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April 5, 2001
Left Hanging
Sharon Kupferman, a junior at Cal State Northridge, was one of 11 students left \”hanging in the air\” last fall, when the statewide university system abruptly canceled its overseas study program in Israel.
Voices of Peace
In the long view — and who could have a longer view than the man who, until recently, was the U.S. State Department\’s Middle East negotiator for the past 12 years? — Dennis Ross believes that diplomacy in the Middle East boils down to psychology. \”The idea of taking politics out of foreign policy,\” Ross said, \”is as illusory as taking psychology out of human behavior, and what is foreign policy after all, but a collection of human behaviors.\”
UCLA Hillel Hosts Muslim-Jewish Series
On April 2, UCLA Hillel opened a spring forum titled \”Muslim-Jewish Relations: Harmony and Discord Throughout History\” examining relations between Muslims and Jews from the founding of Islam to the contemporary era.
Pressure Power?
\nHenry Bean can barely contain his anger when he talks about the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Diversity of Dizzying Dimensions
\nWhen voters cast their ballots for mayor in next week\’s primary, they may be electing to that office the first Jew, the first Latino or the first woman.
One on One With James Hahn
Aping the famous Army recruitment commercials, the mayoral candidates have all urged Los Angeles to \”be all you can be.\” But City Attorney James Hahn, ostensibly the one shoo-in for the run-off election in June, has come up with a novel approach to realizing his own mayoral ambitions — by being the people\’s second choice. Hahn knows that outside of his base constituency within the African American community, few people are genuinely fired up about his candidacy. But that\’s okay, he says, because only one of his rivals is going to win the primary in April. And the people who supported the others, often with great passion and fervor, will most likely transfer their allegiance to their second-choice candidate — himself. It\’s a strange race, to be sure, and its Aesopian undertones may well inspire future tales of \”The Tortoise and the Hahn.\” Still, at press time Hahn\’s lead over Steve Soboroff and Antonio Villaraigosa had narrowed — and while Hahn shares the endorsement of the Los Angeles Times with Villaraigosa, the Valley-based Daily News has endorsed Soboroff.
Photo Finish
April 10 is the ultimate day at the track for the nation\’s second-largest school district. Never before has so much ridden on the backs of campaign horses as in the current race for positions on Los Angeles Unified School District\’s (LAUSD) Board of Education.
All the Small Things
In a race that has enough candidates for a minyan, the fight for the 5th District City Council seat being vacated by city attorney hopeful Mike Feuer became even tougher following the Jan. 12 addition of Tom Hayden. With the former state senator expected to win a plurality in the April 10 primary, speculation is now limited to which of the other 10 candidates will face Hayden in the June 5 general election.
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