WEATHER Spar tans see Today: Teenagers red all over. Morning fog emulate idols win burning off Cardinal by smoking. to high 80s, 51-20. low 90s. See page 2... See page 4... DAILY SPARTANI IIRCI-Slh SI11111' 1931 Ntonday September 19. i 99 %ohmic umbel 12 Publislied tor saii Jose State Clubs unite for Latino assistance By Kevin Valine Spartan Daily Stall Writer As an SJSU freshman, Maggie Gomez felt lost and bewildered on a campus of almost 30,000 stu- dents. She was the first person in her family to attend college and she had no idea how she'd cope. "I didn't know what to expect when I first came here," she said. "I was kind of lost. But through CALMECA, I was able to make close friends and get help with my academics." In that same spirit of outreach, CALMECA and other Latino and Chicano clubs and organizations PHOTOS BY FRANK CAVASPARTAN DALY are sponsoring an afternoon cele- A small audience listens to speakers during a rally sponsored by SJSU's Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Alliance (GALA), protesting Gov Wilson's veto of AB 2810. bration or "Tardeada" Monday in the Student Union Ballroom from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. "We want Latinos and Chicanos on campus to get to know one another," said Irma Guzman- GALA protests veto Wagner, associate dean of the College of Education and one of the event's organizers. "This is also a celebration of the diversity Wilson kills AB 2810 domestic partners initiative within Chicano and Latino cul- By Lana M tang tures." Spartan Daily Stall VY nier to recognize unmarried cou- vatorship, wills and power Despite his veto, Wilson Guzman-Wagner also said the Disappointed with Gov. ples as legal partners. of attorney under existing law. issued an executive order celebration will help Latino and Pete Wilson's policy regarding "Governor Pete Wilson was Assemblyman Richard Katz directing the Department of Chicano students learn about help domestic partners, students never a friend to me," said (0-Panorama City) said he Health Services to make regu- available to them. and faculty members gathered Wiggsy Sivertsen, an SJSU would reintroduce the bill at lations easier for domestic "We want students to know for a "No Re-Pete" rally on sociology professor and mem- the start of the next legislative partners to obtain hospital about the different resources Friday at the Student Union ber of the Academic Senate. session. visitation rights. available to them on campus," she Amphitheater. "He never will be a friend to The bill would have given Hyde Revilla thinks Wilson said. The rally, which was spon- me. He doesn't know how to unmarried couples hospital issued the order to ease the Student clubs such as CALMECA sored by SJSU's Gay, Lesbian be a friend to me." visitation rights, rights to pain he already caused by and Chicano Commencement as and Bisexual Alliance (GALA), After vetoing the bill, make decisions in times of a vetoing the main bill. well as Latino and Chicano faculty attracted about 75 people. Wilson said government has partner's incapacitation and "After his veto of Assembly members and staff will be in atten- At issue was Wilson's veto a responsibility to "encourage greater ease in willing part- Bill 101. regarding on-the-job dance. of Assembly Bill 2810, also and reward marriage and the ners' land to one another. discrimination because of sex- Guzman-Wagner said having known as the domestic part- formation of strong families." The main groups affected ual preference, it made him support groups on campus is Hyde Revilla, co-president of the ners' bill, which would have He said unmarried individuals by the bill are homosexuals important in helping students suc- SJSU GALA chapter, spoke at the made California the first state can resolve issues of conser- and the elderly. See Rally, page 6 start of Friday's rally. ceed. "What we've found is that when there is a supportive environment on campus through clubs, net- Condoms no longer used as court evidence working and knowing other peo- ple, this can be favorable in help- By Shelley Spackman said because of health con- "How can we be encouraging sure whether or not the Santa SJSU student Sherri Belasco. ing students graduate," she said. Spartan Nth, Stall Writer cerns and the area's high everyone to use condoms to Clara County D.A.'s office has a sophomore in business Providing this kind of support is AIDS rate, his office will im- stop the spread of HIV in this used condoms as evidence in administration, agreed with the particularly important among lit an effort to promote safe plement the policy for six city on the one hand, when on prostitution cases." Buller said. San Francisco district attor- Latino and Chicano students sex, the San Francisco district