0111p P'AIRTAN DA! 1,Y Vol. 97, No, S6 Published lig San lose State University site I ; Friday, \i,se,nber IS, 1991 Harassment claims filed against UPD
By Deborah Kerr mentioned in the section 409 of the penal code Daily staff wntcr Riot arrests racially motivated, students say with which they were charged. Secondly, she said, she and her friends were Two SJSU students who were arrested Nos a distance from the fight. And third, they were 2 for not dispersing at the scene of a fight base After things had settled down, Cotton, "We were helping the officers out by telling "I had heard from a lot of other people that arrested a full hour after the fight. filed citizen's complaints against Univer irs liominick-McCartin and two of her friends people the dance is closed and they have to this sort of thing happens to them and this is Both students are requesting that charges be Police. arrived at the dance. leave," Dominrck-McCartin said. "I said. Ni, the lira time anything like this has happened to dropped. 15orniniLk-Nkt'arlin is also asking for Psychology major Amite Dominick - Staley sad they were asked to leave "sever- one wants to he arrested. ()liken. We're \sailing me." stininick-McCartin said. a Ionual apolrigy. Conon said he tiled the com- McCartin, 21, and journalism major Bryan al times over a period of 20 minutes." for a ride am.1 lien We'Ie leaV111. Iteing hargk oiled and placed into a police plaint with VI'D because he wants to keep Cotton, 20, both say they feel they were vic- Dominick -McCartin and Cotton weren't Cotton said he sxas listening to another ()M- car was a humiliating experience, they both incidents like this from happening to others. tims of racial harassment. doing anything wrong by being near the eer and saw UPD officers handcuffing added. "I would hate for someone else to have to The arrests happened outside the annual Student Union, Staley added, but their pres- Dominick-McCartin. "It was embarrassing," said Cotton. "I'm go through this," he said. dance put on by Delta Gamma Rho, an ence was attracting other students and the offi- "I was in disbelief," Cotton said. "Before I sitting there getting cuffed in front of my Staley said he could not comment on how African-American sorority, at 11:51 p.m. The cers finally arrested them. could say anything, Aguirre came up behind friends. I felt harassed." UPD is responding to the complaints because it dance had been closed to incoming partici- ,ho were arrested had me and cuffed me. Added Dominick-McCartin, "It was very is a personnel matter and not for public record. pants, said UPD spokesman Richard Staley, been ;Hi an unlawful Cotton was referring to Sgt. [vain Aftilliti. degrading." Both students said they had no He did say that the complaint Is being after 15 people jumped the line and started a .Ii (i.. he said "When senior 11PD sergeant. jirior arrests on their records and they worry reviewed by (111) administrators, fight at the entrance to the dance. iepeatedly to leave, In separate cars, the students were taken tit alslut having a police record because (it' this Dm mg the arrest, the two students sx ere "There was an order to disperse after the Sttlik; t,1 ntein .s ;iii he aided. the UPD office, hooked, cited and released. incident required to sign a nonce to appear In court as MI fight to protect the individuals still in the area," Cotton and Domini, r r 'Join see a dif- they said. -Fin applying to grad school. This could alternative to going to hooking at the 5 1,,155 1;111 he said. "The officers were concerned that the ferently. Both said the \ ..ucic \salting tit their While in the UPD holding tank, Conon said Oxus. hack to haunt me," Dominick-McCartin Dominic k Mc( artin and Coma' are sched- assailants would return." ride to return and were asking the ,iiticers he asked himself, "Why are they messing ssith said. uled to appear on Dec. 18 whet,. dr.'y can Staley said the attackers. who disappeared questions about why the dance was .I. ,,ect us like The only answer he could come In her written complaint against UPD. argue their case. Cotton, howocr, has a final before backup officers mil). tt. ,s ere members when an officer approached them a ing, up with %).t . that it was racial harassment, he Dominick -McCartin sad the arrest was unwar- examination scheduled that day so they are try- of a gang. "Who wants to be arrested Eirst'' saul. ranted 1,..5ause there was no "riot" which is ing to ic hedule their court date. Engineers race rubber-band rods
Lynn Benson I tin ior engineering major Richard Perez makes last-minute adjustments Creativity fuels original vehicle competition
