La Voz de Aztlan, November 14 1977
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La Voz de Aztlan, November 14 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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11/14/1977
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Chica-n·os Must Unify
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The situations in many valley
schools and Fresno are the same
problems we had back in the sixties,
ififties, forties, etc. How much :
different are the recent problems
in- these valley.schools in comparison to problems our parents had,
when some attended these schools.
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would Reedley, Madera, Visalia,
Wo0<;Uake,
Kerman, Mendota,
Yosemite, Delano, Central, Dinu~
and most recently Coalinga all wall
out in protest?
These are only a handful
of schools in the valley. What
are other ,valley schools doing to
Incidents have been told to a void walking out? It would seem
La Voz writers; are these inci- to me, not much of anything. Partly
dents made up. or factual? For because Chicanos seem to choose
example, in Caruthers, a concerned one side. Some don't care, or
mother reported to La Voz that her are afraid and some· are deeply
son was humiliated by Fresno State's concerned. The deeply concerned
Coordinator
Relation
officer, Chicanos are the ones that walk
Richard J. Giese. He embarrassed out, the others lag behindandwatch.
This separation among Chica~s
the Chicano student' while trying to
causes
problems, . because there IS
ask for his attention by saying,
'' Am I going to have to direct not a full force going straight after
everything to you in Spanish or what they want. After the problems
what?" . The 'class laughed at him, seem to be settled, '.
the same problems gradually
saying that Mr. Giese really busted
start simmering.
me Chicano,
on him. Perhaps this incident is
therefore,
gains
very
little.
true, however, the mother said Giese
To change situations in schools
apologized after her sonapproached
and to make sure the same probhim.
lems do not repeat themselves over
This is not the first incident and over, Chicanos must have a
at Caruthers.
There are many strong voice . in school decisionmore. If it were not for the -con- making and Chicanos must gat~er
cerned mother, La Voz would not with no separation so that the voice
of our Raza will be heard.
be aware of such problems.
Do problems exist in other valley
Pedro Ramirez
schools? I think they do. Why
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WE WANT EQUALiT/
"let's give support against oppression" Wait a minute. What's going on here?
Put down your picket signs and stot> your
chanting for a moment and let's check this
out.
Dennis Banks is from South Dakota, his
home is South Dakota and to manv ~oo]P..
he is considered a prime target for many a
rifle barrel in South Dakota.
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Banks is the leader of the American
Indian Movement (AIM), the organization reprPsP.nting the landlord of the property to which
Unde Sam has been hollering "the check's :n
the mair · for ahout two hnndreq years too long.
The FBI and other anti-Indian groups
in South Dakota have apparently convinced
Banks that to go back to his homeland would .
bf' certain death. These people have put a
leg-al contract on his life and sent the bounty
hunter after the bad Indian to show him that
they mean business.
But, for a change, the calvary has come.to
the rescue of the Indians and is valiantly
fighting uff the bad guys in South Dakota.
The governor of California, Edmond
Brown, Jr., feels that South Dakota does not
have the right to send their hang men over
here and put the rope around Bank's neck.
Brown is fighting the extradition attempt
through the courts and in doing so has been
successful.
Banks is a safe man in California and can continue his efforts for AIM,
from .his new home at DQU University.
It is about time the government has come
to the aid of the Indian. That kind of action
is long overdue.
I have nothing but respect for all Indian
Nations here in the United States. We should
have respect for these people and stand behind their movement and struggles. Let's
not forget our own movement, but let us remember that ''the people united cannot be
defeated."
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Felix J. Contr9ras
Assist:i.nt Editor
Activist fights back
' Ccn:ir1-P.:l from ?age I
submitted to Brown.
Roberts claims these documents
will establish that threats were
made on Bank's life by the very
highest law enforcement officials
of South Dakota. He said the
documents would show why granting extradiction would be such a
gross miscarriage of justice
justifying the governor's refusal'.
But Robert's motion was denied ...
Whether this is the information
that Brown now has, is not known.
It is known that the information
is described as extremely volatile and confidential.
Since taking sanctuary in Cali-
_fornia, Banks has been teaching
at Degana.widah-Quelzacoatl University, an Indian and Chicano
college near Sacramento.
Banks has attracted much
Third World support.It is speculated that Brown may take the
case to the UnitedStatesSupreme
Court.
Whatever the future holds,
Banks spirit has not been broken.
At a San Francisco rally last
May, he said, "It is impartant
to understand that we are not
asking for one man to be saved.
We want the mistreatment of
all minorities to end.''
The La Voz staff would like
to give a special thanks to Sal
Garcia for his art contrib~tions in this month's issue of
La Voz de Aztlan.
Third World Coalition
For years, minority students
have been aware of, and victimized by -the theory of "divide
and conquer.'' · In this year of
conservative backlash across the
-nation, the need to unite with
other people who are being shortchanged by the system in American society becomes extreIJ1ely
critical.
Unity has always been important. But at Fresno State University, the communication between minorities has not been
as strong as it should have been.
We are now feeling the !}rawbacks of that situation.
One need only look at the
peril the ethnic studies programs
face ... especially with the vicepresjdents previously-state concern to dismantle them ... and the
cuts many minority oriented programs have been suffering on
campus in recent years.
Some Blacks, Native Indians,
Asian-Americans, Chicanos,
at CSUF have taken
the initiative fo form a '' third
world coalition., to deal with
problems currently facing minorities o.n campus.
In a concerted effort to keep
CSUF from returning to the ore1970 days when racism as 'bad as
it is now, these students may hold
the key to the future of minority
programs ... programs whichhave
helped many students at this
university, and as a result, the
community in general.
Needless to say, more students
support is sought, in any manner
possible, especially at meetings
on Tuesdays at 1 P~m. in the
College Union.
Maybe we're
getting too comfortable with too
little. But people must not forget that thirteen years of a civil
rights act is pnly t]le beginning
in balancing
out 200 or 300 years of injustices.
Don't let up now.
Poesia
El Canto del Nopal
Hijo, -tengo memoria tengo
memoria en Ia _cabeza, de cosas
. Jll.rticulares y persona.les y tambien tengo memoria en la espalda
de los labores y el peso del pan
de cada dia y tengo memoria
en los pies de andar, buscar,
y bailar. Dicen que hay personas
que tienen memoria en otras
partes de sus respectivos cuerpos, pero yo no solo tengo memoria en mi cabeza, mi espalda
y mis pies.
En mis pies recuerdo caminos
y vereda:s y arboles que gritaban
cuando se bailaba . por encima
de ellos. En mi espalda, recuerdo a mi hermano agachado
en Ia pisca del betabel y gatos
que luchaban por la noche. Y
en mi cabeza recuerdo cosas
muy personales coma -el dia en
que me desacuparon ~e mi trabajo en la caneria.
Los nopales cantan, hijo. Mucha
gente no oye su cancion, porque
inra terminar con una sola nota
duran miles de anos.
Las piedras andan. Se visitan una a otra, y guardan la fe
entre ellas y las estrellas. Un
dia llegue al pie de un humilde
nopal, el cual, en ese preciso
momenta estaba comenzando a
cantar su primera. nota. Alli
mas o me nos por niU anos, me
quede a escuchar el canto del
nopal.
Una mujer Chicana
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La Voz - Monday, Nov. 14, Page 3
TV Newsman Calder.on
Says "Sky's the Limit"
E' y Felix Contreras
"My grandmother was parti"At that point, the executive
cular " Julio Calderon rememNews Director said the station
bered.
"When she needed a
was looking for a Chicano rerabbit, she didn't like it to be
porter, but there were no Chiall shot ·up, so my brothers
canos graduating from journaand I had to catch them .on
lism schools. I suggested that
foot.
he go to the community for a
"But, she also wanted them
qualified person to become a
fat," he joked, ' 'so we had to
trainee for the position.
· run along-side them and feel
"He said that he had sent
111111 their
stomachs to see if they
out api,lications to all the Chiwere plump enough!"
cano organizations in the Bay
What that little joke about his Area for the position.
past has to do with him · being
"I challenged him on that
a reporter for KMJ-TV, Chanpoint, noting that of all the ornel 24 Fresno, is hard to say.
ganizations that I dealt with,
' But, it is a funny story and it . I had only seen one."
was thought that it might brightAfter calling the Program
Reyes
Calderon
en up some of your day.
Director's bluff, Julio was offersides of the issue fairly.'' He
cated to Chicano -news items and
B•orn in Los Angeles in 1942,
ed the job on the spot.
says that people write or phone
a sports section. '' People tripped
his family moved to Tempe, AriHe accepted it..• on the spot.
out because sports and Chicano · in sometimes and say that he is
zona when he was 3-years-old.
After a 3-year hitch, he was
biased about Chicano issues he _He was raised in Tempe, ~n iso- fired, ("a last hired first fired
news were far apart from each
covers. He says that if it were
other, but here I was doing them.''
lated city among dust-covered type of thing"). Then he came
an Anglo reporter people wouldn't
Reyes has also covered many of
Arizona mountains, by his grand- to Fresno.
phone or write in.
the Chicano issues in the valley.
mother who, he admits, "didn't
Calderon feels that as a reIn 1973 Reyes served as editor
When United Farmworkers of
read Dr. Spock's book.''
porter, "the best service· I can
of La Voz.
America staged protests in the
He dropped out of school when do for the community is not to
Although he has been offered
fields, Reyes was on top ofall the
he was 17, and the very next slant the news, for one side or
jobs elsewhere, he has turned day he was on a bus to San the other.
issues and covered several telethem down because he feels a
vision news stories on them.
Diego for a four-year hitch with
"Chicanos have to utilize the
responsibility to Chicanos in
He was also the first reporter
the Navy.
media. 'I:he access is there,
to expose school walkouts in Fresno. ''I was the first Chicano
When he got out, Calderon so Chicanos must take advanthe :valley.
When Central reporter in• Fresno and before developed a strong political a- tage of it. If the Chicano communand Madera high schools walked I came around Chicanos rarely
wareness.
ity could get their point across
on television news
out in the 60's and 70's, Reyes appeared
In 1969, a Bay Area Superior to the overall .general community
was the only Chicano reporter stories and when they did it was
Court· judge made a statement the public would find out that
showing the negative image of
covering them. "Back then, I
saying
that
Chicanos were what we want is the same as
felt it was important to cover Chicanos;''
"lower than anmals," to which
them: better education and jobs;
Reyes definitely has boosted
issues
concerning Chicanos
the Chicano community res- the opportunity to compete evenly
Chicanos weren't being treated the image of Chicanos in Fresno,
ponded heatedly.
in the job market and education
fairly by the press in Fresno. because ne exposed the gente at
''Chicano organizations field, nothing more or nothing
Every time an issue arose, people their best, protesting for rights,
throughout the area joined to.: less.
would say, "there are those . campaigning for political offices
gether to form the Chicano Issues
"We don't want any handouts,
troublemakers again.
It was and showing their artistic talents
Coordinating Committee," said only the chance to compete."
simply because of bad press.'' through half-hour specials on
Julio. "We organized n{arches
· This January, Calderon will
He goes on to say, " .when I Channel 30.
and picket lines in front of the leave KMJ-TV to concentrate
He has proved to be a positive- Superior Court, and led the drive his full efforts on his bid for
came along I gave Chicanos fair _
representation. I looked at both figure for the Chicano movement.
against his re-election.
the 30th Assembly District seat,
''In order to win the election vacated by Ken Maddy who has an
he had to have 50 percent of eye on the governor's office.
the votes."
On election day
He admitted the stakes were
he got 50.1 percent.
high.
Despite the narrow defeat,
"I'm gambling all the marthe important thing learned from bles. Once I sign those papers
the episode was that no longer to run, I'm out of a job.''
was the Chicano community ~o.- Is the sky the limit?
ing to be pushed around and
•~ haven' t found my limiabused. They formed one group, tations and I refuse to let anyChicano
Issues Coordinating one dictate my limitations. The
Both brothers did well on
together, it does not have an
Committee.
more someone tells me my Iitheir · high scho·o1 cross couneffect on their relationship beJulio Calderon was chairman mitations, the further I want to
cause they are not competing try team and bring their talent
of that committee.
go."
to Fresno by winning long disagainst each other.
Julio's break into journalism_- - - - - - .-- - - - - - - - .
tance running events for CSUF.
"We're not into this 'Let's
~~;.through his community acgo, let's go, let's go!' thing,"
said Richard. ''You just have
Each brother has their own
''KTVU, Channel 2 in Oakland,
to have confidence on that day
respective running event in which
held a luncheon with Chicano
you are running, and we don't they hope to top their own perleaders from different areas, "
try to compete against each other. sonal ·records.
·
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said Calderon, ' ' to discuss the
Brother George feels much the
discriminating hiring practices
The Chicanos in La.w Organi··
Currently, both Richard and
same way as Richard.
,,·Get- George also work closely toof Industry as it related to Chi- zation will be selling chili verde
ting ready for a race is pretty gether organizing a team scrapcanos in the Bay Area."
burritos Wed., Nov. 16, from
much low-key for me. Usually .pook for their coach, Red Estes.
"Someone brought up the point 10:30-2:00 p.m. . The club will
I stay to myself right before a
that the station management was
be having . fundraisers on a bimeet."
George feels that a
According to Richard, the scrap- agreeing with what we were sayweekly basis.
book is used for recruiting purrunner must get out on the
ing, yet there was no Chicanos
:-The next meeting will be
poses and adds more of an iden- as reporters or announcers, or
track and run and not worry
Nov. 16 at 3:00 in the College
tity to the team.
about anybody else.
in commercials on their station. a..,;U~n~i~on:.:..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __.
