La Voz de Aztlan, November 19 1975

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La Voz de Aztlan, November 19 1975

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La Voz de Aztlan, November 19 1975

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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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11/19/1975

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Fresno gym provides
minority athletic center

SHADOW BOXING at the Fresno Athletic Gym is only one of many
boxing techniQues offered. (Photo by Tomas Uribes)

by Ernesto Moreno
Walking up the steep stairs of
a building that formerly housed
a local business college, one
would not suspect he is entering
a combination boxing gym, kara~e
school, and recreational area.
The gym is a dream-cometrue for Gil Sanchez, who has
lived in the Fresno area since
195:h He has been involved in
boxing as a trainer-manager for
the last fifteen years.
As Sanchez described it, "I
spotted the empty building and
asked the manager if I could see
it. Once inside I saw what I
could do with it.
"I saw areas that could be used
for boxing, karate, weight lifting
and recreation in this empty
building."
Gil didn't stop at just envisioning uses for the building. He put
his resources together, which
initially amount e ct to about
$3,500, and opened what is now

known as the Fresno Athletic
Gym.
"The gym, which borderlines
West Fresno and · the downtown
area, is located at 1921 Tuolumne and is open to the public,,,
said Sanchez.
The basic purpose of the gym
was to provide a recreational
center for minority kids, to give
them a place to go and do something constructive with their
spare time, said the boxing
trainer.
The boxing gym is totally nonprofit, according to Sanchez.Operating expenses come to about
$450 a month and these expenses
are met -by renting out the various spaces within the building.
The occupants of the building
include the karate school which
is operated by Mike McCoy, boxing facilities handled by Sanchez,
two business offices that cater to
the Chicano community, and
space is available for weight-

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Calendario
Bicenfinario
de Nov .-Dec.
November
20th, 1968: Los Angeles
United Mexican American Students (UMAS) picket the Mexican
consulate in a solidarity march
for Mexican students protesting
the Olympics in Mexico City.
21st, 1922: Leavenworth, Kansas - Ricardo Flores Magan..,
leader of the Mexican Liberal
Party and fighter for social reform, dies a political prisoner
in federal custody.
22nd, 1857: New Mexico-Mexican ox-cart freighters rebel
against Anglo efforts to force
them out of business: this is
known as the Cart Wars of 1957.
23rd, 1859: South Texas -Juan
Cortina issues a proclamation to
Chicanos in South Texas from
his stronghold at the Rancho de
Carmen in Cameron County.
24th, 1875: Los Angeles - La
C ronica reprints a news item
from San Diego that the U.S. will
soon annex Baja California and
other northern Mexican territories.
25th, 1859: Brownsville -Juan
Nepomuceno Cortina's mendrive
the Texas Rangers and Brownsville Tigers, an Anglo group,
back to Brownsville. Cortina was
showing that Chicanos despised
gringo abuse.
26th, 1927: El Paso - PhelpsDodge Corp. says it will build a
$3 million copper refinery only
if Congress kills a bill to limit
Mexi _an immigration, their
source of cheap labor.
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 1)

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I lifting facilities if anyone is interested, said Sanchez.
The gym has been visited by
many of boxing's present and past
fighters, including ex-welterweight contender Gabe Terronez,
ex-light heavyweight contender
Wayne Thornton, ex-heavyweight
contender
Mac Foster (who
fought fifteen rounds with Muhammad Ali), ex-middleweight
champion Ceferino Garcia and
Armando Muniz, a ,leading middleweight contender.
Plans for the future include
bringing ex-lightweight champion
Bobby Chacon in the latter part
of December and for bringing in
two leading boxing contenders
from Guadalajara, Mexico to
fight out of Fresno.
Sanchez feels he needs a professional fighter to serve as a
model for boxing aspirants, so
he along with boxing promoter
Pete Rokas are bringing in the
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 1)

Wednesday, Nov. 19, 1975
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Tournament ·set Fri.-Sat.
by Eddie C a r rillo
The First Annual Chicano Bas. ketball Tournament is scheduled
to become a reality the weekend
of Nov. 21 and 22.
After much discussion and
planning, Delta Alpha Chi has
decided to sponsor the tournament with hopes of establishing
a scholarship fund for Chicano
and Chicana athletes.
According to Luis Ambriz,
president of the Chicano fraternity, "the purpose of the 'tournament is to raise scholarships for
the athletes and to give the fraternitv an opportunity to become

Precinct
walkers
for Perez

involved with functions of this
nature."

at 8 p.m. hy La Raza Faculty
against the Soccormen.

Six teams will be competing
in the tournament. Tl1ey are the
Parlier Five, La Raza Faculty,
MECHA, the Soccormen, CheMislang, and Jack's.

On S a tu r d a y play will resume at l p.m. with the winners
of games one and two facing the
Parlier Five and Che-Mislang.

Action begins on F' riday evening at 7 p.m. with MECHA
going against Jack's, followed

Consolation finals will be held
at 3 p.rn. followed by the cham pionship game which will be
played at 4 p.m.

The championship team will be
treated Jo Chicano refreshments
by La Raza Faculty at the end of
the two-day tournament.
For more information regarding the tournamen~ be at this
Thurday's MECHA _meeting.
All games will be played in
the CSUF gymnasium this weekend.

Parlier' comite claims board
ignores unsafe gym pleas

by Ramon Perez
Parlier Affairs Writer
For three years Parlier High
School students have occupied
an unsafe gym, and parents in the
Parlier Unified School D1 strict
are upset that they have only
been informed recently of the
Teresa Perez, candidate for
danger their children were risksupervisorial district three,
ing.
plans to hold a general precinct
The issue was brought to the
walk to canvass votes on Saturattention of the community of
day, Nov. 22, and Sunday, Nov.
Parlier by el Comite de la Colo23.
nia, an organization formed to
In a recent interview, the canupgrade the educational system
didate said the campaign is still
in the community.
seeking volunteer workers to doMrs. Amy Garcia, spokesnate their time at the headquarperson for El Comite, said the
ters or for walking precincts.
Parlier School Board did not take
action when they learned of the
On Nov. 29 there will be a
damages in 1972.
benefit dance for her campaign in
u A suit may be filed against
Firebaugh. The dance will be
the school district if proof of
sponsored by the Firebaugh chapnegligence in not having tak~n
ter of MAPA (Mexican Am~rican
action on the issue is presented,"
Political Association).
said Garcia.
Also planned for the future is
However, another question
another benefit dance on Dec. 6.
which has risen is- what it will
For more information on this
cost to repair the structure, or
dance, or for general informaif it can be adequately repaired
tion concerning the campaign,
at all.
call campaign headquarters at
A spokesman for the district
233-4451, or stop by the Fresno
office at 1020 Divisadero, at the · said it would cost approximately
$8,000 to repair the gym. But,
corner of Van Ness.

