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Librarians Seek Answers For Literature Of Denial, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Libraries and librarians have a long history of fighting censorship and attempts to remove materials from their collections, but what about materials that are not only offensive but also historically inaccurate? There are three aspects to the topic of Holocaust-denial materials in libraries: Should libraries acquire it? If they do, how should it be classified? Where should it be shelved?

The Advocate, April/May 1997, Vol. 8, No. 5, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Two Public Officials Support CUNY/SUNY Systems; Oppose Governor Pataki’s proposed 1997-1998 Executive Budget. Staff (p. 1)

Conference Speakers Denounce Budget Cuts. Staff (p. 1)

Higher Education Cuts Threaten State’s Economic Vitality. Charles J. Hynes (p. 1)

Socialist Scholars Discuss Adjuncts, Importance of Student Activism. Mark Petras (p. 3)

Local / Global: A Symposium on the New Times Square. Alan Moore (p. 4)

Annals of Administration: CUNY Board of Trustees Appropriations and Salaries: At What Cost? Andrea Zimmerman (p. 5)

Special Report. The Pawn Broker: Citibank Never Sleeps When Gouging Students with CUNYCard; CUNY Administrators Defend Racist, Anti-Student …

Rationalism In Normative Budget Theory, Dan Williams

Publications and Research

This paper concerns epistemological rationalism and the norms used by governments to instruct their officers to perform their duties. The particular duty I discuss here is preparation of and action on the budget. In this paper I use "rationalism" as the opposite of "empiricism." This rationalism does not refer to "'economic rationality," it refers to the method of attaining knowledge associated with introspection, logic, and a priori knowledge. It is opposed to the method of attaining knowledge associated with observation, experiment, and evidence. By "norms, “normative," and other related terms, I mean action guiding language. Four senses of normative are …

The Russo-Polish War, 1919-1920: A Bibliography Of Materials In English, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

As World War I came to an end, the borders in Central and Eastern Europe were tenuous, and in some cases non-existent, and several countries came into territorial conflict. The battle between Poland and the Soviet Union was a pivotal event in twentieth century history, as Poland not only dealt the Red Army its first defeat, but also greatly expanded the territory of the fledgling Polish Republic to its historic, pre-partition borders.

Three Film Reviews, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Reviews of Advertising Missionaries, directed by Chris Hilton and Gauthier Flauder; Chastie (Paradise), a film by Sergey Dvortsevoy; and Wilbert: Street Kid in Nicaragua, a video by Bent Erik Kroyer.

A Response To Mark Weber, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Mark Weber, who at the time was both the editor of the Journal of Historical Review and the Director of the Institute for Historical Review, wrote a letter to the editor of Public & Access Services Quarterly objecting to a 1995 article written by John Drobnicki, Carol Goldman, Trina Knight, and Johanna Thomas ("Holocaust-Denial Literature in Public Libraries: An Investigation of Public Librarians’ Attitudes Regarding Acquisition and Access"). Drobnicki wrote a detailed response, which not only refutes the claims of Mr. Weber, but which also demonstrates how Holocaust "revisionists" often make claims which do not hold up.

Interview: Cindi Katz. Creating Safe Space And The Materiality Of The Margins, Cindi Katz

Publications and Research

Cindi Katz, associate professor and chair of the environmental psychology program at the Graduate School of the City University of New York, visited the University of Kentucky in February of 1996 to deliver the keynote address at the 5 1/2 Annual Geography Graduate Student Conference. In her address, entitled "Power, Space and Terror: Social Reproduction and the Public Environment," Professor Katz discussed how changes jn urban built environments, particularly the privatization of urban public space, negatively affected New York City children. Privatization, she argued, not only serves a 'child hating' mentality prevalent in our society, but fosters, among other things, …

The Post-Soviet Handbook: A Guide To Grassroots Organizations And Internet Resources In The Newly Independent States, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the book The Post-Soviet Handbook: A Guide to Grassroots Organizations and Internet Resources in the Newly Independent States.

Holocaust-Denial Literature: An Additional Bibliography, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

This bibliography is a supplement to an earlier one that was published in the Bulletin of Bibliography. Holocaust denial is a body of literature that seeks to prove that the Jewish Holocaust did not happen. This bibliography includes both works about Holocaust denial and works of Holocaust denial.

A Message From The New Executive Director, Jill Dolan

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

I'm honored and pleased to be succeeding Marty Duberman as Executive Director of CLAGS. I taught in theatre and drama and women's studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before I accepted my present position in the PhD Program in Theatre at the CUNY Graduate Center. At Madison, teaching and writing in lesbian performance theory, the fact that a national center for lesbian and gay studies had been established in New York gave me a sense that the field in which I worked was arriving, securing its legitimacy and its vibrancy and insisting on its visibility. In my two years at …

Review Of The Book Hispanic Surnames And Family History, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the book Hispanic Surnames and Family History.

