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April 30, 2012 | Volume 45, No. 22 | lavozdeanza.com
Students heard, assemblymen listen Assemblymen join students in dialogue for future Nolan McDonnell Staff Writer California assemblymen and local community college stu dent leaders facilitated the fo rum Funding Our Future April 19 at De Anza College. !"#$%&'()%*#$+,%-##.%/#%0)%1()% legislators here to listen to you to day, isn’t that great?” said Assem blyman Jim Bealle to the commu nity college students, waiting for tardy Richard Gordon. The panel, sponsored by the DASB brought Assemblymen Beall, DSan Jose; Richard Gordon DMenlo Park; Paul Fong DCupertino; Jerry Hill DSan Mateo and Bob Wieck owski DFremont with the student panelists; focussed on budget, program and financial aid cuts for higher education. Wieckowski admitted to not being up to date about the cur rent education budeget issues. “I’m a little embarrassed be cause when I was preparing for this, I found out that student fees have gone up 256 percent in the UC’s since 2001. I’m here to let you know of my per sonal embarrassment for that,” Wieckowski said. Threequarters of the students in the audience raised their arms when Ohlone College’s Kevin Feliciano asked “How many of
25, Psychology major said, “It makes buying books and go ing to school very difficult and very expensive. When every thing is added up I need to pay $159.00 per unit, take a mini mum of twelve units and it’s very expensive. I need EOPS to get my books after paying thousands of dollars per quarter for my education.” When asked about professors putting the class literature on line, Hellen Shirley, 28, Psy chology major said, “I think it’s a great idea. It would be go ing green and saving me a lot of green as well. It would also make my studies more conve nient during travel.” When asked not being able to add a class this quarter, Rich ard Smith, 23, Chemistry major said, “Yes. I have tried signing up for Reading 211 for the past two quarters but the class has al ways been full. It’s frusterating NOLAN MCDONNELL | La Voz Weekly because this is one of the lower ASSEMBLE - (from left) Jim Baell, Paul Fong, Richard Gordon, Jerry Hill and Bob Wieckowski participate in a panel, engaging students, faculty, and staffers alike to discuss the future of education level classes that I have to take in the coming years. in order to start taking the classes I really need to take to transfer.” you this quarter or last quarter to the assemblymen by sharing EOPS is needed by students. The California Legislatures were unable to get a class they how they have been affected by “EOPS in the last three years petitions can be found online at wanted because of class cuts?” the budget cuts with elevating has taken a 40 percent budget cut. forcechange.com. The twohour assembly al voices. One of the students, asked There are so many students who locatied the last 30 minutes for the assemblymen if they felt any need these programs and pro audience inquiries. fault for the budget cuts. grams like this,” Ramos said. Two students chose the Q and A Panelist Shaila Ramos of When asked about budget contact Nolan McDonnell at lavoz@fhda.edu segment to direct their frustraion De Anza told her story and how cuts to EOPS, Thao Nguyen,
Athletic commitee inducts deserving alumni at Athletic Hall of Fame banquet Mariah Bravo Staff Writer The De Anza College Athletic Hall of Fame Committee inducted the 2012 class of successful De Anza alumni althletes Saturday April 21. The banquet was held at Three Flames Restaurant in San Jose and included cocktails, a welcome din ner, and personal introductions for the 10 individuals and two former teams that made up the 2012 class inductees. The banquet was an intimate setting, attended by fac ulty, alumni, De Anza retirees, and friends and family of the inductee class. The Hall of Fame Committee led by Kulwant Singh (De Anza athletic director), took special time to select those who made up the 2012 class whom they felt were well deserving of the recognition. Ed Bressoud, Sergio Cardoso, Charlie Elder, Jessie Goodmonson,
Phi Theta Kappa wins honors Ami Bruce Staff Writer
Tuck Hasley, Billy Pecota, Debi SchaferBraun, Jeffrey Sevy, Bill Walker, Sharon Chatman, and the 19741975 and 19751976 Wom en’s Basketball Teams made up the 2012 inductee class. Although no special require ments were necessary for the com mittee to select this year’s class, there were no shortcomings in the realm of achievements from the in ductees. 2&)% 34'--% 5.34$6)6% 1()% 3#'3&)-% and two President’s Award recipi ents. Bressoud was a former head baseball coach at De Anza and World Series winner with the St. Louis Cardinals. Pecota played baseball for De Anza before he signed with the Kansas City Royals and spent eight 7)'+-%'-%5.1)46)+%5.%8'9#+%:)';$)% Baseball. <##6=#.-#.%>'-%/&)%1+-/%
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De Anza College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa won honors and '% 1()?-/'+% 3&'@/)+% +'/5.;% '/% /&)5+% annual conference held April 14 15 in Nashville, Tenn. The Distinguished College Project award was given for the chapter’s Peers Unite To Learn Through Scholarly Exchange program. This award is only giv en to 25 chapters in the U.S. “PULSE is a peer mentoring program,” Phi Theta Kappa VP of Membership and PULSE Co coordinator Christine Yu said. De Anza College’s Phi Theta Kappa chapter was also acknowl edged at the conference as one of the top 100 chapters in the nation. There are currently 1200 chapters of Phi Theta Kappa nationwide. “Our mentors are not tutors, HALLMARK - PTK wins the Hallmark Award for its PULSE mentor program.
