What is a Don?
We have this mascot, the don, and noone seems to know what it is, so let metake the time to enlighten you. A don wasa wealthy ranchero – that is, a landowner,not a Taco Bell menu item. Our campus isrich with Spanish and Mexican heritage.
The school was named after JuanBautista de Anza, the first man to find anoverland route through the Sonoran desertto the Pacific coast of “Alta California,”present-day California. He came throughthis area in the 1770s, and later foundedwhat would become San Francisco.
De Anza (the man, not our school), wasone of many early Spanish, many dons, tolive in California before it was annexedinto the United States after the Mexican-American War.
Now you know, and knowing is half thebattle.
HELP! I’m addicted to reality television.
I find myself constantly watchingtelevision and not paying attention tomy schoolwork, my job or even mymom. I even go around town with realitytelevision on the brain. I start comingup with ideas and story lines of everycharacter I see. What should I do?
First off, put down the remote. Go tothe door – it’s the big hole in the wall- and open it. Walk outside and breathe.Now think back to the days before realityTV came into your life.
What was differentfrom then to now? Did you have a passionfor the arts, dance, cars, etc. that you lost?
Get it back.
Don’t hesitate to use thetalents that you thought were once lost.
You said you don’t have time for yourmom anymore. Well, tell mom you want togo out to lunch with her sometime.
You also said you come up with storylines. Take a screenwriting class sometime,if you think you are really good. Heck,there is even one on campus. It’s a little latethis far into the quarter, but in the springyou can check out the Film/TV department.
Try to contact old buddies and set up a parkday or something outside. You need realpeople, so surround yourself with peoplewho are not inside the television.
Soon youwill forget reality TV.
I’m trying to impress this girl in myclass. Should I part my hair to the leftor right?
Don’t part it. You’re not 50 or a 5-yearoldkid with a bowl cut. Spike it up orcomb it to the side and cover one eye. It alldepends on what kind of hair you have.
If it’s long, then the one eye thing willdefinitely work. Short? Spike it up. Thick,do a 1-inch shave all around and if it isthin, then maybe you can get away withthe man ponytail.
But I do not think hair is an issue here.
You need to be confident for any woman totalk to you. So once your hair is how youwant it, look at yourself in the mirror, andutter these five words: “You are a handsomeman.” Walk into that classroom like youown it, like they built the classroom just foryou.
Trust me, she will notice you.
Tell me how the first date goes.
Tom Guffey contributed to this article.
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