La Voz de Aztlan, March 22 1974
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La Voz de Aztlan, March 22 1974
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La Voz de
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
California State University, Fresno
L XX VI 11.'103
FRI DAY, MARCH 22, 1974
Chicanos confront Schmidt
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over summer 1nst1tute veto
By :!\ldissa Villanueva
(Edited hy :!\Lire Sani)
The time w:.1s 2: ;iQ p.m Thursday aftPrnoon.
. Ahout 3;; Chicano stud,~nts assemllled in , front of the CSUF
cafeteria.
S0111Pone said "let's go" and
the\ began w:.1lking ·toward the
Student Senate offices on the
second floor ofthPCollegeUnion.
B:: 3:04 p.m. the group was in
thP senate office rt>ception area.
Thomas Hill. president pro tempon• of the Student St-nate told
ASB President Kurt Schmidt they
w,rnted to talk to him.
M FCHA · president Guillermo
LopPz told the students to file
into Schmictt·s office.
Schmidt. walking through the
doorway into his crowded office.
asked. "You mind if I come back
into m~· office?'' Several students
stepped aside and he edged
through.
Schmidt paused hel'ore his desk
and jokingly raised his arms
flashing a victory sign (see picture).
Walking to the other side of
his desk. for the first time
Schmidt directly faced the students.
"You want to put a cross in
here or something?" Schmidt
asked. turning his head to indicate the wall behind him.
"What's
that
supposed to
mean.,. said a voice from the
crowd.
Lopez stepped forward to tell
Schmidt the group understood
that he planned to veto the proposed funding for the Educational
Opportunity Pro;;ram 's Sum mer
Institute. "We want to kn9w why,"
he said.
The summer institute program
is designed primarily to prepare
incoming freshman minority students for their first semester at
CSUF.
Students admitted into the program fail to rnF1et some aspect of
the normal university admission
requirements. For instance, a
person may not score well on the
SAT test. hut have a good high
school grade point average.
The program also gives students a chance to adjust to college life and provides encouragement to continue through a
four-year program.
Last year the program was
funded for $18,673 from mandatory student body fees. State
funding placed the total sum mer
KURT F. SCHMIDT II - Speaking to a group of Chicanos yesterday,
Schmidt said in reference to quality education for Chicanos, "As long
as you havr, babies that evervonc else has to support, you'll never
have that." Photo by Eric Strom.
EDITORIAL
Schmidt stand on EOP ·issue
reflects stereotypes of Chicanos
Yesterday afternoon Kurt Schmidt stated that as long as Chicanos
have habies that evE>ryone else has to support, they will never rnach
the level of competency in the educational s~·stem that will enable
them to break the bonds of depend1mey on programs such as the
Summer Institute.
Approximately 3G to 40 Chicanos. and one Native-Ameri<'an. stood
he fore Schmidt as he displayed his ignorance openl~·. He was being
confronted about his attitudes concerning the Summer Institute (see
article).
Sum mt>r Institurn is an EOP program aim Pd mainly at aiding
minorities in areas in which the~· may he deficient du'c' to c-ultural
differences.
Concerning the Summer Institute, the statement was made hy a
Chicana that if money is allocated to us by these assistance prog rams we will he able to better ourselves through education and
the need for these programs will be eliminated,
In response Schmidt said. 1'As long as you have habil~S that everyone else has to support. you '11 never have that.''
It is true when you are confronted hy 35 to 40 people there is an
added pressure not normally encountered in evervda\· convF-rsation,
When you add lo this th_e · mentality a person ~uci1 as Schmidt is
equipped with, it is surprising he was able to suppress his racism
to the extent that he did.
Obviously. Schmidt was operating under one of the popular
stereotypes perpetuated on Chicanos. Perhaps he· thought we t!ach
had a knife in hand and were contemplating doing him hodil~· harm.
Fear and ignorance are powerful obstacles to overcome. and apparently these two characteristics am prevalent even ari1ong our
leaders . Thursday seemed to bt' their day to bloorn.
One of the other senators. John Erysian. placed a call to the
police a half-hour at'ter the confrontation had hegun. His reasoning
being that he "didn't feel the meeting was accomplishing too much
more" than what took place after the first few minutes.
I can see his reasoning - after all hf' did state, "I don't go into that
whole trip. power and all that shit. ..
It seems the only senator who did not react irrationally was Dave
Davenport. When several Chicanos went into his office to discuss the
issue at hand. he said he was busy, implying he did not have time to
deal with the problem. He said he "had to go study geography.•·
It was quite a day at the ASS President's Office. As one senator,
(quoted earlier) put it. it was a warm day and maybe everyone just
wanted to get something started.·
·Note: So as no~ to misconstrue any facts, the above was slacecl in
reference to Chicanos;
MECHA looks for Senat~ candidates
On Tuesday and Wednesday,
MECHA will open three polling
places on campus and Chicano
students will choose a candidate
for the upcoming elections concerning MECHA.
Polling places will be located
at La Raza Studies in SR4-132,
the EOP office in Adm. 328, and
the Chicano room in CU 305.
Cruz Bustamante and Grace
Solis are the two people up for
election.
The polls will be open from 9
a.m. lU 4 p.m. for all Chicano
students. Voting will not be restricted to MECHA members on-
· 1y. Guillermo Lopes, MECHA
president., said, "Vt(e would like
to have participation in the voting
from all other Chicano organizations on campus."
Procedure will he much the
same as that for a 1;eneral election. Students will be asked to
sign a regisfration sheet and present their student body-cards.
Elections were set up by an
election committee consisting of
three people, each person represented one of the three candidates. Guillermo Lopes chaired
the committee, serving as a nonpartisan member. His job was
"to ovE!rsee it" and he did not
participate. in
the · committee
precedures.
Committee
members were
Reynalda Nunez , wl1o is supporting Cruz Bustamante; Arnold
Majia, supporting Jose Torrez;
and Frank Riosas, who is supporting Grace Solis.
Election results will he returned on Thursday and announced at the MECHA meeting.
The election committee is in
charge of ballot counting.
MECHA meetings are held every Thursday ,at noon in the cafeteria's International Room.
institute
bud 6et
at
well over
$30 000.
Over 125 minority students
were aided hy the program last
year .
The budget request by EOP for
next year is $24.40G from mandatory student body fees. A jump of
over $G.000.
Students attend the institute
from all over the valley. Once
they arrive at CSUF, they are
housed in the school dormitories
for three weeks prior to the start
of tlw fall senu~ster.
While on campus. they become
acquainted with the administrative structure and are given help
with upro111ing registration proce<lures.
Students also tour the campus
and receive necessary counseling .
plus tutorial help with writing
skills. Students who encounter
diftfrulty with the English lan:guage also receive assistance.
But a lmdget note included in
last year's budget says that the
summer institute • . . • will he
held concurrent with the fall
sen,este r. ~
Under such a proposal students
wHl not receive the three week
orientation prior to the heginning
of school, but will receive assistance while already attending
classes.
Asked why he objected to the
proposed budget inc.rease for
Summer Institute, Schmidt said,
"I don't like the whole packet."
Pushed to- defend his position
further. Schmidt gave the example of room and board.
He said he felt it was unnecessary to spend money providing
on-campus living arrangements
for students in the program 1
Students participating in Summer Institute are housed in the
school dormitories for three
weeks prior to the start of the
fall semester.
\
Schmidt said, "I can't see why
the students don't take a bus to
school for that day." Schmidt
sa.id he felt that if students were
to be hused to school each day
they participated in the program,
it would he less of an expense
than setting up dorm accommodations.
Schmidt was told that not all
students participating in the
Summer Institute were from
Fresno.
Students attend the institute
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 3)
PR-EPARING POSTERS announcing ThirdWorldWom.en'sSymposium,
are (left to right) Teresa Acosta, Lea Ybarra, Chris Bessard arid
Rita
Center, front, is Lisa Acosta. Photo by Ronald Eddings.
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Third World sympos1~m
A Third World Women's Symposium will be held on campus
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Third World Women in the
United Stated are considered to be
ethnic minority women of color,
such as Chicanas, Blacks, Assians,
Native Americans and
Puerto Ricans.
The purpose of the symposium
is to bring to· the forefront the
problems of oppression faced by
Third World women. Although
various forms of entertainment
are being offered during these
three days, it is entertainment
for the purpose 9f educating and
not simply for the sake of entertaining.
Las Adelitas, a Chicana wornen's organization on campus, is
sponsoring the activity in cooperation with Asian Stud.i,es,
Black Studies, La Raza Studies
and Native American Studies.
On Wednesday, there will be a
food bazaar, an arts and crafts
display representing all four ethnic groups, and a Native American speaker, Margaret Hoalgen,
at noon.
Wednesday evening there will
be a p\nel presentation by the
women involved in the symposium
and the showing of two films,
•Red Detachment of Women," and
"Saigon: Women in Torture."
On Thursday a dance presentation will be made at noon by
dancers from the different ethnic
groups, highlighting Omie Cormier's Black Dnacers.
On Friday Carolyn Green, a
Black author from the Bay Area,
will speak at 11:30 a.m. and an
all-female Chicana theater group
from San Diego will perform a
play, "The Mother."
All activities will take place
in the College Union. For further
Information contact Lea Ybarra
or Theresa Acosta at 487-2848.
2-THE DAILY COL.ltEGIAN-IFri., Mar. 22, 1974
'Two Languag8s, One Soul':
a Chicano woman speaks
down to the last detail of her remarks: in recent years I
have seen enough first-hand to more than confirm the
basis for her sense of outrage. Still, l have to think of
the people I have come to know in New Mexico - the old,
thoroughly poor, certainly rather ,uneducated people, who
have lived the hard, tough, sometimes terribly sad lives
that the Chicana just quoted describes, and yet don't
quite feel as she does about themselves. Nor do they
speak as if they have systematically brutalized, rohbed
of all their "self-esteem," as social scientists put it. In
their seventies or eighties, with long memorie ·. of hardships faced and perhaps only partially (if at all) surmounted, "d•?prived" of education, made to feel hopelessly
inarticulate, and obviously out of "the American mainstream," they are nevertheless men and women who seem
to have held on stubbornly to a most peculiar notion: that
they are eminently valuahle and important human beings,
utterly worth the respect, even admiration, not to mention love, of their children and grandchildren.
Moreover, they are men and wornen who, for all the
education they lack , all the wrongheaded or just plain
mean teachers they once ran up against, all the cultural
bias and social discrimination they may have experienced
outright or sensed, still manage not only to feel fairly
assured about themselves as human heing·s, put here hy
the Lord for His own purposes, hut also to say rather
a lot about what is on their mind - and in such a way
that they make themselves unmistakably clear. In fact,
I have found myself at times overwhelmed hy the power
of their spee<:li, the force that their langtrage possesses,
the dramatic expressions they call upon. the strong and
subtle imagery they have available to tfiem , the sense
of irony and ambiguity they quite naturally demonstrate.
Perhaps my present surprise and admiration indicate
my own previous blind spots, my own ignorance and even
prejudic-e. If so. I have lwen more than brought up short
again and again.
Here are the words or a quite elderly woman who
has had virtually no S<'hooling and spPaks a mixture of
Spanish (whkh I have translated) and terse hut forceful
English. She lives in a small isolated mountain cornrnunitv well to th~• nortl1 of Santa Fe ancl 1>njoys talking
with her visitor :
"So111t-timt>s · I havP a 111nmPnt tn think. I look back and
wondt-'1' when, all tht• ti111t-' has gone to -- so many yt>ars;
I cannot say I likP to ht:> l'(•rninded how many . M,v sister
is thrt't:' n•ars oldt>r. Pighty tllis t\lay. She is glad 1o talk
of It(•!' agt-'. I don't like to 1m>11tiu11 mine. Maybe I have
not ht'r faith in God. She 111akl-'S her way every day to
Church. I go 0111~· on Sundays. Enoug·h is f•1wu,;;h: besides,
I don't likt..• !II(• prh•st. !IP poin!s his finger too mu<'h, He
likt>s to ~H·c·use us - l'.l<'h Wt->ek it is a different sin he
<'harg·t:>s u.s with. :\1 \ motlw1· ust->d to read me Christ's
In the May/June, 1973 issue, The American
Poetry Review published an editorial by Robert
Coles, eminent psychoanalyst and writer, entitled "Two Languages, one Soul."
At the time the article appeared, Coles was
llving and working in Albuquerque, New Mexico
where he was _m aking a study of Mexican and
Chicano families.
A portion of the article is reprinted here.
Unfortunately, due to lack of space, it is impossible to provide you with the entire article.
Readers are reminded that the following is
but a small segment (approximately one-fifth) of
a larger body, and therefore is lifted out of
context.
Many valuable insights offered hy Coles and
the woman mentioned in the article are not
included, but La Voz hopes that each student
will find some value in the material presented.
In the first part of the article Coles descrihes the
status of the Chicano in New Mexico and cites a social
worker, herself a proud Chicana: "We are determined to
move ahead , even if there is great resistance from the
power structure. No longer will Chicanos in New Mt!Xico
grow up feeling like second class citizens. No longer will
they feel misunderstood or scorned. In the old days
they received the worst kind of schooling. They were
made to ·feel ~tupid and awkward. They were made to feel
they have nothing worthwhile to say or contribute. The
Anglo teachers, the Anglo-run school system looked down
on Chlcanos. We were given noc:redit for our own values,
for our culture and traditions. And the contempt showed
on the people; they felt ashamed, inferior. They never
learned to speak English the way lhe teachers did. They
never learned to express themselves in school and tlwy
dropped out soon, usually well before hig·h S<'hool was
over. We hope to change that. We can't do anything ahout
what has already happened. The old p,•uplt:> are tlw w.1y
they are - it is too late for them to cha11Ae. But it will
be different for the young. They will have pride in the111selves, and they will nol only think well of then,selvt•s.
but speak well. They won'l have lll('lllories of All!lJ<>
teachers laughing at thei1· Spanish, or punishing thPm
for using it. They will speak Spanish with jo~·."
As she said, "the old people an• the way they are." But
exactly how is their "way" to he d1aracterizec1·.• That is
to say, how badly have they ht:>_Pn s<·ant'd h~· thww awful
conditions described to forcefully hy this partiC"11lar
political activist among others'.' No douht she is ri~ht -
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1973 winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Volumes . 2 and 3
of his book, "Children of Crise s."
words when I WdS a girl - from the old Spanish Bible..
her grandmother gave to her on her deathbed. I learned
that Christ was a kind man ; He tried to think well of
people, even the lowest of the low, even those at the very
hottom who are in a swamp and don't know hot to get
out . never mind find for themselves some high. dry
land.
"But this priest of ours gives no one the benel'it of a
doubt. I have no right to find fault with him: I know that.
Who an1- I to do so? I am simply an old lady. and I had
better watch out: the Lord no doubt punishes those who
disagree with _His priests. But our old priest who died
last year was so mt1ch finer, so much better to hear
on a warm Sunday morning. Every once in a while he
would •~ven leacl us outside to the courtyard, and talk with
us there, give us a second sermon. I felt so much better
for listening to him. He was not in love with the sound of
his own voice, as this new priest is. He did not stop and
listen to the echo ·or his words. He did not brush away
dust from his coat, or worry if the wind went through his
hair. He was not always looking for a paper towel to
wipe his shoes. My husband says he will buy this priest
a dozen handerchiefs and tell him they are to he used for
his shoes only. Here when w~ get rain we are grateful,
and it is not too high a price to pay, a little mud to walk
through. Better mud that sticks than dust that blows
aw:i~·.
"Well. I should not go on so long about a vain man. We
all like to catch outselves in the mirror and find ourSt->lvt:>s g·ood to look at. Hereram.speakingill ofhirn. yet
I won't let my family celebrate my birthdays any more:
and when I look at myself in the mirror a feeling of
sadness <·omes over me. I pull at my skin and try to
erase the lines. hut no luck. I think ha<'k: all thosP years
when my husband a11d I were young·, and never worried
ahout our health. our strf'ngth, our appearance. I don't
say WE' always do now: but then-' art:> times when we
(Continued on Page 3, CoL 1)
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"I want to see students. espHcially Chicano students . have a
greater voice in student government,'' said Valdez,
He said that even when there
was a Chicano student body vicepresident, there was little Chicano student involveme:1t.