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Campus Events | 2 MONDAY, APRIL 30 “PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE�
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April 30, 2012 lavozdeanza.com from PTK pg 1 they basically are here to help increase college retention rates,” she added. Through PULSE “we are encouraging [students] to get involved in activities, student gov ernment, ICC, clubs, and other stu dent organizations because when you get involved, you feel more closely tied to your school.” !"#$ %"&'($ )(**($ +,-.&/0$ '++1$ time away from their studies and 2+/1&3$ '"/+45"$ '"&$ "+6#3(70$ +8$ projects to ensure they were com pleted in time to be eligible for the awards received.
Chapter ratings are based on meeting specific requirements 6#1&$.+9*6&'#85$($:+66&5&$!/+; ect such as PULSE. De Anza’s chapter hopes the re cent attention will bring more inter est to Phi Theta Kappa. “If you are a really good stu dent and you get an invitation and you plan to transfer, it is a really good opportunity because there are a lot of connections 6#1&$ 0*&.#(6$ 0."+6(/0"#*0$ '"('$ (/&$ only offered to Phi Theta Kappa members,” President of the Alpha Sigma Alpha chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Bia Mattos Kneisley said.
Awards and educational ben &-'0$ (0#3&<$ =+2&$ >&6#&?&0$ '"&$ honor society offers character to its members as well. “Phi Theta Kappa emphasizes not only academic excellence but com munity service. Community service extends beyond the school. It’s just a great way to promote community service because you realize it’s just beyond your education. It’s bigger than what you are.” Lowe said. Coutesy of PTK.org
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TWRT hits cutting room floor Ed Chuck Staff Writer De Anza College has cut the Technical Writing program due to budgetary issues. The Higher Education portion of the 20112012 California State Budget signed by Governor Jerry Brown, was reduced by $529 million from the previous year; equaling a decrease of $8.5 million in operating revenue for De Anza. With rising college operating costs, a gap of $10 million needed to be bridged. Eliminating the program will save the school approximately $200,000 from the previous year’s budget, accounting for 2 percent of the necessary cuts. @A4/$ */+5/(9$ "(0$ 3+8&$ ($ -8&$ job of helping individuals prepare for employment; update their 01#660$ #8$ 2/#'#85<$ 9(8(5&9&8'<$
tools, and design; and achieve '"&#/$ */+,&00#+8(6$ 5+(60B$ C$ '"#81$ 2&$"(?&$9(3&$($0#58#-.(8'$#9*(.'$ on the lives of hundreds, even thousands, of De Anza students, (0$ 2&66$ (0$ ($ 0#58#-.(8'$ #9*(.'$ on corporations in Silicon Valley '"('$ "(?&$ >&8&-'&3$ ,/+9$ "#/#85$ individuals who received training in our excellent program,” an email from TWRT’s Department Chair and only fulltime faculty member, Marrietta Reber said. Reber is tenured with an English D4(6#-.('#+8$(83$2#66$>&$,+63&3$#8'+$ De Anza’s English department. De Anza has onetime reserve ,483#85$'+$'(1&$#'$'"/+45"$'"&$&83$+,$ EFGE<$>4'$#0$,+.40&3$+8$9(1#85$'"#0$ year a transition period to achieving a balanced budget. As part of De Anza’s Instructional Planning and Budgetary Team’s recommended cuts, the Technical Writing program is to be terminated.
