April 1, 2002

University of Texas-Pan American studentsexercised their rights to choose StudentGovernment Association officials last week, elect-ing Alyssa Munoz president of SGA.

Through increased publicity and encouragementfrom UTPA officials, students hit the polls inincreased numbers over previous elections, withmore than 1,100 votes being cast. This year’s votetotal surpasses the sum of the last two years com-bined, as just 648 and 465 votes were cast in 2000and 2001, respectively.

“We try to promote campus involvement ineverything we do,” said Dana Garza, coordinatorof Student Development. “I’m hoping the studentsare realizing this can be a fun campus, and thatwe have an SGA that is eager to help them.”

Garza also attributed the improved voter turnoutto the increased number of presidential tickets andcandidates running for positions. According toGarza, many of the candidates campaigned andurged their fellow students to vote. But she feelsMunoz, along with her running mate Jessica AnnGarcia, relied on their previous SGA experienceto coax students to cast votes in their direction.

“On the final day, everyone stepped up, butthey [Munoz, Garcia] had an advantage throughexperience and knew what it took to win,” Garzasaid.

Munoz, a senior biology major, is uncertainwhether her experience played a part in her victo-ry, but feels it will make her a more effectiveSGA president. “It will make it easier for me toget things done,” she said. “I know all the admin-istrators, red tape and procedures.”

The new president feels there are many things

for SGA to address regarding student life atUTPA, but believes SGA is up to the task.

“It’s the little things we’d like to address,” shesaid. “The major thing is to make sure SGA isknown to the students.”

Teamwork is essential in many group functions,and Munoz feels the ability to work together isimportant for SGA as well.

“I want to make sure we have teamwork,” shesaid. “If we don’t work together with other stu-dent organizations, it will be hard to get thingsaccomplished.”

To make SGA and its officers more accessibleto UTPA students, Munoz hopes to make SGAincreasingly visible through its participation incampus activities.

“We hope to participate in all events on cam-pus,” she said. “We’d like to say to students, ‘thisis what we can do for you.’”

With loud Mariachi music playing in thebackground, doctors from Hidalgo and StarrCounty gathered on the steps of the countycourthouse in Edinburg and voiced their con-cerns regarding malpractice lawsuits.

Over 400 doctors walked out of their officesMonday morning in protest of increasing mal-practice insurance costs. About 300 supportersshowed up in Edinburg as well, including staterepresentatives Kino Flores, D-McAllen,Miguel Wise, D-Weslaco, and county judgeEloy Pulido.

Dr. Juan M. Campos, president of theHidalgo-Starr County Medical Society, wasone of several speakers at the event, which attimes resembled like a political pachanga. Thewalkout was organized by by the MedicalSociety in conjunction with Citizens AgainstLawsuit Abuse (CALA).

Campos said high insurance costs in thisregion have caused many “quality” doctors toleave, which has led to a shortage in physi-cians, particularly specialists, in the Valley.

“We have to solve this crisis,” Campos said. Campos said Hidalgo County and Valley res-

idents, especially children and the elderly, willbe hurt the most by this “clear and present dan-ger.”

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THURSDAYApril 11, 2002

An Inside Look:

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T h e S t u d e n t N e w s p a p e r o f T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f T e x a s - P a n A m e r i c a n

■ BIG WIN: Edinburgat torney Ramon Garciadefeated Hidalgo CountyJudge Eloy Pulido byover 12,000 votes inTuesday’s run-offelections for the countyjudge’s seat. With all ofthe county’s precinctsrepor ting, Garciareceived 65 percent ofthe vote to Pulido’s 35.Pulido thanked everyoneinvolved in his campaignand said it had beendifficult to go up againsta well-funded campaignlike Garcia’s.In other local races,Omar Guerrero narrowlydefeated Lupe Silva-Aboud by fewer than300 votes for theDistrict Clerk position.Following Tuesday’s run-off, the Rio GrandeValley wonrepresentation in theTexas Senate when staterepresentative Juan“Chuy” Hinojosa downedCorpus Christi lawyerand businesswomanBarbara Canales-Black.Hinojosa received 55.6percent of the vote with33,557 votes andCanales-Black got 44.4percent with 26,749. In the US Senate race,former Dallas mayor RonKirk won the right torepresent the Democratsby beating high schoolgeography teacherVictor Morales ofCrandall. Kirk faces GOPcandidate John Cornynin November. There was no runoff onthe Democratic side forgovernor as TonySanchez builds hiscampaign for aNovember showdownwith Republicanincumbent Rick Perry.

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CCaammppuussVOICEWhat doyou thinkabout thedoctors’walkout?

Matt Lynch/The Pan American

PROTEST — Dr. Juan M. Campos addresses the crowd during a demonstration on Tuesday morning at theHidalgo County Courthouse. Valley doctors gathered to voice concerns over rising premiums covering mal-practice. However, some observers side with patients, and place partial blame for costs on the doctors.

Doctors demand redress

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It’s official: Munoz to head SGA

By Eladio JaimezThe Pan American

By Matt LynchThe Pan American

MASTER TIGER: Onceagain, Tiger Woods is thefavorite to take TheMasters at AugustaNational Golf Club star tingtoday and concludingSunday afternoon. Woods,chasing his third greenjacket, will have moreobstacles to overcome thisyear around. AugustaNational has revamped itscourse, increasing theyardage on eight of the 18holes. Woods will also facestif f competition from a fewguys who are long overduefor a green jacket. DavidDuval and Ernie Els wouldlove to see themselvesspor ting the green blazer,but nobody wants thismajor more than PhilMickelson. He is not onlyon a quest for the Masterstitle, but his first majorchampionship in his procareer.

PGA

WORLD CUP

MOVING ON? With the2002 World Cup just undertwo months away, Italycoach Giovanni Trapat tonisaid he will not make adecision about his long-term future until after theWorld Cup finals in Japanand South Korea.Trapat toni’s contractexpires after the finals andwhile he said he wouldreturn to club coachingafter the World Cup, therehave been suggestions hemay be ready to extend hisdeal.

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MR. CLUTCH: Sharyland native Marco Garza receives high fives fromhis teammates after scoring a run in game one of a doubleheaderagainst the Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas. Garza came into the con-test hitting .191 and broke up Javs’ starter Mike Huddleston’s perfect-game bid, leading off the sixth inning with a single. The freshmanshortstop went 3-for-6 for the night to raise his average to .210.

The University of Texas Pan-American track & field teamstumbled in the Texas Relays lastweek, but looks to bounce backat the Angelo State RelaysSaturday.

The Broncs faced qualityDivision I opponents last weekand this time will face power-house Division II schools such asAngelo State and AbileneChristian.

Both are ranked in the top fivein the country, according to head

coach Ricky Vaughn. However,Vaughn is optimistic his squadwill be up to the challenge.

"Their [team] expectations arehigher," Vaughn said. "Maybethey are a little more focused.Hopefully it will be a good meetthis weekend."

He added that his Division IIopponents have great programs,and fierce competitors .

"They [opponents] have greatathletes," Vaughn said. "It willbe a high-quality meet and Ihope some of our athletes quali-fy."

Sophomore Rashaad Ben

knows his opponents will run ata high level, and it will be achallenge for the Broncs to qual-ify.

"They [opponents] train prettyhard," Ben said. "You have torun your best at all times. It's alot of competition."

The young and inexperiencedsquad went up against toughercompetition, including Big 12programs, at the Texas Relays inAustin.

Vaughn said last week's experi-ence will help develop the pro-gram and put it on the map.

"It's important for us to devel-

op our program," Vaughn said."We need to start competingagainst bigger schools. We'reready for the next step."

Although members of the teamfailed to qualify, the experiencewill not only help the athletesthis weekend, but in futureevents as well.

"No doubt, for most it wastheir first time competing in larg-er meets," Vaughn said. "Theyhave to learn how to control theiremotions."

One bright spot at the TexasRelays was sophomore Valerie

Thinclads ready for Angelo State

If they could play the secondgame first, who knows.

The University of Texas-PanAmerican Broncs, for the seventhtime in seven 2002 doubleheaders,lost the first game against TexasA&M-Kingsville Tuesday, 3-2.They rebounded to win the secondmatch 5-0, marking the fifth time inthose seven twin bills that a splitwas attained.

The ol' one-up, one-down routinesends them into a home weekendseries against Houston Baptist witha 10-26 overall record. The Broncsgot a pair of solid pitching perform-ances against TAMUK (17-28), andhope that this will continue againstHB, a highly ranked NAIA school,in a three-gamer starting at 7 p.m.Friday at Edinburg BaseballStadium.

In the extra-innings openeragainst TAMUK, senior right-han-der Mike Calvert pitched six stronginnings, allowing just two runs, butUTPA fell short as the Javelinaspushed across the winning run in theeighth, benefiting from a throwingerror by relief pitcher Skip Weast.

The Bronc bats, a problem mostof the year, exploded for three runsin the first inning of the secondgame, and senior right-hander JustinDowd did the rest, getting his firstvictory in seven decisions. Hehurled the team's second completegame of the season, fanning 10 andwalking just two on a five-hitter. Hecame into the game with a 12.27earned run average, and made hisbest mound effort of the year.

"Justin Dowd did a great job ofpitching in situations," said UTPAhead coach Reggie Tredaway. "Hegot big strikeouts in a few situationswhere they had two men on, andthat's what you have to do."

Tony Ortiz had three hits in asmany tries and scored twice in thenightcap, while catcher Matt Eicheldrove in two runs. Shortstop MarcoGarza and left fielder BruceKennedy contributed two hits and astolen base apiece. UTPA outhit theJavs 12-5 in the second game, butmanaged just four hits in the opener,with outfielders John Lopez andJonathan Mason posting RBIs.

The team continued to have trou-ble making contact at the plate,striking out 12 times and drawingjust two walks in the doubleheader.

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By Mike GonzalezThe Pan American

Broncs one up,one down vs.South Texas foe

FIDDLE DEE

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The afternoon is sunny. It is mid-day andthe ambience is universal. On this Thursdayafternoon, the organization called “TheCommunity” is hosting a free musical con-cert. The first band, having completed its set,is makes way for the next band entitled “WeSuck.” As the band takes the floor, lead singerMarc ‘Marc Hardcore’Villarreal, 23, yellsthrough the microphone, “Welcome to thebirth of a new revolution! The time for achange is now. I feel I have been robbed of acollege experience here at this university andthe time to act is now!”

The hardcore 4-piece band (together sincethe fall of 1997) pounds in, encouraging thecrowd to yell congruently, as Villarreal’s polit-ical messages burst through the speakers.

Villarreal, a UTPA senior from Mission,explains that his rage when he performscomes from natural energy and is an attemptto encourage the audience to join in and dowhat they please. In that moment, he consid-ers himself “extreme and energetic.”

“The main theme [of the shows] is for peo-ple to relate to one another during the show.When people alienate themselves, they die offsocially. My objective is to channel negativeenergy into something positive and construc-tive, to attack dogma and for people to reasonand act together.”

“I view myself [when performing] as a con-duit of energy being used to provide a gift ofliberation to the audience to do what they feellike doing there. It’s extreme and energeticand pushing limits. I’d rather be detested thanapathetic.”

Villarreal is the vice-president of “TheCommunity,” which offers a chance for stu-dents of all creeds and educational back-grounds to congregate and speak their mindsthrough an event called “Spoken Word.”

Villarreal and his organization believe thatthey need to do something about student unityin order to form a more solid campus body.

“People here in the Valley seem to haveacquired a learned helplessness, and alienatethemselves,” he said. “The university needs todo more to make the students aware of whatthey can do around their campus. Instead, it[the university] hinders student willingness tocooperate with activities around campus.”

Villarreal, a psychology major/philosophyminor, believes that instead of the universityadministration posting regulations for studentorganizations, it should encourage more stu-dent activities.

“This university seems to take for grantedthat we [students] pay tuition for a reason,”Villarreal said. “We should not be restrictedand rather be allowed to do more.”

Villarreal understands the importance ofcertain regulations when it comes to conduct-ing demonstrations or posting advertisings,but feels that they are too meticulous and dis-couraging to some organizations and students,for example when it comes to getting fliersstamped.

“In 1998 and 1999 we [The Community]used to throw shows free to the public for

people to come together,” Villarreal said.“One of the policies we had to abide by wasto hire security. The University PoliceDepartment sent the amount they felt ade-quate, which was quite a bit, and we wereforced to discontinue the shows due to over-charging, which led to lack of funds.”

Villarreal states that it has become difficultfor him and his organization to successfullyattempt to gather and congregate, due to diffi-culties with the Office of StudentDevelopment. He added that the OSD did notfully comply with regulations pertaining tonon-free-speech zones.

“A while back, “Spoken Word” wouldgather at the University Circle until we [TheCommunity] were advised to move into a des-ignated free-speech zone located by thelibrary with the excuse that we could not useamplifying devices in a non-free-speechzone,” said Villarreal, referring to a prior inci-dent.

A year ago, the organization on occasion setup a speaker with a microphone allowing stu-dents to express their thoughts, ideas andemotions freely.

“We respectfully complied and moved tothe other area,” Villarreal said.

Christine Carruthers, coordinator for theOSD, said, “student organizations are allowedtwo university handbooks for reference onregulations when using both free and non-free-speech zones: The Student Guide andThe Handbook of Operation Procedures.”

The Student Guide states on 1 insection 4, “Recognition and Approval ofStudent Organizations,” subdivision 1, that: 1)The University recognizes student organiza-tions as an integral part of University life. 2)Student organizations offer an opportunity forpersonal growth and development of specialtalents and interests.”

Villarreal, however expressed discontentover the fact that several weeks ago some reli-gious organizations conducted a three-daydemonstration that required the use of ampli-fying devices in a non-designated free-speechzone.

Dana Garza, coordinator for the OSD,explained that “organizations around campusare allowed to use amplifiers on a non-free-speech zone during activity periods as long asthe equipment is not obstructing traffic.”

“While we were told to move [a year ago]to a designated free-speech zone to use ouramplifier and microphone, these organizationswere demonstrating for three full days from 6a.m to 6 p.m. on a non-designated-free speechzone with plenty of amplification and definite-ly out of activity period,” Villarreal said.

“If those organizations were amplified outof activity period, they should not have beenand were advised several times not to,” reiter-ated Garza.

Angie De Loach is a member of the cam-pus religious fraternity, Chi-Alpha, a partici-pant in last week’s spiritual events.

“They [Student Development] approachedus on several occasions to tell us to keep thevolume low,” she said.

“The reason we don’t permit amplificationdevices off activity period [in non-designated

free-speech zones] is simply for the fact that itdisturbs classes,” Carruthers said.

De Loach disagreed and said their ampli-fiers were on after activity period.

“Several classes were disrupted and they[student development] came again to tell us toturn [the amplifiers] off,” De Loach said.“However, we reached a compromise withthem and they allowed us to keep them on aslong as we kept them at a low and reasonablevolume. So we did.”

De Loach also stated that her organizationhas also had problems in the past with StudentDevelopment.

“They informed us in the past that we couldnot express freedom of religion to the fullest.They told us that we could not have worshipmusic, nor be allowed to exhibit religiousfilms due to the separation of church andstate,” she said.

Carruthers cleared the issue of “separationof church and state” by explaining that “dueto state funding [for the university], statefunds may not be used to support religious orpolitical activities.”

Although Villarreal uses his music andlyrics as the essential tool for voicing his con-cerns to the local masses, The Community isfocusing on alternate methods of reaching outto university students, as well. In hopes ofmaking a difference and solidifying their aspi-rations, The Community’s president, DanVaughn, ran a campaign for SGA. Althoughhe didn’t win, this action displayed evidencethat The Community is diversifying its efforts.

“We want everyone to unite and focus onsimilarities rather than differences,” Villarrealsaid. “If applied, this will rid mental pollutionsuch as racism, structural bias and homopho-bia. We [The Community] just want to betreated equally, and have complied with theStudent Government in all their requests.”

Villarreal added that he simply wants theuniversity masses to commune, to composestudent unity in an institution of higher learn-ing that should promote “general cognition.”

“Some people have taken offense to ouractions. But, if I illicit a response—positive ornegative - I’ve served some kind of purposebecause people have mobilized, acted andthought,” he commented. “The synthesis rightnow is the apathy of students and/or theschool, but what we stress to the students isthat the universe is indifferent, do as much asyou can to build and create. People in theValley need to mobilize and work together tobuild.”

“It’s your university. Don’t be apathetic. Ihope the university will evolve into positivechange. There is much more than SGA, ath-letics, and other organizations that the univer-sity focuses on.”

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Local band frontman seeks campus unity BASEBALL

BRONC LEADERS

Batting Average

Matt Sisk .322

John Lopez .314

Adam Farek .297

Tony Ortiz .297

Jerome McCoy .288

Home runs

Matt Eichel 2

Matt Sisk 2

Jarrad Maddox 1

Sean Flynn 1

Tony Ortiz 1

RBI

Matt Sisk 18

Bruce Kennedy 14

Matt Eichel 11

Tony Ortiz 9

Jarrad Maddox 8

Hits

Matt Sisk 38

Jerome McCoy 36

Bruce Kennedy 29

John Lopez 27

Skip Weast 25

Runs

Matt Sisk 19

Jerome McCoy 19

Bruce Kennedy 14

John Lopez 13

Marco Garza 10

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Batting Average .262

Home Runs 7

RBI 113

Hits 302

Runs 136

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4/16 SE Louisiana

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Mavericks lasso BroncsEDINBURG -- The University of Texas-Pan American men’s tennis team gave a good

account of itself in just about every individual contest in a match against the University ofTexas-Arlington Sunday.

