La Voz de Aztlan, December 13 1974
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La Voz de Aztlan, December 13 1974
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Associated Students of Fresno State
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La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)
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Fresno, California
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12/13/1974
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A special edition of THE DAI-LY COLLEGIAN
California State University, Fresno
LXXIX/61
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1974
Implications of Ryan Act
and its effect at CSUF
The intent of the Ryan Act,
by set poli<.:y as they deem necessary .
that controversial document
which both administrators and
The Ryan Act also provides
students find difficult to interfor more input from students and
pret, is to loosen up the schools
community members in deternnmng the adequacy of the
of education at the various state
ANNA NORI EGA
universities so that students and
school's policy in regard to
teacher preparation and licenscommunity members can have a
stronger voice in determining· an
ing.
adequate school policy. said Dr.
"People in Sacramento have
fought to get the Ryan Act through
Dan Martinez, chairperson of the
Ca Ii for n i a Commission on
Co11gress, and now that it has heen
approved and is operative on all
Teacher Preparation and Licensuniversity campuses. it is 11p to
in1;.
the community to see that its inMartinez, who was in Fresno
recently
with
other
rnemhers
of
especially need a positive inWhether it ·s breaking a pine
the commission, said the Ryan
fluence.
board in half or putting together
Act was passed by the state legis►"r°t's
a
hard
task
to
have
little
a conference of high school stukids look up to you. I can still lature to supercede the Fisher
dents in the hope that they will
remember the good and had Act. which basically dealt with '
eventually go on to higher eduteachers I've had,'' said Noriega. teacher credentiafrequi rements.
cation, Anna Noriega will find
The Ryan Act. however. stipuAlthough she is still undecided the time to do it.
about a career in law, she said lates that the schools of educaThe 19-year-old Chicana was
she sees a need for more Chi- tion are subject to "external asrecently -Voted the "Outstanding
Something called "Vintage
sessment,·• said Martinez.
canos in the profession.
Student of the Year" by the
Days"
is going to hit the CSUF
"This means that people out"Even if I don't go into law,
Mexican-American Political Ascampus on May 8th if everything
side
of
the
respective
institutions
I think it's important to know
sociation at its annual installag-oes according to plan.
about the law, since Chicanos are and Sacramento offices will have
tion dinner held Nov. 20 at the
David Pinuelas. student directhe
opportunity
to
evaluate
the
always being left in the dark when
Fresno Rodeway Inn.
tor of the rour-day event, said
policies
ol'
that
institutio11
in
light
it comes to legal matters," she
The award was in recognition
that "Vintage Days" is an effort
of the needs of the commu11itv
said.
for being selected as the outto get all the organizations and
which
that
institution
serves,-..
Last summer, Noriega worked
sta nding student concerned with
different
clubs on campus to
for the Mini-Corps, a mig~ant he said.
" . . . the goals of social, ecopool their resources together
"This
a
ssessment
directly
deeducational program in Raisin
nomic , cultural and civic betterand have an all-out event repreCity. Her supervising teacher termines whether or not the parment of Mexican-Americans and
sentative of the school.
ticular
institution
will
he
actold her not to speak Spanish.
all other Spanish speaking people
"Too many little events are '
Moriega said she felt it was un- c-redited on a continuing hasis,
within the USA ...
always going on," said Pinuelas.
he
continued.
fair and felt it was even more
When asked what organizations
"We felt that, perhaps instead
The Ryan Act also stipulates
important to communicate with
and activities she is involved in
of having all those small events
that
there
he
community
input
the children in order to teach
Noriega must pause and go ~ver
· one large one representing all
them, so she went ahead and spoke in the content of new credential
notes before she can remember
the school would be more approprograms
to
he
adopted
by
variSpanish anyway.
all of the varied activities.
priate."
ous
institutions.
"When someone tells me I
Among these are, a member of
The four-day concept, which
However,
said
com
mission
can't do it, then it becomes a
student senate and Mecha, chairwill fall on a Thursday through
members
Dr.
Sid
Inglis
and
Tony
challenge to me," she said, "and
person for the Chicano Youth
Sunday weekend, originated with
Salamanca, each institution has
I try even harder to do it.1'
Conference: a member of Los
the College Union program comthe
prerogative
to
interpret
the
The slim, dark-haired Ms.
Danzantes de Aztlan from CSUF
mittee students a little more than
Ryan
Act
as
they
wish,
and
therewith th~ quick smil~ said she
as well as Comparsa. a Chican~
has been involved with MECHA
cultural song group . ·
since arriving on the CSU.F camBesides this, she teaches an
pus because she feels "if there
elementary dance class at Tranis something I think should be
quillity Elementary School once
done I '11 go ahead and do it."
a week and has even found time
"If one waits to let someone
to take karate lessons.
else do it, chances are it won't
She is also a member of the
7et done."
Board on Publications and the
Although she is actively inCampus Affairs Committee.
volved in many things, she doesHer plans for the future inn't think it's a "women's lib
clude either teaching or obtaining
trip."
a degree in criminal law.
"I don't like women's lib but
"I believe in bilingual-biculI am for women's rights," ' she
tural education, especially in the
said, adding that she feels womprimary grades," she said.
en's lib is a white woman's thing .
She said she feels children
Anna Noriega named
outstanding student
tent is not totally obliterated by
narrow interpretations and restrictive policies," he said.
CHE (Chicanos in Education)
have invited Dr. Ralph Evans,
Dean of the School of Education,
to come to the next MECHA
meeting to speak on the Ryan
Act and its implementation .
Interested student body memhers are also invited to attend
this meeting which will be held
at noon in the International Room
of the cafeteria.
'Vintage Days; to -hit
CSUF next semester
a month ago, he said. He added
that the "Vintage Days• committee is now a separate entity from
the College Union.
Pinuelas said he hopes to recruit interested students to participate in the decision- making
aspects of the planning.
"It's such a big event and much
money is involved, so I hope to
include as many students as posJ
sible," he said.
He said he hopes interested
members from throughout the
community will volunteer to help
in one of the many committees
that will be needed.
In addition to coordinators, he
said sign-ups are now being taken
for student hlep in areas of public
relations and publicity, student
organization and carnival planning, competitive events, con(Continued on Page 2, Col 3) ·
Fresno Latino group formed,
promotes opportunities
A Fresno Chapter of IMAGE,
a national Spanish-speaking organization whose main objective
is to promote government opportunities for Chicanos, Puerto
Ricans and other Latinos was
started last Nov. 19.
'
Esperanza Pineda, president
of the Fresno chapter, said that
they h?, ve already appointed five
committees to get the organization o,: its way and that IMAGE
is looking for more members who
are willing to contribute some of
their time toward the goals of the
organization.
The club has chapters in 16
states with a membership of
20,000. Membership is open to
any person interested and willing
to support the objectives of
IMAGE
Other officers of the new chapter are Claude Torres, · First
Vice President; Arthur Samaniego, Second Vice President·
Jaime Martinez, Treasurer; and
Nilda Ballardo, Secretary.
THE CHICANO- FACULTY, Staff and Student Association members were busy bending and stuffing tacos
I ast Wednesday at the Free Speech Area in what one member cal I ed a ~ successful• effort to raise money
for a scholarship fund. The sale, which was to have lasted from 11 :30 to 1:30, only lasted one hour as
the food was quickly sold out to an obviously hungry noon.time crowd.
2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Friday, December 13, 1974
Open letter
For Dean Evans: an invitation
and a request , for answers .
An open letter to Dr. Ralph F.
Evans, dean of the School of EducationDecembe'r 12, 1974
Dear Dr. Evans:
This letter is in response to
your letter of December 3rd
wherein you state that there is
a definite need for more effective dissemination ofinformatton
regarding the Ryan Act and the
University's implementation of
it. Comite CHE considers this
information extremely important
to our goal of working within the
School of Education system to insure student understanding, par-.
ticipation, and success in that
system. Therefore we invite you
to attend the next M.E.C,H.A.
meeting in the Intern at ion a 1
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Published five days a week except
holidays and examination periods by
the Fresno State College Association. Mail subscriptions $8 a semester, $15 a year . Editorial office,
Keats Campus Building, telephone
487-2486. Business and advertising
office, Keats Campus Building, telephone 487-2266.
Opinions expressed in Collegian editorials, including feature-editorials
and commentaries by guest writers,
are not necessarily thos e of Callfornia State University, Fresno , or
the stu,dent body .
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
Editor . . . . . . . . . . . Larry Romero
Photographer . .- . . . . .. Larry Leon
Reporters . . . . . • . . Cynthia Lugo,
Grace Solis, Ernesto Moreno
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Room, December 19th at noon to
give a presentation on the Ryan
Act.
However, with regards to our
initial letter of inquiry containing 22 questions, we feel it imperative that you answer them in
writing. These questions for the
most part refer to factual points
of information and as such we
feel they can best he dealth with
in written form. We do not consider these 22 questions to he
topics for discussion hut rather
points of information which our
Comite feels delineate the problem with which we are trying to
deal. By submitting your answers
in writing, ComiteCHE also feels
that we both will he avoiding the
danger of misquotations and misunderstandings. Therefore, we
again reiterate our request that
you submit to us in writing the
answers to the questions contained in our letter of November
12, l!l74. We ask that this information he made available to
us hy Decernher 20, l!l74.
If we do not hear from you to
the contrary, we shall assume
that you will he attending the
11ext M. E.C. fl.A . meetin g,
Sincerely,
Marian Rodrigues Powers
Chairperson,
Comite Cm: de M EC HA
performance
set
El Te atro del Ba rrio, of Parlier, will present "La Virgen de!
Tepeya<'" Dec-e 1111>er 13, 14 and
l!i and Dece mbe r 20, 21 ancl 22.
The Teatro, directed hy J e ssie
Padron . is composed of Parlier
residents, 111a11y of whorn are students . Tile play will he pre sented at _7 p. m . each night at
the Parlier Catholic Hall, 7!i!i
Tuolumne Street. There is no
charge of the show.
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in the
Free
Area
Students who never milked a
cow got the opportunity yesterday
in the Free Speech Area.
Farm animals and machinery
were on display ; featured were
cows, sheep, goats, pigs, and four
large farm harvesting machines.
At noon ar'tificial insemination
was explained to students and a
live demonstration was given before a crowd ofabout50students.
Students were invited to milk
any of the three cows, and though
some students were hesitant,
several tried milking their first
cow.
"It was easier than I thought
•it would be ," said one. "I thought
you pull down, like in the car -loons. A 11 you go tl a do is
squeeze!"
"It was funn y," s aid another .
Stan Mollart , who helped man-
given at Madera High School
El Teatro Campesino, formerly
of Fresno , will give a free performance of "Las Cuatro Apareciones de la Virgen de Tepeyac,"
a bilingual adaptation of a traditional Mexican play. The play
is being sponsored by Los Padres
Unidos de Madera.
The story of Mexico's brownskinned Virgen of Guadalupe goes
back 400years. A humble villager
miraculously confronts the Virgen, . struggles to convince the
world of her authenticity, and then
helps lead his paople away from
their Aztec .gods.
You told your new
roommate you dig
B.B.King and he
thinks slie's great
too.
._You owe yourself art Oly.
Like the story of the Nativity
itself, the Virgin!s appearance
and the subsequent conversion of
Mexico's Indians are retold each
holiday season in a traditional
play.
The play is in Spanish, but that
won't necessarily interfere with
your enjoyment if you're not bilingual. The dramatic appearance of the Virgen's image on
Juan Diego's tilma, or cloak,
and the materialization of · the
roses in the rocky soil create
an effective visual spectacle.
The performance will be in the
'boys' gym of the Madera High
School. Curtain time is 7 p.m.
and admission is free.
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age the event, said some students
were surprised to find out the
animals and machines were from
their campus ag department.
Some asked, "Where is the Ag •
department?" he said.
Several students who stopped
to look at the animals expressed
interest in the display.
"I think it's good because the
ag department is so far out there
you never get to see any ofthis,"
said a business major.
"It's interesting," said a student.
.
Ag students used a microphone
to explain the machinery, animals, and milking process.
They also took the opportunity
to encourage students to attend
an animal judging contest today
from 1 to 5 p. m., and a dinner
Saturday at 7 p.m., also at the
Ag Judging Pavilion, followed by
a hayride around the campus
farm, and a dance at 9 p.m .
la Virgen de Tepeyac' to be
Vintage
(Continued from Page 1)
certs, campus performances ,
handicraft fair, and display and
decor.
The spring weekend preliminary plans inC'lude the staging of
competitive events, such as a
tug-of-war and grape tray art,
a street dance and concert, a student carnival, cultural mimes,
singers, plays and art exhibits,
displays and alumni events.
"There is still room for suggestions and we hope to hear
some," said Pinuelas.
To sign up for one of the areas
or for information go to CU 317
or call Pinuelas at 227-5795.
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-speech
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By G_e rald Kent
Collegian Staff Writer
Parlier Teatro
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'TQcctlYS
""THAT'S PRETTY FUNNY - you squeeze here and milk comes out there!" Joe Pimentel is
showing Jim Barton how to milk a cow in, of all places, the free speech area, yesterday. The ag
students took over the area to tell students about their cattle judging contest, dinner, and dance
this weekend. Prizes are guaranteed to be awarded for students going the best job judging some of
the university's animals, Photo by Jim Denman.
Olympia Brew ing Com pany, Olympia., Wash i ngton "OLY"-F
All Olympia emp ti es are recycl ab le
for appointr:nent.
Hours 10 AM to 6 PM~ ,'
Friday, December 13, 1974
THE DAILY COU,.EGIAN~3·
DR. ADOLFO ORTEGA
COORDINATOR LaRAZA
STUDIES
Noche de La Raza••••••••· 1974
Photos
by
Larry
Leon
were Los Danzantes de Aztlan
In order to provide a true eduunder the direction of Ernesto
cation the professor, as well as
Martinez, and the CSUF Teatro,
the student, must work together
directed by Frank Riojas. Cornto solve the problems which afparsa from CSUF played four
fect our community. This is the
numbers. They are under the
philosophy of La Raza Studies
Department at CSU F , according • direction of Manuel Pena and
David Palma.
to Dr. Adolpho Ortega, coordinaPoetry was read by Victor
tor of La Raza Studies.
Ortega made the remark in a Martinez and Maria Gamiz. Master of ceremonies was Jose Chepe
welcoming address to a standingroom-only crowd in the Sequoia Leon. a local Spanish-language
radio station announcer.
Junior High School auditorium
last Saturday night celebrating
Ortega said the large turnout
the annual Noche de La Raza.
was more evidence of the current
The night included a free dinner
interest in Chicano oriented stu.:..
and various cultural programs.
dies.
•Each year we have an inIn the photos above, left to
creasing number of Chicano sturight, clockwise, are Dr. Adolpho
dents who enroll in La Raza StuOrtega, welcoming the audience;
dies," said Ortega. "This indiLos Danzantes de Aztlan percates to me that our young people
forming -Iguana;" Ben Cruz and
with to - retain their roots in our
Amelia Castro, CSUF students,
Mexican culture."
happily serving the dinner; some
The program was a joint effort
of the audience at the perforof all the Chicano organizations at
mance; and Maria Solis (not a
CSUF, including faculty, adminreal nun) and Jaime Huerta (a
istration, staff and students.
real farmworker) in a CSUF TeaPerforming in the program . tro performance.
Friday, Dece~ber 13, 1974
TEATRO
,
(The Fifth Sea son)
By Grace Solis
"La Quinta Temporada ,,_ or
"The Fifth Season," was performed by the CSUF Teatro. de
la Tierra. The cast of the acto
is currently enrolled in La Raza
Studies 130, Chicano Theatre.
Members of the teatro receive 3
units of credit for their performances, in addition to meeting
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The acto explores the situation
that many farmworkers find
themselves in. In it, . the farmworker finds him self at the mercy
of the contractor and grower. He
then decides to go on strike in
search of social justice. The
farmworker then finds social justice, in the disguise of winter.
Pictured above are: Arnold
Me 'ia as "Don Coyote," Jaime
Huerta as "The Farmworker,"
Arturo Olivas as "The Grower,"
and Susie Saavedra as "The Summer."
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F~.iday, December 13, 1974 .
THE~DAILY COLLEGIAN.:..5
Photos. by Jim Denman
1
6-tHE DAILY -COLLEGIAN .
Friday, December 13, 1974
Chicano Youth Conferen-ce
Tomorrow, high school students from more than 30 valley
high schools will be on the CSUF
campus to participate in the annual Chicano Youth Conference,
according to Anna Noriega,
-chairperson of the event.
Noriega said the purpo_s e of
"A lot of students are turned
off by all the pounding they get
about going to college. We don't
want to pound it into their heads,
but to provide a relaxed atmosphere and opportunity for therr
to visit at their own leisure.'
She also said she feels that
the conference is to acquaint the
students with the campus and to
inform them of the services
available for them.
"Frankly, this is a recruitment
effort on our part to get more
Chicano students on campus,"
she said.
many times high school counselors turn off students by telling
them they cannot get into college
for one reason or the other.
The conference which will last
from 11:30 a.m.· until 10 p.m.
is being coordinated by MF.CHA
and co-sponsored by Proyecto
del Campesino, GCEP, and other
community groups. Eleven workshops are scheduled and lunch
will be provided . A dance will be
held from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Following is a schedule of the
events and descriptions of the
various workshops.
School and community workshops are scheduled
La Raza Studies-Manuel Val:
dez and Jesus Luna, both instructors in La Raza Studies, will
discuss with students their views
~oncerning La Raza Studies in
the community as well as in the
university. What the students feel
· the direction La Raza Studies
should take will also be discussed. La Raza studies effect on
communities and what high school
students can do to introduce or
improve La Raza Studies in their
schools' curriculum, will also be
examined.
