La Voz de Aztlan, December 14 1973
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La Voz de Aztlan, December 14 1973
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Associated Students of Fresno State
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La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)
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12/14/1973
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Parent group gel~'.i . ~¾-ved with schools
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By Lorenzo Romero
A fight between two 13-yearold girls at a junior high school
emphasized the lack of communication between the local schools
and Chicano parents and led to
the formation of the "Asociacion
Educativa De PadresMexicanos"
(Educational Association of Mexican Parents) three years ago.
While stopping the fight between the two students the dean
' of boys struck one of the girls
involved -who was of Mexican descent. He did not hit the other
girl who was white.
The parents of the girl who
was struck felt the dean was
biased in the way he handled the
situation, according to Hilario
Lujano, current chairman of the
Asociacion.
"It was handled in a very unprofessional manner," he added.
The parents then contacted
their neighbors and other members of the community and a committee was formed to look into
the problem.
At first , many of the students'
parents were afraid to get involved because they weren't familiar with what procedures to
take.
Nevertheless, a formal complaint was filed with the Fresno
City Unified School District, but
the parents were unable to get
enough witnesses to testify
against the dean.
"Some parents felt that their
children would suffer in grades
as a result of any school retaliation or reaction," said Lujano.
The committee had noticed that
there was a "gap 11 between the
lines of communication from the
Chicano community to the school
administrators; a gap for the
Spanish-speaking, which the ' established institutions suet as the
PTA. or PAC, were not able to
fill.
Mrs. Maria D. Lujano, a member of the Asociacion, noted that
all of the asociacion's meetings
are primarily conducted in
Spanish.
"Although," she smiled. "tambien -- SE HABLA INGLES,"
Lujano, an accountant . feels
that the purpose of the Asociacion is to form better communi-
cations between the schools and
parents of Mexican descent.
• ~ h'5¥>~7)as shown us
that"lfn~ communication has been'
very, very bad," he said.
tf~i~i:r~
~t~~:c~~:
~'J;?ilJen good, even though
some have seemed suspicious,
felt threatened, or have been
evasive.
•We've dealt with them by
showing that our motive is to get
them to cooperate with us as
parents to give our children a
better education, tt declared Lujano.
•our efforts and claims have
been recent 1 y supported by
HEW."
Lujano was referring to.,charg-
es made by the Department of
Health, Education { nd Welfare,
that the Fresno City Unified
School District is violating the
1964 Civil Rights Act.
Some of the violations, according to HEW, include failing to
meet the needs of minority students, using criteria which results in discriminatory assignm~nt of minorities to mentally
r et a rd e d and low-achievingclasses, and failing to hire and
promote minority teachers and
administrators.
In a meeting before the Fresno
School Board on May 29th, David
Rodriguez, a member oftheAsociacion, said, "Parents want to
participate and are ready to work
with the administration in correcting our problems. You need
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
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Friday, December 14, 1973
us as well as we need you."
In the past two years, the organization has sponsored various
fund raising activities to furnish
scholarships to 28 students.
Formally recognized by the
sta~e as an incorporated, nonprofit organization since June
30, 1972, the Asociacion already
has several chapters in other
valley communities.
Chapters have been started in
the Central High School and
Clovis districts. Mendota residents have applied to start a
chapter and Parlier residents
have also shown interest in forming a chapter.
Several persons from the Cutler-Orosi area, the scene of a
recent boycott of classes by 70
per cent of the students, have
contacted the Fresno Chapter for
information.
The organization's first convention will be held December
22, at the OIC building, 459 S.
Van Ness Avenue.
The purpose of the convention,
according to Lujano, is to "bring
together and reinforce our: unity
with the different communities.
We form strength by knowing each
other."
"We not only inform the schools
on the needs and wants of our
people, but also we educate ourselves and the community by getting involved and learning from
our experiences." added Mrs.
Lujano.
Hill says Chican,o s must become politically active
By Alici~ Maldonado
"The future in Pvlitics for
Chicanos is La Raza Unida
partY," Tomas Hill asserts, "and
all that goes with it." Hill, student senator and president pro
tern of the CSUF senate, explains
that this involves working within
and through the present political
system.
"We have no choice but to work
with this system because the time
to create our own system is too
far in the future,'' Hill said.
Hill, a political science major, describes his long-range
goal as the formation of the Chicanos' own political, economic
and social systems because of
inadequacies in the present institutions. However, Hill says the
present system will have to suffice for the time being "because.
we don't have too much choice.
The whites have separated us
for 200-300 years. It is harder
for Chicanos to get involved in
politics because we tiave_ not become acquainted with the system ...
Nevertheless, Chicanos must
become involved in student government if they wish to begin to
learn about the system. Acquiring and expanding this knowledge
is iµiportant Hill says, because
"student government .relates to
Chicano students and to the comm unity. We must get involved in
the system because we haven't
learned it that well. We must get
involved in it and use it to enhance the long-range goal, " Hill
states.
TOMAS HILL AT STUDENT SENATE MEETING
Amendments to limit the membership of the Board of Directors
and to allow for the creation of
a new Associated Students were
recently passed by the senate.
Hill says that Chicanos wanted
to be involved in this restructuring process in student government. Consequently, he and other
students took "it upon themselves
to get as many Chicanos involved
in student government as possible.
Last year the CSUF ASB president was a Chicano. Hill ran
for this same position for this
semester but lost. Chicaho election efforts did, show_results in
that out of a total of 29 senators,
14 are Chicanos (six females).
This number is nine above last
year.
Overall , the general enrollment has been rising. "I think this
is a trend, tt Hill declares. "Chicano enrollment is up 25 per
cent. Three years ago about 1500
students graduated from all colleges and universities. This year
there are approximately 15001600 Chicano students here at
CSUF."
Photo by George Wada
Hill said that the Chicano senators knew when they got involved in student government that
they would be dealing with all
students, not just Chicanos. As
far as cooperation between the
other members is concerned, Hill
says it's been fairly good. •we've
been working together as a senate."
~
There has, however, been some
static from some students and the
administration at times. Hill
cites one area of disagreement
occurred during the sum mer con-
cerning the funding of the EOP
SUIT!,mer institute. "The administration was not funding anything
but athletics,'' Hill says. He,
along with administrative vicep re side n t Sipriano Martinez,
worked during the summer applying pressure to get the necessary
funds. "If we hadn't been here,"
Hill stresses, "chances are this
may not have come about."
Hill also says that during the
semester he has been aware of
people making comments of "Chi- .
canos this and .Chicanos' that," in
reference to the role Chicanos
are playing in student govern-:
ment.
"We more or · 1ess play it by
ear," Hill explains as far as
any actions the C nicano senators
may take. This rriay be difficult
because they do not want to appear to be prejudiced more to
one side. "Maybe we are trying
too hard to show that we are not
biased to our . own group," Hill
says.
Currently, the senators hope
to have a say in the hiring of the
academic vice president at CSUF.
Chicano students are trying to
;,;et a Chicano hired in that position.
Hill, who plans to graduate in
June and attend law school in
Santa Clara, says he hopes to be
able to form a law firm with other
Chicanos.
Tomas Hill - says people Gsk
about his name. Why Hill? "It's
a long story," he says with a
smile, "but to make a long story
short, I have a fifth of scotch."
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Chicano Bus i_ness Club recruits Chicanos into bosiness
By Cynthia Lugo
The purpose of the Chicano
Business Club on campus is to
recruit students for the School
of Business and provide information concerning_ career opportunities, said CatarinoSoto, vicepresident of the organization.
It was -formed, he continued,
because the Chicano business
students felt there was a need to
organize to encourage and actively recruit more Chicanos into
the Sc :,ool of Business. The
School was helpful in supporting
the organization and worked with
the members in developing a
class that would provide an opportunity for Chicano business
s·t udents to help minority businessmen in the community. The
class is taught by Dr. Perry
Dodds .
The class works closely with
the Small Businessmen's Association, which gives the class
cases where minority businessmen who are having problems
with their businesses have requested help. A student is assigned to help that business and in
this way they can develop practical experience.
Soto and Ray Brand, for example, were assigned to help
Estevens Jewelry Store on the
Mall after they requested help
from the SBA. The management
told them thaf they were ha-ving
problems with inventory controls, that is, keeping track of
sales, new shipments and inventory counts,
. •we did research in the Jibrary, talked to our instructors
and then recommended alternative methods to control inventory.
It was up to them to accept the
recommendations," said Soto.
The organization has about 15
members, said Soto, although
there are many more Chicanos in
the School of Business. •we help
each other with our classes by
studying together and exchanging books," he said.
Representatives from nationally recognized businesses such
as Xerox, IBM, and the Bank of
America have been featured at
meetings to recruit and explain
recruiting practices. The representatives say that employment
looks good for Chicano business
students because businesses have
to conform with federal guidelines in minority hirings. Representatives from the UCLA Management Program have also come
to recruit students.
The club also works with other
organizations on campus. It participated in the recent MECHA
conference and has contributed
funds for the children's fiesta
at Calwa school next ·Friday.
Future plans include a dance
on February 6 at the Rainbow
Ballroom to raise scholarship
money for a high school student
interested in a business major.
2 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
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EDITORIAL
Fri., Dec. 14, 1973
Trustees should be recoiled
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Native American · Week funded
The ' story - on College Union
Committee
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small rural communities which dot the valley, there is a peaceful
and tranquil quality to Cutler and Orosi. The two towns are surrounded by seemingly endless stretches 9f vineyards and agricultural crops.
But behind this superficial rural beauty something ugly is happening. The education of hundreds of Chicano children has been jeopardized by the Cutler-Orosi School District Board of Trustees. It is
nothing to take lightly - the lives of children are at stake.
Three weeks ago, -the board voted to end the bilingual "Follow
Through" program next August. The half-million dollar federal
program is specifically aimed at helping with the educational
problems faced by Spanish-speaking children. Since it was started,
"Follow Through" has been opposed by conservative elements in the
two communitiL"s who cling to that outdated philosophy that the school
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Needless to say, the board's action sparked anger and disgust in
the Chicano community which makes up-more than 50 per cent 0f the
population of the" two towns. Chicano parentsTelt ·a serious blow had ·
been dealt to the education of their children. They organized a _
committee and voted to begin a student boycott when the board
refused to reverse its decision.
When the boycott failed to move the board members, the parents
commi~tee announced plans for a recall election. The recall is the
right course . When elected officials are guilty of irresponsible and
unjustified action it is the right of the people to remove them from
office.
