La Voz de Aztlan · La Voz de Aztlan, December 12 1978

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La Voz de Aztlan, December 12 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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12/12/1978

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.A Frustrated Saragoza Resigns
The man who helped develop
a strong Chicano studies curriculum at CSUF and put fire
into the local Chicano movement has had it with 'Fresno
area attitudes.
Alejandro Saragoza, saying he
was "tired of beating his head
against the wall only to have
more obstacles put up," announced to La Voz two weeks
ago that he was resigning from
the La Raza Studies Program.
Saragoza' s resignation brings
to an end temporarily a longstanding desire to "re-invest"
himself into his own community.
But in a recent La Voz interview, he said, "I want to
come back when Baxter is
gone."
The 31-year-old native Maderan submitted his resignation
to CSUF President Norman
Baxter last week and accused the
administration of a lack of
imaginative leadership.
He toid La Voz that the issues
over the years have built up a
frustration that he no longer
wishes to face.
Instead, he
will join the Chicano Studies
Program at the University of
California, Berkeley.
Saragoza received his Bachelor's degree from Fresno State
before earning his Masters at
Harvard University. · He has
been working on his doctorate
from Berkeley.
· In September of 1971, he and
a new staff were named to fill
La Raza Studies positions that

had been vacated when the
Fresno State administration cancelled the program the previous
spring.
Ironically, the new staff (Dr.
Lea Ybarra-Soriano, Dr. Teresa
Perez, Dr. Jesus Luna, and
Ernesto Martinez) hired along
with Saragoza, who was named
coordinator, was reunited this
semester with the return of
Perez and Saragoza from leaves
of absence. But that reunion
will last only until Aug. 1, 1979
when Saragoza' s resignation becomes effective. ·
Dr. Ybarra, •who is the current
coordinator and the first Chicana
to hold the position that was
held by Saragoza five of his
seven years at CSUF, said his
resignation is a "great loss."

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"I see his frustration but we
• have a strong faculty that will
keep up a goc;xl program," she
said.
"We hope it will make people
aware that the La Raza Studies
faculty is under great pressure.
In addition to teaching,- we have
to keep up the affirmative
action efforts."
She's not too concerned
that the administration will
attempt to eliminate the position

entirely because she said LRS
is one of only two programs
in the School of Social Sciences
whose enrollment is not going
down.
The program has a fulltime
equivalency enrollment (FrE)
. of 119, although the projection
was for only 100. She said
a job vacancy announcement
is being prepared and will be
sent out ''because Volpp said it
would
go
through.''
"But, we're always having to
fight over these things,'' she
said. "Hopefully, we'll get
someone as highly qualified
as Alex.''
Dr. Jesus Luna, who piloted
the program twice in his four
years with LRS, said, ''Naturally
we hate to lose a very competent
and ongnt couegue. 1 can·t
blame Alex, the blame lies with
the administration. One gets
tired of beating his head
against ·
the
wall."
Luna also stressed that
the program's strong faculty
will compensate for any loss but
it will "double its efforts" on
behalf of its quest.
''I hope the general
'community realizes the kinds
pf hardship we work under,''
said Luna. "We constantly
seek community support and.
only through a united effort
will we make Fresno State
respond to our concerns."
Efforts over the years of many
persons, including Saragoza,
for more university response