Chicano Culture-Jose Riojas
and Ricardo Rodriguez will go
into a brief history of the Chicano struggle. They will discuss
the aspects of self-identiry of the
Chicano today. The film "Yo Soy
Chicano" will be shown. Information will also be available on how
students can form their own dance
and theater groups at their
schools.
La Chicana- Pat Aguirre and
Teresa Acosta will conduct this
workshop which wUl deal with the
many aspe~ts of the Chicana
struggle. They will discuss the
misconceptions and stereotypes
that are placed on the Chicana.
Often, Chicanas are labeled women libbers when in reality all they
are striving for is Chicana rights.
E.O.P.-This workshop will
deal primarily with financial aid,
admissions and early registration
for E .O.P. students. Information
will be presented on services offered by E .O.P., such as student
advisers, tuto:r:s, and the Summer
Institute. It will also touch on the
P into Program. Robert Hernandez, Assistant E.O.P. director,
' will run this workshop.
U.F.W.A.-John Perez, Arturo
Avina and Gloria Hernandez, will
give a brief history of the
U.F.W.A., its benefits (such as
•he ciinic) and the boycott. The
·um, "Why We Boycott," will be
·hown. This is strictly informa-
tional and not a recruiting type
of situation. There is a possibility that a speaker from the
union's office in Selma will be
present.
Student Government - Cruz
Bustamante, President Pro Tern
of the Student Senate, and John
Navarrette will speak on student
government and the need for Chicano Involvement in it as well as
lo ca 1 community government.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1,, 1974
TIME
EVE·NT
PLACE
11:30-12:30
Registration
and. Lunch
New residence
Cafeteria
12:30-1:00
CSUF 'l'eatro
1:00-1:20
Welcome and
Introduction
College Union Lounge
(CU)
CU Lounge
1:30-2:30
Workshop
CU Lounge
2:45-3:45
Workshop
CU Lounge
4:00-5:00
Workshop
CU Lounge
5:00-5:30
Los Danzantes
de Aztlan
CU Lounge
5:30-6:00
Closing
(General rap session,
comments)
·
CU Lounge
6:00-10:00
Dance
CU Lounge
I
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They will also discuss the importance of overcoming the apathy
that exists in our schools and
communities.
Chicano Ca mpus and Career
Organizations - Ramona Garcia
will lead this workshop on the
various organizations, such as
M.E.C.H.A., Las Adelitas, Delta
Alpha Chi, National Chicano
Health Organization and Trabajadores de la Raza.
Fund raising -- Very crucial
for any organization is the ability
to raise capital for the necessary
functions. It is of the utmost importance that students have in
their knowledge the various
methods and techniques needed
for a very successful fund raiser.
Manuel Olgin wi ll provide information on this topic.
Drug Abuse-Grace Solis and
Joe Chacon will lead students
in an informal group discussion
on the issue of drug abuse. They
will also inform students oftheir
rights in case they are stopped
by law enforcement officials.
Community Involvement-This
workshop will cover La Raza
Unlda
Party, M.A .P.A., the
Church, Action , Centro de La
Familia , Asociacion Educativa
de
Padres Mexicanos and
Proyecto del Campesino. - This
will provide students with a general idea of what each of these
organizations is about, and will
encoura ge students to become involved in their own communities.
Bilingual-Bi cultural Education
-Recently the bilingual-bicultural aspects of education have
been in the news due to the fact
that there is a large percentage
of Chicanos in the valley, many
of whom cannot relate to the
present system. Jesus Rodriguez
will further explain what bilingual-bicultural education is
and Hs importance to the high
school student.
NOTfCIAS
There will be a fund-raiser for
1 Villa tonight at the ConvenJn Center Theatre Lobby. Gov:·nor-elect Edmund G. Brown
·, ill be the special guest at the
vii ne-tasttng party, scheduled for
6: 30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission
is $25 a couple, $12.50 per person.
•
MAPA will host a Recruitment
Fiesta on Tuesday, December 17.
The Fiesta is designed to increase MAPA membership in the
local chapter. According to Angie
Cisneros, a statewide MAPA officer, involvement in MAPA is
very important this yearbecause
new statewide officers will be
elected. The Fiesta will be held
at 6151 E. Liberty in Fresno. Pot
Luck dinner will be served at
7:30 p.m., along with drinks that
will sell for 50 cents. For more
information call Angie Cisneros
at 487-2848.
•
The College Union's winter
festival and end-of-the-year
event will turn into a casino
gambling night Wednesday, Dec.
· 1s from 8 till ? in the College
Union Lounge.
Each student, upon arrival at
the "casino," will get$1500 worth
o~ play money to gamble with at
various casino areas including
blackjack, roulette, craps . . . .
At the end of the evening all
the money gained or lost can be
used to purchase various donated
items such as pizzas , or wha!ever at a finale auction.
The program , held annually, is
being sponsored by the College
Union Program Committee.
•
There will be no AIKIDO class
meeting this Sunday. Next meeting date is Sunday, Jan. 12 at
12:30, Women's Gym, Room 133.
Please bring $5 for lesson plus
same amount for advanced payment.
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More than 47,000 deportable
aliens were arrested in the 10
Western states during the three-
week period ending last week ,
according to the U.S. Justice
Department. The department said
federal officials also seized $2. 7
million worth of marijuana and
other drugs . Immigration Commissioner L. W. Gil man reported that 24 ,050 of the 47,323
ill~gal aliens apprehended were
picked up in California .
COLLEGE UNION CALENDAR
Friday, Dec. 13
FILM: "Hiroshima Mon Amour "
with subtitles, 7:30and9:30p.m'.,
CU Lounge.
Stars Marguerite Duras. A
French actress falls in love with
a Japanese architect and in the
end newsreel footage of the bombing and its aftermath in Hiroshima is expressionalistically
shot.
dance group, 12:00 noon to 1:30
p.m. in the CU Lounge .
Wednesday , Dec. 18
CASINO NIGHT and Winter Festival, 8:00 p.m. to?, CU Lounge.
Thursday, Dec. 19
CONCERT: CSUF Symphony orchestra, 8 p.m., CU Lounge.
Friday, Jan. 10
F1LM: "Clowns," 7:30 and 9:30
CONCERT: The Eastgates, local • p.m., CU Lounge.
Tuesday, Dec, 17
Friday, December 13, 1974
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-7
WAPASHA
"Indian: 11.. person whose quantum of Indian blood is one-quarter or more and / or is recognized
as being Indian by the community
in which he lives." (Bureau of
Indian Affairs definition)
When the word "Indian" is
heard, there is a world of people
the general public would scarcely
consider when asked to describe
or define the term. This is the
realm of the half and quarter
blood indi victuals.
These people are unique in that
they are caught up in a time and
in a society that preaches brotherhood and "third world unit}'",
yet insists such people assume an
ethnocentric identity.
Also, many times, people
this type of "limbo" category are
a contradiction to the stereotypes
that surround them. These are
a few external forces that often
wreak havoc, confusion, selfexamination, and even guilt, to a
degree, in the hearts and minds
of ·many of these individuals.
How do they cope with the daily
personal encounters by "others"
making suspicious, curious, and
ignorant inquiries about their
mixed worlds?
For those that have a strong
cultural background to rely on,
the problem is partially solved.
Secure in the belief of the person
they have been brought up to be
and not the person they appear to
be, these individuals confidently
field such questions and allay
many suspicions because they can
provide the satisfactory answer.
Often though, this is not the
case. People of mixed blood are
in a quandry, torn by a desire
to participate in the customs of
both cultures represented.
They are under constant pressure to assimilate into one or the
other , and are ostracised in part
by those of the culture the person
has left. In addition the indi victual
must endure a certain degree of
skepticism and ridicule by some
members of the culture this indi vi dual has chosen to accept,
especially if that decision was a
long time coming.
In small subtle ways, and also
by direct actions, the individual
is made to feel somewhat less
worthy than the so-called •established" members of the culture. Full acceptance and credibility usually comes only after
the person has proved his ethnocentric sincerity in some form or
in
manner.
Another alternative is known
as "see-sawing." Here, the individual moves from one side of
the cultural line to the other
looking for permanent signs of
acceptance from both sides but
achieves a reputation for la~k of
credibility from hoth sides and
neither side cares to clairr: the
individual.
The "middle-of-the-roader" is
similar to the "see-sawer", except that no definite commitment
is made to either side by the
mixed-blood, and enduring the
agonizing process of trying to decide by ol>serving, the person incurs the disdain, hence the rejection of both sides. For each
side believes, since they see no
performance, that the indi victual
has chosen the other side.
In addition, these people often
experience the stinging insults
and thoughtless barbs of friends
loved ones, and even at times, th~
crushing condemnation hurled by
members of their immediate
family.
Many carry a foggy notion of
. habing to apologize to some invisible force for claiming to be
part of a culture they know little
or nothing about. If ther seem
to wear their sincerity "on their
sleeve", so to speak, their actions are looked at as those of a
misguided missionary, yet these
people have trouhle trying to get
others to read their hearts.
In today's world, as we know it,
the final solution lies with the decision of the indi victual. General
absolution for being horn something you couldn't help is not the
order of the day in an era of insistent,
emphasized cultural
identity. Simple acceptance on
the part of a collective hody is
also out.
In the Indian world this concept exists also. Perhaps it is
because there have been too many
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rip-offs by im'posters, both in the
past and present day. So close
did this physical and cultural
g·enocide come, that at its peak,
the Indian was labeled the "Vanishing American". So perhaps
positive. identification of fellow
Indians is a protective device and
essential if Indian people and
their respective tribal cultures
are to be preserved for future
generations.
Historically, those mix e ctbloods that chose the Indian way
of life have made essential contributions, especially in times of
crises, that resulted in positive
attainments of one form or another for their tribes. Such as
Quannah Parker, who led the Comanches in a last great struggle
to save the buffalo range; Joseph
Brant, a chief of the Mohawk nation, who because of his brilliant
oratory was able to save much of
his people's land: Sequoia, who
invented the Cherokee alphabet
so that the words of the white
man might he written down and
studied.
Among- the members of the
American Indian student organization, Tewaquachi. are those
having mixed blood in varyingdegrees.
As chairman of that organization, I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank everyone of you for committing yourself to the task of building a better Indian world.
Remember especially, that the
quantum of blood ~·ou have is only
part of being Indian. The spirit
that you carry is the rest of it.
I can say no more for you, or
to you . . . . . your actions speak
for themselves.
I have spoken.
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Friday, December 13, 1974
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a1titude changing
Ch_icano · political consc1ousness,
involved in the civil rights movement and began to create their
own movement.
In the community the federal
programs also served to create
ethnic lines more sharply. The
programs added to the Chicano
movement in that there was now
more involvement from . people
concerned with the planning and
di rec ti on of the programs or the
staffing or clientele of the various agencies. With this came the
competition for funds, promises
of jobs, and the rewards of recognition. The coalition of poor
people was now becoming ethnic
camps. The question was now not
, how to achieve justice, but how to
obtain power for the Chicanos,
more resources, vis i hi 1 it y,
recognition and prestige for Chicanos, and ultimately dominance
for Chicanos. The next step was
our own political party. The f:ultural awareness we were now experiencing was causing us to
concern ourselves only with what
was Chicano - little else. The
media was now paying nationwide
attention to the •black power"
movement: This in turn caused
the brown people to reject everything white , which led to a rejection of the hlack, and in the end,
· anything that w·a s not brown. All
these developments generated
more activity which could he
classified in five categories:.
1) rise of campus activism, 2)
the strengthe11ing of the Chicano
community, 3) develop1nent or
leadership within the local com rnunities (directors of the •MANPOWEH" and other social service
programs), 4) the farniworkers
were making· steady gains in tlwir
struggle for j11stiC'e and !i) elected
officials s e rving in various governme11t offfres were making
their <'ontrihutions to the movern ent.
The relationship hPtween the
campu~ and the c·o111111u11it y became tht-> inspi 1·ation for El I\lovi rniento·s development in the la s t
ten years. From this alli un<'e
was develope·d El Pla11 <ieAztlan,
:1 ChiC'a110 Maniff:'sto. whi<'h <'alle d
for the crf:'alio11 of a brown nation and a bronze destiny i11 this
<'ountr y. From this <·a11 1e thP theory and strategy for a third, and
separati s t, part~·. The pe rson to
whom the hirth of La Haza Unid-a,
J
the party of the Chicano , is main2 Bedroom furnished across froin
ly attributed is Jose Ang:el
Dorms $145. 439-6481
Gutierrez, who was then 22 years
Can art be without form? Cal I old. Gutierrez, of Crystal City,
Craig 227-8240 and tell me.
Texas was one of the main parli<'ipants in the denunciation of thP
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In October of 1971 Richard
Alatorre lost an election to Bill
Brophy, a Republican, in a heavily
Democrat -registered District.
Alatorre was forced into· a runoff, rr'om a field of 11, with Paul
Ruiz, the La Raza Unida candidate, and Brophy. La Raza Unida
ran a campaign on a very meager
bddget and a heavy precinct walking operation. In the run-off election, Ruiz more than doubled his
votes. This indicated one thing,
La Raza Unida had the ability to
cut into traditional Democratic
votes.
La Raza Unida Party was celebrating. They had succeeded in
preventing a Democrat from winning the election. But who were
the real winners? A non-Chicano
Republican was now representing
the Chicano people. But the newspapers headlined their articles
with •Chicano Ballot Had Proved .
Stronger."
To und~rstand this behavior we
must take a look at the times.
During the l 960's there was a
growing number of brown people
becoming involved in civil rights
movements, sometimes referred
to as "the sleeping giant" by news
columnists and reporters.
The sleeping giant was not a
true term. Chicanos had been
participating in movements for
social justice since the beginning
of California history. Even more
recently, from the 1940's a farm
workers' rights movement was
broadening its base. However,
the · events of the 19601s had a
great effect on the Chicano community.
Our political consciousness
was touched by three major factors: 1) more of our people went
on to higher education, 2) the
black civil rights struggle was
expanded (which caused an increase in ethnic pride), and 3)
- Johnson implemented many social programs (which led to the
development of political leadership). At some point during these
events Chicanos began to pull
away from the rest of the group1,;
-•. Ztfil!i•~>I;
We were now witnessing a
changing attitude towards the
poverty programs and other . federal agencies. We now viewed
these programs as unacceptable
and a •rip-off." The agencies
were now hostile and could no
longer he trusted. (The agencies
created the perfect atmosphere
for opportunism, a scramble for
jobs, patronage and creation of a
self-serving political base .)
for granted" any longer, if the
"party of the people" begins to
lose elections to Republicans,
then they will be forced to bargain with us. There ' s only one
catch. We still insist on building
our own party, theref,ore rejecting m~ans of gaining political
clout within the existing partie~.Even those who have decided
not to go La Raza·unida, have ex. pressed strong separatist think-
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In view of all this, we still
ranted and raved when any of
these programs were cut. With
the growth of many splinter
groups, organizations such as
LULAC (League of Latin American Citizens), MAPA (Mexican
American Political Association)
and CSO (Community Services
Organization) were suffering in a
decline of membership. Ironically, MAPA, which has suffered
the most dramatic decline in
community clout, is still sought
after hy politicians wishing the
Chicano communiti~s• blessing.
If any one f);roup came to he
well known nationally, it has to
he the Farmworkers Union. Over
the years, the action taken hy
the Union has been quite effective,
not only in organizing farm workers, but in causing differin g
reactions' from the Chicano community.
Some Chicanos resent the
farmworkers for their stand on
illegal aliens, while other Chicanos defend it almost religiously. The national recognition of
the Union came to a head during
the
1!)72 elections. Dolores
Huerta was named co- chairperson of the California delegation to the nationwide Democratic
Convention in Miami. Not too
many pe ople challen g-e d the appointment , and Huerta , the vicepres id 1~nt of the Fa rm Workers
Union, us pd the conve ntion to
push the national boy cott of lettuce. So the lettuce boycott got
nationwide attention . C reat, but
what happe ned to the res t of the
problems of La Raza':'
After a wave of political separatism we no longer trusted our
political friends. A Democrat.
Hepuhliran or mernl>er of any
other political group was now
<'onsidered an enemy of the people. We now rejoiced in upsettingelections , preventing Democrats
from winning. Our logic was that
if we build our own party, and
not let the Democrats "take us
ing. The McGovern campaign was
a good example. At the height of
the campaign, we were still demanding our own separate staffs
and headquarters rather than
dealing with the hard realities of
politics. We preferred to "doour-own-thing1' rather than learn
how to raise big money , set up
efficient precinct operations,
conduct voter registration drives,
and handle public relations and
the media .· Had we decided to become professional and learn these
valuable tools perhaps we could
win more elections. Even if we
do comprise a majority, or in the
case of Fresno County, a visible
25 per cent of the population, it
means nothing unless those people also register to vote AND
vote. We were coming to the point
where the ci vie community knew
uothing of the Chicano except
through "confrontation.•· We confronted hoards, commissions,
councils, committees and parties -- while these groups we.re
shaping the future of our Ii ves
we were out politicking among
ourselves and preparing for our
next attack on •the system.''
The results of all these events
have heen many. Chicanos, who
have picketed, demonstrated , agitated and pressured , have been
left frustrated, puzzled, and angry over the lack of response
from "the man" and "the media. 11
Even so, have we learned anything? We still sit back and wait
for the establishment- to "put the
screws to us" then we react.
Those who involve themselves in
government or any other part of
the Establishment are considered
vendidos . But can•t we· learn
through participation in government, the necessary training and
experience that we need in order
to gain the political clout that we
are seeking? The movement has
been taking a slow hut steady
turn in this direction. We are
now beginning _to realize that if
we do not involve ourselves in the
decision-making process, then
we are leaving ourselves wide
1 open to further attack.
We are learning tha_t it is more
beneficial to prevent confrontation, through involvement with
"the establishment" (where we
ar~ on the offensive), than it is
to react to ac:l ver se decisions
(where we are on the defensive).
