La Voz de Aztlan, May 4 1978
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La Voz de Aztlan, May 4 1978
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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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5/4/1978
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Chicana Senator Honered
Although she's been an official senator for only two montbs, Rachel Mendoza has been chosen . 'CSUF's Outstanding
Senator of the Year. The award was presented to· Rachel
Sllnday during the Associated Students Annual Awards Banquet
held at the Smugglers ~ David Bell, Dean of Students presented her With an insc'ribed
plaque Sfa.ting the achievement
'This award gave me great
pleasure, because you have to
remember that ASB President
Bill Brewer fiercely fought my
appointment to the senate this
year, in spite of the senate unanimously endorsing my appointment,' Rachel told La Voz.
In February1 Brewer chose
not to ap~oint Rachel to a va~n~ seM:te post, instead appomtmg his choice. The senate rejected Brewers appointment and endorsed Rachel
'As I fought for my appointment, one of the senators remarked that as far as he was
(l(llceraed,I -.s a •mber
rl
the senate. But you see, that
wasn't good enough, because I
was not an ,official senator and
I bad to fight for being wrong.ed by Bill Brewer,' Rachel continued.
·
Rachel also stated that she
~ttended senate meetings and acted as a proxie for several
dtfferent senators with diverse
Utt 1 ba k
ds th
h
po ca
c groun
roug out the year. 'Even before my
appointment to the senate, I wa-
.B,.A lFGfC
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LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
s serving on more senate committees than any official senator on the senate,' ·she added.
. During Brewer's appearance
before the senate on February
21 to defend his appointmenf,
the ASB President changed his
mind and appointed Rachel. The senate quickly approved the
appointment.
The AS _senate votes for the
senator it feels is most quali- ·
fied for the a ward.
Rachel, a . pre-law student
in her third year, intends to
go to law school after completing her stjidies at CSUF.
Governo_r _Br~wn stopped by Fresno lbst Thursday, and, among
other v1s1tat1ons, spoke to Chic .o nes in front of the Concilio office at
Ryan Seminary. Here, Brown is shown with Manuel Perez, EOP
director at CSUF. ·
Students RCllly
Mendoza
To
Medill in
Madera Elects .First
{Ou ncilwoman
By a wafer:. thin eight vote margini
Madera residents have elected their ·
f1rst woman and Chicana to serve on
their city council.
Margaret Medellin, a life- long ·resident, was elected in March as the
first woman and the first member of
the Chica.no community to attain such
a position since the city council was
established 71 years ago.
Medellin, who is fiuent in both English and Spanish, said the Chicano com, munity in Madera has waited long eno~gh
to have somebody on the city council
they can relate to and discuss -their
problems with.
"The Mexican people of Madera
have waited some 71 years to have
somebo.:ly on tM city council that they
could pick up the phone and talk to~-~
she sald.' 'These people feel they could
call me and that makes me feel proud.,,
As a new city council member, Medellin
said she may not always be able to solve
everyone's problems but the· fact that
they are able to tell-somebody about lt
is "a big step." .
·Even though many other women and
Chicanos have attempted to gain a seat
on the city council, no one bas even come
close to winning an election, according
to Medellin.
She attributed her own victory to the
support of her family, friends and a
Well-organized election committee. The
election committee consisted of several
Chicanos who had experience working on
their own political cam~igns.
"If we didn't have tiiaf (eommiheef
I knew we wouldn't make it," she said,
adding that the unity among the committee members played an important part
in her victory.
Medellin was optimistic and confident
that she could win the election and become ·a good council member, she said,
"because I feel people can relate to me
and I ean relate to them. I think that
Is the key to winning.''
· She also said her ablllty to make fair
decisions and understanding all sides of
an Issue will help her become ·a good
council member.
As a new member of the city council,
Medellin said the Chicano coinmiinlty
can now belleve that there Is hope for
them, too: "I was raised in the barrio.
When I won I felt 'here - Is a Chicana
from the barrio who bas done it. If I
cait make it so can they (Chicanos) ·
especially with the advantages of today,''
she said.
·
Medellin cited her community involvement as her first step towards her
interest in Madera polltics. · She later
became involved in helping other local
. Chicanos in their polltical cam~igns for
other elections.
To keep herself well-informed about
the community, Medellin bas kept personal files of newspaper clippings concerning Issues vital to Madera. Since
her election, Medellin has collected articles on the departments of police, recreation, fire and airport, which are the
services most used by . the community.
"I keep these personal files so I can
know what is going on when these issues
· come up in the city council," she said.
Medellin attempts to keep herself
knowledgeable about Issues in Madera
because she foresees barriers to cross
in -the city council be-cause she said,
_''they still see me as a woman and not
a council member.'' .
With ~t attttuda in mlnd. Medellinin
Continued OD P«. 4
1
Save· LRS
Angered at w~t they say ts a "slow
strangulation" of their educational gains,
approximately ZOO students staged a
noisy march through the CSUF Thomas
Administration Building where the offices of President Norman Baxter and
Louis Volpp, vice-president ofacademic
affairs, are located.
The protest followed a rally in the
free speech area- where speakers invoked the memory of student unrest in
the early seventies and leveled charges
of racism and sexism at the university
·administration.
The rally to commemorate International Worker's Day. came at the end
of the first day of CSUF's weell-lcmg
Anderson, who became pollce chief in
December, said he can't recall the last
time such a precaution was needed but
said it would be done if a group of small
schoolchildren were visiting the building.
Former La Raza Studies co-ordinator
Alejandro Sara.goza, who bad 1pollltll ·
only two hours earlier as part of the
Cinco De Mayo festivities, said the
current problems facing La Raza Studies
go back •~yond Baxter and Volpp."
''Our problems are just the latest
. problems,'' saragoza. told the crowd of
mostly Chicano students that, by the time
he was finished activated at least 200
persons.
Pho~o Essay Inside
observance of Cinco De Mayo.
This week's demonstration also came
on the heels of a meeting with Governor Jerry Brown last Thursday at the
Fresno El Concilio office. Several
issues were raised with Brown, including the problems La Raza Studies and
,,..,.,icanos in .other CSUF demrtments
are bavtng with the administration;,
Brown was given documentation by ·
Dr. Jesus Luna, current co-ordinator
of La Raza Studies. Luna said Brown
promised to discuss the matter with
CSUC Chancellor Glenn Dumke.
. _ Back on campus Monday, Stan Santos,
spokesperson for the Committee to Save
La Raza, handed a list of five extensive
demands to university pollce who guarded
the doorwaJB to the admlDtstratiOD build-·
ing.
police Chief WHliani Anderson who
estimated the size of the demonstration
· at "75-100" told reporters the doors
Ieatling to the two executive offices were ·
·1ocked as a matter of routine procedure.
"Whenever we get a large crowd of
people near th~ building, it's a good idea
to lock the doors for safety precautions,"
said Anderson. "This is one oftbe main
business offices and we didn't want the
business disrupted.'"
"We made a commitment that we were
going to make a·strong, valuable program
with the good Raza here In this vallev ."
said saragoza, who la currently on leave
from the university.
Dr. Jesus Luna, current co-ordiDator.
of La Raza Studies, said the university
takes credit for increasing Chicano en- .
rollment but -that in the past·three years,
only 50 new Chicano students have
entered CSUF.
He said the LRS' future looks very dim.
"Those of you here tody are reaping
any benefits from the program," Luna
toJd the rally, "but what abut your
little sisters and brothers. Will they
have the prog""3.m you have today?"
Both Luna and Sara.goza criticized
Baxter's fundraising efforts for a new
football stadium as a Jllradox to admin: stratton claims tbatao mcmeyis aY&il- lo .
able for minority student or faculty recruitment.
saragoza said this was not to criticize
the football team but "I w!shthey'dsbow
the same enthusiasm towards recruiting • • • the same enthusiasm to do
something about tbe problems facing
La Raza Studies, Ethnic studies and
Women Studies."
ConUDued OD P«. '
PAGE2
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 19
PHOTOGRAPHY BY -CARLOS GUZMAN
-Francisco (Pancho) Villa
AND
ST AN SANTOS
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1978
LA VOZ D& AZTLAN
PAGEJ
Efficiency , Fantasy
and fodustrialism
Calendario
1
de Semana
Disneyland is a place of kings, queens, princes, princesses, dukes,
squires, and on dow-.i1 the line. It is a' place where castles, jungles,
cowboy towns, the past, present, and future are supposed to meet.
In essence (one would guess) where time becomes one unit. A
wonder where people can go and ts nb dz,, and pay for lt. People
Jll.Y millions to go see Donald Duck, The Mouse, and many o!her
creations of Walt Disney, a very unartistic person wh~ capitalized
on the graphic talents of others to create his machine.