his jurisdiction and deferred furaccording to Ben Tamez and other
community people, a county - ther questions to a state representative.
building inspector who was asked
It has been learned state into view the structure said it
specto1·s have upheld the discould not be repaired and would
trict's appraisal, but no official
have to be torn down and rebuilt.
position has yet been issued.
The inspector did not want to be
"The parents of the students
identified or make a public comment because he said it wasn't ·
(Continued on Page 4, Col. _l)

SHADOWS OF DANGER lurk inside the Parlier High gym. (Photo by
Ramon Perez)

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2-THE(DAILY COLLEGIAN

Wednesday, November 19, 1975

Will LRS be departmentalized?
by Helen Gonzales
For some people May 1975
brings back the memories of
finishing the spring semester
and many crash hours of studying
for finals.
However, for many CSUF Chicanos it brings back memories
of cold nights spent camped in
front of the Thomas AdministraUon Building or the threatened
resignation of all La Raza Studies
instructors.
·
The non-violent demonstration
was held last May 1975 against
the policies of campus administrators, chiefly CSUF President
Norman Baxter. It centered
around five issues.
A brief summary of each includes: 1) Departmentalization of
La Raza Studies. La Ra z a
Studies, after years of preparation, had met all the requirements for departmentalization in
1975. The administration then inserted an additional requirement
which made departmentalization
virhlally impossible for La Raza
Studies for five years.
2) Asian-American Students
were excluded from the selection
process of hiring faculty for their
program. Also, otberdepartment
representatives were makingdecisions affecting students with no
student input.
3) The School of Education had
only one minority faculty member and, it was charged, the
School's curriculum was not sensitive to ethnic groups. CHE
(Chicanos in E du c a ti o n , a
MECHA committee) had heen ·
trying to obtain statistical data
related to the number of Chicanos in the School of Education,
the number of Chicano instruc- .
tors and the number of courses

relating to the Chicano child.
Repeated efforts to obtain this
inform a ti on from then-Dean
Ralph Evans, Academic VicePresident Swanson and President
Baxter had been unsuccessful.
4) Affirmative Action Parity
taking place in employment for
minorities is required by federal
law. The only parity shown for
'.fhird World People at CSUF
was in their representation at
the lowest classification of faculty employment.
5) Associated S tu d en t Body
elections were, the protesters
charged, another example ofdiscrimination. In 1974, nine minority slate candidates won most
of the ASB Senate positions and
the presidency. A series of protests were lodged, one citing six
ballots more than there were
signatures. As a result, the election was invalidated by the CSUF
administration.
In 1975 an Anglo slate won
most of the Senate positions and
the presidency. Chicanos lodged
a series of valid protests, one
citing 30 more hallots than there
were signatures. However, this
time the administration refused
to invalidate the election results.
After a week of negut1atio11s,
agreements had · heen made between Chicano students, faculty
and CSU1'' administrators. Re·sults included:
1) Departmentalization - La
Raza Studies could become a departm_ent by borrowing tenured
faculty from other dl!partments
to make the needed five tenured
positions. Academic Vice-President Swanson signed a statement
of commitment that LRS would
he~ome a departhient. Faculty

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would become effective as of
November, 1975.
2) Asian students were given
voting power in the selection of
faculty for their program.
3) School of Education - data
requested was partially answered • .Formation of committees with minority students to
work in the hiring of faculty in
the School and student input ln
the selection of curriculum was
implemented.
4) Affirr:native Action - Guarantees from the administration
that CSUF will increase affirmative action efforts were secured.
5) Associated Student Body
election - President Baxter refused to call for another election.
Three senators, who had been
illegally vacated from their position by the ASB Student Court
were reinsh~ted.
Chicanos at last felt things had
heen accomplished.
·

However, the issue ot departmentalization must be brought up
once more. According to the
CSU F administration, no such
agreement for departmentalization exi_s ts this year. La Raza

Studies, although functioning totally as a department, retains the
status of a •program.• The reason - a lack of three tenured
faculty, the same stipulation that
halted La Raza Studies from becoming a department last year!
Tenure is obtained after a faculty member with a terminal degree or its equivalent has taught
as an associate professor for at
least three years. This criteria
has been a "protective means"
for CSUF administrators to deny
La Raza Studies its well-deserved status as a department.
However, before the recent
changes of criteria for departmentalization, the CSUF administration had granted departmen- .
talization to a program with only
two faculty members.
La Raza Studies has a faculty
of 12 instructors, some part
time, a program coordinator,
clerical staff and an allocated
budget from CSUF. The administration cannot use the argument
that departmentalization of LRS
would be costly to CSUF.
But no more money would be
needed if La Raza Studies was
to become a department. Departmentalization could be a

Musical' headed for · Detroit
' by Tom U ribes
A local Chicano rock band,
which includes two CSUF students, left for Detroit Monday to
perform in a Chicano musical
stage production, believed to lJe
the first of its kind.
The Motamho Band (TMB), with
senior Steve Solano and freshman drummer Robert Romero,
joined forces with Teatro Barrio
Lihre of ·Parlier in producing
"Musical Evolution of the Chicano."
Slated for this weekend, the
production is to raise funds for
the Farmworkers' E~ucation
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The musical, blending the popular Chicano theatrics of the
Teatros with rock-type music, is
a drnam come true for Sola,no
and Barrio Libre director Chuey
Padron, a student at Colegio.
"I've always wanted to see a
Chicano musical happen," said
Solano. "It shows that we're not
stagnant. We're doing something
with our music. We're not just
trying to make a few lousy bucks.
As far as 1 know, this ls the
first such production ever."
The performance consists of
actos dealing with an historical
account of La Raza.
The two-hour performancedepicts the various stages through
which __ the Chicano experience
has evolved, explained Padron, .
from the indigenous eras, the
Spanisl\'' conquest, through Mexican folkloricos, to the Mexican
in the United States.
"It's an historical show with
plays and music woven together,"
s_aid Padron. "It's like a Chicano