Board members who voted the program down claimed "Follow
Through" wasn't improving the reading progress of children when
studies by the Stanford Research Institute proved otherwise. Even
the district superintendent recommended that the program continue.
A Fresno television reporter noted that the citizens of the two towns
were "playing p'o litics with their children's education."
"Follow Through" is conducted in kindergarten through third
grades, which is a critical time when Spanish-speaking children must_
start to ·g rasp the English language to achieve in school. "Follow
Through" helps the Spanish-speaking at this critical time. Educators
have- noted that the Spanish-speaking student who fails to grasp
English properly in the first years in school will fall behind his
classmates, is likely to become disenchanted with school and is a
good bet to drop out.
.
The parents of many of the children in the Cutler-Orosi district
are farm workers who are vital to the agricultural economy in the
area. Yet despite this contribution, it seems the children of these
workers aren't worthy enough to receive a good education.
In _a time when growers are supposedly concerned about "farm
workers rights," it is ind~ed odd that not a word was heard from ·
Cutler:-Orosi growers when the education of their workers' children
was threatened.
The school board's action is a good example of outdated attitudes
which many rural areas have become notorious for. The board appears unconcerned about adding· more students to the dropout roles
or drug addiction figures.
Like Parlier, it took brash action by elected officials to spul'
the Chicano community in Cutler-Orosi into political action. Now the
Chicano community realizes that it must not allow insensitive
individuals to sabotage the education of their children. The CutlerOrosi parents committee should pursue its recall effort vigorously
until the· board members are removed.
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Cynthia Lugo, Robert Martinez, Ron Orozco, Ed Zepeda and Guillermo Lopez for all their work. Even though they weren't getting a dim-a
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Tambien muchas gracias a Bernice Hanson, who operates a typesetter like it was a concert piano,- and the "Daily Collegian'' staff.
Even though it is a lot of work putting this paper out, I have enjoyed the opportunity. I would like to wish future editors of "La Voz"
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La Raza plans liberal arts degree
The eventual goal of La Raza
Studies is to offer a degree in
liberal arts which would include
art, literature, music and dance
graphic arts; social and com~
munity studies, and history and
cultun~, language. These areas
are interdisciplinary in nature
and are parts of the traditionai
disciplines on campus.
These traditional disciplines,
the liberal arts, exist as a result
of meeting the needs of the total
population and the need for students to acquire a general overview of humanistic needs explained Adolpho Ortega,' coordinator of La Raza Studies.
However, because of the large
·segment of Spanish speaking people in the United States who
adhere to a different cultural
heritage, one that will certainly
continue tc grow, the educational
system needs a proe-ram that
identifies with the needs of that
segment.
The pl.ilosophical reason for
La Raza Studies' existence is the
need to develop an awareness in
the Mexican-American community of its cultural heritage, history, and social and economic
patterns · which have contributed
to the molding of a new identity
which is Chicano Culture.
ness of .Chicano culture," he said.
The need for a La Raza Studies
Program has stemmed from the
same source that other disciplines and departments have
from the needs of the students:
The program meets these needs
by borrowing aspects fl-om traditional subjects and molding and
creating new ways that will reinforce them in new Chicano
humanistfc terms.
Ethnic 8tudies programs have
been criticized on the grounds
that they tend to prop up a minority's ego and have no real academic value that couldn't be taken
care ofby a traditional'discipline.
Minority egos are one th.ing and
dealing with social and educational problems are anotlier. The
educatioMl system has not been
flexible enough to permit and
accept the fact that there are two
viable cultures existing in the
Southwest, both Anglo and Mexican, said Ortega. A great number
of people identify with both environments, not just one or the
other. The educational system
must make people aware of this
fusion with both cu 1 tu res,
stressed Ortega.
The classic example usually
cited to illustr"ate this fusion is
the language pattern in the SouthOrtega says one way to bring . west which has evolved from the
about this awareness is for infusion of the English culture and
. stitutions like CSUF to create an · language and the Mexican culture
opportunity for students to obtain
and Spanish language. The term
an education in liberal arts which
"Chicano" · is an example of a
would help them acquire experlanguage pattern. It is now widely
tise in the areas of music, dance,
accepted as part'of the language
literature, graphic arts and hisin the Southwest. "Most people
tory. "These areas present in a
don't realize that this interaction
very. concrete way a means by
is responsible for the developwhich to bring about an av.:arement of the word," said Ortega,
away by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher s
tio~ of Secondary and Higher
Schools last spring; However,
college president Ernesto Lopez
said -the institution, founded in
the 1880s as a Catholic teachers
What then is so special about
Chicanos and their needs, and why
must they be given special con-sideration? "In the Fresno City
schools, 22 per cent of the students are Spanish-speaking "said
Ortega. Many small child~en do
not know English when they start
school and have a difficult time
with it. Their cultural background
is different and is apt to remain
so due to the proximity of Mexico
and the immigration that results
from that proximity. "This institution offers a program by
which · students will be licensed
to teach in element::iry and secondary - schools. Teachers must
know something about the student's lifestyle in order to present other cultural values and offerings that will expand the
world oftheMexican-American"
he said.
'
The Ryan Act lists no courses
that students are required to take
in order for them to at least ·
realize the importance of acquiring general knowledge of the
Mexican-American ·c ominunity,
but instead allows two ethnic
studies courses as elective. "Two
courses cannot begin to represent
the great need that exists," said
Ortega.
In order for the department
to be more effective, it needs to
borrow the expertise of other
disciplines and at the same time
the La Raza Studies needs to be
accepted by the other departm_ents by offering a scfentific
approach to meeting the needs of
Chicanos in the liberal ar:ts.
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4 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Fri. Dec. 14, 1973
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'Comite' provides input to CSUF Raza Studies
By Ron Orozco
Comite, a 14-member advisory
board to CSUF'sLaRazaStudies,
has been stressing student, faculty, and community Involvement
for the last two and a half years.
Chairman Lea Ybarra, a La
Raza Studies instructor, said the
board's input into the department
and coipmunity affairs has been
successful due to a unified effort.
•The thing that we recognize .
is that the unity has to be there,"
said Ybarra. •The struggle has
to be taken at all levels. Ana
every level is just as important .
as the other.
•rt•s just as important to be an
involved student as it is tci be an
involved faculty member and it
is to be an involved community
leader. We're ·an equally important," she said.
Comite is comprised of three
La Raza Studies faculty members, four Chicano students, anc!
seven Chicano community lead-
ers. Together, the group helps
hire, retain, and evaluate La
Raza instructors, as well as initiate and evaluate . department
courses.
•The primary goal is to make
sure there is a lot of input by
students, community, and faculty
· into the function of LR Raza
Studies," reminded Ybarra, •so
if isn't just the director or the
' faculty making the decisions."
Ybarra said comite also examines problems within the Chicano community. It has discussed
and offered assistance to the
United Farm Workers and is
currently getting involved with
Fresno's Big Brother and Big
Sister program dealing with Chicanos.
•There are a lot of Chicario,s
tnat we hear of who are on the
list for Big Brothers and Big
Sisters," she offered. "But there
aren't too many Chicanos who
are being Big B_rothers or Big
Sisters.
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by the CSUF Jazz Band Sunday
at 8 p.m. in the College Union
Lounge. Pepper became a memThe Black Students Union will
ber of the Stan Kenton hand when
meet at noon in CU 304.
· he was 17 years old and he formed
hi1s own group in 1951. Pepper
The Muslim Student Associa- · has
made over 70 recordings with
tion will meet at 2 p.m. in CU
his own small groups and with
308.
various bands including those of
Shorty Rogers, Henry Mancini,
The CSUF Symphony Orchestra
Shelley Manne, Marty Paich, Anand Concert Choir will present
dre Previn andBuddy Rich.
a program at 8 p.m. at St. Anthony's Catholic Church at BulThe First Baptist Church, 1401
lard and Maroa Avenues. The
E. Lansing Way, will h_o st a free
orchestra, under the di rec ti on
choir and orchestra concert on
of Dr. Fortner, CSUF associate
Sun'day at 7 p.m. The concert will
professor of music, will perform
feature the ".Christmas Oratoda"
"Monumentum . pro Gesauldo di
by Saint-Saens and' Vivaldi's
Venosa" by Igor Stravinsky. The
"Gloria."
choir, conducted by Dr. Arthur
Huff, associate professor of muAuditions for "Caharet," the
sic, will present •Harmonieprize winning musical which will
messe" by Joseph Haydn. The
he presented by the F re-sno Coinorchestra and choir will comhine
. -. munity Theater in February, have
to perform.•rrois'l>oems d'Henri
been scheduled for Sunday at
Michaux;, by Witold Lutoslaws·ki,
2 p.m. at the .theater. Don Carter,
which requires separat~ con- . thif director of the production,
ductors for ctioru.s and orc_h estra.'
h~s announced that all ·roles ·are
open, and will he cast in auditions.
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"The politicized faculty, knowing that they have to communicate
and ·-unite with the students and
community is very important,"
she said. •La · Raza Studies, obviously, cannot exist without faculty that are aware of the problems.
"If faculty gets in here and
have the same ideas as white
·teachers, in terms of relating to
students, then all you have is a
• brown-colored person," Ybarra
added. "You don't have someone
that is actually a Chicano in La
Raza Studies."
She said that Chicano student
involvement an~ awareness, r~sulting in demonstrations in
1968-69, were responsible for
the creation of La Raza Studies.
"The pressure from Chicano
students on campus brought about
La Raza Studies~" Ybarra said.
"We all have to recognize that.
It's the continuing need that Chicano students have today for more
relevant classes which again perpetuates the maintaining of La
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followi.ng individuals: Ybarra,
chairman; Tony Roque, La Raza
Studies instructor; Victor Salazar, La Raza Studies instructor;
Catalino Jacques, student; Valentino de la Rosa, student; Th~resa
Acosta, student; Fernando Hernandez, student; Frank Villegas,
Chicano businessman, Maria
Marceletti, educator; Jose Alvarez, United Farm Worker represent~tive; Lloyd Gonzales and
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will
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Noted · jazz saxophonist Art.
Pepper will ,be featured as thE> ·..·
guest ar~ist at .a · coffee concert ·
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•so we're going to have a
function next semester where
we'll invite them· to a dinner,
show them films, give them materials on EOP (Educational Opportunity Prog:r:am ), and just help
educate them in gerieral," said
Ybarra.
