La Voz de Aztlan, September 27 1974
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La Voz de Aztlan, September 27 1974
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La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)
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Photos by Larry Leon
School boycotf reveals Madera problems
By Larry Romero
MADERA-An incident that occurred here last June 6th is only
an indication of "an overall problem within the district," according to a Madera High School
counselor.
It has also resulted in the
suspension of more than 150
MHS students and in the formation of a parents' group to work
with the school district on problems they feel they have with the
schools.
In addition, that incident has
led to the removal of grammar
school children from their
classes; picketing by students and
parents, and the formation of an
alternate sc::hool in order to continue the protesting students'
education.
It has also divided lhis farming community of 20,000 people,
20 miles north of Fresno.
The incident was the alleged
beating of a 16-year-old Chicano
high school student by two MHS
administrators, and in the subsequent court ruling acquitting them
of battery charges.
According to news and police
reports, the youth, Daniel Salas,
allegedly pushed a girl into the
school swimming pool and after
refusing to give his name to
teachers he was chased from the
school grounds and beaten . by
vice-principal Perry Harper and
counselor Barry Crow.
Harper has said he approached
the 114-pound youth who then went
into what the vice-principal described as a "fighting stance,"
thus forciRg him and Crow to subdue the student by knocking him
to the ground and holding his
arms and feet.
But, according to Salas, the
vice-principal first threw a rock
at him and then both men started
hitting him.
Salas is reported to have suffered several facial cuts and
bruises in the fight.
The Madera County District
Attorney's office then fi 1 ed
charges against the two men and a
much publicized trial began in
late August and ended on Sept. 2
with a verdict of not guilty against
the two administrators.
When classes resumed after
summer vacation, an estimated
75 to 100 MHS students boycotted
classes in protest of the verdict.
One student said they were
protesting because they felt they
(the students) have never been
treated right.
"We've been pushed up against
the wall too many times before ,
and we're getting tired," said
sophomore Joann Hernandez as
she walked the picket line.
"Our parents agree that those
two (Harper and Crow) should be
taken out," she said.
After three days of protesting,
. the students returned to classes
on Sept. 19', only to walk out
again after the school's principal,
Robert Warner, announced that
all the protesting students would
be suspended for three days.
Later, Warner announced that
there had been an apparent misunderstanding a1:1d that the students would be suspended for
three days or less if their rarents met with school officials.
Last Friday morning, the Padres Unidos de Madera , the group
formed last August to look into
the school's problems, met with
school and school district officials.
At the meeting, the parents'
group presented the school district with two demands, according to Joe Frausto, chairman.
They were: 1) Complete Amnesty for students who walked out
of classes and 2) removal of
either Harper or his wife, who is
also employed as a PE instructor
and is supervised by her husdand, contrary to school district
policy.
All of the demands were rejected by the officials.
Later that afternoon, Warner
said that the school had made
a "superb effort• to get the students back into class but had
failed.
•They're certainly not helping
any by demonstrating," he said.
"We've never had any problem
like this, especially with our
Mexican-American students.
"In the past we have had problems with black students demonstrating, but never with Mexi-
can-Americans," he said.
According to Warner there are
about 900 Chicanos at the high
school out of a total student population of 2,000.
Mrs. Matilda Torres, a coun-·
selor at MHS, said she has been
involved with both the school and
the Chicano community of Madera.
"While most people think the
incident with the student was the
cause of this situation, to me it
represents far more than that,"
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 1)
Voz. de
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THE DAILY COLLEGIA.\J
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO
LXXIX/10
FRIDA,Y, SEPTEMBER 27, 1974•
Committee OKs minority-oriented
courses for credential requirements
By Cynthia Lugo
A proposal to require all students seeking a teaching credential to take six units of minorityoriented courses has been passed
by the Teacher Education Committee, a sub-committee of the ·
, Academic Policy and Planning
Committee.
Dr. Adolfo Ortega, coordinator •
of La Raza Studies, called the
proposal a step in the right direction. However, the proposal
still needs to go through AP&P
and to Sacramento for final approval.
The courses would help provide
psychological, sociological and
historical background of women,
American Indians, Armenians,
Chicanos, Portuguese and Asians,
according to Ortega.
With 20 percent of the children
in Fresno schools Chicano , local
t~achers certainly need some
kind of background in ethnic
studies, especially in La Raza
Studies, in order to teach effectively .'
A need for these courses was
also pointed out in the US Ci vll
Rights Commission Report: "Toward Quality EducationforMexican-Americans', • published last
February.
"The overwhelming majority of
teacher trainees enrolled in these
institutions are Anglo," the report says. •Most of these students
lack the understanding or appreciation of the Chicano culture and
background that is necessary to
teach Chicano children effectively."
"For many, the best and perhaps the only opportunity to gain
this understanding before entering upon their teaching career is
through their traini9g in a teacher education institution (like
CSUF)," the report stresses.
Last semester Dr. Ralph
Evans, Dean of the School of
Education, said the School could
not offer these courses because
they are limited by the state on
the number of units required to
complete the professional sequence, and those are the classes
offered by the School of Education.
The School of Education has
acknowledged the lack of minority-oriented preparation, but said
that they were not in a position
to do anything about it. Lack of
funds to staff minority-oriented
classes, lack of input into the
liberal arts major and the fact
the School of Education does not
see the teacher candidates until
they are juniors or seniors, were
cited as reasons.
The school has been accused
of sticking ·to traditional ways of
preparing a teacher and of moving
slowly in response . to recent
legislation and Supreme Court
decisions, which provide for
minority education.
Evans said the issue was a little premature, since the Teacher
Education Committee only made
a recommendation, and therefore
''I ought not to comment on it
at this stage."
M.E.C.H.A. strives for more student involvement
In the past M.E .C;H.A. (La
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano
de Aztlan) has been criticized
for the few people, or, some
have said "clique,• that participarticipates in the Chicano club.
But, Frank Riojas, this year's
chairman, said that one of his
priorities will be to prove this
wrong.
•we will need 15 different
committees this year for 15 different pr ·-~ects. The reason for
the large number of committees
i:5 to try to get all of the mem -
bers involved,• he said.
.The 28-year-old Riojas said
in a letter to members that it is
necessary to develop a cohesive
organization that -would include
problem solving abilities and
provide a new perspective for
M.E.C.H.A.
This would allow the club to
set a new direction on our needs
as Chicanos and a genuine con·cern for each other · as creative
individuals,• he said.
Riojas said that M.E.C.H.A.'s
relationship to the Chicano com-
munity should be to work at
•establishing and directing educational programs for developing bilingual and culturally relevant programs in all levels of
education."
The Social Science major said
he feels that "Com rr!unications is
a vital factor in the Implementation and mobilization of human
resources in order to create desired. social changes for El Movimiento."
"This field of communication is
very wide. It deals with more
media involvement, to writing for
a newsletter· or La Voz and
hopefully for a La Raza yearbook.•
The development of Chicano
peer group counseling, both in the
student community and in the
barrio is another goal of the
Chicano club, according to
Riojas.
Researching immediate community needs, developing curricula for programs aimed at
alleviating those needs and working with the developing alternate
institutions for self-determination were other goals M.E.C.H.A •
wm' be striving for this year, he
said.
The other elected officials for
this year are Jaime Huerta, vicechairman; Amie Gomez, secretary; Minnie Carrillo, treasurer;
Valentino De La Rosa and Raymoncl Sierra are the SergeantsAt-Arms.
M.E.C.H.A. will meet every
Thursday in the International
Room from 12 noon to 2 p.m.,
unless otherwise announced.
2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
-Friday, September 27, 1974
COMMENTARY BY RICK HEREDIA
'The American, Indian Day' story
Today is the sixth annlvers l'l ry of the
state of California's Indian Day proclamation.
Today, once again, Indian decision
making · by non-Indians will be exer0c ised.
Campbell Grant, contracted by the
College Union Program Office, will
come on campus with his display of
Indian rock art.
As far as I have been able to determine, and the extent of that investigation has been questioned by other Indian
students in the campus organization
(TEWAQUACHI), no student was informed, consulted or asked to give
input on this matter.
I feel it would have been more appropriate to contract, at the very least,
Indian people for this day. Even if the
students had not been consulted, acquiring a non-Indian for Indian Day is
adding insult to injury .
On a more jubilant note, in case
some of you don't know it yet , the
Wounded Knee trials being held in
Minnesota are over!
Judge Fred J. Nichql noted that th e
Justice Departm ent appeared to he
more interested in convicting the Indians, than in justice. Citing' "mis conduct" on the part qi the Jus tic e
Department and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation , charges against De nnis
Banks and Russ ell Means -wne dismissed. The two ar e Ame ri can Indian
Move me nt (AIM ) lead e r s .
On a day like today, one contemplatPs
reflectively, s ea rd1i11g· for so111e ins pirational or hi g-hly philos ophi cal
phrases to accommodate th e O<Tas io11.
For a people as di ve r s" as WP a n • in
tribal customs, language, and religions,
this is not an easy task.
To try and specify would mean leaving somebody out and to generalize the
above mentioned aspects of Indian life
would he offensive to others.
i personally would like to address
those "ersatz" Indians and ask them to
stop insulting me with tales of how
mu ch Indian they are. I woulrl like to
remind them that for e ve ry s oul runnin g
up and declaring his Indian he rita ge ,
please be brief, for th e r e a re hundreds
of others , sta ndin is in line, waitinis th e ir
turn. Lo! the poor Com anche and
Apa che nations.
For exa mple an • other" was visiting
with myself a nd a few s tud e nts. This
individual, after ove rwhelmin g us with
th e qua ntum of Indi an blood he possessed , s potted our "pow-wow·• drurri
in the renter of the room . Dragging his
s mall son ove r to it . he hc~amed down
a t th e hoy, "Look s on. your he rita ge ."
The c hild was then urged to pound on
th e dru m with his tin y fists : The pa r ent. ·
P11rapt11red with how fa s t th e hoy had
ta ken to the drum , turn ed to the stud e11ts a 11d s111iled hroadl_v ,saying."See,
I told you he had I 11dia11 blood in him ,
look how he hits tlu, drum." The proud
"othe r" parPnt th e 11 plaC'ed thP ope n,
full r·a11 of hee r O N th P dn1111, and procet•ded to jni11 the infant.
NeP<llt>ss to s .1y, thi s indi vidual clidn ' t
s ta_v around long- aflPr liPing told to
pi<'k up his hePr ,·a n.
Thi s is not an isoJa tpd incid ent. Aft Pr
gpftin g ovc- r tlwir initial s urpri sP upon
"dis l'ove ri11 g·" an _Indian. su<"h qu Pri es
as "wha t hra11d c_1 f t11dia11 arc• you·:; and
evp11 "wha t ('OUllt n · do )'OU('O ll ll' rro111·.»
us ua Jl y foll ow.
l11cl ia 11 p,•opl,•. g,•t ti 11g togPt he>r. C'0llid
tell those stories for hours, never repeating one incident. Some are hilarious, others are sad.
Many people base their declarations
on noble savage myths and Hollywood
stereotypes. They, too , ,want to share in
those ethereal, mystic qualities, that all
Indians a re supposed to have. They, too,
want to be friends with all the creatures
of the forest ; to · be able to tell time
by looking a t the sun.
Ye t t hese same people don't know
d single valid truth about the culture
th ey are supposed to be a part of. They
prohahly dorr't e ven know any Indians .
Whe n Indians do violate their cherished,
noble notions about Indians , they are
s hockeJ. They reta liate by disassoci a ting th e mselves from their prior
proclam a tion (not that they were associated with us to begin with), ·speaking
of India ns as brawling drunkards and
c rude a nim als, while they recoil to the
s ecurity of the skin in which they were
horn, s urroundin g themselves with th e
wo rld they really belong to .
A fri e nd of mine. a hu ge , hulking,
da rk skinned Choinumni has a term for
thes e people . He calls them "woodwork Indians . ·
Be yond thes e academi c wans and
cha lkhoarded classrooms, there is a
real Indian world of poverty, racism,
a nd an gr y frustr a tion. These conditions a re ofte n c hanne led in to forms of
self-de struction th r ough alcoholism
a nd viole nce.
In this world. there a r e no hi gh
poli s hed ideal s to hold onto. There a re
no ac ts of s e lf-a ccompli s hm e nt to he
c- o mpli me nted for . unles s one includes
dail y des pairing s ur vival.
Thi ngs li ke ge ttin g food for a day,
fin ding a place to slee p, a nd dod ging
'New·' instructor
ll,· C, ra<"C' Solis
A111ong th,• 11pw i11stnwtors at
J,a Haza St11diPs Program th is
SPn1estt>r i,-; son1eone not so new
to CSUF.
:\\ a11 m• l \" aldez. a 1!)74 gradu att' of CSUF. is <'IIITPllll)· wnr king 011 his '.\ISW (:\l aste r s in So d a! Wor k) as we ll as teaching
three !'lasses in La Haza Stud ies.
T he program is noth ing !IP\\ ' to
, ·11 Jde1.. :\ for111er La Haza St udies
st udt> nt. he has also ser n• d on
Lei Raza Studies
vario us adv isory hoards to th e>
program. The 30- year -old grad uate has also served as the
president of MECHA and was a
member of thP Student Senate,
reprPsentin g the School of Social
Work. during the 1!)73-74 year.