We are coming to leave the
Street tactics of the past and
deal on a more professional level. With this has come frustration, a new tolerance and a willingness to try change that works.
This may mean -abandoning the
more colorful past of the movement, but already those who were
just coming along for the ride
have been left behind, while others adopted harsher rhetoric and
continued with separatist thinking. For some , the years of shouting seem to be over. This is
where the movement will prove
itself a true power and beat "the
establishment" at its own game.
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Implications of Ryan Act
and its effect at CSUF
The intent of the Ryan Act,
by set poli<.:y as they deem necessary .
that controversial document
which both administrators and
The Ryan Act also provides
students find difficult to interfor more input from students and
pret, is to loosen up the schools
community members in deternnmng the adequacy of the
of education at the various state
ANNA NORI EGA
universities so that students and
school's policy in regard to
teacher preparation and licenscommunity members can have a
stronger voice in determining· an
ing.
adequate school policy. said Dr.
"People in Sacramento have
fought to get the Ryan Act through
Dan Martinez, chairperson of the
Ca Ii for n i a Commission on
Co11gress, and now that it has heen
approved and is operative on all
Teacher Preparation and Licensuniversity campuses. it is 11p to
in1;.
the community to see that its inMartinez, who was in Fresno
recently
with
other
rnemhers
of
especially need a positive inWhether it ·s breaking a pine
the commission, said the Ryan
fluence.
board in half or putting together
Act was passed by the state legis►"r°t's
a
hard
task
to
have
little
a conference of high school stukids look up to you. I can still lature to supercede the Fisher
dents in the hope that they will
remember the good and had Act. which basically dealt with '
eventually go on to higher eduteachers I've had,'' said Noriega. teacher credentiafrequi rements.
cation, Anna Noriega will find
The Ryan Act. however. stipuAlthough she is still undecided the time to do it.
about a career in law, she said lates that the schools of educaThe 19-year-old Chicana was
she sees a need for more Chi- tion are subject to "external asrecently -Voted the "Outstanding
Something called "Vintage
sessment,·• said Martinez.
canos in the profession.
Student of the Year" by the
Days"
is going to hit the CSUF
"This means that people out"Even if I don't go into law,
Mexican-American Political Ascampus on May 8th if everything
side
of
the
respective
institutions
I think it's important to know
sociation at its annual installag-oes according to plan.
about the law, since Chicanos are and Sacramento offices will have
tion dinner held Nov. 20 at the
David Pinuelas. student directhe
opportunity
to
evaluate
the
always being left in the dark when
Fresno Rodeway Inn.
tor of the rour-day event, said
policies
ol'
that
institutio11
in
light
it comes to legal matters," she
The award was in recognition
that "Vintage Days" is an effort
of the needs of the commu11itv
said.
for being selected as the outto get all the organizations and
which
that
institution
serves,-..
Last summer, Noriega worked
sta nding student concerned with
different
clubs on campus to
for the Mini-Corps, a mig~ant he said.
" . . . the goals of social, ecopool their resources together
"This
a
ssessment
directly
deeducational program in Raisin
nomic , cultural and civic betterand have an all-out event repreCity. Her supervising teacher termines whether or not the parment of Mexican-Americans and
sentative of the school.
ticular
institution
will
he
actold her not to speak Spanish.
all other Spanish speaking people
"Too many little events are '
Moriega said she felt it was un- c-redited on a continuing hasis,
within the USA ...
always going on," said Pinuelas.
he
continued.
fair and felt it was even more
When asked what organizations
"We felt that, perhaps instead
The Ryan Act also stipulates
important to communicate with
and activities she is involved in
of having all those small events
that
there
he
community
input
the children in order to teach
Noriega must pause and go ~ver
· one large one representing all
them, so she went ahead and spoke in the content of new credential
notes before she can remember
the school would be more approprograms
to
he
adopted
by
variSpanish anyway.
all of the varied activities.
priate."
ous
institutions.
"When someone tells me I
Among these are, a member of
The four-day concept, which
However,
said
com
mission
can't do it, then it becomes a
student senate and Mecha, chairwill fall on a Thursday through
members
Dr.
Sid
Inglis
and
Tony
challenge to me," she said, "and
person for the Chicano Youth
Sunday weekend, originated with
Salamanca, each institution has
I try even harder to do it.1'
Conference: a member of Los
the College Union program comthe
prerogative
to
interpret
the
The slim, dark-haired Ms.
Danzantes de Aztlan from CSUF
mittee students a little more than
Ryan
Act
as
they
wish,
and
therewith th~ quick smil~ said she
as well as Comparsa. a Chican~
has been involved with MECHA
cultural song group . ·
since arriving on the CSU.F camBesides this, she teaches an
pus because she feels "if there
elementary dance class at Tranis something I think should be
quillity Elementary School once
done I '11 go ahead and do it."
a week and has even found time
"If one waits to let someone
to take karate lessons.
else do it, chances are it won't
She is also a member of the
7et done."
Board on Publications and the
Although she is actively inCampus Affairs Committee.
volved in many things, she doesHer plans for the future inn't think it's a "women's lib
clude either teaching or obtaining
trip."
a degree in criminal law.
"I don't like women's lib but
"I believe in bilingual-biculI am for women's rights," ' she
tural education, especially in the
said, adding that she feels womprimary grades," she said.
en's lib is a white woman's thing .
She said she feels children
Anna Noriega named
outstanding student
tent is not totally obliterated by
narrow interpretations and restrictive policies," he said.
CHE (Chicanos in Education)
have invited Dr. Ralph Evans,
Dean of the School of Education,
to come to the next MECHA
meeting to speak on the Ryan
Act and its implementation .
Interested student body memhers are also invited to attend
this meeting which will be held
at noon in the International Room
of the cafeteria.
'Vintage Days; to -hit
CSUF next semester
a month ago, he said. He added
that the "Vintage Days• committee is now a separate entity from
the College Union.
Pinuelas said he hopes to recruit interested students to participate in the decision- making
aspects of the planning.
"It's such a big event and much
money is involved, so I hope to
include as many students as posJ
sible," he said.
He said he hopes interested
members from throughout the
community will volunteer to help
in one of the many committees
that will be needed.
In addition to coordinators, he
said sign-ups are now being taken
for student hlep in areas of public
relations and publicity, student
organization and carnival planning, competitive events, con(Continued on Page 2, Col 3) ·
Fresno Latino group formed,
promotes opportunities
A Fresno Chapter of IMAGE,
a national Spanish-speaking organization whose main objective
is to promote government opportunities for Chicanos, Puerto
Ricans and other Latinos was
started last Nov. 19.
'
Esperanza Pineda, president
of the Fresno chapter, said that
they h?, ve already appointed five
committees to get the organization o,: its way and that IMAGE
is looking for more members who
are willing to contribute some of
their time toward the goals of the
organization.
The club has chapters in 16
states with a membership of
20,000. Membership is open to
any person interested and willing
to support the objectives of
IMAGE
Other officers of the new chapter are Claude Torres, · First
Vice President; Arthur Samaniego, Second Vice President·
Jaime Martinez, Treasurer; and
Nilda Ballardo, Secretary.
THE CHICANO- FACULTY, Staff and Student Association members were busy bending and stuffing tacos
I ast Wednesday at the Free Speech Area in what one member cal I ed a ~ successful• effort to raise money
for a scholarship fund. The sale, which was to have lasted from 11 :30 to 1:30, only lasted one hour as
the food was quickly sold out to an obviously hungry noon.time crowd.
2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Friday, December 13, 1974
Open letter
For Dean Evans: an invitation
and a request , for answers .
An open letter to Dr. Ralph F.
Evans, dean of the School of EducationDecembe'r 12, 1974
Dear Dr. Evans:
This letter is in response to
your letter of December 3rd
wherein you state that there is
a definite need for more effective dissemination ofinformatton
regarding the Ryan Act and the
University's implementation of
it. Comite CHE considers this
information extremely important
to our goal of working within the
School of Education system to insure student understanding, par-.
ticipation, and success in that
system. Therefore we invite you
to attend the next M.E.C,H.A.
meeting in the Intern at ion a 1
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El Te atro del Ba rrio, of Parlier, will present "La Virgen de!
Tepeya<'" Dec-e 1111>er 13, 14 and
l!i and Dece mbe r 20, 21 ancl 22.
The Teatro, directed hy J e ssie
Padron . is composed of Parlier
residents, 111a11y of whorn are students . Tile play will he pre sented at _7 p. m . each night at
the Parlier Catholic Hall, 7!i!i
Tuolumne Street. There is no
charge of the show.
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Students who never milked a
cow got the opportunity yesterday
in the Free Speech Area.
Farm animals and machinery
were on display ; featured were
cows, sheep, goats, pigs, and four
large farm harvesting machines.
At noon ar'tificial insemination
was explained to students and a
live demonstration was given before a crowd ofabout50students.
Students were invited to milk
any of the three cows, and though
some students were hesitant,
several tried milking their first
cow.
"It was easier than I thought
•it would be ," said one. "I thought
you pull down, like in the car -loons. A 11 you go tl a do is
squeeze!"
"It was funn y," s aid another .
Stan Mollart , who helped man-
given at Madera High School
El Teatro Campesino, formerly
of Fresno , will give a free performance of "Las Cuatro Apareciones de la Virgen de Tepeyac,"
a bilingual adaptation of a traditional Mexican play. The play
is being sponsored by Los Padres
Unidos de Madera.
The story of Mexico's brownskinned Virgen of Guadalupe goes
back 400years. A humble villager
miraculously confronts the Virgen, . struggles to convince the
world of her authenticity, and then
helps lead his paople away from
their Aztec .gods.
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roommate you dig
B.B.King and he
thinks slie's great
too.
._You owe yourself art Oly.
Like the story of the Nativity
itself, the Virgin!s appearance
and the subsequent conversion of
Mexico's Indians are retold each
holiday season in a traditional
play.
The play is in Spanish, but that
won't necessarily interfere with
your enjoyment if you're not bilingual. The dramatic appearance of the Virgen's image on
Juan Diego's tilma, or cloak,
and the materialization of · the
roses in the rocky soil create
an effective visual spectacle.
The performance will be in the
'boys' gym of the Madera High
School. Curtain time is 7 p.m.
and admission is free.
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age the event, said some students
were surprised to find out the
animals and machines were from
their campus ag department.
Some asked, "Where is the Ag •
department?" he said.
Several students who stopped
to look at the animals expressed
interest in the display.
"I think it's good because the
ag department is so far out there
you never get to see any ofthis,"
said a business major.
"It's interesting," said a student.
.
Ag students used a microphone
to explain the machinery, animals, and milking process.
They also took the opportunity
to encourage students to attend
an animal judging contest today
from 1 to 5 p. m., and a dinner
Saturday at 7 p.m., also at the
Ag Judging Pavilion, followed by
a hayride around the campus
farm, and a dance at 9 p.m .
la Virgen de Tepeyac' to be
Vintage
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certs, campus performances ,
handicraft fair, and display and
decor.
The spring weekend preliminary plans inC'lude the staging of
competitive events, such as a
tug-of-war and grape tray art,
a street dance and concert, a student carnival, cultural mimes,
singers, plays and art exhibits,
displays and alumni events.
"There is still room for suggestions and we hope to hear
some," said Pinuelas.
To sign up for one of the areas
or for information go to CU 317
or call Pinuelas at 227-5795.
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By G_e rald Kent
Collegian Staff Writer
Parlier Teatro
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""THAT'S PRETTY FUNNY - you squeeze here and milk comes out there!" Joe Pimentel is
showing Jim Barton how to milk a cow in, of all places, the free speech area, yesterday. The ag
students took over the area to tell students about their cattle judging contest, dinner, and dance
this weekend. Prizes are guaranteed to be awarded for students going the best job judging some of
the university's animals, Photo by Jim Denman.
Olympia Brew ing Com pany, Olympia., Wash i ngton "OLY"-F
All Olympia emp ti es are recycl ab le
for appointr:nent.
Hours 10 AM to 6 PM~ ,'
Friday, December 13, 1974
THE DAILY COU,.EGIAN~3·
DR. ADOLFO ORTEGA
COORDINATOR LaRAZA
STUDIES
Noche de La Raza••••••••· 1974
Photos
by
Larry
Leon
were Los Danzantes de Aztlan
In order to provide a true eduunder the direction of Ernesto
cation the professor, as well as
Martinez, and the CSUF Teatro,
the student, must work together
directed by Frank Riojas. Cornto solve the problems which afparsa from CSUF played four
fect our community. This is the
numbers. They are under the
philosophy of La Raza Studies
Department at CSU F , according • direction of Manuel Pena and
David Palma.
to Dr. Adolpho Ortega, coordinaPoetry was read by Victor
tor of La Raza Studies.
Ortega made the remark in a Martinez and Maria Gamiz. Master of ceremonies was Jose Chepe
welcoming address to a standingroom-only crowd in the Sequoia Leon. a local Spanish-language
radio station announcer.
Junior High School auditorium
last Saturday night celebrating
Ortega said the large turnout
the annual Noche de La Raza.
was more evidence of the current
The night included a free dinner
interest in Chicano oriented stu.:..
and various cultural programs.
dies.
•Each year we have an inIn the photos above, left to
creasing number of Chicano sturight, clockwise, are Dr. Adolpho
dents who enroll in La Raza StuOrtega, welcoming the audience;
dies," said Ortega. "This indiLos Danzantes de Aztlan percates to me that our young people
forming -Iguana;" Ben Cruz and
with to - retain their roots in our
Amelia Castro, CSUF students,
Mexican culture."
happily serving the dinner; some
The program was a joint effort
of the audience at the perforof all the Chicano organizations at
mance; and Maria Solis (not a
CSUF, including faculty, adminreal nun) and Jaime Huerta (a
istration, staff and students.
real farmworker) in a CSUF TeaPerforming in the program . tro performance.
Friday, Dece~ber 13, 1974
TEATRO
,
(The Fifth Sea son)
By Grace Solis
"La Quinta Temporada ,,_ or
"The Fifth Season," was performed by the CSUF Teatro. de
la Tierra. The cast of the acto
is currently enrolled in La Raza
Studies 130, Chicano Theatre.
Members of the teatro receive 3
units of credit for their performances, in addition to meeting
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The acto explores the situation
that many farmworkers find
themselves in. In it, . the farmworker finds him self at the mercy
of the contractor and grower. He
then decides to go on strike in
search of social justice. The
farmworker then finds social justice, in the disguise of winter.
Pictured above are: Arnold
Me 'ia as "Don Coyote," Jaime
Huerta as "The Farmworker,"
Arturo Olivas as "The Grower,"
and Susie Saavedra as "The Summer."
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THE~DAILY COLLEGIAN.:..5
Photos. by Jim Denman
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Friday, December 13, 1974
Chicano Youth Conferen-ce
Tomorrow, high school students from more than 30 valley
high schools will be on the CSUF
campus to participate in the annual Chicano Youth Conference,
according to Anna Noriega,
-chairperson of the event.
Noriega said the purpo_s e of
"A lot of students are turned
off by all the pounding they get
about going to college. We don't
want to pound it into their heads,
but to provide a relaxed atmosphere and opportunity for therr
to visit at their own leisure.'
She also said she feels that
the conference is to acquaint the
students with the campus and to
inform them of the services
available for them.
"Frankly, this is a recruitment
effort on our part to get more
Chicano students on campus,"
she said.
many times high school counselors turn off students by telling
them they cannot get into college
for one reason or the other.
The conference which will last
from 11:30 a.m.· until 10 p.m.
is being coordinated by MF.CHA
and co-sponsored by Proyecto
del Campesino, GCEP, and other
community groups. Eleven workshops are scheduled and lunch
will be provided . A dance will be
held from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Following is a schedule of the
events and descriptions of the
various workshops.
School and community workshops are scheduled
La Raza Studies-Manuel Val:
dez and Jesus Luna, both instructors in La Raza Studies, will
discuss with students their views
~oncerning La Raza Studies in
the community as well as in the
university. What the students feel
· the direction La Raza Studies
should take will also be discussed. La Raza studies effect on
communities and what high school
students can do to introduce or
improve La Raza Studies in their
schools' curriculum, will also be
examined.
Chicano Culture-Jose Riojas
and Ricardo Rodriguez will go
into a brief history of the Chicano struggle. They will discuss
the aspects of self-identiry of the
Chicano today. The film "Yo Soy
Chicano" will be shown. Information will also be available on how
students can form their own dance
and theater groups at their
schools.
La Chicana- Pat Aguirre and
Teresa Acosta will conduct this
workshop which wUl deal with the
many aspe~ts of the Chicana
struggle. They will discuss the
misconceptions and stereotypes
that are placed on the Chicana.
Often, Chicanas are labeled women libbers when in reality all they
are striving for is Chicana rights.
E.O.P.-This workshop will
deal primarily with financial aid,
admissions and early registration
for E .O.P. students. Information
will be presented on services offered by E .O.P., such as student
advisers, tuto:r:s, and the Summer
Institute. It will also touch on the
P into Program. Robert Hernandez, Assistant E.O.P. director,
' will run this workshop.
U.F.W.A.-John Perez, Arturo
Avina and Gloria Hernandez, will
give a brief history of the
U.F.W.A., its benefits (such as
•he ciinic) and the boycott. The
·um, "Why We Boycott," will be
·hown. This is strictly informa-
tional and not a recruiting type
of situation. There is a possibility that a speaker from the
union's office in Selma will be
present.