·
According- to the book "World of Disn'eJ'', the only thing Disney
had going for him was the ability to work ha.rd and a good sense
of organizing. The thing of his organizing is t-m-t it was a type
that controlled and manipulat.ed people. This we see now in the
way people are channelled from one socalled "am~ment" station
to another. It is a horrible situation. Common sense would indicate that people would resent being sheep. herded around, but
apparently they don't, or if they do, they allow themselves to be
numb to it in the.name o! amusement and fun.
.
In all essense Mr. Disney was a corrupt man ma.king ammals
bounce, spin, twist, stupr explose, crunch, and many other horrid
things that normal bodies, whether animal or human, are incapable
of doing. All. this corruption in the name of amusement and tun
he gave to an American public who laughed at ·it as fantas~.
·
Unfortunately, it was not a laughing matter, and in current perspectives it continues to an unla.ugbable one. In fact it is a horrid
reality. 'A nationwide reality where people in this great Industrial .
Democracy are channelled witb. the skills of Disneys to become
consumers, drug addicts, alcoholics, (Betty Ford), murderers,
rapists and s~1:f-destructives.
But according to the ethics of the Industrial Democracy, it is all
very valid some die for tbe benefit of others. It is called efficiency.
Here at CSUF, we also have an administration full o~ Disney
characters, operated by Pluto-walk Norman Baxter and Road
Runner Louis Volpp. They have mam.~d to Cl'eate wonders of
efficiency limitimg the teaching duration of pa.rt-time tnstructofs.,
depriving' responsible faculty from participating in education policy,
harrassing teachers and other administrators from humanly relating to student needs. Presently they have a reorganization plan
going which. would cripple the goals of a truly learning university.
The great educator and philosopher Mr. Alfred Whitehead is probably turning in his grave.
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THURSDAY, MAY 4,197
PAGE4
Charges against the imr can go on and on, not exclusing what mr.
Baxter has done 011 his own this past eight years, such 3:s lockig
a depl.rtment chairman out of his office, firing complete deJll,rtment faculties and at other times calling his ' faculty s.o.B.'s
For tull info;mation read "The Slow Death of Fresno State."
Imagine a christian, With a degre_e in theology, capable of such
unbiblicar behavior.
A christian who needs up to six security
men to ratrol his house at night, and who recently installe~ $3,000
worth of security devices to protect himself. .This is the Disl)ey
of CSUF, a true hypocrite, wl10 out of efficiency for those that
hold the colonial mentality, · that America is s~ll to be discovered,
that the natives are still listless cattle milling mindlessly over
the land, does treacherous things to humans. The man is obviously
sick to see me as he does. He is a man that should be petitioned
out of Fresno. A man who is afrai<l~ as he is dangerous to the
well-being of students, teachers, children, cqmmunity, and all
who believe in the decency of existence.
Demonstration
Continued from Pg. 1
In addition to concerns about these
programs and affirmative action JY.>licies
on campus, the committee of the campus
Chicano organization MEChA, demands
the administration have a publfo hearing
with the community into the reasons
for the "terminal year" contract given
CSUF art professor Francisco Barrio.
The committee feels this denial of
tenure for Dr. Barrio amounts to firing.
The committee also demands that .the '
CSUF School of -Social ·work and the
School of Education make a ' ' concentrated effort" to "immediately implement a minority student recruitment
program as suggested to . them by the
Cali!orhia Boa.rd of Regents'' last month.
Stan Santos of the committee delivered .
a letter to Baxter's office requesting
a meeting to discuss these concerns
May 10 in the Sal Mosqueda Community
Center.
Santos said the letter was
signed by Tomas Nunez: president of
the Mexican American Political Association, and Venancio Gaona, El Concilio
president.
·
Administrative spokesman Don Winkler
said Baxter will announce within the next
two days whether he will meet in the
community.
Previously Baxter agreed to a meehng
with the students in his office, said
Santos.
But the "on-campus'' site was rejected because they feel Buter ''should
come out ·to where the people are."
Cou·ncilwoman
Continued from Pg. 1
approached her new Position as council
member with caution. She said a woman
has to be careful how she says something
and when she says it. Medellin's approach
is to let the other four council members
voice their opinions first and then she
discusses her own ideas.
"Everybody is watching me to see how
much I am going to say and if I put my
foot in my mouth," she said.
Medellin, mother of four, said she will
have to give up other activities now that
she is a city council member. She
-currently holds a full-time job ,- as
Clerical St.aft Supervisor at the Ma'tlera
Sc}Jool District Office, a job she has had
sbine 22 years.
Her employment has given her experience in helping special education
children and also in working vn.th migrant education. She also served as
an interpreter for the district's psybhogist. Tbs experience, claims Medellin,
prompted her to want to help herpeople.
Medellin noted that fear holds many
Chica.nos back fromattemptingtodoanything about their problems. The fear
tlrat somebody is going to disagree with
them.
"We as Chicanos and minoptles have
to get- that fear out of our heads. We
can't sit back and let the other guy do
it anymore. We as minorities have to
make tbe move and make ourselves
heard," she said.
Wednesthy, Mar 3
~;00 - ll:00 - Pan Dulce
ll:00 -12:00 ~ Guest Speaker, Mr. Andres Segura,
visiting professor from Mexico City
It :00 - 1:30 - Teatro del Espiritu - TIWatre Group
from CSUF
1:30 - 4 :00 - Chica.no Gong Show
7:oo - ? - Salt Of The Earth - Movie
Thursday, May 4
9:00 - 9:30 - Pan Dulce · .
9:30 - 10:30- Selma High M;rimga Band
10:30 - 11:30 - Children talent show - Children
from various schools
11:30 - 12:00 - Puppet Show
12:00 - 1:00 -· Anti Bakke Coalition (Panen
1
'
1:00- 2:00 - Theatre group
Thursday evening - Upstairs Cafeteria - CSUF- Parents &
Students Night
6:00 - 7:00 - Mariachi de la Tierra
7:00 - 8:00 - Los Danzantes de Atzlan
8:00 - 9:00 - Teatro del Espiritu- CSUF Theatre
group
Friday, May 5
· 9:00 - 10:00 - Pan Dulce - Mariachi Del Gallo ·
10:00 - 11:00 - Aztec (mexica) Dances - Performed
by Mr. Andres Segura, Visiting profes~or from LA
Ciuda.d DE Mexico
_
11:00 - 12 :00 - Dauzantes de Aztlan_
12 :00- 1:00 - Guest speaker - saiidra salazar Director of Rea.1th DEPT. SAC.
1:00 - 2:00 - Mariachi de la Tierra
8:00 - 1:00 ~ Free Dance -
Wo-men
Abused
Ha.rd evidence that women
agricultural fieldworkers suffer
severely from low pay. deficient
housing and health care,andbazardous working conditions 1s
documented in the first study fD
the nation of this segment d
the labor force.
A year-long research project
conducted by the California Colt
mission on the Status of WollllD
brought interviewers to Frea
· and Imperial counties to •
ca.mpesinas and 200 eampes•
seminars for the purpose of
in-depth questions about their
soliciting · their · comments and
living and working conditi~
recommendations. The first
states a release from the Coaseminar is scheduled Saturmission's Sacramento office.
day, April 29, beginning at 9
The two counties were selected
a.m. at the Fresno Convention
to contrast working conditions ~
Center
Wine
Room.
The
migrant an.cl stable rural popu]a-,
second seminar, to be hel<;l in
tions. Agricultural employers,
Imperial County, will be at Carandomly selected, were also '
lexico Community Center on
asked their views of women perMay 9 beginning at 9 a.m.
forming agricultu_ral work.
A third seminar is scheduled
Major findings are that:
in Sacramento on May 23 to so--Campeslnas are an imporlicit recommendations primarily
tant component of the farm laid
from legislators and policyforce and contribute significantly
makers in sl:ate government.
to their to their family's InThe study's additional findings
come.
are that:
--Cam~sinas are "dead.
--Women farmworkers are
ended" in low-piying jobs under
primarily UoS. citi_zens and taxthe assumption that better jca
raying residents.
require ·more strength.
--All farmworkers receive in--Campesinas (and men)o-versufficient health care. . Multiwlielmingly desire to leave farm
service clinics w
work because working conditions,
pay and benefits, and housingare
substandard.
--Women suffer health risb
service clinics which provide a
due to the foltowing factors, ID
broad spectrum of health serorder of their seriousness:
vices during fiexible hours are
needed.
--Women farmworkers need
more migrant caII\P housing and
mechanized processes - prl.
better facilities in existing
marily conveyor belt hazards,
ca.mw.
unsafe field conditions, harmful
--Women farmworkers need
chemicals, and lack of adequate
affordable child care centers.
sanitation
facilities.
--Women farmworkers have
had little opportunity for job
'' The goal of the study was
to begin to establish a data base
for a totally overlooked s-egment
of the population and to compare
the expressed needs of women
farmworkers with the s':!rvices .
available to them by state agencies,'' said Susana Halton, project director.
.