But the Mavericks came through when it counted, defeating the Broncs, 7-0 to clinch the reg-ular season Southland Conference championship and a first-round bye when the conferencetournament begins April 26.

Freshmen Filip Koziell and Jeremy Salvo lost their no. one doubles match to Andy Leber andDavid Corrie, 9-7, while sophomore Tom Mangelschots and junior Neil Barraclough lost at no.three doubles to Tom Zarzecny and Alon Goldshuv, 9-8, dropping the tie-breaker, 7-3. The dou-bles matches were played at the Cox Tennis Center, but the singles were moved to the SummitSports Club in Pharr due to high winds.

UTPA and UTA split sets in three of the six singles matches. Zarzecny defeated Koziell at no.three singles, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Javier Carrillo defeated Salvo at no. four, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3; andGoldshuv downed senior Kareem Abdullah at no. five, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.

“It was a very close 7-0 match, we had leads in five of the nine matches,” said UTPA headcoach Todd Chapman. “We won the first set in three of the six singles matches, and we were up6-3 at no. one doubles, and up, 6-5 and serving at number three. But we played a very goodteam today, the best team in our conference. It was good to see that we got ourselves into situa-tions where we had the opportunity to win, but then we weren’t able to do what we had to do inorder to win. Hopefully, we can learn from this experience.”

The Broncs dropped to 7-7, 2-2 in the SLC with the defeat, while the Mavericks improved to14-7, 6-0. UTPA will return to action when they visit Texas-San Antonio in another SLC matchtomorrow.

Golfers struggle in Border eventLAREDO -- The University of Texas-Pan American’s men’s golf team finished 17th at the

17-team Border Olympics, at the Laredo Country Club Saturday. The Broncs shot a final-round score of 301 Saturday, giving them a 54-hole total of 922, plac-

ing them 24 shots behind first-place Rice.Baylor finished first with a score of 845, followed by San Diego State at 858, New Mexico at

865, Pepperdine at 868, Texas-Arlington at 869 and Louisiana-Lafayette at 870. Next wereLamar at 874, Central Oklahoma at 875, Texas Tech at 876, Arkansas and Texas-San Antonio at879, Colorado State at 881, Central Florida at 884, host Texas A&M at 885, and Sam HoustonState at 887.

Junior Omar Halldorsson led the Broncs by shooting a final-round score of 74 for a 54-holetotal of 226, good for a tie for 63rd place. Sophomore Rudy Celedon shot a score of 74 for atotal of 229, tying for 75th place. Sophomore Ben Piper shot a 76, for a total of 235, good for87th place. Freshman John Huerta shot a 77, scoring 236 and securing 88th place. SeniorSantiago DeLarrea shot a 78, good for a score of 239 and 90th place.

The Broncs will play their final tournament of the semester at the National Minority GolfChampionships May 10-13 at the PGA Headquarters in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

100 and countingEDINBURG -- Saturday night’s win over the 16th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies in College

Station was special in many ways.For one, the Broncs finally won a road game. Before the second game of the doubleheader,

the Broncs were 0-11 on the road. Another positive from that game, and the series, was the Broncs’ pitching, as all three games

were decided by one run. The Bronc hurlers did their job by keeping the team in the game.The most special moment probably came after notching the 3-2 victory over the Aggies in the

rubber game on Saturday. The win was also head coach Reggie Tredaway’s 100th as skipper of the Broncs. The fifth-

year head coach seemed to be well on his way to the 100-win mark after three seasons with 79,but a disastrous season last year and a slow start this campaign put his march to 100 on holduntil Saturday.

Tredaway recorded 30-win seasons in 1999 and 2000. Last year the Broncs finished 12-40and have only compiled a 9-25 record this season. In his five years, Tredaway has accumulateda career record of 100-139-1.

Tredaway took over for legendary head coach Al Ogletree in 1998, and put the program’sfuture before his own record. He veered away from recruiting junior college transfers and nowbrings in freshmen hoping to rebuild the Bronc baseball program.

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Partch, who broke the UTPA record inthe high jump with a leap of 5-8 1/2inches and finished fifth overall.

The old record was 5-8, set by Partchearlier this year. According to Vaughn,the record will give Partch a boostgoing up against tougher competition.

"It [the record] gives her confidence,"Vaughn said. "She's as good as any-body, comparing UTPA to biggerschools such as Texas, Kansas andNebraska. It shows the progress we'remaking as a program."

Another event where the Broncs madesome noise was the men's 110-meterhigh hurdles.

Ben finished fourth with a time of14.65, while freshman Matt Clinton fin-ished seventh with a time of 15.15.

Although a number of Broncs per-formed well in track events, UTPA ham-mer thrower Amy Moses struggled inher event. Moses was disappointed shedidn't compete up to her potential.

"I feel like I could've been there,"Moses said.

Although Moses didn't place in thehammer throw, she hopes next year will

bring better results for her and herteam.

"I'll be ready next year because of theexperience, and the team will be readyas well," Moses said. "It was new forthe first-timers."

Freshman Marlin Manley also strug-gled in the men's high jump, failing toqualify.

Although the Broncs went throughgrowing pains in Austin, Vaughn saidhe's proud of the way his team hasresponded.

"You take it one step at a time,"Vaughn said. "There's the good and bad.

They'll be excited about the competi-tion. We've made a lot of improve-ments and records have been broken.So our squad is getting better."

The Broncs and lady Broncs get readyfor the NCAA Championships with fourmore relays, including two againstBaylor University and the University ofTexas-Austin.

Other contests include relays againstDrake and the Houston Last ChanceInvitational a week before the championships

The April 4 The Pan Americanreported that a gay film festivalwas to take place last weekend.The festival will actually takeplace the weekend of April 20.

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GETTING OUT“I wanted to challenge myself.” This response was unanimous from five

Valleyites who will graduate this May from IvyLeague universities.

Each fall, high school graduates leave the RioGrande Valley to attend enticing institutions of high-er learning, with high hopes of achieving big dreamsin the big city.

For the Valley, however, this can prove to be a‘brain drain’when students choose not to return totheir hometown communities and give back suchscholarship they have achieved to familiar andneedy areas.

Elvie Davis, dean of students at the University ofTexas-Pan American, said a brain drain does existand, for students, there is a certain attraction to theidea of exploring new worlds.

“As long as Ivy League and other prestigiousinstitutions offer impressive scholarships, biggerresearch opportunities, academic programs that wedon’t offer here, and new and different experienceson the whole, many of the Valley’s top students willcontinue to choose to go elsewhere,” Davis said.

She explained that leaving the Valley appeals to agreat deal of young people who have not beenexposed to anything else.

“As much as I’d love to see our top studentsenroll at UTPA, I also recognize how other institu-tions elsewhere can add to their intellectual and per-sonal growth,” Davis said.

Valley scholar Monica Lucero left Raymondvillein the fall of 1998 to seek higher education morethan 2,000 miles away, at Brown University inProvidence, R.I.

Lucero, 21, graduated as the salutatorian ofRaymondville High School in May of 1998 withaspirations of attending Brown because it offered aneight-year medical program and an ethnic studiesconcentration.

She wanted to learn about “communities of colorto effectively treat them medically, socially andemotionally.”

“Brown was hard to adjust to, especially comingfrom public Raymondville High School,” Lucerosaid. “The educational support I had was barelyenough for me to get by.”

But she did.In May, Lucero will graduate with an A.B. in

Ethnic Studies and then pursue a medical degree.Priscilla Noriega, 22, left for New Haven, Conn.

in the fall of 1998 after applying to Yale Universityon a dare.

“I fell in love with the campus and I knew Iwould have access to amazing resources academi-cally and socially,” Noriega said. “It was a chance totest myself and see what I could do.”

Noriega, of Brownsville, graduated from GladysPorter High School and loves the fact that she isnow “able to hop on a train and go into New Yorkfor the afternoon.”

Noriega will graduate in May with a degree inEnglish and plans to pursue a law degree thereafter.

Zainab Zakari, of Harlingen, attends StanfordUniversity in Palo Alto, Calif. She graduated as thevaledictorian of Harlingen High School in 1998 andchose Stanford because of the “friendly and outgo-ing sense” she got from the community.

“I wanted the social aspect as well as the academ-ic,” Zakari said. “Stanford has a great balance ofboth.”

Zakari will graduate this May with a degree inhistory.

Cesar Garcia, 22, graduated from Nikki RoweHigh School in McAllen in 1998 and left the Valleythe same year to attend Brown University.

“Brown promised an environment unlike any-thing I’d ever seen,” Garcia said. “And, it offeredme the best financial aid. Without the money I get, Icouldn’t dream of affording this kind of experience.”

Garcia will graduate in May with a double majorin American civilization and English literature.

Magda Guillen, of Harlingen, was committed togetting an out-of-state education and chose HarvardUniversity in Cambridge, Mass.

Guillen, 22, was third in her graduating class atHarlingen High School in 1998.

“I wanted to take part in an incredibly diverseacademic environment,” Guillen said. “Harvard hasa world-renowned faculty and its liberal arts educa-tion is among the best in the world.”

Guillen will graduate in May with a degree ingovernment as well as a specialization in LatinAmerican Studies with a concentration in Mexico,from Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center. She willalso bear a citation in Spanish from the Departmentof Romance Languages and Literatures.

With top Valley students being lured away eachyear by top universities, one might wonder whetherthese soon-to-be grads plan to return to the Valley.

COMING BACKAlthough the Valley would likely benefit from

these students once they’ve become professionals,returning to their communities is ultimately a diffi-cult personal decision for each of them.

UTPA’s Davis said the Valley would benefitgreatly from these individuals returning and usingtheir acquired knowledge and expertise here, but itdepends on how they feel about returning home.

“It doesn’t matter how we feel,” Davis said.“They can’t be directed or forced to do so if theydon’t want to.”

While some feel that they will returning to theValley without a doubt, other students were frustrat-ed by the lack of economic and social conditions inthe area. The Valley’s unemployment rate is at 12percent and Hidalgo County is one of the top fivepoorest counties in the U.S.

Lucero said she plans to attend medical school forthe next four years and then pursue a residency forfour additional years.

“If there are opportunities for me to make effec-tive change in South Texas at least 10 years fromnow, I will definitely come back,” she said.

Lucero added that she will work for a Spanish-speaking community somewhere in the UnitedStates.

“Even if it is not South Texas, at least I know that

my motivation comes from the inequalities I wasraised in and educated to fight against,” Lucero said.

Noriega plans to come back to the Valley to teachfor a few years in Brownsville once she has attendedlaw school.

“I am motivated to get students from the Valley toattend Yale and I hope to encourage them to exposethemselves to new opportunities,” Noriega said.

Zakari said she will not likely return to the Valleybecause she is interested in book publishing and “theValley doesn’t have much of a market for it.”

“I would like to stay in the [San Francisco] Bayarea but the only real market for publishing is in theEast Coast/New York area,” she said.

Zakari added that she appreciates the low cost ofliving in the Valley and the “high sense of communi-ty and family,” but she is looking to get ahead assoon as possible and “the Valley is not the place todo that.”

Garcia said he will return to the Valley once hehas finished graduate school. Until then, he hopes tolive in different parts of the United States andabroad.

“I always remind myself that I am not at Brownsolely because of my own work,” Garcia said. “I amnot self-made. I have arrived where I am because ofthe sacrifices of countless people. I am here becausethe kids I grew up with are not. My community hasgiven me my life so I want to give something backto it.”

Guillen, however, explained that she will notreturn to the Valley because she is frustrated with thelack of both economic and social opportunities inthe Valley.

“Though I realize that the economy of this partic-ular area of the country is burgeoning right now, thekinds of jobs and careers that I am interested in pur-suing are still scarce,” Guillen said.

Guillen added that she is fond of the fast pace ofthe East Coast and its attractions, and has developedan appreciation for their lifestyle.

“I would find it very difficult to slow down myown life to fit the pace of the Rio Grande Valley,”she said.

“I have difficulty accepting some of the moreright-wing tendencies of the average citizen in theValley; my own personal political inclinations aredifficult to reconcile with the prevailing socio-politi-cal norms of that area,” Guillen added.

Davis suggested that these students’ “fresh bloodand new perspectives can be a great thing,” andmight, in fact, be just what the Valley needs.

“There’s nothing wrong with turning our attentionto not only getting our Valleyites back here, butrecruiting more professionals from all over,” Davissaid.

GIVING SOMETHING BACKThe students who do plan to return to the Valley

intend to give back to their communities in severalvery different ways. Each feels very strongly that heor she can provide a breath of fresh air for the area.

Lucero, for one, pointed out that she believeschange must be made politically before it can trickledown to the South.

“As a future physician, I feel that the economic

gain, both in Mexico and the U.S., is at the directexpense of the community’s health in South Texas,”Lucero said. “Since maquilas emanate and dispensethousands of chemicals daily, the health of those inthe area is severely compromised.”

Lucero added that the Valley has the highest inci-dence of cancer, diabetes and nervous disorders thanany other region in the United States

“As a young, proactive physician, I would love tocome back and politically organize against suchdumping in order to truly affect the public’s health,”she added.

“However, I and others will not be well receivedby those who feel that maquilas bring excellent jobs,increasing economic development and decreasingcrime, poverty and disease,” Lucero said.

Noriega said she wants to bring back to the Valleythe knowledge she has gained.

“Since I’ve had the opportunity to work with theprofessors leading in their fields, I want to exposestudents to things I’ve learned here [Yale] and instillthe same kind of excitement in others,” Noriega said.

Garcia credited his college town, Providence, forteaching him the importance of working with com-munity members to improve local conditions.

He added that countless intelligent youth in theValley do not fulfill their potential because they donot have access to the proper resources.

BRAIN DRAIN?Each of these Ivy League students has expressed

disappointment in the lack of economic and socialopportunities in the Valley as a reason for their hesi-tation to return.

But the Valley is one of the fastest growing areasin the country-- population wise, according to Davis.

However, several inadequacies must be addressedin determining the factors influencing the decisionsof those who choose not to come back.

Noriega believes that although the biculturalismof the border is an intriguing dynamic, she said shefinds that in the Valley many [people] exist in a vac-uum.

“Although the cost of living is very low, therearen't many opportunities that provide high income,”Noriega said. “Wages are also pretty low backhome.”

Noriega said it is great that people are seekingopportunity and forging their own careers and livesoutside the Valley.

Students deserve an opportunity to “get out,”agreed Lucero.

“It’s crazy that I had to seek education more than2,000 miles away to learn that South Texas is trulydeteriorating,” Lucero said. “It should be their [stu-dents] decision to come back and they shouldn’t feelguilty if they choose not to. Everyone needs to betrue to the quality of life they desire for themselvesand their future family.”

Zakari says there is a perpetual cycle in the Valleyand she has had first-hand experience with managersof businesses whom she feels perpetuate the braindrain.

“They are not encouraging to students who seekpart-time work while spending their vacation time in

Valley faces academic ‘brain drain’By Cristina ReynaThe Pan American

See BRAIN DRAIN page 11

– Anna Stwora

Gustavo DelfinInt. Business/ManagementSenior

I believe that people have taken toomuch advantage of loose rules andregulations of insurance companieswhich has led to the present chaoticsituation. It seems new rules need tobe implemented so people don’t getso much money from the agencies.

Sharifa LlemitPre-MedSophomore

The doctors’ actions are justifiedbecause they have a good reason tobe upset about the tremendousamount of insurance they must pay.

Linda MujicaPre-MedSophomore

I think since they pay a lot of moneyfor insurance, which they should not,they have a right to protest for all theunjustified lawsuits.

What do you think aboutthe doctors’ walkout?

Jose GonzalesComputer ScienceFreshman

[Doctors] have the right to defendthemselves against unjustified law-suits. And even though they should beheld responsible for their mistakes theamount of penalties shouldn’t be thathigh.

VOICECCaammppuuss

Armando GalarzaMusicSophomore

I think the doctors are finally taking astand to have their rights protected inorder to ensure the well-being of thepatients.

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When John Emery took the position asDean of the College of Business in Feb.2001, the college was facing internal tur-moil impeding its progress.

Emery said a strategic plan was inplace when he arrived, but it wasn’t asdetailed and structured as today’s plan.

“We’ve done revisions [to the plan],”Emery said. “It was drawn over twoyears ago and we’ve had to clarify whatit is we want to accomplish.”

Emery said the University of Texas-Pan American is currently taking part ina comprehensive study called “Closingthe Gap,” in hopes of finding ways toincrease enrollment at the university bythe year 2015.

Emery said the university’s goal is toincrease the participation rate of nontra-ditional students and change the demo-graphics of students at UTPA. Here, non-traditional refers to older students con-tinuing or even just beginning their edu-cational journey.

“Our college [business] will grow asfast as the rest of the state,” Emery said.

Approximately 2,400 undergraduatestudents are enrolled in the College ofBusiness, with 150 graduate studentsincluding about 40 doctoral candidates.

While increasing enrollment is one ofEmery’s top priorities, increasing thenumber of graduate and doctoral degreesoffered by UTPA also ranks high on hislaundry list.

The college offers one of two Ph.D.degrees at the university, in internationalbusiness. The other is in educationalleadership.

Emery said the degree is offered withspecialties in marketing, management,and finance under the international busi-ness umbrella. He also said the college is

equipped with faculty strong enough totrain doctoral students in accounting andcomputer information systems.

“We’re not formally accepting studentsto those Ph.D. programs yet,” Emerysaid. “Our accounting degree is verylikely to happen. We may start recruitingcandidates next year and accepting stu-dents the year after that.”

Another project the College ofBusiness looks forward to offering isreferred to as The Big Mac.

