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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>The Moffett building controversy at UT</TITLE></HEAD><BODY bgcolor="ffffff"><h3>Information about the controversy surrounding the naming of the <!WA0><!WA0><ahref="http://www.utexas.edu/cons/admin/mbb/index.html">new molecularbiology building</a> at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) for Jim BobMoffett, chairman of <!WA1><!WA1><a href="http://www.fcx.com">Freeport-McMoRanCopper and Gold</a>.</h3><p><!WA2><!WA2><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/SO96/bryce.html">Spinning Gold</a>, Robert Bryce, <em>Mother Jones</em>,September-October, 1996. "By keeping journalists away from itsIndonesian mine--which contains gold, silver, and copper valued at $50billion--New Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan has managed to put itsspin on environmental and human rights abuses near the mine." <!WA3><!WA3><ahref="http://www.mojones.com/mother_jones/ND96/backtalk_jump.html#spin">Freeport replies</a>, <em>Mother Jones</em>, November-December, 1996.<p><!WA4><!WA4><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/ng.html">Freeport's Grasberg mine</a>. National Geographicphoto, at <!WA5><!WA5><ahref="http://www.moles.org/motherlode/freeport/freeport.html"> ProjectUnderground</a>. Some <!WA6><!WA6><ahref= "http://www.moles.org/motherlode/freeport/photos.html">otherpictures</a> of Freeport's mine at <!WA7><!WA7><ahref="http://www.moles.org/"> ProjectUnderground</a>.<P><br clear=all><!WA8><!WA8><img src ="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/tailings.gif" alight=left> <br><br> Tailings from theGrasburg mine pour into a tributary of the Ajkwa River, <em><!WA9><!WA9><ahref="http://www.hyperweb.com/txobserver">Texas Observer</a></em>, <!WA10><!WA10><ahref="http://www.hyperweb.com/txobserver/indonesia.htm">November 17,1995</a>, p. 9. <!WA11><!WA11><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/tailings.jpeg">43k jpeg version</a>.<br clear=all><P><!WA12><!WA12><imgsrc="http://www-cgi.cnn.com/EARTH/9602/irian_jaya/river_flow_large_cap.jpg"align=left> <br> <br> "Tribal leaders and environmentalists claim themine in the rugged mountains is the source of tons of toxic wastesthat are killing portions of a river and acres of rain forest. Many ofthe tribes also complain that their land has been taken withoutcompensation by the Indonesian government, and that human rightsactivists have been abused and some even murdered by the Indonesianmilitary." <!WA13><!WA13><ahref="http://www-cgi.cnn.com/EARTH/9602/irian_jaya/index.html">Goldand blood in the wilderness</a>, <em>CNN</em> February 21, 1996.<! This one seems to have disappeared. href="http://cnn.com/WORLD/9604/15/newsbriefs/index.html#1"More bloodCNN April 14><br clear=all><P><p>"Freeport's Grasberg mine in the remote and rugged province is`arguably the most valuable single mineral discovery ever made,'(Freeport vice-president) Murphy told Reuters in outlining currentexploration work." Reuter, October 9, 1996.<br><p>"Probably everyone in Austin has something from the Freeport coppermine in their house. The mine is now producing about 8% of theworld's copper." UT Geological Sciences Department chairman <!WA14><!WA14><a href="http://www.ig.utexas.edu/staff/cloos/cloos.html">Mark Cloos</a>, Oct. 6, 1996.<br><p><h3> Contents </h3><ul><li><!WA15><!WA15><a href="http://www.fcx.com">Freeport Copper and Gold's webpage</a>. A source of extensive information about Freeport, wellorganized. Especially relevant is this <!WA16><!WA16><ahref="http://www.fcx.com/fcx/ia.htm">subpage</a>, which containsexplicit responses to many of the allegations that have been madeagainst Freeport. (Rumor has it that there is a new book out justpublished by Freeport entitled <em>GRASBERG: Mining the Richest andMost Remote Deposit of Copper and Gold in the World, in the mountainsof Irian Jaya, Indonesia</em>. 1-800-535-7094.)<li> <!WA17><!WA17><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/sec1.html">Basic documents</a> about human-rightsviolations and environmental damage near the Freeport mine in <!WA18><!WA18><ahref="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/irian-jaya.html">Irian Jaya</a>.