European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 7, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7graffiti Vandal his probation los Angeles up a Tchaka a the Graffiti Vandal who scrawled his signature More than 10.000 times across California was arrested for trespassing at a City Golf course and was carrying a marking pen apparently violating his Proha Tion police said. A Daniel Bernardo Ramos 18, was arrested sunday with two companions at the Griffith Park Golf course police sgt. Gus Martinez said. The Trio were spotted about i . Near the seventh Tec by rangers patrolling the Park which was closed for the night. Martinez said Ramos had a wide tipped marking pen when arrested. A if we can prove he was in Possession of a marking pen that a a violation of his probation a he  was released from jail wednesday after pleading guilty to 10 counts of vandalism he had served five months in jail after being arrested nov. 28 for writing a sch aka on a traffic Light. As a condition of his release Ramos was placed on three years probation ordered to it undergo two years of psychological counselling spend 1,560 hours cleaning up Graffiti and pay restitution in an amount to be determined next year. A a a a a. A a he also was ordered to stay away from marking pens and cans of Spray paint. Police say Ramos scrawled his Moniker on thousands of signs Walls and Railroad boxcars from Orange county to san Francisco. Conservative estimate amp place the damage from the vandalism at $500,000. A sch aka was the name of a character on a land of the lost a a saturday morning cartoon show Ramos watched As a child.13 killed when California Cinco de Mayo grand marshal Linda Ronstadt throws roses to the crowd during san Francisco Scinco de Mayo Parade. By the associated press t thousands of californians enjoyed Cinco de Mavo at the beaches and in the streets but the celebrations turned violent m some areas leaving 13 people dead authorities said. Quot. In san Francisco on sunday Singer Linda Ronstadt and a mexican mariachi band led the 25th annual Cinco. De Mayo Parade brightly costumed dancers filled the streets whirling before an audience of thousands. As the Parade s grand marshal. Ronstadt Sang and threw yellow roses to spectators. Quot  Mavo the fifth of May. Celebrates Mexico s Victory Over invading Trench troops in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. More than 400,000 people spent the annual hispanic Holiday at Southern California beaches. A Cinco de Mayo is becoming one of our biggest holidays a said it. Steve Wood of the  Angeles county lifeguards Hermosa Beach station. More than 60.000 people hockey to a fiesta at the Santa Monica pier causing a huge Traljic Jam on the westbound Santa Monica freeway police said. A it is packed packed a said Colleen Krentz a bartender at the Crown and Anchor restaurant on the pier. A it looks like the pier is moving. T Here is not even any walking space. Everybody a bodies Are rubbing against each  1 across town about 10,000 people crowded the historic walkways of Olvera Street the Birthplace of los Angeles. A a a a a a a a a a a a a. A. A a a. Violence however marred several celebrations. Among the victims was a Man who was stabbed to death at a festival in san Francisco. A 24-year-old Man was fatally shot in a drive by shooting at a party in los Angeles and a 15-year-old girl was shot in the head in Long Beach police said. Police said at least 10 other people were killed during parties Over the weekend. Several More were wounded. Highlighter pens get Black Marks from prof new York apr academics always ready to Battle Over tenure decisions government funds or the latest curriculum Reform have overlooked a threat to higher education found in virtually every students Book bag the Highlighter pen. That a the Contention of Lawrence Beyer a Yale Legal scholar who made his Case against the popular yellow Marker in an article published by academic questions a quarterly academic journal. Beyer argues that Highlighter pens Are a retarding the education of University students by distorting and cheapening the Way Many  Highlighter use he says a encourages passive Reading and fools students a into thinking that they have progressed through these texts and assimilated  even though pages of their books Are covered with yellow lines a most students who use the Highlighter Are not Reading thoughtfully but Only scanning texts superficially a he wrote. R a at Best they Are non critically ingesting some of the authors phraseology and getting sketchy outlines of the texts. At worst their a Reading consists merely of a skimming sensitivity to indicators that Point out which passages Are part of the skeletal gifts of the texts to sum a a the main Issue is a Etc a unlike students using pens or pencils students using highlighters do not write an outline of what they have read and can to make notes in the margin Beyer claims. Pens Are less Likely to be misused As underlines because their stray lines a unlike the transparent highlighters a Block out the written text. When he was reached this week by Telephone at his new Haven apartment Beyer was asked if his article published last year was really a satiric comment on the sky is falling tendencies in education Quot Al criticism he said it was not a slam a voice in the wilderness but i think this is an educational Issue that a Worth some  he is also worried about the proliferation of stores televisions and personal computers on Campus. Beyer has won few converts however. A when t wrote the article even my then Girlfriend thought i was just wrong a he admitted. The article was rejected by the new York times Book review and the new Republic a the latter sent him a form letter with passages highlighted. After the article appeared in academic questions a conservative journal issued by the National association of scholars it was dismissed As a slightly nutty by another academic publication. So far the piece appears to have made no Dent in Highlighter use. A you have to read the Book before you can highlight a observed Edward Desch of the Princeton University store in new Jersey he said he is a Veteran of a Many Many years of highlighting.�?�. Paul Miserendino a supplies buyer at the Yale Coop noted that Highlighter sales Are stronger than Ever. He said that a new version has been devised that does not show through the extra thin paper used in Legal Case books. Indeed the Man who would Lay Low the Highlighter admitted he sometimes uses one himself. Beyer explained that he varies the thickness and placement of the yellow line to denote the importance of a word or sentence. A and i always have a pen to write in the margin that show you argue with an  Street stroll nearly 43,000 people turned out sunday for a 20-mile walk along Bostons Beacon Street District and on through three neighbouring communities in support of project bread. The walkers raised an estimated $3.5 million which is distributed to Massachusetts soup kitchens and shelters project organizers said