College Briefs
By Daily Bruin Staff
Oct. 10, 2001 9:00 p.m.
UC Berkeley newspaper taking heat for cartoon
UC Berkeley’s student senate is considering a bill that would
condemn The Daily Californian for its Sept. 18 printing of a
controversial political cartoon. The drawing shows two robed men
with turbans amid flames, a scene the cartoonist said depicted
terrorist hijackers in hell. But opponents of the cartoon call it a
racist attack on Muslims. A bill defending free speech for campus
publications ““ proposed simultaneously ““ asks for a
printed apology on the front page of the Daily Californian
“for using poor judgment during volatile times and possibly
endangering students on this campus.” The proposal also asks
the Daily Cal’s editors to require mandatory sensitivity
training for its staff. A portion that raises the rent of the
newspaper was dropped Monday night. Student’s
anti-war signs removed from door John Bacino, a freshman
at the University of Montana, posted signs on his dorm door about
the Sept. 11 attacks that were removed because they supposedly
violated university policy. The signs read: “Arabs never
stole the remainder of my meal plan balance to build a gym; Arabs
never tried to steal three weeks of my Christmas break, and
they’re not even Christian; When you own a world filled with
corpses, who will buy your guns?” Residence Life director Ron
Brunell said residents complained that the signs were
“derogatory and offensive,” Brunell said, and Bacino
did not have approval to post his signs. University policy states
that all signs hung in public areas must be approved by Residence
Life, Brunell said. The incident is under investigation and the
university is looking into other college policies. Michigan
study finds Americans insecure Nearly half of all
Americans feel more insecure and unsafe after last month’s
attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the
country’s declaration of war on terrorism, according to a
University of Michigan survey released Tuesday. Results from the
“How America Responds” study conducted by the
university’s Institute for Social Research show that 51
percent of Americans said their sense of personal safety was shaken
only a little or not at all following the attacks. The 49 percent
who said they felt their personal safety had been threatened were
also more pessimistic about the future economy and have less
favorable buying attitudes. Almost half of Americans said that now
is a good time to invest in the stock market, and 9 percent said it
would be a good idea to withdraw investments.
Students at Brown University protest war About
120 Brown University students walked out of class Tuesday to
protest U.S. military strikes in Afghanistan. At least two
professors dismissed class early to allow students to attend.
Shouting “1-2-3-4. we don’t want a racist war,”
they gathered for an open mic sponsored by Not Another Victim
Anywhere, an activist group formed after the Sept. 11 attacks.
“We cannot simply go on with our daily routines as our
country prosecutes an unjust war,” said Shaun Joseph, an
organizer of the event. He said the group gathered in solidarity
with Afghanistan, and that bombs and missiles are not the right
solutions. NAVA stated three goals: opposing retaliatory violence,
upholding civil liberties and considering the underlying causes of
violence.
Compiled by Daily Bruin staff.
