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-I% Colege Counselors Report -Student Stress Epidemic -Page 15 - - A Lecture on Racism Fools Man v By Howard Saltz an accent-ridden voice from the John Gray doesn't argue with women, audience; he charged that "every time won't talk to Jews, thinks foreigners blacks want something on a campus should speak English before coming they get it by violence;" he wouldn't talk here, labels Affirmative Action pro- to a prospective questioner because he grams "totally un-American" and called was Jewish; and he berated a woman about 200 Stony Brook students who who rebuffed his attacks by saying she heard him speak Saturday "bigots." had more male hormones than female. The resident assistants (RAs) and And then, amid shouts and laughter, he managerial assistants who attended the stormed off stage in a huff, barely 45 'Red, White and Gray" workshop in the minutes into the three-hour session. Lecture Center were bigots, Gray said, That, it turned out, was the point. because their minds were closed to his Some of the group shouted angrily at remarks. There was a point, and John Gray's incessant slurs, others Gray, Kent State professor, lecturer and applauded. But both reactions were perhaps actor and con man, was there to sought: It showed that all people have make it, although it wasn't obvious hidden prejudices, and those that disap- exactly what it was. proved of the remarks needed strategies The session began innocuously, with in confronting them. People can always Gray, which is a pseudonym, defining conquer a bigot, Gray said. by reacting racism, sexism, handicapism, interna- differently than a bigot expects, thereby tionalism and just about every other diffusing his argument. "ism." But he gradually turned to the Gray eventually admitted his sham antithesis of the man whom university after the group had returned from Statesmar L orey Van der Linae administrators had promised would smaller workshops at which strategies for confronting racism were discussed. John Gat, IKOnt Sty"piof-or and prhiaps actor *nd con man, lectured before 200 Stony deliver a lecture to increase understand- Brook stuMdts on the IIIffecU of raimwn. Gray fooled many of the students by portraying a ing of cultural differences on campus. He made some startling revelations: EachStisd a d in -en maey of them. Ho finally revaled his prank to illustrate in part He said foreigners should "speak like despite his white skin and how pooyhf peopW Idpon to ret counts. Americans," when he was questioned by (continued on vage 13) covet House in Lebanon Overrun Beirut, Lebanon (AP)-An esti- Ruhollah Khomeini's Islamic revolution mated 500 Iranian Islamic Revolution- to Lebanese Shiites, Baalbek residents ary Guards stormed the government say. They entered Lebanon through house in the ancient city of Baalbek yes- Syria, an ally of Iran in its war with terday and during a six-hour rampage Iraq. tore down Lebanese flags raised over Khomeini's revolution is a revival of the building on the eve of the nation's fundamental Islam and a rejection of independence day celebration. what it sees as Western domination. Meanwhile, U.S. presidential envoy Iran has threatened to export the Phillip Habib met with Moslem leaders Islamic revolution to other nations. to dicuss the sporadic Christian-Moslem Slogans of "Death to America" and fighting in the central mountains. "Death to Israel" are painted on walls in Baalbek, and in recent weeks, posters Lebanese security forces told state tel- have gone up saying "Death to Amin"- evision that gunmen attacked the a reference to Lebanon's Christian pres- government house in Baalbek at 6:30 ident, Amin Gemayel. AM 11:30 PM EST Saturday, overpo- Lebanon's state radio reported Habib wered the night guards and tore down started consultations with Lebanese pol- the flags. State radio said the men left itical leaders and met leftist Druse Mos- the building six hours later but were lem leader Walid Jumblatt and former still seen roaming the streets in Baal- Prime Minister Saeb Salam. A Sunnif bek. No injuries were reported. Moslem, Salam played a key role in Baalbek, with a predominantly Shiite negotiations that led to the withdrawal Moslem population of 25,000, is 65 miles of thousands of PLO guerrillas from east of Beirut in the Syrian-controlled west Beirut in August and September. Bekaa Valley. In more peaceful times, The focus of Habib's latest round of its Roman ruins and temple attracted talks will be the withdrawal of Syrian, thousands of tourists. Palestinian and Israeli troops from AP Photo Since last summer, an estimated 300 Lebanon. The radio said Habib will go to Iranian Revolutionary Guards have fil- Syria and Israel after talking with Leb- About 500 Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards