La Voz de Aztlan, October 10 1977
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La Voz de Aztlan, October 10 1977
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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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10/10/1977
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Students March
In Bakke Protest
By Cindy Cabrera
An 8-mile demonstration march Wednesday from CSUF to
the courthouse downtown served
as a local response to the
nationwide protests over the
controversial Bakke decision
now before the US Supreme
court.
It was co-sponsored by the
Fresno Anti-Bakke Demonstration Coalition and the CSUF
and Fresno City College MEC-
hAs.
A statewide protest is set
for October 15 when a demonstration march will be held
at San Francisco federal building.
At top, students near their destiny at federal courthouse in their Smile walk last We dnesday. At bottom, tired students rf!st in courthouse park durin g another chapter of minority struggle to attain
equal opportunitieso (photos by Felix Contreras and Tomas Uribes).
LRS Saga Flares
As Volpp Responds
By Dianne Sol is
& Tomas Uribes
A grievance expected to
be filed today or tomor r ow
-for a former La Raza Studies
( LRS )
lecturer
Jorge
Corralejo, and the failure of
Louis Volpp, vice-president
of academic affairs, to appear
at a scheduled meeting with
six MEChA Board members
fuels the latest sparks in the
La Raza Studies controversy.
The controversy cer.iters
around Volpp's rejection of
the
La Raza Studies Program's nomination of Cor r al~jo as a tenured tr ack professor and the alleged subsequent refusal of a
LAS
request to hi re him ful l-time
by someone who met the qualby somenoe wh'.) mei the qualifications as speci fi ed in a
job announcement.
Vol pp cited Corra l~j.)' :.; i ~ck
of a Ph.D. as one of three
reasons for his reje ction and
blames LAS for " botc hi 1g"
the job announcemen~ by requi ring a Ph.D.
The job announcement I isted
the position
as Associate
Prof2ssor / Assistant Professor / Lecturer. Qua! i f ications were a Ph.D.
According to Corralejo,
Dr. Rir;'lard Spangler, Dean
of th~ ScJ1~).:, i : f Social Sciences, said that since the job
ann0uno:.:'::ment was 11 vague",
Vol pp had the flexibility to
go anyway he wanted since
some lecturers do not have
doctrate degrees.
However, Vol pp firmly maintained,
"The job announcement said a Ph.D. was requi red.
There was nothing
about a:-i eq.:.iivilent or anything
else. There was no proposal
that something in I ieu of a
doctrate was appropriate in
this insi ance.''
Eut Alex Saragoza, r~rmer
LAS coordinator, c:>1tended
that there was such 1 "pro.
posal".
Saragoza said Vo l po s;.g :-eed
last semester h a meeting
that a non-Ph.D. candidate
would be permissabl e lf there
was a possibi !i t1 t"la t tl1e best
candidate did not have :1. d•:>ctrate.
But with Volp n'~ r:= f'.ln! of
the
nomination, Dr. Jes ·.i s
Lu ·n, L. i1S c:>ordinator i~:,: ~d
✓ olp~ h
i1i r e Cor, at::; ,, 'J •l
an interim basis .... ntil the
position was filled as · spcci ..
fied.
Volpp re;>orted 1y refused.
Corralejo has sought legal
counsel
with a pr :> fts 5ors
union, United Profossors of
California '(UPC).
Warren
Kessler,
state president of
UPC and former CSUF philosophy te~cher, said the campus
Allan Bakke, is a white student who applied for admission to the medical school at
the University of Davis in 1973
and in 1974.
Rejected both times, Bakke
alleged he was the victim of
"reverse discrimination." He
claims he was rejected because
he was white and that "less
qua Ii fi ed" students we re admitted through a Special Admissions program.
Sixteen out of 100 slots are
set aside under an affirmative
action program designed to increase the number of Chicano,
black, Asian and American Indian doctors in the state of
California. Claiming that this
quota system is discriminatory
and unconstitutional, Bakke won
the support of the California
-SUpreme Court which declared
the UC Davis plan unconstitutional.
The university appealed to
the U.S. Supreme Court and
is waiting to have its case
heard this month.
Many civil rights groups
tried to dissuade the university from appealing; because
CSUF Teatro To·
Play For SF .March
CSU F's Teatro def Espi ri- •
tu will perform in San Francisco Saturday for the statewide Anti-Bakke demonstration
march there.
rather than allow the issue to
be decided on a national basis
by the conservative Burger court, they hoped to confine the
damage to California.
Also, some groups contend
the regents sought Bakke's action so the courts would abo1ish the programs and free the
university from helping minorities.
In response to the issue,
minority and civil rights groups
throughout the nation are staging protests to show the Supreme Court their deep concern.
The Fresno mar<:h which
began from CSU F's free speech
area at I :30 proceeded to the
Fresno County Courthouse in
downtown Fresno, via Cedar
and Tulare Avenues. Fresno
City College participants, who
began their march from FCC,
joined CSUF participants on
Tulare Avenu·:.
Before the marchers settled in front of the Courthouse
to I isten to a host of speakers,
they marched in front of the
federal building and on the mall.
Starting off the speakers list
was e ii ly Wright, coordinator
for operation PUSH(People United to Save Humanity). He
stressed that a coal it ion of al I
oppressed people is needed and
that it would be the most effective tool in fighting discrimination.
Renda! I Mabey, a former
philosophy instructor at CSUt-,
stated that the root of the problem was "a system that turned everybody against each other
by the few who reaped the profits." He cited an instance inwhich he felt discriminated against in trying to obtain employment;
although he was qua! itled for
the position, he was passed
over for- a minority to meet
affirmative action requirem-
ents.
Ben Garza, a member of the
local Anti-Eakke-Decision-Coal it ion felt that the Bakke decision is "a directattaok against
Third World People, their struggles for full equality, andmust
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MEChA Plans 5th CYC
Alfonso Guzman, a CSUF
senior and former Fresno5Panish - station disc-jockey,
was ,,,~cU·J cl1:,.:.•:Hrson of
nference committee last week.
The annual effort to bring
minority high school and junior college students onto the
campus enters its fifth year.
Sponsored by MEChA, it
is designed to encourage minorities to seek higher education.
Its first two years, the
CYC drew 200-500 stJdents.
The p!ist two years,
over
1,000 siu1r·r1i: :1,. ,e converged
on campus in wha·c observers
have described as one of the
largest single recruitment efforts made by a CSUF group.
The students represent nearly 50 ~igh schools throughout
California and five junior c Jlleges in the San Joaquin Val-
ley and are exposed t-::, the
various scho;,i 'i ,)n .;-1:nprJs
as we! I as choosing from 20
general interest workshops•,..
uch as "La Chicana' 1 and
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Gangs Ir. The Barrio."
It is supported by La Raza Studies, Educational Opportunity Program, and the
Economics Opportunity Commission.
A tentative date of January 21, 1978 has. been set
for the conference.
Other officers selected to
coordinate
activities
are:
Juan _Ocampo, vice-chairperson; Maria Correa, secretary; Celina Dominguez, treasurer; Lydia Roque, general
surer; Lydia R·:>Q·Je, career
workshops; Valentina Sepulveda, entertainment; John Lopez, nutr-ition; Tom Uribes,
magazi 1e; Becky Vasquez,
general interest workshops.
The CYC committee mee~s
Wed;'lesdays at 5:00 p.m. in
College Union room ~05 and
is still
seeking assistance
from students.
1st Chicano
Magazine
Set For CSUF
For the first time at CSUF
plans to publish a Chicano magazine are underway.
The magazine, whic_h will be a~
expansion of the Chicano Yout .
Conference brochure, will contain
poetry, ·1iterature, photography
and art reported CYC brochure
editor Tom Uribes.
He saidthe staff wel_co~es
members. The firstorgan1zat1on
meeting will be Tuesday, 00 11
at 5:30 pm in the College union.
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laVo:z-2 . Monday, October 10,1977
Bakke Hypocrisy:
"less Qualified
Whites Admitted"
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OAKL)\ND Allan Bakke, whose
"REVERSE DISCRIMINATION"
suit is pending before the United
states supreme Court, may have
been rejected for medical school
in favor of less qualified but
politically · potent whites rather
tlian less qualified minorities,
according to the East Bay Voice
a Socialist newspaper.
The East Bay Voice said the
year Bakke first applied, 1973,
five
persons ranking below
Bakke were admitted to the
school on the order of the dean,
John Tupper.
Bakke sued the University of
California at Davis arguing he
was wrongly denied admission
because the school set a goal
of 16 places out of 100 for disadvantaged minorities.
Bakke won the case in the
California Supreme Court and
the university appealed to the
U.S. Supreme Court. The case
now invites a landmark ruling
on whether affirmative action
programs throughout the nation
are constitutional.
The Socialist monthly newspaper said in the trial court
the university did not defend itself as strongly as possible because they did not disclose lesser
qualified whites were also admitted.
Such a disclosure could have
permitted the trial court to order
Bakke's admission without outlawing the special admissions
program for minorities which
the university was defending••
Neither Tupper nor the University commented on the newspaper's assertions.
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Volpp
Gives Conseios
Editorial
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In our first issue of La Voz, one of our
staff reporters wrote an article about the
rejection of Jorge Corralejo's nomination to
teach in La Raza Studies and the Economic
Department.
The article also dealt with the
LRS cutbacks. The head I ine was, LA RAZA,
CORnALEJO GETTiNG THE SHAFT.
Our reporter contacted instructors to vouch
for Corralejo's qualifications.
Interviewed.
were Dr. Taniguchi, of the economics dept.,
Dr. Jesus Luna of La Raza studies and Lily Small, affirmative action officer. Throughout the article, Dr. Louis P. Volpp, Academic Affairs-Vice President, was mentioned.
He was not interviewed because our reporter
could not 9ontact him.
He was mentioned
because VolP.P was responsible for many of
the decisions mentioned in the article.
The day after pub I ication, ·vol pp requested
that our repporter and myself arrange a meeting. Why he was overly concerned about this
article baffled my mind.
The meeting was arranged. When we entered
his office, Dr. Vol pp and to my surprise
Lily Smal I, greeted us warmly.
We sat down and proceeded to undergo
what can only be described as an attempt
to furth'e r harass Chicanos at CSU F, with
Volpp playing the self-proclaimed role of a
journal ism instructor.
Vol pp nit-picked at ,
many little items to harass us on. He also
criticized our attempt to deal with a serious
student concern.
Criticism · is welcome, but
Volpp was obviously huring from the "bad
press", and his claims of 'i rresponsible journal ism are probably a typical administration smokescreen.
Maybe it's easy for Dr.
Volpp to say it was irresponsible journalism
because he was searching for a defense mechanism.
Perhaps what pissed Dr. Vol pp
off was that truth was being spread out into
the open •
What's the old saying?
The truth hurts?
Before things get too far, Volpp will realize that the issue transcends dollars and
cents, reasonable misinterpretation and resource allocations.
It has serious social
and political imp I ications.
Which if not seriously and sincerely attended to, will come
back to haunt the overall society.
Pedro Ramirez
La Voz Editor
Unfair Decisions Shroud CSUF Past
By Juan Ocampo
The problems at Fresno
State
concerning
Ethnic
Studies and minority programs
are not problems
which suddenly arised, rather they are problems which
began before
the Baxter
administration.
In 1968 the Educational
Opportunity Program came·
into
existance at Fresno
State. Dr. Frederick Ness
was president of Fresno
State at this time. According to the book, "The Slow
Death .of Fresno State," the
Ness
administration willingly supported E.O.P. and
Ethnic Studies.
In 1969 a problem on the
contract of Marvin X, a black
instructor, arose, and his
right to teach in
Ethnic
Studies was questioned.
Because of the decisions
concerning the Marvin X
affair,
Ness experienced
problems which led to his
early resignation as presearly resignation as president.
After
Dr. Harold
Walker, executive vicepresident withdrew his name
from consideration as president, Dr. Karl Falk was
appointed acting preseident
by Chancellor Glenn Dumke.
Five days after the appointment, President Falk rearranged the former admi ni
stration of Ness, which sup.
ported minority programs.
The administrative realignment seemed clearly political and ideological,
according to the book. He
was quoted in the Fresno
Eee, (November 24, 1969)
"I had to have someone i~·
that position in whom I could
place my confidence."
Fresno County Supervisor
Wesley Craven, and other
political figures tried to influence Governor Reagan to
appoint Dr. Fikes, an avowed
conservative, to the faculty,
reported the public Press.
Later Dr. Fikes was appointed Executive Vice-President
by President Falk.
Dr. Dale 8urtner and Dr.
Walker were two men who
were literally kicked out ofthe old administration. Both
these men showed a great
willingness to work for progressive and liberal changes
in Fresno State's education.
Replacing
Burtner
was
Phillip Walker. Both President Falk and Phil I ip Walker
were considered conservatives. They both strongly
opposed the Ethnic Studies
and Experimental College
La Voz Analysis
programs.
Many decisions made by
the Fikes-Falk administration concerning students resulted in militant demonstrations in May of 1970.
For example, VicePresident Fikes cancelled
the Live and Learn program
for minority students, he
al so refused to answer demands from a groupofBlack
students.
On May 19, the
administration
announced
that eight Ethnic Studies
faculty members wuld not
be rehired.
