From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Jun 1 16:13:53 1995 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 95 19:05 EDT From: "Jetaway Dave" Subject: Oklahoma Bombing To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU A couple of weeks ago, a poster from England (if memory serves) asked about research sources on the milita/Xtian identity/property rights movement in the U.S. At the time, I had no idea but... The newest issue of 'In These Times' - buy it, its a damn good magazine - has an advertisment for 'Covert Action Quarterly.' Their current issue had an article 'The Rise of Citizen Militas: Angry White Guys with Guns.' I have not read (nor heard of prior to this) the journal, so I can't vouch for the quality of the writing. Address is 1500 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., #732, Washinton D.C. 20005 Subscription is 22 bucks a year for 4 issues. Jetaway Dave From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Jun 1 16:57:12 1995 Date: Thu, 01 Jun 95 19:35:34 EDT From: Marni Hancock Organization: Emory University - Atlanta, Georgia, USA Subject: BOSNIA, ET AL To: SOCGRAD@UCSD.EDU Hi, all. I have a question regarding the situation in Bosnia/Hercegov- ina (have I come anywhere near the correct spelling there?). The NATO nations are discussing sending in troops to rescue the UN Peace Keepers. Many people have very strong opinions on what should be done, while others, affected by the suffering of the population of the region, want something done, but don't know what. I have a vested interest--I spent 8 months (and lost a year of graduate school with my cohort) in support of Desert Shield/Desert Storm. I am a nurse in the U S Army Reserve. Under what circumstances should other countries intervene in the current conflict? What should the intervention be? How long should it last? What should be the goal of the intervention? What levels of what indicators should be used as evidence of success? Can outsiders have a significant impact on the continuing conflict in the area? Is there any hope that we can help "fix" what's wrong? Please note that I would like this to be a fairly general discussion-- not focused purely on the US or on any other world power--to help me better understand what can be accomplished in this kind of situation. I cannot think of any situation where such internecine (?spelling) conflict has been moved toward a lasting peace by the unrequested intervention of an outside power (or powers). There has been some improvement in the situation in the middle east--but only because the leaders in the conflict recognized the need for an outside mediator. Is there any way to force people to quit commiting overt acts of hatred? In between finals, papers, and the end of the academic year, how about giving this some thought and posting your ideas to the list? Maybe we can find some one a dissertation topic or just some intellectual comfort for me if I get ordered on to active duty again. Thanks, Marni Hancock socaw059@emuvm1.cc.emory.edu From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Jun 5 06:59:46 1995 5 Jun 95 09:58:05 +1100 From: "JOAN HERMSEN" Organization: University of Maryland,College Park To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 09:57:38 EDT Subject: teaching resources Hi - I will be teaching a course "Inequality in American Society" this fall for the first time. I would appreciate any materials (syllabi, textbook, movies, exercises) you may have used in a stratification course you taught. Although the title of the course suggests limited to US context, I intend to also include cross- national info and global strat issues. You can email me privately at s-jhermsen@bss1.umd.edu Thanks - Joan Hermsen Dept of Sociology University of Maryland From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Jun 5 07:12:18 1995 Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 09:18:03 -0500 (CDT) From: "Deborah R. Bronson" To: Socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: Mid-South call for papers I am a session organizer for the Mid-South Sociological Association meeting. My session is "Cross-Cultural Studies." The meeting will be Oct. 25-28 in Mobile, Al. The dead line is June 15 for abstract/paper submission. I attended the conference last year and was pleased with the range and depth of material presented. This is an excellent opportunity to share information. The session I am chairing could possibly cover a wide span -- if you have a paper you are interested in presenting at the conference for this session I have included the address below. In addition ( being a native of Alabama, I must say) Mobile is a beautiful place to visit. Send papers/abstracts to: Deborah Richey Bronson Mississippi State University P.O. Drawer C, 200 Bowen Mississippi State, MS 39762 E-mail drb1@ra.msstate.edu Thanks, Deborah From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Jun 5 07:54:20 1995 Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 10:12:03 -0400 From: James Cassell To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion Subject: Position Announcement (fwd) FYI ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cassell jwcassell@UNC.EDU Institute for Research in Social Science Phone: 919-962-0782 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 05 Jun 1995 09:17:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Chase-Dunn To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK Subject: Position Announcement (fwd) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 04:00:43 -0400 From: Berch Berberoglu To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Subject: Position Announcement To