The Paisano Vol. 1 Issue 3

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The Paisano Volume 1, Number 3

February 10, 1981

San Antoiuo, Texas 78213

Special Election Schedtded for Today

by Alex A. De La Pena

for some federal employees. In eluded in this non-requirement are military personnel, who in order to vote only need to show in their records that the place they cast their absentee ballot is their last recorded home of record.

State law, however, requires a voter he a resident of the county Ijcfore voting in local and state electrons.

In voiding the election, House Speaker Clayton considered Brown's challenge by afxx>inting a spKTial rommittec to study

Voters of District 57-C go to the polls today to decide if Republican cfiallenger Alan Schoolcraft or incumtient Al Brown will represent the district in tfie 1981 Texas legislature.

Voters eligible to vote in today's special election must reside in the following Bexar County Filing for S R A v a c a n c i e s are: t o p row, left to right. Victor Icenogle. Darren D. precincts: *324, 325, 374. 429, McDonald, Leigh Perry and Gregg Medlyn. Bottom row, left to right, Jerry Ser431. 432, 433, 343, 442. 443, rato, Beverly Valdez a n d Raul Scott. Not pictured ate: Patricia CoUey and Brian 444, 445, 446, 447. 448. 449.

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450, 451, 452, 453. 454, 456, 458, 459. 463, 464, 465, 466 and 467. The polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. continued on page 4 Tcxfay's special election was called for by Gov. Bill Clemtrits after the state legislature nullified the Nowcmtjer 4 election results At their Wednesday, 1. What d o you think a r o u n d the H u m a n i t i e s in which Schoolcraft defeated February 11th meeting, tfie t h e r o l e of t h e S R A Building. A second idea is the Brown by 1,038 votes.

SRA will elect replacements for should be? implementation of covered Defeated incumbent Brown fil The UTSA Political Science the repres'?ntatives who resign Brian Starr—The SRA walkways between buildings so ed challenge to the Nov. 4 results Association will present two ed eariier this semester, should represent each UTSA necessary when it rains. I also with the legislature, claiming that lectures this month conceming ^inecandid^es'have filed to fill student as fairly as possible. feel the SRA should sponsor more than 1,038 of the 2,622 events in the Middle East. the four vacancies. Seven of some sort of tuition scholarship absentee ballots cast in the elecJerry Serrato—Their role The firjt is scheduled for these filed fw the two freshman should be that of a student for UTSA students. tion should not have t)een Tuesday, Feb. 10th and is enpositkms while tfiere is only one representative assembly whose Serrato—Actively hiring counted. Brown charged the titled "Iranian History". The candidate in each of the acttons satisfy the student's and keeping faculty members of ballots were cast l)y persons sta featured speaker, Mr. Rasavi, is graduate and sentor posittons needs. Representation must not top caliber with money which tioned in the military at Randolph a retired offk:er of tfie Iranian available (as of our press be abused. Student opink>n must be acquired from the Air Force Base and consequently Military and served under tfie deadline). Elected candidates should be actively sought after same funds which allow UT at not eligible to vote'in the local late Shah. will serve tfirough tfie re- and used wfien in tfie majority, Austin and Texas A&M to election as specified by state law.

The head of the P L O infor mainder of tfie spring semester. for that is a tme reflectton of the maintain their quality faculty. 11 The main cause of the election mation office of Washington, Regular campus electton of all student body needs.

Colley—Being new to UT- dispute is t)ased on the conflic D.C., Mr. Hatem Husseini, will officers and cbss represenPatricia CoUey—The role SA, 1 fiave not adopted any ting federal and state election deliver the second lecture entitltatives, except fresfimen, for of tfie SftA, as I see it, is very specific plans, but hope that my laws. ' ed ^ T o w a r d s P e a c e in tfie scfiool year beginning in l)ask:. As the name implies, it honest concem for tfie welfare Federal law does not require a Palestine" on Wednesday, June are scheduled to be held shoukl represent tfie students, of my fellow students will make person he an actual resident of a February 11th. two weeks prior to spring and serve their best interests in me a very positive Entity in this county or state when voting in Both lectures will be held at break; however, an offtoial an- whatever ways possible. representative assembly My local, state or federal elections 1:00 p.m. in HB 2.02. 12. nouncement of tfie date of this reason for mrining is. simple—I Gregg Medlyn—I feel that election has not been made by SRA memliers have a responwant to be there to do v. hatever the SRA. good 1 cay, and 1 am confident I sibility to represent the students can do some good.

Tfie seven candidates wfio fil- of UTSA. This representation Medlyn—I definitely advocate ed for the two freshman posi- includes; 1) listening to and tfiat S I ^ represent ALL of the Theresa Canaies. former student at UT San Antonio, is tions are: Darren D. McIXmald, votoing tfie student txxly opistudent txxly. If elected 1 would currently in intensive care at Bexar County Hospital a s Patrk:ia Cdley, Beveriy Valdez, nton, 2) soliciting, exploring, concentrate my efforts on the result of a very serious automobile accident. Her Jerry L. Serrato, Brian Starr, and providifi^ feedback to areas representing the graduate stuI^ul Scott and Vtotor Icenog^. of student concern, and 3) pardent txxly, as-well-as all night- family has asked that If any students would be willing Tfie candidates for tfie senkx ttoipating in tfie policy and decitime students. I feel that in the and a b l e t o give blood to replace what Theresa has used and graduate posittons, respec- sion making processes of UTpast, these students have t)een It would be greatly appreciated. OveV o n e hundred and tively, are: Lei^'-'PeBy..and SA with the ttest interests of neglected and underthe student body in mind.

Gregg Medlyn. forty-seven pints are needed of any type. represented.