Classes in the Technical Writing program are being phased out, affecting current students who (/&8N'$ (>6&$ '+$ &8/+66$ #8$ '"&$ -8(6$ offering of a class. The program was placed under suspension mode in 2009 due to earlier budget cuts. TWRT was allowed to run three upperdivision sections that school year and prohibited from accepting new students. C8$'"&$*(0'$-?&$7&(/0<$($'+'(6$+,$ST$ students have come away with an U00+.#('&0$I&5/&&$+/$:&/'#-.('&$+,$ Achievement in Technical Writing. Alternative programs for students interested in Technical Writing are available at Mission College, San Jose State University (83$K:$V&/1&6&7$MR'&80#+8B
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WINNERS - [left to right] Mehrdad Khosravi, Christine Yu, Bia Kneisley and Kristine Lowe stand with their award for their PUSLE mentor program.
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Womyn progress towards end of pay discrimination Martin Towar Freelancer April 17, 2012 was equal pay 3(7B$C'$9(/1&3$'"&$9+9&8'$2"&8$ a woman of any race, creed or .+6+/<$2+/1#85$,/+9$H(8B$G<$EFGG<$ would have earned the same *(7."&.1$ '"('$ ($ 9(8$ /&.&#?&3$ I&.B$JG<$EFGG$,+/$'"&$0(9&$2+/1B$ Despite equal rights groups and '"&$ KBLB$ 5+?&/89&8'$ 2+/1#85$ '+$ correct the gender pay gap since the late 1960s, women are still paid 78 cents on the dollar a single cent of progress. In remembrance, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission combined with De Anza College’s Women’s History M?&8'0$ '+$ "+0'$ ($ ,/&&$ 2+/10"+*$ April 24 to educate De Anza students and the local community on what they can do to correct the gap, starting with the interview and after they are employed. In occupations traditionally considered to be “women’s roles,” such as administration, sales and personal care, showing systemic discrepancies in pay against the national average, women aren’t just being paid less, they are paying each other less as well. “The nmbers are boggling,” said Linda Li, EEOC program analyst. “It still surprises people who are in the equal pay division.” The numbers are boggling; 80 percent of occupations have a
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pay discrepancy, especially the 6&5(6$ -&63$ 2"&/&$ ($ 2+9(8$ &(/80$ an average of $70,000 less than a man, and a woman can expect to have missed out on over $370,000 over the course of her lifetime. %"&$ 2+/10"+*$ 2(08N'$ ;40'$ '+$ create awareness of the gap but to correct it, one person at a time. @C,$ 7+4$ 3+8N'$ 18+2$ 7+4/$ rights what are you supposed '+$ 3+OP$ =#$ (01&3<$ (33#85$ '"('$ many of the company polices meant to obscure pay rates are actually illegal, such as policies prohibiting the discussion of pay 2#'"$.+Q2+/1&/0B$ According to both federal and state law, employees are fully allowed to discuss their pay with employees. If a company prohibits employees from discussing pay or terminates an employee for discussing pay, employees are urged to report that company to the national relations labor board or the California labor commission. Employers are also required, by both federal and state laws, to provide equal pay for a “substantially equal job.” “Substantially equal” refers to an occupation requiring similar, &R*&/#&8.&<$ &34.('#+8<$ 2+/16+(3$ and hours. Aside from providing education to combat unfair and illegal >40#8&00$ */(.'#.&0<$ '"&$ 2+/10"+*$ (60+$ */+?#3&3$ ($ 9+.1$ #8'&/?#&2$
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THE STRIP - Consumers browse up and down a food aisle at Cupertino’s Farmer’s Market on Saturday, April 21.