all PSN subscribers: Please announce the following job opening to interested persons (new Ph.D.s and others) in your department. Thanks. NEW POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT A one-year non-tenure track temporary replacement position has become available in the Sociology Department, University of Nevada, Reno, beginning August 1995. The position is at the "Lecturer" level and requires a Ph.D. in Sociology. The qualified person would teach 3 courses per semester, including introductory sociology and methodology, as well as other courses offered by the department (such as social problems, theory, social psychology). The deadline for applications is June 19, 1995. Interested persons should send a vita, transcripts, 3 letters of recommendation, and a letter indicating areas of specialization, teaching experience, etc. to: Berch Berberoglu, Sociology Dept., University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557. Phone: (702) 784-6647 or Fax (702) 784-1358. The University of Nevada, Reno is an Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Berch Berberoglu, Chair Phone: (702) 784-6647 (office) Department of Sociology and (702) 786-4497 (home) Director, Institute for International Studies University of Nevada, Reno Fax: (702) 784-1358 Reno, NV 89557 USA E-mail: berchb@scs.unr.edu =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Jun 7 15:43:23 1995 Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 18:41:10 -0400 From: James Cassell To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion Subject: Job Announcements (fwd) FYI ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cassell jwcassell@UNC.EDU Institute for Research in Social Science Phone: 919-962-0782 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 15:31:45 EDT From: Coughenour Subject: Job Announcements The May 1995 issue of _The Rural Sociologist_ (Vol. 15, No 2) carries the following Position Announcements, which have been edited for brevity: Iowa State University. Department of Sociology solicits applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship for Autust 1995. The position focuses on Latina/Latino Americans and contributes to the department's emphasis on contemp orary social issues, especially those related to inequality; other areas of specialization open. A completed Ph.D. and interest in this area required. Letter of application describing teaching and research interests & experience, and three letters of reference to Danny Hoyt, Search Committee Chair, Depart- ment of Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames IA 50011. Because of the late date please call 1-515-294-6480 before sending materials. Iowa State University. Department of Sociology & Women's Studies Program, in- vite applications for 9-month tenure track Assistant Professorship (50% in Soc. & 50% WSP). Sociologist whose work contributes to an interdisciplinary woman's program desired. Application letter describing research and teaching interests, curriculum vita, and 3 letters of reference should be sent to: Wendy Harrod, Search Committee Chair, Department of Sociology, Iowa State Univ. Ames, IA 50011. Due to late date, please call Wendy at 1-515-294-6480 before sending materials. Pennsylvania State University. Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology (or higher rank if qualified) for full-time position focused on to the study and resolution of rural community issues and problems and develop an innovative research program on one of the following: rural community theory, development, and policy; natural resource sociology; and/or social change. Qualifications: Ph.D. in Rural Sociology, Sociology, or related Social Sciences. Letter of application, vita, academic transcripts, and names and addresses of three professional references, to: A. E. Luloff, Department of Agricultural Econ- omics, and Rural Sociology, 111 Amsby Building, Box W, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802. Phone: 8-4-863-8643. Closing date Sept. 1, 1995. From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Jun 7 15:43:25 1995 Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 18:42:50 -0400 From: James Cassell To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion Subject: Microsoft Internship (fwd) FYI ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cassell jwcassell@UNC.EDU Institute for Research in Social Science Phone: 919-962-0782 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 16:18:36 EDT From: Tom Greider Subject: Microsoft Internship The May newsletter of the Society for Applied Anthropology had the following Internship announcement: Microsoft Internship. The usability Group at Microsoft is looking for 3-4 interns for about four-month internships starting January, May, and September. We provide research and evaluation for product teams during all phases of the product development process. Our studies involve both field and lab studies, from gathering design ideas to iterative testing during the development phase. We're looking for undergraduate and graduate students, who have training in human-computer interaction issues, research design, data collection, and data analysis from the fields of psychology, sociology, anthropology, and industrial engineering. Interns are paid for their work plus the following benefits: $250/month toward health insurance premiums, relocation costs, some shipping costs, subsidized fully-furnished housing, and health club membership. Interested students can send their resume and a cover letter describing how an internship at Microsoft will complement their educational program to: Marshall R. McClintock, Ph.D., Microsoft Corporation 