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What specific i d e a s The P a i s a n o invited each candklate to submit written for improvement of The Some of tfie unkiue problems If you can give blood, please go to the Blood Bank on the replies to four questions. Only UTSA d o you a d v o c a t e ? tfiat tfiese students face, and I third floor of the Bexar County Hospital. 4 5 0 2 Medical four respcjise^ were received Starr—Addittonal parking feel need immediate attention Drive. You may Indicate that the blood Is given In the{ and tfieir answers are printed spaces should be made name of Theresa Canaies. continued on page 4 .below. available at UTSA, especially

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Heard Givm Keys to County Vault The following editorial comment was solicited by T H E P A I S A N O staff member, J.D. Austin. Equal space has tteen made available to Mr. Kieard, in our next issue, for his view of tfiis important issue.

Local attorney Oliver Heard fias OTKe again tieen given tfie key to tfie vault t>y tfie Bexar County Commisstoners Court.

O n January 29, 1981 Heard's contract with tfie county to collect l>ack tzutes was renewed, iat>ling film to continue to collect tfie fifteen percent fee tie retains on tfie delinquent taxes collected. The contract tietween Heard and tfie county raises tfuee important ques^ons: b tfie anrangement legal? b U edik:al? Is it in Bexar Count / s best financial interest?

The Texas Revised Civil Aatutes require that tfie district or county attorney, tiy order of tfie commissioners court, shall institute suit to collect delinquent tzuces. Article 7297 of the Revised Civil Statutes places tlie duty to sue on the district or county attorney and does not provide for a waiver or delegation of tfiat duty. Tlie use of the word "stKtir in Texas statues is usually interpreted to make the provision mandatory rather that advisory.

Tfie commissioners seem to t>e of tfie opinton that if District Attorney Bill White signs a waiver, then they ar% free to hir an outside lawyer to collect hack taxes. Fred Semaan, a tocal attorney well-noted for his outspoken criticism of various people in city and county government, lias stated that he feels tfie action taken t>y Commiskxiers Court is illegal. Since Arftole 7297 is silent as to the possilility of waiver or delegatton to discharge thexlistrict or county attorney's duty to sue, 1 must agree with Mr. Semaan.

A n appropriate taxpayer suit challenging the legality of Heard's contract with tfie county may lie necessary in order to get a Judicial interpretatton of Artk:le7297.

Whether f-iearcTs contract is kgad or Illegal, tfie manner in ^

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whtoh tias nothing to do with ma|aitty remains <ndifferent to S I ^ . This information was the d( cisions whk:h affect tfieir - printed in the R o a d r u n n e r on learnmg environments at least t w o o c c a s i o n s .

Ttierefore, as a student whose Students on tfie council were concern has recently lieen recommended hy tfie University wtietted, I propose that tlie S f ^ implement a semi-annual Letters should b e concise. A l l l e t t e r s must be signed a n d Center Advisory Committee student survey in order to, as include t e l e p h o n e number. N a m e s w i l l be w i t h h e l d if re- and apipointed liy Dr. Wagener. stated in tfie preamble of tfie quested. A l l letters a r e subject t o t h e Paisano's e d i t o r i a l Chairperson of the committee is Jane Duckworth, assistant to SRA constitution... "explore policy o n obscenity a n d libel. the dean of students. Gary Herstudent concerns and provide guessing game with the tioard ring, who was in charge of tfie an official student txxly votoe of Regents and tfie Texas tournaments, was not doing so through whtoh student opinions legislature each memtier will as an S f ^ memtier. He was in may he expressed..." Granted get one chance to grab as many charge as a memtier of tfie this survey would hopefully he yellow ribtxms as tie possit)ly University Center Program used as a guideline when the can. Tfie one with the most ribCouncil. "Names withheld" SRA is conskkring all matters bons in his hand at tfie end of Editor, should have r e a d the pertaining to tfie student txxly, tlie garne wins. The ribtxxis are Now that the tiostages have Roadrunner or the but students' letters to tne SflA, ttien counted, and the numtier been returned safely to the Awareness Week posters to as well as to tfie P a i s a n o stutlie Vk:tor has clutched will tie sfiores of the United States, I fiave ascertained the sponscN* of dent newspaper, must tie writthe new estimated numtier of find myself thinking atxiut tfie tournaments. ten and also irKluded as a years for tfie completion of tfie many, many tilings. For innecessary part of this represenarts txiilding. Then, when it stance, wiU America ever find tatton, and, as such, stiould lie The Student Representative Anally opens, each auditorium fierself in such a predtoament used as tools to debtate ideas, Assembly seat will tiear a dog-eared, tnit again? Will Americans really opintons, zuid suggestkms.

P e n n y Smiley, nonettieless symlxJIk:, yellow fuse togetfier to fight terrorism Conrespondinff S e c r e t a r y ribtxsn.

Apathy cannot tie argued for, from now on; is worid peace because it ts tfie killer of social simply a myth and fcnrever unatand intelLctual curiosity. As Casey Magan tainable? Freedom of the 52 Albert Einstein once realized, tias triggered many thoughts; "the important thing is not to txit tfie really liig questton I find stop questkxiing," so ttien must myself asking over and over Committee Editor, students. again is, "wfio's going to untie Representation in tfie SRA all those yeUow ribbons?"

AooefitsHame will not persist if the student Name Witheld Think alxMit it! Tfxxisands I marclied patrioticeilly to the I Editor, tone of T i e A YeUow Ribbon In reference to a letter i Round The OW Oak Tree" to published January 27, 1981 S do what the song imptored, and conceming tfie tournaments of II myrtad square-knots, bowUniversity Center Awareness •I The P a i s a n o is published liy the Student Newspaper Associatton of knots and what riots decorate W e e k , Mr. H e r r i n g was II The University of Texas at San Antonio and is not sponsored, financtfie foliage across America. The representing the University I• ed or endorsed by the UTSA, and tfie University assumes no respon ribbons did their duty (with flyCenter Council. The SFIA sibility for its content. ing colors!) and brought the played no role in the University • tiostages home. But what is to Center Awareness Week, and ' Editor John Johnson become of those vain-glorious thus was mistakenly blamed t>y Managing Editor Yolanda Saldana tianners now that the crisis is the author(s) who submitted tfie i Associate Editor Linda Koehler over? Do we denude our trees letter. We feel that simple fact- i Advertising Manager '.

