Daily tgi Trojan
University of Southern California
vol. Ixv
no.
53
los angeles, California
friday, december 8, 1972
Arab students being investigated by U.S.
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By Bob Evans
Arab students have been investigated by U.S. authorities in recent weeks as part of a federal antiterrorist effort called ‘Operation Boulder.”
Under the program, all Arab residents and aliens in this country are being investigated by the Immigration Service and the FBI.
Investigators have checked school and employment records ofthe students, questioned them at the Immigration Office or at their apartments, and in some cases, have fingerprinted them.
Investigators called on Usamah Faroukh, a student from Lebanon, last week.
“Two investigators from Immigration knocked on the door about 9 a.m.,” said Faroukh. “They came in and asked for my passport to check
some information on it, and they checked my visa extension.” Faroukh said he was questioned for about 10 minutes about school, work, and his homeland, and then the investigators left.
Second Lebanese student Another Lebanese student, who asked that his name be withheld. said that investigators called on him at his apartment around 6 p.m.
H e said they showed their identification and came in, and asked him questions about school and work and when he planned to return home.
‘‘Then they asked me if I was involved in any terrorist affairs or if I knew about A1 Fatah (an Arab guerrilla organization) or any member of A1 Fatah.” he said.
“They did not harass me or
Coeds attacked, 1 raped in apartment by intruder
By Laurinda Keys
city editor
One USC coed was raped and another was assaulted by a man who sneaked into their 30th Street apartment Saturday night.
The man got in through an open bathroom window while the women were sleeping.
They woke up to find him standing over them, threatening them with a screwdriver. He tied the hands of both of the girls before raping one.
Afterwards he went into the kitchen and drank a couple of beers, then went to sleep in a bed with one of the girls.
After a while one of the girls asked permission to go to the bathroom. He followed her part way but after she was inside she escaped through the window the intruder had come in through. During that time, the man left the apartment.
Detective Dorothy Pettigrew of the Los Angeles Police Department said, “I think they would have had an excellent chance if they had both attacked
him. But he caught them when they were not fully awake. Their guards were down.”
Pettigrew doubted that the rapist would be caught unless he does the same thing again. She said she has heard of a rapist that uses a screwdriver but he usually knocks on the door and forces his way in, when the door is opened.
She suggested fixing windows so that they can't be opened all the way, putting double locks on doors and keeping spray cans handy as precautions. ‘‘I wouldn’t recommend creaming or not screaming,” she said, “because you don’t know what type of individual you’re dealing with. In one case it could cause the victim to be injured and in another it might cause the attacker to become frightened and run away.”
One of the girls who was attacked said, “We’ve told all of our friends to keep their apartments secure, their windows and doors locked. I just wish I’d known about it.”
anything.” said the student, “but they asked me to come downtown to give my fingerprints the next morning.”
Operation Boulder was initiated by the State Department in cooperation with the Department of Justice in September. after the assassination of 11 Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich by members of Black September, another Arab guerrilla organization.
Nationwide check George Rosenberg, director of the Los Angeles office of the Justice Department’s Immigration and Naturalization Service, described investigations by his office as part of a nationwide check on Arabs that was initiated “after a wave of international terrorist activities.
“We have always been responsible for determining whether an alien is here illegally,” said Rosenberg.
"But at the end of September we received instructions from the Justice Department to concentrate on students and visitors who are ethnically Arab by birth, or whose parents were born in an Arab country, regardless of present nationality or country of residence.” Rosenberg said that an alien student is in the country illegally if his visa is not current, if he is not enrolled in school fulltime, or if he is working more hours per week than he has been given permission to work.
An illegal alien has a choice between leaving the country voluntarily or being deported, he said.
Students fingerprinted
Rosenberg was asked about students who have been fingerprinted or asked political questions by investigators.
“We only fingerprint the ones who are here illegally,” he said, “and none of my people are asking those questions.
“If anybody is asking them, I would guess that it is some other agency that is responsible for the security of the country.”