21/1, One microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Jun 8 13:20:18 1995 Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 16:17:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Sakamoto White To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU subscribe socgrad bill white From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Jun 8 22:35:10 1995 From: Jean Czerlinski Subject: quote To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Date: Fri, 9 Jun 95 0:36:09 CDT Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Came across this quote the other day: "A wit has said that one might divide [people] into officers, serving maids and chimney sweeps. To my mind this remark is not only witty but profound, and it would require a great speculative talent to devise a better classifcation. When a classification does not ideally exhaust its object, a haphazard classification is altogether preferable, because it sets imagination in motion." Kierkegaard From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Fri Jun 9 11:44:46 1995 Date: Fri, 09 Jun 95 13:23:37 CDT From: AC35@VM.ACS.UNT.EDU Subject: TR's mini lecture series To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU TR Young asked me to make available his various mini lectures from last semester on the socgrad network. As long as the the number of requests is not too extreme I will send copies of requested titles directly to those interested. Please make requests directly to myself, James Yarbrough, at this email address (ac35@vm.acs.unt.edu). Available titles include The Social Base of Postmodern Sensibility (2/12/95) The Technical Base for Postmodern Sensibility (2/19/95) How to Read/Decode Postmodern Speech (2/26/95) We're off to see the Wizard (3/19/95) Dramaturgical Analysis (3/29/95) Postmodern Phenomenology (4/1/95) Self Glorification and Self Criticism: On the 60s (4/14/95) The Typifications of Christ at Easter Time (4/16/95) The Social Base of Politics in Postmodern Society (4/17/95) Pacifism and Social Revolution (4/20/95) Pre-theoretical Revenge, Retaliation, Resistance and Rebellion (4/22/95) The Demographic Imagination (4/23/95) Postmodern Family/Gender Relations (4/30/95) From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Fri Jun 9 12:27:32 1995 From: perrella@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Perrella Andre) Subject: unsubscribe To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Date: Fri, 9 Jun 1995 15:25:04 -0400 (EDT) delete socgrad From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Fri Jun 9 12:49:04 1995 Date: Fri, 09 Jun 95 15:42:07 EDT From: Alan Subject: Some weekend humor To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU, hca94001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, davidson@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, dbecker@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, ccb93001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, suc94001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, mdc94002@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, ficara@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, gsg93003@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, ghebrem@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, halpin@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, sholmes@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, gjh93003@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, izard@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, nam93002@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, ksm94001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, nate@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, mvr93001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, marshall@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, nws94001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, sison@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, jdd93001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, mad94002@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, dginsber@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, tms93001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, krs94001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, mts94001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, jes93008@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, cjs93004@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, bas94001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, stt94001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, tfw93001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, oroarke@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, pea94003@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, jjp94002@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, carty@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, ars93001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, amb93002@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, kab95001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, pea94005@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, tsa93001@UConnVM.UConn.Edu, sjg94003@UConnVM.UConn.Edu Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 17:54:38 -0700 From: Shawn Landres <6500land@UCSBUXA.UCSB.EDU> Subject: Fwd: summer reading (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Luis Leon <6500ldgl@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu> X-From: Shoshanah Feher X-From: Leonard Nevarez <6500ljn@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu> Feel free to add .. Did you see this? I thought you might want to post it on the relstud or something -- it's disturbingly accuarate! The Top Ten Lies Told by Graduate Students (taken from the Harvard Crimson) 10. It doesn't bother me at all that my college roommate is making $80,000 a year on Wall Street. 