These eight
members consisted of 60%
of the entire Black and Brown
faculty on campus.
Two Black Legislators met
with Ethnic Studies personnel and Walker. The Legislators blamed the administration for the four days
of violence on campus.
Falk was to leave Fresno
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IRA Contract Uniust to Minorities?
ey Elvia Ruiz
For the past few weeks
controversy has developed
over
the
Instructionally
Related
Activies
(IRA)
contract between the Associated Student Senate and
the
CSUF administ,-ation
which went into effect in
June of 1977.
Specifically. the IRA contract
places recommendation of student funding of
instructionally related activities in the hands of a
committee
consisting
of
three students
and three
administrators.
The contract's life is for
three years, at which time it
is automatical I y renewed for
three additional years unless
either party decides not to
renew the contract. It stipulates that 10 IRA acUvity
funding may be increased 5%
nor dee 'cased 5;1c,
Previous:y, the Associated
Student Senate, acting as representatives for stJdcmts on
the allocation of their $10
f•ae, made recommenda~ions
on budgeting, which is broken
down
into
two
areas:
instructionally related activiti es(I RA) and student act ivities.
Programs such as Rodeo
Team, athletics (the National Collegiate Athletic Association contract), pep band,
ttie art gallery. and judging
team fall under IRA. Those
programs are directly connected to curriculum.
Student activities areas
are those not resulting from
classes
such
as
the
Collegian, intramural sports,
the EOP Summer Institute,
Black History Week~ Semana
de la Raza,
Te~aquachi
Week, tutorial services, the
Child Day Care center, etc.
With tne money fr.im student fees, the Senate recommends how much each area
should get after
holding
hearings. It is submitted
to the student president who
signs it or vetoes it. The
ultimate decision for approval or rejection rests with
university president Baxter.
Every year:, budget recommendations are the center of
controversy and ill-will between
students.
Usually
coming out to fight for their
programs. :r1u.:.,J1nt, .. ~:, :--.:--g«
their
deep
concern and
involvement
with student
government are minorities.
The contract has come
under
fire
from some
curre,t saila l xs and from
minority students who feel
the contract was an ii legal
document fabricated in bad
faith and therefore, signed
ti) fLtrl:1e: ..:.' ..i:: .- ,-.1· .: ,n;rnrity activities.
It was pushed through
last year's senate by then
student president David
student
president
David
Nicksarrian who is better
known for his contempt of
minority programs, if not
minority students.
None of the student minority
senators
on last
year's senate were ever informed of the document although one source
inside
Nicksarrian'-s office stated
that the Baxter administration had pushed Nicksarrian
al I year to come up with such
an arrangement. One current senator who sat in on
the charades, and who voted
ag'ainst the document, Brent
Bowen, said he knew as much
as four weeks prior to the
vote that the document was
in the works. Yet Minnie
Kuroda
and
Margaret
Esparza, Chicana senators
last year knew only after
the meeting. Neither attended
the meeting because
their notices arrived either
the same day as the meeting
or the next day.
A group of concerned students on campus have formed
a coalition against the IRA
contract citing specific reasons why they think the con-
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La Voz-3
Chicana
Ed Va Ide z Gets
Wide Support In
Power
Continues
Council Race
Ed Valdez is bringing di!ferent
segments of Fresno's population
to support his city council candidacy says Manuel Perez, president of the Mexican-American
political Association (MAPA).
perez, who is CSUF's Educattonla Opportunity Program director, said MAPA is endorsing
the local Chicano attorney-.
Valdez ,hopes to win election
Nov. 1 to the seat vacated by
Daniel Whltehurst's victory over
Ted Wills in last April's mayorial
race.
"We feel he is open, honest
and sensitive," Perez said. He
ustens to all sides. He's been
able to demonstrate his ability
to earn the support of different
groups and build a coalition.
The 32-year-old Valdez, father
of six,. told La Voz he's received positive response throughout the community.
He said El Concilio de Fresno,
a body of representatives oflocal
Chicano organizations, also endorses him.
He said further support is
coming from Assemblyman Rick
Lehman, and county supervisors
John Donaldson and Bruce Bronzan.
From the city counci_l, Valdez
has gained the
backing of
Linda Mack and Joe Williams,
the first Black elected to Fresno's
City Council.
Individual down town businesman are supporting him as well
as ''many Chicano businessman
throughout Fresno."
Running Valdez' campaign is
Dick Heath, who also ran Williams' victorious race in April.
Les Kimber, publisher of the
California Advocate, and Frank
Vil legeas, owner of Chihuahua
Tortilleria, are co-chairmen.
Valdez, who hails from Salinas but has lived in Fresno
the past 12 years said he is
and "lndependdnt candidate" and
wili be an "independent councilman."
"In city hall, I will be fair,
objective, and independent," said
Valdez. I will represent the general community."
He favors the redevelopment
of downtown and eyes youth unemployment as a major concern.
He would like to see more youth
particioation in government.
In the past, Valdez has participated in CSU F's Chicano Youth
Conference as a workshop spea-
ker.
Valdez earned his law degree
at Humphrey's Law School in
Fresno, atwndlng classes at night
while working to support his family during the day. He practices law with his firm, Nunez
& Valdez.
Las Adelitas, an active sociopolitical power on campus since
1969, is again planning and organ.
izing various activities for the
77-78 school year.
President Sandy Ramirez expressed her optimism on the success of the group this year.
"We have many ideas and new
members. Freshman women have
come to our first meetings and
have brought with them great
ideas."
The board is meeting together
on Wed. evenings to plan activities
where people with different interests can participate.
"People will be able to find
something of interest in our
group," Sandy said. "That way
we'll have more involvement from
students, especially Chicana women.''
To start off the year, Las
Adel itas is sponsoring a Halloween Costume Disco· Dance on
Oct 28 from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00am,
in the upstairs cafeteria. Menudo
and refreshments will be sold and
prizes will be awarded for the
best costumes.
Donations will
be $1.00 and the money col I ected
wi 11 be used to sponsor other
The raffle tickets are selling for
activities.
50~ or three for $ 1.00 and ticThe club wishes to extend an
kets can be purchased from Adelinvitation to all chicanas to attend
itas members.
the weekly meetings on Tuesdays
Adellta officers for 1977-78
from 12:00 - I :00 pm, in the •
are Sandy . Ramirez, president; ,
cu
308.
Rosie Mora, vice-pr.esident; Yoland Soto, secretary; Marty GoIf you wish to get involve~,
mez, treas ure,. D e11a
. L opez and meet
and have fun this
. th new people
f
Diane Sala, publicity.
1 IS e group or you.
Win Oil Painting Prize
Las Adelitas, CSUF's Chicana
organization, is stepping up ticket sales for the raffle to win
an oil painting by La Raza Stu.dies art instructor Tony Roque,
to raise funds for the Committee
to Elect Julio Calderon to the
30th Assembly.
The painting will be raffled on
October 28, at Haloween disco
l Emblem· Contest
dance sponsored by LasAdelitas.
1970
LRS Death Causes -Furor
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complained that Baxter did
not consult the faculty in
appointing an acting viepresident. UPC daid Baxter
allowed a new faculty handbook to be printed without
giving the Senate the opportunity to react to it, and he
failed
fo
remove James
Fikes from the post of acting
Executive vice-president.
Finally tempers turned to
action when Baxter cancelled
La Raza Studies Program,
in September 1970, although
he could not sol idly justify
the cancellation. Fist fights
broke out when pol ice broke
through a Chicano picketline
with meetings, ral I ies, and
protests accumulating.
A
month or so later, a smal I
La Raza studies program
was reinstated at Fresno
State for the spring semester.
One may say that al I these
problems are part of the
past, but they are a I so a part
of
the present adm inistration.
Even today La
Raza Studies and minority
programs are in danger of
being abolished. Vice.President Volpp hired in the
academic year of 1976, is in
charge of hiring faculty.
In May of 1975, President
Baxter promised a sixth
tenure track position for LA
Raza Studies faculty. Today
there are only 5 tenured
track faculty members in La
Raza Studies.
Volpp has
stated at meetings that he
will not hire the sixth position and hides behind budgetary excuses while hinting to
other faculty he would I ike to
phase out La Raza Studies.
On Oct. 3, 1977 many concerned Chicano students
willingly gave their time to
await the outcome of a meeting between MECHA board
members and VicePresident Vol pp. The meeting was to dis·cu,s the ,sixth
tenure track position for La
Raza Studies. As it turned
out, Vice-President Volpp
State ar~und the first of July,
I970.But before he left, he
decided not to approve funds
for the Daily Collegian after
its editors printed a photo
which shor,-ed the newspaper
staff making a gesture intended for Chancellor
Dumke.
A suit was filed
by the Daily Collegian and
included as a defendant, Dr.
Norman A. eaxter who was
appointed president July 14,
1970.
Baxter agreed with
Falk's action and continued
to withhold funds. His presidency was opposed by a local
trustee, because of Baxter's
close relationshiptothe Falk
administration. Soon
eaxter's
actions demonstrated that his adm in i st ration wou'ld be like Fike's
reports "The Slow Death".
The United Professors of
Cal ifornie. (UPC) Newsletter
Chicano Pre-·
Law Students
Seek
Nev,10 ,f ficers
Chicanos in Law Organization will elect officers at its
next -meeting,~ Thursday, October 20 at 5:00 p.m. Flyers
will be' distributed to inform
interested persons of the location.
Pre-law majors and law enforcement majors are encouraged to attend.
Temporary officers are-Arturo Ocampo, president; Frances Buena. vice-president; Priscilla Contreras, secretary; ~ nd Cindy Cabrera, treasurer.
Faculty advisor is Hugo Morales.
did not show at the time of
the scheduled appointment,
although a telephone call to
Volpp
that morning confirmed the appointment.
Late in the spring semester of 1977 during final exams
the puppet student senate of
the administration approved
the Instructionally Related
Activities contract which
raised suspicions that minority programs would again
be undermined.
Late in the spring semester
of 1977 during final exams,
the puppet student senate
(of
the
administration)
approved the Instructionally
Related Activities contract
which excludes all minority
programs on campus. This
plan was approved without the input . of minority students who always take an
active
part
in student
government.
Students must be aware
of the political shenanigans
which surround them, and
affect them as students at
Fresno State.
In a letter to the Editor
of the Daily Collegian in
a Sept. 21, 1970 issue, a
reader concerned with the
· uprising on campus, warns,
"Baxter the barbaric has
already satisfied his madness for the moment, but
we all know he wi II soon
need new meat to kill".
Fresno State's social · obI igat ion to I he Ip ease the
plight minorities have experienced in this society is
in
danger
of
further
grotesque rape by CSUF's
high
administration officials.
It appears unless students
again take matters intotheir
own
hands,
then their
younger brothers and sisters
must
suffer the consequences.
An emblem drawing contest
that depicts the character of Las
Adel itas is being sponsored by
Las Adel itas of CSUF.
The drawing will be judged
mainly on originality by two members of La Raza studies faculty,
and ex-Adelita president Valentina Sepulveda.
Everyone iflterested is asked
to submit his/her drawing to the
La Raza Studies Office San Ramon
4, Room 116, in Las Adel itas
box. The deadline for submitting
the drawings is Oct. IS. Ten dollars and a gift certificate will be awarded to the winner.
KFCF, salsa
Salsa is gradually seeping
into the Valley via Fresno's
public radio station, KFCF,
88.1 FM.
KFCF simulcasts the signal
of I istener-sponsored adio
station KPFA/FM in Berkeley. and included in KPFA's
programming is a three-hour
Saturday afternoon (12:00 3:00 p.m.) salsa program.
Contract legality questioned. ·
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tract is illegal.
Rachel Mendoza, administrative assistant to Legislative Vice President Karen
Clark, and spokeswoman for
the group says one reason
why the coal i~ion feels the
contract is illegal is the
senate did not have a quorum
at the time the contract was
approved and passed. This
makes the contract null and
void, according to Mendoza.
Mendoza and the coal it ion
are also questioning whether
a
"lame _duck"
student
government can give away
its student powers as to how
student monies can be distributed.
The organization of the
contract was done in a racist
way, the student coal it ion
feels. All minority organizations and programs are
excluded from the priority
funding given to IRA activi-
ties,
The minority programs
which are acknowledged as
Student Services receive the
1eftover mon'ies not allocated
to the IRA activities and then
must fight among themselves
for this money.
The coalition feels this is
unfair
and
unjust. Why
should
"Baxter favored"
activities be given priority
funding for a set term of
three years or more_?
One wonders how legitimate this contract is since
it was organized and passed
by a "I ame duck" student
government.
Some may
question why the contract
was approved when the entire
student body at CSU F was
involved in final exams with
I ittle time to concentrate
on the senate.
Also, it has been known
that no effort was done to
have a full discussion on the
contract and that it was
passed along with four other
line items.
One al so wonders how heavy
handed the administration
was
in regards
to this
contract?
