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VoL55,No.lO Loyola Marymount University November 7, 1977
Symposium examines the roots
of the conflict in the Middle East
THE RED CROSS BLOODMOBILE was on campus last week and LMU
students were once again turned away after signups exceeded capacity
to accept the donations. Science writer Paul Trudelle writes about the
history of giving and getting blood on page 10. (Loyolan photo by David
Tanaka)
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renovation
Speaking at a Middle East
symposium last Tuesday; Novem¬
ber 1 , Dr. Seth Thompson, asso¬
ciate professor of Political Science
said, “I would not put any credence
in any government’s official hard
line right now, since it's part of the
bargaining process before going
into the upcoming Geneva confer¬
ence.”
The symposium, sponsored by
the Student Development Center
and Pi Gamma Mu, was held in the
Huesman Faculty Lounge . Presen¬
tations on the historical, religious,
cultural, and political factors in the
present Middle East conflict were
explored.
“I suspect Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin’ s unyielding po¬
sition on the status of the West
Bank is not Israel’s real position,”
Thompson commented. He stated
that Israel will probably agree to
allow representatives of .the Pales¬
tine Liberation Organization (PLO)
to attend the Geneva conference at
least as part of a general Arab
delegation if not as card-carrying
members of the PLO.
Dr. John Connolly, associate
professor of Religious Studies , who
attended the Hope Ecumenical
Seminar in Jerusalem last summer,
discussed the religious roots and
dimensions of the crisisl Connolly
emphasized that Jews, Christians,
and Arabs all base their claims to
Jerusalem and occupied lands on
tradition and scripture. “Each
group regards the land as sacred
and each demands unlimited ac¬
cess to the holy places/’ he
commented.
Jews refer to the Old Testament
of the Bible and God’s bequeathing
of a promised land to Abraham, the
Christians to the tradition based
on the major events in Christ’s life
that took place in the land, and the
followers of Islam to the belief that
the prophet Mohammed came on
his famous night journey to Jeru¬
salem and ascended from there to
heaven.
In a brief discussion period
following the presentations, an
Egyptian member of the audience
objected to the claim that religion is
the source of the crisis. “I have an
aunt who is married to a Jew, one
who is married to a Moslem, and
one married to a Christian,” he
said. “I don’t know why you are
talking about religion. It’s simply
that the Arabs have the money, so
everyone else becomes interested. ’ ’
The Carter Administration’s pol¬
icy toward the Middle East was
discussed by Dr. Michael Carey of
the Political Science Department.
He stressed “even-handedness” in
the current U.S. attitude toward
the Middle East. “There is no
question that the United States is a
friend of Israel,” Carey claimed.
Nevertheless, he maintained that
the U.S. policy is balanced since it
stresses negotiations at Geneva as
well as representation of the PLO at
the negotiations. “The U.S has
realized its role as an intermediary
in the crisis and knows that a
solution depends upon a mutual
trust of the Arabs.”
Rev. John O’Neill, SJ, assistant
professor of Classics, discussed a
personal view of the cultural as¬
pects of the conflict. He also
attended last year’s Hope Ecumen¬
ical Seminar and traveled exten¬
sively in Israel. “Arabs are easily
offended and anxious,” O’Neill
commented. “I wks impressed by
the fact that Israeli soldiers must
carry their weapons wherever they
go. They leave them on the
benches while they go swimming
and they have them slung over
their shoulders as they walk into
restaurants.”
“The Lair looks like a coffee shop According to Joanie Conley,
on the seamy side of Brooklyn, director of Student Activities. “The
Please make it more inviting.’ ’ This faculty and staff have no real place
comment and many like it have to take their guests on campus. We
prompted a campus committee to would like to change that.”
look into the possibility of renovat- Some other proposals still under
ing the Lair. consideration for the Lair are
A Lair Renovation Survey was moving the location, adding a
compiled and distributed, with 251 second story, or expanding into the
returned. patio area. “Some ideas, like
. . building a new facility, are just too
Typical questions on the survey expensive,” Conley said,
included ‘How often do you use
д
niajority of students respond-
the Lair? , Would you use it more jng the survey said they would
often if it were renovated? and |ijce to see the patio area included
What do you believe the major in the Lair’s design. Proposals also
drawbacks to be of the present mentioned including a ftre pit in
Lair?” In response, 43 per cent tbe design
said they used the Lair daily, 80 per If the Lah. was to be redecorated,
cent said they would use it more 7$ per cent of those responding
often if it were renovated, and the said they w0uId prefer a natural
majority agreed that the quality of wood and piant decor. A majority
the food and the prices were the also said that they would like a
major drawbacks. combination of booths, tables, and
The committee for the Lair chairs,
renovation, headed by Susan Han- If the proposals of the committee
an, hopes to include improvements are accepted, the renovations will
for the Del Rey room (the faculty hopefully take place over the
dining room) in their proposals. summer of 1978.
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Arlene Martinez joins Andy Williams
and becomes an overnight success
by Beverly Beck
The American dream — to be
discovered, to be a star overnight —
has been around ever since Lana
Turner was discovered drinking
a milkshake in Schwab’s Drug¬
store in Hollywood by the pub¬
lisher of the Hollywood Reporter.
There is no doubt that such
things do occur. But how many
people drink milkshakes with such
style?
It wasn’t exactly the soda foun¬
tain episode that opened the door
to stardom for Arlene Martinez,
but it happened overnight just the
same.
Martinez, a Theatre Arts major
at LMU, auditioned recently as a
singer and dancer for Andy Wil¬
liams’ Las Vegas act. She was hired
immediately.
Martinez had spent years pre¬
paring for her moment; Like all
other aspirants to the entertain¬
ment field, she had taken singing,
drama, and dancing lessons. The
chances of getting into show busi¬
ness were admittedly slim.
Prior to her audition, Martinez
was acting in a children’s TV series
for KCET. The series, called
Freestyle, was aimed at making
children aware of the variety of
career possibilities open to them
with the changing attitudes toward
sex-role stereotypes.
Martinez said that she has been
typecast in her television work,
“It’s hard for me to get jobs. The
send me out on a lot of ethnic,
Mexican- Spanish type parts,” she
explained. “I haven’t gotten many
of the parts because I couldn’t
speak Spanish.”
In the future, Martinez hopes to
do more television work. “It’s
quick, you do a commercial in one
day. I just did Movieland Wax
Museum and Jack-In-The-Box
commercials.”
Since her work for television
wasn’t progressing as well as she
would have liked, the opportunity
to work with Williams came along
at the right time. Martinez reported
that the job is permanent.
Her new job with Williams was a
major turning point in her career. It
meant leaving Loyola Marymount
as a junior, to go on the road with
Williams troupe, surrounded by all
the glamor of theatre life.
But the business of traveling was
not altogether new for Martinez,
who previously traveled as a mem¬
ber of a performing group known as
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ARLENE MARTINEZ appears headed for a successful show business
career after joining Andy Williams’s Las Vegas show.
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