The findings will be presented
to farmworkers and representatives of state ·agencies-at public
training.
11A VOZ DE AZTLAN
...
Although she's been an official senator for only two montbs, Rachel Mendoza has been chosen . 'CSUF's Outstanding
Senator of the Year. The award was presented to· Rachel
Sllnday during the Associated Students Annual Awards Banquet
held at the Smugglers ~ David Bell, Dean of Students presented her With an insc'ribed
plaque Sfa.ting the achievement
'This award gave me great
pleasure, because you have to
remember that ASB President
Bill Brewer fiercely fought my
appointment to the senate this
year, in spite of the senate unanimously endorsing my appointment,' Rachel told La Voz.
In February1 Brewer chose
not to ap~oint Rachel to a va~n~ seM:te post, instead appomtmg his choice. The senate rejected Brewers appointment and endorsed Rachel
'As I fought for my appointment, one of the senators remarked that as far as he was
(l(llceraed,I -.s a •mber
rl
the senate. But you see, that
wasn't good enough, because I
was not an ,official senator and
I bad to fight for being wrong.ed by Bill Brewer,' Rachel continued.
·
Rachel also stated that she
~ttended senate meetings and acted as a proxie for several
dtfferent senators with diverse
Utt 1 ba k
ds th
h
po ca
c groun
roug out the year. 'Even before my
appointment to the senate, I wa-
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s serving on more senate committees than any official senator on the senate,' ·she added.
. During Brewer's appearance
before the senate on February
21 to defend his appointmenf,
the ASB President changed his
mind and appointed Rachel. The senate quickly approved the
appointment.
The AS _senate votes for the
senator it feels is most quali- ·
fied for the a ward.
Rachel, a . pre-law student
in her third year, intends to
go to law school after completing her stjidies at CSUF.
Governo_r _Br~wn stopped by Fresno lbst Thursday, and, among
other v1s1tat1ons, spoke to Chic .o nes in front of the Concilio office at
Ryan Seminary. Here, Brown is shown with Manuel Perez, EOP
director at CSUF. ·
Students RCllly
Mendoza
To
Medill in
Madera Elects .First
{Ou ncilwoman
By a wafer:. thin eight vote margini
Madera residents have elected their ·
f1rst woman and Chicana to serve on
their city council.
Margaret Medellin, a life- long ·resident, was elected in March as the
first woman and the first member of
the Chica.no community to attain such
a position since the city council was
established 71 years ago.
Medellin, who is fiuent in both English and Spanish, said the Chicano com, munity in Madera has waited long eno~gh
to have somebody on the city council
they can relate to and discuss -their
problems with.
"The Mexican people of Madera
have waited some 71 years to have
somebo.:ly on tM city council that they
could pick up the phone and talk to~-~
she sald.' 'These people feel they could
call me and that makes me feel proud.,,
As a new city council member, Medellin
said she may not always be able to solve
everyone's problems but the· fact that
they are able to tell-somebody about lt
is "a big step." .
·Even though many other women and
Chicanos have attempted to gain a seat
on the city council, no one bas even come
close to winning an election, according
to Medellin.
She attributed her own victory to the
support of her family, friends and a
Well-organized election committee. The
election committee consisted of several
Chicanos who had experience working on
their own political cam~igns.
"If we didn't have tiiaf (eommiheef
I knew we wouldn't make it," she said,
adding that the unity among the committee members played an important part
in her victory.
Medellin was optimistic and confident
that she could win the election and become ·a good council member, she said,
"because I feel people can relate to me
and I ean relate to them. I think that
Is the key to winning.''
· She also said her ablllty to make fair
decisions and understanding all sides of
an Issue will help her become ·a good
council member.
As a new member of the city council,
Medellin said the Chicano coinmiinlty
can now belleve that there Is hope for
them, too: "I was raised in the barrio.
When I won I felt 'here - Is a Chicana
from the barrio who bas done it. If I
cait make it so can they (Chicanos) ·
especially with the advantages of today,''
she said.
·
Medellin cited her community involvement as her first step towards her
interest in Madera polltics. · She later
became involved in helping other local
. Chicanos in their polltical cam~igns for
other elections.
To keep herself well-informed about
the community, Medellin bas kept personal files of newspaper clippings concerning Issues vital to Madera. Since
her election, Medellin has collected articles on the departments of police, recreation, fire and airport, which are the
services most used by . the community.
"I keep these personal files so I can
know what is going on when these issues
· come up in the city council," she said.
Medellin attempts to keep herself
knowledgeable about Issues in Madera
because she foresees barriers to cross
in -the city council be-cause she said,
_''they still see me as a woman and not
a council member.'' .
With ~t attttuda in mlnd. Medellinin
Continued OD P«. 4
1
Save· LRS
Angered at w~t they say ts a "slow
strangulation" of their educational gains,
approximately ZOO students staged a
noisy march through the CSUF Thomas
Administration Building where the offices of President Norman Baxter and
Louis Volpp, vice-president ofacademic
affairs, are located.
The protest followed a rally in the
free speech area- where speakers invoked the memory of student unrest in
the early seventies and leveled charges
of racism and sexism at the university
·administration.
The rally to commemorate International Worker's Day. came at the end
of the first day of CSUF's weell-lcmg
Anderson, who became pollce chief in
December, said he can't recall the last
time such a precaution was needed but
said it would be done if a group of small
schoolchildren were visiting the building.
Former La Raza Studies co-ordinator
Alejandro Sara.goza, who bad 1pollltll ·
only two hours earlier as part of the
Cinco De Mayo festivities, said the
current problems facing La Raza Studies
go back •~yond Baxter and Volpp."
''Our problems are just the latest
. problems,'' saragoza. told the crowd of
mostly Chicano students that, by the time
he was finished activated at least 200
persons.
Pho~o Essay Inside
observance of Cinco De Mayo.
This week's demonstration also came
on the heels of a meeting with Governor Jerry Brown last Thursday at the
Fresno El Concilio office. Several
issues were raised with Brown, including the problems La Raza Studies and
,,..,.,icanos in .other CSUF demrtments
are bavtng with the administration;,
Brown was given documentation by ·
Dr. Jesus Luna, current co-ordinator
of La Raza Studies. Luna said Brown
promised to discuss the matter with
CSUC Chancellor Glenn Dumke.
. _ Back on campus Monday, Stan Santos,
spokesperson for the Committee to Save
La Raza, handed a list of five extensive
demands to university pollce who guarded
the doorwaJB to the admlDtstratiOD build-·
ing.
police Chief WHliani Anderson who
estimated the size of the demonstration
· at "75-100" told reporters the doors
Ieatling to the two executive offices were ·
·1ocked as a matter of routine procedure.
"Whenever we get a large crowd of
people near th~ building, it's a good idea
to lock the doors for safety precautions,"
said Anderson. "This is one oftbe main
business offices and we didn't want the
business disrupted.'"
"We made a commitment that we were
going to make a·strong, valuable program
with the good Raza here In this vallev ."
said saragoza, who la currently on leave
from the university.
Dr. Jesus Luna, current co-ordiDator.
of La Raza Studies, said the university
takes credit for increasing Chicano en- .
rollment but -that in the past·three years,
only 50 new Chicano students have
entered CSUF.
He said the LRS' future looks very dim.
"Those of you here tody are reaping
any benefits from the program," Luna
toJd the rally, "but what abut your
little sisters and brothers. Will they
have the prog""3.m you have today?"
Both Luna and Sara.goza criticized
Baxter's fundraising efforts for a new
football stadium as a Jllradox to admin: stratton claims tbatao mcmeyis aY&il- lo .
able for minority student or faculty recruitment.
saragoza said this was not to criticize
the football team but "I w!shthey'dsbow
the same enthusiasm towards recruiting • • • the same enthusiasm to do
something about tbe problems facing
La Raza Studies, Ethnic studies and
Women Studies."
ConUDued OD P«. '
PAGE2
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 19
PHOTOGRAPHY BY -CARLOS GUZMAN
-Francisco (Pancho) Villa
AND
ST AN SANTOS
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1978
LA VOZ D& AZTLAN
PAGEJ
Efficiency , Fantasy
and fodustrialism
Calendario
1
de Semana
Disneyland is a place of kings, queens, princes, princesses, dukes,
squires, and on dow-.i1 the line. It is a' place where castles, jungles,
cowboy towns, the past, present, and future are supposed to meet.
In essence (one would guess) where time becomes one unit. A
wonder where people can go and ts nb dz,, and pay for lt. People
Jll.Y millions to go see Donald Duck, The Mouse, and many o!her
creations of Walt Disney, a very unartistic person wh~ capitalized
on the graphic talents of others to create his machine.