Editor • . . Pedro Ramirez
Assistant Edi~-Jr Felix Co~treras
Photography EditorTomas Uribes
Staf.' •••• G-Jadalupe Acosta
Cynthi~ Cabrera, Dulce Leyva
Artur J Ocampo, Juan Ocampo
Tii1a ~i?~,
Elvia Ruiz
Dianne Sol is
Contributor - Mercy Medina
Monq~y,October 10,1977
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Students March
In Bakke Protest
By Cindy Cabrera
An 8-mile demonstration march Wednesday from CSUF to
the courthouse downtown served
as a local response to the
nationwide protests over the
controversial Bakke decision
now before the US Supreme
court.
It was co-sponsored by the
Fresno Anti-Bakke Demonstration Coalition and the CSUF
and Fresno City College MEC-
hAs.
A statewide protest is set
for October 15 when a demonstration march will be held
at San Francisco federal building.
At top, students near their destiny at federal courthouse in their Smile walk last We dnesday. At bottom, tired students rf!st in courthouse park durin g another chapter of minority struggle to attain
equal opportunitieso (photos by Felix Contreras and Tomas Uribes).
LRS Saga Flares
As Volpp Responds
By Dianne Sol is
& Tomas Uribes
A grievance expected to
be filed today or tomor r ow
-for a former La Raza Studies
( LRS )
lecturer
Jorge
Corralejo, and the failure of
Louis Volpp, vice-president
of academic affairs, to appear
at a scheduled meeting with
six MEChA Board members
fuels the latest sparks in the
La Raza Studies controversy.
The controversy cer.iters
around Volpp's rejection of
the
La Raza Studies Program's nomination of Cor r al~jo as a tenured tr ack professor and the alleged subsequent refusal of a
LAS
request to hi re him ful l-time
by someone who met the qualby somenoe wh'.) mei the qualifications as speci fi ed in a
job announcement.
Vol pp cited Corra l~j.)' :.; i ~ck
of a Ph.D. as one of three
reasons for his reje ction and
blames LAS for " botc hi 1g"
the job announcemen~ by requi ring a Ph.D.
The job announcement I isted
the position
as Associate
Prof2ssor / Assistant Professor / Lecturer. Qua! i f ications were a Ph.D.
According to Corralejo,
Dr. Rir;'lard Spangler, Dean
of th~ ScJ1~).:, i : f Social Sciences, said that since the job
ann0uno:.:'::ment was 11 vague",
Vol pp had the flexibility to
go anyway he wanted since
some lecturers do not have
doctrate degrees.
However, Vol pp firmly maintained,
"The job announcement said a Ph.D. was requi red.
There was nothing
about a:-i eq.:.iivilent or anything
else. There was no proposal
that something in I ieu of a
doctrate was appropriate in
this insi ance.''
Eut Alex Saragoza, r~rmer
LAS coordinator, c:>1tended
that there was such 1 "pro.
posal".
Saragoza said Vo l po s;.g :-eed
last semester h a meeting
that a non-Ph.D. candidate
would be permissabl e lf there
was a possibi !i t1 t"la t tl1e best
candidate did not have :1. d•:>ctrate.
But with Volp n'~ r:= f'.ln! of
the
nomination, Dr. Jes ·.i s
Lu ·n, L. i1S c:>ordinator i~:,: ~d
✓ olp~ h
i1i r e Cor, at::; ,, 'J •l
an interim basis .... ntil the
position was filled as · spcci ..
fied.
Volpp re;>orted 1y refused.
Corralejo has sought legal
counsel
with a pr :> fts 5ors
union, United Profossors of
California '(UPC).
Warren
Kessler,
state president of
UPC and former CSUF philosophy te~cher, said the campus
Allan Bakke, is a white student who applied for admission to the medical school at
the University of Davis in 1973
and in 1974.
Rejected both times, Bakke
alleged he was the victim of
"reverse discrimination." He
claims he was rejected because
he was white and that "less
qua Ii fi ed" students we re admitted through a Special Admissions program.
Sixteen out of 100 slots are
set aside under an affirmative
action program designed to increase the number of Chicano,
black, Asian and American Indian doctors in the state of
California. Claiming that this
quota system is discriminatory
and unconstitutional, Bakke won
the support of the California
-SUpreme Court which declared
the UC Davis plan unconstitutional.
The university appealed to
the U.S. Supreme Court and
is waiting to have its case
heard this month.
Many civil rights groups
tried to dissuade the university from appealing; because
CSUF Teatro To·
Play For SF .March
CSU F's Teatro def Espi ri- •
tu will perform in San Francisco Saturday for the statewide Anti-Bakke demonstration
march there.
rather than allow the issue to
be decided on a national basis
by the conservative Burger court, they hoped to confine the
damage to California.
Also, some groups contend
the regents sought Bakke's action so the courts would abo1ish the programs and free the
university from helping minorities.
In response to the issue,
minority and civil rights groups
throughout the nation are staging protests to show the Supreme Court their deep concern.
The Fresno mar<:h which
began from CSU F's free speech
area at I :30 proceeded to the
Fresno County Courthouse in
downtown Fresno, via Cedar
and Tulare Avenues. Fresno
City College participants, who
began their march from FCC,
joined CSUF participants on
Tulare Avenu·:.
Before the marchers settled in front of the Courthouse
to I isten to a host of speakers,
they marched in front of the
federal building and on the mall.
Starting off the speakers list
was e ii ly Wright, coordinator
for operation PUSH(People United to Save Humanity). He
stressed that a coal it ion of al I
oppressed people is needed and
that it would be the most effective tool in fighting discrimination.
Renda! I Mabey, a former
philosophy instructor at CSUt-,
stated that the root of the problem was "a system that turned everybody against each other
by the few who reaped the profits." He cited an instance inwhich he felt discriminated against in trying to obtain employment;
although he was qua! itled for
the position, he was passed
over for- a minority to meet
affirmative action requirem-
ents.
Ben Garza, a member of the
local Anti-Eakke-Decision-Coal it ion felt that the Bakke decision is "a directattaok against
Third World People, their struggles for full equality, andmust
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MEChA Plans 5th CYC
Alfonso Guzman, a CSUF
senior and former Fresno5Panish - station disc-jockey,
was ,,,~cU·J cl1:,.:.•:Hrson of
nference committee last week.
The annual effort to bring
minority high school and junior college students onto the
campus enters its fifth year.
Sponsored by MEChA, it
is designed to encourage minorities to seek higher education.
Its first two years, the
CYC drew 200-500 stJdents.
The p!ist two years,
over
1,000 siu1r·r1i: :1,. ,e converged
on campus in wha·c observers
have described as one of the
largest single recruitment efforts made by a CSUF group.
The students represent nearly 50 ~igh schools throughout
California and five junior c Jlleges in the San Joaquin Val-
ley and are exposed t-::, the
various scho;,i 'i ,)n .;-1:nprJs
as we! I as choosing from 20
general interest workshops•,..
uch as "La Chicana' 1 and
11
Gangs Ir. The Barrio."
It is supported by La Raza Studies, Educational Opportunity Program, and the
Economics Opportunity Commission.
A tentative date of January 21, 1978 has. been set
for the conference.
Other officers selected to
coordinate
activities
are:
Juan _Ocampo, vice-chairperson; Maria Correa, secretary; Celina Dominguez, treasurer; Lydia Roque, general
surer; Lydia R·:>Q·Je, career
workshops; Valentina Sepulveda, entertainment; John Lopez, nutr-ition; Tom Uribes,
magazi 1e; Becky Vasquez,
general interest workshops.
The CYC committee mee~s
Wed;'lesdays at 5:00 p.m. in
College Union room ~05 and
is still
seeking assistance
from students.
1st Chicano
Magazine
Set For CSUF
For the first time at CSUF
plans to publish a Chicano magazine are underway.
The magazine, whic_h will be a~
expansion of the Chicano Yout .
Conference brochure, will contain
poetry, ·1iterature, photography
and art reported CYC brochure
editor Tom Uribes.
He saidthe staff wel_co~es
members. The firstorgan1zat1on
meeting will be Tuesday, 00 11
at 5:30 pm in the College union.
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Bakke Hypocrisy:
"less Qualified
Whites Admitted"
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OAKL)\ND Allan Bakke, whose
"REVERSE DISCRIMINATION"
suit is pending before the United
states supreme Court, may have
been rejected for medical school
in favor of less qualified but
politically · potent whites rather
tlian less qualified minorities,
according to the East Bay Voice
a Socialist newspaper.
The East Bay Voice said the
year Bakke first applied, 1973,
five
persons ranking below
Bakke were admitted to the
school on the order of the dean,
John Tupper.
Bakke sued the University of
California at Davis arguing he
was wrongly denied admission
because the school set a goal
of 16 places out of 100 for disadvantaged minorities.
Bakke won the case in the
California Supreme Court and
the university appealed to the
U.S. Supreme Court. The case
now invites a landmark ruling
on whether affirmative action
programs throughout the nation
are constitutional.
The Socialist monthly newspaper said in the trial court
the university did not defend itself as strongly as possible because they did not disclose lesser
qualified whites were also admitted.
Such a disclosure could have
permitted the trial court to order
Bakke's admission without outlawing the special admissions
program for minorities which
the university was defending••
Neither Tupper nor the University commented on the newspaper's assertions.
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Volpp
Gives Conseios
Editorial
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In our first issue of La Voz, one of our
staff reporters wrote an article about the
rejection of Jorge Corralejo's nomination to
teach in La Raza Studies and the Economic
Department.
The article also dealt with the
LRS cutbacks. The head I ine was, LA RAZA,
CORnALEJO GETTiNG THE SHAFT.
Our reporter contacted instructors to vouch
for Corralejo's qualifications.
Interviewed.
were Dr. Taniguchi, of the economics dept.,
Dr. Jesus Luna of La Raza studies and Lily Small, affirmative action officer. Throughout the article, Dr. Louis P. Volpp, Academic Affairs-Vice President, was mentioned.
He was not interviewed because our reporter
could not 9ontact him.
He was mentioned
because VolP.P was responsible for many of
the decisions mentioned in the article.
The day after pub I ication, ·vol pp requested
that our repporter and myself arrange a meeting. Why he was overly concerned about this
article baffled my mind.
The meeting was arranged. When we entered
his office, Dr. Vol pp and to my surprise
Lily Smal I, greeted us warmly.
We sat down and proceeded to undergo
what can only be described as an attempt
to furth'e r harass Chicanos at CSU F, with
Volpp playing the self-proclaimed role of a
journal ism instructor.
Vol pp nit-picked at ,
many little items to harass us on. He also
criticized our attempt to deal with a serious
student concern.
Criticism · is welcome, but
Volpp was obviously huring from the "bad
press", and his claims of 'i rresponsible journal ism are probably a typical administration smokescreen.
Maybe it's easy for Dr.
Volpp to say it was irresponsible journalism
because he was searching for a defense mechanism.
Perhaps what pissed Dr. Vol pp
off was that truth was being spread out into
the open •
What's the old saying?
The truth hurts?
Before things get too far, Volpp will realize that the issue transcends dollars and
cents, reasonable misinterpretation and resource allocations.
It has serious social
and political imp I ications.
Which if not seriously and sincerely attended to, will come
back to haunt the overall society.
Pedro Ramirez
La Voz Editor
Unfair Decisions Shroud CSUF Past
By Juan Ocampo
The problems at Fresno
State
concerning
Ethnic
Studies and minority programs
are not problems
which suddenly arised, rather they are problems which
began before
the Baxter
administration.
In 1968 the Educational
Opportunity Program came·
into
existance at Fresno
State. Dr. Frederick Ness
was president of Fresno
State at this time. According to the book, "The Slow
Death .of Fresno State," the
Ness
administration willingly supported E.O.P. and
Ethnic Studies.
In 1969 a problem on the
contract of Marvin X, a black
instructor, arose, and his
right to teach in
Ethnic
Studies was questioned.
Because of the decisions
concerning the Marvin X
affair,
Ness experienced
problems which led to his
early resignation as presearly resignation as president.
After
Dr. Harold
Walker, executive vicepresident withdrew his name
from consideration as president, Dr. Karl Falk was
appointed acting preseident
by Chancellor Glenn Dumke.
Five days after the appointment, President Falk rearranged the former admi ni
stration of Ness, which sup.
ported minority programs.
The administrative realignment seemed clearly political and ideological,
according to the book. He
was quoted in the Fresno
Eee, (November 24, 1969)
"I had to have someone i~·
that position in whom I could
place my confidence."
Fresno County Supervisor
Wesley Craven, and other
political figures tried to influence Governor Reagan to
appoint Dr. Fikes, an avowed
conservative, to the faculty,
reported the public Press.
Later Dr. Fikes was appointed Executive Vice-President
by President Falk.
Dr. Dale 8urtner and Dr.
Walker were two men who
were literally kicked out ofthe old administration. Both
these men showed a great
willingness to work for progressive and liberal changes
in Fresno State's education.
Replacing
Burtner
was
Phillip Walker. Both President Falk and Phil I ip Walker
were considered conservatives. They both strongly
opposed the Ethnic Studies
and Experimental College
La Voz Analysis
programs.
Many decisions made by
the Fikes-Falk administration concerning students resulted in militant demonstrations in May of 1970.
For example, VicePresident Fikes cancelled
the Live and Learn program
for minority students, he
al so refused to answer demands from a groupofBlack
students.
On May 19, the
administration
announced
that eight Ethnic Studies
faculty members wuld not
be rehired.
