41 ek SPARTAN DAIIX 97, No s.? Published for San lose State University since 1934 Tuesday, November 12, 1991 Safety questions plague Duncan Hall building also named as fire hazard Fire Marshal's
It% 1ngela lull they don't know who owns the materi- rooms' doors so that "only FD&O warning calls lily stall NflICI als. people can get in. State fire inspectors have done all "No one really knows who has all for cleaning up Hidden fire dangers have lurked in they can do write up deficiency the keys," he said. Duncan Hall and the University Police reports and notify campus authorities Some of the mechanical workers motor rooms Deparunent building for more than a but with a reduced staff, follow-ups say they've been complaining about year and SJSU officials have known are difficult. the mess for a year and a half. about them all along. Yet nothing has Hank Hendrickson, SJSU director "(FD&O) have been through the By Angela Hill changed. of operations design and construction, buildings," Eugene Ludwico, SJSU Duly staff wnter It's a bureaucratic stalemate. said that in cases like this, quickness building service engineer for three Even though everyone seems to be of action depends on the risks years, said. A yellowed February 1991 Spartan playing his designated role, this easily- involved. "We've showed them, we've talked Daily lies on the floor in one ot cleaned-up problem, a problem cited "We have to weigh the risks," he to them. They say they'll do some- Duncan Hall's 12 mechanical room, by the California State Fire Marshal's said. "If it's a minimal risk, we have to thing but nothing happens. We don't crammed up against an electrical boy office in January and again in do what we've done in Duncan Hall know who that material belongs to so Old boxes of paper towels, piece, October's inspection, hasn't gone let it sit until we figure out what to we can't get rid of it." of crates, plastic bottles, janitorial sup away. do with it." According to the fire marshal's plies and paper debris are piled around Debris, old boxes and janitorial Hendrickson admits FD&O has office, it's the responsibility of the uni- and even on the electric motors which supplies are strewn in each of Duncan been working on a solution for several versity officials to clear up items noted turn the giant fans for Duncan Hall's Hall's mechanical rooms on top of and months. as deficiencies. ventilation system. around motors and electrical boxes When asked why the items can't "We don't issue citations or fines The date on the newspaper tells just arty Gutierre, !,!, which run the building's ventilation just be disposed of, he said, "We have on state-owned buildings," Jim Palisi, how long these risky conditions have Boxes of paper towels crowd a ventilation fan in a machine room system. to look at what's really there, if it's a supervisor in the fire marshal's been ignored. If a spark from a motor ignited the really combustible and who it belongs office, said. "This is the kind of thing where, if debris, smoke would be blown to. And now that the state budget has there really is a disaster, people ask throughout the building. "Because there's a lack of space, caused cutbacks in deputies and why there wasn't anything done about Budget compromises .fire safety In the basement of the UPD build- the departments and custodians store inspectors, annual inspections required it," Eugene Ludwico. SIM) building ing, a paper shredder, paper debris and stuff there unauthorized. I don't really by law will still be made, but follow- service engineer, said. By Angela I lilt SJSU, safety on campus may be an pieces of carpeting lie right next to know what's in there," he said. up is difficult. Even though there are separate ven- Daily staff wrzi,r open question. boilers for the heating system. He also said he's recently made "I don't know what more I could tilation fans in each of the two "As of Nov. I, we just lost 20 Why doesn't somebody move it? It personal inspections of every mechan- do other than go over there and hold mechanical rooms on every floor iit The budget strikes students again deputies statewide," Jim Palisi. super- seems to come down to who's sup- ical room on campus. their hand," Linda Pappas said. Pappas Duncan Flail. if something caught fire even in indirect ways such as by visor of plan review in the fire mar- posed to do it. "We think we have a solution to is the state inspector who did the in any one 01 the rooms, smoke would cutbacks in the California State Fire shal's office, said. Officials in facilities development Duncan Hall, but I don't want to dis- October inspection of SJSt be sucked into the whole system, Marshal's office. SJSU is under the coastal counties and operations say they don't have cuss the solution because the decision "(FD&O) always say 'Well, where according to Geonie Raven , refrigera- With fewer deputies to follow up jurisdiction which serves 16 counties. space for the items. hasn't yet been made on certain space are we going to put this star' and I tion mechanic at SJSI I for 13 years. on annual inspections and ensure com- "We went from 125 deputies and Mechanical workers for the cam- allocations," he said. tell them I don't care just get rid of pliance to fire codes and with slow sworn staff to 105 and there's another pus who maintain building equipment FD&O has also looked into rekey- it. They Away, is they don't have response to these recommendations by say they can't do anything because ing the locks on the titechzittlial room," she said See DU \( Mier' See FIRE, Page 3 VETERANS STORM SAN JOSE