Co mite recently offered • A
Noche de La Raza," a free dinner
and entertainment affair for Chicano students and their parent~.
Approximately 650 participated
in th~ event.
Ybarra said comite will also
add two new members in its nex't
meeting. She said two communit:v..
members had to resign recently
due to conflicting time schedules.
Ybarra said La Raza Studies
must seek and obtain community
involvement in order to realize
its needs and to avoid creating a
separatist relationship.
"We have always complained
how educational institutions cannot relate to the community, that
they are ~ separate entity and so
forth," she said. •unless we tiad
strqng community input and were
aligned with community needs,
we would be exactly the same
thing - an elitist, isolationist
department in the university that
no more helps la raza in the
community than any other institution on campus.
"So that's why we feel it's important to 1,mite, and to be receptive to comm unity needs," she
added.
. '
Ybarra said that faculty members who can relate to the needs
of the students and also unite
with them and community leaders is most desirable.
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By Lorenzo Romero
A fight between two 13-yearold girls at a junior high school
emphasized the lack of communication between the local schools
and Chicano parents and led to
the formation of the "Asociacion
Educativa De PadresMexicanos"
(Educational Association of Mexican Parents) three years ago.
While stopping the fight between the two students the dean
' of boys struck one of the girls
involved -who was of Mexican descent. He did not hit the other
girl who was white.
The parents of the girl who
was struck felt the dean was
biased in the way he handled the
situation, according to Hilario
Lujano, current chairman of the
Asociacion.
"It was handled in a very unprofessional manner," he added.
The parents then contacted
their neighbors and other members of the community and a committee was formed to look into
the problem.
At first , many of the students'
parents were afraid to get involved because they weren't familiar with what procedures to
take.
Nevertheless, a formal complaint was filed with the Fresno
City Unified School District, but
the parents were unable to get
enough witnesses to testify
against the dean.
"Some parents felt that their
children would suffer in grades
as a result of any school retaliation or reaction," said Lujano.
The committee had noticed that
there was a "gap 11 between the
lines of communication from the
Chicano community to the school
administrators; a gap for the
Spanish-speaking, which the ' established institutions suet as the
PTA. or PAC, were not able to
fill.
Mrs. Maria D. Lujano, a member of the Asociacion, noted that
all of the asociacion's meetings
are primarily conducted in
Spanish.
"Although," she smiled. "tambien -- SE HABLA INGLES,"
Lujano, an accountant . feels
that the purpose of the Asociacion is to form better communi-
cations between the schools and
parents of Mexican descent.
• ~ h'5¥>~7)as shown us
that"lfn~ communication has been'
very, very bad," he said.
tf~i~i:r~
~t~~:c~~:
~'J;?ilJen good, even though
some have seemed suspicious,
felt threatened, or have been
evasive.
•We've dealt with them by
showing that our motive is to get
them to cooperate with us as
parents to give our children a
better education, tt declared Lujano.
•our efforts and claims have
been recent 1 y supported by
HEW."
Lujano was referring to.,charg-
es made by the Department of
Health, Education { nd Welfare,
that the Fresno City Unified
School District is violating the
1964 Civil Rights Act.
Some of the violations, according to HEW, include failing to
meet the needs of minority students, using criteria which results in discriminatory assignm~nt of minorities to mentally
r et a rd e d and low-achievingclasses, and failing to hire and
promote minority teachers and
administrators.
In a meeting before the Fresno
School Board on May 29th, David
Rodriguez, a member oftheAsociacion, said, "Parents want to
participate and are ready to work
with the administration in correcting our problems. You need
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Friday, December 14, 1973
us as well as we need you."
In the past two years, the organization has sponsored various
fund raising activities to furnish
scholarships to 28 students.
Formally recognized by the
sta~e as an incorporated, nonprofit organization since June
30, 1972, the Asociacion already
has several chapters in other
valley communities.
Chapters have been started in
the Central High School and
Clovis districts. Mendota residents have applied to start a
chapter and Parlier residents
have also shown interest in forming a chapter.
Several persons from the Cutler-Orosi area, the scene of a
recent boycott of classes by 70
per cent of the students, have
contacted the Fresno Chapter for
information.
The organization's first convention will be held December
22, at the OIC building, 459 S.
Van Ness Avenue.
The purpose of the convention,
according to Lujano, is to "bring
together and reinforce our: unity
with the different communities.
We form strength by knowing each
other."
"We not only inform the schools
on the needs and wants of our
people, but also we educate ourselves and the community by getting involved and learning from
our experiences." added Mrs.
Lujano.
Hill says Chican,o s must become politically active
By Alici~ Maldonado
"The future in Pvlitics for
Chicanos is La Raza Unida
partY," Tomas Hill asserts, "and
all that goes with it." Hill, student senator and president pro
tern of the CSUF senate, explains
that this involves working within
and through the present political
system.
"We have no choice but to work
with this system because the time
to create our own system is too
far in the future,'' Hill said.
Hill, a political science major, describes his long-range
goal as the formation of the Chicanos' own political, economic
and social systems because of
inadequacies in the present institutions. However, Hill says the
present system will have to suffice for the time being "because.
we don't have too much choice.
The whites have separated us
for 200-300 years. It is harder
for Chicanos to get involved in
politics because we tiave_ not become acquainted with the system ...
Nevertheless, Chicanos must
become involved in student government if they wish to begin to
learn about the system. Acquiring and expanding this knowledge
is iµiportant Hill says, because
"student government .relates to
Chicano students and to the comm unity. We must get involved in
the system because we haven't
learned it that well. We must get
involved in it and use it to enhance the long-range goal, " Hill
states.
TOMAS HILL AT STUDENT SENATE MEETING
Amendments to limit the membership of the Board of Directors
and to allow for the creation of
a new Associated Students were
recently passed by the senate.
Hill says that Chicanos wanted
to be involved in this restructuring process in student government. Consequently, he and other
students took "it upon themselves
to get as many Chicanos involved
in student government as possible.
Last year the CSUF ASB president was a Chicano. Hill ran
for this same position for this
semester but lost. Chicaho election efforts did, show_results in
that out of a total of 29 senators,
14 are Chicanos (six females).
This number is nine above last
year.
Overall , the general enrollment has been rising. "I think this
is a trend, tt Hill declares. "Chicano enrollment is up 25 per
cent. Three years ago about 1500
students graduated from all colleges and universities. This year
there are approximately 15001600 Chicano students here at
CSUF."
Photo by George Wada
Hill said that the Chicano senators knew when they got involved in student government that
they would be dealing with all
students, not just Chicanos. As
far as cooperation between the
other members is concerned, Hill
says it's been fairly good. •we've
been working together as a senate."
~
There has, however, been some
static from some students and the
administration at times. Hill
cites one area of disagreement
occurred during the sum mer con-
cerning the funding of the EOP
SUIT!,mer institute. "The administration was not funding anything
but athletics,'' Hill says. He,
along with administrative vicep re side n t Sipriano Martinez,
worked during the summer applying pressure to get the necessary
funds. "If we hadn't been here,"
Hill stresses, "chances are this
may not have come about."
Hill also says that during the
semester he has been aware of
people making comments of "Chi- .
canos this and .Chicanos' that," in
reference to the role Chicanos
are playing in student govern-:
ment.
"We more or · 1ess play it by
ear," Hill explains as far as
any actions the C nicano senators
may take. This rriay be difficult
because they do not want to appear to be prejudiced more to
one side. "Maybe we are trying
too hard to show that we are not
biased to our . own group," Hill
says.
Currently, the senators hope
to have a say in the hiring of the
academic vice president at CSUF.
Chicano students are trying to
;,;et a Chicano hired in that position.
Hill, who plans to graduate in
June and attend law school in
Santa Clara, says he hopes to be
able to form a law firm with other
Chicanos.
Tomas Hill - says people Gsk
about his name. Why Hill? "It's
a long story," he says with a
smile, "but to make a long story
short, I have a fifth of scotch."
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Chicano Bus i_ness Club recruits Chicanos into bosiness
By Cynthia Lugo
The purpose of the Chicano
Business Club on campus is to
recruit students for the School
of Business and provide information concerning_ career opportunities, said CatarinoSoto, vicepresident of the organization.
It was -formed, he continued,
because the Chicano business
students felt there was a need to
organize to encourage and actively recruit more Chicanos into
the Sc :,ool of Business. The
School was helpful in supporting
the organization and worked with
the members in developing a
class that would provide an opportunity for Chicano business
s·t udents to help minority businessmen in the community. The
class is taught by Dr. Perry
Dodds .
The class works closely with
the Small Businessmen's Association, which gives the class
cases where minority businessmen who are having problems
with their businesses have requested help. A student is assigned to help that business and in
this way they can develop practical experience.
Soto and Ray Brand, for example, were assigned to help
Estevens Jewelry Store on the
Mall after they requested help
from the SBA. The management
told them thaf they were ha-ving
problems with inventory controls, that is, keeping track of
sales, new shipments and inventory counts,
. •we did research in the Jibrary, talked to our instructors
and then recommended alternative methods to control inventory.
It was up to them to accept the
recommendations," said Soto.
The organization has about 15
members, said Soto, although
there are many more Chicanos in
the School of Business. •we help
each other with our classes by
studying together and exchanging books," he said.
Representatives from nationally recognized businesses such
as Xerox, IBM, and the Bank of
America have been featured at
meetings to recruit and explain
recruiting practices. The representatives say that employment
looks good for Chicano business
students because businesses have
to conform with federal guidelines in minority hirings. Representatives from the UCLA Management Program have also come
to recruit students.
The club also works with other
organizations on campus. It participated in the recent MECHA
conference and has contributed
funds for the children's fiesta
at Calwa school next ·Friday.
Future plans include a dance
on February 6 at the Rainbow
Ballroom to raise scholarship
money for a high school student
interested in a business major.
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small communities of Cutler and Orosi. Like the other countless
small rural communities which dot the valley, there is a peaceful
and tranquil quality to Cutler and Orosi. The two towns are surrounded by seemingly endless stretches 9f vineyards and agricultural crops.
But behind this superficial rural beauty something ugly is happening. The education of hundreds of Chicano children has been jeopardized by the Cutler-Orosi School District Board of Trustees. It is
nothing to take lightly - the lives of children are at stake.
