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VOL. 87 N0.7
www.pcc-courieronline.com
OCTOBER 11,2001
On Campus
America's
New
Foreign
Policy
Aaron Harris
Staff Writer
After the bombings of the twin
towers of the World Trade Center
on Sept. 11, the U.S. has begun to
take a serious look at its foreign
policy and how it affects its deal¬
ings with the rest of the world.
David Uranga , associate professor
of political science at PCC, sees a
major change on the horizon.
Uranga feels that the Bush
administration will take a more
moderate approach to bringing the
terrorists who bombed the towers
to justice instead of the usual hard
line way of doing .things by previ¬
ous administrations. This is due in
part to the president listening more
to his Secretary of State Colin
Powell. “The initial feelings of
anger because of the attack have
shifted to reason, because of
Powell’s input,” Uranga said.
“Powell has been the moderate
voice -in all this because he knows
what it’s like to face down an
enemy you don’t fully understand.”
Uranga also points out that
“because of his time as a combat
soldier in Vietnam, and as a gener¬
al during the Gulf War, he knows
from personal experience that you
can’t just rush into something like
this.”
America has also begun to re¬
align itself with nations that were
once considered to be adversaries.
The Bush administration has start¬
ed to realize that in order to win its
war on terrorism it has to be the
effort of more than just a few
nations.
“The United States is going to
have to move away from its unilat¬
eral way of handling business to
more of a multilateral way of look¬
ing at the world,” Uranga said. “To
isolate the Taliban, America will
have to form new coalitions with
countries like India and Pakistan.
Those two have dropped the differ¬
ences between themselves for now
in an effort to assist the United
States.”
He also added that, “The United
States is also calling for the help of
former enemies like Iran,
Khazikstan and Syria.” That is
something that would have been
unheard of just a few years ago.
However, the main focus of for¬
eign policy with those nations is to
wipe out terrorism first, -with all
else coming second. “America will
probably increase training of for¬
eign nationals, we have a shortage
of human intelligence on the
ground and this is important.” He
added, “ What is needed is better
recruitment of people from central
Asia that speak the local dialects.”
To improve foreign policy in the
future Uranga said, “Enlightenment
of the academia is part of what’s
needed along with better language
training for our foreign service offi¬
cers. The future leaders will also
have to learn strategy. They will
have to leam how to project 20 to
25 years into the future , not just
until the end of their terms in
office.”
“The world is a game board,”
Uranga stated, “ It has many play¬
ers but we will have to leam how to
. share power. You must give smaller
countries respect, or they will get
attention in other ways.”
PCC Student Assaulted in
Campus Parking Structure
By Bethany Johnson
Managing Editor
A PCC student left her dance
class at 1:15 p.m. and headed for
the parking lot as usual. She took
the elevator to the fifth floor of the
parking structure and walked to
her car. When she got into her car
she noticed a parking ticket she
had been given because she had
forgotten her parking permit.
As the student sat in her car
reading the ticket, she did not
notice a man approach her vehicle.
He reached through the open win¬
dow, grabbed the clothing on her
left shoulder, and demanded that
she get out of the car. At first, she
thought that she had done some¬
thing wrong and that the person
talking to her was security. She
soon realized he was not.
The man reached into the vic¬
tim’s car, opened the door, and
jerked her out onto the pavement.
She started screaming, “Help!
Help!”
The suspect tried to silence her
by putting pressure on her neck,
but she kept yelling. He became
very angry and threatened her, say¬
ing, “Shut up, I will kill you. Shut
' up.” She got one hand free and
yanked on the suspect’s genitals in
an attempt to hurt him. He choked
her, and she thought she was going
to die.
The victim kept screaming,
hoping that a cadet would hear and
come to help. The suspect took
hold of her hair and pushed her to
the ground. Something cut her
forehead and blood covered her
face. The man punched her in the
head and kicked her. Suddenly, he
stopped beating her, and she was
alone on the ground near her car.
Eventually, the student got back
into her car and drove to the eleva¬
tors, where there were some other
students. One of them called 911
and another called campus securi¬
ty on the panic button in the park¬
ing structure. She was taken to the
hospital and treated for her
injuries.
This is a nightmare that this
student will have to live with the
rest of her life. She suffered bruis¬
es on her head, neck and body. It
took eight stitches to close the cut
on her forehead, and she also has a
black eye.
Her husband, who was in
Taiwan at the time of the assault,
flew home immediately. “I could
have lost my wife,” he said. “I’m
scared for her to go back to school.
And nobody from the school
called to see how she was doing or
to see what’s going on.” He said
there should be some action by the
school to check on a student who
was hurt on school grounds. “I
had to call student services to get
her an appointment for help.”