di. %%mai, I ink, hid 1,11,4ogrvhcr Nicole Petersen, 2, waits next to her mother, Teresa Orozco, who r Da6 ,taft g, ).j sr, is playing the flute with the San Jose Municipal Band during during a dramatic pause in the testi% ities Monday's eteran’s I my parade downtown on Santa (lam Street. SJSU ROTC students demonstrate strategic fighting technique for a rapt crowd Veteran's Day parade brings thousands out to honor fallen and forgotten Burnett has seen many parades pass year," Burnett said. taugues rushed out \ tour on By Traci Deguchi See related POW-MI.1 slurs and ).11IN, si through downtown San Jose, and at Earlier in the parade, groups Iron) Hits is ..11,1 15 each side of the tank. Ow) tcll to the the annual Veteran's Day parade, he the Islam Brigade, Desert Stonn vet- aerospace engineering major Sonn photos on page S ground and laced the crowd with More than 100.000 people lined stood by himself on the sidewalk erans and Korean War Veterans Cruz, who had just arrived Iron his their guns. downtown streets and crowded Plaia instead of riding along with the rest Association stepped along the noon class. Kids were tickled h% the mock Park Monday to observe the festivi- of his division. crowded streets, most dressed in '"I'he parade brings the containi. other large military vehicles made attack, and as the procession ended, ties honoring a rad of every comm. "It's real good weather for a their formal uniforms and patriotic ty together. Everyone's more patriot- their way down the street. grinding the crowd began to disperse. with . history - war veterans. parade," Burnett said. "The turnout is colors. ic this year especially. after Desert and pounding in an impressive show some ol them drilling tifito Plata Inc of the observers, veteran pretty good." Children spent their day off from Storm," he said. One tank, which caught tlie sur- Park. I lethal Burnett, stood stoically at the As the 77 -year-old Sa111,1 Clara school waving American flags and Cruz and fellow SJ St I student. pnw of man', onlookers, dnwe taster With informational stands from curb of 4th and East Santa Clara resident discussed the days he served siuing on the street curbsides in the Chen. an 18-year-old civil engi- than the others Just as it came Yr ;thin the Army, Marines and the National streets Monday afternoon, watching from Alaska to the Philippines. he traditional parade style. All groups neering major stood discussing the a lew feet oi hating the tank in front League of POW-MIA families, the a slow procession of marching bands waved at the throngs 01 people were given a salute by police ()dicers automobiles, but then their conversa- (it it, it stopped. park kept spectators interested as live and waving youngsters. marching by and fellow military personnel as they tion was suddenly diverted Suddenly, from the back of the entertainment continued the festivi- An army Velerall of World War II, "Some 01 Mese guys come every proceeded by horses, cal s and on Approximately 10 to .N11.,,a,and motionless tank, eight people in ties into the late aftennwin
CSU Chancellor Munitz says SJSU well on First Amendment, pornography square INSIDE off in debate scheduled for Wednesda its way to finding presidential replacement A debate on pomograph( %%ill he Some oh the topics ol debate held Wednesday as pan ol a series (il include whether pornography is a By Robert I trneekbammer 1..%ans. said theme were -BO problems" .111 0111sIde LOW:1111:1111 \S all the FEATURES discussions in observation of the cause of violence against women. I 01111111110i s'.0 the loll kis...ippon may during the two-hour long meeting and that Go to Sado for free. bicentennial of the llnited State's Bill whether pornography is a substitute "a SN hole lot was accomplished." lot SJS1 s an be that of Rights. lor anti social behavior, and whether ii made an Mimi, said that the committee fine timed and shape net.1 up" ( /lice Page 4 Barr) Munoz. ho pornography should he protected appearance kidi it SJS11 to speak came up %% oh a rudimentary job that is !unshed, he suit, the committee Laurie Mason, Imo essor of media tic's_i toi the new will 'vein to ticcept nominations :mil speech under the First Amendment. with the Presidential Selection lotion president. 1,1( in the Si 11001 iournalism and Advisory Committee. said are ciunpus But he said I iii a inure important app11-111ons liii the position , ,\ Iv modcr lb Mere will also he a s Rico 1,w...111:I- iv ;II along Ow isali to finding a new goal ol the uuiecliuiti was to "unify" the ( appli..1110IN are re% meal, the us SroR am., the disk fission hi'. 