#Qne reason was because Chicanos have heen alienated by the
system. Now they are aw:1re of .
the influence through numbers.··
he said.
Valdez said h-2 w,:1s sorry to see
the student movt->ment die or at
le as t "dwindle to practically
nothing.
"The student movement was a
strong· factor in helping to correct some of the wrongs inflicted
ori the poor and uneducated.,. Valdez said.
But students have shifted their
concerns to personal interests.
"gi:>tting the- good eight to five
joh and keeping up with theJones(Continued on Page 4, Col. 2)
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'Two Languages • • •'
(Continued from Page 2)
look like ghosts of ourselves.
will see my husband noticing how
weak and tired I have become.
how hunched over. I pretend not
to see, but once the eyes have
caught something, one cannot
shake the picture off. And I look
at him. too: he will straighten
up when he feels my glance strike
him. and I quickly move away.
Too late, though: he has been told
by me. without a word spoken,
that he is old, and I am old, and
that is our fate, to live through*
these last years.
"But it is not only pity we feel
for ourselves. A few drops of rain
and I feel grateful: the air is so
fresh afterwards. I love to sit
in the sun. We have the sun so
often here, a regular visitor, a
friend one can expect to see often
and trust. I like to make tea for
my husband and me. In mid-day
we take our tea outside and sit
on our bench, our backs against
the wall of the house. Neither of
us wants pillows: I tell my daughters and sons that tire~· are soft those beach chairs of theirs.
Imagine beach chairs here in New
M~xico, so far from any ocean!
The bench feels strong to us.
not uncomfortahle. The tea
warms us inside, the sun on the
outside. I joke with my husband:
I say we are part of the house:
the adobe gets baked. and su do
we. For tht> most part we say
nothing, though. It is enough to sit
and be part of God's world, We
hear the birds talking to each
other, and a re grateful they come
as close to us as the>· do: all the
more reason to keep our tongues
still and hold ourselves in one
place. We listen to cars going h>·
and wonder who is rushing off.
A car to us is a mystery. The
young understand a c.ar . They
cannot imagine th ~mselves not
driving. The~· have not the interest we had in horses. Who is to
compare one lifetime with an<Jtlie r , · but a horse is alive and
one loves a hors~ and is loved
h~· a horse. Cars come and go so
fast. One year they command all
eyPs. The next rear thf'y are a
cause for shame. The third ,·ear
they must be thrown away without
the slightest regret. I mar exaggerate, but not much'.
"Mr moods are like the Church
bell on Sunday: way up, then down.
then up again -- and often just .
as fast. I make noises. too: my
husband says he can hear me
smiling and hear me turning
sour. When I am sour I am really
sour - sweet milk turned bad.
• Nothing pleases me. I am more
selfish than my sister. She bends
with the wind. I push my heels
into the ground and won't budge.
I know enough to frown at myself,
but not enough to change. There
was a time when I tried hard. I
would talk to myself as if I was
the priest. I would promise myself that tomorrow I would be different. I suppose only men and
womc>n can fool themselves that
way: an animal knows better.
Animals are themselves. We are
always trying to be better - and
often we end up even worse than
we were to start with.
"But now. during the last moments of life, I think I have
learned a little wisdom. I can go
for days without an upset. I think
I dislike our priest because he
reminds me of myself. I have his
long forefing'e r, and I can clench
my fist like him and pound the
table and pour vinegar on people
with my remarks. It is no good
to be like that. A man is lucky;
it is in his nature to fight or
preach. A woman should be
peaceful. My mother used to say
all begins the day we are born:
some are born on a clear warm
day: some when it is cloudy ;nd
stormy. So, it is a consolation to
find myself easy to live with
these days. And I have found an
answer to the few moods I still
get._ Whf'"I I have come back from
giving the horses each a cube or
two of sugar, I give myself the
same. I am an old horse •,vh<•
needs something sweet to give
her more faith in life!
"The other day I thought I was
going to say good-bye · to this
world. I was hanging up some
clothes to dry. I love to do that
then stand back and watch and
listen to the wind go through the
socks or the pants or the dress
and see the sun warm them and
make them smell fresh. I had
dropped a few ciothespins. and
was picking them up: when suddenly I could not catch my breath,
and a sharp pain seized me over
my chest. I tried hard to stand
up, but I couldn't. I wanted to
scream but I knew there was no
one nearby to hear. Mr hustand
had gone to the store . I sat down
on the ground and waited. It was
strong. the pain: and there was
no one to tell about it. I felt as if
someone had lassoed mP and was
pulling the rope tighter and tighter. Well here you are, an old
cow. being taken in by the good
Lord: that is what I thought.
"I lo_oked at myself, sitting on
the ground. For a second I was
my old self again -- worrying
about how I must havf' appeared
there , worrying about my dress.
how dirty it would get to be.
This js no place fur an old lady.
I thought - only for one of my
littlP grandchildren, who lov:P. to
play out Ja,re, build their castles
of dirt. wetted down with water I
give to· them. Then more pain: I
thought I had ahout a rninutP of
life left. I said my prayers. I said
good-b>·e to the house. I pictured
my husband in my mir1d: fiftyseven years of m:irriage. Such a
good man'. I said to myst'lf that
I might not see hin1 ever again :
surely God would take him into
Heaven , but as for ml:! . I have
no right to expect that out<·ome.
Then I looked up to the sky and
W'.:litt>d,
"My ey ... caught sight of a cloud.
It was darke r than the rest. It
was alone. _It was c-oming my wa>··
The hand of God. I was sure of
it'. So that is how one dies . All
my life. in the spare moments a
person has, I wondered how I
would go. Now I knew. Now I was
ready. I thuught I would suon he
taken up to the cloud and across
the sky I would go, and that would
be that. But the cloud kept moving,
and soon it was no longer above
me, but beyond me: and I was
still on my own land, so dear to
1
me, so familiar after all these
' years. I can't be dead, I thought
to myself. if I am here and the
cloud is way over there. and
getting further each second. May-·
be the next cloud - hut by then
I had decided God had other things
to do. Perhaps my nam~ had come
up. but He had decided to call
others before me. and get around
to me later. Who can ever know
His reasons·? Then I spottted my
neighbor walking down the road,
and I said to m~·self that I would
shout for him. I did. and he
heard. But you know. by the time
he c-ame I had sprung myself
free. That is right. the pain was
all gone.
"He helped · me up, :rnd he was
ready to go find rny husand and
hring him. llaek, No. I told him
no: I was all right, and I did not
want to risk frig:htening n1y lmshand. Ht> is excitable. He might
get somt~ kind of attack himself.
I went insicle and put m~·self
down on our bed and waited. For
an hour -- it was that long, I am
sure -- m:, eyes stared at the
ceiling, ht>ld on to it for dear life.
I thought of wliat 111~· life had been
like: a simplP lifP. not -a very
important 01w. mayhe an urmecPssar\ one, I am sure ·there are
better pt1 ople. men and womPn all
over the> world. who have dorw
more for their 1wig·hhors and yet"
nut lived as long- as I have. I felt
ashamed for a few 111inutPs: all
tlw complaints I'd mane to myself and to my fan ily. when the
truth has Ileen that 111~· fate has
lleP11 to live a lung and healthy
life, to have a p;ood and loyal
hushanrl. and to bring two sons
and three daughters into this
world. I thought of the five children we had lost. thn•e hefore
tht•y had a d1anc·p to take a
bre ath. I wondered where in the
universP they wer e . In the evening sometim f:!S, when I g-o to
close loose doors that otherwise
complain loudl>· all night, I am
likt.>ly to look at the stars and
feel my long-g-unP. infants near at
hand. The~· are far off. I know;
(Continued ori Page 4. Col. 1)
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ON CAMPUS
TODAY
An Emeriti RecognitionDinner
will be held in the Las Vegas
Room of the Sheratonim at 7 p.m.
The Popular Arts Film •Minnie and Moskowitz" will be shown
at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. tn the College Union Lounge.
The Iranian Student Association will meet at 9:30 p.m. in the
International Room of the Cafe- .
teria for chorus practice.
SATURDAY
The California Association of
Educators of Young Children is
spo'lsoring a "Joy of the Arts"
workshop in the CSUF cafeteria
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon will spon-
sor a "Mid Term All-College
Dance" at 9 p.m. in the Rainbow
Ballroom.
Music by •March
Hare" and "Starvation" will be
featured. There will be an open
bar. Tickets are $2 in advance,
$2.50 at the door.
The Chinese Overseas Student
Association will meet for badminton practice in Men's Gym
109 at 7 p.m.
The CSUF Opera Workshop
will perform •The Consul" by
Gian-Carlo Menotti in a fully
staged production at 8 p.m. and
again on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the
Music Building Recital Hall.
An Iranian New Year celebration will he held at the Edison
Social Club at 3325 W. Clinton
Ave. The celebration, sponsored
by the Iranian Students Association, costs $4 per person.
SUNDAY
'One Soul'
(Continued from Page 3)
but in my mind they have become
those stars - very small, hut
shining there bravely, no matter
how cold it is so far up. If the
stars have courage, we ought to
have courage; that is what I was
thinking, as I so often have in the
past - and just then he was the re,
my husband, calling my name
and soon looking into my eyes
with his.
•r•m all right, I told him. He
didn't know what had happened;
our neighbor had sealed his lips,
as I tol_d him to do. But my lmsband knows me, so he knew I
looked unusually tired: and he
couldn't he easily tric-ked hy me.
The more I told him I'<i just
worked too hard, that is all, the
more he knew I was holding hac-k
something. Finally, l pullt><i my
ace card. I pretended to he upset
by his questions and hy all the .1ttention he was giving me. I a<· cused him: why do you 111:tkl' me
want to cry, why do you wish nu'
ill, with those terrible thouµ,hts
of yours? I am not ill! If you
cannot let 1111~ rest without thinking I am. then God have mer<'}'
on you for having SU<'h an imagination! God have mercy! With the
second plea to our L:ird, ile wa.s
heatPn and silent. lle left 111(•
alone. I was ahout to lwg him
to coml' hack, lleg- his forgiwness. But I did not want hi Ill to
bear the burden of knowing: ht>
would 11ot rest easy hy day or hy
night. This way he c·an .say to
himself: she has always !wen
cranky, an<i she will always he
cra1,ky. so thank God her llla<·k _
mooqs c·ome only now and tht>n a spell followe<i hy the hrig-ht
sun again ...
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Union Lounge. Thr: film stars
Rudy Vallee, llelen Mur~an and
Eddie Cantor.
The Seekers will mPet at 8 p. m.
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The University of Texas "Collegiurn M usicurn," a l!,roup whi<'.11
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precedence over fundj.ng for athletics.
Schmidt was asked to justify
the funding of athletics. He said
he felt that it concerned all students, not just a select group.
Seyeral Chicanos pointed out
that in respect to long term results , athletics did not contribute
as much to the betterment of society as a program such as the
Summer Institute.
Manuel Valdez said athletics
was "not promising a thing for
this nation.·•
Schmidt said, "I disagree with
you there . " Again he would not
elaborate.
Schmidt
(Continued from Page 1)
from all over the valley, some
come from as far as Bakersfield.
One Chicano student present
said you have to take into account
that the program incorporates
students from all over the valley;
the expense involved in busing
would probably exceed that of li vi ng in the dorms. Schmidt quickly
dropped the subject.
Often during th~ discussion
there was a rapid exchange of
comments in response fo something Schmidt said.
To justify the need for continued funding, Grace Solis said
that if the funding were provided,
Chicanos could reach a level of
self-sufficiency through education. This would mean there would
no lon~er he a need for outside
funds for Summer [nstitute, she
sairl.
"If we g·et this money for
these assistance prog-rarns, we
can better ourselves - we won't
need these programs anymore.
ChiC"anos will have rPached the
qua 1 it y of education needed,~
Solis said.
Schmidt respondtid saying, "As
long as you have haliies that
ever~·one else has to supp'.lrt,
you'll never have that.··
At this point a volley or verbal
attacks was made on Schmidt that
ell(h!d quickly with the majority
of students walkin~· nut.
The_ 111ain conmct which recurrc>d throughout the tn<~eting
was that the Chi<"ano students
felt thPy Wl're justified in askingfor a hmd in<"rease. \Jec·ausl~
Sum111 ... r Institut(,' should take
Discussion centered arou.1d the
idea that tbe Sum mer Institute
would he held " . . . concurrently
with the fall semt>ster. •• .
Many students involved in the
_program have said they felt this
would place too hig a burden on
participants and defeat the whole
purpose of the program.
J'he purpose of the program includes prov!ding students with
an opportunity to adjust to college
life and to encourllge students to
c ontinuP. through a four year
program at CSUF.
In addition, students receive
ne<:!issary counseling plus tutorial help with writing skills.
Assistance i-s also provided for
stu:Jents who encounter difficulty
with the English language.
When first confronted with this,
EXT RA~SPEC IA L:
•
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I
FRINT·END
Valdez speaks of goa.ls
(Continued from Page 2)
es." Meanwhilt> tlw situation or
ti'1e po<n- has nnt <·hang-l•d, he said.
"The supposp(I PIHi. of the Vil't11am war. alo11~ with tlwdraft 1·pvocatio11. wPre rpaso11s for tht•
de<'line of tlw stndl'nt 1111)Vl'lll\'lll.,.
he said.
Slll'll'nt ll-'adt>rs. ht• said. ltan°
IH'<'ll houµ,ht orr · or sih•n<·t>d with
the thrnat of hein~· jaill"d.
"!\ly goal is t() t?;ai11 lL'\'t•ragt•
(with an !\1 A. in so<'i;ll w,,rk) to
havt• pt•opll~ listt>d to 1111• . I VMt1ld
he lit>tl<•r ahlt> to gt>t 111-.· ideas
a<·n)SS <"on<·Prninl!,' tht• poor." lw
.said.
V:1ldt,z's intensl' parti<'tp:ttioa
in lwlpi1w: to allt'viall• th,. pro\l11•111.s of thl' poor sll'lll from his
l:'XJJE>rit>nc·es as a <'hild and h•t>na~t>r.
"1 livl'd in an El Paso lnrrio
when• kids wi>nt blind ht><'aUSP of
diseasl'S that \H•nl unt n•atPd ... he
said.
"I rt>lllt>lllhPr iwople dig-!,!'in~ in
Schmidt declined to comment
because he said he wasn't awar~
of the "entire picture . .,
Schmidt was questioned on this
by a Chicano student who said
"If you're· so willing to mak;
rash statements, you should research this stuff."
Schmidt said, "I spend 50hours
on every issue.~
After more discussion, Schmidt
said athletes needed the funding
for summer activities because
they were "preparing for sports
for the academic year ...
An unidentified student countered " · •. and students aren't
preparing for school when they
go to Sum:ner Institute?"'
There is significant evidence
indicating the budget is going
to encounter difficulties passing
Student Senate. the Fresno State
College Association Board of Directors and CSUF President
N'Jrm3n Baxter.
It is highly probably that because of the attached budget note
there could he a large reduction
funds for providing the cost of
dorm accommodations to Summ(!r Institute parti cipa nts.
IIGNMENT
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Offer expires March 31, 1974
thing to P..11. ..
llt- said tlwse situations arP
Still ll'lll' in this ('()\llltr~· of so
lllllC'lt al'fllll'IIC't•,
Follo•1,inµ, g-raduation !'roll! high
sc·hool in CalPXiC'o. Valdez says
hp humrnl:!d arou11d tr~·ing to find
himself ;rnd realizPd that Pcluc-ation w;1s tht• w.1y tn lwlp himself
a11d I,;\ Haza.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
California State University, Fresno
L XX VI 11.'103
FRI DAY, MARCH 22, 1974
Chicanos confront Schmidt
•
•
over summer 1nst1tute veto
By :!\ldissa Villanueva
(Edited hy :!\Lire Sani)
The time w:.1s 2: ;iQ p.m Thursday aftPrnoon.