These eight
members consisted of 60%
of the entire Black and Brown
faculty on campus.
Two Black Legislators met
with Ethnic Studies personnel and Walker. The Legislators blamed the administration for the four days
of violence on campus.
Falk was to leave Fresno
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IRA Contract Uniust to Minorities?
ey Elvia Ruiz
For the past few weeks
controversy has developed
over
the
Instructionally
Related
Activies
(IRA)
contract between the Associated Student Senate and
the
CSUF administ,-ation
which went into effect in
June of 1977.
Specifically. the IRA contract
places recommendation of student funding of
instructionally related activities in the hands of a
committee
consisting
of
three students
and three
administrators.
The contract's life is for
three years, at which time it
is automatical I y renewed for
three additional years unless
either party decides not to
renew the contract. It stipulates that 10 IRA acUvity
funding may be increased 5%
nor dee 'cased 5;1c,
Previous:y, the Associated
Student Senate, acting as representatives for stJdcmts on
the allocation of their $10
f•ae, made recommenda~ions
on budgeting, which is broken
down
into
two
areas:
instructionally related activiti es(I RA) and student act ivities.
Programs such as Rodeo
Team, athletics (the National Collegiate Athletic Association contract), pep band,
ttie art gallery. and judging
team fall under IRA. Those
programs are directly connected to curriculum.
Student activities areas
are those not resulting from
classes
such
as
the
Collegian, intramural sports,
the EOP Summer Institute,
Black History Week~ Semana
de la Raza,
Te~aquachi
Week, tutorial services, the
Child Day Care center, etc.
With tne money fr.im student fees, the Senate recommends how much each area
should get after
holding
hearings. It is submitted
to the student president who
signs it or vetoes it. The
ultimate decision for approval or rejection rests with
university president Baxter.
Every year:, budget recommendations are the center of
controversy and ill-will between
students.
Usually
coming out to fight for their
programs. :r1u.:.,J1nt, .. ~:, :--.:--g«
their
deep
concern and
involvement
with student
government are minorities.
The contract has come
under
fire
from some
curre,t saila l xs and from
minority students who feel
the contract was an ii legal
document fabricated in bad
faith and therefore, signed
ti) fLtrl:1e: ..:.' ..i:: .- ,-.1· .: ,n;rnrity activities.
It was pushed through
last year's senate by then
student president David
student
president
David
Nicksarrian who is better
known for his contempt of
minority programs, if not
minority students.
None of the student minority
senators
on last
year's senate were ever informed of the document although one source
inside
Nicksarrian'-s office stated
that the Baxter administration had pushed Nicksarrian
al I year to come up with such
an arrangement. One current senator who sat in on
the charades, and who voted
ag'ainst the document, Brent
Bowen, said he knew as much
as four weeks prior to the
vote that the document was
in the works. Yet Minnie
Kuroda
and
Margaret
Esparza, Chicana senators
last year knew only after
the meeting. Neither attended
the meeting because
their notices arrived either
the same day as the meeting
or the next day.
A group of concerned students on campus have formed
a coalition against the IRA
contract citing specific reasons why they think the con-
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La Voz-3
Chicana
Ed Va Ide z Gets
Wide Support In
Power
Continues
Council Race
Ed Valdez is bringing di!ferent
segments of Fresno's population
to support his city council candidacy says Manuel Perez, president of the Mexican-American
political Association (MAPA).
perez, who is CSUF's Educattonla Opportunity Program director, said MAPA is endorsing
the local Chicano attorney-.
Valdez ,hopes to win election
Nov. 1 to the seat vacated by
Daniel Whltehurst's victory over
Ted Wills in last April's mayorial
race.
"We feel he is open, honest
and sensitive," Perez said. He
ustens to all sides. He's been
able to demonstrate his ability
to earn the support of different
groups and build a coalition.
The 32-year-old Valdez, father
of six,. told La Voz he's received positive response throughout the community.
He said El Concilio de Fresno,
a body of representatives oflocal
Chicano organizations, also endorses him.
He said further support is
coming from Assemblyman Rick
Lehman, and county supervisors
John Donaldson and Bruce Bronzan.
From the city counci_l, Valdez
has gained the
backing of
Linda Mack and Joe Williams,
the first Black elected to Fresno's
City Council.
Individual down town businesman are supporting him as well
as ''many Chicano businessman
throughout Fresno."
Running Valdez' campaign is
Dick Heath, who also ran Williams' victorious race in April.
Les Kimber, publisher of the
California Advocate, and Frank
Vil legeas, owner of Chihuahua
Tortilleria, are co-chairmen.
Valdez, who hails from Salinas but has lived in Fresno
the past 12 years said he is
and "lndependdnt candidate" and
wili be an "independent councilman."
"In city hall, I will be fair,
objective, and independent," said
Valdez. I will represent the general community."
He favors the redevelopment
of downtown and eyes youth unemployment as a major concern.
He would like to see more youth
particioation in government.
In the past, Valdez has participated in CSU F's Chicano Youth
Conference as a workshop spea-
ker.
Valdez earned his law degree
at Humphrey's Law School in
Fresno, atwndlng classes at night
while working to support his family during the day. He practices law with his firm, Nunez
& Valdez.
Las Adelitas, an active sociopolitical power on campus since
1969, is again planning and organ.
izing various activities for the
77-78 school year.
President Sandy Ramirez expressed her optimism on the success of the group this year.
"We have many ideas and new
members. Freshman women have
come to our first meetings and
have brought with them great
ideas."
The board is meeting together
on Wed. evenings to plan activities
where people with different interests can participate.
"People will be able to find
something of interest in our
group," Sandy said. "That way
we'll have more involvement from
students, especially Chicana women.''
To start off the year, Las
Adel itas is sponsoring a Halloween Costume Disco· Dance on
Oct 28 from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00am,
in the upstairs cafeteria. Menudo
and refreshments will be sold and
prizes will be awarded for the
best costumes.
Donations will
be $1.00 and the money col I ected
wi 11 be used to sponsor other
The raffle tickets are selling for
activities.
50~ or three for $ 1.00 and ticThe club wishes to extend an
kets can be purchased from Adelinvitation to all chicanas to attend
itas members.
the weekly meetings on Tuesdays
Adellta officers for 1977-78
from 12:00 - I :00 pm, in the •
are Sandy . Ramirez, president; ,
cu
308.
Rosie Mora, vice-pr.esident; Yoland Soto, secretary; Marty GoIf you wish to get involve~,
mez, treas ure,. D e11a
. L opez and meet
and have fun this
. th new people
f
Diane Sala, publicity.
1 IS e group or you.
Win Oil Painting Prize
Las Adelitas, CSUF's Chicana
organization, is stepping up ticket sales for the raffle to win
an oil painting by La Raza Stu.dies art instructor Tony Roque,
to raise funds for the Committee
to Elect Julio Calderon to the
30th Assembly.
The painting will be raffled on
October 28, at Haloween disco
l Emblem· Contest
dance sponsored by LasAdelitas.
1970
LRS Death Causes -Furor
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complained that Baxter did
not consult the faculty in
appointing an acting viepresident. UPC daid Baxter
allowed a new faculty handbook to be printed without
giving the Senate the opportunity to react to it, and he
failed
fo
remove James
Fikes from the post of acting
Executive vice-president.
Finally tempers turned to
action when Baxter cancelled
La Raza Studies Program,
in September 1970, although
he could not sol idly justify
the cancellation. Fist fights
broke out when pol ice broke
through a Chicano picketline
with meetings, ral I ies, and
protests accumulating.
A
month or so later, a smal I
La Raza studies program
was reinstated at Fresno
State for the spring semester.
One may say that al I these
problems are part of the
past, but they are a I so a part
of
the present adm inistration.
Even today La
Raza Studies and minority
programs are in danger of
being abolished. Vice.President Volpp hired in the
academic year of 1976, is in
charge of hiring faculty.
In May of 1975, President
Baxter promised a sixth
tenure track position for LA
Raza Studies faculty. Today
there are only 5 tenured
track faculty members in La
Raza Studies.
Volpp has
stated at meetings that he
will not hire the sixth position and hides behind budgetary excuses while hinting to
other faculty he would I ike to
phase out La Raza Studies.
On Oct. 3, 1977 many concerned Chicano students
willingly gave their time to
await the outcome of a meeting between MECHA board
members and VicePresident Vol pp. The meeting was to dis·cu,s the ,sixth
tenure track position for La
Raza Studies. As it turned
out, Vice-President Volpp
State ar~und the first of July,
I970.But before he left, he
decided not to approve funds
for the Daily Collegian after
its editors printed a photo
which shor,-ed the newspaper
staff making a gesture intended for Chancellor
Dumke.
A suit was filed
by the Daily Collegian and
included as a defendant, Dr.
Norman A. eaxter who was
appointed president July 14,
1970.
Baxter agreed with
Falk's action and continued
to withhold funds. His presidency was opposed by a local
trustee, because of Baxter's
close relationshiptothe Falk
administration. Soon
eaxter's
actions demonstrated that his adm in i st ration wou'ld be like Fike's
reports "The Slow Death".
The United Professors of
Cal ifornie. (UPC) Newsletter
Chicano Pre-·
Law Students
Seek
Nev,10 ,f ficers
Chicanos in Law Organization will elect officers at its
next -meeting,~ Thursday, October 20 at 5:00 p.m. Flyers
will be' distributed to inform
interested persons of the location.
Pre-law majors and law enforcement majors are encouraged to attend.
Temporary officers are-Arturo Ocampo, president; Frances Buena. vice-president; Priscilla Contreras, secretary; ~ nd Cindy Cabrera, treasurer.
Faculty advisor is Hugo Morales.
did not show at the time of
the scheduled appointment,
although a telephone call to
Volpp
that morning confirmed the appointment.
Late in the spring semester of 1977 during final exams
the puppet student senate of
the administration approved
the Instructionally Related
Activities contract which
raised suspicions that minority programs would again
be undermined.
Late in the spring semester
of 1977 during final exams,
the puppet student senate
(of
the
administration)
approved the Instructionally
Related Activities contract
which excludes all minority
programs on campus. This
plan was approved without the input . of minority students who always take an
active
part
in student
government.
Students must be aware
of the political shenanigans
which surround them, and
affect them as students at
Fresno State.
In a letter to the Editor
of the Daily Collegian in
a Sept. 21, 1970 issue, a
reader concerned with the
· uprising on campus, warns,
"Baxter the barbaric has
already satisfied his madness for the moment, but
we all know he wi II soon
need new meat to kill".
Fresno State's social · obI igat ion to I he Ip ease the
plight minorities have experienced in this society is
in
danger
of
further
grotesque rape by CSUF's
high
administration officials.
It appears unless students
again take matters intotheir
own
hands,
then their
younger brothers and sisters
must
suffer the consequences.
An emblem drawing contest
that depicts the character of Las
Adel itas is being sponsored by
Las Adel itas of CSUF.
The drawing will be judged
mainly on originality by two members of La Raza studies faculty,
and ex-Adelita president Valentina Sepulveda.
Everyone iflterested is asked
to submit his/her drawing to the
La Raza Studies Office San Ramon
4, Room 116, in Las Adel itas
box. The deadline for submitting
the drawings is Oct. IS. Ten dollars and a gift certificate will be awarded to the winner.
KFCF, salsa
Salsa is gradually seeping
into the Valley via Fresno's
public radio station, KFCF,
88.1 FM.
KFCF simulcasts the signal
of I istener-sponsored adio
station KPFA/FM in Berkeley. and included in KPFA's
programming is a three-hour
Saturday afternoon (12:00 3:00 p.m.) salsa program.
Contract legality questioned. ·
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tract is illegal.
Rachel Mendoza, administrative assistant to Legislative Vice President Karen
Clark, and spokeswoman for
the group says one reason
why the coal i~ion feels the
contract is illegal is the
senate did not have a quorum
at the time the contract was
approved and passed. This
makes the contract null and
void, according to Mendoza.
Mendoza and the coal it ion
are also questioning whether
a
"lame _duck"
student
government can give away
its student powers as to how
student monies can be distributed.
The organization of the
contract was done in a racist
way, the student coal it ion
feels. All minority organizations and programs are
excluded from the priority
funding given to IRA activi-
ties,
The minority programs
which are acknowledged as
Student Services receive the
1eftover mon'ies not allocated
to the IRA activities and then
must fight among themselves
for this money.
The coalition feels this is
unfair
and
unjust. Why
should
"Baxter favored"
activities be given priority
funding for a set term of
three years or more_?
One wonders how legitimate this contract is since
it was organized and passed
by a "I ame duck" student
government.
Some may
question why the contract
was approved when the entire
student body at CSU F was
involved in final exams with
I ittle time to concentrate
on the senate.
Also, it has been known
that no effort was done to
have a full discussion on the
contract and that it was
passed along with four other
line items.
One al so wonders how heavy
handed the administration
was
in regards
to this
contract?
Editor • . . Pedro Ramirez
Assistant Edi~-Jr Felix Co~treras
Photography EditorTomas Uribes
Staf.' •••• G-Jadalupe Acosta
Cynthi~ Cabrera, Dulce Leyva
Artur J Ocampo, Juan Ocampo
Tii1a ~i?~,
Elvia Ruiz
Dianne Sol is
Contributor - Mercy Medina
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Students March
In Bakke Protest
By Cindy Cabrera
An 8-mile demonstration march Wednesday from CSUF to
the courthouse downtown served
as a local response to the
nationwide protests over the
controversial Bakke decision
now before the US Supreme
court.