Valdez is the inst ructor of a
variety of classes wh ic h dea l
with the soc ia l and poli tical S\'S tPms and the ir effect on the
Ch icano. ·
One class , '.\Iovimiento (Ch ica no :\l overnent), explorPs how
the s,·s tem wor ks. hoth to bene fit and harm the Chicano . The
class inYolves a discussion of
the p<'r iod from tht> '.\\ Pxican
He\·oJution to tti e present.
.\ <·<·o r di11g to \" atdez, the poli ti cal impli cat ions of the re\·olut ion
kt\·e :lffedl'd gene r ations ofChica11os sinct> then. and continue to
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the law are major occupations of Indians in this world. Words like "unity"
and •brotherhood• are best left on the
floors of dilapidated wooden shacks
resemblin g houses, or covered over in
bloodstained back alleys of cheap, dark,
skid row bars. Personal experience in
this world gives me a degree of appreciation for the world we , as students,
now find· ourselves in.
This is not to say that this institution and the accultura tion embodied in
it is an acceptable and ha ppy prospect
for me . It does not mean th at I have
discarded my cultural composite for
something I think is be tter.
Quite the contrary, I must learn
a bou t this educational process so that
I may preserve what I have brought
here with me. When I am finished here,
I will have a weapon I can unsheathe
that is equal to the same weapon that
has been used against the Indian for so
long - this system of education .
These then are the thou ghts I experience on Indian Day, 1974. If I have
offended some "others• or ruffled their
sense of what a n India n should be, I, in
honest consciousness cannot say "I'm
sorry ."
My people were kicked , shoved,
pushed and killed for over 200 years
before the American conscience slowly
began to awaken . Maybe , if things have
improved in the ne xt 200 years, I
might apologize, maybe.
As senior Anthropology student GayJen Lee , a Mono Indian, said, "There
is no such thing as 'Indian Day' to me.
Every day is Indian Day . I find prickling
irony in hearing of an infa ntile proclama tion th a t gives r ecognition to a people
tha t have occupied these la nds and this
valley for centuri es. "
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE 28 TH
9 P.M. TO C LOSE
i nfluence us now .
Another dass Valdez teaches
is Community Studies. Va ldez
said tht> main pu r pos e of thi s
course is to e xplore the Chicano
community and its relationship
to the rest of the com rn unity .
Some of th e areas researc he d
i n this class are the socia l services agencies. such as welfa r e
departments. health fac ilitie s ,
and educational systems.
" Parli n. and Crystal City,
T exas are examples of wha t ca n
be done when Chicanos unite""'
their politica l str e ngth. · he s aid.
The th ird class Valdez teac he s
is project oriented. In Community Deve lopment . each stude nt
initiates a project which in some
way benefits the Chicano com munit,·. M my students have set
up small tutorin g centers in the
barrios. or in the s c hools them s elves . Valdez said he mee ts with
the students week!,· to discus s
the ir progress and to offe r any
needed advice.
"'.\!y classes are geared equally
toward pro\'iding the Chic anos
a hetter understa nd ing of himSf' if and also toward helping the
..\. ng lo to better understand the
Chi cano ... said Valdez.
THE DAILY COLLfGIAN
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a nd comm~·ntaries by gues t writ e rs.
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the s tu dent b ody.
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E d i to r .
Ph o t o grap h e r .
R e p o rte rs . . .
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CORRECTION
CHICANO COMMUNITY NEWS
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UFW campaign
The United Farmworkers of
America have stepped up their
Illegals Campaign and are asking
the public to write to their congressmen, according to a union
newsletter.
The letter said that Cesar
Chavez will be iestifying before
the Hous.e sub~om mittee on Legal
and Monetary Affairs on Oct. 9,
1974.
The campaign is asking the
public to write the lawmakers and
"urge them to:
1) Attend the Subcommittee
hearings;
2) Eliminate the exploitation
of farm workers. both foreign
and domestic, that is intensified
~y the importation of illegal
workers:
3) Allow foreign workers to enter the country with full and equal
democratic rights, but not under
government contract, such as in
the Bracero Program, and
4) In the meantime, demand .
that Attorney General Saxbe fulfill his duty by strictly enforcing
current immigration laws."
It was incorrectly stated that
athlete Tommy "Smith had indicated he would speak at CSUF
free of charge."
Smith has made no such indications_. The Pan African Union
is still negotiating lecture fees
and transportation arrangements.
The program consists of hiring
persons to work during the summer months and training them to
enter full-time employment with
the Forestry Service.
Bob Reyes, the area coordinator for the Sierra National Forest was at a recent MECHA
me~ting to recruit Chicanos to
take the test for summer employment with Ute U.S. Forestry
Service at the Sierra National
Friday, September 27, 1974
NOTICE
Any future events or information which a student feels is
important or interesting for his
fellow students, may be given to
the editors of this newspaper.
This will not only allow for your
events to be publicized but also
will provide for better coverage
of campus affairs.
Plants to
pamper!
Recr~iting
An intensive recruiting program is being developed by the
US Forestry Service. The recruitment program is part · of a
Sixteen Point Program signed
into existence by former President Nixon.
-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-3
Yesterday's Collegian carried
a story headlined •outspoken ath: letes may come to CSUF." ·
Forest.
· He stress that a summer job
does not mean automatic fulltime employment at the end of
the summer. At the end of the
sum mer the persons interested
in full-time jobs are given further testing and screening. Reyes
also said a background in the
natural sciences is helpful, though
not necessary.
~
The tests for the sum mer jobs
wiil be held during October and
November. Anyone interested
should go to the Civil Service
Office at 1130 O Street, Fresno.
Reyes will also be at the next
MECHA meeting to give further
information to anyonelnterested.
Come see a 1uogle gacde~ of g,eeo
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from thick leafy to tiny petal
clusters. Make your own exotic
effect. Choose from a wide assortment. 6" pot size, hanging or
5tancling. They're alive and well in
Pier 1's garden cove!
Teamster bribes
SAN JOSE-Fear of a Teamsters Union official led to two
Salinas businessmen into a predicament which resulted in bribery charges against them_, according to a defense attorney.
Defendants James R. Martin
and Thomas Hitchcock were
"afraid• of Theodore Gonsalves,
Martin's attorney told a U.S.
District Court jury Wednesday.
The attorney said Martin had
been threatened · by Gonzalves,
former secretary-treasurer of
Teamsters Union Local 748 in
Modesto.
The two defendants have told
the court tney · were "employers
caught in the middle of two strong
unions competing_ for their signatures.•
Federal investigators ~aid
Gonsalves accepted $10,000 in
bribes for recruiting teamsters
to travel to Salinas and oppose
· the striking linited Farm Workers Union two years ago. Gonsalves . pleaded no contest Tuesday to five counts of hrihery.
In his opening statement
Wednesday, the attorney, Richard
Foster said he would presenl
witnesses who would show that
Gonsalves was "insane" · and
drank up to three bottles of
whisky a day while consuming
drugs.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
family. We must look at all of the
children as belonging to all of
Editor:
us. We must strive for the fulThrough open forums, refillment 01 all as equal, with the
search and other available means
capability and the right to develop
we will discuss and implement - as humans. When a man can look
the role of the Chicana, for we
upon a woman as a human, then
feel that the concept of a collecand only then can he feel the true
tive society composed of collecmeaning of liberation and equaltive tasks implies the recogniity.
tion of the relationship hetween
M.E.C.H.A. realizesthedevelChicanas and Chicanos.
opment and the crystalization of
our goals and aspirations is deWe cannot have a Chicana libpendent upon the utmost particieration movement if half of La
pation of the Chicano students.
Raza is not free. The women
There is a need to apply our
must help in the liberation of the
evolving ideology to the ohjer.man and the man mus.t J,iok upon
tives of the Chicano movement,
the liberation with women at his
which is national self-determinaside, not following hin · hut along
tion and human liberation.
side him.
En La Lucha Venceremos
Frank Hiojas
La Raza movement is based on
M,E.C.H.A. President,
brotlwr and sisterhood. We must
C.S.U.F.
look at each other as one large
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4-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Fr iday. Seotember 27, 1974
•
Madera school boycott continues
students are out there," said one
teacher. "The rest are all outside
people from Fresno."
Frank Riojas, the president of
M.E.C. H.A., said that the club
had been contacted only the day
before (Sept. 19) by the Padres
Unidos and had been asked to
support the students.
"We're here to help in any way
we can," he said. Riojas said
one way they would help would be
by providing tutoring for the students that were missing classes,
so that, they wouldn't get behind
in thei7 school work.
Torres said she didn't feel it
was wrong for the Fresno s tudents to help "if they are seriously concerned and willing to
help."
Madera Police chief, Go rdon
Skeels said that the demonstrations have been peaceful and
"handled ve r y well."
"I've been wo rking with F r ank
(Riojas) and he assured me it
would be," said the ,mus tachioed
chief as he sur veyed the pic ket
line.
treet in front of the
The
school 's office had been closed
TO DAY
to vehicle traffic by the police
Campbell Grant will speak on · department.
"American Indian Rock Art" as
"There were rumors that some
part of American Indian Day in
people had been riding by with
the Little Theatre at noon.
guns," said Skeel, but did not
1\ive the source of the rumor.
Two films will be shown in the
Also a camera had heen set on
College Union. The first "Un
the school grounds by two plainChien Andalou, • displays the sur realistic style of Luis Bunuel and
Salvador Dali. The second is
YOU ARE
"The Cabinet of Dr. Caliga r i. •
Films will be s hown at 7:30 p.m.
and agains t 9: 30 p. m.
(Con4nued from Page 1) .
she said.
"I th1nl5 1t represents other
concerns and problems . The statistics for this district are very
poor. That to them ((he Padres
Unidos) represents a problem an overall problem within the
district.•
Two trustees of the Madera
Unified School District are re- ;
ported to be concerned by the
mounting tension at the high
school and at the community, according to a local newspaper
article.
The trustee reportedly said:
"We feel they are being used by
outside people to serve their own
purposes."
Thi s feeling was also expressed by some teachers who
were watching the demonstrators
during the noon lunch hour.
"It's not affecting teaching any
since .fJ 9 percent of our students
are still in class, only a few
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Fr.e sno Friends
SUNDAY
T he Plaza ofJapanese Congregation will hold a picnic at O' Neill
P ar k Sund ay from 5 to 8 p.m.
All inte rested Japanes e students
are invited to attend.
Ther e will be a meeting of the
Hawaii Club Sunday evening at
7:30 p. m. at Dr. Christison's
home, 3834 N. Mariposa Street.
Phone num ber is 222-9669. Ca mpus phone is 2712 .
Sunday, 10 a.m.
clothes officers who said they
were taking pictures for a future
training film on crowa control.
However, Skeels said that the
movie camera was to be used for
identification purposes by intelligence .
Contrasting attitudes by the
community can be seen across the
street from the school where
two neighbors had different reactions to the marching students.
One' man , who asked that his
name not be used because he
feared retaliation from the s tudents, said tha t the students did n't
know what they were doing.
•1 believe i_n the dem ocratic
process ," he said. "This is n't
it.
"I'm a membe r oftheso- called
minority group. I'm a MexicanAmerican. But I didn' t have todo
th at when I was in school. I have
a good job, all my brothers have
good jobs and my sons are aEh letes and they too will get good
jobs, because they're not .out
there. " he said as he looked at
the picket line march in front of
his house.
Next door , his neighbor, an
old, white-haired man, came out
of his house and raised a clenched
fist to~ard the marchers and
shouted "Chicano Power." The
students answered back the same
way and greeted himwithcheers.
INV ITED TO
Meeting-
(QUAKE R)
.
Pax Dei Chapel
.
.
COLLEGE RELIGIOUS CENTER
2311 E. SHAW, across from CSUF
PEACE CORPS
CUTS THE RED TAPE
How? By "pre- s lotting• - a new way of plac ing
Volunteers in the Peace Corps, being introduced at
CSUF for the first time ne xt week .
THE NEW PRESIDENT pro-tern
of the Student Senate Cruz Bustamante, apolitical-science major,
was critical of last year's senate
saying that "not really anything
had been accomplished.• He said
he .hoped this year will bebetter.
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School boycotf reveals Madera problems
By Larry Romero
MADERA-An incident that occurred here last June 6th is only
an indication of "an overall problem within the district," according to a Madera High School
counselor.
It has also resulted in the
suspension of more than 150
MHS students and in the formation of a parents' group to work
with the school district on problems they feel they have with the
schools.
In addition, that incident has
led to the removal of grammar
school children from their
classes; picketing by students and
parents, and the formation of an
alternate sc::hool in order to continue the protesting students'
education.
It has also divided lhis farming community of 20,000 people,
20 miles north of Fresno.
The incident was the alleged
beating of a 16-year-old Chicano
high school student by two MHS
administrators, and in the subsequent court ruling acquitting them
of battery charges.
According to news and police
reports, the youth, Daniel Salas,
allegedly pushed a girl into the
school swimming pool and after
refusing to give his name to
teachers he was chased from the
school grounds and beaten . by
vice-principal Perry Harper and
counselor Barry Crow.
Harper has said he approached
the 114-pound youth who then went
into what the vice-principal described as a "fighting stance,"
thus forciRg him and Crow to subdue the student by knocking him
to the ground and holding his
arms and feet.
But, according to Salas, the
vice-principal first threw a rock
at him and then both men started
hitting him.
