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Volume 19, Number 12
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Dodging bullets: UTSA students,
witness courtroom shooting
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Deputy Sheriff Anthony G. Vidal, number three man on a six man SWAT Team, was responslbie along wHh the number two man for subdueing aiuJ handcuffing the suspect after the numlMr one man Icnocked the criminai down.
By Cymhia Klekar
Editor-in-Chief
On Wed., April 10, two UTSA stu¬ dents found themselves dodging bul¬ lets as accused murderer Evodio Monsivias Herebia fired random shots in the Bexar County Justice Center. Neither of the students was injured.
Rosalinda Flores and Dwayne Gomez were observing a capital mur¬ der sentencing in Judge Susan Reed's court when Herebia began shooting. "He just opened fire," said Flores. "I heard yells and yells. I didn't know if maybe someone was crying. Then someone yelled 'Get down on the floor.'" Herebia was immediately ap¬ prehended.
The two students were among many who arrived at the courthouse at 9 a.m. and were assigned to observe a jury. By mid-day, most of the students had left, and Flores and Gomez were the only two students remaining at 4:30 p.m. when the shooting began.
Flexes, a criminal justice majOT at UTSA, says, "This incident scares me.
Cypress Tower builds a solid foundauon
ByJMnNsrCaHaMlo SttffWriter
In iwqpnation for dbe new down¬ town campus acheduied to opoi in die faU of 1997. cbuKs oe cunently beii^t otfenA in die Cypnos Tower txdding kxated in downtown San Antonio.
Acoofding to JeMe Zi^Mia, vice- fvnidentofdowittown aflUs.clasaes started at Cypress Tower m January oS 1994 to give downlown studotts tte opportimity lo tdce dasses cbxer ta Inme, Since laat q>iBg. emoU- ment has grown fimn 909 students itfdag a coursB kMd of SO classes to 120/ oiudents taking 100 classes in diefdL The counes b^g ofEsied xange from the undergraduate to graduale level.
ZqMtta said, Tbe canqMu has a frienSy aimosphae and the cbss- rooms are ttkse. as wdl as die fitculty offices." Headded ftattteaiBnlxrof stadents «»iroiied at QrpressTower is about what wasoqiected and akl die main fonl of C^nss Tower is lo li^Ud a good iMoe of students ftx
viien we move to die downtown cam¬ pus in Sq^iember 1997."
On dw first fioor of Cypiess Tower are eight classrooms widi a seitfing cifactty Aat nnges fifom 30^ seats as w^ as a seminar room hoesing SO seats sod a coi^rence room housing . 128eals.biadditkmtotteclassn3onis, C^jaess Tower idso has an architec¬ ture studk) availiMe for use.
One dnnvbadc finr stodents takhig classesttCypiess Tower is die lack of access to Hiray'fiKilities. A small libnay office does exist at Cypress Tower, bet 10 nse lihraiy fflaterials for tte dassroom. indents most eUier come to tte main campus libray or request that books te ddivoed firom die main UTSA library.
In tha Iftnuy, dtirteM oomputers whidi indnde tte bask; apidications inchiding Mkaosoft DOS 6.0, die web browser, and die UTSA oo-Une cata¬ logue are open for student use as well as a nycrofilm machine.
StanRucsd, apiofesaorin ttedivi- skntrfsodalandptdky sciences, feels Us stadeals are getting sikxtchanged oadMiredacalim because <tfdie Uvdc
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of materials available at Cypress Tower. He exfdained diat access to cummt events is a lequiianent for his class, btt dnce dw New Yak Umes does not set up a delivery box on cam¬ pus, students do not have access to diis particidarsNvice.
Anotter problem widi Cyi»ess Towers, according to Russell, is tte kick ot office ^ace. Because of dw small number (rf rooms avaiUUe for office use, professors must share ot- Gces wilh tlwir pens. WImi Russell went to set up his (rffice hours at tte beginning of tte semesm te had to change than bec«ise they conflkled widi another professor sharing dw (rf¬ fice. "There just isn'troom forak>t<rf interactkm for professors," te sakL
Russell says te tries to teU his stu¬ dents that they "don't get as gtxxl a deal as students on tte main campus," but said his students feel lucky to even have tte classes aviulable so close to honw.
Akmg «^ faculty and student tran- sitMW difficulties, dw student affiurs 8ervkwsidsot(X]ks(Nnerewoifcing. As of today, dw student affiurs office pre¬ sents an mitial set (rf servkes down- ttnvn such ucareiar servtoes. financial aki. and Mudent activities to serve dw studenis tddng cbsses downlown. Tte ex -hig office staff shuttles between tte two campuses afid tte various pro¬ gnms c(xxdiiutted by the student af- Uaa ottice are each assigned one to two (rffice days during dw week.
Karen Whkiwy,a8dstantvKepresi- dent for student life. saM diat dw pur¬ pose (rf dw plans for tte downtown campus is so students can havea'^cred- iUe environment wlwre moreand more peo|rie can teve access to higher edu- ctfkm."Tokeepiq> widi student needs, Whitney sakl dw shident life (rffice "is coo^andyassessutgaidsurveyingstu- dents to see how chwe we are to hitlmg dw marie."