The victim said that she cried
for several nights after the attack.
While waiting for her husband to
get home, she felt alone. “I was so
upset,” she said. “Why did this
happen and why did
nobody care?”
Police are looking
for the heavyset male
suspect who attacked
the victim in broad
daylight on Oct. 1.
Lt. Bradley Young of
campus police said
he thinks the suspect
was scared off by the
victim’s continuous
screams. “She kept
screaming, just like
she should have,” he
said. “At some point
he aborted the attack
because she made
too much noise.”
The intent of the
suspect is unknown;
he did not steal any¬
thing from the victim
or say anything to
• see Assault,
page 4
Courtesy of Campus Police
The victim suffered injuries to
her face, neck, arms and head.
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Students Give Blood
PCC student Tio Doro gives blood Oct. 9 at the USC-sponsored blood
drive held on campus. Sandy Hibarder, a representative from the
USC Blood Donor Center, said about 185 pints were donated by PCC
students. “The volunteers [AGS and Caduceus Club] did a great job,’
she said. “There’s always a need for blood.”
Senator Bends
To Pressure
Sen. Feinstein retracts proposal for a
six-month ban on foreign student visas
By Andrew Campa
Staff Writer
After a week of pressure from
educators around the United
States, California Sen. Diane
Feinstein has decided to retract her
proposal to ban foreign student
visas for a six-month period. The
retraction is contingent on “col¬
leges working more closely with
immigration authorities to monitor
foreign students in the United
States.”
Feinstein, who was quoted in
the L.A. Times, was blasted by
educators for her proposal on Sept.
27, which called for a six-month
stoppage of new foreign visas. At
the time, Feinstein believed that
the ban was necessary for national
security purposes.
“I believe that we need a tem¬
porary six-month moratorium on
the student visa program to give
the INS time to remedy the many
problems in the system. This may
be controversial, but there has to
be recognition that this is an
unprecedented time in the country,
and our national security depends
on our system functioning to
ensure that the terrorists do not
take advantage of the vulnerabili¬
ties in the student visa program,”
she declared.
The statement came in the after-
math of an investigation, which
discovered suspected terrorist Hani
Hanjour had enrolled in a Bay Area
• see Feinstein, page 4
Two New AS Members Appointed Amidst
Controversy That Selection Process Was Biased
By Erin Ashby
Staff Writer
The AS appointed two new
board members this week amidst a
controversy that the selection
committee was biased. The con¬
troversy stems from a complaint
that Andrey Fong, the selection
committee chair in charge of over¬
seeing the nominating process, is
romantically involved with one of
the newly appointed board mem¬
bers. Members of the Pan-Asian
Alliance also charged that the AS
does not adequately represent
Asian students.
. Last week, during the approval
for recommendations of the win¬
ning candidates, Danielle Marquez
and Monique Bond for vice presi¬
dent of student services and vice
president of academic affairs
respectively, there was dissent
from two of the losing candidates
and board member, Keenan
Gossett. Gossett asked some prob¬
ing questions regarding the inter¬
viewing and voting process for the
nominating committee. Despite
debate, the recommendations were
approved and the winning candi¬
dates were sworn in this week.
During discussion for the
approval of Bond and Marquez,
Gossett asked nominating commit¬
tee members why the two candi¬
dates were chosen over others.
Nominating committee member,'
Ricardo Miranda, explained that
there were five questions chosen
for the interviews as well as a rat¬
ing scale if the committee did not
come up with a consensus majori¬
ty. Gossett pressed, and asked for
specifics on why the winners were
chosen.
“You really believe that is nec¬
essary?” Miranda asked.
This week, preceding the
swearing in of the two candidates,
a statement directed at Chief
Justice Richard McCutcheon, was
read by Haroon Las, a student, on
behalf of fellow student and Pan-
Asian Alliance member, Catharine
Li.
“We have recently encountered
an act of injustice by the AS
Board, relating to the Student
Service position. It is common
knowledge that the student trustee,
Andrey Fong, is closely involved
with the selected member of stu¬
dent services, Danielle Marquez.
We feel that this is a conflict of
interest brought upon by the selec¬
tion committee,” Las read. The
statement called into question the
procedures for the selection com¬
mittee and demanded of
McCutcheon and the Supreme
Council, an inquiry into the
actions of the committee. “It is
clear to us that Danielle is not as
qualified as the other candidate.”
Las and Li also commented that
they believe the AS is not cultural¬
ly representative of the student
body with six out of its 1 1 mem¬
bers being of Chicano descent.
This complaint was made last
week by a member of PCC’s
Anime Club, though AS member,
Andrey Fong, pointed out that he
• see Bias, page 3