The Paisano February 24, 1981
Volume 1, Number 4
S a n Antotuo, T e x a s 78213
Chwrsed Unconstitutional
Spring SRA Election Scheduled
by J . D . A u a t l n
During tfieir Fdiruaiy 11th meeting, members of ttie SFtA elected four new representatives to fill vacated positkmS within the SRA. Representing the freshman class for the remainder of ttie spring semester will lie Vk:tor Icenogle and Raul Scott. Filling ttie sentcn" and graduate positkins are L e i ^ Perry and Gregg Medlyn, both of whom ran for offk:e unopposed. At the meeting of Fetiruary 18th, SRA members voted to accept ttie resignatkm of Penny Smiley, Corresponding Secretary. No provisions were made to fill tfie position vacated
tiy Penny Smiley. Following this order of business, ttie subject of ttie upcoming S I ^ election was discussed. The SFiA was informed that the planned voting dates of March 4th and 5th are in direct violation of the SRA's constitution whk:h states that the elections must tie tield "two weeks" prior to the spring tireak tfiat starts on March 16th. After spending nearly 4 5 minutes trying to decide if spring semester break meant ttie end of the. semester, as treasurer Kevin McCormick pxiinted out, or if ttie vacation period actually started on Monday morning as opp-jsed to the prevtous Friday after classes, a motion was made to suspend
No Taiccrs for 3 Positions
Candidates Announced The f .llp\ÂťM o UTSA students have filed for SRA positions as of 5:00 p.m. Friday, Febmary 20th.
Prealdent J. Dot\ Metcalfe Ronald K Garcia A n t o n i o De Los
Corresponding Secretary no candidates have filed Treasurer no candidates have filed Parliamentarian Matthew Murguia
Santos
Vice-Preaident Jo Ann Ruiz Kirii W Dockeiy Sandra Noliile Recording Secretary no candidates have filed Senior Repreaentatlvea Hdly Krezdom Rulien S. Femandez Elizabeth A. Bostic Antonki Toscano Leigh Perry Sara Anderson Joseph Zafir
Junior Representatives Matthew Murguia Cheryl M. Weston Louis Brogley Mindy Renee Mann Chris Webb Richard Buitron Historian Christine F. Brionez
Sophomore tatlves I ^ u l Scott Jerry L. Serrato Victor Icncogle Suzy Sims Davkl Boucher William Sims
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the elections until the constitution could hie amended. SRA president, Ronnie Garcia, suggested ttiat even t h o u ^ thq SRA would jeopardize violating their constitution the election stiould be held as cÂťiginally planned. This would enable the SRA to "save face" as he put it. Offier issues that were voted on included the passing of a motion to tiold a detiate/discussion onthe El Salvador situation and related U.S. involvement in that area. This activity is lieing sctieduled for Febmary 25th at 1:00 p.m. with the SRA meeting being moved to 3:00 p m.
The possibility of SRA involvement in legal action being initiated against some of UTSA's Institutional Rules for ttieir apparent violation of First Amendment rights in the areas of h'eedom of speech and press was discussed. Ramon Valdez, SRA Parliamentarian, reported tfiat tie tiad approached a '^ representative of ttie American Civil liberties Union on this. Further discusskm was'^ tabled. Ttie S I ^ passed a motion to give up its sponsorstiip of ttie University Life Awards. It was suggested that the University AssemUy take over the program. The next SRA meeting is sctieduled for February 25th at 3:00 p.m.
F r i e d r i c k P a r k provides a serene asylum (see story inside). Photo by N a n E l l z e y
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Worl( Study Students Receive Increase
UTSA students employed under ttie College Work Study Program received good news and tiad news last week. Ttie good news was a wage increase; the bad news is ttiat some work study students will work less hours. The problem stems from a recent act by the Texas Legislature which increased most state employees salaries. This act calls for College Worit Study students to receive a 5 . 1 % houriy increase; however, only 2 0 % of this progrttfrt'Ts" funded by tfie state. The otfier 8 0 % comes from federal funds. Ttie federal funding .is predetermined each year arid this set amount is not subject to change. While the State dkl allocate an additional amount to increase its 20% share by 5 . 1 % , the total amount of A candidates' forum will tie funds available is not enough tield Monday, March 2nd from for all stydents to continue 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m. in working ttieir regular hours at the Sombrilla area. All candidates, including write-in can- . the new houriy wage. didates, will have an opportuniAs explained to T h e ty to participate. Paisano tiy Dee Glisson of the Financial A k l office, each work study student has a fixed F r e s h m a n Representatives amount they may eam each semester. This amount is deterno candidates have filed mined by the amount of total aid for which the student is G r a d u a t e Representatives eligible and other aid received. Dixie Carter
Students cannot eam more than this fixed amount. In order to prevent this, some students will fiave ttieir total work fiours reduced up to one and one-tialf hours. Tfiese students will continue to eam approximatcHy ttie same amount. For exanple, a student currentiy working nineteen flours earns $63.65 weekly. Under tfie new houriy wage, ttiis student will work only seventeen and one-half tiours but will eam $63.70. Other students will continue to worit tfieir sctieduled tiours; but, ttie supervisors of these students will keep a record of the student's total earnings to insure tfiat tfiese students do not work any longer ttian necessary to eam ttie amount to which ttiey are entitled. According to Glisson, most of this group will tie able to complete this semester with only minor, if any, adjustments necessary. As tfie spring semester ends ttie fisioal,year for financial aid, tfie increase will not affect students' hours in the summer sessions or future semesters. With the increase, undergraduate student assis tant 1 positions now receive $3.64 per hour and graduate student assistant 11 positions receive $3.84 per hour.