Glynda Marcus of them, tucking them away to finding would have avoided this , Business Manager Michael Sopher store until Easter t>askets call false accusation. Incidently, the | Staff Alan Gonzales, Isabel Perez Ralston, for tfieir attentton? Do we let Program CouncU is in the pro- • Cathy Shuptrine, Carol Moore, Teresa Ross, Kathy Park, Carlos them wittier away with age and cess of completing the tour- i Guen-ero, Jr., Judith Valdez, Roger Castillo, Paul Shope, Karla fade, in the sun each day saggnaments. We regret the in i McGill, Gil Fulgencio, Domaso Rodriguez, Anna Arguijo, Jerry ing on our trunks? Or do we J Austin, Nan Ellzey, Julie Baxter, Alberto Urcelay, Frances Botelto. ask for a reflate from Iran? convenience of the situatton.

What do we do with the ribJ Lisa Casanova, Alex De La Pena and Yvette Clark.

Thank you. lx)ns?

Kurl Cieislt-r !' hotographer University Advisory I 1 estimate that Americans I Program Council • spent approximately 3.2 million I ADVERTISING RATES I dollars on various lengths, hues I J u d y Bragg and widths of yellow riblxjn — 1 I Student Organizattons and Campus Elections $3.00 per Sheryl Scotka I could fill my gas tank for two column inch Doug Britton weeks with that kind of money!

I Anita Munoz I Because the ribtxans were not Political advertising must comply with all state and federal I tax deductible is no reason to I regualattons.

Payment must accompany copy.

I forget them so soon after tfieir The Paisano reserves the right to edit all copy not complying use as a freedom-flag tias endwith standards set by the editorial staff. ed.

My suggestion for San An- Editor, I tonto is to use the ribtxxis in The Student Representative ' Published by Printed by tills way: collect all of tlie Assemtily did not sponsor \ yellow ribbons in Bexai County Awareness Week nor the tour- • Student Newspaper Assn. and dump them into a huge naments. Awareness Week i San Antonkj Press, Inc. 11219 Baywood *I crate on the UTSA campus. was sponsored liy the Universi- • 300 Arbor San Antonio, Texas 78213 Then we can play a kind of ty Center Program Council, J San Antonio, Texas 78207

Letters To The Square-knots, Bow-knots and What-nots

Involvement Vrffed

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Letters to the Editor i'ublish or Perish

Why Professors Leave UTSA Editor, "Publish or Perish" strikes again. While a few teactiers are txith good researctiers and good teactiers, most are only one or the other. Those who are great researchers but lousy teachers have it made. They are given tenure and cannot tie gotten rid of no matter how hard one tries. On the other hand, those teachers who are held in high esteem by the student population are rapidly disappearing. Some of this is by choice. UTSA is too poor to pay its faculty reasonable salaries. During the early years, teachers made many personal sacrifices and accepted heavy course loads, hoping to one day sec UTSA stand on its own.

Most of these teachers realized that these dreams were just that â&#x20AC;&#x201D; dreams, and they fiave gone on to bigger and tietter things. Other good teachers stayed on, hoping to see things ctiange. These teactiers were still among those highly respected by students. How are they rewarded? Well, they go tiefore ttie tenure committee, which tells them they haven't done enough research, so they can get lost.

1 have tieen at UTSA for two years, and almost without exception every good teacher I've ever had is gone, and every rotten teacher still here. Whenever other students ask me to recommend a teactier for a course, 1 can't think of any.

The student/teacher interactton on a university campus is much more important than any articles in journals will ever tie.

If am tfiat this administration cares alxiut is seeing its name in print, why not tiire people exclusively for the purpose of doing research? Anci siiKe student evaluations are about as important as the tooth faliy, wtiy not stop wasting time and money on tfiem? Students came to tfiis university to learn, and tfiey don't expect to do tfiis l>y reading ttieir teadwr's research In the bbraiy. What good Is national fecogntUon ior die university at a professional level if students who gaduate faom it can say nottidng good alxxit it?

If this school really wants nattond recogrUtton tliat t>ad, why don't we terminate a few h i ^ level administrators and give tfieir salaries to the athletk: department?

Kim Eastman (Ed. note: T h e retention of faculty is a m a j o r conc e r n of m a n y UTSA students; however, the i m p l i c a t i o n t h a t a l l comp e t e n t instructors have left is a n overstatement.

M o s t U T S A instructors a r e d e d i c a t e d a n d very competent. Unfortunatel y , t h e r e a r e a few instructors w h o either cannot or w i l l not t e a c h . The Paisano editor invites other comments from students, faculty and administrators regarding university policy on t e n u r e , resignations a n d other factors dealing w i t h building a n d retaining a superior faculty.)

H<>ur(l... continued f r o m page 2 which it was negotiated is certainly open to questioning on ethical grounds. When the matter of hiring an outside attorney to collect delinquent taxes was presented to Commissioners Court, several attorneys applied for the job. At least one attorney offered to do it for less than the fifteen percent figure that Fieard asked for.

It should be noted that Oliver Heard was Judge Albert Bustamante's treasurer during the judge's last campaign for office. Also Heard's partner. Bill Bailey, was once County Commissioner Jeff Wentworth's campaign manager when Wentworth tried for a seat in the Texas Legislature. Both Wentworth and Bustamante were vociferous supporters of Heard in his bid for the county contract.

Only an exceedingly naive person would doubt that contracts are routinely awarded on the basis of political favor rather ttian on merit. However, Commisskjners Court is ctiarged with tfie responsitility of making decisions wtiich are in ttie best interest of tfie citizens of tfie county. Wtiere, as tiere, tlie amount of money wfiich tfie county coiitd lose as a result of its exorbitant contract with Mr. Heard is substantial, tlie commissioners should do everyttiing in tfieir power to avoid even tlie flint of inpropriety. Since Heard was awarded tfie contract by a tfwee to two vote, and since both Wentworth and Bustamante voted in favor of Heard, one tias to

wonder whether tie would have tieen awarded ttie contract were it not for his poHticd alliance with the two commisstoners. It is very difftoult to have faith in a commisstoners court whtoh seems so higfily motivated by political consideratkms and so little affected t>y ethtoal considerations.