Three weeks ago, -the board voted to end the bilingual "Follow
Through" program next August. The half-million dollar federal
program is specifically aimed at helping with the educational
problems faced by Spanish-speaking children. Since it was started,
"Follow Through" has been opposed by conservative elements in the
two communitiL"s who cling to that outdated philosophy that the school
system shoulctn't change and become flexible. Two board members
campaigned for their posts · last spring, vowing to end the bilingual
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Needless to say, the board's action sparked anger and disgust in
the Chicano community which makes up-more than 50 per cent 0f the
population of the" two towns. Chicano parentsTelt ·a serious blow had ·
been dealt to the education of their children. They organized a _
committee and voted to begin a student boycott when the board
refused to reverse its decision.
When the boycott failed to move the board members, the parents
commi~tee announced plans for a recall election. The recall is the
right course . When elected officials are guilty of irresponsible and
unjustified action it is the right of the people to remove them from
office.
Board members who voted the program down claimed "Follow
Through" wasn't improving the reading progress of children when
studies by the Stanford Research Institute proved otherwise. Even
the district superintendent recommended that the program continue.
A Fresno television reporter noted that the citizens of the two towns
were "playing p'o litics with their children's education."
"Follow Through" is conducted in kindergarten through third
grades, which is a critical time when Spanish-speaking children must_
start to ·g rasp the English language to achieve in school. "Follow
Through" helps the Spanish-speaking at this critical time. Educators
have- noted that the Spanish-speaking student who fails to grasp
English properly in the first years in school will fall behind his
classmates, is likely to become disenchanted with school and is a
good bet to drop out.
.
The parents of many of the children in the Cutler-Orosi district
are farm workers who are vital to the agricultural economy in the
area. Yet despite this contribution, it seems the children of these
workers aren't worthy enough to receive a good education.
In _a time when growers are supposedly concerned about "farm
workers rights," it is ind~ed odd that not a word was heard from ·
Cutler:-Orosi growers when the education of their workers' children
was threatened.
The school board's action is a good example of outdated attitudes
which many rural areas have become notorious for. The board appears unconcerned about adding· more students to the dropout roles
or drug addiction figures.
Like Parlier, it took brash action by elected officials to spul'
the Chicano community in Cutler-Orosi into political action. Now the
Chicano community realizes that it must not allow insensitive
individuals to sabotage the education of their children. The CutlerOrosi parents committee should pursue its recall effort vigorously
until the· board members are removed.
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La Raza plans liberal arts degree
The eventual goal of La Raza
Studies is to offer a degree in
liberal arts which would include
art, literature, music and dance
graphic arts; social and com~
munity studies, and history and
cultun~, language. These areas
are interdisciplinary in nature
and are parts of the traditionai
disciplines on campus.
These traditional disciplines,
the liberal arts, exist as a result
of meeting the needs of the total
population and the need for students to acquire a general overview of humanistic needs explained Adolpho Ortega,' coordinator of La Raza Studies.
However, because of the large
·segment of Spanish speaking people in the United States who
adhere to a different cultural
heritage, one that will certainly
continue tc grow, the educational
system needs a proe-ram that
identifies with the needs of that
segment.
The pl.ilosophical reason for
La Raza Studies' existence is the
need to develop an awareness in
the Mexican-American community of its cultural heritage, history, and social and economic
patterns · which have contributed
to the molding of a new identity
which is Chicano Culture.
ness of .Chicano culture," he said.
The need for a La Raza Studies
Program has stemmed from the
same source that other disciplines and departments have
from the needs of the students:
The program meets these needs
by borrowing aspects fl-om traditional subjects and molding and
creating new ways that will reinforce them in new Chicano
humanistfc terms.
Ethnic 8tudies programs have
been criticized on the grounds
that they tend to prop up a minority's ego and have no real academic value that couldn't be taken
care ofby a traditional'discipline.
Minority egos are one th.ing and
dealing with social and educational problems are anotlier. The
educatioMl system has not been
flexible enough to permit and
accept the fact that there are two
viable cultures existing in the
Southwest, both Anglo and Mexican, said Ortega. A great number
of people identify with both environments, not just one or the
other. The educational system
must make people aware of this
fusion with both cu 1 tu res,
stressed Ortega.
The classic example usually
cited to illustr"ate this fusion is
the language pattern in the SouthOrtega says one way to bring . west which has evolved from the
about this awareness is for infusion of the English culture and
. stitutions like CSUF to create an · language and the Mexican culture
opportunity for students to obtain
and Spanish language. The term
an education in liberal arts which
"Chicano" · is an example of a
would help them acquire experlanguage pattern. It is now widely
tise in the areas of music, dance,
accepted as part'of the language
literature, graphic arts and hisin the Southwest. "Most people
tory. "These areas present in a
don't realize that this interaction
very. concrete way a means by
is responsible for the developwhich to bring about an av.:arement of the word," said Ortega,
away by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher s
tio~ of Secondary and Higher
Schools last spring; However,
college president Ernesto Lopez
said -the institution, founded in
the 1880s as a Catholic teachers
What then is so special about
Chicanos and their needs, and why
must they be given special con-sideration? "In the Fresno City
schools, 22 per cent of the students are Spanish-speaking "said
Ortega. Many small child~en do
not know English when they start
school and have a difficult time
with it. Their cultural background
is different and is apt to remain
so due to the proximity of Mexico
and the immigration that results
from that proximity. "This institution offers a program by
which · students will be licensed
to teach in element::iry and secondary - schools. Teachers must
know something about the student's lifestyle in order to present other cultural values and offerings that will expand the
world oftheMexican-American"
he said.
'
The Ryan Act lists no courses
that students are required to take
in order for them to at least ·
realize the importance of acquiring general knowledge of the
Mexican-American ·c ominunity,
but instead allows two ethnic
studies courses as elective. "Two
courses cannot begin to represent
the great need that exists," said
Ortega.
In order for the department
to be more effective, it needs to
borrow the expertise of other
disciplines and at the same time
the La Raza Studies needs to be
accepted by the other departm_ents by offering a scfentific
approach to meeting the needs of
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f
'Comite' provides input to CSUF Raza Studies
By Ron Orozco
Comite, a 14-member advisory
board to CSUF'sLaRazaStudies,
has been stressing student, faculty, and community Involvement
for the last two and a half years.
Chairman Lea Ybarra, a La
Raza Studies instructor, said the
board's input into the department
and coipmunity affairs has been
successful due to a unified effort.
•The thing that we recognize .
is that the unity has to be there,"
said Ybarra. •The struggle has
to be taken at all levels. Ana
every level is just as important .
as the other.
•rt•s just as important to be an
involved student as it is tci be an
involved faculty member and it
is to be an involved community
leader. We're ·an equally important," she said.
Comite is comprised of three
La Raza Studies faculty members, four Chicano students, anc!
seven Chicano community lead-
ers. Together, the group helps
hire, retain, and evaluate La
Raza instructors, as well as initiate and evaluate . department
courses.
•The primary goal is to make
sure there is a lot of input by
students, community, and faculty
· into the function of LR Raza
Studies," reminded Ybarra, •so
if isn't just the director or the
' faculty making the decisions."
Ybarra said comite also examines problems within the Chicano community. It has discussed
and offered assistance to the
United Farm Workers and is
currently getting involved with
Fresno's Big Brother and Big
Sister program dealing with Chicanos.
•There are a lot of Chicario,s
tnat we hear of who are on the
list for Big Brothers and Big
Sisters," she offered. "But there
aren't too many Chicanos who
are being Big B_rothers or Big
Sisters.
ON CAMPUS
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at 8 p.m. in the College Union
Lounge. Pepper became a memThe Black Students Union will
ber of the Stan Kenton hand when
meet at noon in CU 304.
· he was 17 years old and he formed
hi1s own group in 1951. Pepper
The Muslim Student Associa- · has
made over 70 recordings with
tion will meet at 2 p.m. in CU
his own small groups and with
308.
various bands including those of
Shorty Rogers, Henry Mancini,
The CSUF Symphony Orchestra
Shelley Manne, Marty Paich, Anand Concert Choir will present
dre Previn andBuddy Rich.
a program at 8 p.m. at St. Anthony's Catholic Church at BulThe First Baptist Church, 1401
lard and Maroa Avenues. The
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choir and orchestra concert on
of Dr. Fortner, CSUF associate
Sun'day at 7 p.m. The concert will
professor of music, will perform
feature the ".Christmas Oratoda"
"Monumentum . pro Gesauldo di
by Saint-Saens and' Vivaldi's
Venosa" by Igor Stravinsky. The
"Gloria."
choir, conducted by Dr. Arthur
Huff, associate professor of muAuditions for "Caharet," the
sic, will present •Harmonieprize winning musical which will
messe" by Joseph Haydn. The
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. -. munity Theater in February, have
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2 p.m. at the .theater. Don Carter,
which requires separat~ con- . thif director of the production,
ductors for ctioru.s and orc_h estra.'
h~s announced that all ·roles ·are
open, and will he cast in auditions.
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"The politicized faculty, knowing that they have to communicate
and ·-unite with the students and
community is very important,"
she said. •La · Raza Studies, obviously, cannot exist without faculty that are aware of the problems.
"If faculty gets in here and
have the same ideas as white
·teachers, in terms of relating to
students, then all you have is a
• brown-colored person," Ybarra
added. "You don't have someone
that is actually a Chicano in La
Raza Studies."
She said that Chicano student
involvement an~ awareness, r~sulting in demonstrations in
1968-69, were responsible for
the creation of La Raza Studies.
"The pressure from Chicano
students on campus brought about
La Raza Studies~" Ybarra said.
"We all have to recognize that.
It's the continuing need that Chicano students have today for more
relevant classes which again perpetuates the maintaining of La
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Danzantes de ~tlan. The time is
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Admission is $2.50 and anyone
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a,m.
Raza ~tudi~s."
Comite is made up of the
followi.ng individuals: Ybarra,
chairman; Tony Roque, La Raza
Studies instructor; Victor Salazar, La Raza Studies instructor;
Catalino Jacques, student; Valentino de la Rosa, student; Th~resa
Acosta, student; Fernando Hernandez, student; Frank Villegas,
Chicano businessman, Maria
Marceletti, educator; Jose Alvarez, United Farm Worker represent~tive; Lloyd Gonzales and
Dora Gonzales.
will
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Noted · jazz saxophonist Art.
Pepper will ,be featured as thE> ·..·
guest ar~ist at .a · coffee concert ·
0
•so we're going to have a
function next semester where
we'll invite them· to a dinner,
show them films, give them materials on EOP (Educational Opportunity Prog:r:am ), and just help
educate them in gerieral," said
Ybarra.