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Spend more Bush has employment status. Medical bills go into president collections and gather interest for those called upon unlucky enough to be jobless and ill at Americans to spend the same time. money they don't We pay for these necessities under duress. Add them up and it leaves little have on products money for the thrill of Mervyn's. Macy's they don't need to shore up a or Nordstroms. Other reasons besides extreme sagging economy that could poverty may keep would-be big spenders threaten his re-election in from consuming as Bush would like. 1992. Many with money prefer to make do with a trusty old car than with the new We might welcome this new concern American models that break down at the for the domestic scene from a president first left-turn lane. And the principle of who has devoted much of his time to a thrift induces some to save for the short, vicious war against Iraq to save proverbial rainy day. United States oil rights and to bail out the Bush and former President Ronald beleaguered, if not very democratic, Reagan railed against a spendthrift nation of Kuwait. Congress whose social programs, they Bush was hard put to justify his call to said, were crippling the economy. Now a spending spree, largely because it's so Bush encourages those who have no inconsistent with our government's huge money to go further into debt. outlays and its ineffectiveness in But those social programs, expoiso providing solutions to the current harsh as they were, provided more people with realities more jobs. In fact, the money goes where He knows the government is closing the government goes, in peace as well as military bases. Surely he also knows that in war. towns like Monterey will lose nearly Those who disagree should recall that 13,000 consumers when Fort Ord shuts the Department of Defense financed the down. Businesses in surrounding production of the first mainframe communities will close for lack of buyers computer. Even since World War II, long before the proposed California State companies have hungered after lucrative University campus is fully installed. DOD contracts. Raul INwninguet I .1, As the private sector lays off more We also sense that Bush has redefined people and the unemployment rate patriotism that our obligation has grows. Bush's response was to veto a shifted from waving the flag and tying Congressional measure to extend yellow ribbons to parting with the money CAMPUS VIEWPOINT Christopher Williams unemployment benefits. that is so hard to come by these days. The bills don't go away when you Unless the government restores the lose your job. Voracious loan holders social programs that helped and send their notices to the employed and employed so many, no one will have the unemployed alike. Insurance company money for his suggested spending spree. Making plastic 'environmentally friendly' premiums are high whether times are To appeal to patriotism, Bush should tough or easy. The mortgage and rent avoid the color green and stay with the ave you ever wondered why, after foaming agent. The substitute is pentane, a involves a variety of solutions. notices continue to come in, regardless of red, white and blue. all of the Earth Day events and highly flammable hydrocarbon gas that con- First, re-usables are much more efficient H "environmentally friendly" prod- tributes to smog in the presence of UV. than disposables. A light wash and wipe is uct introductions, you still see sty- Increased UV and air pollution means more all that is required for most personal coffee rolbam in the cafeteria and local restaurants? skin and lung cancer. mugs and food utensils, which can be reused I've wondered the same thing myself. I). Laboratory tests by researchers in the indefinitely. For cafeterias and restaurants, Well it's time to wake up and smell the cof- United States, Canada, U.S.S.R., and the the environmental impact of dishwashing SO ... WHAT'S YOUR fee, folks and take another look at that U.N.'s World Health Organization show can be reduced with heat-exchangers on "CFC free" styro coffee cup or takeout food conclusively that styrene residue contami- drain lines and reclamation of wastewater box. nates foods and beverages packaged in PSF. and solids from sewage treatment plants for POINT? Brooke Shelby Biggs There is a new breed of environmentalists Milk, yogurt, coffee, tea, plain water and composting. out there now, and they represent corpora- solid foods are all susceptible to this effect. Second, disposable paper products are tions that arc interested in tapping the )Styrene is a toxin that accumulates in more environmentally friendly than dispos- immense and growing demand for "green" body fat, so each new exposure adds to the able plastics in most situations. Paper can be AIDS paranoia products. With a few marketing changes, sum of all previous exposures until a thresh- recycled, composted or incinerated, allowing Fear breeds even styrofoam food and beverage contain- old of illness is reached. Disorders of human greater flexibility in solid-waste planning. ..:rs (known as "polystyrene foam") can immune, circulatory and nervous systems Paper also has the potential to be made from shame, America. As the when it heard Johnson say, "I'm far from lyconie "environmentally friendly" practi- have been observed at low to moderate lev- non-timber sources such as recycled paper, Forcountry continues to reel at the being gay." cally overnight. els of exposure. reeds, hemp or other fibrous biomass. Are news that Magic Johnson's Hooray let's celebrate American In re-educating consumers about styro > Styrene was found in 100 percent of you worried about dioxin? Paper can be legendary career is over and that bigotry. and other "disposable" plastics, manufactur- the samples analyzed in the EPA's recent bleached with oxygen or hydrogen peroxide the former Los Angeles Laker basketball Magic's message is that "AIDS is not ers and distributors have relied heavily. on Human Adipose Tissue survey. Evidence instead of chlorine, or not bleached at