Two University students to open Latin American store
By Betsy Clayton
Emerald Reporter
For the past year Oscar Her
nandez and Carlos Rosales have
been working on making their
dream become reality.
The two University students
want to open a specialty store
and information center for peo
ple who are interested in the
Latin American culture.
"There’s a need for it here,
especially in Eugene since it's a
student town," Hernandez said.
Saturday. Video Latino will
open its doors and begin to offer
Eugene and L-ane County that
Latin American flair it needs.
Video Latino, located on 775
Monroe St., will carry video
rentals, music and magazines in
Spanish as well as clothing and
specialty items such as spices.
Its grand opening will be from
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and authentic
latin American refreshments
will be served.
Hernandez and Rosales got
the idea to start the store
because they see a big need for
somethin# like this in the com
munity. “Our target isn't just
the Hispanic population, but for
the people who are learning
Spanish and for the people who
are interested in l-atin American
cultures,” Hernandez said.
“There are thousands of peo
ple out there who are learning
Spanish. Here at the University
most people learn Castilian
Spanish, but as a student there
is more of a chance that you'll
go to Iatin America." Her
nandez said. Explaining that
there are different accents
within different areas and the
films Video Latino will carry are
from all parts of latin America,
he added. “The latin American
film industry is growing and
there’s a chance to hear dif
ferent accents."
Rosales emphasized that the
store will also he a service
center for the community that
will help distribute information
for Hispanics as well as other
minorities. He said that he and
Hernandez know a lot of
Hispanic people in the area and
they can use that to help. too.
Both Rosales and Hernandez
arc originally from El Salvador
and are now U.S. citizens Her
nandez came to California tl
years ago and Rosales has been
in Oregon three years
The High school Equivalency
Program brought them to the
University. HEP is an alternate
educational system that is fund
ed by the United States Depart
ment of Education. It is for high
school dropouts between the
ages of 17 and 24 who have had
some background in
agricultural work
Video latino has close to
1000 films, most of them com
pletely in Spanish hut there are
some with English subtitles. "If
we see a need later on for more
films with subtitles then we'll
supply them." said Hernandez
explaining that any Latin
American product that they
don't have now but see a de
mand for can become part of the
store. "Our goal is to have peo
ple in town ask and we'll try to
make it possible."
The store currently has about
IS different magazines. It will
Woman speaks about 'goddess-religion'
By Kathy Proffit
Emerald Contributor
Diane Stein: writer, healer,
goddess and psychic spoke en
thusiastically Thursday at the
Unitarian Church in Eugene on
the subject of Women's
Spirituality, or what she terms,
the '‘goddess-religion."
"Goddess-religion is older
than any of us," Stein said.
“All the artifacts of women
found throughout the centuries
in Europe, Asia, and North and
South America are goddesses."
In the times of early civiliza
tion, it was a matriarchal socie
ty, ruk»d by goddesses who
knew the mysteries, she said.
Women were the builders, the
architects, the birthers, the
healers, the child-raisers, and
men had a different place, she
added.
"l.ater this was thought to be
women'i work and looked
down upon, but humanity
could not have survived
without them (women),"Stein
said.
"Women's spirituality
leaches women to be creative
individuals. It is based on the
return of choice, on women’s
free will and her ability and
power to choose her life — to be
what she wants to be. The
women who make women's
culture, who make women's
music, art and literature are
goddesses — witches.”
Stein uses the word "witch"
interchangeably with the words
"goddess” and "healer."
“Witchcraft is totally
positive," Stein said. "It’s pre
Christian religion that honors
the goddess and the earth It has
nothing to do with Satanism ."
From the 13th to the 17th cen
turies when witch burning oc
curred. it was for two reasons,
she said First, it was meant to
abolish what was left of the
goddess-religion and witch
craft, and second, men were
entering the medical area and
wanted to get rid of women
healers. The inquisition gave
witchcraft bad press for many
years, she said
"Hut it wasn't abolished."she
said. ‘‘It just went
underground Montand morn of
us ant doing research, discover
ing we an* all goddess-women
and psychics in some form.
This is not just a small thing; it
is a world movement.”
Stein believes the age of
women is dawning now. but
said women haven't been
taught to be leaders. They have
to be forced, because they've
been indoctrinated to believe
men will lead, she said.
"Spirituality is women's
training ground fur leader
ship, "she said
in addition to her knowledge
of spirituality, Stein is an ac
complished healer using
crystals, gemstones and other
methods. She will be giving a
healing workshop using her
stones this Saturday in Eugene.
Those interested in attending
should call t>89-22t>4.
"Any woman who is a healer
learns who she is; how much
power she has. She is no longer
helpless. We need healers l>ad
ly. Mealing women are healing
our world It has to start with
the individual. ‘' she
concluded
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"SHOCKING
AND
UNFORGETTABLE"
BIJOU THEATRE
492 E 13th *686-2456
Admission $3.50
(This film only)
Starts tonight
Fri. A Sat. 10 p.m. only
Sun. Thun. 9:15 p.m. only
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possibly carry newspapers in
the future "We are also think
ing about carrying books in
Spanish to help supplement
what the library here can't pro
vide," he said.
Hernandez thinks that
Kugene needs more specialty
stores such as theirs because it
will make the city more alive
“We're supposed to la? a liberal
town but in a sense we're
homogeneous. Even the Mex
ican food here is corporation,
not authentic. The more things
that open up to other com
munities, such as hispanic.
black and oriental, the more this
town will have attraction," he
said.
Funding for Video latino has
come from Rosales ami Her
nandez's own capital They said
in the future they'll l»e looking
for investors. They obtained all
the stock for the store by travel
ing to IjOs Angelos and Mexico
and by contacting friends in
[.atin American countries who
were able to send them inven
tory After the grand opening,
the store's regular hours will bo
It am. to 11 pm seven days a
week.
In order to make the store tru
ly authentic, no price listed on
an item will lx* set As in Latin
American countries, the
customer will have the right to
try and bargain. “We're here to
satisfy people's needs We will
offer the best prices in town,"
Hernandez said
SINGAPORE
STUDENTS
ASSOCIATION
GENERAL MEETING
AND POTLUCK ‘87
The SSA will be holding a GM on the
16th of October at Gerlinger Lounge
from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
A potluck will follow shortly at 6
p.m. You’ll have this chance of
savoring gourmet food prepared by
our students. Please invite your host
family and friends. Bring a dish and
we’ll see you there!!!
All participants in the SWAP (Stu
dent’s Welcoming and Assistant Pro
gram) are required to attend this
event.
There will be a best dish competi
tion. Prizes will be given to the top 3
dishes. __
The SSA EXCO