FRIDAY Freshman Brian Lundy PARTAN DAILY becomes Spartan's leading receiver. Page 6 V 0L 99, No. 50 Published for San Jose State University since 1934 November 6, 1992 Student My achy-breaky back withdraws vi complaint Student cites lack of time BY KERRY PETERS Spartan Daily Stall Writer A complaint against the Campus Democrats alleging verbal and physical threats has been dropped. Marcia Holstrom, the student who filed the letter of complaint, decided to drop her charges. "It's just not worth it:' Holstrom said. "I don't have the time, and I don't have the energy to fight it:' The complaint, addressed to Dan Buerger, execu- tive assistant to Interim President J. Handel Evans, was filed last week after Holstrom interrupted a Campus Democrats press conference on Oct. 22 at Tower Quad. Holstrom said she interrupted the con- ference because she objected to the group's use of the university seal which she thought might lead people to believe SJSU was endorsing Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton for president. When Holstrom came forward at the event, sever- al members of the group hosting the event verbally attacked her, Holstrom said, and threatened to "take care of her later:' prompting her to file the complaint. However, members of the Campus Democrats and other people who participated in the event PATTI EAGAN SPARTAN DAILY denied Holstrom's charges. Carol Sullivan, In her step training class, pushes her students to the limit every Tuesday and Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the Spartan Complex. Holstrom said that after talking to Phil Sanders, Step training is a type of aerobics that emphasizes a cardiovascular workout and muscle toning without the stress to the joints. activities coordinator for Student Activities and Ser- See COMPLAINT WITHDRAWN, Page 3 Fight breaks out between Theta CM, Job Corps members BY MARIA C. ROSI- according to UPD Lt. Bruce Lowe. Antonio streets. Corps. Spart an Daily staff Wtiter Job Corps spokesman Richard Martine' could Members of Kappa Sigma and Sigma Nu came to Job Corps has a strong national program, said An attack on a middle-aged homeless man trying not be reached for comment. the aid of Theta Chi members, Cordone said. Brown, but the San Jose site needs to improve its to sell shoes to support himself quickly escalated According to Theta Chi Vice President Arasato, As Job Corps security waited for the police to supervision. into a fight Tuesday night between SJSU fraternity when a homeless man asked if anyone would buy a speak with Wood, Wood unexpectedly struck "It's a bad example of a good program" said members who came to the man's defense and Job pair of shoes, a woman from the Job Corps group Arasato in the eye as he tried to walk away, Arasato Brown, who is also a Theta Chi member. Corps members, University Police Department said. kicked the shoes out of the man's hand. alleged. Job Corps members are not allowed on SJSU cam- Theta Chi fraternity members Toby Cordone and At that point, Wood, the suspect, allegedly struck San Jose police then called in for UPD assistance pus, said Lt. Lowe, who added that UPD, San Jose Aaron Arasato plan to file a complaint with police the man, who was carrying a bag and box of shoes with the problem, UPD Lt. Lowe said. Police Department and Job Corps administration are against Job Corps member Robert S. Wood, 21, who with him, prompting Cordone to call fraternity Some Theta Chi members said there is a long- working to improve community relations. allegedly hit the homeless man and both fraternity members inside the house, Arasato said. standing conflict between Job Corps members and "They're basically bullies," said Ken Zunker, a members, according to Arasato. Wood, who appeared intoxicated, allegedly struck local fraternity and sorority houses. Theta Chi member who witnessed the fight. "They The Job Corps, a federally funded program under Cordone in the jaw after he repeated one of the Mel Brown, director of ethnic affairs at SJSU, cause a lot of problems in the neighborhood and the Department of Labor, was started by Lyndon B. obscenities yelled at him, Arasato said. plans to speak to Job Corps members late next week shouldn't be near the university." Johnson and provides youth with hands-on job Fifteen San Jose police units responded when a about improving relations with the local neighbor- "I definitely hope it doesn't happen again. Some- training. group of Job Corps members allegedly rushed hood. He also hopes to learn Job Corps' viewpoint of one has to step in and protect the houses:' Arasato The election-night fight allegedly began when a