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Volume LXXV, Number 2	University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California_Tuesday, September 19, 1978
EYE ON CAMPUS
Tripping out-a stumbling block to higher learning
More than 35 Iranian students riot in downtown demonstration
By Amy Alpem
Feature Focus Editor
It happens to the best of us. You may deny it out of sheer embarrassment, but it does happen to all of us, and it usually occurs when we least expect it. Yes, we all trip. No, not trip out, or vacation, but trip; as in ankle gives out or sidewalk beneath us mysteriously moves.
There is no need to be shy about it, especially now because this is tripping season. (No licenses required.) The time is right. Most of us are either on campus for the first time or are returning after summer vacation.
We have forgotten the little imperfections of our university. Those sidewalks that are spotted with little unexpected dips and protrusions causing us to stumble and yes, sometimes even fall to the ground.
Toward the end of the semester we may remember (subconsciously if not consciously) where these spots are and adjust our stride ahead of time, but it will take a stumble or two to jar most of our memories again.
Ah, the beginning of the year, that time when people are most self-conscious about their appearance. They will bear the discomfort of a pair of platform or disco shoes just to look good. But these shoes only increase the possibility of tripping. They can turn a mild stumble into a flat-out fall. Ever try to regain yourbalance in spikes?
The new semester also means more people are attempting to get to class on time. But hurry with caution — you don't want to arrive on time with a skinned elbow, do you?
There is one area on campus where people get tripped up the most. The area is called the Founders fumble area because it is located |ust outside the south doors of Founders Hall.
There is about a two-inch height difference where two cement
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By John Antczak
Staff Writer
Approximately 35 university students were involved in the demonstration by Iranian students in downtown Los Angeles which turned into a bloody clash between police and protestors, claimed a source who wished to remain anonymous.
The source said 8 or 10 students from the university were among the 171 persons arrested Sept. 2. Seventeen suffered injuries, though none were hospitalized.
He also said that the riot was provoked and planned by police to discredit the Iranian student movement.
The riot began as a demonstration by approximately 350 demonstrators at noon in front of the Federal Building, the site of many demonstrations by Iranian student organizations.
Calling for the overthrow of the Shah of Iran and protesting the "impending military intervention of the United States in Iran," the masked, sign-carrying students moved to the Los Angeles Times building where they protested coverage by the U.S. media of the turbulent political and cultural situation in Iran.
Iran has been shaken by protests against the shah's rule and changes that have been brought about as part of a modernization program. Both political and religious groups are involved.
The Friday afternoon clash followed widespread media coverage of a theater fire in Abadan, Iran in which an estimated 375 to 600 persons were killed. It was reported that religious extremists set the fire as a protest against the shah whose reforms they believe are violating tradition.
The student protestors claimed that the fire was set by the shah’s men.
Two fires were set on the sidewalk in front of the Times building and as the marchers turned the corner down Broadway, police officers began making individual arrests for noise and traffic violations.
The arrests caused increased tension between police and demonstrators.
Fights broke out as police began moving toward the group trying to divide it in half.
just what sparked the riot at that point was unclear because onlookers scattered as the baton-swinging police officers converged with demonstrators who wielded their signs like clubs.
The source said the police attacked the students as part of a premeditated plan to discredit Iranian student demonstrators who have begun to draw increasing attention to their presence in the U.S.
"By the Times, they got us surrounded. It was preplanned for us to be arrested and intimidated. Like animals they beat us. This was one of the most savage acts I have ever seen in a supposedly civilized country," the source said.
"We know it's their fault. We're not a bunch of vandals. It's a calculated action to intimidate the student movement."
The source said the students only battled the police in self-defense and that he witnessed individuals being beaten while on the ground.
When the rioting was finally put down, the arrested demonstrators were forced to lie face down in the street as paramedics moved among them treating the injured,waiting to be booked at a hastily set
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Hubbard discusses tuition, crime and academics on KABC radio
By Carole Long
Stall V\ ritor
The only consistent thing about my administration, which is now in its ninth year, is that tuition has increased every year and I see no end to that."
President John R. Hubbard discussed tuition, campus crime and the academic calendar in a one-hour interview with Micheal Jackson, host of KABC's Talk Radio, Monday.
Hubbard attributed the steady rise of tuition to the increase of fixed costs, such as energy and salaries, "which we have no control over."
"We trv to peg our tuition rate to the cost of living index plus 2 percent, but incoming tuition only pays 40 percent of the annual operating budget," Hubbard said.
Hubbard's primary concern as a university ad-
ministrator is the decline of the position held by colleges within the private sector.
' In 1945, there was a 50-50 ratio of student distribution between public and private institutions. Now, in California, the ratio is 91 to 9 in favor of the public sector," Hubbard said.
Campus crime is another area of constant concern to the administration, Hubbard said, and answers are being sought.
"We have made major changes in the leadership of our security force and are looking for ways to be more effective in the use of patrols and coverage of the most populated areas," Hubbard said.
The university recently established a campus-jommunity advisory committee, headed by Robert (continued on page 2)