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PIENSO SRA Constitution Ignored The S ( ^ election scheduled for March 4th and 5th is being held in vtolatkm of the SRA constitution. This constitutkm is specifk: in its election requirements. Section 5, page 3 states: "Ttie electkm committee shall tie responsible for conducting fair and impartial elections in accordance with the rules of electoral procedure established in this constitutkm." Section 1, page 4 (Elections) specifies, "All regular elections...shall be conducted...two weeks before the spring semester tireak." Ttie spring break begins March 16th, eleven days after ttie election. By my calendar two weeks equals fourteen days which means ttie election should be heW March 2nd to conform with tfie constitution. So what's the big deal over two days? Why have a constitution if parts of it can tie ignored? More disconcerting Is ttie reaction of most Sf?A members to tfie urKonstltutional ctiarge ttian over the error. It was an oversight freely admitted by election chairman, Ramon Valdez. Some members, however, were more concerned over ttieir image ttian with rectifying ttie mistake. President Ronnie Garcia (wtio is running for reelection) spent several minutes discussing how ttie SRA could "save face." A motion to rctum tfie election committee report to the commitiee to resctiedule the election received three yes votes: Kevin McCormkk, Joe Izbrand and Mattfiew Murguia. E l ^ t members were not in attendance so it is not as bad as it kxiks (if you call the absence of 1/3 of the SRA good.) Tlie point in bringing Up the matter is tfie fact that only tfiree weeks were allowed for candklates to file and campaign. Pubbcity was practically nonexistent. The usual SRA election vote is less tfian 5 % of eligible voters. If tfie election were bettor planned and pubHcized it is just possible tfiat more students ndght run for office. On ttie morning of February 19th. on* day before tfie filing deadline —
10 candidates had filed. However, after luiKh on that same day, large posters were placed around campus reminding students to file before 5:00 p.m. tfie next day. As a result of this added publicity, or perfiaps in spite of ttie lack of publteity eariier, a total of 28 candidates had tiled as of 5:00 p.m. Friday, February 20th. On February 19tli, Ramon Valdez, SRA election committee c h a i r m a n , a n d T h e Paisano editor met with Dora Hauser, Dean of Students, to request that she intervene and postpone the eletction. Altfiough permitted to do so tiy
the UTSA Institutional Rules, Dean hlauser declined to take diis step as she felt that tfie majority of SRA members tiad voted to hold tfie election as sctieduled knowing tfie circumstances. Dean hlauser also felt that tfie required two week period tiefore spring break could lie interpreted to include the full week of ttie second week prior to spring tireak. Write-in votes are permissable in SRA elections. Students missing the filing deadline but wishing to run may still campaign. Hopefully some students will do this.
Letters To H i e Editor
Professor Defended Editor. In the February 10, 1981 Issue of The Paisano, you encouraged the student body to comment or vok:e any concem regarding the maintenance of a superior faculty. We as students would Idee to take advantage of this opportunity to express our concem and support in the case of Dr. Davkl Saliba. Due to per sonal prejudk:es, he finds his chances for tenure nonexistent; tfierefore.his job is in jeopardy.
Unlike ttie professors referred to in the letter to the editor, whk:h appeared Febmary 10, 1981, Dr. Saliba is both well (Hiblished 2und an excellent instructor, hlis intellectual ability is h i ^ y regarded by several of his colleagues, and tiis concem for students is remariiable. Ttierefore, on wliat are the prejudices wfiich tie is encountering from his superiors based? We tiave tieard ttiat one of fiis superiors consklers fiim professkmally irresponsible and lacks concem for tiis students. This is untrue. In fact, Dr. Saliba cared so much for his Uterary Dream Interpretation dass sctieduled for 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday ttiat fie rescfieduled tfie class time to 8:30 a.m. by what we believed
UTSA Image Most Important Editor, Ttiis letter is in regard to "Why Professors Leave UTSA.* I fiave been a student here for two years now and I do not feel that UTSA has that bad of a faculty as ttie letter implies. A newcomer could easily be misinfluenced by that letter. Granted not all ttie professors I've had are good te2K:fiers/researctiers, but not all the studeits are good students. A kit of the good professors are still teaching tiere. Since ttie faculty is small, for a university, ttiere is more opportunity ior good student/teactier relationship. Ttie teactier is in a position to get to know tfie student and offer help. I do not know of a professor tiere who is unwilling to get to know or help a student wtio asks for tielp or appears interested in a partfcrular subject. As a ctiemistry major, our department is small, but I personally feel UTSA has
some of ttie best chemistry professors around. Ttiey're lielpful, involved with tlie students, doing interesting research and are knowledgeable in ttieir specific area. N a t i o n a l university recognition will come from tfie students applying what tfiey learned tiere and spreading ttie word about tfie university. A good student will leam his fiekl and not memorize to get by in his classes. Students rarely tell otfiers of ongoing reseaixih at ttieir university. But whatever ttiey teamed wiD stiow out in ttie working world. UTSA does need more atliletics to boost morale and enroUment and put us in ttie higher league, but Fm sure in time tfiet will come. UTSA, ior sure, does not need anyone pulling it down with a b t of criticism as it's trying to build itself up. The scfiool is still very new-only about 12 years oki.
to be an unanimous vote. Unfortunately, ttiis led to a few Name Withhekl minor problems. A couple of students were absent during the vote, and ttierefore, tfiey were unaware of ttie class change. Consequently, they went home. And, secondly, one student was supposedly forty five Ttie P a i s a n o is published by tlib Student Newspaper A s t o d a t k ^ of minutes late to his next class Ttie University of Texas at San Antonio zund is not sponsored, financdue to Dr. Saliba over- ed or endorsed by the UTSA, and ttie University assumes no responextending tiis class. Ttiis is also sibility for its content. false. Never has his class mn over 9:15 a.m. In fact, tie en 'Editor JohnG. Johnson courages us to leave if he Managing Editor . . Yolanda Saklana stiould run overtime. After all, Campus News Editor ^. Unda Koehler the students should tiave some Features Editor. . Isabel Perez-Ralston responsibility with regard to Business and A d Manager Mk:hael Sopher class attendance and prorrqiPhotographers Kurt Geisler and Roger CastiUo tness. Any repercusskms which Staff Alan Gonzalez, Cathy Shuptrine, C a r d have arisen due to tfie class lieMoore, Teresa Ross, Kathy Park, Carios Guerrero, Jr., Judith ing rescheduled are not ttie fault Valdez, Paul Shope, Carla McGill, Jeny Austin, Nan EUzey, Julie of Dr. Saliba. He was only tryBaxter, Gil Fulgencki, Alberto J . Urcelay, Frances •Botdb, Usa ing to accommodate his class Casanova, Domaso Rodriguez, Ruben Zuniga, Alex De La Pena and at ttieir request. Yvette Claik. We feel that if Dr. Saliba leaves UTSA it would result in ADVERTISING RATES a great loss to tlie students, other faculty memtiers, and ttie Student Organizatkins and Campus Elections $3.00 per U n i v e r s i t y as a w h o l e . column irKh Therefore, we wish to offer fiim any fielp ttiat tie may need to ', Political advertising must comply with all state and federal counteract the prqudk:e tie is re^ilations. Payment must accompany copy. facing. The Paisano reserves the right to edit all copy not complying Thank you, with standards set by the editorial staff.
