Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 177, NO. 58 | Monday NOVEMBER 19, 2012
InDEX 4 · Opinion 	 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Opinion: Columnist says
students should continue
Ron Paul’s legacy. PAGE 4
Love story: Joe Wright’s
adaptation of Anna Karenina
breaks convention. PAGE 5
Carlo Acenas | Daily Trojan
Left behind
USC safety Jawanza Starling dives in vain for UCLA tight end Joseph Fauria. The Trojans
had an opportunity to beat the Bruins in Saturday’s matchup but lost 38-28, losing the
Pac-12 South Division and a chance to play in the conference championship game.
politics
By Chuck uzoegwu
Daily Trojan
With six weeks left for politicians
in Washington to steer the nation
from the fiscal cliff — drastic tax
increases and spending cuts that
would take effect in January —
a new USC Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences Poll
reflects some of the difficulties they
might face during negotiations.
The poll shows about 60
percent of Californians support
compromise as a means for avoiding
the fiscal cliff, but continue to
Poll shows
issues for
fiscal cliff
A USC Dornsife/Los Angeles
Times poll reveals challenges
for a fiscal cliff compromise.
| see poll, page 3 |
By Morgan grenwald
Daily Trojan
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris
discussed a new report, “The State of Human Trafficking
in California 2012,” at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center
on Friday. Harris was joined by U.S. Secretary of Labor
Hilda Solis and Attorney General of Mexico Marisela
Morales.
The press conference detailed the extent of human
trafficking in California and suggested strategies for law
enforcement and non-governmental organizations to
fight against it.
According to Harris, the report, which was released
Friday, comes out of several months of work from
hundreds of leaders in law enforcement, academia and
non-governmental organizations.
“[The report is a] renewed commitment across many
jurisdictional lines to combat the issue of trafficking,
Leaders in law, labor
discuss report on
human trafficking
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris
presented the report with other key officials.
| see report, page 3 |
policy
campus
By jordyn holman
Daily Trojan
In light of recent events in the
Middle East that have taken the
lives of Israeli and Palestinian
civilians, students led on-campus
demonstrations Friday. The two
movements took place concurrently
on Trousdale Parkway.
Last week, more than 400
rockets were fired at Israel with
many hitting targets in the country
and killing civilians. Israel has
responded with attacks on Gaza,
which have killed many Palestinian
civilians. The escalated violence
came after Israel killed Hamas
military chief Ahmed Jabari on
Wednesday in a precision airstrike.
On Friday, President Barack Obama
spoke to Israel’s Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, reiterating
the United States’ support for
Israel’s right to defend itself.
The protests were organized
by students on Thursday and
advertised to the student body on
social networking sites, such as
Facebook. Though not affiliated
with any student organization
on campus, the demonstrations
included more than 20 people in
support of each cause. Several more
students passing by the center of
campus offered their support for
the demonstrators on either side.
Demonstrators held flags and signs
representing support for Israelis or
Palestinians.
Student demonstrator Linda
Fawaz, a senior majoring in
international relations global
business and a member of Students
for Justice in Palestine, was among
demonstrators trying to highlight
the violence against Palestinian
civilians.
“We felt like we needed to
bear our signs,” Fawaz said.
“This demonstration came out
of necessity. We need to do
something.”
Several demonstrators support-ed
the idea of a cease-fire in the con-flict.
Fawaz said students involved
in the demonstration also took part
in a nonviolent protest at the Los
Angeles Consulate on Thursday, an
event that inspired students to hold
a protest on campus.
“I don’t think a lot of [students]
pay attention to world events, so
by having this silent solidarity
for the victims of Gaza who have
been suffering for half a century
it might prompt the international
community to actually act,” Fawaz
said.
Students who stood with Israel
also held a peaceful demonstration
near Tommy Trojan on Trousdale
Parkway. On Friday morning,
organizers released 500 balloons,
which represented rockets fired
toward Israel in the past year. The
demonstrators hoped that their
gathering could be used to inform
the student body of the ongoing
conflict in the Middle East.
Sarah Sax, a junior majoring in
broadcast and digital journalism
and president of Trojans for Israel,
has been following the conflict
closely. The past week’s increased
attack has led her and other
supporters of Israel to react more
vocally on this particular issue.
“For years Israel has just been
taking it,” Sax said. “We’ve come
to a point where we’re not taking it
anymore.”
Sax believes demonstrating is a
means to drawing attention on the
long-lasting conflict. The objective
of the event was to educate and
raise awareness of the necessity to
support Israel and the people being
victimized, according to Sax.
“All of this is happening and
we just need to react,” Sax said.
“We want people to recognize
and understand the gravity of this
situation and we want people to
ask questions, be informed and
continue dialogue.”
Another group of students
responded to the tension in the
demonstrations by sitting in the
middle of Trousdale and playing
“Why Can’t We Be Friends.”
All demonstrations stressed that
they were not trying to conflict
with the other one.
“I hope people are just aware,”
Sax said. “If we engage students in
educated dialogue I believe there
will be some change.”
Students organize opposing protests on Israel, Palestine
The demonstrations Friday on Trousdale Parkway were advertised
through social networking sites and attracted many students.
Joseph Chen | Daily Trojan
Activism · Rather than choosing a particular side, several students
sit at the center of two on-campus demonstrations, advocating peace.
research
By valarie yu
Daily Trojan
More than 1.1 million children
are currently uninsured in
California, according to a
recent report by the California
HealthCare Foundation, an
organization developed by the
USC Keck School of Medicine and
a health policy firm Diringer and
Associates.
The study’s findings seem fore-boding.
California’s proportion
of children without health cover-age
has climbed over the years to
reach 11 percent in 2011 — higher
than the national average.
According to experts, many
factors drive these statistics,
including the structure of a
parent’s health insurance plan
or whether a parent’s employer
offers health insurance.
“The most important reasons
are that the parents [of the
children] work in businesses
that are not offering health
insurance, either because they
can’t afford it or because they
choose not to for one reason or
another. Or they may offer it to
the parents, but not to the kids,”
Report finds
many youths
uninsured
The number of uninsured
children in California is higher
than the national average.
| see care, page 2 |