Genealogical Resources On Chinese Names: An Annotated Bibliography, Sheau-Yueh J. Chao

Publications and Research

This annotated bibliography provides coverage of materials from the period between 1980 and 1995 and also includes important works of historical value published before 1980. The Wade-Giles system is used for the transliteration of Chinese materials. English publications that include Chinese characters transliterated by the author have those transliterations retained in the bibliographical annotations.Certain materials may have been omitted because the author is unaware of their existence or availability here in the United States.A great portion of the Chinese-language publications was found in the collection of Columbia University's C V Starr East Asian Library.

The Advocate, April 1996, Vol. 7, No. 8, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Editorials (p. 2)

Swinging in the Breeze. Lee Wengraf.

Mistakes Were Made.

Student Liberation Action Movement (SLAM). Alex Vitale.

Masthead (p. 2)

Letters

Honorable Mention. The Editors (p. 2)

Nurse’s Aid. Melanie Bush, Tammy McJanet, Raymond Codrington, et al. (p. 2)

Funeral Parlor. Andrew Long (p. 2)

Mendicant Mentality. Jacques Saleh (p. 3)

Rob Wallace Responds [to Jacques Saleh] (p. 3)

Crypto-Capitalists. Thane Doss (p. 3)

Lovelle Clark Responds [to Thane Doss] (p. 3)

No Joke. Rob Hollander (p. 4)

Rob Wallace Responds [to Rob Hollander] (p. 4)

Annals of Administration (p. 4)

Swing-On-A-String Space. Robert Hollander. …

The Advocate, February 1996, Vol. 7, No. 7, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

The Strike. [Andrea Zimmerman] (p. 1)

Deficit Demons: Budget Gap, Fact or Fiction – Uncovering the Myth Behind the Downsizing Spiral. Terrence Blackman (p. 3)

ToxiCity University: The Strike Reveals the Administration’s Neglect of Student Health and Safety. Rob Wallace and Lee Wengraf (p. 3)

Annals of Administration: Of Rats and Scabs. Robert Hollander (p. 4)

Masthead (p. 2)

Editorials (p. 2)

Striking Back. Lee Wengraf.

It’s Over. Joan Parkin.

In Their Own Words (p. 2)

On the Front Lines. Leo Pieter.

Lessons from the Strike. Leo Pieter.

Gaining Momentum. Joan Parkin.

Special Supplement: GSUC Sexual Harassment …

The Advocate, January 1996, Vol. 7, No. 6, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Editorials (p. 2)

La Meme Chose. Lee Wengraf.

An Appeal to the GSUC Community. Terrence Blackman.

Mistakes were Made.

[Service Employees International Union Strike.] Robert Wallace and Lee Wengraf.

Strike! The Advocate.

Letters

Ad Hominem Hooey. Andrew Long (p. 2)

Nomadic Economy. Jacques Saleh, Philosophy (p. 2)

Rob Wallace Responds [to Jacques Saleh] (p. 3)

Bulletin Board (Classifieds and Announcements) (p. 2)

Inter-Campus Programs

Campaign to End the Death Penalty

National Association of Graduate and Professional Students

Leftward Ho!

Masthead (p. 2)

Features

Pataki’s Lump of Coal: Governor Grinch’s Budget Steals CUNY Student Dreams of Diplomas. …

Women-Church And Egalitarianism: Revisioning "In Christ There Are No More Distinctions Between Male And Female", Susan A. Farrell

Publications and Research

This chapter from The Power of Gender in Religion (eds G.A. Weatherby and S.A. Farrell) illustrates how women in the Roman Catholic Church are expanding the roles of women and challenging the patriarchal and hierarchical Roman Catholic Church practices. They are accomplishing this through an umbrella organization of feminist groups which maintain their catholic identty while critiquing the church from within.

Higher-Order Categories In Brunei Dusun Ethnobotany: The Folk-Classification Of Rainforest Plants, Jay H. Bernstein

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Book Encyclopedia Of American Family Names, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the book Encyclopedia of American Family Names.

The Advocate, October 1995, Vol. 7, No. 4, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Editorials

Punitive Damages. Lee Wengraf (p. 2)

Farewell to a Radical [William Kunstler]. Ken Cunningham (p. 2)

Mistakes were Made (p. 2)

Masthead (p. 2)

Letters

Friendly Ammendments [sic]. Robert J. Wilson (p. 2)

Bulletin Board (p. 2)

Features

Operation Weasel. In the Face of Unprecedented Budget Cuts, CUNY Central Founds a New Security Force. SAFE Team Surveils Students, Bonds with NYPD. Lee Wengraf (p. 3)

Jerked Around. Robert Wallace (p. 3)

Annals of Administration: Why Floyd Fled. Robert Hollander (p. 4)

Which Side Are You On? An Affirmative Action Debate. Terrence Blackman and Francisco O. Villalobos …

Review Of The Book Migration From The Russian Empire: Lists Of Passengers Arriving At The Port Of New York, Vols. 1 And 2, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the book Migration From the Russian Empire: Lists of Passengers Arriving at the Port of New York, vols. 1 and 2.