9. I'd be delighted to proofread your book/chapter/article. 8. My work has a lot of practical importance. 7. I would never date an undergraduate. 6. Your latest article was so inspiring. 5. I turned down a lot of great job offers to come here. 4. I just have one more book to read and then I'll start writing. 3. The department is giving me so much support. 2. My job prospects look really good. 1. No really, I'll be out of here in only two more years. Top Five Lies Told by Teaching Fellows: 5. I'm not going to grant any extensions. 4. Call me any time. I'm always available. 3. It doesn't matter what I think; write what you believe. 2. Think of the midterm as a diagnostic tool. 1. My other section is much better prepared than you guys. You just might be a graduate student if... ...you can analyze the significance of appliances you cannot operate. ...your carrel is better decorated than your apartment. ...you have ever, as a folklore project, attempted to track the progress of your own joke across the Internet. ...you are startled to meet people who neither need nor want to read. ...you have ever brought a scholarly article to a bar. ...you rate coffee shops by the availability of outlets for your laptop. ...everything reminds you of something in your discipline. ...you have ever discussed academic matters at a sporting event. ...you have ever spent more than $50 on photocopying while researching a single paper. ...there is a microfilm reader in the library that you consider "yours." ...you actually have a preference between microfilm and microfiche. ...you can tell the time of day by looking at the traffic flow at the library. ...you look forward to summers because you're more productive without the distraction of classes. ...you regard ibuprofen as a vitamin. ...you consider all papers to be works in progress. ...professors don't really care when you turn in work anymore. ...you find the bibliographies of books more interesting than the actual text. ...you have given up trying to keep your books organized and are now just trying to keep them all in the same general area. ...you have accepted guilt as an inherent feature of relaxation. . . . you reflexively start analyzing those greek letters before you realize that it's a sorority sweatshirt, not an equation. ...you find yourself explaining to children that you are in "20th grade". ...you start refering to stories like "Snow White et al." ...you frequently wonder how long you can live on pasta without getting scurvy ...you look forward to taking some time off to do laundry ...you have more photocopy cards than credit cards ...you wonder if APA style allows you to cite talking to yourself as "personal communication" ...you bought a modem so you can be on-line to libraries around the world at all hours of the day and night.:) ...you've had more addresses than either lovers or cars combined in the last five years. Here are some Truths Told by Grad Students & Faculty in Engineering & Science, to the Struggling Undergrads: 1. NEVER call me at home, especially at night -- if you think your grades are lousy NOW, JUST TRY ME! 2. Everyone is graded on the same curve, in all 50 sections of this intro- ductory computer science course. 3. Well, if you work VERY hard, and show improvement, you can definitely get a "B". However, if you DON'T "work hard & improve], then you can definitely get a "C". From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Fri Jun 9 21:08:38 1995 by KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU (PMDF V4.3-11 #9008) id <01HRIPHYJG808X0I3R@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU>; Fri, 09 Jun 1995 23:06:17 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 09 Jun 1995 23:06:17 -0500 (CDT) Date-warning: Date header was inserted by KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU From: 1k1mgm@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU (Christopher Gunn) Subject: Re: TR's mini lecture series To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU AC35@VM.ACS.UNT.EDU writes: >TR Young asked me to make available his various mini lectures from last >semester on the socgrad network. I don't have the resources to do it (i.e., I'm not volunteering :-) but isn't this the perfect application for a WWW server someplace? (Or, for that matter, gopher or ftp technology, although those ain't as sexy these days....) I got and saved many of these essays, by the way, and have found them useful. Your offer to be a clearinghouse is generous. Christopher Gunn Molecular Graphics and Modeling Laboratory 1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu University of Kansas Phone: 913-864-4428 or -4495 Malott Hall Lawrence, KS 66045 From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Jun 10 13:53:24 1995 Date: Sat, 10 Jun 95 16:51 EDT To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU From: "Naihua.Zhang" <22856NAZ@MSU.EDU> Subject: subscribe From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Jun 10 14:11:47 1995 Date: Sat, 10 Jun 95 17:10 EDT To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU From: "Naihua.Zhang" <22856NAZ@MSU.EDU> sub soc grad From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Jun 15 07:57:10 1995 Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 10:55:49 -0400 From: James Cassell To: Social Science Research Methods Instructors , Sociology Graduate Student Discussion Subject: Re: Content Analysis Software (fwd) Thought some