“We want them to go after the BigMac,” Emery said. “UT already has aprogram like this.”

Under this program, an entering fresh-man can enroll in a five-year accountingprogram and earn a master’s degree uponcompletion, specializing in publicaccounting.

Emery said the University of TexasBoard of Regents must still review aproposal submitted by the college.

“It’ll probably be about two yearsbefore this gets under way,” Emery said.

Emery said the college also offersservices to the region in form of researchthat will benefit the entire Valley.

“The most dramatic research is what isgoing on at the Center for BorderEconomic Studies,” Emery said. “That’sour primary thrust.”

Emery said his college currently has12 research projects approved, and 23more faculty members have applied thisyear.

“We have research being done on con-sumer behavior and peoples’ reaction toWeb pages,” Emery said. He also com-mented that centers like the Center forTourism Research and the NeuhausCenter for Entrepreneurship andEconomic Education are examples ofresearch hubs which benefit the Valley.

The Center for Tourism Research wasfeatured recently in a six-page article ofThe New Yorker magazine about the eco-nomic impact of Spring Break on SouthPadre Island.


Business Collegerevising its plans

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■ W h a t s t u d e n t s a r e d o i n g a t U T P AApril 11, 2002 THE PAN AMERICAN

A number of University of Texas-PanAmerican staff members will be recognizedfor their hard-working efforts during the 14thAnnual Staff Employee Awards ceremonyFriday, April 12 at the Albert L. JeffersTheatre from 10 a.m. to noon.

The purpose of the ceremony is to recog-nize UTPA staff employees for various effortsthey have shown during the past year, accord-ing to Alicia Guerrero, training coordinator forPersonnel Services.

“There is no other ceremony or event thatall employees are invited to, where they get tobe recognized in front of everybody,”Guerrero said. “This is the only time that it[awards] really happens.”

The annual award ceremony is hosted byUTPA’s Office of Personnel.

“Personnel has always had the staff awardsceremony, it has [always] been their project tocoordinate,” Guerrero said.

There are seven awards to be given, includ-ing ones for length of service, retirement,meritorious service, distinguished service, out-standing suggestion, staff senate, and the pres-ident’s excellence award.

The length-of-service award is presented toemployees who have completed five yearsand increments of five years at UTPA.

“With the length-of-service awards theemployee receives a pin and certificate,”Guerrero said. “When the employee has 20years, they also receive [an extra] specialaward item like a mug or watch with theUTPA seal on it.”

The other awards are given after supervisornominations which are ultimately approvedby a hierarchy, eventually including the UTPApresident. The number of employees who can

be nominated varies by UTPA’s five divisions.The Office of the President has one nomina-tion, the Division of Academic Affairs hasthree nominations, the Division of Enrollmentand Student Services has two nominations,the Division of Business affairs has three andthe Division of External Affairs has two,according to Guerrero.

One award that will receive no recognitionthis year is the distinguished service award.There were no nominations for that category.Usually the recipient of this honor receives amonetary prize of $500.

The staff senate award recipients are recog-nized for their outstanding performance indemonstrating a commitment to the universityby improving the work process or system.There will be five recipients for this award.

“These people have shown an exceptionalability to promote collaboration, communica-tion, and cooperation among colleagues anduniversity constituents,” Guerrero said.“These individuals are nominated by theirpeers.”

While there are many awards given at theevent, the president’s excellence award is con-sidered the most prestigious.

This award is given to individuals whohave brought local, state and national recogni-tion to UTPA by their efforts. Employeeswho share the honor this year are basketballcoach Bob Hoffman and Earl “Bud”Frankenburger, who retired last year as specialassistant to the president. A special monetaryprize of $700 will be awarded to each ofthem.

A total of 145 employees will be recog-nized at Friday’s ceremony, where the masterof ceremonies will be William J. Weidner,director of the athletic department. This willbe his third year as the master of ceremonies,Guerrero said.

By Belinda ReyesThe Pan American

UTPA staff members toattend awards banquet

Recent computer science and engineeringcollege graduates have increasingly felt theneed to leave the Valley to find better, higherpaying jobs. Comet Technologies, a medium-size company out of Tyler, Texas, is attempt-ing to change that.

“Comet Technologies will offer an alterna-tive for those who want to find those first-ratesoftware engineering jobs here in the Valleyin addition to the few that currently exist,”said Richard Fowler, interim chair of thecomputer science department at theUniversity of Texas-Pan American.

Comet is a software development compa-ny that serves large industrial corporations,according to a recent article in The Monitor.It is designed to improve order entry, ware-housing, inventory management, and billingand invoicing, among other processes.

The program, which starts in June, willtrain local computer graduates to write pro-grams for the maquiladora industry south ofthe border. It will teach students to useAS/400, Java, HTML, COOL, Plex, andother programs. The use of these programsshould enhance the capabilities of local busi-nesses using them, providing jobs for trainedgraduates along the way.

The computer program will be run byUTPA students, local community college stu-dents, and some people who are alreadyworking in the business. The program willbegin with a foundation of 12 positions, andthe staff will increase in increments of 12each year for the next four years.

Susan Valverde, director of business devel-opment for the McAllen EconomicDevelopment Corp, said in a recent article inThe Monitor that positions at CometTechnologies have an average yearly salaryof $50,000.

According to Fowler, Comet Technologiesis made up in part of people who chose toleave the boomtown of Austin and go to amore relaxed environment. The recent eco-nomic downturn hit Austin hardest of Texascities, and this may have contributed to themove as well.

“Two of the principles in CometTechnologies are from McAllen, and I thinkthat is a real plus in that they have roots hereand would like to see the Valley grow in thesoftware, engineering arena,” Fowler said.

The new software development couldserve as a benefit for graduates who are notready to leave the Valley. And it may con-vince others who were set to fire out thatthere are legitimate opportunities right athome.

“I think this is a good idea since it helpsstudents in the engineering program to stay inthe Valley and help support the programwithin the Valley,” said Jesse Hernandez,manufacturing engineering major. “And italso helps other computer science and engi-neering majors who want to stay in theValley.”

Now that Patty Ruiz’s senior year atEdcouch-Elsa High School is coming to anend, so is her participation in the MotherDaughter Program (MDP). But she has beenable to build a better relationship with hermother along the way.

Located at the University of Texas-PanAmerican, MDP offers females enrolled in8th through 12th grades support and encour-agement needed to complete high school andpursue higher education. The program,which enlists the help of the students’ moth-ers in doing this, recruits female studentsfrom the Edinburg, Edcouch-Elsa, Hidalgo,and La Joya school districts, providingmonthly workshops, seminars, meetings andfield trips to aid students in taking the nextstep in education.

The program spotlights six componentsincluding academic enhancement, careerexploration, community outreach, culturaldiversity, personal growth, and social devel-opment.

MDP has hosted events such as leadershipconferences, college tours, and career days,in addition to workshops on stress manage-ment, scholarship information, decision mak-ing issues and etiquette.

Patty Ruiz said the program not only hasprepared her to deal with different financialissues such as financial aid, scholarshipopportunities and money management, buthas also given her an opportunity to spendtime with her mother, Laura Ruiz.

“This gives me a chance to do somethingwith my mother, develop a better relationshipwith her and learn a lot about college,” saidPatty, who has been involved in the programwith her mother since the 8th grade.

The Ruizes took part in an amalada, aMexican-American tamale-making tradition,in January.

“Activities like making tamales or trips tocolleges in San Antonio and Corpus Christigive us a chance to share and talk with eachother,” Laura Ruiz said.

A “Senior Sleepover” is scheduled forApril 19-20 at UTPA. Teams of mothers anddaughters will stay the night at the campusdorms and attend workshops the next day.

Idee Reyna, program assistant for MDP,believes the program provides an environ-ment for mother and daughter to interactwith each other and make important academ-ic career decisions together.

A portion of the funding for the programcomes from UTPA and private sponsors.Through fundraisers, MDP members raisethe remainder of the funds needed to keepthe program operating.

The current fundraising project is the“Sabor Familiar Cookbook,” which containsover 150 recipes created by the women fromMDP. The cost of the cookbook is $10, andeach mother/daughter team is required to sellat least seven copies.

The 10-month program ends in May witha trip to San Antonio to visit universities.

Reyna explained that the trip was a rewardfor hard work put in during the year. Shefeels the trip also enables the members togain firsthand experience of campus life.

According to Reyna, the program has beena proven success because all graduates of theprogram have gone on to college.

“Besides the educational aspect, it helpsmothers and daughters gain a better relation-ship,” Reyna said. “ The mothers havelearned how to help their daughters along theway and help them make decisions that willaffect their college career.”

By Elizabeth MartinezThe Pan American

Cooperation: Families seeking solutionsBy Nikki RamirezThe Pan American

Comet groupwill providesmarts, work

In July of 2001, a six-week-old boywas taken to the emergency room atEdinburg Regional Medical Center forseveral injuries to his left hand. Whendoctors did a complete examination theyfound the baby had two broken legs, twobroken arms, at least 15 broken ribs, wasblinded in his right eye and almost blindin his left eye. After physicians did acomplete set of skull exams, they foundout the baby had bilateral frontal brainlobe injuries.

The Hidalgo County Court AppointedSpecial Advocates (CASA) tackles casessuch as this every day. This nonprofitorganization is at the forefront in the bat-tle against child abuse. CASA workersare trained volunteers responsible forresearching cases, representing childrenin court, and looking out for victims’ bestinterests.

According to Jose Antonio Gomez,CASA Volunteer Recruitment/Trainingcoordinator, there is a core of about 25active volunteers, but not all of them areactive at the same time. Volunteers arenot assigned more than two cases at atime. Due to the nature of the volunteerwork, it is common for workers to takesome time off before beginning newcases because it is intense and emotional-ly trying, Gomez added.

“We look for a variety of people thatwe train to help us deal with those fami-lies and the victims of such a terrible

thing,” said University of Texas-PanAmerican psychology professor andCASA board member Dr. A.J. Alamia.

CASA is sponsoring the “Light ofHope,” a national event to rememberchildren who have been abused and neg-lected. The candlelight vigil is one eventin April that commemorates NationalChild Abuse Prevention month.

“The purpose is a rather sad one,”Gomez said.“We are going to light a treecommemorating over 800 children in ourcommunity that have been victims.”

The lighting of a tree will symbolizethe hope for an improvement in the livesof children who have been victimized.The vigil will be held Thursday, April 11at 7:30 p.m., at the east side of theHidalgo County Courthouse.

This public event is designed to bringawareness and sensitivity to the commu-nity regarding the issues of child mal-treatment and abuse, according toAlamia.

“People are not aware that these big-city problems exist here,” Gomez said.“We have urban problems with ruralresponses and we have grossly inadequateresources to deal with [child abuse].”

Gomez urges the community to do itspart and make a difference for childrenwho are being victimized. Monetarydonations and toys are welcome, but act-ing to protect a child is the ultimate goal,he added.

Gomez feels there is a need to focus onUTPA and inform the student body aboutthe problem of child abuse and neglect in

the community.“What we were doing is actively

recruiting volunteers, and I see the uni-versity as a resource for our community.It is essentially untapped, so far as thisissue is concerned,” Gomez said.

“If you are not part of the solution, youare part of the problem,” Gomez said.“We have got to act to protect the chil-dren. The children cannot protect them-selves.”

CASA volunteers and board memberswork closely together, and in conjunctionwith social workers and attorneys toimprove the lives of these children.

Gomez explained that CASA was creat-ed in 1994, but has been functioning full-time since about 1997.

Alamia has been involved with theorganization for five years and says that itis rewarding to give back to his commu-nity.

“CASA has raised my sensitivity to thetravesties and the tragedies that childrensustain, under a blanket of trust they feellike they should have from adults, theirprimary care givers,” Alamia said. “It hasraised a level of awareness for me. Itreally taught me that there are a lot ofdifferent personality types that reallyneed help, especially those that perpetrateabuse on children.”

If CASA had not stepped in, a six-week-old boy may have been left in jeop-ardy. The child is now safe in foster care.

It is success stories such as these thatkeep CASA volunteers motivated to makea difference.

Engineering students at public and privateschools across the state of Texas will be shar-ing in a $4.5 million grant.

According to a recent San AntonioExpress-News article, the fund was an out-growth of Senate Bill 353, which establishedthe Texas Engineering and TechnicalConsortium. TETC is comprised of represen-tatives of education and technology and isgeared toward promoting education in thecomputer science and engineering fields.

The grant was funded by the first collabo-rative effort among government, industry,and higher education. According to theExpress-News, donors offering a two-yearcommitment to the fund include TexasInstruments, Advanced Micro Devices,Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, and Sabre.

The University of Texas-Pan Americanwas awarded $268,180 of the overall grant,and according to Dr. Edwin LeMaster, asso-ciate dean of the School of Engineering, thegrant will lead to improved efforts in recruit-ing.

“It will allow us to focus our efforts onrecruiting engineering students, specificallyinto the areas where there are shortages in thestate,” LeMaster said. “The areas where thereare shortages are computer science and elec-trical engineering.”

The engineering department at UTPA cur-

rently has 687 engineering majors. TheUniversity of Texas-Austin currently has6,600 engineering majors. Despite the differ-ence in size between the engineering depart-ments of the schools, UTPA was still able toreceive nearly one-third of the amount of thegrant received by UTA.

“We were happy to get that amount,” saidLeMaster.

He added that the employment rate amonggraduating UTPA engineering students is notthat different from rates of students at biggerschools such as UTA.

He also added most engineering students atUTPA have actual experience in researchprojects and internships. Larger schools arenot able to provide those services to as manystudents.

In order to renew the yearly grant over thenext five years, the engineering department atUTPA must meet certain criteria. Accordingto LeMaster, if the department meets its firstyear goals of increasing enrollment by certainnumbers, funding for the second year isassured. Enrollment must increase from 280in Fall 2001 to the target enrollment of 309for Fall 2002. In 2003, the enrollment shouldbe at 365 for the engineering department.

Aside from increasing enrollment, thefunds will also go toward scholarships forstudents. LeMaster believes the general stu-dent in the engineering department will bene-fit from the bigger pool of money in thedepartment.

“There’s a bigger pie, and so now, morepeople get to eat pie,” said LeMaster of theincrease in funding for the department.

Students in the engineering departmentalso believe the grant will bring improvedconditions to other areas of the department.

Patty Salazar, president of the Society ofHispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) is amechanical engineering senior who believesthat the grant will go beyond scholarshipsand recruitment. She thinks that the fundingwill help maintain equipment undergraduatestudents use as educational tools.

Salazar also believes that the funding willincrease participation of student organizationswithin the department.

“Student interest in organizations willprobably increase if they know that we havedepartmental funding for events that we plan,such as bringing in company representativesto speak to engineering students,” Salazarsaid.

However, Denise Quezada, president ofthe Society of Women Engineers, reflectedthe view of some graduating seniors whoknow that they will not be affected by thegrant because they are graduating.

Quezada, a senior mechanical engineeringmajor, did say that the grant would be benefi-cial to the department.

Ernesto Avila, a senior mechanical engi-neering major, added that the grant will be agreat opportunity to employ the moneytoward younger majors.

By Celeste Y. TelloThe Pan American

By Veronica BarreraSpecial to The Pan American

Vigil to honor abused children

Monies target engineering graduates

For many high school students, makingthe leap from high school to college seemslike too much to handle. But there is a pro-gram willing to give local high school soph-omores a helping hand, provided they makea three-year commitment.

Upward Bound (UB) is a federally fundedprogram that assists high school sophomore,junior and senior students in preparation forpost-secondary education.

“Students make a three-year commitmentto stay with the program from their sopho-more year until they graduate high school,”said Sofia Pina, director of the UpwardBound program at the University of Texas-Pan American. “They must attend both theacademic and summer components of theprogram.”

UB emerged out of the EconomicOpportunity Act of 1964 and was designedto help first-generation students from eco-nomically disadvantaged families in whichneither parent holds a bachelor’s degree. Ithas been in place at UTPA for 29 years.

There are now over 2,000 UB programs inthe United States and 55 in Texas, Pina said.

There are two UB facilities in the Valley.One office is located at South TexasCommunity College and the other is housedat UTPA. UB at UTPA serves 150 studentsfrom six high schools in the Valley includingEdinburg North, Edinburg Economedes,Edcouch-Elsa, Mission, Hidalgo, and ValleyView.

Students are transported to UTPA for 25Saturdays from October through May toreceive academic support and assistance incore subject areas from 14 instructors.

“It takes a special person with a lot ofdetermination to give up 25 Saturdays forthree years and then a five-week summerprogram,” Pina said.

The goal of UB is to increase rates of

enrollment, graduation, and success at insti-tutions of post-secondary education, accord-ing to Pina.

Aside from assistance on campus, the pro-gram also offers tutoring to students fourdays a week.

High school sophomores and juniors inUB attend a summer program at UTPAwhere they prepare for the school year.

Graduating seniors who participate in UBall three years are eventually offered a schol-arship that pays for various college expenses.These six hours of courses must be taken atUTPA and are the final phase of the pro-gram.

Pina tells students that the five-week sum-mer program will help them to develop somevery good habits that will benefit them wher-ever they choose to go to college.

“We do not recruit for the university.Students can go anywhere they want [forcollege],” Pina said.

Students do not pay for the services thatUB provides. In fact, they are paid a stipendof $10 a week to participate. The UB pro-gram at UTPA has a budget of over$500,000, according to Pina.

The program also offers “Fun Fridays,”where students go skating or bowling, and afour-day college tour to campuses.

Approximately 50 percent of the UB pro-gram students who enroll in college attendeither UTPA or South Texas CommunityCollege, according to Pina.

