conducted a check onMcIrvine without his permission and askedto see his medical records when it found thathe had seen a psychiatrist a few years earlier.

Malcolm Spaull, head of the Film andVideo Department, was asked to train CIAagents in video surveillance. Spaull declinedbecause he is a friend of the family of CharlesHorman, the journalist who was kidnappedand murdered in Chile during the 1973 coup.Spaull said that there was “some evidencethat the CIA knew he was in captivity andacquiesced in his execution.”

Another professor, John Ciampa, head ofRIT's American Video Institute, refused towork for the CIA by pointing to a clause inhis contract that says that the institute wouldonly engage in life enhancing activities.

As the RIT scandal drew attention toCIA involvement at other universities,

Dougherty advised his CIA superiors thattime was of the essence if the agency's activi-ties at RIT were to be preserved. “Every daythat the Federal Programs Training Centercan be identified with RIT compounds ourproblem.”

Dougherty proposed replacing theRITRC with a non-profit university founda-tion that would include the University ofRochester. In June, Rose announced that hewould sever all personal ties with the CIA,and Dougherty resigned as his assistant. Twomonths later, in September, Rose announcedthat he would step down as president the fol-lowing year.

As a result of the CIA controversy, acommittee was created to oversee researchcontracts at RIT. Recently, however, the com-mittee informed Simone that it was notreceiving the information that it needed to doits job. In fall '96, RIT trustees unanimouslyvoted to designate President Rose as RITPresident Emeritus.

RIT's current president, Albert Simone,took office in 1992. At first, the RIT communi-ty welcomed Simone's accessibility and hisinvolvement in university affairs. He wasquoted in the October 10, 1994 Henrietta Postas saying, “If you're not an open person, asensitive person, a person who genuinelylikes others, you can't be an effective deci-sion-maker.”

Compared to his predecessor, Simoneappeared forthright and in touch with stu-dents and faculty. In an early speech, heexpressed his commitment to the liberal arts.“He's a breath of fresh air,” said philosophyprofessor Wade Robison.

About six months after his inaugurationas president, Simone began to craft a ten yearStrategic Plan for RIT, calling it “the mostparticipatory plan in all of academia.” Hethen embarked the university on a path of


managed attrition, and began to make plansto expand partnerships with industry and torevamp the curriculum. Having slashed sixmillion dollars from the annual budget,Simone announced his intention of cuttingten to twenty million dollars more, citing theneed for “teamwork” if the RIT communitywas to benefit from the plan.

“If we have the sense of community I'vetalked about...I believe that we'll be able tofind ways to — if we have to — downsize,restructure, reorient, re-prioritize, reallocate,”Simone said, adding reassuringly, “I thinkwe're going to have to do all of those things,but that doesn't mean we have to do themand have a lot of hurt and bloodshed anddespair and destruction.”

Had the RIT community been morefamiliar with Simone's tenure as president ofthe University of Hawaii (UH) from 1984 to1992, it might have been wary of the changesin store for RIT. David Yount, who served asvice president under Simone at UH, says inWho Runs the University? that it was widelyrumored that Simone had been brought in asa “hit man” and that approximately one-thirdof the twenty-four deans left office early inhis administration.

According to Yount, Simone's brash per-sonality did not endear him to the UH com-munity: Many of his listeners echoed the sen-timents of former Manoa Chancellor MarvinAnderson when he confided privately to hisstaff that Al Simone has no class. Especiallyembarrassing were the sexist comments andethnic slurs that sporadically popped out —his golfing double entendre about the hookeror his careless pronunciation of local names...Although he was coached for years by femalestaffers who managed most of the time to putthe right words in his mouth and the rightthoughts in his head, the wrong words andthoughts continued to emerge. He habitually

said “woman” when he meant women, intro-duced professional couples as “Dr. and Mrs.,”instead of “Dr. and Dr.” and betrayed gen-uine surprise whenever the career of a mar-ried woman surpassed that of her husband.

Several student groups, includingStudents Against Discrimination and HawaiiWomen of Color, held a mock trial of Simone.Their mentor, Haunani-Kay Trask, Professorof Hawaiian Studies, charged Simone withincompetence, racism, sexism and ignoranceof Hawaiian history. The jury found himguilty on all counts, and the judge pro-nounced him “an embarrassment to the entireuniversity community and to the humanrace.”

The origins of RIT's crisis in the arts donot lie, however, in the colorful personality ofAlbert Simone, but in the convergence of theinterests of large corporations with those ofthe national security state. The developmentof Kodak and Xerox products depends inlarge part on the advances made in the imag-ing sciences. Simone, who is both RIT presi-dent and chair of the Greater RochesterChamber of Commerce, has built up the well-connected CIMS at the expense of the arts.

Speaking of connections, CIMS was builtby the Pike Company, a construction firmwhich tops the list of a dozen Monroe Countycompanies that last year exceeded the legallimit on corporate campaign contributions.Tom Judson, Pike Company president, claim-ing to be ignorant of the New York Statestatute that limits such contributions to$5,000, said: “Maybe I can get some moneyback.”

Indeed. No corporation has ever beenfined for violating the statute, which wasenacted in 1974.

Thus are connections made. The first offcampus RIT trustee meeting convened inWashington, D. C. in April '97. President


Simone explained, “We want Washington toknow us better. We have had a lot of supportfrom the federal government. We need more.”

During their three day stay inWashington, the trustees met with membersof Congress and federal officials to discusssuch matters as technology transfer andresearch, and were briefed by a Departmentof Defense (DOD) undersecretary on U. S.technology policy. Anita Jones, the director ofDOD's Defense Research and Engineering,observing that she didn't know of any otheruniversity board coming to Washington, saidof the RIT trustees visit: “I thought it showeda lot of forward thinking.”

In March '97, I interviewed KurtPerschke and fellow ceramics student andSOS organizer Molly Hamblin. They relatedto me the history of the School of AmericanCrafts, which owes its existence to AileenOsborn Webb, founder of the American CraftCouncil. SAC opened at Dartmouth in 1944and moved to RIT in 1950. As the first schoolin this country exclusively devoted to crafts,SAC was inspired by the Crafts Movement,which has been a counterweight to the valuesof the Industrial Revolution for over a centu-ry.

To hear Hamblin describe the materialwith which she works is to come to feel that ithas a life of its own, giving new meaning toKeats' “strife between damnation and impas-sioned clay.” Hamblin believes that RIT stu-dents are too engrossed in the informationhighway, too dazzled by the prospect ofbeing able to purchase groceries by computer,to bother to express themselves. She describesto me the eeriness of RIT buildings that arefull of people and silent except for the click-ing of computer keyboards.

While Perschke and Hamblin are elatedthat the art schools have earned a reprieve,

they know that their existence remains pre-carious. Hamblin says that the art schoolshave been given a three to five year “umbrel-la,” during which they have to successfullymarket their programs. While advertising hasincreased student enrollment in the artschools for next year, the RIT administrationremains uncommitted to the art programs.

Hamblin notes that positions are beingleft unfulfilled as professors retire, and thatthe increased number of art students has notled to an increase in the space available tothem or to improvements in their facilitieswhile Perschke laments the absence of institu-tional memory at RIT, where students knowlittle about the 1991 CIA controversy. Unlessthe disjunction between past and present isovercome, the arts and crafts may go the wayof the dodo and the carrier-pigeon. SAC maybe forced to eventually leave RIT and becomeindependent again in order to survive, saysHamblin, who does not relish the idea ofbeing in an institution where she is not want-ed.


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