of you might be interested in this software. Please contact M. Mark Miller for more information. Best, Jim ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cassell jwcassell@UNC.EDU Institute for Research in Social Science Phone: 919-962-0782 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 10:27:59 -0400 From: M. Mark Miller Subject: Re: Content Analysis Software ************************* ANNOUNCEMENT ****************************** I am making VBPro, the set of computer programs that I have written to do content analysis of ASCII text, available free via anonymous FTP. The programs run under DOS on personal computers. They are menu driven and come with user guides. All output is in ASCII format compatible with most word processors and statistical packages. The programs include procedures to: -- help prepare and clean text for further analysis. -- create lists of words in a file along with their frequency in alphabetical order or by descending order of frequency. -- find and tag key words and phrases in context: sentence, paragraph, or user defined case (case context is usually news story in my work). -- code various units (sentence, paragraph, or user defined case) for frequency or presence/absence of categories of selected words and phrases. -- provide the coordinates for mapping terms in a multidimensional space in which the proximities are indicative of the degree to which terms co-occur. You can obtain VBPro programs and user's guides via anonymous FTP at excellent.com.utk.edu. Once you've FTPed to that address, change directory to pub, then change directory to mmmiller. Then get VBPak.exe. (Make sure you've set your FTP client to binary.) VBPak.exe is a self expanding file so when you run it you will get copies of all the programs and manuals. Also, I plan to put up further information: bibliographies, tips on using the programs, and papers reporting research using them on my personal home page: http://excellent.com.utk.edu/~mmmiller In addition, I have set up a listserv to facilitate discussion of computerized content analysis, use of the programs, and how to improve them. To sign up for the programs send the following message: subscribe VBPro-L first_name last_name to the following address listserv@utkvm1.utk.edu I appreciate your interest and welcome any comments or suggestions you could offer. Also, if you have questions or have problems running the program, don't hesitate to contact me. Please pass this message along to others who might be interested. ************************** >>With all the focus group transcripts being generated these days, and all >>the advances in linguistics and artificial intelligence, have software >>packages been developed for searching and coding free language text? I >>haven't seen many references to content analysis in years, and wonder if >>there are any new packages that are the PC age equivalent of the old >>General Inquirer system from the early 70s. >> >>sam popkin >> >> >> >QSR NUD*IST (Non-numerical unstructured data indexing searching and theory >building) is a program I looked at with some interest, but could not load to >my PC because of space requirements...e-mail contact >isnudist@qsr.latrobe.edu.au..I downloaded from the Net >***somewhere***...trying searching QSR...they had a homepage as I >recall...it originated at U of Australia.... > >Marcia >Peripheral Vision, Inc. >pvi@getnet.com > > M. Mark Miller, Ph.D. Professor, Journalism 330 Communications Building University of Tennessee, Knoxville Knoxville, TN 37991-0330 Voice: 615/974-4452 Fax: 615/974-3896 Email: mmmiller@utkvx.utk.edu URL: http://excellent.com.utk.edu/~mmmiller From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Jun 15 09:33:16 1995 Date: Thu, 15 Jun 95 11:27 CDT From: "Brenda S. Fergen" Subject: Internet censorship To: My husband forwarded this to me and suggested that individuals linked to Socgrad would be interested. I've already called one if my senators. You may wish to forward this to the Sociology list. This act is of concern to anyone who uses electronic communications. ======================================================================== CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE EXON/GORTON COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT Update: -Senate currently considering four Internet censorship bills. You need to act now. -What You Can Do Now (US and non-US citizens) CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT June 8, 1995 PLEASE WIDELY REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT WITH THIS BANNER INTACT REDISTRIBUTE ONLY UNTIL June 25, 1995 REPRODUCE THIS ALERT ONLY IN RELEVANT FORUMS Distributed by the Voters Telecommunications Watch (vtw@vtw.org) ________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS The Latest News What You Can Do Now -- U.S. and non-U.S. citizens Senate Contact List For More Information List Of Participating Organizations ________________________________________________________________________ [Note that this week is going to be a stressful one, as the Telecomm Reform bill is on the Senate floor and things are moving *very quickly*. We're trying very hard to minimize the numbers of letters we send out, and the size of the alerts. If you feel they're coming too fast and are thinking about unsubscribing, please consider waiting until the end of next week, when the traffic will die down again. -Shabbir] THE LATEST NEWS First there was the Exon/Gorton Internet Censorship bill. Then, there was the Dole/Grassley bill, which would criminalize "profane" speech among other things. Then came the Lott amendment, which would make Internet Service Providers (ISPs) liable for the