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Take a bow. Herbie Hancock (pictured), Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove helped celebrate the 75th anniversary of the births of jazz legends Miles Davis and John Coltrane by performing at Bovard Auditorium Thursday night.
Lecture: Palestinian leader to blame in failure of Israeli peace process, Georgetown professor says
By KENNETH BASIN and STEVEN JONES
Contributing Writers
The failure of the Israeli peace process can be blamed on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Georgetown University professor of government and foreign service Robert Lieber said Thursday night
Lieber spoke to a crowd of more than 100 people about Arab-Israeli peace negotiations during the 21st annual Jerome Nemer Lecture, sponsored by the Casden Institute
for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life.
The Oslo Peace Accord was doomed from its inception, Lieber said, referring to a 1993 agreement between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
“The tragedy here is that Arafat, right from the beginning, broke the letter and the spirit of Oslo,” he said.
Although he conceded that some of the blame fell on Israel as well, Lieber focused his criticism on Arafat's lack of cooperation and policy of anti-Semitism. Arafat has repeatedly advocated ridding the Middle East of Jews, he said.
The already-difficult peace process was severely complicated by the events of SepL 11, Lieber said. In I see Lecture, page 3
ONE Institute key facility for gay, lesbian research
Program: USC-affiliated archive hopes to attract international scholars
By STEVEN JONES
Contributing Writer
The world is quietly changing just a few blocks from campus. In a plain, two-story brick building on Adams Boulevard, the ONE Institute is raising awareness and tolerance of gay and lesbian culture throughout the world.
The institute is the largest collection of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered archives in the world, attracting scholars from around the globe. But few students know about the institute, located in a former fraternity house.
“The issue of gay and lesbian identity has far-ranging implications and meaning for everybodyr said Mark Thompson, vice president of the institute. The archives are “one of the gay and lesbian community’s most important projects."
Walter Williams, USC professor of anthropology and gender studies, is the institute’s director of advanced studies and coordinates its visiting scholars program. Williams wants the institute to continue its development “as the leading place for people all over the world to come do research.”
Part of the institute’s success stems from a partnership with the International Gay and Lesbian archives and considerable support from USC.
Although the institute has been collecting materials for 50 years, it completed its move from scattered storage space to the Adams Boulevard house just last year. The refurbishing of the house, which was donated by the university, took several years and cost $300,000. USC Professor Merritt Thompson helped establish the institute in 1942.
The institute settled in Los Angeles because of its established network of other gay groups. Prominent gay organizations such as The Advocate magazine and the Mattachine Society trace their roots to Los Angeles and also contributed to the archive collection.
Since its 1994 merger with IGLA, the ONE institute has profoundly
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Open stacks. The ONE Institute at 909 West Adams Blvd. houses the world’s largest collection of gay and lesbian archives.
Aspiring airplane designers not worried about prospects
‘I Noticed’ program targets problems
Service: Student leaders asked to use non-confrontational approach to intervene with students who need support
By MELISSA GUNNING
Contributing Writer
Even as airline industry officials report as many as 100,000 layoffs and flight prices are slashed in half, aerospace engineering majors should not be worried about future job prospects, professors and students say.
While the lag in air travel since the Sept 11 attacks is nothing to ignore, L Philip Muntz, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, is skeptical about the long-term effects on the industry.
The temporary way of doing business without flying cannot last long, said Larry Redekopp, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering
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travel” is too great he said. “The worid is getting smaller."
Globalization remains a driving force and the airplane industry has a tremendous impact for such international connections, Redekopp said.
If the industry falls, aerospace engineers can work for governmental agencies, said Mike Nunez, a junior majoring in aeronautical engineering.
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By KENNETH BASIN
Contributing Writer
A simple card may be the ticket to intervention, said organizers of the “I Noticed" campaign, sponsored by Health Promotion and Prevention Services.
The program, still in its pilot stages, encourages students to use small slips of paper to offer their support to other students who may be experiencing difficult times. Each card has space for students to write messages such as “you appear very thin and spend a lot of time on the Stairmaster," “you seem very sad” or “you seem to be drinking more."
A list of phone numbers and space for the name and number of the student giving the card is printed on the back
“We recognize that USC staff, faculty and students care about each other and notice when someone is in need of assistance," says Daisye Orr, a health educator in Health Promotion and Prevention Services. “Yet ambiguity about how to help someone often leads to not doing anything, or what is referred to as ‘bystander behavior.’”
The project is based on suggestions from students, faculty and staff.
“Our basic belief is that everyone is concerned about people who seem
to be in trouble but don't feel that it's normative to approach them about it" Orr said. “YVe hope to make this something more normal."
The card has two basic functions for recipients — for the person to learn about the resources available at USC and for the person to know “that somebody noticed you and that somebody else cares about you and that you are not alone on this campus," Orr said.
The program now targets student leaders and peer educators invited by the Health Promotion and Prevention Services office and their mediators to go through the training process. These first-wave participants are from offices on campus that directly deal with student services.
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