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( 13 E ^ I I t3 ~ gc CS’ I L7~II ) #iCK3IE NIGHT Every Thursday ,99t Pitchers with Student I.D. 500 S. Texas, Bryan 823-4338 Page 10 • The Battalion Thursday • October 12, Hi.i- ■ruu:- i' :pi'l assesii^ »»•*., «: niioinn-.. mimwilMui 1 ' use ii" ■ | " 1 '' ■'■■’! ■ '' Kill Ij ■ riM' 1 : om. «w*i(t;• -M, ' . •■ ■ ■. ttil [^ie BOOK Store In Northgate Book Sale Special purchase in novels, reference and children’s titles 50% OFF all titles Parking in Back jdtl Selena trial brings out fans for support □ Extra police were patrolling the area around the courthouse and a lottery was used to see who would get seats in the trial. HOUSTON (AP) — Selena fans apparently heeded court offi cials’ warning that it would be tough to win seats Wednesday in the trial of the former fan club president accused of gunning down the Tejano music star. Ropes set up to divide the an ticipated throngs hardly were needed for the 48 potential spec tators who competed for 25 public seats in Yolanda Saldivar’s trial. Reporters and camera crews easi ly outnumbered devotees. Organizers of a lottery for the spots believed there would be a larger turnout and planned to dis tribute up to 2,000 tickets. Fm additional Houston Police Depart ment officers were patrolling tl plaza across the street from the Harris County courthouse. Some chosen in the drawing just before 8 a.m. for the first day of testimony cried out when their numbers were called. Oth ers wept. Rose Cisneroz, 41, said her presence was a show of support for the slain singer. “We’ve been following Selena way before her death/’ said Ms. Cisneroz, a paralegal. “We’re still mourning. We still get saddened by hearing her songs.” Selena Quintanilla Perez was shot in the back March 31 while meeting with Ms. Saldivar at a Corpus Christi motel. lYosecutors insist the shooting was intention al; defense attorneys say it was an accident. More than 30,000 fans made a pilgrimage to the entertain er's hometown to pass by her casket. She is remembered as a role model to young Mexican- American women. “She was there for us and we’ll be there for her,” said Manuela Guerrero, 47, who stood in line with her 21-year- old daughter, Toni. Neither got a seat, but Ms Guerrero said they wouldn't give up. “My daughter and 1 an going to be here every day J try to get in.” Ms. Guerrero, a jailer for Houston police, said she would take time off of work to attend thf I trial. Others admitted calling ij | sick and'at least one minor ac knowledged skipping school. The | 15-year-old girl was notalk to participate in the lottery. Maria Medina, 18, said shear rived in downtown Houstonatl 4:30 a.m., even though allti holders had an equal chanceofl getting picked. “We want to be behind Se and her family,” she said. CounseLine Myths about males lead to problems in relationships By Dr. Andy Smith Student Counseling Service As they are growing up, men develop their feelings and attitudes about what it means to be men primarily through their interactions with other men. Important male role models for a boy in clude his father, stepfather, grandfather, un cles, older brothers, sports heroes, coaches, teachers and other boys who have special sta tus among his peers. How these others behave, report feelings and interact with others give the boy an idea about what it is like to be a man, what a man should be and how he should behave, react and feel. Other important factors that shape what a boy expects of himself include what women say about men, how women react to what men do and how men are portrayed in the media. It has been said that women tell boys how they should behave, and men show boys how to behave. Many men grow up with the stereotypical belief that if they do not behave in certain ways, they are not adequate as men, and something must be wrong with them. For ex ample, a man might believe that he must be totally independent, that it is a weakness to feel afraid, or that expressing tenderness will make him too vulnerable to others. Attempting to live according to these and other similar myths leads to problems in rela tionships. Furthermore, these beliefs often be come a burden and can be depressing and re stricting for the man. One specific myth is that men must provide for, take care of and be strong, dominant peo ple while relating to women. This belief can be especially problematic these days because women are assuming a more assertive role in their relationships with men. Women call men for dates, make inde pendent decisions and can make as much or more money than men. This basic change in the behavior of women is making it necessary for males to re-evaluate their own roles and their ideas about how they should relate to women. It has become important for men to com municate directly about relationships with women and take some risks. Of course, taking risks sometimes involves making mistakes and suffering the results of those mistakes in direct and painful ways. These days there are few prescriptions for what roles men and women should play with in their relationships with each other. This gives us more freedom, and with this freedom, there is more testing of new behaviors, a kind of trial-and-error for both men and women. When a man consistently attempts to live according to rigid or misguided rules aboil! wh i it means to be a good man, it canid him to feel burdened, restricted andde pressed. What others think of us is importani so we often try to play the social roles that lead to positive reactions — regardless of ho« we feel. Basically this is acting. We try to do agd job of acting so we gain social acceptanct We’re trying to supply the personality tha! will .sell in the marketplace. One alternative is to behave based upon how we actually feel and what we really thini and believe. This means that you maynotal ways be as smooth socially and you may not even fell as accepted or as well liked by certain people. Thus, being more real entails a consid erable amount of risk. But, if you are accepted, you have the ad vantage of knowing that you were acceptedas you are, not with some kind of false advertis ing that you’re going to have to live up to con tinually. And being accepted for whatyoure ally are is an excellent way to build yourself esteem and self-confidence. Students can make an appointment to dis cuss these issues further with a counselor at the Student Counseling Service in Henderson Hall, 845-4427. Career Fair the Hyatt Regency Houston Saturday Oct. 14 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. • CIA • General Motors • Lockheed Martin • Motorola ★ 1200 Louisiana St., Houston TX 77002 ★ Attention Minority Math/Science/Engineering/Business Students ★ Meet with Fortune 500 Companies and top Government Agencies such as; • AT&T • Ford Motor Company • Hughes Electronics • NASA ★ Free entry with student I.D. and Resume $25.00 w/out ★ For more information call the Hyatt Regency Houston at (713) 654-1234. Ask for the HENAAC office. ★ Celebrity Co-Hosts at the HENAAC Banquet are Maty Monfort of the Mike & Maty Show Micheal DeLorenzo of New York Undercover and Antonio Mora of Good Morning America Banquet tickets for the Awards Show: $45.00 J Us panic Engineer jVational^glchie^ernent^glwards Conference KawT-v. -nt