traffic of their users. Now, Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN) has announced his intention to introduce his very own legislation. Since obscenity is already illegal, it's unclear what benefits Coats' legislation will bring. However given the tradition of the Senate's attempts at restricting the Internet (Exon/Gorton, Feinstein, Dole/Grassley, and Lott) it's becoming clear that few people are taking the First Amendment into account when drafting their legislation. As you read this, the Telecommunications Reform bill is being debated on the Senate floor. The Exon/Gorton Internet Censorship language is *in that bill*. If the net as a whole doesn't do anything, the Exon bill will become a reality. Even if it's found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court several years from now, the damage it will do in terms of BBS seizures and chilling speech in the meantime will make online systems a very different and sad place. A few days ago we put out an alert asking people to call Congress and Vice President Gore. This generated significant support and we've even seen Senators' offices take notice of the fact that lots of computer- literate individuals are calling to point out the problems with the Exon/Gorton bill. If you already called, *thank you*. Your comments warmed the hearts of several of us, who have been swamped trying to process all the mail you sent. You have done your country proud. Just as heart-warming have been the letters from those abroad, who took the time to email (and even call!) Vice President Gore. We hope we can return the favor somehow someday. However, many of us have not called or faxed. If you haven't done so yet, take a moment to do that now. Make your voice heard in Washington. Remind the Senate, which is paying more attention now to voters than it has in several years, that you care about this new medium that enables us to communicate in such an unprecedented many-to-many fashion. Demand the *exact same* rights and responsibilities for speech in the digital world as we expect in print media, no more, no less. ________________________________________________________________________ WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW -- U.S. and non-U.S. citizens The Telecomm Reform Bill currently includes the Exon/Gorton Internet Censorship bill. Leahy intends to offer a swap, to remove the Exon language in exchange for his bill which advocates a study of the issue, with an emphasis on the preservation of the First Amendment and parental control. The other proposals could become involved as well. It is essential that the Leahy language be substituted for Exon's, and therefore it is essential: 1. That all citizens call or fax their Senators as soon as possible. There is no time for written letters and email is too easily discounted or ignored. Non-U.S. citizens should contact Vice President Gore. Note, if you decide to send a fax, you'll want to write an expanded version of the statement below. It's very important that you always be cool, collected, and polite. U.S. citizens: "Hello, Senator ________'s office" "Hi, I'm a constituent and would like to register my opinion on the Telecommunications Reform bill to the Senator. May I please speak to the technology staffer, _________?" "Hold On please. Alright, go ahead." "Please oppose the Exon/Gorton bill (Title 4 of the Telecomm bill) and other bills for censoring the Internet. Please support the Leahy alternative (S714) which examines these issues. My name and address are ________." "Thanks for calling." Non-U.S. citizens: "Dear Vice President Gore, The world looks to the United States as one of the leaders in developing a Global Information Infrastructure. Title 4 of the Telecomm Reform bill and other Internet censorship bills imperil that leadership. Please work to remove them from the Telecomm Reform bill (S652) and support Senator Leahy's sensible alternative (S714). I'm calling from ____________." 2. Send VTW a note telling us what you did. If you contacted your two Senators, send a letter to vtw@vtw.org with a subject line of "XX ack" where "XX" is your state. For example: To: vtw@vtw.org Subject: OH ack I called my Ohio Senators and expressed my opinion. If you contact Senators outside your state, please let us know what state you're from. If you contacted Vice President Gore, send a letter to vtw@vtw.org with a subject line of "gore ack". For example: To: vtw@vtw.org Subject: gore ack I called VP Gore and expressed my opinion. I'm from France. 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Your two-minute activism joins that of many thousands of others over the past two months. ________________________________________________________________________ SENATE CONTACT LIST Vice President Gore can be reached at: White House comment line Telephone: (202) 456-1111 (M-F 9-5 EST) Facsimile: (202) 456-2461 (M-F 9-5 EST) Email: vice-president@whitehouse.gov *** Note that we have included names of the several Senators *** *** Telecommunications Policy staffers below. 