Co mite recently offered • A
Noche de La Raza," a free dinner
and entertainment affair for Chicano students and their parent~.
Approximately 650 participated
in th~ event.
Ybarra said comite will also
add two new members in its nex't
meeting. She said two communit:v..
members had to resign recently
due to conflicting time schedules.
Ybarra said La Raza Studies
must seek and obtain community
involvement in order to realize
its needs and to avoid creating a
separatist relationship.
"We have always complained
how educational institutions cannot relate to the community, that
they are ~ separate entity and so
forth," she said. •unless we tiad
strqng community input and were
aligned with community needs,
we would be exactly the same
thing - an elitist, isolationist
department in the university that
no more helps la raza in the
community than any other institution on campus.
"So that's why we feel it's important to 1,mite, and to be receptive to comm unity needs," she
added.
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Ybarra said that faculty members who can relate to the needs
of the students and also unite
with them and community leaders is most desirable.
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By Lorenzo Romero
A fight between two 13-yearold girls at a junior high school
emphasized the lack of communication between the local schools
and Chicano parents and led to
the formation of the "Asociacion
Educativa De PadresMexicanos"
(Educational Association of Mexican Parents) three years ago.
While stopping the fight between the two students the dean
' of boys struck one of the girls
involved -who was of Mexican descent. He did not hit the other
girl who was white.
The parents of the girl who
was struck felt the dean was
biased in the way he handled the
situation, according to Hilario
Lujano, current chairman of the
Asociacion.
"It was handled in a very unprofessional manner," he added.
The parents then contacted
their neighbors and other members of the community and a committee was formed to look into
the problem.
At first , many of the students'
parents were afraid to get involved because they weren't familiar with what procedures to
take.
Nevertheless, a formal complaint was filed with the Fresno
City Unified School District, but
the parents were unable to get
enough witnesses to testify
against the dean.
"Some parents felt that their
children would suffer in grades
as a result of any school retaliation or reaction," said Lujano.
The committee had noticed that
there was a "gap 11 between the
lines of communication from the
Chicano community to the school
administrators; a gap for the
Spanish-speaking, which the ' established institutions suet as the
PTA. or PAC, were not able to
fill.
Mrs. Maria D. Lujano, a member of the Asociacion, noted that
all of the asociacion's meetings
are primarily conducted in
Spanish.
"Although," she smiled. "tambien -- SE HABLA INGLES,"
Lujano, an accountant . feels
that the purpose of the Asociacion is to form better communi-
cations between the schools and
parents of Mexican descent.
• ~ h'5¥>~7)as shown us
that"lfn~ communication has been'
very, very bad," he said.
tf~i~i:r~
~t~~:c~~:
~'J;?ilJen good, even though
some have seemed suspicious,
felt threatened, or have been
evasive.
•We've dealt with them by
showing that our motive is to get
them to cooperate with us as
parents to give our children a
better education, tt declared Lujano.
•our efforts and claims have
been recent 1 y supported by
HEW."
Lujano was referring to.,charg-
es made by the Department of
Health, Education { nd Welfare,
that the Fresno City Unified
School District is violating the
1964 Civil Rights Act.
Some of the violations, according to HEW, include failing to
meet the needs of minority students, using criteria which results in discriminatory assignm~nt of minorities to mentally
r et a rd e d and low-achievingclasses, and failing to hire and
promote minority teachers and
administrators.
In a meeting before the Fresno
School Board on May 29th, David
Rodriguez, a member oftheAsociacion, said, "Parents want to
participate and are ready to work
with the administration in correcting our problems. You need
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California State University, Fresno
LXXVlll/61
Friday, December 14, 1973
us as well as we need you."
In the past two years, the organization has sponsored various
fund raising activities to furnish
scholarships to 28 students.
Formally recognized by the
sta~e as an incorporated, nonprofit organization since June
30, 1972, the Asociacion already
has several chapters in other
valley communities.
Chapters have been started in
the Central High School and
Clovis districts. Mendota residents have applied to start a
chapter and Parlier residents
have also shown interest in forming a chapter.
Several persons from the Cutler-Orosi area, the scene of a
recent boycott of classes by 70
per cent of the students, have
contacted the Fresno Chapter for
information.
The organization's first convention will be held December
22, at the OIC building, 459 S.
Van Ness Avenue.
The purpose of the convention,
according to Lujano, is to "bring
together and reinforce our: unity
with the different communities.
We form strength by knowing each
other."
"We not only inform the schools
on the needs and wants of our
people, but also we educate ourselves and the community by getting involved and learning from
our experiences." added Mrs.
Lujano.
Hill says Chican,o s must become politically active
By Alici~ Maldonado
"The future in Pvlitics for
Chicanos is La Raza Unida
partY," Tomas Hill asserts, "and
all that goes with it." Hill, student senator and president pro
tern of the CSUF senate, explains
that this involves working within
and through the present political
system.
"We have no choice but to work
with this system because the time
to create our own system is too
far in the future,'' Hill said.
Hill, a political science major, describes his long-range
goal as the formation of the Chicanos' own political, economic
and social systems because of
inadequacies in the present institutions. However, Hill says the
present system will have to suffice for the time being "because.
we don't have too much choice.
The whites have separated us
for 200-300 years. It is harder
for Chicanos to get involved in
politics because we tiave_ not become acquainted with the system ...
Nevertheless, Chicanos must
become involved in student government if they wish to begin to
learn about the system. Acquiring and expanding this knowledge
is iµiportant Hill says, because
"student government .relates to
Chicano students and to the comm unity. We must get involved in
the system because we haven't
learned it that well. We must get
involved in it and use it to enhance the long-range goal, " Hill
states.
TOMAS HILL AT STUDENT SENATE MEETING
Amendments to limit the membership of the Board of Directors
and to allow for the creation of
a new Associated Students were
recently passed by the senate.
Hill says that Chicanos wanted
to be involved in this restructuring process in student government. Consequently, he and other
students took "it upon themselves
to get as many Chicanos involved
in student government as possible.
Last year the CSUF ASB president was a Chicano. Hill ran
for this same position for this
semester but lost. Chicaho election efforts did, show_results in
that out of a total of 29 senators,
14 are Chicanos (six females).
This number is nine above last
year.
Overall , the general enrollment has been rising. "I think this
is a trend, tt Hill declares. "Chicano enrollment is up 25 per
cent. Three years ago about 1500
students graduated from all colleges and universities. This year
there are approximately 15001600 Chicano students here at
CSUF."
Photo by George Wada
Hill said that the Chicano senators knew when they got involved in student government that
they would be dealing with all
students, not just Chicanos. As
far as cooperation between the
other members is concerned, Hill
says it's been fairly good. •we've
been working together as a senate."
~
There has, however, been some
static from some students and the
administration at times. Hill
cites one area of disagreement
occurred during the sum mer con-
cerning the funding of the EOP
SUIT!,mer institute. "The administration was not funding anything
but athletics,'' Hill says. He,
along with administrative vicep re side n t Sipriano Martinez,
worked during the summer applying pressure to get the necessary
funds. "If we hadn't been here,"
Hill stresses, "chances are this
may not have come about."
Hill also says that during the
semester he has been aware of
people making comments of "Chi- .
canos this and .Chicanos' that," in
reference to the role Chicanos
are playing in student govern-:
ment.
"We more or · 1ess play it by
ear," Hill explains as far as
any actions the C nicano senators
may take. This rriay be difficult
because they do not want to appear to be prejudiced more to
one side. "Maybe we are trying
too hard to show that we are not
biased to our . own group," Hill
says.
Currently, the senators hope
to have a say in the hiring of the
academic vice president at CSUF.
Chicano students are trying to
;,;et a Chicano hired in that position.
Hill, who plans to graduate in
June and attend law school in
Santa Clara, says he hopes to be
able to form a law firm with other
Chicanos.
Tomas Hill - says people Gsk
about his name. Why Hill? "It's
a long story," he says with a
smile, "but to make a long story
short, I have a fifth of scotch."
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Chicano Bus i_ness Club recruits Chicanos into bosiness
By Cynthia Lugo
The purpose of the Chicano
Business Club on campus is to
recruit students for the School
of Business and provide information concerning_ career opportunities, said CatarinoSoto, vicepresident of the organization.
It was -formed, he continued,
because the Chicano business
students felt there was a need to
organize to encourage and actively recruit more Chicanos into
the Sc :,ool of Business. The
School was helpful in supporting
the organization and worked with
the members in developing a
class that would provide an opportunity for Chicano business
s·t udents to help minority businessmen in the community. The
class is taught by Dr. Perry
Dodds .
The class works closely with
the Small Businessmen's Association, which gives the class
cases where minority businessmen who are having problems
with their businesses have requested help. A student is assigned to help that business and in
this way they can develop practical experience.
Soto and Ray Brand, for example, were assigned to help
Estevens Jewelry Store on the
Mall after they requested help
from the SBA. The management
told them thaf they were ha-ving
problems with inventory controls, that is, keeping track of
sales, new shipments and inventory counts,
. •we did research in the Jibrary, talked to our instructors
and then recommended alternative methods to control inventory.
It was up to them to accept the
recommendations," said Soto.
The organization has about 15
members, said Soto, although
there are many more Chicanos in
the School of Business. •we help
each other with our classes by
studying together and exchanging books," he said.
Representatives from nationally recognized businesses such
as Xerox, IBM, and the Bank of
America have been featured at
meetings to recruit and explain
recruiting practices. The representatives say that employment
looks good for Chicano business
students because businesses have
to conform with federal guidelines in minority hirings. Representatives from the UCLA Management Program have also come
to recruit students.
The club also works with other
organizations on campus. It participated in the recent MECHA
conference and has contributed
funds for the children's fiesta
at Calwa school next ·Friday.
Future plans include a dance
on February 6 at the Rainbow
Ballroom to raise scholarship
money for a high school student
interested in a business major.
2 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
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EDITORIAL
Fri., Dec. 14, 1973
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and tranquil quality to Cutler and Orosi. The two towns are surrounded by seemingly endless stretches 9f vineyards and agricultural crops.
But behind this superficial rural beauty something ugly is happening. The education of hundreds of Chicano children has been jeopardized by the Cutler-Orosi School District Board of Trustees. It is
nothing to take lightly - the lives of children are at stake.