to Chicano concerns have not
been totally fruitless. This
semester, the enrollment is
well over 600 students. Also, a
new affirmative action effort
will recruit Chicano students.
Sources have credited both La
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Opportunity Program with
establishing the Recruiting
Students Via Parents program.
But, like many Chicanos,
Saragoza
is
disenchamted
with such administration actions,
or inactions, as the failure
to hire Jorge Corralejo last
year, lack of support for the
Chicano Youth Conference,
inadequate class-release-time for
LRS nrQfe.ctcvmt _to do ~ .
lack of support for LRS cumculum especially general education requirement cuts, lack of
leadership on behalf of the EOP
Summer Institute when the
Student_S:wita ~as making cuts.
Saragoza said he ''feels terrible about leaving the program,
especially because it still faces
many problems. He recalled the
energy he possesed when ~e ~
came to La Raza Studies m
1971.
At that- time, the Fresno Bee
reported his desire to return to
the San Joaquin Valley · and
work.
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MEChA: Unity at Work
The first MEChA Central Conference took place last Saturday at
Fresno City College, and according to
conference coordinator Stan Santos,
the event fulfilled its goals.
"It was effective in that it brought
students from different high schools
together and formed new bonds between them,"explalned Santos. "One 1
of our main objectives for the conference was that we wanted communication to take place among the students,' added Santos.
"Students realized that other students experience the same problems
as they do with dress codes, ~he way
they talk, etc. It drew the students
closer toghether, with the ultimate _
goal being to move together on issues
affecting the . students,"said Santos
MEChA President Priscilla Contreras
felt the results of the conference
were very positive.
"The students are learning that
it is no good to fight amongst themselves. It doesn't get them anywhere.
They learned to communicate by
sharing experiences in the workshops,"said Contreras. "They·re
learning slowly, but they are learning
definately learning."

MEChA must start at the hign
school level .to unite · the · students,"
Contreras pointed out. "To do
anything, there is always the first
step and this conference is one of
those first steps."
In the constitutiona, workshop, the
purpose of youth projects were estab1ished: 1 )to establish communication
and ·the sharing of information between the different MEChA 's:. 2) :
take action on regional issues and
support each other in these actions 3)
sponsor projects designed to unify
students; Chicano Youth Conference,
volleyball and basketball tournaments, etc.
Despite a low turnout of 70, compared to an anticipated 200, Santos
and Contreras feel optimistic about
future
regional
conferences.
"Even though the nu~bers were
low . Santos saic1 after the conference, alot of Fresno schools were
represented. It was a good group to
start with."
Contreras added, · "we established
communication with a lot of people
for the first time .. Next time, we will
be able to reach more people."

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Ybarra-Soriano and Bobby Galvan, MEChA Via
Presid:i speak to a group of students at the MECh,
~ntral
Qmferenoe
held
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Chicano Radio in Fresno
By TOMAS URIBES
LA VOZ Contributer
Fresno Chicanos who want to publicize their activities have been offered
a "new" medium outlet through the
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AHORA" program heard on commercial-free radio, KFCF-88 .1 FM.
"AHORA" is broadcast Saturday
from 12 noon to 3 p.m . with cu ltural ,
news, and political bilingual programming. It originates m Berkeley, out of
KFCF's home base, KFPA .
The Fresno KFCF is sponsored by
the Fresno Free College Foundation .
The show's producers,
Isabel
Alegria and Jose Mario Lopez, were in
Fresno re.centlv to tell El Concilio
de Fresno that the Chicano community
should send information for broadcast .
After the meeting, the two Chicano
broadcasters discussed their involvement in commercial-free media and
why them were extending their help to
Fresno.
·
Ms. Alegria hopes the gesture made
to El Concilio last weekend will increase communication between Latino
communities within the broadcast area
that ranges 250 miles north and south
of Berkeley.
"The media is really important in
order for our communities to progress," said Ms. Alegria whose media
training has come from eight years of
experience at KFPA .
"Often times we (Chicano communities) have the same goals and happenings but we don't know about each
other. We don't get_the benefit of each
other's lessons. The radio offers us an
exchange if we have the access ."
Lopez said the non-commercial outlet
provides an opportunity that would be
difficult, if not impossible, to achieve
on commercial radio .