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Sincerly, Mike Sosteric From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Jun 15 21:12:25 1995 Thu, 15 Jun 1995 21:09:51 -0700 for Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 21:09:50 -0700 From: Laura Miller To: socgrad@mail.ucsd.edu Subject: how to unsubscribe Too much email in your life? If you want to unsubscribe from Socgrad, send a message to: listserv@ucsd.edu and in the body of your message, type: unsub socgrad Remember to send the message to listserv, NOT to Socgrad itself. Any problems or questions can be directed to lmiller@ucsd.edu From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Jun 17 14:53:02 1995 Date: Sat, 17 Jun 95 16:47 EST To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU From: UHOBBIT@irishmvs.cc.nd.edu Subject: Path Analysis... I am in need of a really good book detailing the method of modeling causal paths and the subsequent usage of path analysis (structural equation models) in analyzing my data. Sage doesn't seem to have any that I can see and I need soem guidance fast, my stats class was quite good, but not really in practical modeling and coefficient extracting, etc... Thanks... Dave Brunsma University of Notre Dame From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Jun 17 19:02:42 1995 Date: Sat, 17 Jun 95 21:50:51 EDT From: Alan Davidson Subject: Path Analysis To: uhobbit@irishmvs.cc.nd.edu, socgrad@UCSD.EDU Sage does have a book on causal modeling (entitled such) which, if you don't let the math symbols intimidate you is a good start. As for textbooks, the most accessible book is Pedhazur's Multiple Regression text. There are also the articles by Sewall Wright and Otis Dudley Duncan in Blalock's Causal Models in the Social Sciences book. As for structural equation models, get a good grip on path analysis first, although the consensus seems to be Loehlin's Latent Variable Models text. From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Jun 18 06:15:17 1995 Date: Sun, 18 Jun 95 07:15:41 EDT From: "T R. Young" <34LPF6T@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> Organization: Central Michigan University Subject: Born-Again Politics: Mini-Lecture 26 To: GRADUATE STUDENTS IN SOCIOLOGY Dear Friends: As you can see, I'm back in Michigan at the Red Feather Institute and ready to resume the special Transforming American Sociology Series for graduate students in sociology. This series is sponsored by RFI and is made possible, in part, by the kind cooperation of the SASW Department, Central Michigan University, Alice Littlefield, Chair. The next mini-lecture comes from an article in the TAS Series written by John F. Welsh in 1981. It offers a very sympathetic and structural view of the origins of Born-Again politics. In the aftermath of Okla- homa City Bombing and in reluctant expectation that such events will continue, I offer this precis of the Welsh article. [My additions will appear in [] ]. Welsh begins the paper by noting that the members of born-again move- ments find themselves unable to fit into the existing processes of production and distribution. [In the past 20 years or so, the job market has been dramatically restructured...capital flight to the South or to 3rd world countries; affirmative action for gov't sector jobs and some private sector jobs; give backs for unionized workers; union busting-delegitimation and other actions hostile to the economic status of American workers. The new, globalized economy works very well for some 2% of the population; well indeed for another 30%; adequate for another 30%; very uncertain for some 10 to 15% and most inadequate for some 10 to 15%...mostly white women and their children but a heavy proportion of Afro-Americans as well. Welsh goes on to make the point that this very stratified system is no longer able to legitimate itself [via government action] to the masses of people made small and insecure by the conditions of work, education, health care, and housing]. Given these two points, Welsh says that the Reagan campaign [and now the Gingrich/Rush Limbaugh/Christian Coalition campaign] offers a most attractive alternate to big government and big business as usual. The sense of this message to the born-again folk is that we need a new economics and a new religiously inspired culture to deal with all the many problems of late monopoly capitalism: we need to eliminate all the special programs for women and minorities which give them equal or preferred access to the job market...and we need to renew our commit- ments to the God of our Fathers by accepting the social plan in the Old Testament. This means that the new Born-Again politics must re-sanctify traditional gender relations; traditional sexual mores; traditional parent-child relations and traditional approaches to crime. Welsh says that, although Reagan and the New Right has found support among those who vote, it does not follow that most Americans accept the whole package...and the sectors of the born-again movement are, by no means, a monolithic unity. His central point is to distinguish between a) born-again religion and b) born-again politics. In brief, elements of the ruling class and status groups have co-opted born again RELIGION to serve the needs for legitimation of a less regu- lated economic system via born again POLITICS. [In effect, Welsh is arguing that the Republican Party has succeeded in harnessing the revolutionary potential of born again RELIGION to a safer born again POLITICS. Class wars are displaced by cultural wars. Salva- tion trumps social justice in this world. Welsh goes on to make a case that born again Christianity contains a protest against capitalism and the conversion of human beings into a commodity for a globalized labor market. [Here one finds both a great sympathy and understanding of born again religion as well as a structural analysis which says that, implicitely, the message of Christianity is hostile to the workings of a fully commodified market system. Liberation theology makes that point more systematically but L.T. wasn't very visible when John was writing the paper; indeed, it is not very visible now]. Welsh uses a marxian phenomenology of religion to make his larger case. He cites Dallmyr, 'Marxism and Phenomenology' 1973 and Paul Piccone, 1971 'Phenomenological Marxism.' [for those of you interested in a very structural social psychology to supplement Cooley, Mead, Blumer, and Goff- man, do pay special attention!]