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By Pedro Ramlrez
Al Reyes is a first. Reyes
in 1971 became the first Chicano
reporter on the Channel 30 staff.
Since then he has built himself
up to one of the best Chicano
news reporters in the valley.
Reyes never thought of becoming
a reporter. "When I was a kid
I never dreamed of becoming
a newsreporter. In junior high
school, . I never even thought-- of
it," Reyes commented. In Hoo ..
ver High School in Fresno, Reyes
didn't get into the journalism
scene until his twelfth grade year.
"Some teacher with a funny name
he1ped me out, sh~ saw one of
my writings and liked it,t~t same
year she asked ine if I would
write for the school newspaper.
Even at this stage I never thought
of reporting for a news station.
I kind of stumbled on to newsreporting,'' ·ac;ided Reyes.
''Being a reporter just happened.
I appUe~, and O!le day Channel 30
called me in to work. I had
thought on whether to keep the
job or not, but I figured the
opportunity was there so I kept
it.'' Reyes goes on to say that
he felt singled out because he
was labeled minority trainee,
whereas
Angl~
were just
reporter trainees.
He has been working for Channel
30 for four years. and feels he
still has a lot to learn. "Experience is the key to success
in newsreporting," Reyes adds.
Reyes was the first Chicano
to write for the Fresno City
College newspaper, the Rampage.
He had two columns, one dedi-
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Harriers Play Down
By Elvia Ruiz
The wind softly blowing in
their ears, their minds concentrating on the dirt track below
their feet, the two Chicano brothers run side by side in pace
with each other.
The two brothers are Richard
and George Aguirre, both on this
year's cross country team at
CSUF.
Richard, 21, and George, 20,
have both been running together
since high school in their hometown of Santa Barbara and continue their long distance running
here at CSUF.
"We still run most of our hard
· workouts together,'' said Richard, a .junior at CSUF, who has
been on the cross country team
three years. Sophomore George
follows closely behind Richard's
footsteps as he has been on the
team two years.
The brothers speak openly of
their close relationship ~th on
the team and off.
.
"We're close. Closer than
most brothers,'' said Richard.
And close they are.
Besides both being on the
cross country team together,
Richard and George have both
decided to major in journalism
as a career choice. Richard
having declared an interest in
)llblic relations and George
studying photocommunication.
Even though the brothers are
both on the cross country team
Burr1·10 .Sale
Th•IS
week
CSUF Soccer Tearn Chicanos Find No. Racism
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Te'n years ago, soccer hardly scored. But this year over
3 million ·fans anted up more
than
10 million dollars for
North American League Soccer
tickets.
Kicking up all the excitement
with a massive transfusion is
a Latino named Pele. The new
million-dollar baby of the sports
world is in peerless charge of
soccer.
CSUF has also caught the soccer
fever.
Tony Gonzales, a 21-year-old
CSUF sncc"lr player, feels that
Latinos definitely have the skill
to play the game with ease.
· The junior; a top piayer on
the varsity squad of head coach
Bob Bereskin's crew, spoke candidly ol Latino involvement in
collegiate soccer.
"In this case, we're not a
-minority,'' he said. "The Latinos are at the very least as
skilled as the rest of the non1.a.tino players.
On ·this year' s Bulldog squad,
there are six Latino players out
of a squad of about 20. Gonzales said there is no racism that
he's come across, saying that
the players get along well together .
"Well, I couldn' t really call
it racism, and not segregation,
either," he said. ' 'I guess the
best way to describe it is
'birds
of
a feather stick
together'.''
, 'When you' re talking about
whether they' re equally applied
to the races, it depends on which
coliege. In Fresno's case, the
university isn't auonea mat
much. Soccer is a growing and
popular sport, and when it gets
to the status _of football, the
money will flow more equally·"
Gonzales said that his future
aspirations included making
soccer a life goal.
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' ' My biggest aspiration !s
wanting to play in the Olympic
(1980) team ," he said. "Afterwards I'd guess I'd want to make
it my profession. I've been working aii my life for it."' ,
La voz _ Monday, N'lv. 14, Page 4
Chicanos Attend Siquieros Art School
By Arturo CJcampo
larship by La Brocha del Valle,
an organization of Chicano artests in the San Joaquin Valley.
For many a Russian Artist
it is a compliment' if Jorge Gonzales Camarena, one of Mexico's
known muralists, compliments
them on their paintings and murals says Salvador Garcia.
Salvador Garcia and Juan Turner, both art majors at Fresno
State, went to Taller Siquieros
School of Art h\. Cuernavaca,
Mexico. They received a scho-
hll~i[f
found pure Raza all over," recalled Juan. ''Mexico City is
a fast moving city with hundreds
The two chose Taller Siqnieros of sights to see including monSchool in Cuernavaca because uments, old buildings, newbuildit is an International school for ings."
They took a bus to Cuernavaca,
artists, including muralists, said
which is 40 miles south of MexJuan Turner.
The Chicano artists left in June ico City.
"Al the School, we were treated
for Mexico City.
''Arriving in Mexico City we. well, we helped each other out,
turning each other on to new
idear," said Turner. ' 1 One day
all the students at the school
got together and in a very democratic way agreed that all Chicanos from the States should not
have to pay for tuition since it
was the students themselve~ who
put on many of the workshops."
So noi· a Chicano can go there.
The only cost to Chicanos now is
housing and meals, like the Mexkan students whose tuition is
already paid for l;>y scholarships.
"'.¼urals are a very expressive art. They speak about the
puehlo, ahout prohlems, and solutions. It's like a story," said
Turner.
"The Russians are very much
into muralism.
One day 30
Russian
Artists came to the
sehool to ohserve the classes,
and the style of paintvig. The
method of teaching at Taller is
better, more technical, they get
into <"om position as well as ideo-
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While in Cuernavaca Turner
had the pleasure of meeting Gorge
Gonzales Camarena,' who is a
ver~· famous muralist in Mexico.
"Ht> invited us to his house
where we had dinner and afterwards he showed us some painting techniques.
He ·had just
returned from Russia where ·the
Russian artists we re tripping
out on his Mural paintings," says
Salvador.
Juan says that the artists at
Taller place less emphasis on
easel painting and more on murals, because murals generally
convey a message.
Composition and technique
were two aspects Juan and Salvador considered important in
their studies at Taller. Turner
said a chemist went to lecture
on the chemistry of paints, and
about the erosion and wear of
murals caused by the sun and
rain. "The chemist ·said there
is no paint at present that won't
begin to fade after 10 to 20
years," said Turner. The chemist recommended Polytec Acrylics Paints which was invented
hv a Mexican chemist,
· Among tpe classes that wereoffered were lithograph, metal
sculpture, mural painting techniques, History of Mexican Art,
and Psychology of Art.
Garcia said the trip in general.
was meaningful.
"One thing I noticed while we
were in Cuernavaca is that a
lot of Gabachos -in the U.S. are
complaining about illegal anglos
and yet, there are many illegal
anglos in Cuernavaca," he said.
"Many are working at language
schools teaching English or
French.
They come over as
tourists and just decide not to
return after their visas expired.
Evidently they like the weather
because it's beautiful all year
·round, and the cost of living is
cheap, if you have access to
U.S. currency. Many of these
illegals have nice houses and are
living comfortably if not in luxury."
While in Cuernavaca they did
have a bad experience.
"One morning we were walKing to the Taller when four guys
called us · over. We didntt know
who they were, ~nd when we asked
them, they insisted we get into
their car. ''We rumbled a little
and tried to get away, but they
pulled out 45's. Then they took
us to a street where there were
no people.''
'•They beat and slapped us
around,'' said Turner. "They
were hitting hard but not hard
enough to cause bruises. They
we re accusing us of being addicts
they started questioning and
sear ching us, and threatened us
with an M-1 pointed to our nose.
"We kept telling them we were
students from the U.S., but they
wouldn't believe us. They said
that by law they could hold us for
72 hours , but it probably was
puro pedo. They said that there
were alternatives, that they could
let us slide.
"We knew what they were hinting at and sure enough, they
. asked us how much money we
had," said Turner. "I had $500
pesos and Juan had a couple of
hundred pesos sb we gave it all
to them. They took about $500
and gave us both half of what was
left over. They released us and
warned us not to cause problems,
said Salvador.
Once at the school, the pair
told a maestro what happened,
before filing a complaint at the
police station.
"We received a formal apology, got our money back, had the
four men fired, and a guarantee
that it would never happen again.
Turner and Garcia chose not to
file charges against the men
because it might have caused bad
publicity for the school and fueled
friction between the school and
the police force. Instead every
student at the school received
a pass which would protect him
from any harassment from police
or military."
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shows, conversation with Emilio
across the United States with
Castillo, co-writer of the majortheir special blend of soul-funk
ity of Tower of Power's songs,
Tower of Power in 1977: 6
and
jazz.
founder
and spokes.man for the
years and 8 albums after their
Their love ballads ("Your'e
band.
first,"East Bay Grease", was
Still A Young Man", "Sparkling
La Vaz- How did you come up
relt>ased on Bill Graham's now
in the Sand" etc.) have been
with the name "Tower of Power?
dt>funct "San Fra ndsco' · label.
· known to make many people ooze
Castillo: It was on a list and we
What startPd out as a nightwith exstacy (when heard at the
just grasped onto it. We were
club sot,11 band had grown into
right time).
called the "Motowns" before.
a concer-crowd plt>asing funk
Tower fans throughout have
LV: . When was this? Doing clubs
band with some of the choppiest
agreed that once the pulsating
in Oakland?
horn charts known to man. The
beat of "What is Hip" pours
Castillo: Yeah, around thahrea,
out of the PA, there's nothing
the East Bay. We knew 'we never
else to do but stand upanddance.
could get a record contract called
Of course, their traditional
the 'Motowns' so .... Tower of
pre-encore jam, "Knock YourPower was on this list and we
self Out'· does just that somethought it described us good.
times for more than
very
LV:
How did you guys get
funky minutes.
started?
But for some, the Tower
Castillo: Just got together, you
Continued from Page i
pasn't been the same recently.
know: friends, neighborhood guys
dent Ernest Poore tomorrow ( ' Die-hard Tower fans say that
then gra riually it iust grew and
Tuesday). Poore's involvement
they've lost some of the spark
grew,then withpersonnel changes
is at the request of the stuwith the loss of bassist Francis
wun ~umebody we knew.
dents who picketed his office
Prestia and drummer David
LV: When you gllYS first started,
Nov. 4. But Slokavich said PoGirabaldi.
what were your musical goals?
ore has no authority over the
· Still, the ·Tower of Power
What did you want to do?
CSUD.
Horns', who have recorded with Castillo: We just wanted to play
CSUF MEChA students, who
bands like Elton John Santana
orig1na1 soul music, do our own
have been assisting the students
Little Feat, Lenny White, etc'.
kind.
said · they will continue to offer
LV: Were you considered a 'white
remain the musical heart of the
advice, despite Coalingan's disfunk bancr oacJc then·.,
group.
may the the student's involveCastillo: Yeah, thaf s what it
They have cashed in on the
ment.
success of 'disco' with their own
was ... that' s what it is today .
. CSUF'groups which had orispecial Tower of Power disco
(chuckles)
ginally pledged their support are
sound on their last album "Ain't
LV: What do different memueis
Las Adelitas, Chicanos in Highof the band listen to personally?
Nothin' Stoppin' Us No~" and
er Education, and Trabajadores
since then the_ir concerts' have , Castillo: Well, there's ten guys
de la Raza. Fresno City Colin the band, you know .... some
been drawing more -and more
lege 'MEChA, the Fresno Antinew fans.
guys listen to jazz. I like soul
bakke Demonstration Coalition
·m usic myself ... everybody's got
October 30, the Tower was
the Fresno Mexican America~
in Fresno to play two shows at
their own different preferences.
Political Association, and the
LV: Have any members of the
the Sheraton Inn, at 8 and 10 p. m.
Fresno County Chapter of the
band had any formal music
After an unexplained delay 1 the
Association -ot'Mexican-Amerifirst show started at ID:30 and
schooling?
can Educators were sought by
Castillo: Yeah, a few of them
the second at 12:30 a. m. What
the MASU students as supporters.
follows is a short, in-between . l)ave .• . , for. insµnce,Doct~n: ,
Pv Fe! ix Contreras
Discrimination
major issue
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(Stephen Kupka) has. He went
LV:
What accounted for the
to UC Berkeley. He almost got
drastic style change between
a degree .. but he stopped going
"In the Slot" and "Ain't Nothin'
to school 'cause he joined the · Stoppin' Us Now"?
band, you know. He dug the
Castillo: We just do our music
band a lot more.
at the time, and it comes out
LV: How do you guys go about however it comes out. We're
writing your songs?
happy with the way it came out.
Castillo: We just get together
LV: Which do you prefer: small
and throw ideas at each other.
c,ubs or large concert halls?
LV: Does it happen in one long -C~stillo:
I like the inti.m.acv
session, or ... ?
of a small club, but . then I likeCastillo:
Well, it is always The sound of a big concert when
different, but we always try to
you do good, with all the people
come up with original songs. . and stuff. .. .I like them both.
L V: Was there ever a period
And with that final remark
when you found yourselves doing
he
excused himself with '• Hey
the same thing over again, a
I gotta go now", and went back~
dry oeriod l?O to sneak?
