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Advocate, March 2005, Vol. [16], No. [5], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Community News

The Case for Restructuring Information Resources. Annalies Kamran (p. 1)

When a Tsunami Raises Coffee Prices: What Do Students Think About the Dining Options at the Graduate Center? Antonia Levy and Dan Skinner (p. 1)

A New $12 Fee for Wellness Center is a Good Deal for CUNY (p. 2)

Interactive Technology & Pedagogy Certificate Draft. Masha Rumer (p. 3)

A Day in the Life of a GC Adjunct. Anonymous (p. 5)

Features

Fear and Loathing in Amsterdam. Anonymous (p. 8)

Prose Poem: Flying South. Tony Monchinski (p. 10)

National Public Radio’s Terry Gross: On …

Advocate, February 2005, Vol. [16], No. [4], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

BMCC Puts “Homeland Security” Program on Hold. James Hoff (p. 1)

State Assembly Member Ron Canestrari Visits GC. Paul McBreen (p. 1)

Chance to Improve GC Email System After Outage. James Trimarco (p. 1)

Editorial: Defend Ward Churchill and Academic Freedom (p. 2)

Drugs and Power in Afghanistan. Gerasimos Karavitis (p. 4)

Inaugural Protest Small on Numbers But Big on Enthusiasm. Matt Lau. (p. 5)

The Case for Socialism in the Twenty-First Century. Jason Schulman. (p. 6)

Reflections on the Revolution in... Israel? William Adler (p. 7)

For Foreign Students: Immigrant Driver’s Permits: A Perilous Two-Tier System. …

Background For The “War On Terror”

Human Rights & Human Welfare

September 11 changed the United States’ understanding of terrorism. Prior to these attacks, Americans typically viewed terrorist events and actors through the lens of foreign affairs, quite removed from “everyday” concerns. Terrorist events involving Americans did occur, occasionally on American soil, but a sense of American invulnerability never truly wavered. September 11 challenged this presumption; as well as perspectives on the history of terrorism, compelling some to reexamine past events in order to find portents of the future tragedy.

A Personal Exploration Of Complacency, And Awareness, Jason Darnell

Whittier Scholars Program

The questions in this paper are about issues that are very serious and affecting many people from day to day. Some of these issues include: Poverty, Healthcare, Medicare, civil rights, abortion, male violence, hate crimes, war on drugs, education, religion, consumerism, capitalism, terrorism, the slave industry, and news entertainment. This project addresses many college students who deal with these same issues, and is written from a college student’s perspective. The project includes conversations with peers, pressing issues raised in classes, and debates on historical and philosophical issues to examine the political and social environment of both the upper and lower …

Chechnya, Kelley Laird

Human Rights & Human Welfare

The root of animosity between Russians and Chechens extends for more than a century, beginning when Chechens opposed Russia’s conquest of the Caucasus between 1818 and 1917. Tension reached an apex in the 1940s when Stalin deported thousands of Chechens to Siberia and East Asia in fear that they would collaborate with German Nazis.

Political Participation In America: The Role Of Race, Ethnicity, And Gender, Leslie J. Baker-Bracy

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Equality in political participation in the United States requires that all citizens, regardless of their social status or demographic characteristics be allowed to participate in the system, regardless of income or education. However, studies have shown several variables - gender, race, income, and education — significantly affect any one person’s pathway to political participation and expression. Using data from the 1992 Citizen’s Participatory Study, I examine these effects, especially in terms of how these variables affect the participation of women. The findings show that education and income rarely have the “equalizing” effect in terms of political participation that is believed.

Satellite Televisions In Lebanon: Agents Of Change Or Reinforcing The Status Quo?, Yara Youssef

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

There has been a noted interest in the new technologies of the nineties, those that have expanded the realm of traditional mass media and the traditional means of communication that people were previously used to. With the start of globalization and the world becoming what some have called “global village,” the act of distributing information to the four comers of the world has become less complicated than it used to be, and boundaries are seen as constantly being eroded by the new pressures of modernization and liberalization. The internet and satellite televisions increased in importance in this realm, and so …

James Wilson: Presbyterian, Anglican, Thomist, Or Deist?: Does It Matter? (Chapter 7 Of The Founders On God And Government), Mark Hall

Faculty Publications - Department of History and Politics

Excerpt: "James Wilson is buried in America's Westminster Abby-Christ Church, Philadelphia. This Anglican church is only blocks away from the First Presbyterian church in Philadelphia, where Wilson rented a pew until the end of his life. Some scholars report that Wilson joined the Anglican Communion in 1778, perhaps at the behest of one his best friends, William White, the first Anglican bishop of Philadelphia. Others claim he that never abandoned the Presbyterianism of his native Scotland. Still others pay no attention to his denominational commitments, arguing that he was actually a Thornist or a deist. Finally, some scholars say nothing …

Law, Human Rights, Realism And The “War On Terror”, J. Peter Pham

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of:

The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror by Michael Ignatieff. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004. 212pp.