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Support local farmers, support your health Shaden Alamleh Staff Writer There is something so satis fying about purchasing locally grown food, baked goods and other products. For the past eight Saturdays, the De Anza parking lot is full of farmers who represent their products in booths, waiting for consumers to start their day right with fresh and organic products. Not only do customers learn about wholesome products, but it keeps money in the commu nity, and helps support home grown farmers. Vendors who serve the market weekly are enthusiastic about the atmosphere it brings. “I like being a vendor here; I see the same people every time, and I get to know more about De Anza,” said Carlos Diaz, a vendor for Mellows Nursery Farmers in Morgan Hill. But with the market still be ing somewhat new, attendance is still an issue. “We have not been seeing enough people come to the market,” said Johanna Borello, president of Bay Area Farmers. “The only time we get very busy
!"# $%&'# (%&# )#&*# +*,-&(# ./&'"# %&,&#*'0#(%*(#!"#(%#,"(#2*(3,0*4# of every month.” Sanjana Prabhakar, owner of It’s A Grind Coffee House, who sells micro roasted organic cof fee and tea, said, “We barely see any student from De Anza Col lege come to the market.” “We wish students of De Anza join us at the market,” said Ibra him Hamamjy, vendor and own er of Fresh Falafel in San Jose. “I would love to feed them and other people healthy food and educate them about how and what to eat.” A treasure trove of goodness is awaiting you in this farmers market. Become a passerby and discover new fruits for your pies, fresh baked bread and pas tries, different vegetables, and other natural products that feed the senses. It will have a huge impact on the nation’s wellbeing and agriculture. Visit the Farmers Market ev ery Saturday any time between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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USE ME - Trash receptacles and bikes show off their cute styles while waiting to be used properly on April 21.
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SHARE ME - Ashley Michaels, 22, and Ali Masood, 21, discuss being green through bus rapid transit.
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TAKE ME - Wendy Lao, 25, informs event attendees about Kirsch Center’s classes on Environmental Studies.
Earth Day gets local Leila Forouhi Opinions Editor Cupertino’s third annual Earth Day celebration to honor Mother Earth brought together local, so lutionbased environmental orga nizations on April 21, including De Anza College’s Kirsch Center for Environmental Studies. Environmental Studies aca demic planning mentor, Wendy Lao, 25, said she was participat ing to let people know about the variety of classes offered at the center, with transferrable courses in energy management, environ mental stewardship, biodiversity and pollution prevention. Said Foothill College student Ashley Michaels, 22, studying
to be a veterinary technician, “I came down here because it’s Earth Day and we live down the street. We didn’t get a chance last year.” Political science major at De Anza College, Ali Masood, 21, sat at the TransForm California to advocate for bus rapid transit (BRT) as a way to help students cut down their expenses. “It will save students money by providing viable, cheap, reliable, comfortable and a stressfree commute. And it would have Wi Fi,” he said. BRT is a partnership between the Santa Clara Valley Transpor tation Authority (VTA) and the !"!#$%"&'(' )%*!+,"%-' .*/01"%!0*2' They are planning to upgrade the
from PAY ME pg 1 frequent performance reviews to highlight where women have traditionally stumbled, resulting in lower wages after employment. The chief cause was a failure to negotiate a higher wage, and when asking, failing to provide what they are worth in a way their employer can understand. “My son always knows what he’s bringing to the company and says it,” said Jenny Er win, U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau regional ad ministrator. Women, for what ever reason, have had harder time at this.” This difference in attitude has been supported in stud ies by Princeton University where women and men were asked to negotiate a higher pay for themselves and for others. Women were able to secure a higher wage for others, regard less of gender, but were unable to secure a higher wage for themselves. To correct this, the EEOC recommends women not to set tle for a lower wage even in the current market, to do research on what the average wage for the position is, and then to ask for it. If wages are fixed, nego tiate benefits, vacation days or
with the prospect of a raise. “If you don’t care about your review,” Li said, “no one else will.” De Anza was chosen as the third workshop held by the EEOC this year to reach out to a younger generation, especial ly students. “Last year we drew around 80 folks to a Fair Pay Day event at San Jose State University,” Li said. “However, only about five or fewer folks were students. The rest were community ad vocates, general public, and HR and employer representa tives. Based on that experience we decided to try holding more targeted events this year.” More information on negoti ation techniques, how to report an employer for violations and where to research a position’s average pay can be found on the U.S. Department of Labor’s website, dol.gov/equalpay and at owp.sccgov.org.