·
stage to rest up for the 12 :"30
Castillo: Everybody has dry
periods, you know. You wouidn't show.
apprecia_te the wet ones if ya
didn't. (laughter
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Chica-n·os Must Unify
-To Reach Goals
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The situations in many valley
schools and Fresno are the same
problems we had back in the sixties,
ififties, forties, etc. How much :
different are the recent problems
in- these valley.schools in comparison to problems our parents had,
when some attended these schools.
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would Reedley, Madera, Visalia,
Wo0<;Uake,
Kerman, Mendota,
Yosemite, Delano, Central, Dinu~
and most recently Coalinga all wall
out in protest?
These are only a handful
of schools in the valley. What
are other ,valley schools doing to
Incidents have been told to a void walking out? It would seem
La Voz writers; are these inci- to me, not much of anything. Partly
dents made up. or factual? For because Chicanos seem to choose
example, in Caruthers, a concerned one side. Some don't care, or
mother reported to La Voz that her are afraid and some· are deeply
son was humiliated by Fresno State's concerned. The deeply concerned
Coordinator
Relation
officer, Chicanos are the ones that walk
Richard J. Giese. He embarrassed out, the others lag behindandwatch.
This separation among Chica~s
the Chicano student' while trying to
causes
problems, . because there IS
ask for his attention by saying,
'' Am I going to have to direct not a full force going straight after
everything to you in Spanish or what they want. After the problems
what?" . The 'class laughed at him, seem to be settled, '.
the same problems gradually
saying that Mr. Giese really busted
start simmering.
me Chicano,
on him. Perhaps this incident is
therefore,
gains
very
little.
true, however, the mother said Giese
To change situations in schools
apologized after her sonapproached
and to make sure the same probhim.
lems do not repeat themselves over
This is not the first incident and over, Chicanos must have a
at Caruthers.
There are many strong voice . in school decisionmore. If it were not for the -con- making and Chicanos must gat~er
cerned mother, La Voz would not with no separation so that the voice
of our Raza will be heard.
be aware of such problems.
Do problems exist in other valley
Pedro Ramirez
schools? I think they do. Why
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WE WANT EQUALiT/
"let's give support against oppression" Wait a minute. What's going on here?
Put down your picket signs and stot> your
chanting for a moment and let's check this
out.
Dennis Banks is from South Dakota, his
home is South Dakota and to manv ~oo]P..
he is considered a prime target for many a
rifle barrel in South Dakota.
.
Banks is the leader of the American
Indian Movement (AIM), the organization reprPsP.nting the landlord of the property to which
Unde Sam has been hollering "the check's :n
the mair · for ahout two hnndreq years too long.
The FBI and other anti-Indian groups
in South Dakota have apparently convinced
Banks that to go back to his homeland would .
bf' certain death. These people have put a
leg-al contract on his life and sent the bounty
hunter after the bad Indian to show him that
they mean business.
But, for a change, the calvary has come.to
the rescue of the Indians and is valiantly
fighting uff the bad guys in South Dakota.
The governor of California, Edmond
Brown, Jr., feels that South Dakota does not
have the right to send their hang men over
here and put the rope around Bank's neck.
Brown is fighting the extradition attempt
through the courts and in doing so has been
successful.
Banks is a safe man in California and can continue his efforts for AIM,
from .his new home at DQU University.
It is about time the government has come
to the aid of the Indian. That kind of action
is long overdue.
I have nothing but respect for all Indian
Nations here in the United States. We should
have respect for these people and stand behind their movement and struggles. Let's
not forget our own movement, but let us remember that ''the people united cannot be
defeated."
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Felix J. Contr9ras
Assist:i.nt Editor
Activist fights back
' Ccn:ir1-P.:l from ?age I
submitted to Brown.
Roberts claims these documents
will establish that threats were
made on Bank's life by the very
highest law enforcement officials
of South Dakota. He said the
documents would show why granting extradiction would be such a
gross miscarriage of justice
justifying the governor's refusal'.
But Robert's motion was denied ...
Whether this is the information
that Brown now has, is not known.
It is known that the information
is described as extremely volatile and confidential.
Since taking sanctuary in Cali-
_fornia, Banks has been teaching
at Degana.widah-Quelzacoatl University, an Indian and Chicano
college near Sacramento.
Banks has attracted much
Third World support.It is speculated that Brown may take the
case to the UnitedStatesSupreme
Court.
Whatever the future holds,
Banks spirit has not been broken.
At a San Francisco rally last
May, he said, "It is impartant
to understand that we are not
asking for one man to be saved.
We want the mistreatment of
all minorities to end.''
The La Voz staff would like
to give a special thanks to Sal
Garcia for his art contrib~tions in this month's issue of
La Voz de Aztlan.
Third World Coalition
For years, minority students
have been aware of, and victimized by -the theory of "divide
and conquer.'' · In this year of
conservative backlash across the
-nation, the need to unite with
other people who are being shortchanged by the system in American society becomes extreIJ1ely
critical.
Unity has always been important. But at Fresno State University, the communication between minorities has not been
as strong as it should have been.
We are now feeling the !}rawbacks of that situation.
One need only look at the
peril the ethnic studies programs
face ... especially with the vicepresjdents previously-state concern to dismantle them ... and the
cuts many minority oriented programs have been suffering on
campus in recent years.
Some Blacks, Native Indians,
Asian-Americans, Chicanos,
at CSUF have taken
the initiative fo form a '' third
world coalition., to deal with
problems currently facing minorities o.n campus.
In a concerted effort to keep
CSUF from returning to the ore1970 days when racism as 'bad as
it is now, these students may hold
the key to the future of minority
programs ... programs whichhave
helped many students at this
university, and as a result, the
community in general.
Needless to say, more students
support is sought, in any manner
possible, especially at meetings
on Tuesdays at 1 P~m. in the
College Union.
Maybe we're
getting too comfortable with too
little. But people must not forget that thirteen years of a civil
rights act is pnly t]le beginning
in balancing
out 200 or 300 years of injustices.
Don't let up now.
Poesia
El Canto del Nopal
Hijo, -tengo memoria tengo
memoria en Ia _cabeza, de cosas
. Jll.rticulares y persona.les y tambien tengo memoria en la espalda
de los labores y el peso del pan
de cada dia y tengo memoria
en los pies de andar, buscar,
y bailar. Dicen que hay personas
que tienen memoria en otras
partes de sus respectivos cuerpos, pero yo no solo tengo memoria en mi cabeza, mi espalda
y mis pies.
En mis pies recuerdo caminos
y vereda:s y arboles que gritaban
cuando se bailaba . por encima
de ellos. En mi espalda, recuerdo a mi hermano agachado
en Ia pisca del betabel y gatos
que luchaban por la noche. Y
en mi cabeza recuerdo cosas
muy personales coma -el dia en
que me desacuparon ~e mi trabajo en la caneria.
Los nopales cantan, hijo. Mucha
gente no oye su cancion, porque
inra terminar con una sola nota
duran miles de anos.
Las piedras andan. Se visitan una a otra, y guardan la fe
entre ellas y las estrellas. Un
dia llegue al pie de un humilde
nopal, el cual, en ese preciso
momenta estaba comenzando a
cantar su primera. nota. Alli
mas o me nos por niU anos, me
quede a escuchar el canto del
nopal.
Una mujer Chicana
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La Voz - Monday, Nov. 14, Page 3
TV Newsman Calder.on
Says "Sky's the Limit"
E' y Felix Contreras
"My grandmother was parti"At that point, the executive
cular " Julio Calderon rememNews Director said the station
bered.
"When she needed a
was looking for a Chicano rerabbit, she didn't like it to be
porter, but there were no Chiall shot ·up, so my brothers
canos graduating from journaand I had to catch them .on
lism schools. I suggested that
foot.
he go to the community for a
"But, she also wanted them
qualified person to become a
fat," he joked, ' 'so we had to
trainee for the position.
· run along-side them and feel
"He said that he had sent
111111 their
stomachs to see if they
out api,lications to all the Chiwere plump enough!"
cano organizations in the Bay
What that little joke about his Area for the position.
past has to do with him · being
"I challenged him on that
a reporter for KMJ-TV, Chanpoint, noting that of all the ornel 24 Fresno, is hard to say.
ganizations that I dealt with,
' But, it is a funny story and it . I had only seen one."
was thought that it might brightAfter calling the Program
Reyes
Calderon
en up some of your day.
Director's bluff, Julio was offersides of the issue fairly.'' He
cated to Chicano -news items and
B•orn in Los Angeles in 1942,
ed the job on the spot.
says that people write or phone
a sports section. '' People tripped
his family moved to Tempe, AriHe accepted it..• on the spot.
out because sports and Chicano · in sometimes and say that he is
zona when he was 3-years-old.
After a 3-year hitch, he was
biased about Chicano issues he _He was raised in Tempe, ~n iso- fired, ("a last hired first fired
news were far apart from each
covers. He says that if it were
other, but here I was doing them.''
lated city among dust-covered type of thing"). Then he came
an Anglo reporter people wouldn't
Reyes has also covered many of
Arizona mountains, by his grand- to Fresno.
phone or write in.
the Chicano issues in the valley.
mother who, he admits, "didn't
Calderon feels that as a reIn 1973 Reyes served as editor
When United Farmworkers of
read Dr. Spock's book.''
porter, "the best service· I can
of La Voz.
America staged protests in the
He dropped out of school when do for the community is not to
Although he has been offered
fields, Reyes was on top ofall the
he was 17, and the very next slant the news, for one side or
jobs elsewhere, he has turned day he was on a bus to San the other.
issues and covered several telethem down because he feels a
vision news stories on them.
Diego for a four-year hitch with
"Chicanos have to utilize the
responsibility to Chicanos in
He was also the first reporter
the Navy.
media. 'I:he access is there,
to expose school walkouts in Fresno. ''I was the first Chicano
When he got out, Calderon so Chicanos must take advanthe :valley.
When Central reporter in• Fresno and before developed a strong political a- tage of it. If the Chicano communand Madera high schools walked I came around Chicanos rarely
wareness.
ity could get their point across
on television news
out in the 60's and 70's, Reyes appeared
In 1969, a Bay Area Superior to the overall .general community
was the only Chicano reporter stories and when they did it was
Court· judge made a statement the public would find out that
showing the negative image of
covering them. "Back then, I
saying
that
Chicanos were what we want is the same as
felt it was important to cover Chicanos;''
"lower than anmals," to which
them: better education and jobs;
Reyes definitely has boosted
issues
concerning Chicanos
the Chicano community res- the opportunity to compete evenly
Chicanos weren't being treated the image of Chicanos in Fresno,
ponded heatedly.
in the job market and education
fairly by the press in Fresno. because ne exposed the gente at
''Chicano organizations field, nothing more or nothing
Every time an issue arose, people their best, protesting for rights,
throughout the area joined to.: less.
would say, "there are those . campaigning for political offices
gether to form the Chicano Issues
"We don't want any handouts,
troublemakers again.
It was and showing their artistic talents
Coordinating Committee," said only the chance to compete."
simply because of bad press.'' through half-hour specials on
Julio. "We organized n{arches
· This January, Calderon will
He goes on to say, " .when I Channel 30.
and picket lines in front of the leave KMJ-TV to concentrate
He has proved to be a positive- Superior Court, and led the drive his full efforts on his bid for
came along I gave Chicanos fair _
representation. I looked at both figure for the Chicano movement.
against his re-election.
the 30th Assembly District seat,
''In order to win the election vacated by Ken Maddy who has an
he had to have 50 percent of eye on the governor's office.
the votes."
On election day
He admitted the stakes were
he got 50.1 percent.
high.
Despite the narrow defeat,
"I'm gambling all the marthe important thing learned from bles. Once I sign those papers
the episode was that no longer to run, I'm out of a job.''
was the Chicano community ~o.- Is the sky the limit?
ing to be pushed around and
•~ haven' t found my limiabused. They formed one group, tations and I refuse to let anyChicano
Issues Coordinating one dictate my limitations. The
Both brothers did well on
together, it does not have an
Committee.
more someone tells me my Iitheir · high scho·o1 cross couneffect on their relationship beJulio Calderon was chairman mitations, the further I want to
cause they are not competing try team and bring their talent
of that committee.
go."
to Fresno by winning long disagainst each other.
Julio's break into journalism_- - - - - - .-- - - - - - - - .
tance running events for CSUF.
"We're not into this 'Let's
~~;.through his community acgo, let's go, let's go!' thing,"
said Richard. ''You just have
Each brother has their own
''KTVU, Channel 2 in Oakland,
to have confidence on that day
respective running event in which
held a luncheon with Chicano
you are running, and we don't they hope to top their own perleaders from different areas, "
try to compete against each other. sonal ·records.
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said Calderon, ' ' to discuss the
Brother George feels much the
discriminating hiring practices
The Chicanos in La.w Organi··
Currently, both Richard and
same way as Richard.
,,·Get- George also work closely toof Industry as it related to Chi- zation will be selling chili verde
ting ready for a race is pretty gether organizing a team scrapcanos in the Bay Area."
burritos Wed., Nov. 16, from
much low-key for me. Usually .pook for their coach, Red Estes.
"Someone brought up the point 10:30-2:00 p.m. . The club will
I stay to myself right before a
that the station management was
be having . fundraisers on a bimeet."
George feels that a
According to Richard, the scrap- agreeing with what we were sayweekly basis.
book is used for recruiting purrunner must get out on the
ing, yet there was no Chicanos
:-The next meeting will be
poses and adds more of an iden- as reporters or announcers, or
track and run and not worry
Nov. 16 at 3:00 in the College
tity to the team.
about anybody else.
in commercials on their station. a..,;U~n~i~on:.:..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __.
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By Pedro Ramlrez
Al Reyes is a first. Reyes
in 1971 became the first Chicano
reporter on the Channel 30 staff.
