Hoffa Urges Students to Be Active in Prison Reform
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Hoffa urges students to active in prison reform be to an individual placed on s lie s By (WRAY RIMK De dental laboratory is next second chance." His parole was refused what happens lie thud. lawyers will successl ally against connubial visits because a Calling prisons --univel , il higher door.- said Huila. He stressed the delay is because the parole board "wanted two parole." cemove (lie {idiot.. provision that he can't wile shouldn t be treated "like a prize education in crime.- lames R I tolls urged done solely for the purpose of showing more years to look at him." Hotta at the end DI his low-key polished hold union id lice until 1980. cow. college students to become more active in who's the boss. An individual's troubles aren't over presentation was warmly applauded. The working tor prisun retie: m. Huila emphatically stated the threat to once he "hits the bricks" with a parole. question and answer period produced a The lormer Teamsters Union peesident. one's lite from fellow prisoners as the Parole usually means "S45 in your pocket. dillerent response. speaking at the University al Santa Clara greatest danger while in jail. He asked the a bus ticket to a town you've never been Responding to an inquiry. Hulls Tuesday alternoun, said if students listeners, "Could you sleep well if next to belore and no prospect of a job," said the defended the Teamsters Union in its juris- concerned themselves with the problems you or above you was a person subject to speaker. dictional dispute with the United Farm -con," ul penal instit utions. they would do more violent action, violence that could be on Hotta insisted the stigma of "ex Workers. He condemned Cesar Chavez as employment. one not to be trusted. He said Chavez had than all the prison Dictate in the United your leaving little hope fur States." While an inmate at Lewisburg Federal explains why persons on parole commit a broken two agreements with the He Warning the students not to think "this Penitentiary. Hotta said he witnessed greater crime the second time. eamsters. they couldn't happen to me." Huila told the murders and mass rape. He added anyone cautioned the audience to think He added Chavez wouldn't be was audience that at the hall million persons under 30 years old that wouldn't fight or would act any dillerently il there successlul in his battle against the earns living alter an detention. 100,000 to 150,000 are under stab someone else was subject to mass opportunitylimited to 'teamsters. Members ot the audience 18 years of age. rape. serving years "behind a wall." began hissing. that persons "look Labeling homosexuals "not bad people. For Hot lass soon as he was sentenced II is this threat of violence, continuous It was bather urged for jury tampering and pension lund tension and working tor 17 cents an hour behind the headlines. See what the real a little contused. who lault their parents" fraud, he was"no longer a tree American." that makes parole a must, according to truth is. - Hotta lashed out at the prisons brought a round at laughter. He no longer had a choice of housing. Hotta. However gelling a parole is usually 0111Clalli who talk about "the terrible tither points made by Hotta were: sanitary conditions. clothing or medical a traumatic experience. things happening on our streets. He has supported Pres. Nixon ever James R. Hoffa treatment. Hotta cited an example of an inmate "they're tooling the American people since Nixon entered politics. "II one should happen to need lalse who served 27 years and was given "a because ... they have created this system He's opposed to the complete teeth, there's a year-and-a-half wait, matter ol live minutes to plead for a by their very lack and inditterence to elimination ot capital punishment. Thursday, February 22, 1973 Gift of V.D. brings an unwanted reward By BRUCE JEWETT lialVeVbIly !Wormed and updated annul Valentine's Day may have lett a lew VD and the Health Genter's services for it. with more than just cards, candy and a Every Thursday at the Student Union, kiss. It one contacted venereal disease, he 10 a.m. to noon, doctors discuss VD can have it cheerf ally refunded at the problems with students. 'the rap session Spartan Daily Student Health Center. is next to the Information center. Serving California State University at San Jose Since 1934 Located on campus at Ninth Street, the "You don't lecture people on VD," Dr. Health Center is slatted with general Miller stated. "You open it up tor dis- practioneers. There is no oft iris(' Venereal cussion.