Even if Mr. Heard's employment by ttie County were legal, and even if his pdittoal ties with Commissioners Court were less suspect, one must still ask whether the employment of Mr. Heard is in ttie tiest financial interest of ttie citizens of Bexar County. It has tieen estimated that in 1980 M i . Heard was able to collect atx>ut five million dollars in back taxes. As of August 1, 1980, over two million dollars in delinquent taxes were still outstanding. Mr. Heard's fee for the collection of five million dollars in back taxes is seven hundred fifty thousand dollars. Mr. Heard has argued that out of this amount he has to p>ay a great deal of overhead.

He has also stated that Bexar County should tie thankful that he has be^n able to collect the five million dollars. The real question is whether Bexar County can afford to spend seven hundred fifty thousand dollars in order to collect the back taxes.

The mechanics of Mr. Heard's operation are really quite simple. Mr. Heard gets a computerized list of the people with outstanding tax liabilities and uses word processing equipment to generate letters to each of the people wfio owe taxes to Bexar County. These letters are stored in ttie memory of a computer and all that is done is to enter the names of the delinquent tcixpayers and continued on page 8

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Changes in BBL P r o - a m Explained (enEspanol)

by A l b e r t o J . Urcelay En la segunda mitad del mes de noviembre del ano recicn pasado, el Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztl^n (MECHA) envi6 una protesta por escrito al Sr. Preskiente de nuestra Universidad, Dr. James W. Wagener, en relack^ a los nuevos programas de estudio de la Division de Estudtos Biculturales dados a conocer el f de Septiembre de 1980.

Dicho escrito muestra preocupacidn y enfado por la apiurente eliminacidn de cursos que versan sobre la Cultura Chicana, con to cual se daAa directamente a las demandas minoritarias formuladas durante el movimiento de los Derechos Civiles en la ^xx:a de los sesentas.

Asi mismo, y es de causar sorpresa si asi lo es, puntualizan que miembros de dicha Divisi6n mostraron tambi^n su sorpresa ante esos cambios, con lo cual se evidencia que no tomaron parte en el desarrollo del programa.

Asi pues, hace unos dias encamin^ mis pasos y en una amena charla con el Dr. Mario Benitez, quien preside a la Diviston de Estucbos Btoulturedes Bilingiie, tratamos el tema menckmado.

El Dr. Benitez explico que no hutio tal eliminacion de cursos, ya que estos fueron simplemente camtiiados a raiz de una sugerencia de la Texas Educatton Agency", en la cual se dejO sentir que a un maestro de Educacton Elemental le convenia cursar lo que precisamente es Materiaieb Bilinguf" en la Escuela Elemental.

Es decir, de tos tres cursos

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originates, el curso de espaBol SPN fue cambiado por el de Materials BilingUes BBL, otro de tos cursos se puede tomar en el GER y el tercero existe tambien como requerimiento.

Por otro lado el Dr. Benitez me dice que est^en ese puesto desde mediados de 1980 y que precisamente una de sus primeras labores fue la de enterarse de la estructura a c a d ^ i c a y en tos archivos estdn tos documentos oftoiales at^iTentes a la gestacton y adopcion del actual programa de estudios. < Porque' entonces algunos acad^micos mostraron sorpresa? ,â&#x20AC;˘ Porque esa protesta fechada a finales de Noviembre si existe amplia explicacion?

Pcro amigos y compa'fteros, sea lo que sea el interesado no delie perder de vista que el estudiante de hoy sera el profesionista del mahana y que de persistir el interns demostrado por nuestra comunidad universitaria dentro del area estudiantil y a c a d ^ i c a , este tendrd un efecto contundente en las reviskines que se hagan al actual programa bilingfle y que es cada dos aihos.

Ojab y en verdad los camtiios precibidos hayan sido positivamente enfocados a mantener el derrotero intoial de la Divisk>n y se conjugue con el de toda Universidad... 1.a difusi6n de la Cultura".

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FEBRUARY 10, 1981 of Its kind has occured in Texas' recorded history. House Speaker Clayton desi^ated incumtient RrtMin ff 1 fill th** House scat until doesn't mind, however, since "I ttie result ol today's electkxi.

Absentee voting for today's already have to pay $60 out of electton was corKluded on Feb. my pocket for tfie rent in this 6. pldie."

Justice is Not Always Blind

by Y o l a n d a Saldana Tfie subject oi luany >jr:x ' and the object of much crfttoism, tfie Honoralile Judge Adam Serrata continues to tiokl Ills "people's court" on tfie southskle of San Antonto.

Despite cries of protest from Bexar County Commissioners, Judge Serrata persists in .tiis practice of assessing relativdy lo^v fiiifs (oi iraflti iniraclionb From his small, tiarely furnished courtroom on S.W. Military Drive, Serrata doles out what he calls "equitable justtoe."

Wtien confronted with a first time offender wtio has a large family and a low paying job, Serrata tends to assess a $1. $2, or $5 fine as opposed to an almost standard $25.50 fine.

Ttie criteria for fining and amount of fines are points on whk:h Bexar County Commis sioner Tom Stolhandske and • iudn«' S'rf.iif) ilitft'i Sloihtdul ske maintains that fines stiould lie punitive and that reduced fines do not deter repeated violations.

Serrata disagrees. He contends that slapping huge fines on a vtolator with a low income only serves to punish ttie individual's entire family. Serrata explains, "Fines stiould be used as a tool to rehabilitate. Preventing a family from going to the grocery store so that they can pay a stiff fine is not in the best, interests of the law."

Althou^ Serrata only recently liegan this system of justice, tie feels that the other four peace justices use similar criteria. T t i e difference," Scr rata contends, "is that I'm much more vocal about it."

This outspokenness has latieled him by many as "arrogant" and "uncooperative."

One of these crittes is the county auditor, Oliver Lewis, who feels that Serrata runs a very disorganized court. Serrata admits, "For a while there my tiooks were tiehind. I only had one emptoyee in ttie court and it was impossible tor her to keep up with all irKoming tickets, dixkets and fine payments."

