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
Gaucho ping (class of '90)
G-r-e-a-t.... they can create more little Joe Wilsons. Just what we need.
Now I'm getting nostalgic. I didn't see their canned presentation but I do remember being force fed a film called Don't Bank on America in some required social studies class. It romanticized the burning of the bank and martyred that poor kid who was shot and killed then.
I loved living there and had more fun than I should have. I spent a lot of time surfing, chasing skirts and playing on Del Playa. It's a wonder I was able to keep up with academics. UCSB, during those times, offered way too many temptations. I, still to this day, try and explain what Halloween was like in Isla Vista back then. Words never seem to paint an accurate picture of what went on there. Luckily, I have some photo's and articles from the Daily Nexus to help explain.
I left in early '80 and transferred to Berkeley. Big mistake. After two quarters there, I transfered again. This time to Cal Poly Pomona--as in where the hell is. This was a good move. Nothing to do in Pomona other than school work. The 60's never happened there and I was glad to be in a more conservative setting after my previous choices.
Always wanted to stay in SB, but the poor job market and housing costs were too much. Unbelievable what's happened there since. I hear the median price for a home is something like $1.6 million now. I do miss going to Fiesta and the Summer Solstice - if they still hold it.
I wonder if that guy who talked to flies still hangs out in the I.V. park? LOL
Do you remember the tunnel?
The Banal Beached out Bleached out Blonde's of UCSB
How well I know! I used to live in the SLO area with two Cal Poly English professors as neighbors. Both would have aced the KGB entry exam without cracking a book.
Parents should tell junior and sis, I'm not paying for schools that are anti-American and anti-capitalist. I'm not paying tuition for Colorado (Ward Churchill) or Columbia (anti-Semitism) etc. etc. etc...... The education business would eventually meet consumer demand.
Federal subsidies to universities and colleges should be completely eliminated. Let the education business compete for students without Federal government help. Congress, of course, is not likely to cut welfare payments to higher education, unless voters get busy and rattle the politicians'cages.
Great picture! Do you go to the UCSB GOP meetings regularly? Let me know the next time you are going and I'll try to meet you there. I'm a UCSB alumnus as well and a member of their club.
My mom is a Cal Poly graduate and my family lived in SLO in 1969-70 when she finished up her masters degree. It was Cowboys vs. Hippies on campus at Poly then (and the Cowboys had the numbers then). Not now apparently.
We should get together and go to the meeting sometime. Regular Meetings are Tuesdays in Girvetz 1116 at 8:00pm.
SPECIAL NOTE to you Freepers who are local to the SB Ventura area - the UCSB Republicans have scheduled Ben Stein Thursday, October 13, 2005 in Corwin Pavillion at 8 pm. Ben Stein will be speaking on the hot seat issue of military recruiting and patriotism.
There is really a moonbat prof named Dick Flacks? How appropriate.
I agree, it's the government money first and foremost subsidizes these creeps. Take away the money and tenure and it would be a whole new ball game. Ward Churchill is a prime example of what is wrong with present day, government subsidized, universities.
I've been thinking about finding a pistol range in the SB/Ventura area (I work in the former, live in the latter). Any suggestions? I guess I would need to buy a handgun, too. The old Mossburg might be overkill.
If you live in the Ventura area then you might like Shooters Paradise of Oxnard, 1910 Sunkist Cr., Oxnard, CA 93033 805-486-1177 Also check out http://www.nrahq.org/shootingrange/findlocal.asp?State=CA. I belong to the range in SB www.wcgc.org. You might give Far West Guns on State Street a try if your are in the market. There are MANY good shops around.
I'm a UCSB alum as well. It was fascinating to surf the internet from one of the first 4 nodes ever put on it -- in engineering 1.
UCSB will become a top notch school by virtue of its weather. When I went there, my professors had the world's fastest BJT, world's fastest and smallest diode, world's smallest (and probably fastest) FET, my TA developed the first blue laser in North America, and the lab I worked in had the most advanced VCSELs. All of those professors were world class, could teach anywhere and chose Santa Barbara because of how nice it was. If you could have a $50million lab & teach anywhere in the world, would you live in Chicago? Detroit? Taipei? New York?
Thanks for the ping and the good work RD;-)
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