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means of strengthening the existence of La Raza Studies faculty
and curriculu~.
The CSUF administration would
like to disperse the core faculty
of La Raza Studies by having
them teach in other departments.
The program then would be made
up of curriculum ·and not a core .
faculty. This is yet another
means of dispersing Chicano faculty and LRS program.
We must question President
Baxter on his list of priorities
when we see one of his "projects" for the betterment ofCSUF
is building a football stadium.
He still hasn't settled last year's
issue - departmentalization.
If every Chicano or interested
student took a La Raza Studies
course there would be over 1400
students in the program. The
CSUF administration would "handle" the status of departmentalization regardless of criteria!
Through your support as a Chicano or interested student, ·La
Raza Studies will become a department. Take a course in La
Raza Studies or contact President Norman Baxter and ask for
the status of departmentalization
for LRS.

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cabaret that has political and
social significa-nce. •
Motambo uses music ranging
from the Aztec indios to Freddy
Fender, said Solano, including
such artists as War, the Isley
Brothers, Daniel Valdez, and
the Blue Notes to complement the
drama of Teatro.
"Theatre is in need of music
and music is in need of theatre,"
he said.
The five-member Motambo,
like most contemporary music
groups, plays for private affairs
specializing in a blend of rocklatin-soul as well as Spanish
songs •
"Only Robert and I are in
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Wednesday, November 19, 1975

THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-3·.

Teatro perpetuates Chicano experience
by Tom Uribes
•perpetuating the Chicano experience through art" is one of
many intentions of El Teatro
Espiritu says La Raza Studies
coordinator Alex Saragoza.
Listed as La Raza 131, the
class in Chicano Theatre is one
of many offered by La Raza
studies that has as its goal the
teaching and preservation of Chicano culture, said Saragoza.
Saragoza heavily stresses student directions of productions.
This is where student director
Frank Riojas comes into the picture.
Riojas, who picked up some of
his skills from workshops sponsored by El Teatro Campesino,
explained that in El Teatro Espiritu, the actor specializes in
taking on the spirit of the characters involved - and at times
ad-libbing lines as the feeling
inspires.
"Through Teatro we try to
convey the injustices that La
Raza has endured," said the student director. "Hopefully one of
the things that will come out of
the class is that students will go
out and teach Teatro workshops,"
stressed the CSUF junior.
Presently, Saragoza and Riojas
are concentrating their efforts on
a tentative eight-day tour that
may take the Teatro to Washington and Idaho.
"Born when the surge of Chicano Teatros followed the emergence of the original Teatro, 'El

Teatro Cam pesino,' the class has
been in the school curriculum
since 1969," said Riojas.
The successful impact of El
Teatro Campesino showed our
p e o p le their situation in the
American society, continued the
husky student director,
It is with that realization in
mind that El Teatro Espiritu
directs its energies, exposing
the economic situation of our
people in the barrios, the racism
in our cities and in the educational system, agreed both Riojas and Saragoza.
·
"One of the biggest benefits for
the community is not only to
communicate the concerns of
Chicanos to non-Chicanos through
teatros, but simultaneously to
raise the consciousness level of
the Chicano community within
itself," said Saragoza.
"Through teatro, people can
actually see what's happening,
they get emotionally involved and
can identify with the action,"
Riojas said.
He added teatro can be more
effective than a speaker or a
CSUF Teatro performs. (Photo by Tomas Uribes)
textbook, pointing out that the
audience can somehow visualize
problems they encounter.
their own plays and express their
Studies 131 next semester, exwhat the actors are conveying.
feelings
of
the
hardship,
injusHe also urged CSU F students plaining that more actors are
"Teatros point out problems
tice or economic problems within to consider enrolling in La Raza forever needed.
or situations Chicanos must deal
their
own communities.
with, yet are worthless if a solution isn't shown within that
same acto," continued the jolly
Saragoza added to this by saystudent director.
ing he'd like to see Teatro inRiojas said he would like to clude more. actos that would resee more Teatro students write late -to the older Mejicano and

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by Mario Galvan
With fifteen years of struggle
and hardship tucked under his
belt, Freddie Fender, with his
charming blend of English and
Spanish lyrics interwoven in his
records, has become an overnight sensation.
Fender has been known
throughout the Southwest and
Mexico for the past 15 years
without really •making it in the
industry." It wasn't until his hit
single "Before the Next Teardrop
Falls" that Fender became visible to the public eye.
" And now with his •wasted Days
and Wasted Nights" he is still
climbing the charts to become one
of the most sought-after talents
in the industry. This Chicano has
now, after years of torment and
discrimination, reached the upper echelons of success.
So how is it that this Chicano
achieved a place among the greats
of the recording industry in this
Anglo-oriented society? Has his
sudden success deadened his sensitivity to the rest of "La.Raza"?
Freddie Fender was born in San
Benito, Texas, some 38 years ago
and christened Baldemar Huerta.
At the age of 1o he began singing,
learning his distinctive country
blues guitar by the time he was
11 and going on to join the Marines at the age of 16. Upon completing his tour of duty in 1956,
Fender and his comllo hit the Texas beer joint trail.
For the next four years Fender
recorded with several small labels, appealing mostly to the
Spanish audience. Especially enjoyable was his Spanish version
of Elvis Presley's ''Don't Be
Cruel."
Then in 1960 came the start of
a tragic experience. Fender was ·
playing in Baton Rouge "when the
police came up on the bandstand
and busted me for grass. They
found ome seeds in the house I
was staying in and I ended up with
five years in jail. I served three,

played my music on weekends and
when I got outl continued to play."
After his ordeal with the law,
Fender played for the next eight
years throughout the Southwest,
making himself something of a
local legend. By 1971 he added
a little more to his life by enrolling in college and studying sociology, planning to work with juveniles and ex-cons.
"Since I'd been in the pen, I
figured nobody was in
better.
position than me to do that kind
of thing," Fender said.
That same year Huey P. Meaux,
the legendary Texas producer,
realized the extreme artistic
sensitivity and tremendous talent
within Freddie Fender. From
that point on, the two began what
was to be a three-year building
process in which this Chicano
would relay his message through
the best vehicle he knew, his
songs.

