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...recently published letter to The Crimson ("ORGASM President: GAS Was Close-Minded," February 2), Leon L. Lai '91 attempts to portray me and the rest of the 1990 Catholic Student Association (GSA) Steering Committee as opposed to open dialogue and discussion in our response to ORGASM's showing of a video entitled "Stop the Church...
...wake of all this, several Catholic students expressed additional concern over the apparent contradiction between Watson's public identification with the Catholic community as a vice president of GSA and his responsibility as co-president of ORGASM for showing and publicizing the anti-Catholic video. At a Steering Committee meeting the next day, Watson was given ample opportunity to relate his side of the story. He willingly took responsibility for the posters and the showing of the video, acknowledged the conflict of interest that this actions entailed and expressed regret for the pain which resulted from his actions...
...GSA may need as long as 45 days to make a decision. Its options range from reinstating the IBM contract to throwing it out. The delay has drawn criticism from the FAA, which is eager to start overhauling its antiquated air-traffic-control system...
...ever careful GSA turned to the National Endowment for the Arts, and the NEA duly selected half a dozen candidates. As for what the CIA actually wanted of them, the agency proposed these specifications: "This art should reflect | life in all its positive aspects (e.g., truth, justice, courage, liberty, etc.). It should engender feelings of well-being, hope, promise and such. It should not produce or reflect negative attitudes, political expressions, or feelings of futility. The art should respect sensitivities against sexual, sexist, race, ethnic or other related slurs . . . It should be forceful in style and manner; and be breathtaking...
Whatever the motive, the manipulation has backfired. The GSA must now determine whether to start the bidding over again on the $55 million contract. The installation of FTS-2000 could be delayed a year or two while the investigations take place. The Government has estimated that it will lose $100 million for every year that it must go on using its antiquated phone system. Says Ringling: "Government workers could end up using cans and string waiting for them to settle this." As for Soni, the enigmatic engineer faces potential criminal charges...