Three weeks ago, -the board voted to end the bilingual "Follow
Through" program next August. The half-million dollar federal
program is specifically aimed at helping with the educational
problems faced by Spanish-speaking children. Since it was started,
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the Chicano community which makes up-more than 50 per cent 0f the
population of the" two towns. Chicano parentsTelt ·a serious blow had ·
been dealt to the education of their children. They organized a _
committee and voted to begin a student boycott when the board
refused to reverse its decision.
When the boycott failed to move the board members, the parents
commi~tee announced plans for a recall election. The recall is the
right course . When elected officials are guilty of irresponsible and
unjustified action it is the right of the people to remove them from
office.
Board members who voted the program down claimed "Follow
Through" wasn't improving the reading progress of children when
studies by the Stanford Research Institute proved otherwise. Even
the district superintendent recommended that the program continue.
A Fresno television reporter noted that the citizens of the two towns
were "playing p'o litics with their children's education."
"Follow Through" is conducted in kindergarten through third
grades, which is a critical time when Spanish-speaking children must_
start to ·g rasp the English language to achieve in school. "Follow
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classmates, is likely to become disenchanted with school and is a
good bet to drop out.
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The parents of many of the children in the Cutler-Orosi district
are farm workers who are vital to the agricultural economy in the
area. Yet despite this contribution, it seems the children of these
workers aren't worthy enough to receive a good education.
In _a time when growers are supposedly concerned about "farm
workers rights," it is ind~ed odd that not a word was heard from ·
Cutler:-Orosi growers when the education of their workers' children
was threatened.
The school board's action is a good example of outdated attitudes
which many rural areas have become notorious for. The board appears unconcerned about adding· more students to the dropout roles
or drug addiction figures.
Like Parlier, it took brash action by elected officials to spul'
the Chicano community in Cutler-Orosi into political action. Now the
Chicano community realizes that it must not allow insensitive
individuals to sabotage the education of their children. The CutlerOrosi parents committee should pursue its recall effort vigorously
until the· board members are removed.
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La Raza plans liberal arts degree
The eventual goal of La Raza
Studies is to offer a degree in
liberal arts which would include
art, literature, music and dance
graphic arts; social and com~
munity studies, and history and
cultun~, language. These areas
are interdisciplinary in nature
and are parts of the traditionai
disciplines on campus.
These traditional disciplines,
the liberal arts, exist as a result
of meeting the needs of the total
population and the need for students to acquire a general overview of humanistic needs explained Adolpho Ortega,' coordinator of La Raza Studies.
However, because of the large
·segment of Spanish speaking people in the United States who
adhere to a different cultural
heritage, one that will certainly
continue tc grow, the educational
system needs a proe-ram that
identifies with the needs of that
segment.
The pl.ilosophical reason for
La Raza Studies' existence is the
need to develop an awareness in
the Mexican-American community of its cultural heritage, history, and social and economic
patterns · which have contributed
to the molding of a new identity
which is Chicano Culture.
ness of .Chicano culture," he said.
The need for a La Raza Studies
Program has stemmed from the
same source that other disciplines and departments have
from the needs of the students:
The program meets these needs
by borrowing aspects fl-om traditional subjects and molding and
creating new ways that will reinforce them in new Chicano
humanistfc terms.
Ethnic 8tudies programs have
been criticized on the grounds
that they tend to prop up a minority's ego and have no real academic value that couldn't be taken
care ofby a traditional'discipline.
Minority egos are one th.ing and
dealing with social and educational problems are anotlier. The
educatioMl system has not been
flexible enough to permit and
accept the fact that there are two
viable cultures existing in the
Southwest, both Anglo and Mexican, said Ortega. A great number
of people identify with both environments, not just one or the
other. The educational system
must make people aware of this
fusion with both cu 1 tu res,
stressed Ortega.
The classic example usually
cited to illustr"ate this fusion is
the language pattern in the SouthOrtega says one way to bring . west which has evolved from the
about this awareness is for infusion of the English culture and
. stitutions like CSUF to create an · language and the Mexican culture
opportunity for students to obtain
and Spanish language. The term
an education in liberal arts which
"Chicano" · is an example of a
would help them acquire experlanguage pattern. It is now widely
tise in the areas of music, dance,
accepted as part'of the language
literature, graphic arts and hisin the Southwest. "Most people
tory. "These areas present in a
don't realize that this interaction
very. concrete way a means by
is responsible for the developwhich to bring about an av.:arement of the word," said Ortega,
away by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher s
tio~ of Secondary and Higher
Schools last spring; However,
college president Ernesto Lopez
said -the institution, founded in
the 1880s as a Catholic teachers
What then is so special about
Chicanos and their needs, and why
must they be given special con-sideration? "In the Fresno City
schools, 22 per cent of the students are Spanish-speaking "said
Ortega. Many small child~en do
not know English when they start
school and have a difficult time
with it. Their cultural background
is different and is apt to remain
so due to the proximity of Mexico
and the immigration that results
from that proximity. "This institution offers a program by
which · students will be licensed
to teach in element::iry and secondary - schools. Teachers must
know something about the student's lifestyle in order to present other cultural values and offerings that will expand the
world oftheMexican-American"
he said.
'
The Ryan Act lists no courses
that students are required to take
in order for them to at least ·
realize the importance of acquiring general knowledge of the
Mexican-American ·c ominunity,
but instead allows two ethnic
studies courses as elective. "Two
courses cannot begin to represent
the great need that exists," said
Ortega.
In order for the department
to be more effective, it needs to
borrow the expertise of other
disciplines and at the same time
the La Raza Studies needs to be
accepted by the other departm_ents by offering a scfentific
approach to meeting the needs of
Chicanos in the liberal ar:ts.
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4 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Fri. Dec. 14, 1973
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'Comite' provides input to CSUF Raza Studies
By Ron Orozco
Comite, a 14-member advisory
board to CSUF'sLaRazaStudies,
has been stressing student, faculty, and community Involvement
for the last two and a half years.
Chairman Lea Ybarra, a La
Raza Studies instructor, said the
board's input into the department
and coipmunity affairs has been
successful due to a unified effort.
•The thing that we recognize .
is that the unity has to be there,"
said Ybarra. •The struggle has
to be taken at all levels. Ana
every level is just as important .
as the other.
•rt•s just as important to be an
involved student as it is tci be an
involved faculty member and it
is to be an involved community
leader. We're ·an equally important," she said.
Comite is comprised of three
La Raza Studies faculty members, four Chicano students, anc!
seven Chicano community lead-
ers. Together, the group helps
hire, retain, and evaluate La
Raza instructors, as well as initiate and evaluate . department
courses.
•The primary goal is to make
sure there is a lot of input by
students, community, and faculty
· into the function of LR Raza
Studies," reminded Ybarra, •so
if isn't just the director or the
' faculty making the decisions."
Ybarra said comite also examines problems within the Chicano community. It has discussed
and offered assistance to the
United Farm Workers and is
currently getting involved with
Fresno's Big Brother and Big
Sister program dealing with Chicanos.
•There are a lot of Chicario,s
tnat we hear of who are on the
list for Big Brothers and Big
Sisters," she offered. "But there
aren't too many Chicanos who
are being Big B_rothers or Big
Sisters.
ON CAMPUS
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at 8 p.m. in the College Union
Lounge. Pepper became a memThe Black Students Union will
ber of the Stan Kenton hand when
meet at noon in CU 304.
· he was 17 years old and he formed
hi1s own group in 1951. Pepper
The Muslim Student Associa- · has
made over 70 recordings with
tion will meet at 2 p.m. in CU
his own small groups and with
308.
various bands including those of
Shorty Rogers, Henry Mancini,
The CSUF Symphony Orchestra
Shelley Manne, Marty Paich, Anand Concert Choir will present
dre Previn andBuddy Rich.
a program at 8 p.m. at St. Anthony's Catholic Church at BulThe First Baptist Church, 1401
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choir and orchestra concert on
of Dr. Fortner, CSUF associate
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professor of music, will perform
feature the ".Christmas Oratoda"
"Monumentum . pro Gesauldo di
by Saint-Saens and' Vivaldi's
Venosa" by Igor Stravinsky. The
"Gloria."
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Huff, associate professor of muAuditions for "Caharet," the
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messe" by Joseph Haydn. The
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h~s announced that all ·roles ·are
open, and will he cast in auditions.
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"The politicized faculty, knowing that they have to communicate
and ·-unite with the students and
community is very important,"
she said. •La · Raza Studies, obviously, cannot exist without faculty that are aware of the problems.
"If faculty gets in here and
have the same ideas as white
·teachers, in terms of relating to
students, then all you have is a
• brown-colored person," Ybarra
added. "You don't have someone
that is actually a Chicano in La
Raza Studies."
She said that Chicano student
involvement an~ awareness, r~sulting in demonstrations in
1968-69, were responsible for
the creation of La Raza Studies.
"The pressure from Chicano
students on campus brought about
La Raza Studies~" Ybarra said.
"We all have to recognize that.
It's the continuing need that Chicano students have today for more
relevant classes which again perpetuates the maintaining of La
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Danzantes de ~tlan. The time is
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Admission is $2.50 and anyone
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Raza ~tudi~s."
Comite is made up of the
followi.ng individuals: Ybarra,
chairman; Tony Roque, La Raza
Studies instructor; Victor Salazar, La Raza Studies instructor;
Catalino Jacques, student; Valentino de la Rosa, student; Th~resa
Acosta, student; Fernando Hernandez, student; Frank Villegas,
Chicano businessman, Maria
Marceletti, educator; Jose Alvarez, United Farm Worker represent~tive; Lloyd Gonzales and
Dora Gonzales.
will
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Noted · jazz saxophonist Art.
Pepper will ,be featured as thE> ·..·
guest ar~ist at .a · coffee concert ·
0
•so we're going to have a
function next semester where
we'll invite them· to a dinner,
show them films, give them materials on EOP (Educational Opportunity Prog:r:am ), and just help
educate them in gerieral," said
Ybarra.
Co mite recently offered • A
Noche de La Raza," a free dinner
and entertainment affair for Chicano students and their parent~.
Approximately 650 participated
in th~ event.
Ybarra said comite will also
add two new members in its nex't
meeting. She said two communit:v..
members had to resign recently
due to conflicting time schedules.
Ybarra said La Raza Studies
must seek and obtain community
involvement in order to realize
its needs and to avoid creating a
separatist relationship.