months. the other hand we've been Dr. Richard Latta, director of ney's decision. because, according to Wagner, attorney's office has agreed to "We are now working with telling prostitutes that their SJSU's student health services. "Using condoms to prevent they are underrepresented among temporarily stop using con- the police department to do use of condoms will be used wasn't familiar with the AIDS is far more important than college graduates. doms as evidence in prostitu- that because of the health con- against them in court?" specifics of the decision, but using them to prosecute prosti- According to Stephen Aquino, tion cases. cerns raised," Smith said. Hallinan said. reiterated the importance of tutes," Belasco said. an evaluation analyst in SJSU's The decision was made after City and health officials and The Santa Clara County dis- safe sex. Three to five prostitution Office of Institutional Research, some prostitutes in the city women's groups asked for the trict attorney's office has no "As a health service, we cases are prosecuted a day in 11.2 percent of SJSU students dur- stopped using condoms, for change. policy regarding this, according strongly advocate the use of San Francisco. ing the Fall '93 semester were fear of having them used City Supervisor Terence to Assistant District Attorney safe sex practices to avoid dis- Police have made more than against them in court. Hallinan felt the decision was a Mark Buller. eases, especially HIV." Latta 2,500 prostitution arrests this See CALMECA, page 8 District Attorney Arlo Smith tremendous victory. "To my knowledge, I'm not said. year. KTEH credits alum with Indian students host first radio transmission cultural celebration Documentary honors Charles Herrold By Nancy J. Zamani Gandhi, who promoted By Andy Barron young men who had built N ritrr Spartan Daily Stall Writer brotherhood amongst all Spartan Daily Stall their own crystal set, an early Eastern and Western cul- people, was assassinated in form of radio receiver that tures came together Saturday 1948 by a Hindu fanatic who The first radio broadcasting used a quartz crystal as a night as the India Students objected to Gandhi's toler- program was not KDKA's tuner. Association (ISA) put on its ance for the Moslems. "Radio Music Box" in The obscure inventor, sixth annual "Glimpse of ISA president Arun Goel, Pittsburgh, Pa. It was "The Charles Herrold, was first dis- India" celebration at Morris explained the date discrepan- Little Hams Program" in covered 35 years ago by Dailey Auditorium. cy. downtown San Jose, accord- Gordon Greb, a retired SJSU The event celebrated the "This is when we could get ing to a new KTEH television journalism professor and 125th birthday of Mahatma the auditorium," said Goel, a documentary titled "Broad- Greb's student researcher Gandhi, who was born on senior in civil engineering. casting's Forgotten Father: Tony Tararella. Oct. 2, 1869. Gandhi inspired The success immigrants The Charles Herrold Story." "One of the great motivat- the world with his non-vio- from India have found in this produced, written and direct- ing factors for me (to do the lent resistance movement country was also celebrated. MAIOii, .1i icf. 555, 111-1SrARTAN DAIll ed by SJS11 Associate Pro- research) was that this man that led to India's indepen- "Because of the civil rights Models prepare for a fashion show during the "Glimpse of India" pro- lessor Mike Adams. was not given credit for what dence from British rule in movement opened by Martin duction at the Morris Dailey Auditorium The event, celebrating the The program was called the he had done," Tararella said. traditional Indian culture with August 1947. See India, page 8 birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, mixed "The Little Hams Program" "He was just ignored and this contemporary Western styles. because most listeners were See Herrold, page 8 2 Monday, September 19, 1994 OPINION San kw State UnteenatY friurrAN DAILY Editorial Law reserved for common 'Joe' In theory, all Americans are voted against conviction. If O.J. Simpson had been one equal under the law. The death penalty could have of the murder victims in this But the reality of our justice been an obstacle to obtaining a tragedy instead of the defen- system is the rich, famous and guilty verdict, even if it turns dant, the prosecution would popular are more equal. out the evidence warrants it. not have hesitated to ask for Prosecutors in the O.J. Simpson Removing that barrier could the death penalty. case have announced they will result in a conviction, but it also The decision not to seek it in not seek the death penalty. confirms the existence of a dou- this case sends the wrong mes- Their decision points up the ble standard of justice.