| Show i y t t &$ ’V ttlUKyiftfeL£ riiiiftmfiiiffi'iii From Page One 6 A Fnday May 14 1999 Arrests From 1A Sawyer said the group had longstanding concerns regarding the fairness and sensitivity of university police “We felt the way they handled this could have been significantly better” Sawyer said “to keep this from escalating and to circumvent the need to involve local law enforcement in what was essentially a minor incident ” According to police reports Learning From 1A an field trip The dairy belongs to the family of two of Turner’s students and the motocross demonstration was put on by several more of his students “We took the resources we had for the field trip” said Wahlquist Spanish teacher Gary all-da- v Turner 14 "Su— officer Jerry Anderson responded to a complaint from gym employees after Brown and Trahan failed to show student identification before jumping a turnstile and entering the gym Anderson located the students in a class m the gym and escorted them from the building Soon after they reportedly entered the building through other set of doors rean- After requesting and receiving backup Anderson and a second officer again located Brown and Trahan in the gym When Ander- - School demographics The number of Hispanic students attending schools in son told Brown he was being placed under arrest and attempted to handcuff him Brown began resisting arrest according to police reports y Anderson and several police officers in the building then subdued the suspect While attempting to handcuff Brown reports say Anderson received a gash on the bridge of his nose “As soon as these young men saw the handcuffs they felt excessive force was being used to subdue them” Sawyer said “They questioned the need for them and a conflict erupted” “My officer nearly had his nose broken by one of the assailants” Capt Roger Johnson said “Did we use excessive force? We used enough force to contain the off-dut- Standard Examiner situation Weber State Police Chief Lee Cassity spoke Monday night with Ogden NAACP members about the incident as well as seven other reports the group says it has received this year regarding similar incidents on the WSU campus Among these said Sawyer is the case of John Shaw a black WSU senate member accused of stalking and harassing a fellow member of the senate Shaw has called the incident a case of cultural misunderstanding and faces a preliminary hearing June 8 While Cassity heard The national chapter of the NAACP has released a booklet entitled “What To Do When You’re Stopped By the Police” The booklet informs readers of their rights and urges them not to resist arrest “rhere is an internal process at the university for handling “Unfortunately this is something we have to teach our young people how to keep them out of a position of being harassed or assaulted by police over a minor incident” Sawyer said “From a historical perspective the dealings of the police with is a difficult thing to these incidents that wasn’t afforded these two young men We need to define how students who have been accused of a crime should be handled short of an ar- rest” the group’s concerns Sawyer said the school is still overdue in establishing strategies for how university police deal with minority students “How can jumping a turnstile to get to class lead to assault and resisting arrest?” Sawyer asked “Certainly these aren’t the only students who’ve come without their I D or jumped a turnstile Why were these young men singled out? African-America- “We try to do a lot administra- tively” Johnson said “but once you reach the point of students get over” You can reach reporter Tracy 9 or tghs-sonGliswn at standard net assaulting an officer there aren’t a lot of administrative avenues left to take” 625-423- ta the Top of Utah is increasing Following is a breakdown: Ogden School District Limited English students 1 3 44 percent Hispamcs: 1 995 -- - 22 92 percent 1 998 - 29 1 0 percent Weber School District Limited-Englisstudents: 0 08 percent Hispamcs 1995-- 3 67 percent 1998-- 4 69 percent Davis School District Tested limited English students -- 1 3 percent Note Districts each record numbers differently h The idea behind the program started w ith T umer F or 20 years he held drives to collect Christmas toys and school supplies for students at Dee Llementary Three years ago he decided to expand the project by implementing a tutoring program for his third-yea- r Spanish students More than 80 students from Wahlquist rotate three times a week to help kindergarteners through fourth-gradeimprove them English skills And while Dee and Wahlquist students have all shown marked improvement in English and Spanish it’s the secondary learning Turner is impressed with “It has benefits other than tutoring Some of (the students) may have preconceived ideas about Hi span ics that just aren't true” he said Officials at Dee feel the same way about the interaction “It helps out in the obvious ways with reading and wnting” said Jone Sun a counselor at Dee “But really the most important part is kids being able to interact with other cultures These s get a true appreciation of what it’s like to be an imrs ninth-grader- migrant” And Dee teachers appreciate what the tutors are doing “It's a situation with the tutors It’s really hard for one teacher to take care of evbilinerybody” said third-grad- e gual teacher Pilar Caballero Fourth-grad- e teacher Graciela one-on-o- Miff THE STORE Aparicio knows what life can be like without such a tutoring program More than 20 years ago she moved to Ogden from Mexico and entered Dee Elementary as a second-grade- r She didn’t have an English tutor until the fourth grade Wahlquist students are finding that their students are eager to learn “It’s so neat to do this They just run up and grab you” said Josee Bond It’s not always easy to tutor though Bond said sometimes she has to find younger students who know English and Spanish well enough to translate for her “Sometimes you have to tell them to slow down” Jason Boardman 5 said When this year’s Wahlquist students move to high school another batch of third year Spanish students will take the reins That is if the program gets funding Turner said he is waiting for word on whether he will receive money through a grant to continue the program You can reach reporter Joe Pyr-a-h 5 or jpyrahra stanat dard net Mfade Jacklin “OCD-- 4 OUR HEW LOWER PRICES! 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