"We could not do on commercial
radio the kinds of things we do now,"
he said. "We'd have to change our
format, not just politically but our
entertainment also. We'd have to play
the top 40."
Ms . Alegria said non-commercial
broadcasting is expanding in the
United States, something she says will
mean more community control.
"We have so little access to the
commercial networks," she said .
"They're doing us a favor if they cover
our community ."
She also said most people may not be
accustomed to paying for radio broadcasts, but "in reality we pay indirectly
for commercial radio when we buy an
advertiser's product. "
What about Chicanos and other
minorities putting their energies and
resources into commercial radio so
they too can have a piece of the action?
· "The more media access the better,"
said Ms. Alegria. "But once you step
into commercial radio, you have to
play the game. You have to answer to
advertisers. If they don't like what
you 're doing, too bad for you."
"You have to make too many concessions and compromises," said
Lopez.
They said their offer to El Concilio
now lies with the Fresno community to
follow-up .
Persons interested in submitting
material or obtaining information may
contact the "AHORA" representatives
at 2207 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, Ca.,
94704, (415) 848-6767 or 849-1782 .
In Fresno, El Concilio representative
Pam Whalen may be reached at 1530
N . Fresno, 266-4486.

Saragoza _
resignation
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''Too often young Chicanos
go t.o aprestigious school and
then get grabbed off by the
goverment or some big firm,''
a Bee story quoted Saragoza,
who at the time was 24 years old,
fresh out of Harvard, and the
new coordinat.or of LRS. "We
must reinvest ourselves in the
community and go back to the
areas where we grew up and
where we got our commitment
t.o better ourselves.' '
Last
weekend,
Saragoza
said that essentially, the current
LRS staff ''was made up of
people
like
that."
But he said while he feels bad,
"like I'm abndoning the ship",
he said every year at CSUF
has produced no sense of
accomplishment''
because
every time the program would
meet guidelines set down
by the administration, '' 4 . or 5
new obstacles would be placed .
before it.
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''It's
very
demoralizing,
especially when you have other
interests, like research," he
said. ''The last couple of years,
we really missed our involvement in the comminity, a principle aspect of the program.
m"'r~ handicapped because

we 're so consumed with on
campus
issues.''
Saragoza 's decision does not
reflect a "quiting" effect. He
said that two years ago, he had
the same opportunity ... to leave
CSUF and join Berkeley. He said
wanted to stay here because
it's home and there was so much
to do. But now, he's paid more
than his share of dues to the
movement.
As for La Raza Studies'
future:"At best, all we can do
is hold to what we have-not a
withdrawal and not an advance,''
he said.
Now ·with the Go-vemor' s 10 per cent budget cut,
we'll feel the worst effect
because we're the small guys.''
He said the administration
may raise talks about merging
LRS with the Ethnic Studies or
other departments. "If that
happens, our Chicano voice
will become very diluted,' 'he
said.
Through the years, Saragoza
found himself des.c<ribing the
Chicano ·plight at r✓SUF in ~
military terms because · 'we
were always in some kind of
battle.'' After announcing his
resignation, he drew from a
military source again, and said
''I shall return.' '

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Salsa: Slowly Entering
Fresno Music Scene
Salsa is not a native valley
resident.
It does not originate
from la gente that populate this
valle.
It filters in through various
passages whatever way it can .
But the flow into the valley, to the
people who like it, is a very slow
and frustrating path.
A lot of
people are not hip to s~lsa and shun
it because it is new and alien .
This situation is slowly changing .
Fresno residents should not be denied
the exposure to this music.
In
fact , it should be emphasized . Just
by getting into the music, valley
Chicanos become exposed to a different culture. Some Chicanos have
a · closer tie to the Black, or
Anglo way of life than to the
Puerto Rican way of life with which
we ~ave close cultural ties (language,
music,
and
history).
One of the major obstacles to the flow
of salsa into the valley are the Fresno
record shops . Ask for salsa at the
Wherehouse and they will probably
answer back, " Is t hat a new song?"
Tower Records is supposed to be the
place for records in Fresno .
I
have only one thing to say about
the people who work there.
If
I actually wrote it, I would be
an open target for libel suits
(not that I am scared of them
I just don't need the comp½ Ii~
cations right now) . Instead , let me
share an experience when I applied
for a job there .
I explained
to the manager that there was
a market for salsa here in Fresno
and none of the other record
shops were serving that market .
So, I explained that
I might
be able to help them by building
up their salsa record selection .
Everyone would benefit. Salsa fans
would be able to buy current, upto-date albums , and Tower would
get the added business .
I think

