1989_12 The Daily Collegian December 1989

              The Daily Collegian
Thursday, December 7,1989
Page 3
LOPEZ
Continued from page 1
questioned. Several weeks ago both
Anderson and Hallisey began to
question Lopez' status with the senate.
They have also signed a letter, along
With eight other senators, asking for
•the issue to be placed on the ASI's.
agenda.
When asked if he was Cogley's
assistant, Lopez said by all indicators
he is her staff assistant.
"We have checked the books and
asked advice," he said. "I'm not just
there as an employee to get paid, but to
remedy the situation of equity as a
concerned student.
"With all the tension going on ... i
would rather be fishing, but
nevertheless I have a responsibility,"
he said.
With respect to school, Lopez
believes in a well-rounded education.
"My attempt is not to get trained at the
university, but educated." he said.
In that quest, he has tried to take
classes from different disciplines and
areas, something that he sees himself
doing the rest of his life.
"In the best of worlds, 1 would like
to go to law school," he said. "A law
school that approaches law from a
philosophical standpoint."
Lopez attributed his affinity for
law to the discrimination he
experienced as a child and still sees
against "people of color." He said he
could describe some of these incidents
that had happened to him along with
family and friends.
"Most of these injustices could be
remedied if the law was applied
appropriately and equitably," he said.
"It is a political question as to how we
will arrange our society."
Having worked many Jobs in the
past, Lopez said his main job is one
that is seasonal, working for a
produce shipping company during the
hotter months of the year.
In addition to belonging to several
committees and organizations, such
as the Rainbow Coalition and the
Central Democratic Committee. Lopez
'said that he has also worked as a peer
counselor and adviser lo students at
UC Santa Cruz and Fresno Citv
Cortege.
Lopez also had a brief sllnt in the
military during the time of the
Vietnam War.
"At one time I was stationed with
the ti2nd Airborne Division  in Fort
With all the tension
going on ... I
would rather be
fishing, but never¬
theless I have a
responsibility.
- Jose Lopez
Bragg, North Carolina," he said. "My
military adventures are something I'd
like to forget about, though."
■ Bom in Robstown, Texas, he said
his family lived there for about six
months, until picking up again.
"My parents were migrant farm
workers going all over the country to
follow the crops," he explained.
His family tin ally settled in
Fresno, where his parents, brothers
and sisters stilt reside.
In response ■ to the alleged
confrontations with Anderson. Lopez
referred     to     those     incidents     as
If This Describes You...
...Motivated top performer, able to work in a
politically and ethnically diverse setting...
Commitment to public service... Willing to
devote 11 months to a program that may.
change your life... then call:
(916) 324-1761 or 1-800-776-1761.
"discussions."
"They were discussions because the
legal and credible sources on campus
as well as off, have not charged me
with anything, in regard to the
Anderson situation," he added.
He said, "Anderson continues to
claim that I had a violent
confrontation."
"The discussion took place when
Anderson continued to intimidate
people. We went, lo his office where 1
told him "You will not harass women
or intimidate women, and if you are
going to continue this take ft
-somewhere else," he saicf'
According lo Lopez. Anderson
opened his door and let him come in
so as to be able to discuss the matter.
Lopez also said that Anderson
continues to claim that the incident
wasa'Violent confrontation."
As to how he. felt in defense of
Unity-SRG, Lopez said that "we have
said tiiai racist assumptions have
been made, and sometimes opposition
acts on them."
But despite all the tensions, hatred
nnd accusations, Lopez said, "it has
been a positive experience to the point
of where the president of the
university has developed a Task Force
on Racism."
As for the resignation efforts
against him and the recall efforts
against both Cogley and Solano, he
said Unity-SRG is in a general
consensus as to what will happen at
the polls next semester.
"If people are willing to listen to
the voice of reason, then the response
at the polls will be the voting in of
candidates that will represent ASI
fairly with full democratic
participation." he said.
"And those candidates who want
power for the few will be voted down."
RETREAT
Continued from page 1
Student Affairs   Office   and   the
International Student Services.
Participants in last year's
retreat met again during the
spring semester to discuss issues
and to make recommendations
to the university on how -race
relations might be improved.
Robinson said he wants students
to leave the retreat with a clearer
picture and an appreciation of
people of different ethnic
backgrounds and cultural
groups.
"We hope that ihey will come
back and perhaps build a
positive link Into the campus
saying 'Look, it is in our best
interest that we get along a little
better than we do," he said.
Applications are available in
the Student Activities Office,
room 306 in the University
Student Union * For more
information, call 294-4631.
/rs Campus Life
To 6c socially free,     C/O
is to $e politically kept;
But if a zooman can't be her ohm,
what is left?   QQ_
-J-      ~clhefPottry{£diwr
Assembly Fellowship Program
CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE
S*\