After the county hired two addittonal empkiyees, the court was soon running smoottily and the records were lirough up-todate.

The hl^iway patrolmen wtw Issue the dtatksns hi Precinct 5 fed as Senata docs alxiut fine assessments. They are uhimateiy responsible for Serrata's practk»s. "When a fil^Nway patrol oflfeor comes to nwand says hs has a wanwit far sonMona vrfw doesn't have

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t^tiou^ money to pay tfie fine and wodd I conskler towering the fine, I wtioleheartedly agree with him," says Serrata. "But beiare someone toses ttieir job over ttie serving of a warrant at tfieir place of emptoyment, I lowi'r \\w lint's and prevent that from tiappenlng."

Judge Serrata believes that if a vkilator is corK:emed enough about his ttoket and is willing to come in to discuss it, ttien tie deserves to be heard, i don't tielieve in cash register justice," Serrata emphattoally states. 1 wasn't elected by the people in this precinct two years ago to raise money for the conty coffers. I'm here to lie a judge."

Serrata feels that if a standard fine schedule is used then there is no need for a judge.

The court could hire someone to look up the standard fine for a specific violatton and then receive payment for that fine. ' Aside from assessing fines, Serrata also handles truancy cases, some criminal cases, administrative hearings, examining trials and adversary hearings. One such adversary hear-

ing in his court involved ttie Metro Squad's recently pulibcized raid of the Puss 'n Boots [jounge on Highway 90.

Adam Serrata also liandles truancy cases in tiis own special way. Ifecently tie had a truant report to him every day after school to do Ills tiomework in the judge's offtoe. In tfiis way Serrata feds tie can constructively discipline ttie ctiild rattier ttian severely punish him.

Altfiough county commisstoners tieconie irate at Serrata's unconventkxial practices, there is nothing they really do atiout it. Serrata is within legal txiunds wtien using his discretton to dispense justtoe. "Only the State Legislature can stop me from mnning my court the way 1 sec fit." explains the judge.

When the recent ten jierceni pay raise for county officials came up, huwevei, Adcini Set rata was omitted from the list.

Sfnaid lids. in (act, been ttireatened with the possible reductton of his present salary to ttie 1972 level of salaries for Justtoes of the Peace. He

Ttie courtroom over w t ^ h Judge Serrata preskles is furnished mainly with tils personal odds and ends. Wfien he first arrived. "There wasn't even a place for me to sit and no tiench for anyone to approach," Serrata reveals.

Serrata, wfio worked tiis way throu^ St.Mary's Law Scfiool tiy working as a poltoeman at Kelly Air Force Base has experienced lean economto days.

He coiKludes, "People on the norihwest side can afford to pay higher fines, but these people on tfie southwest side of town only suffer. If they elect me to do my job, then I'm going to do it as 1 see just."

S|>f(*iai K l c r t i o n . . . continued f r o m page 1 I i.k ^xiiiiiiiitcf compifted tour ciays of deliberation on January 10, concluding that Brown did not satisfy the burden of showing a sufficient numbier of irieligible votes to declare the electkxi void.

By a vote of 5-4, the committee voted to recommend the legislature uphold Schoolcraft's election. However, the House voted 78-52 to void the electton results at a January 15 session, resulting in today's special election.

Schookraft's unseating by the Democrat-dominated House was seen by Republicans in the state , as strictly a partisan maneuver.

They point to the overwhelming democratic vote to void the elction despite the recommendation of their own sfiecial committee to let the election results stand as evid<'ii> i' Aiti'i voiding tin' election, whu \\ IS IIK^ liist iimt- an action

SKA KIcrtion... continued f r o m page 1 are; 1) After 5:00 many of tfie administrative offtoes are ctosed, 2) very few professors sctiedule offtoe hours after 5:00. I would also petition Career Planing to reserve some late afternoon positions on their interview sctiedules, for those nic^t students wtio want to in terview with companies on campus, but can not tie irvtfie Career Planning offid^^early Monday morning.

Finally, I would advocate that SRA use our new school paper to actively solicit from the student body ttieir concerns and opinions. This could tie done ttirough a Sf?A column in the paper, which could also serve as a vehicle to voice student opinion and provide answers to the questions and corKerris of the students.

3 . H o w long have y o u attended UTSA? Star—This is my second semester here.

Serrato—Since the fall semester, 1980.

Colley—This is my first semester tiere.

M e d l y n — I have been enrolled as an MBA student at UTSA for the. past four semesters. , 4 . W h a t other o r g a n i z a tions o'r (Campus activities do y o u p a r t i c i p a t e J n ?

Starr—I am a member of Lamtxla Chi Alpha Fraternity.

Serrato—None, other than this candidacy.

Colley—I am an artist, and a recent memtier of the art club.

Medlyn—I am a memtier of the UTSA Personnsil, and Management Club.

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by A l a n G o n s a l e s Last week The P a i s a n o queried nine students concerning ttie quality of tfie food served in ttie cafeteria and tfie size of tfie dining area. Following are a few excerpts:' 1 . H o w d o you feel about t h e quality of t h e f(M»d served in t h e cafeteria?

-Ramon Tremillo, Spanish major: Overall ttie food is passable zmd at times even good. The service is good conskJering the large number of students who tiomtiard the few workers. The coffee tastes like old dishwater.

-Janet Humphrey, anthrofiology major: Food ranges from quite good to awful. Thf fast foods are average.

-Alexander D . Price, business major: The food is generally well prepared and tasty.

-Mary Wiseman, fine arts major: Ttie salad tiar is good and the soups are even tietter.

-Wilson S i m s , Med Tech major: Ttie food is what's to tie expected. I think the prices are a little h i ^ . For the same prtoe you could go to loiby's.

-DeLee Winklemann, undeclared: 1 don't really know what ttie food is like tiecause 1 usually tiring my lunch. When 1 do tiuy my lunch 1 always sttok to tfie safe foods like tacos and things already packaged.

-Duane Johnson, chemistry major: The food could use improve

ment. Its not bad, Initforthe money I pay it coukl be better.