Salas is reported to have suffered several facial cuts and
bruises in the fight.
The Madera County District
Attorney's office then fi 1 ed
charges against the two men and a
much publicized trial began in
late August and ended on Sept. 2
with a verdict of not guilty against
the two administrators.
When classes resumed after
summer vacation, an estimated
75 to 100 MHS students boycotted
classes in protest of the verdict.
One student said they were
protesting because they felt they
(the students) have never been
treated right.
"We've been pushed up against
the wall too many times before ,
and we're getting tired," said
sophomore Joann Hernandez as
she walked the picket line.
"Our parents agree that those
two (Harper and Crow) should be
taken out," she said.
After three days of protesting,
. the students returned to classes
on Sept. 19', only to walk out
again after the school's principal,
Robert Warner, announced that
all the protesting students would
be suspended for three days.
Later, Warner announced that
there had been an apparent misunderstanding a1:1d that the students would be suspended for
three days or less if their rarents met with school officials.
Last Friday morning, the Padres Unidos de Madera , the group
formed last August to look into
the school's problems, met with
school and school district officials.
At the meeting, the parents'
group presented the school district with two demands, according to Joe Frausto, chairman.
They were: 1) Complete Amnesty for students who walked out
of classes and 2) removal of
either Harper or his wife, who is
also employed as a PE instructor
and is supervised by her husdand, contrary to school district
policy.
All of the demands were rejected by the officials.
Later that afternoon, Warner
said that the school had made
a "superb effort• to get the students back into class but had
failed.
•They're certainly not helping
any by demonstrating," he said.
"We've never had any problem
like this, especially with our
Mexican-American students.
"In the past we have had problems with black students demonstrating, but never with Mexi-
can-Americans," he said.
According to Warner there are
about 900 Chicanos at the high
school out of a total student population of 2,000.
Mrs. Matilda Torres, a coun-·
selor at MHS, said she has been
involved with both the school and
the Chicano community of Madera.
"While most people think the
incident with the student was the
cause of this situation, to me it
represents far more than that,"
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 1)
Voz. de
IA
THE DAILY COLLEGIA.\J
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO
LXXIX/10
FRIDA,Y, SEPTEMBER 27, 1974•
Committee OKs minority-oriented
courses for credential requirements
By Cynthia Lugo
A proposal to require all students seeking a teaching credential to take six units of minorityoriented courses has been passed
by the Teacher Education Committee, a sub-committee of the ·
, Academic Policy and Planning
Committee.
Dr. Adolfo Ortega, coordinator •
of La Raza Studies, called the
proposal a step in the right direction. However, the proposal
still needs to go through AP&P
and to Sacramento for final approval.
The courses would help provide
psychological, sociological and
historical background of women,
American Indians, Armenians,
Chicanos, Portuguese and Asians,
according to Ortega.
With 20 percent of the children
in Fresno schools Chicano , local
t~achers certainly need some
kind of background in ethnic
studies, especially in La Raza
Studies, in order to teach effectively .'
A need for these courses was
also pointed out in the US Ci vll
Rights Commission Report: "Toward Quality EducationforMexican-Americans', • published last
February.
"The overwhelming majority of
teacher trainees enrolled in these
institutions are Anglo," the report says. •Most of these students
lack the understanding or appreciation of the Chicano culture and
background that is necessary to
teach Chicano children effectively."
"For many, the best and perhaps the only opportunity to gain
this understanding before entering upon their teaching career is
through their traini9g in a teacher education institution (like
CSUF)," the report stresses.
Last semester Dr. Ralph
Evans, Dean of the School of
Education, said the School could
not offer these courses because
they are limited by the state on
the number of units required to
complete the professional sequence, and those are the classes
offered by the School of Education.
The School of Education has
acknowledged the lack of minority-oriented preparation, but said
that they were not in a position
to do anything about it. Lack of
funds to staff minority-oriented
classes, lack of input into the
liberal arts major and the fact
the School of Education does not
see the teacher candidates until
they are juniors or seniors, were
cited as reasons.
The school has been accused
of sticking ·to traditional ways of
preparing a teacher and of moving
slowly in response . to recent
legislation and Supreme Court
decisions, which provide for
minority education.
Evans said the issue was a little premature, since the Teacher
Education Committee only made
a recommendation, and therefore
''I ought not to comment on it
at this stage."
M.E.C.H.A. strives for more student involvement
In the past M.E .C;H.A. (La
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano
de Aztlan) has been criticized
for the few people, or, some
have said "clique,• that participarticipates in the Chicano club.
But, Frank Riojas, this year's
chairman, said that one of his
priorities will be to prove this
wrong.
•we will need 15 different
committees this year for 15 different pr ·-~ects. The reason for
the large number of committees
i:5 to try to get all of the mem -
bers involved,• he said.
.The 28-year-old Riojas said
in a letter to members that it is
necessary to develop a cohesive
organization that -would include
problem solving abilities and
provide a new perspective for
M.E.C.H.A.
This would allow the club to
set a new direction on our needs
as Chicanos and a genuine con·cern for each other · as creative
individuals,• he said.
Riojas said that M.E.C.H.A.'s
relationship to the Chicano com-
munity should be to work at
•establishing and directing educational programs for developing bilingual and culturally relevant programs in all levels of
education."
The Social Science major said
he feels that "Com rr!unications is
a vital factor in the Implementation and mobilization of human
resources in order to create desired. social changes for El Movimiento."
"This field of communication is
very wide. It deals with more
media involvement, to writing for
a newsletter· or La Voz and
hopefully for a La Raza yearbook.•
The development of Chicano
peer group counseling, both in the
student community and in the
barrio is another goal of the
Chicano club, according to
Riojas.
Researching immediate community needs, developing curricula for programs aimed at
alleviating those needs and working with the developing alternate
institutions for self-determination were other goals M.E.C.H.A •
wm' be striving for this year, he
said.
The other elected officials for
this year are Jaime Huerta, vicechairman; Amie Gomez, secretary; Minnie Carrillo, treasurer;
Valentino De La Rosa and Raymoncl Sierra are the SergeantsAt-Arms.
M.E.C.H.A. will meet every
Thursday in the International
Room from 12 noon to 2 p.m.,
unless otherwise announced.
2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
-Friday, September 27, 1974
COMMENTARY BY RICK HEREDIA
'The American, Indian Day' story
Today is the sixth annlvers l'l ry of the
state of California's Indian Day proclamation.
Today, once again, Indian decision
making · by non-Indians will be exer0c ised.
Campbell Grant, contracted by the
College Union Program Office, will
come on campus with his display of
Indian rock art.
As far as I have been able to determine, and the extent of that investigation has been questioned by other Indian
students in the campus organization
(TEWAQUACHI), no student was informed, consulted or asked to give
input on this matter.
I feel it would have been more appropriate to contract, at the very least,
Indian people for this day. Even if the
students had not been consulted, acquiring a non-Indian for Indian Day is
adding insult to injury .
On a more jubilant note, in case
some of you don't know it yet , the
Wounded Knee trials being held in
Minnesota are over!
Judge Fred J. Nichql noted that th e
Justice Departm ent appeared to he
more interested in convicting the Indians, than in justice. Citing' "mis conduct" on the part qi the Jus tic e
Department and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation , charges against De nnis
Banks and Russ ell Means -wne dismissed. The two ar e Ame ri can Indian
Move me nt (AIM ) lead e r s .
On a day like today, one contemplatPs
reflectively, s ea rd1i11g· for so111e ins pirational or hi g-hly philos ophi cal
phrases to accommodate th e O<Tas io11.
For a people as di ve r s" as WP a n • in
tribal customs, language, and religions,
this is not an easy task.
To try and specify would mean leaving somebody out and to generalize the
above mentioned aspects of Indian life
would he offensive to others.
i personally would like to address
those "ersatz" Indians and ask them to
stop insulting me with tales of how
mu ch Indian they are. I woulrl like to
remind them that for e ve ry s oul runnin g
up and declaring his Indian he rita ge ,
please be brief, for th e r e a re hundreds
of others , sta ndin is in line, waitinis th e ir
turn. Lo! the poor Com anche and
Apa che nations.
For exa mple an • other" was visiting
with myself a nd a few s tud e nts. This
individual, after ove rwhelmin g us with
th e qua ntum of Indi an blood he possessed , s potted our "pow-wow·• drurri
in the renter of the room . Dragging his
s mall son ove r to it . he hc~amed down
a t th e hoy, "Look s on. your he rita ge ."
The c hild was then urged to pound on
th e dru m with his tin y fists : The pa r ent. ·
P11rapt11red with how fa s t th e hoy had
ta ken to the drum , turn ed to the stud e11ts a 11d s111iled hroadl_v ,saying."See,
I told you he had I 11dia11 blood in him ,
look how he hits tlu, drum." The proud
"othe r" parPnt th e 11 plaC'ed thP ope n,
full r·a11 of hee r O N th P dn1111, and procet•ded to jni11 the infant.
NeP<llt>ss to s .1y, thi s indi vidual clidn ' t
s ta_v around long- aflPr liPing told to
pi<'k up his hePr ,·a n.
Thi s is not an isoJa tpd incid ent. Aft Pr
gpftin g ovc- r tlwir initial s urpri sP upon
"dis l'ove ri11 g·" an _Indian. su<"h qu Pri es
as "wha t hra11d c_1 f t11dia11 arc• you·:; and
evp11 "wha t ('OUllt n · do )'OU('O ll ll' rro111·.»
us ua Jl y foll ow.
l11cl ia 11 p,•opl,•. g,•t ti 11g togPt he>r. C'0llid
tell those stories for hours, never repeating one incident. Some are hilarious, others are sad.
Many people base their declarations
on noble savage myths and Hollywood
stereotypes. They, too , ,want to share in
those ethereal, mystic qualities, that all
Indians a re supposed to have. They, too,
want to be friends with all the creatures
of the forest ; to · be able to tell time
by looking a t the sun.
Ye t t hese same people don't know
d single valid truth about the culture
th ey are supposed to be a part of. They
prohahly dorr't e ven know any Indians .
Whe n Indians do violate their cherished,
noble notions about Indians , they are
s hockeJ. They reta liate by disassoci a ting th e mselves from their prior
proclam a tion (not that they were associated with us to begin with), ·speaking
of India ns as brawling drunkards and
c rude a nim als, while they recoil to the
s ecurity of the skin in which they were
horn, s urroundin g themselves with th e
wo rld they really belong to .
A fri e nd of mine. a hu ge , hulking,
da rk skinned Choinumni has a term for
thes e people . He calls them "woodwork Indians . ·
Be yond thes e academi c wans and
cha lkhoarded classrooms, there is a
real Indian world of poverty, racism,
a nd an gr y frustr a tion. These conditions a re ofte n c hanne led in to forms of
self-de struction th r ough alcoholism
a nd viole nce.
In this world. there a r e no hi gh
poli s hed ideal s to hold onto. There a re
no ac ts of s e lf-a ccompli s hm e nt to he
c- o mpli me nted for . unles s one includes
dail y des pairing s ur vival.
Thi ngs li ke ge ttin g food for a day,
fin ding a place to slee p, a nd dod ging
'New·' instructor
ll,· C, ra<"C' Solis
A111ong th,• 11pw i11stnwtors at
J,a Haza St11diPs Program th is
SPn1estt>r i,-; son1eone not so new
to CSUF.
:\\ a11 m• l \" aldez. a 1!)74 gradu att' of CSUF. is <'IIITPllll)· wnr king 011 his '.\ISW (:\l aste r s in So d a! Wor k) as we ll as teaching
three !'lasses in La Haza Stud ies.
T he program is noth ing !IP\\ ' to
, ·11 Jde1.. :\ for111er La Haza St udies
st udt> nt. he has also ser n• d on
Lei Raza Studies
vario us adv isory hoards to th e>
program. The 30- year -old grad uate has also served as the
president of MECHA and was a
member of thP Student Senate,
reprPsentin g the School of Social
Work. during the 1!)73-74 year.
Valdez is the inst ructor of a
variety of classes wh ic h dea l
with the soc ia l and poli tical S\'S tPms and the ir effect on the
Ch icano. ·
One class , '.\Iovimiento (Ch ica no :\l overnent), explorPs how
the s,·s tem wor ks. hoth to bene fit and harm the Chicano . The
class inYolves a discussion of
the p<'r iod from tht> '.\\ Pxican
He\·oJution to tti e present.
.\ <·<·o r di11g to \" atdez, the poli ti cal impli cat ions of the re\·olut ion
kt\·e :lffedl'd gene r ations ofChica11os sinct> then. and continue to
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the law are major occupations of Indians in this world. Words like "unity"
and •brotherhood• are best left on the
floors of dilapidated wooden shacks
resemblin g houses, or covered over in
bloodstained back alleys of cheap, dark,
skid row bars. Personal experience in
this world gives me a degree of appreciation for the world we , as students,
now find· ourselves in.
This is not to say that this institution and the accultura tion embodied in
it is an acceptable and ha ppy prospect
for me . It does not mean th at I have
discarded my cultural composite for
something I think is be tter.
Quite the contrary, I must learn
a bou t this educational process so that
I may preserve what I have brought
here with me. When I am finished here,
I will have a weapon I can unsheathe
that is equal to the same weapon that
has been used against the Indian for so
long - this system of education .