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Letters to the Editor Publication of Evaluations Needed Editor, While the so-called "Publish or Perish" system sometimes rewards poor teachers for neglecting their students, publicatkin by UTSA faculty members is very important to ttie futures of UTSA students. As a new scfiool, we need to establish a good reputation so ttie best jobs and graduate schocds will be available to UTSA graduates. A good publication record is even more important to a school like UTSA because of its admisskms policy. All otfier tfiings being equal, a student with a degree from a school which only accepts high ^ h o o l students with A averages will be preferred over one from a school which accepts C students. If ttie student body won't establish the reputation for UTSA, the faculty. must bear the bad. (Sports won't help. If athletic success were a factor, sctiools with spectacular lack of intercollegiate sports prowess like Rice a n d N o r t h w e s t e r n wouldn't tie as prestigkHis as tfiey are.) There is a way to encourage instructors to attend to tfie teacfiing skle of ttieir jobs as well as to ttie research side, tiowever. As an undergraduate I attended a school in Upstate New Yorit which,, like UTSA, was eager to establish a good reputation soon after its founding. When tfie dismissal of several fine teachers prompted a "publish or perish" uproar among students, the students came up with a solution which proved extremely workalile—a student-run teacher evaluation IHogram. Ttie reason why publication is more important than teaching is that teactiers don't receive THE M I U M I APMTMEHT CMOin FO* UTSA
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recognition for tfieir skills, while researctiers do. The evaluation gave faculty members ttiat recognition. Basically, the survey ran like this: each student was asked to rate each course they'd taken .the previous semester on a scale of 1-7. Questions were asked on the instructor, the course material, the difficulty of ttie course, ttie reading material and the grading. Wtien the class sctiedule for ttie next semester came out, each course being offered for whk:h a student rating was available weis listed in a book, whk:h students could purchase for a small fee whfch covered printing and compilation costs. A t first ttie faclty was aghast, charging ttie ratings encouraged easy courses over ctiallenging ones, and was more a popularity contest than a scientific study. But ttie students kept it going and it began to tiave an effect: (1) because faculty members with abysmal records found themselves in trouble when ttiey met ttie tenure committee, and (2) because the allocatkxi of funds and faculty positions for departments were hinged pardy on average class enrollments, so departments found it in tfieir best interests to encourage good teaching as well as quality research. After a couple of years, tfie program expanded as faculty members began contributing ttieir planned grading polk:ies, reading lists and course objectives in the evaluation book, which helped the students even more. It took a lot of dedicaed extracurricular work, but tfie program remains successful after 9 years. M a r k Brunson
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FEBRUARY 24. 1981
MECHA Protests Changes in BBL Studies
Suggestions foi Improvements Adopted
( E d . note: T h e following letter w a s sent t o T h e Paisano In response t o a n article published In t h e F e b r u a r y 1 0 t h issue.) We the members of MECHA, on behalf of all concerned students at UTSA interested in the p r o g r a m of the Division of Bflinyial Bteultural Studies, submit ttie attached letter for publication in your next issue of T h e Paisano newspaper. The attached letter is an important document that follows a logical sequence in response to tfie article of Febmary 10, page 3, titled "Changes in BBL Program Explained" whteh appeared in T h e Paisano. We formally request ttiat this letter be published, fcwr it will clarify the article previously mentioned, written by staff member Alberto J. Urcday who paraphrases a letter sent to President Wagener. The attached letter is but only one of several being sent by both University and community organizations to ttie University Preskient. En Soledaridad Por MECHA, David Ortiz Lerma
Dear President Wagener, We are writing you conceming that course of study which most directly affects ttie education of children in the Chiceuio community: ttie Bdingual Education Endorsement Program. We have become aware that the recendy released (dated September 1, 1980) program of study eliminates Chicano culture courses almost erffifely. Whereas the previous requirements included three Chicano culture courses, the new program gives clear testimony to a lack of commitment to tfie Chicano communities' demands for educators qualified to deal with the specific culture and problems of our bicultural bilingual reality. The new policies ironically ignore the fact that Bilingual Bk:ultural programs were instituted in response to ttie minority demands for cultural self-determination and cultural maintenance formulated during the Civil Rights movements of ttie 60's. The new program demonstrates a trend toward a "generalized" bicultural approach incompatible with our interests. Upon consulting with faculty memtiers from ttie Division of Bk:ultural-Bilingual Stitflies conceming these changes, tfiey indicated ttieir surprise at tfie/new endorsement program. Ttiey evidently did not participate in tmenactment of the new pro^'am. As concerned members of ttie Cfucano community and UTSA students we call for the following: 1. A n investigation and report conceming tfie procedure w h k h was followed in instituting ttiese changes in ttie BBL endorsement program; a report conceming ttie administrative legality tfiereof. 2. Ttie immediate reinstatement of the tfiree Chicano culture courses as requirements for Bilingual Education Endorsement. Whereas we are aware that these radical changes in the endorsement program were not enacted in the President's Office, we tum to you and request your assistance in this matter. And whereas we feel that the responsibility for these insensitive program changes rests with the Diviskin of Bicultural I j i a l Studies, the changes do ultimately reflect upon the UTSA uuministration.
