Daily
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University of Southern California
Vol. LXVI, No. 18
Los Angeles, California
Thursday, October 11,1 973
Arab Viewpoint Stifled In Pro-Israeli Rally
IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL—Gerald Rubis, a faculty member at nearby Hebrew Union College, was one of several speakers at a pro-Israel rally Wednesday. Rubis stressed the importance of maintaining Israel's independence. The Jewish state is currently at war with its Arab neighbors. DT photo by Gehrig Ikeda.
BY BRIAN ROBINETTE
Staff Writer
At first glance, it would appear that Wednesday's pro-Israeli solidarity rally was conducted smoothly and finished without incident-—speeches were made, flags were waved and songs were sung.
What most of the Israeli sympathizers who jammed Hancock Auditorium to capacity and spilled into the adjacent lobby did not know of were the vain attempts of several Arab students to address the crowd and thus present the Arab viewpoint concerning the current Middle East war.
The mild misunderstanding occurred when a group of about 15 Arab students sought to use the rally as a forum for offering diverse sides of the Middle East issue.
The students first asked a student organizer ofthe rally an hour before the event to speak.
Women Protest Pay
Women were asked to denote their salaries on their nametags at a reception Wednesday for new faculty and administrators.
The reception, sponsored by the Committee Wr of the campus chapter of the American Association of University Professors and the Equal Employment Opportunity Office, stressed the fact that women faculty members are paid less than men.
“WOMEN GET paid significantly less than men at USC. As the rank gets higher, the difference in salaries is greater,” said Barbara MacEachern. director of the
Master of Liberal Arts Program.
The purpose of disclosing their salaries is to break down the reticence among women when they negotiate their salaries with the university, she said.
USC, unlike many other universities, negotiates salaries individually rather than paying flat rates to new professors.
MACEACHERN said women are more liable to have family ties that cause them to stay in the Los Angeles area, thus forcing women to settle for less money.
Salaries and promotions
are the main grievances of Committee W, a group of women faculty members, professionals, and graduate students.
Mary R. Mahl, an associate professor of English for seven years, still makes less than her male counterpart—$15,083.
She is on every executive committee in the university and has published three books, butshesaid,“Nothing that I do is ever enough.”
The student organizer then contacted Rabbi Roy Furman from the Hebrew Union College. The Arab students, who requested that their names be withheld, said Rabbi Furman rejected their request.
THE STUDENTS then re ferred the matter to Paul Moore, director of student activities.
Moore, apprehensive a-bout causing a provocation between the two parties, also rebuked the Arab students and maintained that the program was solely for the use of the pro-Israeli group.
“Since it was their (Israeli) program, it was only right that they do what they wish with it.” said Moore.
“WTe didn't know about the rally beforehand, not until we read about it in the Daily Trojan,” said one of the student spokesmen.
One of the Arab students was critical of what he regarded as the rally’s main intention.
“IT WAS a very one-sided point-of-view that Arabs were just killing men and women,” he said.
Both Arab representatives said they would welcome the opporuntity to engage a recognized group of Israeli sympathizers in an open campus debate.
But before this can transpire, the Arab students Wednesday afternoon tentatively announced an Arab student rally from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Hancock Auditorium.
“We will give the same assistance to the Arabs as far
Caucus Asks Shift Of Council Seats
The Student Caucus decided Wednesday to call for a change in the system of student representation of the University Council.
The caucus adopted in principle a proposal recommended in the report of a subcommittee on representation headed by Peter Scolney, caucus cochairman.
THAT PROPOSAL called for a shift in the basis of undergraduate representation from the academic divisions of the university to student living and interest groups.
It would increase the number of student seats on the council from 19 to 27, increasing council membership from 87 to 95.
WHILE CAUCUS members have not agreed upon the number of seats each living and interest group would get. they said they will support that general system of representation.
They are expected to call for between 27 and 30 student seats, 13 to 16 of them for undergraduates. Under the present system of representation, undergraduates hold only three of the nineteen student seats.
Scolney said he intends to bringthe proposed changes up for discussion at the forum on student representation, today at 4 p.m. in Von KleinSmid Center 102.
FIRE—When the top of a car would not fit into a trash bin a student made an attempt to burn it off with a cutting torch. The upholstery ignited instead. DT photo by Bob Chavez.
as obtaining microphones, and we’ll be there to make sure they have the same opportunity,” Moore said.
“We want to make a distinction,” said one of the representatives, “that we are against Zionist aggression. and not against Jews. Zionism has forced the Arabs out of their homeland.”
THE ISRAELI rally itself featured an array of speakers who attempted to enlist both support and sympathy for the Israeli cause. Professor Arnold Dunn, from the Department of Biological Sciences, told the audience and rows of television cameras that the latest attack upon Israel was without historic precedent in its scope.
“WTe have to work as hard as we can, we have to sacrifice. Israel will live; it simply cannot die: it will live and serve as a beacon.” Dunn said.
Jerry Rubis, a faculty member at Hebrew Union College, told of the importance that Israel remain independent.
“We must support Israel so that we may live in dignity and integrity,” said Rubis.
Foreign Students T o Make Plans
An open forum for all students interested in planning international student programs for the semester will be held today at noon in Student Activities Center 203.
Torch Sets Car Afire Near Lab
A fire erupted outisde the Nuclear Physics Laboratory yesterday when a student attempted to cut the top off a car with a cutting torch and instead, ignited the car.
The car was being loaded into a huge trash bin to be taken away and sold. The car wouldn’t fit into the bin, however, and the student attempted to burn the top off. igniting the upholstery.
“It went up slowly,” said a truck driver who was about to haul the car away.
Several units from the Los Angeles Fire Department came to the scene. The fire spread smoke over much of the campus and into the lab.
No injuries were reported; the student with the torch escaped unharmed. Firemen mopped up the water and smoke in the laboratory’.