Volume LXXXIX, Number 58	University of Southern California	Friday, December 12, 1980
Children’s march to be held Saturday
By Veronica Ettel
The Coalition For Economic Survival is sponsoring a Children's March for Housing Saturday, to draw attention to poor housing conditions in the Pico Union area.
Some of the coalition's disapproval is also aimed at the occupation of low income housing units in Century Apartments by university students.
In exchange for allowing university students to live in Century, the university and Watt Industrie* Inc., the contractor, made a deal to construct 300 add-ti>>nal ""its of low income housing.
The Community Redevelcpm< Agency recently granted the university an additional tW'>	.h .w.ich to construct the
housing.
The children of Pico Union wui It-cid people from all over the city in the 12-block march beginning at noon in Toberman Park and walk past some of the more than 100 empty lots in the area, said Larry Gross, coordinator of the coalition.
From Toberman, the parade will go to Venice Boulevard, up to Pico Union Boulevard and back to 18th Street.
The march will end back at the park and the remainder of the program will include guest speakers and entertainment. Music, Mexican folklore dancing and puppet shows are scheduled.
Gross said the purpose of the march is to encourage elected officials to provide decent, affordable housing. He added that
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Zumberge gets ‘relief’— shares arctic experiences
By Katy Smith
Staff Photographer
President James H. Zumberge grasped the chance to "participate in the educational process at the university” when he spoke to an Interdisciplinary Major Program tutorial on the importance of the polar regions in international affairs.
"I regard it as a great relief from the administrative chores that dominate my life," Zumberge said of the opportunity to share with students his knowledge and experiences in the Arctic regions.
Zumberge opened his talk with a discussion of the reasons for the increasing interna-
tional interest in the frozen arctic regions.
The Arctic Ocean, a natural barrier between Canada and Russia, contains many valuable natural resources, namely oil. With technical advances, the Arctic region will become extremely important internationally, Zumberge said. The Russians also use the ocean to transport goods in Siberia.
The Antarctica, designated a demilitarized zone open to anv country for peaceful purposes by the 1961 Arctic Treatv, is rich with mineral resources. But Zumberge does not see anv possibility of development in
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Soviet Jewry fast held
Immigrant speaks out
FOR EMERGENCIES
Beeper service aids counselors
By Kevin Polk
For most, an electronic pager or beeper conjures up images of corporate executives for doctors. At the University Counseling Center, however, a beeper service means emergency counseling by highly trained professionals, and in some cases, can be the difference between life and death.
An emergency service was needed because of the large residential community a: the university, said Antia B. Sieg-man, director of the Counseling Center. With the Student Health Center and the Counseling Center open only during the dav, an emergency service
was established to provide counseling at night, on weekends, or in the event of any emergency that Campus Security or Helpline couldn't handle.
The service is staffed by nine full-time employees who each carry the pocket-sized beeper for one week, said Barry Stone, assistant director of Counseling Services.
Each Thursday, a different member of the group is given the beeper and is on 24-hour call for the rest of the week. Only Campus Security and the
secretary / receptionist have the number, he said.
On evenings and weekends, the staff member handles does
most of the counseling by telephone rather than returning to the university whenever there is a call, he said.
"I have only needed to come in to the university for an emergency once in the past five years," Stone said.
"The service began two years ago because it made one person responsible," Stone said. In the past, Helpline operators had a list of phone numbers they would call during an emergency until they reached someone. The problem was that occasionally Helpline could not find a counselor.
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Staff photo by Katy Smith
CHILDREN AT PLAY—Tony Slaton gets help from three Trojan football players to watch the children play at the university daycare center for the children of faculty and students
By Joe Grassi
Staff Writer
Leonid Feldman, a former Soviet refusenik, explained that world powers can use Russia's fear of idealologies as a weapon against Soviet power.
Public protests against the Soviet Union by American citizens and letter writing to the Kremlin are more effective than diplomatic negotiations, Feldman told students in E.F. Hutton park, Thursday.
Feldman's appearance as part of a 24-Hour Soviet Jewry Sympathy Fast sponsored bv the Student Commission on Oppressed and Soviet Jewry, Hillel House and Sigma Alpha Mu.
"Russia is more concerned about its image and showing the rest of the world how good the country is," Feldman said. "The Olympics was so important to them because it was a chance to show the rest of the world how beautiful Russia is. It is all a show, a huge Beverly Hills."
"Russia is not afraid of American tanks. They proved that in Afghanistan. They have plenty of people to die for their country. They are afraid of idealology," Feldman said.
Students sat in the shade and on the damp ground for Feldman's discussion, including several members of Hillel House and Sigma Alpha Mu who were on a hunger strike to demonstrate their
support for oppressed Jews in the Soviet Union.
The sponsoring groups set up tables piled high with literature about the plight of Soviet Jews.
The size of the crowd varied throughout the hour-long event, with some staving to listen to Feldman while others paused to look over the literature.
"It is important that we continue gathering to discuss the problems of oppressed Jews and sending messages to Russia about them,” Feldman said. "A post card from American citizens makes a better impression than Carter or Muskie talking at SALT."
Feldman praised Americans for, "standing up and saying 'these are our brothers, we want them,' during the Leningrad trials in 1969. Thanks to you, I am here and 2,000 more Jews are here in this country."
Feldman based his comments on personal experiences and he brought the audience back to his days in Russia several times during his presentation.
"The only thing that made me strong while I was in prison in Russia was that I knew I was not alone. I knew there were people supporting me all here and all over the world," Feldman said.
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