Since then he has built himself
up to one of the best Chicano
news reporters in the valley.
Reyes never thought of becoming
a reporter. "When I was a kid
I never dreamed of becoming
a newsreporter. In junior high
school, . I never even thought-- of
it," Reyes commented. In Hoo ..
ver High School in Fresno, Reyes
didn't get into the journalism
scene until his twelfth grade year.
"Some teacher with a funny name
he1ped me out, sh~ saw one of
my writings and liked it,t~t same
year she asked ine if I would
write for the school newspaper.
Even at this stage I never thought
of reporting for a news station.
I kind of stumbled on to newsreporting,'' ·ac;ided Reyes.
''Being a reporter just happened.
I appUe~, and O!le day Channel 30
called me in to work. I had
thought on whether to keep the
job or not, but I figured the
opportunity was there so I kept
it.'' Reyes goes on to say that
he felt singled out because he
was labeled minority trainee,
whereas
Angl~
were just
reporter trainees.
He has been working for Channel
30 for four years. and feels he
still has a lot to learn. "Experience is the key to success
in newsreporting," Reyes adds.
Reyes was the first Chicano
to write for the Fresno City
College newspaper, the Rampage.
He had two columns, one dedi-
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Harriers Play Down
By Elvia Ruiz
The wind softly blowing in
their ears, their minds concentrating on the dirt track below
their feet, the two Chicano brothers run side by side in pace
with each other.
The two brothers are Richard
and George Aguirre, both on this
year's cross country team at
CSUF.
Richard, 21, and George, 20,
have both been running together
since high school in their hometown of Santa Barbara and continue their long distance running
here at CSUF.
"We still run most of our hard
· workouts together,'' said Richard, a .junior at CSUF, who has
been on the cross country team
three years. Sophomore George
follows closely behind Richard's
footsteps as he has been on the
team two years.
The brothers speak openly of
their close relationship ~th on
the team and off.
.
"We're close. Closer than
most brothers,'' said Richard.
And close they are.
Besides both being on the
cross country team together,
Richard and George have both
decided to major in journalism
as a career choice. Richard
having declared an interest in
)llblic relations and George
studying photocommunication.
Even though the brothers are
both on the cross country team
Burr1·10 .Sale
Th•IS
week
CSUF Soccer Tearn Chicanos Find No. Racism
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Te'n years ago, soccer hardly scored. But this year over
3 million ·fans anted up more
than
10 million dollars for
North American League Soccer
tickets.
Kicking up all the excitement
with a massive transfusion is
a Latino named Pele. The new
million-dollar baby of the sports
world is in peerless charge of
soccer.
CSUF has also caught the soccer
fever.
Tony Gonzales, a 21-year-old
CSUF sncc"lr player, feels that
Latinos definitely have the skill
to play the game with ease.
· The junior; a top piayer on
the varsity squad of head coach
Bob Bereskin's crew, spoke candidly ol Latino involvement in
collegiate soccer.
"In this case, we're not a
-minority,'' he said. "The Latinos are at the very least as
skilled as the rest of the non1.a.tino players.
On ·this year' s Bulldog squad,
there are six Latino players out
of a squad of about 20. Gonzales said there is no racism that
he's come across, saying that
the players get along well together .
"Well, I couldn' t really call
it racism, and not segregation,
either," he said. ' 'I guess the
best way to describe it is
'birds
of
a feather stick
together'.''
, 'When you' re talking about
whether they' re equally applied
to the races, it depends on which
coliege. In Fresno's case, the
university isn't auonea mat
much. Soccer is a growing and
popular sport, and when it gets
to the status _of football, the
money will flow more equally·"
Gonzales said that his future
aspirations included making
soccer a life goal.
.
.
' ' My biggest aspiration !s
wanting to play in the Olympic
(1980) team ," he said. "Afterwards I'd guess I'd want to make
it my profession. I've been working aii my life for it."' ,
La voz _ Monday, N'lv. 14, Page 4
Chicanos Attend Siquieros Art School
By Arturo CJcampo
larship by La Brocha del Valle,
an organization of Chicano artests in the San Joaquin Valley.
For many a Russian Artist
it is a compliment' if Jorge Gonzales Camarena, one of Mexico's
known muralists, compliments
them on their paintings and murals says Salvador Garcia.
Salvador Garcia and Juan Turner, both art majors at Fresno
State, went to Taller Siquieros
School of Art h\. Cuernavaca,
Mexico. They received a scho-
hll~i[f
found pure Raza all over," recalled Juan. ''Mexico City is
a fast moving city with hundreds
The two chose Taller Siqnieros of sights to see including monSchool in Cuernavaca because uments, old buildings, newbuildit is an International school for ings."
They took a bus to Cuernavaca,
artists, including muralists, said
which is 40 miles south of MexJuan Turner.
The Chicano artists left in June ico City.
"Al the School, we were treated
for Mexico City.
''Arriving in Mexico City we. well, we helped each other out,
turning each other on to new
idear," said Turner. ' 1 One day
all the students at the school
got together and in a very democratic way agreed that all Chicanos from the States should not
have to pay for tuition since it
was the students themselve~ who
put on many of the workshops."
So noi· a Chicano can go there.
The only cost to Chicanos now is
housing and meals, like the Mexkan students whose tuition is
already paid for l;>y scholarships.
"'.¼urals are a very expressive art. They speak about the
puehlo, ahout prohlems, and solutions. It's like a story," said
Turner.
"The Russians are very much
into muralism.
One day 30
Russian
Artists came to the
sehool to ohserve the classes,
and the style of paintvig. The
method of teaching at Taller is
better, more technical, they get
into <"om position as well as ideo-
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logy.''
While in Cuernavaca Turner
had the pleasure of meeting Gorge
Gonzales Camarena,' who is a
ver~· famous muralist in Mexico.
"Ht> invited us to his house
where we had dinner and afterwards he showed us some painting techniques.
He ·had just
returned from Russia where ·the
Russian artists we re tripping
out on his Mural paintings," says
Salvador.
Juan says that the artists at
Taller place less emphasis on
easel painting and more on murals, because murals generally
convey a message.
Composition and technique
were two aspects Juan and Salvador considered important in
their studies at Taller. Turner
said a chemist went to lecture
on the chemistry of paints, and
about the erosion and wear of
murals caused by the sun and
rain. "The chemist ·said there
is no paint at present that won't
begin to fade after 10 to 20
years," said Turner. The chemist recommended Polytec Acrylics Paints which was invented
hv a Mexican chemist,
· Among tpe classes that wereoffered were lithograph, metal
sculpture, mural painting techniques, History of Mexican Art,
and Psychology of Art.
Garcia said the trip in general.
was meaningful.
"One thing I noticed while we
were in Cuernavaca is that a
lot of Gabachos -in the U.S. are
complaining about illegal anglos
and yet, there are many illegal
anglos in Cuernavaca," he said.
"Many are working at language
schools teaching English or
French.
They come over as
tourists and just decide not to
return after their visas expired.
Evidently they like the weather
because it's beautiful all year
·round, and the cost of living is
cheap, if you have access to
U.S. currency. Many of these
illegals have nice houses and are
living comfortably if not in luxury."
While in Cuernavaca they did
have a bad experience.
"One morning we were walKing to the Taller when four guys
called us · over. We didntt know
who they were, ~nd when we asked
them, they insisted we get into
their car. ''We rumbled a little
and tried to get away, but they
pulled out 45's. Then they took
us to a street where there were
no people.''
'•They beat and slapped us
around,'' said Turner. "They
were hitting hard but not hard
enough to cause bruises. They
we re accusing us of being addicts
they started questioning and
sear ching us, and threatened us
with an M-1 pointed to our nose.
"We kept telling them we were
students from the U.S., but they
wouldn't believe us. They said
that by law they could hold us for
72 hours , but it probably was
puro pedo. They said that there
were alternatives, that they could
let us slide.
"We knew what they were hinting at and sure enough, they
. asked us how much money we
had," said Turner. "I had $500
pesos and Juan had a couple of
hundred pesos sb we gave it all
to them. They took about $500
and gave us both half of what was
left over. They released us and
warned us not to cause problems,
said Salvador.
Once at the school, the pair
told a maestro what happened,
before filing a complaint at the
police station.
"We received a formal apology, got our money back, had the
four men fired, and a guarantee
that it would never happen again.
Turner and Garcia chose not to
file charges against the men
because it might have caused bad
publicity for the school and fueled
friction between the school and
the police force. Instead every
student at the school received
a pass which would protect him
from any harassment from police
or military."
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"Ain't Noth in' Stoppin' 'Us Now"
Tower has 'funkafized' audiences
shows, conversation with Emilio
across the United States with
Castillo, co-writer of the majortheir special blend of soul-funk
ity of Tower of Power's songs,
Tower of Power in 1977: 6
and
jazz.
founder
and spokes.man for the
years and 8 albums after their
Their love ballads ("Your'e
band.
first,"East Bay Grease", was
Still A Young Man", "Sparkling
La Vaz- How did you come up
relt>ased on Bill Graham's now
in the Sand" etc.) have been
with the name "Tower of Power?
dt>funct "San Fra ndsco' · label.
· known to make many people ooze
Castillo: It was on a list and we
What startPd out as a nightwith exstacy (when heard at the
just grasped onto it. We were
club sot,11 band had grown into
right time).
called the "Motowns" before.
a concer-crowd plt>asing funk
Tower fans throughout have
LV: . When was this? Doing clubs
band with some of the choppiest
agreed that once the pulsating
in Oakland?
horn charts known to man. The
beat of "What is Hip" pours
Castillo: Yeah, around thahrea,
out of the PA, there's nothing
the East Bay. We knew 'we never
else to do but stand upanddance.
could get a record contract called
Of course, their traditional
the 'Motowns' so .... Tower of
pre-encore jam, "Knock YourPower was on this list and we
self Out'· does just that somethought it described us good.
times for more than
very
LV:
How did you guys get
funky minutes.
started?
But for some, the Tower
Castillo: Just got together, you
Continued from Page i
pasn't been the same recently.
know: friends, neighborhood guys
dent Ernest Poore tomorrow ( ' Die-hard Tower fans say that
then gra riually it iust grew and
Tuesday). Poore's involvement
they've lost some of the spark
grew,then withpersonnel changes
is at the request of the stuwith the loss of bassist Francis
wun ~umebody we knew.
dents who picketed his office
Prestia and drummer David
LV: When you gllYS first started,
Nov. 4. But Slokavich said PoGirabaldi.
what were your musical goals?
ore has no authority over the
· Still, the ·Tower of Power
What did you want to do?
CSUD.
Horns', who have recorded with Castillo: We just wanted to play
CSUF MEChA students, who
bands like Elton John Santana
orig1na1 soul music, do our own
have been assisting the students
Little Feat, Lenny White, etc'.
kind.
said · they will continue to offer
LV: Were you considered a 'white
remain the musical heart of the
advice, despite Coalingan's disfunk bancr oacJc then·.,
group.
may the the student's involveCastillo: Yeah, thaf s what it
They have cashed in on the
ment.
success of 'disco' with their own
was ... that' s what it is today .
. CSUF'groups which had orispecial Tower of Power disco
(chuckles)
ginally pledged their support are
sound on their last album "Ain't
LV: What do different memueis
Las Adelitas, Chicanos in Highof the band listen to personally?
Nothin' Stoppin' Us No~" and
er Education, and Trabajadores
since then the_ir concerts' have , Castillo: Well, there's ten guys
de la Raza. Fresno City Colin the band, you know .... some
been drawing more -and more
lege 'MEChA, the Fresno Antinew fans.
guys listen to jazz. I like soul
bakke Demonstration Coalition
·m usic myself ... everybody's got
October 30, the Tower was
the Fresno Mexican America~
in Fresno to play two shows at
their own different preferences.
Political Association, and the
LV: Have any members of the
the Sheraton Inn, at 8 and 10 p. m.
Fresno County Chapter of the
band had any formal music
After an unexplained delay 1 the
Association -ot'Mexican-Amerifirst show started at ID:30 and
schooling?
can Educators were sought by
Castillo: Yeah, a few of them
the second at 12:30 a. m. What
the MASU students as supporters.
follows is a short, in-between . l)ave .• . , for. insµnce,Doct~n: ,
Pv Fe! ix Contreras
Discrimination
major issue
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(Stephen Kupka) has. He went
LV:
What accounted for the
to UC Berkeley. He almost got
drastic style change between
a degree .. but he stopped going
"In the Slot" and "Ain't Nothin'
to school 'cause he joined the · Stoppin' Us Now"?
band, you know. He dug the
Castillo: We just do our music
band a lot more.
at the time, and it comes out
LV: How do you guys go about however it comes out. We're
writing your songs?
happy with the way it came out.
Castillo: We just get together
LV: Which do you prefer: small
and throw ideas at each other.
c,ubs or large concert halls?
LV: Does it happen in one long -C~stillo:
I like the inti.m.acv
session, or ... ?
of a small club, but . then I likeCastillo:
Well, it is always The sound of a big concert when
different, but we always try to
you do good, with all the people
come up with original songs. . and stuff. .. .I like them both.
L V: Was there ever a period
And with that final remark
when you found yourselves doing
he
excused himself with '• Hey
the same thing over again, a
I gotta go now", and went back~
dry oeriod l?O to sneak?
·
stage to rest up for the 12 :"30
Castillo: Everybody has dry
periods, you know. You wouidn't show.
apprecia_te the wet ones if ya
didn't. (laughter
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Chica-n·os Must Unify
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The situations in many valley
schools and Fresno are the same
problems we had back in the sixties,
ififties, forties, etc. How much :
different are the recent problems
in- these valley.schools in comparison to problems our parents had,
when some attended these schools.