By Crista E. Hardie Pi Tau Soria mechanical enginecting it,1r I Atily,taff Miry. -It's just a hill thing to otir Tank -like 'seilis lc. (a balsa wood, said tic:Ting skills." on -looker kark I, board and I tipperware chugged slow's 'lust to p11155. you ...ill down the track. The goal: to travel 40 lect pit’N s." then catapult a liacky Sack into a Ill-loot SJSU students were invited to design a hulls-eye ring. 12 -by-16 inch vehicle with a catapult of any A crowd of about 100 people gathered type of material to be powered solely by l'hursday afternoon in front of the engineer- nihher bands. The course was 5s feet long ing building to watch 15 teams compete in the second annual Student Design Contest Sophomore engineering major NI idtatl 1.111;4 tat I, It ii, -.;Its as lits chit, lc kat, hes it:, 011011 sponsored by General Electric and SJSU's See if/VI/ S I. Past( I A.S. director ends Hungerfest 1991 aims to heighten two-year career FE AT U RES SJ S tJ awareness of world hunger Swing out Spartans: By Michael Monaghan mis- or 55 tm, its ol Democracy," given Daily staff writer Marge Champion, It \ d, Reis tress of ballroom danc- \ Th to-5(1as at won in Morris Dailey world tickets..t...' Auditorium lust-world uckets. After serving for nearly two yeas on the As us tiled Students Board ing, brings her world- of Directors, Director Marci Pedrazzi resii.itisit last uuuu ilii, cuing per class st SiSt Thanksgiving, a time to give thanks Internationally kno A a spoik,o- Once at their r..spech, non< thc sonal problems" as the reason. or good health and jkace oi mind, is I taller, N, look: I time, author al 1)1,,1 1111111- vs 01 Ill \ 1,11. ;., 111,' "We did lose an excellent diteor a... said Sheik] Xs It, tin.', lor pm ahead. I ot Small Planet- ;Intl I in, 1111::;:sa Lstili b ssIhc' ,ls,'111' . 11:1 : ilitelCultural affairs. I he us 5'5'k belore jhanksgiving, boss - ,mu, ,,Ite;tkintt. Pedrazzi, a senior inajot) ) ng it, .4111..11 s. us ssa- lie dile, .f esti . is perhaps a more emotional time, a alottg tili I toutiaci iii sent OW tl%i1:11.tc It, Ira aorta California state affairs for SJ S t .1. eui sun 1,, the CalOotwa time 10 tltuiuk of all the deprivation in the the 111S111111e I 01 the Art. 01 1)0110\11\A. unhurt try. Students Association. As does tot l'edrain ssould ()lien work in world, of all the people who do not have There will be an organized fast held The second -world eaters will receive Sacramento and attend contereliCes is [WIC she \\.;1, IIICtater of various W ()RILD NEIA'S food, of the world hunger crisis. on Thursday for students who would like a little more elaborate moat perhaps committees) on CSA matters. 1)rink and 1)e merry: SJSU Hungerfest 1991, a week-long It) give a portion of their meal card costs soup and bread And the first world .eifisation :du, a hunger action and education event, will The CSA is designed to keep an es c ans A pontildi suit drink in to the Oxford Comm:tics. tor Famine eaters will partake in at\ 1,15.11 American miner slIS be held Nov. IS through Nov. 21 to help tion, or any system -wide issues pertaining to the (ins t Lind !cult-nal Relict Students can slot.' up in the din- three- course meal decides how they want to stand on those pull\ aka issues hoost owateness of the world -hunger No \ 13. 1 s, IS, 10, and ning \ ominous Thew still :11,0 Is' un iuusu, mid ,'u it 'She had a good understanding 0. I1 0\s ssolk Awls L's .11 ICI a 1)(111lIC;11 20 to give up one ol all oi their meals talks testes\ .1111I \ Int I 115' Associated Students President Nicole 1 ' I think she did a gicai ly 111011 sunllatttinut 11,. cm to lop off the week will t,i lor the day. i s5ick’s e ss' iii hair held Monday hom 10 job." tilt!) SSitt: Students who do mit \ meal cards Pedrazzi's post usually called tor 1, to zo hour work weeks I asi 1. in in the Art Quad, and will Belore the t .s ill he a '.tguiiimst tip semester. Pedrazzi took on the acuitionalI I tole (a A S s pri sitleHl .11 those tittle!: through all last I's retreat of reflection 011 file Itteil nt ssuiutul at the RCNI4lik Lind b, i,uiulig inonex -President Ameze Washing', ill is ;is ss to active (hits \ and printed hanger which will lx' held Ilimsday at when then tor AJ..551 during I /peration Desert Storm. I, it Ialt al and yi odd hunger will ..):30 p.m. at the 1.111111M, 1111111,11% enter