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LPswere cut onMeaux'sCrazy
Cajun and Starflite labels and in
1974 •Before the Next Teardrop
Falls" was released. Dot Recording picked it up later and the
rest is history.
Fender has remained unaffected by his tremendous success.
He still likes simple rock, and
will not abandon the blend of English ancf Spanish lyrics he was
doing long before he became the
sensation he is now. His music
is a wonderful mix of blues, rock,
soul, country and, of course, Latin with a tinge of AMOR.
To many, Fender has become
the guiding light in a dark and
lifeless tunnel. They say his music, Chicano-country, has been
created to depict a new era in the
history of the brown people in
this labeled "free" country.
His success and the fact that
Freddie Fender is Chicano all a<ld
to the thought that even the downgraded "Raza" can beat the discrimination of this society.
Freddie Fender depicts a uew
type of Chicano. Not a political
one, but rather a creative one that

has imbedded within himself the
Aztec characteristic of pride.
Pride in oneself and one's ability.
Truly to emphasize the fact
"Si se puede."

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Chicano musical

Wednesday, November 19, 1975

Meetings and a.nnouncemenls
TAtOMA
The media workshop scheduled
by TACOMA (Television Advisory Committee of MexicanAmericans) for Saturday, Nov.
16, was rescheduled for Saturday, Dec. 6.
Information regarding the
workshop can be obtained by
phoning El Concilio de Fresno
at 233-3376.

HA
' '':is week's MECHA meetin,g

•1t; be held in the International

the UnitedChurchCenter,located
at 1343 E. Barstow Ave. from
7-11 p.m.

Room on Thursday from 12-2.

CHE
Chicanos in Higher Education
(CHE) will be meeting on
Wednesdays from 12-2.

Trabaiadores

Semana

Trabajadores will be meeting
on Wedne~days in the College
Union, room 309.

Semana Comite will be meeting
on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m.

Macias
Ysidro Macias of La Raza
Studies has contributed two plays,
"Marti Montezuma• and "The
Ultimate Pendejada," to the anthology "Contemporary Chicano
Theatre," published hy the University of Notre Dame Press.

Sock Hop
On Saturday, Nov. 22, the CSUF
Marching Band will present the
first annual "Sock Hop" dance at

Calendario
(Continued from Page 1)
27th, 1826~ San Gabriel, Alta
California - Jedediah Smith, an
Anglo trapper, is arrested and
taken before the governor of Alta
California for_ invading Mexican
ten;itory.
28th, 1927: El Paso - El Paso
Times reports Chambers of
Commerce along the border have
begun an "intensive drive"
against bill limiting Mexican immigration.
29th, 1831: San Diego -a junta
of Californios' military officers
rebels against the Mexican government, hut is later defeated hy

Career Day
The School of Graduate Studies
and the campus EOP are sponsoring a Graduate Career Day
today in the College Union Lounge
area from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The purpose is to provide information on graduate study
opportunities to undergraduate
students and other interested
persons.
A special effort will be made
to interest minority students in
the possibilities of graduate professional studies.
There will be stations for each
of the schools, financial aids,
counseling and placement.
In addition, an off-campus law
school and an off-campus medical
school will be represented.

a force of 46 foreigners residing
in the area who declare loyalty
to Mexico.

December
1st, 1854: Southwest - William
Pelham is appointed the first U.S.
Surveyor General, whose function
is to deal with private land titles,
as Mexico would have_dealt with
land grants. But he failed; lte
didn't know Spanish.
2nd, 19G9: San Francisco-Suit
filed by 13 Chicanos with California Rural Legal A.ssistance
(CRLA) aid charging government
officials with ignoring "free milk
for school childre11" laws.

(Continued from Paie 2)
college," said Solano. •The rest
have jobs or concentrate on music. They're dedicated young
musicians."
Teatro Barrio Libre has been
together for two and a half years
. and every Christmas they present
a performance on the Virgen de
Guadalupe ·in Parlier.
This annual performance will
be held for three consecutive
weekends beginning Dec. 1 ~ which
in the past has attracted 800
people, according to Padron.
"It's like a ritual," said Solano. "It's beautiful. You actually
get al'.I aesthetic high."
Padron said the performance in
Parlier probably will not be a
musical as they will have only
10 days to prepare upon their
return from Detroit.
through Colegio director Tomas
Gonzalez, materialized as a result of a visit to Gon~alez from a
friend, Jerry Curtis, who contracts weekly concert performances for Detroit's st. Aloysius

Catholic Diocese.
When the promoter was informed of the Teatro and its intention of producing a Chicano
musical, he as~d Padron if they
would be willing to go to Detroit
and perform.
"It was a stroke ofluck. Something out of the clear blue sky,"
he added. •Steve said he could
have the band ready in a few
months so I took the opportunity."
They will be paid by that Michigan diocese for one concert performance followed by three· more
performances for the public who
will pay an admission price, he
said.

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attending Parlier High School will
not allow them to enterthegym,"
said Garcia. "And we are not going to let them enter until we
receive a written co1i'1 rnitment
from the hoard guaranteeing our
children's safety."
The community Center has offered use of its facilities, free
of charge, to the district.
"There are other problems

Gym
(Continued from Page 1)
two boxers from Mexico, hopefully to serve as models.
Pete Rokas, who promotes
closed circuit and live boxing
cards at Fresno's Wilson Theater, feels the boxing gym 1s "the
best thing that ever happened in
Fresno and in the state of California."
"The fact the gym combines
the karate, boxing, weight lifting
and recreational areas is a plus
because there isn't another gym
of. its kind in the state," said
Rokas.
Both men agreed that education
is a must for these kids whether
they are boxing, karate, or weight
lifting aspirants. They feel the
gym serves as an outlet for
these youngsters and allows them
to release their energies.
The gym is open seven days a
week, from noon to 10 p.m. and
is aimed specifically for minority kids, giving them a place to
go and a chance to get involved.

that we a re con<"e rned with which
also affect the .sal't!ty of our
children," said Mrs. Garcia.
"The fin1 alarm.s are nut all in
working condition. Also, some of
the school cars are u11lawf11l to
use for tra11sportin~ people. We
al.so hav<~ a prul>lL•m with the .stadium lig-hts, which 111ake.s it impo.ssihh• to have night games.
Another prohlt>ms which has also
con Hi to our attention is with the
huses.
"Tlwse are prohlem.s which
will have to he given some attention," .said Garl'ia. "Our pre.sent
prnhlem is the lt•akage in the
gym. It b so had that it is not
a gym anymore hut ~ratl11:>1· a
s0011-to-llt> swimming pool."