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would Reedley, Madera, Visalia,
Wo0<;Uake,
Kerman, Mendota,
Yosemite, Delano, Central, Dinu~
and most recently Coalinga all wall
out in protest?
These are only a handful
of schools in the valley. What
are other ,valley schools doing to
Incidents have been told to a void walking out? It would seem
La Voz writers; are these inci- to me, not much of anything. Partly
dents made up. or factual? For because Chicanos seem to choose
example, in Caruthers, a concerned one side. Some don't care, or
mother reported to La Voz that her are afraid and some· are deeply
son was humiliated by Fresno State's concerned. The deeply concerned
Coordinator
Relation
officer, Chicanos are the ones that walk
Richard J. Giese. He embarrassed out, the others lag behindandwatch.
This separation among Chica~s
the Chicano student' while trying to
causes
problems, . because there IS
ask for his attention by saying,
'' Am I going to have to direct not a full force going straight after
everything to you in Spanish or what they want. After the problems
what?" . The 'class laughed at him, seem to be settled, '.
the same problems gradually
saying that Mr. Giese really busted
start simmering.
me Chicano,
on him. Perhaps this incident is
therefore,
gains
very
little.
true, however, the mother said Giese
To change situations in schools
apologized after her sonapproached
and to make sure the same probhim.
lems do not repeat themselves over
This is not the first incident and over, Chicanos must have a
at Caruthers.
There are many strong voice . in school decisionmore. If it were not for the -con- making and Chicanos must gat~er
cerned mother, La Voz would not with no separation so that the voice
of our Raza will be heard.
be aware of such problems.
Do problems exist in other valley
Pedro Ramirez
schools? I think they do. Why
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WE WANT EQUALiT/
"let's give support against oppression" Wait a minute. What's going on here?
Put down your picket signs and stot> your
chanting for a moment and let's check this
out.
Dennis Banks is from South Dakota, his
home is South Dakota and to manv ~oo]P..
he is considered a prime target for many a
rifle barrel in South Dakota.
.
Banks is the leader of the American
Indian Movement (AIM), the organization reprPsP.nting the landlord of the property to which
Unde Sam has been hollering "the check's :n
the mair · for ahout two hnndreq years too long.
The FBI and other anti-Indian groups
in South Dakota have apparently convinced
Banks that to go back to his homeland would .
bf' certain death. These people have put a
leg-al contract on his life and sent the bounty
hunter after the bad Indian to show him that
they mean business.
But, for a change, the calvary has come.to
the rescue of the Indians and is valiantly
fighting uff the bad guys in South Dakota.
The governor of California, Edmond
Brown, Jr., feels that South Dakota does not
have the right to send their hang men over
here and put the rope around Bank's neck.
Brown is fighting the extradition attempt
through the courts and in doing so has been
successful.
Banks is a safe man in California and can continue his efforts for AIM,
from .his new home at DQU University.
It is about time the government has come
to the aid of the Indian. That kind of action
is long overdue.
I have nothing but respect for all Indian
Nations here in the United States. We should
have respect for these people and stand behind their movement and struggles. Let's
not forget our own movement, but let us remember that ''the people united cannot be
defeated."
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Felix J. Contr9ras
Assist:i.nt Editor
Activist fights back
' Ccn:ir1-P.:l from ?age I
submitted to Brown.
Roberts claims these documents
will establish that threats were
made on Bank's life by the very
highest law enforcement officials
of South Dakota. He said the
documents would show why granting extradiction would be such a
gross miscarriage of justice
justifying the governor's refusal'.
But Robert's motion was denied ...
Whether this is the information
that Brown now has, is not known.
It is known that the information
is described as extremely volatile and confidential.
Since taking sanctuary in Cali-
_fornia, Banks has been teaching
at Degana.widah-Quelzacoatl University, an Indian and Chicano
college near Sacramento.
Banks has attracted much
Third World support.It is speculated that Brown may take the
case to the UnitedStatesSupreme
Court.
Whatever the future holds,
Banks spirit has not been broken.
At a San Francisco rally last
May, he said, "It is impartant
to understand that we are not
asking for one man to be saved.
We want the mistreatment of
all minorities to end.''
The La Voz staff would like
to give a special thanks to Sal
Garcia for his art contrib~tions in this month's issue of
La Voz de Aztlan.
Third World Coalition
For years, minority students
have been aware of, and victimized by -the theory of "divide
and conquer.'' · In this year of
conservative backlash across the
-nation, the need to unite with
other people who are being shortchanged by the system in American society becomes extreIJ1ely
critical.
Unity has always been important. But at Fresno State University, the communication between minorities has not been
as strong as it should have been.
We are now feeling the !}rawbacks of that situation.
One need only look at the
peril the ethnic studies programs
face ... especially with the vicepresjdents previously-state concern to dismantle them ... and the
cuts many minority oriented programs have been suffering on
campus in recent years.
Some Blacks, Native Indians,
Asian-Americans, Chicanos,
at CSUF have taken
the initiative fo form a '' third
world coalition., to deal with
problems currently facing minorities o.n campus.
In a concerted effort to keep
CSUF from returning to the ore1970 days when racism as 'bad as
it is now, these students may hold
the key to the future of minority
programs ... programs whichhave
helped many students at this
university, and as a result, the
community in general.
Needless to say, more students
support is sought, in any manner
possible, especially at meetings
on Tuesdays at 1 P~m. in the
College Union.
Maybe we're
getting too comfortable with too
little. But people must not forget that thirteen years of a civil
rights act is pnly t]le beginning
in balancing
out 200 or 300 years of injustices.
Don't let up now.
Poesia
El Canto del Nopal
Hijo, -tengo memoria tengo
memoria en Ia _cabeza, de cosas
. Jll.rticulares y persona.les y tambien tengo memoria en la espalda
de los labores y el peso del pan
de cada dia y tengo memoria
en los pies de andar, buscar,
y bailar. Dicen que hay personas
que tienen memoria en otras
partes de sus respectivos cuerpos, pero yo no solo tengo memoria en mi cabeza, mi espalda
y mis pies.
En mis pies recuerdo caminos
y vereda:s y arboles que gritaban
cuando se bailaba . por encima
de ellos. En mi espalda, recuerdo a mi hermano agachado
en Ia pisca del betabel y gatos
que luchaban por la noche. Y
en mi cabeza recuerdo cosas
muy personales coma -el dia en
que me desacuparon ~e mi trabajo en la caneria.
Los nopales cantan, hijo. Mucha
gente no oye su cancion, porque
inra terminar con una sola nota
duran miles de anos.
Las piedras andan. Se visitan una a otra, y guardan la fe
entre ellas y las estrellas. Un
dia llegue al pie de un humilde
nopal, el cual, en ese preciso
momenta estaba comenzando a
cantar su primera. nota. Alli
mas o me nos por niU anos, me
quede a escuchar el canto del
nopal.
Una mujer Chicana
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La Voz - Monday, Nov. 14, Page 3
TV Newsman Calder.on
Says "Sky's the Limit"
E' y Felix Contreras
"My grandmother was parti"At that point, the executive
cular " Julio Calderon rememNews Director said the station
bered.
"When she needed a
was looking for a Chicano rerabbit, she didn't like it to be
porter, but there were no Chiall shot ·up, so my brothers
canos graduating from journaand I had to catch them .on
lism schools. I suggested that
foot.
he go to the community for a
"But, she also wanted them
qualified person to become a
fat," he joked, ' 'so we had to
trainee for the position.
· run along-side them and feel
"He said that he had sent
111111 their
stomachs to see if they
out api,lications to all the Chiwere plump enough!"
cano organizations in the Bay
What that little joke about his Area for the position.
past has to do with him · being
"I challenged him on that
a reporter for KMJ-TV, Chanpoint, noting that of all the ornel 24 Fresno, is hard to say.
ganizations that I dealt with,
' But, it is a funny story and it . I had only seen one."
was thought that it might brightAfter calling the Program
Reyes
Calderon
en up some of your day.
Director's bluff, Julio was offersides of the issue fairly.'' He
cated to Chicano -news items and
B•orn in Los Angeles in 1942,
ed the job on the spot.
says that people write or phone
a sports section. '' People tripped
his family moved to Tempe, AriHe accepted it..• on the spot.
out because sports and Chicano · in sometimes and say that he is
zona when he was 3-years-old.
After a 3-year hitch, he was
biased about Chicano issues he _He was raised in Tempe, ~n iso- fired, ("a last hired first fired
news were far apart from each
covers. He says that if it were
other, but here I was doing them.''
lated city among dust-covered type of thing"). Then he came
an Anglo reporter people wouldn't
Reyes has also covered many of
Arizona mountains, by his grand- to Fresno.
phone or write in.
the Chicano issues in the valley.
mother who, he admits, "didn't
Calderon feels that as a reIn 1973 Reyes served as editor
When United Farmworkers of
read Dr. Spock's book.''
porter, "the best service· I can
of La Voz.
America staged protests in the
He dropped out of school when do for the community is not to
Although he has been offered
fields, Reyes was on top ofall the
he was 17, and the very next slant the news, for one side or
jobs elsewhere, he has turned day he was on a bus to San the other.
issues and covered several telethem down because he feels a
vision news stories on them.
Diego for a four-year hitch with
"Chicanos have to utilize the
responsibility to Chicanos in
He was also the first reporter
the Navy.
media. 'I:he access is there,
to expose school walkouts in Fresno. ''I was the first Chicano
When he got out, Calderon so Chicanos must take advanthe :valley.
When Central reporter in• Fresno and before developed a strong political a- tage of it. If the Chicano communand Madera high schools walked I came around Chicanos rarely
wareness.
ity could get their point across
on television news
out in the 60's and 70's, Reyes appeared
In 1969, a Bay Area Superior to the overall .general community
was the only Chicano reporter stories and when they did it was
Court· judge made a statement the public would find out that
showing the negative image of
covering them. "Back then, I
saying
that
Chicanos were what we want is the same as
felt it was important to cover Chicanos;''
"lower than anmals," to which
them: better education and jobs;
Reyes definitely has boosted
issues
concerning Chicanos
the Chicano community res- the opportunity to compete evenly
Chicanos weren't being treated the image of Chicanos in Fresno,
ponded heatedly.
in the job market and education
fairly by the press in Fresno. because ne exposed the gente at
''Chicano organizations field, nothing more or nothing
Every time an issue arose, people their best, protesting for rights,
throughout the area joined to.: less.
would say, "there are those . campaigning for political offices
gether to form the Chicano Issues
"We don't want any handouts,
troublemakers again.
It was and showing their artistic talents
Coordinating Committee," said only the chance to compete."
simply because of bad press.'' through half-hour specials on
Julio. "We organized n{arches
· This January, Calderon will
He goes on to say, " .when I Channel 30.
and picket lines in front of the leave KMJ-TV to concentrate
He has proved to be a positive- Superior Court, and led the drive his full efforts on his bid for
came along I gave Chicanos fair _
representation. I looked at both figure for the Chicano movement.
against his re-election.
the 30th Assembly District seat,
''In order to win the election vacated by Ken Maddy who has an
he had to have 50 percent of eye on the governor's office.
the votes."
On election day
He admitted the stakes were
he got 50.1 percent.
high.
Despite the narrow defeat,
"I'm gambling all the marthe important thing learned from bles. Once I sign those papers
the episode was that no longer to run, I'm out of a job.''
was the Chicano community ~o.- Is the sky the limit?
ing to be pushed around and
•~ haven' t found my limiabused. They formed one group, tations and I refuse to let anyChicano
Issues Coordinating one dictate my limitations. The
Both brothers did well on
together, it does not have an
Committee.
more someone tells me my Iitheir · high scho·o1 cross couneffect on their relationship beJulio Calderon was chairman mitations, the further I want to
cause they are not competing try team and bring their talent
of that committee.
go."
to Fresno by winning long disagainst each other.
Julio's break into journalism_- - - - - - .-- - - - - - - - .
tance running events for CSUF.
"We're not into this 'Let's
~~;.through his community acgo, let's go, let's go!' thing,"
said Richard. ''You just have
Each brother has their own
''KTVU, Channel 2 in Oakland,
to have confidence on that day
respective running event in which
held a luncheon with Chicano
you are running, and we don't they hope to top their own perleaders from different areas, "
try to compete against each other. sonal ·records.
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said Calderon, ' ' to discuss the
Brother George feels much the
discriminating hiring practices
The Chicanos in La.w Organi··
Currently, both Richard and
same way as Richard.
,,·Get- George also work closely toof Industry as it related to Chi- zation will be selling chili verde
ting ready for a race is pretty gether organizing a team scrapcanos in the Bay Area."
burritos Wed., Nov. 16, from
much low-key for me. Usually .pook for their coach, Red Estes.
"Someone brought up the point 10:30-2:00 p.m. . The club will
I stay to myself right before a
that the station management was
be having . fundraisers on a bimeet."
George feels that a
According to Richard, the scrap- agreeing with what we were sayweekly basis.
book is used for recruiting purrunner must get out on the
ing, yet there was no Chicanos
:-The next meeting will be
poses and adds more of an iden- as reporters or announcers, or
track and run and not worry
Nov. 16 at 3:00 in the College
tity to the team.
about anybody else.
in commercials on their station. a..,;U~n~i~on:.:..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __.
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By Pedro Ramlrez
Al Reyes is a first. Reyes
in 1971 became the first Chicano
reporter on the Channel 30 staff.