These then are the thou ghts I experience on Indian Day, 1974. If I have
offended some "others• or ruffled their
sense of what a n India n should be, I, in
honest consciousness cannot say "I'm
sorry ."
My people were kicked , shoved,
pushed and killed for over 200 years
before the American conscience slowly
began to awaken . Maybe , if things have
improved in the ne xt 200 years, I
might apologize, maybe.
As senior Anthropology student GayJen Lee , a Mono Indian, said, "There
is no such thing as 'Indian Day' to me.
Every day is Indian Day . I find prickling
irony in hearing of an infa ntile proclama tion th a t gives r ecognition to a people
tha t have occupied these la nds and this
valley for centuri es. "
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE 28 TH
9 P.M. TO C LOSE
i nfluence us now .
Another dass Valdez teaches
is Community Studies. Va ldez
said tht> main pu r pos e of thi s
course is to e xplore the Chicano
community and its relationship
to the rest of the com rn unity .
Some of th e areas researc he d
i n this class are the socia l services agencies. such as welfa r e
departments. health fac ilitie s ,
and educational systems.
" Parli n. and Crystal City,
T exas are examples of wha t ca n
be done when Chicanos unite""'
their politica l str e ngth. · he s aid.
The th ird class Valdez teac he s
is project oriented. In Community Deve lopment . each stude nt
initiates a project which in some
way benefits the Chicano com munit,·. M my students have set
up small tutorin g centers in the
barrios. or in the s c hools them s elves . Valdez said he mee ts with
the students week!,· to discus s
the ir progress and to offe r any
needed advice.
"'.\!y classes are geared equally
toward pro\'iding the Chic anos
a hetter understa nd ing of himSf' if and also toward helping the
..\. ng lo to better understand the
Chi cano ... said Valdez.
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CORRECTION
CHICANO COMMUNITY NEWS
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UFW campaign
The United Farmworkers of
America have stepped up their
Illegals Campaign and are asking
the public to write to their congressmen, according to a union
newsletter.
The letter said that Cesar
Chavez will be iestifying before
the Hous.e sub~om mittee on Legal
and Monetary Affairs on Oct. 9,
1974.
The campaign is asking the
public to write the lawmakers and
"urge them to:
1) Attend the Subcommittee
hearings;
2) Eliminate the exploitation
of farm workers. both foreign
and domestic, that is intensified
~y the importation of illegal
workers:
3) Allow foreign workers to enter the country with full and equal
democratic rights, but not under
government contract, such as in
the Bracero Program, and
4) In the meantime, demand .
that Attorney General Saxbe fulfill his duty by strictly enforcing
current immigration laws."
It was incorrectly stated that
athlete Tommy "Smith had indicated he would speak at CSUF
free of charge."
Smith has made no such indications_. The Pan African Union
is still negotiating lecture fees
and transportation arrangements.
The program consists of hiring
persons to work during the summer months and training them to
enter full-time employment with
the Forestry Service.
Bob Reyes, the area coordinator for the Sierra National Forest was at a recent MECHA
me~ting to recruit Chicanos to
take the test for summer employment with Ute U.S. Forestry
Service at the Sierra National
Friday, September 27, 1974
NOTICE
Any future events or information which a student feels is
important or interesting for his
fellow students, may be given to
the editors of this newspaper.
This will not only allow for your
events to be publicized but also
will provide for better coverage
of campus affairs.
Plants to
pamper!
Recr~iting
An intensive recruiting program is being developed by the
US Forestry Service. The recruitment program is part · of a
Sixteen Point Program signed
into existence by former President Nixon.
-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-3
Yesterday's Collegian carried
a story headlined •outspoken ath: letes may come to CSUF." ·
Forest.
· He stress that a summer job
does not mean automatic fulltime employment at the end of
the summer. At the end of the
sum mer the persons interested
in full-time jobs are given further testing and screening. Reyes
also said a background in the
natural sciences is helpful, though
not necessary.
~
The tests for the sum mer jobs
wiil be held during October and
November. Anyone interested
should go to the Civil Service
Office at 1130 O Street, Fresno.
Reyes will also be at the next
MECHA meeting to give further
information to anyonelnterested.
Come see a 1uogle gacde~ of g,eeo
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from thick leafy to tiny petal
clusters. Make your own exotic
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Teamster bribes
SAN JOSE-Fear of a Teamsters Union official led to two
Salinas businessmen into a predicament which resulted in bribery charges against them_, according to a defense attorney.
Defendants James R. Martin
and Thomas Hitchcock were
"afraid• of Theodore Gonsalves,
Martin's attorney told a U.S.
District Court jury Wednesday.
The attorney said Martin had
been threatened · by Gonzalves,
former secretary-treasurer of
Teamsters Union Local 748 in
Modesto.
The two defendants have told
the court tney · were "employers
caught in the middle of two strong
unions competing_ for their signatures.•
Federal investigators ~aid
Gonsalves accepted $10,000 in
bribes for recruiting teamsters
to travel to Salinas and oppose
· the striking linited Farm Workers Union two years ago. Gonsalves . pleaded no contest Tuesday to five counts of hrihery.
In his opening statement
Wednesday, the attorney, Richard
Foster said he would presenl
witnesses who would show that
Gonsalves was "insane" · and
drank up to three bottles of
whisky a day while consuming
drugs.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
family. We must look at all of the
children as belonging to all of
Editor:
us. We must strive for the fulThrough open forums, refillment 01 all as equal, with the
search and other available means
capability and the right to develop
we will discuss and implement - as humans. When a man can look
the role of the Chicana, for we
upon a woman as a human, then
feel that the concept of a collecand only then can he feel the true
tive society composed of collecmeaning of liberation and equaltive tasks implies the recogniity.
tion of the relationship hetween
M.E.C.H.A. realizesthedevelChicanas and Chicanos.
opment and the crystalization of
our goals and aspirations is deWe cannot have a Chicana libpendent upon the utmost particieration movement if half of La
pation of the Chicano students.
Raza is not free. The women
There is a need to apply our
must help in the liberation of the
evolving ideology to the ohjer.man and the man mus.t J,iok upon
tives of the Chicano movement,
the liberation with women at his
which is national self-determinaside, not following hin · hut along
tion and human liberation.
side him.
En La Lucha Venceremos
Frank Hiojas
La Raza movement is based on
M,E.C.H.A. President,
brotlwr and sisterhood. We must
C.S.U.F.
look at each other as one large
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Fr iday. Seotember 27, 1974
•
Madera school boycott continues
students are out there," said one
teacher. "The rest are all outside
people from Fresno."
Frank Riojas, the president of
M.E.C. H.A., said that the club
had been contacted only the day
before (Sept. 19) by the Padres
Unidos and had been asked to
support the students.
"We're here to help in any way
we can," he said. Riojas said
one way they would help would be
by providing tutoring for the students that were missing classes,
so that, they wouldn't get behind
in thei7 school work.
Torres said she didn't feel it
was wrong for the Fresno s tudents to help "if they are seriously concerned and willing to
help."
Madera Police chief, Go rdon
Skeels said that the demonstrations have been peaceful and
"handled ve r y well."
"I've been wo rking with F r ank
(Riojas) and he assured me it
would be," said the ,mus tachioed
chief as he sur veyed the pic ket
line.
treet in front of the
The
school 's office had been closed
TO DAY
to vehicle traffic by the police
Campbell Grant will speak on · department.
"American Indian Rock Art" as
"There were rumors that some
part of American Indian Day in
people had been riding by with
the Little Theatre at noon.
guns," said Skeel, but did not
1\ive the source of the rumor.
Two films will be shown in the
Also a camera had heen set on
College Union. The first "Un
the school grounds by two plainChien Andalou, • displays the sur realistic style of Luis Bunuel and
Salvador Dali. The second is
YOU ARE
"The Cabinet of Dr. Caliga r i. •
Films will be s hown at 7:30 p.m.
and agains t 9: 30 p. m.
(Con4nued from Page 1) .
she said.
"I th1nl5 1t represents other
concerns and problems . The statistics for this district are very
poor. That to them ((he Padres
Unidos) represents a problem an overall problem within the
district.•
Two trustees of the Madera
Unified School District are re- ;
ported to be concerned by the
mounting tension at the high
school and at the community, according to a local newspaper
article.
The trustee reportedly said:
"We feel they are being used by
outside people to serve their own
purposes."
Thi s feeling was also expressed by some teachers who
were watching the demonstrators
during the noon lunch hour.
"It's not affecting teaching any
since .fJ 9 percent of our students
are still in class, only a few
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Fr.e sno Friends
SUNDAY
T he Plaza ofJapanese Congregation will hold a picnic at O' Neill
P ar k Sund ay from 5 to 8 p.m.
All inte rested Japanes e students
are invited to attend.
Ther e will be a meeting of the
Hawaii Club Sunday evening at
7:30 p. m. at Dr. Christison's
home, 3834 N. Mariposa Street.
Phone num ber is 222-9669. Ca mpus phone is 2712 .
Sunday, 10 a.m.
clothes officers who said they
were taking pictures for a future
training film on crowa control.
However, Skeels said that the
movie camera was to be used for
identification purposes by intelligence .
Contrasting attitudes by the
community can be seen across the
street from the school where
two neighbors had different reactions to the marching students.
One' man , who asked that his
name not be used because he
feared retaliation from the s tudents, said tha t the students did n't
know what they were doing.
•1 believe i_n the dem ocratic
process ," he said. "This is n't
it.
"I'm a membe r oftheso- called
minority group. I'm a MexicanAmerican. But I didn' t have todo
th at when I was in school. I have
a good job, all my brothers have
good jobs and my sons are aEh letes and they too will get good
jobs, because they're not .out
there. " he said as he looked at
the picket line march in front of
his house.
Next door , his neighbor, an
old, white-haired man, came out
of his house and raised a clenched
fist to~ard the marchers and
shouted "Chicano Power." The
students answered back the same
way and greeted himwithcheers.
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PEACE CORPS
CUTS THE RED TAPE
How? By "pre- s lotting• - a new way of plac ing
Volunteers in the Peace Corps, being introduced at
CSUF for the first time ne xt week .
THE NEW PRESIDENT pro-tern
of the Student Senate Cruz Bustamante, apolitical-science major,
was critical of last year's senate
saying that "not really anything
had been accomplished.• He said
he .hoped this year will bebetter.
Photo by Erik Strom.
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background and skill, where it is, what you'd be doing, .
and when you'd start. And the decision would be made
then and there (subject to your references checking out)
- not after three to five months of red tape and paper
shuffling in Washington.
•Pre-slotting• is being tried on an expe rimental basis
for Peace Corps programs in twelve Latin-American .
countries only. If it works (and it has worked for
VISTA), it will be expanded to 51 other countrie s . Meanwhile, if you're interested in one of these other countries
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then a month prior to your availability date you'll get
details on the program you're being invited to.
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School boycotf reveals Madera problems
By Larry Romero
MADERA-An incident that occurred here last June 6th is only
an indication of "an overall problem within the district," according to a Madera High School
counselor.
It has also resulted in the
suspension of more than 150
MHS students and in the formation of a parents' group to work
with the school district on problems they feel they have with the
schools.
In addition, that incident has
led to the removal of grammar
school children from their
classes; picketing by students and
parents, and the formation of an
alternate sc::hool in order to continue the protesting students'
education.
It has also divided lhis farming community of 20,000 people,
20 miles north of Fresno.
The incident was the alleged
beating of a 16-year-old Chicano
high school student by two MHS
administrators, and in the subsequent court ruling acquitting them
of battery charges.
According to news and police
reports, the youth, Daniel Salas,
allegedly pushed a girl into the
school swimming pool and after
refusing to give his name to
teachers he was chased from the
school grounds and beaten . by
vice-principal Perry Harper and
counselor Barry Crow.
Harper has said he approached
the 114-pound youth who then went
into what the vice-principal described as a "fighting stance,"
thus forciRg him and Crow to subdue the student by knocking him
to the ground and holding his
arms and feet.
But, according to Salas, the
vice-principal first threw a rock
at him and then both men started
hitting him.
Salas is reported to have suffered several facial cuts and
bruises in the fight.
The Madera County District
Attorney's office then fi 1 ed
charges against the two men and a
much publicized trial began in
late August and ended on Sept. 2
with a verdict of not guilty against
the two administrators.
When classes resumed after
summer vacation, an estimated
75 to 100 MHS students boycotted
classes in protest of the verdict.
One student said they were
protesting because they felt they
(the students) have never been
treated right.
"We've been pushed up against
the wall too many times before ,
and we're getting tired," said
sophomore Joann Hernandez as
she walked the picket line.
"Our parents agree that those
two (Harper and Crow) should be
taken out," she said.
After three days of protesting,
. the students returned to classes
on Sept. 19', only to walk out
again after the school's principal,
Robert Warner, announced that
all the protesting students would
be suspended for three days.
Later, Warner announced that
there had been an apparent misunderstanding a1:1d that the students would be suspended for
three days or less if their rarents met with school officials.
Last Friday morning, the Padres Unidos de Madera , the group
formed last August to look into
the school's problems, met with
school and school district officials.
At the meeting, the parents'
group presented the school district with two demands, according to Joe Frausto, chairman.
They were: 1) Complete Amnesty for students who walked out
of classes and 2) removal of
either Harper or his wife, who is
also employed as a PE instructor
and is supervised by her husdand, contrary to school district
policy.