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by Ernesto Moreno
Walking up the steep stairs of
a building that formerly housed
a local business college, one
would not suspect he is entering
a combination boxing gym, kara~e
school, and recreational area.
The gym is a dream-cometrue for Gil Sanchez, who has
lived in the Fresno area since
195:h He has been involved in
boxing as a trainer-manager for
the last fifteen years.
As Sanchez described it, "I
spotted the empty building and
asked the manager if I could see
it. Once inside I saw what I
could do with it.
"I saw areas that could be used
for boxing, karate, weight lifting
and recreation in this empty
building."
Gil didn't stop at just envisioning uses for the building. He put
his resources together, which
initially amount e ct to about
$3,500, and opened what is now

known as the Fresno Athletic
Gym.
"The gym, which borderlines
West Fresno and · the downtown
area, is located at 1921 Tuolumne and is open to the public,,,
said Sanchez.
The basic purpose of the gym
was to provide a recreational
center for minority kids, to give
them a place to go and do something constructive with their
spare time, said the boxing
trainer.
The boxing gym is totally nonprofit, according to Sanchez.Operating expenses come to about
$450 a month and these expenses
are met -by renting out the various spaces within the building.
The occupants of the building
include the karate school which
is operated by Mike McCoy, boxing facilities handled by Sanchez,
two business offices that cater to
the Chicano community, and
space is available for weight-

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Calendario
Bicenfinario
de Nov .-Dec.
November
20th, 1968: Los Angeles
United Mexican American Students (UMAS) picket the Mexican
consulate in a solidarity march
for Mexican students protesting
the Olympics in Mexico City.
21st, 1922: Leavenworth, Kansas - Ricardo Flores Magan..,
leader of the Mexican Liberal
Party and fighter for social reform, dies a political prisoner
in federal custody.
22nd, 1857: New Mexico-Mexican ox-cart freighters rebel
against Anglo efforts to force
them out of business: this is
known as the Cart Wars of 1957.
23rd, 1859: South Texas -Juan
Cortina issues a proclamation to
Chicanos in South Texas from
his stronghold at the Rancho de
Carmen in Cameron County.
24th, 1875: Los Angeles - La
C ronica reprints a news item
from San Diego that the U.S. will
soon annex Baja California and
other northern Mexican territories.
25th, 1859: Brownsville -Juan
Nepomuceno Cortina's mendrive
the Texas Rangers and Brownsville Tigers, an Anglo group,
back to Brownsville. Cortina was
showing that Chicanos despised
gringo abuse.
26th, 1927: El Paso - PhelpsDodge Corp. says it will build a
$3 million copper refinery only
if Congress kills a bill to limit
Mexi _an immigration, their
source of cheap labor.
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 1)

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I lifting facilities if anyone is interested, said Sanchez.
The gym has been visited by
many of boxing's present and past
fighters, including ex-welterweight contender Gabe Terronez,
ex-light heavyweight contender
Wayne Thornton, ex-heavyweight
contender
Mac Foster (who
fought fifteen rounds with Muhammad Ali), ex-middleweight
champion Ceferino Garcia and
Armando Muniz, a ,leading middleweight contender.
Plans for the future include
bringing ex-lightweight champion
Bobby Chacon in the latter part
of December and for bringing in
two leading boxing contenders
from Guadalajara, Mexico to
fight out of Fresno.
Sanchez feels he needs a professional fighter to serve as a
model for boxing aspirants, so
he along with boxing promoter
Pete Rokas are bringing in the
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Tournament ·set Fri.-Sat.
by Eddie C a r rillo
The First Annual Chicano Bas. ketball Tournament is scheduled
to become a reality the weekend
of Nov. 21 and 22.
After much discussion and
planning, Delta Alpha Chi has
decided to sponsor the tournament with hopes of establishing
a scholarship fund for Chicano
and Chicana athletes.
According to Luis Ambriz,
president of the Chicano fraternity, "the purpose of the 'tournament is to raise scholarships for
the athletes and to give the fraternitv an opportunity to become

Precinct
walkers
for Perez

involved with functions of this
nature."

at 8 p.m. hy La Raza Faculty
against the Soccormen.

Six teams will be competing
in the tournament. Tl1ey are the
Parlier Five, La Raza Faculty,
MECHA, the Soccormen, CheMislang, and Jack's.

On S a tu r d a y play will resume at l p.m. with the winners
of games one and two facing the
Parlier Five and Che-Mislang.

Action begins on F' riday evening at 7 p.m. with MECHA
going against Jack's, followed

Consolation finals will be held
at 3 p.rn. followed by the cham pionship game which will be
played at 4 p.m.

The championship team will be
treated Jo Chicano refreshments
by La Raza Faculty at the end of
the two-day tournament.
For more information regarding the tournamen~ be at this
Thurday's MECHA _meeting.
All games will be played in
the CSUF gymnasium this weekend.

Parlier' comite claims board
ignores unsafe gym pleas

by Ramon Perez
Parlier Affairs Writer
For three years Parlier High
School students have occupied
an unsafe gym, and parents in the
Parlier Unified School D1 strict
are upset that they have only
been informed recently of the
Teresa Perez, candidate for
danger their children were risksupervisorial district three,
ing.
plans to hold a general precinct
The issue was brought to the
walk to canvass votes on Saturattention of the community of
day, Nov. 22, and Sunday, Nov.
Parlier by el Comite de la Colo23.
nia, an organization formed to
In a recent interview, the canupgrade the educational system
didate said the campaign is still
in the community.
seeking volunteer workers to doMrs. Amy Garcia, spokesnate their time at the headquarperson for El Comite, said the
ters or for walking precincts.
Parlier School Board did not take
action when they learned of the
On Nov. 29 there will be a
damages in 1972.
benefit dance for her campaign in
u A suit may be filed against
Firebaugh. The dance will be
the school district if proof of
sponsored by the Firebaugh chapnegligence in not having tak~n
ter of MAPA (Mexican Am~rican
action on the issue is presented,"
Political Association).
said Garcia.
Also planned for the future is
However, another question
another benefit dance on Dec. 6.
which has risen is- what it will
For more information on this
cost to repair the structure, or
dance, or for general informaif it can be adequately repaired
tion concerning the campaign,
at all.
call campaign headquarters at
A spokesman for the district
233-4451, or stop by the Fresno
office at 1020 Divisadero, at the · said it would cost approximately
$8,000 to repair the gym. But,
corner of Van Ness.