all, superstar is infected with HIV, there is a a gay disease even straight people can oversimplified "facts" about plastic versus indicates that the average level of styrene in eliminating the dioxin problem completely. so much more profound tragedy get it." Great. Does that mean public paper packaging in terms of their relative human body fat is increasing. Third, plastics don't have to be derived unravelling. apathy was acceptable as long as straight impacts on energy, resources and solid > There is currently no economic basis from petroleum. They can be made from cel- It is clear that the American public people were (supposedly) exempt? waste. Where valid scientific studies are for recycling food-soiled PSF. We, the con- lulose and other renewable sources. Recent never got beyond junior high school A friend, and I use that term lightly, cited, data is often presented out of context. sumers, are expected to bear the high cost of advances have been made in manufacturing when it comes to social enlightenment. thinking he was sounding just so very The result is that consumers are being misin- collecting, sorting, cleaning, compacting and plastics from potato wastes and from bacteri- Indeed, people are acting like the progressive, said, "It used to be just gays formed; public health and long-term societal transporting the material. As if that weren't al conversion, for example. Truly biodegrad- titillated, gleefully morbid jerks I sat and IV drug users who got AIDS. Now benefits are being traded for short-term gains discouraging enough, the value of "post-con- able plastics made from renewable resources with through home economics. people arc finding out that it's not just in corporate profit and public relations. sumer" (used) PSF is relatively low, due to hold a lot of promise. It's just amazing that after 10 years of the dregs of society who get it anymore. - Consider the documented, verifiable facts the fact that virgin (new) polystyrene resin is "Reduce, reuse, and recycle" is not a the AIDS epidemic, people still refuse to Cough. about polystyrene foam (PSF): cheap. meaningless slogan. It is a sensible and educate themselves, still refuse to let go Even worse, the media has gone on a ). Polystyrene is made by combining ). When PSF is actually recycled, it is accepted system of priorities for achieving of the misconception that AIDS is a "gay feeding frenzy ostensibly to educate benzene, a hazardous by-product of not made into new food service product% It's economic and environmental sustainability disease" or that people infected with the the public, but in fact supplying it with petroleum production, with natural gas and made into park benches, license plate frames in our society. Just remember, you have the virus are people to fear and avoid. more paranoia fodder. ethylene. The primary byproducts of and yo-yo's. This may seem like a great power of personal choice. Just say "no" to And shame on Magic Johnson for not CNN has been proudly carrying the polystyrene manufacturing are ethylbenzene idea, but it's actually a sophisticated game of styro and other wasteful plastic packaging informing himself on the dynamics of the banner at the from of the exploitation and and styrene monomer, both of which are hide-and-seek that does not solve the overall issue. sensationalization parade. Thcy actually restricted hazardous wastes under EPA regu- problem. It simply guarantees an endless Sure, it's great if more people get did a four-minute hysteria piece asking. lations. stream of new PSF food and beverage con- Christopher Williams is an tested. It's great if people are more "Could other pro basketball players have ). PSF is made by infusing the plastic tainers made from petroleum, a non-renew- Environmental Studies major at SJSU. careful now. It's great if this new gotten infected by Johnson when they with a gas to create a foam. able resource. Mr. Williams has seven years of spotlight on AIDS furthers research and were involved in a collision on the court? Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's) destroy the "OK," you say, "the problems with styro experience as an environmental funding for the disease. Could their blood have mixed?" ozone layer in Earth's upper atmosphere that seem clear enough, but what about the solu- advocate, with a special emphasis on But Magic didn't think before he Yeah, right. protects us from ultraviolet (UV) radiation, tions?" That's a great question, and more of education and public policy relating to named himself spokesman for the HIV At a time when it looked like AIDS and are therefore being phased out as a us should be asking it. The answer actually energy and solid waste issues. virus, and he's done more damage than had lost some of its stigma, the media good so far. has given the public more ammunition. He has been vague on the facts, and AIDS patients and perfectly healthy worse, has added flame to the anti-gay people with HIV are again monsters to AIDS phobia that continues to hamper fear movement toward a cure and toward It's a terribly sad time in the life of Forum page compassion and care for the millions of Magic Johnson, indeed. Maybe even for policies people already infected with the HIV the history of basketball. The Spartan Daily provides a daily Forum page. Contributions to Contributions mast he typed or submitted on 3.5" Macintosh-com- virus. But that's a drop in the bucket when it the page are encouraged from students, staff, faculty and others who patible disc (Microsoft Word). Indeed, he was brave to admit he is apparent that the last week has set the are interested in the university at large. 