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Con Safos: a Chicano's Journey Through Life in California CON SAFOS --A CHICANO'S JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE IN CALIFORNIA 151 Astrophysics --- A lecture by Dr. Joseph Kaplan Head, Physics & Meteorology Department UCLA. EDITOR'S NOTES: While writing a column for EL EXCENTRICO Magazine during my early years in San Jose, I went to a lecture on astrophysics by UCLA professor Dr. Joseph Kaplan at San Jose State's Morris Dailey Auditorium. Then I wrote an article about it for EL EXCENTRICO. Why did I attend the lecture? Well, in those days I believed that an aspiring world-class journalist ought to ample a bit of everything. Besides that, I had never seen, with my own eyes, an authentic "rocket scientist". Have you ever seen one? My article impressed the hell out of EL EXCENTRICO publisher Humberto Garcia. "You un­ derstand all that?" he asked me one night after we had put the latest issue to bed,and were having a few cold beers. "Of course," I replied, knowing that there would be no further questions. --E. David Sierra Family Relations in the Space Age Dr. Kaplan spoke at Dailey Auditorium on the San Jose State College campus on Sept. 25 as part of the lOth annual Family Service Assocation conference before a crowd of 300. Dr. Kaplan received his degree in Physics from Johns Hopkins University where he studied under Dr. Sidney Ames, for whom the Ames Aeronautical Laboratories are named. In addition to being head of the Physics Dept. at UCLA he is president of the International Geophysical Year, a worldwide scientific project which was originally slated to last but one full year but through the urging of nations all over the world, may be ex tended for another year. IGY preparations began in this country in 1953, two years after most nations had announced that they would participate in the worldwide quest for scientific knowledge. 152 CON SAFOS --A CHICANO'S JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE IN CALIFORNIA Piseas Grandes Words of Wisdom: "Yo no me voy a las Piscas Grandes, Yo me vine de las Piscas Grandes ... " Or. Kaplan has just returned from a tour of Soviet PHOTOGRAPH STARS Rus ia, Western Germany, England, and Belgium. At The United States Navy was first to use rockets to Brussells he had an opportunity to get a first-hand look photograph the stars as they really in which they are at the World's Fair. engaged. They prefer to talk about science with scien­ A VERY POPULAR tists, thus the term 'eggheads'." PROFESSOR These men, Dr. Kaplan, emphasized, are to be ad­ The doctor pointed out that he is one of the most mired and encouraged and not ridiculed. popular professors on the UCLA campus because He made it quite clear that neither he nor Dr. Glenn "My students hardly ever see me!" T. Seaberg of the University of California, the American For example, the day before his lecture in San Jose, representatives to the International Council of Scient i fie Kaplan was in Washington. He arrived in Los Angeles Union, are eggheads. Both are interested in golf and on Thursday morn ing and by five that afternoon he was football , and Dr. Kaplan's hobby is ice-skating. in San Jose. After taking a plane late the evening of his aplan is the UCLA faculty football speech, he was to be in L.A. early Friday morning and by representative to the soon-to-be-d e that night would be back in the national capital for a K funct Pacific Coast Conference. He is an meeting of the International Council of Scientific Union. avid football fan though seldom having time to watch EXPLORER RATED his beloved UCLA Bruins in action. EQUAL OF SPUTNIK I He is very proud that California and UCLA are the Kaplan is considered the world's foremost authority only American universities represented at the ICSU on space travel. He explained that upper solar photogra­ conclave at Washington, D.C. They are two of eight phy is a relatively new field to Science and yet scientists persons from around the world who will gather to have made remarkable strides in photographing the exchange scientific data and report on geophysical and heavenly bodies in the past two years. meteorological progress and research in their respecti ve That is the principal reason why rockets were devel­ countries. oped, to further man's knowledge of the upper strato­ Dr. Joseph Kaplan concluded his presentation with sphere, and not for war purposes as most people sup­ the statement that the ultimate conquest of space would pose. serve to harvest the crop of technology. America's U.S. NAVY FIRST TO Pioneer moon rocket is a step toward that goal. • • • • • CON SAFOS --A CHICANO'S JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE IN CALIFORNIA 153 Good Ti s for Life: 16. Marry someone you love to talk to. As you get older, good conversation will be one of the principal elements of an enduring relation­ ship. 17. Don't ask for commitments from drinkers or drug users, because they won't keep them. 18. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. 19. Read more books, and watch less TV. 20. In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current sitution. Don't bring up the past. 21. Never interrupt when you are being flattered. 22. Mind your own business. 1. Give people more than they expect, and do so 23. Trust in God, but lock your car. • • • • • cheerfully. 2. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have, or sleep all you'd like. 3. Don't say, "I love you," unless you really mean it. Letter to a Friend, 4. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye. 5. See your fiancee mad before you agree to marry Raul Yzaguirre her/him. September 25, 2002 6. Love deeply and passionately. You might get Dear Rau l: hurt, but it's the only way to live life completely. For a long time I have wanted to write you and expre 7. In disagreements, fight fair. No name calling. my appreciation for the work you do with NCLR. It is really 8. Don'l judge people by their relatives. THE hispanic organi zation in Ame ri ca today. 9. If you lie when someone asks y ou questions, jot As a long-time member of the American GI Forum, it them down because the question will be asked pains me to write that because I wish you had been listened again. Be sure you give the same answer! to and elected OUR national chairman. 10. When someone asks you a question you don't Although we never talked too much, and did not share want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want with you as many cold ones as I did with others at the na­ to know?" ti onal conventions of the GI Forum, I a lways fe lt that when I I . Call your mom. you spoke on the convention fl oor you were echoing my 12. If you agree to be at the corner of 5th & Main at thoughts precisely. I was reminded of that again recently when I read your A Call to Unity and Fairness article in the Sep­ 3 AM on a day two years hence, be there! tember issue of HISPANIC magazine. 13. Don't let a little squabble damage a good friend­ My friend, you have two very desirable e lements sorely ship. lacking in most of our civil rights leaders today .... tanates! 14. When you realize you've made a mistake, take Siga peleando por nuestro gente, carnal, and a lways immediate steps to correct it. know that you have two staunch supporters out here in the 15. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will wild west .. .. yo y mi ruca! hear it in your voice. Muy sinceramente, --David Sierra 154 CON SAFOS --A CHICANO'S JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE IN CALIFORNIA Arlington National Cemetery Visiting Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. during a trip to the 1972 Ameri­ can GI Forum national conven­ tion, my wife and I watched the changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier. Man, if , that doesn't make your skin crawl, you're dead. They just John F. Kennedy Memorial haven't planted you yet. The Marine Corps Memorial, depict­ ing the raising of the stars and stripes on Mt. Suribachi on Iwo of our country. And I never bought the story about the Jima, was very impressive, as cherry tree. The code in the barrio where I was raised was were the graves of John F. don't rat on nobody, especially yourself. Sorry, Martha! ' Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy. The changing of the guard at the Tomb of the We HAD to see those. Unknown Soldier was very impressive. Very precise. It is not something I would want to do if e found the grave I were in the service, but I am very proud that there are where Pvt. Felix young men and women in this country willing to undergo Longoria of W that training and the strict discipline that that task demands. American GI Forum fame is buried. The American GI Forum It makes you proud to be an American. bas ceremonies there every year They schedule the changing of the guard for a precise on the anniversary of his burial. time, and it happens on time. You are asked to sit down and We asked for directions on how wait. You must maintain absolute silence. A few moments to find it at the information cen­ later you hear the measured staccato of military boots ter.
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