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Cultural rituals bedrock for
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By Stacey Young
Urban Journalism Workshop
KTSA reporter Matari Jones-Gunter speaks March 5 about radio journalism.
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► What: Former student
urges women to aim
for management jobs.
► What: Faith binds
people’s existence,
speakers say.
By Marti Bivas
► What: Missionary group
needs eye glasses for
people in Honduras.
► What: Women add gift
of listening, intuitiveness
to pastoral skills.
► HOW: Horsemanship helps
snag Western roles.
Homes are decorated in red, white,
purple, yellow, orange and blue.
Altars are built and decorated with
candles, ministatues of the Virgin
She also talked about folk healing.
Family recipes and herbal medi-
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Mary are solemnly revered in the
she said.
Broadcast reporting keeps one on top of cur-
rent events and allows one to meet people.
“There is never a day that goes the same, and
you are always meeting new people,” she said.
Broadcasters also change jobs frequently, she
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early hero
ditions, Cruz-Gonzales said.
Luna spoke of another cultural
ritual, el Dfa de Los Muertos or
'Weddings in the Hispanic culture Day of the Dead.
Every Nov. 2, people carry food,
flowers and gifts to the grave sites of
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said.
“This is a very fickle field,” she said. “People
get frustrated. They look for more money, egos
clash or some people just can’t handle the pres-
sure.”
Jones-Gunter said that she wants to see more
women in decision-making roles.
“I want to see more women news directors,
more general managers,” she said.
Jones-Gunter said broadcasting requires ex-
perience and good working relationships to
progress.
Medical school should not be competitive, a i
local pediatrician told 14 students March 3 for those children,
during this college’s observation of Women’s
History Week.
Dr. Linda Cook shares a practice with her
husband, Dr. Sean Cook, at 7959 Broadway St.
in Alamo Heights.
“When we had to do a dissection, we would
work in teams,” Cook said.
“You get very, very close to people that you
do the dissection with because you have a trust when a child would die they would look like
your son.”
Cook is going on a mission trip this summer
Student Government has raised $697 to send 10 members
to the state convention of the Texas Junior Colleges Student
Government Associations April 10-13 in Austin.
Senator Stephen Elolf, along with members of his student
activities committee, raised $423 March 7 by selling fajita
tacos and sodas.
They also held a fajita sale on Feb. 28 where they made a
profit of $274.
“Our fund-raising sales help provide money for our trip to
Austin that we can’t get through the district,” Elolf said.
Elolf said his committee will grill fajitas again from 9 a.m. to
2 p.m. March 26-27 in the mall area between Loftin Student
Center and Moody Learning Center.
Elolf also said that he and senator Hilario “Lalo” Alvarado
are going to have a 5-kilometer run on campus April 12.
Anyone who wants to participate must register before 6:45
a.m. April 12.
The run will coincide with the annual college book fair.
The registration fee will be $10 for students. For others, the
fee will be $12 until April 5 and $15 the day of the run.
Anyone interested can register in the Student Government
office, Room 256 of Loftin.
The proceeds from the event will go the Student Govern-
ment scholarship fund.
Student Government will meet at 1:30 p.m. March 25 in
Room 260A of Loftin.
Campus radio station KSYM is a good place
to start for people who want a career in radio,
traffic news reporter Matari Jones-Gunter said
March 5 to about 25 people as part of this
college’s observance of Women’s History
Month.
Jones-Gunter, who is a traffic news reporter
for radio station KTSA and a movie critic for
KTFM, spoke on “The Gift of Gab.”
Jones-Gunter, a graduate of Roosevelt High
School, majored in journalism and Spanish at
Texas A&M University.
During summer school at this college in 1991
and 1992, she got her first taste of broadcast-
ing “right there across the street, KSYM 90.1
your alternative listening source,” she said.
Jones-Gunter said that she volunteered her
time and had a jazz show in the morning.
To stress how things work out in the broad-
casting industry, Jones-Gunter explained that
while she was volunteering her time on KSYM,
she made a tape which enabled her to get a full-
time job working for radio station KTRH in
Houston.
Jones-Gunter explained that being a broad-
caster requires long hours and has low pay.
“My hours at KTSA radio are 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
which means that my day starts at like 4:30 in
the morning,” she said.
“I get to the station at 5:30 and I’m on the
air at 6:02 a.m, ” she said. ’’Although I’m on the as well when you think about this kind of job,
air from 6 a.m. to 2 in the afternoon it doesn’t
mean that I can leave because I also function as
a news reporter.”
Jones-Gunter said that she does a lot of tele-
phone interviews and that she also sends re-
porters to cover things, but her day sometimes
we make decisions in life,” Cook said.
Cook explained that everybody has different
styles and different interests, but the field of-
fers something for everyone.
Cook takes care of children and babies be-
cause that is what she enjoys doing.
“Because I am a mother, I can relate to those
mothers with sick children and provide help
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Residency requires long, hard hours, and stu-
dents must be prepared to see things that they
have never seen before, Cook said.
