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A Licensee of Gold's Gym Enterprises, Inc Page 6 • Monday, November 16, 1998 N ews Ik Lecture addresses issues behind eboni 4- Battalic BY ANDREA BROCKMAN The Battalion Dr. John Baugh, a professor of education and linguistics at Stanford University, said recogniz ing the linguistic legacy of American slavery is key to understanding the ebonies controversy. Baugh, who has studied ebonies, or African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), for 25 years, said most people are not aware of the unique linguistic heritage of African- Americans. He said they do not understand the difference between African-American slaves and other immigrants who came to America and mastered standard English. “The Europeans came over with the bene fit of bringing the language of their old coun try,” he said. “Even though they were poor, they came here as part of a linguistically co hesive community.” Baugh said it was no accident no African lan guage survived the Atlantic crossing. “It was intentional on the part of the slave traders to separate languages to prevent com munication and uprisings,” he said. Baugh said slaves and their descendants were denied access to literacy by law or pro vided inferior education. “Other immigrants were allowed to attend public schools where they acquired the norms of standard English.” Baugh said. Baugh said for a long time, the non-standard English used by some African-Americans was called Black English. In 1975, the concept of “If we can provide fair educational diagnostics that do not provide misleading evidence, it would be very helpful.” — Dr. John Baugh Professor of education and linguistics Stanford University ebonies was introduced by a group of African- American social scientists. They objected to the term “Black English” because of its association with English, so they combined “ebony” with “phonics” to create the term “ebonies.” “Since then, a variety of definitionsei and linguists therefore have been reluct; use the term,” he said. Baugh said a recent controversy land, Calif, emerged as a result of com| definitions for the term “ebonies” anda on the part of the Oakland school syste: receive money for bilingual education the federal government. He said federal law allows grants for si whose native language was not English ever, the money is not intended forusersc standard English. Baugh said the Oakland school boat fined "ebonies” as a linguistic systenu than English. “From that standpoint, it is just likeSp Vietamanese or Russian and, therefore,? for federal money,” he said. Baugh said he would like to propose ferent perspective in which society wilh linguistic differences divide it and instead of ways to unify the country. “If we can provide fair educationaldiaj tics that do not provide misleading evide: would be very helpful,” he said. “Andif* reduce the misdiagnosis of students fort standard English is not native, we cant serve their educational needs.” K Tsaw [D 1 and 11( p it Starr to go public with findings President Special investigator to detail case against Clinton to Congress honest I in my opi 4 there’s no In a player /elve ever ha< «re who has le more on II or off the eld. No one 1 It represent- Wetter than 1,” Texas A6 locum saic ia lunchec bu know 1 he senior kport has Ik and has stat WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in his four-year investiga tion, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr will publicly lay out his case against President Clinton — in a congressional fo rum riven with partisan politics. Starr’s motives and tactics, as much as the pres ident’s actions, will be the focus of the House Ju diciary Commit tee hearing set for Thursday. Democrats plan ‘to portray the independent counsel as a right- wing prosecutor on a rampage against Clinton in concert with the president’s politi cal opponents. For Republicans, the hearing represents the best op portunity for Starr to make his case forcefully against Clinton. In his impeachment report to CLINTON the House, Starr accused the president of 11 offenses that he considers impeachable and al leged a pattern of lies by Clinton and his loyalists in the Monica Lewinsky case. Former Iran-Contra prosecutor Lawrence Walsh, a strong critic of Starr for pursuing the Lewinsky al legations, said, “I think his actions deserve all the scrutiny he’s get ting, but I’m not at all sure Starr won’t do well. “The sympathy of the public during a televised hearing is with the witness. ... I think of the ap pearance of Oliver North, who ran away with the congressional hear ing in Iran-Contra.” Starr is no stranger to tough questions in a tense environ ment. As President Bush’s solic itor general, he took them for years from Supreme Court jus tices. Nonetheless, he is vulner able on several points: —He aggressively investigated the Lewinsky matter before get ting formal authorization from the Justice Department, having Lewinsky’s friend, Linda Tripp, CLASS OF 2000 E - WA L K Looking for a few dead elephants. 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Junior status at time of exchange, proficiency of the French language Study Abroad Programs 161 Bizzell Hall West 845-0544 wear a body wire Jan. 13 to record a conversation with the former intern. Attorney General Janet Reno did not approve an ex pansion of Starr’s mandate until Jan. 16. —When Starr’s prosecutors confronted Lewinsky Jan. 16, she asked to speak to her lawyer. Fear ful that targets of their probe might be tipped off, Starr’s investigators told Lewinsky any deal for immu nity from prosecution was null and void if she called her attorney. Jus tice Department regulations say a person’s lawyer must be present for discussions involving an im munity deal. —Tripp, the prosecutor’s star witness who triggered the Lewin sky probe by secretly taping the former intern’s admissions of a presidential affair, is herself un der scrutiny. Starr is probing whether her tapes were tam pered with and whether Tripp lied about them when she testi fied the tapes she turned over to prosecutors were originals. The FBI has concluded some of the tapes are in fact duplicates. Il&M histor Saddam mute e has h 1 *1 T T ..wool record. work with UT ; 1 ■elopment. WASHINGTON (AP) has bee narrowly avoided punishir; 0 °feall playei tary strikes by dropping itsilte is the oi ance of the United Nations j 16 Lombardi now must cooperate with llntry’s best t P the Butku ^country’s I ut Nguyet . He remai herecogni y is a rare In my opi tball playe ^^ior safety sadda* 0 ! iNguyen’s c “and I r weapons in spectors, with out conditions, President Clin ton said Sunday. “Iraq has backed down, but that is not enough. Now Iraq must live up to its obliga- tions,” the President saidy( an defensi Sunday-morning appearancr? 1 ’ 6 to this t the White House briefingr°dy. 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