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by K a t h y P a r k a n d Teresa Ross Since T h e Paisano's investigation of servkxs provided by the Snappy Snack Vending Company, some improvements havebeen attempted. Suggestion boxes for complaints are currently being constmcted by personnel from UTSA's Physical Plant and will be placed at certain locations near vending machines. A university staff member, under the direction of Joe Powell, makes daily rounds to cfieck tfie vending machines. Altfiough providing Dr. Pepper does reduce the profits of Snappy Snack, a price increase tiad tieen agreed to last year as compensation. Snappy Snack randomly places Dr. Pepper in some machines but not in tfie more popular locations as promised. Additional refund locations are now available in the cafeteria and tfie bursar's offke aside from the c»1ginal refund site at the bodtstore. The lilnary is being considered as an alternate refund station for tfie c o n v e n i e n c e of e v e n i n g students. Joe Powell, UTSA's business manager, does realize the need to audit the financial records pertaining to Snappy Snack's sales at UTSA. However, because of the . time and finarKes involved in conducting such an audit, Powell does not feel an audit is feasible at this time and ttie matter is still lieing locked into.
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[ Friedrich Park Offers Escape by I s a b e l P e r e z - R a l s t o n Escape to the trees, escape to ttie hills, escape to the birds and animals, escape to nature escape to Friedrkh Park. Located in the scenk Texas Hill Country approximately 5 miles west of tfie UTSA. cam pus on IH 10, Friedrich Paric is a sanctuary of unbridled wilderness. Roughly 200 acres of virgin terrain comprise tfie park donated to ttie City of San Antonki by Norma Friedrich Ward in memory of her parents. You can plan your escape to serene asylum during free time between classes, W e d n e s d a y through Sund a y f r o m 9 : 0 0 a . m . to 5 : 0 0 p . m . . wtien the park is available for public enjoyment.
oak on the ac^acent hills and an impressive view of ttie San Antonk) skyline. The Forest Range T r a i l offers paved areas with special provisions for tfie physkally handk:apped so ttiey may also take advantage of this nature-lovers' haven. So, if you're tired of kxiking at buiklings and parking b t s let nature fill your senses escape to Friedrich Park.
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by Craig Humphrey N e w s w e e k critic David Ansen claims Lily Tomlin is one of the funniest people ahve. This is true; however, TomUn's N a t u r e abounds I n t h e u n b r i d l e d wilderness of F r i e d r i c k new movie T h e Incredible Shrinking Woman" is far frxxn P a r k . P h o t o by N a n E l l z e y being incredibly funny. It's hopeless. Tornlin's extraordinary talents are wasted in tfiis t t i r o u ^ March 13 and at St. vefiicle. . Mary's University Academic Library, paintings by Elizabeth Gutierrez will be presented Tomlin plays Pat i<ramer, a tfirough March 19. typk:al contemporary American by J e r r y A u s t i n During the latter part of February and c o n t i n u i n g tfirough March ttiere will be a myriad of exhibits aM--lively arts presentations being offered to tfie public.
Scheduled at UTSA are exh i b i t i o n s by several art students. L i f t e d sculptures by Charlene l ^ t h b u m may be viewed in the Arts Building lobby on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Ptiotographs and handmade books by students of Laurence Miller will be exhibited in the foyer of the second floor of tfie John Peace Library. Miller, a New York City-based photographer, was visiting professor of photography during ttie fall semester. The exhibition is scheduled through February 27.
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Shrinking Woman'' Lacks Plot
Cultural a H i J - ^ Happenings
Numerous trails ttiroughout ttie 9'ounds alkiw for ttie savoring of unspoiled nature. Over fifty different species of native plants can be found within ttie park, from towering two hundred year old cedar, to plush fern communities. Strategic observation points allow for ttie secluded viewing of game and the peaceful surroundings prove excellent for birdwatching. Ttie trails are highlighted liy archedogical sites w h k h served as work areas of prehistoric Indians. The mgged V i s t a Lcx>p trail leads to panoramk scenes of ttie patchwork of juniper and
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Movie Review
Falltas
Chicharrones
Chorizo con Huevo
Papas con Huevo
The T h i r d Texas Sculpture Symposium Exfiibition" will be tiekl at Southwest Texas State University from February 19
Ttie Frost Bank will feature t h e d r a w i n g s of Robert Hugman, the architect wfio helped to design the San Antonki River Walk, ttirough February 27. Hugman developed artistk: and poetk: statements for the river, envisioning a place where restaurants wouki serve foods of all nations and wtiere gondolas would g ^ down ttie river. The Frost Bank exhibit includes framed and matted sketches of Hugman's envisioned devekipment and a videotape of ttie "Eyes of Texas" televiskin program w h k h centered on fiis wcffks. The exhilMtion is open to tlie public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday ttirough Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. The San Antonio Symphony will present ttie opera "Madama Butterfly" on March 13 and 15 at the Ttieatre for tfie Performing Arts. Ttiere will be a special student performance on March 17. For more information, call 223 5591.
housewife. Her husband. playe( by Cfiarles Grodin, is an ad ex ecutive constantly bringing home new products for Lily to try. Because of tier exposure to such untested products as Sexpot perfume and Galaxy ghie, Uly gradually beings to shrink. From tfiere, ttie plot also begins to stirink. Government baddies kkfnap Utde Lily in hopes of obtidning a serum from her ttiat will reduce ttie size of tfie entire workfs population.
Tomlin is not to hiame tor this mess of a movie. First time director Joel Schumacfier, wfio wrote the box office bombs "The Wiz" and "Car Wash," experiences great difficulty on this, his first effort. It seems tfiat tie tries to inject an underlying social statement alxxit the dangers of modem day advertising in ttie film, but ttie idea gets kist in ttie seemin^y sitcom plot. The special effects also leave much to be desired. Tfiey are reminiscent of tfie mkl-60's television stiow "Land of tfie Giants" which featured 6 inch tall people in constant liattle with mad scientists. Wlienever a doU-size Uly is sfiown, ttie film appears fuzzy and grainy. Ttie effects are tiadlv si:^H:ed.