In her residency at the Baptist Children’s
Hospital, she saw children who were abused,
children who were sick and children who died.
“It was overwhelming,” she said.
“You try to hide in the tears because at times
Spanish-speaking communities of the
world, Luna said.
“We are guided by rituals rather
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cept the consistency of this culture’s
inconsistencies.”
Aguilar spoke about religious and
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A former outstanding student of this college, Dr. Felix
Alamarez, has been selected as the May commencement
speaker.
Alamarez, a history professor at the University of Texas at
San Antonio, was named an outstanding former student in
1993-94.
He was a fellow of the Texas State
Historical Association and
received an Award of
Merit from the association
in 1992. He is also a former
Fulbright Scholar.
The ceremony will be 2 p.m.
May 17 in Laurie Auditorium on
the Trinity University campus.
Caps and gowns for the commencement
ceremony will be available from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 14-17
in the admissions and records office in Room 201 of Fletcher
Administration Center.
Students will not be charged for caps and gowns.
All students who have applied for graduation and plan to
attend the ceremony must pick up their caps and gowns April
14-17.
Students who would like to learn how to explore the World
Wide Web can sign up any time at the second floor reference
desk in Moody Learning Center for a free one-hour session.
Sessions include a half-hour lecture and a half-hour of
hands-on practice.
Sessions will be from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays in Moody
Learning Center except March 21 and 28 and April 25.
Additional sessions will be from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. March 27
and April 24.
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High school students interested in a career in journalism
can apply to the Urban Journalism Workshop at this college.
The two-week experience of living in a dormitory at St. Mary’s
University and taking classes at this college will introduce
students to careers in newspaper while giving them a sample
of college level-work.
Applications are available from area high school journalism
instructors, English coordinators and counselors.
Along with the application, students should submit a
transcript, three letters of recommendation and a short essay
detailing journalism or writing experience.
College entrance exam test scores are optional but encour-
aged if available.
The letters of recommendation should be from a journalism
or English teacher, another teacher, and from a work or
volunteer supervisor or a nonrelative personal reference.
The package of materials should be returned by April 11 to
the Urban Journalism Workshop, Department of Mass
Communications, San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro Ave.,
San Antonio, Texas 78212. Applications will also be accepted
by fax at 733-2868.
Applicants must attend a selection session and interview at
2 p.m. April 13 in Loftin Student Center.
For more information, call 733-2870.
extends to a nine- or 10-hour day. Broadcast-
ers also work holidays and weekends, she said.
Starting pay in radio is less than $20,000, she
said.
“That’s something you need to keep in mind
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primary goal is to do better then them,” she
said.
good.”
She advised students seeking medical careers
to make a list of pros and cons
and enjoyment of the work.
Then she said to discard the list.
“Throw that list away because that’s not how department office in Room 123 of Gonzales.
panic culture, Cruz-Gonzales said.
She also discussed the traditional
and spiritual beliefs of women.
are very traditional, very Catholic,”
Cruz-Gonzales said.
Sponsors, usually family members, their loved
Changing the world for even one per-
son is admirable, a Jourdanton min-
ister said March 7 during a
seminar for Women’s His-
tory Week.
The Rev. Georgia
Stone, pastor of the |
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churches, came to share
the gift of ministry.
Stone has been an or-
dained pastor three
years.
Before she was or-
dained, Stone was the di-
rector of Christian educa-
tion at Travis Park United
Methodist Church in San
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Stone is the founder of the Well x.
House on Commerce Street. x
The Well House is a halfway house
for women coming out of jail.
It gives them the opportunity to start a
new life with people around who care and will
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stand the complexities of the His- ing her family on these values and tra- cines are all part of the cultural ritual,
she said.
Tamarindo, which is a seed, can be English Lacturor Liz Ann Baaz Aguilar says faith is the foundation of life,
the made into a tea and is used for high
fevers.
Parsley, when heated with milk,
can be used to cure mild cases of in-
somnia.
Dorothy Page was the first woman to play
the hero and have her own series of westerns
made on a low budget, an English professor
said March 4 at a seminar for Women’s History
Month.
Page was in the films “Water Rustlers,” “Ride
’Em Cowgirl” and “The Singing Cowgirl,” re-
leased in 1939 by Grand National Pictures,
which later went bankrupt, Bill Shute said.
Page was picked for the part because she
lived in the rural Midwest, could ride a horse,
was comfortable with animals and had a voice
that could adapt to many singing styles, Shute
said.
“Page is a significant character, I feel,” Shute
said.
“I’ve done a lot of research, but it’s pretty
safe to say she was the first woman to be the
protagonist.
“In the film, she uses conflict resolution, go-
ing with the law to solve her problems, although
in the end of ‘Water Rustlers’ she blows up a
dam,” he said.
Page’s character was always positioned higher
than the male character, Shute explained.
