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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See COMPLAINT WITHDRAWN, Page 3 Fight breaks out between Theta CM, Job Corps members BY MARIA C. ROSI- according to UPD Lt.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 LEIGHTON SPARTAN 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. "But in the long range it doesn't change man who presented the proposal, take a good, hard look and bring the outcome." said the opportunity will also help El Teatro to San lose Jenkins said. . 2 Friday, November 6.1992 San lose State University SPARTAN DAILY Forum & Opinion EDITORIAL Education is the start in curing the AIDS ignorance
American public still "controversies" surrounding his /heseems to remain ignorant in return. its understanding of AIDS Maybe AIDS is just not a big con- and is failing to become cern for the American government. educated about a disease that is of What will it take for the seriousness of great magnitude to society. this disease to be dealt with in an But all of the blame can't be put on urgent manner? AIDS will not go the American public. away. It will not fade. President George Bush's AIDS One of the answers to the dilemma Commission was called inactive by of AIDS is education. No longer can Magic Johnson who served on the anyone afford to wait until AIDS commission before stepping down. affects them or someone they may One would think that Johnson's diag- know. AIDS affects all of America. nosis as having the HIV virus would There is a need for the American gov- assist in waking up people to the ernment to invest in its cure. problem of AIDS and call for more Let's hope President-elect Bill Clin- education on the subject. ton not only addresses the problem Yet Johnson was another victim of like he said he will do but let's hope fear and ignorance about AIDS. On he will invest in the education and Monday, Johnson ended his basket- possible cures of AIDS. ball comeback bid because of the
Citizen review board needed FREDIWIPERT SPARTAN DAILY
a homeless activist who Wagers Ashas patrolled the streets of Scott Getting loopy shouldn't always involve drinking San Jose for the last three years I have witnessed s out' people call it her more because she showed a several instances of police Campus Viewpoint getting loopy, others get personality and was actually harassment and brutality. These trashed, dazed, messed . . . some people quite fun. instances seldom make news and are up...the list goes on and / I don't really blame Jennifer often discarded by Internal Affairs, stone philosophy underlying non- on. lave come to rely on for acting the way she did. We even when adequate documentation violent direct action and it works But no matter what pet . . all probably drink a little too and evidence exists. Based upon my today as it has throughout history. name you give it, getting drunk drinking in order to much sometimes so that the PII experiences, I strongly disagree with Chaos does not have a goal; non-vio- has become an integral part of next moring when people tell Kerry Peters your editorial "Citizen Review board lent direct action seeks to draw atten- many college student's lives. have a good time us what a fool you made out of not necessary for S.J.... police" tion to an injustice. Many of us, 50.2 percent to ourselves, we can blame it on (Oct.27). Third, the article implies that no- quote statistics, began our the alcohol. Writer's Forum First, the article lends little cre- built in biases exist in San Jose's police drinking habits way back dur- when they go out. Despite the image of the dence to the severity and extent of department: "San Jose Chief Lou ing our high school days. stereotypical drunken college police brutality in San Jose, let alone Cobarruviaz is fully qualified to regu- Drinking beer or whatever student, there are those who learned not to be shy after get- the degradation felt by those who late his officers (it is his job)...." I have other spirit one chose to in order to have a good time have managed to rise above the ting drunk. have been the victims of police abuse. met with Chief Cobarruviaz on sever- indulge in became a Friday when they go out. Our society rest of us and be crazy without I really wish I could be more The article was written as if its author al occasions and believe that he is night ritual. Now that we are in has become so caught up in having to deal with the hang- like my sister. In fact, my bank was unmindful of what happened in dedicated to his job. However, the college, some of us have even "looking cool" and "acting over in the morning. account tells me just how much Los Angeles: "It's too easy for people notion that the police department is extended that ritual to Thurs- cool" that we need to drink I admire those people who I wish I could be like her every to allow their emotions to interfere capable of adequately disciplining day, Friday and Saturday night. alcohol as a way to be silly and have learned to be outgoing month when I see all those with a professional decision regarding itself without community input is Now, drinking is not ness- break down our barriers. and talkative toward people ATM withdrawls on my bank the police department." Anyone who devoid of logic. A grass roots citizen esaryily a bad thing. In fact, I Take last weekend for exam- without having to drink. Take statement. has witnessed or experienced police review board is based upon a democ- can name numerous people I ple. I spent it down in Santa my sister for example. On Hal- Don't get me wrong. I'm not brutality knows that the attitude ratic principle: the community should have met while "under the Barbara with my younger sister loween night she volunteered trying to condemn anyone for "leave it to the professionals" (like oversee the actions of the police influence" that I wouldn't have and some of her friends. One to be the dreaded designated going out and drinking and Darrell Gates?) does not illuminate department (who are public servants) during any normal situation. of the girls, we'll call her Jen- driver. Dreaded at least to me having a good time (as long as the true causes of police abuse and and have the ability to recommend It's a social