Student Government - Cruz
Bustamante, President Pro Tern
of the Student Senate, and John
Navarrette will speak on student
government and the need for Chicano Involvement in it as well as
lo ca 1 community government.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1,, 1974
TIME
EVE·NT
PLACE
11:30-12:30
Registration
and. Lunch
New residence
Cafeteria
12:30-1:00
CSUF 'l'eatro
1:00-1:20
Welcome and
Introduction
College Union Lounge
(CU)
CU Lounge
1:30-2:30
Workshop
CU Lounge
2:45-3:45
Workshop
CU Lounge
4:00-5:00
Workshop
CU Lounge
5:00-5:30
Los Danzantes
de Aztlan
CU Lounge
5:30-6:00
Closing
(General rap session,
comments)
·
CU Lounge
6:00-10:00
Dance
CU Lounge
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They will also discuss the importance of overcoming the apathy
that exists in our schools and
communities.
Chicano Ca mpus and Career
Organizations - Ramona Garcia
will lead this workshop on the
various organizations, such as
M.E.C.H.A., Las Adelitas, Delta
Alpha Chi, National Chicano
Health Organization and Trabajadores de la Raza.
Fund raising -- Very crucial
for any organization is the ability
to raise capital for the necessary
functions. It is of the utmost importance that students have in
their knowledge the various
methods and techniques needed
for a very successful fund raiser.
Manuel Olgin wi ll provide information on this topic.
Drug Abuse-Grace Solis and
Joe Chacon will lead students
in an informal group discussion
on the issue of drug abuse. They
will also inform students oftheir
rights in case they are stopped
by law enforcement officials.
Community Involvement-This
workshop will cover La Raza
Unlda
Party, M.A .P.A., the
Church, Action , Centro de La
Familia , Asociacion Educativa
de
Padres Mexicanos and
Proyecto del Campesino. - This
will provide students with a general idea of what each of these
organizations is about, and will
encoura ge students to become involved in their own communities.
Bilingual-Bi cultural Education
-Recently the bilingual-bicultural aspects of education have
been in the news due to the fact
that there is a large percentage
of Chicanos in the valley, many
of whom cannot relate to the
present system. Jesus Rodriguez
will further explain what bilingual-bicultural education is
and Hs importance to the high
school student.
NOTfCIAS
There will be a fund-raiser for
1 Villa tonight at the ConvenJn Center Theatre Lobby. Gov:·nor-elect Edmund G. Brown
·, ill be the special guest at the
vii ne-tasttng party, scheduled for
6: 30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission
is $25 a couple, $12.50 per person.
•
MAPA will host a Recruitment
Fiesta on Tuesday, December 17.
The Fiesta is designed to increase MAPA membership in the
local chapter. According to Angie
Cisneros, a statewide MAPA officer, involvement in MAPA is
very important this yearbecause
new statewide officers will be
elected. The Fiesta will be held
at 6151 E. Liberty in Fresno. Pot
Luck dinner will be served at
7:30 p.m., along with drinks that
will sell for 50 cents. For more
information call Angie Cisneros
at 487-2848.
•
The College Union's winter
festival and end-of-the-year
event will turn into a casino
gambling night Wednesday, Dec.
· 1s from 8 till ? in the College
Union Lounge.
Each student, upon arrival at
the "casino," will get$1500 worth
o~ play money to gamble with at
various casino areas including
blackjack, roulette, craps . . . .
At the end of the evening all
the money gained or lost can be
used to purchase various donated
items such as pizzas , or wha!ever at a finale auction.
The program , held annually, is
being sponsored by the College
Union Program Committee.
•
There will be no AIKIDO class
meeting this Sunday. Next meeting date is Sunday, Jan. 12 at
12:30, Women's Gym, Room 133.
Please bring $5 for lesson plus
same amount for advanced payment.
•
More than 47,000 deportable
aliens were arrested in the 10
Western states during the three-
week period ending last week ,
according to the U.S. Justice
Department. The department said
federal officials also seized $2. 7
million worth of marijuana and
other drugs . Immigration Commissioner L. W. Gil man reported that 24 ,050 of the 47,323
ill~gal aliens apprehended were
picked up in California .
COLLEGE UNION CALENDAR
Friday, Dec. 13
FILM: "Hiroshima Mon Amour "
with subtitles, 7:30and9:30p.m'.,
CU Lounge.
Stars Marguerite Duras. A
French actress falls in love with
a Japanese architect and in the
end newsreel footage of the bombing and its aftermath in Hiroshima is expressionalistically
shot.
dance group, 12:00 noon to 1:30
p.m. in the CU Lounge .
Wednesday , Dec. 18
CASINO NIGHT and Winter Festival, 8:00 p.m. to?, CU Lounge.
Thursday, Dec. 19
CONCERT: CSUF Symphony orchestra, 8 p.m., CU Lounge.
Friday, Jan. 10
F1LM: "Clowns," 7:30 and 9:30
CONCERT: The Eastgates, local • p.m., CU Lounge.
Tuesday, Dec, 17
Friday, December 13, 1974
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-7
WAPASHA
"Indian: 11.. person whose quantum of Indian blood is one-quarter or more and / or is recognized
as being Indian by the community
in which he lives." (Bureau of
Indian Affairs definition)
When the word "Indian" is
heard, there is a world of people
the general public would scarcely
consider when asked to describe
or define the term. This is the
realm of the half and quarter
blood indi victuals.
These people are unique in that
they are caught up in a time and
in a society that preaches brotherhood and "third world unit}'",
yet insists such people assume an
ethnocentric identity.
Also, many times, people
this type of "limbo" category are
a contradiction to the stereotypes
that surround them. These are
a few external forces that often
wreak havoc, confusion, selfexamination, and even guilt, to a
degree, in the hearts and minds
of ·many of these individuals.
How do they cope with the daily
personal encounters by "others"
making suspicious, curious, and
ignorant inquiries about their
mixed worlds?
For those that have a strong
cultural background to rely on,
the problem is partially solved.
Secure in the belief of the person
they have been brought up to be
and not the person they appear to
be, these individuals confidently
field such questions and allay
many suspicions because they can
provide the satisfactory answer.
Often though, this is not the
case. People of mixed blood are
in a quandry, torn by a desire
to participate in the customs of
both cultures represented.
They are under constant pressure to assimilate into one or the
other , and are ostracised in part
by those of the culture the person
has left. In addition the indi victual
must endure a certain degree of
skepticism and ridicule by some
members of the culture this indi vi dual has chosen to accept,
especially if that decision was a
long time coming.
In small subtle ways, and also
by direct actions, the individual
is made to feel somewhat less
worthy than the so-called •established" members of the culture. Full acceptance and credibility usually comes only after
the person has proved his ethnocentric sincerity in some form or
in
manner.
Another alternative is known
as "see-sawing." Here, the individual moves from one side of
the cultural line to the other
looking for permanent signs of
acceptance from both sides but
achieves a reputation for la~k of
credibility from hoth sides and
neither side cares to clairr: the
individual.
The "middle-of-the-roader" is
similar to the "see-sawer", except that no definite commitment
is made to either side by the
mixed-blood, and enduring the
agonizing process of trying to decide by ol>serving, the person incurs the disdain, hence the rejection of both sides. For each
side believes, since they see no
performance, that the indi victual
has chosen the other side.
In addition, these people often
experience the stinging insults
and thoughtless barbs of friends
loved ones, and even at times, th~
crushing condemnation hurled by
members of their immediate
family.
Many carry a foggy notion of
. habing to apologize to some invisible force for claiming to be
part of a culture they know little
or nothing about. If ther seem
to wear their sincerity "on their
sleeve", so to speak, their actions are looked at as those of a
misguided missionary, yet these
people have trouhle trying to get
others to read their hearts.
In today's world, as we know it,
the final solution lies with the decision of the indi victual. General
absolution for being horn something you couldn't help is not the
order of the day in an era of insistent,
emphasized cultural
identity. Simple acceptance on
the part of a collective hody is
also out.
In the Indian world this concept exists also. Perhaps it is
because there have been too many
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COMMENTARY BY RICK H. LEWIS
rip-offs by im'posters, both in the
past and present day. So close
did this physical and cultural
g·enocide come, that at its peak,
the Indian was labeled the "Vanishing American". So perhaps
positive. identification of fellow
Indians is a protective device and
essential if Indian people and
their respective tribal cultures
are to be preserved for future
generations.
Historically, those mix e ctbloods that chose the Indian way
of life have made essential contributions, especially in times of
crises, that resulted in positive
attainments of one form or another for their tribes. Such as
Quannah Parker, who led the Comanches in a last great struggle
to save the buffalo range; Joseph
Brant, a chief of the Mohawk nation, who because of his brilliant
oratory was able to save much of
his people's land: Sequoia, who
invented the Cherokee alphabet
so that the words of the white
man might he written down and
studied.
Among- the members of the
American Indian student organization, Tewaquachi. are those
having mixed blood in varyingdegrees.
As chairman of that organization, I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank everyone of you for committing yourself to the task of building a better Indian world.
Remember especially, that the
quantum of blood ~·ou have is only
part of being Indian. The spirit
that you carry is the rest of it.
I can say no more for you, or
to you . . . . . your actions speak
for themselves.
I have spoken.
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MASSES: Sundays 7:30 - 9 - 11
MASSES: Monday through Friday, 5 p.m.; Wed., 7:30 p.m.
CONFESSIONS: Saturdays, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m ..
Sat. 5 p.m. Mass (For Sun. Op.)
Rev. Sergio P. Negro - Sister Louis Marie Cramer
Millbrook United Pr;sbyterian Church
3620 N. MILLBROOK (Between 8hields & Dakota)
MORNING WORSHIP 8:50 & 11:00 A.M.
College Fellowship: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Sunday
College Bible Study.: 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Sunday
CHANCEL CHOIR - THURSDAYS 7:30 p.m.
COLLEGIANS WELCOME!
Ernest I. Bradley, Pastor
For Transportation phone 227-5355
COLLEGE CHURCH OF CHRIST
EAST BULLARD (Between First 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.rn.
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3973 N. Cedar (Near Ashlan)
Ph: 229-8581
9-10:30 AM: WORSIDP
HOLY COMMUNION - 1st Sunday
Contemnorary 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.
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8-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Friday, December 13, 1974
•
a1titude changing
Ch_icano · political consc1ousness,
involved in the civil rights movement and began to create their
own movement.
In the community the federal
programs also served to create
ethnic lines more sharply. The
programs added to the Chicano
movement in that there was now
more involvement from . people
concerned with the planning and
di rec ti on of the programs or the
staffing or clientele of the various agencies. With this came the
competition for funds, promises
of jobs, and the rewards of recognition. The coalition of poor
people was now becoming ethnic
camps. The question was now not
, how to achieve justice, but how to
obtain power for the Chicanos,
more resources, vis i hi 1 it y,
recognition and prestige for Chicanos, and ultimately dominance
for Chicanos. The next step was
our own political party. The f:ultural awareness we were now experiencing was causing us to
concern ourselves only with what
was Chicano - little else. The
media was now paying nationwide
attention to the •black power"
movement: This in turn caused
the brown people to reject everything white , which led to a rejection of the hlack, and in the end,
· anything that w·a s not brown. All
these developments generated
more activity which could he
classified in five categories:.
1) rise of campus activism, 2)
the strengthe11ing of the Chicano
community, 3) develop1nent or
leadership within the local com rnunities (directors of the •MANPOWEH" and other social service
programs), 4) the farniworkers
were making· steady gains in tlwir
struggle for j11stiC'e and !i) elected
officials s e rving in various governme11t offfres were making
their <'ontrihutions to the movern ent.
The relationship hPtween the
campu~ and the c·o111111u11it y became tht-> inspi 1·ation for El I\lovi rniento·s development in the la s t
ten years. From this alli un<'e
was develope·d El Pla11 <ieAztlan,
:1 ChiC'a110 Maniff:'sto. whi<'h <'alle d
for the crf:'alio11 of a brown nation and a bronze destiny i11 this
<'ountr y. From this <·a11 1e thP theory and strategy for a third, and
separati s t, part~·. The pe rson to
whom the hirth of La Haza Unid-a,
J
the party of the Chicano , is main2 Bedroom furnished across froin
ly attributed is Jose Ang:el
Dorms $145. 439-6481
Gutierrez, who was then 22 years
Can art be without form? Cal I old. Gutierrez, of Crystal City,
Craig 227-8240 and tell me.
Texas was one of the main parli<'ipants in the denunciation of thP
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In October of 1971 Richard
Alatorre lost an election to Bill
Brophy, a Republican, in a heavily
Democrat -registered District.
Alatorre was forced into· a runoff, rr'om a field of 11, with Paul
Ruiz, the La Raza Unida candidate, and Brophy. La Raza Unida
ran a campaign on a very meager
bddget and a heavy precinct walking operation. In the run-off election, Ruiz more than doubled his
votes. This indicated one thing,
La Raza Unida had the ability to
cut into traditional Democratic
votes.
La Raza Unida Party was celebrating. They had succeeded in
preventing a Democrat from winning the election. But who were
the real winners? A non-Chicano
Republican was now representing
the Chicano people. But the newspapers headlined their articles
with •Chicano Ballot Had Proved .
Stronger."
To und~rstand this behavior we
must take a look at the times.
During the l 960's there was a
growing number of brown people
becoming involved in civil rights
movements, sometimes referred
to as "the sleeping giant" by news
columnists and reporters.
The sleeping giant was not a
true term. Chicanos had been
participating in movements for
social justice since the beginning
of California history. Even more
recently, from the 1940's a farm
workers' rights movement was
broadening its base. However,
the · events of the 19601s had a
great effect on the Chicano community.
Our political consciousness
was touched by three major factors: 1) more of our people went
on to higher education, 2) the
black civil rights struggle was
expanded (which caused an increase in ethnic pride), and 3)
- Johnson implemented many social programs (which led to the
development of political leadership). At some point during these
events Chicanos began to pull
away from the rest of the group1,;
-•. Ztfil!i•~>I;
We were now witnessing a
changing attitude towards the
poverty programs and other . federal agencies. We now viewed
these programs as unacceptable
and a •rip-off." The agencies
were now hostile and could no
longer he trusted. (The agencies
created the perfect atmosphere
for opportunism, a scramble for
jobs, patronage and creation of a
self-serving political base .)
for granted" any longer, if the
"party of the people" begins to
lose elections to Republicans,
then they will be forced to bargain with us. There ' s only one
catch. We still insist on building
our own party, theref,ore rejecting m~ans of gaining political
clout within the existing partie~.Even those who have decided
not to go La Raza·unida, have ex. pressed strong separatist think-
COMMENTARY BY GRACE SOLIS
In view of all this, we still
ranted and raved when any of
these programs were cut. With
the growth of many splinter
groups, organizations such as
LULAC (League of Latin American Citizens), MAPA (Mexican
American Political Association)
and CSO (Community Services
Organization) were suffering in a
decline of membership. Ironically, MAPA, which has suffered
the most dramatic decline in
community clout, is still sought
after hy politicians wishing the
Chicano communiti~s• blessing.
If any one f);roup came to he
well known nationally, it has to
he the Farmworkers Union. Over
the years, the action taken hy
the Union has been quite effective,
not only in organizing farm workers, but in causing differin g
reactions' from the Chicano community.
Some Chicanos resent the
farmworkers for their stand on
illegal aliens, while other Chicanos defend it almost religiously. The national recognition of
the Union came to a head during
the
1!)72 elections. Dolores
Huerta was named co- chairperson of the California delegation to the nationwide Democratic
Convention in Miami. Not too
many pe ople challen g-e d the appointment , and Huerta , the vicepres id 1~nt of the Fa rm Workers
Union, us pd the conve ntion to
push the national boy cott of lettuce. So the lettuce boycott got
nationwide attention . C reat, but
what happe ned to the res t of the
problems of La Raza':'
After a wave of political separatism we no longer trusted our
political friends. A Democrat.
Hepuhliran or mernl>er of any
other political group was now
<'onsidered an enemy of the people. We now rejoiced in upsettingelections , preventing Democrats
from winning. Our logic was that
if we build our own party, and
not let the Democrats "take us
ing. The McGovern campaign was
a good example. At the height of
the campaign, we were still demanding our own separate staffs
and headquarters rather than
dealing with the hard realities of
politics. We preferred to "doour-own-thing1' rather than learn
how to raise big money , set up
efficient precinct operations,
conduct voter registration drives,
and handle public relations and
the media .· Had we decided to become professional and learn these
valuable tools perhaps we could
win more elections. Even if we
do comprise a majority, or in the
case of Fresno County, a visible
25 per cent of the population, it
means nothing unless those people also register to vote AND
vote. We were coming to the point
where the ci vie community knew
uothing of the Chicano except
through "confrontation.•· We confronted hoards, commissions,
councils, committees and parties -- while these groups we.re
shaping the future of our Ii ves
we were out politicking among
ourselves and preparing for our
next attack on •the system.''
The results of all these events
have heen many. Chicanos, who
have picketed, demonstrated , agitated and pressured , have been
left frustrated, puzzled, and angry over the lack of response
from "the man" and "the media. 11
Even so, have we learned anything? We still sit back and wait
for the establishment- to "put the
screws to us" then we react.
Those who involve themselves in
government or any other part of
the Establishment are considered
vendidos . But can•t we· learn
through participation in government, the necessary training and
experience that we need in order
to gain the political clout that we
are seeking? The movement has
been taking a slow hut steady
turn in this direction. We are
now beginning _to realize that if
we do not involve ourselves in the
decision-making process, then
we are leaving ourselves wide
1 open to further attack.
We are learning tha_t it is more
beneficial to prevent confrontation, through involvement with
"the establishment" (where we
ar~ on the offensive), than it is
to react to ac:l ver se decisions
(where we are on the defensive).
We are coming to leave the
Street tactics of the past and
deal on a more professional level. With this has come frustration, a new tolerance and a willingness to try change that works.
This may mean -abandoning the
more colorful past of the movement, but already those who were
just coming along for the ride
have been left behind, while others adopted harsher rhetoric and
continued with separatist thinking. For some , the years of shouting seem to be over. This is
where the movement will prove
itself a true power and beat "the
establishment" at its own game.