“It (Upward Bound) has really helped meto advance in my classes and to develop as aperson,” said Gloria Proa, a senior at HidalgoHigh School and participant in the program.

Proa serves as the Student CouncilPresident of the program and credits UB forher successes and her knowledge of the col-lege entrance process.

“I know so much more than my friendsabout scholarships and how to fill out thepaperwork for college,” Proa said. “It(Upward Bound) has been my salvation.”

By Melissa CiomperlikThe Pan American

Continuity taught by UB

April 11, 2002 THE PAN AMERICAN Page 11April 11, 2002 THE PAN AMERICAN

the Valley,” Zakari said. “They don’t want tohire us for temporary positions.”

Garcia believes the Valley suffers from a ter-rible brain drain.

“We don’t necessarily lose the most intelli-gent individuals, but we do often lose the mostprivileged individuals,” Garcia said.

The fact that only 55 percent of McAllen’sresidents have finished high school and only 11percent have a bachelor’s degree could bereflective of the problem, according to Garcia.

“Both of these figures are far below the restof the country,” Garcia said.

The lack of urban exposure in the Valley tendsto romanticize the idea of “moving away to thebig city” for many young adults, Guillen said.

“I’ve often found the Valley to be a particu-larly insular place, where many students rarelyget the opportunity to live or travel throughoutthe U.S. and the rest of the world,” Guillen said.

She added that a reason for this might be thatthe dense social and family networks in theValley don’t leave much room for self-actual-ization or the opportunity to develop fully as anindividual.

“It’s a curiosity, a desire to test one’s ownwings, that feeds the exodus more than any-thing else,” Guillen said.

GETTING THEM BACKDifferent incentives exist for different people

and different professions. Getting students toreturn to the Valley requires just that. Incentives.

Davis explained that higher salaries andmore perks would certainly help lure Valleypeople back, and a more cosmopolitan environ-ment might be what appeals to those who havebeen to school in the East and in California.

“Some of our Valley students major in and

go into professions that are not in great demandhere, so they will stay where they are needed,”Davis said.

Garcia said that residents of this region needaccess to the same opportunities as people inthe rest of the country.

“We need to eliminate the unequal access toeducational opportunities that exist in theValley,” said Garcia.

He believes the privileged communities inthe Valley have been unwilling or unable tospread the prosperity to the less advantaged.

“While we spent the ‘90s being told that eco-nomic conditions were quickly improving,unemployment rates remained in double-digitsand the Department of Commerce reported thatMcAllen has the lowest average income of anymetropolitan region in the country,” Garcia said.

The Valley is increasingly having to confrontthe challenges of modernization and develop-ment, according to Guillen. Slowly, it has begunthe difficult process of opening up to new ideas,ideologies and ways of life, she added.

“I firmly believe that as the Valley changesand develops, it will become more attractive forstudents to remain there,” Guillen said. “Butfirst, the outdated outlooks of so many of theValley’s inhabitants must be done away with.”

Davis said the area can gain a great dealfrom people who might want to come fromother parts of the country and other countries aswell, but the Valley needs to work on gettingthem to want to move here permanently.

ROOTS AND DISCOVERYThe Rio Grande Valley may lose students to

prestigious institutions each year, but accordingto Davis, talented people who want to see thispart of the world for the first time can make up

for the loss of our students who are exploringelsewhere.

“It’s time we start thinking more in terms ofthe rewards of diversity,” Davis said.

Guillen is convinced that just as many intelli-gent and creative students choose to remain inthe Valley as decide to leave each year.

“Often, students that move away to big nameinstitutions get a lot of press--unduly, I shouldadmit--which tends to overshadow the accom-plishments of local Valleyites who are commit-ted to improving their towns and communities atthe local level,” Guillen said.

As much as each student does feel ties to theValley, some are gratified by their accomplish-ments elsewhere and feel they made appropri-ate choices.

“I had the best experience working alongsidesome of the most incredible advocates of socialjustice,” Lucero said. “Brown was the perfectchoice.”

But always keep in mind where you camefrom, Noriega warned.

“I do think that for the most part we need tokeep some kind of attachment to our roots,” shesaid.

Davis added that there is a “whole big worldout there, and as much as we love this area, therest of the world has much to offer in the wayof new experiences and a new way of life.”

During her four years at Harvard, Guillenhas seen the likes of Nelson Mandela, Bill andHillary Clinton, Ernesto Zedillo, Kofi Annanand Alan Dershowitz, among others.

Garcia said that as a native of McAllen whohas been graced with the fortune of attendingan Ivy League school, “not only am I among aprivileged group nationally, but I am among avery privileged group of Valleyites.”

BRAIN DRAIN continued from page 3 WALKOUT continued from page 1“A lot of doctors want to be here,” he said, adding that

insurance costs are too high and sometimes unaffordable.Campos said the protest wasn’t organized overnight,

and plans had been in the works for the past 10 years.Plans for the walkout, or Day of Awareness, came intofruition earlier this year, and Campos said the physicians’hopes are to implement stronger tort reform and changecertain components of the judicial system.

“We need to reform everything from the lawyers to thejudges and even the jury selection process,” Campos said.

Former president of the Hidalgo-Starr County MedicalSociety Carlos Cardenas also spoke out against increasingmalpractice suits, and he demanded change at the govern-mental level.

“For a long time these raw issues have been sweptunder the rug,” Cardenas said, reiterating Campos’ con-cerns about losing quality physicians.

“We have a recruiting and retaining problem,” Cardenassaid. “The Valley can’t afford that. It is our duty to pointthis out.”

The Hidalgo-Starr County Medical Society is com-prised of over 700 members, with about 680 membersfrom Hidalgo County and 20 from Starr County.

According to the Texas Department of Insurance, insur-ance carriers in the state paid more than $381 million inclaims last year, an 87-percent increase since1995.

According to the CALA, the average costs of malprac-tice claims hiked from $46,079 in 1995 to $68,681 in2000.

In an article on Saturday’s issue of The Monitor, DanLambe, executive director of Texas Watch—a statewideconsumer research and advocacy organization—spoke outagainst Monday’s walkout.

Friday, Texas Watch sent an open letter to the medicalsocieties of all counties participating to call off the walk-out.

“Now is not the time to use your power as caregivers asa political tool when the patients of the Rio Grande Valleydeserve better,” Lambe said.

April 11, 2002 THE PAN AMERICAN Page 10

With a simple click of amouse, computer users can findthemselves visiting thousandsof virtual museums around theworld. May 1, founders willlaunch RgvWomensMuseum.com,a Website dedicated to honor-ing women of the Rio GrandeValley, past, present and future.

Two years ago Ivy Easterly,president of the Website, visit-ed the Women’s Museum inDallas, which is devoted to cel-ebrating the lives and contribu-tions of women. It was therethat she decided a museumdedicated to Valley women wasnecessary.

“There are many women inthe Valley who deserve creditlike this,” Easterly said.

With experience working atthe McAllen InternationalMuseum and knowledge ofWeb design, Easterly decidedto make her plan a reality.

She explained that the pur-pose for the Museum is to rec-ognize the influential achieve-ments, creativity, academics,dreams, and labors of womenin Valley history.

Together with 16 otherwomen, Easterly performed ayear’s worth of research touncover stories of women whomade significant contributionsto the Valley, such as TheresaClark Clearwater ofClarksville. In 1872 she wasone of the first certified teach-ers in the area and became theteacher of the first school inCameron County.

In the 1960s, a group ofwomen who called themselvesthe Valley By-Liners wrote thebook, “100 Women of the RioGrande Valley” highlightingValley women, including earlySpanish-American pioneerswho settled in the Valley areain the 1700s. This book can befound in the McAllen PublicLibrary.

When the Website becomesaccessible to the public, it willaccept nominations from thepublic of women who deserverecognition.

In September, board membersof the museum will gather thenominations and select 100 sto-ries for a millennium edition of“100 Women of the Rio GrandeValley.”

“The new book will featurewomen from all walks of life,from the stay-at-home mom tothe secretary, the next-doorneighbor, the volunteer, and thepolice woman. It is open,”Easterly said.

“These women have earned aplace in the hearts of all whocall the Rio Grande Valley ahome today,” she added.

The Website will includeinteractive areas allowingviewers to access informationand participate in on-line dis-cussions. Guests will have theopportunity to submit storieswhich will be judged forprizes.

Although the site is stillunder construction, Easterlystated that she has receivedseveral e-mails from peopleexpressing an interest inRgvWomensMuseum.com,which is primarily funded byGSV network Media Group, aglobal media consulting firm ofwhich Easterly is part-owner.

“The majority [of people] arelooking forward to the openingand are willing to do some sortof volunteer work, becomeboard moderators, or submittheir art or literary work,”Easterly said.

Sheila Pozorski, assistantdean of Social and BehavioralSciences and professor ofanthropology at the Universityof Texas-Pan American,believes that a museum focus-ing entirely on the achieve-ments of Valley women is agood idea.

“Students, especially historystudents at all levels, could bereferred there to research topicsthat are closer to home,”Pozorski said. “This shouldmake their study of historymore personal and potentiallylead to interaction with olderfamily members and friendswho might have firsthandknowledge of featured womenor events.”

Down the road, Easterlyhopes to see the virtual muse-um become a three-dimensionalreality. Fifty percent of theprofits made from the upcom-ing book will be used to con-struct a physical-site museum,and the other half will bedonated to local women’s char-ities.

“With a virtual museum thereis a certain amount of comfort,it leaves more to the imagina-tion and reaches out to thou-sands of people, whereas with aphysical one there are thingsyou can touch,” said Easterly,who compared the experienceto looking at pictures of theGrand Canyon instead of actu-ally being there.

“You can see it there on thecomputer, but to actually lookat an artifact in front of you,it’s more overwhelming,”Easterly said.

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AroundTown

Drink/Snack SaleApril 11 from 10:30 a.m. to3 p.m.Info: The UTPA Society ofWomen Engineers will holdthe sale to fund a cross-Texas road-trip.Place: Outside the library.

‘Jimmy Neutron: BoyGenius’April 12 at 3 and 7 p.m.Price: Students are freewith a valid UTPA identifi-cation card, general admis-sion is $1, and childrenunder 12 are free withadult supervision (limit 5children per adult).Refreshments are free.Place: Student UnionTheater

Pan American Days 2002April 15-19Info: A variety of lecturesconcerning “Hispanics andthe Americas in the NewMillennium.” Lecturesinclude “Biculturalism andthe Bilingualism in theAmericas” on April 15 at 7p.m. in BA 110, and“Telecommunications inMexico” on April 18 at 2:30p.m. in the EngineeringBuilding Auditorium.Place and Times: Varieswith each event.Call: For more information,contact the Center forLatin American Studies at(956) 381-3572 or stop bythe office in CAS 125.

13th Annual OnionFestivalApril 13 from 9 a.m. to 7p.m.Events: Include a 5krun/walk, arts and craftstent, celebrity onion-eatingcontest, food booths and acarnival.Place: Weslaco City Park;300 N. Airport, Weslaco

By Elizabeth MartinezThe Pan American With a virtual museum there is

a certain amount of comfort, itleaves more to the imagination andreaches out to thousands of peo-ple, whereas with a physical onethere are things you can touch.”

- Ivy EasterlyPresident of RgvWomensMuseum.com

“

A MUSEUM OF THEIR OWNSet to start up in May, RgvWomensMuseum.com will take visitors on a virtual tour of someof the Valley’s most prominent women of past, present and future, hoping to ‘educate,enrich and inspire all visitors by celebrating the Rio Grande Valley women’s history’

THE LIST OF VALLEY WOMEN WHO WILL BE FEATURED ON RGVWOMENSMUSEUM.COM INCLUDES:

• ELLEN ALLEN

• MARY HOLDSWORTH BUTT

• ROSA HINOJOSA DE BALLI

• TILLIE GARZA

• GINNY MARTIN

• PENNY PAYTE MCLEAISH

• SONIA PEREZ

• GLADYS SAMS PORTER

• GUTIERREZ POITINGER

• EMELIA SCHUNIOR RAMIREZ

• AMELIA MOLINA

• FLORENCE JOHNSON SCOTT

• EDNA TAMAYO

• YOLANDA YBARRA

• VERNA JACKSON MCKENNA

• LUCY HOPSON WALLACE

CD: “Set this Circus Down” by Tim McGrawBook: “Harry Potter” by J.K. RowlingMovie: “Lorenzo’s Oil”

Website: spursreport.comBook: “The Way Things Ought to Be” by Rush LimbaughMovie: “Life is Beautiful”

Website: rotten.comBook: “Night” by Elie WieselMovie: “The Godfather”

Emily MalcikFreshmanEnglish

Roel ReynaSeniorInternational Business

Linda PerezSeniorInterdisciplinary Studies

CULTURE CLUBWhat students like to read, listen to and surf.

The

A familiar face is bringing anold classic home to theUniversity of Texas-PanAmerican.

The UTPA TheatreDepartment, with help from themusic and dance departments,will present the musical “Fiddleron the Roof” April 11-14 in theFine Arts Auditorium.

The last production of thesemester is directed by and starsalumnus Jeff Marquis, who grad-uated from UTPA in 1991 andhas since spent his time workingin New York City. His directingworks include over a dozenshows in the Valley, both as ateacher and with the UTPA

Theatre Department.The production is set at the

turn of the century and tells thestory of Tevye, a Jewish milkmanwho has to deal with changingtraditions in his small communi-ty. Each of his daughters wantsto marry a suitor he doesn'tapprove of. To make mattersworse for Tevye and his neigh-bors, the Russians are intent ondriving the Jews out of their vil-lage.

Aside from being the director,Marquis also wears the hat ofactor in “Fiddler” as the maincharacter. Tevye is the only char-acter who talks directly to theaudience, acting as a narrator forthe story.

“Jeff is really talented, andcomes across well with actorsbecause he himself is an actorand understands them while get-ting what he wants out of them,”said Ronnie Navarro, the show'sstage manager and a senior the-ater education major.

“I’m focusing on gettingacross the author's original inten-tions [with UTPA's production],”Marquis. “We are doing it asclose to the original stylingbecause it is so well known, andthe audience expects a show theyare familiar with.”

“I think what sets it apart fromother shows is that it has such abig cast,” Navarro said.

The cast consists of 38 actorsand dancers, not including thetechnical staff that runs the show.The stage manager's dutiesinclude making sure the actorsare present and ready.

“I’m the bridge between thedirector and the actors, I guessI'm the bad guy so Jeff [Marquis]doesn't have to be,” Navarrosaid. “He just directs. Besides, Ienjoy being the bad guy.”

One different element to theplay is that the theater depart-ment, along with the music anddance departments, is presentingthe play in the Fine ArtsAuditorium.

“It’s interesting to come into aspace that isn't ours and have tobring everything in [for theshow], because every time we'regoing to need something, it’sgoing to be over there [JeffersTheatre],” said Tom Grabowski,designer/technical director for“Fiddler.”

“Because of the short timeframe, we are renting most of thescenery. We don't have the timeor space we need [to build ourown],” Grabowski said. “Sincewe are scheduled earlier in theseason, we lost about two orthree weeks of our regular pro-duction period.”

But aside from the time limits,students and faculty continue toput together the production.

“It [‘Fiddler’] has a timelessmessage for any audience,” saidJohnny Gonzalez, a freshmantheater performance major. “Andit's coming along okay, thoughthere are still rough spots. Thethespian gods won't let us makefools of ourselves.”

“The music and choreographyis great. The show begins reallystrong and all of it goes together,which is really extravagant to

watch,” Navarro said.“It’s always a challenge to

coordinate the different ele-ments [music, dance anddrama] in a musicalbecause the practicesare separate, and put-ting it together islike a jigsaw puzzlewithout a box lid,”Marquis said.

“This show isdefinitely foreverybody, andhas one of thebest scores outthere, musical-ly,” Gonzalezsaid.

And so theactors, workers,and staff continueto strive to put on awonderful show for thepublic, until the nightcomes when the curtainmust rise and the starsmust shine.

Performances for“Fiddler on the Roof” areat 8 p.m. April 11 throughApril 13 with a matineeshowing at 2 p.m. onApril 14. Tickets are $5for general admission,$10 for reserved tick-ets and free for UTPAfaculty, staff and stu-dents with identifi-cation. For moreinformation, con-tact the UniversityTheatre BoxOffice at (956)381-3581.

“Fiddler on the Roof,” the lasttheater performance of the year,takes place in a small Russianvillage and tells the story of a Jewish man and his plight todeal with the changes taking place around him. “Fiddler”begins Thursday, April 11 and runs through Sunday, April 14in the Fine Arts Auditorium

April 11, 2002 Arts & Entertainment Page 9April 11, 2002 Arts & Entertainment

It [‘Fiddler’]has a timeless

message for anyaudience. ”

- Johnny Gonzalez‘Perchik’ in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

“

By Cesar TrevinoThe Pan American

DeeFIDDLEDEE

I’m focusing on gettingacross the author’s orig-

inal intentions [with UTPA’sproduction]. We are doing itas close to the originalstyling because it is so wellknown, and the audienceexpects a show they arefamiliar with. ” -Jeff Marquis

Director of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

“

(Right) - Tzeitel(played by IvyVela) and Chava(Didi Duron) arethe daughters ofTevye (JeffMarquis) andGolde (PatMcEnnis) in‘Fiddler.’

(Below) - Perchik(played by JohnnyGonzalez) sits withTevye and Golde’sother daughter’sShprintze (NicoleGarza) and Bielke(Kelly Reed).

(Left) - Mordcha, aninnkeeper (played byJohn Luna), talks withTevye (right), a dairyman at the center ofthe story.