toward the Theta Chi house with broken bottles and the situation. said. group of five to six Job Corps members started broom sticks, Cordone said. "I want to improve the atmosphere between the Theta Chi members said they hope Job Corps yelling obscenities at Cordone and an SJSU female The Theta Chi house is four houses away from the campus and Job Corps:' said Brown, who once moves away from the area when its lease expires in friend standing in front of the Theta Chi house, Job Corps site on the corner of I I th and East San worked a summer job in Pennsylvania through Job the spring of 1994. Speaker describes Colonus speaks City works to bring alcohol, drugs as 'El Teatro' to San Jose 'universal poison' BY RACHEL LUTHER revitalize the Century Center in r Daily Matt Wnter San Jose. BY JON SOLOMON l'he SJSU theatre arts depart- "This is an opportunity to pre- Spartan Daily Stall Writer ment pulled together Thursday at a serve a historic building the Tobacco takes more lives and results in more medical San Jose City Council meeting to Jose Theatre (located in the Centu- and psychological problems than all other drugs Will bring El Teatro Campesino to San ry Center):' Pandori said. bined, said Frank Stass, medical director of the Adult Jose. Mayor Susan Hammer said she Unit at Oak Creek Hospital. El Teatro Campesino is a Chi- spent approximately three months Stass spoke Wednesday on drug use and its effects on cano theater company founded by working with Valdez. health as part of the ongoing series on preventive health I.uis Valdez, an SJSU alumnus. The "I believe El Teatro Campesino sponsored by the health education department. company was born in the 1960s is something the communities are Among legal and illegal drugs, alcohol is the second and performed on the flat bed of a lusting after," Hammer said. "We leading killer, Stass said. truck to keep up the moral of the are really excited about it:' "Alcohol tends to affect every part of the body:' he farm workers. "Its strongest strength is to said. "Alcohol is the universal body poison. It can kill The City Council decided to bring people together:' said Coun- every cell in the body. Alcohol poisons the liver and kills consider bringing the stage corn- cilwoman Blanca Alvarado. "They cells. Each time we kill a liver cell, we leave a scar. Over 'any to the Jose Theatre in San have given us a soul connection:' the years we turn our liver into a big piece of scar tissue:' lose by delegating the Redevelop- Noe Montoya, job specialist at Drugs and alcohol poison from the skin on in. he said. ment Agency staff to work with the Independence High School, also One type of a skin condition that can develop from board of El Teatro Campesii to felt motivated to speak during the excessive drinking is rhinophyma, where the nose swells look for potential sites for the com- council meeting. and gets red, like Karl Malden's, he said. pany as well as to look at costs of "I was about ready to be kicked Drugs and alcohol are only a temporary escape from bringing the company to San Jose. out of school when El Teatro the stresses and concerns of everyday life, he said. During the meeting, Robert inspired me:' Montoya said. Drugs, like heroine, cocaine and speed, can poison the Jenkins, professor of theatre arts, "El Teatro took our (Chicano's heart over a long period of time or they can have an spoke on behalf of the faculty and and Latino's) message around the acute affect with an excessive blast of a stimulant, which staff of his department. world' Montoya said. could result in a heart attack, he said. The liver acts as a "El Teatro Campesino is an Approximately eight people filter which eliminates toxins and metabolizes. artistic, cultural, spiritual and spoke on behalf of bringing El "Not only are we killing our livers with drugs and moral force," Jenkins said. Teatro Campesino to San Jose and alcohol, we are also killing the ability to detoxify" Although there were no protests hopefully to the Jose Theatre. And Another factor involved with drugs and alcohol is the or objections voiced, the council they all agreed that the idea was distortion of reality for a short period of time, he said. AMIE LEIGHTONSPARTAN DAILY didn't confirm El Teatro promising and that the council "One thing about smoking is that it ha.s immediate Mark Guess, star of SJSU's production of 'The Gospel at Colonus," Campesino's move to San Jose. should look into it. effects and it works. It changes your mind and the way reinacts some of the show's moments. The play opens Nov. 13. David Pandori, the city council- "I do encourage (the council) to you feel:' he said.