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California State University, Fresno
LXXIX/61
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1974
Implications of Ryan Act
and its effect at CSUF
The intent of the Ryan Act,
by set poli<.:y as they deem necessary .
that controversial document
which both administrators and
The Ryan Act also provides
students find difficult to interfor more input from students and
pret, is to loosen up the schools
community members in deternnmng the adequacy of the
of education at the various state
ANNA NORI EGA
universities so that students and
school's policy in regard to
teacher preparation and licenscommunity members can have a
stronger voice in determining· an
ing.
adequate school policy. said Dr.
"People in Sacramento have
fought to get the Ryan Act through
Dan Martinez, chairperson of the
Ca Ii for n i a Commission on
Co11gress, and now that it has heen
approved and is operative on all
Teacher Preparation and Licensuniversity campuses. it is 11p to
in1;.
the community to see that its inMartinez, who was in Fresno
recently
with
other
rnemhers
of
especially need a positive inWhether it ·s breaking a pine
the commission, said the Ryan
fluence.
board in half or putting together
Act was passed by the state legis►"r°t's
a
hard
task
to
have
little
a conference of high school stukids look up to you. I can still lature to supercede the Fisher
dents in the hope that they will
remember the good and had Act. which basically dealt with '
eventually go on to higher eduteachers I've had,'' said Noriega. teacher credentiafrequi rements.
cation, Anna Noriega will find
The Ryan Act. however. stipuAlthough she is still undecided the time to do it.
about a career in law, she said lates that the schools of educaThe 19-year-old Chicana was
she sees a need for more Chi- tion are subject to "external asrecently -Voted the "Outstanding
Something called "Vintage
sessment,·• said Martinez.
canos in the profession.
Student of the Year" by the
Days"
is going to hit the CSUF
"This means that people out"Even if I don't go into law,
Mexican-American Political Ascampus on May 8th if everything
side
of
the
respective
institutions
I think it's important to know
sociation at its annual installag-oes according to plan.
about the law, since Chicanos are and Sacramento offices will have
tion dinner held Nov. 20 at the
David Pinuelas. student directhe
opportunity
to
evaluate
the
always being left in the dark when
Fresno Rodeway Inn.
tor of the rour-day event, said
policies
ol'
that
institutio11
in
light
it comes to legal matters," she
The award was in recognition
that "Vintage Days" is an effort
of the needs of the commu11itv
said.
for being selected as the outto get all the organizations and
which
that
institution
serves,-..
Last summer, Noriega worked
sta nding student concerned with
different
clubs on campus to
for the Mini-Corps, a mig~ant he said.
" . . . the goals of social, ecopool their resources together
"This
a
ssessment
directly
deeducational program in Raisin
nomic , cultural and civic betterand have an all-out event repreCity. Her supervising teacher termines whether or not the parment of Mexican-Americans and
sentative of the school.
ticular
institution
will
he
actold her not to speak Spanish.
all other Spanish speaking people
"Too many little events are '
Moriega said she felt it was un- c-redited on a continuing hasis,
within the USA ...
always going on," said Pinuelas.
he
continued.
fair and felt it was even more
When asked what organizations
"We felt that, perhaps instead
The Ryan Act also stipulates
important to communicate with
and activities she is involved in
of having all those small events
that
there
he
community
input
the children in order to teach
Noriega must pause and go ~ver
· one large one representing all
them, so she went ahead and spoke in the content of new credential
notes before she can remember
the school would be more approprograms
to
he
adopted
by
variSpanish anyway.
all of the varied activities.
priate."
ous
institutions.
"When someone tells me I
Among these are, a member of
The four-day concept, which
However,
said
com
mission
can't do it, then it becomes a
student senate and Mecha, chairwill fall on a Thursday through
members
Dr.
Sid
Inglis
and
Tony
challenge to me," she said, "and
person for the Chicano Youth
Sunday weekend, originated with
Salamanca, each institution has
I try even harder to do it.1'
Conference: a member of Los
the College Union program comthe
prerogative
to
interpret
the
The slim, dark-haired Ms.
Danzantes de Aztlan from CSUF
mittee students a little more than
Ryan
Act
as
they
wish,
and
therewith th~ quick smil~ said she
as well as Comparsa. a Chican~
has been involved with MECHA
cultural song group . ·
since arriving on the CSU.F camBesides this, she teaches an
pus because she feels "if there
elementary dance class at Tranis something I think should be
quillity Elementary School once
done I '11 go ahead and do it."
a week and has even found time
"If one waits to let someone
to take karate lessons.
else do it, chances are it won't
She is also a member of the
7et done."
Board on Publications and the
Although she is actively inCampus Affairs Committee.
volved in many things, she doesHer plans for the future inn't think it's a "women's lib
clude either teaching or obtaining
trip."
a degree in criminal law.
"I don't like women's lib but
"I believe in bilingual-biculI am for women's rights," ' she
tural education, especially in the
said, adding that she feels womprimary grades," she said.
en's lib is a white woman's thing .
She said she feels children
Anna Noriega named
outstanding student
tent is not totally obliterated by
narrow interpretations and restrictive policies," he said.
CHE (Chicanos in Education)
have invited Dr. Ralph Evans,
Dean of the School of Education,
to come to the next MECHA
meeting to speak on the Ryan
Act and its implementation .
Interested student body memhers are also invited to attend
this meeting which will be held
at noon in the International Room
of the cafeteria.
'Vintage Days; to -hit
CSUF next semester
a month ago, he said. He added
that the "Vintage Days• committee is now a separate entity from
the College Union.
Pinuelas said he hopes to recruit interested students to participate in the decision- making
aspects of the planning.
"It's such a big event and much
money is involved, so I hope to
include as many students as posJ
sible," he said.
He said he hopes interested
members from throughout the
community will volunteer to help
in one of the many committees
that will be needed.
In addition to coordinators, he
said sign-ups are now being taken
for student hlep in areas of public
relations and publicity, student
organization and carnival planning, competitive events, con(Continued on Page 2, Col 3) ·
Fresno Latino group formed,
promotes opportunities
A Fresno Chapter of IMAGE,
a national Spanish-speaking organization whose main objective
is to promote government opportunities for Chicanos, Puerto
Ricans and other Latinos was
started last Nov. 19.
'
Esperanza Pineda, president
of the Fresno chapter, said that
they h?, ve already appointed five
committees to get the organization o,: its way and that IMAGE
is looking for more members who
are willing to contribute some of
their time toward the goals of the
organization.
The club has chapters in 16
states with a membership of
20,000. Membership is open to
any person interested and willing
to support the objectives of
IMAGE
Other officers of the new chapter are Claude Torres, · First
Vice President; Arthur Samaniego, Second Vice President·
Jaime Martinez, Treasurer; and
Nilda Ballardo, Secretary.
THE CHICANO- FACULTY, Staff and Student Association members were busy bending and stuffing tacos
I ast Wednesday at the Free Speech Area in what one member cal I ed a ~ successful• effort to raise money
for a scholarship fund. The sale, which was to have lasted from 11 :30 to 1:30, only lasted one hour as
the food was quickly sold out to an obviously hungry noon.time crowd.
2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Friday, December 13, 1974
Open letter
For Dean Evans: an invitation
and a request , for answers .
An open letter to Dr. Ralph F.
Evans, dean of the School of EducationDecembe'r 12, 1974
Dear Dr. Evans:
This letter is in response to
your letter of December 3rd
wherein you state that there is
a definite need for more effective dissemination ofinformatton
regarding the Ryan Act and the
University's implementation of
it. Comite CHE considers this
information extremely important
to our goal of working within the
School of Education system to insure student understanding, par-.
ticipation, and success in that
system. Therefore we invite you
to attend the next M.E.C,H.A.
meeting in the Intern at ion a 1
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
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the stu,dent body .
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
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Room, December 19th at noon to
give a presentation on the Ryan
Act.
However, with regards to our
initial letter of inquiry containing 22 questions, we feel it imperative that you answer them in
writing. These questions for the
most part refer to factual points
of information and as such we
feel they can best he dealth with
in written form. We do not consider these 22 questions to he
topics for discussion hut rather
points of information which our
Comite feels delineate the problem with which we are trying to
deal. By submitting your answers
in writing, ComiteCHE also feels
that we both will he avoiding the
danger of misquotations and misunderstandings. Therefore, we
again reiterate our request that
you submit to us in writing the
answers to the questions contained in our letter of November
12, l!l74. We ask that this information he made available to
us hy Decernher 20, l!l74.
If we do not hear from you to
the contrary, we shall assume
that you will he attending the
11ext M. E.C. fl.A . meetin g,
Sincerely,
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Chairperson,
Comite Cm: de M EC HA
performance
set
El Te atro del Ba rrio, of Parlier, will present "La Virgen de!
Tepeya<'" Dec-e 1111>er 13, 14 and
l!i and Dece mbe r 20, 21 ancl 22.
The Teatro, directed hy J e ssie
Padron . is composed of Parlier
residents, 111a11y of whorn are students . Tile play will he pre sented at _7 p. m . each night at
the Parlier Catholic Hall, 7!i!i
Tuolumne Street. There is no
charge of the show.
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in the
Free
Area
Students who never milked a
cow got the opportunity yesterday
in the Free Speech Area.
Farm animals and machinery
were on display ; featured were
cows, sheep, goats, pigs, and four
large farm harvesting machines.
At noon ar'tificial insemination
was explained to students and a
live demonstration was given before a crowd ofabout50students.
Students were invited to milk
any of the three cows, and though
some students were hesitant,
several tried milking their first
cow.
"It was easier than I thought
•it would be ," said one. "I thought
you pull down, like in the car -loons. A 11 you go tl a do is
squeeze!"
"It was funn y," s aid another .
Stan Mollart , who helped man-
given at Madera High School
El Teatro Campesino, formerly
of Fresno , will give a free performance of "Las Cuatro Apareciones de la Virgen de Tepeyac,"
a bilingual adaptation of a traditional Mexican play. The play
is being sponsored by Los Padres
Unidos de Madera.
The story of Mexico's brownskinned Virgen of Guadalupe goes
back 400years. A humble villager
miraculously confronts the Virgen, . struggles to convince the
world of her authenticity, and then
helps lead his paople away from
their Aztec .gods.
You told your new
roommate you dig
B.B.King and he
thinks slie's great
too.
._You owe yourself art Oly.
Like the story of the Nativity
itself, the Virgin!s appearance
and the subsequent conversion of
Mexico's Indians are retold each
holiday season in a traditional
play.
The play is in Spanish, but that
won't necessarily interfere with
your enjoyment if you're not bilingual. The dramatic appearance of the Virgen's image on
Juan Diego's tilma, or cloak,
and the materialization of · the
roses in the rocky soil create
an effective visual spectacle.
The performance will be in the
'boys' gym of the Madera High
School. Curtain time is 7 p.m.
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age the event, said some students
were surprised to find out the
animals and machines were from
their campus ag department.
Some asked, "Where is the Ag •
department?" he said.
Several students who stopped
to look at the animals expressed
interest in the display.
"I think it's good because the
ag department is so far out there
you never get to see any ofthis,"
said a business major.
"It's interesting," said a student.
.
Ag students used a microphone
to explain the machinery, animals, and milking process.
They also took the opportunity
to encourage students to attend
an animal judging contest today
from 1 to 5 p. m., and a dinner
Saturday at 7 p.m., also at the
Ag Judging Pavilion, followed by
a hayride around the campus
farm, and a dance at 9 p.m .
la Virgen de Tepeyac' to be
Vintage
(Continued from Page 1)
certs, campus performances ,
handicraft fair, and display and
decor.
The spring weekend preliminary plans inC'lude the staging of
competitive events, such as a
tug-of-war and grape tray art,
a street dance and concert, a student carnival, cultural mimes,
singers, plays and art exhibits,
displays and alumni events.
"There is still room for suggestions and we hope to hear
some," said Pinuelas.
To sign up for one of the areas
or for information go to CU 317
or call Pinuelas at 227-5795.
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-speech
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$ ~.~@IN Al>YAtJCE
$ io@8AT1\fE 0ooR
By G_e rald Kent
Collegian Staff Writer
Parlier Teatro
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'TQcctlYS
""THAT'S PRETTY FUNNY - you squeeze here and milk comes out there!" Joe Pimentel is
showing Jim Barton how to milk a cow in, of all places, the free speech area, yesterday. The ag
students took over the area to tell students about their cattle judging contest, dinner, and dance
this weekend. Prizes are guaranteed to be awarded for students going the best job judging some of
the university's animals, Photo by Jim Denman.
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Hours 10 AM to 6 PM~ ,'
Friday, December 13, 1974
THE DAILY COU,.EGIAN~3·
DR. ADOLFO ORTEGA
COORDINATOR LaRAZA
STUDIES
Noche de La Raza••••••••· 1974
Photos
by
Larry
Leon
were Los Danzantes de Aztlan
In order to provide a true eduunder the direction of Ernesto
cation the professor, as well as
Martinez, and the CSUF Teatro,
the student, must work together
directed by Frank Riojas. Cornto solve the problems which afparsa from CSUF played four
fect our community. This is the
numbers. They are under the
philosophy of La Raza Studies
Department at CSU F , according • direction of Manuel Pena and
David Palma.
to Dr. Adolpho Ortega, coordinaPoetry was read by Victor
tor of La Raza Studies.
Ortega made the remark in a Martinez and Maria Gamiz. Master of ceremonies was Jose Chepe
welcoming address to a standingroom-only crowd in the Sequoia Leon. a local Spanish-language
radio station announcer.
Junior High School auditorium
last Saturday night celebrating
Ortega said the large turnout
the annual Noche de La Raza.
was more evidence of the current
The night included a free dinner
interest in Chicano oriented stu.:..
and various cultural programs.
dies.
•Each year we have an inIn the photos above, left to
creasing number of Chicano sturight, clockwise, are Dr. Adolpho
dents who enroll in La Raza StuOrtega, welcoming the audience;
dies," said Ortega. "This indiLos Danzantes de Aztlan percates to me that our young people
forming -Iguana;" Ben Cruz and
with to - retain their roots in our
Amelia Castro, CSUF students,
Mexican culture."
happily serving the dinner; some
The program was a joint effort
of the audience at the perforof all the Chicano organizations at
mance; and Maria Solis (not a
CSUF, including faculty, adminreal nun) and Jaime Huerta (a
istration, staff and students.
real farmworker) in a CSUF TeaPerforming in the program . tro performance.
Friday, Dece~ber 13, 1974
TEATRO
,
(The Fifth Sea son)
By Grace Solis
"La Quinta Temporada ,,_ or
"The Fifth Season," was performed by the CSUF Teatro. de
la Tierra. The cast of the acto
is currently enrolled in La Raza
Studies 130, Chicano Theatre.
Members of the teatro receive 3
units of credit for their performances, in addition to meeting
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The acto explores the situation
that many farmworkers find
themselves in. In it, . the farmworker finds him self at the mercy
of the contractor and grower. He
then decides to go on strike in
search of social justice. The
farmworker then finds social justice, in the disguise of winter.
Pictured above are: Arnold
Me 'ia as "Don Coyote," Jaime
Huerta as "The Farmworker,"
Arturo Olivas as "The Grower,"
and Susie Saavedra as "The Summer."
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Photos. by Jim Denman
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6-tHE DAILY -COLLEGIAN .
Friday, December 13, 1974
Chicano Youth Conferen-ce
Tomorrow, high school students from more than 30 valley
high schools will be on the CSUF
campus to participate in the annual Chicano Youth Conference,
according to Anna Noriega,
-chairperson of the event.
Noriega said the purpo_s e of
"A lot of students are turned
off by all the pounding they get
about going to college. We don't
want to pound it into their heads,
but to provide a relaxed atmosphere and opportunity for therr
to visit at their own leisure.'
She also said she feels that
the conference is to acquaint the
students with the campus and to
inform them of the services
available for them.
"Frankly, this is a recruitment
effort on our part to get more
Chicano students on campus,"
she said.
many times high school counselors turn off students by telling
them they cannot get into college
for one reason or the other.
The conference which will last
from 11:30 a.m.· until 10 p.m.
is being coordinated by MF.CHA
and co-sponsored by Proyecto
del Campesino, GCEP, and other
community groups. Eleven workshops are scheduled and lunch
will be provided . A dance will be
held from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Following is a schedule of the
events and descriptions of the
various workshops.
School and community workshops are scheduled
La Raza Studies-Manuel Val:
dez and Jesus Luna, both instructors in La Raza Studies, will
discuss with students their views
~oncerning La Raza Studies in
the community as well as in the
university. What the students feel
· the direction La Raza Studies
should take will also be discussed. La Raza studies effect on
communities and what high school
students can do to introduce or
improve La Raza Studies in their
schools' curriculum, will also be
examined.
Chicano Culture-Jose Riojas
and Ricardo Rodriguez will go
into a brief history of the Chicano struggle. They will discuss
the aspects of self-identiry of the
Chicano today. The film "Yo Soy
Chicano" will be shown. Information will also be available on how
students can form their own dance
and theater groups at their
schools.
La Chicana- Pat Aguirre and
Teresa Acosta will conduct this
workshop which wUl deal with the
many aspe~ts of the Chicana
struggle. They will discuss the
misconceptions and stereotypes
that are placed on the Chicana.
Often, Chicanas are labeled women libbers when in reality all they
are striving for is Chicana rights.
E.O.P.-This workshop will
deal primarily with financial aid,
admissions and early registration
for E .O.P. students. Information
will be presented on services offered by E .O.P., such as student
advisers, tuto:r:s, and the Summer
Institute. It will also touch on the
P into Program. Robert Hernandez, Assistant E.O.P. director,
' will run this workshop.
U.F.W.A.-John Perez, Arturo
Avina and Gloria Hernandez, will
give a brief history of the
U.F.W.A., its benefits (such as
•he ciinic) and the boycott. The
·um, "Why We Boycott," will be
·hown. This is strictly informa-
tional and not a recruiting type
of situation. There is a possibility that a speaker from the
union's office in Selma will be
present.