-Carol Briedc, txisiness maiat: 'Ttie food is edible and sometimes even good. Ttie candies, chips and crackers are good substitutes.

- J o s e Ayala, psychotogy major: Tlie food is satisfactory. I also think tfiat ttie lady in ctiarge of servtoe overdoes it wtien slie won't serve lunch at 9:50 am (lunch starts at 10:00 am)

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-Wiseman: Need more variety with sandwicties. Evening meals sure could use some variety, tnit much tlianks to wtiomever is responsitile for keeping it open evenings.

-Sims: Though tfiere could be some inqprovement, tfiere is plenty to select from.

-Wlnkelmann: For a school of this size I think ttie selection is adequate.

-Johnson: There is not e n o u ^ selectton because I see just about the same food products every day.

3 . H o w d o y o u feel about t h e s i z e of t h e cafeteria?

-Tremillo: The cafeteria is too small, especially the non-smoking area.

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•Johnson: Ttie cafeteria needs more space, because its hard to find a seat most of tfie time.

-Briede: At lunch time its too cramped and tallies are tiard to find. But at other times the space available is adequate.

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Aside from his career, Romero is immensely proud of bieng tfie grandson of Jose Marti, a great Cuban patriot and martyr for wfiom Havana's airport is named.

Financial Aid Pro-ams Oudined b y Lisa Casanova Today's cost of living lias reacfied the point where the average family strugg^s to make ends meet; as prices soar upward, so does tfie cost-of education. Tfie average student cannot afford to 3//^ .to scfiool without the help of his parents and/or financial aid. UTSA, heing a growing university, has increased its demands for federally-funded money almost 300%. Unfortunately, UTSA receivies only a percentage of tfie funds needed. Last year the projected need was five million dollars and the government allotted only two million.

Private donations are not enough to make up the difference. Sam Gonzalez, Direc tor of Student Financial Aid, states that the cost of tuition is expected to double by the fall of 1981. The Board of Regents has already approved the in crease, and the bill is pending a p p r o v a l by the state legislature. President Reagan has proposed drastic cuts to federally-funded student loan programs, and even eliminating Social Security payments that some eligible students now receive.

At present, available are lx)th Need-Based and Non-Need Based Aid. Need Based Aid Is for students wfio demonstrate a need for financial assistance to attend classes. This federallyfunded package Is commonly known as tlip Basic Education Opportunity Grant o r B E G G . If a student does not qualify for the BEOG grant the alternative is a Non-Need Based Aid, which may be either a scholarship or student loan. Scholarships are outright gifts and require the student to have a high grade-point average. As a rule, scholarships are from private donations. .Tfie Federally Insured Student Loan, or FISL, is a package funded b\f the government; its primary appeal is tfiat tfie funds do not fiave to be repakl until nine months after 9?Kluatkxi.

For further Informatkin, call the Financial A k l O f f k x at 691-4154.

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by Linda Koehler W e l c o m e H o m e is a hilarious comedy starring Caesar Romero with Joe Greco, Marie Lillo, William Visteen, Janice Lodlk, Charles Beall, and Sally Cleaver.

Romero portrays a recently released mental patient who has spent the past eleven mon ths in the V A Hospital.

Romero's character, Daniel Frame, Is attempting to readjust to being home and overcome his feelings of guilt about the breakdown and the problems it caused for his family.

Romero is a dashing and rug gedly handsome Individual wfio has starred in movies as well as television. In 1975, Romero embarked on a new highly suc-

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Romero's characterization of Daniel in W e l c o m e H o m e is reinforced by Marie Ulk), who portrays his wife, Katfierine.

Miss IJUo is not only acclaimed as a star in televiskxi and movies, but is also an accomplished opera singer.

Lillo is excellent in her portrayal of Katherine, however, Jank:e Lodik, who portrays Millie Gross, the zany, pink shrQuded neighbor of the Frame's, tickles the audience's funny bone with her infectious laughter and constant chatter.

Millie sets the stage for the show stealer, Joe Greco, as Willie Perkins. Willie had been confined for. thirty-five years In the V A Hospital's mental ward until they needed his bed and he was discharged. He appears at the Frame's home garbed in vintage World War II fatigues and a Civil Defense Helmet.

Tfie next visitor to the Frame home is John Bamett, the family lawyer, portrayed tiy William Visteen.

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What is OK? b y Frances Botello Perhaps you have seen some mysterious-kxiking audio-visual equipment being wheeled thru the halls recently. You m i ^ t have been close enough to hear an instructor whisper, "take that tape-recorder back to the OlS." Is UTSA teaching In dustrial Spying 3023 or Fundamentals of Wirptappiuij 1174? In fact, the OlS is the Office of Instructional Services, foundation of fatuity oral presentations.

Febniary 23 thru 27 I » a ^ t s and offkial university business.

Tfie iMToduction department manufactures university brochures, maps, calendars and even T h e R o a d r u n n e r news bulletin. For a reasonable fee, tlie department will provide typesetting services, artwork for displays, and photography for class projects requiring visual effects. Two main functtons of tfie production department are designing overhead transparencies for presentations (for which students may contribute their own art work) and developing 35 mm film In black and white for class projects. \ii«li)i-\ iMial

The circulation department provides authorized students with cassette tape recorders Services of the OlS are and 35 mm cameras. The available not only to faculty, but recorders are used for comto ai thorized student groups as parative language studies and well. Authorization is achieved not just taping lecture classes. by a faculty member notifying Although most video equipthe department in advance. ment is not directly available, T w o departments of OlS, pro- any a u t h o r i z e d student duction and circulation, help organization may check out a students with course-related slide or movie prelector for special events._ ^ The OIS Is open from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday Starting on T u e s d a y , Thursday, 7 3 0 a.m. to 5 p.m., W a r m (^omi><l> February 10th, there will he a Friday temporary rerouting of traffic Other characters In flow on Loop 1604 from BabW e l c o m e H o m e are Lisa, cock to the railroad tracks east the Frame's daughter, porof IH 10. Loop 1604 is being trayed by Sally Cleaver and made into two one-way roads, Charles Beall, the policeman eastbound and westbound, who watched Daniel throw his with the currently used two-way money off the roof of City Hall road becoming the eastlxxind prior to his breakdown. lane. The new westbound lanej "Music tor Solo Percussion" Fiesta Dinner Theatre's pro is to be finished before Tues

by Or Larry Bames of UTSA duction contains warmth, comday, and will he put into tem-i will have its premiere on Feb. passion, rib-tickling comedy porary two-way service to canryS 12 during the opening of and makes the audience feel Loop 1604 traffic, J Mk:hael Kincaid's art exhibitk>n "welcome home." at tfie Bank of San Antonio, 1 Romana Plaza.