Board director Jon FICiStihMan is SaCtlii 10 fill the position. a ,111.11)1,. Students ss then he AN,' to attend on Itith at San Carlos streets. SPORTS 1 heti. has going Fleischman, also a senior political Sc era e imiilO, was elected last also been an on "lireak lust Hunger Banquet" at Also, as part ol the Illingerlest, there iii is',1 di on 7;40 semester to the board, previously serval)! as die director of students' Over the Rainbows: 100.1 use. which ends p.m 1 luirsdav in the dinning com- will he coordinated sislts tor volunteer,: [taxi ,ludent, be rights and responsibilities. Fleischman admits that Ins new role will not Spartans aim for first I hiusday, iii ss Inch the collected morAist galho to work at a soup kitch.a) In downown be an easy one. i!oes to benefit the Second Harvest Fo(xl still shelter. Volunteers cte -1.11 up at the non C011icretice win dropped ott "My goal is not to be better than her (Pea:opt- I leischman said. "I Itmk. t'aimed food can he handed tiskets at the door whit h will Resource Fair. since Nov. againt 1 niversity of at several locations on campus big shoes to fill." Fleischman has held the new iiiisition tub have indicate it they ;Ire 10 tit Ike el:110n ot Ibis is the lit lu seat the Iltineerlest will attend a CSA conlerence this weekend in San law all. slacQuante Hall, the administration The director the commons ha I irsa , second or third - has been held ;a slst I his s ea the where the sum jest of debate will .s' suM110 ci,i;i1Chancellor Barry haddine, the engineering building 55 odd u,sticus. Diego, sveek of events been isiolinaleil by Munitz. funsan I (ill, nesiderice halls, campus Mtge (hut,' tickets still he distributed retails,: the (7ornintinits 'Niters ' s hiss and It isn't realistic that the recently appointed chancellor will be recalled, ministry and at the Resource Fair. to the approximate ratio diat exists hslay carirnus Minisux and it has lveri partial- Fleischman said, although a student vote in Ikvember is scheduled that Highlighting die week will Ix' a lec- SIsty percent will reeei ye third -world ly funded by Assos tacit Students should lay the matter to rest. ture entitled "Hunger Scarcity of Food 2 Friday, November 15, 1991 San lose State University SPAR1AN DAILY FORUM OPINIONS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In support of A.S. Women and the courts Editor, Editor, On Wednesday, Associated Students had During the past year, the press has a full house with people flowing out into focused attention on the experiences of the hall. women who have been sexually assaulted. The reason that these people were there This attention is good because it makes $A. as because of a decision that A.S. had us all more aware of the experiences of sex- passed of not funding I.R.A. groups for ual assault survivors, but it also demon- 1992-93. These students were outraged that strates that there is a significant gap to be they were not informed. They then filled. expressed their feelings during open forum Few women who enter the legal system saying why they needed AS. money and if because they have been victimized to know they did not receive it they would not be what to expect. This lack of information able to exist. leaves detectives, attorneys, judges and First of all, I am a concerned student and other service personnel unaware of how am interested in what goes on with our A.S. their actions affect us and unaware of what government, and I try to attend as many of our needs and co. the A.S. meetings as I can. I was at the AS. It is time this information gap is filled. meeting on Wednesday and it was the first During the next two years, I will be gather- time that I saw so many people there. They ing information about the way women from expressed their opinions regarding I.R.A. all walks of life go through the sexual and some even talked about recalling the assault "court process." This project is my A.S. Directors. They even mentioned how dissertation research and is sponsored by interested they were in AS., but they were the University of California at Santa Cruz. only contradicting themselves since they all I would like to talk to you if you are at left after the open forum. least 16 years old; feel comfortable speak- Furthemore, I don't think these students ing in English; and are or were involved in are seeing how much money is in I.R.A. a criminal case in Santa Clara or Santa Cruz after athletics gets their portion for 1992-93. county because you were raped/sexually The amount left is about S469,880 which is assaulted. All information will be treated an increase of 161 percent over the 1990-91 confidentially and interviews will be sched- budget of $292,265 (including the A.S. uled at your convenience. allocation of S156,959). Write or call to volunteer or to ask me Therefore, I do believe that the A.S. questions. By mail: Amanda Konradi, Board of Directors did make the right deci- Sociology Board, Stevenson College, sion in taking IRA out of the A.S budget University of California at Santa Cruz, CA because it looks as though these programs 95064. Or, if you prefer to telephone, ask 14.iiil I iosivrieorz Sp.irtm I )111, will still be able to continue and even ask for Ainanda at (408)459-4724. for more money because of the surplus. Amanda Konradi Manuel B. Alexandre Board of Sociology Sophomore Sic% enson College WRITER'S Electrical Engineering UCSC FORUM Barbara Doheny AND ANOTHER Replace dull acceptance with courage