Student Government - Cruz
Bustamante, President Pro Tern
of the Student Senate, and John
Navarrette will speak on student
government and the need for Chicano Involvement in it as well as
lo ca 1 community government.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1,, 1974
TIME
EVE·NT
PLACE
11:30-12:30
Registration
and. Lunch
New residence
Cafeteria
12:30-1:00
CSUF 'l'eatro
1:00-1:20
Welcome and
Introduction
College Union Lounge
(CU)
CU Lounge
1:30-2:30
Workshop
CU Lounge
2:45-3:45
Workshop
CU Lounge
4:00-5:00
Workshop
CU Lounge
5:00-5:30
Los Danzantes
de Aztlan
CU Lounge
5:30-6:00
Closing
(General rap session,
comments)
·
CU Lounge
6:00-10:00
Dance
CU Lounge
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They will also discuss the importance of overcoming the apathy
that exists in our schools and
communities.
Chicano Ca mpus and Career
Organizations - Ramona Garcia
will lead this workshop on the
various organizations, such as
M.E.C.H.A., Las Adelitas, Delta
Alpha Chi, National Chicano
Health Organization and Trabajadores de la Raza.
Fund raising -- Very crucial
for any organization is the ability
to raise capital for the necessary
functions. It is of the utmost importance that students have in
their knowledge the various
methods and techniques needed
for a very successful fund raiser.
Manuel Olgin wi ll provide information on this topic.
Drug Abuse-Grace Solis and
Joe Chacon will lead students
in an informal group discussion
on the issue of drug abuse. They
will also inform students oftheir
rights in case they are stopped
by law enforcement officials.
Community Involvement-This
workshop will cover La Raza
Unlda
Party, M.A .P.A., the
Church, Action , Centro de La
Familia , Asociacion Educativa
de
Padres Mexicanos and
Proyecto del Campesino. - This
will provide students with a general idea of what each of these
organizations is about, and will
encoura ge students to become involved in their own communities.
Bilingual-Bi cultural Education
-Recently the bilingual-bicultural aspects of education have
been in the news due to the fact
that there is a large percentage
of Chicanos in the valley, many
of whom cannot relate to the
present system. Jesus Rodriguez
will further explain what bilingual-bicultural education is
and Hs importance to the high
school student.
NOTfCIAS
There will be a fund-raiser for
1 Villa tonight at the ConvenJn Center Theatre Lobby. Gov:·nor-elect Edmund G. Brown
·, ill be the special guest at the
vii ne-tasttng party, scheduled for
6: 30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission
is $25 a couple, $12.50 per person.
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MAPA will host a Recruitment
Fiesta on Tuesday, December 17.
The Fiesta is designed to increase MAPA membership in the
local chapter. According to Angie
Cisneros, a statewide MAPA officer, involvement in MAPA is
very important this yearbecause
new statewide officers will be
elected. The Fiesta will be held
at 6151 E. Liberty in Fresno. Pot
Luck dinner will be served at
7:30 p.m., along with drinks that
will sell for 50 cents. For more
information call Angie Cisneros
at 487-2848.
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The College Union's winter
festival and end-of-the-year
event will turn into a casino
gambling night Wednesday, Dec.
· 1s from 8 till ? in the College
Union Lounge.
Each student, upon arrival at
the "casino," will get$1500 worth
o~ play money to gamble with at
various casino areas including
blackjack, roulette, craps . . . .
At the end of the evening all
the money gained or lost can be
used to purchase various donated
items such as pizzas , or wha!ever at a finale auction.
The program , held annually, is
being sponsored by the College
Union Program Committee.
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There will be no AIKIDO class
meeting this Sunday. Next meeting date is Sunday, Jan. 12 at
12:30, Women's Gym, Room 133.
Please bring $5 for lesson plus
same amount for advanced payment.
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More than 47,000 deportable
aliens were arrested in the 10
Western states during the three-
week period ending last week ,
according to the U.S. Justice
Department. The department said
federal officials also seized $2. 7
million worth of marijuana and
other drugs . Immigration Commissioner L. W. Gil man reported that 24 ,050 of the 47,323
ill~gal aliens apprehended were
picked up in California .
COLLEGE UNION CALENDAR
Friday, Dec. 13
FILM: "Hiroshima Mon Amour "
with subtitles, 7:30and9:30p.m'.,
CU Lounge.
Stars Marguerite Duras. A
French actress falls in love with
a Japanese architect and in the
end newsreel footage of the bombing and its aftermath in Hiroshima is expressionalistically
shot.
dance group, 12:00 noon to 1:30
p.m. in the CU Lounge .
Wednesday , Dec. 18
CASINO NIGHT and Winter Festival, 8:00 p.m. to?, CU Lounge.
Thursday, Dec. 19
CONCERT: CSUF Symphony orchestra, 8 p.m., CU Lounge.
Friday, Jan. 10
F1LM: "Clowns," 7:30 and 9:30
CONCERT: The Eastgates, local • p.m., CU Lounge.
Tuesday, Dec, 17
Friday, December 13, 1974
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-7
WAPASHA
"Indian: 11.. person whose quantum of Indian blood is one-quarter or more and / or is recognized
as being Indian by the community
in which he lives." (Bureau of
Indian Affairs definition)
When the word "Indian" is
heard, there is a world of people
the general public would scarcely
consider when asked to describe
or define the term. This is the
realm of the half and quarter
blood indi victuals.
These people are unique in that
they are caught up in a time and
in a society that preaches brotherhood and "third world unit}'",
yet insists such people assume an
ethnocentric identity.
Also, many times, people
this type of "limbo" category are
a contradiction to the stereotypes
that surround them. These are
a few external forces that often
wreak havoc, confusion, selfexamination, and even guilt, to a
degree, in the hearts and minds
of ·many of these individuals.
How do they cope with the daily
personal encounters by "others"
making suspicious, curious, and
ignorant inquiries about their
mixed worlds?
For those that have a strong
cultural background to rely on,
the problem is partially solved.
Secure in the belief of the person
they have been brought up to be
and not the person they appear to
be, these individuals confidently
field such questions and allay
many suspicions because they can
provide the satisfactory answer.
Often though, this is not the
case. People of mixed blood are
in a quandry, torn by a desire
to participate in the customs of
both cultures represented.
They are under constant pressure to assimilate into one or the
other , and are ostracised in part
by those of the culture the person
has left. In addition the indi victual
must endure a certain degree of
skepticism and ridicule by some
members of the culture this indi vi dual has chosen to accept,
especially if that decision was a
long time coming.
In small subtle ways, and also
by direct actions, the individual
is made to feel somewhat less
worthy than the so-called •established" members of the culture. Full acceptance and credibility usually comes only after
the person has proved his ethnocentric sincerity in some form or
in
manner.
Another alternative is known
as "see-sawing." Here, the individual moves from one side of
the cultural line to the other
looking for permanent signs of
acceptance from both sides but
achieves a reputation for la~k of
credibility from hoth sides and
neither side cares to clairr: the
individual.
The "middle-of-the-roader" is
similar to the "see-sawer", except that no definite commitment
is made to either side by the
mixed-blood, and enduring the
agonizing process of trying to decide by ol>serving, the person incurs the disdain, hence the rejection of both sides. For each
side believes, since they see no
performance, that the indi victual
has chosen the other side.
In addition, these people often
experience the stinging insults
and thoughtless barbs of friends
loved ones, and even at times, th~
crushing condemnation hurled by
members of their immediate
family.
Many carry a foggy notion of
. habing to apologize to some invisible force for claiming to be
part of a culture they know little
or nothing about. If ther seem
to wear their sincerity "on their
sleeve", so to speak, their actions are looked at as those of a
misguided missionary, yet these
people have trouhle trying to get
others to read their hearts.
In today's world, as we know it,
the final solution lies with the decision of the indi victual. General
absolution for being horn something you couldn't help is not the
order of the day in an era of insistent,
emphasized cultural
identity. Simple acceptance on
the part of a collective hody is
also out.
In the Indian world this concept exists also. Perhaps it is
because there have been too many
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rip-offs by im'posters, both in the
past and present day. So close
did this physical and cultural
g·enocide come, that at its peak,
the Indian was labeled the "Vanishing American". So perhaps
positive. identification of fellow
Indians is a protective device and
essential if Indian people and
their respective tribal cultures
are to be preserved for future
generations.
Historically, those mix e ctbloods that chose the Indian way
of life have made essential contributions, especially in times of
crises, that resulted in positive
attainments of one form or another for their tribes. Such as
Quannah Parker, who led the Comanches in a last great struggle
to save the buffalo range; Joseph
Brant, a chief of the Mohawk nation, who because of his brilliant
oratory was able to save much of
his people's land: Sequoia, who
invented the Cherokee alphabet
so that the words of the white
man might he written down and
studied.
Among- the members of the
American Indian student organization, Tewaquachi. are those
having mixed blood in varyingdegrees.
As chairman of that organization, I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank everyone of you for committing yourself to the task of building a better Indian world.
Remember especially, that the
quantum of blood ~·ou have is only
part of being Indian. The spirit
that you carry is the rest of it.
I can say no more for you, or
to you . . . . . your actions speak
for themselves.
I have spoken.
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1572 E. BARSTOW AVE. - Phone 439-1641
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 Pr;sbyterian Church
3620 N. MILLBROOK (Between 8hields & Dakota)
MORNING WORSHIP 8:50 & 11:00 A.M.
College Fellowship: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Sunday
College Bible Study.: 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Sunday
CHANCEL CHOIR - THURSDAYS 7:30 p.m.
COLLEGIANS WELCOME!
Ernest I. Bradley, Pastor
For Transportation phone 227-5355
COLLEGE CHURCH OF CHRIST
EAST BULLARD (Between First 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.rn.
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Dedicated to Serving the College Community
Transportation Available - Phone 439-6530
Ministers: Wayne Anderson - Clifford Reeves
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3973 N. Cedar (Near Ashlan)
Ph: 229-8581
9-10:30 AM: WORSIDP
HOLY COMMUNION - 1st Sunday
Contemnorary 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
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College Choir, Sunday 5:00 PM
College groups Sunday 7:30 PM and Wednesday 5:30 PM
Ministers: S. Wm. Antablln, Donald H. Fado, John F. Boogaert
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Friday, December 13, 1974
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a1titude changing
Ch_icano · political consc1ousness,
involved in the civil rights movement and began to create their
own movement.
In the community the federal
programs also served to create
ethnic lines more sharply. The
programs added to the Chicano
movement in that there was now
more involvement from . people
concerned with the planning and
di rec ti on of the programs or the
staffing or clientele of the various agencies. With this came the
competition for funds, promises
of jobs, and the rewards of recognition. The coalition of poor
people was now becoming ethnic
camps. The question was now not
, how to achieve justice, but how to
obtain power for the Chicanos,
more resources, vis i hi 1 it y,
recognition and prestige for Chicanos, and ultimately dominance
for Chicanos. The next step was
our own political party. The f:ultural awareness we were now experiencing was causing us to
concern ourselves only with what
was Chicano - little else. The
media was now paying nationwide
attention to the •black power"
movement: This in turn caused
the brown people to reject everything white , which led to a rejection of the hlack, and in the end,
· anything that w·a s not brown. All
these developments generated
more activity which could he
classified in five categories:.
1) rise of campus activism, 2)
the strengthe11ing of the Chicano
community, 3) develop1nent or
leadership within the local com rnunities (directors of the •MANPOWEH" and other social service
programs), 4) the farniworkers
were making· steady gains in tlwir
struggle for j11stiC'e and !i) elected
officials s e rving in various governme11t offfres were making
their <'ontrihutions to the movern ent.
The relationship hPtween the
campu~ and the c·o111111u11it y became tht-> inspi 1·ation for El I\lovi rniento·s development in the la s t
ten years. From this alli un<'e
was develope·d El Pla11 <ieAztlan,
:1 ChiC'a110 Maniff:'sto. whi<'h <'alle d
for the crf:'alio11 of a brown nation and a bronze destiny i11 this
<'ountr y. From this <·a11 1e thP theory and strategy for a third, and
separati s t, part~·. The pe rson to
whom the hirth of La Haza Unid-a,
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the party of the Chicano , is main2 Bedroom furnished across froin
ly attributed is Jose Ang:el
Dorms $145. 439-6481
Gutierrez, who was then 22 years
Can art be without form? Cal I old. Gutierrez, of Crystal City,
Craig 227-8240 and tell me.
Texas was one of the main parli<'ipants in the denunciation of thP
Ladies' Muskrat f:'ur Coat, $50.
Establishment.
431-4200, Ext. 225.
In October of 1971 Richard
Alatorre lost an election to Bill
Brophy, a Republican, in a heavily
Democrat -registered District.
Alatorre was forced into· a runoff, rr'om a field of 11, with Paul
Ruiz, the La Raza Unida candidate, and Brophy. La Raza Unida
ran a campaign on a very meager
bddget and a heavy precinct walking operation. In the run-off election, Ruiz more than doubled his
votes. This indicated one thing,
La Raza Unida had the ability to
cut into traditional Democratic
votes.
La Raza Unida Party was celebrating. They had succeeded in
preventing a Democrat from winning the election. But who were
the real winners? A non-Chicano
Republican was now representing
the Chicano people. But the newspapers headlined their articles
with •Chicano Ballot Had Proved .
Stronger."
To und~rstand this behavior we
must take a look at the times.
During the l 960's there was a
growing number of brown people
becoming involved in civil rights
movements, sometimes referred
to as "the sleeping giant" by news
columnists and reporters.
The sleeping giant was not a
true term. Chicanos had been
participating in movements for
social justice since the beginning
of California history. Even more
recently, from the 1940's a farm
workers' rights movement was
broadening its base. However,
the · events of the 19601s had a
great effect on the Chicano community.
Our political consciousness
was touched by three major factors: 1) more of our people went
on to higher education, 2) the
black civil rights struggle was
expanded (which caused an increase in ethnic pride), and 3)
- Johnson implemented many social programs (which led to the
development of political leadership). At some point during these
events Chicanos began to pull
away from the rest of the group1,;
-•. Ztfil!i•~>I;
We were now witnessing a
changing attitude towards the
poverty programs and other . federal agencies. We now viewed
these programs as unacceptable
and a •rip-off." The agencies
were now hostile and could no
longer he trusted. (The agencies
created the perfect atmosphere
for opportunism, a scramble for
jobs, patronage and creation of a
self-serving political base .)
for granted" any longer, if the
"party of the people" begins to
lose elections to Republicans,
then they will be forced to bargain with us. There ' s only one
catch. We still insist on building
our own party, theref,ore rejecting m~ans of gaining political
clout within the existing partie~.Even those who have decided
not to go La Raza·unida, have ex. pressed strong separatist think-
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In view of all this, we still
ranted and raved when any of
these programs were cut. With
the growth of many splinter
groups, organizations such as
LULAC (League of Latin American Citizens), MAPA (Mexican
American Political Association)
and CSO (Community Services
Organization) were suffering in a
decline of membership. Ironically, MAPA, which has suffered
the most dramatic decline in
community clout, is still sought
after hy politicians wishing the
Chicano communiti~s• blessing.
If any one f);roup came to he
well known nationally, it has to
he the Farmworkers Union. Over
the years, the action taken hy
the Union has been quite effective,
not only in organizing farm workers, but in causing differin g
reactions' from the Chicano community.
Some Chicanos resent the
farmworkers for their stand on
illegal aliens, while other Chicanos defend it almost religiously. The national recognition of
the Union came to a head during
the
1!)72 elections. Dolores
Huerta was named co- chairperson of the California delegation to the nationwide Democratic
Convention in Miami. Not too
many pe ople challen g-e d the appointment , and Huerta , the vicepres id 1~nt of the Fa rm Workers
Union, us pd the conve ntion to
push the national boy cott of lettuce. So the lettuce boycott got
nationwide attention . C reat, but
what happe ned to the res t of the
problems of La Raza':'
After a wave of political separatism we no longer trusted our
political friends. A Democrat.
Hepuhliran or mernl>er of any
other political group was now
<'onsidered an enemy of the people. We now rejoiced in upsettingelections , preventing Democrats
from winning. Our logic was that
if we build our own party, and
not let the Democrats "take us
ing. The McGovern campaign was
a good example. At the height of
the campaign, we were still demanding our own separate staffs
and headquarters rather than
dealing with the hard realities of
politics. We preferred to "doour-own-thing1' rather than learn
how to raise big money , set up
efficient precinct operations,
conduct voter registration drives,
and handle public relations and
the media .· Had we decided to become professional and learn these
valuable tools perhaps we could
win more elections. Even if we
do comprise a majority, or in the
case of Fresno County, a visible
25 per cent of the population, it
means nothing unless those people also register to vote AND
vote. We were coming to the point
where the ci vie community knew
uothing of the Chicano except
through "confrontation.•· We confronted hoards, commissions,
councils, committees and parties -- while these groups we.re
shaping the future of our Ii ves
we were out politicking among
ourselves and preparing for our
next attack on •the system.''
The results of all these events
have heen many. Chicanos, who
have picketed, demonstrated , agitated and pressured , have been
left frustrated, puzzled, and angry over the lack of response
from "the man" and "the media. 11
Even so, have we learned anything? We still sit back and wait
for the establishment- to "put the
screws to us" then we react.
Those who involve themselves in
government or any other part of
the Establishment are considered
vendidos . But can•t we· learn
through participation in government, the necessary training and
experience that we need in order
to gain the political clout that we
are seeking? The movement has
been taking a slow hut steady
turn in this direction. We are
now beginning _to realize that if
we do not involve ourselves in the
decision-making process, then
we are leaving ourselves wide
1 open to further attack.