. The central point of a marxian phenomenology of religion is that, while it can be the 'opiate of the masses,' it is also most certainly a cry of real despair. Marx says 'The wretchedness of religion [anguish] is at once an expression of and a protest against real wretchedness. In the same sentence which contains the 'opiate' statement, Marx goes on to say that 'Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, it is the heart of a heartless world and the soul of soulless conditions.' For Welsh, Marx credits religion and religious sensibility with a power- ful role in opposing those 'heartless' and 'soulless' conditions. Such religious sensibility...and the new born again RELIGION is an effort to escape the conditions of life engineered by the twin efforts of commodity capital and an obliging federal government. Welsh repeats Marx' point that '...religion is the false realization of the human being [Note:there is a marxian model of the self buried here. In brief, an authentic realization of self is not one in which material wealth plays a large role [[vulgar marxism]] but one in which praxis is central to the social psychology of it all...see Markovic's, 'From Affluence to Praxis for a discussion of a praxis social self and a praxis society...or if you want, I'll give a mini-lecture on it.] Marx' point is that capitalist economics offers an 'inverted world, one in which economics fails to live up to its capacities and one in which religion provides a realm in which people can free themselves from the oppressive social conditions [of class, status and power inequalities]. [The phenomenology here is that people create a new social identity when they create themselves as 'born again Christians,' one that has no concrete social reality prior to and apart from the actual embodiment of the social identity. In both pre-modern and modern phenomenology, the social structure gives rise to the concept; here the concept has the potential to to create the ontological reality to which it, for Marx and for Welsh, only points]. I can give a mini-lecture on postmodern phenomenology if it is helpful to any one. I will conclude this journey into the Welsh paper by summarizing a Table in which he contrasts the Opposition between born again RELIGION and born again POLITICS....I think it most helpful to those of you who want to do structural analysis in emancipatory modes...since it shows the points at which social change and social justice can emerge from both economic and religious institutions. CHARACTERISTICS OF BORN AGAIN RELIGION OF BORN AGAIN POLITICS VOCABULARY 'GOD' as beyond politics 'God as a legitimation as appeal to higher power. of rightist politics ORIENTATION The social world as Social world redeem- beyond redemption able through Right wing economics/policies CULTURAL VALUES Sharing, community Acquistion, display use value exchange value SOCIAL ORGN'ZTION Decentralized, Partici- Centralized, massified, low div/labor bureaucratized, sub-div of labor. IDENTITY FORMATION Labor intensive: Capital intensive, high kinship, religious tech occupational i.d.s SIGNIFICANT ACTORS Lower Middle class Hollywood ministers, solid working class Businessmen, marketting experts, politicians STRUCTURE OF THE Interactionally rich, Elitism, symbolic mani- REALITY CREATING Informationally rich, pulation, hierarchy by PROCESS Reciprocity race, class and gender. In summary, born again POLITICS is based upon a technology that is highly centralized, capital intensive and controlled by those who benefit from the class, gender and racial inequality. Born again RELIGION has been rationalized and marketted through complex, bureaucratic electronically based formal organizations. This transformation of RELIGION into POLITICS has taken place within the ideological field of late monopoly capital. Born Again RELIGION entails oppository dimensions to this ideological field: 1. It requires a participatory social psychology which empowers people since they are active architects in creating the social institutions in which they must live out their lives. 2. It's 'other-world' orientation is a rejection of the social conditions as they exist in 'this world.' I would add to Welsh: 3. Some elements of born-again religion call for a 'New Jerusalem,' i.e, the realization of God's Plan in this world...the Islamic movement across the world is exemplar of that call. 4. A great deal of religious sensibility calls for social justice un- fettered by racism, by gender privilege, by national chauvinism and even by partisan sectarianism. The re-sanctification of life, of all peoples, of all creatures large and small is exemplified by Buddhism. 5. A thoroughly egalitarian postmodern religious sensibility is emerging in several of the New Age religions...especially feminist theology. 6. In his latest encylical, released this month, Pope John Paul called for a more ecumenical approach to inter-church politics. In his 1992 encyclical, Centissimus Annus, J-P called for economic justice and job security...the point is that there are many emancipatory dimensions to organized religion...one should be careful in any critique of every social movement...when institutional poltiics fail, people engage in 'street' politics...or go underground...or migrate to a better future. 7. The population base of the right wing movements is the natural audience for more emancipatory sociology; Welsh has tried to teach us that. Let us learn from him as much as we might. T.R. Young T.R.YOUNG@CMICH.EDU