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Academic freedoms stifled, activists say
Groups debate 'political correctness'
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Advocates of
minority sensitivity say they are being
wrongly portrayed as prejudiced amid
claims that "political correctness" is stifling
academic freedom on university campuses.
"Those of us committed to valuing and
spreading cultural diversity are being
charged by some with engaging in exclu
sion of persons and opinions different
from our own and attempting to close off
debate," said Maggie Abudu, a race rela
tions researcher.
Abudu, executive director of the South
west Center for Human Relations Studies
at the University of Oklahoma, predicted
battles over political correctness will inten
sify.
And as those battles are fought, she said,
race relations are likely to worsen on uni
versity campuses.
Some academics complain that "political
correctness" has taken hold in a climate
that encourages non-traditional studies, in
cluding works of women and minorities.
Some who favor traditional teaching say
they are labeled politically incorrect.
Disputes over political correctness have
divided the academic community and have
helped turn the affirmative action debate
into a First Amendment argument.
President Bush, in a commencement ad
dress in May at the University of Michigan,
entered the political correctness fray, say
ing, "What began as a crusade for civility
has soured into a cause of conflict and even
censorship."
Some academics have complained of a
"McCarthyism of the left," saying some
who favor traditional teaching of basic
Western thought are labeled politically in
correct in a climate that encourages non-
traditional studies in the works of women
and minorities and mixing of social issues
in curricula.
About 1,500 university teachers have
formed the National Association of Schol
ars to oppose political correctness. The 3-
year-old group warns that teachers or stu
dents who don't advocate politically cor
rect notions are denied tenure, given lower
grades or publicly humiliated.
Just last week in Austin, English profes
sor Alan Gribben, a respected, tenured
Mark Twain scholar, announced he is leav
ing the University of Texas. He claimed to
be a victim of political correctness and mul-
ticulturalism.
Gribben, who taught at the university
for 17 years, said some members of a politi
cally correct movement hurt his reputation
after he opposed the inclusion of certain
works by women, minorities and homo
sexuals into the English curriculum solely
for their political content.
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House majority leader
supports oil import fee
AUSTIN (AP) — Legislation to
set a $20-per-barrel floor price for
oil through an import fee is pick
ing up steam in Congress, U.S.
House Major
ity Leader
Richard Ge
phardt told oil
industry offi
cials.
Gephardt,
speaking to the
Texas Inde
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alty Owners favors a fee on im-
Association, ported oil to set a
also said Presi- floor price,
dent Bush's
national energy strategy falls short
of helping the economy or reduc
ing U.S. dependence on foreign
oil.
He said a fee on imported oil to
set a floor price is crucial for the
nation's economy and security.
"It's not hops or barley," the
Missouri Democrat said. "It's a se
curity asset. We need an energy
policy in the United States that is
in the self-interest of the United
States on that national defense re
quirement alone."
His comments Monday came
before the Organization of Petro
leum Exporting Countries opened
its summer conference in Vienna,
Austria.
The average price of OPEC
crudes was $17.68 a barrel last
week, after surging past $37 a bar
rel in October. The average for the
year so far was $18.58 a barrel,
compared to $22.26 for the same
period in 1990.
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Children vaccinated
after playing with bat
SULLIVAN CITY (AP) — At
least three Rio Grande Valley chil
dren are receiving rabies vaccina
tions as a precaution after playing
with a dead bat at school, health
officials said Tuesday.
A total of 32 children touched
the bat, and all of their parents
have been advised to consult a
doctor about the possible rabies
threat.
The fourth- and fifth-grade stu
dents at Benavides Elementary
School tossed the bat around the
playground May 27, said Dr.
Charles Wilson, head of the Hi
dalgo County Health Department.
Wilson said a boy had found the
bat and brought it to school.
"You know how kids are with
creepy, crawly things," Wilson
said. "They started playing with it
and throwing it at one another.
The school nurse found out about
it and realized the possible dan
gers."
Bats can carry the rabies virus,
which is fatal to humans when
they are not vaccinated. In South
Texas, there have been 24 con
firmed cases of rabies in animals
so far this year.
The bat was sent to the Texas
Department of Health, but tests
were inconclusive because the ani
mal had been dead too long, Wil
son said.
"So we don't really know if the
bat was rabid or not," he said.
"But with rabies you don't take
any chances. It's 100 percent fatal.
Once you get it, you die."
The children's parents were no
tified in writing last Friday of the
possible health threat. Benavides
Elementary is in northern Hidalgo
County in far South Texas.
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European crudes are generally
several dollars higher.
Gephardt said Bush's energy
strategy presented in February
does not adequately address filling
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve,
which is needed to prevent price
shocks.
He said that if the U.S. had used
the reserve after Iraq invaded Ku
wait last August, oil prices, which
shot up for several weeks, may
have remained steady.
Gephardt urged TIPRO mem
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floor price for oil, and added that
northeastern states, which typ
ically fight proposals that could in
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oil, are starting to support the
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Wednesday, Junes, 1991
Judge: City
must release
complaints
against police
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A state
district judge in Austin ruled the
Texas Open Records Law requires
the city of San Antonio to make
public the details of police brutal
ity complaints.
State District Judge Jeanne
Meurer of Travis County an
nounced the decision Monday.
The San Antonio Light fought the
city for almost two years to open
the records.
Meurer ruled the San Antonio
Police Department must surrender
disciplinary records to the news
paper.
The lawsuit arose from the
Light's request for the disciplinary
records of two officers alleged to
have engaged in an ethnically mo
tivated beating in July 1988.
No action was taken against the
officers. The Police Department
declined to provide the newspaper
with copies of the complaint by
the alleged victim, the officers' re
sponses or details of the alleged
assault.
Media organizations applauded
the judge’s ruling but called it a
costly victory. Meurer did not im
pose sanctions for violating the
Open Records Act.
"Obviously we are very pleased
that the judge saw fit to uphold
both the spirit and the intention of
the Open Records Law," said
Nancy Monson, executive director
of the Freedom of Information
Foundation of Texas.
The judge did not require the
city to pay the Light's attorney's
fees, which a judge may award to
the prevailing party in an open re
cords case.
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