his jurisdiction and deferred furaccording to Ben Tamez and other
community people, a county - ther questions to a state representative.
building inspector who was asked
It has been learned state into view the structure said it
specto1·s have upheld the discould not be repaired and would
trict's appraisal, but no official
have to be torn down and rebuilt.
position has yet been issued.
The inspector did not want to be
"The parents of the students
identified or make a public comment because he said it wasn't ·
(Continued on Page 4, Col. _l)

SHADOWS OF DANGER lurk inside the Parlier High gym. (Photo by
Ramon Perez)

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Wednesday, November 19, 1975

Will LRS be departmentalized?
by Helen Gonzales
For some people May 1975
brings back the memories of
finishing the spring semester
and many crash hours of studying
for finals.
However, for many CSUF Chicanos it brings back memories
of cold nights spent camped in
front of the Thomas AdministraUon Building or the threatened
resignation of all La Raza Studies
instructors.
·
The non-violent demonstration
was held last May 1975 against
the policies of campus administrators, chiefly CSUF President
Norman Baxter. It centered
around five issues.
A brief summary of each includes: 1) Departmentalization of
La Raza Studies. La Ra z a
Studies, after years of preparation, had met all the requirements for departmentalization in
1975. The administration then inserted an additional requirement
which made departmentalization
virhlally impossible for La Raza
Studies for five years.
2) Asian-American Students
were excluded from the selection
process of hiring faculty for their
program. Also, otberdepartment
representatives were makingdecisions affecting students with no
student input.
3) The School of Education had
only one minority faculty member and, it was charged, the
School's curriculum was not sensitive to ethnic groups. CHE
(Chicanos in E du c a ti o n , a
MECHA committee) had heen ·
trying to obtain statistical data
related to the number of Chicanos in the School of Education,
the number of Chicano instruc- .
tors and the number of courses

relating to the Chicano child.
Repeated efforts to obtain this
inform a ti on from then-Dean
Ralph Evans, Academic VicePresident Swanson and President
Baxter had been unsuccessful.
4) Affirmative Action Parity
taking place in employment for
minorities is required by federal
law. The only parity shown for
'.fhird World People at CSUF
was in their representation at
the lowest classification of faculty employment.
5) Associated S tu d en t Body
elections were, the protesters
charged, another example ofdiscrimination. In 1974, nine minority slate candidates won most
of the ASB Senate positions and
the presidency. A series of protests were lodged, one citing six
ballots more than there were
signatures. As a result, the election was invalidated by the CSUF
administration.
In 1975 an Anglo slate won
most of the Senate positions and
the presidency. Chicanos lodged
a series of valid protests, one
citing 30 more hallots than there
were signatures. However, this
time the administration refused
to invalidate the election results.
After a week of negut1atio11s,
agreements had · heen made between Chicano students, faculty
and CSU1'' administrators. Re·sults included:
1) Departmentalization - La
Raza Studies could become a departm_ent by borrowing tenured
faculty from other dl!partments
to make the needed five tenured
positions. Academic Vice-President Swanson signed a statement
of commitment that LRS would
he~ome a departhient. Faculty

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would become effective as of
November, 1975.
2) Asian students were given
voting power in the selection of
faculty for their program.
3) School of Education - data
requested was partially answered • .Formation of committees with minority students to
work in the hiring of faculty in
the School and student input ln
the selection of curriculum was
implemented.
4) Affirr:native Action - Guarantees from the administration
that CSUF will increase affirmative action efforts were secured.
5) Associated Student Body
election - President Baxter refused to call for another election.
Three senators, who had been
illegally vacated from their position by the ASB Student Court
were reinsh~ted.
Chicanos at last felt things had
heen accomplished.
·

However, the issue ot departmentalization must be brought up
once more. According to the
CSU F administration, no such
agreement for departmentalization exi_s ts this year. La Raza

Studies, although functioning totally as a department, retains the
status of a •program.• The reason - a lack of three tenured
faculty, the same stipulation that
halted La Raza Studies from becoming a department last year!
Tenure is obtained after a faculty member with a terminal degree or its equivalent has taught
as an associate professor for at
least three years. This criteria
has been a "protective means"
for CSUF administrators to deny
La Raza Studies its well-deserved status as a department.
However, before the recent
changes of criteria for departmentalization, the CSUF administration had granted departmen- .
talization to a program with only
two faculty members.
La Raza Studies has a faculty
of 12 instructors, some part
time, a program coordinator,
clerical staff and an allocated
budget from CSUF. The administration cannot use the argument
that departmentalization of LRS
would be costly to CSUF.
But no more money would be
needed if La Raza Studies was
to become a department. Departmentalization could be a