"We have always complained
how educational institutions cannot relate to the community, that
they are ~ separate entity and so
forth," she said. •unless we tiad
strqng community input and were
aligned with community needs,
we would be exactly the same
thing - an elitist, isolationist
department in the university that
no more helps la raza in the
community than any other institution on campus.
"So that's why we feel it's important to 1,mite, and to be receptive to comm unity needs," she
added.
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Ybarra said that faculty members who can relate to the needs
of the students and also unite
with them and community leaders is most desirable.
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By Lorenzo Romero
A fight between two 13-yearold girls at a junior high school
emphasized the lack of communication between the local schools
and Chicano parents and led to
the formation of the "Asociacion
Educativa De PadresMexicanos"
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While stopping the fight between the two students the dean
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The parents then contacted
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enough witnesses to testify
against the dean.
"Some parents felt that their
children would suffer in grades
as a result of any school retaliation or reaction," said Lujano.
The committee had noticed that
there was a "gap 11 between the
lines of communication from the
Chicano community to the school
administrators; a gap for the
Spanish-speaking, which the ' established institutions suet as the
PTA. or PAC, were not able to
fill.
Mrs. Maria D. Lujano, a member of the Asociacion, noted that
all of the asociacion's meetings
are primarily conducted in
Spanish.
"Although," she smiled. "tambien -- SE HABLA INGLES,"
Lujano, an accountant . feels
that the purpose of the Asociacion is to form better communi-
cations between the schools and
parents of Mexican descent.
• ~ h'5¥>~7)as shown us
that"lfn~ communication has been'
very, very bad," he said.
tf~i~i:r~
~t~~:c~~:
~'J;?ilJen good, even though
some have seemed suspicious,
felt threatened, or have been
evasive.
•We've dealt with them by
showing that our motive is to get
them to cooperate with us as
parents to give our children a
better education, tt declared Lujano.
•our efforts and claims have
been recent 1 y supported by
HEW."
Lujano was referring to.,charg-
es made by the Department of
Health, Education { nd Welfare,
that the Fresno City Unified
School District is violating the
1964 Civil Rights Act.
Some of the violations, according to HEW, include failing to
meet the needs of minority students, using criteria which results in discriminatory assignm~nt of minorities to mentally
r et a rd e d and low-achievingclasses, and failing to hire and
promote minority teachers and
administrators.
In a meeting before the Fresno
School Board on May 29th, David
Rodriguez, a member oftheAsociacion, said, "Parents want to
participate and are ready to work
with the administration in correcting our problems. You need
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Friday, December 14, 1973
us as well as we need you."
In the past two years, the organization has sponsored various
fund raising activities to furnish
scholarships to 28 students.
Formally recognized by the
sta~e as an incorporated, nonprofit organization since June
30, 1972, the Asociacion already
has several chapters in other
valley communities.
Chapters have been started in
the Central High School and
Clovis districts. Mendota residents have applied to start a
chapter and Parlier residents
have also shown interest in forming a chapter.
Several persons from the Cutler-Orosi area, the scene of a
recent boycott of classes by 70
per cent of the students, have
contacted the Fresno Chapter for
information.
The organization's first convention will be held December
22, at the OIC building, 459 S.
Van Ness Avenue.
The purpose of the convention,
according to Lujano, is to "bring
together and reinforce our: unity
with the different communities.
We form strength by knowing each
other."
"We not only inform the schools
on the needs and wants of our
people, but also we educate ourselves and the community by getting involved and learning from
our experiences." added Mrs.
Lujano.
Hill says Chican,o s must become politically active
By Alici~ Maldonado
"The future in Pvlitics for
Chicanos is La Raza Unida
partY," Tomas Hill asserts, "and
all that goes with it." Hill, student senator and president pro
tern of the CSUF senate, explains
that this involves working within
and through the present political
system.
"We have no choice but to work
with this system because the time
to create our own system is too
far in the future,'' Hill said.
Hill, a political science major, describes his long-range
goal as the formation of the Chicanos' own political, economic
and social systems because of
inadequacies in the present institutions. However, Hill says the
present system will have to suffice for the time being "because.
we don't have too much choice.
The whites have separated us
for 200-300 years. It is harder
for Chicanos to get involved in
politics because we tiave_ not become acquainted with the system ...
Nevertheless, Chicanos must
become involved in student government if they wish to begin to
learn about the system. Acquiring and expanding this knowledge
is iµiportant Hill says, because
"student government .relates to
Chicano students and to the comm unity. We must get involved in
the system because we haven't
learned it that well. We must get
involved in it and use it to enhance the long-range goal, " Hill
states.
TOMAS HILL AT STUDENT SENATE MEETING
Amendments to limit the membership of the Board of Directors
and to allow for the creation of
a new Associated Students were
recently passed by the senate.
Hill says that Chicanos wanted
to be involved in this restructuring process in student government. Consequently, he and other
students took "it upon themselves
to get as many Chicanos involved
in student government as possible.
Last year the CSUF ASB president was a Chicano. Hill ran
for this same position for this
semester but lost. Chicaho election efforts did, show_results in
that out of a total of 29 senators,
14 are Chicanos (six females).
This number is nine above last
year.
Overall , the general enrollment has been rising. "I think this
is a trend, tt Hill declares. "Chicano enrollment is up 25 per
cent. Three years ago about 1500
students graduated from all colleges and universities. This year
there are approximately 15001600 Chicano students here at
CSUF."
Photo by George Wada
Hill said that the Chicano senators knew when they got involved in student government that
they would be dealing with all
students, not just Chicanos. As
far as cooperation between the
other members is concerned, Hill
says it's been fairly good. •we've
been working together as a senate."
~
There has, however, been some
static from some students and the
administration at times. Hill
cites one area of disagreement
occurred during the sum mer con-
cerning the funding of the EOP
SUIT!,mer institute. "The administration was not funding anything
but athletics,'' Hill says. He,
along with administrative vicep re side n t Sipriano Martinez,
worked during the summer applying pressure to get the necessary
funds. "If we hadn't been here,"
Hill stresses, "chances are this
may not have come about."
Hill also says that during the
semester he has been aware of
people making comments of "Chi- .
canos this and .Chicanos' that," in
reference to the role Chicanos
are playing in student govern-:
ment.
"We more or · 1ess play it by
ear," Hill explains as far as
any actions the C nicano senators
may take. This rriay be difficult
because they do not want to appear to be prejudiced more to
one side. "Maybe we are trying
too hard to show that we are not
biased to our . own group," Hill
says.
Currently, the senators hope
to have a say in the hiring of the
academic vice president at CSUF.
Chicano students are trying to
;,;et a Chicano hired in that position.
Hill, who plans to graduate in
June and attend law school in
Santa Clara, says he hopes to be
able to form a law firm with other
Chicanos.
Tomas Hill - says people Gsk
about his name. Why Hill? "It's
a long story," he says with a
smile, "but to make a long story
short, I have a fifth of scotch."
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Chicano Bus i_ness Club recruits Chicanos into bosiness
By Cynthia Lugo
The purpose of the Chicano
Business Club on campus is to
recruit students for the School
of Business and provide information concerning_ career opportunities, said CatarinoSoto, vicepresident of the organization.
It was -formed, he continued,
because the Chicano business
students felt there was a need to
organize to encourage and actively recruit more Chicanos into
the Sc :,ool of Business. The
School was helpful in supporting
the organization and worked with
the members in developing a
class that would provide an opportunity for Chicano business
s·t udents to help minority businessmen in the community. The
class is taught by Dr. Perry
Dodds .
The class works closely with
the Small Businessmen's Association, which gives the class
cases where minority businessmen who are having problems
with their businesses have requested help. A student is assigned to help that business and in
this way they can develop practical experience.
Soto and Ray Brand, for example, were assigned to help
Estevens Jewelry Store on the
Mall after they requested help
from the SBA. The management
told them thaf they were ha-ving
problems with inventory controls, that is, keeping track of
sales, new shipments and inventory counts,
. •we did research in the Jibrary, talked to our instructors
and then recommended alternative methods to control inventory.
It was up to them to accept the
recommendations," said Soto.
The organization has about 15
members, said Soto, although
there are many more Chicanos in
the School of Business. •we help
each other with our classes by
studying together and exchanging books," he said.
Representatives from nationally recognized businesses such
as Xerox, IBM, and the Bank of
America have been featured at
meetings to recruit and explain
recruiting practices. The representatives say that employment
looks good for Chicano business
students because businesses have
to conform with federal guidelines in minority hirings. Representatives from the UCLA Management Program have also come
to recruit students.
The club also works with other
organizations on campus. It participated in the recent MECHA
conference and has contributed
funds for the children's fiesta
at Calwa school next ·Friday.
Future plans include a dance
on February 6 at the Rainbow
Ballroom to raise scholarship
money for a high school student
interested in a business major.
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But behind this superficial rural beauty something ugly is happening. The education of hundreds of Chicano children has been jeopardized by the Cutler-Orosi School District Board of Trustees. It is
nothing to take lightly - the lives of children are at stake.
Three weeks ago, -the board voted to end the bilingual "Follow
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When the boycott failed to move the board members, the parents
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right course . When elected officials are guilty of irresponsible and
unjustified action it is the right of the people to remove them from
office.
Board members who voted the program down claimed "Follow
Through" wasn't improving the reading progress of children when
studies by the Stanford Research Institute proved otherwise. Even
the district superintendent recommended that the program continue.
A Fresno television reporter noted that the citizens of the two towns
were "playing p'o litics with their children's education."
"Follow Through" is conducted in kindergarten through third
grades, which is a critical time when Spanish-speaking children must_
start to ·g rasp the English language to achieve in school. "Follow
Through" helps the Spanish-speaking at this critical time. Educators
have- noted that the Spanish-speaking student who fails to grasp
English properly in the first years in school will fall behind his
classmates, is likely to become disenchanted with school and is a
good bet to drop out.
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The parents of many of the children in the Cutler-Orosi district
are farm workers who are vital to the agricultural economy in the
area. Yet despite this contribution, it seems the children of these
workers aren't worthy enough to receive a good education.
In _a time when growers are supposedly concerned about "farm
workers rights," it is ind~ed odd that not a word was heard from ·
Cutler:-Orosi growers when the education of their workers' children
was threatened.
The school board's action is a good example of outdated attitudes
which many rural areas have become notorious for. The board appears unconcerned about adding· more students to the dropout roles
or drug addiction figures.