The Invention Of "African Rhythm", Kofi Agawu

Publications and Research

"African ryhthm" was invented in the 1950s when, thanks to pioneering research by the Reverend A. M. Jones, Alan Merriam, Gilbert Rouget, Erich von Hornbostel, and John Blacking, among others, "African music" was construed as an essentially rhythmic phenomenon. Three decades and a sizable body of empirical research later, it is easy to see that an overriding ideology of difference (between "Africa" and the "West") motivated these early efforts. This essay reinvents "African rhythm" not by denying its own ideological construction but by engaging in an imaginary dialogue with earlier researchers in an effort to concretize that which was missing …

The Advocate, September 1995, Vol. 7, No. 3, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Editorials (p. 2)

Fight Back! Andrew Long.

Free Level 3 Deferral Revised. Andrew Long.

If Mumia Fries, Wall Street Burns. Robert Wallace.

In Memory [of Helio Belik].

Masthead (p. 2)

Letters (p. 2)

To the Editor. Rick Loftus.

Feed Media

Voice-Less? Robert Hollander (p. 2)

No Paper Town. Robert Wallace (p. 16)

Niosh Bosh. R.W. (p. 16)

Humor in the Permanent Recession. R.W. (p. 16)

Features

Pay More or Else! Andrew Long (p. 3)

Movin’ on Up? Grad Center to Move to B. Altman’s. Move will Provide More Space, But Won’t Bring the GSUC Together. Rob Hollander …

Review Of The Book Bibliography Of The Soviet Union: Its Predecessors And Successors, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the book Bibliography of the Soviet Union: Its Predecessors and Successors.

Advocate, May 15, 1995, Vol. 7, No. 2, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Editorial: Peace, Safety, Protection, and Doublespeak: Big Brother Comes to the Graduate Center (p. 2)

Letters (p. 3)

No Exit: A Play in the Park. Elizabeth Pallitto, Comp. Lit.

Opinion Forum: Replies to Steve O’Brien (p. 3)

Domestic Partnership: What’s Really at Issue. Anonymous.

Naturalized Sex. Robert Hollander, Linguistics.

Features

Placement Office Slated for Closure; Who will Handle Job Applications? Joanna Sharf (p. 4)

This City is Ours. Diana Agosta (p. 6)

GSUC Hires New Computer Director. R. Hollander (p. 13)

University Faculty Senate Holds Hearing on Research Foundation. R. Hollander (p. 13)

Doctoral Students Council Report: …

Review Of The Book Historical Dictionary Of Poland, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the book Historical Dictionary of Poland.

Black Nations/Queer Nations Conference, Cathy Cohen

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

Black lesbian and gay men have made significant accomplishments but continue to confront a number of urgent challenges, such as AIDS, unemployment, racism, and homophobia. Our future survival turns on our ability to break new ground toward overcoming these challenges. It is therefore necessary for us to dialogue, debate, and develop new strategies of resistance and community education that will advance the politics of lesbian and gay people of African descent, our communities, and society as a whole. To this end, we will sponsor an unprecedented three-day conference.

Review Of The Book International Vital Records Handbook, 3rd Ed., John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the book International Vital Records Handbook, 3rd ed.

Asses And Wits: The Homoerotics Of Mastery In Satiric Comedy, Mario Digangi

Publications and Research

This essay explores master-servant homoeroticism in three seventeenth-century satiric comedies: Ben Jonson's Epicoene and Volpone and George Chapman's The Gentleman Usher. Whereas "sodomy" always signifies social disorder, "homoerotic" useful for describing same-sex relations that are socially normative or orderly. Thus homoerotic master-servant relations become "sodomitical" only when they are perceived to threaten social order. In Epicoene, the character associated with the disorder of "sodomy" is neither Dauphine or Epicoene, but the "unnatural" Morose, even though he has not literally had sex with the boy he marries. The erotic master-servant relationship in Volpone is sodomitical because it transgresses against …

Licuala Palms In Brunei Dusun Ethnobotany, Jay H. Bernstein, Roy F. Ellen

Publications and Research

Several species of Licuala occur in the Merimbun area of Tutong district, Brunei Darussalam. One kind of Licuala, called benjiru by the local Dusun population, is often collected for sale as a vegetable. While Licuala is not generally considered an important economic plant, overharvesting in the Merimbun area suggests that conservation measures may be needed to protect it from local extinction. Besides benjiru, other kinds of Licuala recognized by the Dusun are called silad and ukang. The three kinds of Licuala do not have one overall name in the Dusun language, but constitute a covert category at the "intermediate" ethnobotanical …

Holocaust-Denial Literature In Public Libraries: An Investigation Of Public Librarians' Attitudes Regarding Acquisition And Access, John A. Drobnicki, Carol R. Goldman, Trina R. Knight, Johanna V. Thomas

Publications and Research

This study was undertaken to learn about public librarians' attitudes and opinions concerning the sometimes conflicting issues of intellectual freedom, collection balance, and controversial materials. The investigation focused on Holocaust-denial literature, a body of work which tries to dispute or deny outright the historical reality of the Holocaust. The results, while ambiguous in some areas, indicate that librarians are more open to Holocaust-revisionist literature than had been predicted and, regardless of outside pressures, would acquire and provide ready access to this material in their libraries.