. Ahout 3;; Chicano stud,~nts assemllled in , front of the CSUF
cafeteria.
S0111Pone said "let's go" and
the\ began w:.1lking ·toward the
Student Senate offices on the
second floor ofthPCollegeUnion.
B:: 3:04 p.m. the group was in
thP senate office rt>ception area.
Thomas Hill. president pro tempon• of the Student St-nate told
ASB President Kurt Schmidt they
w,rnted to talk to him.
M FCHA · president Guillermo
LopPz told the students to file
into Schmictt·s office.
Schmidt. walking through the
doorway into his crowded office.
asked. "You mind if I come back
into m~· office?'' Several students
stepped aside and he edged
through.
Schmidt paused hel'ore his desk
and jokingly raised his arms
flashing a victory sign (see picture).
Walking to the other side of
his desk. for the first time
Schmidt directly faced the students.
"You want to put a cross in
here or something?" Schmidt
asked. turning his head to indicate the wall behind him.
"What's
that
supposed to
mean.,. said a voice from the
crowd.
Lopez stepped forward to tell
Schmidt the group understood
that he planned to veto the proposed funding for the Educational
Opportunity Pro;;ram 's Sum mer
Institute. "We want to kn9w why,"
he said.
The summer institute program
is designed primarily to prepare
incoming freshman minority students for their first semester at
CSUF.
Students admitted into the program fail to rnF1et some aspect of
the normal university admission
requirements. For instance, a
person may not score well on the
SAT test. hut have a good high
school grade point average.
The program also gives students a chance to adjust to college life and provides encouragement to continue through a
four-year program.
Last year the program was
funded for $18,673 from mandatory student body fees. State
funding placed the total sum mer
KURT F. SCHMIDT II - Speaking to a group of Chicanos yesterday,
Schmidt said in reference to quality education for Chicanos, "As long
as you havr, babies that evervonc else has to support, you'll never
have that." Photo by Eric Strom.
EDITORIAL
Schmidt stand on EOP ·issue
reflects stereotypes of Chicanos
Yesterday afternoon Kurt Schmidt stated that as long as Chicanos
have habies that evE>ryone else has to support, they will never rnach
the level of competency in the educational s~·stem that will enable
them to break the bonds of depend1mey on programs such as the
Summer Institute.
Approximately 3G to 40 Chicanos. and one Native-Ameri<'an. stood
he fore Schmidt as he displayed his ignorance openl~·. He was being
confronted about his attitudes concerning the Summer Institute (see
article).
Sum mt>r Institurn is an EOP program aim Pd mainly at aiding
minorities in areas in which the~· may he deficient du'c' to c-ultural
differences.
Concerning the Summer Institute, the statement was made hy a
Chicana that if money is allocated to us by these assistance prog rams we will he able to better ourselves through education and
the need for these programs will be eliminated,
In response Schmidt said. 1'As long as you have habil~S that everyone else has to support. you '11 never have that.''
It is true when you are confronted hy 35 to 40 people there is an
added pressure not normally encountered in evervda\· convF-rsation,
When you add lo this th_e · mentality a person ~uci1 as Schmidt is
equipped with, it is surprising he was able to suppress his racism
to the extent that he did.
Obviously. Schmidt was operating under one of the popular
stereotypes perpetuated on Chicanos. Perhaps he· thought we t!ach
had a knife in hand and were contemplating doing him hodil~· harm.
Fear and ignorance are powerful obstacles to overcome. and apparently these two characteristics am prevalent even ari1ong our
leaders . Thursday seemed to bt' their day to bloorn.
One of the other senators. John Erysian. placed a call to the
police a half-hour at'ter the confrontation had hegun. His reasoning
being that he "didn't feel the meeting was accomplishing too much
more" than what took place after the first few minutes.
I can see his reasoning - after all hf' did state, "I don't go into that
whole trip. power and all that shit. ..
It seems the only senator who did not react irrationally was Dave
Davenport. When several Chicanos went into his office to discuss the
issue at hand. he said he was busy, implying he did not have time to
deal with the problem. He said he "had to go study geography.•·
It was quite a day at the ASS President's Office. As one senator,
(quoted earlier) put it. it was a warm day and maybe everyone just
wanted to get something started.·
·Note: So as no~ to misconstrue any facts, the above was slacecl in
reference to Chicanos;
MECHA looks for Senat~ candidates
On Tuesday and Wednesday,
MECHA will open three polling
places on campus and Chicano
students will choose a candidate
for the upcoming elections concerning MECHA.
Polling places will be located
at La Raza Studies in SR4-132,
the EOP office in Adm. 328, and
the Chicano room in CU 305.
Cruz Bustamante and Grace
Solis are the two people up for
election.
The polls will be open from 9
a.m. lU 4 p.m. for all Chicano
students. Voting will not be restricted to MECHA members on-
· 1y. Guillermo Lopes, MECHA
president., said, "Vt(e would like
to have participation in the voting
from all other Chicano organizations on campus."
Procedure will he much the
same as that for a 1;eneral election. Students will be asked to
sign a regisfration sheet and present their student body-cards.
Elections were set up by an
election committee consisting of
three people, each person represented one of the three candidates. Guillermo Lopes chaired
the committee, serving as a nonpartisan member. His job was
"to ovE!rsee it" and he did not
participate. in
the · committee
precedures.
Committee
members were
Reynalda Nunez , wl1o is supporting Cruz Bustamante; Arnold
Majia, supporting Jose Torrez;
and Frank Riosas, who is supporting Grace Solis.
Election results will he returned on Thursday and announced at the MECHA meeting.
The election committee is in
charge of ballot counting.
MECHA meetings are held every Thursday ,at noon in the cafeteria's International Room.
institute
bud 6et
at
well over
$30 000.
Over 125 minority students
were aided hy the program last
year .
The budget request by EOP for
next year is $24.40G from mandatory student body fees. A jump of
over $G.000.
Students attend the institute
from all over the valley. Once
they arrive at CSUF, they are
housed in the school dormitories
for three weeks prior to the start
of tlw fall senu~ster.
While on campus. they become
acquainted with the administrative structure and are given help
with upro111ing registration proce<lures.
Students also tour the campus
and receive necessary counseling .
plus tutorial help with writing
skills. Students who encounter
diftfrulty with the English lan:guage also receive assistance.
But a lmdget note included in
last year's budget says that the
summer institute • . . • will he
held concurrent with the fall
sen,este r. ~
Under such a proposal students
wHl not receive the three week
orientation prior to the heginning
of school, but will receive assistance while already attending
classes.
Asked why he objected to the
proposed budget inc.rease for
Summer Institute, Schmidt said,
"I don't like the whole packet."
Pushed to- defend his position
further. Schmidt gave the example of room and board.
He said he felt it was unnecessary to spend money providing
on-campus living arrangements
for students in the program 1
Students participating in Summer Institute are housed in the
school dormitories for three
weeks prior to the start of the
fall semester.
\
Schmidt said, "I can't see why
the students don't take a bus to
school for that day." Schmidt
sa.id he felt that if students were
to be hused to school each day
they participated in the program,
it would he less of an expense
than setting up dorm accommodations.
Schmidt was told that not all
students participating in the
Summer Institute were from
Fresno.
Students attend the institute
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 3)
PR-EPARING POSTERS announcing ThirdWorldWom.en'sSymposium,
are (left to right) Teresa Acosta, Lea Ybarra, Chris Bessard arid
Rita
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A Third World Women's Symposium will be held on campus
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Third World Women in the
United Stated are considered to be
ethnic minority women of color,
such as Chicanas, Blacks, Assians,
Native Americans and
Puerto Ricans.
The purpose of the symposium
is to bring to· the forefront the
problems of oppression faced by
Third World women. Although
various forms of entertainment
are being offered during these
three days, it is entertainment
for the purpose 9f educating and
not simply for the sake of entertaining.
Las Adelitas, a Chicana wornen's organization on campus, is
sponsoring the activity in cooperation with Asian Stud.i,es,
Black Studies, La Raza Studies
and Native American Studies.
On Wednesday, there will be a
food bazaar, an arts and crafts
display representing all four ethnic groups, and a Native American speaker, Margaret Hoalgen,
at noon.
Wednesday evening there will
be a p\nel presentation by the
women involved in the symposium
and the showing of two films,
•Red Detachment of Women," and
"Saigon: Women in Torture."
On Thursday a dance presentation will be made at noon by
dancers from the different ethnic
groups, highlighting Omie Cormier's Black Dnacers.
On Friday Carolyn Green, a
Black author from the Bay Area,
will speak at 11:30 a.m. and an
all-female Chicana theater group
from San Diego will perform a
play, "The Mother."
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'Two Languag8s, One Soul':
a Chicano woman speaks
down to the last detail of her remarks: in recent years I
have seen enough first-hand to more than confirm the
basis for her sense of outrage. Still, l have to think of
the people I have come to know in New Mexico - the old,
thoroughly poor, certainly rather ,uneducated people, who
have lived the hard, tough, sometimes terribly sad lives
that the Chicana just quoted describes, and yet don't
quite feel as she does about themselves. Nor do they
speak as if they have systematically brutalized, rohbed
of all their "self-esteem," as social scientists put it. In
their seventies or eighties, with long memorie ·. of hardships faced and perhaps only partially (if at all) surmounted, "d•?prived" of education, made to feel hopelessly
inarticulate, and obviously out of "the American mainstream," they are nevertheless men and women who seem
to have held on stubbornly to a most peculiar notion: that
they are eminently valuahle and important human beings,
utterly worth the respect, even admiration, not to mention love, of their children and grandchildren.
Moreover, they are men and wornen who, for all the
education they lack , all the wrongheaded or just plain
mean teachers they once ran up against, all the cultural
bias and social discrimination they may have experienced
outright or sensed, still manage not only to feel fairly
assured about themselves as human heing·s, put here hy
the Lord for His own purposes, hut also to say rather
a lot about what is on their mind - and in such a way
that they make themselves unmistakably clear. In fact,
I have found myself at times overwhelmed hy the power
of their spee<:li, the force that their langtrage possesses,
the dramatic expressions they call upon. the strong and
subtle imagery they have available to tfiem , the sense
of irony and ambiguity they quite naturally demonstrate.
Perhaps my present surprise and admiration indicate
my own previous blind spots, my own ignorance and even
prejudic-e. If so. I have lwen more than brought up short
again and again.
Here are the words or a quite elderly woman who
has had virtually no S<'hooling and spPaks a mixture of
Spanish (whkh I have translated) and terse hut forceful
English. She lives in a small isolated mountain cornrnunitv well to th~• nortl1 of Santa Fe ancl 1>njoys talking
with her visitor :
"So111t-timt>s · I havP a 111nmPnt tn think. I look back and
wondt-'1' when, all tht• ti111t-' has gone to -- so many yt>ars;
I cannot say I likP to ht:> l'(•rninded how many . M,v sister
is thrt't:' n•ars oldt>r. Pighty tllis t\lay. She is glad 1o talk
of It(•!' agt-'. I don't like to 1m>11tiu11 mine. Maybe I have
not ht'r faith in God. She 111akl-'S her way every day to
Church. I go 0111~· on Sundays. Enoug·h is f•1wu,;;h: besides,
I don't likt..• !II(• prh•st. !IP poin!s his finger too mu<'h, He
likt>s to ~H·c·use us - l'.l<'h Wt->ek it is a different sin he
<'harg·t:>s u.s with. :\1 \ motlw1· ust->d to read me Christ's
In the May/June, 1973 issue, The American
Poetry Review published an editorial by Robert
Coles, eminent psychoanalyst and writer, entitled "Two Languages, one Soul."
At the time the article appeared, Coles was
llving and working in Albuquerque, New Mexico
where he was _m aking a study of Mexican and
Chicano families.
A portion of the article is reprinted here.
Unfortunately, due to lack of space, it is impossible to provide you with the entire article.
Readers are reminded that the following is
but a small segment (approximately one-fifth) of
a larger body, and therefore is lifted out of
context.
Many valuable insights offered hy Coles and
the woman mentioned in the article are not
included, but La Voz hopes that each student
will find some value in the material presented.
In the first part of the article Coles descrihes the
status of the Chicano in New Mexico and cites a social
worker, herself a proud Chicana: "We are determined to
move ahead , even if there is great resistance from the
power structure. No longer will Chicanos in New Mt!Xico
grow up feeling like second class citizens. No longer will
they feel misunderstood or scorned. In the old days
they received the worst kind of schooling. They were
made to ·feel ~tupid and awkward. They were made to feel
they have nothing worthwhile to say or contribute. The
Anglo teachers, the Anglo-run school system looked down
on Chlcanos. We were given noc:redit for our own values,
for our culture and traditions. And the contempt showed
on the people; they felt ashamed, inferior. They never
learned to speak English the way lhe teachers did. They
never learned to express themselves in school and tlwy
dropped out soon, usually well before hig·h S<'hool was
over. We hope to change that. We can't do anything ahout
what has already happened. The old p,•uplt:> are tlw w.1y
they are - it is too late for them to cha11Ae. But it will
be different for the young. They will have pride in the111selves, and they will nol only think well of then,selvt•s.
but speak well. They won'l have lll('lllories of All!lJ<>
teachers laughing at thei1· Spanish, or punishing thPm
for using it. They will speak Spanish with jo~·."
As she said, "the old people an• the way they are." But
exactly how is their "way" to he d1aracterizec1·.• That is
to say, how badly have they ht:>_Pn s<·ant'd h~· thww awful
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words when I WdS a girl - from the old Spanish Bible..
her grandmother gave to her on her deathbed. I learned
that Christ was a kind man ; He tried to think well of
people, even the lowest of the low, even those at the very
hottom who are in a swamp and don't know hot to get
out . never mind find for themselves some high. dry
land.
"But this priest of ours gives no one the benel'it of a
doubt. I have no right to find fault with him: I know that.
Who an1- I to do so? I am simply an old lady. and I had
better watch out: the Lord no doubt punishes those who
disagree with _His priests. But our old priest who died
last year was so mt1ch finer, so much better to hear
on a warm Sunday morning. Every once in a while he
would •~ven leacl us outside to the courtyard, and talk with
us there, give us a second sermon. I felt so much better
for listening to him. He was not in love with the sound of
his own voice, as this new priest is. He did not stop and
listen to the echo ·or his words. He did not brush away
dust from his coat, or worry if the wind went through his
hair. He was not always looking for a paper towel to
wipe his shoes. My husband says he will buy this priest
a dozen handerchiefs and tell him they are to he used for
his shoes only. Here when w~ get rain we are grateful,
and it is not too high a price to pay, a little mud to walk
through. Better mud that sticks than dust that blows
aw:i~·.
"Well. I should not go on so long about a vain man. We
all like to catch outselves in the mirror and find ourSt->lvt:>s g·ood to look at. Hereram.speakingill ofhirn. yet
I won't let my family celebrate my birthdays any more:
and when I look at myself in the mirror a feeling of
sadness <·omes over me. I pull at my skin and try to
erase the lines. hut no luck. I think ha<'k: all thosP years
when my husband a11d I were young·, and never worried
ahout our health. our strf'ngth, our appearance. I don't
say WE' always do now: but then-' art:> times when we
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greater voice in student government,'' said Valdez,
He said that even when there
was a Chicano student body vicepresident, there was little Chicano student involveme:1t.
#Qne reason was because Chicanos have heen alienated by the
system. Now they are aw:1re of .
the influence through numbers.··
he said.
Valdez said h-2 w,:1s sorry to see
the student movt->ment die or at
le as t "dwindle to practically
nothing.
"The student movement was a
strong· factor in helping to correct some of the wrongs inflicted
ori the poor and uneducated.,. Valdez said.
