PUERTO RICO — A STRANGE PLACE

A breather before embarking

I'm glad we decided to
spend a few days in Puetio
Rico before our cruise .1¢ was
good to have a brdather
between leaving home and
embarking on the ship -
partly because I get paranoid
when I have to make close
connections. Pessimistic?
You bet. I can leave home
with a firm grip on Murphy's
law, prepared for strikes,
storms and national disasters
- anything to keep me from
being where I'm supposed to
be.

However, Puerto Rico
wouldn't be my choice for a
vacation. It’s a strange
piace. For example, take our
arrival at the airport. Late in
the evening, our Delta flight
was about half full - mostly
cruise passengers. Everyone
was pretty happy,. lots of
chatter and jokes.

We walked into the air-
port lounge and there must
have been two hundred
people waiting for some
other flight. In silence. All
staring at us with totally
blank faces. You'd get the
same effect by walking into

the airport in Buenos Aires, separated from the hotel by complex.

waving the Union Jack, and
singing “Rule Brittania.”
Unlike some other spots in
the Caribbean, Puerto Rico
has American standards of
hygiene where food and
water is concerned. Prices
show wide variance - food
and accommodation can be
quite reasonable if you shop
around. That doesn’t mean
heading for the Hilton.

Liquor prices are absurd -
you can get rum drinks for a
dollar but if you don't like
rum, expect to shell out $3-
$4 for something else. My
worst shock was ordering
fruit juice for the kids in a
bar and getting billed $3.75 a
glass. The local beer is cheap
and Brian gave it full marks.

Stock up at the duty-free
shop before you leave
Canada. Bottle goods, ex-
cept rum , are 20% higher
than here and cigarettes
range from $1.35 - $1.50 (A)
a package.

My family flatly informed
me that they didn’t come to
San Juan to sightsee - off to
the pool. The beach was

a nasty-looking barbed wire

trayel-
wise

by Barbara
McCreadie

fence and _ steel gate,
designed to keep un-
desirables from the hotel

‘We did visit “Old San
Juan,” a maze of streets and
shops around the harbor.
From our hotel, the Palace,
it was nearly an hour by bus -
for 25¢. The bus stopped in
the main square and the only
way to explore is on foot.
Don’t be too disappointed
with the first lot of shops you
find - they improve as you
move closer to the gover-
nor’s residence, La Fortaleza
(free guided tours several

' times a day - only takes 15

min.)

- Don't miss THE BUT-
TERFLY PEOPLE, a
combination gallery-bar-re-
staurant. The artworks are
magnificent, all sizes and
colors of creations of
tropical butterflies by Drakir
Purington and his wife
Attenaire. You will probably
find one or both of them
there and they're happy to
chat about the collection.
We didn't eat there but
heard good reports from
others who did.

Look for quality arts and
crafts along Cristo St., near

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Professor Barry Singer,
38, who recently dropped
course credit for sexual
activity in his Psychology of
Sex class after a faculty
review committee objected,
said he has had
several romantic interludes
with students.

“It has happened three or
four mes that a student in
my class was romantically
involved with me, and when
that happens, the class is
immediately informed,” said
the Cal State Long Beach
professor

“Its not in the least
unusual that professors date
students here ©

All but ome of his
relauionships with students
began prior to their

enrollment in the course, he
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nol even students when the
relabonships began

Singer also acknowledged
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But Singer said he told his
students this year he would
no longer attend such parties
because he did not want to
compromise his position as a
faculty member. He said he
now leaves parties once
students take their clothes
off.

He said he has encouraged
his students to meet in-
formally out of class to get to
know each other and feel
open about discussing
sexually related matters.

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they've taken their clothes
off and there's been sexual

behavior,” he said. “In the
past. I haven't left soon
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now is that I'm going to
leave, I'm not going to be
present.”

Singer said he begins his
course by discussing rumors

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practically a course
requirement that students
have sex with me and that I
grade them on their per-
formance,” he said. “That’s
not true.”

controversy

The so-called “topless”
service ended after the
provincial government
Tuesday announced changes

in liquor licencing rules,
requiring all employees
“involved in the sale of

liquor” be fully dressed in
“non-transparent clothing”

The change would not
hurt business at) the pub
because “the exotic dancer
was our main attraction

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Fortaleza. Also check the
marble plaque on the wall at
104 Fortaleza St. - probably
the only marble monument
in the world dedicated to a
cocktail. In 1963, on this

spot, a man called Don
Ramon Portas Mingto
created the

Pina Colada.
Wow. .

While the rest of the
family ate cheeseburgers, I
had a great lunch of Puerto
Rican specialties at La
Danza (56 Fortaleza). They
have music from 6-8 p.m. I
had a chat with the manager,
Yaya Santiago, over idiot
tourists who come to P.R.
and eat cheeseburgers! She
introduced me to plantains
(a relative of the banana but
inedible raw. Cooked, it

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Delicious when made into
fritters, filled with meat and
sauced with a mildly spicy
mixture of tomatoes and
gravy.

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Callejon de la Capilian, on
Fortaleza, right across the
street from the Butterfly
People. Naturally, my crew
wouldn't eat there - we
ended up at a steak house
called Scotch and Sirloin in
the Condado area. It’s like
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