In the end of “Water Rustlers,” she’s hold-
ing the leading man in her arms, he said.
Before Page became an actress, she had a
successful singing career on network radio and
at major nightclubs nationwide, and after mak-
ing movies she continued singing, he said.
“Page gets a hallowed place in the western
hall of fame and in women’s history,” the pro-
fessor said.
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in them to watch you and make sure you are
doing everything correct.”
Students must learn to work together rather to a remote area of Honduras.
than competing in medical school, she said. She said the missionary group needs prescrip-
“The worst thing you could do to a class- tion eye glasses to distribute to the people in
mate is to compete with them and your only Honduras.
The people of Honduras have no real access
to prescription glasses so the missionaries are
You don’t look good unless everyone looks going to lay out all the glasses so people can try
them on to find the right fit and prescription.
English Professor Carol Ann Britt said she
of salary, hours will collect eye glasses for the mission trip in
her office in Room 229D of Gonzales Hall.
Students also may leave them in the English
Ruda, which is a seed, is used for “I grew up with this,” Aguilar said,
aches and pains; and Chinese plums “It is a ritual that has been passed on
help lower the blood sugar in diabet- to me by my mother and grandmoth-
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bride in a small box, basket or pouch, than principles,” Luna said. “We
Consider the legacy your mother and they represent wealth, prosper-
Cruz- ity and good health for the couple.
Cruz-Gonzales said her mother
remembers kneeling at the feet of the social rites in the Hispanic culture.
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there in honor of her new life. to perceive them,” she said. “Faith is
Religion is also very important to a foundation of our existence. It is an
the Hispanic woman,” Cruz- understanding of tradition and fam-
ily
“A devoted prayer to God is not
Free health screenings will be given from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.
April 2 at the Health and Wellness Fair in the Fiesta Room of
Loftin Student Center.
Students from the medical assisting technology certificate
program will take blood pressure and distribute educational
information on healthy living provided by the American Heart
Association.
Mammograms, bone scans and various blood screenings
also will be scheduled from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. for those who
have applied by March 26.
Applications can be obtained from health and wellness
Coordinator Cathy McAuliffe, child development professor,
by calling her at 733-2415 or sending e-mail to
cmcaulif@accd. edu
Exhibits will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., including
special events, demonstrations and mini-lectures on health
topics.
Employees, students and community members are invited
to take advantage of this chance to learn more about wellness
and raise awareness of HIV and AIDS prevention.
Student volunteers are needed. Those who are interested
may call McAuliffe.
The medical assisting technology certificate program is a
two-year accredited associate degree program that allows
students to earn college credit while learning skills, said Kathy
Blankenship, medical assisting instructor.
Graduates of the medical assisting program are qualified to
test for Certified Medical Assisting credentials.
The test is administered by the Certifying Board of the
American Association of Medical Assistants.
Beginning in 1998, the program at this college will be a
prerequisite of the exam.
Graduates have a variety of career advancement opportuni-
ties in the medical field, Blankenship said. They can do
anything from general medical tasks to administration.
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listen to their problems, she said.
“We live in a world where part of the prob-
lem is that we don’t have anyone to listen to
us,” Stone said, cupping her hand to her ear.
Stone started the MATCH program, which
stands for Mothers and Their Children.
This program allows women in jail to
. have visits with their children.
The mothers qualify for the visits by
enrolling in parenting classes and gen-
eral equivalency diploma classes
and being model inmates,
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Atascosa county jails.
When God called Stone to return to
the seminary at the age of 51, she thought
she was too old.
“God told me he
was,” Stone said.
She believes women belong in the min-
istry.
“Some of the gifts women bring to
ministry are pastoral skills,” she said.
“We are good listeners and very intui-
tive.”
Antoinette Brown was the first woman
ordained in 1853 by the Congregational
Church.
The enrollment in seminaries is more
than 50 percent women; however, Stone
said women have more difficulty advanc-
ing in the profession.
present the couple with gifts for the
wedding ceremony.
Such gifts include the lasso, wed-
ding cushion and aras.
The lasso, which is a rosary, repre- Mary and pictures of the deceased
sents infinity and unity in the mar- person.
riage- This ritual is still practiced in
The wedding cushion, which the Mexico and throughout most of the
lives, English Professor Norma Cruz- bride and groom kneel on, n
Gonzales said March 4 in a seminar them being brought togethi
presented as part of Women’s History
Week.
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has passed on to you,”
Gonzales said.
English Professor Irma Luna and
Lecturer Liz Ann Baez Aguilar also Virgin Mary and placing her bouquet
spoke during “The Gift of Cultural
Heritage.”
The understanding of how a
woman’s beliefs become integrated Gonzales said,
throughout her lifetime helps estab- The statues of the Sacred Heart,
lish her identity, Cruz-Gonzales said. Christ on the cross and the Virgin only essential but sacrificial,” she said.
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woman’s life, people might under- home and great pride is taken in rais-
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