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Lily Tomlin has once again cfiosen a worttiless movie to sficwcase tier unlimited taiente. Except for tier dramatk: debut in Robert Altman's T^ashviUe' and maybe Cobn l-figgins "9 to 5 , " L i l y ' s o t h e r movies ("Moment by Moment." "The Late Sliow") tiave been giant fiascos. Sfie has not yet captured tfie energy or power of tier hve performances on film. With tfie right movie role, Uly Tomlin could become ttie 8(7s fjucille Ball.
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Conflict in El Salvador by Dr. Robert Patch, Division of Social Sciences The people of El Salvador are experioicing a revolutionary confhct made more vkilent by ttie involvement of the super powers. Altfiough ttiere is some disagreement regarding the cause of ttie revolution in ttiis Central American country of about 4Vi millkxi people, most Latin Americanists think that ttie essential factor is tfie social, economic and political structure of El Salvador, not ttie fomentation of disorder by outsiders. Tfie economy has for a king time been oriented toward the export of coffee, sugar and cotton. Until last year ttiese crops were produced on large pliantattons. Since some 300 families owned tfiese plantations, in effect an oligarchy contixiUed both the land and the economy of ttie country, wtiile ttie vast nruqority of ttie people were landless farm laborers, sharecroppers or tenants. This is ttie heaol of ttie current problem, for tfie luxury of the oligarchy and ttie poverty of ttie mz^ority of ttie people bred dissatisfaction,., desire for ctiange, and, finally, revolution. In order to prop up this inequitable distribution of wealth and to maintain ttie status quo, right-wing dk:tatorstiips have kxig controlled ttie Salvadoran government. Ttiese dictatorstiips, usually military in nature, fiave tiad to use force and vkdence to accomplish ttieir goals, a n d consequently human, civd and even religious rights have been systematically vk^ted for a king time.
resistance* t o military dictatorship and oligarchy lias increased, as economic problems in the 1970's intensified both the poverty and sodai conflict long existent in El Salvador. Moreover, the increasing social awareness of ttie Catholic Church produced a crop of new popular leaders, especially -priests and nuns,' who increasingly criticized social injustice and called for reform. To meet ttiis growing popular resistzuice, the dictatorsh^ intensified repression, and in particular began to s i n ^ out priests and nuns for assassination. That tlie government was able to intensify repressk)n uias due in part to foreign involvement in El Salvador's s t i u g ^ . Ttie first foreigi coUntry to pursue a policy of invdvement in El Salvadcx's affairs was the United States, which ttirou^Kxit ttie twentieth century lias maintained a tutelary relationship with all of Central America and has tried to direct tlie tiistorical development of El Salvador in particular. Traditionally this rdationship tias entailed significant military aid for ttie Salvadoran government to keep tfie country in line with American directives. In tfie 1960's, tiowever, econoqnic.aid tiecame more important in monetary terms than military aid. But the latter has<continued to be signifkant, and has improved the government's ability to crush resistance.
According to recent reports, alttiou^ tfie evidence is l>y no means clear, it is also possible ttiat tfie Soviet Unkm tias gotten involved in El Salvador. Apparently, Uist year American arms captured in Vietnam and Ettikipia were stiipped via Cuba Resistance Increased and/or Nicaragua to the In ttie past several years_^ Salvadoran revolutionaries,,
some of wfiom are Marxists. Consequently El Salvador has become a battleground. In 1980 alone about 9,000 people were killed as a result of ttie stmggle between a militarily starengthened dk:tatorship and guerrillas who are lietter armed than before.
Changes Occur In 1980 important changes took pilace in El Salvador. After tfie overttirow of one dictator, a junta took power, and lasV March liegan a major agrarian refonm. This effort, encouraged by ttie Carter Administration, is intended to defeat revolution by eliminating some of the inequalities breeding revolution. Eventually more than 40% of ttie people are supposed to receive land in this agrarian reform. Anottier change occurred last December, when Jose Napoleon Duarte, a moderate, liecame president. It is possible that this new government will carry forward the agrarian reform, defuse ttie revolution, and bring some staliility to El Salvador. However, President Duarte has not been able to control members of his own government, some of whom have used extensive violence to sabotage the refcMm effcMrts and to continue the policy of mass murder. Moreover, ttiese rig^twing diehards have recently received American encouragement, for ttie Reagan Ad ministration is less favorably inclined to reform than its predecessor, and tias in fact stated ttiat ttie U.S. government no bnger discourages right-wing military cbctatorship. Ttierefore it is possible that once the revdution is contained or cmstied, ttie Salvadoran ex-
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treme ri^t will dispense with showpiece reform, eliminate the land reform program, and effect a return to ttie pre-revolutionary status quo. Finally, it is also possible, altfiough no bnger probable, that the revolutionaries will win the ongoing struggle. In any case, one thing is certain: more violence and bkiodshed await the people of El Salvador.
Microform Conserves Space by Frances Botello
Those wtio have attended UTSA for at least one semester tiave probably experienced tfie stress and strain of doing research work. The microform reading room, in/the^ reference n of the \iprary, helps to alleviate some of this stress. Before tfiis semester, some of the problems existed because there were not enough microfc»mn copiers available and ttie one in use at ttie time frequently produced poor copies. Now five new copiers tiave tieen obtained which can copy both microfilm and microfiche. When Ul SA opened it was necessary to buy materials no bnger in print in the form of either microfilm or mfcrofiche. Now almost all of the journals
and magazines in ttie reference room are in mkrofilm. At ttie end of each year, journals and periodicals are removed from the current periodbals reading room and microfilmed. The microfilm is then placed in the reference room with the microforms from previous years. Having most materials in microform is convenient for different reasons. The main reason is simply that there is not enough roran for bound materials to accumulate in the reference room. Since there are no plans in the near future for expanding the facilities of the reference room, conserving space is a major corxem. Anottier reason is ttiat having materials in microform discourages vandalism because there is less chance of damage to microform than a magazine. Students generally find ttie microform system convenient, more so than txxind copies.