lubricant, as nifer, mainly because that was and all the other people I was it doesn't become a problem.) ignores its history. disciplinary action if necessary. they say, and I for one have her name, came along but with because we figured she But wouldn't it be nice if every Second, the direct action taken at The key to making the process managed to strike-up many didn't know anyone but my sis- wouldn't have a good time. once in awhile we could go out the Oct. 13 San Jose City Council work is the inclusion of people who stimulating conversations ter. She hardly said a word all Alas, she proved us wrong. and be loopy...and sober at the meeting was not "chaos:' It was a non- live in communities where police bru- because of it, although they weekend...until Saturday night In fact, her soberness and my same time? violent demonstration which succeed- tality and harassment are most preva- may not have always made when she got sonic alcohol into drunkeness put us about on ed in getting the attention of city lent. Neither an auditor nor a citizen sense. her. Suddenly, quiet little Jen- the same level. I'm not quite council members and the media. As review board appointed by the city The one thing I have noticed nifer transformed into jabber- sure when it happened, but founder of the Student Homeless council would ensure grass-roots par- though, is that sonic people jaws we couldn't shut her somewhere down the line, she Alliance, I have given testimony at city ticipation. A citizen review board, have come to rely on drinking up. But you know what? I liked learned not to be shy while I Kerry Peters is a Daily staff writer. council meetings over a dozen times shaped in part by members of in the last two years, only to be heard oppressed communities, is a critical when we camped at the doorstep of step towards ensuring checks and bal- City Hall with 80 people. Such action ances between the power structure Letters to the editor is taken in the spirit of Dr. Martin and grass roots community organiza- Luther King Jr. who asserted in his tions. and unsubstantiated innuen- happy life in the world. neglects to mention that the famous letter from Birmingham Jail, In defense of Rama do. Rama has never taught Angela quotes me as saying small handful of disgruntled "freedom is never granted by the anyone to "completely depend that Rama "is charging for the ex-students to whom she refers oppressor, it must be demanded by Scott Wagers upon him", nor has he encour- spiritual energy with which he are all associated with CAN. the oppressed:' This is the corner- President of the Student Homeless Alliance Angela Hill's article, "Com- aged his students to "sever empowers students". This is Who are the "dozens of former puter cult offers wealth, spiri- family ties". My relationship pure fabrication I never said students" to whom Angela tual energy in exchange for with my parents has strength- or implied such a thing. I pay a alludes? Her article quotes only money", is a vicious example ened since I began studying voluntary tuition to participate one. DAILY of media manipulation by with Rama. They recently visit- in computer science and career I study Buddhist yoga with SPARTAN individuals associated with the ed me and we had a wonderful development seminars which Rama. I find the program he SMITA PATEL execut Ye editor Cult Awareness Network time. They were especially are taught as part of a Buddhist offers to be fulfilling and fun. (CAN) and Lenz-Watch. CAN pleased to observe that I enjoy yoga program for advanced As the article's title implies, I ADELE GALLUCCI city editor and Lenz-Watch are right- a high standard of living students. do in fact have more spiritual SCOTT SADY photo editor wing fringe organizations ded- despite the difficult economic Angela herself resorted to energy and make quite a lot MARCIO J. SANCHEZ chiefphotographer icated to religious bigotry. times in which we live. I cer- subterfuge and dishonesty to more money than I did when I JOHN VIEIRA forum editor Their members and associates tainly do not lead a "spartan gather material for her article. began the study. BRIAN HARR arts 6. entertainment editor are alleged to have engaged in life, with only a futon and a Claiming that her name was To sincere spiritual seekers JOHN PEREZ frames editor harassment, blacklisting, slan- tape player". Like many of "Sarah" Hill and professing an who would like to learn the der, illegal surveillance, kid- Jim Sims sports editor Rama's students, I own and interest in meditation, Angela truth about a unique and ful- napping, and wartime brain- operate a successful computer acquired a wealth of positive Les MAHLER chief copy editor filling program of Buddhist washing techniques in order to software company. As the arti- material about Rama and his ATOOSA SAVA R NEJAD national Preign editor practice, I can only recom- destroy religious groups of cle points out, Rama's students teachings which she chose to mend that you attend one of which they do not approve. "aren't stupid" we are "well- ignore. Instead she allowed the free seminars Angela so GREG CAMPBELL advertising director Many of CAN'S so-called educated and refined and are herself to be manipulated by enthusiastically maligns. You "deprogrammers" are convict- used to a nice lifestyle". Rama's the Cult Awareness Network have nothing to lose but your RAMIL G. RAMIREZ retail advertising manager ed criminals. Now they have program is indeed "attractive and its spinoff, Lenz-Watch. pain. AARON CALILAN advertising art director targeted Rama and his stu- to young, career-minded peo- Angela is fully informed of the NEELAM PATEL national advertising manager dents, labelling us a "cult", ple" because it provides an shady and unsavory nature of LIONEL R. CARREON advertising production manager simply because we practice opportunity to pursue spiritual CAN'S activities, yet she por- CHRISTINA MION advertising marketing manager Buddhist yoga. development hand in hand trays CAN as an innocent David Gottlieb JIM BUTLER advertising marketing manager Angela's article is full of lies with leading a successful and "information network" and Student of Rama RYAN CASE advertising downtown manager SUSAN GAMBERG advertising co-op manager