The Fair City Production Line: An Examination Of Soap Opera’S Potential Contribution To The Public Sphere, Edward Brennan

Articles

Between December 2000 and February 2001 the Irish soap opera Fair City ran an unprecedented, risky and controversial abortion storyline. This came before a looming referendum on the legality of abortion. Here, Fair City was not just offering entertainment, but provoking debate and discussion on a divisive issue in Irish society. In this case, and many others, it appears that soap opera, by promoting such discussion, may contribute to the formation of public opinion in contemporary civil society. Heretofore, most academic studies have overlooked the possible consequences of soap opera for civil society, public opinion and the democratic process. This …

Including Organizational Cultural Parameters In Work Processes, Holly A. H. Handley, Nancy J. Heacox

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

Recent work in modeling decision-making work processes has focused on including the national culture of individual decision-makers in order to emphasize the differences in decision criteria between decision-makers of different nationalities. In addition to nationality, a decision-maker is also a member of an organization and brings this organizational culture to his role in the work process, where it may also affect his task performance. In order to represent the organizational impact on the work process, five organizational cultural parameters were identified and included in an algorithm for modeling and simulation of cultural difference in human decision-making. While the five modifiers …

The Arms Trade In Russian-Chinese Relations: Identity, Domestic Politics, And Geopolitical Positioning, Robert H. Donaldson, John A. Donaldson

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Why would a declining power help arm a neighboring and once-hostile rising power? Current international relations literature cannot explain relationships in which one powerful country contributes directly to its long-term relative decline in order to make smaller, short-term gains. This study focuses on one example, the Treaty on Good Neighborly Friendship and Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, signed in Moscow on July 16, 2001. Presenting evidence that this alliance embodies a relationship that is based primarily on sales of arms from Russia to China, the authors argue that this association cannot be explained by …

War If Necessary, But Not Necessarily War': The Canadian Paradox And 'Iraqi Freedom', Marc Ouellette

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

The Canadian refusal to join the U.S. led “coalition of the willing” does not mark the first time the nation has chosen not to follow its “traditional allies” into a foolish, ego-driven, imperialistic and vengeful conflict. Indeed, Canada’s record in these matters is flawless. Peter C. Newman points out that “we went along with most presidential global adventures, except the Vietnam War. The other significant time we parted company with the Yanks was over our drive to impose economic sanctions on apartheid South Africa, a policy we initiated and successfully defended despite American objections.” In fact, the objections …

"War If Necessary, But Not Necessarily War”: The Canadian Paradox And “Iraqi Freedom", Marc A. Ouellette

English Faculty Publications

The Canadian refusal to join the U.S. led “coalition of the willing” does not mark the first time the nation has chosen not to follow its “traditional allies” into a foolish, ego-driven, imperialistic and vengeful conflict. Indeed, Canada’s record in these matters is flawless. Peter C. Newman points out that “we went along with most presidential global adventures, except the Vietnam War. The other significant time we parted company with the Yanks was over our drive to impose economic sanctions on apartheid South Africa, a policy we initiated and successfully defended despite American objections.” In fact, the objections to this …

Us-Japan Relations : Convergence And Divergence In The Post-September 11th World, Brian Bridges

CAPS Working Paper Series

Japan-US relations, which had been drifting in the late 1990s, were given a new lease of life by the new administrations of US President George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro, both of whom argued for strengthening the alliance. This paper argues that, although the new sense of cooperation extended through to beyond the September 11th events, the US designation of an ‘axis of evil’ has paradoxically caused some divergence in the relationship. Japanese policies towards all three constituents countries of the ‘axis of evil’, Iraq, North Korea and Iran, differ in emphasis and nature from those of …

Advocate, March 2003, Vol. [14], No. [1?], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

CUNY Budget Under Attack. Marriah Star (p. 1)

Rolling Up the Welcome Mat on Foreign Nationals. Kimberly Chase (p. 1)

DSC Issues: Statement Against War on Iraq. James Trimarco (p. 1)

Editorial: The War, the Budget, and the Parochial Presidency (p. 2)

Masthead (p. 2)

Short Takes (p. 2)

Bread & Roses. [8^th Annual Women’s Open Poetry and Performance Event]. Brecht Forum.

Mass Confusion: Recycling Still in Effect for Metal and Mixed Paper. NYC.Gov.

Be Protest-Savvy: Know Your Rights. New York Civil Liberties Union.

Multi-Faith Panel Discussion.