When tte downtown caoqius is com|deted in dw tate firing (rf 1997, aOclassnfipom Cypress Tower wiOte moved to tte (towntown campus. Tte punpoae(rfbuiIdtng the campus (town- town, acc(xding to Whimey. is so UTS A can become a multi-stte iniver¬ sity that will allow students to teve easier access to "a credible oiviron- nwnt where more and more people can have access to higher edwation."
You never expect s(xnething like this to hiq^n." Sidney Silva, a police officer assigned to Reed's court, com- nwnted, "Anything cm happen at any¬ time. He overcame tte guard and took her veapoa. It is just one of those tilings."
Flores, however, _^___i.^ feels the incident could have been avoided. "There is an issue as to whether (v not he was hand¬ cuffed," said Flores.
According to Amadeo Ortiz, direc¬ tor of security for the Bexar County sheriffs department at die Bexar County —
Justice Centor and the courthouse, Herebia was restrained by a brace around his knee diat would tighten if Herebia tired to run. While waiting unattended in a holding room, Herebia reportedly wasabie toremove die brace with a razor blade he had smuggled in.
from the guard. When the guard en¬ tered the room he overcame her, hit¬ ting her widi the knee brace and taking her gun. "Our mistake was leaving him atone," said Ortiz, "It was lack of su¬ pervision." Ortiz added that in the future defendants will receive constant
"Anything can happen at anytime. He overcame the guard and took her weapon. It is just one of those things."
- Sidney Silva, police officer assigned to Judge Susan Reed's court
officials were there, but everyone was too busy for attention," said Flores.
Virginia Paccione, crime pteven- tion officer at UTSA, who was not present at the sh(X)ting, explained s(xne of the measures law enfcxcement of¬ ficers may take in situations like these. ^^__ "I can't speak for the San Antonio Police Department, but in reference to UTSA, proper procedure would te to make sure everyone in¬ volved is okay, not only physically, but emotionally and mentally as well. Many times when we woik cases, we work closely with the stu¬ dent life office and the coun¬ seling center." s^^s Ortiz stated that t)ie
BexarCounty sheriffs office relies on outside agencies to be available for those who may need assistance after an incident like this one. "We hope that UTSA will make the necessary infor¬ mation available (for students)," he said.
supervision.
After Herebia was apprehended, Flores, Gomez and others were asked to evacuate the building. Flores stated that the Special Emergency Response Team tcxik her statement, but did not question her as to whether or not she He then requested battuoom supplies    was affected by the incident   "The
UTSA celebrates 50th anniversary of Fulbright
By Cymhia Klekar
Editor-in-Chief
¥ta SO years, dw Fulbright program has sent professors and students all across America and the world. Now, UTSA is celel)rating the conuibutions of the Fulbright program with a week- long anniversary party, Apr. 22-2S.
Tte Fulbright Program is an educa¬ tional exchange inogram designed to enrich education around tte world through global networking and the exchange of knowledge across cul¬ tures. Under die program professors and students alike are allowed the op¬ portunity to research, study and teach in otter countries.
John B. Hertz, interm director of International Programs at UTSA, says the International Prograins depaitment promotes the Fulbright Program in "an interest to internati(xialize the faculty."
Established by Senator J. William Fulbright and signed into law by Presi¬ dent Truman on Aug. 1,1946, Fulbright believed ttiat if people were allowed to study and live in foreign countries, "they might develop a capacity for emi^thy, a distaste for killing other nwn, and an inclinatton for peace."
As stated in the purpose of the Fulbright Program, the goal ofthe pro¬ gram is "to enable the govemment of the United States to increase the mu¬ tual understanding between the people of die United States and the peofAe of other countries by means of educa¬ tional and cultural exchange "
During the past fifty years, the Fulbright Program has produced re¬ nowned leaders in the fields of busi¬ ness, science, medicine and the arts. Many have returned from theii Fulbright scholarships to become cabi¬ net nwmbers, newspaper editors and prime ministers.
Fulbright scholars who have come to America include prominent govem¬ ment leaders such as Italian prime min¬ ister Lamberto Dini, and Greek prime minister Andreas Papandreou. Ameri¬ can economist Milton Friedman, his¬ torian Henry SteelCommagerand nov¬ elists John Updike and Eudora Welty are among the hun(heds of Americans who teve experienced the exchange of knowledge across cultures with a, Fulbright
Dr. Steven Kellman, professor in the division of English, classks and philoaofrtiy and dw division of foreign languages, has traveled to dw fonner
Soviet Union and FullMight
"The Fulbright . has enormous con- ' sequences for U.S. foreign policy. It provides Ameri¬ cans with direct in¬ sight to other cul¬ tures," said Kellman. Like Fulbright, Kellman also realizes the possible long term effects of experi¬ encing other cul¬ tures. "Increasing _ ccxitacts with otter '
to China on a    countries and
"Increasing contacts with other countries and other cultures is vital, given the state of the world."
- Dr. Steven Kellman, Ph.D., professor
other cultures is vital, given the state of the world," he saicL
Although the Fulbright Program awards are limited,- UTSA boost over 40 professors who have recieved Fulbrighis
Hertz recommends any teacheror student who is interested in the Fulbright Program to contact the Inter¬ national Programs office. "We are here to encourage and ad¬ vise," said Hertz.
For details and a Calander of Events for the
Fulbright celebration, see Features, pg.5
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The Fulbrlgttt Program provides a means of cultural exchange with people of other countries.
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