But students have shifted their
concerns to personal interests.
"gi:>tting the- good eight to five
joh and keeping up with theJones(Continued on Page 4, Col. 2)
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(Continued from Page 2)
look like ghosts of ourselves.
will see my husband noticing how
weak and tired I have become.
how hunched over. I pretend not
to see, but once the eyes have
caught something, one cannot
shake the picture off. And I look
at him. too: he will straighten
up when he feels my glance strike
him. and I quickly move away.
Too late, though: he has been told
by me. without a word spoken,
that he is old, and I am old, and
that is our fate, to live through*
these last years.
"But it is not only pity we feel
for ourselves. A few drops of rain
and I feel grateful: the air is so
fresh afterwards. I love to sit
in the sun. We have the sun so
often here, a regular visitor, a
friend one can expect to see often
and trust. I like to make tea for
my husband and me. In mid-day
we take our tea outside and sit
on our bench, our backs against
the wall of the house. Neither of
us wants pillows: I tell my daughters and sons that tire~· are soft those beach chairs of theirs.
Imagine beach chairs here in New
M~xico, so far from any ocean!
The bench feels strong to us.
not uncomfortahle. The tea
warms us inside, the sun on the
outside. I joke with my husband:
I say we are part of the house:
the adobe gets baked. and su do
we. For tht> most part we say
nothing, though. It is enough to sit
and be part of God's world, We
hear the birds talking to each
other, and a re grateful they come
as close to us as the>· do: all the
more reason to keep our tongues
still and hold ourselves in one
place. We listen to cars going h>·
and wonder who is rushing off.
A car to us is a mystery. The
young understand a c.ar . They
cannot imagine th ~mselves not
driving. The~· have not the interest we had in horses. Who is to
compare one lifetime with an<Jtlie r , · but a horse is alive and
one loves a hors~ and is loved
h~· a horse. Cars come and go so
fast. One year they command all
eyPs. The next rear thf'y are a
cause for shame. The third ,·ear
they must be thrown away without
the slightest regret. I mar exaggerate, but not much'.
"Mr moods are like the Church
bell on Sunday: way up, then down.
then up again -- and often just .
as fast. I make noises. too: my
husband says he can hear me
smiling and hear me turning
sour. When I am sour I am really
sour - sweet milk turned bad.
• Nothing pleases me. I am more
selfish than my sister. She bends
with the wind. I push my heels
into the ground and won't budge.
I know enough to frown at myself,
but not enough to change. There
was a time when I tried hard. I
would talk to myself as if I was
the priest. I would promise myself that tomorrow I would be different. I suppose only men and
womc>n can fool themselves that
way: an animal knows better.
Animals are themselves. We are
always trying to be better - and
often we end up even worse than
we were to start with.
"But now. during the last moments of life, I think I have
learned a little wisdom. I can go
for days without an upset. I think
I dislike our priest because he
reminds me of myself. I have his
long forefing'e r, and I can clench
my fist like him and pound the
table and pour vinegar on people
with my remarks. It is no good
to be like that. A man is lucky;
it is in his nature to fight or
preach. A woman should be
peaceful. My mother used to say
all begins the day we are born:
some are born on a clear warm
day: some when it is cloudy ;nd
stormy. So, it is a consolation to
find myself easy to live with
these days. And I have found an
answer to the few moods I still
get._ Whf'"I I have come back from
giving the horses each a cube or
two of sugar, I give myself the
same. I am an old horse •,vh<•
needs something sweet to give
her more faith in life!
"The other day I thought I was
going to say good-bye · to this
world. I was hanging up some
clothes to dry. I love to do that
then stand back and watch and
listen to the wind go through the
socks or the pants or the dress
and see the sun warm them and
make them smell fresh. I had
dropped a few ciothespins. and
was picking them up: when suddenly I could not catch my breath,
and a sharp pain seized me over
my chest. I tried hard to stand
up, but I couldn't. I wanted to
scream but I knew there was no
one nearby to hear. Mr hustand
had gone to the store . I sat down
on the ground and waited. It was
strong. the pain: and there was
no one to tell about it. I felt as if
someone had lassoed mP and was
pulling the rope tighter and tighter. Well here you are, an old
cow. being taken in by the good
Lord: that is what I thought.
"I lo_oked at myself, sitting on
the ground. For a second I was
my old self again -- worrying
about how I must havf' appeared
there , worrying about my dress.
how dirty it would get to be.
This js no place fur an old lady.
I thought - only for one of my
littlP grandchildren, who lov:P. to
play out Ja,re, build their castles
of dirt. wetted down with water I
give to· them. Then more pain: I
thought I had ahout a rninutP of
life left. I said my prayers. I said
good-b>·e to the house. I pictured
my husband in my mir1d: fiftyseven years of m:irriage. Such a
good man'. I said to myst'lf that
I might not see hin1 ever again :
surely God would take him into
Heaven , but as for ml:! . I have
no right to expect that out<·ome.
Then I looked up to the sky and
W'.:litt>d,
"My ey ... caught sight of a cloud.
It was darke r than the rest. It
was alone. _It was c-oming my wa>··
The hand of God. I was sure of
it'. So that is how one dies . All
my life. in the spare moments a
person has, I wondered how I
would go. Now I knew. Now I was
ready. I thuught I would suon he
taken up to the cloud and across
the sky I would go, and that would
be that. But the cloud kept moving,
and soon it was no longer above
me, but beyond me: and I was
still on my own land, so dear to
1
me, so familiar after all these
' years. I can't be dead, I thought
to myself. if I am here and the
cloud is way over there. and
getting further each second. May-·
be the next cloud - hut by then
I had decided God had other things
to do. Perhaps my nam~ had come
up. but He had decided to call
others before me. and get around
to me later. Who can ever know
His reasons·? Then I spottted my
neighbor walking down the road,
and I said to m~·self that I would
shout for him. I did. and he
heard. But you know. by the time
he c-ame I had sprung myself
free. That is right. the pain was
all gone.
"He helped · me up, :rnd he was
ready to go find rny husand and
hring him. llaek, No. I told him
no: I was all right, and I did not
want to risk frig:htening n1y lmshand. Ht> is excitable. He might
get somt~ kind of attack himself.
I went insicle and put m~·self
down on our bed and waited. For
an hour -- it was that long, I am
sure -- m:, eyes stared at the
ceiling, ht>ld on to it for dear life.
I thought of wliat 111~· life had been
like: a simplP lifP. not -a very
important 01w. mayhe an urmecPssar\ one, I am sure ·there are
better pt1 ople. men and womPn all
over the> world. who have dorw
more for their 1wig·hhors and yet"
nut lived as long- as I have. I felt
ashamed for a few 111inutPs: all
tlw complaints I'd mane to myself and to my fan ily. when the
truth has Ileen that 111~· fate has
lleP11 to live a lung and healthy
life, to have a p;ood and loyal
hushanrl. and to bring two sons
and three daughters into this
world. I thought of the five children we had lost. thn•e hefore
tht•y had a d1anc·p to take a
bre ath. I wondered where in the
universP they wer e . In the evening sometim f:!S, when I g-o to
close loose doors that otherwise
complain loudl>· all night, I am
likt.>ly to look at the stars and
feel my long-g-unP. infants near at
hand. The~· are far off. I know;
(Continued ori Page 4. Col. 1)
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4 -TH~ DAILY COLLEGIAN- Fri., Mar. 22, -1974
ON CAMPUS
TODAY
An Emeriti RecognitionDinner
will be held in the Las Vegas
Room of the Sheratonim at 7 p.m.
The Popular Arts Film •Minnie and Moskowitz" will be shown
at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. tn the College Union Lounge.
The Iranian Student Association will meet at 9:30 p.m. in the
International Room of the Cafe- .
teria for chorus practice.
SATURDAY
The California Association of
Educators of Young Children is
spo'lsoring a "Joy of the Arts"
workshop in the CSUF cafeteria
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon will spon-
sor a "Mid Term All-College
Dance" at 9 p.m. in the Rainbow
Ballroom.
Music by •March
Hare" and "Starvation" will be
featured. There will be an open
bar. Tickets are $2 in advance,
$2.50 at the door.
The Chinese Overseas Student
Association will meet for badminton practice in Men's Gym
109 at 7 p.m.
The CSUF Opera Workshop
will perform •The Consul" by
Gian-Carlo Menotti in a fully
staged production at 8 p.m. and
again on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the
Music Building Recital Hall.
An Iranian New Year celebration will he held at the Edison
Social Club at 3325 W. Clinton
Ave. The celebration, sponsored
by the Iranian Students Association, costs $4 per person.
SUNDAY
'One Soul'
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but in my mind they have become
those stars - very small, hut
shining there bravely, no matter
how cold it is so far up. If the
stars have courage, we ought to
have courage; that is what I was
thinking, as I so often have in the
past - and just then he was the re,
my husband, calling my name
and soon looking into my eyes
with his.
•r•m all right, I told him. He
didn't know what had happened;
our neighbor had sealed his lips,
as I tol_d him to do. But my lmsband knows me, so he knew I
looked unusually tired: and he
couldn't he easily tric-ked hy me.
The more I told him I'<i just
worked too hard, that is all, the
more he knew I was holding hac-k
something. Finally, l pullt><i my
ace card. I pretended to he upset
by his questions and hy all the .1ttention he was giving me. I a<· cused him: why do you 111:tkl' me
want to cry, why do you wish nu'
ill, with those terrible thouµ,hts
of yours? I am not ill! If you
cannot let 1111~ rest without thinking I am. then God have mer<'}'
on you for having SU<'h an imagination! God have mercy! With the
second plea to our L:ird, ile wa.s
heatPn and silent. lle left 111(•
alone. I was ahout to lwg him
to coml' hack, lleg- his forgiwness. But I did not want hi Ill to
bear the burden of knowing: ht>
would 11ot rest easy hy day or hy
night. This way he c·an .say to
himself: she has always !wen
cranky, an<i she will always he
cra1,ky. so thank God her llla<·k _
mooqs c·ome only now and tht>n a spell followe<i hy the hrig-ht
sun again ...
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hold Kung Fu pra<:tice at 10 a.m.
in Men's Gym ioo.
T.1e Fine Ai·ts Film "Gloryifyin:; the American Girl'' will he
shown at 8 p.m. in the College
Union Lounge. Thr: film stars
Rudy Vallee, llelen Mur~an and
Eddie Cantor.
The Seekers will mPet at 8 p. m.
at l!i40 M St.
The University of Texas "Collegiurn M usicurn," a l!,roup whi<'.11
perforrns early music from the
medieval, ren11aizanC'e and baroque eras, will give a c-oneert
at 8 p.m. in the !\1usi<: BuildingRecihll Hall .
precedence over fundj.ng for athletics.
Schmidt was asked to justify
the funding of athletics. He said
he felt that it concerned all students, not just a select group.
Seyeral Chicanos pointed out
that in respect to long term results , athletics did not contribute
as much to the betterment of society as a program such as the
Summer Institute.
Manuel Valdez said athletics
was "not promising a thing for
this nation.·•
Schmidt said, "I disagree with
you there . " Again he would not
elaborate.
Schmidt
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from all over the valley, some
come from as far as Bakersfield.
One Chicano student present
said you have to take into account
that the program incorporates
students from all over the valley;
the expense involved in busing
would probably exceed that of li vi ng in the dorms. Schmidt quickly
dropped the subject.
Often during th~ discussion
there was a rapid exchange of
comments in response fo something Schmidt said.
To justify the need for continued funding, Grace Solis said
that if the funding were provided,
Chicanos could reach a level of
self-sufficiency through education. This would mean there would
no lon~er he a need for outside
funds for Summer [nstitute, she
sairl.
"If we g·et this money for
these assistance prog-rarns, we
can better ourselves - we won't
need these programs anymore.
ChiC"anos will have rPached the
qua 1 it y of education needed,~
Solis said.
Schmidt respondtid saying, "As
long as you have haliies that
ever~·one else has to supp'.lrt,
you'll never have that.··
At this point a volley or verbal
attacks was made on Schmidt that
ell(h!d quickly with the majority
of students walkin~· nut.
The_ 111ain conmct which recurrc>d throughout the tn<~eting
was that the Chi<"ano students
felt thPy Wl're justified in askingfor a hmd in<"rease. \Jec·ausl~
Sum111 ... r Institut(,' should take
Discussion centered arou.1d the
idea that tbe Sum mer Institute
would he held " . . . concurrently
with the fall semt>ster. •• .
Many students involved in the
_program have said they felt this
would place too hig a burden on
participants and defeat the whole
purpose of the program.
J'he purpose of the program includes prov!ding students with
an opportunity to adjust to college
life and to encourllge students to
c ontinuP. through a four year
program at CSUF.
In addition, students receive
ne<:!issary counseling plus tutorial help with writing skills.
Assistance i-s also provided for
stu:Jents who encounter difficulty
with the English language.
When first confronted with this,
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Valdez speaks of goa.ls
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es." Meanwhilt> tlw situation or
ti'1e po<n- has nnt <·hang-l•d, he said.
"The supposp(I PIHi. of the Vil't11am war. alo11~ with tlwdraft 1·pvocatio11. wPre rpaso11s for tht•
de<'line of tlw stndl'nt 1111)Vl'lll\'lll.,.
he said.
Slll'll'nt ll-'adt>rs. ht• said. ltan°
IH'<'ll houµ,ht orr · or sih•n<·t>d with
the thrnat of hein~· jaill"d.
"!\ly goal is t() t?;ai11 lL'\'t•ragt•
(with an !\1 A. in so<'i;ll w,,rk) to
havt• pt•opll~ listt>d to 1111• . I VMt1ld
he lit>tl<•r ahlt> to gt>t 111-.· ideas
a<·n)SS <"on<·Prninl!,' tht• poor." lw
.said.
V:1ldt,z's intensl' parti<'tp:ttioa
in lwlpi1w: to allt'viall• th,. pro\l11•111.s of thl' poor sll'lll from his
l:'XJJE>rit>nc·es as a <'hild and h•t>na~t>r.
"1 livl'd in an El Paso lnrrio
when• kids wi>nt blind ht><'aUSP of
diseasl'S that \H•nl unt n•atPd ... he
said.
"I rt>lllt>lllhPr iwople dig-!,!'in~ in
Schmidt declined to comment
because he said he wasn't awar~
of the "entire picture . .,
Schmidt was questioned on this
by a Chicano student who said
"If you're· so willing to mak;
rash statements, you should research this stuff."
Schmidt said, "I spend 50hours
on every issue.~
After more discussion, Schmidt
said athletes needed the funding
for summer activities because
they were "preparing for sports
for the academic year ...
An unidentified student countered " · •. and students aren't
preparing for school when they
go to Sum:ner Institute?"'
There is significant evidence
indicating the budget is going
to encounter difficulties passing
Student Senate. the Fresno State
College Association Board of Directors and CSUF President
N'Jrm3n Baxter.
It is highly probably that because of the attached budget note
there could he a large reduction
funds for providing the cost of
dorm accommodations to Summ(!r Institute parti cipa nts.
IIGNMENT
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thing to P..11. ..
llt- said tlwse situations arP
Still ll'lll' in this ('()\llltr~· of so
lllllC'lt al'fllll'IIC't•,
Follo•1,inµ, g-raduation !'roll! high
sc·hool in CalPXiC'o. Valdez says
hp humrnl:!d arou11d tr~·ing to find
himself ;rnd realizPd that Pcluc-ation w;1s tht• w.1y tn lwlp himself
a11d I,;\ Haza.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
California State University, Fresno
L XX VI 11.'103
FRI DAY, MARCH 22, 1974
Chicanos confront Schmidt
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over summer 1nst1tute veto
By :!\ldissa Villanueva
(Edited hy :!\Lire Sani)
The time w:.1s 2: ;iQ p.m Thursday aftPrnoon.
. Ahout 3;; Chicano stud,~nts assemllled in , front of the CSUF
cafeteria.