Ted R. Comerford Foster's latest movie "Little any job, they got promoted fast from retail figure, at 45, they're too old to worry _THING ... JrodieMan Tate" dramatizes the plight of clerks, bank tellers and secretaries. about looks, anyway. an 8-year-old genius torn between But they never seemed to expect It's an eternal childhood growing more the intellectual challenges offered anything more than a good enough miserable every year. by his intense, well-pedigreed paycheck to support the kids and make The difference between Tate's mother No tolerance for ignorance professor and the love of his foul- payments on the Mustang. The look in and the professor isn't that she is mouthed, "working-class" mother. any decade was frizzy, bleached-out hair, unintelligent it is that she is uninspired. The film's storyline is a hackneyed tight jeans and a ready pack of smokes. The young "working-class" woman who H1V/AIDS is not a death hatred that goes along with HIV fantasy, but visually Foster presented a Early marriage, usually early divorce. stays there is bereft of aspiration and lacks sentence. I am sure that you infection. lam very lucky to be HIV near-realistic portrayal of "working class." But money's not really tight because the the discipline to fight for her dreams. The are all as tired of hearing negative. I am very thankful for that The Tate family's upper-floor studio looks rent's free at mom's house, and so is older "working-class" woman has little about Magic Johnson and his blessing. like a downtown apartment in any city. childcare. opportunity to improve her life, and even HIV diagnosis as lam. I have been practicing safe sex only Foster's portrayal of an attractive, The mothers are the other side of the less if this university ever restricts the Please indulge a columnist with another for the last two years. I easily could have independent young woman broke some story. They pinned their futures on admission of re-entry students. perspective. been infected. Most people who engage stereotypes about overweight, dull-wiued marriages that dissolved long ago. Single It's a tragedy built into our culture. I have heard people around campus in sex could have been infected, and "working class" women whose colorless mothers of single mothers, they've lived Young women whose parents are not well- saying that an HIV diagnosis is a death luckily are HIV negative. hair never goes out of curlers. for their kids for years and now they adore educated still get the message: their first sentence and that "promiscuity is When I saw Magic Johnson tell the But the action and the dialogue reach their grandkids. aspiration should be marriage to avoid the wrong." world that he is HIV positive, I cried for back to the "Bowery Boys" for the ancient That passionate mother-love helps stigma of being an old maid. What an enlightened outlook. him. I know what that can mean for Hollywood "working class" characters. them overlook the fact that they're The best time in life comes early. The An HIV diagnosis is not a death someone. No one deserves to get any Tate's mother and her friend are foul- providing the food, shelter and often the aspirations of a woman over 30 should be sentence. I have several friends who have disease or virus. mouthed, belligerent single moms who answers to tough decisions while their a good job to support her children; if she been HIV positive for more than 10 Putting morality into the discussion live for their children and a cheap idea of kids hang onto adolescence for a few finds a man again, she's lucky. years. They are healthy and happy and only muddies the water. What is needed a good time. more years. Wasted lives are keeping social service are in better condition than almost is more clarity. The film's drama and humor turn on In between adolescence and institutions busy across the country. We anyone I know. The media has been having a field day the definition of "working class" grandmotherhord, these women give are all cheated out of the fruits of human Magic Johnson will probably live a with Johnson's story. Rather than according to Hollywood: not just poor, but years of service in the proper English potential equalling nearly half the very long and happy life. enlightening Americans about the unintelligent. sense of the word. They aren't educated Population. Some people say that "promiscuity is urgency of AIDS and HIV research and Foster's character gave birth to a beyond junior college. They think they Role models, networking and girls' wrong." What are they really saying? the immediate needs of people who arc genius son, but her own potential is never can't make it in a well -paid profession. sports programs will raise aspirations tor Could it be that they are saying that living with AIDS, CNN and the other explored. Instinct enables her to nurture