- Disease Clinic. However, treatment and Discussions are also held regularly for cure of VD are one of the standard, no-tee Health Education classes and New Chicano EOP crowded services. College. Dr. Raymond C. Miller is the Free treatment of VD tor students is not coordinator of VU services at the Health only hound in colleges and universities. Center. According to him there were 80 -there is a Teen-Age Clinic amied tor high cases of gonorrhea last semester. schoolers in Santa Clara County. tie also ment toned here have been nine The doctor stressed that all records, while bureaucracy mounts cases in lanuary. 12 ma December and 20 in both at SI St and the Teen Age Clinic, are November. There have been no cases DI confidential between doctor and patient. Syphilis, which is more serious and There is no required age to attain this con- 13y MARTIN WEYBRET Complaining about lack of authority. other hand, prompted a quick retreat from deadly than gonorrhea. fidentiality. "College is nothing somebody cant do. Reyes said he is frustrated with his ability the former position, he said. Insistence on "I would say, as an eyeball statistic," reatment and cure are not the only That's the premise ol the Educational to make changes. He pointed out that hiring standards has been overdone in Ur. Miller revealed, "that thirty percent DI duties of Ur. Miller and his staff. They Opportunity Program as expressed by students selected for the program can Reyes' estimation. the cases were males and seventy percent must also track down VD sources. Gabriel Reyes, director of Chicano EOP. only be technically recommended for ad- "A lot ol qualifications are thrown in as were females." "For each individual that comes in with He says the program works; even the mittance to SISU. This causes friction a matter of procedure," he said. As an 'the stall physicians attributes the high VD," Dr. Miller said, "there's someone out state says it works. "But if the program because the Admissions Of lice holds the example. Reyes said many minority group number of female VU cases because there who he or she got it trom." ever goes down the drain, it will be for final say, he said. members would make good deans except women are not always aware of venereal A patient is asked to notify his or her lack of money." he said. Lack of cooperation in other areas is they do not hold a PhD. symptoms. He said men usually "learn sex partners and refer them to the Health Enrollment has increased steadily over worse, he said. Without citing specific "I don't think a quota system is neces- right away through painful urination if Center or to the County Clinic, it they are the program's live-year life, but no staff or examples. Reyes contended that en- sary.- A change in altitude is all that's they have contacted VU." not students. No one is reluctant to do Reyes additional funds have been provided, thusiasm for the project is waning among needed to reform the school's hiring prac- Younger women students may "be less this. Dr. Miller indicated. Gabriel Reyes said. Tutoring sessions are the faculty members. tices. Exceptions to the rules have been aware 01 the dangers and symptoms of 'the VD program coordinator stated the overcrowded and bureaucracy is piling When the project began live years ago. made lor Whites, Reyes said, and if VD,- Dr. Miller said. "But at least therein "Federal government is very much up. professors were quick to call and offer changes are desired, they can be made for less oh a stigma of being treated for VD concerned with the spread of VD. It has As he put it. "You can't coordinate help or suggestions for EOP students in minorities. than there was several years ago." donated money to programs and case fin- Iranian grant things properly and fully with only a part- their classes. As a side note, Reyes pointed out the A woman may think she has VD when dings to light the spread. 'the biggest time person working." Now, said Reyes, professors feel they Black and Chicano EOP programs are she actually has a yeast intection, the doc- problem iti finding asymptomatic cases Here's how EOP works: must lower their standards to ac- being combined. All the facilities of his of- tor mentioned. She can be treated at tin. cases where the person is not aware he or The stall searches out students it commodate EOP students. fice will be moved into the Black EOP Health Center tor non-VD afflictions. she has VD." ruled legal believes can do well in college but who. "To make something work you have to building on the corner of San Fernando fir. Miller reports that syphilis is not Family planning centers, the main tor social, economic or educational have either cooperation or authority." and Ninth streets by July I.