We are learning tha_t it is more
beneficial to prevent confrontation, through involvement with
"the establishment" (where we
ar~ on the offensive), than it is
to react to ac:l ver se decisions
(where we are on the defensive).
We are coming to leave the
Street tactics of the past and
deal on a more professional level. With this has come frustration, a new tolerance and a willingness to try change that works.
This may mean -abandoning the
more colorful past of the movement, but already those who were
just coming along for the ride
have been left behind, while others adopted harsher rhetoric and
continued with separatist thinking. For some , the years of shouting seem to be over. This is
where the movement will prove
itself a true power and beat "the
establishment" at its own game.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1974
Implications of Ryan Act
and its effect at CSUF
The intent of the Ryan Act,
by set poli<.:y as they deem necessary .
that controversial document
which both administrators and
The Ryan Act also provides
students find difficult to interfor more input from students and
pret, is to loosen up the schools
community members in deternnmng the adequacy of the
of education at the various state
ANNA NORI EGA
universities so that students and
school's policy in regard to
teacher preparation and licenscommunity members can have a
stronger voice in determining· an
ing.
adequate school policy. said Dr.
"People in Sacramento have
fought to get the Ryan Act through
Dan Martinez, chairperson of the
Ca Ii for n i a Commission on
Co11gress, and now that it has heen
approved and is operative on all
Teacher Preparation and Licensuniversity campuses. it is 11p to
in1;.
the community to see that its inMartinez, who was in Fresno
recently
with
other
rnemhers
of
especially need a positive inWhether it ·s breaking a pine
the commission, said the Ryan
fluence.
board in half or putting together
Act was passed by the state legis►"r°t's
a
hard
task
to
have
little
a conference of high school stukids look up to you. I can still lature to supercede the Fisher
dents in the hope that they will
remember the good and had Act. which basically dealt with '
eventually go on to higher eduteachers I've had,'' said Noriega. teacher credentiafrequi rements.
cation, Anna Noriega will find
The Ryan Act. however. stipuAlthough she is still undecided the time to do it.
about a career in law, she said lates that the schools of educaThe 19-year-old Chicana was
she sees a need for more Chi- tion are subject to "external asrecently -Voted the "Outstanding
Something called "Vintage
sessment,·• said Martinez.
canos in the profession.
Student of the Year" by the
Days"
is going to hit the CSUF
"This means that people out"Even if I don't go into law,
Mexican-American Political Ascampus on May 8th if everything
side
of
the
respective
institutions
I think it's important to know
sociation at its annual installag-oes according to plan.
about the law, since Chicanos are and Sacramento offices will have
tion dinner held Nov. 20 at the
David Pinuelas. student directhe
opportunity
to
evaluate
the
always being left in the dark when
Fresno Rodeway Inn.
tor of the rour-day event, said
policies
ol'
that
institutio11
in
light
it comes to legal matters," she
The award was in recognition
that "Vintage Days" is an effort
of the needs of the commu11itv
said.
for being selected as the outto get all the organizations and
which
that
institution
serves,-..
Last summer, Noriega worked
sta nding student concerned with
different
clubs on campus to
for the Mini-Corps, a mig~ant he said.
" . . . the goals of social, ecopool their resources together
"This
a
ssessment
directly
deeducational program in Raisin
nomic , cultural and civic betterand have an all-out event repreCity. Her supervising teacher termines whether or not the parment of Mexican-Americans and
sentative of the school.
ticular
institution
will
he
actold her not to speak Spanish.
all other Spanish speaking people
"Too many little events are '
Moriega said she felt it was un- c-redited on a continuing hasis,
within the USA ...
always going on," said Pinuelas.
he
continued.
fair and felt it was even more
When asked what organizations
"We felt that, perhaps instead
The Ryan Act also stipulates
important to communicate with
and activities she is involved in
of having all those small events
that
there
he
community
input
the children in order to teach
Noriega must pause and go ~ver
· one large one representing all
them, so she went ahead and spoke in the content of new credential
notes before she can remember
the school would be more approprograms
to
he
adopted
by
variSpanish anyway.
all of the varied activities.
priate."
ous
institutions.
"When someone tells me I
Among these are, a member of
The four-day concept, which
However,
said
com
mission
can't do it, then it becomes a
student senate and Mecha, chairwill fall on a Thursday through
members
Dr.
Sid
Inglis
and
Tony
challenge to me," she said, "and
person for the Chicano Youth
Sunday weekend, originated with
Salamanca, each institution has
I try even harder to do it.1'
Conference: a member of Los
the College Union program comthe
prerogative
to
interpret
the
The slim, dark-haired Ms.
Danzantes de Aztlan from CSUF
mittee students a little more than
Ryan
Act
as
they
wish,
and
therewith th~ quick smil~ said she
as well as Comparsa. a Chican~
has been involved with MECHA
cultural song group . ·
since arriving on the CSU.F camBesides this, she teaches an
pus because she feels "if there
elementary dance class at Tranis something I think should be
quillity Elementary School once
done I '11 go ahead and do it."
a week and has even found time
"If one waits to let someone
to take karate lessons.
else do it, chances are it won't
She is also a member of the
7et done."
Board on Publications and the
Although she is actively inCampus Affairs Committee.
volved in many things, she doesHer plans for the future inn't think it's a "women's lib
clude either teaching or obtaining
trip."
a degree in criminal law.
"I don't like women's lib but
"I believe in bilingual-biculI am for women's rights," ' she
tural education, especially in the
said, adding that she feels womprimary grades," she said.
en's lib is a white woman's thing .
She said she feels children
Anna Noriega named
outstanding student
tent is not totally obliterated by
narrow interpretations and restrictive policies," he said.
CHE (Chicanos in Education)
have invited Dr. Ralph Evans,
Dean of the School of Education,
to come to the next MECHA
meeting to speak on the Ryan
Act and its implementation .
Interested student body memhers are also invited to attend
this meeting which will be held
at noon in the International Room
of the cafeteria.
'Vintage Days; to -hit
CSUF next semester
a month ago, he said. He added
that the "Vintage Days• committee is now a separate entity from
the College Union.
Pinuelas said he hopes to recruit interested students to participate in the decision- making
aspects of the planning.
"It's such a big event and much
money is involved, so I hope to
include as many students as posJ
sible," he said.
He said he hopes interested
members from throughout the
community will volunteer to help
in one of the many committees
that will be needed.
In addition to coordinators, he
said sign-ups are now being taken
for student hlep in areas of public
relations and publicity, student
organization and carnival planning, competitive events, con(Continued on Page 2, Col 3) ·
Fresno Latino group formed,
promotes opportunities
A Fresno Chapter of IMAGE,
a national Spanish-speaking organization whose main objective
is to promote government opportunities for Chicanos, Puerto
Ricans and other Latinos was
started last Nov. 19.
'
Esperanza Pineda, president
of the Fresno chapter, said that
they h?, ve already appointed five
committees to get the organization o,: its way and that IMAGE
is looking for more members who
are willing to contribute some of
their time toward the goals of the
organization.
The club has chapters in 16
states with a membership of
20,000. Membership is open to
any person interested and willing
to support the objectives of
IMAGE
Other officers of the new chapter are Claude Torres, · First
Vice President; Arthur Samaniego, Second Vice President·
Jaime Martinez, Treasurer; and
Nilda Ballardo, Secretary.
THE CHICANO- FACULTY, Staff and Student Association members were busy bending and stuffing tacos
I ast Wednesday at the Free Speech Area in what one member cal I ed a ~ successful• effort to raise money
for a scholarship fund. The sale, which was to have lasted from 11 :30 to 1:30, only lasted one hour as
the food was quickly sold out to an obviously hungry noon.time crowd.
2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Friday, December 13, 1974
Open letter
For Dean Evans: an invitation
and a request , for answers .
An open letter to Dr. Ralph F.
Evans, dean of the School of EducationDecembe'r 12, 1974
Dear Dr. Evans:
This letter is in response to
your letter of December 3rd
wherein you state that there is
a definite need for more effective dissemination ofinformatton
regarding the Ryan Act and the
University's implementation of
it. Comite CHE considers this
information extremely important
to our goal of working within the
School of Education system to insure student understanding, par-.
ticipation, and success in that
system. Therefore we invite you
to attend the next M.E.C,H.A.
meeting in the Intern at ion a 1
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Opinions expressed in Collegian editorials, including feature-editorials
and commentaries by guest writers,
are not necessarily thos e of Callfornia State University, Fresno , or
the stu,dent body .
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give a presentation on the Ryan
Act.
However, with regards to our
initial letter of inquiry containing 22 questions, we feel it imperative that you answer them in
writing. These questions for the
most part refer to factual points
of information and as such we
feel they can best he dealth with
in written form. We do not consider these 22 questions to he
topics for discussion hut rather
points of information which our
Comite feels delineate the problem with which we are trying to
deal. By submitting your answers
in writing, ComiteCHE also feels
that we both will he avoiding the
danger of misquotations and misunderstandings. Therefore, we
again reiterate our request that
you submit to us in writing the
answers to the questions contained in our letter of November
12, l!l74. We ask that this information he made available to
us hy Decernher 20, l!l74.
If we do not hear from you to
the contrary, we shall assume
that you will he attending the
11ext M. E.C. fl.A . meetin g,
Sincerely,
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Chairperson,
Comite Cm: de M EC HA
performance
set
El Te atro del Ba rrio, of Parlier, will present "La Virgen de!
Tepeya<'" Dec-e 1111>er 13, 14 and
l!i and Dece mbe r 20, 21 ancl 22.
The Teatro, directed hy J e ssie
Padron . is composed of Parlier
residents, 111a11y of whorn are students . Tile play will he pre sented at _7 p. m . each night at
the Parlier Catholic Hall, 7!i!i
Tuolumne Street. There is no
charge of the show.
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in the
Free
Area
Students who never milked a
cow got the opportunity yesterday
in the Free Speech Area.
Farm animals and machinery
were on display ; featured were
cows, sheep, goats, pigs, and four
large farm harvesting machines.
At noon ar'tificial insemination
was explained to students and a
live demonstration was given before a crowd ofabout50students.
Students were invited to milk
any of the three cows, and though
some students were hesitant,
several tried milking their first
cow.
"It was easier than I thought
•it would be ," said one. "I thought
you pull down, like in the car -loons. A 11 you go tl a do is
squeeze!"
"It was funn y," s aid another .
Stan Mollart , who helped man-
given at Madera High School
El Teatro Campesino, formerly
of Fresno , will give a free performance of "Las Cuatro Apareciones de la Virgen de Tepeyac,"
a bilingual adaptation of a traditional Mexican play. The play
is being sponsored by Los Padres
Unidos de Madera.
The story of Mexico's brownskinned Virgen of Guadalupe goes
back 400years. A humble villager
miraculously confronts the Virgen, . struggles to convince the
world of her authenticity, and then
helps lead his paople away from
their Aztec .gods.
You told your new
roommate you dig
B.B.King and he
thinks slie's great
too.
._You owe yourself art Oly.
Like the story of the Nativity
itself, the Virgin!s appearance
and the subsequent conversion of
Mexico's Indians are retold each
holiday season in a traditional
play.
The play is in Spanish, but that
won't necessarily interfere with
your enjoyment if you're not bilingual. The dramatic appearance of the Virgen's image on
Juan Diego's tilma, or cloak,
and the materialization of · the
roses in the rocky soil create
an effective visual spectacle.
The performance will be in the
'boys' gym of the Madera High
School. Curtain time is 7 p.m.
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age the event, said some students
were surprised to find out the
animals and machines were from
their campus ag department.
Some asked, "Where is the Ag •
department?" he said.
Several students who stopped
to look at the animals expressed
interest in the display.
"I think it's good because the
ag department is so far out there
you never get to see any ofthis,"
said a business major.
"It's interesting," said a student.
.
Ag students used a microphone
to explain the machinery, animals, and milking process.
They also took the opportunity
to encourage students to attend
an animal judging contest today
from 1 to 5 p. m., and a dinner
Saturday at 7 p.m., also at the
Ag Judging Pavilion, followed by
a hayride around the campus
farm, and a dance at 9 p.m .
la Virgen de Tepeyac' to be
Vintage
(Continued from Page 1)
certs, campus performances ,
handicraft fair, and display and
decor.
The spring weekend preliminary plans inC'lude the staging of
competitive events, such as a
tug-of-war and grape tray art,
a street dance and concert, a student carnival, cultural mimes,
singers, plays and art exhibits,
displays and alumni events.
"There is still room for suggestions and we hope to hear
some," said Pinuelas.
To sign up for one of the areas
or for information go to CU 317
or call Pinuelas at 227-5795.
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By G_e rald Kent
Collegian Staff Writer
Parlier Teatro
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'TQcctlYS
""THAT'S PRETTY FUNNY - you squeeze here and milk comes out there!" Joe Pimentel is
showing Jim Barton how to milk a cow in, of all places, the free speech area, yesterday. The ag
students took over the area to tell students about their cattle judging contest, dinner, and dance
this weekend. Prizes are guaranteed to be awarded for students going the best job judging some of
the university's animals, Photo by Jim Denman.
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Friday, December 13, 1974
THE DAILY COU,.EGIAN~3·
DR. ADOLFO ORTEGA
COORDINATOR LaRAZA
STUDIES
Noche de La Raza••••••••· 1974
Photos
by
Larry
Leon
were Los Danzantes de Aztlan
In order to provide a true eduunder the direction of Ernesto
cation the professor, as well as
Martinez, and the CSUF Teatro,
the student, must work together
directed by Frank Riojas. Cornto solve the problems which afparsa from CSUF played four
fect our community. This is the
numbers. They are under the
philosophy of La Raza Studies
Department at CSU F , according • direction of Manuel Pena and
David Palma.
to Dr. Adolpho Ortega, coordinaPoetry was read by Victor
tor of La Raza Studies.
Ortega made the remark in a Martinez and Maria Gamiz. Master of ceremonies was Jose Chepe
welcoming address to a standingroom-only crowd in the Sequoia Leon. a local Spanish-language
radio station announcer.
Junior High School auditorium
last Saturday night celebrating
Ortega said the large turnout
the annual Noche de La Raza.
was more evidence of the current
The night included a free dinner
interest in Chicano oriented stu.:..
and various cultural programs.
dies.
•Each year we have an inIn the photos above, left to
creasing number of Chicano sturight, clockwise, are Dr. Adolpho
dents who enroll in La Raza StuOrtega, welcoming the audience;
dies," said Ortega. "This indiLos Danzantes de Aztlan percates to me that our young people
forming -Iguana;" Ben Cruz and
with to - retain their roots in our
Amelia Castro, CSUF students,
Mexican culture."
happily serving the dinner; some
The program was a joint effort
of the audience at the perforof all the Chicano organizations at
mance; and Maria Solis (not a
CSUF, including faculty, adminreal nun) and Jaime Huerta (a
istration, staff and students.
real farmworker) in a CSUF TeaPerforming in the program . tro performance.
Friday, Dece~ber 13, 1974
TEATRO
,
(The Fifth Sea son)
By Grace Solis
"La Quinta Temporada ,,_ or
"The Fifth Season," was performed by the CSUF Teatro. de
la Tierra. The cast of the acto
is currently enrolled in La Raza
Studies 130, Chicano Theatre.
Members of the teatro receive 3
units of credit for their performances, in addition to meeting
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The acto explores the situation
that many farmworkers find
themselves in. In it, . the farmworker finds him self at the mercy
of the contractor and grower. He
then decides to go on strike in
search of social justice. The
farmworker then finds social justice, in the disguise of winter.
Pictured above are: Arnold
Me 'ia as "Don Coyote," Jaime
Huerta as "The Farmworker,"
Arturo Olivas as "The Grower,"
and Susie Saavedra as "The Summer."
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F~.iday, December 13, 1974 .
THE~DAILY COLLEGIAN.:..5
Photos. by Jim Denman
1
6-tHE DAILY -COLLEGIAN .
Friday, December 13, 1974
Chicano Youth Conferen-ce
Tomorrow, high school students from more than 30 valley
high schools will be on the CSUF
campus to participate in the annual Chicano Youth Conference,
according to Anna Noriega,
-chairperson of the event.
Noriega said the purpo_s e of
"A lot of students are turned
off by all the pounding they get
about going to college. We don't
want to pound it into their heads,
but to provide a relaxed atmosphere and opportunity for therr
to visit at their own leisure.'
She also said she feels that
the conference is to acquaint the
students with the campus and to
inform them of the services
available for them.
"Frankly, this is a recruitment
effort on our part to get more
Chicano students on campus,"
she said.
many times high school counselors turn off students by telling
them they cannot get into college
for one reason or the other.
The conference which will last
from 11:30 a.m.· until 10 p.m.
is being coordinated by MF.CHA
and co-sponsored by Proyecto
del Campesino, GCEP, and other
community groups. Eleven workshops are scheduled and lunch
will be provided . A dance will be
held from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Following is a schedule of the
events and descriptions of the
various workshops.
School and community workshops are scheduled
La Raza Studies-Manuel Val:
dez and Jesus Luna, both instructors in La Raza Studies, will
discuss with students their views
~oncerning La Raza Studies in
the community as well as in the
university. What the students feel
· the direction La Raza Studies
should take will also be discussed. La Raza studies effect on
communities and what high school
students can do to introduce or
improve La Raza Studies in their
schools' curriculum, will also be
examined.
Chicano Culture-Jose Riojas
and Ricardo Rodriguez will go
into a brief history of the Chicano struggle. They will discuss
the aspects of self-identiry of the
Chicano today. The film "Yo Soy
Chicano" will be shown. Information will also be available on how
students can form their own dance
and theater groups at their
schools.
La Chicana- Pat Aguirre and
Teresa Acosta will conduct this
workshop which wUl deal with the
many aspe~ts of the Chicana
struggle. They will discuss the
misconceptions and stereotypes
that are placed on the Chicana.