They give up on the odds against getting a the next generation. But the most sex outside of marriage is wrong? Or is it networks have been fanning the fire of her son alone in a tough city, but her degree because it's too hard. important lesson has to be taught young: that only one different sexual partner bigotry and hatred by doing stories on incoherent, usually angry speech masks Instead, they concentrate on a stable, rise to the challenge. Nothing is too hard. each week is wrong? Or it is that sex how Johnson is not gay, and got HIV any higher intelligence. To use a British dull job that gets them by. They are the Fun is not the goal of life, even for within your own fraternity is wrong? Or from heterosexual activity. "working-class" temi, she's literally "an servant class of American society: the women. is it that sex with the wrong sorority My second reaction to Johnson's old cow." lifelong bank tellers, retail clerks, We teach girls love, respect, honor and woman is wrong? announcement was excitement and and "Working class" in San Jose is a fate to waitresses and low-level secretaries who obedience. We also need to teach them What do they mean? Whose definition relief. Finally, a prominent non-gay F i. escaped by choice, intelligence and arc never even considered for supervisor. courage and discipline. of promiscuity are they using? spokesperson to carry the flag for HIV hard work. The "working-class" women I Tile's pleasure comes mostly from the Expecting teenagers to "just say no" and AIDS funding. Johnson has got a big know are carefree. tough-talking and children, supplemented by abundant snack to sex is ludicrous. Young people are responsibility to all people with reckless in their teens and early 20s. Poor foods and desserts and weekends of good going to have sex. There is no way AIDS/HIV. students, but always the fastest workers on videos. They don't go out much and Barbara Daheny is a Daily staff writer. around that fact, nor should there be. His infection will have a dramatic Handing out condoms to teens has impact on our society. Too bad it took 10 been shown to cut down on the years for someone like Magic Johnson to transmission of sexually transmitted get infected. diseases, including HIV, with no increase HIV and AIDS are real. If you are of sexual activity. going to engage in sexual activity, If people value not having sex with protect yourself with a condom. They Forum page policies acquaintances and waiting until they are work. If you have questions, call the married to share themselves sexually AIDS Hotline (ARIS Project). The Spartan Daily provides a daily Forum page. Contributions to and major (if a student). Contributions must be typed or suhiiiiLtib with each other, good for them. Live your life as if you are going to the page arc encouraged from students, staff, faculty, and others on 3.5" Macintosh-compatible disc (Microsoft Word). Personally, I am not willing to wait die tomorrow. Don't wait for your life to who are interested in the university at large. Submissions become property of the Spartan Daily and will be for same-gender marriage to be legalized be called into question to begin living. Any letter or column for the Forum page must be turned in to the edited for grammar, libel, spelling, and length. in California before I have sex. There's a funny thing about the game Letters to the Editor box in the Spartan Daily newsniorn, WLN 104, Categories available to non-Daily staffers are: I have had nine friends die of AIDS in of life no one makes it out alive. We during office hours. Campus voice: 300-500 word essays on current campus, politi- the last three years. One of those was a will never know how much time we Submissions may also be mailed to the Forum Editor, the cal, or personal issues. Submissions should be well researched. boyfriend who died three months ago. have. Spartan Daily, department of mass communications, San Jose State Letters to the Editor: Up to 200 words responding to Spartan I will no longer tolerate in my friends University, San Jose, CA., 95192-0149. Articles and he tcrs must Daily articles, or calling attention to a particular issue or point of and acquaintances the ignorance and Ted R. Comerford is a Daily staff writer contain the author's name, phone number, address, class standing view.