It was co-sponsored by the
Fresno Anti-Bakke Demonstration Coalition and the CSUF
and Fresno City College MEC-
hAs.
A statewide protest is set
for October 15 when a demonstration march will be held
at San Francisco federal building.
At top, students near their destiny at federal courthouse in their Smile walk last We dnesday. At bottom, tired students rf!st in courthouse park durin g another chapter of minority struggle to attain
equal opportunitieso (photos by Felix Contreras and Tomas Uribes).
LRS Saga Flares
As Volpp Responds
By Dianne Sol is
& Tomas Uribes
A grievance expected to
be filed today or tomor r ow
-for a former La Raza Studies
( LRS )
lecturer
Jorge
Corralejo, and the failure of
Louis Volpp, vice-president
of academic affairs, to appear
at a scheduled meeting with
six MEChA Board members
fuels the latest sparks in the
La Raza Studies controversy.
The controversy cer.iters
around Volpp's rejection of
the
La Raza Studies Program's nomination of Cor r al~jo as a tenured tr ack professor and the alleged subsequent refusal of a
LAS
request to hi re him ful l-time
by someone who met the qualby somenoe wh'.) mei the qualifications as speci fi ed in a
job announcement.
Vol pp cited Corra l~j.)' :.; i ~ck
of a Ph.D. as one of three
reasons for his reje ction and
blames LAS for " botc hi 1g"
the job announcemen~ by requi ring a Ph.D.
The job announcement I isted
the position
as Associate
Prof2ssor / Assistant Professor / Lecturer. Qua! i f ications were a Ph.D.
According to Corralejo,
Dr. Rir;'lard Spangler, Dean
of th~ ScJ1~).:, i : f Social Sciences, said that since the job
ann0uno:.:'::ment was 11 vague",
Vol pp had the flexibility to
go anyway he wanted since
some lecturers do not have
doctrate degrees.
However, Vol pp firmly maintained,
"The job announcement said a Ph.D. was requi red.
There was nothing
about a:-i eq.:.iivilent or anything
else. There was no proposal
that something in I ieu of a
doctrate was appropriate in
this insi ance.''
Eut Alex Saragoza, r~rmer
LAS coordinator, c:>1tended
that there was such 1 "pro.
posal".
Saragoza said Vo l po s;.g :-eed
last semester h a meeting
that a non-Ph.D. candidate
would be permissabl e lf there
was a possibi !i t1 t"la t tl1e best
candidate did not have :1. d•:>ctrate.
But with Volp n'~ r:= f'.ln! of
the
nomination, Dr. Jes ·.i s
Lu ·n, L. i1S c:>ordinator i~:,: ~d
✓ olp~ h
i1i r e Cor, at::; ,, 'J •l
an interim basis .... ntil the
position was filled as · spcci ..
fied.
Volpp re;>orted 1y refused.
Corralejo has sought legal
counsel
with a pr :> fts 5ors
union, United Profossors of
California '(UPC).
Warren
Kessler,
state president of
UPC and former CSUF philosophy te~cher, said the campus
Allan Bakke, is a white student who applied for admission to the medical school at
the University of Davis in 1973
and in 1974.
Rejected both times, Bakke
alleged he was the victim of
"reverse discrimination." He
claims he was rejected because
he was white and that "less
qua Ii fi ed" students we re admitted through a Special Admissions program.
Sixteen out of 100 slots are
set aside under an affirmative
action program designed to increase the number of Chicano,
black, Asian and American Indian doctors in the state of
California. Claiming that this
quota system is discriminatory
and unconstitutional, Bakke won
the support of the California
-SUpreme Court which declared
the UC Davis plan unconstitutional.
The university appealed to
the U.S. Supreme Court and
is waiting to have its case
heard this month.
Many civil rights groups
tried to dissuade the university from appealing; because
CSUF Teatro To·
Play For SF .March
CSU F's Teatro def Espi ri- •
tu will perform in San Francisco Saturday for the statewide Anti-Bakke demonstration
march there.
rather than allow the issue to
be decided on a national basis
by the conservative Burger court, they hoped to confine the
damage to California.
Also, some groups contend
the regents sought Bakke's action so the courts would abo1ish the programs and free the
university from helping minorities.
In response to the issue,
minority and civil rights groups
throughout the nation are staging protests to show the Supreme Court their deep concern.
The Fresno mar<:h which
began from CSU F's free speech
area at I :30 proceeded to the
Fresno County Courthouse in
downtown Fresno, via Cedar
and Tulare Avenues. Fresno
City College participants, who
began their march from FCC,
joined CSUF participants on
Tulare Avenu·:.
Before the marchers settled in front of the Courthouse
to I isten to a host of speakers,
they marched in front of the
federal building and on the mall.
Starting off the speakers list
was e ii ly Wright, coordinator
for operation PUSH(People United to Save Humanity). He
stressed that a coal it ion of al I
oppressed people is needed and
that it would be the most effective tool in fighting discrimination.
Renda! I Mabey, a former
philosophy instructor at CSUt-,
stated that the root of the problem was "a system that turned everybody against each other
by the few who reaped the profits." He cited an instance inwhich he felt discriminated against in trying to obtain employment;
although he was qua! itled for
the position, he was passed
over for- a minority to meet
affirmative action requirem-
ents.
Ben Garza, a member of the
local Anti-Eakke-Decision-Coal it ion felt that the Bakke decision is "a directattaok against
Third World People, their struggles for full equality, andmust
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MEChA Plans 5th CYC
Alfonso Guzman, a CSUF
senior and former Fresno5Panish - station disc-jockey,
was ,,,~cU·J cl1:,.:.•:Hrson of
nference committee last week.
The annual effort to bring
minority high school and junior college students onto the
campus enters its fifth year.
Sponsored by MEChA, it
is designed to encourage minorities to seek higher education.
Its first two years, the
CYC drew 200-500 stJdents.
The p!ist two years,
over
1,000 siu1r·r1i: :1,. ,e converged
on campus in wha·c observers
have described as one of the
largest single recruitment efforts made by a CSUF group.
The students represent nearly 50 ~igh schools throughout
California and five junior c Jlleges in the San Joaquin Val-
ley and are exposed t-::, the
various scho;,i 'i ,)n .;-1:nprJs
as we! I as choosing from 20
general interest workshops•,..
uch as "La Chicana' 1 and
11
Gangs Ir. The Barrio."
It is supported by La Raza Studies, Educational Opportunity Program, and the
Economics Opportunity Commission.
A tentative date of January 21, 1978 has. been set
for the conference.
Other officers selected to
coordinate
activities
are:
Juan _Ocampo, vice-chairperson; Maria Correa, secretary; Celina Dominguez, treasurer; Lydia Roque, general
surer; Lydia R·:>Q·Je, career
workshops; Valentina Sepulveda, entertainment; John Lopez, nutr-ition; Tom Uribes,
magazi 1e; Becky Vasquez,
general interest workshops.
The CYC committee mee~s
Wed;'lesdays at 5:00 p.m. in
College Union room ~05 and
is still
seeking assistance
from students.
1st Chicano
Magazine
Set For CSUF
For the first time at CSUF
plans to publish a Chicano magazine are underway.
The magazine, whic_h will be a~
expansion of the Chicano Yout .
Conference brochure, will contain
poetry, ·1iterature, photography
and art reported CYC brochure
editor Tom Uribes.
He saidthe staff wel_co~es
members. The firstorgan1zat1on
meeting will be Tuesday, 00 11
at 5:30 pm in the College union.
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Bakke Hypocrisy:
"less Qualified
Whites Admitted"
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OAKL)\ND Allan Bakke, whose
"REVERSE DISCRIMINATION"
suit is pending before the United
states supreme Court, may have
been rejected for medical school
in favor of less qualified but
politically · potent whites rather
tlian less qualified minorities,
according to the East Bay Voice
a Socialist newspaper.
The East Bay Voice said the
year Bakke first applied, 1973,
five
persons ranking below
Bakke were admitted to the
school on the order of the dean,
John Tupper.
Bakke sued the University of
California at Davis arguing he
was wrongly denied admission
because the school set a goal
of 16 places out of 100 for disadvantaged minorities.
Bakke won the case in the
California Supreme Court and
the university appealed to the
U.S. Supreme Court. The case
now invites a landmark ruling
on whether affirmative action
programs throughout the nation
are constitutional.
The Socialist monthly newspaper said in the trial court
the university did not defend itself as strongly as possible because they did not disclose lesser
qualified whites were also admitted.
Such a disclosure could have
permitted the trial court to order
Bakke's admission without outlawing the special admissions
program for minorities which
the university was defending••
Neither Tupper nor the University commented on the newspaper's assertions.
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Volpp
Gives Conseios
Editorial
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In our first issue of La Voz, one of our
staff reporters wrote an article about the
rejection of Jorge Corralejo's nomination to
teach in La Raza Studies and the Economic
Department.
The article also dealt with the
LRS cutbacks. The head I ine was, LA RAZA,
CORnALEJO GETTiNG THE SHAFT.
Our reporter contacted instructors to vouch
for Corralejo's qualifications.
Interviewed.
were Dr. Taniguchi, of the economics dept.,
Dr. Jesus Luna of La Raza studies and Lily Small, affirmative action officer. Throughout the article, Dr. Louis P. Volpp, Academic Affairs-Vice President, was mentioned.
He was not interviewed because our reporter
could not 9ontact him.
He was mentioned
because VolP.P was responsible for many of
the decisions mentioned in the article.
The day after pub I ication, ·vol pp requested
that our repporter and myself arrange a meeting. Why he was overly concerned about this
article baffled my mind.
The meeting was arranged. When we entered
his office, Dr. Vol pp and to my surprise
Lily Smal I, greeted us warmly.
We sat down and proceeded to undergo
what can only be described as an attempt
to furth'e r harass Chicanos at CSU F, with
Volpp playing the self-proclaimed role of a
journal ism instructor.
Vol pp nit-picked at ,
many little items to harass us on. He also
criticized our attempt to deal with a serious
student concern.
Criticism · is welcome, but
Volpp was obviously huring from the "bad
press", and his claims of 'i rresponsible journal ism are probably a typical administration smokescreen.
Maybe it's easy for Dr.
Volpp to say it was irresponsible journalism
because he was searching for a defense mechanism.
Perhaps what pissed Dr. Vol pp
off was that truth was being spread out into
the open •
What's the old saying?
The truth hurts?
Before things get too far, Volpp will realize that the issue transcends dollars and
cents, reasonable misinterpretation and resource allocations.
It has serious social
and political imp I ications.
Which if not seriously and sincerely attended to, will come
back to haunt the overall society.
Pedro Ramirez
La Voz Editor
Unfair Decisions Shroud CSUF Past
By Juan Ocampo
The problems at Fresno
State
concerning
Ethnic
Studies and minority programs
are not problems
which suddenly arised, rather they are problems which
began before
the Baxter
administration.
In 1968 the Educational
Opportunity Program came·
into
existance at Fresno
State. Dr. Frederick Ness
was president of Fresno
State at this time. According to the book, "The Slow
Death .of Fresno State," the
Ness
administration willingly supported E.O.P. and
Ethnic Studies.
In 1969 a problem on the
contract of Marvin X, a black
instructor, arose, and his
right to teach in
Ethnic
Studies was questioned.
Because of the decisions
concerning the Marvin X
affair,
Ness experienced
problems which led to his
early resignation as presearly resignation as president.
After
Dr. Harold
Walker, executive vicepresident withdrew his name
from consideration as president, Dr. Karl Falk was
appointed acting preseident
by Chancellor Glenn Dumke.
Five days after the appointment, President Falk rearranged the former admi ni
stration of Ness, which sup.
ported minority programs.
The administrative realignment seemed clearly political and ideological,
according to the book. He
was quoted in the Fresno
Eee, (November 24, 1969)
"I had to have someone i~·
that position in whom I could
place my confidence."
Fresno County Supervisor
Wesley Craven, and other
political figures tried to influence Governor Reagan to
appoint Dr. Fikes, an avowed
conservative, to the faculty,
reported the public Press.
Later Dr. Fikes was appointed Executive Vice-President
by President Falk.
Dr. Dale 8urtner and Dr.
Walker were two men who
were literally kicked out ofthe old administration. Both
these men showed a great
willingness to work for progressive and liberal changes
in Fresno State's education.
Replacing
Burtner
was
Phillip Walker. Both President Falk and Phil I ip Walker
were considered conservatives. They both strongly
opposed the Ethnic Studies
and Experimental College
La Voz Analysis
programs.
Many decisions made by
the Fikes-Falk administration concerning students resulted in militant demonstrations in May of 1970.
For example, VicePresident Fikes cancelled
the Live and Learn program
for minority students, he
al so refused to answer demands from a groupofBlack
students.
On May 19, the
administration
announced
that eight Ethnic Studies
faculty members wuld not
be rehired.
These eight
members consisted of 60%
of the entire Black and Brown
faculty on campus.