All of the demands were rejected by the officials.
Later that afternoon, Warner
said that the school had made
a "superb effort• to get the students back into class but had
failed.
•They're certainly not helping
any by demonstrating," he said.
"We've never had any problem
like this, especially with our
Mexican-American students.
"In the past we have had problems with black students demonstrating, but never with Mexi-
can-Americans," he said.
According to Warner there are
about 900 Chicanos at the high
school out of a total student population of 2,000.
Mrs. Matilda Torres, a coun-·
selor at MHS, said she has been
involved with both the school and
the Chicano community of Madera.
"While most people think the
incident with the student was the
cause of this situation, to me it
represents far more than that,"
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 1)
Voz. de
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THE DAILY COLLEGIA.\J
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO
LXXIX/10
FRIDA,Y, SEPTEMBER 27, 1974•
Committee OKs minority-oriented
courses for credential requirements
By Cynthia Lugo
A proposal to require all students seeking a teaching credential to take six units of minorityoriented courses has been passed
by the Teacher Education Committee, a sub-committee of the ·
, Academic Policy and Planning
Committee.
Dr. Adolfo Ortega, coordinator •
of La Raza Studies, called the
proposal a step in the right direction. However, the proposal
still needs to go through AP&P
and to Sacramento for final approval.
The courses would help provide
psychological, sociological and
historical background of women,
American Indians, Armenians,
Chicanos, Portuguese and Asians,
according to Ortega.
With 20 percent of the children
in Fresno schools Chicano , local
t~achers certainly need some
kind of background in ethnic
studies, especially in La Raza
Studies, in order to teach effectively .'
A need for these courses was
also pointed out in the US Ci vll
Rights Commission Report: "Toward Quality EducationforMexican-Americans', • published last
February.
"The overwhelming majority of
teacher trainees enrolled in these
institutions are Anglo," the report says. •Most of these students
lack the understanding or appreciation of the Chicano culture and
background that is necessary to
teach Chicano children effectively."
"For many, the best and perhaps the only opportunity to gain
this understanding before entering upon their teaching career is
through their traini9g in a teacher education institution (like
CSUF)," the report stresses.
Last semester Dr. Ralph
Evans, Dean of the School of
Education, said the School could
not offer these courses because
they are limited by the state on
the number of units required to
complete the professional sequence, and those are the classes
offered by the School of Education.
The School of Education has
acknowledged the lack of minority-oriented preparation, but said
that they were not in a position
to do anything about it. Lack of
funds to staff minority-oriented
classes, lack of input into the
liberal arts major and the fact
the School of Education does not
see the teacher candidates until
they are juniors or seniors, were
cited as reasons.
The school has been accused
of sticking ·to traditional ways of
preparing a teacher and of moving
slowly in response . to recent
legislation and Supreme Court
decisions, which provide for
minority education.
Evans said the issue was a little premature, since the Teacher
Education Committee only made
a recommendation, and therefore
''I ought not to comment on it
at this stage."
M.E.C.H.A. strives for more student involvement
In the past M.E .C;H.A. (La
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano
de Aztlan) has been criticized
for the few people, or, some
have said "clique,• that participarticipates in the Chicano club.
But, Frank Riojas, this year's
chairman, said that one of his
priorities will be to prove this
wrong.
•we will need 15 different
committees this year for 15 different pr ·-~ects. The reason for
the large number of committees
i:5 to try to get all of the mem -
bers involved,• he said.
.The 28-year-old Riojas said
in a letter to members that it is
necessary to develop a cohesive
organization that -would include
problem solving abilities and
provide a new perspective for
M.E.C.H.A.
This would allow the club to
set a new direction on our needs
as Chicanos and a genuine con·cern for each other · as creative
individuals,• he said.
Riojas said that M.E.C.H.A.'s
relationship to the Chicano com-
munity should be to work at
•establishing and directing educational programs for developing bilingual and culturally relevant programs in all levels of
education."
The Social Science major said
he feels that "Com rr!unications is
a vital factor in the Implementation and mobilization of human
resources in order to create desired. social changes for El Movimiento."
"This field of communication is
very wide. It deals with more
media involvement, to writing for
a newsletter· or La Voz and
hopefully for a La Raza yearbook.•
The development of Chicano
peer group counseling, both in the
student community and in the
barrio is another goal of the
Chicano club, according to
Riojas.
Researching immediate community needs, developing curricula for programs aimed at
alleviating those needs and working with the developing alternate
institutions for self-determination were other goals M.E.C.H.A •
wm' be striving for this year, he
said.
The other elected officials for
this year are Jaime Huerta, vicechairman; Amie Gomez, secretary; Minnie Carrillo, treasurer;
Valentino De La Rosa and Raymoncl Sierra are the SergeantsAt-Arms.
M.E.C.H.A. will meet every
Thursday in the International
Room from 12 noon to 2 p.m.,
unless otherwise announced.
2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
-Friday, September 27, 1974
COMMENTARY BY RICK HEREDIA
'The American, Indian Day' story
Today is the sixth annlvers l'l ry of the
state of California's Indian Day proclamation.
Today, once again, Indian decision
making · by non-Indians will be exer0c ised.
Campbell Grant, contracted by the
College Union Program Office, will
come on campus with his display of
Indian rock art.
As far as I have been able to determine, and the extent of that investigation has been questioned by other Indian
students in the campus organization
(TEWAQUACHI), no student was informed, consulted or asked to give
input on this matter.
I feel it would have been more appropriate to contract, at the very least,
Indian people for this day. Even if the
students had not been consulted, acquiring a non-Indian for Indian Day is
adding insult to injury .
On a more jubilant note, in case
some of you don't know it yet , the
Wounded Knee trials being held in
Minnesota are over!
Judge Fred J. Nichql noted that th e
Justice Departm ent appeared to he
more interested in convicting the Indians, than in justice. Citing' "mis conduct" on the part qi the Jus tic e
Department and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation , charges against De nnis
Banks and Russ ell Means -wne dismissed. The two ar e Ame ri can Indian
Move me nt (AIM ) lead e r s .
On a day like today, one contemplatPs
reflectively, s ea rd1i11g· for so111e ins pirational or hi g-hly philos ophi cal
phrases to accommodate th e O<Tas io11.
For a people as di ve r s" as WP a n • in
tribal customs, language, and religions,
this is not an easy task.
To try and specify would mean leaving somebody out and to generalize the
above mentioned aspects of Indian life
would he offensive to others.
i personally would like to address
those "ersatz" Indians and ask them to
stop insulting me with tales of how
mu ch Indian they are. I woulrl like to
remind them that for e ve ry s oul runnin g
up and declaring his Indian he rita ge ,
please be brief, for th e r e a re hundreds
of others , sta ndin is in line, waitinis th e ir
turn. Lo! the poor Com anche and
Apa che nations.
For exa mple an • other" was visiting
with myself a nd a few s tud e nts. This
individual, after ove rwhelmin g us with
th e qua ntum of Indi an blood he possessed , s potted our "pow-wow·• drurri
in the renter of the room . Dragging his
s mall son ove r to it . he hc~amed down
a t th e hoy, "Look s on. your he rita ge ."
The c hild was then urged to pound on
th e dru m with his tin y fists : The pa r ent. ·
P11rapt11red with how fa s t th e hoy had
ta ken to the drum , turn ed to the stud e11ts a 11d s111iled hroadl_v ,saying."See,
I told you he had I 11dia11 blood in him ,
look how he hits tlu, drum." The proud
"othe r" parPnt th e 11 plaC'ed thP ope n,
full r·a11 of hee r O N th P dn1111, and procet•ded to jni11 the infant.
NeP<llt>ss to s .1y, thi s indi vidual clidn ' t
s ta_v around long- aflPr liPing told to
pi<'k up his hePr ,·a n.
Thi s is not an isoJa tpd incid ent. Aft Pr
gpftin g ovc- r tlwir initial s urpri sP upon
"dis l'ove ri11 g·" an _Indian. su<"h qu Pri es
as "wha t hra11d c_1 f t11dia11 arc• you·:; and
evp11 "wha t ('OUllt n · do )'OU('O ll ll' rro111·.»
us ua Jl y foll ow.
l11cl ia 11 p,•opl,•. g,•t ti 11g togPt he>r. C'0llid
tell those stories for hours, never repeating one incident. Some are hilarious, others are sad.
Many people base their declarations
on noble savage myths and Hollywood
stereotypes. They, too , ,want to share in
those ethereal, mystic qualities, that all
Indians a re supposed to have. They, too,
want to be friends with all the creatures
of the forest ; to · be able to tell time
by looking a t the sun.
Ye t t hese same people don't know
d single valid truth about the culture
th ey are supposed to be a part of. They
prohahly dorr't e ven know any Indians .
Whe n Indians do violate their cherished,
noble notions about Indians , they are
s hockeJ. They reta liate by disassoci a ting th e mselves from their prior
proclam a tion (not that they were associated with us to begin with), ·speaking
of India ns as brawling drunkards and
c rude a nim als, while they recoil to the
s ecurity of the skin in which they were
horn, s urroundin g themselves with th e
wo rld they really belong to .
A fri e nd of mine. a hu ge , hulking,
da rk skinned Choinumni has a term for
thes e people . He calls them "woodwork Indians . ·
Be yond thes e academi c wans and
cha lkhoarded classrooms, there is a
real Indian world of poverty, racism,
a nd an gr y frustr a tion. These conditions a re ofte n c hanne led in to forms of
self-de struction th r ough alcoholism
a nd viole nce.
In this world. there a r e no hi gh
poli s hed ideal s to hold onto. There a re
no ac ts of s e lf-a ccompli s hm e nt to he
c- o mpli me nted for . unles s one includes
dail y des pairing s ur vival.
Thi ngs li ke ge ttin g food for a day,
fin ding a place to slee p, a nd dod ging
'New·' instructor
ll,· C, ra<"C' Solis
A111ong th,• 11pw i11stnwtors at
J,a Haza St11diPs Program th is
SPn1estt>r i,-; son1eone not so new
to CSUF.
:\\ a11 m• l \" aldez. a 1!)74 gradu att' of CSUF. is <'IIITPllll)· wnr king 011 his '.\ISW (:\l aste r s in So d a! Wor k) as we ll as teaching
three !'lasses in La Haza Stud ies.
T he program is noth ing !IP\\ ' to
, ·11 Jde1.. :\ for111er La Haza St udies
st udt> nt. he has also ser n• d on
Lei Raza Studies
vario us adv isory hoards to th e>
program. The 30- year -old grad uate has also served as the
president of MECHA and was a
member of thP Student Senate,
reprPsentin g the School of Social
Work. during the 1!)73-74 year.
Valdez is the inst ructor of a
variety of classes wh ic h dea l
with the soc ia l and poli tical S\'S tPms and the ir effect on the
Ch icano. ·
One class , '.\Iovimiento (Ch ica no :\l overnent), explorPs how
the s,·s tem wor ks. hoth to bene fit and harm the Chicano . The
class inYolves a discussion of
the p<'r iod from tht> '.\\ Pxican
He\·oJution to tti e present.
.\ <·<·o r di11g to \" atdez, the poli ti cal impli cat ions of the re\·olut ion
kt\·e :lffedl'd gene r ations ofChica11os sinct> then. and continue to
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the law are major occupations of Indians in this world. Words like "unity"
and •brotherhood• are best left on the
floors of dilapidated wooden shacks
resemblin g houses, or covered over in
bloodstained back alleys of cheap, dark,
skid row bars. Personal experience in
this world gives me a degree of appreciation for the world we , as students,
now find· ourselves in.
This is not to say that this institution and the accultura tion embodied in
it is an acceptable and ha ppy prospect
for me . It does not mean th at I have
discarded my cultural composite for
something I think is be tter.
Quite the contrary, I must learn
a bou t this educational process so that
I may preserve what I have brought
here with me. When I am finished here,
I will have a weapon I can unsheathe
that is equal to the same weapon that
has been used against the Indian for so
long - this system of education .
These then are the thou ghts I experience on Indian Day, 1974. If I have
offended some "others• or ruffled their
sense of what a n India n should be, I, in
honest consciousness cannot say "I'm
sorry ."
My people were kicked , shoved,
pushed and killed for over 200 years
before the American conscience slowly
began to awaken . Maybe , if things have
improved in the ne xt 200 years, I
might apologize, maybe.
As senior Anthropology student GayJen Lee , a Mono Indian, said, "There
is no such thing as 'Indian Day' to me.
Every day is Indian Day . I find prickling
irony in hearing of an infa ntile proclama tion th a t gives r ecognition to a people
tha t have occupied these la nds and this
valley for centuri es. "
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE 28 TH
9 P.M. TO C LOSE
i nfluence us now .
Another dass Valdez teaches
is Community Studies. Va ldez
said tht> main pu r pos e of thi s
course is to e xplore the Chicano
community and its relationship
to the rest of the com rn unity .
Some of th e areas researc he d
i n this class are the socia l services agencies. such as welfa r e
departments. health fac ilitie s ,
and educational systems.
" Parli n. and Crystal City,
T exas are examples of wha t ca n
be done when Chicanos unite""'
their politica l str e ngth. · he s aid.
The th ird class Valdez teac he s
is project oriented. In Community Deve lopment . each stude nt
initiates a project which in some
way benefits the Chicano com munit,·. M my students have set
up small tutorin g centers in the
barrios. or in the s c hools them s elves . Valdez said he mee ts with
the students week!,· to discus s
the ir progress and to offe r any
needed advice.