Award Named After Professor Edouard Glissant.

Global Citizen Education. …

Three Armenian Songs And The Attitude Of Adana-Marash Armenians Towards The Turks (1891-1909, Bayram Kodaman

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Fidel Castro On The United States Selected Statements, 1958-2003, Hans De Salas-Del Valle

Institute for Cuban & Cuban-American Studies Occasional Papers

No abstract provided.

Mlgpa News (Winter 2003), Maggie Allen

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.

The Conceptual Model Of Peace Operations (Cmpo) As A Framework For Comparing National Doctrines For International Peacekeeping Operations, Paul R. Rickert

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This research generates a method for easy comparison of national military doctrines as they pertain to peacekeeping operations by using the Conceptual Model of Peace Operations (CMPO) as an organizational framework. Microsoft Excel is utilized as an interface as a means for individuals or organizations to compare individual national peacekeeping doctrines on an independent framework. This project also utilizes graphing techniques to allow users to view more generalized comparisons of doctrine so conclusions might be more readily drawn with regards to specific areas of coverage, areas of doctrine needing to be more fully or less extensively addressed, and the political …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding Downing University Center renovations, organization fair, committee vacancies, fall retreat, budget, meeting schedule and legislation.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding committee vacancies and appointments, fall retreat, budget and Parents Day.

Sino-American Strategic Relations : A Perceptual-Psychological Approach, Hon Yui, Eric Wong

Lingnan Theses

The rise of China’s economic power and the end of US-Soviet rivalry has highlighted the importance of overall Sino-US relations and has made Sino-US interrelations in terms of security become more sophisticated and complicated. Although there obviously exist a number of issues in the Sino-US strategic relationship, my research takes two case studies for particular analysis. One issue, missile defense (MD), started during the presidency of Bill Clinton, but because of George W. Bush’s tough approach to China has become a critical issue in current Sino-US relations.

The Taiwan issue is another crucial case study in my research. Because of …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss offices, dormitory construction, creation of College of Health & Human Services, tuition increase, distinguished senior graduates and appointments.

For Patriot Dream: America Freedom Endures, Don P. Diffine Ph.D.

Belden Center Books

This book describes what in the world is at stake for America's war on terrorism. How shall we gauge the future of our land so recently visited with terrorism against our pillars of capitalism? For over 200 years, our country, through freedom and hard work, has changed the world. Our religious freedoms, civil freedoms, human rights, and the importance we place on the dignity of the individual--all these set us apart. Among all the world's nations, America still stands out in front. We should never forget that we are Americans, first, last, and always.

Between God And Democracy, Andrew Fagan

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of:

Understanding Human Rights Principles edited by Jeffrey Jowell and Jonathan Cooper. Portland, OR: Hart Publishers, 2001 201pp.

and

The Idea of Human Rights: Four Inquiries, by Michael J. Perry. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 162pp.

Only Friendship, Farideh Dayanim Goldin

English Faculty Publications

(First paragraph) My Jewish daughter befriended a Muslim woman in her Islam class last Fall. She asked me where she could buy rosewater, saffron, and cardamom to make halwa. My kosher daughter was celebrating the end of Ramadan, Eide-fetr, with her first Iranian, her first Muslim friend.

Continuity In Dynamic Coalition Operations, Holly A. H. Handley, Larry K. Wentz, Alexander H. Levis

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

The combination of participating organizations in a coalition operation often changes over time; the coalition is dynamic and evolves over the course of its mission. A given organization may participate in the coalition only at the stage where its expertise or resources are most needed, while other organizations may participate through the entire course of the operation. As these are independent organizations coming together for a limited time to meet a specific goal, the structure of the coalition must be able to accommodate the different command arrangements, procedures, and other characteristics of each organization. In order to develop a theory …

The Application Of Jus Ad Bellum And Jus In Bello To The Conflict In Afghanistan, Maha Wagdi Sayed Eid

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Advocate, October 2001, Vol. [13], No. [2], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

War or Peace?

On the Precipice of World War 3 Oppose the “Jihad” and the “Crusade.” Louise Ammentorp (p. 2)

Why War is Not the Answer. Josh Little (p. 3)

Martyrs. Anonymous Author (p. 3)

Unexcusable, Unexplainable, Unavoidable Acts of Terror? Andrew Kennis (p. 4)

Why the U.S. Public Has Been in a “War-Like Mood.” Andrew Kennis (p. 6)

Masthead (p. 2)

Immigration

The Many Tortuous Ways an Alien Can Become a Permanent Resident. Nassima Abdelli (p. 7)

Art (p. 8)

Picassos from Málaga at the Graduate Center Art Gallery. Patricia Siska.

Art Historians Do Their Part …