(Right) - Jeff Marquisplays Tevye, the maincharacter of the play,as well as directs‘Fiddler on the Roof.’

Photos byCesar Trevino

A familiar face is bringing anold classic home to theUniversity of Texas-PanAmerican.

The UTPA TheatreDepartment, with help from themusic and dance departments,will present the musical “Fiddleron the Roof” April 11-14 in theFine Arts Auditorium.

The last production of thesemester is directed by and starsalumnus Jeff Marquis, who grad-uated from UTPA in 1991 andhas since spent his time workingin New York City. His directingworks include over a dozenshows in the Valley, both as ateacher and with the UTPA

Theatre Department.The production is set at the

turn of the century and tells thestory of Tevye, a Jewish milkmanwho has to deal with changingtraditions in his small communi-ty. Each of his daughters wantsto marry a suitor he doesn'tapprove of. To make mattersworse for Tevye and his neigh-bors, the Russians are intent ondriving the Jews out of their vil-lage.

Aside from being the director,Marquis also wears the hat ofactor in “Fiddler” as the maincharacter. Tevye is the only char-acter who talks directly to theaudience, acting as a narrator forthe story.

“Jeff is really talented, andcomes across well with actorsbecause he himself is an actorand understands them while get-ting what he wants out of them,”said Ronnie Navarro, the show'sstage manager and a senior the-ater education major.

“I’m focusing on gettingacross the author's original inten-tions [with UTPA's production],”Marquis. “We are doing it asclose to the original stylingbecause it is so well known, andthe audience expects a show theyare familiar with.”

“I think what sets it apart fromother shows is that it has such abig cast,” Navarro said.

The cast consists of 38 actorsand dancers, not including thetechnical staff that runs the show.The stage manager's dutiesinclude making sure the actorsare present and ready.

“I’m the bridge between thedirector and the actors, I guessI'm the bad guy so Jeff [Marquis]doesn't have to be,” Navarrosaid. “He just directs. Besides, Ienjoy being the bad guy.”

One different element to theplay is that the theater depart-ment, along with the music anddance departments, is presentingthe play in the Fine ArtsAuditorium.

“It’s interesting to come into aspace that isn't ours and have tobring everything in [for theshow], because every time we'regoing to need something, it’sgoing to be over there [JeffersTheatre],” said Tom Grabowski,designer/technical director for“Fiddler.”

“Because of the short timeframe, we are renting most of thescenery. We don't have the timeor space we need [to build ourown],” Grabowski said. “Sincewe are scheduled earlier in theseason, we lost about two orthree weeks of our regular pro-duction period.”

But aside from the time limits,students and faculty continue toput together the production.

“It [‘Fiddler’] has a timelessmessage for any audience,” saidJohnny Gonzalez, a freshmantheater performance major. “Andit's coming along okay, thoughthere are still rough spots. Thethespian gods won't let us makefools of ourselves.”

“The music and choreographyis great. The show begins reallystrong and all of it goes together,which is really extravagant to

watch,” Navarro said.“It’s always a challenge to

coordinate the different ele-ments [music, dance anddrama] in a musicalbecause the practicesare separate, and put-ting it together islike a jigsaw puzzlewithout a box lid,”Marquis said.

“This show isdefinitely foreverybody, andhas one of thebest scores outthere, musical-ly,” Gonzalezsaid.

And so theactors, workers,and staff continueto strive to put on awonderful show for thepublic, until the nightcomes when the curtainmust rise and the starsmust shine.

Performances for“Fiddler on the Roof” areat 8 p.m. April 11 throughApril 13 with a matineeshowing at 2 p.m. onApril 14. Tickets are $5for general admission,$10 for reserved tick-ets and free for UTPAfaculty, staff and stu-dents with identifi-cation. For moreinformation, con-tact the UniversityTheatre BoxOffice at (956)381-3581.

“Fiddler on the Roof,” the lasttheater performance of the year,takes place in a small Russianvillage and tells the story of a Jewish man and his plight todeal with the changes taking place around him. “Fiddler”begins Thursday, April 11 and runs through Sunday, April 14in the Fine Arts Auditorium

April 11, 2002 Arts & Entertainment April 11, 2002 Arts & Entertainment Page 8

It [‘Fiddler’]has a timeless

message for anyaudience. ”

- Johnny Gonzalez‘Perchik’ in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

“

By Cesar TrevinoThe Pan American

DeeFIDDLEDEE

I’m focusing on gettingacross the author’s orig-

inal intentions [with UTPA’sproduction]. We are doing itas close to the originalstyling because it is so wellknown, and the audienceexpects a show they arefamiliar with. ” -Jeff Marquis

Director of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

“

(Right) - Tzeitel(played by IvyVela) and Chava(Didi Duron) arethe daughters ofTevye (JeffMarquis) andGolde (PatMcEnnis) in‘Fiddler.’

(Below) - Perchik(played by JohnnyGonzalez) sits withTevye and Golde’sother daughter’sShprintze (NicoleGarza) and Bielke(Kelly Reed).

(Left) - Mordcha, aninnkeeper (played byJohn Luna), talks withTevye (right), a dairyman at the center ofthe story.

(Right) - Jeff Marquisplays Tevye, the maincharacter of the play,as well as directs‘Fiddler on the Roof.’

Photos byCesar Trevino

April 11, 2002 THE PAN AMERICAN

With a simple click of amouse, computer users can findthemselves visiting thousandsof virtual museums around theworld. May 1, founders willlaunch RgvWomensMuseum.com,a Website dedicated to honor-ing women of the Rio GrandeValley, past, present and future.

Two years ago Ivy Easterly,president of the Website, visit-ed the Women’s Museum inDallas, which is devoted to cel-ebrating the lives and contribu-tions of women. It was therethat she decided a museumdedicated to Valley women wasnecessary.

“There are many women inthe Valley who deserve creditlike this,” Easterly said.

With experience working atthe McAllen InternationalMuseum and knowledge ofWeb design, Easterly decidedto make her plan a reality.

She explained that the pur-pose for the Museum is to rec-ognize the influential achieve-ments, creativity, academics,dreams, and labors of womenin Valley history.

Together with 16 otherwomen, Easterly performed ayear’s worth of research touncover stories of women whomade significant contributionsto the Valley, such as TheresaClark Clearwater ofClarksville. In 1872 she wasone of the first certified teach-ers in the area and became theteacher of the first school inCameron County.

In the 1960s, a group ofwomen who called themselvesthe Valley By-Liners wrote thebook, “100 Women of the RioGrande Valley” highlightingValley women, including earlySpanish-American pioneerswho settled in the Valley areain the 1700s. This book can befound in the McAllen PublicLibrary.

When the Website becomesaccessible to the public, it willaccept nominations from thepublic of women who deserverecognition.

In September, board membersof the museum will gather thenominations and select 100 sto-ries for a millennium edition of“100 Women of the Rio GrandeValley.”

“The new book will featurewomen from all walks of life,from the stay-at-home mom tothe secretary, the next-doorneighbor, the volunteer, and thepolice woman. It is open,”Easterly said.

“These women have earned aplace in the hearts of all whocall the Rio Grande Valley ahome today,” she added.

The Website will includeinteractive areas allowingviewers to access informationand participate in on-line dis-cussions. Guests will have theopportunity to submit storieswhich will be judged forprizes.

Although the site is stillunder construction, Easterlystated that she has receivedseveral e-mails from peopleexpressing an interest inRgvWomensMuseum.com,which is primarily funded byGSV network Media Group, aglobal media consulting firm ofwhich Easterly is part-owner.

“The majority [of people] arelooking forward to the openingand are willing to do some sortof volunteer work, becomeboard moderators, or submittheir art or literary work,”Easterly said.

Sheila Pozorski, assistantdean of Social and BehavioralSciences and professor ofanthropology at the Universityof Texas-Pan American,believes that a museum focus-ing entirely on the achieve-ments of Valley women is agood idea.

“Students, especially historystudents at all levels, could bereferred there to research topicsthat are closer to home,”Pozorski said. “This shouldmake their study of historymore personal and potentiallylead to interaction with olderfamily members and friendswho might have firsthandknowledge of featured womenor events.”

Down the road, Easterlyhopes to see the virtual muse-um become a three-dimensionalreality. Fifty percent of theprofits made from the upcom-ing book will be used to con-struct a physical-site museum,and the other half will bedonated to local women’s char-ities.

“With a virtual museum thereis a certain amount of comfort,it leaves more to the imagina-tion and reaches out to thou-sands of people, whereas with aphysical one there are thingsyou can touch,” said Easterly,who compared the experienceto looking at pictures of theGrand Canyon instead of actu-ally being there.

“You can see it there on thecomputer, but to actually lookat an artifact in front of you,it’s more overwhelming,”Easterly said.

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AroundTown

Drink/Snack SaleApril 11 from 10:30 a.m. to3 p.m.Info: The UTPA Society ofWomen Engineers will holdthe sale to fund a cross-Texas road-trip.Place: Outside the library.

‘Jimmy Neutron: BoyGenius’April 12 at 3 and 7 p.m.Price: Students are freewith a valid UTPA identifi-cation card, general admis-sion is $1, and childrenunder 12 are free withadult supervision (limit 5children per adult).Refreshments are free.Place: Student UnionTheater

Pan American Days 2002April 15-19Info: A variety of lecturesconcerning “Hispanics andthe Americas in the NewMillennium.” Lecturesinclude “Biculturalism andthe Bilingualism in theAmericas” on April 15 at 7p.m. in BA 110, and“Telecommunications inMexico” on April 18 at 2:30p.m. in the EngineeringBuilding Auditorium.Place and Times: Varieswith each event.Call: For more information,contact the Center forLatin American Studies at(956) 381-3572 or stop bythe office in CAS 125.

13th Annual OnionFestivalApril 13 from 9 a.m. to 7p.m.Events: Include a 5krun/walk, arts and craftstent, celebrity onion-eatingcontest, food booths and acarnival.Place: Weslaco City Park;300 N. Airport, Weslaco

By Elizabeth MartinezThe Pan American With a virtual museum there is

a certain amount of comfort, itleaves more to the imagination andreaches out to thousands of peo-ple, whereas with a physical onethere are things you can touch.”

- Ivy EasterlyPresident of RgvWomensMuseum.com

“

A MUSEUM OF THEIR OWNSet to start up in May, RgvWomensMuseum.com will take visitors on a virtual tour of someof the Valley’s most prominent women of past, present and future, hoping to ‘educate,enrich and inspire all visitors by celebrating the Rio Grande Valley women’s history’

THE LIST OF VALLEY WOMEN WHO WILL BE FEATURED ON RGVWOMENSMUSEUM.COM INCLUDES:

• ELLEN ALLEN

• MARY HOLDSWORTH BUTT

• ROSA HINOJOSA DE BALLI

• TILLIE GARZA

• GINNY MARTIN

• PENNY PAYTE MCLEAISH

• SONIA PEREZ

• GLADYS SAMS PORTER

• GUTIERREZ POITINGER

• EMELIA SCHUNIOR RAMIREZ

• AMELIA MOLINA

• FLORENCE JOHNSON SCOTT

• EDNA TAMAYO

• YOLANDA YBARRA

• VERNA JACKSON MCKENNA

• LUCY HOPSON WALLACE

CD: “Set this Circus Down” by Tim McGrawBook: “Harry Potter” by J.K. RowlingMovie: “Lorenzo’s Oil”

Website: spursreport.comBook: “The Way Things Ought to Be” by Rush LimbaughMovie: “Life is Beautiful”

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the Valley,” Zakari said. “They don’t want tohire us for temporary positions.”

Garcia believes the Valley suffers from a ter-rible brain drain.

“We don’t necessarily lose the most intelli-gent individuals, but we do often lose the mostprivileged individuals,” Garcia said.

The fact that only 55 percent of McAllen’sresidents have finished high school and only 11percent have a bachelor’s degree could bereflective of the problem, according to Garcia.

“Both of these figures are far below the restof the country,” Garcia said.

The lack of urban exposure in the Valley tendsto romanticize the idea of “moving away to thebig city” for many young adults, Guillen said.

“I’ve often found the Valley to be a particu-larly insular place, where many students rarelyget the opportunity to live or travel throughoutthe U.S. and the rest of the world,” Guillen said.

She added that a reason for this might be thatthe dense social and family networks in theValley don’t leave much room for self-actual-ization or the opportunity to develop fully as anindividual.

“It’s a curiosity, a desire to test one’s ownwings, that feeds the exodus more than any-thing else,” Guillen said.

GETTING THEM BACKDifferent incentives exist for different people

and different professions. Getting students toreturn to the Valley requires just that. Incentives.

Davis explained that higher salaries andmore perks would certainly help lure Valleypeople back, and a more cosmopolitan environ-ment might be what appeals to those who havebeen to school in the East and in California.

“Some of our Valley students major in and

go into professions that are not in great demandhere, so they will stay where they are needed,”Davis said.

Garcia said that residents of this region needaccess to the same opportunities as people inthe rest of the country.

“We need to eliminate the unequal access toeducational opportunities that exist in theValley,” said Garcia.

He believes the privileged communities inthe Valley have been unwilling or unable tospread the prosperity to the less advantaged.

“While we spent the ‘90s being told that eco-nomic conditions were quickly improving,unemployment rates remained in double-digitsand the Department of Commerce reported thatMcAllen has the lowest average income of anymetropolitan region in the country,” Garcia said.

The Valley is increasingly having to confrontthe challenges of modernization and develop-ment, according to Guillen. Slowly, it has begunthe difficult process of opening up to new ideas,ideologies and ways of life, she added.

“I firmly believe that as the Valley changesand develops, it will become more attractive forstudents to remain there,” Guillen said. “Butfirst, the outdated outlooks of so many of theValley’s inhabitants must be done away with.”

Davis said the area can gain a great dealfrom people who might want to come fromother parts of the country and other countries aswell, but the Valley needs to work on gettingthem to want to move here permanently.

ROOTS AND DISCOVERYThe Rio Grande Valley may lose students to

prestigious institutions each year, but accordingto Davis, talented people who want to see thispart of the world for the first time can make up

for the loss of our students who are exploringelsewhere.

“It’s time we start thinking more in terms ofthe rewards of diversity,” Davis said.

Guillen is convinced that just as many intelli-gent and creative students choose to remain inthe Valley as decide to leave each year.

“Often, students that move away to big nameinstitutions get a lot of press--unduly, I shouldadmit--which tends to overshadow the accom-plishments of local Valleyites who are commit-ted to improving their towns and communities atthe local level,” Guillen said.

As much as each student does feel ties to theValley, some are gratified by their accomplish-ments elsewhere and feel they made appropri-ate choices.

“I had the best experience working alongsidesome of the most incredible advocates of socialjustice,” Lucero said. “Brown was the perfectchoice.”

But always keep in mind where you camefrom, Noriega warned.

“I do think that for the most part we need tokeep some kind of attachment to our roots,” shesaid.

Davis added that there is a “whole big worldout there, and as much as we love this area, therest of the world has much to offer in the wayof new experiences and a new way of life.”

During her four years at Harvard, Guillenhas seen the likes of Nelson Mandela, Bill andHillary Clinton, Ernesto Zedillo, Kofi Annanand Alan Dershowitz, among others.

Garcia said that as a native of McAllen whohas been graced with the fortune of attendingan Ivy League school, “not only am I among aprivileged group nationally, but I am among avery privileged group of Valleyites.”

BRAIN DRAIN continued from page 3 WALKOUT continued from page 1“A lot of doctors want to be here,” he said, adding that

insurance costs are too high and sometimes unaffordable.Campos said the protest wasn’t organized overnight,

and plans had been in the works for the past 10 years.Plans for the walkout, or Day of Awareness, came intofruition earlier this year, and Campos said the physicians’hopes are to implement stronger tort reform and changecertain components of the judicial system.

“We need to reform everything from the lawyers to thejudges and even the jury selection process,” Campos said.

Former president of the Hidalgo-Starr County MedicalSociety Carlos Cardenas also spoke out against increasingmalpractice suits, and he demanded change at the govern-mental level.

“For a long time these raw issues have been sweptunder the rug,” Cardenas said, reiterating Campos’ con-cerns about losing quality physicians.

“We have a recruiting and retaining problem,” Cardenassaid. “The Valley can’t afford that. It is our duty to pointthis out.”

The Hidalgo-Starr County Medical Society is com-prised of over 700 members, with about 680 membersfrom Hidalgo County and 20 from Starr County.

According to the Texas Department of Insurance, insur-ance carriers in the state paid more than $381 million inclaims last year, an 87-percent increase since1995.

According to the CALA, the average costs of malprac-tice claims hiked from $46,079 in 1995 to $68,681 in2000.

In an article on Saturday’s issue of The Monitor, DanLambe, executive director of Texas Watch—a statewideconsumer research and advocacy organization—spoke outagainst Monday’s walkout.

Friday, Texas Watch sent an open letter to the medicalsocieties of all counties participating to call off the walk-out.

“Now is not the time to use your power as caregivers asa political tool when the patients of the Rio Grande Valleydeserve better,” Lambe said.

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A number of University of Texas-PanAmerican staff members will be recognizedfor their hard-working efforts during the 14thAnnual Staff Employee Awards ceremonyFriday, April 12 at the Albert L. JeffersTheatre from 10 a.m. to noon.

The purpose of the ceremony is to recog-nize UTPA staff employees for various effortsthey have shown during the past year, accord-ing to Alicia Guerrero, training coordinator forPersonnel Services.

“There is no other ceremony or event thatall employees are invited to, where they get tobe recognized in front of everybody,”Guerrero said. “This is the only time that it[awards] really happens.”