"'.\!y classes are geared equally
toward pro\'iding the Chic anos
a hetter understa nd ing of himSf' if and also toward helping the
..\. ng lo to better understand the
Chi cano ... said Valdez.
THE DAILY COLLfGIAN
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CORRECTION
CHICANO COMMUNITY NEWS
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UFW campaign
The United Farmworkers of
America have stepped up their
Illegals Campaign and are asking
the public to write to their congressmen, according to a union
newsletter.
The letter said that Cesar
Chavez will be iestifying before
the Hous.e sub~om mittee on Legal
and Monetary Affairs on Oct. 9,
1974.
The campaign is asking the
public to write the lawmakers and
"urge them to:
1) Attend the Subcommittee
hearings;
2) Eliminate the exploitation
of farm workers. both foreign
and domestic, that is intensified
~y the importation of illegal
workers:
3) Allow foreign workers to enter the country with full and equal
democratic rights, but not under
government contract, such as in
the Bracero Program, and
4) In the meantime, demand .
that Attorney General Saxbe fulfill his duty by strictly enforcing
current immigration laws."
It was incorrectly stated that
athlete Tommy "Smith had indicated he would speak at CSUF
free of charge."
Smith has made no such indications_. The Pan African Union
is still negotiating lecture fees
and transportation arrangements.
The program consists of hiring
persons to work during the summer months and training them to
enter full-time employment with
the Forestry Service.
Bob Reyes, the area coordinator for the Sierra National Forest was at a recent MECHA
me~ting to recruit Chicanos to
take the test for summer employment with Ute U.S. Forestry
Service at the Sierra National
Friday, September 27, 1974
NOTICE
Any future events or information which a student feels is
important or interesting for his
fellow students, may be given to
the editors of this newspaper.
This will not only allow for your
events to be publicized but also
will provide for better coverage
of campus affairs.
Plants to
pamper!
Recr~iting
An intensive recruiting program is being developed by the
US Forestry Service. The recruitment program is part · of a
Sixteen Point Program signed
into existence by former President Nixon.
-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-3
Yesterday's Collegian carried
a story headlined •outspoken ath: letes may come to CSUF." ·
Forest.
· He stress that a summer job
does not mean automatic fulltime employment at the end of
the summer. At the end of the
sum mer the persons interested
in full-time jobs are given further testing and screening. Reyes
also said a background in the
natural sciences is helpful, though
not necessary.
~
The tests for the sum mer jobs
wiil be held during October and
November. Anyone interested
should go to the Civil Service
Office at 1130 O Street, Fresno.
Reyes will also be at the next
MECHA meeting to give further
information to anyonelnterested.
Come see a 1uogle gacde~ of g,eeo
'plants. Unusual foliage ranging
from thick leafy to tiny petal
clusters. Make your own exotic
effect. Choose from a wide assortment. 6" pot size, hanging or
5tancling. They're alive and well in
Pier 1's garden cove!
Teamster bribes
SAN JOSE-Fear of a Teamsters Union official led to two
Salinas businessmen into a predicament which resulted in bribery charges against them_, according to a defense attorney.
Defendants James R. Martin
and Thomas Hitchcock were
"afraid• of Theodore Gonsalves,
Martin's attorney told a U.S.
District Court jury Wednesday.
The attorney said Martin had
been threatened · by Gonzalves,
former secretary-treasurer of
Teamsters Union Local 748 in
Modesto.
The two defendants have told
the court tney · were "employers
caught in the middle of two strong
unions competing_ for their signatures.•
Federal investigators ~aid
Gonsalves accepted $10,000 in
bribes for recruiting teamsters
to travel to Salinas and oppose
· the striking linited Farm Workers Union two years ago. Gonsalves . pleaded no contest Tuesday to five counts of hrihery.
In his opening statement
Wednesday, the attorney, Richard
Foster said he would presenl
witnesses who would show that
Gonsalves was "insane" · and
drank up to three bottles of
whisky a day while consuming
drugs.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
family. We must look at all of the
children as belonging to all of
Editor:
us. We must strive for the fulThrough open forums, refillment 01 all as equal, with the
search and other available means
capability and the right to develop
we will discuss and implement - as humans. When a man can look
the role of the Chicana, for we
upon a woman as a human, then
feel that the concept of a collecand only then can he feel the true
tive society composed of collecmeaning of liberation and equaltive tasks implies the recogniity.
tion of the relationship hetween
M.E.C.H.A. realizesthedevelChicanas and Chicanos.
opment and the crystalization of
our goals and aspirations is deWe cannot have a Chicana libpendent upon the utmost particieration movement if half of La
pation of the Chicano students.
Raza is not free. The women
There is a need to apply our
must help in the liberation of the
evolving ideology to the ohjer.man and the man mus.t J,iok upon
tives of the Chicano movement,
the liberation with women at his
which is national self-determinaside, not following hin · hut along
tion and human liberation.
side him.
En La Lucha Venceremos
Frank Hiojas
La Raza movement is based on
M,E.C.H.A. President,
brotlwr and sisterhood. We must
C.S.U.F.
look at each other as one large
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4-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Fr iday. Seotember 27, 1974
•
Madera school boycott continues
students are out there," said one
teacher. "The rest are all outside
people from Fresno."
Frank Riojas, the president of
M.E.C. H.A., said that the club
had been contacted only the day
before (Sept. 19) by the Padres
Unidos and had been asked to
support the students.
"We're here to help in any way
we can," he said. Riojas said
one way they would help would be
by providing tutoring for the students that were missing classes,
so that, they wouldn't get behind
in thei7 school work.
Torres said she didn't feel it
was wrong for the Fresno s tudents to help "if they are seriously concerned and willing to
help."
Madera Police chief, Go rdon
Skeels said that the demonstrations have been peaceful and
"handled ve r y well."
"I've been wo rking with F r ank
(Riojas) and he assured me it
would be," said the ,mus tachioed
chief as he sur veyed the pic ket
line.
treet in front of the
The
school 's office had been closed
TO DAY
to vehicle traffic by the police
Campbell Grant will speak on · department.
"American Indian Rock Art" as
"There were rumors that some
part of American Indian Day in
people had been riding by with
the Little Theatre at noon.
guns," said Skeel, but did not
1\ive the source of the rumor.
Two films will be shown in the
Also a camera had heen set on
College Union. The first "Un
the school grounds by two plainChien Andalou, • displays the sur realistic style of Luis Bunuel and
Salvador Dali. The second is
YOU ARE
"The Cabinet of Dr. Caliga r i. •
Films will be s hown at 7:30 p.m.
and agains t 9: 30 p. m.
(Con4nued from Page 1) .
she said.
"I th1nl5 1t represents other
concerns and problems . The statistics for this district are very
poor. That to them ((he Padres
Unidos) represents a problem an overall problem within the
district.•
Two trustees of the Madera
Unified School District are re- ;
ported to be concerned by the
mounting tension at the high
school and at the community, according to a local newspaper
article.
The trustee reportedly said:
"We feel they are being used by
outside people to serve their own
purposes."
Thi s feeling was also expressed by some teachers who
were watching the demonstrators
during the noon lunch hour.
"It's not affecting teaching any
since .fJ 9 percent of our students
are still in class, only a few
ON CAMPUS
Fr.e sno Friends
SUNDAY
T he Plaza ofJapanese Congregation will hold a picnic at O' Neill
P ar k Sund ay from 5 to 8 p.m.
All inte rested Japanes e students
are invited to attend.
Ther e will be a meeting of the
Hawaii Club Sunday evening at
7:30 p. m. at Dr. Christison's
home, 3834 N. Mariposa Street.
Phone num ber is 222-9669. Ca mpus phone is 2712 .
Sunday, 10 a.m.
clothes officers who said they
were taking pictures for a future
training film on crowa control.
However, Skeels said that the
movie camera was to be used for
identification purposes by intelligence .
Contrasting attitudes by the
community can be seen across the
street from the school where
two neighbors had different reactions to the marching students.
One' man , who asked that his
name not be used because he
feared retaliation from the s tudents, said tha t the students did n't
know what they were doing.
•1 believe i_n the dem ocratic
process ," he said. "This is n't
it.
"I'm a membe r oftheso- called
minority group. I'm a MexicanAmerican. But I didn' t have todo
th at when I was in school. I have
a good job, all my brothers have
good jobs and my sons are aEh letes and they too will get good
jobs, because they're not .out
there. " he said as he looked at
the picket line march in front of
his house.
Next door , his neighbor, an
old, white-haired man, came out
of his house and raised a clenched
fist to~ard the marchers and
shouted "Chicano Power." The
students answered back the same
way and greeted himwithcheers.
INV ITED TO
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Pax Dei Chapel
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COLLEGE RELIGIOUS CENTER
2311 E. SHAW, across from CSUF
PEACE CORPS
CUTS THE RED TAPE
How? By "pre- s lotting• - a new way of plac ing
Volunteers in the Peace Corps, being introduced at
CSUF for the first time ne xt week .
THE NEW PRESIDENT pro-tern
of the Student Senate Cruz Bustamante, apolitical-science major,
was critical of last year's senate
saying that "not really anything
had been accomplished.• He said
he .hoped this year will bebetter.
Photo by Erik Strom.
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What it means is this: by the time your interview with
the Peace · Corps / VISTA recruiter-placement officer is
over, you' 11 know whether the Peace Corps can use you,
what specific job assignment is available that fits your
background and skill, where it is, what you'd be doing, .
and when you'd start. And the decision would be made
then and there (subject to your references checking out)
- not after three to five months of red tape and paper
shuffling in Washington.
•Pre-slotting• is being tried on an expe rimental basis
for Peace Corps programs in twelve Latin-American .
countries only. If it works (and it has worked for
VISTA), it will be expanded to 51 other countrie s . Meanwhile, if you're interested in one of these other countries
you can still apply in the regular way (you' ll knm~
within si x to eight weeks whether you' ve been accepted,
then a month prior to your availability date you'll get
details on the program you're being invited to.
,
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Austin D. Morgan, Minister of Pastoral Care
Hal Edmonds, Minister of Education
School boycotf reveals Madera problems
By Larry Romero
MADERA-An incident that occurred here last June 6th is only
an indication of "an overall problem within the district," according to a Madera High School
counselor.
It has also resulted in the
suspension of more than 150
MHS students and in the formation of a parents' group to work
with the school district on problems they feel they have with the
schools.
In addition, that incident has
led to the removal of grammar
school children from their
classes; picketing by students and
parents, and the formation of an
alternate sc::hool in order to continue the protesting students'
education.
It has also divided lhis farming community of 20,000 people,
20 miles north of Fresno.
The incident was the alleged
beating of a 16-year-old Chicano
high school student by two MHS
administrators, and in the subsequent court ruling acquitting them
of battery charges.
According to news and police
reports, the youth, Daniel Salas,
allegedly pushed a girl into the
school swimming pool and after
refusing to give his name to
teachers he was chased from the
school grounds and beaten . by
vice-principal Perry Harper and
counselor Barry Crow.
Harper has said he approached
the 114-pound youth who then went
into what the vice-principal described as a "fighting stance,"
thus forciRg him and Crow to subdue the student by knocking him
to the ground and holding his
arms and feet.
But, according to Salas, the
vice-principal first threw a rock
at him and then both men started
hitting him.
Salas is reported to have suffered several facial cuts and
bruises in the fight.
The Madera County District
Attorney's office then fi 1 ed
charges against the two men and a
much publicized trial began in
late August and ended on Sept. 2
with a verdict of not guilty against
the two administrators.
When classes resumed after
summer vacation, an estimated
75 to 100 MHS students boycotted
classes in protest of the verdict.
One student said they were
protesting because they felt they
(the students) have never been
treated right.
"We've been pushed up against
the wall too many times before ,
and we're getting tired," said
sophomore Joann Hernandez as
she walked the picket line.
"Our parents agree that those
two (Harper and Crow) should be
taken out," she said.
After three days of protesting,
. the students returned to classes
on Sept. 19', only to walk out
again after the school's principal,
Robert Warner, announced that
all the protesting students would
be suspended for three days.
Later, Warner announced that
there had been an apparent misunderstanding a1:1d that the students would be suspended for
three days or less if their rarents met with school officials.
Last Friday morning, the Padres Unidos de Madera , the group
formed last August to look into
the school's problems, met with
school and school district officials.
At the meeting, the parents'
group presented the school district with two demands, according to Joe Frausto, chairman.
They were: 1) Complete Amnesty for students who walked out
of classes and 2) removal of
either Harper or his wife, who is
also employed as a PE instructor
and is supervised by her husdand, contrary to school district
policy.
All of the demands were rejected by the officials.
Later that afternoon, Warner
said that the school had made
a "superb effort• to get the students back into class but had
failed.
•They're certainly not helping
any by demonstrating," he said.
"We've never had any problem
like this, especially with our
Mexican-American students.
"In the past we have had problems with black students demonstrating, but never with Mexi-
can-Americans," he said.
According to Warner there are
about 900 Chicanos at the high
school out of a total student population of 2,000.
Mrs. Matilda Torres, a coun-·
selor at MHS, said she has been
involved with both the school and
the Chicano community of Madera.