S0111Pone said "let's go" and
the\ began w:.1lking ·toward the
Student Senate offices on the
second floor ofthPCollegeUnion.
B:: 3:04 p.m. the group was in
thP senate office rt>ception area.
Thomas Hill. president pro tempon• of the Student St-nate told
ASB President Kurt Schmidt they
w,rnted to talk to him.
M FCHA · president Guillermo
LopPz told the students to file
into Schmictt·s office.
Schmidt. walking through the
doorway into his crowded office.
asked. "You mind if I come back
into m~· office?'' Several students
stepped aside and he edged
through.
Schmidt paused hel'ore his desk
and jokingly raised his arms
flashing a victory sign (see picture).
Walking to the other side of
his desk. for the first time
Schmidt directly faced the students.
"You want to put a cross in
here or something?" Schmidt
asked. turning his head to indicate the wall behind him.
"What's
that
supposed to
mean.,. said a voice from the
crowd.
Lopez stepped forward to tell
Schmidt the group understood
that he planned to veto the proposed funding for the Educational
Opportunity Pro;;ram 's Sum mer
Institute. "We want to kn9w why,"
he said.
The summer institute program
is designed primarily to prepare
incoming freshman minority students for their first semester at
CSUF.
Students admitted into the program fail to rnF1et some aspect of
the normal university admission
requirements. For instance, a
person may not score well on the
SAT test. hut have a good high
school grade point average.
The program also gives students a chance to adjust to college life and provides encouragement to continue through a
four-year program.
Last year the program was
funded for $18,673 from mandatory student body fees. State
funding placed the total sum mer
KURT F. SCHMIDT II - Speaking to a group of Chicanos yesterday,
Schmidt said in reference to quality education for Chicanos, "As long
as you havr, babies that evervonc else has to support, you'll never
have that." Photo by Eric Strom.
EDITORIAL
Schmidt stand on EOP ·issue
reflects stereotypes of Chicanos
Yesterday afternoon Kurt Schmidt stated that as long as Chicanos
have habies that evE>ryone else has to support, they will never rnach
the level of competency in the educational s~·stem that will enable
them to break the bonds of depend1mey on programs such as the
Summer Institute.
Approximately 3G to 40 Chicanos. and one Native-Ameri<'an. stood
he fore Schmidt as he displayed his ignorance openl~·. He was being
confronted about his attitudes concerning the Summer Institute (see
article).
Sum mt>r Institurn is an EOP program aim Pd mainly at aiding
minorities in areas in which the~· may he deficient du'c' to c-ultural
differences.
Concerning the Summer Institute, the statement was made hy a
Chicana that if money is allocated to us by these assistance prog rams we will he able to better ourselves through education and
the need for these programs will be eliminated,
In response Schmidt said. 1'As long as you have habil~S that everyone else has to support. you '11 never have that.''
It is true when you are confronted hy 35 to 40 people there is an
added pressure not normally encountered in evervda\· convF-rsation,
When you add lo this th_e · mentality a person ~uci1 as Schmidt is
equipped with, it is surprising he was able to suppress his racism
to the extent that he did.
Obviously. Schmidt was operating under one of the popular
stereotypes perpetuated on Chicanos. Perhaps he· thought we t!ach
had a knife in hand and were contemplating doing him hodil~· harm.
Fear and ignorance are powerful obstacles to overcome. and apparently these two characteristics am prevalent even ari1ong our
leaders . Thursday seemed to bt' their day to bloorn.
One of the other senators. John Erysian. placed a call to the
police a half-hour at'ter the confrontation had hegun. His reasoning
being that he "didn't feel the meeting was accomplishing too much
more" than what took place after the first few minutes.
I can see his reasoning - after all hf' did state, "I don't go into that
whole trip. power and all that shit. ..
It seems the only senator who did not react irrationally was Dave
Davenport. When several Chicanos went into his office to discuss the
issue at hand. he said he was busy, implying he did not have time to
deal with the problem. He said he "had to go study geography.•·
It was quite a day at the ASS President's Office. As one senator,
(quoted earlier) put it. it was a warm day and maybe everyone just
wanted to get something started.·
·Note: So as no~ to misconstrue any facts, the above was slacecl in
reference to Chicanos;
MECHA looks for Senat~ candidates
On Tuesday and Wednesday,
MECHA will open three polling
places on campus and Chicano
students will choose a candidate
for the upcoming elections concerning MECHA.
Polling places will be located
at La Raza Studies in SR4-132,
the EOP office in Adm. 328, and
the Chicano room in CU 305.
Cruz Bustamante and Grace
Solis are the two people up for
election.
The polls will be open from 9
a.m. lU 4 p.m. for all Chicano
students. Voting will not be restricted to MECHA members on-
· 1y. Guillermo Lopes, MECHA
president., said, "Vt(e would like
to have participation in the voting
from all other Chicano organizations on campus."
Procedure will he much the
same as that for a 1;eneral election. Students will be asked to
sign a regisfration sheet and present their student body-cards.
Elections were set up by an
election committee consisting of
three people, each person represented one of the three candidates. Guillermo Lopes chaired
the committee, serving as a nonpartisan member. His job was
"to ovE!rsee it" and he did not
participate. in
the · committee
precedures.
Committee
members were
Reynalda Nunez , wl1o is supporting Cruz Bustamante; Arnold
Majia, supporting Jose Torrez;
and Frank Riosas, who is supporting Grace Solis.
Election results will he returned on Thursday and announced at the MECHA meeting.
The election committee is in
charge of ballot counting.
MECHA meetings are held every Thursday ,at noon in the cafeteria's International Room.
institute
bud 6et
at
well over
$30 000.
Over 125 minority students
were aided hy the program last
year .
The budget request by EOP for
next year is $24.40G from mandatory student body fees. A jump of
over $G.000.
Students attend the institute
from all over the valley. Once
they arrive at CSUF, they are
housed in the school dormitories
for three weeks prior to the start
of tlw fall senu~ster.
While on campus. they become
acquainted with the administrative structure and are given help
with upro111ing registration proce<lures.
Students also tour the campus
and receive necessary counseling .
plus tutorial help with writing
skills. Students who encounter
diftfrulty with the English lan:guage also receive assistance.
But a lmdget note included in
last year's budget says that the
summer institute • . . • will he
held concurrent with the fall
sen,este r. ~
Under such a proposal students
wHl not receive the three week
orientation prior to the heginning
of school, but will receive assistance while already attending
classes.
Asked why he objected to the
proposed budget inc.rease for
Summer Institute, Schmidt said,
"I don't like the whole packet."
Pushed to- defend his position
further. Schmidt gave the example of room and board.
He said he felt it was unnecessary to spend money providing
on-campus living arrangements
for students in the program 1
Students participating in Summer Institute are housed in the
school dormitories for three
weeks prior to the start of the
fall semester.
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Schmidt said, "I can't see why
the students don't take a bus to
school for that day." Schmidt
sa.id he felt that if students were
to be hused to school each day
they participated in the program,
it would he less of an expense
than setting up dorm accommodations.
Schmidt was told that not all
students participating in the
Summer Institute were from
Fresno.
Students attend the institute
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PR-EPARING POSTERS announcing ThirdWorldWom.en'sSymposium,
are (left to right) Teresa Acosta, Lea Ybarra, Chris Bessard arid
Rita
Center, front, is Lisa Acosta. Photo by Ronald Eddings.
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Third World sympos1~m
A Third World Women's Symposium will be held on campus
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Third World Women in the
United Stated are considered to be
ethnic minority women of color,
such as Chicanas, Blacks, Assians,
Native Americans and
Puerto Ricans.
The purpose of the symposium
is to bring to· the forefront the
problems of oppression faced by
Third World women. Although
various forms of entertainment
are being offered during these
three days, it is entertainment
for the purpose 9f educating and
not simply for the sake of entertaining.
Las Adelitas, a Chicana wornen's organization on campus, is
sponsoring the activity in cooperation with Asian Stud.i,es,
Black Studies, La Raza Studies
and Native American Studies.
On Wednesday, there will be a
food bazaar, an arts and crafts
display representing all four ethnic groups, and a Native American speaker, Margaret Hoalgen,
at noon.
Wednesday evening there will
be a p\nel presentation by the
women involved in the symposium
and the showing of two films,
•Red Detachment of Women," and
"Saigon: Women in Torture."
On Thursday a dance presentation will be made at noon by
dancers from the different ethnic
groups, highlighting Omie Cormier's Black Dnacers.
On Friday Carolyn Green, a
Black author from the Bay Area,
will speak at 11:30 a.m. and an
all-female Chicana theater group
from San Diego will perform a
play, "The Mother."
All activities will take place
in the College Union. For further
Information contact Lea Ybarra
or Theresa Acosta at 487-2848.
2-THE DAILY COL.ltEGIAN-IFri., Mar. 22, 1974
'Two Languag8s, One Soul':
a Chicano woman speaks
down to the last detail of her remarks: in recent years I
have seen enough first-hand to more than confirm the
basis for her sense of outrage. Still, l have to think of
the people I have come to know in New Mexico - the old,
thoroughly poor, certainly rather ,uneducated people, who
have lived the hard, tough, sometimes terribly sad lives
that the Chicana just quoted describes, and yet don't
quite feel as she does about themselves. Nor do they
speak as if they have systematically brutalized, rohbed
of all their "self-esteem," as social scientists put it. In
their seventies or eighties, with long memorie ·. of hardships faced and perhaps only partially (if at all) surmounted, "d•?prived" of education, made to feel hopelessly
inarticulate, and obviously out of "the American mainstream," they are nevertheless men and women who seem
to have held on stubbornly to a most peculiar notion: that
they are eminently valuahle and important human beings,
utterly worth the respect, even admiration, not to mention love, of their children and grandchildren.
Moreover, they are men and wornen who, for all the
education they lack , all the wrongheaded or just plain
mean teachers they once ran up against, all the cultural
bias and social discrimination they may have experienced
outright or sensed, still manage not only to feel fairly
assured about themselves as human heing·s, put here hy
the Lord for His own purposes, hut also to say rather
a lot about what is on their mind - and in such a way
that they make themselves unmistakably clear. In fact,
I have found myself at times overwhelmed hy the power
of their spee<:li, the force that their langtrage possesses,
the dramatic expressions they call upon. the strong and
subtle imagery they have available to tfiem , the sense
of irony and ambiguity they quite naturally demonstrate.
Perhaps my present surprise and admiration indicate
my own previous blind spots, my own ignorance and even
prejudic-e. If so. I have lwen more than brought up short
again and again.
Here are the words or a quite elderly woman who
has had virtually no S<'hooling and spPaks a mixture of
Spanish (whkh I have translated) and terse hut forceful
English. She lives in a small isolated mountain cornrnunitv well to th~• nortl1 of Santa Fe ancl 1>njoys talking
with her visitor :
"So111t-timt>s · I havP a 111nmPnt tn think. I look back and
wondt-'1' when, all tht• ti111t-' has gone to -- so many yt>ars;
I cannot say I likP to ht:> l'(•rninded how many . M,v sister
is thrt't:' n•ars oldt>r. Pighty tllis t\lay. She is glad 1o talk
of It(•!' agt-'. I don't like to 1m>11tiu11 mine. Maybe I have
not ht'r faith in God. She 111akl-'S her way every day to
Church. I go 0111~· on Sundays. Enoug·h is f•1wu,;;h: besides,
I don't likt..• !II(• prh•st. !IP poin!s his finger too mu<'h, He
likt>s to ~H·c·use us - l'.l<'h Wt->ek it is a different sin he
<'harg·t:>s u.s with. :\1 \ motlw1· ust->d to read me Christ's
In the May/June, 1973 issue, The American
Poetry Review published an editorial by Robert
Coles, eminent psychoanalyst and writer, entitled "Two Languages, one Soul."
At the time the article appeared, Coles was
llving and working in Albuquerque, New Mexico
where he was _m aking a study of Mexican and
Chicano families.
A portion of the article is reprinted here.
Unfortunately, due to lack of space, it is impossible to provide you with the entire article.
Readers are reminded that the following is
but a small segment (approximately one-fifth) of
a larger body, and therefore is lifted out of
context.
Many valuable insights offered hy Coles and
the woman mentioned in the article are not
included, but La Voz hopes that each student
will find some value in the material presented.
In the first part of the article Coles descrihes the
status of the Chicano in New Mexico and cites a social
worker, herself a proud Chicana: "We are determined to
move ahead , even if there is great resistance from the
power structure. No longer will Chicanos in New Mt!Xico
grow up feeling like second class citizens. No longer will
they feel misunderstood or scorned. In the old days
they received the worst kind of schooling. They were
made to ·feel ~tupid and awkward. They were made to feel
they have nothing worthwhile to say or contribute. The
Anglo teachers, the Anglo-run school system looked down
on Chlcanos. We were given noc:redit for our own values,
for our culture and traditions. And the contempt showed
on the people; they felt ashamed, inferior. They never
learned to speak English the way lhe teachers did. They
never learned to express themselves in school and tlwy
dropped out soon, usually well before hig·h S<'hool was
over. We hope to change that. We can't do anything ahout
what has already happened. The old p,•uplt:> are tlw w.1y
they are - it is too late for them to cha11Ae. But it will
be different for the young. They will have pride in the111selves, and they will nol only think well of then,selvt•s.
but speak well. They won'l have lll('lllories of All!lJ<>
teachers laughing at thei1· Spanish, or punishing thPm
for using it. They will speak Spanish with jo~·."
As she said, "the old people an• the way they are." But
exactly how is their "way" to he d1aracterizec1·.• That is
to say, how badly have they ht:>_Pn s<·ant'd h~· thww awful
conditions described to forcefully hy this partiC"11lar
political activist among others'.' No douht she is ri~ht -
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ROBERT COLES is the author ot many books and the
1973 winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Volumes . 2 and 3
of his book, "Children of Crise s."
words when I WdS a girl - from the old Spanish Bible..
her grandmother gave to her on her deathbed. I learned
that Christ was a kind man ; He tried to think well of
people, even the lowest of the low, even those at the very
hottom who are in a swamp and don't know hot to get
out . never mind find for themselves some high. dry
land.
"But this priest of ours gives no one the benel'it of a
doubt. I have no right to find fault with him: I know that.
Who an1- I to do so? I am simply an old lady. and I had
better watch out: the Lord no doubt punishes those who
disagree with _His priests. But our old priest who died
last year was so mt1ch finer, so much better to hear
on a warm Sunday morning. Every once in a while he
would •~ven leacl us outside to the courtyard, and talk with
us there, give us a second sermon. I felt so much better
for listening to him. He was not in love with the sound of
his own voice, as this new priest is. He did not stop and
listen to the echo ·or his words. He did not brush away
dust from his coat, or worry if the wind went through his
hair. He was not always looking for a paper towel to
wipe his shoes. My husband says he will buy this priest
a dozen handerchiefs and tell him they are to he used for
his shoes only. Here when w~ get rain we are grateful,
and it is not too high a price to pay, a little mud to walk
through. Better mud that sticks than dust that blows
aw:i~·.
"Well. I should not go on so long about a vain man. We
all like to catch outselves in the mirror and find ourSt->lvt:>s g·ood to look at. Hereram.speakingill ofhirn. yet
I won't let my family celebrate my birthdays any more:
and when I look at myself in the mirror a feeling of
sadness <·omes over me. I pull at my skin and try to
erase the lines. hut no luck. I think ha<'k: all thosP years
when my husband a11d I were young·, and never worried
ahout our health. our strf'ngth, our appearance. I don't
say WE' always do now: but then-' art:> times when we
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"I want to see students. espHcially Chicano students . have a
greater voice in student government,'' said Valdez,
He said that even when there
was a Chicano student body vicepresident, there was little Chicano student involveme:1t.
#Qne reason was because Chicanos have heen alienated by the
system. Now they are aw:1re of .
the influence through numbers.··
he said.
