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Volume CXIV, Number 14
University of Southern California
Wednesday, January 30,1991
Allied forces trade artillery with Iraqis
As the Persian Gulf War approached the two-week mark, U.S. Marines fired artillery, mortars, anti-tank missiles and automatic cannons at Iraqi bunkers and observation posts in Kuwait in what was the largest combined ground firing of the war with Iraq, The Associated Press reported.
More than 300 rounds were fired during the 15-minute clash, military officials said.
In other reports, the White House said it has received fresh assurances from Iran that Iraqi warplanes crossing the Iranian border will not be allowed to rejoin the Persian Gulf War. The Pentagon upped its estimate of the number of Iraqi planes involved to 100.
White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater said Tuesday the Iranians have given the United States assurances through third parties "within (See War, page 12)
Step up to the mike
DanM De La Rosa / Dally Tro|an
Nathan Neff, a freshman majoring In political science, spoke at noon Tuesday in favor of the Gulf War as part of an open forum.
President addresses war, budget
By Glen Justice
Assistant City Editor
President George Bush, in the second State of the Union speech of his administration, addressed both foreign and domestic issues, delivering an impassioned plea Tuesday night for a comprehensive national energy strategy, the abolition of political action committees and a consolidation of $20 billion in federal programs.
The president spoke from the Capitol to a crowd made up largely of members of Congress and the Washington diplomatic corps, and also addressed such matters as the economy and the Gulf War. He was answered by a long and loud round of applause in reaffirming the U.S. stance in the Middle East.
The president ended his speech with a promise that U.S. troops would not be in the Middle East longer than was neccessary to complete Operation Desert Storm.
"We know why we are there," Bush said "We are Americans — part of something larger than ourselves. For two centuries, we've done the hard work of freedom and tonight we lead the world in facing down a threat to decency and humanity. What is at stake is more than one small country, it is a big idea — a new world order."
With that, the President expressed concern over the treatment of the Baltic states — such as Lithuania — by the Soviet Union. Bush said the administration had been given "representations" by Soviet leaders that, if fulfilled, would result in a partial withdrawl of Soviet troops and a reopening of dialogue within the republics.
"With few exceptions, the world now stands as one," he said. "Like many other nations we have been deeply concerned about the violence in the baltics and we've
(See Speech, page 14)
Mail to old residents haunts new tenants
By Chris Fukunaga
Staff Writer
During the past year, Scott Drake has been getting someone else's mail.
Like other residents of univerversity housing, most of whom moved into new apartments or dormatories in September, he has had to deal with the remnants of the last occupant.
"I've received the mail of three or four different people who have lived here before me," said Drake, a junior * majoring in business and a resident of Pardee Tower.
University officials blame this problem on the students.
Ken Servis, registrar and dean of academic services, said the reason mail goes to the wrong person is because students are not leaving a change-of-address form with both his office and the housing office.
The housing office has separate student address records from the ones at the registrar's office, Servis said. This means when students move, whether off campus or to other university housing, they must leave forwarding addresses with both offices.
"It is not enough to leave a forwarding address only with housing," Servis said. "If a student does not fill out the form and return it to the Student Administrative Services building, it is practically impossible for things sent by the university, such as grades, to reach them."
Phil Lobbes, a sophomore majoring in aerospace engineering, and a student desk clerk at Pardee Tower, said finding someone else's mail is not unusual.
"This happens all the time because people who move don't leave a forwarding address with the people sending them the letter in the first place," he said.
Lobbes also said desk clerks follow a procedure when
(See Mail, page 13)
A different world
Students discuss racial diversity issues
By David Hernandez
Staff Writer
Close your eyes and picture God. Release that image and now picture a rapist. If you pictured a white male for God, and a Latino or black male for the rapist, then you're not alone — most people think this way, intentionally or not, said Nicole Rivas, a junior, majoring in political science.
Rivas, along with five other panelists and fifteen audience members, discussed problems such as racial stereotyping at a diversity forum held Tuesday by Students for Peace and Justice.
"Even I can't get rid of these images, because that's what's been handed to me through the years," Rivas said.
Each panelist, representing a different ethnic group, spoke about what he or she believed was the most pressing problem in overcoming racism and working toward diversity.
Rivas spoke primarily about the problems that a white-oriented history presents for minority identity.
"Why are we not taught about George Washington Carver or Charles Drew?/' she said. "When all you hear about are white achievements you begin to feel that you are not anybody, that you were never anybody and that you will never be anybody."
George Washington Carver, a prominent black scientist, invented, among other things, peanut butter, and Charles Drew, a black doctor, invented the process by which blood and plasma are separated for storage.
(See Diversity, page 13)
Michel Is Inouye / Dally Tro|an
Panelists representing different ethnic groups spoke Tuesday about what they believed were the most pressing obstacles to overcoming racism and ways to working toward cultural diversity.