"While most people think the
incident with the student was the
cause of this situation, to me it
represents far more than that,"
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 1)
Voz. de
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THE DAILY COLLEGIA.\J
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO
LXXIX/10
FRIDA,Y, SEPTEMBER 27, 1974•
Committee OKs minority-oriented
courses for credential requirements
By Cynthia Lugo
A proposal to require all students seeking a teaching credential to take six units of minorityoriented courses has been passed
by the Teacher Education Committee, a sub-committee of the ·
, Academic Policy and Planning
Committee.
Dr. Adolfo Ortega, coordinator •
of La Raza Studies, called the
proposal a step in the right direction. However, the proposal
still needs to go through AP&P
and to Sacramento for final approval.
The courses would help provide
psychological, sociological and
historical background of women,
American Indians, Armenians,
Chicanos, Portuguese and Asians,
according to Ortega.
With 20 percent of the children
in Fresno schools Chicano , local
t~achers certainly need some
kind of background in ethnic
studies, especially in La Raza
Studies, in order to teach effectively .'
A need for these courses was
also pointed out in the US Ci vll
Rights Commission Report: "Toward Quality EducationforMexican-Americans', • published last
February.
"The overwhelming majority of
teacher trainees enrolled in these
institutions are Anglo," the report says. •Most of these students
lack the understanding or appreciation of the Chicano culture and
background that is necessary to
teach Chicano children effectively."
"For many, the best and perhaps the only opportunity to gain
this understanding before entering upon their teaching career is
through their traini9g in a teacher education institution (like
CSUF)," the report stresses.
Last semester Dr. Ralph
Evans, Dean of the School of
Education, said the School could
not offer these courses because
they are limited by the state on
the number of units required to
complete the professional sequence, and those are the classes
offered by the School of Education.
The School of Education has
acknowledged the lack of minority-oriented preparation, but said
that they were not in a position
to do anything about it. Lack of
funds to staff minority-oriented
classes, lack of input into the
liberal arts major and the fact
the School of Education does not
see the teacher candidates until
they are juniors or seniors, were
cited as reasons.
The school has been accused
of sticking ·to traditional ways of
preparing a teacher and of moving
slowly in response . to recent
legislation and Supreme Court
decisions, which provide for
minority education.
Evans said the issue was a little premature, since the Teacher
Education Committee only made
a recommendation, and therefore
''I ought not to comment on it
at this stage."
M.E.C.H.A. strives for more student involvement
In the past M.E .C;H.A. (La
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano
de Aztlan) has been criticized
for the few people, or, some
have said "clique,• that participarticipates in the Chicano club.
But, Frank Riojas, this year's
chairman, said that one of his
priorities will be to prove this
wrong.
•we will need 15 different
committees this year for 15 different pr ·-~ects. The reason for
the large number of committees
i:5 to try to get all of the mem -
bers involved,• he said.
.The 28-year-old Riojas said
in a letter to members that it is
necessary to develop a cohesive
organization that -would include
problem solving abilities and
provide a new perspective for
M.E.C.H.A.
This would allow the club to
set a new direction on our needs
as Chicanos and a genuine con·cern for each other · as creative
individuals,• he said.
Riojas said that M.E.C.H.A.'s
relationship to the Chicano com-
munity should be to work at
•establishing and directing educational programs for developing bilingual and culturally relevant programs in all levels of
education."
The Social Science major said
he feels that "Com rr!unications is
a vital factor in the Implementation and mobilization of human
resources in order to create desired. social changes for El Movimiento."
"This field of communication is
very wide. It deals with more
media involvement, to writing for
a newsletter· or La Voz and
hopefully for a La Raza yearbook.•
The development of Chicano
peer group counseling, both in the
student community and in the
barrio is another goal of the
Chicano club, according to
Riojas.
Researching immediate community needs, developing curricula for programs aimed at
alleviating those needs and working with the developing alternate
institutions for self-determination were other goals M.E.C.H.A •
wm' be striving for this year, he
said.
The other elected officials for
this year are Jaime Huerta, vicechairman; Amie Gomez, secretary; Minnie Carrillo, treasurer;
Valentino De La Rosa and Raymoncl Sierra are the SergeantsAt-Arms.
M.E.C.H.A. will meet every
Thursday in the International
Room from 12 noon to 2 p.m.,
unless otherwise announced.
2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
-Friday, September 27, 1974
COMMENTARY BY RICK HEREDIA
'The American, Indian Day' story
Today is the sixth annlvers l'l ry of the
state of California's Indian Day proclamation.
Today, once again, Indian decision
making · by non-Indians will be exer0c ised.
Campbell Grant, contracted by the
College Union Program Office, will
come on campus with his display of
Indian rock art.
As far as I have been able to determine, and the extent of that investigation has been questioned by other Indian
students in the campus organization
(TEWAQUACHI), no student was informed, consulted or asked to give
input on this matter.
I feel it would have been more appropriate to contract, at the very least,
Indian people for this day. Even if the
students had not been consulted, acquiring a non-Indian for Indian Day is
adding insult to injury .
On a more jubilant note, in case
some of you don't know it yet , the
Wounded Knee trials being held in
Minnesota are over!
Judge Fred J. Nichql noted that th e
Justice Departm ent appeared to he
more interested in convicting the Indians, than in justice. Citing' "mis conduct" on the part qi the Jus tic e
Department and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation , charges against De nnis
Banks and Russ ell Means -wne dismissed. The two ar e Ame ri can Indian
Move me nt (AIM ) lead e r s .
On a day like today, one contemplatPs
reflectively, s ea rd1i11g· for so111e ins pirational or hi g-hly philos ophi cal
phrases to accommodate th e O<Tas io11.
For a people as di ve r s" as WP a n • in
tribal customs, language, and religions,
this is not an easy task.
To try and specify would mean leaving somebody out and to generalize the
above mentioned aspects of Indian life
would he offensive to others.
i personally would like to address
those "ersatz" Indians and ask them to
stop insulting me with tales of how
mu ch Indian they are. I woulrl like to
remind them that for e ve ry s oul runnin g
up and declaring his Indian he rita ge ,
please be brief, for th e r e a re hundreds
of others , sta ndin is in line, waitinis th e ir
turn. Lo! the poor Com anche and
Apa che nations.
For exa mple an • other" was visiting
with myself a nd a few s tud e nts. This
individual, after ove rwhelmin g us with
th e qua ntum of Indi an blood he possessed , s potted our "pow-wow·• drurri
in the renter of the room . Dragging his
s mall son ove r to it . he hc~amed down
a t th e hoy, "Look s on. your he rita ge ."
The c hild was then urged to pound on
th e dru m with his tin y fists : The pa r ent. ·
P11rapt11red with how fa s t th e hoy had
ta ken to the drum , turn ed to the stud e11ts a 11d s111iled hroadl_v ,saying."See,
I told you he had I 11dia11 blood in him ,
look how he hits tlu, drum." The proud
"othe r" parPnt th e 11 plaC'ed thP ope n,
full r·a11 of hee r O N th P dn1111, and procet•ded to jni11 the infant.
NeP<llt>ss to s .1y, thi s indi vidual clidn ' t
s ta_v around long- aflPr liPing told to
pi<'k up his hePr ,·a n.
Thi s is not an isoJa tpd incid ent. Aft Pr
gpftin g ovc- r tlwir initial s urpri sP upon
"dis l'ove ri11 g·" an _Indian. su<"h qu Pri es
as "wha t hra11d c_1 f t11dia11 arc• you·:; and
evp11 "wha t ('OUllt n · do )'OU('O ll ll' rro111·.»
us ua Jl y foll ow.
l11cl ia 11 p,•opl,•. g,•t ti 11g togPt he>r. C'0llid
tell those stories for hours, never repeating one incident. Some are hilarious, others are sad.
Many people base their declarations
on noble savage myths and Hollywood
stereotypes. They, too , ,want to share in
those ethereal, mystic qualities, that all
Indians a re supposed to have. They, too,
want to be friends with all the creatures
of the forest ; to · be able to tell time
by looking a t the sun.
Ye t t hese same people don't know
d single valid truth about the culture
th ey are supposed to be a part of. They
prohahly dorr't e ven know any Indians .
Whe n Indians do violate their cherished,
noble notions about Indians , they are
s hockeJ. They reta liate by disassoci a ting th e mselves from their prior
proclam a tion (not that they were associated with us to begin with), ·speaking
of India ns as brawling drunkards and
c rude a nim als, while they recoil to the
s ecurity of the skin in which they were
horn, s urroundin g themselves with th e
wo rld they really belong to .
A fri e nd of mine. a hu ge , hulking,
da rk skinned Choinumni has a term for
thes e people . He calls them "woodwork Indians . ·
Be yond thes e academi c wans and
cha lkhoarded classrooms, there is a
real Indian world of poverty, racism,
a nd an gr y frustr a tion. These conditions a re ofte n c hanne led in to forms of
self-de struction th r ough alcoholism
a nd viole nce.
In this world. there a r e no hi gh
poli s hed ideal s to hold onto. There a re
no ac ts of s e lf-a ccompli s hm e nt to he
c- o mpli me nted for . unles s one includes
dail y des pairing s ur vival.
Thi ngs li ke ge ttin g food for a day,
fin ding a place to slee p, a nd dod ging
'New·' instructor
ll,· C, ra<"C' Solis
A111ong th,• 11pw i11stnwtors at
J,a Haza St11diPs Program th is
SPn1estt>r i,-; son1eone not so new
to CSUF.
:\\ a11 m• l \" aldez. a 1!)74 gradu att' of CSUF. is <'IIITPllll)· wnr king 011 his '.\ISW (:\l aste r s in So d a! Wor k) as we ll as teaching
three !'lasses in La Haza Stud ies.
T he program is noth ing !IP\\ ' to
, ·11 Jde1.. :\ for111er La Haza St udies
st udt> nt. he has also ser n• d on
Lei Raza Studies
vario us adv isory hoards to th e>
program. The 30- year -old grad uate has also served as the
president of MECHA and was a
member of thP Student Senate,
reprPsentin g the School of Social
Work. during the 1!)73-74 year.
Valdez is the inst ructor of a
variety of classes wh ic h dea l
with the soc ia l and poli tical S\'S tPms and the ir effect on the
Ch icano. ·
One class , '.\Iovimiento (Ch ica no :\l overnent), explorPs how
the s,·s tem wor ks. hoth to bene fit and harm the Chicano . The
class inYolves a discussion of
the p<'r iod from tht> '.\\ Pxican
He\·oJution to tti e present.
.\ <·<·o r di11g to \" atdez, the poli ti cal impli cat ions of the re\·olut ion
kt\·e :lffedl'd gene r ations ofChica11os sinct> then. and continue to
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the law are major occupations of Indians in this world. Words like "unity"
and •brotherhood• are best left on the
floors of dilapidated wooden shacks
resemblin g houses, or covered over in
bloodstained back alleys of cheap, dark,
skid row bars. Personal experience in
this world gives me a degree of appreciation for the world we , as students,
now find· ourselves in.
This is not to say that this institution and the accultura tion embodied in
it is an acceptable and ha ppy prospect
for me . It does not mean th at I have
discarded my cultural composite for
something I think is be tter.
Quite the contrary, I must learn
a bou t this educational process so that
I may preserve what I have brought
here with me. When I am finished here,
I will have a weapon I can unsheathe
that is equal to the same weapon that
has been used against the Indian for so
long - this system of education .
These then are the thou ghts I experience on Indian Day, 1974. If I have
offended some "others• or ruffled their
sense of what a n India n should be, I, in
honest consciousness cannot say "I'm
sorry ."
My people were kicked , shoved,
pushed and killed for over 200 years
before the American conscience slowly
began to awaken . Maybe , if things have
improved in the ne xt 200 years, I
might apologize, maybe.
As senior Anthropology student GayJen Lee , a Mono Indian, said, "There
is no such thing as 'Indian Day' to me.
Every day is Indian Day . I find prickling
irony in hearing of an infa ntile proclama tion th a t gives r ecognition to a people
tha t have occupied these la nds and this
valley for centuri es. "
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE 28 TH
9 P.M. TO C LOSE
i nfluence us now .
Another dass Valdez teaches
is Community Studies. Va ldez
said tht> main pu r pos e of thi s
course is to e xplore the Chicano
community and its relationship
to the rest of the com rn unity .
Some of th e areas researc he d
i n this class are the socia l services agencies. such as welfa r e
departments. health fac ilitie s ,
and educational systems.
" Parli n. and Crystal City,
T exas are examples of wha t ca n
be done when Chicanos unite""'
their politica l str e ngth. · he s aid.
The th ird class Valdez teac he s
is project oriented. In Community Deve lopment . each stude nt
initiates a project which in some
way benefits the Chicano com munit,·. M my students have set
up small tutorin g centers in the
barrios. or in the s c hools them s elves . Valdez said he mee ts with
the students week!,· to discus s
the ir progress and to offe r any
needed advice.
"'.\!y classes are geared equally
toward pro\'iding the Chic anos
a hetter understa nd ing of himSf' if and also toward helping the
..\. ng lo to better understand the
Chi cano ... said Valdez.
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CORRECTION
CHICANO COMMUNITY NEWS
·1
UFW campaign
The United Farmworkers of
America have stepped up their
Illegals Campaign and are asking
the public to write to their congressmen, according to a union
newsletter.
The letter said that Cesar
Chavez will be iestifying before
the Hous.e sub~om mittee on Legal
and Monetary Affairs on Oct. 9,
1974.
