Times have changed at UCSB - this is a photo of the UCSB GOP club at the range.
Posted on 10/10/2005 7:51:26 AM PDT by SmithL
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Leftist leaders at the University of California, Santa Barbara have begun distributing a profanity-sprinkled "Disorientation Guide" that calls for a return to the activist spirit of the 1960s.
The guide, which came out last week, features interviews with the college's "most politically active" professors, a directory of local liberal organizations and commentaries on subjects including feminism, corporate media, proper "queer" terminology and the value of blogs.
It also chronicles the history of UCSB activism, including the infamous 1970 burning of the Bank of America in Isla Vista.
"A lot of people have passion for certain issues, but never direct it to work on campus because UCSB has this reputation for being apathetic," said Tanya Paperny, one of eight current and former students who created the guide.
Critics lament its use of raw language and suggest it's inappropriate for some professors to help pay for printing costs.
Will Parrish, a former University of California, Santa Cruz student who brought the guide idea to Santa Barbara, defended the language.
"One of the things we were trying to do is appeal to students in a way that they don't think we're part of the establishment, or what we're doing is watered down in any way," he said.
Sociology professor Dick Flacks, who contributed to the guide, said he can donate what he wants when he wants.
Other colleges that have similar print or electronic guides include the University of California campuses at Santa Cruz and Berkeley as well as Stanford, Columbia and the University of Texas at Austin.
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On the Net: http://www.sbdisorientation.org
Information from: Santa Barbara News-Press, http://www.newspress.com
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I was there as a grad student, but there were 10 or so grad students in the program when I got there who had been there already as long as 10 years when I got there!!
Burning bank buildings, drinking and sex parties. One out of three.
Great news -- and a change from when I was there.
Take a look at http://www.sixteenseven.com/ucsbgop/.
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Times have changed at UCSB - this is a photo of the UCSB GOP club at the range.
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It's a work in progress, but we ARE making inroads. Heh. The kids are great and it is very rewarding to spend some time with them. I ran into one young friend of mine at the shoot who is in ROTC and spent his summer getting his jump wings at airborne school. Danny is a very serious young man and I count it a pleasure to know him. He had to leave early because he had color guard duty at the UCSB Men's soccer game that evening. Conservatives are there at UCSB and making a difference. Say a prayer for Danny sometime. He is likely going to Iraq when he graduates this year.
Great picture - thanks.
Yes it can, but I wish you'd been at that "graduation ceremony." It could have been taken from the Red Chinese sequence in the movie "The Red Violin." I'm glad to hear there are now some active conservatives on campus.
That graduation was what woke me up as a conservative and convinced me quiet disapproval wasn't going to do the job. It would take money -- mine! -- and as much political effort as I could put into stemming the stealthy subversion that's radicalized American campuses since the 1960s.
"It would take money -- mine! -- and as much political effort as I could put into stemming the stealthy subversion." I couldn't agree more. Conservatives can either send that check in to the Alumni Association for more of the same BS, OR they can get involved, and support on-campus conservatives directly. Campus conservative/Republican clubs can do a lot and working with the college kids is rewarding in and of itself.
An astute observation. You're very right.
I am one of the "hippie generation" who went to a "hippie" college in a "hippie" city. As a matter of fact, I was a hippie myself. (I got better.)
Over the years, as my hair got shorter and grayer, I have grown more and more impressed and pleased by the high levels of courtesy, respect and genuine politeness shown by my younger associates. They're a better group than my cohort was.
The only exceptions known to me are what Cartman called the "College Know-It-All Hippies." But I know from experience that most of these are losers who will spend the rest of their lives in dead-end jobs and locations provided they don't straighten up.
When one or two these leftist professors get snagged by some long arm there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
But the others may get the message and shut up.
I also donate to organizations that stand up for ALL free speech on campus -- and sue universities that think only liberals have the right to speak up or have "special rights." One such is F.I.R.E. as well as David Horowitz's efforts toward an academic bill of rights.
F.I.R.E. recently took on "Cow" Poly at San Luis Obispo over a student's right to post material on a campus bulletin board and forced the administration to backtrack from a very unfair Leftist ruling.
Thanks for what you do. Organizations like FIRE do make a difference. Turns out I also have a degree from Cal Poly (SLO). I certainly sent President Baker a pointed note, rather than my usual check to the Alumni Association over the harrassment of Steve Hinkle. Glad Poly figured out that the First Amendment applies to them. Too bad it took so long. Poly is generally noted as a more conservative campus than UCSB, but they have some of the same leftist disease that infects most colleges and universities.
Me too. I was there in '78 & '79 and, even though the school still seemed stuck in a 60's time warp, the education was rigorous and the quarter system was pretty unforgiving.
I do remember that every quarter a new set of BMW's, complete with surfboards on the roof, would come into Isla Vista and I'd wonder just how long this new group would last.
The last time I visited UCSB was in the late 80's and it seemed to have changed a great deal. Entrance requirements had been significantly increased and many of the students I spoke with said the school was much more conservative than in years past. Del Playa was still the place to go on Saturday night but much of the party school image had been lost. IIRC, the Bank of America had been turned into a bar?!!
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