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A major step taken recently by UTSA President Wagener was tfie estal)lisfvnent of a committee cfiarged w i t h creating a program (Xi tfie question of student fiousing. Fourteen students were interviewed on wfietfier tfiey would consider living on campus if such facilities were available. Tfie following is a summary of their responses. T e r l C a r s o n , education: 1 would be willing to live on campus for tfie convenience and tfieopportunity for independence at a reasonable price. B a r r y B e c k m a n , accounting: I)efinitely, Tm interested in building campus life credibility. J o h n A s t o r i a , physical education: No. I live too close, but I think it would be great to have it. Cynthia Medina, psycfiology: Yes! It's closer and
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Started, fixing flats, untocking doors, and answering emergency calls. Some emergency calls Everyday tfie Campus Police involve accidents and injuries. It patrol tfie parking tots and may seem like an officer is txiildings of UTSA, t>ut ttiey do never around wtien you need more ttian just give tickets. Ac him/her but ttiere are always cording to Chief of Police, seven offtoers on duty at one Manuel C. Chavez, "Tfie main purpose of ttie campus poltoe is time. to provkle security for tfie The main problem the University's population, the prodepartment faces is in ttie parkperty of ttie students, and the ing areas. "Within one year, property of the s,tate. We pro- 1,343 parking citations and vkle assistance as well as 3,436 no decal citations were security and we strive to make issued. The reason is ttiat the campxis a better place for students are not txiying parking those who attend UTSA." permits. It seems they just Some of the lesser known acforgef to fxiy one or ttiey just tivities that the campus police do not take ttie time to do so. are involved in are getting cars People who have ttiree or more no decal tickets are sut>iect to tiaving their car immobUized t)y the d e p a r t m e n t , " states Ctiavez. FOR T H E Ttie police and administrativt staff, numl)ering twenty-four. by Yvette Clark
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would live in tfie dorms. I wouU fiave much better access to campus facilities. I woukl he actually saving money on gas.Danlel G. Robledo, l)iology: Dorm's are no use to me as 1 live in San Antonto; but, a couple of friends wtio come from out of town find it cUfftouk to cope with the cost of apartments. Duncan D i x o n , preengineering: Yes I woukl, but I only live three miles down tfie road, it w o d d only be a questton of money. J u d y V e l a , txisiness: Protxibly; it would be atot cbser for me. T o m C a m p o s , finance: Yes 1 would live in ttie dorms providing rent would be cfieaper tfian wfiat I currently pay. Some other factors would include decreasing gas expense, easier access to university facilities, and the social l)etterment of living closer with other students.
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receive no federal grants like the San Antonto Pdfce, but do receive state and local grants Income from parking citations and ticket fines also help to pay salaries and the upkeep of parking tot signs. All of tfie offtoers in tfie department are sent to poltoe schools such as the Texas Department of PubUc Safety and the Criminal Investigatton School in San Marcos. Each officer must tiave 60 tiours of college credit, be in good health and pass psycfidogical evaluations, general tests and interviews. Tfiey must graduate from the Poltee Academy in Austin tiefore becoming an officer. Ttiey have jurisdiction on ttie UTSA campus and fiave some of the same duties as San Ai'.'jr.k- P'^iift- '''lavP' con eluded, "We are very proud of H.r department.'"
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Society in Perspective l>y Casey M a g a n It was January 14. A friend and I had gone to see tfieKntoks cfiallenge the Spurs tiere at fiome. We tiad terrilile seats to begin with, iMit moved down tluough the sparsely populated arena to sit closer to die ftoor in some of tfie empty seats. We were lucky and ended up seven aisles from the Spurs' foul line. Alxxit fialf way into tfie first quarter, a young-tooking man and tiis son arrived and sat almost direcdy in front of us. Tfie fattier carried tfie boy in tiis arms, hie was a large Ixiy alxMit eight years old and was mildly retarded. He was, what many people would call a "l>ad fjoy," and tie wrig^ed and squimied in his fattier's arms and caused a commotion wfiile being led to tiis seat. Even wtien seated, he'd ttirow tiis contorted txxly around and at tfie man. Tfie father never tried to "hush" tfie boy; was never onbarrassed by the arrogant stares and the bemused wfiispers tfie bo^f was getting fiim; but tried t ^ hardest to assure tiis son's comfort and satisfactton so tfiat tfie child could enjoy wliat was probably his first basketball game. Neverthdess, tfiey dkl not stay very king. The Ixiy was wearing ^ s s e s with lenses close to an inch t h i c k , but still fidgeting squinting so ttiat fie might see; even ttie ctiok:e seats fiis father IUKI Ixxight dkln't seem to fielp tfie struggle, hk'd constanth' push tiis eyeglasses up with tiny, angry fists, and rub tiis teary eyes. Tfiey sat for under five minutes, the fattier attenqiting to point some players out to the Ixiy, explaining the concepts of tfie game. But still tie jumped
up and down afid exclidmed to tiis fattier ttiat he wanted to leave. So, tiis dad bundled him up in his arms, and in the aisle tried to adjust his glasses for him. Ttiey left with the boy whimpering on his fatfier's stioulder — tfie tattler's hand stroking ttie ho^s tiead. Alxxit ten minutes after ttiat, two boys of about fourteen years c^d came to ttie very seats so recently occupied by father and son and explained to the usher ttiat a man and a boy tie carried in tiis arms had given tfiem ttie tickets. "Yeah, fie weis real ntoe. hie said we could have tfiem since ttiey were leaving." Tlie ustier led tfiem in. This is a story alxxit love and virtue. It is a stoiy of a man wtio couldn't give anottier human being e n o u ^ tove. Yes, it is a stoiy about what is morally r i ^ t . It is protogue to a story about Vietnam and El Salvador and Iran and how fear leads to fiate until ttiere is little of wfiat is virtuous left in tfie world. Many will yawn and l a u ^ at what has to be said, but I will say it anyway tioping ttiat those same individuals will finally listen. What I mean to say, t t i r o u ^ presenting an example in terms of tfie love for a phystoally inferior human being l)y tiis father, is that tfiere is an alternative to he found wfiich opposes itself to tiate and fear and mistrust, ft is a bask: premise from wfitoh all else could follow in terms of love and trust if given the cfiance. Ttie alternative is presented in the Gokien Rule. "Do unto others as you would have tfiem do unto you." This is ttie fine point which brings all ttie great religtous of the world togetfier, containing the attitudes of Lao-tzu's Taoism, Skklfiartha Guatama's Buddfiism, find Jesus of Nazareth's