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LOS ANGELES (AP) A coalition of 70 posal to change the rules in a manual which vinccd President Bush and the administration -Fhe bills would limit the role of the Bush has defended hi, new policy under the California environmental groups and members federal agencies use to define wetlands. that wetlands are not that necessary and what Environmental Protection Agency in regulation rationale of balancing economic and environ- of the state's congressional delegation Monday The rule change and legislation now in we should be doing is developing these and of wetlands, rank wetlands by value and allow mental needs. "A pothole in the backyard is launched an attack on President Bush's pro- Congress were denounced by the coalition at a taking off the environmental strictures on destruction of a wetland if the developer not a wetland," he told reporters in August. posed changes in rules that protect wetlands. press conference in Playa del Rey on the edge them," said Danson. restored another wetland. Michael Deland, the chairman of the presi- The newly formed Campaign to Save of the 175-acre Ballona Wetlands on the coast U.S. Rep. Barbara Boxer, D-Marin, labeled Boxer released a letter signed by 14 members dent's Council on Environmental Quality, has California Wetlands accused Bush of lying in near Los Angeles International Airport. the administration moves a "sneak attack" of the state's congressional delegation urging said the proposed manual changes are intended Lis campaign promise to permit no net loss of "Wetlands serve as the nursery grounds for which could result in the loss of 10 million to other representatives to reject the House bill. to eliminate an undetermined amount of "areas America's wetlands, and of acquiescing to the entire ocean," said actor Ted Danson, 30 million acres of wetlands to development Bush has "broken his repeated campaign that are not functioning as wetlands." developers' interests in using the land. founder of the environmental American nationwide. promises to protect America's wetlands and he The Campaign to Save California Wetlands The battle over America's marshes, bogs Oceans Campaign. She also attacked bills introduced in the has renounced his commitment to a no-net-loss contends that California's seasonal wetlands and swamps erupted into a hot environmental "What's happening right now in Senate by Sen. John Breaux and in the House by policy with regard to our wetlands," said Rep. would become particularly at risk under the issue when Bush announced on Aug. 9 a pro- Washington is that business interests have con- Rep. James Hayes, both Louisiana Democrats. Mel Levine, D-Los Angeles. new rules. FIRE Study: short people may have slightly
From Front Page fire inspector for SJSU's most recent "We have a deputy assigned to San lay-off coming in December," Palisi evaluation, said. Jose State right now. If she's laid off, increased risk of heart attacks said. "We're down to one arson-bomb "Your campus doesn't have its own we'll do the best we can to fill that ANAHEIM, Calit. (AP) Add that shorter folks pay more JUJU...ion 10 the re,earchers cautioned that just investigator for 16 counties. One of fire marshal like a lot of campuses position," Palisi said. one more injustice to life's unfairness- reducing their risk by concentrating on being tall is no guarantee of escaping the arson investigators was demoted. do," she said. Andy Ramos, in SJSU's depart- es: Short people are more likely to suf- factors under their control, such as heart trouble. Loftier folks should still He was one of the main investigators All University of California cam- ment of environmental health and fer heart attacks. cholesterol and blood pressure. watch their diets and blood pressures, in the Moulder (Hall) fur." puses have a resident fire marshal and safety, thinks the slate follow up sys- "The taller you are, the less is your "Hopefully, short people will exer- among other things. Although annual inspection of two campuses even have their own tem is already poor. risk of heart attack," said Dr. Patricia cise more and cat better to get around The study was based on a survey, buildings such as residence halls, fire departments, Santa Cruz and "With no follow up there's no Hebert, who presented a study on the it that way," said Rosen. begun in 1982, of the health of 22,071 highriscs and medical facilities are Davis, but CSU campuses don't. incentive," he said. "If Cal -OSHA subject Monday. The study was released at the annu- male doctors from across the United required by law and will continue, fol- "What's more important, lives or came in, they'd give us 10 days to For every extra inch of height, she al scientific meeting of the American States. The primary goal was to check lowing-up to make sure corrections somebody's money?" Palisi said. clean it up and you can be sure they'd found, people's heart attack risk goes Heart Association. It was conducted the effects of taking aspirin, which are made may be greatly reduced. Most of the remaining deputies be back." down 3 percent. This means that by Hebert and colleagues from the turned out to reduce the risk of a heart "The work load that we have is have taken five -percent pay cuts and With the cutbacks, he fears it will someone 5 -foot-10 is 9 percent less Physicians' Health Study at Brigham attack by 44 percent. tremendous," Linda Pappas, the state more are expected. be even worse. likely than someone 5-foot-7 to suffer and Women's Hospital in Boston. However, the researchers used the a heart attack. In the study, men under 5 -foot-7 huge amount of data collected to So what should short folks do had about 70 percent more heart review other links with heart disease. about it? Just try harder, the experts attacks than those over 6-foot-1. Several factors increase the risk of recommend. Just why this is so is unclear. heart attacks. The principal ones are DUNCAN "I wish I was taller," quipped 5 - However, short people niight be at smoking, high cholesterol, diabetes foot -9 Dr. Michael R. Rosen of higher risk because their blood vessels and high blood pressure."These find- From Front Page Columbia University. are skinnier, so they are more prone to ings appear to be generalizable lied. Courts might say, 'Why didn't contact and sometimes spark," to However, he and others suggested becoming clogged. women as well as men," alarm in this building, all the floors you do anything about it." Ludwico said. said Hebert. would be full of smoke," Raveuo said. On the sixth floor, many janitorial "We've been trying to get facilities "All these fan rooms have common supplies arc stored. A floor polisher to change the kx:ks on these doors to shafts, from the basement up. It'd go with a rechargeable battery is often the mechanical rooms but nobody's through the whole building." left there. According to Ludwico, if done anything." Although these conditions have the battery were to explode during Andy Ramos, of SJSU's environ- been cited in California State Fire recharging, it would send toxic fumes mental health and safety office, sees Marshal's reports in January and again through the air ducts. no excuse for this. in October, the marshal's office can't At least a three-foot clearance "As a state agency, we have an impose fines or force compliance. around the electrical boxes is required obligation to be a model for compli- "The reprimanding could come out by law. Stored equipment and pieces ance," he said. "There's no question in court," Jim Pabst, supervisor in the of cardboard are leaning against some these things should be disposed of." marshal's office, said. of these boxes. Ludwico can't understand the "If something happens, deficien- "These are mechanisms that go delay either. "It's been at least a year cies were noted and the campus noti- back and forth arid make electrical and a half," he said.
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4 lnesdm, November 12, 1991 II San lose State University SPA1HAN DAILY FEATURES Scorsese's new film Villasetior's latest 'Rain of Gold' as one about gold raining down moun- They weren't only to hit me on the 'Cape Fear' tains and butterflies that are angels. head with." "It takes more guts But Villasenor received a shock One woman in the audience to have rage and when he discovered on his first day of laughed especially loud at this and he spins a web school that the rest of the world said, "Oh, you've been hit on the head not kill." weren't Mexicans as well. Worse still, with books too, huh?" Victor Villasenor he had to speak English.When he saw: 'throughout Villasenor's period of of intrigue the racial discrimination inflicted upon finding his roots and dealing with his Mexican Americans because of stereo- anger toward the unfairness he experi- By Emma Burgess typing and ignorance, he felt enraged. enced in the school system, his parents AP -- It is impossible to discuss Daily sttlf unter Although life wasn't easy in the seem to have been a positive rein- Martin Scorsese's udated "Cape barrio, his parents were always opti- forcement throughout. Fear," starring Nick Nolte and Robert Victor Villasenor, author of the mistic. "Every day they thanked God It was they who persuaded him to De Niro, without making comparisons novel "Rain of Gold," told an audi- that they'd made it one more day," he eventually go back to school and to the original 1962 movie which ence Thursday that he had been "one - says of his parents, who had just bare- obtain a diploma. It was they who sent starred Gregory Peck and Robert sixteenth of an inch away from being a ly escaped the horrors of the Mexican him to Mexico to discover his back- Mitchum. murderer in prison." Revolution. ground. Where one mirrored a basic and His lecture's primary message Villasenor's grandparents had 19 Villasenor told his father that he simple struggle between good and reflected his novel's: that no one children, five of whom did not sur- feared coming back to the United evil, the other spins a web of marital should look down his nose at people vive. Of the three sons to go to the States because, at age 20, he was so infidelity, a lawyer's unethical con- living on the street because we all Mexican Revolution, Villasenor's mad he thought he would probably kill duct, adolescent sexuality and reli- have the potential to be exactly in their father was one of the survivors. His someone. His father who told him, "It gious mania. place. grandfather died of alcoholism fed by takes more guts to have rage and not And it is that blend of fraility, lust Villasenor was