International scholarship given to university student
By Liz Washburn
Staff Writer
As finals approached last semester, Andrew Oros' thoughts strayed from textbooks and term papers to a land across the Atlantic Ck%an.
Oros was a finalist for the British Marshall Scholarship, which is awarded to American students by the British government and is considered the academic equivalent of the well-known Rhodes Scholarship.
With finals only a week away, Oros received word that he was one of 40 students to win the award. With the scholarship, Oros could study at the British university of his choice — all expenses paid.
Oros was encouraged to apply by his academic advisor Peter Nosco, chairman of the East Asian Languages and Cultures Department.
But that is not the first award Oros (See Scholar, page 3)
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Volume CXIV, Number 8	University of Southern California	Friday, January 18,1991
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Flower children?
Activists alter university’s reputation
By Dave Hernandez
Staff Writer
The recent wave of campus protests — from Tuesday's massive anti-war rally to Thursday's 12:30 classroom walk-out — has brought a new dimension to the university, which may be known more for its "spoiled children" than its "flower children."
One student, evidently surprised by Tuesday's rally, was overheard saying "What's going on here? Do they think this is Berkeley?"
Despite its image, the university has produced a myriad of protesting voices
on both sides of the issue. And they are expressing their views in more than one way.
In response to Tuesday's rally, more than 50 students gathered for a spontaneous counter-rally that night at Pardee Tower, where they hanged Saddam Hussein in effigy.
The next night, a group of students was caught by University Security paint-(See Protest, page 4)
Students display American flags in support of U.S. troops/3
Student fears rise as war escalates
USC Jews fear for safety of Israeli kin
By Glen Justice
and Liz Washburn
Staff Writers
Ideologies clash during campus rally
By Roy Chung and Gloria Lau
Staff Writers
As selected targets in Israel were bombed by Iraqi forces shortly after 5 p.m. PST Thursday, many Jewish students on campus were riveted to their television sets, fearing for the lives of friends and relatives.
"I came in the door and my roommate told me they just bombed Tel Aviv," said Jacob Ackermann, a junior majoring in theater. "When he said it, the wind left me. I sat glued to the television set. I was numb, but now I'm getting a sinking feeling in my stomach. How does one react to this?"
Ackermann, a member of the Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi, said he has relatives in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Northern Israel and a small town near Haifa. Ackermann wanted to contact his relatives by phone, but was told by his parents it would be nearly impossible.
"They're distant family, but we're very close to them," he said. "We see them a lot. Now they're all in sealed rooms with gas masks on."
Jill Rosenthal, a junior majoring in history, has relatives in Israel and visited the country for two weeks in 1984. She said she had a similar reaction.
"I want Isreal to be involved in the conflict because I think they could do a lot of good in fighting Iraq, but then again, when I heard they had been bombed, my heart sank," she said.
"I think for most Jewish stu-(See Reaction, page 2)
Kuwaiti students grapple with Gulf situation/ 7
Less than 24 hours after the opening strikes of Operation Desert Storm, student voices clashed Thursday afternoon at the center of campus as Allied forces continued bombing Iraq.
A classroom "walk-out," organized by the student anti-war group GUSTO (Get U.S. Troops Out) attracted about 800 to 1,000 students to the rally at Tommy Trojan, University Security said.
"If anyone on Capitol Hill is thinking we're going to stay (in the Middle East), that we're going to keep doing this again and again, they're wrong. We're not going to stand for it," said Tatiana Litvin, a junior majoring in international relations and a member of GUSTO.
The two-hour rally, which be-gan at 12:30 p.m., was a planned event scheduled foi the day after the first shots of war.
"It's a fallacy to say that these people at the rally do not support the troops. Their lives over there are just as important as our lives over here," said Student Senate President Steve Webber. "That's the whole point. We don't want these people killed."
The turnout of those in support of the war was apparently helped by the initial reports indicating minimal American casualties.
"I think it was a beautiful attack," said Neil Glick, president of the university's American Israeli Alliance. "We're here to
(See Rally, page 10)
Student Senate to open war information booth/ 3
Hoops lose a close one
Sports, page 20
Shaun Hennessey (top left), a freshman majoring in music, made his own call for peace at the noontime rally In front of Tommy Trojan Thursday. Stu Stitch (top right), a junior majoring in political science and chemical engineering, demonstrated support for the U.N. coalition’s operation to free Kuwait. Hundreds gathered to listen to guests and students voice their opinions about the Gulf war.
Mami Chaplin / Daily Trojan
DanM De La Roaa / Dally Tro|an