Activist calls USC professor a danger
International relations professor Laurie Brand was named in a book about dangerous academics.
By LELAND ORNELAZ
Staff Writer
USC professor Laurie Brand made David Horowitz's list of America’s most dangerous academics because of her politics, which Horowitz considers radically far left
Horowitz, a conservative who has made a name for himself as an academic watchdog, published a book in February titled "The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America.
He labeled Brand, an international relations professor, dangerous because of criticism of the Israeli occupation in Palestine and her views on the war in Iraq, which she opposed.
According to Horowitz's book. Brand teaches an unbalanced, anti-American viewpoint in the classroom.
“He claimed that I promoted a number of my interests in the classroom.” said Brand, who teaches Citizenship and Migration in World Politics. “But none of what he talked about in the book took place on campus."
Brand still sticks by her own views but said she is not out to promote partisanship.
"Whatever time I (dedicate) outside of the classroom toward activism is my own business," Brand said. “I did oppose the war in Iraq. I would do it again."
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Panhellenic wins top honors for West Coast councils
PHC, IFC and USC’s other Greek groups went to the Western Region Greek Association conference this weekend.
By TOREY VAN 00T
Staff Writer
Representatives from three of the five Greek councils at USC and the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Leadership Development snagged
six awards at the Western Region Greek Association Conference in San Francisco over the weekend.
More than 600 students attended the annual retreat, said WRGA Executive Director Shelley Sutherland.
The conference draws Greek com-
munities from 60 campuses throughout 14 states and two Canadian provinces, according to the organization’s Web site.
PanhelleqK. Council brought home the most awards, winning in the areas of community involvement, scholastic achievement and media publications for recruitment, said PHC President Anne Heestand.
PHC was also the recipient of
the Legacy Award, bestowed to a Panhellenic Council “that has shown continuing success in scholastic achievement, community and university involvement promotion of a harmonious community and a desire to maintain a positive image on campus."
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Students discuss sex stats
A surveyfound tluit 78 percent of students at USC have had zero or one sexual partner.
By COURTNEY WILLIS
Staff Writer
As the Women’s Student Assembly kicked off Sexual Health Week yesterday with the Sexual Health Fair, students are voicing their opinions and concerns on sex and sexual health.
The fair was held at Tommy Trojan from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to celebrate and learn about healthy, consensual sex.
And while some students view sex at USC as rampant, a study shows that might not be the case.
Of the 704 students who participated in a spring 2005 survey conducted by USC's Health Promotion and Prevention Services, 77.9 percent had one or no partners within the last year. But 82.6 percent of the students assumed that the "typical USC student” had two or more partners.
“(People’s sexual activity) is a big secret here and a lot of people try to figure out who’s having sex with who and where and when. And that’s the source of a lot of gossip," said Zeena Wright a junior maiming in public policy, management and planning.
But some students think the disconnect stems from somewhere else.
“I think that's a big lie. I just don’t think that’s true. It doesn’t seem realistic,” said Julia Kang, a sophomore majoring in communication.
The study said that it accurately represents the USC
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Healthy. Students pose for a picture with a vagina at Monday's Sexual Health Fair near Tommy Trojan. The event was part of Sexual Health Week, which runs through the end of this week.
INDEX
Students portrayed 39 charcters in a weekend performance of 'Twilight.' 9
Gateway project resistance not all that impressive. 4
New* Diftot__2 Lifestyle. 1
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WEATHER
Today: Rain and thunder. High 61, low 51.
Tomorrow: Shower.
College, high school students feel effects of house bill protest
Several USC students attended the march that flooded downtown Los Angeles.
By CATHERINE LYONS
Staff Writer
The massive protest march that tilled the streets of downtown I .os Angeles March 25 included several USC students. and its effect is now being seen and felt on campus.
On March 25. an estimated crowd of 500.000 marched peacefully and passionately in downtown Los Angeles to show their discontent with bill HR 4437. the newest and most radical immigration bill proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
The huge crowd packed itself between Olympic Boulevard and City Hall, many people wearing white shirts and waving many different Latin- American flags, although the U.S. flag remained the symbol of the march, said Alvaru
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Shout. Protesters waved flags and wore the colors of many different South and Central American nations Sunday March 25 dunng the protest of a new congressional immigration bill