·
According- to the book "World of Disn'eJ'', the only thing Disney
had going for him was the ability to work ha.rd and a good sense
of organizing. The thing of his organizing is t-m-t it was a type
that controlled and manipulat.ed people. This we see now in the
way people are channelled from one socalled "am~ment" station
to another. It is a horrible situation. Common sense would indicate that people would resent being sheep. herded around, but
apparently they don't, or if they do, they allow themselves to be
numb to it in the.name o! amusement and fun.
.
In all essense Mr. Disney was a corrupt man ma.king ammals
bounce, spin, twist, stupr explose, crunch, and many other horrid
things that normal bodies, whether animal or human, are incapable
of doing. All. this corruption in the name of amusement and tun
he gave to an American public who laughed at ·it as fantas~.
·
Unfortunately, it was not a laughing matter, and in current perspectives it continues to an unla.ugbable one. In fact it is a horrid
reality. 'A nationwide reality where people in this great Industrial .
Democracy are channelled witb. the skills of Disneys to become
consumers, drug addicts, alcoholics, (Betty Ford), murderers,
rapists and s~1:f-destructives.
But according to the ethics of the Industrial Democracy, it is all
very valid some die for tbe benefit of others. It is called efficiency.
Here at CSUF, we also have an administration full o~ Disney
characters, operated by Pluto-walk Norman Baxter and Road
Runner Louis Volpp. They have mam.~d to Cl'eate wonders of
efficiency limitimg the teaching duration of pa.rt-time tnstructofs.,
depriving' responsible faculty from participating in education policy,
harrassing teachers and other administrators from humanly relating to student needs. Presently they have a reorganization plan
going which. would cripple the goals of a truly learning university.
The great educator and philosopher Mr. Alfred Whitehead is probably turning in his grave.
I
I
I
)
THURSDAY, MAY 4,197
PAGE4
Charges against the imr can go on and on, not exclusing what mr.
Baxter has done 011 his own this past eight years, such 3:s lockig
a depl.rtment chairman out of his office, firing complete deJll,rtment faculties and at other times calling his ' faculty s.o.B.'s
For tull info;mation read "The Slow Death of Fresno State."
Imagine a christian, With a degre_e in theology, capable of such
unbiblicar behavior.
A christian who needs up to six security
men to ratrol his house at night, and who recently installe~ $3,000
worth of security devices to protect himself. .This is the Disl)ey
of CSUF, a true hypocrite, wl10 out of efficiency for those that
hold the colonial mentality, · that America is s~ll to be discovered,
that the natives are still listless cattle milling mindlessly over
the land, does treacherous things to humans. The man is obviously
sick to see me as he does. He is a man that should be petitioned
out of Fresno. A man who is afrai<l~ as he is dangerous to the
well-being of students, teachers, children, cqmmunity, and all
who believe in the decency of existence.
Demonstration
Continued from Pg. 1
In addition to concerns about these
programs and affirmative action JY.>licies
on campus, the committee of the campus
Chicano organization MEChA, demands
the administration have a publfo hearing
with the community into the reasons
for the "terminal year" contract given
CSUF art professor Francisco Barrio.
The committee feels this denial of
tenure for Dr. Barrio amounts to firing.
The committee also demands that .the '
CSUF School of -Social ·work and the
School of Education make a ' ' concentrated effort" to "immediately implement a minority student recruitment
program as suggested to . them by the
Cali!orhia Boa.rd of Regents'' last month.
Stan Santos of the committee delivered .
a letter to Baxter's office requesting
a meeting to discuss these concerns
May 10 in the Sal Mosqueda Community
Center.
Santos said the letter was
signed by Tomas Nunez: president of
the Mexican American Political Association, and Venancio Gaona, El Concilio
president.
·
Administrative spokesman Don Winkler
said Baxter will announce within the next
two days whether he will meet in the
community.
Previously Baxter agreed to a meehng
with the students in his office, said
Santos.
But the "on-campus'' site was rejected because they feel Buter ''should
come out ·to where the people are."
Cou·ncilwoman
Continued from Pg. 1
approached her new Position as council
member with caution. She said a woman
has to be careful how she says something
and when she says it. Medellin's approach
is to let the other four council members
voice their opinions first and then she
discusses her own ideas.
"Everybody is watching me to see how
much I am going to say and if I put my
foot in my mouth," she said.
Medellin, mother of four, said she will
have to give up other activities now that
she is a city council member. She
-currently holds a full-time job ,- as
Clerical St.aft Supervisor at the Ma'tlera
Sc}Jool District Office, a job she has had
sbine 22 years.
Her employment has given her experience in helping special education
children and also in working vn.th migrant education. She also served as
an interpreter for the district's psybhogist. Tbs experience, claims Medellin,
prompted her to want to help herpeople.
Medellin noted that fear holds many
Chica.nos back fromattemptingtodoanything about their problems. The fear
tlrat somebody is going to disagree with
them.
"We as Chicanos and minoptles have
to get- that fear out of our heads. We
can't sit back and let the other guy do
it anymore. We as minorities have to
make tbe move and make ourselves
heard," she said.
Wednesthy, Mar 3
~;00 - ll:00 - Pan Dulce
ll:00 -12:00 ~ Guest Speaker, Mr. Andres Segura,
visiting professor from Mexico City
It :00 - 1:30 - Teatro del Espiritu - TIWatre Group
from CSUF
1:30 - 4 :00 - Chica.no Gong Show
7:oo - ? - Salt Of The Earth - Movie
Thursday, May 4
9:00 - 9:30 - Pan Dulce · .
9:30 - 10:30- Selma High M;rimga Band
10:30 - 11:30 - Children talent show - Children
from various schools
11:30 - 12:00 - Puppet Show
12:00 - 1:00 -· Anti Bakke Coalition (Panen
1
'
1:00- 2:00 - Theatre group
Thursday evening - Upstairs Cafeteria - CSUF- Parents &
Students Night
6:00 - 7:00 - Mariachi de la Tierra
7:00 - 8:00 - Los Danzantes de Atzlan
8:00 - 9:00 - Teatro del Espiritu- CSUF Theatre
group
Friday, May 5
· 9:00 - 10:00 - Pan Dulce - Mariachi Del Gallo ·
10:00 - 11:00 - Aztec (mexica) Dances - Performed
by Mr. Andres Segura, Visiting profes~or from LA
Ciuda.d DE Mexico
_
11:00 - 12 :00 - Dauzantes de Aztlan_
12 :00- 1:00 - Guest speaker - saiidra salazar Director of Rea.1th DEPT. SAC.
1:00 - 2:00 - Mariachi de la Tierra
8:00 - 1:00 ~ Free Dance -
Wo-men
Abused
Ha.rd evidence that women
agricultural fieldworkers suffer
severely from low pay. deficient
housing and health care,andbazardous working conditions 1s
documented in the first study fD
the nation of this segment d
the labor force.
A year-long research project
conducted by the California Colt
mission on the Status of WollllD
brought interviewers to Frea
· and Imperial counties to •
ca.mpesinas and 200 eampes•
seminars for the purpose of
in-depth questions about their
soliciting · their · comments and
living and working conditi~
recommendations. The first
states a release from the Coaseminar is scheduled Saturmission's Sacramento office.
day, April 29, beginning at 9
The two counties were selected
a.m. at the Fresno Convention
to contrast working conditions ~
Center
Wine
Room.
The
migrant an.cl stable rural popu]a-,
second seminar, to be hel<;l in
tions. Agricultural employers,
Imperial County, will be at Carandomly selected, were also '
lexico Community Center on
asked their views of women perMay 9 beginning at 9 a.m.
forming agricultu_ral work.
A third seminar is scheduled
Major findings are that:
in Sacramento on May 23 to so--Campeslnas are an imporlicit recommendations primarily
tant component of the farm laid
from legislators and policyforce and contribute significantly
makers in sl:ate government.
to their to their family's InThe study's additional findings
come.
are that:
--Cam~sinas are "dead.
--Women farmworkers are
ended" in low-piying jobs under
primarily UoS. citi_zens and taxthe assumption that better jca
raying residents.
require ·more strength.
--All farmworkers receive in--Campesinas (and men)o-versufficient health care. . Multiwlielmingly desire to leave farm
service clinics w
work because working conditions,
pay and benefits, and housingare
substandard.
--Women suffer health risb
service clinics which provide a
due to the foltowing factors, ID
broad spectrum of health serorder of their seriousness:
vices during fiexible hours are
needed.
--Women farmworkers need
more migrant caII\P housing and
mechanized processes - prl.
better facilities in existing
marily conveyor belt hazards,
ca.mw.
unsafe field conditions, harmful
--Women farmworkers need
chemicals, and lack of adequate
affordable child care centers.
sanitation
facilities.
--Women farmworkers have
had little opportunity for job
'' The goal of the study was
to begin to establish a data base
for a totally overlooked s-egment
of the population and to compare
the expressed needs of women
farmworkers with the s':!rvices .
available to them by state agencies,'' said Susana Halton, project director.
.
The findings will be presented
to farmworkers and representatives of state ·agencies-at public
training.