John Lopez, senic»r musk: student at UTSA, will perform tfie work.

During tfie opening, from 5 to 7 p.m.. Dr. Barnes will play contemporary piano musk: by Copland, Ives, l ^ h m a n i n o f f and Dat(^bvsky. plus several of fiis own compositions. He is assistant professor of (nusic APARTMINTS theory/compositkxi at UTSA STUDENTS WaCOME - MtlTARV & RETIRED and is tfie winner of an award TALKING DISTANCE MILITARY WELCOME for composition from the toUTSA Arneiican Society of ComPRE-SCHOOLCHNDRm ACCEPIH) posers, Authors and Publishers for 1 9 8 0 8 1 .

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Many Student Services Available

by Kathy Park The UTSA is an institutioruBf higher learning built and organized to better serve all its students. Yet according to some students, it's nothing but expensive i>ooks, unpredictable professors, and a conglomeration of classes that never seein to fit into a carefully planned schedule. While UTSA is still building facilities to . accommodate campus life, many services are currently available to students.

The Dean of Students Office is in charge of devebping and implementing student servk:es.

This offk:e is kx:ated in the S c i e n c e Building, room 1.03.58. Services such as an inner-campus message center for registered organizations, bst and found depository, student discount INIS cards, VIA bus schedules, akmg with a stu- ^fent activity calendar are provkled. Also provkled, free of ctiarge, are notary public services, referral servk:es for housing, roommates, kiddie pooling, and tutoring. For more informatkxi call the Offfce of tfie Dean of Students at 6914150.

Tfie Office of the Dean of Students provides a limited number of Symphony tickets.

(Ed. note: Rush diecount ticket s a l e s a r e a l s o provided o n e half hour p r i o r t o e a c h perform a n c e with a student ID. T h e s e tickets c a n b e purc h a s e d at t h e s t t » « f the performance.) San Antonto Little Theater will also sell discount tickets with an ID. In additton to the Dean of Students Offk:e a numlier of otfier offk:es provkfe student servk:es. Tlie Student Health Center kx:ated in room 1.03.02 1

of ttie Science Building lias a employment and can point you registered nurse on duty during in the direction of a future class flours and a physk:ian career. If a student i-. not i:l<i>.t;d may tie seen tiy appointment. in a job right away, by comAccommodations for routine pleting a placement file, his lalx>ratory tests are availatile name can tie made available at plus physical exercise equip- a later time. Their library of ment, a sauna, showers, and a txxiks, pamphlets, magazines, self-care center. In case of a and guides provide needed insevere illness, a student will tie formation on career opportransferred to a nearby fiospital. tunities. The Center is open The Health Center is open 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Monday Monday t h r o u ^ Thursday, and T u e s d a y and 8:00 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. and a.m.-5:00 p.m. Wednesday Fridays 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. through Friday.

Room 1.03.46 SB is the Finally there is ttie Testing Counseling Center. Servkes of Center located in room 1.03.50 tfie Center include indivklual, Science Building. Open 8:00 relationship, or group counsel- a . m . - 5 : 0 0 p.m. Monday ing, testing, education, and oc- through Friday, ttie center procupational information. All vides services for natk>nal tests, counseling is confidential. Ttie interest and personality invencenter is opien Mondaytories, achievement and inThursday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 telligence tests, and the strongp.m. and Fridays 8:00 a.m. to 5 ly encouraged CREDIT BY EXp.m. A telqplione may lie called AMINATION process. For to listen to various cassette mcnre infcHrmatkm on testing tapes. A list of tfie topk:s and procedures, call 6914125. tape numbers may lie ol>tained In addition to ttie aliove at the center. Call 691-4141 specific student service centers, and ask for tfie specifk: tape tfiere are programs of academic numlier. advisement for undeclared maThe Career Planning and jors, provisionally admitted Placement Center in room students, foreign and handk:ap1.03.50 Science Buikhng offers ped students. Contact the Dean professional assistance in of Students Office for further securing part-time or full-time information.

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Student Support for PUF Urgent The Student Representative Assembly is currently writing letters of support for inclusion of UTSA into the Permanent University Fund.

The Joint Resolution One, sponsored by Senator Bob Vale, would include all UT campuses into the PUF. UT-Austin was originally included in the PUF but UTSA never was. The PUF is set up to finance building costs at state universities. At UTSA, students pay general fees that finance campus tniildings. Without inclusion into the PUF, UTSA will be forced to double tuition rates and contiriue to increase your fees. Without PUF, many situdents will be forced to drop out of college. Ttie SFiA is writing the Bexar-County delegation in supp<^ of PUF inclusion. We urge you to vorce your support by writing to Sen. Vale and the Bexar County delegation in Austin. If you will sign the support pledge below and return it to the newspaper office. The P a i s a n o staff will toward it to the SRA and on to Austin.

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by Mark G. Bruno UTSA, not unlike otfier large and complex organizations, is r riocbcally overcome with difficulties in providing quick, acc u r a t e , and informative responses to student questions CM- grievances.

For those students and student organizations that are concerned with issues related to the quality of UTSA student life and activities, there exists a potentially valuable source of information and assistance with the University Assembly (UA) and its Student Life and Activities Committee.

