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tudents and faculty
members at Michigan
State University have
mustered forces to combat
what they fear is a wave of
anti-Semitism on campus.
Concern spread among pro-
Israel groups in the East Lan-
sing community after an
editorial cartoon published
Jan. 11 in the campus
newspaper compared the
Israeli government's deporta-
tion of nine Palestinians with
the Nazis, who forced millions
of Jews into death camps dur-
ing World War II.
The cartoon, by Universal
Press Syndicate's Pat
Oliphant, sparked an im-
mediate response from Jews
and non-Jews on campus.
About 40 people who saw the
cartoon wrote letters to State
News editor Kevin Roberts,
calling the choice of editorial
cartoons "malicious,
ludicrous and insensitive?'
But MSU Senior Chet
Grzibowski touched off an
even greater concern among
campus activists when the
newspaper printed a letter he
wrote, condemning the Jews
for being too cowardly to fight
the Nazis. One of the 50
response letters had 400
signatures.
Grzibowski said in the let-
ter he is "sick of hearing
about the Jews, 'God's chosen
people; bringing up the
Holocaust at every turn:' He
scolded the Jews for doing
"absolutely nothing" to stand
up to their oppressors.
In the wake of the campus
ruckus, students, professors
and representatives of the
Hillel Jewish Student Center
organized a forum this week
to "counter the ignorance,
distortions of history and
bigotry which have surfaced
on campus," said Hillel Ex-
ecutive Director Sheldon
Gellar. A small group led by
20-year-old West Bloomfield
native Joel Hersh also met
this week to form the Jewish
Coalition for Israel.
"It is unfortunate that some
people don't care;" Hersh said.
"Some parents have failed
along the way to teach their
children about the
Holocaust?'
Hersh said the issue is the
talk of MSU's campus.
"Many people are outrag-
ed:' he said. "The cartoon of-
fended people a little, but the
letter put the icing on the
cake. It is pure ignorance."
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The Pat Oliphant cartoon that triggered an emotional response at MSU.
MSU Prof. Ken Waltzer,
who teaches in the James
Madison College of social
science, said Grzibowski had
a "demented mind" and
chastised the student-run
newspaper for failing to exer-
cise good judgment.
"This whole thing has
brought anti-Semitic feelings
into the open," Waltzer said.
"I'm concerned about the
other forms of prejudices and
the greater freedom these
days to express it."
Waltzer attributed the
openness of students to ex-
press such prejudices to the
triumph of conservatism in
the United States.
"There is greater freedom
to express it than there was
ten years ago;' Waltzer said.
Waltzer and others said
they were offended by the car-
toon and the letter, and said
the editorial board should
have put more thought into
publishing the controversial
material.
Roberts, editor-in-chief, said
he was impressed with the
tremendous community sup-
port from Jews and non-Jews,
but said Grzibowski had
every right to express his
opinion.
"I thought the letter was
absurd:' Roberts said. "But to
deny that guy the right to
have his opinion published is
to deny that his opinion ex-
ists."
Roberts said he didn't ex-
pect the Oliphant cartoon to
encourage such heated
response, but said he had no
regrets. Roberts met with
Jewish representatives this
week to explain the
newspaper's policy.
Lash Larrowe, an economics
professor and contributing
columnist to the student
newspaper, agreed with
several students that
publishing the Oliphant car-
toon and offensive letter
showed poor news judgment.
"I don't believe in censoring
the State News ," Larrowe
wrote in a recent column.
"But I do think there are
times when someone ought to
put a muzzle on the rag."
Anti-Defamation League
Director Richard Lobenthal
said the ADL will work close-
ly with colleges throughout
the state to educate students
so they will be more sensitive
to such issues as the
Holocaust.
Lobenthal said he recently
met with the Conference of
Presidents of State Univer-
sities to discuss ongoing
problems.
He said the ADL is laun-
ching programs at colleges in
Michigan to alleviate racial
and religious problems."
"The problem is insensitivi-
ty," Lobenthal said.
Oliphant did not return
repeated phone calls to
Universal Press Syndicate's
Kansas City office. Kathy
Massman, a promotions assis-
tant for Universal, said
Oliphant rarely comments on
his cartoons.
Arab Rallies
At Western
STAFF REPORT
A
Jewish student at
Western Michigan
University has asked
for Anti-Defamation League
help in combatting Arab pro-
paganda on campus.
Lisa Tann of Troy, a junior
at WMU and president of the
campusHillel organization,
has also felt threatened after
she responded to an Arab pro-
fessor's letter to the editor in
the student newspaper,
Western Herald.
A pro-Palestinian rally was
held on campus last Friday,
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