The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1985 Page: 3 of 8
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ST. PHILIP’S ALUM PAR-
TICIPATES IN LEADERSHIP
PROGRAM
St. Philip’s Graduate John Henry
Sanders has been selected to par-
ticipate in the Leadership San An-
tonio Program of the Greater San
Antonio Chamber of Commerce.
Sanders, a 1969 graduate of
Breckenridge High School,
graduated from SPC with an
Associate Arts degree in 1975. He is
presently in his senior year at Our
Lady of the Lake University and ex-
pects to be awarded his degree in
Public Administration, May, 1986.
John Sanders is currently
employed as an unemployment in-
surance service representative in the
Claims Department of the Texas
Employment Commission.
Previously, in 1978 he was named
one of the elite group of “Outstan-
ding Young Men in America.” Mar-
ried to Fanny Jackson, Sanders is
Music Director and a Sunday School
teacher at Second Baptist Church.
Currently he is president of
Chapter 46 of the Texas Public -
Employees Association. He is also -
president of Organizations United
for Eastside Development (OUED).
And most recently, Sanders has -
been named to the Editorial Ad- J
visory Board of the San Antonio *
Light. |
As a participant in the nine-month r
Leadership San Antonio program,
Sanders will examine the workings
of the urban system, and develop
and improve communications with
present and future community -
leaders. The group of more than 30
class members include represen-
tatives from the public, business
and non-profit sectors.
Blood Drive at SPC *
Thursday, November 12, 50
people from the St. Philip’s College
community “rolled up their sleeves”
to donate blood to the South Texas *
Regional Blood Bank. Forty-three
pints total were given by SPC —
some of those who volunteered could
not donate after all.
According to SPC Nurse Dorothy
Olijar this is a very good percentage
of would be donors versus pints
collected. And according to the
Alzafar Shriners who assisted the 2
Blood Bank staff, SPC donated
more blood than SAC did.
Nurse Olijar went on to say that
this was the “best response ever at
SPC,” and she wants everyone to
know how proud she is of those who
cared enough to donate.
These blood donation drives occur
twice every school year at SPC. The
next time will be during the spring
semester — hopefully after Spring
Break.
Watch the Tiger for when and
where. As Nurse Olijar says:
“Someone who can donate blood
should be very proud of themselves t
and their healthy bodies.”
Open letter to the ‘friends’
of the arthritis foundation
I am certain that there will be few
times in my life where I will need to
say “Thanks,” to so many people
that I will not have time to write
personal notes to all. It is with great
pleasure that I am writing this letter
as a FIRST “open letter” of thanks
to the many wonderful supporters of
the First Annual Food and Wine Ex-
position benefiting the Arthritis
Foundatin.
To the Hospitality Operations
Program faculty and staff, Will
Thornton, Candy Rowan, Debbie
Romeo and Karen Perkins, I say a
special thank-you for using your uni-
que talents to manage the St.
Philip’s volunteers, culinary com-
petitors and food booth displays in a
first-class manner. My thanks also
extend to all the students and staff
who contributed many hours stuff-
ing envelopes, licking stamps,
preparing food, setting up displays,
making banners, pouring wine and
much, more more. I can say without
a doubt that the event at Municipal
Auditorium would never have been
set up and ready to go without your
help.
Also, thank to all of you who sup-
ported the event by purchasing a
ticket and sharing in the activities.
I consider myself to be a very luck
person surrounded on all sides by
students, faculty, staff and ad-
ministrators working to present St.
Philip’s College and the Hospitality
Operations Program in an energetic,
enthusiastic and positive manner.
Thanks to you all.
Mary A. Kunz, Director
Hospitality Operations Program
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The Mexico City Earthquake;
A Personal Experience
by Angelita G. Montalvo, R.N.
MSN, MSW with Larry Jordan
From the 7 th through the 14 th of
October, 1985, I served as a
volunteer in the Mexican relief pro-
gram sponsored by my church. Our
group was sent to the Morelos area,
a suburb within the Metropolis of
Mexico City. As I prepared to go I
began to wonder what would I see,
how would I handle any problems
that would arise...because the
disaster was on such a large scale, I
seriously did not know what to ex-
pect.
Once I arrived in Morelos I could
hot believe what I saw. Can you im-
agine 800 to 900 men, women and
children all living in a high school
gymnasium? There was no running
water and only six toilet
stalls—three for women and three
for the men. It was impossible for
such minimal sanitary facilities to
handle such a mass of people.
There were four other gyms set up
in the same fashion scattered
throughout Mexico City. Even so
the number of homeless people was
too great for even these meager
shelters to accommodate all the
needy. In the gym where I worked,
the only furnishings were the rows
upon rows of cots. Those people that
could not, or would not go to the
gyms, slept on the streets. They us-
ed newspapers as temporary covers
during the cool nights and early
mornings.
Although the gyms were swept
and mopped three times a day by the
women staying there, it was an
endless and hopeless chore to keep
the place clean; there were just too
many people wandering around—up
to 500 during the day. Because of
the lack of water and proper ventila-
tion, the smell inside the gym was
something that I had to get used to.
These people were some of the
poorest in Mexico City. They were
very anxious because they did not
know what was going to happen to
them next—and nobody told them
anything because no one knew
anything. So the people in the gyms
just sat and waited around all
day...continually asking “Have you
heard anything? Are they saying
where we are going to be sent?” No
one really knew. The anxiety level
increased daily.
How could I help these homeless,
demoralized people? The tragedy
they had survived, and the pain they
were enduring, could never be wash-
ed away by the little help I could
give, yet I still had to try, maintain
a positive attitude, and help in
anyway I could with a hug, a hand-
shake, a prayer.
To add to the peoples suffering
and pain was the constant not know-
ing what had happened to other im-
mediate family members, close
friends next door neighbors.
There were several wives and
mothers who would not accept the
fact that their husbands and
children were dead. They would pre-
tend those lost were still alive but
elsewhere. Some fathers would not
even mention their loss. They would
just sit on the edge of the cots and
stare.
The ill and injured were being
treated with painkillers. There was
no where to examine them nor any
way to treat underlying problems.
Many of the city’s hospitals had
been destroyed.
The constant fear of an epidemic
loomed over all, but thank God there
were no serious outbreaks of
diseases such as typhoid. Such an
occurence would have only added to
the death tolls—medical supplies
were non-existent.
v Would I do it again. Yes. I just
hope and pray I will never ever see a
disaster such as this one again. I will
carry the memories of those seven
days with me forever. The frustra-
tions, inadequacies...the smiles, the
warmth, the love. As time passes,
maybe I will just remember the
good, and with the good, the pain
will die little by little.
COLLEGE CALENDAR
1986 January 1
January 14-16
January
January
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18
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Last day to pay early registration tuition and fees.
If not paid your registration is cancelled.
TUESDAY - THURSDAY. Registration for all
students according to the last two digits of their
social security number for both the long Spring
Semester and Spring Minimester I (8 wks).
SATURDAY - Classes begin Spring semester.
MONDAY. Classes begin as scheduled. Late fee of
$10.00 will be charged for registration. Classes
begin, Spring Minimester I.
WEDNESDAY. Last day to late register and
make Class Changes.
FRIDAY. Last day to pay late registration tuition
and fees.
MONDAY. Census date. Permanent recording
date for Spring Minimester I.
FRIDAY. Census date. Permanent recording date
for Spring semester courses. All student and class
records must be cleared by this date.
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