The annual award ceremony is hosted byUTPA’s Office of Personnel.

“Personnel has always had the staff awardsceremony, it has [always] been their project tocoordinate,” Guerrero said.

There are seven awards to be given, includ-ing ones for length of service, retirement,meritorious service, distinguished service, out-standing suggestion, staff senate, and the pres-ident’s excellence award.

The length-of-service award is presented toemployees who have completed five yearsand increments of five years at UTPA.

“With the length-of-service awards theemployee receives a pin and certificate,”Guerrero said. “When the employee has 20years, they also receive [an extra] specialaward item like a mug or watch with theUTPA seal on it.”

The other awards are given after supervisornominations which are ultimately approvedby a hierarchy, eventually including the UTPApresident. The number of employees who can

be nominated varies by UTPA’s five divisions.The Office of the President has one nomina-tion, the Division of Academic Affairs hasthree nominations, the Division of Enrollmentand Student Services has two nominations,the Division of Business affairs has three andthe Division of External Affairs has two,according to Guerrero.

One award that will receive no recognitionthis year is the distinguished service award.There were no nominations for that category.Usually the recipient of this honor receives amonetary prize of $500.

The staff senate award recipients are recog-nized for their outstanding performance indemonstrating a commitment to the universityby improving the work process or system.There will be five recipients for this award.

“These people have shown an exceptionalability to promote collaboration, communica-tion, and cooperation among colleagues anduniversity constituents,” Guerrero said.“These individuals are nominated by theirpeers.”

While there are many awards given at theevent, the president’s excellence award is con-sidered the most prestigious.

This award is given to individuals whohave brought local, state and national recogni-tion to UTPA by their efforts. Employeeswho share the honor this year are basketballcoach Bob Hoffman and Earl “Bud”Frankenburger, who retired last year as specialassistant to the president. A special monetaryprize of $700 will be awarded to each ofthem.

A total of 145 employees will be recog-nized at Friday’s ceremony, where the masterof ceremonies will be William J. Weidner,director of the athletic department. This willbe his third year as the master of ceremonies,Guerrero said.

By Belinda ReyesThe Pan American

UTPA staff members toattend awards banquet

Recent computer science and engineeringcollege graduates have increasingly felt theneed to leave the Valley to find better, higherpaying jobs. Comet Technologies, a medium-size company out of Tyler, Texas, is attempt-ing to change that.

“Comet Technologies will offer an alterna-tive for those who want to find those first-ratesoftware engineering jobs here in the Valleyin addition to the few that currently exist,”said Richard Fowler, interim chair of thecomputer science department at theUniversity of Texas-Pan American.

Comet is a software development compa-ny that serves large industrial corporations,according to a recent article in The Monitor.It is designed to improve order entry, ware-housing, inventory management, and billingand invoicing, among other processes.

The program, which starts in June, willtrain local computer graduates to write pro-grams for the maquiladora industry south ofthe border. It will teach students to useAS/400, Java, HTML, COOL, Plex, andother programs. The use of these programsshould enhance the capabilities of local busi-nesses using them, providing jobs for trainedgraduates along the way.

The computer program will be run byUTPA students, local community college stu-dents, and some people who are alreadyworking in the business. The program willbegin with a foundation of 12 positions, andthe staff will increase in increments of 12each year for the next four years.

Susan Valverde, director of business devel-opment for the McAllen EconomicDevelopment Corp, said in a recent article inThe Monitor that positions at CometTechnologies have an average yearly salaryof $50,000.

According to Fowler, Comet Technologiesis made up in part of people who chose toleave the boomtown of Austin and go to amore relaxed environment. The recent eco-nomic downturn hit Austin hardest of Texascities, and this may have contributed to themove as well.

“Two of the principles in CometTechnologies are from McAllen, and I thinkthat is a real plus in that they have roots hereand would like to see the Valley grow in thesoftware, engineering arena,” Fowler said.

The new software development couldserve as a benefit for graduates who are notready to leave the Valley. And it may con-vince others who were set to fire out thatthere are legitimate opportunities right athome.

“I think this is a good idea since it helpsstudents in the engineering program to stay inthe Valley and help support the programwithin the Valley,” said Jesse Hernandez,manufacturing engineering major. “And italso helps other computer science and engi-neering majors who want to stay in theValley.”

Now that Patty Ruiz’s senior year atEdcouch-Elsa High School is coming to anend, so is her participation in the MotherDaughter Program (MDP). But she has beenable to build a better relationship with hermother along the way.

Located at the University of Texas-PanAmerican, MDP offers females enrolled in8th through 12th grades support and encour-agement needed to complete high school andpursue higher education. The program,which enlists the help of the students’ moth-ers in doing this, recruits female studentsfrom the Edinburg, Edcouch-Elsa, Hidalgo,and La Joya school districts, providingmonthly workshops, seminars, meetings andfield trips to aid students in taking the nextstep in education.

The program spotlights six componentsincluding academic enhancement, careerexploration, community outreach, culturaldiversity, personal growth, and social devel-opment.

MDP has hosted events such as leadershipconferences, college tours, and career days,in addition to workshops on stress manage-ment, scholarship information, decision mak-ing issues and etiquette.

Patty Ruiz said the program not only hasprepared her to deal with different financialissues such as financial aid, scholarshipopportunities and money management, buthas also given her an opportunity to spendtime with her mother, Laura Ruiz.

“This gives me a chance to do somethingwith my mother, develop a better relationshipwith her and learn a lot about college,” saidPatty, who has been involved in the programwith her mother since the 8th grade.

The Ruizes took part in an amalada, aMexican-American tamale-making tradition,in January.

“Activities like making tamales or trips tocolleges in San Antonio and Corpus Christigive us a chance to share and talk with eachother,” Laura Ruiz said.

A “Senior Sleepover” is scheduled forApril 19-20 at UTPA. Teams of mothers anddaughters will stay the night at the campusdorms and attend workshops the next day.

Idee Reyna, program assistant for MDP,believes the program provides an environ-ment for mother and daughter to interactwith each other and make important academ-ic career decisions together.

A portion of the funding for the programcomes from UTPA and private sponsors.Through fundraisers, MDP members raisethe remainder of the funds needed to keepthe program operating.

The current fundraising project is the“Sabor Familiar Cookbook,” which containsover 150 recipes created by the women fromMDP. The cost of the cookbook is $10, andeach mother/daughter team is required to sellat least seven copies.

The 10-month program ends in May witha trip to San Antonio to visit universities.

Reyna explained that the trip was a rewardfor hard work put in during the year. Shefeels the trip also enables the members togain firsthand experience of campus life.

According to Reyna, the program has beena proven success because all graduates of theprogram have gone on to college.

“Besides the educational aspect, it helpsmothers and daughters gain a better relation-ship,” Reyna said. “ The mothers havelearned how to help their daughters along theway and help them make decisions that willaffect their college career.”

By Elizabeth MartinezThe Pan American

Cooperation: Families seeking solutionsBy Nikki RamirezThe Pan American

Comet groupwill providesmarts, work

In July of 2001, a six-week-old boywas taken to the emergency room atEdinburg Regional Medical Center forseveral injuries to his left hand. Whendoctors did a complete examination theyfound the baby had two broken legs, twobroken arms, at least 15 broken ribs, wasblinded in his right eye and almost blindin his left eye. After physicians did acomplete set of skull exams, they foundout the baby had bilateral frontal brainlobe injuries.

The Hidalgo County Court AppointedSpecial Advocates (CASA) tackles casessuch as this every day. This nonprofitorganization is at the forefront in the bat-tle against child abuse. CASA workersare trained volunteers responsible forresearching cases, representing childrenin court, and looking out for victims’ bestinterests.

According to Jose Antonio Gomez,CASA Volunteer Recruitment/Trainingcoordinator, there is a core of about 25active volunteers, but not all of them areactive at the same time. Volunteers arenot assigned more than two cases at atime. Due to the nature of the volunteerwork, it is common for workers to takesome time off before beginning newcases because it is intense and emotional-ly trying, Gomez added.

“We look for a variety of people thatwe train to help us deal with those fami-lies and the victims of such a terrible

thing,” said University of Texas-PanAmerican psychology professor andCASA board member Dr. A.J. Alamia.

CASA is sponsoring the “Light ofHope,” a national event to rememberchildren who have been abused and neg-lected. The candlelight vigil is one eventin April that commemorates NationalChild Abuse Prevention month.

“The purpose is a rather sad one,”Gomez said.“We are going to light a treecommemorating over 800 children in ourcommunity that have been victims.”

The lighting of a tree will symbolizethe hope for an improvement in the livesof children who have been victimized.The vigil will be held Thursday, April 11at 7:30 p.m., at the east side of theHidalgo County Courthouse.

This public event is designed to bringawareness and sensitivity to the commu-nity regarding the issues of child mal-treatment and abuse, according toAlamia.

“People are not aware that these big-city problems exist here,” Gomez said.“We have urban problems with ruralresponses and we have grossly inadequateresources to deal with [child abuse].”

Gomez urges the community to do itspart and make a difference for childrenwho are being victimized. Monetarydonations and toys are welcome, but act-ing to protect a child is the ultimate goal,he added.

Gomez feels there is a need to focus onUTPA and inform the student body aboutthe problem of child abuse and neglect in

the community.“What we were doing is actively

recruiting volunteers, and I see the uni-versity as a resource for our community.It is essentially untapped, so far as thisissue is concerned,” Gomez said.

“If you are not part of the solution, youare part of the problem,” Gomez said.“We have got to act to protect the chil-dren. The children cannot protect them-selves.”

CASA volunteers and board memberswork closely together, and in conjunctionwith social workers and attorneys toimprove the lives of these children.

Gomez explained that CASA was creat-ed in 1994, but has been functioning full-time since about 1997.

Alamia has been involved with theorganization for five years and says that itis rewarding to give back to his commu-nity.

“CASA has raised my sensitivity to thetravesties and the tragedies that childrensustain, under a blanket of trust they feellike they should have from adults, theirprimary care givers,” Alamia said. “It hasraised a level of awareness for me. Itreally taught me that there are a lot ofdifferent personality types that reallyneed help, especially those that perpetrateabuse on children.”

If CASA had not stepped in, a six-week-old boy may have been left in jeop-ardy. The child is now safe in foster care.

It is success stories such as these thatkeep CASA volunteers motivated to makea difference.

Engineering students at public and privateschools across the state of Texas will be shar-ing in a $4.5 million grant.

According to a recent San AntonioExpress-News article, the fund was an out-growth of Senate Bill 353, which establishedthe Texas Engineering and TechnicalConsortium. TETC is comprised of represen-tatives of education and technology and isgeared toward promoting education in thecomputer science and engineering fields.

The grant was funded by the first collabo-rative effort among government, industry,and higher education. According to theExpress-News, donors offering a two-yearcommitment to the fund include TexasInstruments, Advanced Micro Devices,Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, and Sabre.

The University of Texas-Pan Americanwas awarded $268,180 of the overall grant,and according to Dr. Edwin LeMaster, asso-ciate dean of the School of Engineering, thegrant will lead to improved efforts in recruit-ing.

“It will allow us to focus our efforts onrecruiting engineering students, specificallyinto the areas where there are shortages in thestate,” LeMaster said. “The areas where thereare shortages are computer science and elec-trical engineering.”

The engineering department at UTPA cur-

rently has 687 engineering majors. TheUniversity of Texas-Austin currently has6,600 engineering majors. Despite the differ-ence in size between the engineering depart-ments of the schools, UTPA was still able toreceive nearly one-third of the amount of thegrant received by UTA.

“We were happy to get that amount,” saidLeMaster.

He added that the employment rate amonggraduating UTPA engineering students is notthat different from rates of students at biggerschools such as UTA.

He also added most engineering students atUTPA have actual experience in researchprojects and internships. Larger schools arenot able to provide those services to as manystudents.

In order to renew the yearly grant over thenext five years, the engineering department atUTPA must meet certain criteria. Accordingto LeMaster, if the department meets its firstyear goals of increasing enrollment by certainnumbers, funding for the second year isassured. Enrollment must increase from 280in Fall 2001 to the target enrollment of 309for Fall 2002. In 2003, the enrollment shouldbe at 365 for the engineering department.

Aside from increasing enrollment, thefunds will also go toward scholarships forstudents. LeMaster believes the general stu-dent in the engineering department will bene-fit from the bigger pool of money in thedepartment.

“There’s a bigger pie, and so now, morepeople get to eat pie,” said LeMaster of theincrease in funding for the department.

Students in the engineering departmentalso believe the grant will bring improvedconditions to other areas of the department.

Patty Salazar, president of the Society ofHispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) is amechanical engineering senior who believesthat the grant will go beyond scholarshipsand recruitment. She thinks that the fundingwill help maintain equipment undergraduatestudents use as educational tools.

Salazar also believes that the funding willincrease participation of student organizationswithin the department.

“Student interest in organizations willprobably increase if they know that we havedepartmental funding for events that we plan,such as bringing in company representativesto speak to engineering students,” Salazarsaid.

However, Denise Quezada, president ofthe Society of Women Engineers, reflectedthe view of some graduating seniors whoknow that they will not be affected by thegrant because they are graduating.

Quezada, a senior mechanical engineeringmajor, did say that the grant would be benefi-cial to the department.

Ernesto Avila, a senior mechanical engi-neering major, added that the grant will be agreat opportunity to employ the moneytoward younger majors.

By Celeste Y. TelloThe Pan American

By Veronica BarreraSpecial to The Pan American

Vigil to honor abused children

Monies target engineering graduates

For many high school students, makingthe leap from high school to college seemslike too much to handle. But there is a pro-gram willing to give local high school soph-omores a helping hand, provided they makea three-year commitment.

Upward Bound (UB) is a federally fundedprogram that assists high school sophomore,junior and senior students in preparation forpost-secondary education.

“Students make a three-year commitmentto stay with the program from their sopho-more year until they graduate high school,”said Sofia Pina, director of the UpwardBound program at the University of Texas-Pan American. “They must attend both theacademic and summer components of theprogram.”

UB emerged out of the EconomicOpportunity Act of 1964 and was designedto help first-generation students from eco-nomically disadvantaged families in whichneither parent holds a bachelor’s degree. Ithas been in place at UTPA for 29 years.

There are now over 2,000 UB programs inthe United States and 55 in Texas, Pina said.

There are two UB facilities in the Valley.One office is located at South TexasCommunity College and the other is housedat UTPA. UB at UTPA serves 150 studentsfrom six high schools in the Valley includingEdinburg North, Edinburg Economedes,Edcouch-Elsa, Mission, Hidalgo, and ValleyView.

Students are transported to UTPA for 25Saturdays from October through May toreceive academic support and assistance incore subject areas from 14 instructors.

“It takes a special person with a lot ofdetermination to give up 25 Saturdays forthree years and then a five-week summerprogram,” Pina said.

The goal of UB is to increase rates of

enrollment, graduation, and success at insti-tutions of post-secondary education, accord-ing to Pina.

Aside from assistance on campus, the pro-gram also offers tutoring to students fourdays a week.

High school sophomores and juniors inUB attend a summer program at UTPAwhere they prepare for the school year.

Graduating seniors who participate in UBall three years are eventually offered a schol-arship that pays for various college expenses.These six hours of courses must be taken atUTPA and are the final phase of the pro-gram.

Pina tells students that the five-week sum-mer program will help them to develop somevery good habits that will benefit them wher-ever they choose to go to college.

“We do not recruit for the university.Students can go anywhere they want [forcollege],” Pina said.

Students do not pay for the services thatUB provides. In fact, they are paid a stipendof $10 a week to participate. The UB pro-gram at UTPA has a budget of over$500,000, according to Pina.

The program also offers “Fun Fridays,”where students go skating or bowling, and afour-day college tour to campuses.

Approximately 50 percent of the UB pro-gram students who enroll in college attendeither UTPA or South Texas CommunityCollege, according to Pina.

“It (Upward Bound) has really helped meto advance in my classes and to develop as aperson,” said Gloria Proa, a senior at HidalgoHigh School and participant in the program.

Proa serves as the Student CouncilPresident of the program and credits UB forher successes and her knowledge of the col-lege entrance process.

“I know so much more than my friendsabout scholarships and how to fill out thepaperwork for college,” Proa said. “It(Upward Bound) has been my salvation.”

By Melissa CiomperlikThe Pan American

Continuity taught by UB

– Anna Stwora

Gustavo DelfinInt. Business/ManagementSenior

I believe that people have taken toomuch advantage of loose rules andregulations of insurance companieswhich has led to the present chaoticsituation. It seems new rules need tobe implemented so people don’t getso much money from the agencies.

Sharifa LlemitPre-MedSophomore

The doctors’ actions are justifiedbecause they have a good reason tobe upset about the tremendousamount of insurance they must pay.

Linda MujicaPre-MedSophomore

I think since they pay a lot of moneyfor insurance, which they should not,they have a right to protest for all theunjustified lawsuits.

What do you think aboutthe doctors’ walkout?

Jose GonzalesComputer ScienceFreshman

[Doctors] have the right to defendthemselves against unjustified law-suits. And even though they should beheld responsible for their mistakes theamount of penalties shouldn’t be thathigh.

VOICECCaammppuuss

Armando GalarzaMusicSophomore

I think the doctors are finally taking astand to have their rights protected inorder to ensure the well-being of thepatients.

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When John Emery took the position asDean of the College of Business in Feb.2001, the college was facing internal tur-moil impeding its progress.

Emery said a strategic plan was inplace when he arrived, but it wasn’t asdetailed and structured as today’s plan.