<li> <!WA19><!WA19><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/sec2.html">Other sources</a> of information about thecontroversy<li> <!WA20><!WA20><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/sec3.html">Opinions</a>, including <ul><li> An <!WA21><!WA21><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/berdahl.html">open letter</a> from UT PresidentBerdahl<li> A <!WA22><!WA22><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/freeport-statement.html">Freeport statement</a><li> UT Chancellor Cunningham on <!WA23><!WA23><ahref="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/Cunningham_reply.html">academic freedom</a><li> <!WA24><!WA24><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/berdahl-faculty-council.html">Let's moveforward</a>, UT President Berdahl<LI> A <!WA25><!WA25><ahref="http://www.hyperweb.com/txobserver/fmletter.htm">Freeportletter</a><LI> Another <!WA26><!WA26><a href="http://www.hyperweb.com/txobserver/egan.htm">Freeport letter</a></ul><LI>Resolutions passed by UT student and faculty groups, and theadministrative reaction thereto<UL><LI>A <!WA27><!WA27><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/sa.html">condemnation</a> of the Moffett naming bythe UT student government<li><p><!WA28><!WA28><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/gsa.html">UT Graduate Student Assembly</a>unanimously asks that the building be renamed<li> UT biology professors <!WA29><!WA29><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/bio-petition.html">petition</a> toask to change the name of the building<li><p><!WA30><!WA30><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/fcm">Pieces about and minutes of the Faculty CouncilMeeting of February 19, 1996</a><p><!WA31><!WA31><img src ="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/cline.gif" align=left>UT computer sciences professor AlanCline addresses a rally on the West Mall prior to the Faculty Councilmeeting of February 19, 1996, which voted to ask fora new name for the building. Photo from the <em>Daily Texan</em>.<P>The Faculty Council meeting passed this resolution:<P><UL>Resolved, That the Faculty Council ask Chancellor Cunningham andthe Board of Regents to discuss with James Robert and Louise Moffettthe possibility of their voluntarily assenting to a change in theproposed name of the molecular biology building from the James Robertand Louise Moffett Building.</UL><br clear=all><P><LI>In reaction to the Faculty Council resolution the Deans' Council issued a statementasking the chancellor and Board of Regents not to seek a new name forthe building while Law School Dean Sharlot charged that the FacultyCouncil acted like a <!WA32><!WA32><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/texan-960301a.html">kangaroo court</a>.<li><p><!WA33><!WA33><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/texan-960319a.html">Chancellor Cunningham and the Regentssay NO to the Faculty Council</a></UL><li> <!WA34><!WA34><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/threat.html">Freeport threatens seven</a> (including<!WA35><!WA35><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/">me</a>). IncludesFreeport threat letter, various replies, and a relevant <!WA36><!WA36><ahref="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/McDaniel.html">memo</a> from the UT Faculty Council ExecutiveCommittee<li><p>Amungme leader Tom Beanal <!WA37><!WA37><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/filing.html">sues</a>Freeport for $6,000,000,000 in U. S. Federal Court. An additional1,000 tribal people have joined Beanal as plaintiffs in this law suit.<!WA38><!WA38><a href="http://www.moles.org/motherlode/freeport/tom.html">Remarks</a>by Tom Beanal.<LI><p>Amungme leader Yosefa Alomang <!WA39><!WA39><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/alomang-filing.html">sues</a>Freeport in Louisiana state court. Read about her <!WA40><!WA40><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/bishop-irian-jaya.html#ReportIV">torture</a>.<LI><P><!WA41><!WA41><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/roembiak.html">An open letter to UT students from aWest Papaun</a>. November 28, 1996.<LI><p><!WA42><!WA42><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/sec4.html">About this web page</a><li><p><!WA43><!WA43><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/boilerplate.html">Standard disclaimer</a><li><p><!WA44><!WA44><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp/real-index.html">Index of files</a><li><p>The whole nine yards: <!WA45><!WA45><ahref="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp.tar.gz">fp.tar.gz</a>,about 1mb.<p></ul><p>This web page is mainly the work of <!WA46><!WA46><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer">RobertS. Boyer</a>.⌨️ 快捷键说明
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