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a trip to the Bay Area and visit Musica
Latina (2974 Mission Street) in the
Mission District . San Francisco's
Mission District is heavily populated with Latinos from throughout
Latin America, and they bring their
music with them. The first time I
walked into Musica Latina, I was surprised to see how many salsa records they had in stock . I cursed the
god of money for only giving me enough
to
buy
one
album! .
That is the only place I ,recommena
to buy ~-~a . I haven 't been to very
many other places that have a better
selection . The manager of Musica
Latina explained that they are the
distributor for a few of the major
salsa record labels . In other words ,
they get the records direct from the
factory, and distribute them to the
record stores . So, if it exists , chances
are they can get it for you .
I met a Puerto Rican girl from San
Fransisco at Tower one night . I
was making one of may " Maybe
they got ... "' trips to the salsa
section. and we happened to get into
a converstion about salsa here in
Fresno . She was shocked at how
pathetic the si~•-,tion was , and said
"\Nell, that's resno 'or you.

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Three of the foJlowing poems were
sumitted by Omar Salinas. Salinas
has published a book of poetry, "Crazy
Cypsy", and has co-edited "Voices
From the Barrio" with Lillian Faderman. Mike Dominguez; winner of
Sentimientos 197 8 Poetry Award 1
Pedro Ramirez? and Valentina Sepulveda, all CSUF students, are a1so
featured in La· Voz's poetry
. sectio.

·i Go D~aming _S~reriades
· Going

lam amused
this afternoon,
_. a little. silent
seeing you ..-

oil

. I' ni oppose4 to t~e M.~se ·
keeping something from me . .
I •lways ~anted to be
Immortal . .·
·
Funny" how things happen.·
· : ·tassunied everyon~ was.
. That ts until the ·
moment cam_e foi me
to:face -y our troubles .~·
' and the Incomprehensible;
darkri~ and lies.
Damn truth is I can' t read
while I' m asleep
and that' s as true a i,tatement .
·I've made all day.
Haven• t seen anything different
from last night
except ·
I woke up feeling heavy.
-And now with the wet moon
plunging like your ld,sses,
I' ve gained the scholars'
aloofness 'and sobriety.

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Next time I
you
a cold wind will bite your .
nipples and sing
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or go crazy
like your dark spindrift eyes.
--Omar Salinas

In ·the dream
you deadened fire,
- yo~ stood ·a bit doomed by it a11 ·
.-a llttle·like:a beaten ti;>ngue .
·and lrehearsed . · ·
my speech_,

droning Into.wind ..
When you came out"•ith your
. ·c otton dress billowing in Jun_
e-.
I remembered love W-8 an Idea ....
and.my dreams became infected ·
like a ·choir·girl rapedJn Spring · ·
seeing you again in the Ghetto
of fate,
I wince into an 9range ··
andamgo~e.

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·-. ·tffie· Ashes
·· : lstumblethroueh.m~I!, ·
· leaving · behind twenty odd years
andaUmylµusions; ._ .
I stumble yodeling goodnight& .
. ~ .· . · ~e some ancient philosopher
who turns against the world. Where is the:o ne .
.
who listens to my heartbeat?
Where is the duchess
who never comes
~ose eyes strike fires
-against the moonllight?
This_morning I left behind
seagulls brazen as thieves
and courteous in the rain.
Now the afternoon
has come upon me, catlike,
and everything has the appearance
of diamonds and silence.
· With myeyes fixed,
I spread Qiese ashes
on oblivion ·
and march this broken heart
to the barrio of drunken dream.
Omar Salinas
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SOUL.
It's been lost forye~.
.
The tasty white of stars fllled by eyelids & it was taken.
· My skin dried powdery & I nosed my shirt
·
Escaping water's sharp cleaniness.
Nothing remains but a print on oxygen
Where we leaned & tried to remember the rain:
Water was my garment-again, steam was escaping.
Who is he who touches?
Open-robed, unwary, It matters & tt doesn't.
Not so young nor taut, we·were living worlds.
. His hair was weak i~ a breeze and swelled shut his eyes
Then we tried on our lives.
He took me into a conversation to show me who he was with
And I died from his e~ergy.
Like a Half-moon in the trees, it shines like a street light.
B~ qon 't vou worry, me & mv strinos are praying to tonight.
And tell ine, what is time? Ripe nighTs,?three years?