Like Parlier, it took brash action by elected officials to spul'
the Chicano community in Cutler-Orosi into political action. Now the
Chicano community realizes that it must not allow insensitive
individuals to sabotage the education of their children. The CutlerOrosi parents committee should pursue its recall effort vigorously
until the· board members are removed.
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La Raza plans liberal arts degree
The eventual goal of La Raza
Studies is to offer a degree in
liberal arts which would include
art, literature, music and dance
graphic arts; social and com~
munity studies, and history and
cultun~, language. These areas
are interdisciplinary in nature
and are parts of the traditionai
disciplines on campus.
These traditional disciplines,
the liberal arts, exist as a result
of meeting the needs of the total
population and the need for students to acquire a general overview of humanistic needs explained Adolpho Ortega,' coordinator of La Raza Studies.
However, because of the large
·segment of Spanish speaking people in the United States who
adhere to a different cultural
heritage, one that will certainly
continue tc grow, the educational
system needs a proe-ram that
identifies with the needs of that
segment.
The pl.ilosophical reason for
La Raza Studies' existence is the
need to develop an awareness in
the Mexican-American community of its cultural heritage, history, and social and economic
patterns · which have contributed
to the molding of a new identity
which is Chicano Culture.
ness of .Chicano culture," he said.
The need for a La Raza Studies
Program has stemmed from the
same source that other disciplines and departments have
from the needs of the students:
The program meets these needs
by borrowing aspects fl-om traditional subjects and molding and
creating new ways that will reinforce them in new Chicano
humanistfc terms.
Ethnic 8tudies programs have
been criticized on the grounds
that they tend to prop up a minority's ego and have no real academic value that couldn't be taken
care ofby a traditional'discipline.
Minority egos are one th.ing and
dealing with social and educational problems are anotlier. The
educatioMl system has not been
flexible enough to permit and
accept the fact that there are two
viable cultures existing in the
Southwest, both Anglo and Mexican, said Ortega. A great number
of people identify with both environments, not just one or the
other. The educational system
must make people aware of this
fusion with both cu 1 tu res,
stressed Ortega.
The classic example usually
cited to illustr"ate this fusion is
the language pattern in the SouthOrtega says one way to bring . west which has evolved from the
about this awareness is for infusion of the English culture and
. stitutions like CSUF to create an · language and the Mexican culture
opportunity for students to obtain
and Spanish language. The term
an education in liberal arts which
"Chicano" · is an example of a
would help them acquire experlanguage pattern. It is now widely
tise in the areas of music, dance,
accepted as part'of the language
literature, graphic arts and hisin the Southwest. "Most people
tory. "These areas present in a
don't realize that this interaction
very. concrete way a means by
is responsible for the developwhich to bring about an av.:arement of the word," said Ortega,
away by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher s
tio~ of Secondary and Higher
Schools last spring; However,
college president Ernesto Lopez
said -the institution, founded in
the 1880s as a Catholic teachers
What then is so special about
Chicanos and their needs, and why
must they be given special con-sideration? "In the Fresno City
schools, 22 per cent of the students are Spanish-speaking "said
Ortega. Many small child~en do
not know English when they start
school and have a difficult time
with it. Their cultural background
is different and is apt to remain
so due to the proximity of Mexico
and the immigration that results
from that proximity. "This institution offers a program by
which · students will be licensed
to teach in element::iry and secondary - schools. Teachers must
know something about the student's lifestyle in order to present other cultural values and offerings that will expand the
world oftheMexican-American"
he said.
'
The Ryan Act lists no courses
that students are required to take
in order for them to at least ·
realize the importance of acquiring general knowledge of the
Mexican-American ·c ominunity,
but instead allows two ethnic
studies courses as elective. "Two
courses cannot begin to represent
the great need that exists," said
Ortega.
In order for the department
to be more effective, it needs to
borrow the expertise of other
disciplines and at the same time
the La Raza Studies needs to be
accepted by the other departm_ents by offering a scfentific
approach to meeting the needs of
Chicanos in the liberal ar:ts.
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'Comite' provides input to CSUF Raza Studies
By Ron Orozco
Comite, a 14-member advisory
board to CSUF'sLaRazaStudies,
has been stressing student, faculty, and community Involvement
for the last two and a half years.
Chairman Lea Ybarra, a La
Raza Studies instructor, said the
board's input into the department
and coipmunity affairs has been
successful due to a unified effort.
•The thing that we recognize .
is that the unity has to be there,"
said Ybarra. •The struggle has
to be taken at all levels. Ana
every level is just as important .
as the other.
•rt•s just as important to be an
involved student as it is tci be an
involved faculty member and it
is to be an involved community
leader. We're ·an equally important," she said.
Comite is comprised of three
La Raza Studies faculty members, four Chicano students, anc!
seven Chicano community lead-
ers. Together, the group helps
hire, retain, and evaluate La
Raza instructors, as well as initiate and evaluate . department
courses.
•The primary goal is to make
sure there is a lot of input by
students, community, and faculty
· into the function of LR Raza
Studies," reminded Ybarra, •so
if isn't just the director or the
' faculty making the decisions."
Ybarra said comite also examines problems within the Chicano community. It has discussed
and offered assistance to the
United Farm Workers and is
currently getting involved with
Fresno's Big Brother and Big
Sister program dealing with Chicanos.
•There are a lot of Chicario,s
tnat we hear of who are on the
list for Big Brothers and Big
Sisters," she offered. "But there
aren't too many Chicanos who
are being Big B_rothers or Big
Sisters.
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hi1s own group in 1951. Pepper
The Muslim Student Associa- · has
made over 70 recordings with
tion will meet at 2 p.m. in CU
his own small groups and with
308.
various bands including those of
Shorty Rogers, Henry Mancini,
The CSUF Symphony Orchestra
Shelley Manne, Marty Paich, Anand Concert Choir will present
dre Previn andBuddy Rich.
a program at 8 p.m. at St. Anthony's Catholic Church at BulThe First Baptist Church, 1401
lard and Maroa Avenues. The
E. Lansing Way, will h_o st a free
orchestra, under the di rec ti on
choir and orchestra concert on
of Dr. Fortner, CSUF associate
Sun'day at 7 p.m. The concert will
professor of music, will perform
feature the ".Christmas Oratoda"
"Monumentum . pro Gesauldo di
by Saint-Saens and' Vivaldi's
Venosa" by Igor Stravinsky. The
"Gloria."
choir, conducted by Dr. Arthur
Huff, associate professor of muAuditions for "Caharet," the
sic, will present •Harmonieprize winning musical which will
messe" by Joseph Haydn. The
he presented by the F re-sno Coinorchestra and choir will comhine
. -. munity Theater in February, have
to perform.•rrois'l>oems d'Henri
been scheduled for Sunday at
Michaux;, by Witold Lutoslaws·ki,
2 p.m. at the .theater. Don Carter,
which requires separat~ con- . thif director of the production,
ductors for ctioru.s and orc_h estra.'
h~s announced that all ·roles ·are
open, and will he cast in auditions.
TODAY
SUNDAY
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travels .to·· Mexico
Danza Azte~a de · Aztlan, a
Fresno dance group, performed
in Mexico City this week at the .
Shrine of O'ur Lady of Guadalupe
as part of the celebration of the
birthday of the virgin 1ady.
The group paid for tht trip
with funds from- local performances and cake sales and is
headed by former Fresnan John
Esqueda. Esqueda, who commutes from Santa Clara for rehearsals, formed the group three
ye:;,rs ago. The 19 members,
ranging in· age from 8-18, per:form Az~ec and Indian dances.
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"The politicized faculty, knowing that they have to communicate
and ·-unite with the students and
community is very important,"
she said. •La · Raza Studies, obviously, cannot exist without faculty that are aware of the problems.
"If faculty gets in here and
have the same ideas as white
·teachers, in terms of relating to
students, then all you have is a
• brown-colored person," Ybarra
added. "You don't have someone
that is actually a Chicano in La
Raza Studies."
She said that Chicano student
involvement an~ awareness, r~sulting in demonstrations in
1968-69, were responsible for
the creation of La Raza Studies.
"The pressure from Chicano
students on campus brought about
La Raza Studies~" Ybarra said.
"We all have to recognize that.
It's the continuing need that Chicano students have today for more
relevant classes which again perpetuates the maintaining of La
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Ph. 291-0671
Danzantes plan
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Christmas -dance
Oortknjlportma,ts
A -:lance will he held Wed.,
Dec. Hl in the Rainbow Ballroom
to benefit the dancing group.
Danzantes de ~tlan. The time is
9-1:30
and music
be
provided by the Stantons, Monsanto, M,n·ch Hare .and Mos~s.
Admission is $2.50 and anyone
who goes . can keep · their ticket
stub and use it to get a :$1 disc:ount on a pizza at the Straw Hat
Pizza PJrlor.
a,m.
Raza ~tudi~s."
Comite is made up of the
followi.ng individuals: Ybarra,
chairman; Tony Roque, La Raza
Studies instructor; Victor Salazar, La Raza Studies instructor;
Catalino Jacques, student; Valentino de la Rosa, student; Th~resa
Acosta, student; Fernando Hernandez, student; Frank Villegas,
Chicano businessman, Maria
Marceletti, educator; Jose Alvarez, United Farm Worker represent~tive; Lloyd Gonzales and
Dora Gonzales.
will
.
Noted · jazz saxophonist Art.
Pepper will ,be featured as thE> ·..·
guest ar~ist at .a · coffee concert ·
0
•so we're going to have a
function next semester where
we'll invite them· to a dinner,
show them films, give them materials on EOP (Educational Opportunity Prog:r:am ), and just help
educate them in gerieral," said
Ybarra.
Co mite recently offered • A
Noche de La Raza," a free dinner
and entertainment affair for Chicano students and their parent~.
Approximately 650 participated
in th~ event.
Ybarra said comite will also
add two new members in its nex't
meeting. She said two communit:v..
members had to resign recently
due to conflicting time schedules.
Ybarra said La Raza Studies
must seek and obtain community
involvement in order to realize
its needs and to avoid creating a
separatist relationship.
"We have always complained
how educational institutions cannot relate to the community, that
they are ~ separate entity and so
forth," she said. •unless we tiad
strqng community input and were
aligned with community needs,
we would be exactly the same
thing - an elitist, isolationist
department in the university that
no more helps la raza in the
community than any other institution on campus.
"So that's why we feel it's important to 1,mite, and to be receptive to comm unity needs," she
added.
. '
Ybarra said that faculty members who can relate to the needs
of the students and also unite
with them and community leaders is most desirable.
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