Valdez said h-2 w,:1s sorry to see
the student movt->ment die or at
le as t "dwindle to practically
nothing.
"The student movement was a
strong· factor in helping to correct some of the wrongs inflicted
ori the poor and uneducated.,. Valdez said.
But students have shifted their
concerns to personal interests.
"gi:>tting the- good eight to five
joh and keeping up with theJones(Continued on Page 4, Col. 2)
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'Two Languages • • •'
(Continued from Page 2)
look like ghosts of ourselves.
will see my husband noticing how
weak and tired I have become.
how hunched over. I pretend not
to see, but once the eyes have
caught something, one cannot
shake the picture off. And I look
at him. too: he will straighten
up when he feels my glance strike
him. and I quickly move away.
Too late, though: he has been told
by me. without a word spoken,
that he is old, and I am old, and
that is our fate, to live through*
these last years.
"But it is not only pity we feel
for ourselves. A few drops of rain
and I feel grateful: the air is so
fresh afterwards. I love to sit
in the sun. We have the sun so
often here, a regular visitor, a
friend one can expect to see often
and trust. I like to make tea for
my husband and me. In mid-day
we take our tea outside and sit
on our bench, our backs against
the wall of the house. Neither of
us wants pillows: I tell my daughters and sons that tire~· are soft those beach chairs of theirs.
Imagine beach chairs here in New
M~xico, so far from any ocean!
The bench feels strong to us.
not uncomfortahle. The tea
warms us inside, the sun on the
outside. I joke with my husband:
I say we are part of the house:
the adobe gets baked. and su do
we. For tht> most part we say
nothing, though. It is enough to sit
and be part of God's world, We
hear the birds talking to each
other, and a re grateful they come
as close to us as the>· do: all the
more reason to keep our tongues
still and hold ourselves in one
place. We listen to cars going h>·
and wonder who is rushing off.
A car to us is a mystery. The
young understand a c.ar . They
cannot imagine th ~mselves not
driving. The~· have not the interest we had in horses. Who is to
compare one lifetime with an<Jtlie r , · but a horse is alive and
one loves a hors~ and is loved
h~· a horse. Cars come and go so
fast. One year they command all
eyPs. The next rear thf'y are a
cause for shame. The third ,·ear
they must be thrown away without
the slightest regret. I mar exaggerate, but not much'.
"Mr moods are like the Church
bell on Sunday: way up, then down.
then up again -- and often just .
as fast. I make noises. too: my
husband says he can hear me
smiling and hear me turning
sour. When I am sour I am really
sour - sweet milk turned bad.
• Nothing pleases me. I am more
selfish than my sister. She bends
with the wind. I push my heels
into the ground and won't budge.
I know enough to frown at myself,
but not enough to change. There
was a time when I tried hard. I
would talk to myself as if I was
the priest. I would promise myself that tomorrow I would be different. I suppose only men and
womc>n can fool themselves that
way: an animal knows better.
Animals are themselves. We are
always trying to be better - and
often we end up even worse than
we were to start with.
"But now. during the last moments of life, I think I have
learned a little wisdom. I can go
for days without an upset. I think
I dislike our priest because he
reminds me of myself. I have his
long forefing'e r, and I can clench
my fist like him and pound the
table and pour vinegar on people
with my remarks. It is no good
to be like that. A man is lucky;
it is in his nature to fight or
preach. A woman should be
peaceful. My mother used to say
all begins the day we are born:
some are born on a clear warm
day: some when it is cloudy ;nd
stormy. So, it is a consolation to
find myself easy to live with
these days. And I have found an
answer to the few moods I still
get._ Whf'"I I have come back from
giving the horses each a cube or
two of sugar, I give myself the
same. I am an old horse •,vh<•
needs something sweet to give
her more faith in life!
"The other day I thought I was
going to say good-bye · to this
world. I was hanging up some
clothes to dry. I love to do that
then stand back and watch and
listen to the wind go through the
socks or the pants or the dress
and see the sun warm them and
make them smell fresh. I had
dropped a few ciothespins. and
was picking them up: when suddenly I could not catch my breath,
and a sharp pain seized me over
my chest. I tried hard to stand
up, but I couldn't. I wanted to
scream but I knew there was no
one nearby to hear. Mr hustand
had gone to the store . I sat down
on the ground and waited. It was
strong. the pain: and there was
no one to tell about it. I felt as if
someone had lassoed mP and was
pulling the rope tighter and tighter. Well here you are, an old
cow. being taken in by the good
Lord: that is what I thought.
"I lo_oked at myself, sitting on
the ground. For a second I was
my old self again -- worrying
about how I must havf' appeared
there , worrying about my dress.
how dirty it would get to be.
This js no place fur an old lady.
I thought - only for one of my
littlP grandchildren, who lov:P. to
play out Ja,re, build their castles
of dirt. wetted down with water I
give to· them. Then more pain: I
thought I had ahout a rninutP of
life left. I said my prayers. I said
good-b>·e to the house. I pictured
my husband in my mir1d: fiftyseven years of m:irriage. Such a
good man'. I said to myst'lf that
I might not see hin1 ever again :
surely God would take him into
Heaven , but as for ml:! . I have
no right to expect that out<·ome.
Then I looked up to the sky and
W'.:litt>d,
"My ey ... caught sight of a cloud.
It was darke r than the rest. It
was alone. _It was c-oming my wa>··
The hand of God. I was sure of
it'. So that is how one dies . All
my life. in the spare moments a
person has, I wondered how I
would go. Now I knew. Now I was
ready. I thuught I would suon he
taken up to the cloud and across
the sky I would go, and that would
be that. But the cloud kept moving,
and soon it was no longer above
me, but beyond me: and I was
still on my own land, so dear to
1
me, so familiar after all these
' years. I can't be dead, I thought
to myself. if I am here and the
cloud is way over there. and
getting further each second. May-·
be the next cloud - hut by then
I had decided God had other things
to do. Perhaps my nam~ had come
up. but He had decided to call
others before me. and get around
to me later. Who can ever know
His reasons·? Then I spottted my
neighbor walking down the road,
and I said to m~·self that I would
shout for him. I did. and he
heard. But you know. by the time
he c-ame I had sprung myself
free. That is right. the pain was
all gone.
"He helped · me up, :rnd he was
ready to go find rny husand and
hring him. llaek, No. I told him
no: I was all right, and I did not
want to risk frig:htening n1y lmshand. Ht> is excitable. He might
get somt~ kind of attack himself.
I went insicle and put m~·self
down on our bed and waited. For
an hour -- it was that long, I am
sure -- m:, eyes stared at the
ceiling, ht>ld on to it for dear life.
I thought of wliat 111~· life had been
like: a simplP lifP. not -a very
important 01w. mayhe an urmecPssar\ one, I am sure ·there are
better pt1 ople. men and womPn all
over the> world. who have dorw
more for their 1wig·hhors and yet"
nut lived as long- as I have. I felt
ashamed for a few 111inutPs: all
tlw complaints I'd mane to myself and to my fan ily. when the
truth has Ileen that 111~· fate has
lleP11 to live a lung and healthy
life, to have a p;ood and loyal
hushanrl. and to bring two sons
and three daughters into this
world. I thought of the five children we had lost. thn•e hefore
tht•y had a d1anc·p to take a
bre ath. I wondered where in the
universP they wer e . In the evening sometim f:!S, when I g-o to
close loose doors that otherwise
complain loudl>· all night, I am
likt.>ly to look at the stars and
feel my long-g-unP. infants near at
hand. The~· are far off. I know;
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Prayer and Bible Study: Tuesday • 7:30 p.m.
Evangelistic Crusade: Friday and Saturday - 7:30 p,m.
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St._Paul's Catholic Chapel at Newman Center
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MASSES: Sundays 7:30 - 9 - 11
MASSES: Monday through Friday, 5 p.m.; Wed., 7:30 p.m.
CONFESSIONS: Saturdays, 4 p.m. to 5 p,m.
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Millbrook United Presbyterian Church
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ON CAMPUS
TODAY
An Emeriti RecognitionDinner
will be held in the Las Vegas
Room of the Sheratonim at 7 p.m.
The Popular Arts Film •Minnie and Moskowitz" will be shown
at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. tn the College Union Lounge.
The Iranian Student Association will meet at 9:30 p.m. in the
International Room of the Cafe- .
teria for chorus practice.
SATURDAY
The California Association of
Educators of Young Children is
spo'lsoring a "Joy of the Arts"
workshop in the CSUF cafeteria
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon will spon-
sor a "Mid Term All-College
Dance" at 9 p.m. in the Rainbow
Ballroom.
Music by •March
Hare" and "Starvation" will be
featured. There will be an open
bar. Tickets are $2 in advance,
$2.50 at the door.
The Chinese Overseas Student
Association will meet for badminton practice in Men's Gym
109 at 7 p.m.
The CSUF Opera Workshop
will perform •The Consul" by
Gian-Carlo Menotti in a fully
staged production at 8 p.m. and
again on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the
Music Building Recital Hall.
An Iranian New Year celebration will he held at the Edison
Social Club at 3325 W. Clinton
Ave. The celebration, sponsored
by the Iranian Students Association, costs $4 per person.
SUNDAY
'One Soul'
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but in my mind they have become
those stars - very small, hut
shining there bravely, no matter
how cold it is so far up. If the
stars have courage, we ought to
have courage; that is what I was
thinking, as I so often have in the
past - and just then he was the re,
my husband, calling my name
and soon looking into my eyes
with his.
•r•m all right, I told him. He
didn't know what had happened;
our neighbor had sealed his lips,
as I tol_d him to do. But my lmsband knows me, so he knew I
looked unusually tired: and he
couldn't he easily tric-ked hy me.
The more I told him I'<i just
worked too hard, that is all, the
more he knew I was holding hac-k
something. Finally, l pullt><i my
ace card. I pretended to he upset
by his questions and hy all the .1ttention he was giving me. I a<· cused him: why do you 111:tkl' me
want to cry, why do you wish nu'
ill, with those terrible thouµ,hts
of yours? I am not ill! If you
cannot let 1111~ rest without thinking I am. then God have mer<'}'
on you for having SU<'h an imagination! God have mercy! With the
second plea to our L:ird, ile wa.s
heatPn and silent. lle left 111(•
alone. I was ahout to lwg him
to coml' hack, lleg- his forgiwness. But I did not want hi Ill to
bear the burden of knowing: ht>
would 11ot rest easy hy day or hy
night. This way he c·an .say to
himself: she has always !wen
cranky, an<i she will always he
cra1,ky. so thank God her llla<·k _
mooqs c·ome only now and tht>n a spell followe<i hy the hrig-ht
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in Men's Gym ioo.
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shown at 8 p.m. in the College
Union Lounge. Thr: film stars
Rudy Vallee, llelen Mur~an and
Eddie Cantor.
The Seekers will mPet at 8 p. m.
at l!i40 M St.
The University of Texas "Collegiurn M usicurn," a l!,roup whi<'.11
perforrns early music from the
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at 8 p.m. in the !\1usi<: BuildingRecihll Hall .
precedence over fundj.ng for athletics.
Schmidt was asked to justify
the funding of athletics. He said
he felt that it concerned all students, not just a select group.
Seyeral Chicanos pointed out
that in respect to long term results , athletics did not contribute
as much to the betterment of society as a program such as the
Summer Institute.
Manuel Valdez said athletics
was "not promising a thing for
this nation.·•
Schmidt said, "I disagree with
you there . " Again he would not
elaborate.
Schmidt
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from all over the valley, some
come from as far as Bakersfield.
One Chicano student present
said you have to take into account
that the program incorporates
students from all over the valley;
the expense involved in busing
would probably exceed that of li vi ng in the dorms. Schmidt quickly
dropped the subject.
Often during th~ discussion
there was a rapid exchange of
comments in response fo something Schmidt said.
To justify the need for continued funding, Grace Solis said
that if the funding were provided,
Chicanos could reach a level of
self-sufficiency through education. This would mean there would
no lon~er he a need for outside
funds for Summer [nstitute, she
sairl.
"If we g·et this money for
these assistance prog-rarns, we
can better ourselves - we won't
need these programs anymore.
ChiC"anos will have rPached the
qua 1 it y of education needed,~
Solis said.
Schmidt respondtid saying, "As
long as you have haliies that
ever~·one else has to supp'.lrt,
you'll never have that.··
At this point a volley or verbal
attacks was made on Schmidt that
ell(h!d quickly with the majority
of students walkin~· nut.
The_ 111ain conmct which recurrc>d throughout the tn<~eting
was that the Chi<"ano students
felt thPy Wl're justified in askingfor a hmd in<"rease. \Jec·ausl~
Sum111 ... r Institut(,' should take
Discussion centered arou.1d the
idea that tbe Sum mer Institute
would he held " . . . concurrently
with the fall semt>ster. •• .
Many students involved in the
_program have said they felt this
would place too hig a burden on
participants and defeat the whole
purpose of the program.
J'he purpose of the program includes prov!ding students with
an opportunity to adjust to college
life and to encourllge students to
c ontinuP. through a four year
program at CSUF.
In addition, students receive
ne<:!issary counseling plus tutorial help with writing skills.
Assistance i-s also provided for
stu:Jents who encounter difficulty
with the English language.
When first confronted with this,
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es." Meanwhilt> tlw situation or
ti'1e po<n- has nnt <·hang-l•d, he said.
"The supposp(I PIHi. of the Vil't11am war. alo11~ with tlwdraft 1·pvocatio11. wPre rpaso11s for tht•
de<'line of tlw stndl'nt 1111)Vl'lll\'lll.,.
he said.
Slll'll'nt ll-'adt>rs. ht• said. ltan°
IH'<'ll houµ,ht orr · or sih•n<·t>d with
the thrnat of hein~· jaill"d.
"!\ly goal is t() t?;ai11 lL'\'t•ragt•
(with an !\1 A. in so<'i;ll w,,rk) to
havt• pt•opll~ listt>d to 1111• . I VMt1ld
he lit>tl<•r ahlt> to gt>t 111-.· ideas
a<·n)SS <"on<·Prninl!,' tht• poor." lw
.said.
V:1ldt,z's intensl' parti<'tp:ttioa
in lwlpi1w: to allt'viall• th,. pro\l11•111.s of thl' poor sll'lll from his
l:'XJJE>rit>nc·es as a <'hild and h•t>na~t>r.
"1 livl'd in an El Paso lnrrio
when• kids wi>nt blind ht><'aUSP of
diseasl'S that \H•nl unt n•atPd ... he
said.
"I rt>lllt>lllhPr iwople dig-!,!'in~ in
Schmidt declined to comment
because he said he wasn't awar~
of the "entire picture . .,
Schmidt was questioned on this
by a Chicano student who said
"If you're· so willing to mak;
rash statements, you should research this stuff."
Schmidt said, "I spend 50hours
on every issue.~
After more discussion, Schmidt
said athletes needed the funding
for summer activities because
they were "preparing for sports
for the academic year ...
An unidentified student countered " · •. and students aren't
preparing for school when they
go to Sum:ner Institute?"'
There is significant evidence
indicating the budget is going
to encounter difficulties passing
Student Senate. the Fresno State
College Association Board of Directors and CSUF President
N'Jrm3n Baxter.
It is highly probably that because of the attached budget note
there could he a large reduction
funds for providing the cost of
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L XX VI 11.'103
FRI DAY, MARCH 22, 1974
Chicanos confront Schmidt
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By :!\ldissa Villanueva
(Edited hy :!\Lire Sani)
The time w:.1s 2: ;iQ p.m Thursday aftPrnoon.
. Ahout 3;; Chicano stud,~nts assemllled in , front of the CSUF
cafeteria.
S0111Pone said "let's go" and
the\ began w:.1lking ·toward the
Student Senate offices on the
second floor ofthPCollegeUnion.
B:: 3:04 p.m. the group was in
thP senate office rt>ception area.
Thomas Hill. president pro tempon• of the Student St-nate told
ASB President Kurt Schmidt they
w,rnted to talk to him.