The campaign is asking the
public to write the lawmakers and
"urge them to:
1) Attend the Subcommittee
hearings;
2) Eliminate the exploitation
of farm workers. both foreign
and domestic, that is intensified
~y the importation of illegal
workers:
3) Allow foreign workers to enter the country with full and equal
democratic rights, but not under
government contract, such as in
the Bracero Program, and
4) In the meantime, demand .
that Attorney General Saxbe fulfill his duty by strictly enforcing
current immigration laws."
It was incorrectly stated that
athlete Tommy "Smith had indicated he would speak at CSUF
free of charge."
Smith has made no such indications_. The Pan African Union
is still negotiating lecture fees
and transportation arrangements.
The program consists of hiring
persons to work during the summer months and training them to
enter full-time employment with
the Forestry Service.
Bob Reyes, the area coordinator for the Sierra National Forest was at a recent MECHA
me~ting to recruit Chicanos to
take the test for summer employment with Ute U.S. Forestry
Service at the Sierra National
Friday, September 27, 1974
NOTICE
Any future events or information which a student feels is
important or interesting for his
fellow students, may be given to
the editors of this newspaper.
This will not only allow for your
events to be publicized but also
will provide for better coverage
of campus affairs.
Plants to
pamper!
Recr~iting
An intensive recruiting program is being developed by the
US Forestry Service. The recruitment program is part · of a
Sixteen Point Program signed
into existence by former President Nixon.
-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-3
Yesterday's Collegian carried
a story headlined •outspoken ath: letes may come to CSUF." ·
Forest.
· He stress that a summer job
does not mean automatic fulltime employment at the end of
the summer. At the end of the
sum mer the persons interested
in full-time jobs are given further testing and screening. Reyes
also said a background in the
natural sciences is helpful, though
not necessary.
~
The tests for the sum mer jobs
wiil be held during October and
November. Anyone interested
should go to the Civil Service
Office at 1130 O Street, Fresno.
Reyes will also be at the next
MECHA meeting to give further
information to anyonelnterested.
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Teamster bribes
SAN JOSE-Fear of a Teamsters Union official led to two
Salinas businessmen into a predicament which resulted in bribery charges against them_, according to a defense attorney.
Defendants James R. Martin
and Thomas Hitchcock were
"afraid• of Theodore Gonsalves,
Martin's attorney told a U.S.
District Court jury Wednesday.
The attorney said Martin had
been threatened · by Gonzalves,
former secretary-treasurer of
Teamsters Union Local 748 in
Modesto.
The two defendants have told
the court tney · were "employers
caught in the middle of two strong
unions competing_ for their signatures.•
Federal investigators ~aid
Gonsalves accepted $10,000 in
bribes for recruiting teamsters
to travel to Salinas and oppose
· the striking linited Farm Workers Union two years ago. Gonsalves . pleaded no contest Tuesday to five counts of hrihery.
In his opening statement
Wednesday, the attorney, Richard
Foster said he would presenl
witnesses who would show that
Gonsalves was "insane" · and
drank up to three bottles of
whisky a day while consuming
drugs.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
family. We must look at all of the
children as belonging to all of
Editor:
us. We must strive for the fulThrough open forums, refillment 01 all as equal, with the
search and other available means
capability and the right to develop
we will discuss and implement - as humans. When a man can look
the role of the Chicana, for we
upon a woman as a human, then
feel that the concept of a collecand only then can he feel the true
tive society composed of collecmeaning of liberation and equaltive tasks implies the recogniity.
tion of the relationship hetween
M.E.C.H.A. realizesthedevelChicanas and Chicanos.
opment and the crystalization of
our goals and aspirations is deWe cannot have a Chicana libpendent upon the utmost particieration movement if half of La
pation of the Chicano students.
Raza is not free. The women
There is a need to apply our
must help in the liberation of the
evolving ideology to the ohjer.man and the man mus.t J,iok upon
tives of the Chicano movement,
the liberation with women at his
which is national self-determinaside, not following hin · hut along
tion and human liberation.
side him.
En La Lucha Venceremos
Frank Hiojas
La Raza movement is based on
M,E.C.H.A. President,
brotlwr and sisterhood. We must
C.S.U.F.
look at each other as one large
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4-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Fr iday. Seotember 27, 1974
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Madera school boycott continues
students are out there," said one
teacher. "The rest are all outside
people from Fresno."
Frank Riojas, the president of
M.E.C. H.A., said that the club
had been contacted only the day
before (Sept. 19) by the Padres
Unidos and had been asked to
support the students.
"We're here to help in any way
we can," he said. Riojas said
one way they would help would be
by providing tutoring for the students that were missing classes,
so that, they wouldn't get behind
in thei7 school work.
Torres said she didn't feel it
was wrong for the Fresno s tudents to help "if they are seriously concerned and willing to
help."
Madera Police chief, Go rdon
Skeels said that the demonstrations have been peaceful and
"handled ve r y well."
"I've been wo rking with F r ank
(Riojas) and he assured me it
would be," said the ,mus tachioed
chief as he sur veyed the pic ket
line.
treet in front of the
The
school 's office had been closed
TO DAY
to vehicle traffic by the police
Campbell Grant will speak on · department.
"American Indian Rock Art" as
"There were rumors that some
part of American Indian Day in
people had been riding by with
the Little Theatre at noon.
guns," said Skeel, but did not
1\ive the source of the rumor.
Two films will be shown in the
Also a camera had heen set on
College Union. The first "Un
the school grounds by two plainChien Andalou, • displays the sur realistic style of Luis Bunuel and
Salvador Dali. The second is
YOU ARE
"The Cabinet of Dr. Caliga r i. •
Films will be s hown at 7:30 p.m.
and agains t 9: 30 p. m.
(Con4nued from Page 1) .
she said.
"I th1nl5 1t represents other
concerns and problems . The statistics for this district are very
poor. That to them ((he Padres
Unidos) represents a problem an overall problem within the
district.•
Two trustees of the Madera
Unified School District are re- ;
ported to be concerned by the
mounting tension at the high
school and at the community, according to a local newspaper
article.
The trustee reportedly said:
"We feel they are being used by
outside people to serve their own
purposes."
Thi s feeling was also expressed by some teachers who
were watching the demonstrators
during the noon lunch hour.
"It's not affecting teaching any
since .fJ 9 percent of our students
are still in class, only a few
ON CAMPUS
Fr.e sno Friends
SUNDAY
T he Plaza ofJapanese Congregation will hold a picnic at O' Neill
P ar k Sund ay from 5 to 8 p.m.
All inte rested Japanes e students
are invited to attend.
Ther e will be a meeting of the
Hawaii Club Sunday evening at
7:30 p. m. at Dr. Christison's
home, 3834 N. Mariposa Street.
Phone num ber is 222-9669. Ca mpus phone is 2712 .
Sunday, 10 a.m.
clothes officers who said they
were taking pictures for a future
training film on crowa control.
However, Skeels said that the
movie camera was to be used for
identification purposes by intelligence .
Contrasting attitudes by the
community can be seen across the
street from the school where
two neighbors had different reactions to the marching students.
One' man , who asked that his
name not be used because he
feared retaliation from the s tudents, said tha t the students did n't
know what they were doing.
•1 believe i_n the dem ocratic
process ," he said. "This is n't
it.
"I'm a membe r oftheso- called
minority group. I'm a MexicanAmerican. But I didn' t have todo
th at when I was in school. I have
a good job, all my brothers have
good jobs and my sons are aEh letes and they too will get good
jobs, because they're not .out
there. " he said as he looked at
the picket line march in front of
his house.
Next door , his neighbor, an
old, white-haired man, came out
of his house and raised a clenched
fist to~ard the marchers and
shouted "Chicano Power." The
students answered back the same
way and greeted himwithcheers.
INV ITED TO
Meeting-
(QUAKE R)
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Pax Dei Chapel
.
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COLLEGE RELIGIOUS CENTER
2311 E. SHAW, across from CSUF
PEACE CORPS
CUTS THE RED TAPE
How? By "pre- s lotting• - a new way of plac ing
Volunteers in the Peace Corps, being introduced at
CSUF for the first time ne xt week .
THE NEW PRESIDENT pro-tern
of the Student Senate Cruz Bustamante, apolitical-science major,
was critical of last year's senate
saying that "not really anything
had been accomplished.• He said
he .hoped this year will bebetter.
Photo by Erik Strom.
F R EE
RETAIL CATALOG:
Pipes, waterpipes , b On g s , cigarette
papers , r o lling machi~es , s uper•
stones, c lips, underg round comix ,
etc : Gabriella's Goodies , B ox 434 ,
Hollywood , Ca . 90028
What it means is this: by the time your interview with
the Peace · Corps / VISTA recruiter-placement officer is
over, you' 11 know whether the Peace Corps can use you,
what specific job assignment is available that fits your
background and skill, where it is, what you'd be doing, .
and when you'd start. And the decision would be made
then and there (subject to your references checking out)
- not after three to five months of red tape and paper
shuffling in Washington.
•Pre-slotting• is being tried on an expe rimental basis
for Peace Corps programs in twelve Latin-American .
countries only. If it works (and it has worked for
VISTA), it will be expanded to 51 other countrie s . Meanwhile, if you're interested in one of these other countries
you can still apply in the regular way (you' ll knm~
within si x to eight weeks whether you' ve been accepted,
then a month prior to your availability date you'll get
details on the program you're being invited to.
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St. Paul's Catholic _Chapel at New man Center
1572 E. BARSTOW AVE. - Phone 439-4641
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.
Sat. 5 p.m. Mass (For Sun. Op.)
Rev. Sergio P. Negro - Sister Louis Marie Cramer
Millbrook United Presbyterian Church
3620 N. MILLBROOK (Between Shields & Dakota)
MORNING WORSHIP 8:30 & 11:00 A.M.
Coll ege Fellowship: 6:30 p.m. Sunday: Potluck & Bible Study
CHANCEL CHOIR - THURSDAYS 7:30 p.m.
COLLEGIANS WELCOME!
Ernest I. Bradley, Pastor
F or T ransportation pho ne 227-5355
COLLEGE CHURCH OF CH RIST
EAST BULLARD (Between Firs t and Cedar)
SUNDAY: Bible School, 9 a . m.; Morning Worship, 10 a.m.
Young People, 5 p. m.; Evening Worship, 6 p.m .
WEDNESDAY: Bible Study, 7:30 p.m.
Special Clas s for College Students
Dedi cated to Serving the College Com munity
Transportation Available - Phone 43 9- 6530
Minis ter: Hugh Tinsley - P hone 43 9-9313
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LUTHERAN CHURC H IN AM ERI CA
3973 N. Ce(lar (Near Ashlan)
Ph: 229- 8581
9-10:30 AM: WORSHIP
HOLY COMMUNION - 1st Sunday
Contemporary Liturgy - Fourth Sunday 9 AM
Philip A. Jordan, Pastor
Carl E. Olson, Assoc. Pastor
BETHEL TEMPLE
"JUST SOUTH OF FASHION FAIR"
4665 NORTH FIRST (Near Shaw)
Rev. Donald K. Skaggs, Pastor
Bill Thompson, Youth - Ted Grider, Music
Sunday School: 9:45 a .m.
Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Children's Church: 11:00 a.m.
Youth Meeting: 5:45 p.m.
Evening Evangelistic: 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday - Bible ·study and Prayer: 7:30 p. m.
UNITED CHURCH CENTER
4th and Barstow - Phone 224-1947
Sunday Worship:
9:15 - WESLEY METHODIST
11:00 - UNIVERSITY PRESBYTERIAN
College Choir, Sunday 5:00 PM
College groups Sunday 7:30 PM and Wednesday 5: 30 PM
Ministers: S. Wm . Antablin, Donald H. Fado, John F. Boogaert
PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
CEDAR & GETTYSBUIW
PART-TIME OPENING
for F i eld Collector- $2 p e r hr.
Apply i n p e rs o n.
BILL'S FURNITURE
& APPLIANCE
333 E. California Ave .
Ask for Mr. Baeta
Contact the Placement Center, 487-2381,
view appointment if you' re interested in a
•pre-slotted• assignment. Or, if you just
more about Peace Corps or VISTA in
for an interPeac e Corps
want to know
general, see
Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 A.M .
College Encounter - 9:45 A.M. Sunday
K. Fuerbringer , Pastor
Phone 431-0858 / 222-2320
THE PEOPLE'S CHURCH
PE_AC~ CORPS/ VISTA
ON CAMPUS NEXT WEEK
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2 Bedroom furnished across from
Dorms $145. 439-6481
Found: Wl.,nan's Ring 9/18, Speh
Arts Bldg. 264-3444; after 6,
264-8748. Owner pay for ad.
Placement Center
Sept. 30 - Oct. 4
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Corner Cedar & Dakota
Sunday Collegiate Interact - 9:45 A.M .
Morning Worship - 8:30, 9:45 , 11:00 A.M.
S~nday Eve. Service - 7:00 P.M.
College Bible Study - Thursdays 7:30 P.M.
Need a Job? Call Collegiate Interact Job Placement Se r vice
229-4076
G. L. Johnson, Pastor
Douglas A. Holck, Minister of Music
Russell Brown , Minister of Youth
Austin D. Morgan, Minister of Pastoral Care
Hal Edmonds, Minister of Education