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CONTEST Indian America Week From Front Page Lau said. "We didn't think we WM' American Indians going to win." The secret to their suc- with speed bumps at 15 and 30 feet cess, she said, was a lot of improvis- from the starting line. ing. focus of events /1(04/04(7, /V0V 78 ZECTGAY 94(/ Scores were based on travel time "Pieces kept falling off and coming from the start to the launch line, stop- apart," she said. "Every time we'd go events," said Shunk, co-folinder 10 am. to 4 p.m.: Six hourly lectures on topics covering the scope ut ping distance from the launch line and do a trial there would be things By Tony Marek of the Indian America Coalition, the Indian America Series, Student Union Costanoan Room. accuracy of the launch into the bulls' patched up on it." Daily staff writer the event's sponsor. 7 p.m.: "Political Prisoners Today" Sid Welsh of the American eye. Lau and Jiang will share the $1,(XX Eight weeks of eveiii - .11 SJSU Indian Movement, AS. Council Chambers. Mechanical engineering students first prize award. focusing on American Indian Annie Vallesteros, another of Tuesday, Nov. 19 Deanna Lau and Cherie Jiang The second place award of $500 issues will culminate next week the series' organizers, said the a. Noon: Big Mountain Presentation Elders of the Navajo Nation ii. designed the pulley -driven winning went to Michael Chin who designed with a series (il lectures, civil Columbus celebrations are northeastern Arizona will discuss their resistance to forced relocation vehicle, fashioned from balsa wcxxl what tie called a "medieval catapult" rights present:Hi( tti-,, art exhibits designed to get people 10 "liviis Student Union Amphitheatre. and plastic lids from ice-cream con- of balsa wood and Styrofoam. arid celebrations of Indian cul- on where the Indian people are )0. 2 p.m.: Poetry/book readings, Costanoan r(xom. tainers. The Dixie-cup catapult never First, second and third place teams ture. coming from." )1... 6 p.m.: Big Mountain Weaving Project Dine (Navajo) Weavirw actually launched the sack, but the will receive plaques. Cash awards and Indian America Week, sched- "We want to let them know Project, Dine elders will present their weavings. Union Gallery. machine got close enough to the plaques will be awarded at the uled to take place through next that Indian issues are still very launch line to earn the winning score. mechanical engineering department's Friday, is the final phase of the much alive," she said, "and to "We didn't do well in the trials," Christmas party. Indian America Series. demonstrate how the Indian cul- It/fart-s,w Nov. 20 Timing was one inipetus for ture has survived." the development of the series. Shunk said attendance has ". Noon: Native American music, Student Union Amphitheatre. The event's organizers want to been growing at each event, but ).. 2 p.m.: poetry/book readings, Student Union Pacheco Room. celebrate 5(8) years of survival of finances have been a problem. Researchers indigenous Americans since the The Associated Students f arrival of Europeans on the conti- turned down a funding rerpicst 7-I/ORYW 4/0E 27 nent. for $3,000 for the project, &Tu.. And they want to educate peo- a recommendation for full tinkl- ,z Noon: Native American storytelling, Student Union Amphitheatre ple about Indian culture before ing made by the A.S. special allo- 10- 7 p.m.: Turtle Island Ensemble Local indigenous theater group will probing PMS' next year's quincentennial cele- cations conimittee, according to portray "the concerns and the beauty of a culture long ignored," Mother bration of Christopher Columbus' Shunk. Olson's Inn, 72 N. Fifth St., San Jose. arrival in the Americas, accord- ing to Steve Shunk, director of AS. reconsidered and granted the Environmental Resource S1,300 to the IAC after students 69/0M, 470V, 22 effects on brain Center. protested the funding denial. "We wanted to celebrate according to Shunk. "s it: Native American music, Student Union Amphitheatre. AFLANTA (AP) Diagnosing other testmgs, i.e., EEG," Chuong Native American people and their "We've been happy with the ; in.: Indigenous art show and auction presentations from local premenstrual syndrome is pretty much said. culture before the community is attendance considering the senit .;,-..11; I a tradition:II puppet sho., Stml..11; I 111011 Ballroom a matter of listening to a woman Emory's pilot study involved sev- exposed to the Columbus supixwi from the \ " he said describe her suffering, but speculation eral patients whose lives were disrupt- that PMS affects brain activity has led ed by PMS; the large-scale study is to a study that could give doctors a attracting volunteers with similar sto- better understanding. ries to tell. Using the latest generation of elec- "I'm in academia, in medicine," troencephalography EEG tech- said Susan Smith, a member of the Those with eating disorders not and a study always nology, Emory University researchers Emory nursing faculty will study 250 volunteers, sufferers participant. "For me, the bigge4 and non -sufferers alike, over four (PMS) problem is that I can't years to document changes in brain concentrate. I can't function the was grateful for Thanksgiving largesse wave activity and brain function dur- I'm supposed to.... You