M FCHA · president Guillermo
LopPz told the students to file
into Schmictt·s office.
Schmidt. walking through the
doorway into his crowded office.
asked. "You mind if I come back
into m~· office?'' Several students
stepped aside and he edged
through.
Schmidt paused hel'ore his desk
and jokingly raised his arms
flashing a victory sign (see picture).
Walking to the other side of
his desk. for the first time
Schmidt directly faced the students.
"You want to put a cross in
here or something?" Schmidt
asked. turning his head to indicate the wall behind him.
"What's
that
supposed to
mean.,. said a voice from the
crowd.
Lopez stepped forward to tell
Schmidt the group understood
that he planned to veto the proposed funding for the Educational
Opportunity Pro;;ram 's Sum mer
Institute. "We want to kn9w why,"
he said.
The summer institute program
is designed primarily to prepare
incoming freshman minority students for their first semester at
CSUF.
Students admitted into the program fail to rnF1et some aspect of
the normal university admission
requirements. For instance, a
person may not score well on the
SAT test. hut have a good high
school grade point average.
The program also gives students a chance to adjust to college life and provides encouragement to continue through a
four-year program.
Last year the program was
funded for $18,673 from mandatory student body fees. State
funding placed the total sum mer
KURT F. SCHMIDT II - Speaking to a group of Chicanos yesterday,
Schmidt said in reference to quality education for Chicanos, "As long
as you havr, babies that evervonc else has to support, you'll never
have that." Photo by Eric Strom.
EDITORIAL
Schmidt stand on EOP ·issue
reflects stereotypes of Chicanos
Yesterday afternoon Kurt Schmidt stated that as long as Chicanos
have habies that evE>ryone else has to support, they will never rnach
the level of competency in the educational s~·stem that will enable
them to break the bonds of depend1mey on programs such as the
Summer Institute.
Approximately 3G to 40 Chicanos. and one Native-Ameri<'an. stood
he fore Schmidt as he displayed his ignorance openl~·. He was being
confronted about his attitudes concerning the Summer Institute (see
article).
Sum mt>r Institurn is an EOP program aim Pd mainly at aiding
minorities in areas in which the~· may he deficient du'c' to c-ultural
differences.
Concerning the Summer Institute, the statement was made hy a
Chicana that if money is allocated to us by these assistance prog rams we will he able to better ourselves through education and
the need for these programs will be eliminated,
In response Schmidt said. 1'As long as you have habil~S that everyone else has to support. you '11 never have that.''
It is true when you are confronted hy 35 to 40 people there is an
added pressure not normally encountered in evervda\· convF-rsation,
When you add lo this th_e · mentality a person ~uci1 as Schmidt is
equipped with, it is surprising he was able to suppress his racism
to the extent that he did.
Obviously. Schmidt was operating under one of the popular
stereotypes perpetuated on Chicanos. Perhaps he· thought we t!ach
had a knife in hand and were contemplating doing him hodil~· harm.
Fear and ignorance are powerful obstacles to overcome. and apparently these two characteristics am prevalent even ari1ong our
leaders . Thursday seemed to bt' their day to bloorn.
One of the other senators. John Erysian. placed a call to the
police a half-hour at'ter the confrontation had hegun. His reasoning
being that he "didn't feel the meeting was accomplishing too much
more" than what took place after the first few minutes.
I can see his reasoning - after all hf' did state, "I don't go into that
whole trip. power and all that shit. ..
It seems the only senator who did not react irrationally was Dave
Davenport. When several Chicanos went into his office to discuss the
issue at hand. he said he was busy, implying he did not have time to
deal with the problem. He said he "had to go study geography.•·
It was quite a day at the ASS President's Office. As one senator,
(quoted earlier) put it. it was a warm day and maybe everyone just
wanted to get something started.·
·Note: So as no~ to misconstrue any facts, the above was slacecl in
reference to Chicanos;
MECHA looks for Senat~ candidates
On Tuesday and Wednesday,
MECHA will open three polling
places on campus and Chicano
students will choose a candidate
for the upcoming elections concerning MECHA.
Polling places will be located
at La Raza Studies in SR4-132,
the EOP office in Adm. 328, and
the Chicano room in CU 305.
Cruz Bustamante and Grace
Solis are the two people up for
election.
The polls will be open from 9
a.m. lU 4 p.m. for all Chicano
students. Voting will not be restricted to MECHA members on-
· 1y. Guillermo Lopes, MECHA
president., said, "Vt(e would like
to have participation in the voting
from all other Chicano organizations on campus."
Procedure will he much the
same as that for a 1;eneral election. Students will be asked to
sign a regisfration sheet and present their student body-cards.
Elections were set up by an
election committee consisting of
three people, each person represented one of the three candidates. Guillermo Lopes chaired
the committee, serving as a nonpartisan member. His job was
"to ovE!rsee it" and he did not
participate. in
the · committee
precedures.
Committee
members were
Reynalda Nunez , wl1o is supporting Cruz Bustamante; Arnold
Majia, supporting Jose Torrez;
and Frank Riosas, who is supporting Grace Solis.
Election results will he returned on Thursday and announced at the MECHA meeting.
The election committee is in
charge of ballot counting.
MECHA meetings are held every Thursday ,at noon in the cafeteria's International Room.
institute
bud 6et
at
well over
$30 000.
Over 125 minority students
were aided hy the program last
year .
The budget request by EOP for
next year is $24.40G from mandatory student body fees. A jump of
over $G.000.
Students attend the institute
from all over the valley. Once
they arrive at CSUF, they are
housed in the school dormitories
for three weeks prior to the start
of tlw fall senu~ster.
While on campus. they become
acquainted with the administrative structure and are given help
with upro111ing registration proce<lures.
Students also tour the campus
and receive necessary counseling .
plus tutorial help with writing
skills. Students who encounter
diftfrulty with the English lan:guage also receive assistance.
But a lmdget note included in
last year's budget says that the
summer institute • . . • will he
held concurrent with the fall
sen,este r. ~
Under such a proposal students
wHl not receive the three week
orientation prior to the heginning
of school, but will receive assistance while already attending
classes.
Asked why he objected to the
proposed budget inc.rease for
Summer Institute, Schmidt said,
"I don't like the whole packet."
Pushed to- defend his position
further. Schmidt gave the example of room and board.
He said he felt it was unnecessary to spend money providing
on-campus living arrangements
for students in the program 1
Students participating in Summer Institute are housed in the
school dormitories for three
weeks prior to the start of the
fall semester.
\
Schmidt said, "I can't see why
the students don't take a bus to
school for that day." Schmidt
sa.id he felt that if students were
to be hused to school each day
they participated in the program,
it would he less of an expense
than setting up dorm accommodations.
Schmidt was told that not all
students participating in the
Summer Institute were from
Fresno.
Students attend the institute
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 3)
PR-EPARING POSTERS announcing ThirdWorldWom.en'sSymposium,
are (left to right) Teresa Acosta, Lea Ybarra, Chris Bessard arid
Rita
Center, front, is Lisa Acosta. Photo by Ronald Eddings.
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A Third World Women's Symposium will be held on campus
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Third World Women in the
United Stated are considered to be
ethnic minority women of color,
such as Chicanas, Blacks, Assians,
Native Americans and
Puerto Ricans.
The purpose of the symposium
is to bring to· the forefront the
problems of oppression faced by
Third World women. Although
various forms of entertainment
are being offered during these
three days, it is entertainment
for the purpose 9f educating and
not simply for the sake of entertaining.
Las Adelitas, a Chicana wornen's organization on campus, is
sponsoring the activity in cooperation with Asian Stud.i,es,
Black Studies, La Raza Studies
and Native American Studies.
On Wednesday, there will be a
food bazaar, an arts and crafts
display representing all four ethnic groups, and a Native American speaker, Margaret Hoalgen,
at noon.
Wednesday evening there will
be a p\nel presentation by the
women involved in the symposium
and the showing of two films,
•Red Detachment of Women," and
"Saigon: Women in Torture."
On Thursday a dance presentation will be made at noon by
dancers from the different ethnic
groups, highlighting Omie Cormier's Black Dnacers.
On Friday Carolyn Green, a
Black author from the Bay Area,
will speak at 11:30 a.m. and an
all-female Chicana theater group
from San Diego will perform a
play, "The Mother."
All activities will take place
in the College Union. For further
Information contact Lea Ybarra
or Theresa Acosta at 487-2848.
2-THE DAILY COL.ltEGIAN-IFri., Mar. 22, 1974
'Two Languag8s, One Soul':
a Chicano woman speaks
down to the last detail of her remarks: in recent years I
have seen enough first-hand to more than confirm the
basis for her sense of outrage. Still, l have to think of
the people I have come to know in New Mexico - the old,
thoroughly poor, certainly rather ,uneducated people, who
have lived the hard, tough, sometimes terribly sad lives
that the Chicana just quoted describes, and yet don't
quite feel as she does about themselves. Nor do they
speak as if they have systematically brutalized, rohbed
of all their "self-esteem," as social scientists put it. In
their seventies or eighties, with long memorie ·. of hardships faced and perhaps only partially (if at all) surmounted, "d•?prived" of education, made to feel hopelessly
inarticulate, and obviously out of "the American mainstream," they are nevertheless men and women who seem
to have held on stubbornly to a most peculiar notion: that
they are eminently valuahle and important human beings,
utterly worth the respect, even admiration, not to mention love, of their children and grandchildren.
Moreover, they are men and wornen who, for all the
education they lack , all the wrongheaded or just plain
mean teachers they once ran up against, all the cultural
bias and social discrimination they may have experienced
outright or sensed, still manage not only to feel fairly
assured about themselves as human heing·s, put here hy
the Lord for His own purposes, hut also to say rather
a lot about what is on their mind - and in such a way
that they make themselves unmistakably clear. In fact,
I have found myself at times overwhelmed hy the power
of their spee<:li, the force that their langtrage possesses,
the dramatic expressions they call upon. the strong and
subtle imagery they have available to tfiem , the sense
of irony and ambiguity they quite naturally demonstrate.
Perhaps my present surprise and admiration indicate
my own previous blind spots, my own ignorance and even
prejudic-e. If so. I have lwen more than brought up short
again and again.
Here are the words or a quite elderly woman who
has had virtually no S<'hooling and spPaks a mixture of
Spanish (whkh I have translated) and terse hut forceful
English. She lives in a small isolated mountain cornrnunitv well to th~• nortl1 of Santa Fe ancl 1>njoys talking
with her visitor :
"So111t-timt>s · I havP a 111nmPnt tn think. I look back and
wondt-'1' when, all tht• ti111t-' has gone to -- so many yt>ars;
I cannot say I likP to ht:> l'(•rninded how many . M,v sister
is thrt't:' n•ars oldt>r. Pighty tllis t\lay. She is glad 1o talk
of It(•!' agt-'. I don't like to 1m>11tiu11 mine. Maybe I have
not ht'r faith in God. She 111akl-'S her way every day to
Church. I go 0111~· on Sundays. Enoug·h is f•1wu,;;h: besides,
I don't likt..• !II(• prh•st. !IP poin!s his finger too mu<'h, He
likt>s to ~H·c·use us - l'.l<'h Wt->ek it is a different sin he
<'harg·t:>s u.s with. :\1 \ motlw1· ust->d to read me Christ's
In the May/June, 1973 issue, The American
Poetry Review published an editorial by Robert
Coles, eminent psychoanalyst and writer, entitled "Two Languages, one Soul."
At the time the article appeared, Coles was
llving and working in Albuquerque, New Mexico
where he was _m aking a study of Mexican and
Chicano families.
A portion of the article is reprinted here.
Unfortunately, due to lack of space, it is impossible to provide you with the entire article.
Readers are reminded that the following is
but a small segment (approximately one-fifth) of
a larger body, and therefore is lifted out of
context.
Many valuable insights offered hy Coles and
the woman mentioned in the article are not
included, but La Voz hopes that each student
will find some value in the material presented.
In the first part of the article Coles descrihes the
status of the Chicano in New Mexico and cites a social
worker, herself a proud Chicana: "We are determined to
move ahead , even if there is great resistance from the
power structure. No longer will Chicanos in New Mt!Xico
grow up feeling like second class citizens. No longer will
they feel misunderstood or scorned. In the old days
they received the worst kind of schooling. They were
made to ·feel ~tupid and awkward. They were made to feel
they have nothing worthwhile to say or contribute. The
Anglo teachers, the Anglo-run school system looked down
on Chlcanos. We were given noc:redit for our own values,
for our culture and traditions. And the contempt showed
on the people; they felt ashamed, inferior. They never
learned to speak English the way lhe teachers did. They
never learned to express themselves in school and tlwy
dropped out soon, usually well before hig·h S<'hool was
over. We hope to change that. We can't do anything ahout
what has already happened. The old p,•uplt:> are tlw w.1y
they are - it is too late for them to cha11Ae. But it will
be different for the young. They will have pride in the111selves, and they will nol only think well of then,selvt•s.
but speak well. They won'l have lll('lllories of All!lJ<>
teachers laughing at thei1· Spanish, or punishing thPm
for using it. They will speak Spanish with jo~·."
As she said, "the old people an• the way they are." But
exactly how is their "way" to he d1aracterizec1·.• That is
to say, how badly have they ht:>_Pn s<·ant'd h~· thww awful
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words when I WdS a girl - from the old Spanish Bible..
her grandmother gave to her on her deathbed. I learned
that Christ was a kind man ; He tried to think well of
people, even the lowest of the low, even those at the very
hottom who are in a swamp and don't know hot to get
out . never mind find for themselves some high. dry
land.
"But this priest of ours gives no one the benel'it of a
doubt. I have no right to find fault with him: I know that.
Who an1- I to do so? I am simply an old lady. and I had
better watch out: the Lord no doubt punishes those who
disagree with _His priests. But our old priest who died
last year was so mt1ch finer, so much better to hear
on a warm Sunday morning. Every once in a while he
would •~ven leacl us outside to the courtyard, and talk with
us there, give us a second sermon. I felt so much better
for listening to him. He was not in love with the sound of
his own voice, as this new priest is. He did not stop and
listen to the echo ·or his words. He did not brush away
dust from his coat, or worry if the wind went through his
hair. He was not always looking for a paper towel to
wipe his shoes. My husband says he will buy this priest
a dozen handerchiefs and tell him they are to he used for
his shoes only. Here when w~ get rain we are grateful,
and it is not too high a price to pay, a little mud to walk
through. Better mud that sticks than dust that blows
aw:i~·.
"Well. I should not go on so long about a vain man. We
all like to catch outselves in the mirror and find ourSt->lvt:>s g·ood to look at. Hereram.speakingill ofhirn. yet
I won't let my family celebrate my birthdays any more:
and when I look at myself in the mirror a feeling of
sadness <·omes over me. I pull at my skin and try to
erase the lines. hut no luck. I think ha<'k: all thosP years
when my husband a11d I were young·, and never worried
ahout our health. our strf'ngth, our appearance. I don't
say WE' always do now: but then-' art:> times when we
(Continued on Page 3, CoL 1)
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"I want to see students. espHcially Chicano students . have a
greater voice in student government,'' said Valdez,
He said that even when there
was a Chicano student body vicepresident, there was little Chicano student involveme:1t.
#Qne reason was because Chicanos have heen alienated by the
system. Now they are aw:1re of .
the influence through numbers.··
he said.
Valdez said h-2 w,:1s sorry to see
the student movt->ment die or at
le as t "dwindle to practically
nothing.
"The student movement was a
strong· factor in helping to correct some of the wrongs inflicted
ori the poor and uneducated.,. Valdez said.
But students have shifted their
concerns to personal interests.
"gi:>tting the- good eight to five
joh and keeping up with theJones(Continued on Page 4, Col. 2)
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'Two Languages • • •'
(Continued from Page 2)
look like ghosts of ourselves.
will see my husband noticing how
weak and tired I have become.
how hunched over. I pretend not
to see, but once the eyes have
caught something, one cannot
shake the picture off. And I look
at him. too: he will straighten
up when he feels my glance strike
him. and I quickly move away.