Since then he has built himself
up to one of the best Chicano
news reporters in the valley.
Reyes never thought of becoming
a reporter. "When I was a kid
I never dreamed of becoming
a newsreporter. In junior high
school, . I never even thought-- of
it," Reyes commented. In Hoo ..
ver High School in Fresno, Reyes
didn't get into the journalism
scene until his twelfth grade year.
"Some teacher with a funny name
he1ped me out, sh~ saw one of
my writings and liked it,t~t same
year she asked ine if I would
write for the school newspaper.
Even at this stage I never thought
of reporting for a news station.
I kind of stumbled on to newsreporting,'' ·ac;ided Reyes.
''Being a reporter just happened.
I appUe~, and O!le day Channel 30
called me in to work. I had
thought on whether to keep the
job or not, but I figured the
opportunity was there so I kept
it.'' Reyes goes on to say that
he felt singled out because he
was labeled minority trainee,
whereas
Angl~
were just
reporter trainees.
He has been working for Channel
30 for four years. and feels he
still has a lot to learn. "Experience is the key to success
in newsreporting," Reyes adds.
Reyes was the first Chicano
to write for the Fresno City
College newspaper, the Rampage.
He had two columns, one dedi-
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Harriers Play Down
By Elvia Ruiz
The wind softly blowing in
their ears, their minds concentrating on the dirt track below
their feet, the two Chicano brothers run side by side in pace
with each other.
The two brothers are Richard
and George Aguirre, both on this
year's cross country team at
CSUF.
Richard, 21, and George, 20,
have both been running together
since high school in their hometown of Santa Barbara and continue their long distance running
here at CSUF.
"We still run most of our hard
· workouts together,'' said Richard, a .junior at CSUF, who has
been on the cross country team
three years. Sophomore George
follows closely behind Richard's
footsteps as he has been on the
team two years.
The brothers speak openly of
their close relationship ~th on
the team and off.
.
"We're close. Closer than
most brothers,'' said Richard.
And close they are.
Besides both being on the
cross country team together,
Richard and George have both
decided to major in journalism
as a career choice. Richard
having declared an interest in
)llblic relations and George
studying photocommunication.
Even though the brothers are
both on the cross country team
Burr1·10 .Sale
Th•IS
week
CSUF Soccer Tearn Chicanos Find No. Racism
--:
Te'n years ago, soccer hardly scored. But this year over
3 million ·fans anted up more
than
10 million dollars for
North American League Soccer
tickets.
Kicking up all the excitement
with a massive transfusion is
a Latino named Pele. The new
million-dollar baby of the sports
world is in peerless charge of
soccer.
CSUF has also caught the soccer
fever.
Tony Gonzales, a 21-year-old
CSUF sncc"lr player, feels that
Latinos definitely have the skill
to play the game with ease.
· The junior; a top piayer on
the varsity squad of head coach
Bob Bereskin's crew, spoke candidly ol Latino involvement in
collegiate soccer.
"In this case, we're not a
-minority,'' he said. "The Latinos are at the very least as
skilled as the rest of the non1.a.tino players.
On ·this year' s Bulldog squad,
there are six Latino players out
of a squad of about 20. Gonzales said there is no racism that
he's come across, saying that
the players get along well together .
"Well, I couldn' t really call
it racism, and not segregation,
either," he said. ' 'I guess the
best way to describe it is
'birds
of
a feather stick
together'.''
, 'When you' re talking about
whether they' re equally applied
to the races, it depends on which
coliege. In Fresno's case, the
university isn't auonea mat
much. Soccer is a growing and
popular sport, and when it gets
to the status _of football, the
money will flow more equally·"
Gonzales said that his future
aspirations included making
soccer a life goal.
.
.
' ' My biggest aspiration !s
wanting to play in the Olympic
(1980) team ," he said. "Afterwards I'd guess I'd want to make
it my profession. I've been working aii my life for it."' ,
La voz _ Monday, N'lv. 14, Page 4
Chicanos Attend Siquieros Art School
By Arturo CJcampo
larship by La Brocha del Valle,
an organization of Chicano artests in the San Joaquin Valley.
For many a Russian Artist
it is a compliment' if Jorge Gonzales Camarena, one of Mexico's
known muralists, compliments
them on their paintings and murals says Salvador Garcia.
Salvador Garcia and Juan Turner, both art majors at Fresno
State, went to Taller Siquieros
School of Art h\. Cuernavaca,
Mexico. They received a scho-
hll~i[f
found pure Raza all over," recalled Juan. ''Mexico City is
a fast moving city with hundreds
The two chose Taller Siqnieros of sights to see including monSchool in Cuernavaca because uments, old buildings, newbuildit is an International school for ings."
They took a bus to Cuernavaca,
artists, including muralists, said
which is 40 miles south of MexJuan Turner.
The Chicano artists left in June ico City.
"Al the School, we were treated
for Mexico City.
''Arriving in Mexico City we. well, we helped each other out,
turning each other on to new
idear," said Turner. ' 1 One day
all the students at the school
got together and in a very democratic way agreed that all Chicanos from the States should not
have to pay for tuition since it
was the students themselve~ who
put on many of the workshops."
So noi· a Chicano can go there.
The only cost to Chicanos now is
housing and meals, like the Mexkan students whose tuition is
already paid for l;>y scholarships.
"'.¼urals are a very expressive art. They speak about the
puehlo, ahout prohlems, and solutions. It's like a story," said
Turner.
"The Russians are very much
into muralism.
One day 30
Russian
Artists came to the
sehool to ohserve the classes,
and the style of paintvig. The
method of teaching at Taller is
better, more technical, they get
into <"om position as well as ideo-
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While in Cuernavaca Turner
had the pleasure of meeting Gorge
Gonzales Camarena,' who is a
ver~· famous muralist in Mexico.
"Ht> invited us to his house
where we had dinner and afterwards he showed us some painting techniques.
He ·had just
returned from Russia where ·the
Russian artists we re tripping
out on his Mural paintings," says
Salvador.
Juan says that the artists at
Taller place less emphasis on
easel painting and more on murals, because murals generally
convey a message.
Composition and technique
were two aspects Juan and Salvador considered important in
their studies at Taller. Turner
said a chemist went to lecture
on the chemistry of paints, and
about the erosion and wear of
murals caused by the sun and
rain. "The chemist ·said there
is no paint at present that won't
begin to fade after 10 to 20
years," said Turner. The chemist recommended Polytec Acrylics Paints which was invented
hv a Mexican chemist,
· Among tpe classes that wereoffered were lithograph, metal
sculpture, mural painting techniques, History of Mexican Art,
and Psychology of Art.
Garcia said the trip in general.
was meaningful.
"One thing I noticed while we
were in Cuernavaca is that a
lot of Gabachos -in the U.S. are
complaining about illegal anglos
and yet, there are many illegal
anglos in Cuernavaca," he said.
"Many are working at language
schools teaching English or
French.
They come over as
tourists and just decide not to
return after their visas expired.
Evidently they like the weather
because it's beautiful all year
·round, and the cost of living is
cheap, if you have access to
U.S. currency. Many of these
illegals have nice houses and are
living comfortably if not in luxury."
While in Cuernavaca they did
have a bad experience.
"One morning we were walKing to the Taller when four guys
called us · over. We didntt know
who they were, ~nd when we asked
them, they insisted we get into
their car. ''We rumbled a little
and tried to get away, but they
pulled out 45's. Then they took
us to a street where there were
no people.''
'•They beat and slapped us
around,'' said Turner. "They
were hitting hard but not hard
enough to cause bruises. They
we re accusing us of being addicts
they started questioning and
sear ching us, and threatened us
with an M-1 pointed to our nose.
"We kept telling them we were
students from the U.S., but they
wouldn't believe us. They said
that by law they could hold us for
72 hours , but it probably was
puro pedo. They said that there
were alternatives, that they could
let us slide.
"We knew what they were hinting at and sure enough, they
. asked us how much money we
had," said Turner. "I had $500
pesos and Juan had a couple of
hundred pesos sb we gave it all
to them. They took about $500
and gave us both half of what was
left over. They released us and
warned us not to cause problems,
said Salvador.
Once at the school, the pair
told a maestro what happened,
before filing a complaint at the
police station.
"We received a formal apology, got our money back, had the
four men fired, and a guarantee
that it would never happen again.
Turner and Garcia chose not to
file charges against the men
because it might have caused bad
publicity for the school and fueled
friction between the school and
the police force. Instead every
student at the school received
a pass which would protect him
from any harassment from police
or military."
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"Ain't Noth in' Stoppin' 'Us Now"
Tower has 'funkafized' audiences
shows, conversation with Emilio
across the United States with
Castillo, co-writer of the majortheir special blend of soul-funk
ity of Tower of Power's songs,
Tower of Power in 1977: 6
and
jazz.
founder
and spokes.man for the
years and 8 albums after their
Their love ballads ("Your'e
band.
first,"East Bay Grease", was
Still A Young Man", "Sparkling
La Vaz- How did you come up
relt>ased on Bill Graham's now
in the Sand" etc.) have been
with the name "Tower of Power?
dt>funct "San Fra ndsco' · label.
· known to make many people ooze
Castillo: It was on a list and we
What startPd out as a nightwith exstacy (when heard at the
just grasped onto it. We were
club sot,11 band had grown into
right time).
called the "Motowns" before.
a concer-crowd plt>asing funk
Tower fans throughout have
LV: . When was this? Doing clubs
band with some of the choppiest
agreed that once the pulsating
in Oakland?
horn charts known to man. The
beat of "What is Hip" pours
Castillo: Yeah, around thahrea,
out of the PA, there's nothing
the East Bay. We knew 'we never
else to do but stand upanddance.
could get a record contract called
Of course, their traditional
the 'Motowns' so .... Tower of
pre-encore jam, "Knock YourPower was on this list and we
self Out'· does just that somethought it described us good.
times for more than
very
LV:
How did you guys get
funky minutes.
started?
But for some, the Tower
Castillo: Just got together, you
Continued from Page i
pasn't been the same recently.
know: friends, neighborhood guys
dent Ernest Poore tomorrow ( ' Die-hard Tower fans say that
then gra riually it iust grew and
Tuesday). Poore's involvement
they've lost some of the spark
grew,then withpersonnel changes
is at the request of the stuwith the loss of bassist Francis
wun ~umebody we knew.
dents who picketed his office
Prestia and drummer David
LV: When you gllYS first started,
Nov. 4. But Slokavich said PoGirabaldi.
what were your musical goals?
ore has no authority over the
· Still, the ·Tower of Power
What did you want to do?
CSUD.
Horns', who have recorded with Castillo: We just wanted to play
CSUF MEChA students, who
bands like Elton John Santana
orig1na1 soul music, do our own
have been assisting the students
Little Feat, Lenny White, etc'.
kind.
said · they will continue to offer
LV: Were you considered a 'white
remain the musical heart of the
advice, despite Coalingan's disfunk bancr oacJc then·.,
group.
may the the student's involveCastillo: Yeah, thaf s what it
They have cashed in on the
ment.
success of 'disco' with their own
was ... that' s what it is today .
. CSUF'groups which had orispecial Tower of Power disco
(chuckles)
ginally pledged their support are
sound on their last album "Ain't
LV: What do different memueis
Las Adelitas, Chicanos in Highof the band listen to personally?
Nothin' Stoppin' Us No~" and
er Education, and Trabajadores
since then the_ir concerts' have , Castillo: Well, there's ten guys
de la Raza. Fresno City Colin the band, you know .... some
been drawing more -and more
lege 'MEChA, the Fresno Antinew fans.
guys listen to jazz. I like soul
bakke Demonstration Coalition
·m usic myself ... everybody's got
October 30, the Tower was
the Fresno Mexican America~
in Fresno to play two shows at
their own different preferences.
Political Association, and the
LV: Have any members of the
the Sheraton Inn, at 8 and 10 p. m.
Fresno County Chapter of the
band had any formal music
After an unexplained delay 1 the
Association -ot'Mexican-Amerifirst show started at ID:30 and
schooling?
can Educators were sought by
Castillo: Yeah, a few of them
the second at 12:30 a. m. What
the MASU students as supporters.
follows is a short, in-between . l)ave .• . , for. insµnce,Doct~n: ,
Pv Fe! ix Contreras
Discrimination
major issue
20
(Stephen Kupka) has. He went
LV:
What accounted for the
to UC Berkeley. He almost got
drastic style change between
a degree .. but he stopped going
"In the Slot" and "Ain't Nothin'
to school 'cause he joined the · Stoppin' Us Now"?
band, you know. He dug the
Castillo: We just do our music
band a lot more.
at the time, and it comes out
LV: How do you guys go about however it comes out. We're
writing your songs?
happy with the way it came out.
Castillo: We just get together
LV: Which do you prefer: small
and throw ideas at each other.
c,ubs or large concert halls?
LV: Does it happen in one long -C~stillo:
I like the inti.m.acv
session, or ... ?
of a small club, but . then I likeCastillo:
Well, it is always The sound of a big concert when
different, but we always try to
you do good, with all the people
come up with original songs. . and stuff. .. .I like them both.
L V: Was there ever a period
And with that final remark
when you found yourselves doing
he
excused himself with '• Hey
the same thing over again, a
I gotta go now", and went back~
dry oeriod l?O to sneak?
·
stage to rest up for the 12 :"30
Castillo: Everybody has dry
periods, you know. You wouidn't show.
apprecia_te the wet ones if ya
didn't. (laughter
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Chica-n·os Must Unify
-To Reach Goals
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The situations in many valley
schools and Fresno are the same
problems we had back in the sixties,
ififties, forties, etc. How much :
different are the recent problems
in- these valley.schools in comparison to problems our parents had,
when some attended these schools.
