1979_02 The Daily Collegian February 1979

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February 5,1979
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Billetfas a discussion panel on Pres¬
ident Carter's human rights program,
Thursday's College Union forum pro¬
duced only familiar political statements
and little discussion.
Neither of the panel's guest speak¬
ers, Marty Wenick, political advisor
to the United States State Department,
'and Boris Dorokhov, vice consul to
the Soviet General Consulate in San
Francisco, seemed willing to debate
the human rights question, or any
question for that matter. Not once did
Dorokhov address the pane'. and ""'v
twice did Wenick address Dorokhov
The panel, sponsored by the School
of Social Sciences, was moderated by
Professor Roger Bjerk of the history
department. CSUF professor of his¬
tory Jack Brower, who spoke on human
rights in Africa, completed the panel.
Wenick, a seventeen year veteran of
the State Department, called for great¬
er cooperation between the U.S. and
the U.S.S.R. in his opening remarks.
Dorokhov did not make any formal
statements, but answered questions
from Bjerk and the audience.
Calling the.past year 'exceedingly
difficult,' Wenick said there have been
many items of concern for both the
Soviets and the Americans. The Carter
Administration is'concerned with Sov¬
iet expansion in Africa, the Middle
East and Asia, and the development of
Soviet military strength.
Wenick also said the Administration
is 'concerned with Soviet harrassment
of individuals in that country who want
to express theiropinions."
Conversely, trie Soviets have been
concerned with the United States'
relationship with China, the exclusion
of the Soviets from the Middle East
peace talks, arid American interference
in the Soviets' internal affairs, Wenick
said.
Mentioning human rights in passing,
Wenick said the United States 'cannot
ignore human rights violations where-
Reiterating the need for increased
coorperation between the Soviet-Union
and the United States, Wenick said it  .
is necessary to 'navigate the minefield
of nuclear conflict.'
Wenick also thought it necessary for
the two countries to stabilize military
competition and regulate political com-
Dorokhov, answering questions from
the audience, added little to the dis¬
cussion. Asked about problems, in the
Soviet Union that produce malcontent
in that country, Dorokhov responded \
with a familiar Soviet statement: *l ■
should say that in my country, there are   .
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Cdercidii: the power of the grade
On human rights Dorokhov said,
'The greatest right for people is to
work.' He added that there is no unem¬
ployment in the Soviet Union.
Dorokhov, at best, was evasive in
his answers. In response to a question
about dissidents who wished to leave
the Soviet Union, Dorokhov said, *l
don't know any persons who would
like to leave my country."
According to Dorokhov, SovietfcjtF""
zens are free to speak out and criticize
the government.
-Nobody can be put in jail for this
purpose,' he said.
'If someone commits a criminal
action that affects other people, they
can be jailed,* he said. Dorokhov did
not elaborate on what type of speech is
criticism and what type is a criminal
Professor Brower discussed the irrf
plications of human rights in Africa^
where, according to Bjerk, only four of
50 countries honor human rights.
Brower spoke mainly of Rhodesia
and South Africa, the only two count¬
ries where white apartheid govern¬
ments are dominant.     ,
If the U.S. pushes the human rights
matter, it 'may well help push the
Afrikaaners (the dominant white
group) into a comer,* Brower said/ He .
warned that this may lead the Afrikaan¬
ers to take a harsher stand, which could
lead to bloodshed.
Only if the United States applies    '
human rights 'judiciously' to South Af¬
rica will the Afrikaaners' resistance to
change be broken, Brower said.
Daily CoHegian Staff Reporter
A simple riddle: When does a suggestion become co¬
ercion? Answer: When the 'suggestion' is made by a univer¬
sity professor holding The Power of The Grade over your
head. '/.••'„
Your psychology professor 'suggests* that you 'volun¬
teer* to be a subject for several graduate student or faculty
research projects. Your alternative: refuse, alienate the pro¬
fessor and have to complete an 'alternative assignment,*
which may be a euphemistic reference to some ungodly,
time-consuming task. (NOTE: This procedure Is certainly not
unique to CSUF. It is standard procedure at universities
throughput the country.) f-
Your counseling professor 'suggests' that you/'volunteer*
to be a client for a graduate student doing his counseling
practjeum. Your alternative: refuse, alienate the professor
and tactify admit that, at best, you hate intimacy with other
people or, at worst, you have a weird problem you are fran¬
tically trying to conceal.
Your sociology professor 'suggests* that you "volunteer*
to participate In an Interpersonal exercise.' Your alterna¬
tive: refuse, alienate the professor, alienate the class and be
regarded as an anti-social freak.
In the instances cited, does coercion actually take place?
The student always has an alternative; s**^by dictionary defi-
tothestu-
In the sociology case, there is the qi
proving interpersonal skills is a valid area for a general uni¬
versity class; is the student there for learning or for therapy?
(Of course, that is a moot question where there is no subject ,
matter to learn, but that Is another story.)
The ethical questions are constant in all three instances.
When a university professor 'suggests' a directed activity, is
is authority over Jne students to control
Id professors be required to justify all
 kf relevance to the
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dent, are they really alternatives at all?
Thereare two major problems here, utility and ethics.
In the psychology case, experiments using a sample of
college students enrolled In Introductory Psychology are
methodologically unsound, unless the hypothesis being re¬
searched is limited to that specific population.
In the counseling instance, some textbook definitions of
counseling require that: 1) the client be appearing voluntari¬
ly, and 2) the client have a genuine need for assistance. It
may be that the' practlcum * with these 'volunteers* doesn' t
even qualify as counseling!
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