know it's not ing the menstrual cycle. the way you normally are, but you Previous research with several can't do anything about NEW YORK (AP) The generous time'?" pepare anything special for me," he control. "You start to say, 'It's a great patients has found brain function simi- Smith recently was giving a lecture display of traditional foods that gives People who belong to overeaters said. "So when I go to my dear aunt, I meal, let's go wild." Wadden said. lar to psychiatric depression during she had given numerous times before, most Americans cause to be thankful Anonymous or another support group will probably bring a little cooler with Yor Take a medium portion first. Eat PMS. and suddenly, "I couldn't remember can leave the hundreds of thousands of may find it he to attend extra some of my things I might need." slowly. Wait 15 to 20 minutes before "We're hoping we'll come up with a where I was. It was terrifying." people who stiffer eating disorders meetings, or arrange to be in touch Wadden said he is not convinced deciding whether to have more. way of diagnosing PMS so we don't Mama Bums, a graduate psycholo- worried about getting through the day. with another member, so they don't tvople can be physiologically addicted Research has shown that people !eel have to depend totally on what a gy student at Georgia Tech, signed up "Groaning boards" symbolized 'eel alone mit trying to cope. to tood, hut said people who find fuller alter waiting a bit. Wadden said. woman says," said Dr. Ora Strickland, for the study to help further research prosperity in times when a fcxxl prob- Dan Brack, a recovering bulimic sugar or wheat trigger binges should Even II oti al: 1110c alone, an Emory nursing professor and princi- into something she's battled for nearly lem usually meant having too little. who ran a Naples, Fla., restaurant and avoid them. plan a special meal. pal investigator in the study. "A biologi- three decades. Today, however, excess is the more now is at work on a cookbook, said he Some other suggestions: Y. Deal with leftovers immediately, cally based appmach to assessment and "I realized at 34, when I got into likely problem, and Thanksgiving has learned to think about Io If you're nervous about people especially if you tend to binge on diagnosis of PMS is badly needed. psychology ... that I've had this since offers niany opportunities to eat out of Thanksgiving as a holiday about fcuni- with whom you're spending the day. food. Give them away if necessary. "We hope to determine whether I was 12 or 13," said Burns, now 40. control. ly and not about ICxxl. talk to a spouse or partner about it. this approach can be used to clearly "None of my gynecologists ever In addition, major holidays bring But that doesn't mean he won't be Call your host in advance, tell diagnose women who do and do checked for this:1 was just considered together family members who may prepared B rack . who was treated them you're L.:vein! about What you fl Dccilv not - - have PMS." moody." feel tension around one another, and three years ago al 'HIV Willotigh, a :U RI make sure there will be Wit The study, funded by a $1.2 million "You don't realize how had the overeating can be triggered by emo- Florida psychiatric hospital that spe- or you. ve of is i )19 or. grant from the National Institutes of symptoms are," said Burns, who tions. cializes in addictions, does not eat Eat white meat. which ys 'M- I lealth, will be the first to use quanti- works with headdrauma patients. "I Planning is critical, said Dr. sugar or w hte,il or floor because the oot gravy - has under 40 calories an ' fc tative EEG, a sophisticated computer- have imxxl changes like other folks Thomas A. Wadden, an associate pro- program considers those substances ounce. -Ike best ized approach. to analyze brain activi- coming in with 'real problems. fessor of psychology at the University addictive. Drink lots of water. Limit drink- ty in PMS patients. The volunteers Bums finds that when she's suffer- of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. 'I'm going to a relative's for *, because alcohol not only contains also will keep diaries. ing from PMS, she feels paranoia, her "People should plan to enjoy the Thank s: is iris' an they're not going to calories but tends to decrease people's The brain holds many clues to hand-eye coordination drops, and her day, including the food. The worst known is thinking is muddied. thing iii the world is to go through the PMS research; what's not 1620,11112IfiltrillOZMILIMEILSON20.01115.1.1.1R2F2 whether EEG technology will find Strickland and her co-investigator, day and deprive themselves." he said. them, said a leading PMS scientist. Dr. David Cantor, hope the study will "They're likely to start eating that "The brain is certainly one area