Mike Do~nguez

Dos Casas
The ground and bits of dirt
that shape it, is still
as;Calm wind.
In this city,. concrete buildings
solemnly gray~
through
earth's breath of air, · ·
asdo,· . .
.
bare charcoaled tre~s
struck white by lightning.
lnthisdty . .
..
he has his ~pace.,·his room
like all ro01tl$, square,
~facts covet the,watls, coffee tables, .
. gtjmed carpet the floor. .
In a comer, _m arbles_;·youth left.. ·. __
On stained walls,
.
apos~ofvilla ' .
'·
a bookcase
· the .l ightswitch:
Near the bed, by his shoes,
roaches stuck in spider webbs,'
a bean taco dried on a plate,
a life so much·a part of this city,
this room, .next to
·.
atincup
he leaves by his bed.

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Chicano ·Poetry .

on

Someone he knows lives
· in another place, and all
.they have in common is, the air, ·
the same name.
Time and again he visits
the bare rooms and bare walls, .
thP. ohls behind his house. The dirt road carried by the wind
drops bits of itself on rooftops.
(change has taken place
in both theirlives).
He welcomes his visit·
and unfolds a bed, . .
and asks questions about
·el otto lado·.
He always thinks of him,
coming to visit,
and both their families will say,
"nunca te quiero olvidar. ''
and will be them for that time,
(tu casa es mi casa).
When be leaves, they will weap,
fold his bed, pat it gently
and recall this visit.
Pedro Ramirez

. · ~ Ernestina,
They call her "marimacho"
· a tomboy: .
AU because she was forced
to live off the streets.
Her mother died when she
was ten
and as far as she can remember,
·she never had a father.
· S~e' s done a lot to survive,
.
at fourteef),
everthing from shining shoes to
Bringing people across the border
·
at $200 a head.
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Ernestina knows the tricksof the
street, and she is not alone,
·
she .has friends.
. Like Carlos the barber that cuts
herl)air·and gives her old shirts.

Ernestin.a the marimacho her
short hair barely touching her
·s hirt collar.
Nowhere near her eyes as she
rolls her own cigaretts,
smoking as she runs down
the busy streets of Tijuana
Huffing and puffing as she hustles
to make a living.
BY VALENTINA SEPULVEDA

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Chicano Optimist Speaks
Mario Obledo, Calhornla'3 Secretary of H3alth, Education and Welfare captivated a crowd of stu dents
in the College union lounge recently
with his words of encouragement
and praise for Chicano students.
Chicanos = are a strong people,"
said Obledo.
"They have good
minds and are not brainwashed.
They are also filled with courage,
loyalty, devotion and stamina."
In his fifty minute speech, sponsored by the Chicano Business
Students Association and La Raza
Studies, Chicano leadership in the
United States. "Chicanos are needed _
in the local, state, national and the
international levels of leadership,"
he said.
"Our numbers are increasing
rapidly and there are unlimited
opportunities for us at these levels,"
said
Obledo.
"The times are great for leadership and we have the political
sophistication and the groundwork,"
mentioned Obledo.
Obledo emphasized the growing
leadership of young Chicanos in the
U.S. today. "These young people
are idealistic and full of hope,"
he said. "Our historical and cultural
background add up to a unique
people on the face of this earth."

