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BUT SERIOUSLY FOLKS — The Moslem students society demonstrated against Khomeini's rule in front of Tommy Trojan Thursday. A man in an electric chair, a tortured political prisoner and an Ayatollah look-alike presented a graphic protest
Iranian students display concern in demonstration
By Kathy Libby
Staff Writer
A man in an electric chair, a tortured political prisoner, and an Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini look-alike with a whip illustrated on Thursday Iranian students’ concerns regarding the state of their homeland under Khomeini’s rule.
“This is an example of what is happening in Iran under Khomeini dictatorship,” said Abdi Hossini, spokesman for the Moslem students society.
“We have to use this sort of cause to reach the American people and let them know how7 our people are living under Khomeini dictatorship.
“Since Khomeini has ousted the media from Iran, he has committed crimes without the world knowing. Since June 20. 1981, more than 20,000 people have been executed." Hossini said, adding that there have been 50.000 political prisoners since June 20. 1981.
“Mostly, these people (political prisoners) have been arrested during demonstrations or from raids on their houses.”
Without media coverage in Iran. Hossini said, “They (Americans) still think all of the people in Iran are supporters of Khomeini.”
Khomeini is using the war with Iraq to divert attention from domestic problems. Hossini said.
“We would like the American people to know about these things. We believe that world pressure can eventually help (stop Khomeini from committing more crimes),” he said.
Students who witnessed the demonstration, held in front of
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Volume XCII, Number 19 University of Southern California
Friday, October 1, 1982
Tram driver dies from cancer
By Dan Janeck
Staff Writer
Horace Willis, a university tram driver for nine years, died Saturday of cancer in a Los Angeles hospital.
Willis, highly regarded by students and co-workers, died in the Kaiser Permanente Hospital of an undetermined type of cancer, his daughter, Jaqui Taylor, said.
Willis entered the hospital on Sept. 21, complaining he was tired, said Jack Thomas, supervisor of personnel recruitment for the physical plant. Authorities transferred Willis to intensive care shortly after being admitted to the hospital, where he unexpectedly died on Sept. 25.
Those who knew Willis praised his relationship writh the public.
“He had a good rapport with students,” Thomas said. "He had a genuine interest in them.”
“He was a nice fellow,” said Alphonse Stewart, assistant foreman of the utility shop. “He was alwrays on time, very accurate, and well-liked by all the students. I never saw him with a sad face — he always had a smile and a sense of humor.”
The university hired Willis as a custodian in 1971, Thomas said. In 1973, Willis applied for and received the position of tram driver. He was assigned to route A (the east side of Hoover Boulevard) and worked the night shift.
Last July, he was promoted to tram coordinator, a post where he monitored the sched-
ules of trams.
Co-workers said they were shocked when they heard about his death.
“He didn't look sick at all,” said Clemente Almanza, who works at the physical plant utility shop where Willis su-
pervised. “I was sorry to hear it happened so fast.”
Willis was a private individual who kept his life and problems to himself, co-workers said.
“He never let his home life (Continued on page 9)
Expecting your diploma this spring? Better check
By Cathy Murino
Staff Writer
Seniors who think they will graduate in the spring may be surprised when they fail to receive diplomas. These students could avoid the unnecessary delays by checking on a few simple matters.
The failure to meet dll course requirements, financial obligations to the university, file petitions, and to resolve incomplete grades will prevent a student from graduating.
The most important requirement for seniors is to file for a degree check.
The degree check has no deadline but should be filed by the second semester of a student’s junior year, said Carole Jones, director of academic services.
A check will tell a student whether he has enough units and has taken the proper classes to graduate. Often, a student will have taken a course not included in the list of required classes and will try to substitute it for a requirement, Jones said. To receive credit as a requirement, the student must petition the class.
“We try to accommodate students that have forgotten to file for a degree check,” Jones said. “Sometimes this depends on cooperation from the other university departments.” If a student’s paperwork is held up in another department, there is little that can be done.
A student's bad financial standing is also capable of postponing
graduation.
Outstanding debts may be settled after graduation, and although they will delay the diploma, the date of graduation will not be affected.
An unresolved grade of incomplete will also postpone graduation. A student may have to repeat the course before the diploma will be issued.
Missing grades also delay graduation. Sometimes grades get lost from the time they leave the instructor to the time they are actually recorded. A degree check should warn a student about such requirements.
Mideast killings spark debates
Photos of Beirut war scenes shown
By Belma Johnson
Staff Writer
Volatile pockets of Arabs, Israelis, Americans and others waged hot arguments Thursday, mostly about the recent massacre in Palestinian refugee camps in West Beirut, Lebanon.
The fireworks are expected to start in the same place Friday at 10 a.m. when the spark for the dispute will be reignited.
The confusing swirl of loud shouts, finger-pointing and nose-to-nose confrontation burst open at the patio of the Student Activities Center.
University Security officers in the area said they w^ere unconcerned about the possibility of violence.
The arguing reportedly started after the university’s Organization of Arab Students (OAS) set up more than two dozen photographs, drawings and collages that depicted West Beirut battle and hospital scenes, protesting the massacre first reported September 19.
The killing claimed over 1,000 Palestinian and Lebanese persons, according to most estimates.
The OAS plans the same display for Friday and expects to hear the same arguments.
Many world observers blame the Israelis for the killings, saying the country either directly murdered the victims or knew' of and sanctioned the deaths.
But the Israelis deny guilt, and the degree of the United States’ support of Israel is under question.
“The U.S. is trying to wash their hands of the blood of the people!” screamed one Arab student.
A short distance away, an American student lectured a small group before being interrupted
by one of his Arab listeners.
The disputer said Israel is responsible for the killings and he said any corrective efforts by Israeli President Menachem Begin are not enough.
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Staff photo by Adam Schaffer
HEATED DEBATE — A student whose name was unavailable, speaks his mind about the recent massacre of 1,000 Palestinians in Lebanon. Numerous debates such as this one broke out at the SAC patio Thursday.