The FBI’s Los Angeles office refused to comment about Operation Boulder or political ques-
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L.A. plays it cool, wet
When the rains went away Thursday, people could see what Los Angeles really looked like and that the Griffith Park Observatory, center background, still exists.
The L.A. area has had brisk weather, with Thursday's high reported at 62 degrees.
The National Weather Service forecasts continued cool weather with chances ofgusty winds through Saturday. DT photographer Barry Brown caught the picture of smog-less Los Angeles from atop Men’s Residence West.
Detectives start probe of murder
Detectives from the Imperial County Sheriffs’ Dept, arrived in Los Angeles Thursday afternoon to begin the preliminary investigation into the murder of Sue Schuler, a 21-year-old education major.
Miss Schuler was found shot to death Monday in El Centro.
The coed’s car, a pale green 1969 Cougar with license plate ZNX 643, has still not been found, said Mike Singh, one ofthe investigators. Miss Schuler had been last seen driving from her parents’ home in Ladera Heights at 5:50 p.m. Sunday enroute to her campus apartment.
Singh declined to state whether any clues have been turned up. The prime purpose of this trip, he said, is to interview friends of Miss Schuler’s.
A spokesman for the Schuler family announced that funeral services for the coed are set for 1 p.m. (not 9 a.m. as previously reported) Saturday at Pierce Brothers Mortuary, 3443 W. Manchester Blvd. in Inglewood.
Student affairs VP announces members of programming board
After a delay of two days, the nine appointees to the programming board were announced Thursday by James Appleton, the new vice-president for student affairs.
Arturo Abarca. Jack Fields and Bruce Mitchell were appointed as at-large undergraduate members; Vincent Yip and Frank Barilla were named as at-large graduate members.
Bob Shiota was chosen for the CACC directorship and Gary Wayland was named as student services director. Cliff Ishii and Marilyn Smith were picked to serve as directors of academic-educations and social-cultural programs, respectively.
The announcements were originally supposed to have been made Tuesday, but were delayed until Thursday. The delay was due to the fact that the administration did not want to release the choices until the appointees had been notified.
Appleton said that he made the appointments on the recommendation of Daniel Nowak, assistant vice-president for student affairs. Both administrators said that, in all but two cases, the selection committee’s first choices were appointed.
Art students attempt to reinstate assistant prof
By Joy Barrett
A sign on the door ofthe sculpture room read: "Being without him is like being crushed by your own sculpture—Reinstate Jay Willis.”
Jay Willis is an assistant professor at the art department who might lose his job and the students are doing something about it.
Willis has been teaching here for three years and therefore is up for review by the faculty of the Fine Arts department. If he is not promoted to a full professorship. he is out of a job.
His case is similar to another professor at the Art Department. Charles D. Taylor, who has already been fired and will not be teaching after this semester.
A committee of professors review each case and 10 to 12 students went to the meeting and spoke on Taylor’s behalf.
Hank Dixon, a senior art student. has been working for Willis by passing out literature petitions and putting up posters.
Dixon said that both Willis and Taylor are honest people and that they don't compromise on principles. Students who can t take criticism from the teachers complain about them, he said.
“Art students usually aren't political. It says something that they have gotten together to show how they feel." Dixon said. "The committee of professors
that is reviewing the case considers five points. First the person’s teaching ability is considered, then his professional status in the art community. Next he is reviewed on how he gets along with the other faculty members and on his relations with the outside community. Student opinion is last. I feel Willis is invaluable to the sculpture department and the art department as a whole.”
The concensus among most art students is that Willis is a good teacher. One student said that Willis is “one teacher I can relate to.” Another art major said that Willis is “close to students. they can talk to him.”
One art student. Jim Diehl, will leave USC because he thinks the needs of the students
are not considered. “Willis is great, he does not conform to regular teaching methods. One reason I am leaving is that the department is very unresponsive to individual student interests. Curriculum is tight. They don't give enough leeway to the individual artist.”
Students have written many letters to the committee that will review Willis. The decision on whether he will be reinstated or not will be known sometime next week.
Willis would not comment on the case but is appreciative of the student support.