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BY CHERE COPE
"In Russia. the dress, cars, building are
all behind the times. But the Russians look
at it in a different way-they just try to
keep things simple, nothing fancy, and put
all their money into science and the
military," says Dr. J. L. Faust, USC
professor of engineering. Faust recently
returned from 11 days at a scientific
congress in Russia.
According to Faust, life is more
inhibited in Russia than in the states.
"They are quite strict on sex over there. A
colleague of mine had a Playboy magazine
taken away from him at customs, because
they classified it as 'pornographic
material' and wouldn't allow it in to the
country. You don't see short skirts-they
fall about down to the knee. In Armenia,
the southern portion of Russia where the
scientific congress was held, women even
wore their dresses down to the floor." refutes this picture.
Many people have a picture of Russia an unsmiling, stern
that consists of cold, unspirited people they get together, or v
going about their business on virtually them, they laugh and
empty streets patrolled by guards. Faust else. The streets are
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sales. "Although they're not doing such a
booming business-the standard of living
there is generally lower, and not many
people can afford cars".
In order to get stable currency into the
country, the Russians maintain "stable
hard currency stores." The only money
that these stores will accept is that of
countries that use "hard," or "stable"
money, such as Canada, the States, or
Britian. "To entice the people there, they
have merchandise that can't be bought in
other stores, or the prices are very much
lower. For instance, Cognac, if bought in
these stores with foreign currency, can be
had for the equivalent of two rubles, while
in other stores that accept Russian rubel,
it would cost about seven. A- ruble is
equivilant to about $1.40. Foreign money is
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Russian education stresses heavily
discipline and sports. "Besides regular P.
E., each child must pick a sport and stay
with it throughout his education
concentrate on it and develop it. School
there is similar to the European method,"
continues Faust. "A child attends school
until the age of 14 or so, and if his grades
are good enough, he is sent on to higher
education. If not, he takes up a trade. This
is not of choice. If you want to go to college,
you can't unless the state sends you. They
also tell you where you must go to school or
work."
Russian propaganda tries to paint a
definite picture of a classless society, but
this is not the case, according to Faust.
"Like they say, it's all one class if you're in
the right one. For instance, scientists hold
a very high position in Russian society.
They have very nice apartments, and often
a summer place where they can get away.
Guests of the Academy of Science, as I
was, are very quickly provided for; if we
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