Female prof of 49 years supports working women
By Pat Franklin
Assistant Articles Editor
"Every person in the world, man or woman, can get where they want to go if they work hard enough to get there and are willing to pay the price.
"I'm all for women doing anything and everything. They can do it if they'll work — and work never killed anybody," said Tema Clare, professor of biological sciences.
Clare. 85. who has been at the university since 1930 is a worker. She arrives in her office normally before 6 a.m. every day. "This way I can get some work done before the telephone starts ringing at nine." she said.
When Rufus B. von KleinSmid was president of the university he would sit and chat with Clare in the afternoons and tell her how she had helped to build the university.
In 1930 the university celebrated its 50th year anniversary That same year Clare began teaching biology.
"I had a bank account that was in the red. a sick husband and two small children to take care of. I was making about SI.000 a year."
During vacations and semester breaks Clare would work at Bullock's downtown to support her family.
Clare taught science courses that included botany, biology and floriculture.
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By Steven Padilla
Staff Writer
Students, community group representatives and local residents discussed ways to improve security and university and community relations Wednesday in a forum sponsored by 11)? Student Crime Awareness Task Force and th? Student senate.
Between 35 and 40 people representing several age groups, organizations and ethnic backgrounds attended the forum. Participants generally agreed that students and residents share common problems and must work together to overcome them in the future.
Although students cited crime as a major problems, community leaders seemed more concerned with university expansion into the community.
When expansion was first mentioned as a problem most of the audience reacted by nodding in agreement and murmuring criticism of the university. They said most community residents resent university expansion.
"The biggest problem we face is the unmitigated abuse of the community by the university." said Bob Reid, a member of the North University Park Community Association. He said that little consideration is given to community needs or opinions when the university plans projects.
The university does not consider what will happen to the residents displaced by increased student housing, he said.
Better relations between residents and students could result if the community were better informed about the university's plans, said most community residents.
"The university’s idea of redevelopment is, ‘We want to come into the neighborhood. That means you (residents) are going to have to leave,' " said one community member.
Students cited crime as the major problem facing the area. Crime prevention can be a unifying goal for students and local residents, said Andy Goodman, a member of the task force.
Goodman suggested the formation of a community crime awareness task force that would parallel the work of the university's task force.
The university group promotes crime awareness through the “Get a Clue" promotional campaign including posters and leaflets.
Sgt. Mike Chambers, of the Los Angeles Police Department Southwest Division, said such a program would be valuable because it would stress crime prevention — work that police officers cannot always do.
Police must respond to calls and do not have time for crime prevention measures such as patrolling, he said.
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Alleged threats halt forum on Iran crisis
By David Rompf
Staff Writer
A forum on the crisis in Iran was cancelled yesterday for the second time because of alleged threats of violence.
The Iranian Students Club, sponsor of the forum, decided to cancel the event after the office of International Student Services called the club Wednesday night, and reported there were numerous threats of violence, according to a club spokesman who wished to remain anonymous.
Berthe Von Allmen, director of International Student Services, said there were no actual threats but “there is always the possibility.”
Bovard Administration Building received a bomb threat yesterday morning, but Sgt. George Farina of University Security said the threat was not connected with the forum.
The forum was first scheduled two weeks ago, but the office informed the club of threats the night before.
“The conjecture of the (office) was exaggerated. Since we did care about the safety and welfare of every individual, we thought that if there was a slight chance of violence, we would cancel the forum.” the student said.
“We're getting a lot of calls
these days, a lot of students are in anxiety. We get a lot of calls about why we have so many Iranian students at the university," Von Allmen said.
It was officially cancelled Wednesday night, but was not announced until 12:30 p.m. Thursday, when the forum was scheduled to begin. There were no hecklers or protesters outside Hancock Auditorium where the forum was to take place.
“This was supposed to be an academic forum, a peaceful discussion." the club member said. "It's been a consistent pattern of disapproval of our activities from the International Student Services.
"There is no paranoia or hysteria among students on this campus. We could have had a calm atmosphere," he said.
Von Allmen said it was in the best interest of Iranian students at the university to not hold the forum due to the tense situation in Iran.
"Regardless of the attitude of the International Student Services. we will hoid the forum. We think they did not come to an accurate estimation of w hat was going to happen,” said Fred Mobarez. a member of the club.
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Local group challenges expansion by university
By Gina Becchetti and Craig Gima
Staff Writers
A community group is objecting to the university's use of eminent domain to acquire historically significant homes, which are torn down to make room for student housing.
"The thing that disturbs people in the neighborhood is that eminent domain is supposed to be used for educational purposes and the community questions whether student housing is a correct use of that power," said John Miller, a member of the North University Park Community Association and an expert on historical buildings.
The association is a group of property owners interested in preserving and revitalizing North University Park, which is bounded by the Santa Monica Freeway, the Harbor Freeway, Jefferson Boulevard and Vermont Avenue.
“The concept exists because society has found that eminent domain is a necessary instrument to get property for the greater good of a greater number of people," said Leonard Wines, associate vice president and executive director of university affairs.
"The courts have determined that student housing is a necessary part ol the educational process." he said.
Eminent domain allows the univesity. as a nonprofit entity , to acquire property as long as the land will be used for “public convenience and necessity," said Michael Murphy, a lawyer with Musick. Peeler and Garrett. the university's legal council.
The university is presently exercising its right of eminent domain to ob-
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Panel aims to unify community
MEETING THE PROS — About 150 students attended the Career Day sponsored by Minorities in Business Administration. Representatives from a
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variety of corporations, including IBM and Xerox, spoke to interested students on a one-to-one basis about job opportunities.