Hiding in Shadows
While the media obsess with * Iraq and cause Americans to do the same, other important issues are overlooked / 4
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Opening argument. Samuel Bazzi, a sophomore majoring in international relations, gives an introductory speech during a debate regarding whether the United States should invade Iraq.
Panel debates Iraq war
Forum: Graduates and undergraduates discuss facets of conflict, including legitimacy, international ramifications
By JAKE BAKKILA
Contributing Writer
Education and awareness, not resolution and consensus, were the goals of Mondays forum discussion about the invasion of Iraq.
More than 100 spectators filled the Tyler Environmental Prize Pavilion to watch panelists, both graduate and undergraduate, speak
on Iraqi invasion issues, ranging from international law to weapons of mass destruction.
Moderated by Laura Sjoberg, a sec-ond-year doctoral student in international relations, the debates mood was less defiant and more receptive than a typical debate about war.
“There’s so much political discourse and yet so little educational
discourse on this topic,” Sjoberg said. “This forum is designed to get the academic range of discussion.” Originally conceived by Steven Lamy, director of the School of International Relations, the forum featured five panelists in favcr of invasion and six against
The discussion was divided into topics of position introductions, weapons of mass destruction, U.S. domestic policies, Iraqi domestic policies and international relations I see Debate, page IS I
Collegiate anti-Israeli incidents on the rise
Protests: Campuses around nation see spikes in anti-Semitic speech, violence By VINEET BHARGAVA
Contributing Writer
Recent events in Israel have sparked anti-Israel and consequently anti-Semitic protests at college campuses around the country. More than 100 anti-Semitic incidents, including graffiti, vandalism, hate speech and violence have occurred on U.S. campuses since January, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
“There has unfortunately been a marked increase in anti-Israel sentiment in some circles on campus during the last two years, reflecting a reflex reaction to the stories carried in the news media,” said Rabbi Dov Wagner, religious director of Chabad@USC.
The ADL reported that in the first five months of 2002, a total of at least 63 anti-Semitic incidents were reported on college campuses across the country. This is a 320-percent increase from 2001, when there were 15 incidents reported in the same time period.
This finding continued an upward trend from 2001, when campus incidents increased 23 percent over 2000.
One of the most notorious anti-Semitic incidents at a U.S. college campus occurred May 7 at San Francisco State University. Israeli students were surrounded by a mob of students shouting, "Hitler didn’t finish the job," according to the End the Occupation Coalition.
I see Intimidation, page 13 I
strike raises USC concern
UC lecture
Academics: Non-tenure-track faculty at state schools have organized, prompting discussion of employment practices
By DIDIER DIELS
Contributing Writer
The recent strikes by lecturers at five University of California schools raised questions about the teaching conditions of nontenure-track faculty at USC.
The USC faculty members, however, had little desire and no means to strike but had a few concerns, they said.
Brunella Bigi, a full-time lecturer of Italian, said job security was her biggest issue. Bigi has taught at
USC for three years, the same period it takes her contract to come up for renewal.
' “I don’t worry too much, but it’s hard to say,” Bigi said. “If something happens, we’re the first to go.” Nontenured faculty would be the first affected by budget cuts, such as those at the UC schools. The striking schools were UC Berkeley, Davis,
Irvine, Riverside and Santa Cruz.
At USC, though, the faculty did not have a union to organize a strike.
Bigi once belonged to a faculty union, teaching on the tenure track at the University of Melbourne in Australia. She said the job security was better, but she had to leave a possible tenure position to be with I see Faculty, page 14 I
Campus faith groups do not discriminate
Hollywood powerhouse
By ELIZABETH BROTHERTON
Staff Writer
Religious beliefs on homosexuality sometimes clash with the ideals of mainstream society. To allow campus religious groups to maintain freedoms but remain consistent with university nondiscrimination policies, specific guidelines have been set The rules governing campus religious groups stated that all groups must be open to participation by any interested student Groups may set guidelines, however, for leadership positions and participation in a religious ritual.
This clause was set to allow groups to determine what they saw as necessary guidelines, said Rabbi Susan Laemmle, dean of Religious Life. For example, a group should be able to require that its president is of the same religion as the group,
I see Religion, page 13 I
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