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public transport service along the Stevens Creek Boulevard and San Carlos Street corridor. Described as a “light rail on rubber tires,” BRT will provide 1*+(' (%*!+0(' +3%4053' 343%6' &'43' ("' 10 minutes, and reduce commute times between Cupertino and San Jose by about onehalf, allowing more people to take advantage of public transportation. Erin Cooke, Cupertino’s sus tainability coordinator, spear headed the event. She considers it “a great model of success [be cause] people are leaving with passionate, new ideas that they hadn’t thought of before, which is a great model of success,” Cooke said. Cooke explained that each ven
dor closely followed the city’s “green policy” which laid out the type of materials to be used for distributing food, such as com postable containers, and ensur ing that people use the right re ceptacles for recycling, trash and compost. We Sushi vendor, Tomas Wu, 789'5"!&'%-3:'(;*('(;30%'%3+(*<%*!(' follows the city’s green policy in that they use compostable take out containers. All the food ser vice trucks, however, ran on gas oline generators during the event, which Cooke acknowledged as something to be improved upon. At the event, city council mem ber Rod Sinks participated in the city’s proclamation to acknowl edge Arbor Day in Cupertino,
which the city hopes will encour age tree planting and limit the re moval of trees. Sinks touted the city’s investment in electric ve hicles, pointing to its two electric charging stations located on Ro drigues Avenue across from City Hall. Other local organizations at the event included ELV Motors, which specializes in electric bi cycles, the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority, Commu nity Support Agriculture, and oth ers.
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from BANQUET pg 1 make this program possible. physical education and ministrative assistant at De Anza. Sevy was the first De Anza alumni to join the National Football League, and Chatman was the first head coach of Women’s Basketball at De Anza. Many inductees said favorable things said about De Anza in their speeches. “They remembered the De Anza experience that helped them keep going,” said Singh. They recalled De Anza as the “stepping stone for the student athletes and their careers.” Until last year there was not a Hall of Fame program at De Anza. It takes several hundred hours to set up the hall of fame program each year, and until 2011, the committee members were the only ones who stepped up and took the challenge to
“We resurrected the event because we felt like we had a lot of quality students athletes go through here; we have had a lot of top coaches and staff and we wanted to recognize people,” said Singh. Plans are underway to incor porate physical memorabilia to compliment the hall of fame inductees into the new De Anza outdoor arena as construction progresses.
contact Mariah Bravo at lavoz@fhda.edu CELEBRATING - (top left) Retired MLB player Bill Pecota (left) cheers with Andy Pecota after receiving his award. RECOGNITION - (top right) Awards for the first ever De Anza Hall of Fame Ceremony await to be presented. REUNITED - (bottom) Members of the 1974 and 1975 state champion womens basketball teams pose with their coach Sharon Chatman (center). photos courtesy of Julie Ceballos
TRACK profiles: Wade Tsang and Erick Almaguer Compiled and Photographed by Bryce Druzin
WADE TSANG
Sophomore thrower Wade Tsang is one of two male De Anza athletes to have a state qualifying ‘A’ mark, which he earned in discus. His best throw this season is 47.5 meters. Though he said he’s happy with his marks, he said he hasn’t met his pre-season expectations. “I feel like I’ve worked hard and the payoff hasn’t been that great yet,” Tsang
said. “But we still got a little bit of the season left, so I hope I’ll end up where I want to.” Tsang, who stands 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds, said as an undersized thrower, strength is his biggest obstacle. “As a small guy, my technique has to be on point to keep up with the big guys,” he said. Tsang said many people don’t realize how important technique is for his events. “You can’t just pick up something an just try to throw it,” he said. “It’s way too difficult.” Besides discus, Tsang leads the team in javelin with a mark of 46.64 meters and competes in hammer throw and shot put, as well. Tsang said throwers are often stereotyped as being fat. He objected to this and said throwers are “very athletic”, but added a caveat. “Most of them,” he said, chuckling.