Two Black Legislators met
with Ethnic Studies personnel and Walker. The Legislators blamed the administration for the four days
of violence on campus.
Falk was to leave Fresno
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IRA Contract Uniust to Minorities?
ey Elvia Ruiz
For the past few weeks
controversy has developed
over
the
Instructionally
Related
Activies
(IRA)
contract between the Associated Student Senate and
the
CSUF administ,-ation
which went into effect in
June of 1977.
Specifically. the IRA contract
places recommendation of student funding of
instructionally related activities in the hands of a
committee
consisting
of
three students
and three
administrators.
The contract's life is for
three years, at which time it
is automatical I y renewed for
three additional years unless
either party decides not to
renew the contract. It stipulates that 10 IRA acUvity
funding may be increased 5%
nor dee 'cased 5;1c,
Previous:y, the Associated
Student Senate, acting as representatives for stJdcmts on
the allocation of their $10
f•ae, made recommenda~ions
on budgeting, which is broken
down
into
two
areas:
instructionally related activiti es(I RA) and student act ivities.
Programs such as Rodeo
Team, athletics (the National Collegiate Athletic Association contract), pep band,
ttie art gallery. and judging
team fall under IRA. Those
programs are directly connected to curriculum.
Student activities areas
are those not resulting from
classes
such
as
the
Collegian, intramural sports,
the EOP Summer Institute,
Black History Week~ Semana
de la Raza,
Te~aquachi
Week, tutorial services, the
Child Day Care center, etc.
With tne money fr.im student fees, the Senate recommends how much each area
should get after
holding
hearings. It is submitted
to the student president who
signs it or vetoes it. The
ultimate decision for approval or rejection rests with
university president Baxter.
Every year:, budget recommendations are the center of
controversy and ill-will between
students.
Usually
coming out to fight for their
programs. :r1u.:.,J1nt, .. ~:, :--.:--g«
their
deep
concern and
involvement
with student
government are minorities.
The contract has come
under
fire
from some
curre,t saila l xs and from
minority students who feel
the contract was an ii legal
document fabricated in bad
faith and therefore, signed
ti) fLtrl:1e: ..:.' ..i:: .- ,-.1· .: ,n;rnrity activities.
It was pushed through
last year's senate by then
student president David
student
president
David
Nicksarrian who is better
known for his contempt of
minority programs, if not
minority students.
None of the student minority
senators
on last
year's senate were ever informed of the document although one source
inside
Nicksarrian'-s office stated
that the Baxter administration had pushed Nicksarrian
al I year to come up with such
an arrangement. One current senator who sat in on
the charades, and who voted
ag'ainst the document, Brent
Bowen, said he knew as much
as four weeks prior to the
vote that the document was
in the works. Yet Minnie
Kuroda
and
Margaret
Esparza, Chicana senators
last year knew only after
the meeting. Neither attended
the meeting because
their notices arrived either
the same day as the meeting
or the next day.
A group of concerned students on campus have formed
a coalition against the IRA
contract citing specific reasons why they think the con-
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La Voz-3
Chicana
Ed Va Ide z Gets
Wide Support In
Power
Continues
Council Race
Ed Valdez is bringing di!ferent
segments of Fresno's population
to support his city council candidacy says Manuel Perez, president of the Mexican-American
political Association (MAPA).
perez, who is CSUF's Educattonla Opportunity Program director, said MAPA is endorsing
the local Chicano attorney-.
Valdez ,hopes to win election
Nov. 1 to the seat vacated by
Daniel Whltehurst's victory over
Ted Wills in last April's mayorial
race.
"We feel he is open, honest
and sensitive," Perez said. He
ustens to all sides. He's been
able to demonstrate his ability
to earn the support of different
groups and build a coalition.
The 32-year-old Valdez, father
of six,. told La Voz he's received positive response throughout the community.
He said El Concilio de Fresno,
a body of representatives oflocal
Chicano organizations, also endorses him.
He said further support is
coming from Assemblyman Rick
Lehman, and county supervisors
John Donaldson and Bruce Bronzan.
From the city counci_l, Valdez
has gained the
backing of
Linda Mack and Joe Williams,
the first Black elected to Fresno's
City Council.
Individual down town businesman are supporting him as well
as ''many Chicano businessman
throughout Fresno."
Running Valdez' campaign is
Dick Heath, who also ran Williams' victorious race in April.
Les Kimber, publisher of the
California Advocate, and Frank
Vil legeas, owner of Chihuahua
Tortilleria, are co-chairmen.
Valdez, who hails from Salinas but has lived in Fresno
the past 12 years said he is
and "lndependdnt candidate" and
wili be an "independent councilman."
"In city hall, I will be fair,
objective, and independent," said
Valdez. I will represent the general community."
He favors the redevelopment
of downtown and eyes youth unemployment as a major concern.
He would like to see more youth
particioation in government.
In the past, Valdez has participated in CSU F's Chicano Youth
Conference as a workshop spea-
ker.
Valdez earned his law degree
at Humphrey's Law School in
Fresno, atwndlng classes at night
while working to support his family during the day. He practices law with his firm, Nunez
& Valdez.
Las Adelitas, an active sociopolitical power on campus since
1969, is again planning and organ.
izing various activities for the
77-78 school year.
President Sandy Ramirez expressed her optimism on the success of the group this year.
"We have many ideas and new
members. Freshman women have
come to our first meetings and
have brought with them great
ideas."
The board is meeting together
on Wed. evenings to plan activities
where people with different interests can participate.
"People will be able to find
something of interest in our
group," Sandy said. "That way
we'll have more involvement from
students, especially Chicana women.''
To start off the year, Las
Adel itas is sponsoring a Halloween Costume Disco· Dance on
Oct 28 from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00am,
in the upstairs cafeteria. Menudo
and refreshments will be sold and
prizes will be awarded for the
best costumes.
Donations will
be $1.00 and the money col I ected
wi 11 be used to sponsor other
The raffle tickets are selling for
activities.
50~ or three for $ 1.00 and ticThe club wishes to extend an
kets can be purchased from Adelinvitation to all chicanas to attend
itas members.
the weekly meetings on Tuesdays
Adellta officers for 1977-78
from 12:00 - I :00 pm, in the •
are Sandy . Ramirez, president; ,
cu
308.
Rosie Mora, vice-pr.esident; Yoland Soto, secretary; Marty GoIf you wish to get involve~,
mez, treas ure,. D e11a
. L opez and meet
and have fun this
. th new people
f
Diane Sala, publicity.
1 IS e group or you.
Win Oil Painting Prize
Las Adelitas, CSUF's Chicana
organization, is stepping up ticket sales for the raffle to win
an oil painting by La Raza Stu.dies art instructor Tony Roque,
to raise funds for the Committee
to Elect Julio Calderon to the
30th Assembly.
The painting will be raffled on
October 28, at Haloween disco
l Emblem· Contest
dance sponsored by LasAdelitas.
1970
LRS Death Causes -Furor
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complained that Baxter did
not consult the faculty in
appointing an acting viepresident. UPC daid Baxter
allowed a new faculty handbook to be printed without
giving the Senate the opportunity to react to it, and he
failed
fo
remove James
Fikes from the post of acting
Executive vice-president.
Finally tempers turned to
action when Baxter cancelled
La Raza Studies Program,
in September 1970, although
he could not sol idly justify
the cancellation. Fist fights
broke out when pol ice broke
through a Chicano picketline
with meetings, ral I ies, and
protests accumulating.
A
month or so later, a smal I
La Raza studies program
was reinstated at Fresno
State for the spring semester.
One may say that al I these
problems are part of the
past, but they are a I so a part
of
the present adm inistration.
Even today La
Raza Studies and minority
programs are in danger of
being abolished. Vice.President Volpp hired in the
academic year of 1976, is in
charge of hiring faculty.
In May of 1975, President
Baxter promised a sixth
tenure track position for LA
Raza Studies faculty. Today
there are only 5 tenured
track faculty members in La
Raza Studies.
Volpp has
stated at meetings that he
will not hire the sixth position and hides behind budgetary excuses while hinting to
other faculty he would I ike to
phase out La Raza Studies.
On Oct. 3, 1977 many concerned Chicano students
willingly gave their time to
await the outcome of a meeting between MECHA board
members and VicePresident Vol pp. The meeting was to dis·cu,s the ,sixth
tenure track position for La
Raza Studies. As it turned
out, Vice-President Volpp
State ar~und the first of July,
I970.But before he left, he
decided not to approve funds
for the Daily Collegian after
its editors printed a photo
which shor,-ed the newspaper
staff making a gesture intended for Chancellor
Dumke.
A suit was filed
by the Daily Collegian and
included as a defendant, Dr.
Norman A. eaxter who was
appointed president July 14,
1970.
Baxter agreed with
Falk's action and continued
to withhold funds. His presidency was opposed by a local
trustee, because of Baxter's
close relationshiptothe Falk
administration. Soon
eaxter's
actions demonstrated that his adm in i st ration wou'ld be like Fike's
reports "The Slow Death".
The United Professors of
Cal ifornie. (UPC) Newsletter
Chicano Pre-·
Law Students
Seek
Nev,10 ,f ficers
Chicanos in Law Organization will elect officers at its
next -meeting,~ Thursday, October 20 at 5:00 p.m. Flyers
will be' distributed to inform
interested persons of the location.
Pre-law majors and law enforcement majors are encouraged to attend.
Temporary officers are-Arturo Ocampo, president; Frances Buena. vice-president; Priscilla Contreras, secretary; ~ nd Cindy Cabrera, treasurer.
Faculty advisor is Hugo Morales.
did not show at the time of
the scheduled appointment,
although a telephone call to
Volpp
that morning confirmed the appointment.
Late in the spring semester of 1977 during final exams
the puppet student senate of
the administration approved
the Instructionally Related
Activities contract which
raised suspicions that minority programs would again
be undermined.
Late in the spring semester
of 1977 during final exams,
the puppet student senate
(of
the
administration)
approved the Instructionally
Related Activities contract
which excludes all minority
programs on campus. This
plan was approved without the input . of minority students who always take an
active
part
in student
government.
Students must be aware
of the political shenanigans
which surround them, and
affect them as students at
Fresno State.
In a letter to the Editor
of the Daily Collegian in
a Sept. 21, 1970 issue, a
reader concerned with the
· uprising on campus, warns,
"Baxter the barbaric has
already satisfied his madness for the moment, but
we all know he wi II soon
need new meat to kill".
Fresno State's social · obI igat ion to I he Ip ease the
plight minorities have experienced in this society is
in
danger
of
further
grotesque rape by CSUF's
high
administration officials.
It appears unless students
again take matters intotheir
own
hands,
then their
younger brothers and sisters
must
suffer the consequences.
An emblem drawing contest
that depicts the character of Las
Adel itas is being sponsored by
Las Adel itas of CSUF.
The drawing will be judged
mainly on originality by two members of La Raza studies faculty,
and ex-Adelita president Valentina Sepulveda.
Everyone iflterested is asked
to submit his/her drawing to the
La Raza Studies Office San Ramon
4, Room 116, in Las Adel itas
box. The deadline for submitting
the drawings is Oct. IS. Ten dollars and a gift certificate will be awarded to the winner.
KFCF, salsa
Salsa is gradually seeping
into the Valley via Fresno's
public radio station, KFCF,
88.1 FM.
KFCF simulcasts the signal
of I istener-sponsored adio
station KPFA/FM in Berkeley. and included in KPFA's
programming is a three-hour
Saturday afternoon (12:00 3:00 p.m.) salsa program.
Contract legality questioned. ·
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tract is illegal.
Rachel Mendoza, administrative assistant to Legislative Vice President Karen
Clark, and spokeswoman for
the group says one reason
why the coal i~ion feels the
contract is illegal is the
senate did not have a quorum
at the time the contract was
approved and passed. This
makes the contract null and
void, according to Mendoza.
Mendoza and the coal it ion
are also questioning whether
a
"lame _duck"
student
government can give away
its student powers as to how
student monies can be distributed.
The organization of the
contract was done in a racist
way, the student coal it ion
feels. All minority organizations and programs are
excluded from the priority
funding given to IRA activi-
ties,
The minority programs
which are acknowledged as
Student Services receive the
1eftover mon'ies not allocated
to the IRA activities and then
must fight among themselves
for this money.
The coalition feels this is
unfair
and
unjust. Why
should
"Baxter favored"
activities be given priority
funding for a set term of
three years or more_?
One wonders how legitimate this contract is since
it was organized and passed
by a "I ame duck" student
government.
Some may
question why the contract
was approved when the entire
student body at CSU F was
involved in final exams with
I ittle time to concentrate
on the senate.
Also, it has been known
that no effort was done to
have a full discussion on the
contract and that it was
passed along with four other
line items.
One al so wonders how heavy
handed the administration
was
in regards
to this
contract?
Editor • . . Pedro Ramirez
Assistant Edi~-Jr Felix Co~treras
Photography EditorTomas Uribes
Staf.' •••• G-Jadalupe Acosta
Cynthi~ Cabrera, Dulce Leyva
Artur J Ocampo, Juan Ocampo
Tii1a ~i?~,
Elvia Ruiz
Dianne Sol is
Contributor - Mercy Medina
Monq~y,October 10,1977
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Students March
In Bakke Protest
By Cindy Cabrera
An 8-mile demonstration march Wednesday from CSUF to
the courthouse downtown served
as a local response to the
nationwide protests over the
controversial Bakke decision
now before the US Supreme
court.
