Priest addresses mass about being held captive
Hostage ‘was ready for death1
By Rose Anne Rodriguez
Assistant City Editor
In what was called the "embodiment” of many months of prayer, former hostage Rev. Lawrence Jenco celebrated mass last Sunday before a university Newman Center congregation.
The entrance song “Here I am Lord" brought the harsh reality to light as Jenco, who was released last July 26, took the alter; a sharp contrast to the images those in attendance had of him during his
19	months held hostage.
"Many times they told us that no one cares. However, now, present with this community I know that is not true. I praise and thank you for believing and for forgiving," he said.
The soft-spoken Jenco used his hostage experience for the homily subject. He first likened Lebanon to a tree, later detailing his months held captive. "Lebanon has three branches — Moslem, Jewish and Christian. Those branches are slowly being tom apart. . .we must pray for justice to return to their land."
In describing his captors, Jenco said that "they were very young men who have a great allegiance to the Ayatollah (Khomeini) and Iran — they are very religious.
“They pray often, five times a day and reminded me to pray five times a day as well. There were times when I often wondered how God would answer their prayers and mine," he said.
The priest also said that when he was taken hostage on Jan. 8, 1985 and placed into the first of what were to be many car trunks, his thoughts turned to example of another priest.
Jenco was immediately reminded of the Rev. Jerzv Popieluszko, who had openly supported the outlawed Solidarity movement. Popieluszko was also placed in the trunk of a car before his body was found in a Polish river.
"I thought of the Polish priest, Popieluszko. I was ready for death," he said.
Jenco spoke of being placed in a closet and "nourished by prayer."
"There was a time once when my captors asked what I had in mv hand. I was grasping so hard. . .1 told them it was Jesus. They
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Probe of alleged hazing policy violations begins
By Roseanne Tellez
City Editor
Members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity are being investigated for violations of university policy on hazing, alcohol misuse and sexual harrassment, according to sources on the Row.
The university has issued a statement acknowledging that a preliminary investigation of "a student social organization," in relation to those charges is underway, but James Dennis, vice-president of Student Affairs, would not confirm or deny whether that organization is actually the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Members of the fraternity would not comment on the investigation.
Dennise O'Neil, regional president of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, declined to comment about specific allegations, but said Monday night, “If it is the SAE's that are charged, the national organization certainlv does not condone those actions."
SAE members were summoned to a Peer Review hearing on Thursday but members of the board said they can not discuss any proceedings that are still in progress.
Dennis said that the unnamed organization referred to in his statement did appear before Peer Review and that proceedings may continue until "they're finished hearing evidence that's appropriate. . .they have not finished their deliberation.
"The alleged violations of university policy are related to hazing, alcohol misuse, sexual harrassment, acts harmful to the welfare of others and the statement of position on the university's relationship with student organizations," Dennis said in the statement.
“Once the student conduct hearing is complete and any appeals are heard, the university will announce the conclusions reached by the administrative panel," the statement said. Until that time, Dennis said, “there will be no futher university comment."
Sources close to the SAE fraternity have confirmed that the statement is referring to some SAE members. The date(s) of the alleged misconduct has not been disclosed.
The fraternity was the center of controversy in February of 1984 when an 18-year-old Long Beach woman claimed she was raped by a man who had attended a party at the SAE house.
Initially, university security reported that the woman said she had been raped by "an unknown number of males. . .in the basement of the (SAE) house."
Later, however, the woman told officers that she was "raped by one male at knifepoint in an unknown location near the Row." At that time officers said "There is no direct link to the fraternity house. . ." No action was ever taken against the fraternitv in that case.
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Members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house are currently under investigation by the university for several violations according to sources on the Row.
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The university’s Bahai club members present Provost Cornelius Pings with a statement calling for worldwide peace.
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School of Education forms organization to deal with projected teacher shortage
By Lori Grange
Staff Writer
A projected national teacher shortage prompted the university's School of Education to form a new organization for future teachers this fall.
Alpha Delta Pheta is a social, academic and preprofessional "network" group open to any undergraduate interested in teaching, said Tyson Reyes, director of student affairs for the School of Education.
"A student doesn't have to have taken a single education class to join. We just want to get students who are contemplating teaching interested in it. Membership will help them to understand what teaching is all about," he said.
Reyes said Alpha Delta Pheta's main goal is to combat the teacher shortage predicted for the near future.
He cited the Commission on Teacher Credentia-lity, which said that more than 88,000 elementary and secondary teaching and administrative positions will open within the next five years.
"People in the profession now will be retiring, and in the last decade people haven't been filling the void. It's generally known that there will be a rather severe shortage of teachers in California, and more in the nation as people drop out of the system," he said.
The new organization will attempt to educate students about teaching and develop new interest in the profession, goals already well-known to the School of Education, Reyes said.
"The school in the past has always been involved in the training of new teachers and administrators. About 40 to 50 percent of the state's
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Bahai Club makes appeal for world peace in a statement presented to Provost Pings
By Trellis Huahn
Staff Writer
The university's Bahai club presented Provost Cornelius Pings with a statement calling for worldwide peace efforts vester-day in President James Zumberge's office. Pings accepted the statement for Zumberge, who was ill.
The statement, entitled "The Promise of World Peace," said that banning nuclear weapons and warfare are not enough to incur peace. It said, "Humanity has the choice of reaching peace after unimaginable catastrophes or achieving it by an act of will."
"The Promise of World Peace" was presented by
Dorothy Nelson, former dean of the Law Center and Peyvand Khademi, the vice-president of the Bahai club.
"We are happy and excited about bringing it as a peace statement," Nelson said.
Pings said that as an educational institution, he felt it important that the university educate its students on the peace movement. He said he endorsed the statement, and would do what he could to see that students become aware of the Bahai's efforts.
He said he will put a summary' of the statement in Transcript, the faculty newspaper, as well as distribute copies to the Student Senate and faculty members.
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