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Bill Clinton’s message to California: Proposition 227 will not work. The president blasted the ballot measure that will eliminate bilingual education from California public schools, if passed by voters in June. But while the Clinton Administration criticizes the measure as too harsh to young children, educators and parents are taking action to fix what many say has done a disservice to native and non-native speaking children. “Bilingual education has been a colossal failure,” said Jim Colon, parent of four children in the Santa Ana school district, “and as soon as administrators own up to the truth, we can help our kids.” Bilingualism has long been blamed for contributing to California’s poor showing in standardized tests and contributing to the high rate of remediation necessary to prepare incoming freshman for college level studies. Colon founded the Academic Booster Club at the predominately Hispanic Saddleback High School
Through the School of the Arts, 30 scholarships are available for students. In the Art Department there are not enough students applying for departmental scholarships, but in the Music Department, more students audition for the 14 available scholarships than the department has to give out. “There is a desperate need for scholarships, we have almost none,” music professor Martha Baker said.
in Santa Ana, where parents can actively participate in their child’s education. Improving SAT scores and reducing the drop-out rates are the first items on the club’s agenda. The state Department of Education reports that the Santa Ana school district’s SAT scores average 911, one of the lowest in the state—where bilingual education weighs heavily. He said his hardest job is breaking through apathy on the part of parents and the untruths the District purportedly stands behind. Colon dismisses Saddleback’s 13 percent dropout figure as incorrect, claiming the rate is much higher. He plans to press the district for money to employ SAT preparation trainers. Other parents anxious to make up for their children’s lack of performance are turning to private reading programs designed to improve comprehension and word attack skills. The Institute of Reading Development has enrolled 10,000 students statewide for this summer’s program, a higher number than last year. “People call here from all backgrounds, and this time of year is our busiest time,” said director of enrollment, Paul Wienholz. “The English language is more complicated than many other languages and it sometimes is not logical.” The 23-campus CSU system is
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Tattoo parlor heads out of snow, into sun JEFF CHONG/Daily Titan
Above, Stacy Chung gets a temporary tattoo from Lynn Burtnett of Body Art by Lynn. The tattoos will be available again on Thursday. Below, Cindy Jimenez has her ankle decorated.
Body Art by Lynn—as in Lynn West—left its mark on the student body Tuesday in front of the Humanities building, selling temporary tattoos to those curious about, but not committed to, decorating their bodies. West said that men typically go for tribal art while women’s selections vary. The Wests return on Thursday so students can, for $5-$20, experiment with body art.
Too much money, or not quite enough?
Daily Titan Staff Writer
Poor English skills blamed on bilingual ed
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By CHRISTOPHER LAMB
APRIL 29, 1998
By JOAN HANSEN
By Gray Scott
many people applying for music scholarships, one professor has decided to begin a new scholarship.
SOFTBALL: Two games against Fresno State Tuesday night were no walk in the park. —See Sports page 8.
parents are trying to fix problems they blame on bilingual education.
Empire companies try to recruit students from universities.
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While advocates for a new hightech Inland Empire economy are stressing the importance of relationships between universities and industry, one Claremont college has been setting the example for nearly three decades. Harvey Mudd College students have been tackling real, high-tech business problems for 28 years in small task forces called “project clinics.” On Monday The college unveiled the results of 40 research projects that students conducted on behalf of companies—including heavy hitters like TRW Inc., NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Hughes Space & Communications Co., and Bank of America. Each company paid $36,000 this year to work with a team of engineering, computer science or math students from Harvey Mudd, one of the top-ranked science and engineering schools in the nation. This year, students are devising a computerized system that will tell therapists at Optivus whether patients are lined up correctly for proton beam cancer treatment. The procedure requires careful placement of the patient’s body; placement which is currently done manually by technicians. Another Harvey Mudd team is building a physical therapy exercise machine for Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. “We’re delivering the machine prototype. If they like what they see, they can build and market them,” said student Kari Miyamoto. As de facto president of Inland Empire Technology Entrepreneurs, Slater thinks other Inland Empire’s high-tech companies could benefit by getting involved in the Harvey Mudd program. If local companies don’t use opportunities like clinics and internships to introduce themselves to students, the Inland Empire will continue to lose its high-tech graduates to other regions, he said.
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One music professor is working to establish another music scholarship to help foreign piano students afford the tuition here at Cal State Fullerton. “Foreign students have to pay about $7,000 for tuition,” music professor Eduardo Delgado said. “The university can’t provide enough help, so I decided to start my own endowment fund.” Like other music scholarships, students will audition for Delgado’s new scholarship, the Del Larrocha Scholarship. The auditions will be held in March and judged by a committee of experts from various music disciplines. Delgado named the scholarship for his friend, Del Larrocha, an international pianist. The four-time Grammy award winner Del Larrocha will be attending the benefit. Following the concert, a reception will be
held in his honor. “I’ve known her for 30 years. She is a wonderful human being and a great pianist,” said Delgado. “I feel the young don’t know great artists. I hope to attract students who admire her art and be worthy of the prestige of such a name.” To establish the scholarship, money is raised for an endowment fund. The money raised—the principal—is never taken out of the bank; only the interest is used for scholarships. Department chair Gordon Paine said the goal of the endowment fund is to raise $20,000 by September 1998. Delgado, himself a concert pianist, will perform at the Richard M. Nixon Library in Yorba Linda on May 1 at 8 p.m. to begin the fund raising. He will perform works by Liszt, Bach and other composers. “It takes time to get contributions,” Delgado said. “I am hoping
for a minimum of $10,000 or more (for this concert).” Delgado, from Argentina, joined the CSUF Music Department twoand-a-half years ago. Prior to that he performed concerts in Tokyo, New York and Moscow. He is taking the week off from teaching to prepare for the concert. “I find teaching to be exhausting, it’s important to isolate to perform,” Delgado said. “It requires tranquillity, solitude and piece of mind.” This is Delgado’s second benefit concert. He gave the first concert, a faculty recital, last fall. The concert will be held this Friday at the Nixon Library, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd. in Yorba Linda. Tickets are $20-$25; reception tickets are $40. Tickets can be bought at the Performing Arts Center Box Office, 278-3371.
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n CULTURE : K&K Piercing
of Boulder, Colo., is moving to Santa Barbara to tap the California body market. By Carly Schulaka Knight-Ridder Newspapers
For more than seven years, University of Colorado students and Boulderites looking for a new form of self expression have been getting all sorts of body parts pierced at K&K Body Piercing on the Hill. Although Koko and Tony Vayedjian, the brothers who own the shop, have been successful over the years, they will close their Boulder piercing parlor on May 2 and head to California to open a larger store in the Santa Barbara area. Their brother, Mike, also works at the shop. “There are a few reasons to move,” Koko Vayedjian said. “The main rea-
son is my family. My whole family is out there.” The Vayedjian brothers, who are of Armenian descent, were born and raised in Lebanon. Their mother, sister and several cousins now live in the Santa Barbara area. Vayedjian said he and his brother have been considering moving the business to Southern California for a couple of years. “There’s a bigger market for what we do there,” he said. But Lance Talon, owner of Bolder Ink, a tattoo and piercing parlor in Boulder, said the market there is healthy. Although Bolder Ink does more tattoos than piercings, Talon said he will probably see more piercing business with the absence of K&K. K&K opened as a 350-square-foot store in the early 1990s. The business expanded and moved to its current 1,400-square-foot location five
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