0
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would Reedley, Madera, Visalia,
Wo0<;Uake,
Kerman, Mendota,
Yosemite, Delano, Central, Dinu~
and most recently Coalinga all wall
out in protest?
These are only a handful
of schools in the valley. What
are other ,valley schools doing to
Incidents have been told to a void walking out? It would seem
La Voz writers; are these inci- to me, not much of anything. Partly
dents made up. or factual? For because Chicanos seem to choose
example, in Caruthers, a concerned one side. Some don't care, or
mother reported to La Voz that her are afraid and some· are deeply
son was humiliated by Fresno State's concerned. The deeply concerned
Coordinator
Relation
officer, Chicanos are the ones that walk
Richard J. Giese. He embarrassed out, the others lag behindandwatch.
This separation among Chica~s
the Chicano student' while trying to
causes
problems, . because there IS
ask for his attention by saying,
'' Am I going to have to direct not a full force going straight after
everything to you in Spanish or what they want. After the problems
what?" . The 'class laughed at him, seem to be settled, '.
the same problems gradually
saying that Mr. Giese really busted
start simmering.
me Chicano,
on him. Perhaps this incident is
therefore,
gains
very
little.
true, however, the mother said Giese
To change situations in schools
apologized after her sonapproached
and to make sure the same probhim.
lems do not repeat themselves over
This is not the first incident and over, Chicanos must have a
at Caruthers.
There are many strong voice . in school decisionmore. If it were not for the -con- making and Chicanos must gat~er
cerned mother, La Voz would not with no separation so that the voice
of our Raza will be heard.
be aware of such problems.
Do problems exist in other valley
Pedro Ramirez
schools? I think they do. Why
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WE WANT EQUALiT/
"let's give support against oppression" Wait a minute. What's going on here?
Put down your picket signs and stot> your
chanting for a moment and let's check this
out.
Dennis Banks is from South Dakota, his
home is South Dakota and to manv ~oo]P..
he is considered a prime target for many a
rifle barrel in South Dakota.
.
Banks is the leader of the American
Indian Movement (AIM), the organization reprPsP.nting the landlord of the property to which
Unde Sam has been hollering "the check's :n
the mair · for ahout two hnndreq years too long.
The FBI and other anti-Indian groups
in South Dakota have apparently convinced
Banks that to go back to his homeland would .
bf' certain death. These people have put a
leg-al contract on his life and sent the bounty
hunter after the bad Indian to show him that
they mean business.
But, for a change, the calvary has come.to
the rescue of the Indians and is valiantly
fighting uff the bad guys in South Dakota.
The governor of California, Edmond
Brown, Jr., feels that South Dakota does not
have the right to send their hang men over
here and put the rope around Bank's neck.
Brown is fighting the extradition attempt
through the courts and in doing so has been
successful.
Banks is a safe man in California and can continue his efforts for AIM,
from .his new home at DQU University.
It is about time the government has come
to the aid of the Indian. That kind of action
is long overdue.
I have nothing but respect for all Indian
Nations here in the United States. We should
have respect for these people and stand behind their movement and struggles. Let's
not forget our own movement, but let us remember that ''the people united cannot be
defeated."
·
Felix J. Contr9ras
Assist:i.nt Editor
Activist fights back
' Ccn:ir1-P.:l from ?age I
submitted to Brown.
Roberts claims these documents
will establish that threats were
made on Bank's life by the very
highest law enforcement officials
of South Dakota. He said the
documents would show why granting extradiction would be such a
gross miscarriage of justice
justifying the governor's refusal'.
But Robert's motion was denied ...
Whether this is the information
that Brown now has, is not known.
It is known that the information
is described as extremely volatile and confidential.
Since taking sanctuary in Cali-
_fornia, Banks has been teaching
at Degana.widah-Quelzacoatl University, an Indian and Chicano
college near Sacramento.
Banks has attracted much
Third World support.It is speculated that Brown may take the
case to the UnitedStatesSupreme
Court.
Whatever the future holds,
Banks spirit has not been broken.
At a San Francisco rally last
May, he said, "It is impartant
to understand that we are not
asking for one man to be saved.
We want the mistreatment of
all minorities to end.''
The La Voz staff would like
to give a special thanks to Sal
Garcia for his art contrib~tions in this month's issue of
La Voz de Aztlan.
Third World Coalition
For years, minority students
have been aware of, and victimized by -the theory of "divide
and conquer.'' · In this year of
conservative backlash across the
-nation, the need to unite with
other people who are being shortchanged by the system in American society becomes extreIJ1ely
critical.
Unity has always been important. But at Fresno State University, the communication between minorities has not been
as strong as it should have been.
We are now feeling the !}rawbacks of that situation.
One need only look at the
peril the ethnic studies programs
face ... especially with the vicepresjdents previously-state concern to dismantle them ... and the
cuts many minority oriented programs have been suffering on
campus in recent years.
Some Blacks, Native Indians,
Asian-Americans, Chicanos,
at CSUF have taken
the initiative fo form a '' third
world coalition., to deal with
problems currently facing minorities o.n campus.
In a concerted effort to keep
CSUF from returning to the ore1970 days when racism as 'bad as
it is now, these students may hold
the key to the future of minority
programs ... programs whichhave
helped many students at this
university, and as a result, the
community in general.
Needless to say, more students
support is sought, in any manner
possible, especially at meetings
on Tuesdays at 1 P~m. in the
College Union.
Maybe we're
getting too comfortable with too
little. But people must not forget that thirteen years of a civil
rights act is pnly t]le beginning
in balancing
out 200 or 300 years of injustices.
Don't let up now.
Poesia
El Canto del Nopal
Hijo, -tengo memoria tengo
memoria en Ia _cabeza, de cosas
. Jll.rticulares y persona.les y tambien tengo memoria en la espalda
de los labores y el peso del pan
de cada dia y tengo memoria
en los pies de andar, buscar,
y bailar. Dicen que hay personas
que tienen memoria en otras
partes de sus respectivos cuerpos, pero yo no solo tengo memoria en mi cabeza, mi espalda
y mis pies.
En mis pies recuerdo caminos
y vereda:s y arboles que gritaban
cuando se bailaba . por encima
de ellos. En mi espalda, recuerdo a mi hermano agachado
en Ia pisca del betabel y gatos
que luchaban por la noche. Y
en mi cabeza recuerdo cosas
muy personales coma -el dia en
que me desacuparon ~e mi trabajo en la caneria.
Los nopales cantan, hijo. Mucha
gente no oye su cancion, porque
inra terminar con una sola nota
duran miles de anos.
Las piedras andan. Se visitan una a otra, y guardan la fe
entre ellas y las estrellas. Un
dia llegue al pie de un humilde
nopal, el cual, en ese preciso
momenta estaba comenzando a
cantar su primera. nota. Alli
mas o me nos por niU anos, me
quede a escuchar el canto del
nopal.
Una mujer Chicana
E.H.
La Voz - Monday, Nov. 14, Page 3
TV Newsman Calder.on
Says "Sky's the Limit"
E' y Felix Contreras
"My grandmother was parti"At that point, the executive
cular " Julio Calderon rememNews Director said the station
bered.
"When she needed a
was looking for a Chicano rerabbit, she didn't like it to be
porter, but there were no Chiall shot ·up, so my brothers
canos graduating from journaand I had to catch them .on
lism schools. I suggested that
foot.
he go to the community for a
"But, she also wanted them
qualified person to become a
fat," he joked, ' 'so we had to
trainee for the position.
· run along-side them and feel
"He said that he had sent
111111 their
stomachs to see if they
out api,lications to all the Chiwere plump enough!"
cano organizations in the Bay
What that little joke about his Area for the position.
past has to do with him · being
"I challenged him on that
a reporter for KMJ-TV, Chanpoint, noting that of all the ornel 24 Fresno, is hard to say.
ganizations that I dealt with,
' But, it is a funny story and it . I had only seen one."
was thought that it might brightAfter calling the Program
Reyes
Calderon
en up some of your day.
Director's bluff, Julio was offersides of the issue fairly.'' He
cated to Chicano -news items and
B•orn in Los Angeles in 1942,
ed the job on the spot.
says that people write or phone
a sports section. '' People tripped
his family moved to Tempe, AriHe accepted it..• on the spot.
out because sports and Chicano · in sometimes and say that he is
zona when he was 3-years-old.
After a 3-year hitch, he was
biased about Chicano issues he _He was raised in Tempe, ~n iso- fired, ("a last hired first fired
news were far apart from each
covers. He says that if it were
other, but here I was doing them.''
lated city among dust-covered type of thing"). Then he came
an Anglo reporter people wouldn't
Reyes has also covered many of
Arizona mountains, by his grand- to Fresno.
phone or write in.
the Chicano issues in the valley.
mother who, he admits, "didn't
Calderon feels that as a reIn 1973 Reyes served as editor
When United Farmworkers of
read Dr. Spock's book.''
porter, "the best service· I can
of La Voz.
America staged protests in the
He dropped out of school when do for the community is not to
Although he has been offered
fields, Reyes was on top ofall the
he was 17, and the very next slant the news, for one side or
jobs elsewhere, he has turned day he was on a bus to San the other.
issues and covered several telethem down because he feels a
vision news stories on them.
Diego for a four-year hitch with
"Chicanos have to utilize the
responsibility to Chicanos in
He was also the first reporter
the Navy.
media. 'I:he access is there,
to expose school walkouts in Fresno. ''I was the first Chicano
When he got out, Calderon so Chicanos must take advanthe :valley.
When Central reporter in• Fresno and before developed a strong political a- tage of it. If the Chicano communand Madera high schools walked I came around Chicanos rarely
wareness.
ity could get their point across
on television news
out in the 60's and 70's, Reyes appeared
In 1969, a Bay Area Superior to the overall .general community
was the only Chicano reporter stories and when they did it was
Court· judge made a statement the public would find out that
showing the negative image of
covering them. "Back then, I
saying
that
Chicanos were what we want is the same as
felt it was important to cover Chicanos;''
"lower than anmals," to which
them: better education and jobs;
Reyes definitely has boosted
issues
concerning Chicanos
the Chicano community res- the opportunity to compete evenly
Chicanos weren't being treated the image of Chicanos in Fresno,
ponded heatedly.
in the job market and education
fairly by the press in Fresno. because ne exposed the gente at
''Chicano organizations field, nothing more or nothing
Every time an issue arose, people their best, protesting for rights,
throughout the area joined to.: less.
would say, "there are those . campaigning for political offices
gether to form the Chicano Issues
"We don't want any handouts,
troublemakers again.
It was and showing their artistic talents
Coordinating Committee," said only the chance to compete."
simply because of bad press.'' through half-hour specials on
Julio. "We organized n{arches
· This January, Calderon will
He goes on to say, " .when I Channel 30.
and picket lines in front of the leave KMJ-TV to concentrate
He has proved to be a positive- Superior Court, and led the drive his full efforts on his bid for
came along I gave Chicanos fair _
representation. I looked at both figure for the Chicano movement.
against his re-election.
the 30th Assembly District seat,
''In order to win the election vacated by Ken Maddy who has an
he had to have 50 percent of eye on the governor's office.
the votes."
On election day
He admitted the stakes were
he got 50.1 percent.
high.
Despite the narrow defeat,
"I'm gambling all the marthe important thing learned from bles. Once I sign those papers
the episode was that no longer to run, I'm out of a job.''
was the Chicano community ~o.- Is the sky the limit?
ing to be pushed around and
•~ haven' t found my limiabused. They formed one group, tations and I refuse to let anyChicano
Issues Coordinating one dictate my limitations. The
Both brothers did well on
together, it does not have an
Committee.
more someone tells me my Iitheir · high scho·o1 cross couneffect on their relationship beJulio Calderon was chairman mitations, the further I want to
cause they are not competing try team and bring their talent
of that committee.
go."
to Fresno by winning long disagainst each other.
Julio's break into journalism_- - - - - - .-- - - - - - - - .
tance running events for CSUF.
"We're not into this 'Let's
~~;.through his community acgo, let's go, let's go!' thing,"
said Richard. ''You just have
Each brother has their own
''KTVU, Channel 2 in Oakland,
to have confidence on that day
respective running event in which
held a luncheon with Chicano
you are running, and we don't they hope to top their own perleaders from different areas, "
try to compete against each other. sonal ·records.
·
·
said Calderon, ' ' to discuss the
Brother George feels much the
discriminating hiring practices
The Chicanos in La.w Organi··
Currently, both Richard and
same way as Richard.
,,·Get- George also work closely toof Industry as it related to Chi- zation will be selling chili verde
ting ready for a race is pretty gether organizing a team scrapcanos in the Bay Area."
burritos Wed., Nov. 16, from
much low-key for me. Usually .pook for their coach, Red Estes.
"Someone brought up the point 10:30-2:00 p.m. . The club will
I stay to myself right before a
that the station management was
be having . fundraisers on a bimeet."
George feels that a
According to Richard, the scrap- agreeing with what we were sayweekly basis.
book is used for recruiting purrunner must get out on the
ing, yet there was no Chicanos
:-The next meeting will be
poses and adds more of an iden- as reporters or announcers, or
track and run and not worry
Nov. 16 at 3:00 in the College
tity to the team.
about anybody else.
in commercials on their station. a..,;U~n~i~on:.:..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __.
,
By Pedro Ramlrez
Al Reyes is a first. Reyes
in 1971 became the first Chicano
reporter on the Channel 30 staff.