at Le Petit Trianon his depression over the loss of his two kill.' His father told him to take his and rage that makes Scorsese's film a Theater in San Jose to talk about his sons. rage and make something positive horrific tableaux of the human condi- newly released book, "Rain of Gold." Villasenor said that as a Catholic, come out of it. tion. 1-It pushes all the right buttons to Although he didn't read a passage his grandmother had a very "special" So Villasenor decided to write. Propel us to the edge tif our seats and from the book, he discussed its con- relationship with the Virgin Mary. It wasn't easy for him to write to keep us in a constant state of tents, his life, how he came to write Although she had lost 11 children, she because he had dyslexia. To improve uneasiness, and he's pushed all the the book and the difficulties he faced would come out of the church laugh- his reading ability, he read 5,000 right buttons to make this movie a in doing so. ing and saying the Virgin Mary had bmiks in 10 years. strong Academy Award contender. The theater was packed, and people been telling her dirty jokes again. "Books have saved me. That's Scorsesc's camera is never stag - of all ethnicities listened intently. Villasenor hypothesized that people why I'm not in prison with all my rage mint. His visual sweeps are breathtak- Villasenor said that the saga of his pre- sometimes hallucinate to survive hard- and anger," Villasenor said. He ing from the watery, opening title decessors is universal. ship. attributes the success of his own books sequence to the filmed negatives used "What happens to one human Villasenor was emotional when he to rewriting -- that is, 50 or 60 in a love-making scene to a houseboat being, in a way, has happened to all of spoke. Sometimes seated, SOMCLIIIICS rewrites in some parts of a book. thrashing in a boiling river. Freddie standing, he used his hands and dra- A member of the audience asked Francis' photography is exquisite Born of Mexican parents in the bar- matic word choices. the author about his plans for his writ- throughout. rio of Carlsbad. Calif., Villasenor He was humorous at times too. ing future. lie immediately said. "I As Max Cady, the ex-convict who spoke almost no English before he When he tells of his first positive want to go home." But lie adds that he terrorizes a family, De Niro is down- attended his first day of school. experience reading hooks in Vcvico, plans to take '01110 of the snares out of right frightening. With his oily hair, He had grown up with the beautiful he said he "thought hooks . ( )K. "Rain of Gi nil pin dm', i .ichil- tacky Polyester shims, white shoes and ' 'hood stories of his mother, such dren's book. white cap, he's skazepersonified. Publicity photo rage conies in violent and demon', eruptions. He savagely rapes, bear - and cannibalizes a woman, tearing chunk of flesh from her check with Bump some politcal elbows in Sacramento grim delight. Mitchum, in the same role, wa scary in a disarming way he made u And the students who are there will intimidated by the movers and shakers write a short essay and survive an feel uncomfortable, threatened but not get sonic, substantial experience and of the capitol, but people went out of interview. terrified. Two lucky students can meet influential people as well, their way to be welcoming." "It's a simple application," Much of De Niro's character according to Terry Christensen, pro- Whether students are looking for Christensen said. "There are no fixed seems drawn from his portrayal of the fessor of political science and coordi- jobs in the capitol or even in the press standards for approval. We do look at crazed Vietnam veteran in Scorscse's spend a senzester in the nator of the program. corps, it lets people "get to know who grade point average, but because "Taxi Driver." "At least half of the students who you arc," according to Wynn. they're going into an internship envi- There arc similar elements of busi- have gone have made employment "I went there at a really good romnent, the interview says a lot. It's ness such as the constant attention to capitol and earn 12 units connections," he said. "It's six units of time," she said. "It was right after important how they present them- body-building and weight-lifting. internship and six units of seminar Prop. 140 took effect so all the offices selves. They need to be outgoing." And De Niro is in fine, physical work. The classes are with all the had just cleared out. I got to actually Some background in local political form. He's more muscular, more Ity kngela Hill and coirsework through Nov. 18. And other interns and Sacramento faculty. man some bills through the house." work or with previous internships is tapered..For the role, his body is rii NMI for the first time, two $2,0(X) scholar- They also have guest speakers like the This semester is the first time the also a key factor. tatooed with religious rantings about ships are available. president pro-tem of the senate, two $2,000 scholarships have been revenge. Here's a chance for two SJSU stu- "It's a rare opportunity to be actual- assembly representatives, consultants offered. Interest from an endowment Cady, a psychopath convicted of dents to rub some legislative elbows ly accepted in the legislature or in and lobbyists. Fund in memory of Tom Truax, a lob- To get an application, stu- rape and assault, has been released and