“We’ve done revisions [to the plan],”Emery said. “It was drawn over twoyears ago and we’ve had to clarify whatit is we want to accomplish.”

Emery said the University of Texas-Pan American is currently taking part ina comprehensive study called “Closingthe Gap,” in hopes of finding ways toincrease enrollment at the university bythe year 2015.

Emery said the university’s goal is toincrease the participation rate of nontra-ditional students and change the demo-graphics of students at UTPA. Here, non-traditional refers to older students con-tinuing or even just beginning their edu-cational journey.

“Our college [business] will grow asfast as the rest of the state,” Emery said.

Approximately 2,400 undergraduatestudents are enrolled in the College ofBusiness, with 150 graduate studentsincluding about 40 doctoral candidates.

While increasing enrollment is one ofEmery’s top priorities, increasing thenumber of graduate and doctoral degreesoffered by UTPA also ranks high on hislaundry list.

The college offers one of two Ph.D.degrees at the university, in internationalbusiness. The other is in educationalleadership.

Emery said the degree is offered withspecialties in marketing, management,and finance under the international busi-ness umbrella. He also said the college is

equipped with faculty strong enough totrain doctoral students in accounting andcomputer information systems.

“We’re not formally accepting studentsto those Ph.D. programs yet,” Emerysaid. “Our accounting degree is verylikely to happen. We may start recruitingcandidates next year and accepting stu-dents the year after that.”

Another project the College ofBusiness looks forward to offering isreferred to as The Big Mac.

“We want them to go after the BigMac,” Emery said. “UT already has aprogram like this.”

Under this program, an entering fresh-man can enroll in a five-year accountingprogram and earn a master’s degree uponcompletion, specializing in publicaccounting.

Emery said the University of TexasBoard of Regents must still review aproposal submitted by the college.

“It’ll probably be about two yearsbefore this gets under way,” Emery said.

Emery said the college also offersservices to the region in form of researchthat will benefit the entire Valley.

“The most dramatic research is what isgoing on at the Center for BorderEconomic Studies,” Emery said. “That’sour primary thrust.”

Emery said his college currently has12 research projects approved, and 23more faculty members have applied thisyear.

“We have research being done on con-sumer behavior and peoples’ reaction toWeb pages,” Emery said. He also com-mented that centers like the Center forTourism Research and the NeuhausCenter for Entrepreneurship andEconomic Education are examples ofresearch hubs which benefit the Valley.

The Center for Tourism Research wasfeatured recently in a six-page article ofThe New Yorker magazine about the eco-nomic impact of Spring Break on SouthPadre Island.


Business Collegerevising its plans

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■ Light of Hope Vigil . . 5NEWSApril 11, 2002 sports

GETTING OUT“I wanted to challenge myself.” This response was unanimous from five

Valleyites who will graduate this May from IvyLeague universities.

Each fall, high school graduates leave the RioGrande Valley to attend enticing institutions of high-er learning, with high hopes of achieving big dreamsin the big city.

For the Valley, however, this can prove to be a‘brain drain’when students choose not to return totheir hometown communities and give back suchscholarship they have achieved to familiar andneedy areas.

Elvie Davis, dean of students at the University ofTexas-Pan American, said a brain drain does existand, for students, there is a certain attraction to theidea of exploring new worlds.

“As long as Ivy League and other prestigiousinstitutions offer impressive scholarships, biggerresearch opportunities, academic programs that wedon’t offer here, and new and different experienceson the whole, many of the Valley’s top students willcontinue to choose to go elsewhere,” Davis said.

She explained that leaving the Valley appeals to agreat deal of young people who have not beenexposed to anything else.

“As much as I’d love to see our top studentsenroll at UTPA, I also recognize how other institu-tions elsewhere can add to their intellectual and per-sonal growth,” Davis said.

Valley scholar Monica Lucero left Raymondvillein the fall of 1998 to seek higher education morethan 2,000 miles away, at Brown University inProvidence, R.I.

Lucero, 21, graduated as the salutatorian ofRaymondville High School in May of 1998 withaspirations of attending Brown because it offered aneight-year medical program and an ethnic studiesconcentration.

She wanted to learn about “communities of colorto effectively treat them medically, socially andemotionally.”

“Brown was hard to adjust to, especially comingfrom public Raymondville High School,” Lucerosaid. “The educational support I had was barelyenough for me to get by.”

But she did.In May, Lucero will graduate with an A.B. in

Ethnic Studies and then pursue a medical degree.Priscilla Noriega, 22, left for New Haven, Conn.

in the fall of 1998 after applying to Yale Universityon a dare.

“I fell in love with the campus and I knew Iwould have access to amazing resources academi-cally and socially,” Noriega said. “It was a chance totest myself and see what I could do.”

Noriega, of Brownsville, graduated from GladysPorter High School and loves the fact that she isnow “able to hop on a train and go into New Yorkfor the afternoon.”

Noriega will graduate in May with a degree inEnglish and plans to pursue a law degree thereafter.

Zainab Zakari, of Harlingen, attends StanfordUniversity in Palo Alto, Calif. She graduated as thevaledictorian of Harlingen High School in 1998 andchose Stanford because of the “friendly and outgo-ing sense” she got from the community.

“I wanted the social aspect as well as the academ-ic,” Zakari said. “Stanford has a great balance ofboth.”

Zakari will graduate this May with a degree inhistory.

Cesar Garcia, 22, graduated from Nikki RoweHigh School in McAllen in 1998 and left the Valleythe same year to attend Brown University.

“Brown promised an environment unlike any-thing I’d ever seen,” Garcia said. “And, it offeredme the best financial aid. Without the money I get, Icouldn’t dream of affording this kind of experience.”

Garcia will graduate in May with a double majorin American civilization and English literature.

Magda Guillen, of Harlingen, was committed togetting an out-of-state education and chose HarvardUniversity in Cambridge, Mass.

Guillen, 22, was third in her graduating class atHarlingen High School in 1998.

“I wanted to take part in an incredibly diverseacademic environment,” Guillen said. “Harvard hasa world-renowned faculty and its liberal arts educa-tion is among the best in the world.”

Guillen will graduate in May with a degree ingovernment as well as a specialization in LatinAmerican Studies with a concentration in Mexico,from Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center. She willalso bear a citation in Spanish from the Departmentof Romance Languages and Literatures.

With top Valley students being lured away eachyear by top universities, one might wonder whetherthese soon-to-be grads plan to return to the Valley.

COMING BACKAlthough the Valley would likely benefit from

these students once they’ve become professionals,returning to their communities is ultimately a diffi-cult personal decision for each of them.

UTPA’s Davis said the Valley would benefitgreatly from these individuals returning and usingtheir acquired knowledge and expertise here, but itdepends on how they feel about returning home.

“It doesn’t matter how we feel,” Davis said.“They can’t be directed or forced to do so if theydon’t want to.”

While some feel that they will returning to theValley without a doubt, other students were frustrat-ed by the lack of economic and social conditions inthe area. The Valley’s unemployment rate is at 12percent and Hidalgo County is one of the top fivepoorest counties in the U.S.

Lucero said she plans to attend medical school forthe next four years and then pursue a residency forfour additional years.

“If there are opportunities for me to make effec-tive change in South Texas at least 10 years fromnow, I will definitely come back,” she said.

Lucero added that she will work for a Spanish-speaking community somewhere in the UnitedStates.

“Even if it is not South Texas, at least I know that

my motivation comes from the inequalities I wasraised in and educated to fight against,” Lucero said.

Noriega plans to come back to the Valley to teachfor a few years in Brownsville once she has attendedlaw school.

“I am motivated to get students from the Valley toattend Yale and I hope to encourage them to exposethemselves to new opportunities,” Noriega said.

Zakari said she will not likely return to the Valleybecause she is interested in book publishing and “theValley doesn’t have much of a market for it.”

“I would like to stay in the [San Francisco] Bayarea but the only real market for publishing is in theEast Coast/New York area,” she said.

Zakari added that she appreciates the low cost ofliving in the Valley and the “high sense of communi-ty and family,” but she is looking to get ahead assoon as possible and “the Valley is not the place todo that.”

Garcia said he will return to the Valley once hehas finished graduate school. Until then, he hopes tolive in different parts of the United States andabroad.

“I always remind myself that I am not at Brownsolely because of my own work,” Garcia said. “I amnot self-made. I have arrived where I am because ofthe sacrifices of countless people. I am here becausethe kids I grew up with are not. My community hasgiven me my life so I want to give something backto it.”

Guillen, however, explained that she will notreturn to the Valley because she is frustrated with thelack of both economic and social opportunities inthe Valley.

“Though I realize that the economy of this partic-ular area of the country is burgeoning right now, thekinds of jobs and careers that I am interested in pur-suing are still scarce,” Guillen said.

Guillen added that she is fond of the fast pace ofthe East Coast and its attractions, and has developedan appreciation for their lifestyle.

“I would find it very difficult to slow down myown life to fit the pace of the Rio Grande Valley,”she said.

“I have difficulty accepting some of the moreright-wing tendencies of the average citizen in theValley; my own personal political inclinations aredifficult to reconcile with the prevailing socio-politi-cal norms of that area,” Guillen added.

Davis suggested that these students’ “fresh bloodand new perspectives can be a great thing,” andmight, in fact, be just what the Valley needs.

“There’s nothing wrong with turning our attentionto not only getting our Valleyites back here, butrecruiting more professionals from all over,” Davissaid.

GIVING SOMETHING BACKThe students who do plan to return to the Valley

intend to give back to their communities in severalvery different ways. Each feels very strongly that heor she can provide a breath of fresh air for the area.

Lucero, for one, pointed out that she believeschange must be made politically before it can trickledown to the South.

“As a future physician, I feel that the economic

gain, both in Mexico and the U.S., is at the directexpense of the community’s health in South Texas,”Lucero said. “Since maquilas emanate and dispensethousands of chemicals daily, the health of those inthe area is severely compromised.”

Lucero added that the Valley has the highest inci-dence of cancer, diabetes and nervous disorders thanany other region in the United States

“As a young, proactive physician, I would love tocome back and politically organize against suchdumping in order to truly affect the public’s health,”she added.

“However, I and others will not be well receivedby those who feel that maquilas bring excellent jobs,increasing economic development and decreasingcrime, poverty and disease,” Lucero said.

Noriega said she wants to bring back to the Valleythe knowledge she has gained.

“Since I’ve had the opportunity to work with theprofessors leading in their fields, I want to exposestudents to things I’ve learned here [Yale] and instillthe same kind of excitement in others,” Noriega said.

Garcia credited his college town, Providence, forteaching him the importance of working with com-munity members to improve local conditions.

He added that countless intelligent youth in theValley do not fulfill their potential because they donot have access to the proper resources.

BRAIN DRAIN?Each of these Ivy League students has expressed

disappointment in the lack of economic and socialopportunities in the Valley as a reason for their hesi-tation to return.

But the Valley is one of the fastest growing areasin the country-- population wise, according to Davis.

However, several inadequacies must be addressedin determining the factors influencing the decisionsof those who choose not to come back.

Noriega believes that although the biculturalismof the border is an intriguing dynamic, she said shefinds that in the Valley many [people] exist in a vac-uum.

“Although the cost of living is very low, therearen't many opportunities that provide high income,”Noriega said. “Wages are also pretty low backhome.”

Noriega said it is great that people are seekingopportunity and forging their own careers and livesoutside the Valley.

Students deserve an opportunity to “get out,”agreed Lucero.

“It’s crazy that I had to seek education more than2,000 miles away to learn that South Texas is trulydeteriorating,” Lucero said. “It should be their [stu-dents] decision to come back and they shouldn’t feelguilty if they choose not to. Everyone needs to betrue to the quality of life they desire for themselvesand their future family.”

Zakari says there is a perpetual cycle in the Valleyand she has had first-hand experience with managersof businesses whom she feels perpetuate the braindrain.

“They are not encouraging to students who seekpart-time work while spending their vacation time in

Valley faces academic ‘brain drain’By Cristina ReynaThe Pan American

See BRAIN DRAIN page 11

The afternoon is sunny. It is mid-day andthe ambience is universal. On this Thursdayafternoon, the organization called “TheCommunity” is hosting a free musical con-cert. The first band, having completed its set,is makes way for the next band entitled “WeSuck.” As the band takes the floor, lead singerMarc ‘Marc Hardcore’Villarreal, 23, yellsthrough the microphone, “Welcome to thebirth of a new revolution! The time for achange is now. I feel I have been robbed of acollege experience here at this university andthe time to act is now!”

The hardcore 4-piece band (together sincethe fall of 1997) pounds in, encouraging thecrowd to yell congruently, as Villarreal’s polit-ical messages burst through the speakers.

Villarreal, a UTPA senior from Mission,explains that his rage when he performscomes from natural energy and is an attemptto encourage the audience to join in and dowhat they please. In that moment, he consid-ers himself “extreme and energetic.”

“The main theme [of the shows] is for peo-ple to relate to one another during the show.When people alienate themselves, they die offsocially. My objective is to channel negativeenergy into something positive and construc-tive, to attack dogma and for people to reasonand act together.”

“I view myself [when performing] as a con-duit of energy being used to provide a gift ofliberation to the audience to do what they feellike doing there. It’s extreme and energeticand pushing limits. I’d rather be detested thanapathetic.”

Villarreal is the vice-president of “TheCommunity,” which offers a chance for stu-dents of all creeds and educational back-grounds to congregate and speak their mindsthrough an event called “Spoken Word.”

Villarreal and his organization believe thatthey need to do something about student unityin order to form a more solid campus body.

“People here in the Valley seem to haveacquired a learned helplessness, and alienatethemselves,” he said. “The university needs todo more to make the students aware of whatthey can do around their campus. Instead, it[the university] hinders student willingness tocooperate with activities around campus.”

Villarreal, a psychology major/philosophyminor, believes that instead of the universityadministration posting regulations for studentorganizations, it should encourage more stu-dent activities.

“This university seems to take for grantedthat we [students] pay tuition for a reason,”Villarreal said. “We should not be restrictedand rather be allowed to do more.”

Villarreal understands the importance ofcertain regulations when it comes to conduct-ing demonstrations or posting advertisings,but feels that they are too meticulous and dis-couraging to some organizations and students,for example when it comes to getting fliersstamped.

“In 1998 and 1999 we [The Community]used to throw shows free to the public for

people to come together,” Villarreal said.“One of the policies we had to abide by wasto hire security. The University PoliceDepartment sent the amount they felt ade-quate, which was quite a bit, and we wereforced to discontinue the shows due to over-charging, which led to lack of funds.”

Villarreal states that it has become difficultfor him and his organization to successfullyattempt to gather and congregate, due to diffi-culties with the Office of StudentDevelopment. He added that the OSD did notfully comply with regulations pertaining tonon-free-speech zones.

“A while back, “Spoken Word” wouldgather at the University Circle until we [TheCommunity] were advised to move into a des-ignated free-speech zone located by thelibrary with the excuse that we could not useamplifying devices in a non-free-speechzone,” said Villarreal, referring to a prior inci-dent.

A year ago, the organization on occasion setup a speaker with a microphone allowing stu-dents to express their thoughts, ideas andemotions freely.

“We respectfully complied and moved tothe other area,” Villarreal said.

Christine Carruthers, coordinator for theOSD, said, “student organizations are allowedtwo university handbooks for reference onregulations when using both free and non-free-speech zones: The Student Guide andThe Handbook of Operation Procedures.”

The Student Guide states on Page 21 insection 4, “Recognition and Approval ofStudent Organizations,” subdivision 1, that: 1)The University recognizes student organiza-tions as an integral part of University life. 2)Student organizations offer an opportunity forpersonal growth and development of specialtalents and interests.”

Villarreal, however expressed discontentover the fact that several weeks ago some reli-gious organizations conducted a three-daydemonstration that required the use of ampli-fying devices in a non-designated free-speechzone.

Dana Garza, coordinator for the OSD,explained that “organizations around campusare allowed to use amplifiers on a non-free-speech zone during activity periods as long asthe equipment is not obstructing traffic.”

“While we were told to move [a year ago]to a designated free-speech zone to use ouramplifier and microphone, these organizationswere demonstrating for three full days from 6a.m to 6 p.m. on a non-designated-free speechzone with plenty of amplification and definite-ly out of activity period,” Villarreal said.

“If those organizations were amplified outof activity period, they should not have beenand were advised several times not to,” reiter-ated Garza.

Angie De Loach is a member of the cam-pus religious fraternity, Chi-Alpha, a partici-pant in last week’s spiritual events.

“They [Student Development] approachedus on several occasions to tell us to keep thevolume low,” she said.

“The reason we don’t permit amplificationdevices off activity period [in non-designated

free-speech zones] is simply for the fact that itdisturbs classes,” Carruthers said.

De Loach disagreed and said their ampli-fiers were on after activity period.

“Several classes were disrupted and they[student development] came again to tell us toturn [the amplifiers] off,” De Loach said.“However, we reached a compromise withthem and they allowed us to keep them on aslong as we kept them at a low and reasonablevolume. So we did.”

De Loach also stated that her organizationhas also had problems in the past with StudentDevelopment.

“They informed us in the past that we couldnot express freedom of religion to the fullest.They told us that we could not have worshipmusic, nor be allowed to exhibit religiousfilms due to the separation of church andstate,” she said.

Carruthers cleared the issue of “separationof church and state” by explaining that “dueto state funding [for the university], statefunds may not be used to support religious orpolitical activities.”

