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The Baitalion
Wednesday, March2,
SUMMER SESSIONS ’94
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
MAIL CALL
Columnist's word
usage challenged:
June 20 - July 29
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Foreign Languages:
• In response to Roy Clay's
column on verbal harassment,
we would like to correct the
misuse of the Spanish word
"huerra." While it is unfortu
nate that the University employ
ees are harassing female Aggies,
the word "huerra" is not neces
sarily a come on line that de
notes a sexual interest in a
woman by Hispanic men as de
scribed in the column. It is a
very common word that is used
in Latin America to describe a
white-skinned Hispanic. Many
Hispanic families usually use
'huerra" or "huerro" as a nick
name for their children. We sug
gest that in the future you
should be aware of the Sapir-
Whorf hypothesis so that you
do not interpret unjustly any
words or expressions from an
other language or culture.
Oscar Gonzalez
Class of '95
Chinese 1,2,3
French 1,2,3
German 1,2,3
Italian 1,2,3
Russian 1,2,3
Spanish 1SS,2SS,3SS
Jesus
'Chui/" Sanchez
Class of '95
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• Wednesday, Feb. 23, Roy
Clay found it necessary to criti
cize the Hispanic community
just to prove a point in his arti
cle. Even though we all feel for
Jennifer and other sexually ha
rassed victims, men in the His
panic community will not toler
ate being blamed for the actions
of a few people involved in an
isolated incident.
Clay writes about a girl
named Jennifer who was ha
rassed by University employees
because they called her guera.
Clay's first mistake was in bis
Spanish spelling, he misspelled
guera as "huerra." Secondly, he
misinterpreted the definition of
the word guera. He defines
guera as meaning "blonde or
white-skinned" girl which is
used by men of Hispanic origin
to denote sexual interest in a
woman. He adds that basically
it is a "come-on line." Guera is
not used as a come-on line.
Where Clay gets his information
is a mystery in itself. Guera does
mean fair-skinned person. At
times it is used as a nickname
for fair-skinned females. For in
stance, I call my sister guera —
am I being sexual? Another pos
sible meaning is during conver
sation that involves two people
of Hispanic origin, and they re
fer to an American person or a
fair-skinned person as "guera."
Never does the meaning imply
sexual interest in a woman. His
third mistake was generalizing
or implying that Hispanic men
go around harassing women
here on campus and in the com
munity. In his column he only
lists Hispanic men — we all
know that all men, regardless of
their skin color, might regret
tably engage in verbal sexual
harassment.
A disturbing thought also oc
curs that any editor would al
low Clay to print his article with
so many careless flaws. Are we
supposed to assume his editor
feels the same way? For that
matter, does The Battalion,
which we help support, repre
sent bigotry? Again, we all feel
for Jennifer, sexual harassment
is a crime. However, does the
generalization of a particular
ethnic group to prove a point
help solve sexual harassment?
It would be beneficial for The
Battalion's readers that Clay
study and indulge in the beauty
of the Spanish language rather
than falsely interpret it. Maybe
Clay should take advantage of
multicultural classes that might
be offered in the near future.
Ruben Reyna
Class of '94
• Clay claims that the use of
"Huerra" by Hispanic men au
tomatically "[denotes] sexual in-
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terest in a woman." Obviously
7 Clay has been greatly misled
and is very ignorant of 1 lispanic
~ culture.
First of all, he misspells the
very word. It is spelled "guera,"
with a lower-case "g," since it is
being used as an adjective and
not as a proper noun when it can
be used as a nickname. The "u"
has two dots above it, because in
the Spanish language it denotes
that the letter is pronounced and
not silent. Just because someone
uses "guera" in reference to a
person, it does not mean that
they have to have a sexual inter
est in that person. If Clay had
taken the time to research his ar
ticle a little more, he would have
found that gilera is usually re
served to describe a person's ap
pearance and not used exclusive
ly to express their libido, as he
would have everyone believe. It
is not a come-on line.
Secondly, in my 20-some years
as a Hispanic from Mexico, 1
have never used "gtiera" to ex
press my sexual interest in a
woman. I have several friends in
Mexico that are blonde and
white-skinned (yes, there are
such people) and I occasionally
refer to them as "gOera" or
"gtiero" (the word can also be
applied to men), but it in no way
means that I am coming on to
them. It is used as a nickname.