Musical' headed for · Detroit
' by Tom U ribes
A local Chicano rock band,
which includes two CSUF students, left for Detroit Monday to
perform in a Chicano musical
stage production, believed to lJe
the first of its kind.
The Motamho Band (TMB), with
senior Steve Solano and freshman drummer Robert Romero,
joined forces with Teatro Barrio
Lihre of ·Parlier in producing
"Musical Evolution of the Chicano."
Slated for this weekend, the
production is to raise funds for
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Teatros with rock-type music, is
a drnam come true for Sola,no
and Barrio Libre director Chuey
Padron, a student at Colegio.
"I've always wanted to see a
Chicano musical happen," said
Solano. "It shows that we're not
stagnant. We're doing something
with our music. We're not just
trying to make a few lousy bucks.
As far as 1 know, this ls the
first such production ever."
The performance consists of
actos dealing with an historical
account of La Raza.
The two-hour performancedepicts the various stages through
which __ the Chicano experience
has evolved, explained Padron, .
from the indigenous eras, the
Spanisl\'' conquest, through Mexican folkloricos, to the Mexican
in the United States.
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means of strengthening the existence of La Raza Studies faculty
and curriculu~.
The CSUF administration would
like to disperse the core faculty
of La Raza Studies by having
them teach in other departments.
The program then would be made
up of curriculum ·and not a core .
faculty. This is yet another
means of dispersing Chicano faculty and LRS program.
We must question President
Baxter on his list of priorities
when we see one of his "projects" for the betterment ofCSUF
is building a football stadium.
He still hasn't settled last year's
issue - departmentalization.
If every Chicano or interested
student took a La Raza Studies
course there would be over 1400
students in the program. The
CSUF administration would "handle" the status of departmentalization regardless of criteria!
Through your support as a Chicano or interested student, ·La
Raza Studies will become a department. Take a course in La
Raza Studies or contact President Norman Baxter and ask for
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cabaret that has political and
social significa-nce. •
Motambo uses music ranging
from the Aztec indios to Freddy
Fender, said Solano, including
such artists as War, the Isley
Brothers, Daniel Valdez, and
the Blue Notes to complement the
drama of Teatro.
"Theatre is in need of music
and music is in need of theatre,"
he said.
The five-member Motambo,
like most contemporary music
groups, plays for private affairs
specializing in a blend of rocklatin-soul as well as Spanish
songs •
"Only Robert and I are in
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Teatro perpetuates Chicano experience
by Tom Uribes
•perpetuating the Chicano experience through art" is one of
many intentions of El Teatro
Espiritu says La Raza Studies
coordinator Alex Saragoza.
Listed as La Raza 131, the
class in Chicano Theatre is one
of many offered by La Raza
studies that has as its goal the
teaching and preservation of Chicano culture, said Saragoza.
Saragoza heavily stresses student directions of productions.
This is where student director
Frank Riojas comes into the picture.
Riojas, who picked up some of
his skills from workshops sponsored by El Teatro Campesino,
explained that in El Teatro Espiritu, the actor specializes in
taking on the spirit of the characters involved - and at times
ad-libbing lines as the feeling
inspires.
"Through Teatro we try to
convey the injustices that La
Raza has endured," said the student director. "Hopefully one of
the things that will come out of
the class is that students will go
out and teach Teatro workshops,"
stressed the CSUF junior.
Presently, Saragoza and Riojas
are concentrating their efforts on
a tentative eight-day tour that
may take the Teatro to Washington and Idaho.
"Born when the surge of Chicano Teatros followed the emergence of the original Teatro, 'El

Teatro Cam pesino,' the class has
been in the school curriculum
since 1969," said Riojas.
The successful impact of El
Teatro Campesino showed our
p e o p le their situation in the
American society, continued the
husky student director,
It is with that realization in
mind that El Teatro Espiritu
directs its energies, exposing
the economic situation of our
people in the barrios, the racism
in our cities and in the educational system, agreed both Riojas and Saragoza.
·
"One of the biggest benefits for
the community is not only to
communicate the concerns of
Chicanos to non-Chicanos through
teatros, but simultaneously to
raise the consciousness level of
the Chicano community within
itself," said Saragoza.
"Through teatro, people can
actually see what's happening,
they get emotionally involved and
can identify with the action,"
Riojas said.
He added teatro can be more
effective than a speaker or a
CSUF Teatro performs. (Photo by Tomas Uribes)
textbook, pointing out that the
audience can somehow visualize
problems they encounter.
their own plays and express their
Studies 131 next semester, exwhat the actors are conveying.
feelings
of
the
hardship,
injusHe also urged CSU F students plaining that more actors are
"Teatros point out problems
tice or economic problems within to consider enrolling in La Raza forever needed.
or situations Chicanos must deal
their
own communities.
with, yet are worthless if a solution isn't shown within that
same acto," continued the jolly
Saragoza added to this by saystudent director.
ing he'd like to see Teatro inRiojas said he would like to clude more. actos that would resee more Teatro students write late -to the older Mejicano and

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Spanish lyrics interwoven in his
records, has become an overnight sensation.
Fender has been known
throughout the Southwest and
Mexico for the past 15 years
without really •making it in the
industry." It wasn't until his hit
single "Before the Next Teardrop
Falls" that Fender became visible to the public eye.
" And now with his •wasted Days
and Wasted Nights" he is still
climbing the charts to become one
of the most sought-after talents
in the industry. This Chicano has
now, after years of torment and
discrimination, reached the upper echelons of success.
So how is it that this Chicano
achieved a place among the greats
of the recording industry in this
Anglo-oriented society? Has his
sudden success deadened his sensitivity to the rest of "La.Raza"?
Freddie Fender was born in San
Benito, Texas, some 38 years ago
and christened Baldemar Huerta.
At the age of 1o he began singing,
learning his distinctive country
blues guitar by the time he was
11 and going on to join the Marines at the age of 16. Upon completing his tour of duty in 1956,
Fender and his comllo hit the Texas beer joint trail.
For the next four years Fender
recorded with several small labels, appealing mostly to the
Spanish audience. Especially enjoyable was his Spanish version
of Elvis Presley's ''Don't Be
Cruel."
Then in 1960 came the start of
a tragic experience. Fender was ·
playing in Baton Rouge "when the
police came up on the bandstand
and busted me for grass. They
found ome seeds in the house I
was staying in and I ended up with
five years in jail. I served three,

played my music on weekends and
when I got outl continued to play."
After his ordeal with the law,
Fender played for the next eight
years throughout the Southwest,
making himself something of a
local legend. By 1971 he added
a little more to his life by enrolling in college and studying sociology, planning to work with juveniles and ex-cons.
"Since I'd been in the pen, I
figured nobody was in
better.
position than me to do that kind
of thing," Fender said.
That same year Huey P. Meaux,
the legendary Texas producer,
realized the extreme artistic
sensitivity and tremendous talent
within Freddie Fender. From
that point on, the two began what
was to be a three-year building
process in which this Chicano
would relay his message through
the best vehicle he knew, his
songs.

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LPswere cut onMeaux'sCrazy
Cajun and Starflite labels and in
1974 •Before the Next Teardrop
Falls" was released. Dot Recording picked it up later and the
rest is history.
Fender has remained unaffected by his tremendous success.
He still likes simple rock, and
will not abandon the blend of English ancf Spanish lyrics he was
doing long before he became the
sensation he is now. His music
is a wonderful mix of blues, rock,
soul, country and, of course, Latin with a tinge of AMOR.
To many, Fender has become
the guiding light in a dark and
lifeless tunnel. They say his music, Chicano-country, has been
created to depict a new era in the
history of the brown people in
this labeled "free" country.
His success and the fact that
Freddie Fender is Chicano all a<ld
to the thought that even the downgraded "Raza" can beat the discrimination of this society.
Freddie Fender depicts a uew
type of Chicano. Not a political
one, but rather a creative one that

has imbedded within himself the
Aztec characteristic of pride.
Pride in oneself and one's ability.
Truly to emphasize the fact
"Si se puede."

