Debate over Iranian issues draws media
By Yolanda Barnes
A woman sends mental messages to her husband working 20 miles awav, asking him to pick up a loaf of bread on his way home from the office. A small boy moves a 1,000-pound safe, simply by willing it. A man sees a fire destroying his home months before it happens.
Are there ways beyond the known five senses for people to communicate with each other and to influence their environment?
"People should be open. There may be forms of communication that are not known," said Robert Morris, wTho has a doctorate in psychol-
ogy and is the ex-president of the Parapsychological Association, an organization that deals with paranormal events.
Morris will teach "The Human Psyche: Exploring Frontiers of Human Experience," a course concerning parapsychology, at the university this spring.
Ina Kau, with the Institution of Changing Ministries that helped bring the course to the university, said the two-unit course will focus on the scientific investigation into the paranormal experience.
"The class will offer an overview of the history of the development of the science," Kau said.
Morris' course was designed by Norma Bowles and Fran Hynds, founders of Psi Search, a nonprofit educational organization.
Morris met the two women in
1974	when they were preparing an exhibit with the Parapsychological Association for the California Museum of Science and Industry, and later was asked to teach the course.
"They prepared the general context, but I will fill in the particulars," Morris said.
The class will take a scholarly look at the world of parapsychology, the study of how people gain or give information and relate to their environment (Continued on page 2)
By Aida Bustos
Staff Writer
Approximately 75 to 100 students gathered yesterday afternoon in the Student Activities Center patio to debate current issues in Iran. While a news service called the gathering a "scuffle," the meeting, including Iranian and American students, remained peaceful.
A crowd gathered after an NBC news crew interviewed several Iranian students in the patio area. The interviews drew reaction from bystanders, both American and Iranian, and several small groups formed to debate Iranian issues, according to Steve Ward, chief of University Security.
Vance Peterson, director of Academic Relations, said City News Service erroneously reported the situation as "near riot and violence." He said the report caused several news agencies to inquire about the incident including ABC News, Associated Press, United Press International and several local television and radio stations.
Several Los Angeles Police Department officers. University Security officers and an LAPD helicopter watched the crowd.
"The students are not doing anything wrong, they are just debating," Ward said. "(But) tensions are flving high, and we're going to do our best to keep things peaceful."
The gathering occurred at the same time a Bob Hope special was being taped in Alumni
Letter threatens cartoonist’s life
Bob Staake, Daily Trojan cartoonist, received a death threat yesterday wrhich warned him to stop producing cartoons critical of the Ayatollah Khomeini, head of the Iranian government.
This is the third death threat (Continued on page 3)
Park and a main security concern was to keep the two events separate, Ward said.
Much of the debate was over (Continued on page 3)
POLITICAL DISCUSSION — A crowd of over 75 Iranian and American students expressed their views of the political situation in Iran in the patio of the Student Activities Center yesterday. The crowd attracted several members of the media to cover the event. University Security reported that the discussion remained peaceful.
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Berger grievance filed by minorities’ coalition
The ABSSC—MEChA coalition has filed a formal grievance against Jay Berger, director of admissions, with Zohrab Kaprielian, executive vice president.
Representatives of the coalition met with Kaprielian yesterday and stated they will follow the university's formal grievance guidelines and expect the university to follow full grievance procedures including a hearing.
Kaprielian was not available for comment. A representative of the coalition said Kaprielian agreed to provide full due process.
The coalition has complained that Berger exercised racial discrimination in admissions, used unfair employment practices and made racial slurs.
Pete Vasquez, chairman of MEChA, said the reason for the formal grievance is to deal directly w'ith the status of Jay Berger. He said a minority admissions task force investigated admissions procedures but did not deal with the Berger situation. Berger was not mentioned in its report.
Vasquez said there has been no formal investigation of Berger, although President John R. Hubbard has said an investigation has already been conducted. Kaprielian acknowledged no investigation but will meet with Hubbard Monday, said a coalition spokesman.
Vasquez said university students should support the coalition's right to grievance hearings regardless of personal stands on the
Bob Hope charms crowd during taping of special
By David Rompf
Staff Writer
Some waited for hours, others hung out of Doheny Library windows or climbed the svcamore trees in Alumni Park yesterday to catch a glimpse of Bob Hope and other stars taping an NBC television special.
Television star Erik Estrada and singers Dionne Warwick and Melissa Manchester were also on hand to tape the special, scheduled to air 9 p.m. Nov. 19.
The Village People, a disco group, were scheduled to appear but cancelled because the lead singer's mother died, an NBC spokesman said.
Football coach John Robinson and players Charles White and Paul MacDonald also took part in the show along with the Trojan Marching Band, the song girls and yell leaders
Yesterday's taping was the last stop on a six-college tour for the Hope special. Other schools were Harvard, Colgate and Indiana State
universities, University of Alabama and the University of Florida.
Asked w'hich campus he liked best, Hope said, " The last one (USC).
"They were all good. It's not fair to say, I love to get around and play like this," he said.
Taping was scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m., but the film crew had anticipated rain and set up equipment in Bovard Auditorium. The crew later decided to film outside and taping was postponed until 1:30 p.m.
Approximately 5,000 students gathered around a stage specially constructed for the taping.
"Good afternoon," Hope said. "I'm delighted to be here at 'Charles White U.'"
"There's so much money at this school, students here send care packages to UCLA," Hope said. "The tuition is so high here that one student had to choose four years of college or bailing out Chrysler Corporation."
BOB HOPE AND DIONNE WARWICK