11A VOZ DE AZTLAN
...
Chicana Senator Honered
Although she's been an official senator for only two montbs, Rachel Mendoza has been chosen . 'CSUF's Outstanding
Senator of the Year. The award was presented to· Rachel
Sllnday during the Associated Students Annual Awards Banquet
held at the Smugglers ~ David Bell, Dean of Students presented her With an insc'ribed
plaque Sfa.ting the achievement
'This award gave me great
pleasure, because you have to
remember that ASB President
Bill Brewer fiercely fought my
appointment to the senate this
year, in spite of the senate unanimously endorsing my appointment,' Rachel told La Voz.
In February1 Brewer chose
not to ap~oint Rachel to a va~n~ seM:te post, instead appomtmg his choice. The senate rejected Brewers appointment and endorsed Rachel
'As I fought for my appointment, one of the senators remarked that as far as he was
(l(llceraed,I -.s a •mber
rl
the senate. But you see, that
wasn't good enough, because I
was not an ,official senator and
I bad to fight for being wrong.ed by Bill Brewer,' Rachel continued.
·
Rachel also stated that she
~ttended senate meetings and acted as a proxie for several
dtfferent senators with diverse
Utt 1 ba k
ds th
h
po ca
c groun
roug out the year. 'Even before my
appointment to the senate, I wa-
.B,.A lFGfC
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LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
s serving on more senate committees than any official senator on the senate,' ·she added.
. During Brewer's appearance
before the senate on February
21 to defend his appointmenf,
the ASB President changed his
mind and appointed Rachel. The senate quickly approved the
appointment.
The AS _senate votes for the
senator it feels is most quali- ·
fied for the a ward.
Rachel, a . pre-law student
in her third year, intends to
go to law school after completing her stjidies at CSUF.
Governo_r _Br~wn stopped by Fresno lbst Thursday, and, among
other v1s1tat1ons, spoke to Chic .o nes in front of the Concilio office at
Ryan Seminary. Here, Brown is shown with Manuel Perez, EOP
director at CSUF. ·
Students RCllly
Mendoza
To
Medill in
Madera Elects .First
{Ou ncilwoman
By a wafer:. thin eight vote margini
Madera residents have elected their ·
f1rst woman and Chicana to serve on
their city council.
Margaret Medellin, a life- long ·resident, was elected in March as the
first woman and the first member of
the Chica.no community to attain such
a position since the city council was
established 71 years ago.
Medellin, who is fiuent in both English and Spanish, said the Chicano com, munity in Madera has waited long eno~gh
to have somebody on the city council
they can relate to and discuss -their
problems with.
"The Mexican people of Madera
have waited some 71 years to have
somebo.:ly on tM city council that they
could pick up the phone and talk to~-~
she sald.' 'These people feel they could
call me and that makes me feel proud.,,
As a new city council member, Medellin
said she may not always be able to solve
everyone's problems but the· fact that
they are able to tell-somebody about lt
is "a big step." .
·Even though many other women and
Chicanos have attempted to gain a seat
on the city council, no one bas even come
close to winning an election, according
to Medellin.
She attributed her own victory to the
support of her family, friends and a
Well-organized election committee. The
election committee consisted of several
Chicanos who had experience working on
their own political cam~igns.
"If we didn't have tiiaf (eommiheef
I knew we wouldn't make it," she said,
adding that the unity among the committee members played an important part
in her victory.
Medellin was optimistic and confident
that she could win the election and become ·a good council member, she said,
"because I feel people can relate to me
and I ean relate to them. I think that
Is the key to winning.''
· She also said her ablllty to make fair
decisions and understanding all sides of
an Issue will help her become ·a good
council member.
As a new member of the city council,
Medellin said the Chicano coinmiinlty
can now belleve that there Is hope for
them, too: "I was raised in the barrio.
When I won I felt 'here - Is a Chicana
from the barrio who bas done it. If I
cait make it so can they (Chicanos) ·
especially with the advantages of today,''
she said.
·
Medellin cited her community involvement as her first step towards her
interest in Madera polltics. · She later
became involved in helping other local
. Chicanos in their polltical cam~igns for
other elections.
To keep herself well-informed about
the community, Medellin bas kept personal files of newspaper clippings concerning Issues vital to Madera. Since
her election, Medellin has collected articles on the departments of police, recreation, fire and airport, which are the
services most used by . the community.
"I keep these personal files so I can
know what is going on when these issues
· come up in the city council," she said.
Medellin attempts to keep herself
knowledgeable about Issues in Madera
because she foresees barriers to cross
in -the city council be-cause she said,
_''they still see me as a woman and not
a council member.'' .
With ~t attttuda in mlnd. Medellinin
Continued OD P«. 4
1
Save· LRS
Angered at w~t they say ts a "slow
strangulation" of their educational gains,
approximately ZOO students staged a
noisy march through the CSUF Thomas
Administration Building where the offices of President Norman Baxter and
Louis Volpp, vice-president ofacademic
affairs, are located.
The protest followed a rally in the
free speech area- where speakers invoked the memory of student unrest in
the early seventies and leveled charges
of racism and sexism at the university
·administration.
The rally to commemorate International Worker's Day. came at the end
of the first day of CSUF's weell-lcmg
Anderson, who became pollce chief in
December, said he can't recall the last
time such a precaution was needed but
said it would be done if a group of small
schoolchildren were visiting the building.
Former La Raza Studies co-ordinator
Alejandro Sara.goza, who bad 1pollltll ·
only two hours earlier as part of the
Cinco De Mayo festivities, said the
current problems facing La Raza Studies
go back •~yond Baxter and Volpp."
''Our problems are just the latest
. problems,'' saragoza. told the crowd of
mostly Chicano students that, by the time
he was finished activated at least 200
persons.
Pho~o Essay Inside
observance of Cinco De Mayo.
This week's demonstration also came
on the heels of a meeting with Governor Jerry Brown last Thursday at the
Fresno El Concilio office. Several
issues were raised with Brown, including the problems La Raza Studies and
,,..,.,icanos in .other CSUF demrtments
are bavtng with the administration;,
Brown was given documentation by ·
Dr. Jesus Luna, current co-ordinator
of La Raza Studies. Luna said Brown
promised to discuss the matter with
CSUC Chancellor Glenn Dumke.
. _ Back on campus Monday, Stan Santos,
spokesperson for the Committee to Save
La Raza, handed a list of five extensive
demands to university pollce who guarded
the doorwaJB to the admlDtstratiOD build-·
ing.
police Chief WHliani Anderson who
estimated the size of the demonstration
· at "75-100" told reporters the doors
Ieatling to the two executive offices were ·
·1ocked as a matter of routine procedure.
"Whenever we get a large crowd of
people near th~ building, it's a good idea
to lock the doors for safety precautions,"
said Anderson. "This is one oftbe main
business offices and we didn't want the
business disrupted.'"
"We made a commitment that we were
going to make a·strong, valuable program
with the good Raza here In this vallev ."
said saragoza, who la currently on leave
from the university.
Dr. Jesus Luna, current co-ordiDator.
of La Raza Studies, said the university
takes credit for increasing Chicano en- .
rollment but -that in the past·three years,
only 50 new Chicano students have
entered CSUF.
He said the LRS' future looks very dim.
"Those of you here tody are reaping
any benefits from the program," Luna
toJd the rally, "but what abut your
little sisters and brothers. Will they
have the prog""3.m you have today?"
Both Luna and Sara.goza criticized
Baxter's fundraising efforts for a new
football stadium as a Jllradox to admin: stratton claims tbatao mcmeyis aY&il- lo .
able for minority student or faculty recruitment.
saragoza said this was not to criticize
the football team but "I w!shthey'dsbow
the same enthusiasm towards recruiting • • • the same enthusiasm to do
something about tbe problems facing
La Raza Studies, Ethnic studies and
Women Studies."
ConUDued OD P«. '
PAGE2
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 19
PHOTOGRAPHY BY -CARLOS GUZMAN
-Francisco (Pancho) Villa
AND
ST AN SANTOS
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1978
LA VOZ D& AZTLAN
PAGEJ
Efficiency , Fantasy
and fodustrialism
Calendario
1
de Semana
Disneyland is a place of kings, queens, princes, princesses, dukes,
squires, and on dow-.i1 the line. It is a' place where castles, jungles,
cowboy towns, the past, present, and future are supposed to meet.
In essence (one would guess) where time becomes one unit. A
wonder where people can go and ts nb dz,, and pay for lt. People
Jll.Y millions to go see Donald Duck, The Mouse, and many o!her
creations of Walt Disney, a very unartistic person wh~ capitalized
on the graphic talents of others to create his machine.
