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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
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