Too late, though: he has been told
by me. without a word spoken,
that he is old, and I am old, and
that is our fate, to live through*
these last years.
"But it is not only pity we feel
for ourselves. A few drops of rain
and I feel grateful: the air is so
fresh afterwards. I love to sit
in the sun. We have the sun so
often here, a regular visitor, a
friend one can expect to see often
and trust. I like to make tea for
my husband and me. In mid-day
we take our tea outside and sit
on our bench, our backs against
the wall of the house. Neither of
us wants pillows: I tell my daughters and sons that tire~· are soft those beach chairs of theirs.
Imagine beach chairs here in New
M~xico, so far from any ocean!
The bench feels strong to us.
not uncomfortahle. The tea
warms us inside, the sun on the
outside. I joke with my husband:
I say we are part of the house:
the adobe gets baked. and su do
we. For tht> most part we say
nothing, though. It is enough to sit
and be part of God's world, We
hear the birds talking to each
other, and a re grateful they come
as close to us as the>· do: all the
more reason to keep our tongues
still and hold ourselves in one
place. We listen to cars going h>·
and wonder who is rushing off.
A car to us is a mystery. The
young understand a c.ar . They
cannot imagine th ~mselves not
driving. The~· have not the interest we had in horses. Who is to
compare one lifetime with an<Jtlie r , · but a horse is alive and
one loves a hors~ and is loved
h~· a horse. Cars come and go so
fast. One year they command all
eyPs. The next rear thf'y are a
cause for shame. The third ,·ear
they must be thrown away without
the slightest regret. I mar exaggerate, but not much'.
"Mr moods are like the Church
bell on Sunday: way up, then down.
then up again -- and often just .
as fast. I make noises. too: my
husband says he can hear me
smiling and hear me turning
sour. When I am sour I am really
sour - sweet milk turned bad.
• Nothing pleases me. I am more
selfish than my sister. She bends
with the wind. I push my heels
into the ground and won't budge.
I know enough to frown at myself,
but not enough to change. There
was a time when I tried hard. I
would talk to myself as if I was
the priest. I would promise myself that tomorrow I would be different. I suppose only men and
womc>n can fool themselves that
way: an animal knows better.
Animals are themselves. We are
always trying to be better - and
often we end up even worse than
we were to start with.
"But now. during the last moments of life, I think I have
learned a little wisdom. I can go
for days without an upset. I think
I dislike our priest because he
reminds me of myself. I have his
long forefing'e r, and I can clench
my fist like him and pound the
table and pour vinegar on people
with my remarks. It is no good
to be like that. A man is lucky;
it is in his nature to fight or
preach. A woman should be
peaceful. My mother used to say
all begins the day we are born:
some are born on a clear warm
day: some when it is cloudy ;nd
stormy. So, it is a consolation to
find myself easy to live with
these days. And I have found an
answer to the few moods I still
get._ Whf'"I I have come back from
giving the horses each a cube or
two of sugar, I give myself the
same. I am an old horse •,vh<•
needs something sweet to give
her more faith in life!
"The other day I thought I was
going to say good-bye · to this
world. I was hanging up some
clothes to dry. I love to do that
then stand back and watch and
listen to the wind go through the
socks or the pants or the dress
and see the sun warm them and
make them smell fresh. I had
dropped a few ciothespins. and
was picking them up: when suddenly I could not catch my breath,
and a sharp pain seized me over
my chest. I tried hard to stand
up, but I couldn't. I wanted to
scream but I knew there was no
one nearby to hear. Mr hustand
had gone to the store . I sat down
on the ground and waited. It was
strong. the pain: and there was
no one to tell about it. I felt as if
someone had lassoed mP and was
pulling the rope tighter and tighter. Well here you are, an old
cow. being taken in by the good
Lord: that is what I thought.
"I lo_oked at myself, sitting on
the ground. For a second I was
my old self again -- worrying
about how I must havf' appeared
there , worrying about my dress.
how dirty it would get to be.
This js no place fur an old lady.
I thought - only for one of my
littlP grandchildren, who lov:P. to
play out Ja,re, build their castles
of dirt. wetted down with water I
give to· them. Then more pain: I
thought I had ahout a rninutP of
life left. I said my prayers. I said
good-b>·e to the house. I pictured
my husband in my mir1d: fiftyseven years of m:irriage. Such a
good man'. I said to myst'lf that
I might not see hin1 ever again :
surely God would take him into
Heaven , but as for ml:! . I have
no right to expect that out<·ome.
Then I looked up to the sky and
W'.:litt>d,
"My ey ... caught sight of a cloud.
It was darke r than the rest. It
was alone. _It was c-oming my wa>··
The hand of God. I was sure of
it'. So that is how one dies . All
my life. in the spare moments a
person has, I wondered how I
would go. Now I knew. Now I was
ready. I thuught I would suon he
taken up to the cloud and across
the sky I would go, and that would
be that. But the cloud kept moving,
and soon it was no longer above
me, but beyond me: and I was
still on my own land, so dear to
1
me, so familiar after all these
' years. I can't be dead, I thought
to myself. if I am here and the
cloud is way over there. and
getting further each second. May-·
be the next cloud - hut by then
I had decided God had other things
to do. Perhaps my nam~ had come
up. but He had decided to call
others before me. and get around
to me later. Who can ever know
His reasons·? Then I spottted my
neighbor walking down the road,
and I said to m~·self that I would
shout for him. I did. and he
heard. But you know. by the time
he c-ame I had sprung myself
free. That is right. the pain was
all gone.
"He helped · me up, :rnd he was
ready to go find rny husand and
hring him. llaek, No. I told him
no: I was all right, and I did not
want to risk frig:htening n1y lmshand. Ht> is excitable. He might
get somt~ kind of attack himself.
I went insicle and put m~·self
down on our bed and waited. For
an hour -- it was that long, I am
sure -- m:, eyes stared at the
ceiling, ht>ld on to it for dear life.
I thought of wliat 111~· life had been
like: a simplP lifP. not -a very
important 01w. mayhe an urmecPssar\ one, I am sure ·there are
better pt1 ople. men and womPn all
over the> world. who have dorw
more for their 1wig·hhors and yet"
nut lived as long- as I have. I felt
ashamed for a few 111inutPs: all
tlw complaints I'd mane to myself and to my fan ily. when the
truth has Ileen that 111~· fate has
lleP11 to live a lung and healthy
life, to have a p;ood and loyal
hushanrl. and to bring two sons
and three daughters into this
world. I thought of the five children we had lost. thn•e hefore
tht•y had a d1anc·p to take a
bre ath. I wondered where in the
universP they wer e . In the evening sometim f:!S, when I g-o to
close loose doors that otherwise
complain loudl>· all night, I am
likt.>ly to look at the stars and
feel my long-g-unP. infants near at
hand. The~· are far off. I know;
(Continued ori Page 4. Col. 1)
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MASSES: Sundays 7:30 - 9 - 11
MASSES: Monday through Friday, 5 p.m.; Wed., 7:30 p.m.
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Millbrook United Presbyterian Church
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MORNING WORSHIP 9 & 11:00 A.M.
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SUNDAY: Bible School, 9 a.m.; Morning Worship, 10 a.rn.
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Rev. Donald K. Skaggs, Pastor
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.
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Youth Meeting: 5:45 p.m.
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Sunday Worship:
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11:00 - WESLEY METHODIST
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Sunday Collegiate Interact - 9:45 A.M.
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Douglas A. Holck, Minister of Music
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ON CAMPUS
TODAY
An Emeriti RecognitionDinner
will be held in the Las Vegas
Room of the Sheratonim at 7 p.m.
The Popular Arts Film •Minnie and Moskowitz" will be shown
at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. tn the College Union Lounge.
The Iranian Student Association will meet at 9:30 p.m. in the
International Room of the Cafe- .
teria for chorus practice.
SATURDAY
The California Association of
Educators of Young Children is
spo'lsoring a "Joy of the Arts"
workshop in the CSUF cafeteria
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon will spon-
sor a "Mid Term All-College
Dance" at 9 p.m. in the Rainbow
Ballroom.
Music by •March
Hare" and "Starvation" will be
featured. There will be an open
bar. Tickets are $2 in advance,
$2.50 at the door.
The Chinese Overseas Student
Association will meet for badminton practice in Men's Gym
109 at 7 p.m.
The CSUF Opera Workshop
will perform •The Consul" by
Gian-Carlo Menotti in a fully
staged production at 8 p.m. and
again on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the
Music Building Recital Hall.
An Iranian New Year celebration will he held at the Edison
Social Club at 3325 W. Clinton
Ave. The celebration, sponsored
by the Iranian Students Association, costs $4 per person.
SUNDAY
'One Soul'
(Continued from Page 3)
but in my mind they have become
those stars - very small, hut
shining there bravely, no matter
how cold it is so far up. If the
stars have courage, we ought to
have courage; that is what I was
thinking, as I so often have in the
past - and just then he was the re,
my husband, calling my name
and soon looking into my eyes
with his.
•r•m all right, I told him. He
didn't know what had happened;
our neighbor had sealed his lips,
as I tol_d him to do. But my lmsband knows me, so he knew I
looked unusually tired: and he
couldn't he easily tric-ked hy me.
The more I told him I'<i just
worked too hard, that is all, the
more he knew I was holding hac-k
something. Finally, l pullt><i my
ace card. I pretended to he upset
by his questions and hy all the .1ttention he was giving me. I a<· cused him: why do you 111:tkl' me
want to cry, why do you wish nu'
ill, with those terrible thouµ,hts
of yours? I am not ill! If you
cannot let 1111~ rest without thinking I am. then God have mer<'}'
on you for having SU<'h an imagination! God have mercy! With the
second plea to our L:ird, ile wa.s
heatPn and silent. lle left 111(•
alone. I was ahout to lwg him
to coml' hack, lleg- his forgiwness. But I did not want hi Ill to
bear the burden of knowing: ht>
would 11ot rest easy hy day or hy
night. This way he c·an .say to
himself: she has always !wen
cranky, an<i she will always he
cra1,ky. so thank God her llla<·k _
mooqs c·ome only now and tht>n a spell followe<i hy the hrig-ht
sun again ...
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The Chinese Student Cluh will
hold Kung Fu pra<:tice at 10 a.m.
in Men's Gym ioo.
T.1e Fine Ai·ts Film "Gloryifyin:; the American Girl'' will he
shown at 8 p.m. in the College
Union Lounge. Thr: film stars
Rudy Vallee, llelen Mur~an and
Eddie Cantor.
The Seekers will mPet at 8 p. m.
at l!i40 M St.
The University of Texas "Collegiurn M usicurn," a l!,roup whi<'.11
perforrns early music from the
medieval, ren11aizanC'e and baroque eras, will give a c-oneert
at 8 p.m. in the !\1usi<: BuildingRecihll Hall .
precedence over fundj.ng for athletics.
Schmidt was asked to justify
the funding of athletics. He said
he felt that it concerned all students, not just a select group.
Seyeral Chicanos pointed out
that in respect to long term results , athletics did not contribute
as much to the betterment of society as a program such as the
Summer Institute.
Manuel Valdez said athletics
was "not promising a thing for
this nation.·•
Schmidt said, "I disagree with
you there . " Again he would not
elaborate.
Schmidt
(Continued from Page 1)
from all over the valley, some
come from as far as Bakersfield.
One Chicano student present
said you have to take into account
that the program incorporates
students from all over the valley;
the expense involved in busing
would probably exceed that of li vi ng in the dorms. Schmidt quickly
dropped the subject.
Often during th~ discussion
there was a rapid exchange of
comments in response fo something Schmidt said.
To justify the need for continued funding, Grace Solis said
that if the funding were provided,
Chicanos could reach a level of
self-sufficiency through education. This would mean there would
no lon~er he a need for outside
funds for Summer [nstitute, she
sairl.
"If we g·et this money for
these assistance prog-rarns, we
can better ourselves - we won't
need these programs anymore.
ChiC"anos will have rPached the
qua 1 it y of education needed,~
Solis said.
Schmidt respondtid saying, "As
long as you have haliies that
ever~·one else has to supp'.lrt,
you'll never have that.··
At this point a volley or verbal
attacks was made on Schmidt that
ell(h!d quickly with the majority
of students walkin~· nut.
The_ 111ain conmct which recurrc>d throughout the tn<~eting
was that the Chi<"ano students
felt thPy Wl're justified in askingfor a hmd in<"rease. \Jec·ausl~
Sum111 ... r Institut(,' should take
Discussion centered arou.1d the
idea that tbe Sum mer Institute
would he held " . . . concurrently
with the fall semt>ster. •• .
Many students involved in the
_program have said they felt this
would place too hig a burden on
participants and defeat the whole
purpose of the program.
J'he purpose of the program includes prov!ding students with
an opportunity to adjust to college
life and to encourllge students to
c ontinuP. through a four year
program at CSUF.
In addition, students receive
ne<:!issary counseling plus tutorial help with writing skills.
Assistance i-s also provided for
stu:Jents who encounter difficulty
with the English language.
When first confronted with this,
EXT RA~SPEC IA L:
•
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I
FRINT·END
Valdez speaks of goa.ls
(Continued from Page 2)
es." Meanwhilt> tlw situation or
ti'1e po<n- has nnt <·hang-l•d, he said.
"The supposp(I PIHi. of the Vil't11am war. alo11~ with tlwdraft 1·pvocatio11. wPre rpaso11s for tht•
de<'line of tlw stndl'nt 1111)Vl'lll\'lll.,.
he said.
Slll'll'nt ll-'adt>rs. ht• said. ltan°
IH'<'ll houµ,ht orr · or sih•n<·t>d with
the thrnat of hein~· jaill"d.
"!\ly goal is t() t?;ai11 lL'\'t•ragt•
(with an !\1 A. in so<'i;ll w,,rk) to
havt• pt•opll~ listt>d to 1111• . I VMt1ld
he lit>tl<•r ahlt> to gt>t 111-.· ideas
a<·n)SS <"on<·Prninl!,' tht• poor." lw
.said.
V:1ldt,z's intensl' parti<'tp:ttioa
in lwlpi1w: to allt'viall• th,. pro\l11•111.s of thl' poor sll'lll from his
l:'XJJE>rit>nc·es as a <'hild and h•t>na~t>r.
"1 livl'd in an El Paso lnrrio
when• kids wi>nt blind ht><'aUSP of
diseasl'S that \H•nl unt n•atPd ... he
said.
"I rt>lllt>lllhPr iwople dig-!,!'in~ in
Schmidt declined to comment
because he said he wasn't awar~
of the "entire picture . .,
Schmidt was questioned on this
by a Chicano student who said
"If you're· so willing to mak;
rash statements, you should research this stuff."
Schmidt said, "I spend 50hours
on every issue.~
After more discussion, Schmidt
said athletes needed the funding
for summer activities because
they were "preparing for sports
for the academic year ...
An unidentified student countered " · •. and students aren't
preparing for school when they
go to Sum:ner Institute?"'
There is significant evidence
indicating the budget is going
to encounter difficulties passing
Student Senate. the Fresno State
College Association Board of Directors and CSUF President
N'Jrm3n Baxter.
It is highly probably that because of the attached budget note
there could he a large reduction
funds for providing the cost of
dorm accommodations to Summ(!r Institute parti cipa nts.
IIGNMENT
<·a11s looking- for S0llll'-
Offer expires March 31, 1974
thing to P..11. ..
llt- said tlwse situations arP
Still ll'lll' in this ('()\llltr~· of so
lllllC'lt al'fllll'IIC't•,
Follo•1,inµ, g-raduation !'roll! high
sc·hool in CalPXiC'o. Valdez says
hp humrnl:!d arou11d tr~·ing to find
himself ;rnd realizPd that Pcluc-ation w;1s tht• w.1y tn lwlp himself
a11d I,;\ Haza.
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