stormed a Lebanws government house tered into the city, preaching Ayatollah anese leaders. yesterday on the eve of the nation's independence day celebration. eJvens Digest -International ing vainly for the 39-year-old union leader. ments that already have stretched on nearly a decade. Meanwhile on the other side of town, reporters said Reagan, scheduled to reveal his long-awaited deci- _ I _ _ - _- __ - I. _ P A'I *_ fITr_ I___ al_ _ !voI E _ walesa walked with nis wile Danuta and three of their sion today, is expected to endorse an Air Force plan seven children from their dingy apartment house to St. known as "dense pack," which calls for clustering 100 Kazimir's chapel, trailed by dozens of people. missiles close together in super-hardened silos. Walesa raised his hands several times in victory Returning to the White House after a weekend at signs as he entered the small chapel, but made no Camp David, Reagan confirmed he had reached a deci- statement, reporters there said. After services, the sion on the basing mode but told reporters he would not congregation of about 200 followed him home and then disclose it until today. dispersed quietly. The missile decision is slated to be announced only hours before the president makes a nationally broad- * * * cast speech on arms control to propose steps the United Moscow -In a front-page editorial, the Communisi States and Soviet Union should follow to guard against Party newspaper Pravda reiterated yesterday that the accidental nuclear war. Speaking from the Oval Office Soviet Union seeks "normal, and better yet, friendly" at 8 PM EST, Reagan is expected to call for improving relations with the United States. The newspaper also the hot line between Washington and Moscow and call said the recent round of meetings in the Kremlin fol- for a program of advance notification of planned mis- lowing the funeral of Leonid Brezhnev had given "new sile tests. impetus" to the preservation and development of Even before Reagan announces his decision, oppo- detente. nents of the MX are trying to line up votes to kill it. Sen. The new Communist Party chief, Yuri Andropov, Ernest Hollings ,(D-S.C.),said there already are met for 30 minutes last Monday with Vice President enough votes in the Senate to stop production of the George Bush and Secretary of State George Shultz. missile, whose 10 warheads each pack more than 10 Afterward, Bush described the exhange as 'frank, times the destructive power of the Hiroshima bomb. cordial and substantive." And there's trouble in the House, as well. "Well, I The Pravda editorial, while repeating standard don't want to minimize the difficulty with MX,"House Soviet rhetoric about the country's ability to deliver a Republican Leader Robert Michel said last week. "crushing rebuff" to aggression, stressed. that "That's going to be a tough one." improved U.S.-Soviet ties would meet the interests of both countries as well as those of the international community. Chicago-Four years ago, Jane Byrne had no "The Soviet Union is always ready for honest, equal money, no clout and plenty of enemies. But she wanted and mutually beneficial cooperation with any state to be mayor of the nation's second largest city-an Wrliehk Wnm««1«J*»««- +hL:O TV% -*--» _ &L.-»A*»VT :.. Lech Walesa QO wnivnu wusuu wantLnis. in particuiar witn the united ambition so heady that even she had her doubts. States. Now, after almost a full term on the fifth floor of "Normal and, better yet, friendly Soviet-American Chicago's City Hall, Byrne's campaign war chest is Gdansk, Poland-Thousands of Poles hoping to Drelations would meet the interests of both peoples and bulging, the city's movers and shakers eagerly await greet Lech Walesa jammed one of Gdansk's largestt universal peace,"it said. The editorial combined lan- an audience and the old-time political insiders have churches yesterday waiting for him to attend services ,guage used by Andropov and Soviet Premier Nikolai embraced her. but the freed Solidarity chief prayed at a chapel near r Tikhonov in separate speeches earlier in the week. With prestige, power and perks, she is girding for home instead. On another positive note,Pravda said participants another run for mayor. But it will not be easy. There was no explanation for why the leader of the e in the U.S.-Soviet Trade and Economic Council meet- Byrne faces strong primary challenges from Cook outlawed independent union skipped what would have e ing last week in Moscow showed an "inclination' for County State's Attorney Richard Daley, 40, eldest son been his first major public appearance, one week after r the type of cooperation necessary to improve trade of the late mayor, and Congressman Harold Washing- arriving home from 11 months of internment under r links between the two countries.