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Christianity. If this maxim were adhered to, undoubtedly, worid peace as well as inner peace would be close at hand. But tfiat may be too easy a solution. Confucius gives us this wonderful epigram: T h e m a s t e r s a i d , w h o expects t o be a b l e t o go out of a house except by t h e door? H o w is It t h e n t h a t no one follows this w a y of ours? In America, capitalism has taken the exalted place of the Golden Rule, and we live our lives by it. Now that imperialism has taken its toll, capitalism is ttie name of ttie game. Thea Alexander in her book, 2 1 5 0 A . D . , describes our present society in a way that is frightening because of its familiarity and truth. Our society is
" . . . d e d i c a t e d to the s e l f i s h e x p l o i t a t i o n of others In t h e interest of short-term material pleasures. This selfish b e h a v i o r Is p e r f o r m e d and perpetuated in the n a m e of our f r e e d o m , our f a m i l y , our city, our state, our n a t i o n , our religion, or In the n a m e of communism, socialism, capitalism, or some other d a m n l s m , a n d It has produced Inconceivable amounts of human miseryT h e w o r l d (of 1 9 8 0 ) Is a w o r l d of selfish divisions breeding suspicion, distrust, hatred, and endless conflict both internally and Interna
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tlonally. i t ' s a w o r l d so unable to cope and c o o p e r a t e t h a t I t has p o l l u t e d Its l a n d . Its w a t e r . Its a n i m a l life, a n d even t h e a i r w e b r e a t h e , to such a n extent t h a t our p l a n e t a r y survival Is In question. A s for our people, a t least o n e out of three lives I n poverty, disease, and semi-starvation. This...In spite of the fact that we have the resources and the technology to provide a d e q u a t e f o o d , clothing, shelter, m e d i c a l c a r e , a n d education t o each a n d every person o n this entire p l a n e t !
"If there be righteousness In the h e a r t , there w i l l b e beauty I n the character. If there be beauty In t h e character, there w i l l be harmony I n the home. I f t h e r e be harmony I n the home, t h e r e w i l l be order in the n a t i o n . If there be order in t h e nation, there w i l l be peace in the w o r l d (The G r e a t Learning)."
Contraceptive We are slowly leading o u r s e l v e s t o w a r d s selfdestnictton. But the time is running out and the p2K:e has begun to quicken. How much tonger must we continue in this deadly fashton? How much tonger will we point the accusing finger at others because they are different from us, either in appearance or belief? We study in our history books the xenophobia of the teens and eariy twenties; we sit aghast and in awe of the hotocaust and wonder how anything like that could have ever happened. Our problem is, we are so busy condemning the past and its attrocities, tfiat we have not even began to examine the present. We fiaven't ttie time to live for tfie moment and try to correct the fears tfiat could lead to worid destruction so that future generations will damn us for our wrongs. But before mankind can change, tfie indivkluals tfiat c o m p r i s e m a n k i n d must ctiange. I believe it is time for us
Counseling Available In an effort to provide UTSA students with an opportunity to increase ttieir contraceptive knowledge, the Student Health Center has initiated a Con Ir^ceptive Counseling Session The sesston is open to all university students, male and/or female. It is offa^ed every Friday from 12:30-1:30 p.m. and is leased on group in teractton and discussion. The contraceptive counsetor is also available for individual counsel ing after ttie group session. Ttie goal of the counseling session is to kkntify, clarify or reinforce a specific birth confrd modality. The contraceptive counsetor is responsible for specifk: education which woukl increase the efftoacy and safety of your chosen mettiodotogy. Interested students must come by the Student hiealth Center to register for the Contraceptive Counseling Sessions.
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History of PUF Outlined (Ed. note: The following artic l e w a s r e c e i v e d by "Ifie Paimarto a s a letter t o t h e Editor.) by J o s e p h M. Isbrand As auttior of tfie Studeant Ilepresentative Assembly motion calling for tlie inclusion of UTSA in ttie Permanent University Fund (PUF), 1 most anxiously await response to tlie clipping in tfie February 10 ecfition of The P a i s a n o , wtitoh asked for student support for Senate Joint Resolution 1 (SJRl). Although the PUF is of critical importance to filmier educatton in Texas, many students may not be fully aware of its impact. For tfiis reason, I wodd Hke to outline tfie history and basis of tfie Permanent University Fund. The Fund was written into tfie Texas Constitutton in 1883, and is now valued at more than $1 1 billion The University of Texas and Te x a s A&M are aUowed to use the interest
from ttie PUF (estimated at nearly $88 milbon annually) for construction purposes on tfieir campuses. UT receives two-tfiirds of tfie interest, Texas A & M one-ttiird. Because of constitutional provistons, the principal of tlie PUF must remain intact. In additton, tfie systems are permitted to issue revenue bonds for new construction, limited to 20 percent of the PUFs total value. The construction bond financing is provkkd for specifk campuses, and does not include UTSA. Senator Bob Vale's bill (SJRl) is two-fold in its plan to pay for improvements and construction on state college and university campuses (and ttie plan has already been approved by the Board of Regentsof ttie UT-system). Ttie first function of SJRl woukl be to expand the PUF to include all campuses in tfie UT a n d & M systems. The bonding auttiority of ttie PUF would lie increased from 20 to 30 percent, tfiereby accomodating 2iddition2tl scfiods' inclu
sion. Secondly, tfie bill would provide for ttie creation of ttie State Hi^ier Education Assistance Fund (SHAB^). This would establish a protected fund for colleges and universities, including tfiose outskle ttie UT and A & M systems. Since the 1979 State Lje^slature reduced tfie state ad valorem tax to ttie point of near extinction, tfie mzyor source of funds for construction (outskle of the PUF) is now jeopardized. If ttie opening of tfie PUF becomes a reality, it would provide milltons of dollars annuaUy to San Antonto's Health Science Center, Institute of Texan Cultures, and tocal UT campus. Vale's bill was introduced November 10, 1980. If passed in lx>th the State House and Senate, it will go to tfie voters for statewkle approval. The same legislatton was infroduced in 1979, with Vale as co-sponsor, but died in tfie House wtien a con
I urge all students to write ttieir State Representative and State Senators, expressing support of UTSA's inclusion. Likewise, an additional letter stiould be sent to Representative K.T. Patrick, whose district includes UTSA, and who lias come out against UTSA's inclusion. Our tuitions will continue to increase if we are not irKluded in the PUF. To provide an equal educatksn for all students in state supported colleges and universiti^, opening of ttie PUF is both important and necessary.