Often, Chicanas are labeled women libbers when in reality all they
are striving for is Chicana rights.
E.O.P.-This workshop will
deal primarily with financial aid,
admissions and early registration
for E .O.P. students. Information
will be presented on services offered by E .O.P., such as student
advisers, tuto:r:s, and the Summer
Institute. It will also touch on the
P into Program. Robert Hernandez, Assistant E.O.P. director,
' will run this workshop.
U.F.W.A.-John Perez, Arturo
Avina and Gloria Hernandez, will
give a brief history of the
U.F.W.A., its benefits (such as
•he ciinic) and the boycott. The
·um, "Why We Boycott," will be
·hown. This is strictly informa-
tional and not a recruiting type
of situation. There is a possibility that a speaker from the
union's office in Selma will be
present.
Student Government - Cruz
Bustamante, President Pro Tern
of the Student Senate, and John
Navarrette will speak on student
government and the need for Chicano Involvement in it as well as
lo ca 1 community government.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1,, 1974
TIME
EVE·NT
PLACE
11:30-12:30
Registration
and. Lunch
New residence
Cafeteria
12:30-1:00
CSUF 'l'eatro
1:00-1:20
Welcome and
Introduction
College Union Lounge
(CU)
CU Lounge
1:30-2:30
Workshop
CU Lounge
2:45-3:45
Workshop
CU Lounge
4:00-5:00
Workshop
CU Lounge
5:00-5:30
Los Danzantes
de Aztlan
CU Lounge
5:30-6:00
Closing
(General rap session,
comments)
·
CU Lounge
6:00-10:00
Dance
CU Lounge
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They will also discuss the importance of overcoming the apathy
that exists in our schools and
communities.
Chicano Ca mpus and Career
Organizations - Ramona Garcia
will lead this workshop on the
various organizations, such as
M.E.C.H.A., Las Adelitas, Delta
Alpha Chi, National Chicano
Health Organization and Trabajadores de la Raza.
Fund raising -- Very crucial
for any organization is the ability
to raise capital for the necessary
functions. It is of the utmost importance that students have in
their knowledge the various
methods and techniques needed
for a very successful fund raiser.
Manuel Olgin wi ll provide information on this topic.
Drug Abuse-Grace Solis and
Joe Chacon will lead students
in an informal group discussion
on the issue of drug abuse. They
will also inform students oftheir
rights in case they are stopped
by law enforcement officials.
Community Involvement-This
workshop will cover La Raza
Unlda
Party, M.A .P.A., the
Church, Action , Centro de La
Familia , Asociacion Educativa
de
Padres Mexicanos and
Proyecto del Campesino. - This
will provide students with a general idea of what each of these
organizations is about, and will
encoura ge students to become involved in their own communities.
Bilingual-Bi cultural Education
-Recently the bilingual-bicultural aspects of education have
been in the news due to the fact
that there is a large percentage
of Chicanos in the valley, many
of whom cannot relate to the
present system. Jesus Rodriguez
will further explain what bilingual-bicultural education is
and Hs importance to the high
school student.
NOTfCIAS
There will be a fund-raiser for
1 Villa tonight at the ConvenJn Center Theatre Lobby. Gov:·nor-elect Edmund G. Brown
·, ill be the special guest at the
vii ne-tasttng party, scheduled for
6: 30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission
is $25 a couple, $12.50 per person.
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MAPA will host a Recruitment
Fiesta on Tuesday, December 17.
The Fiesta is designed to increase MAPA membership in the
local chapter. According to Angie
Cisneros, a statewide MAPA officer, involvement in MAPA is
very important this yearbecause
new statewide officers will be
elected. The Fiesta will be held
at 6151 E. Liberty in Fresno. Pot
Luck dinner will be served at
7:30 p.m., along with drinks that
will sell for 50 cents. For more
information call Angie Cisneros
at 487-2848.
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The College Union's winter
festival and end-of-the-year
event will turn into a casino
gambling night Wednesday, Dec.
· 1s from 8 till ? in the College
Union Lounge.
Each student, upon arrival at
the "casino," will get$1500 worth
o~ play money to gamble with at
various casino areas including
blackjack, roulette, craps . . . .
At the end of the evening all
the money gained or lost can be
used to purchase various donated
items such as pizzas , or wha!ever at a finale auction.
The program , held annually, is
being sponsored by the College
Union Program Committee.
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There will be no AIKIDO class
meeting this Sunday. Next meeting date is Sunday, Jan. 12 at
12:30, Women's Gym, Room 133.
Please bring $5 for lesson plus
same amount for advanced payment.
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More than 47,000 deportable
aliens were arrested in the 10
Western states during the three-
week period ending last week ,
according to the U.S. Justice
Department. The department said
federal officials also seized $2. 7
million worth of marijuana and
other drugs . Immigration Commissioner L. W. Gil man reported that 24 ,050 of the 47,323
ill~gal aliens apprehended were
picked up in California .
COLLEGE UNION CALENDAR
Friday, Dec. 13
FILM: "Hiroshima Mon Amour "
with subtitles, 7:30and9:30p.m'.,
CU Lounge.
Stars Marguerite Duras. A
French actress falls in love with
a Japanese architect and in the
end newsreel footage of the bombing and its aftermath in Hiroshima is expressionalistically
shot.
dance group, 12:00 noon to 1:30
p.m. in the CU Lounge .
Wednesday , Dec. 18
CASINO NIGHT and Winter Festival, 8:00 p.m. to?, CU Lounge.
Thursday, Dec. 19
CONCERT: CSUF Symphony orchestra, 8 p.m., CU Lounge.
Friday, Jan. 10
F1LM: "Clowns," 7:30 and 9:30
CONCERT: The Eastgates, local • p.m., CU Lounge.
Tuesday, Dec, 17
Friday, December 13, 1974
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-7
WAPASHA
"Indian: 11.. person whose quantum of Indian blood is one-quarter or more and / or is recognized
as being Indian by the community
in which he lives." (Bureau of
Indian Affairs definition)
When the word "Indian" is
heard, there is a world of people
the general public would scarcely
consider when asked to describe
or define the term. This is the
realm of the half and quarter
blood indi victuals.
These people are unique in that
they are caught up in a time and
in a society that preaches brotherhood and "third world unit}'",
yet insists such people assume an
ethnocentric identity.
Also, many times, people
this type of "limbo" category are
a contradiction to the stereotypes
that surround them. These are
a few external forces that often
wreak havoc, confusion, selfexamination, and even guilt, to a
degree, in the hearts and minds
of ·many of these individuals.
How do they cope with the daily
personal encounters by "others"
making suspicious, curious, and
ignorant inquiries about their
mixed worlds?
For those that have a strong
cultural background to rely on,
the problem is partially solved.
Secure in the belief of the person
they have been brought up to be
and not the person they appear to
be, these individuals confidently
field such questions and allay
many suspicions because they can
provide the satisfactory answer.
Often though, this is not the
case. People of mixed blood are
in a quandry, torn by a desire
to participate in the customs of
both cultures represented.
They are under constant pressure to assimilate into one or the
other , and are ostracised in part
by those of the culture the person
has left. In addition the indi victual
must endure a certain degree of
skepticism and ridicule by some
members of the culture this indi vi dual has chosen to accept,
especially if that decision was a
long time coming.
In small subtle ways, and also
by direct actions, the individual
is made to feel somewhat less
worthy than the so-called •established" members of the culture. Full acceptance and credibility usually comes only after
the person has proved his ethnocentric sincerity in some form or
in
manner.
Another alternative is known
as "see-sawing." Here, the individual moves from one side of
the cultural line to the other
looking for permanent signs of
acceptance from both sides but
achieves a reputation for la~k of
credibility from hoth sides and
neither side cares to clairr: the
individual.
The "middle-of-the-roader" is
similar to the "see-sawer", except that no definite commitment
is made to either side by the
mixed-blood, and enduring the
agonizing process of trying to decide by ol>serving, the person incurs the disdain, hence the rejection of both sides. For each
side believes, since they see no
performance, that the indi victual
has chosen the other side.
In addition, these people often
experience the stinging insults
and thoughtless barbs of friends
loved ones, and even at times, th~
crushing condemnation hurled by
members of their immediate
family.
Many carry a foggy notion of
. habing to apologize to some invisible force for claiming to be
part of a culture they know little
or nothing about. If ther seem
to wear their sincerity "on their
sleeve", so to speak, their actions are looked at as those of a
misguided missionary, yet these
people have trouhle trying to get
others to read their hearts.
In today's world, as we know it,
the final solution lies with the decision of the indi victual. General
absolution for being horn something you couldn't help is not the
order of the day in an era of insistent,
emphasized cultural
identity. Simple acceptance on
the part of a collective hody is
also out.
In the Indian world this concept exists also. Perhaps it is
because there have been too many
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rip-offs by im'posters, both in the
past and present day. So close
did this physical and cultural
g·enocide come, that at its peak,
the Indian was labeled the "Vanishing American". So perhaps
positive. identification of fellow
Indians is a protective device and
essential if Indian people and
their respective tribal cultures
are to be preserved for future
generations.
Historically, those mix e ctbloods that chose the Indian way
of life have made essential contributions, especially in times of
crises, that resulted in positive
attainments of one form or another for their tribes. Such as
Quannah Parker, who led the Comanches in a last great struggle
to save the buffalo range; Joseph
Brant, a chief of the Mohawk nation, who because of his brilliant
oratory was able to save much of
his people's land: Sequoia, who
invented the Cherokee alphabet
so that the words of the white
man might he written down and
studied.
Among- the members of the
American Indian student organization, Tewaquachi. are those
having mixed blood in varyingdegrees.
As chairman of that organization, I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank everyone of you for committing yourself to the task of building a better Indian world.
Remember especially, that the
quantum of blood ~·ou have is only
part of being Indian. The spirit
that you carry is the rest of it.
I can say no more for you, or
to you . . . . . your actions speak
for themselves.
I have spoken.
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Friday, December 13, 1974
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a1titude changing
Ch_icano · political consc1ousness,
involved in the civil rights movement and began to create their
own movement.
In the community the federal
programs also served to create
ethnic lines more sharply. The
programs added to the Chicano
movement in that there was now
more involvement from . people
concerned with the planning and
di rec ti on of the programs or the
staffing or clientele of the various agencies. With this came the
competition for funds, promises
of jobs, and the rewards of recognition. The coalition of poor
people was now becoming ethnic
camps. The question was now not
, how to achieve justice, but how to
obtain power for the Chicanos,
more resources, vis i hi 1 it y,
recognition and prestige for Chicanos, and ultimately dominance
for Chicanos. The next step was
our own political party. The f:ultural awareness we were now experiencing was causing us to
concern ourselves only with what
was Chicano - little else. The
media was now paying nationwide
attention to the •black power"
movement: This in turn caused
the brown people to reject everything white , which led to a rejection of the hlack, and in the end,
· anything that w·a s not brown. All
these developments generated
more activity which could he
classified in five categories:.
1) rise of campus activism, 2)
the strengthe11ing of the Chicano
community, 3) develop1nent or
leadership within the local com rnunities (directors of the •MANPOWEH" and other social service
programs), 4) the farniworkers
were making· steady gains in tlwir
struggle for j11stiC'e and !i) elected
officials s e rving in various governme11t offfres were making
their <'ontrihutions to the movern ent.
The relationship hPtween the
campu~ and the c·o111111u11it y became tht-> inspi 1·ation for El I\lovi rniento·s development in the la s t
ten years. From this alli un<'e
was develope·d El Pla11 <ieAztlan,
:1 ChiC'a110 Maniff:'sto. whi<'h <'alle d
for the crf:'alio11 of a brown nation and a bronze destiny i11 this
<'ountr y. From this <·a11 1e thP theory and strategy for a third, and
separati s t, part~·. The pe rson to
whom the hirth of La Haza Unid-a,
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the party of the Chicano , is main2 Bedroom furnished across froin
ly attributed is Jose Ang:el
Dorms $145. 439-6481
Gutierrez, who was then 22 years
Can art be without form? Cal I old. Gutierrez, of Crystal City,
Craig 227-8240 and tell me.
Texas was one of the main parli<'ipants in the denunciation of thP
Ladies' Muskrat f:'ur Coat, $50.
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431-4200, Ext. 225.
In October of 1971 Richard
Alatorre lost an election to Bill
Brophy, a Republican, in a heavily
Democrat -registered District.
Alatorre was forced into· a runoff, rr'om a field of 11, with Paul
Ruiz, the La Raza Unida candidate, and Brophy. La Raza Unida
ran a campaign on a very meager
bddget and a heavy precinct walking operation. In the run-off election, Ruiz more than doubled his
votes. This indicated one thing,
La Raza Unida had the ability to
cut into traditional Democratic
votes.
La Raza Unida Party was celebrating. They had succeeded in
preventing a Democrat from winning the election. But who were
the real winners? A non-Chicano
Republican was now representing
the Chicano people. But the newspapers headlined their articles
with •Chicano Ballot Had Proved .
Stronger."
To und~rstand this behavior we
must take a look at the times.
During the l 960's there was a
growing number of brown people
becoming involved in civil rights
movements, sometimes referred
to as "the sleeping giant" by news
columnists and reporters.
The sleeping giant was not a
true term. Chicanos had been
participating in movements for
social justice since the beginning
of California history. Even more
recently, from the 1940's a farm
workers' rights movement was
broadening its base. However,
the · events of the 19601s had a
great effect on the Chicano community.
Our political consciousness
was touched by three major factors: 1) more of our people went
on to higher education, 2) the
black civil rights struggle was
expanded (which caused an increase in ethnic pride), and 3)
- Johnson implemented many social programs (which led to the
development of political leadership). At some point during these
events Chicanos began to pull
away from the rest of the group1,;
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We were now witnessing a
changing attitude towards the
poverty programs and other . federal agencies. We now viewed
these programs as unacceptable
and a •rip-off." The agencies
were now hostile and could no
longer he trusted. (The agencies
created the perfect atmosphere
for opportunism, a scramble for
jobs, patronage and creation of a
self-serving political base .)
for granted" any longer, if the
"party of the people" begins to
lose elections to Republicans,
then they will be forced to bargain with us. There ' s only one
catch. We still insist on building
our own party, theref,ore rejecting m~ans of gaining political
clout within the existing partie~.Even those who have decided
not to go La Raza·unida, have ex. pressed strong separatist think-
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In view of all this, we still
ranted and raved when any of
these programs were cut. With
the growth of many splinter
groups, organizations such as
LULAC (League of Latin American Citizens), MAPA (Mexican
American Political Association)
and CSO (Community Services
Organization) were suffering in a
decline of membership. Ironically, MAPA, which has suffered
the most dramatic decline in
community clout, is still sought
after hy politicians wishing the
Chicano communiti~s• blessing.
If any one f);roup came to he
well known nationally, it has to
he the Farmworkers Union. Over
the years, the action taken hy
the Union has been quite effective,
not only in organizing farm workers, but in causing differin g
reactions' from the Chicano community.
Some Chicanos resent the
farmworkers for their stand on
illegal aliens, while other Chicanos defend it almost religiously. The national recognition of
the Union came to a head during
the
1!)72 elections. Dolores
Huerta was named co- chairperson of the California delegation to the nationwide Democratic
Convention in Miami. Not too
many pe ople challen g-e d the appointment , and Huerta , the vicepres id 1~nt of the Fa rm Workers
Union, us pd the conve ntion to
push the national boy cott of lettuce. So the lettuce boycott got
nationwide attention . C reat, but
what happe ned to the res t of the
problems of La Raza':'
After a wave of political separatism we no longer trusted our
political friends. A Democrat.
Hepuhliran or mernl>er of any
other political group was now
<'onsidered an enemy of the people. We now rejoiced in upsettingelections , preventing Democrats
from winning. Our logic was that
if we build our own party, and
not let the Democrats "take us
ing. The McGovern campaign was
a good example. At the height of
the campaign, we were still demanding our own separate staffs
and headquarters rather than
dealing with the hard realities of
politics. We preferred to "doour-own-thing1' rather than learn
how to raise big money , set up
efficient precinct operations,
conduct voter registration drives,
and handle public relations and
the media .· Had we decided to become professional and learn these
valuable tools perhaps we could
win more elections. Even if we
do comprise a majority, or in the
case of Fresno County, a visible
25 per cent of the population, it
means nothing unless those people also register to vote AND
vote. We were coming to the point
where the ci vie community knew
uothing of the Chicano except
through "confrontation.•· We confronted hoards, commissions,
councils, committees and parties -- while these groups we.re
shaping the future of our Ii ves
we were out politicking among
ourselves and preparing for our
next attack on •the system.''
The results of all these events
have heen many. Chicanos, who
have picketed, demonstrated , agitated and pressured , have been
left frustrated, puzzled, and angry over the lack of response
from "the man" and "the media. 11
Even so, have we learned anything? We still sit back and wait
for the establishment- to "put the
screws to us" then we react.
Those who involve themselves in
government or any other part of
the Establishment are considered
vendidos . But can•t we· learn
through participation in government, the necessary training and
experience that we need in order
to gain the political clout that we
are seeking? The movement has
been taking a slow hut steady
turn in this direction. We are
now beginning _to realize that if
we do not involve ourselves in the
decision-making process, then
we are leaving ourselves wide
1 open to further attack.
We are learning tha_t it is more
beneficial to prevent confrontation, through involvement with
"the establishment" (where we
ar~ on the offensive), than it is
to react to ac:l ver se decisions
(where we are on the defensive).
We are coming to leave the
Street tactics of the past and
deal on a more professional level. With this has come frustration, a new tolerance and a willingness to try change that works.
This may mean -abandoning the
more colorful past of the movement, but already those who were
just coming along for the ride
have been left behind, while others adopted harsher rhetoric and
continued with separatist thinking. For some , the years of shouting seem to be over. This is
where the movement will prove
itself a true power and beat "the
establishment" at its own game.
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