Obledo also spoke of Chicanos
and their increasing voting power.
"We are becoming the most powerful political force in the- U.S." ,he
said.
"We vote for the candidate that expresses the philosophy of our par"tilcular group. It is important to learn
of our ancestry, "Obledo said. "if
they take La Raza studies away, they
take away our opportunity to learn.all
the richness from which we came,"
Obtedo said in a coot manner.
Obtedo spoke of the hardships ch·icanos have faced in their lives. "having lived a trying and agonizing life
has made . us a stronger people."
The soft spoken Obledo ooncl uded
his message by saying of the Chicano
people, "we are a tremendous people
that can assume power and use and
develop it for the good of the people."
"We need to right the wrongs.
My corazon hurts to see no Chicanos
in political positions and the halls of
power,"said Obledo. "They'll get
there because of you making the
committment. The future is ours"
Obledo ended by saying, "Los
quiero mas que a mis ojos, pero a mis
<?iOS los quiero mas porque con ellos
los veo".

Jonestown

Reflection of American Society?
Many American political leaders feel the Jonestown incident, where over
people participated in mass suicide, Is a reflection of American
society.
,
Politicians say People's Church leader Reverand Jim Jones, the man who ordered the mass suicide, was obsessed with his power to manipulate people.
Jones had all of his followers in a firm
grip.
His followers were dependent on him, like a child
is to his mother.
He gave his followers a place to stay,
fed them and clothed them.
Jones manipulated his followers
by using socialist rhetoric-living in brothership -with no racial
tensions and class struggle-persuading them to join his cult.
Jones .offered them a Utopian society.
All of his followers
were fed up with the racial problems In the United States
and were easily persuaded by Jones to join his cult (75% of
his
followers
were
Afro-Americans).
We all know that any device used on an object has its purpose and once it has

served its purpose it is replaced, with a new device.
In
political systems, there are many devices that are both good and
bad. Senators, judges, laws, ·welfare systems, etc ... are all devices
in the American political system and if they were to falter,
action
would
be
taken
to
replace
or
reform
them.
Racism is one device that the American system perpetuated in the early
stages of its development.
Instead of withering away, racism has blossomed fully in the United States.
Groups have tried to . supress it, but have come far from
making any big significant changes. Jones wanted to do· something about
this social disease, so he started his own church and even- tually,
his own racism-free city and _ society in Guyana.
Do American politicians believe that the Jonestown mass suicide would have
occured if racism had been dealt with and perhaps eliminated? The
incident would probably not have occured if the U.S. government
has failed It's citizens in dealing with racial tension.
Many
U.S. citizens join and start cults as an escape from these
racist attitudes (sometimes support racist attitudes i.e. KKK).
I am not condoning what Jones did, I am merely saying that Jones himself
is a product of this society, and so are his ideas, thus
making this bizarre incident a reflection of the American capitalist
system.
~emember, the bodies were flown back home.

Mario Obledo at CSUF

RSVP: Student Recruitment
With a New Twist
By RICARDO PIMENTEL

Chicanos comprise about nine-andone-half percent of the student population at CSUF. Chicanos represent about
30 percent of a four-county area population the university professes to serve.
To bridge this gap, a unique new
l)l'bgram began on campus Nov. 15.
Hecruiting Students Via Parents, or
RSVP, is an attempt to reach people
typically bypassed in the college
recruitment process. The one-year pilot
project
targets
rurally
isolated
Chicanos in Fresno, King, Madera and
Tulare counties. As the name implies,
RSVP acknowled$les the involvement of
Chicano parents in the decision of their
children to attend college.
Involving parents is a departure from
t~aditional recruiting," said program
director Dr. EsteQan Soriano. This
departure from the norm is just what
the California legislature had in mind
when they gave notice to state universities that money was available to fund
unique approaches of recruitment of
ethnic minorities. CSUF is one of three
state universities which successfully
competed for the funds.
"It was the first time the California
legislature has provided funds specifically for minority recruitment," said
Dr. Soriana'. "Governor Brown, the
legislature and the California State
University and College system recognized the injustice of minority underrepresentation on California campuses," he added.
What particularly caught the eye of
the legislature and "the Chancellor's
office was not only the involvement of
parents. RSVP couches the entire re-cruiting process in a culturally pleasing
setting for potential Chicano applicants
and their parents ..
Dr. Soriano explained that this
entails "Cultural Nights" for 12 to 15
valley high schools. These schools were
picked because of their high concentration of Chicano students with low CSUF
application rates."
Cultural nights, according to Dr.
Soriano, will feature mariachis, danzantes, and biHngual speakers to produce a culturally pleasing environment
in which to introduce the campus to
Chicano students. Secondary speakers