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ference committee could not agree to an amendment placed on ttie le^slatkxi. However, it had already passed tfie Senate. Vale has stated the chances of tfie bill receiving approval in both Houses this yeai are better. Currently, UTSA students pay general service fees that finance building prefects. UTSA's incluston in ttie PUF, therefore, would aUow for a decrease in tuition.
Pardon me, but ttiere is a commando in my classroom. Is somelxxly maldng a movie around here, or have we been invaded and nobody told me about it? No, I do not tfiink ttiere is a secret misston planned to attack El Salvador^nd the plane is leaving from outskle tfie hIB buikling right after classes. And to tfie best of my knowledge it has not been decreed by whoever it is tfiat decrees ttiese tfiings ttiat ttie newest fasfiion craze is to go to school dressed in a full combat army uniform. Nonetheless, all over UTSA one can expect to find students dressed in full army uniforms. Cute young ladies sit on the steps rezKling their psychotogy texts in combat boots and fatigues. Men in jungle camouflage outfits walk down tfie flails witfiout even checking tor snipers in ttie stairweUs. It looks like the capital of Afganistan around here.
as we all know it is now vital that we buikl up our national defense more and more in ttie face of rising ttireats. It was some smart aleck who saki tfiat if ttie defense budget ever reached $100 billton a year, (it is pushing $200 billton now), assuming ttie moon is 250,000 miles away, you could take a US dollar for every inch and go to the moon, and back, tfiree times. No wonder we have inflation. I also have heard that ttiey can now btow up every man, woman, and child on tfie earth with the equivalent of a pile of TNT ten feet high. ihere is n»j vay to com prefiend 100 billton of anything, and fortunately it is also dbfftoult to imagine getting blown up by a stick of TNT, let atone a pile of it. However, every day tfiat young people, most of whom fiave never left Texas, walk around in army uniforms, it is a i reminder of how much we humans love to pi<iy war, and how dangerous the future reaUy is.
Perfiaps some of us have been going to college for too long, Ixit it seems tfiat ttiere was once a time wfien tfiere was some objection to tfie militaiy presence on campus. Those days are gone now, and
I can just see it now . . . "^y dad fought in tfie l>ig war, and I voted for Reagan, and you got atot of nerve, and if we dkln't keep buikling more bombs they wodd land in Corpus tomorrow and you know diat." If the Ira-
nians do not want to txiy our McDonald hambugers ttien we will just have to make ttiem, right? All 1 want to know is wfiat happened to the $100 billton plus we spent on nuclear bombs last year? It is just a question now of tiow fine you want to sift ttie dust. It is fair to say that the ROTC is on campus at UTSA in a big way. The volunteer army may be hurting, but ttie volunteer officers corps seems to he doing just fine. A few recruiting stattons around town probably have quite a few plaques on ttieir walls for outstanding servtoe. In fact, i am going to have to go down to tfie surplus store and get something to wear so I can feel like I fit in.
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Musical Evening Presented T h e Untoom, ttie Gorgon and the Manttoore," a mustoal opera, will be performed Friday vening, February 27 at 7:30 pm. Tfie opera, billed as a madrigal fable, will have several choreography segments under ttie directton of HectcMr Hernandez. The evening will culminate with another opera, Ttie Old Makl and the Thief." Both mustoal operas are by Gian Carto Menotti and are being presented by UTSA's Diviston of Musto. Ttie evening of musk, dance and drama will be presented in the KIVA tocated in tfie MS Buikling on campus. John Silantien, conductor of the UTSA Chamber Chorale and orchestra and Evelyn Troxler, stage director, atong with
Hernandez, are in charge of ttiese two productions. Ttie UTSA Ctiamber Ctiorale composed of both UTSA students and community performers will star in the first opera. Ttie second opera. T h e Old Makl and the Thier will feature UTSA students from the Diviston of Musk. The Kiva, a new facility on campus, provides for an intimate "thcater-in-the-round" setting and afford^ an excellent view of tfie stage from any seat. Since seating will be limited, reservations will be necessary. Ttiere is no charge f«r ttie performances and reservations can be made by calling the UTSA Music Division office at 691-4357.
Jumping for Charity
The Health and Physkal Education Majors Club is sponsoring the annual American Heart Association JumpropeA Tlion en March 11. The jumping will t)egin at 2:00 pm in the Convocation Center and continm. until 6 pm. rtie entry fee is $2.50 per team member with each team consisting of four members.
Ttie entry fee is a donation to the American Heart Association for research. Tfie person jumping the tongest amount of time will receive a warm-up suit as first prize. Tfie second and third place jumpers will receive hophies. All participants will receive a T-shirt for ttieir jumping efforts. For more information call 6 5 4 - 0 7 8 9 or 6815384.