earn some units at the same time political committees," Julie Wynn, a "It's an excellent program in state byist and SJSU graduate who was dents need to see 'ferry from prison where he served 14 years this spring. veteran from last semester's course government and politics and it's a killed last year in a plane crash, pro- Christensen, professor of because his public defender, Sam It's through the Sacramento and a senior in political science, said. great way to make connections," vides the money. Bowden (Nolte), deliberately withheld Semester Program offered by the polit- "It could never he that way again. Of Christensen said. To apply for the scholarship, stu- political science, in BT 451 evidence that could have saved him. ical science department. Students can course you're a peon at first, but at Wynn found making connections dents must fill out an application, or call hint at 924-5561. He returns to the sleepy North still apply for the 12 units of internship least you're there." easier than expected. "I thought I'd be Carolina town and plans to make Bowden pay for all those years, so he can "learn something about loss." Cady is, by his own description . "Pentacostal Cracker" who stalks the Reba McEntire's singin' the blues for her 'Broken Heart' Bowden family with a special eye for 15-year-old Danielle Bowden (Juliette via a Kenny Rogers Gambler" TV McEntire rises to do justice to the Her cover of 'The Night the Lights song fraught with such Southern Lewis), a brooding and rebellious movie. better songs, like Joe Doyle and Rick Went Out in Georgia" epitomizes the stereotypes as "big bellied sheriffs" nymphet. If you liked Kathy Mattea's Peoples' 'Buying Her Roses" and strengths and weakness of "For NI) and back woods Soumhermi lawyers. At first, the harassment is subtle "Where've You Been" hit, "For My "The Greatest Man I Never Knew," Broken heart" **For My Broken Heart" is a laud- buying ice cream for the Bowdcns, Broken Heart" is for you. about the aftereffects of a distant She invests the kitschy tune with able and brave concept only half real- sitting on a fence on the other side of Side I conies close to being an father-daughter relation:ship. sincerity, leaving out the irony that ized. their property (Cady learned how to overdose of overwrought melodrama, even Vicki Lawrence brought to a read while in prison especially law MUSIC with the low point being the McEntire- books and knows all about trespass- REVIEW Don Schlitz penned "Bobby," which, ing). so help me, is a tribute to euthanasia. Then he ups the ante: The Bowden "All Dressed Up (With Nowhere to dog is poisoned and dies; he calls Go)" takes the same tone to addr, AN OPEN LE I I ER Danielle at home, posing as her drama the loneliness of a nursing home i. teacher, and begins to seduce her with "I -or My Broken I lean" Rebi dent. Several other umes take on 111,qe To: From: passages front Henry Miller's McEntire personal issues, but too often the niall'- "Sexus," later tricking her into meet- (AP) Rebus bumming. rial is too hamfisted to be effective. Dr, Shelby Steck Dr, K halid Abdullah Tariq Al-Nlansour ing him at a deserted school theater. In an interesting move, Reba English Depart iiincil 601 California Street, Suite 300 But it doesn't end there. Bowden McEntire seems to have forestalled San Jose State I iOersity San Francisco, California 94108 sets a trap to lure Cady to his home. A her hankering for Dolly Parson-like 1 Washington Square Telephone: 415 / 981-0296 bloody battle climaxes in a series of mainstream visibility to record this THE RESUME MAKER San bloody and thrilling scenes aboard a album of downbeat, occasionally Professional Resume Jose, California 95192 Telefax: 415 / 981-2115 houseboat in Cape Fear. hokey, sometimes touching songs. Services Perhaps the mood swing is due to Dear De Niro is an actor of such II1C1C(il- Dr Steele, the plane accident that claimed the e range and depth. But his (408)263-0424 lives of the majority of her band last 'tacker" accent is not at all believ- spring. The approach certainly mutes Quality & Inexpensive On Julie 3, 1991 I wrote to you pointing out the importance of addressing the topir --
her recent strategies like performing Rainbow Products & of AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, BLACK RACIAL PRIDE, BLACK LIBERAL/C0NSERVA1 IN E Nolte, in the role originated by Aretha Franklin's "Respect" clad in Services black leather, or her move into acting LEADERSHIP and FUTURE OF 0(1R RACE IN AMERICA. I proposed that you and I take tilers the proper balance to die Available evenings and weekend pl(lsiAe and maniacal Cady. As the joint initiative to debate these topics at some convenient public forum. You did conii,: Lir: #12644 eigh Bowden, Jessica Lange Bus. not respond. A follow-up telephone conversation from my office with you also ues to impress with her antic: but strong performances. produced no response. Finally. I re-issued the challenge 00 my Saturday evening IOTA (public radio) broadcast and response. And then there's the marveloii again I have had no Accordingly, I am casting of Peck and Mitchum now publically trying to obtain your consent to address these vital 6 puss. Should you brim, cameo roles, Peck as a fire and agree to accept this invitation, the materials upon which I x%II re I 111 'nil pport my as al. ' ;SPP stone lawyer and Mitchum
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