It was co-sponsored by the
Fresno Anti-Bakke Demonstration Coalition and the CSUF
and Fresno City College MEC-
hAs.
A statewide protest is set
for October 15 when a demonstration march will be held
at San Francisco federal building.
At top, students near their destiny at federal courthouse in their Smile walk last We dnesday. At bottom, tired students rf!st in courthouse park durin g another chapter of minority struggle to attain
equal opportunitieso (photos by Felix Contreras and Tomas Uribes).
LRS Saga Flares
As Volpp Responds
By Dianne Sol is
& Tomas Uribes
A grievance expected to
be filed today or tomor r ow
-for a former La Raza Studies
( LRS )
lecturer
Jorge
Corralejo, and the failure of
Louis Volpp, vice-president
of academic affairs, to appear
at a scheduled meeting with
six MEChA Board members
fuels the latest sparks in the
La Raza Studies controversy.
The controversy cer.iters
around Volpp's rejection of
the
La Raza Studies Program's nomination of Cor r al~jo as a tenured tr ack professor and the alleged subsequent refusal of a
LAS
request to hi re him ful l-time
by someone who met the qualby somenoe wh'.) mei the qualifications as speci fi ed in a
job announcement.
Vol pp cited Corra l~j.)' :.; i ~ck
of a Ph.D. as one of three
reasons for his reje ction and
blames LAS for " botc hi 1g"
the job announcemen~ by requi ring a Ph.D.
The job announcement I isted
the position
as Associate
Prof2ssor / Assistant Professor / Lecturer. Qua! i f ications were a Ph.D.
According to Corralejo,
Dr. Rir;'lard Spangler, Dean
of th~ ScJ1~).:, i : f Social Sciences, said that since the job
ann0uno:.:'::ment was 11 vague",
Vol pp had the flexibility to
go anyway he wanted since
some lecturers do not have
doctrate degrees.
However, Vol pp firmly maintained,
"The job announcement said a Ph.D. was requi red.
There was nothing
about a:-i eq.:.iivilent or anything
else. There was no proposal
that something in I ieu of a
doctrate was appropriate in
this insi ance.''
Eut Alex Saragoza, r~rmer
LAS coordinator, c:>1tended
that there was such 1 "pro.
posal".
Saragoza said Vo l po s;.g :-eed
last semester h a meeting
that a non-Ph.D. candidate
would be permissabl e lf there
was a possibi !i t1 t"la t tl1e best
candidate did not have :1. d•:>ctrate.
But with Volp n'~ r:= f'.ln! of
the
nomination, Dr. Jes ·.i s
Lu ·n, L. i1S c:>ordinator i~:,: ~d
✓ olp~ h
i1i r e Cor, at::; ,, 'J •l
an interim basis .... ntil the
position was filled as · spcci ..
fied.
Volpp re;>orted 1y refused.
Corralejo has sought legal
counsel
with a pr :> fts 5ors
union, United Profossors of
California '(UPC).
Warren
Kessler,
state president of
UPC and former CSUF philosophy te~cher, said the campus
Allan Bakke, is a white student who applied for admission to the medical school at
the University of Davis in 1973
and in 1974.
Rejected both times, Bakke
alleged he was the victim of
"reverse discrimination." He
claims he was rejected because
he was white and that "less
qua Ii fi ed" students we re admitted through a Special Admissions program.
Sixteen out of 100 slots are
set aside under an affirmative
action program designed to increase the number of Chicano,
black, Asian and American Indian doctors in the state of
California. Claiming that this
quota system is discriminatory
and unconstitutional, Bakke won
the support of the California
-SUpreme Court which declared
the UC Davis plan unconstitutional.
The university appealed to
the U.S. Supreme Court and
is waiting to have its case
heard this month.
Many civil rights groups
tried to dissuade the university from appealing; because
CSUF Teatro To·
Play For SF .March
CSU F's Teatro def Espi ri- •
tu will perform in San Francisco Saturday for the statewide Anti-Bakke demonstration
march there.
rather than allow the issue to
be decided on a national basis
by the conservative Burger court, they hoped to confine the
damage to California.
Also, some groups contend
the regents sought Bakke's action so the courts would abo1ish the programs and free the
university from helping minorities.
In response to the issue,
minority and civil rights groups
throughout the nation are staging protests to show the Supreme Court their deep concern.
The Fresno mar<:h which
began from CSU F's free speech
area at I :30 proceeded to the
Fresno County Courthouse in
downtown Fresno, via Cedar
and Tulare Avenues. Fresno
City College participants, who
began their march from FCC,
joined CSUF participants on
Tulare Avenu·:.
Before the marchers settled in front of the Courthouse
to I isten to a host of speakers,
they marched in front of the
federal building and on the mall.
Starting off the speakers list
was e ii ly Wright, coordinator
for operation PUSH(People United to Save Humanity). He
stressed that a coal it ion of al I
oppressed people is needed and
that it would be the most effective tool in fighting discrimination.
Renda! I Mabey, a former
philosophy instructor at CSUt-,
stated that the root of the problem was "a system that turned everybody against each other
by the few who reaped the profits." He cited an instance inwhich he felt discriminated against in trying to obtain employment;
although he was qua! itled for
the position, he was passed
over for- a minority to meet
affirmative action requirem-
ents.
Ben Garza, a member of the
local Anti-Eakke-Decision-Coal it ion felt that the Bakke decision is "a directattaok against
Third World People, their struggles for full equality, andmust
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MEChA Plans 5th CYC
Alfonso Guzman, a CSUF
senior and former Fresno5Panish - station disc-jockey,
was ,,,~cU·J cl1:,.:.•:Hrson of
nference committee last week.
The annual effort to bring
minority high school and junior college students onto the
campus enters its fifth year.
Sponsored by MEChA, it
is designed to encourage minorities to seek higher education.
Its first two years, the
CYC drew 200-500 stJdents.
The p!ist two years,
over
1,000 siu1r·r1i: :1,. ,e converged
on campus in wha·c observers
have described as one of the
largest single recruitment efforts made by a CSUF group.
The students represent nearly 50 ~igh schools throughout
California and five junior c Jlleges in the San Joaquin Val-
ley and are exposed t-::, the
various scho;,i 'i ,)n .;-1:nprJs
as we! I as choosing from 20
general interest workshops•,..
uch as "La Chicana' 1 and
11
Gangs Ir. The Barrio."
It is supported by La Raza Studies, Educational Opportunity Program, and the
Economics Opportunity Commission.
A tentative date of January 21, 1978 has. been set
for the conference.
Other officers selected to
coordinate
activities
are:
Juan _Ocampo, vice-chairperson; Maria Correa, secretary; Celina Dominguez, treasurer; Lydia Roque, general
surer; Lydia R·:>Q·Je, career
workshops; Valentina Sepulveda, entertainment; John Lopez, nutr-ition; Tom Uribes,
magazi 1e; Becky Vasquez,
general interest workshops.
The CYC committee mee~s
Wed;'lesdays at 5:00 p.m. in
College Union room ~05 and
is still
seeking assistance
from students.
1st Chicano
Magazine
Set For CSUF
For the first time at CSUF
plans to publish a Chicano magazine are underway.
The magazine, whic_h will be a~
expansion of the Chicano Yout .
Conference brochure, will contain
poetry, ·1iterature, photography
and art reported CYC brochure
editor Tom Uribes.
He saidthe staff wel_co~es
members. The firstorgan1zat1on
meeting will be Tuesday, 00 11
at 5:30 pm in the College union.
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Bakke Hypocrisy:
"less Qualified
Whites Admitted"
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OAKL)\ND Allan Bakke, whose
"REVERSE DISCRIMINATION"
suit is pending before the United
states supreme Court, may have
been rejected for medical school
in favor of less qualified but
politically · potent whites rather
tlian less qualified minorities,
according to the East Bay Voice
a Socialist newspaper.
The East Bay Voice said the
year Bakke first applied, 1973,
five
persons ranking below
Bakke were admitted to the
school on the order of the dean,
John Tupper.
Bakke sued the University of
California at Davis arguing he
was wrongly denied admission
because the school set a goal
of 16 places out of 100 for disadvantaged minorities.
Bakke won the case in the
California Supreme Court and
the university appealed to the
U.S. Supreme Court. The case
now invites a landmark ruling
on whether affirmative action
programs throughout the nation
are constitutional.
The Socialist monthly newspaper said in the trial court
the university did not defend itself as strongly as possible because they did not disclose lesser
qualified whites were also admitted.
Such a disclosure could have
permitted the trial court to order
Bakke's admission without outlawing the special admissions
program for minorities which
the university was defending••
Neither Tupper nor the University commented on the newspaper's assertions.
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Volpp
Gives Conseios
Editorial
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In our first issue of La Voz, one of our
staff reporters wrote an article about the
rejection of Jorge Corralejo's nomination to
teach in La Raza Studies and the Economic
Department.
The article also dealt with the
LRS cutbacks. The head I ine was, LA RAZA,
CORnALEJO GETTiNG THE SHAFT.
Our reporter contacted instructors to vouch
for Corralejo's qualifications.
Interviewed.
were Dr. Taniguchi, of the economics dept.,
Dr. Jesus Luna of La Raza studies and Lily Small, affirmative action officer. Throughout the article, Dr. Louis P. Volpp, Academic Affairs-Vice President, was mentioned.
He was not interviewed because our reporter
could not 9ontact him.
He was mentioned
because VolP.P was responsible for many of
the decisions mentioned in the article.
The day after pub I ication, ·vol pp requested
that our repporter and myself arrange a meeting. Why he was overly concerned about this
article baffled my mind.
The meeting was arranged. When we entered
his office, Dr. Vol pp and to my surprise
Lily Smal I, greeted us warmly.
We sat down and proceeded to undergo
what can only be described as an attempt
to furth'e r harass Chicanos at CSU F, with
Volpp playing the self-proclaimed role of a
journal ism instructor.
Vol pp nit-picked at ,
many little items to harass us on. He also
criticized our attempt to deal with a serious
student concern.
Criticism · is welcome, but
Volpp was obviously huring from the "bad
press", and his claims of 'i rresponsible journal ism are probably a typical administration smokescreen.
Maybe it's easy for Dr.
Volpp to say it was irresponsible journalism
because he was searching for a defense mechanism.
Perhaps what pissed Dr. Vol pp
off was that truth was being spread out into
the open •
What's the old saying?
The truth hurts?
Before things get too far, Volpp will realize that the issue transcends dollars and
cents, reasonable misinterpretation and resource allocations.
It has serious social
and political imp I ications.
Which if not seriously and sincerely attended to, will come
back to haunt the overall society.
Pedro Ramirez
La Voz Editor
Unfair Decisions Shroud CSUF Past
By Juan Ocampo
The problems at Fresno
State
concerning
Ethnic
Studies and minority programs
are not problems
which suddenly arised, rather they are problems which
began before
the Baxter
administration.
In 1968 the Educational
Opportunity Program came·
into
existance at Fresno
State. Dr. Frederick Ness
was president of Fresno
State at this time. According to the book, "The Slow
Death .of Fresno State," the
Ness
administration willingly supported E.O.P. and
Ethnic Studies.
In 1969 a problem on the
contract of Marvin X, a black
instructor, arose, and his
right to teach in
Ethnic
Studies was questioned.
Because of the decisions
concerning the Marvin X
affair,
Ness experienced
problems which led to his
early resignation as presearly resignation as president.
After
Dr. Harold
Walker, executive vicepresident withdrew his name
from consideration as president, Dr. Karl Falk was
appointed acting preseident
by Chancellor Glenn Dumke.
Five days after the appointment, President Falk rearranged the former admi ni
stration of Ness, which sup.
ported minority programs.
The administrative realignment seemed clearly political and ideological,
according to the book. He
was quoted in the Fresno
Eee, (November 24, 1969)
"I had to have someone i~·
that position in whom I could
place my confidence."
Fresno County Supervisor
Wesley Craven, and other
political figures tried to influence Governor Reagan to
appoint Dr. Fikes, an avowed
conservative, to the faculty,
reported the public Press.
Later Dr. Fikes was appointed Executive Vice-President
by President Falk.
Dr. Dale 8urtner and Dr.
Walker were two men who
were literally kicked out ofthe old administration. Both
these men showed a great
willingness to work for progressive and liberal changes
in Fresno State's education.
Replacing
Burtner
was
Phillip Walker. Both President Falk and Phil I ip Walker
were considered conservatives. They both strongly
opposed the Ethnic Studies
and Experimental College
La Voz Analysis
programs.
Many decisions made by
the Fikes-Falk administration concerning students resulted in militant demonstrations in May of 1970.
For example, VicePresident Fikes cancelled
the Live and Learn program
for minority students, he
al so refused to answer demands from a groupofBlack
students.
On May 19, the
administration
announced
that eight Ethnic Studies
faculty members wuld not
be rehired.
These eight
members consisted of 60%
of the entire Black and Brown
faculty on campus.
