Aztec Dancers Pay Homage
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4, NTERTAINMENT TUESDAY Woody and Buzz Lightyear, The next issue of the Spartan Daily will among other toys, are back in be released, packed with lots of interest- 'Toy Story 2' Page 5 ing factoids on Nov. 29 One Washington Square San Jose, CA 95192-0149'SPARTAN DAIL [email protected] Tuesday 1.nlintic I 1:;. N(). Serving San Jose State University Since 1934 2::. l!Po Aztec dancers pay homage By Christina Lucarotti kept beat throughout each dance. Daily staff writer Freshman Alicia Lopez was one of about 50 students who attend- The six Aztec dancers from the ed the performance. group Tlaloc Chalchihuitlicue "It reminds me of my culture," began their presentation by hon- said Lopez about her Mexican oring six directions. heritage. "It makes me thankful Wearing colorful costumes for what I have and reminds me to called trajes, head dresses deco- make the best out of it." rated with feathers and chachay- Lopez was not the only student ote anklets covered with seed to have a strong emotional reac- pods, the dancers honored north, tion to the dances. south, east, west, Father Sun and "The copal brings a sensation Mother Earth Sunday night in of relaxation over me," said the Dining Commons. Karina Sanchez, a freshman The presentation of dances was majoring in computer engineer- organized by Alina Woinarosky, ing. "It reminds me of my fussily the resident and teachee me adviser in charge to be thank Ail, "It reminds of the program especially to Focus on All me_of my the Creator and Cultures and Mother Earth." Experiences of family and Elisa Gomez, Students at San a freshman Jose State teaches me to majoring in University, in sociology and honor of Native be thankful criminal jus- Glenn Fuentes /Spartan Daily American her- especially to tice, has been itage month. dancing with a "I thought it the Creator group in Santa was fabulous. It Maria for a was so exciting," and Mother year and had said Woinarosky, been looking who said she has Earth." forward to the seeing the pre- Thi always been fas- cinated by Native sentation. American cul- Karina Sanchez -I just Above, 4-year-old George Matarangas dusts thought it was tures. "What I SJSU freshman himself off after falling Monday night at the really loved was beautiful," how they Gomez said. Nortel Networks_ Downtown lce rink in San explained the "The drumbeat Jose. Matarangas warointi ;u symbolism of everything." really hit my heart." use the ice rink, which will stay open until an. The dancers held sonajas, Elizabeth Barron, who has 17. which are tin rattles, and feathers been dancing for 12 years and in their hands as they danced to started the group about five years guard themselves against evil ago with her mother and sister, Left, Gigl and Rob Matarangas help their son spirits. compared the drumbeat to the George put his rental ice skates on before tak- The concha (shell) was blown to rhythm of life. ing to the ice for Monday's opening of the ice call the spirits down from the "It's the heartbeat of the rink. This is George's second year ice skating where they dwell, to Earth," said Barron. mountains, after taking lessons last year, and his parents the celebration. Copal incense was The first time Barron saw burned during their performance Aztec dancing it brought her to are considering purchasing him a pair of his to carry their prayers up in the tears. Robert Bradsho / Spartan Daily own skates. huehuetl drum smoke, and the See Aztecs, page 3 Actress finds Film club path to SJSU promotes Former 'Wonder Years' star international now graduate student By Monica L. Ewing appreciation Special to the Daily By Lia Chakhunashvili Linda Hoy a professional actress who Special to the Daily has made a name for herself with endur- ing performances as supporting charac- Every second Tuesday this semester, ters, has journeyed to San Jose State at 6 p.m. in Room 100 of Sweeney Hall, University to pursue her master's a new student organization, Auteur, wel- degree, teach and perform with the San comes SJSU students to the internation- Jose Repertory Theater. al movie screening. All movies selected Hoy is best known for her perfor- for the event have English subtitles. mance as Mrs. Ritvo in the television Jingwoan Chang, a graduate student series "The Wonder Years." at SJSU specializing in Chinese history, Hoy found the theatrical lighting "hot founded Auteur. Cinematography is a spot" at only 4 years of age, when her side interest of his. mother put her in dance classes. She has "I learn a lot from movies, especially played a range of characters in her 52 when I watch movies with other people years as an actress. and later discuss the impressions with She has done 130 plays; 