The UA is the governing body on campus which reviews all university policies and makes rec< )mmendations to the President. University President, Dr. James Wagener, presides

over tfie Assembly which is composed of memliers of tfie faculty, administration, professional staff, and student representatives from each of the UTSA colleges. The Student Life and Activities Committee is composed of boAi faculty and student representatives of the UA. The purpose of this Committee is to receive complaints, petitions, and appeals from students and student organizations regarding student issues. The Committee will assist the students by directing them to the appropriate Individuals and sources of information necessary for resolving their problems. The Committee will make its resources available to all students and student organizations who request It and '"l.o have a need kx Commit tec dbsistancc.

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UTSA Intramiirals in Full Swing liy C a r l a M c G i l l and Paul A . Shope k E x a c t l y w h a t are i n tramurals? In this case tfie term intramural is referring to activities (sports) whk:h take place within ttie confines of ttie scfiool, with ttie students, staff and faculty competing in various activities.

Intramural sports at UTSA are expanding at a rapid pace.

In just tfiree stiort years ttie participatkxi in ttie intramural activities has more than douliled.

The intramural program is designed so that students can develop attiletic skills, make use of leisure time, or gain valuable experience in the competitive spori <»l ilifir liking.

This Spring's program includes tiasketball, tennis (singles and doubles), table tennis (singles and doubles), track (men and women) softktall (coed) and superstar competition (roed).

Ttie intramural program at UTSA dties not <:a\er tn only a few gitted athletes as ibe intercollegiate program does. Most sports offered are divided into advanced, intermediate, and tieginner classifications to include participants of varied

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levels of skill. All UTSA students, faculty, and staff members with current recrearkmal fee receipts are eligible to enter any intramural program and are encouraged to do so.

If you wish to participate in a sp»ort that is not lieing offered, sign up the teams or participants and ttie intramural department will purchase ttie equipment (within reason).

Participants must submit an entry from to the intramural offfce (Convocation Center M 202) prior to the entry deadline of each activity. Entry deadlines of upcoming events are: Softball—March 5, and superstar corripetition—April 15.

One shortcoming that ttie intramural program is having is ttie lack of qualified referees.

This Is where student development could tie a great help. Any and all volunteers would tie appreciated. Interested parties please contact Mike Floyd or Kathy Caldwell at the in tramural office which is located in ttie Convocation Center in room M.2.02.02.

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ROTC Meet Slated

by Jim Upright The Roadrunner Orienteering Club in conjunction with the UTSA ROTC Corps of Cadets, will host a Score Orienteering Meet.

The Meet is slated for February 14 and will start from ttie Camp Bullis Fleadquarters parking lot.

The-meet-will start at 10:00 a.m. with late registration tietween 7:30-8:30 a.m. of ttie same day. Pre-registration may be "onducted in the ROTC department. MS Building, Ror*n 4 03 20 ()ri«-n|i><'rinu

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Want to have a t»aUV Ttie hiealth and Physical Education Club is sponsoring a coed volleyliall tournament on Saturday, Fetiruary 21 at 8:30 a.m. in ttie P.E. building.

Tfie entry fee Is twenty dollars per team with a total of ten memtiers on eath team. In tramural coed rules will be us ed. Trophies will tie awarded to

Orienteering I'., best defined as crosscountry .lavigation with map and compass and is much like a road irally on foot.

The contestants mn or walk over a "wilderness" course locating a series of control markers.

Ttie competition Is open to all ages and lioth students and non-students are invited to compete. Ttie aliility to read a map and a compass are tfie only skills required.

For further information, contact the Meet director, Jake Wooley. at 691-4620.

C o e d teams from Irinlty.

E n t r y D e a d l i n e San Antonio Collfyt? and StHithwfbt Ifxas Slate have Feb.27 also Ix-fn Invited lo participate March 5 in the itHimament.

St). If you want to havf a liall, March 25 join us dl the fourth annual April 15 HPl: Volk'ybdli lOumament on Saturday. I I'bnidry 21st. Entry dfddlinf Is |-t'brudry 19th l o r more iiiiormdiioM idll

I Irani... continued f r o m page 3 the amount of tax liability into tfie computer and a letter is automatically t y p e d . T h e amount of attomey time involved in this process is minimal. A word processor capable of typing the letters can be purchased for about $15,000 to $17,000.

The same word processor can be used to print the pietitions which institute legal proceedings equipment to Bexar County if he is allowed to continue his tax collection work for an additional two years. If Mr. hieard just continues to work at ttie pace that he has set for himself, one can easily see that he will eam 2.25 million dollars over a three year period on his tax collection efforts alone.

One should take into consideration that Mr. heeurd does a l c * j ; o r e than collect taxes for Bwveu County. Bexar County is one of many clients ttiat fieart has and 1 doubt wliether he has tiad to employ more than one additional person to handle the collection tasks. Ttie fact that Mr. Heard tias to pay some overfiead as a direct result of his contract with Bexar County liegs the question. The real issue is swhettier ttie county could in fact accomplish ttie same task at a fraction of ttie cost of doing business with Mr. Heard. The task that Mr. Heard is undertaking for Bexar County is one which a relatively young attorney could accomplish with ease. Ttie letters

which have tieen sent to delinquent tax payers cure easy to draft. The lawsuits whk:h have tieen filed can tie used as models to draft lawsuits against taxpayers who tiecome delinquent in the future. The starting salary for an attomey working in ttie district ^ittomey's office is somewhere in the neighliorhood of $17,000 per year. By simple mathemathics one can see that Bexar County could easily purchase the word processing equipment, hire one or several new attorneys and hire the additional secretarial staff necessary to undertake the tax collecting function of ttie district attcxney's office and still never approach ttie seven hundred fifty ttiousand dollar per year cost of doing txisiness with Mr. Heard.

As long as Commissioners Court is allowed to make decisions which are of questionable legality, and which allow the commissioners to reward ttieir political cronies for services rendered, then Bexar County will pay the price in the form of excessive payments on con tracts such as tlie one with Mr Heard. The actual cost of generating the paperwork necessary tq^ollect delinquent taxes is minlrnal compared to the amount that Is currently go Ing to Mr. Heard tiy way of at tomcy"s fees.