Although Villarreal uses his music andlyrics as the essential tool for voicing his con-cerns to the local masses, The Community isfocusing on alternate methods of reaching outto university students, as well. In hopes ofmaking a difference and solidifying their aspi-rations, The Community’s president, DanVaughn, ran a campaign for SGA. Althoughhe didn’t win, this action displayed evidencethat The Community is diversifying its efforts.

“We want everyone to unite and focus onsimilarities rather than differences,” Villarrealsaid. “If applied, this will rid mental pollutionsuch as racism, structural bias and homopho-bia. We [The Community] just want to betreated equally, and have complied with theStudent Government in all their requests.”

Villarreal added that he simply wants theuniversity masses to commune, to composestudent unity in an institution of higher learn-ing that should promote “general cognition.”

“Some people have taken offense to ouractions. But, if I illicit a response—positive ornegative - I’ve served some kind of purposebecause people have mobilized, acted andthought,” he commented. “The synthesis rightnow is the apathy of students and/or theschool, but what we stress to the students isthat the universe is indifferent, do as much asyou can to build and create. People in theValley need to mobilize and work together tobuild.”

“It’s your university. Don’t be apathetic. Ihope the university will evolve into positivechange. There is much more than SGA, ath-letics, and other organizations that the univer-sity focuses on.”

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Local band frontman seeks campus unity BASEBALL

BRONC LEADERS

Batting Average

Matt Sisk .322

John Lopez .314

Adam Farek .297

Tony Ortiz .297

Jerome McCoy .288

Home runs

Matt Eichel 2

Matt Sisk 2

Jarrad Maddox 1

Sean Flynn 1

Tony Ortiz 1

RBI

Matt Sisk 18

Bruce Kennedy 14

Matt Eichel 11

Tony Ortiz 9

Jarrad Maddox 8

Hits

Matt Sisk 38

Jerome McCoy 36

Bruce Kennedy 29

John Lopez 27

Skip Weast 25

Runs

Matt Sisk 19

Jerome McCoy 19

Bruce Kennedy 14

John Lopez 13

Marco Garza 10

TEAM NUMBERS

Batting Average .262

Home Runs 7

RBI 113

Hits 302

Runs 136

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4/16 SE Louisiana

4/16 Lamar

4/18 LAREDO CC*

4/26-28 SLC Tournament

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4/12 Nicholls State


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GOLF

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By the numbersApril 11, 2002 sports

Mavericks lasso BroncsEDINBURG -- The University of Texas-Pan American men’s tennis team gave a good

account of itself in just about every individual contest in a match against the University ofTexas-Arlington Sunday.

But the Mavericks came through when it counted, defeating the Broncs, 7-0 to clinch the reg-ular season Southland Conference championship and a first-round bye when the conferencetournament begins April 26.

Freshmen Filip Koziell and Jeremy Salvo lost their no. one doubles match to Andy Leber andDavid Corrie, 9-7, while sophomore Tom Mangelschots and junior Neil Barraclough lost at no.three doubles to Tom Zarzecny and Alon Goldshuv, 9-8, dropping the tie-breaker, 7-3. The dou-bles matches were played at the Cox Tennis Center, but the singles were moved to the SummitSports Club in Pharr due to high winds.

UTPA and UTA split sets in three of the six singles matches. Zarzecny defeated Koziell at no.three singles, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Javier Carrillo defeated Salvo at no. four, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3; andGoldshuv downed senior Kareem Abdullah at no. five, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.

“It was a very close 7-0 match, we had leads in five of the nine matches,” said UTPA headcoach Todd Chapman. “We won the first set in three of the six singles matches, and we were up6-3 at no. one doubles, and up, 6-5 and serving at number three. But we played a very goodteam today, the best team in our conference. It was good to see that we got ourselves into situa-tions where we had the opportunity to win, but then we weren’t able to do what we had to do inorder to win. Hopefully, we can learn from this experience.”

The Broncs dropped to 7-7, 2-2 in the SLC with the defeat, while the Mavericks improved to14-7, 6-0. UTPA will return to action when they visit Texas-San Antonio in another SLC matchtomorrow.

Golfers struggle in Border eventLAREDO -- The University of Texas-Pan American’s men’s golf team finished 17th at the

17-team Border Olympics, at the Laredo Country Club Saturday. The Broncs shot a final-round score of 301 Saturday, giving them a 54-hole total of 922, plac-

ing them 24 shots behind first-place Rice.Baylor finished first with a score of 845, followed by San Diego State at 858, New Mexico at

865, Pepperdine at 868, Texas-Arlington at 869 and Louisiana-Lafayette at 870. Next wereLamar at 874, Central Oklahoma at 875, Texas Tech at 876, Arkansas and Texas-San Antonio at879, Colorado State at 881, Central Florida at 884, host Texas A&M at 885, and Sam HoustonState at 887.

Junior Omar Halldorsson led the Broncs by shooting a final-round score of 74 for a 54-holetotal of 226, good for a tie for 63rd place. Sophomore Rudy Celedon shot a score of 74 for atotal of 229, tying for 75th place. Sophomore Ben Piper shot a 76, for a total of 235, good for87th place. Freshman John Huerta shot a 77, scoring 236 and securing 88th place. SeniorSantiago DeLarrea shot a 78, good for a score of 239 and 90th place.

The Broncs will play their final tournament of the semester at the National Minority GolfChampionships May 10-13 at the PGA Headquarters in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

100 and countingEDINBURG -- Saturday night’s win over the 16th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies in College

Station was special in many ways.For one, the Broncs finally won a road game. Before the second game of the doubleheader,

the Broncs were 0-11 on the road. Another positive from that game, and the series, was the Broncs’ pitching, as all three games

were decided by one run. The Bronc hurlers did their job by keeping the team in the game.The most special moment probably came after notching the 3-2 victory over the Aggies in the

rubber game on Saturday. The win was also head coach Reggie Tredaway’s 100th as skipper of the Broncs. The fifth-

year head coach seemed to be well on his way to the 100-win mark after three seasons with 79,but a disastrous season last year and a slow start this campaign put his march to 100 on holduntil Saturday.

Tredaway recorded 30-win seasons in 1999 and 2000. Last year the Broncs finished 12-40and have only compiled a 9-25 record this season. In his five years, Tredaway has accumulateda career record of 100-139-1.

Tredaway took over for legendary head coach Al Ogletree in 1998, and put the program’sfuture before his own record. He veered away from recruiting junior college transfers and nowbrings in freshmen hoping to rebuild the Bronc baseball program.

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Partch, who broke the UTPA record inthe high jump with a leap of 5-8 1/2inches and finished fifth overall.

The old record was 5-8, set by Partchearlier this year. According to Vaughn,the record will give Partch a boostgoing up against tougher competition.

"It [the record] gives her confidence,"Vaughn said. "She's as good as any-body, comparing UTPA to biggerschools such as Texas, Kansas andNebraska. It shows the progress we'remaking as a program."

Another event where the Broncs madesome noise was the men's 110-meterhigh hurdles.

Ben finished fourth with a time of14.65, while freshman Matt Clinton fin-ished seventh with a time of 15.15.

Although a number of Broncs per-formed well in track events, UTPA ham-mer thrower Amy Moses struggled inher event. Moses was disappointed shedidn't compete up to her potential.

"I feel like I could've been there,"Moses said.

Although Moses didn't place in thehammer throw, she hopes next year will

bring better results for her and herteam.

"I'll be ready next year because of theexperience, and the team will be readyas well," Moses said. "It was new forthe first-timers."

Freshman Marlin Manley also strug-gled in the men's high jump, failing toqualify.

Although the Broncs went throughgrowing pains in Austin, Vaughn saidhe's proud of the way his team hasresponded.

"You take it one step at a time,"Vaughn said. "There's the good and bad.

They'll be excited about the competi-tion. We've made a lot of improve-ments and records have been broken.So our squad is getting better."

The Broncs and lady Broncs get readyfor the NCAA Championships with fourmore relays, including two againstBaylor University and the University ofTexas-Austin.

Other contests include relays againstDrake and the Houston Last ChanceInvitational a week before the championships

The April 4 The Pan Americanreported that a gay film festivalwas to take place last weekend.The festival will actually takeplace the weekend of April 20.

CORRECTION

University of Texas-Pan American studentsexercised their rights to choose StudentGovernment Association officials last week, elect-ing Alyssa Munoz president of SGA.

Through increased publicity and encouragementfrom UTPA officials, students hit the polls inincreased numbers over previous elections, withmore than 1,100 votes being cast. This year’s votetotal surpasses the sum of the last two years com-bined, as just 648 and 465 votes were cast in 2000and 2001, respectively.

“We try to promote campus involvement ineverything we do,” said Dana Garza, coordinatorof Student Development. “I’m hoping the studentsare realizing this can be a fun campus, and thatwe have an SGA that is eager to help them.”

Garza also attributed the improved voter turnoutto the increased number of presidential tickets andcandidates running for positions. According toGarza, many of the candidates campaigned andurged their fellow students to vote. But she feelsMunoz, along with her running mate Jessica AnnGarcia, relied on their previous SGA experienceto coax students to cast votes in their direction.

“On the final day, everyone stepped up, butthey [Munoz, Garcia] had an advantage throughexperience and knew what it took to win,” Garzasaid.

Munoz, a senior biology major, is uncertainwhether her experience played a part in her victo-ry, but feels it will make her a more effectiveSGA president. “It will make it easier for me toget things done,” she said. “I know all the admin-istrators, red tape and procedures.”

The new president feels there are many things

for SGA to address regarding student life atUTPA, but believes SGA is up to the task.

“It’s the little things we’d like to address,” shesaid. “The major thing is to make sure SGA isknown to the students.”

Teamwork is essential in many group functions,and Munoz feels the ability to work together isimportant for SGA as well.

“I want to make sure we have teamwork,” shesaid. “If we don’t work together with other stu-dent organizations, it will be hard to get thingsaccomplished.”

To make SGA and its officers more accessibleto UTPA students, Munoz hopes to make SGAincreasingly visible through its participation incampus activities.

“We hope to participate in all events on cam-pus,” she said. “We’d like to say to students, ‘thisis what we can do for you.’”

With loud Mariachi music playing in thebackground, doctors from Hidalgo and StarrCounty gathered on the steps of the countycourthouse in Edinburg and voiced their con-cerns regarding malpractice lawsuits.

Over 400 doctors walked out of their officesMonday morning in protest of increasing mal-practice insurance costs. About 300 supportersshowed up in Edinburg as well, including staterepresentatives Kino Flores, D-McAllen,Miguel Wise, D-Weslaco, and county judgeEloy Pulido.

Dr. Juan M. Campos, president of theHidalgo-Starr County Medical Society, wasone of several speakers at the event, which attimes resembled like a political pachanga. Thewalkout was organized by by the MedicalSociety in conjunction with Citizens AgainstLawsuit Abuse (CALA).

Campos said high insurance costs in thisregion have caused many “quality” doctors toleave, which has led to a shortage in physi-cians, particularly specialists, in the Valley.

“We have to solve this crisis,” Campos said. Campos said Hidalgo County and Valley res-

idents, especially children and the elderly, willbe hurt the most by this “clear and present dan-ger.”

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THURSDAYApril 11, 2002

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■ BIG WIN: Edinburgat torney Ramon Garciadefeated Hidalgo CountyJudge Eloy Pulido byover 12,000 votes inTuesday’s run-offelections for the countyjudge’s seat. With all ofthe county’s precinctsrepor ting, Garciareceived 65 percent ofthe vote to Pulido’s 35.Pulido thanked everyoneinvolved in his campaignand said it had beendifficult to go up againsta well-funded campaignlike Garcia’s.In other local races,Omar Guerrero narrowlydefeated Lupe Silva-Aboud by fewer than300 votes for theDistrict Clerk position.Following Tuesday’s run-off, the Rio GrandeValley wonrepresentation in theTexas Senate when staterepresentative Juan“Chuy” Hinojosa downedCorpus Christi lawyerand businesswomanBarbara Canales-Black.Hinojosa received 55.6percent of the vote with33,557 votes andCanales-Black got 44.4percent with 26,749. In the US Senate race,former Dallas mayor RonKirk won the right torepresent the Democratsby beating high schoolgeography teacherVictor Morales ofCrandall. Kirk faces GOPcandidate John Cornynin November. There was no runoff onthe Democratic side forgovernor as TonySanchez builds hiscampaign for aNovember showdownwith Republicanincumbent Rick Perry.

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CCaammppuussVOICEWhat doyou thinkabout thedoctors’walkout?

Matt Lynch/The Pan American

PROTEST — Dr. Juan M. Campos addresses the crowd during a demonstration on Tuesday morning at theHidalgo County Courthouse. Valley doctors gathered to voice concerns over rising premiums covering mal-practice. However, some observers side with patients, and place partial blame for costs on the doctors.

Doctors demand redress

See WALKOUT page 11

It’s official: Munoz to head SGA


By Matt LynchThe Pan American

MASTER TIGER: Onceagain, Tiger Woods is thefavorite to take TheMasters at AugustaNational Golf Club star tingtoday and concludingSunday afternoon. Woods,chasing his third greenjacket, will have moreobstacles to overcome thisyear around. AugustaNational has revamped itscourse, increasing theyardage on eight of the 18holes. Woods will also facestif f competition from a fewguys who are long overduefor a green jacket. DavidDuval and Ernie Els wouldlove to see themselvesspor ting the green blazer,but nobody wants thismajor more than PhilMickelson. He is not onlyon a quest for the Masterstitle, but his first majorchampionship in his procareer.

PGA

WORLD CUP

MOVING ON? With the2002 World Cup just undertwo months away, Italycoach Giovanni Trapat tonisaid he will not make adecision about his long-term future until after theWorld Cup finals in Japanand South Korea.Trapat toni’s contractexpires after the finals andwhile he said he wouldreturn to club coachingafter the World Cup, therehave been suggestions hemay be ready to extend hisdeal.

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MR. CLUTCH: Sharyland native Marco Garza receives high fives fromhis teammates after scoring a run in game one of a doubleheaderagainst the Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas. Garza came into the con-test hitting .191 and broke up Javs’ starter Mike Huddleston’s perfect-game bid, leading off the sixth inning with a single. The freshmanshortstop went 3-for-6 for the night to raise his average to .210.

The University of Texas Pan-American track & field teamstumbled in the Texas Relays lastweek, but looks to bounce backat the Angelo State RelaysSaturday.

The Broncs faced qualityDivision I opponents last weekand this time will face power-house Division II schools such asAngelo State and AbileneChristian.

Both are ranked in the top fivein the country, according to head

coach Ricky Vaughn. However,Vaughn is optimistic his squadwill be up to the challenge.

"Their [team] expectations arehigher," Vaughn said. "Maybethey are a little more focused.Hopefully it will be a good meetthis weekend."

He added that his Division IIopponents have great programs,and fierce competitors .

"They [opponents] have greatathletes," Vaughn said. "It willbe a high-quality meet and Ihope some of our athletes quali-fy."

Sophomore Rashaad Ben

knows his opponents will run ata high level, and it will be achallenge for the Broncs to qual-ify.

"They [opponents] train prettyhard," Ben said. "You have torun your best at all times. It's alot of competition."

The young and inexperiencedsquad went up against toughercompetition, including Big 12programs, at the Texas Relays inAustin.

Vaughn said last week's experi-ence will help develop the pro-gram and put it on the map.

"It's important for us to devel-

op our program," Vaughn said."We need to start competingagainst bigger schools. We'reready for the next step."

Although members of the teamfailed to qualify, the experiencewill not only help the athletesthis weekend, but in futureevents as well.

"No doubt, for most it wastheir first time competing in larg-er meets," Vaughn said. "Theyhave to learn how to control theiremotions."

One bright spot at the TexasRelays was sophomore Valerie

Thinclads ready for Angelo State

If they could play the secondgame first, who knows.

The University of Texas-PanAmerican Broncs, for the seventhtime in seven 2002 doubleheaders,lost the first game against TexasA&M-Kingsville Tuesday, 3-2.They rebounded to win the secondmatch 5-0, marking the fifth time inthose seven twin bills that a splitwas attained.

The ol' one-up, one-down routinesends them into a home weekendseries against Houston Baptist witha 10-26 overall record. The Broncsgot a pair of solid pitching perform-ances against TAMUK (17-28), andhope that this will continue againstHB, a highly ranked NAIA school,in a three-gamer starting at 7 p.m.Friday at Edinburg BaseballStadium.

In the extra-innings openeragainst TAMUK, senior right-han-der Mike Calvert pitched six stronginnings, allowing just two runs, butUTPA fell short as the Javelinaspushed across the winning run in theeighth, benefiting from a throwingerror by relief pitcher Skip Weast.

The Bronc bats, a problem mostof the year, exploded for three runsin the first inning of the secondgame, and senior right-hander JustinDowd did the rest, getting his firstvictory in seven decisions. Hehurled the team's second completegame of the season, fanning 10 andwalking just two on a five-hitter. Hecame into the game with a 12.27earned run average, and made hisbest mound effort of the year.

"Justin Dowd did a great job ofpitching in situations," said UTPAhead coach Reggie Tredaway. "Hegot big strikeouts in a few situationswhere they had two men on, andthat's what you have to do."

Tony Ortiz had three hits in asmany tries and scored twice in thenightcap, while catcher Matt Eicheldrove in two runs. Shortstop MarcoGarza and left fielder BruceKennedy contributed two hits and astolen base apiece. UTPA outhit theJavs 12-5 in the second game, butmanaged just four hits in the opener,with outfielders John Lopez andJonathan Mason posting RBIs.

The team continued to have trou-ble making contact at the plate,striking out 12 times and drawingjust two walks in the doubleheader.

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By Mike GonzalezThe Pan American

Broncs one up,one down vs.South Texas foe

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