So the next time Clay decides
to use a word that is not native
to his language, 1 suggest he ei
ther not use it or inform himself
fully before he uses it improper
ly. Perhaps the editors can use
the space for something that is
better-researched, like maybe a
crossword puzzle.
sorted to putting down
school or my adopted class I
mates. Simply put, the problem
as 1 see it is not that 2,500
rant Aggies were duped ini
ing to see North because
thought he was innocent. Ths
problem is that 2,500 intelligent
Aggies who knew that North's!
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Keith j. V'wniiiii
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Top 10 professor|
qualifications:
Top 10 Requirements to bei
Texas A&M professor:
10. Must be from anothn
country.
9. Must speak in any lar
guage other than English.
8. Must talk extremely fast,
7. Don't write anything05
the blackboard.
6. So off in your own wi
while students wonder whatlht
hell's going on.
5. Act like you know even
thing.
4. When questioned, change
the subject.
3.Explain everything mathe
matically, using integrals and
differential equations.
2. Favorite saying, "Thisis
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Javier Gonzalez-Macse
Class of '94
Editor's note: Roy Clay consult
ed five Spanish speakers, including
an individual from the modern lan
guages lab, on the usages of the
word in question.
Softball players
'unAggie-like'
Aggies can think
for themselves
I would like to comment on
Humberto Jorge's latest tirade
against The Battalion (Feb. 18).
In his remarks he criticized The
Battalion for presenting a false
perception or Oliver North by
making it appear that North
was cleared of all wrongdoing
in the Iran Contra affair.
First, I agree with Jorge's
statement in this regard. On at
least a couple of occasions, both
before and after North's visit,
The Battalion printed stories
that included the phrase:
"North was cleared of all
charges stemming from the af
fair." In fact. North was convict
ed of numerous crimes, includ
ing a felony, but a federal ap
peals court threw out his case
on a technicality (something
that Republicans always seem to
complain about when it comes
to the law).
The problem that 1 have with
Jorge's comments comes after
this point. He had to take his
opinion a step further (and a
few notches down) when he
called the 2,500 Aggies who saw
North at Rudder "ignorant boys
and girls who were manipulated
by the vicious staffers at The
Battalion." As if these Aggies
saw articles in the paper and
said to themselves: "It's OK to
see Ollie now, he was innocent
after all!" They knew better.
Being a Democrat from Cali
fornia, 1 have had to adjust to
many different surroundings
In my four years here a!
TAMU, I've experienced the
Spirit of Aggieland in various
ways. One of these ways is
through the spirit of competi
tion in the sport of softball
What happened Sunday, Feb
27, at my intramural softball
game, has all but wiped out the
happy experiences I've had here
at TAMU.
Throughout the game,
opposing team, whose male
members consisted of individu
als belonging to the Corps ol
Cadets, behaved in a marine!,
unbecoming of a Cadet. The
were rude lo my teammates a:
well as myself.
During my turn to bat,I
could hear them making racial
remarks at me and the restol
my teammates. It got sooutof
hand that the Intramural Offi
cial had to bench one of them
With all the bad press that the
Corps has had in the last two
years, this was the last thing
that I expected from this univer
sity's "most respected" organ!
zation.
I have friends who are in the
Corps, and they are not like the
ones I played with today, but
when they gathered together
like this and acted like that, it
makes me wonder if TAMU
should do away with this na
tionally notorious organization
To top it all off, some of the
Cadets refused to shake my
hand after we defeated them 10-
6. This is not only unsportsman
like, but also unAggie-like. lam
an Aggie and will always re
main one, but at the moment,I
was ashamed to be associated
with these "Ags." They were
unfit to call themselves "Ags,"
let alone Cadets.
and points of view since coming
to A&M, but I have never re-
Muy
'Spice" Seiiji
Class of‘94
The Texas A&M University
Student Publications Board
is accepting applications for
Editor
1995 XCMI I.WI)
The editor of the 1995 Aggieland yearbook will serve from
August 1994 through August 1995.
Oualifications for the position are:
Be a Texas A&M student with a minimum 2.0 overall and major CI’R at
the lime of appointment and during the term of office.
Have at least one year experience in a responsible position on the
Aggieland or comparable college yearbook.
Have demonstrated ability in writing through university coursework or
equivalent experience.
Have completed or be registered In JOUR 210 (Graphics) or equivalent.
Application forms should be picked up and returned to Hie
Student Publications Manager’s office, room 230 Reed
McDonald Building. Deadline for submitting application: 5
p.m. Monday, March 21, 1994. Applicants will be
interviewed during the Student Publications Board Meeting
beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, 1994.
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