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Freshman distance runner Erick Almaguer set an all time De Anza top10 record when he ran the 10,000-meter run in 33 minutes and 29 seconds at San Francisco State on April 6. It was also the ninth best time in the NorCal region this year. Not bad for never having run the event before. “I think I can run better than that,” Almaguer said. “But since it was my first time, I went too fast (in the beginning).” He ran three years in high school and often suffered from tightness in the hip. Almaguer said he’s been doing specific stretches to address the problem and this is the first year he’s been injury-free. Almaguer also holds De Anza’s season bests in the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter runs. He is ranked seventh and 15th, respectively. in these events in NorCal. He was straightforward when asked how the events are different. “They’re all the same because you feel the same pain, you still have to push” he
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7 | Opinion LA VOZ WEEKLY Political will remains strong despite ethnic studies ban
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Jay Chow Staff Writer As educated populations of Latino youth will soon be old enough to vote, the Tucson, Ariz. school district decided to ban ethnic and Mexican American studies in retaliation for a loss of rightwing political power. AntiLatino sentiment in Ari zona is old news. A few years ago Arizona passed the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (SB 1070), which has encouraged the police !"# $%&'%(()# *$"+(,# -%!'."# '//' grants. The federal government is now challenging the law in the U.S. Supreme Court. Many Ari zonans, however, blame the La tino population for stealing their jobs as this demographic contin ues to grow. “Latino and Chicano students are 62 percent of the student 0"1)#'.#234&".#%.1#5'!6'.#+7, years will make up 70 percent,” Richard Martinez, an attorney
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representing teachers, said on the radio program Democracy Now! According to Martinez, Tus con’s multicultural program has helped to close the achievement gap for Latino students. While only one in two Latino students graduate from high school in Arizona, the acclaimed Mexican American studies program saw three out of every four of their students graduating. Through the loss of this pro gram we can expect the high school graduation, and college admission rate of Latinos in Tus con to drop. The loss has also sparked a wave of youth political activism, and may act as a catalyst to revo lutionize students who would not have otherwise been politically active. Opponents of the ban call it a violation of the First Amend ment right of freedom of speech. Activists have held protests and sent copies of the banned books to students who can not afford their own. Students have also formed reading groups to read the banned literature together. “[These classes are] not just about the books but about open ing students’ eyes to a large po litical problem that we’re seeing in the United States more and
If you have just flipped through the channels in the last month, the name Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman should be no anomaly to you. After neighborhood watch volunteer Zimmerman killed the unarmed 17-year-old Martin in Sanford, Fla., a case emerged bringing up the stereotypical racism prevelant in our society. The case sent shockwaves through the nation through social media, news, and families too, including that of President Barack Obama. Less than a month after this vile incident, another hate-crime occurred with the same degree of violence. In Orange County, Calif., an Iraqi mother of five children, Shaima Alawadi, was bludgeoned to death in her own home and was found with a note saying “This is my country. Go
back to yours, terrorist.” What many of us failed to realize during our “Justice for Trayvon Martin” protests and rallies was that his case was only a tiny microcosm of the hatred rampant against people of color. It’s easy to sympathize with an African-American victim, yet a Muslim woman who was killed much more brutally gets barely (if any) coverage in the media. Even after her death, Alawadi continues to be blatantly discriminated against for being Iraqi. My point is that racism is a deeply-rooted concept in the origins of this country and most of us seem to hear about the hate-crimes only when the media picks it up (which is pretty rare). Trayvon’s parents are getting some sort of closure, but what about Alawadi? The police of El Cajon, San Diego just dismissed the case as a hate-crime and her murderer is still on the loose. This is an injustice in and of itself.
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more,” said De Anza instructor Paula Silva, who teaches a read er of the banned literature in her English writing class, along with instructors Marc Coronado and Alex Giardino. Coronado said the literature has already been part of her teaching. “I think what we are doing dif ferently this quarter is teaching them in a unique context which is the historical moment going on right now,” Coronado said. “There’s been a real outcry by the Chicano and Latino authors who weren’t on the list. Authors are asking, ‘Why wasn’t I on the list? I want to be on that list.’ . . . [It’s become a] source of pride to say ‘my book is so important that it scares this group of people.’” The Arizona Latino commu nity is still a long way from re covering from the loss of their multicultural studies program. But instead of inhibiting the edu cation of Mexican Americans in Arizona, the banning of the Mexican American studies pro gram has created a reason for the youth to become more politically involved.
Books banned by Tucson Unified School District:
- “Chicano! the History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement” by Francisco A. Rosales - “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” by Paulo Freire - “Occupied America: A History of Chicanos” by Rodolfo Acuna - “Rethinking Columbus: the Next 500 Years” by Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson - “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare
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will silence oppositon Sam Amador Staff Writer The U.S. Supreme Court has effectively silenced lawsuits against unwarranted stip searches by police since authorizing the searches for those arrested for minor offenses. Normally, jailers resort to full cavity searches for serious crimes such as drug offenses. With the new court ruling, police can strip search anyone arrested for any reason without a warrant. Despite the Supreme Court’s supposed tradition of consistency, the issue of unwarranted searches has been resurrected in these post 9/11 times. The majority of chief justices would agree that with the widespread protests
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