·
According- to the book "World of Disn'eJ'', the only thing Disney
had going for him was the ability to work ha.rd and a good sense
of organizing. The thing of his organizing is t-m-t it was a type
that controlled and manipulat.ed people. This we see now in the
way people are channelled from one socalled "am~ment" station
to another. It is a horrible situation. Common sense would indicate that people would resent being sheep. herded around, but
apparently they don't, or if they do, they allow themselves to be
numb to it in the.name o! amusement and fun.
.
In all essense Mr. Disney was a corrupt man ma.king ammals
bounce, spin, twist, stupr explose, crunch, and many other horrid
things that normal bodies, whether animal or human, are incapable
of doing. All. this corruption in the name of amusement and tun
he gave to an American public who laughed at ·it as fantas~.
·
Unfortunately, it was not a laughing matter, and in current perspectives it continues to an unla.ugbable one. In fact it is a horrid
reality. 'A nationwide reality where people in this great Industrial .
Democracy are channelled witb. the skills of Disneys to become
consumers, drug addicts, alcoholics, (Betty Ford), murderers,
rapists and s~1:f-destructives.
But according to the ethics of the Industrial Democracy, it is all
very valid some die for tbe benefit of others. It is called efficiency.
Here at CSUF, we also have an administration full o~ Disney
characters, operated by Pluto-walk Norman Baxter and Road
Runner Louis Volpp. They have mam.~d to Cl'eate wonders of
efficiency limitimg the teaching duration of pa.rt-time tnstructofs.,
depriving' responsible faculty from participating in education policy,
harrassing teachers and other administrators from humanly relating to student needs. Presently they have a reorganization plan
going which. would cripple the goals of a truly learning university.
The great educator and philosopher Mr. Alfred Whitehead is probably turning in his grave.
I
I
I
)
THURSDAY, MAY 4,197
PAGE4
Charges against the imr can go on and on, not exclusing what mr.
Baxter has done 011 his own this past eight years, such 3:s lockig
a depl.rtment chairman out of his office, firing complete deJll,rtment faculties and at other times calling his ' faculty s.o.B.'s
For tull info;mation read "The Slow Death of Fresno State."
Imagine a christian, With a degre_e in theology, capable of such
unbiblicar behavior.
A christian who needs up to six security
men to ratrol his house at night, and who recently installe~ $3,000
worth of security devices to protect himself. .This is the Disl)ey
of CSUF, a true hypocrite, wl10 out of efficiency for those that
hold the colonial mentality, · that America is s~ll to be discovered,
that the natives are still listless cattle milling mindlessly over
the land, does treacherous things to humans. The man is obviously
sick to see me as he does. He is a man that should be petitioned
out of Fresno. A man who is afrai<l~ as he is dangerous to the
well-being of students, teachers, children, cqmmunity, and all
who believe in the decency of existence.
Demonstration
Continued from Pg. 1
In addition to concerns about these
programs and affirmative action JY.>licies
on campus, the committee of the campus
Chicano organization MEChA, demands
the administration have a publfo hearing
with the community into the reasons
for the "terminal year" contract given
CSUF art professor Francisco Barrio.
The committee feels this denial of
tenure for Dr. Barrio amounts to firing.
The committee also demands that .the '
CSUF School of -Social ·work and the
School of Education make a ' ' concentrated effort" to "immediately implement a minority student recruitment
program as suggested to . them by the
Cali!orhia Boa.rd of Regents'' last month.
Stan Santos of the committee delivered .
a letter to Baxter's office requesting
a meeting to discuss these concerns
May 10 in the Sal Mosqueda Community
Center.
Santos said the letter was
signed by Tomas Nunez: president of
the Mexican American Political Association, and Venancio Gaona, El Concilio
president.
·
Administrative spokesman Don Winkler
said Baxter will announce within the next
two days whether he will meet in the
community.
Previously Baxter agreed to a meehng
with the students in his office, said
Santos.
But the "on-campus'' site was rejected because they feel Buter ''should
come out ·to where the people are."
Cou·ncilwoman
Continued from Pg. 1
approached her new Position as council
member with caution. She said a woman
has to be careful how she says something
and when she says it. Medellin's approach
is to let the other four council members
voice their opinions first and then she
discusses her own ideas.
"Everybody is watching me to see how
much I am going to say and if I put my
foot in my mouth," she said.
Medellin, mother of four, said she will
have to give up other activities now that
she is a city council member. She
-currently holds a full-time job ,- as
Clerical St.aft Supervisor at the Ma'tlera
Sc}Jool District Office, a job she has had
sbine 22 years.
Her employment has given her experience in helping special education
children and also in working vn.th migrant education. She also served as
an interpreter for the district's psybhogist. Tbs experience, claims Medellin,
prompted her to want to help herpeople.
Medellin noted that fear holds many
Chica.nos back fromattemptingtodoanything about their problems. The fear
tlrat somebody is going to disagree with
them.
"We as Chicanos and minoptles have
to get- that fear out of our heads. We
can't sit back and let the other guy do
it anymore. We as minorities have to
make tbe move and make ourselves
heard," she said.
Wednesthy, Mar 3
~;00 - ll:00 - Pan Dulce
ll:00 -12:00 ~ Guest Speaker, Mr. Andres Segura,
visiting professor from Mexico City
It :00 - 1:30 - Teatro del Espiritu - TIWatre Group
from CSUF
1:30 - 4 :00 - Chica.no Gong Show
7:oo - ? - Salt Of The Earth - Movie
Thursday, May 4
9:00 - 9:30 - Pan Dulce · .
9:30 - 10:30- Selma High M;rimga Band
10:30 - 11:30 - Children talent show - Children
from various schools
11:30 - 12:00 - Puppet Show
12:00 - 1:00 -· Anti Bakke Coalition (Panen
1
'
1:00- 2:00 - Theatre group
Thursday evening - Upstairs Cafeteria - CSUF- Parents &
Students Night
6:00 - 7:00 - Mariachi de la Tierra
7:00 - 8:00 - Los Danzantes de Atzlan
8:00 - 9:00 - Teatro del Espiritu- CSUF Theatre
group
Friday, May 5
· 9:00 - 10:00 - Pan Dulce - Mariachi Del Gallo ·
10:00 - 11:00 - Aztec (mexica) Dances - Performed
by Mr. Andres Segura, Visiting profes~or from LA
Ciuda.d DE Mexico
_
11:00 - 12 :00 - Dauzantes de Aztlan_
12 :00- 1:00 - Guest speaker - saiidra salazar Director of Rea.1th DEPT. SAC.
1:00 - 2:00 - Mariachi de la Tierra
8:00 - 1:00 ~ Free Dance -
Wo-men
Abused
Ha.rd evidence that women
agricultural fieldworkers suffer
severely from low pay. deficient
housing and health care,andbazardous working conditions 1s
documented in the first study fD
the nation of this segment d
the labor force.
A year-long research project
conducted by the California Colt
mission on the Status of WollllD
brought interviewers to Frea
· and Imperial counties to •
ca.mpesinas and 200 eampes•
seminars for the purpose of
in-depth questions about their
soliciting · their · comments and
living and working conditi~
recommendations. The first
states a release from the Coaseminar is scheduled Saturmission's Sacramento office.
day, April 29, beginning at 9
The two counties were selected
a.m. at the Fresno Convention
to contrast working conditions ~
Center
Wine
Room.
The
migrant an.cl stable rural popu]a-,
second seminar, to be hel<;l in
tions. Agricultural employers,
Imperial County, will be at Carandomly selected, were also '
lexico Community Center on
asked their views of women perMay 9 beginning at 9 a.m.
forming agricultu_ral work.
A third seminar is scheduled
Major findings are that:
in Sacramento on May 23 to so--Campeslnas are an imporlicit recommendations primarily
tant component of the farm laid
from legislators and policyforce and contribute significantly
makers in sl:ate government.
to their to their family's InThe study's additional findings
come.
are that:
--Cam~sinas are "dead.
--Women farmworkers are
ended" in low-piying jobs under
primarily UoS. citi_zens and taxthe assumption that better jca
raying residents.
require ·more strength.
--All farmworkers receive in--Campesinas (and men)o-versufficient health care. . Multiwlielmingly desire to leave farm
service clinics w
work because working conditions,
pay and benefits, and housingare
substandard.
--Women suffer health risb
service clinics which provide a
due to the foltowing factors, ID
broad spectrum of health serorder of their seriousness:
vices during fiexible hours are
needed.
--Women farmworkers need
more migrant caII\P housing and
mechanized processes - prl.
better facilities in existing
marily conveyor belt hazards,
ca.mw.
unsafe field conditions, harmful
--Women farmworkers need
chemicals, and lack of adequate
affordable child care centers.
sanitation
facilities.
--Women farmworkers have
had little opportunity for job
'' The goal of the study was
to begin to establish a data base
for a totally overlooked s-egment
of the population and to compare
the expressed needs of women
farmworkers with the s':!rvices .
available to them by state agencies,'' said Susana Halton, project director.
.