72 television them. Watching movies alone and in the shows, including "Cagney & Lacey" and company of friends are two completely "China Beach;" 13 films, which include different things," she said. "True Crime," "Pink Cadillac" and "Soul Glenn Fueniee Spartan Daily Though there are no formal discus- and radio yet, Man"; and 26 commercials Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine belts out the lyrics to "Testify" Friday night at the Oakland sion sessions after the screening voice-overt. Auteur plans to make the opportunity Arena. The Bay Area was the first stop on Rage's national tour. Her talent and love of the craft shows available in the future. in her memorable performances and has Auteur, the International Film earned her many fans. Appreciation Society, launched its activ- "Everybody that has ever worked ities last semester with the goals of pro- with her or studied with her is in awe of rampant in Oakland film appreciation, Rage runs moting international her work," said Elliott Peele, a radio, and fostering discussion and intellectual television and film student who took a By Mike segued* and the rest of the band kicked off their De la Rocha showed all the anger exchange over films. drama class with Hoy. "She is the real Daily staff writer national tour with a 14-song, 70-minute that comes across in each of Rage's "A lot of faculty encourage their stu- deal." routine that had the arena floor packed albums. The 29-year-old's energy proved dents to attend our events. They believe Against Hoy did her undergraduate work at The four members of Rage with bodies pounding one another and to be up to the level of the legion of fans that our screenings enrich knowledge of the Trinity University in San Antonio, the Machine walked silently onto people crowding the ledges and aisles. who moshed away throughout the per- students. Sometimes, the movie is Friday Texas. She left during her junior year, in stage of the Oakland Arena "Testify" started off Rage's set with formance. Rage's frontman jumped directly connected to the subject of stud- 1968, to co-found a theater company night. the energy and power that would domi- around acrobatically, showing a genuine ies. For example, a Chinese movie can of named The First Repertory Company. The first words that came out nate the night. The track comes from the power of the message of the music. provide those studying... Chinese history "We made our own costumes, did all vocalist Zack de la band's new 'The battle of Not only does Rage feature the fiery with additional visual information," our own props and set gathering, taught Rocha's mouth were Los Angeles" album, vocal delivery of de la Rocha and the Chang said. children's theater to augment the budget "Check 1,2." Review which has sat atop the guitar wonders of Tom Morello, but the Lynn Chen, a senior in linguistics, and we would make personal appear- Judging by the charts in the two weeks band has a message that echoes has attended almost all of the screen- ances all around San Antonio. It was an response of the sea since its release. But through its loud guitars and screaming ings. exciting time," Hoy said. of heads that filled Rage wanted to turn this words. Outside of the seating area, peti- "It's delightful to watch movies from Later, Hoy moved to Los Angeles, the arena's floor, the microphones show into the "Battle of Oakland" as the tioners rallied support for the game different countries. Before I watched only where she built a lucrative career in film worked fine. banner of their album cover that hung Chinese movies. I find it very interesting With that matter settled, de la Rocha above the stage said. See Rage, page 4 See Actress, page 3 See Auteur, page3 4 FORUM San Jose State University ricA, Student groups ,4141)e0l Graduating with IF you wERE SNORE, YOUP PROP YVOR 8A6 Fog ,e4Mailarl deserve equal RI6IIT AWAY AND LET ME (k088ER 121 10 ease, and without kg FORP7 school funding NEXT EtEcTioN. losing your mind Charmain Smith STAFF WRITER one likes to pay the final day of Nofor something they Asschool draws near, never use or even I've found myself want. reverting back to a child- How many of us have hood state. I giggle uncon- gone to the store and trollably at times, run picked up the newest (fill down the hall of my par- in appropriate gadget), iennoot'srphoorautseingat ss, only to never take it out of the box despite spend- jumps, leapsPeed and bounds into my ing far more than we should have for it? feat. I've even constructed a paper chain signify- More appropriately, how many of us have given sineghsteowrmanyme days are left until the end of the money to some organization only to find out it sup- ports things we are against? No, I've haven't gone temporarily insane.