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Chicano musical

Wednesday, November 19, 1975

Meetings and a.nnouncemenls
TAtOMA
The media workshop scheduled
by TACOMA (Television Advisory Committee of MexicanAmericans) for Saturday, Nov.
16, was rescheduled for Saturday, Dec. 6.
Information regarding the
workshop can be obtained by
phoning El Concilio de Fresno
at 233-3376.

HA
' '':is week's MECHA meetin,g

•1t; be held in the International

the UnitedChurchCenter,located
at 1343 E. Barstow Ave. from
7-11 p.m.

Room on Thursday from 12-2.

CHE
Chicanos in Higher Education
(CHE) will be meeting on
Wednesdays from 12-2.

Trabaiadores

Semana

Trabajadores will be meeting
on Wedne~days in the College
Union, room 309.

Semana Comite will be meeting
on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m.

Macias
Ysidro Macias of La Raza
Studies has contributed two plays,
"Marti Montezuma• and "The
Ultimate Pendejada," to the anthology "Contemporary Chicano
Theatre," published hy the University of Notre Dame Press.

Sock Hop
On Saturday, Nov. 22, the CSUF
Marching Band will present the
first annual "Sock Hop" dance at

Calendario
(Continued from Page 1)
27th, 1826~ San Gabriel, Alta
California - Jedediah Smith, an
Anglo trapper, is arrested and
taken before the governor of Alta
California for_ invading Mexican
ten;itory.
28th, 1927: El Paso - El Paso
Times reports Chambers of
Commerce along the border have
begun an "intensive drive"
against bill limiting Mexican immigration.
29th, 1831: San Diego -a junta
of Californios' military officers
rebels against the Mexican government, hut is later defeated hy

Career Day
The School of Graduate Studies
and the campus EOP are sponsoring a Graduate Career Day
today in the College Union Lounge
area from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The purpose is to provide information on graduate study
opportunities to undergraduate
students and other interested
persons.
A special effort will be made
to interest minority students in
the possibilities of graduate professional studies.
There will be stations for each
of the schools, financial aids,
counseling and placement.
In addition, an off-campus law
school and an off-campus medical
school will be represented.

a force of 46 foreigners residing
in the area who declare loyalty
to Mexico.

December
1st, 1854: Southwest - William
Pelham is appointed the first U.S.
Surveyor General, whose function
is to deal with private land titles,
as Mexico would have_dealt with
land grants. But he failed; lte
didn't know Spanish.
2nd, 19G9: San Francisco-Suit
filed by 13 Chicanos with California Rural Legal A.ssistance
(CRLA) aid charging government
officials with ignoring "free milk
for school childre11" laws.

(Continued from Paie 2)
college," said Solano. •The rest
have jobs or concentrate on music. They're dedicated young
musicians."
Teatro Barrio Libre has been
together for two and a half years
. and every Christmas they present
a performance on the Virgen de
Guadalupe ·in Parlier.
This annual performance will
be held for three consecutive
weekends beginning Dec. 1 ~ which
in the past has attracted 800
people, according to Padron.
"It's like a ritual," said Solano. "It's beautiful. You actually
get al'.I aesthetic high."
Padron said the performance in
Parlier probably will not be a
musical as they will have only
10 days to prepare upon their
return from Detroit.
through Colegio director Tomas
Gonzalez, materialized as a result of a visit to Gon~alez from a
friend, Jerry Curtis, who contracts weekly concert performances for Detroit's st. Aloysius

Catholic Diocese.
When the promoter was informed of the Teatro and its intention of producing a Chicano
musical, he as~d Padron if they
would be willing to go to Detroit
and perform.
"It was a stroke ofluck. Something out of the clear blue sky,"
he added. •Steve said he could
have the band ready in a few
months so I took the opportunity."
They will be paid by that Michigan diocese for one concert performance followed by three· more
performances for the public who
will pay an admission price, he
said.

CAMPUS CALENDAR
THURSDAY ~

12 noon-The Iranian Students
Association will present sp_e akers in the CU lounge.
5 p.m .-Project Survival meeting will be held in CU 309. CSUF
professor Don Holms will lecture
on "nuclear sabotage."
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Parlier High School
(Continued from Page 1)
attending Parlier High School will
not allow them to enterthegym,"
said Garcia. "And we are not going to let them enter until we
receive a written co1i'1 rnitment
from the hoard guaranteeing our
children's safety."
The community Center has offered use of its facilities, free
of charge, to the district.
"There are other problems

Gym
(Continued from Page 1)
two boxers from Mexico, hopefully to serve as models.
Pete Rokas, who promotes
closed circuit and live boxing
cards at Fresno's Wilson Theater, feels the boxing gym 1s "the
best thing that ever happened in
Fresno and in the state of California."
"The fact the gym combines
the karate, boxing, weight lifting
and recreational areas is a plus
because there isn't another gym
of. its kind in the state," said
Rokas.
Both men agreed that education
is a must for these kids whether
they are boxing, karate, or weight
lifting aspirants. They feel the
gym serves as an outlet for
these youngsters and allows them
to release their energies.
The gym is open seven days a
week, from noon to 10 p.m. and
is aimed specifically for minority kids, giving them a place to
go and a chance to get involved.

that we a re con<"e rned with which
also affect the .sal't!ty of our
children," said Mrs. Garcia.
"The fin1 alarm.s are nut all in
working condition. Also, some of
the school cars are u11lawf11l to
use for tra11sportin~ people. We
al.so hav<~ a prul>lL•m with the .stadium lig-hts, which 111ake.s it impo.ssihh• to have night games.
Another prohlt>ms which has also
con Hi to our attention is with the
huses.
"Tlwse are prohlem.s which
will have to he given some attention," .said Garl'ia. "Our pre.sent
prnhlem is the lt•akage in the
gym. It b so had that it is not
a gym anymore hut ~ratl11:>1· a
s0011-to-llt> swimming pool."

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