The findings will be presented
to farmworkers and representatives of state ·agencies-at public
training.
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Although she's been an official senator for only two montbs, Rachel Mendoza has been chosen . 'CSUF's Outstanding
Senator of the Year. The award was presented to· Rachel
Sllnday during the Associated Students Annual Awards Banquet
held at the Smugglers ~ David Bell, Dean of Students presented her With an insc'ribed
plaque Sfa.ting the achievement
'This award gave me great
pleasure, because you have to
remember that ASB President
Bill Brewer fiercely fought my
appointment to the senate this
year, in spite of the senate unanimously endorsing my appointment,' Rachel told La Voz.
In February1 Brewer chose
not to ap~oint Rachel to a va~n~ seM:te post, instead appomtmg his choice. The senate rejected Brewers appointment and endorsed Rachel
'As I fought for my appointment, one of the senators remarked that as far as he was
(l(llceraed,I -.s a •mber
rl
the senate. But you see, that
wasn't good enough, because I
was not an ,official senator and
I bad to fight for being wrong.ed by Bill Brewer,' Rachel continued.
·
Rachel also stated that she
~ttended senate meetings and acted as a proxie for several
dtfferent senators with diverse
Utt 1 ba k
ds th
h
po ca
c groun
roug out the year. 'Even before my
appointment to the senate, I wa-
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s serving on more senate committees than any official senator on the senate,' ·she added.
. During Brewer's appearance
before the senate on February
21 to defend his appointmenf,
the ASB President changed his
mind and appointed Rachel. The senate quickly approved the
appointment.
The AS _senate votes for the
senator it feels is most quali- ·
fied for the a ward.
Rachel, a . pre-law student
in her third year, intends to
go to law school after completing her stjidies at CSUF.
Governo_r _Br~wn stopped by Fresno lbst Thursday, and, among
other v1s1tat1ons, spoke to Chic .o nes in front of the Concilio office at
Ryan Seminary. Here, Brown is shown with Manuel Perez, EOP
director at CSUF. ·
Students RCllly
Mendoza
To
Medill in
Madera Elects .First
{Ou ncilwoman
By a wafer:. thin eight vote margini
Madera residents have elected their ·
f1rst woman and Chicana to serve on
their city council.
Margaret Medellin, a life- long ·resident, was elected in March as the
first woman and the first member of
the Chica.no community to attain such
a position since the city council was
established 71 years ago.
Medellin, who is fiuent in both English and Spanish, said the Chicano com, munity in Madera has waited long eno~gh
to have somebody on the city council
they can relate to and discuss -their
problems with.
"The Mexican people of Madera
have waited some 71 years to have
somebo.:ly on tM city council that they
could pick up the phone and talk to~-~
she sald.' 'These people feel they could
call me and that makes me feel proud.,,
As a new city council member, Medellin
said she may not always be able to solve
everyone's problems but the· fact that
they are able to tell-somebody about lt
is "a big step." .
·Even though many other women and
Chicanos have attempted to gain a seat
on the city council, no one bas even come
close to winning an election, according
to Medellin.
She attributed her own victory to the
support of her family, friends and a
Well-organized election committee. The
election committee consisted of several
Chicanos who had experience working on
their own political cam~igns.
"If we didn't have tiiaf (eommiheef
I knew we wouldn't make it," she said,
adding that the unity among the committee members played an important part
in her victory.
Medellin was optimistic and confident
that she could win the election and become ·a good council member, she said,
"because I feel people can relate to me
and I ean relate to them. I think that
Is the key to winning.''
· She also said her ablllty to make fair
decisions and understanding all sides of
an Issue will help her become ·a good
council member.
As a new member of the city council,
Medellin said the Chicano coinmiinlty
can now belleve that there Is hope for
them, too: "I was raised in the barrio.
When I won I felt 'here - Is a Chicana
from the barrio who bas done it. If I
cait make it so can they (Chicanos) ·
especially with the advantages of today,''
she said.
·
Medellin cited her community involvement as her first step towards her
interest in Madera polltics. · She later
became involved in helping other local
. Chicanos in their polltical cam~igns for
other elections.
To keep herself well-informed about
the community, Medellin bas kept personal files of newspaper clippings concerning Issues vital to Madera. Since
her election, Medellin has collected articles on the departments of police, recreation, fire and airport, which are the
services most used by . the community.
"I keep these personal files so I can
know what is going on when these issues
· come up in the city council," she said.
Medellin attempts to keep herself
knowledgeable about Issues in Madera
because she foresees barriers to cross
in -the city council be-cause she said,
_''they still see me as a woman and not
a council member.'' .
With ~t attttuda in mlnd. Medellinin
Continued OD P«. 4
1
Save· LRS
Angered at w~t they say ts a "slow
strangulation" of their educational gains,
approximately ZOO students staged a
noisy march through the CSUF Thomas
Administration Building where the offices of President Norman Baxter and
Louis Volpp, vice-president ofacademic
affairs, are located.
The protest followed a rally in the
free speech area- where speakers invoked the memory of student unrest in
the early seventies and leveled charges
of racism and sexism at the university
·administration.
The rally to commemorate International Worker's Day. came at the end
of the first day of CSUF's weell-lcmg
Anderson, who became pollce chief in
December, said he can't recall the last
time such a precaution was needed but
said it would be done if a group of small
schoolchildren were visiting the building.
Former La Raza Studies co-ordinator
Alejandro Sara.goza, who bad 1pollltll ·
only two hours earlier as part of the
Cinco De Mayo festivities, said the
current problems facing La Raza Studies
go back •~yond Baxter and Volpp."
''Our problems are just the latest
. problems,'' saragoza. told the crowd of
mostly Chicano students that, by the time
he was finished activated at least 200
persons.
Pho~o Essay Inside
observance of Cinco De Mayo.
This week's demonstration also came
on the heels of a meeting with Governor Jerry Brown last Thursday at the
Fresno El Concilio office. Several
issues were raised with Brown, including the problems La Raza Studies and
,,..,.,icanos in .other CSUF demrtments
are bavtng with the administration;,
Brown was given documentation by ·
Dr. Jesus Luna, current co-ordinator
of La Raza Studies. Luna said Brown
promised to discuss the matter with
CSUC Chancellor Glenn Dumke.
. _ Back on campus Monday, Stan Santos,
spokesperson for the Committee to Save
La Raza, handed a list of five extensive
demands to university pollce who guarded
the doorwaJB to the admlDtstratiOD build-·
ing.
police Chief WHliani Anderson who
estimated the size of the demonstration
· at "75-100" told reporters the doors
Ieatling to the two executive offices were ·
·1ocked as a matter of routine procedure.
"Whenever we get a large crowd of
people near th~ building, it's a good idea
to lock the doors for safety precautions,"
said Anderson. "This is one oftbe main
business offices and we didn't want the
business disrupted.'"
"We made a commitment that we were
going to make a·strong, valuable program
with the good Raza here In this vallev ."
said saragoza, who la currently on leave
from the university.
Dr. Jesus Luna, current co-ordiDator.
of La Raza Studies, said the university
takes credit for increasing Chicano en- .
rollment but -that in the past·three years,
only 50 new Chicano students have
entered CSUF.
He said the LRS' future looks very dim.
"Those of you here tody are reaping
any benefits from the program," Luna
toJd the rally, "but what abut your
little sisters and brothers. Will they
have the prog""3.m you have today?"
Both Luna and Sara.goza criticized
Baxter's fundraising efforts for a new
football stadium as a Jllradox to admin: stratton claims tbatao mcmeyis aY&il- lo .
able for minority student or faculty recruitment.
saragoza said this was not to criticize
the football team but "I w!shthey'dsbow
the same enthusiasm towards recruiting • • • the same enthusiasm to do
something about tbe problems facing
La Raza Studies, Ethnic studies and
Women Studies."
ConUDued OD P«. '
PAGE2
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 19
PHOTOGRAPHY BY -CARLOS GUZMAN
-Francisco (Pancho) Villa
AND
ST AN SANTOS
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1978
LA VOZ D& AZTLAN
PAGEJ
Efficiency , Fantasy
and fodustrialism
Calendario
1
de Semana
Disneyland is a place of kings, queens, princes, princesses, dukes,
squires, and on dow-.i1 the line. It is a' place where castles, jungles,
cowboy towns, the past, present, and future are supposed to meet.
In essence (one would guess) where time becomes one unit. A
wonder where people can go and ts nb dz,, and pay for lt. People
Jll.Y millions to go see Donald Duck, The Mouse, and many o!her
creations of Walt Disney, a very unartistic person wh~ capitalized
on the graphic talents of others to create his machine.
·
According- to the book "World of Disn'eJ'', the only thing Disney
had going for him was the ability to work ha.rd and a good sense
of organizing. The thing of his organizing is t-m-t it was a type
that controlled and manipulat.ed people. This we see now in the
way people are channelled from one socalled "am~ment" station
to another. It is a horrible situation. Common sense would indicate that people would resent being sheep. herded around, but
apparently they don't, or if they do, they allow themselves to be
numb to it in the.name o! amusement and fun.