Since then he has built himself
up to one of the best Chicano
news reporters in the valley.
Reyes never thought of becoming
a reporter. "When I was a kid
I never dreamed of becoming
a newsreporter. In junior high
school, . I never even thought-- of
it," Reyes commented. In Hoo ..
ver High School in Fresno, Reyes
didn't get into the journalism
scene until his twelfth grade year.
"Some teacher with a funny name
he1ped me out, sh~ saw one of
my writings and liked it,t~t same
year she asked ine if I would
write for the school newspaper.
Even at this stage I never thought
of reporting for a news station.
I kind of stumbled on to newsreporting,'' ·ac;ided Reyes.
''Being a reporter just happened.
I appUe~, and O!le day Channel 30
called me in to work. I had
thought on whether to keep the
job or not, but I figured the
opportunity was there so I kept
it.'' Reyes goes on to say that
he felt singled out because he
was labeled minority trainee,
whereas
Angl~
were just
reporter trainees.
He has been working for Channel
30 for four years. and feels he
still has a lot to learn. "Experience is the key to success
in newsreporting," Reyes adds.
Reyes was the first Chicano
to write for the Fresno City
College newspaper, the Rampage.
He had two columns, one dedi-
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Harriers Play Down
By Elvia Ruiz
The wind softly blowing in
their ears, their minds concentrating on the dirt track below
their feet, the two Chicano brothers run side by side in pace
with each other.
The two brothers are Richard
and George Aguirre, both on this
year's cross country team at
CSUF.
Richard, 21, and George, 20,
have both been running together
since high school in their hometown of Santa Barbara and continue their long distance running
here at CSUF.
"We still run most of our hard
· workouts together,'' said Richard, a .junior at CSUF, who has
been on the cross country team
three years. Sophomore George
follows closely behind Richard's
footsteps as he has been on the
team two years.
The brothers speak openly of
their close relationship ~th on
the team and off.
.
"We're close. Closer than
most brothers,'' said Richard.
And close they are.
Besides both being on the
cross country team together,
Richard and George have both
decided to major in journalism
as a career choice. Richard
having declared an interest in
)llblic relations and George
studying photocommunication.
Even though the brothers are
both on the cross country team
Burr1·10 .Sale
Th•IS
week
CSUF Soccer Tearn Chicanos Find No. Racism
--:
Te'n years ago, soccer hardly scored. But this year over
3 million ·fans anted up more
than
10 million dollars for
North American League Soccer
tickets.
Kicking up all the excitement
with a massive transfusion is
a Latino named Pele. The new
million-dollar baby of the sports
world is in peerless charge of
soccer.
CSUF has also caught the soccer
fever.
Tony Gonzales, a 21-year-old
CSUF sncc"lr player, feels that
Latinos definitely have the skill
to play the game with ease.
· The junior; a top piayer on
the varsity squad of head coach
Bob Bereskin's crew, spoke candidly ol Latino involvement in
collegiate soccer.
"In this case, we're not a
-minority,'' he said. "The Latinos are at the very least as
skilled as the rest of the non1.a.tino players.
On ·this year' s Bulldog squad,
there are six Latino players out
of a squad of about 20. Gonzales said there is no racism that
he's come across, saying that
the players get along well together .
"Well, I couldn' t really call
it racism, and not segregation,
either," he said. ' 'I guess the
best way to describe it is
'birds
of
a feather stick
together'.''
, 'When you' re talking about
whether they' re equally applied
to the races, it depends on which
coliege. In Fresno's case, the
university isn't auonea mat
much. Soccer is a growing and
popular sport, and when it gets
to the status _of football, the
money will flow more equally·"
Gonzales said that his future
aspirations included making
soccer a life goal.
.
.
' ' My biggest aspiration !s
wanting to play in the Olympic
(1980) team ," he said. "Afterwards I'd guess I'd want to make
it my profession. I've been working aii my life for it."' ,
La voz _ Monday, N'lv. 14, Page 4
Chicanos Attend Siquieros Art School
By Arturo CJcampo
larship by La Brocha del Valle,
an organization of Chicano artests in the San Joaquin Valley.
For many a Russian Artist
it is a compliment' if Jorge Gonzales Camarena, one of Mexico's
known muralists, compliments
them on their paintings and murals says Salvador Garcia.
Salvador Garcia and Juan Turner, both art majors at Fresno
State, went to Taller Siquieros
School of Art h\. Cuernavaca,
Mexico. They received a scho-
hll~i[f
found pure Raza all over," recalled Juan. ''Mexico City is
a fast moving city with hundreds
The two chose Taller Siqnieros of sights to see including monSchool in Cuernavaca because uments, old buildings, newbuildit is an International school for ings."
They took a bus to Cuernavaca,
artists, including muralists, said
which is 40 miles south of MexJuan Turner.
The Chicano artists left in June ico City.
"Al the School, we were treated
for Mexico City.
''Arriving in Mexico City we. well, we helped each other out,
turning each other on to new
idear," said Turner. ' 1 One day
all the students at the school
got together and in a very democratic way agreed that all Chicanos from the States should not
have to pay for tuition since it
was the students themselve~ who
put on many of the workshops."
So noi· a Chicano can go there.
The only cost to Chicanos now is
housing and meals, like the Mexkan students whose tuition is
already paid for l;>y scholarships.
"'.¼urals are a very expressive art. They speak about the
puehlo, ahout prohlems, and solutions. It's like a story," said
Turner.
"The Russians are very much
into muralism.
One day 30
Russian
Artists came to the
sehool to ohserve the classes,
and the style of paintvig. The
method of teaching at Taller is
better, more technical, they get
into <"om position as well as ideo-
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While in Cuernavaca Turner
had the pleasure of meeting Gorge
Gonzales Camarena,' who is a
ver~· famous muralist in Mexico.
"Ht> invited us to his house
where we had dinner and afterwards he showed us some painting techniques.
He ·had just
returned from Russia where ·the
Russian artists we re tripping
out on his Mural paintings," says
Salvador.
Juan says that the artists at
Taller place less emphasis on
easel painting and more on murals, because murals generally
convey a message.
Composition and technique
were two aspects Juan and Salvador considered important in
their studies at Taller. Turner
said a chemist went to lecture
on the chemistry of paints, and
about the erosion and wear of
murals caused by the sun and
rain. "The chemist ·said there
is no paint at present that won't
begin to fade after 10 to 20
years," said Turner. The chemist recommended Polytec Acrylics Paints which was invented
hv a Mexican chemist,
· Among tpe classes that wereoffered were lithograph, metal
sculpture, mural painting techniques, History of Mexican Art,
and Psychology of Art.
Garcia said the trip in general.
was meaningful.
"One thing I noticed while we
were in Cuernavaca is that a
lot of Gabachos -in the U.S. are
complaining about illegal anglos
and yet, there are many illegal
anglos in Cuernavaca," he said.
"Many are working at language
schools teaching English or
French.
They come over as
tourists and just decide not to
return after their visas expired.
Evidently they like the weather
because it's beautiful all year
·round, and the cost of living is
cheap, if you have access to
U.S. currency. Many of these
illegals have nice houses and are
living comfortably if not in luxury."
While in Cuernavaca they did
have a bad experience.
"One morning we were walKing to the Taller when four guys
called us · over. We didntt know
who they were, ~nd when we asked
them, they insisted we get into
their car. ''We rumbled a little
and tried to get away, but they
pulled out 45's. Then they took
us to a street where there were
no people.''
'•They beat and slapped us
around,'' said Turner. "They
were hitting hard but not hard
enough to cause bruises. They
we re accusing us of being addicts
they started questioning and
sear ching us, and threatened us
with an M-1 pointed to our nose.
"We kept telling them we were
students from the U.S., but they
wouldn't believe us. They said
that by law they could hold us for
72 hours , but it probably was
puro pedo. They said that there
were alternatives, that they could
let us slide.
"We knew what they were hinting at and sure enough, they
. asked us how much money we
had," said Turner. "I had $500
pesos and Juan had a couple of
hundred pesos sb we gave it all
to them. They took about $500
and gave us both half of what was
left over. They released us and
warned us not to cause problems,
said Salvador.
Once at the school, the pair
told a maestro what happened,
before filing a complaint at the
police station.
"We received a formal apology, got our money back, had the
four men fired, and a guarantee
that it would never happen again.
Turner and Garcia chose not to
file charges against the men
because it might have caused bad
publicity for the school and fueled
friction between the school and
the police force. Instead every
student at the school received
a pass which would protect him
from any harassment from police
or military."
1
Para los Rumberos ·
Tof P
•
•
"Ain't Noth in' Stoppin' 'Us Now"
Tower has 'funkafized' audiences
shows, conversation with Emilio
across the United States with
Castillo, co-writer of the majortheir special blend of soul-funk
ity of Tower of Power's songs,
Tower of Power in 1977: 6
and
jazz.
founder
and spokes.man for the
years and 8 albums after their
Their love ballads ("Your'e
band.
first,"East Bay Grease", was
Still A Young Man", "Sparkling
La Vaz- How did you come up
relt>ased on Bill Graham's now
in the Sand" etc.) have been
with the name "Tower of Power?
dt>funct "San Fra ndsco' · label.
· known to make many people ooze
Castillo: It was on a list and we
What startPd out as a nightwith exstacy (when heard at the
just grasped onto it. We were
club sot,11 band had grown into
right time).
called the "Motowns" before.
a concer-crowd plt>asing funk
Tower fans throughout have
LV: . When was this? Doing clubs
band with some of the choppiest
agreed that once the pulsating
in Oakland?
horn charts known to man. The
beat of "What is Hip" pours
Castillo: Yeah, around thahrea,
out of the PA, there's nothing
the East Bay. We knew 'we never
else to do but stand upanddance.
could get a record contract called
Of course, their traditional
the 'Motowns' so .... Tower of
pre-encore jam, "Knock YourPower was on this list and we
self Out'· does just that somethought it described us good.
times for more than
very
LV:
How did you guys get
funky minutes.
started?
But for some, the Tower
Castillo: Just got together, you
Continued from Page i
pasn't been the same recently.
know: friends, neighborhood guys
dent Ernest Poore tomorrow ( ' Die-hard Tower fans say that
then gra riually it iust grew and
Tuesday). Poore's involvement
they've lost some of the spark
grew,then withpersonnel changes
is at the request of the stuwith the loss of bassist Francis
wun ~umebody we knew.
dents who picketed his office
Prestia and drummer David
LV: When you gllYS first started,
Nov. 4. But Slokavich said PoGirabaldi.
what were your musical goals?
ore has no authority over the
· Still, the ·Tower of Power
What did you want to do?
CSUD.
Horns', who have recorded with Castillo: We just wanted to play
CSUF MEChA students, who
bands like Elton John Santana
orig1na1 soul music, do our own
have been assisting the students
Little Feat, Lenny White, etc'.
kind.
said · they will continue to offer
LV: Were you considered a 'white
remain the musical heart of the
advice, despite Coalingan's disfunk bancr oacJc then·.,
group.
may the the student's involveCastillo: Yeah, thaf s what it
They have cashed in on the
ment.
success of 'disco' with their own
was ... that' s what it is today .
. CSUF'groups which had orispecial Tower of Power disco
(chuckles)
ginally pledged their support are
sound on their last album "Ain't
LV: What do different memueis
Las Adelitas, Chicanos in Highof the band listen to personally?
Nothin' Stoppin' Us No~" and
er Education, and Trabajadores
since then the_ir concerts' have , Castillo: Well, there's ten guys
de la Raza. Fresno City Colin the band, you know .... some
been drawing more -and more
lege 'MEChA, the Fresno Antinew fans.
guys listen to jazz. I like soul
bakke Demonstration Coalition
·m usic myself ... everybody's got
October 30, the Tower was
the Fresno Mexican America~
in Fresno to play two shows at
their own different preferences.
Political Association, and the
LV: Have any members of the
the Sheraton Inn, at 8 and 10 p. m.
Fresno County Chapter of the
band had any formal music
After an unexplained delay 1 the
Association -ot'Mexican-Amerifirst show started at ID:30 and
schooling?
can Educators were sought by
Castillo: Yeah, a few of them
the second at 12:30 a. m. What
the MASU students as supporters.
follows is a short, in-between . l)ave .• . , for. insµnce,Doct~n: ,
Pv Fe! ix Contreras
Discrimination
major issue
20
(Stephen Kupka) has. He went
LV:
What accounted for the
to UC Berkeley. He almost got
drastic style change between
a degree .. but he stopped going
"In the Slot" and "Ain't Nothin'
to school 'cause he joined the · Stoppin' Us Now"?
band, you know. He dug the
Castillo: We just do our music
band a lot more.
at the time, and it comes out
LV: How do you guys go about however it comes out. We're
writing your songs?
happy with the way it came out.
Castillo: We just get together
LV: Which do you prefer: small
and throw ideas at each other.
c,ubs or large concert halls?
LV: Does it happen in one long -C~stillo:
I like the inti.m.acv
session, or ... ?
of a small club, but . then I likeCastillo:
Well, it is always The sound of a big concert when
different, but we always try to
you do good, with all the people
come up with original songs. . and stuff. .. .I like them both.
L V: Was there ever a period
And with that final remark
when you found yourselves doing
he
excused himself with '• Hey
the same thing over again, a
I gotta go now", and went back~
dry oeriod l?O to sneak?
·
stage to rest up for the 12 :"30
Castillo: Everybody has dry
periods, you know. You wouidn't show.
apprecia_te the wet ones if ya
didn't. (laughter
·