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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/18171/full/18171/gov-davis-tackles-anti-semitism-at-california-colleges/ <br /><br /> <b>Gov. Davis tackles anti-Semitism at California colleges</b> <br /> Friday, July 26, 2002 | by <p>TOM TUGENDJewish Telegraphic Agency </p> <br /><br /><p>Gray Davis proposed a seven-point action plan in a letter to President Richard Atkinson of the nine-campus University of California system and Chancellor Charles Reed of the 23-campus California State University system.<br /><br /> In particular, Davis pointed to incidents at or near the U.C. Berkeley campus, including an attack on two Orthodox men, vandalism at the Hillel house, an illegal sit-in by pro-Palestinian demonstrators and a spate of anti-Semitic graffiti.<br /><br /> In addition, pro-Palestinian groups at San Francisco State University disrupted a pro-Israel rally with virulently anti-Semitic invective, posted blood libels and used their Web sites for Holocaust denial.<br /><br /> Davis' specific requests included:<br /><br /> *a thorough review of all anti-Semitic incidents on all campuses, and actions taken in response;<br /><br /> *an assessment of planned steps to prevent future incidents;<br /><br /> *a review of campus policies on demonstrations to ensure that free speech does not escalate into violence;<br /><br /> *orientation sessions for new students that include warnings that hate crimes will be prosecuted;<br /><br /> *the promotion of such values as civility, tolerance and understanding within the academic community; and<br /><br /> *a review of course descriptions to ensure "that they are forums for intellectual inquiry and not vehicles for discrimination, intimidation and hate."<br /><br /> Michael Reese, associate vice president for strategic communications for the University of California system, said Atkinson is troubled by a rise in hate crimes at universities across the country and was working diligently to eliminate such incidents at the University of California.<br /><br /> "President Atkinson is relying on the chancellors at each of the nine campuses to provide specific remedies, and he has asked them to respond to the governor's specific points in a week or so," Reese said.<br /><br /> Similarly, Clara Potes-Fellow, speaking for Reed, said he had asked the heads of each of the 23 California State University campuses to report within a week on concrete actions taken or planned to prevent anti-Semitic and other hate incidents.</p> <p> </p>

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