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Lecture: Political science professor calls for additional help in underdeveloped Middle Eastern countries
By STEVEN JONES
Staff Writer
It is now more important to help other countries than to focus on vengeance against terrorists, said USC political science professor Richard Dekmejian during a speech Thursday night.
"The right kind of charity prevents revolution,” he said.
Charity is especially important in light of the events of Sept. 11 and current world affairs, he added. The United States is engaged in tense sit-
uations, if not outright conflicts, with many poor and underdeveloped nations.
While he admitted that “no seer could have imagined September 11" he said that some sort of terrorist action was inevitable. The problem was that “we never really took terrorism seriously,” he said, even after incidents such as the 1993 World Trade Center attack.
Now the U.S. government must work to resolve the root causes of terrorism. Of these, Dekmejian's lecture focused on overpopulation, unemployment, and other causes and results of poverty, all of which are on the rise in the Middle East
In Saudi Arabia, for example, 30 percent of the population is unemployed. And in Egypt, 1 million chil-I see Lecture page 10 I
Applications posted online questioned
By ANUBHAV NATH
Contributing Writer
When USC was among the first colleges to launch Internet applications in 1997,100 freshmen submitted an application online. Three years later 2,500 freshmen and 6,500 graduate students applied on the Internet
Laurel Tew, director of the Office of Admissions, said there are a number of checks and balances to ensure that all applications are received.
But Doug Honma, who applied online last year, said the process is not so secure.
His Internet application was lost and he had to make the rounds to several offices to make sure that his application was received, he said.
The office was later able to trace the application.
Having a backup is key, he said, recommending printouts of all online submissions.
While numbers show that many more people are opting to apply online, many are still skeptical about USCs ability to receive the full application.
Aman Biyani, a sophomore at West Los Angeles Community College, is using paper to apply to USC.
“The probability of an online application getting lost may be very small," he said. “What if it happens to me? I want all my material to reach
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Final thoughts. Richard Dekmejian, professor of political science, speaks during Mortar Board's Last Lecture Series Thursday.
"Women say I wish I amid be as courageous as you to say some of the things you do at times like this But they forget tfuit you get courage by couragjng."
MARY DALY
feminist
scholar
Event Energy from 1970s has declined, but another movement still possible
By SUSHMA SUBRAMANIAN
Contributing Writer
In order to gain power, women must act powerful, radical feminist Mary Daly said to a crowd in Bovard Auditorium Thursday night
“Women say ‘I wish I could be as courageous as you to say some of the things you do at times like this,’" Daly said. “But they forget that you get courage by couraging, just like you learn to swim by swimming."
Daly presented a controversial lecture discussing her work and philosophies before selling and signing copies of her most recent book, “Quintessence ... Realizing the Archaic Future: A Radical Elemental
Feminist Manfesto,”
Daly earned three doctorates in religion, sacred theology and philosophy. She taught at Boston College for 33 years and is continuing her work as a scholar, writer, philosopher and professor. She is the author of seven feminist books and is in the process of writing a new book, titled “Amazon Grace."
Daly started the speech by inviting the audience on a historical journey of "wild women, our sisters from past, present and future" and went on to redefine concepts to be addressed in her speech — wild, terrorism and feminism in her “wickedary,” a dictionary for wild women.
The energy of the womens movement of the 1970s has dissipated, but Daly encouraged women to allow the movement to take on a new form for a new set of environmental conditions.
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Women's issues. Feminist scholar Mary Daly speaks to a crowd in Bovard Auditonum Thursday night.
Spring admissions, transfers increasing
Academics: More students who rejected USC during fall process opt to transfer out of other universities
By JOHN TAN
Contributing Writer
As most students prepare for the end of the semester to pass in a flurry of papers and exams, others are waiting to enter USC.
About 200 freshmen and 300 transfers will become Trojans at the beginning of the spring semester, said Laurel Tew, director of Office of Admissions.
Freshmen and transfer students can apply for either fall or spring semester entrance. The transfer population for the upcoming spring semester consists of 67 percent students from California community colleges, with another 10.5 percent coming from the California State University and University of California systems. Tew said.
There has also been a noticeable increase in the amount of transfers
who attended other four-year universities through early decision programs, she said.
“(USC) used to get nobody or maybe one or two students (from such programs) in the past” she said. “As near as we can tell from the students with whom we've spoken, a few dozen” are transferring from eariy-decision programs, she said, adding that there could be more.
Students have chosen to transfer to USC for many reasons. While some are transferring for educational reasons. Tew noted that this is not always the case.
“Some of it is post-Sept 11 stuff
—	that is, they don't want to be far from home," she said. “Some of it is basic unhappiness with the college they originally chose.
“A number were admitted here as freshmen but turned us down and now are asking for a space back," Tew said.
Meanwhile, incoming freshmen will find acculturation to the college life and campus to be among their many challenges.
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