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‘Spanglish’ more than a mix NATIONAL MAKUM.tN, Texas (AP) It's not strict l-.ng lish Ni puro expand No. w lint's spoken here along In frontera is « mix ture. sometimes logical, sometimes goofs. of two languages and two cultures "Our parents speak Knglish and our grandpar cnis habtan espanol," says Rook n' Roll" lames Echavarrio. a (list |<k ke\ on bilingual radio staiion KIVVW Rock 'n' Roll James hits the airwaves with a rapid-fire delivery — and no pauses between Kng lish and Spanish "KIWVV 9f>, the Valley's choice for hot tejano hits Rock 'n' Roll lames acompanandoles. faltnn corno veinte v dos minutos para las dos de la tarde And right now, we've got some more jams From Queens to Hast I..A.. Miami to Detroit. Houston to Chicago and thousands of places in between. Spanish and Knglish are getting stirred together in the everyday parlam e of many among the nation's fast-growing Hispanic population And ns Rock 'n' Roll James will tell you. it's become a hybrid dialec t, and a marketing tool, here'on' the 2,000-mile 11 S.-MexJc o border ♦ i«*rtnu*d «ilI of this by oar I tunor rval* ly took Spanish class or anything like that." says the longhaired year-old. who. despite his moniker, plavs tc)ano musit. a mixture of Mexican ranchern and polka, with pop. country and Cuban influences thrown in. instead of rock n' roll ' It's sort of slang, tejano slang " Aftnr switching to a fit) percent English. •»() |n>r i ont Spanish format featuring the popular te|ano sound two sears ago. K1VVW jumped to No t in the lower Rio Grande Valley We re .11 tuallv developing a new language," Rock 'n‘ Roll lames says He r ails it tepino Others r ail it Spanglish, or Tex-Mex Some Lnglish only advocates might (all it a threat But unlike supporters of the Parti Quebecoix. seeking to create a separatist French speaking nation in eastern Canada, many Spanish speakers in the United States don t debate which language to speak Instead, they 're mixing both Linguists (all it "code switching," and they say it s natural when people grow up with two lan guages It s done unconsciously.' s.ivs Lucy Gun 1.1 Willis, head of the modem language department at the University of Texas-Brownsvitle Citizens march in defense of immigrant health care l.OS ANt;K!,KS (AP) Nearly 70.000 protestors mart hiul on City Hull to denounce a Iwllot measure that would two Illegal immigrants from receiving public health t aro and education l imy said Proposition 1H7 vs is rat ist. moan spirited anti anti-immigrant, making m ajm goats out of tindocumented schoolchildren anti turning teat hers arid doctors into unwilling immigration agents Voters will decide on the measure Nov H We tits ided as a family that we needed to come and express our feelings on this tH7. said retired auto work er Samuel V, Perez. Ml, who marched Sunday with his chil dren ‘They are play(ng game* with us and that's not right. Politically. it's wrong and it's racist " Many in the crowd also opposed Gov Pete Wilson, whose image was horned in effigy Dan St hnur. a Wilson i am patgn spokesman, responded Those w ho an* demonstrating represent a relatively small minority of Californians " Speaking to about 40(1 retirees in l aguna Mills. Wil son said illegal iminignuits take up in |**n:ent of the state's gen era! fund. "We are unable to provide servo es to our own legal resi dents," Wilson said "Now. that is terribly unfair I say vve should end those serv o es to illegal immigrants Deadline elapses to challenge ruling on gays in military LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Clinton admini.stration passed up an opportunity to challenge a court ruling that allowed rein statement of a sailor who pub licly declared his homosexuali ty The ruling affects Navy sonar operator Keith Meinhold. who revealed on national television in 1992 that he is gay. Meinhold was discharged under old mili tary regulations that were replaced last year. John McGuire, an attorney for Moinhold, said the Justice Department let pass a Friday deadline to appeal an August decision by a panel of the 9th U S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. That 3-0 ruling found that the military can dis miss open gays or lesbians only if they say they intend to have homosexual sex, not for simply "coming out." The deadline applied to seek ing review by the full appeals court, and the government still has 45 days from Friday to decide whether to appeal to the Supreme Court. Justice Depart ment spokesman Joe Krovisky said. (*'*^4 (u«i* nnw*.#*. / Advertise in ODE Classifieds! 346-4343 Accepted at more Schools than y0u were. * * : -: ^PIUS It's everyv^riere you 'want to be.’ O V1m U S A. Inc. 199*