Two Black Legislators met
with Ethnic Studies personnel and Walker. The Legislators blamed the administration for the four days
of violence on campus.
Falk was to leave Fresno
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IRA Contract Uniust to Minorities?
ey Elvia Ruiz
For the past few weeks
controversy has developed
over
the
Instructionally
Related
Activies
(IRA)
contract between the Associated Student Senate and
the
CSUF administ,-ation
which went into effect in
June of 1977.
Specifically. the IRA contract
places recommendation of student funding of
instructionally related activities in the hands of a
committee
consisting
of
three students
and three
administrators.
The contract's life is for
three years, at which time it
is automatical I y renewed for
three additional years unless
either party decides not to
renew the contract. It stipulates that 10 IRA acUvity
funding may be increased 5%
nor dee 'cased 5;1c,
Previous:y, the Associated
Student Senate, acting as representatives for stJdcmts on
the allocation of their $10
f•ae, made recommenda~ions
on budgeting, which is broken
down
into
two
areas:
instructionally related activiti es(I RA) and student act ivities.
Programs such as Rodeo
Team, athletics (the National Collegiate Athletic Association contract), pep band,
ttie art gallery. and judging
team fall under IRA. Those
programs are directly connected to curriculum.
Student activities areas
are those not resulting from
classes
such
as
the
Collegian, intramural sports,
the EOP Summer Institute,
Black History Week~ Semana
de la Raza,
Te~aquachi
Week, tutorial services, the
Child Day Care center, etc.
With tne money fr.im student fees, the Senate recommends how much each area
should get after
holding
hearings. It is submitted
to the student president who
signs it or vetoes it. The
ultimate decision for approval or rejection rests with
university president Baxter.
Every year:, budget recommendations are the center of
controversy and ill-will between
students.
Usually
coming out to fight for their
programs. :r1u.:.,J1nt, .. ~:, :--.:--g«
their
deep
concern and
involvement
with student
government are minorities.
The contract has come
under
fire
from some
curre,t saila l xs and from
minority students who feel
the contract was an ii legal
document fabricated in bad
faith and therefore, signed
ti) fLtrl:1e: ..:.' ..i:: .- ,-.1· .: ,n;rnrity activities.
It was pushed through
last year's senate by then
student president David
student
president
David
Nicksarrian who is better
known for his contempt of
minority programs, if not
minority students.
None of the student minority
senators
on last
year's senate were ever informed of the document although one source
inside
Nicksarrian'-s office stated
that the Baxter administration had pushed Nicksarrian
al I year to come up with such
an arrangement. One current senator who sat in on
the charades, and who voted
ag'ainst the document, Brent
Bowen, said he knew as much
as four weeks prior to the
vote that the document was
in the works. Yet Minnie
Kuroda
and
Margaret
Esparza, Chicana senators
last year knew only after
the meeting. Neither attended
the meeting because
their notices arrived either
the same day as the meeting
or the next day.
A group of concerned students on campus have formed
a coalition against the IRA
contract citing specific reasons why they think the con-
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La Voz-3
Chicana
Ed Va Ide z Gets
Wide Support In
Power
Continues
Council Race
Ed Valdez is bringing di!ferent
segments of Fresno's population
to support his city council candidacy says Manuel Perez, president of the Mexican-American
political Association (MAPA).
perez, who is CSUF's Educattonla Opportunity Program director, said MAPA is endorsing
the local Chicano attorney-.
Valdez ,hopes to win election
Nov. 1 to the seat vacated by
Daniel Whltehurst's victory over
Ted Wills in last April's mayorial
race.
"We feel he is open, honest
and sensitive," Perez said. He
ustens to all sides. He's been
able to demonstrate his ability
to earn the support of different
groups and build a coalition.
The 32-year-old Valdez, father
of six,. told La Voz he's received positive response throughout the community.
He said El Concilio de Fresno,
a body of representatives oflocal
Chicano organizations, also endorses him.
He said further support is
coming from Assemblyman Rick
Lehman, and county supervisors
John Donaldson and Bruce Bronzan.
From the city counci_l, Valdez
has gained the
backing of
Linda Mack and Joe Williams,
the first Black elected to Fresno's
City Council.
Individual down town businesman are supporting him as well
as ''many Chicano businessman
throughout Fresno."
Running Valdez' campaign is
Dick Heath, who also ran Williams' victorious race in April.
Les Kimber, publisher of the
California Advocate, and Frank
Vil legeas, owner of Chihuahua
Tortilleria, are co-chairmen.
Valdez, who hails from Salinas but has lived in Fresno
the past 12 years said he is
and "lndependdnt candidate" and
wili be an "independent councilman."
"In city hall, I will be fair,
objective, and independent," said
Valdez. I will represent the general community."
He favors the redevelopment
of downtown and eyes youth unemployment as a major concern.
He would like to see more youth
particioation in government.
In the past, Valdez has participated in CSU F's Chicano Youth
Conference as a workshop spea-
ker.
Valdez earned his law degree
at Humphrey's Law School in
Fresno, atwndlng classes at night
while working to support his family during the day. He practices law with his firm, Nunez
& Valdez.
Las Adelitas, an active sociopolitical power on campus since
1969, is again planning and organ.
izing various activities for the
77-78 school year.
President Sandy Ramirez expressed her optimism on the success of the group this year.
"We have many ideas and new
members. Freshman women have
come to our first meetings and
have brought with them great
ideas."
The board is meeting together
on Wed. evenings to plan activities
where people with different interests can participate.
"People will be able to find
something of interest in our
group," Sandy said. "That way
we'll have more involvement from
students, especially Chicana women.''
To start off the year, Las
Adel itas is sponsoring a Halloween Costume Disco· Dance on
Oct 28 from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00am,
in the upstairs cafeteria. Menudo
and refreshments will be sold and
prizes will be awarded for the
best costumes.
Donations will
be $1.00 and the money col I ected
wi 11 be used to sponsor other
The raffle tickets are selling for
activities.
50~ or three for $ 1.00 and ticThe club wishes to extend an
kets can be purchased from Adelinvitation to all chicanas to attend
itas members.
the weekly meetings on Tuesdays
Adellta officers for 1977-78
from 12:00 - I :00 pm, in the •
are Sandy . Ramirez, president; ,
cu
308.
Rosie Mora, vice-pr.esident; Yoland Soto, secretary; Marty GoIf you wish to get involve~,
mez, treas ure,. D e11a
. L opez and meet
and have fun this
. th new people
f
Diane Sala, publicity.
1 IS e group or you.
Win Oil Painting Prize
Las Adelitas, CSUF's Chicana
organization, is stepping up ticket sales for the raffle to win
an oil painting by La Raza Stu.dies art instructor Tony Roque,
to raise funds for the Committee
to Elect Julio Calderon to the
30th Assembly.
The painting will be raffled on
October 28, at Haloween disco
l Emblem· Contest
dance sponsored by LasAdelitas.
1970
LRS Death Causes -Furor
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complained that Baxter did
not consult the faculty in
appointing an acting viepresident. UPC daid Baxter
allowed a new faculty handbook to be printed without
giving the Senate the opportunity to react to it, and he
failed
fo
remove James
Fikes from the post of acting
Executive vice-president.
Finally tempers turned to
action when Baxter cancelled
La Raza Studies Program,
in September 1970, although
he could not sol idly justify
the cancellation. Fist fights
broke out when pol ice broke
through a Chicano picketline
with meetings, ral I ies, and
protests accumulating.
A
month or so later, a smal I
La Raza studies program
was reinstated at Fresno
State for the spring semester.
One may say that al I these
problems are part of the
past, but they are a I so a part
of
the present adm inistration.
Even today La
Raza Studies and minority
programs are in danger of
being abolished. Vice.President Volpp hired in the
academic year of 1976, is in
charge of hiring faculty.
In May of 1975, President
Baxter promised a sixth
tenure track position for LA
Raza Studies faculty. Today
there are only 5 tenured
track faculty members in La
Raza Studies.
Volpp has
stated at meetings that he
will not hire the sixth position and hides behind budgetary excuses while hinting to
other faculty he would I ike to
phase out La Raza Studies.
On Oct. 3, 1977 many concerned Chicano students
willingly gave their time to
await the outcome of a meeting between MECHA board
members and VicePresident Vol pp. The meeting was to dis·cu,s the ,sixth
tenure track position for La
Raza Studies. As it turned
out, Vice-President Volpp
State ar~und the first of July,
I970.But before he left, he
decided not to approve funds
for the Daily Collegian after
its editors printed a photo
which shor,-ed the newspaper
staff making a gesture intended for Chancellor
Dumke.
A suit was filed
by the Daily Collegian and
included as a defendant, Dr.
Norman A. eaxter who was
appointed president July 14,
1970.
Baxter agreed with
Falk's action and continued
to withhold funds. His presidency was opposed by a local
trustee, because of Baxter's
close relationshiptothe Falk
administration. Soon
eaxter's
actions demonstrated that his adm in i st ration wou'ld be like Fike's
reports "The Slow Death".
The United Professors of
Cal ifornie. (UPC) Newsletter
Chicano Pre-·
Law Students
Seek
Nev,10 ,f ficers
Chicanos in Law Organization will elect officers at its
next -meeting,~ Thursday, October 20 at 5:00 p.m. Flyers
will be' distributed to inform
interested persons of the location.
Pre-law majors and law enforcement majors are encouraged to attend.
Temporary officers are-Arturo Ocampo, president; Frances Buena. vice-president; Priscilla Contreras, secretary; ~ nd Cindy Cabrera, treasurer.
Faculty advisor is Hugo Morales.
did not show at the time of
the scheduled appointment,
although a telephone call to
Volpp
that morning confirmed the appointment.
Late in the spring semester of 1977 during final exams
the puppet student senate of
the administration approved
the Instructionally Related
Activities contract which
raised suspicions that minority programs would again
be undermined.
Late in the spring semester
of 1977 during final exams,
the puppet student senate
(of
the
administration)
approved the Instructionally
Related Activities contract
which excludes all minority
programs on campus. This
plan was approved without the input . of minority students who always take an
active
part
in student
government.
Students must be aware
of the political shenanigans
which surround them, and
affect them as students at
Fresno State.
In a letter to the Editor
of the Daily Collegian in
a Sept. 21, 1970 issue, a
reader concerned with the
· uprising on campus, warns,
"Baxter the barbaric has
already satisfied his madness for the moment, but
we all know he wi II soon
need new meat to kill".
Fresno State's social · obI igat ion to I he Ip ease the
plight minorities have experienced in this society is
in
danger
of
further
grotesque rape by CSUF's
high
administration officials.
It appears unless students
again take matters intotheir
own
hands,
then their
younger brothers and sisters
must
suffer the consequences.
An emblem drawing contest
that depicts the character of Las
Adel itas is being sponsored by
Las Adel itas of CSUF.
The drawing will be judged
mainly on originality by two members of La Raza studies faculty,
and ex-Adelita president Valentina Sepulveda.
Everyone iflterested is asked
to submit his/her drawing to the
La Raza Studies Office San Ramon
4, Room 116, in Las Adel itas
box. The deadline for submitting
the drawings is Oct. IS. Ten dollars and a gift certificate will be awarded to the winner.
KFCF, salsa
Salsa is gradually seeping
into the Valley via Fresno's
public radio station, KFCF,
88.1 FM.
KFCF simulcasts the signal
of I istener-sponsored adio
station KPFA/FM in Berkeley. and included in KPFA's
programming is a three-hour
Saturday afternoon (12:00 3:00 p.m.) salsa program.
Contract legality questioned. ·
(Continued from p. 2)
tract is illegal.
Rachel Mendoza, administrative assistant to Legislative Vice President Karen
Clark, and spokeswoman for
the group says one reason
why the coal i~ion feels the
contract is illegal is the
senate did not have a quorum
at the time the contract was
approved and passed. This
makes the contract null and
void, according to Mendoza.
Mendoza and the coal it ion
are also questioning whether
a
"lame _duck"
student
government can give away
its student powers as to how
student monies can be distributed.
The organization of the
contract was done in a racist
way, the student coal it ion
feels. All minority organizations and programs are
excluded from the priority
funding given to IRA activi-
ties,
The minority programs
which are acknowledged as
Student Services receive the
1eftover mon'ies not allocated
to the IRA activities and then
must fight among themselves
for this money.
The coalition feels this is
unfair
and
unjust. Why
should
"Baxter favored"
activities be given priority
funding for a set term of
three years or more_?
One wonders how legitimate this contract is since
it was organized and passed
by a "I ame duck" student
government.
Some may
question why the contract
was approved when the entire
student body at CSU F was
involved in final exams with
I ittle time to concentrate
on the senate.
Also, it has been known
that no effort was done to
have a full discussion on the
contract and that it was
passed along with four other
line items.
One al so wonders how heavy
handed the administration
was
in regards
to this
contract?
Editor • . . Pedro Ramirez
Assistant Edi~-Jr Felix Co~treras
Photography EditorTomas Uribes
Staf.' •••• G-Jadalupe Acosta
Cynthi~ Cabrera, Dulce Leyva
Artur J Ocampo, Juan Ocampo
Tii1a ~i?~,
Elvia Ruiz
Dianne Sol is
Contributor - Mercy Medina