.
In all essense Mr. Disney was a corrupt man ma.king ammals
bounce, spin, twist, stupr explose, crunch, and many other horrid
things that normal bodies, whether animal or human, are incapable
of doing. All. this corruption in the name of amusement and tun
he gave to an American public who laughed at ·it as fantas~.
·
Unfortunately, it was not a laughing matter, and in current perspectives it continues to an unla.ugbable one. In fact it is a horrid
reality. 'A nationwide reality where people in this great Industrial .
Democracy are channelled witb. the skills of Disneys to become
consumers, drug addicts, alcoholics, (Betty Ford), murderers,
rapists and s~1:f-destructives.
But according to the ethics of the Industrial Democracy, it is all
very valid some die for tbe benefit of others. It is called efficiency.
Here at CSUF, we also have an administration full o~ Disney
characters, operated by Pluto-walk Norman Baxter and Road
Runner Louis Volpp. They have mam.~d to Cl'eate wonders of
efficiency limitimg the teaching duration of pa.rt-time tnstructofs.,
depriving' responsible faculty from participating in education policy,
harrassing teachers and other administrators from humanly relating to student needs. Presently they have a reorganization plan
going which. would cripple the goals of a truly learning university.
The great educator and philosopher Mr. Alfred Whitehead is probably turning in his grave.
I
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THURSDAY, MAY 4,197
PAGE4
Charges against the imr can go on and on, not exclusing what mr.
Baxter has done 011 his own this past eight years, such 3:s lockig
a depl.rtment chairman out of his office, firing complete deJll,rtment faculties and at other times calling his ' faculty s.o.B.'s
For tull info;mation read "The Slow Death of Fresno State."
Imagine a christian, With a degre_e in theology, capable of such
unbiblicar behavior.
A christian who needs up to six security
men to ratrol his house at night, and who recently installe~ $3,000
worth of security devices to protect himself. .This is the Disl)ey
of CSUF, a true hypocrite, wl10 out of efficiency for those that
hold the colonial mentality, · that America is s~ll to be discovered,
that the natives are still listless cattle milling mindlessly over
the land, does treacherous things to humans. The man is obviously
sick to see me as he does. He is a man that should be petitioned
out of Fresno. A man who is afrai<l~ as he is dangerous to the
well-being of students, teachers, children, cqmmunity, and all
who believe in the decency of existence.
Demonstration
Continued from Pg. 1
In addition to concerns about these
programs and affirmative action JY.>licies
on campus, the committee of the campus
Chicano organization MEChA, demands
the administration have a publfo hearing
with the community into the reasons
for the "terminal year" contract given
CSUF art professor Francisco Barrio.
The committee feels this denial of
tenure for Dr. Barrio amounts to firing.
The committee also demands that .the '
CSUF School of -Social ·work and the
School of Education make a ' ' concentrated effort" to "immediately implement a minority student recruitment
program as suggested to . them by the
Cali!orhia Boa.rd of Regents'' last month.
Stan Santos of the committee delivered .
a letter to Baxter's office requesting
a meeting to discuss these concerns
May 10 in the Sal Mosqueda Community
Center.
Santos said the letter was
signed by Tomas Nunez: president of
the Mexican American Political Association, and Venancio Gaona, El Concilio
president.
·
Administrative spokesman Don Winkler
said Baxter will announce within the next
two days whether he will meet in the
community.
Previously Baxter agreed to a meehng
with the students in his office, said
Santos.
But the "on-campus'' site was rejected because they feel Buter ''should
come out ·to where the people are."
Cou·ncilwoman
Continued from Pg. 1
approached her new Position as council
member with caution. She said a woman
has to be careful how she says something
and when she says it. Medellin's approach
is to let the other four council members
voice their opinions first and then she
discusses her own ideas.
"Everybody is watching me to see how
much I am going to say and if I put my
foot in my mouth," she said.
Medellin, mother of four, said she will
have to give up other activities now that
she is a city council member. She
-currently holds a full-time job ,- as
Clerical St.aft Supervisor at the Ma'tlera
Sc}Jool District Office, a job she has had
sbine 22 years.
Her employment has given her experience in helping special education
children and also in working vn.th migrant education. She also served as
an interpreter for the district's psybhogist. Tbs experience, claims Medellin,
prompted her to want to help herpeople.
Medellin noted that fear holds many
Chica.nos back fromattemptingtodoanything about their problems. The fear
tlrat somebody is going to disagree with
them.
"We as Chicanos and minoptles have
to get- that fear out of our heads. We
can't sit back and let the other guy do
it anymore. We as minorities have to
make tbe move and make ourselves
heard," she said.
Wednesthy, Mar 3
~;00 - ll:00 - Pan Dulce
ll:00 -12:00 ~ Guest Speaker, Mr. Andres Segura,
visiting professor from Mexico City
It :00 - 1:30 - Teatro del Espiritu - TIWatre Group
from CSUF
1:30 - 4 :00 - Chica.no Gong Show
7:oo - ? - Salt Of The Earth - Movie
Thursday, May 4
9:00 - 9:30 - Pan Dulce · .
9:30 - 10:30- Selma High M;rimga Band
10:30 - 11:30 - Children talent show - Children
from various schools
11:30 - 12:00 - Puppet Show
12:00 - 1:00 -· Anti Bakke Coalition (Panen
1
'
1:00- 2:00 - Theatre group
Thursday evening - Upstairs Cafeteria - CSUF- Parents &
Students Night
6:00 - 7:00 - Mariachi de la Tierra
7:00 - 8:00 - Los Danzantes de Atzlan
8:00 - 9:00 - Teatro del Espiritu- CSUF Theatre
group
Friday, May 5
· 9:00 - 10:00 - Pan Dulce - Mariachi Del Gallo ·
10:00 - 11:00 - Aztec (mexica) Dances - Performed
by Mr. Andres Segura, Visiting profes~or from LA
Ciuda.d DE Mexico
_
11:00 - 12 :00 - Dauzantes de Aztlan_
12 :00- 1:00 - Guest speaker - saiidra salazar Director of Rea.1th DEPT. SAC.
1:00 - 2:00 - Mariachi de la Tierra
8:00 - 1:00 ~ Free Dance -
Wo-men
Abused
Ha.rd evidence that women
agricultural fieldworkers suffer
severely from low pay. deficient
housing and health care,andbazardous working conditions 1s
documented in the first study fD
the nation of this segment d
the labor force.
A year-long research project
conducted by the California Colt
mission on the Status of WollllD
brought interviewers to Frea
· and Imperial counties to •
ca.mpesinas and 200 eampes•
seminars for the purpose of
in-depth questions about their
soliciting · their · comments and
living and working conditi~
recommendations. The first
states a release from the Coaseminar is scheduled Saturmission's Sacramento office.
day, April 29, beginning at 9
The two counties were selected
a.m. at the Fresno Convention
to contrast working conditions ~
Center
Wine
Room.
The
migrant an.cl stable rural popu]a-,
second seminar, to be hel<;l in
tions. Agricultural employers,
Imperial County, will be at Carandomly selected, were also '
lexico Community Center on
asked their views of women perMay 9 beginning at 9 a.m.
forming agricultu_ral work.
A third seminar is scheduled
Major findings are that:
in Sacramento on May 23 to so--Campeslnas are an imporlicit recommendations primarily
tant component of the farm laid
from legislators and policyforce and contribute significantly
makers in sl:ate government.
to their to their family's InThe study's additional findings
come.
are that:
--Cam~sinas are "dead.
--Women farmworkers are
ended" in low-piying jobs under
primarily UoS. citi_zens and taxthe assumption that better jca
raying residents.
require ·more strength.
--All farmworkers receive in--Campesinas (and men)o-versufficient health care. . Multiwlielmingly desire to leave farm
service clinics w
work because working conditions,
pay and benefits, and housingare
substandard.
--Women suffer health risb
service clinics which provide a
due to the foltowing factors, ID
broad spectrum of health serorder of their seriousness:
vices during fiexible hours are
needed.
--Women farmworkers need
more migrant caII\P housing and
mechanized processes - prl.
better facilities in existing
marily conveyor belt hazards,
ca.mw.
unsafe field conditions, harmful
--Women farmworkers need
chemicals, and lack of adequate
affordable child care centers.
sanitation
facilities.
--Women farmworkers have
had little opportunity for job
'' The goal of the study was
to begin to establish a data base
for a totally overlooked s-egment
of the population and to compare
the expressed needs of women
farmworkers with the s':!rvices .
available to them by state agencies,'' said Susana Halton, project director.
.
The findings will be presented
to farmworkers and representatives of state ·agencies-at public
training.
11A VOZ DE AZTLAN
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