—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Aug. 25, 1993
Both sides question
bilingual education
By DONNA CASSATA
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON, D.C. Jose
Fabila, the son of Mexican immi
grants, is no fan of bilingual edu
cation. Learning English was integral
to his success, he says, and "I do not
want my children to be denied an
education in English."
Fabila, the owner of a food
company in California, testified
yesterday to a temporary panel
chaired by Rep. Toby Roth, R-Wis.,
in behalf of Roth's bill to declare
English the nation's official lan
guage.
The legislation wouldn't rule out
bilingual education programs or, say,
bilingual election ballots, but is
designed to promote more emphasis
on English in immigrant neighbor
hoods.
Testifying against the measure was
Sara Melendez, a Puerto Rican native
who spoke no English when she came
to the United States, majored in
English and eventually received a
doctorate from Harvard Universi
ty.
Making English the official lan
guage would do little to ensure that
immigrants learn English, said
Melendez, a proponent of bilingual
programs.
Drawing upon their personal
experiences, the two witnesses
testified before Roth's Congres
sional English Language Task Force.
Roth was the only member pre
sent.
Melendez argued that after more
than 200 years of custom, English
is the de facto official language, with
Congress, all state legislatures and
many of the nation's businesses
conducting their work in English.
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She wondered what was wrong with
programs in which students learn
math, science and other subjects in
their native language while being
taught English.
"I don't understand how declar
ing English as the official language
will teach everyone English,"
Melendez said.
Roth questioned what would have
happened if such programs had
existed when thousands of Euro
peans emigrated to the United States.
"Could you imagine Yiddish in New
York, German in Wisconsin, Scan
dinavian in Minnesota ... you
wouldn't have a United States of
America," he said.
Fabila said his parents came to the
United States from Mexico in the
1940 s and didn't have the help of
government programs.
"I am proud of my Mexican
heritage and my Spanish language.
But I do not want my children to be
denied an education in English,"
Fabila said.
He described English as the
"language of opportunity" and said
that when the government decides
to grant special treatment to other
languages "it is asking for trou
ble."
Christine Rossell, a professor at
Boston University, said bilingual
education doesn't work because it
is illogical to think children will learn
a second language by being taught
in their native tongue.
Rossell said the programs are a
product of the civil rights movements
of the 1960 s when educators
embraced the notion that main
taining a connection to culture and
roots would encourage self-esteem
in students.
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TORONTO Jokes that play on stereotypes
of women may or may not make you laugh, but
they might affect your judgments of women you
meet, a study suggests.
College students who heard sex-stereotyped jokes
before watching female lecturers later rated the
women in a more stereotyped fashion than did
students who heard non-sexist jokes.
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By BRUCE SMITH
Associated Press Writer
CHARLESTON, S.C. A federal
appeals court yesterday blocked a
woman from enrolling at The Cit
adel until it can hear more about
whether women should be allowed
into the state-supported military
college.
"I'm shocked," said Suzanne Coe,
the attorney for Shannon Faulkner,
the 18-year-old woman who had
planned to register for classes at the
all-male college Thursday.
Coe said attorneys would either
appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court or
ask the district court for a speedy
trial in the case.
U.S. District Judge C. Weston
Houck ruled earlier this month that
Faulkner could enroll in day classes
but not in the corps of cadets while
her sex discrimination lawsuit against
the college was heard.
The Citadel appealed and the 4th
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"To require South Carolina and The
Citadel to admit her only to classes
and thereby make only the class
room experience coeducational may
not be materially different from
requiring South Carolina to admit her
to the University of South Caroli
na," the order said.
Faulkner has been accepted by the
University of South Carolina at
Spartanburg.
"Whether a constitutional viola
tion is established by showing that
The Citadel pursued a male-only
admissions policy in the circum
stances of this case remains to be
decided," the court said.
The Citadel attorney Dawes Cooke
said it could be several weeks before
a hearing takes place.
Faulkner, a resident of Pow
dersville, applied to the college last
fall, asking that her guidance
counselor delete any reference to her
sex on her high school transcript.
The college accepted her appli
cation, but rejected it after learn
ing she was a woman. Faulkner then
sued, charging sex discrimination.
The Citadel argued Houck's order
required coeducation at the school.