help determine not just which women night, or the next few days." we'd like to investigate," said Dr. C. suffer from PMS - it's believed to be Wadden suggests that people who Don't forget to sign up for James Chuong, director of the PMS half of all American women but are worried about overeating on program at the Baylor College of which ones have varying, distinct dis- Thanksgiving plan what they want lu Medicine. "As far as what is the best orders. eat, calculate the calories and aside ii method ... that's still an unanswered "We can determine if they tit sub- that satisfies their goals. THE SPARTAN HEALTH CARD, SPRING 92 quesuon." types of PMS," Strickland said. "If we "Think hack to last year," he said Most PMS research focuses on can learn clearly the subtypes, it may "What went right, what went wrong hormones, which operate in the brain mean women with different types Who did you sit nest to" What do you a "but may or may not be seen through respond to different treatments. 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4 i rlday, November 15, iOql U San lase State Unlvers10 SPAR IAN D %II FEATURES Learn a lesson in ballroom dance Author Maxine Hong 11), Faye Wells In 1991 she received the first annu- Daily staff writer al "Legends of the Dance Award" at Kingston speaks today Florida State's Triple Crown Ballroom the leader on a journey through Marge Champion, champion of Dance Championship, the largest ball- By Michael Monaghan Chinese-American theater and ballroom dance will speak at SJSU room dance championship in America. Daily staff writs, vaudeville as it emerged on the this Monday and show video clips of She also performs kni cruise ships West Coast. an entertainment career that has and for groups of the elderly, judges For years author Maxine Hong "The Woman Warrior" and spanned five decades and is still thriv- dance competitions and holds stress Kingston combined history, myth "China Men," a national best-sell- ing. reduction seminars. and personal experience to get her er, are fictionalized pieces of She appears Monday at 11:30 in She was trained by her father, message across. Soon she will Kingston's autobiography. Hugh Gillis Hall 103 and at 7:30 p.m Ernest Belcher, Dean of the West make her point known in another Both attempt to construct gen- in SJSU's University Theater at Fifth Coast dancing masters. way --in person. der identities related to the Fernando. She helped him teach and when she Maxine Kingston, who and San author's OWII experiences. She began her career before the 13- was in her teens, became the live the 1976 National Book K ingston's him,. on Golden year collaboration with her first hus- action miuslel for Wilt Disney's Snow Circle Award-winning l',smL I he Gate Avenue was lealoyed in the band Gower Champion, with whom White. Woman Warriors: Mourns ol My recent Oakland I lilk lire, where she performed ballroom dances in She appeared with Fred Astaire and Girlfriend Among Ghosts," will the novel she was mm, irking on (on films and on television during the Ginger Rogers and on Broadway in appear today at 12:30 p.m. in the computer diski ak.m perished. and 60s. Beggar's holiday, known for its Duke Spartan Memorial Chapel to lead 1950s Maxine [long Kingston is cur- And she continued working after Ellington/John 1,atouche sii,i, a seminar on her writing. rently a Senior Lecturer in English their divorce. Kingston's most recent work. at UC Berkeley. "Now she is primarily a director," "Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Kingston's appearance on cam- according to Annette Macdonald, Journey." depicts the life of a Her program includes: pus is part of the Center for SJSU dance professor.But she is also Chinese . merican poet and play- A mini history of show Literary Arts' Major Author an actress, author, choreographer and wright 11% ine in Berkeley in the business, the movies and Series, which features several stage designer. guest speakers throughout the "As far as I'm concerned, she's movie greats. The p, s In between his year. lasted and still continues to produce," A history of the musical ancesu American identi- All events are free of charge. Macdonald said. "In the field of enter- ty, pitfall, Is hiligston's own life in America. Information on upcoming e tainment, she never sits still." struggle (Kingston is of Chinese "No excuse for not get- obtained by calling ' descent). Using a "conversational" can be ting exercise," a lecture on 1378. Most recently she designed the writing style, the story then takes "Dance of the Hours" for the Hippo how to exercise in a chair lor Walt Disney's updated Fantasia. or at a desk. She performed in Summer, 1983 at A reception will follow the New York's Radio City Music Hall evening program. and at the 1986 Emmy and Academy Awards. Jackson snubs Japan