such as deans, vice presidents and
people from key campus departments
will also be available at cultural nights.
A second component of RSVP are
campus visits for parents and potential
applicants. Up to a dozen groups will
be invited to CSUF for half-day visits.
The purpose, said or: Soriano, "is to
take away some of the mystique that
rural based families would prefer not
to deal with." Visitors will sit in on
lectures and will become acquainted
with campus medical facilities, available housing, the bookstore, transportation opportunities and financial aid .
"These things are Of critical concern to
poor people," said Dr. Soriano.
Student assistants, placed in the
field, will pave the way for cultural
nights. They will meet with administrators and student groups and stay on
campus as long as needed after the
cultural nights to answer any questions. After the students have applied ,
student assistants wi 11 work in key
campus departments such as financial
aid, and admissions to monitor the services made available to the rural based
applicants. '
Dr. Soriano believes the pilot project
very ambitious. He said, "RSVP will be
directed toward reaching as many as
2,000 prospective applicants and their
parents." Of_these, Dr . Soriano expects
about 500-700 to begin the application
process and 100-300 of them to be ultimately admitted to CSUF.
Dr. Soriano stressed that RSVP is not
a special admissions program. "It's for
Chicanos who already meet entrance
requirements, but who have just been
bypassed," said the program director.
"It will go a long way in dispelling
the myth that the only way Chicanos
are admitted to college is through
special admissions programs," he said.
There are plenty of qualified Chicanos
out there, they've just been overlooked.
About 250 Chicanos are now recruited annually at CSUF . The success
of RSVP may well place an additional
300 Chicanos into the system and Dr
Soriano says, "this will make the stu:
dent population reflect our true numbers."

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Chicano Magazine
Material Due
SENTIMIENTOS
DEL
VALLE,
Fresno's Chicano magazine, is nearing
its deadline for the January issue. ·
Associate Editor Elvia Ruiz said persons interested in submitti ng material
for publication should contact her or
editor Tomas Uribes th is week. The
actual deadline is Dec . 15 .
Ms. Ruiz said the upcoming issue,
which will spotlight the seventh annual
CHICANO YOUTH CONFERENCE set
for Jan. 20, is expected to be the best
Chicano publication -produced in
Fresno yet .
The magazine has enlisted the support of such writers as Larry Romero,
Alicia Maldonado, Al Reyes, Pedro
Perez, Richard Aquirre, Dianne Solis
and Ernesto Moreno, all contributors to
the development of journalism as it
pertains to Chicanos locally.
The magazine is expected to be
ready for distribution by Jan. 15, said
Ms. Ruiz.
She or Uribes may be contacted at
225-3751 or 225-3859. Material may be
sent to 3211 E. Buckingham Way,
Fresno, Ca ., 93726 .

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Chicano Lit~rary
Contest ·

Tuesday, Dec. 12 - The "East
Fresno All Stars", a recently formed
Latin percussion ensemble will participate in a cultural presentation sponsored by MEChA at the Chicano
Youth Center on 3721 East Tulare
Avenue.
Wednesday, Dec. 13: Chicanos in
Human Services will be meeting at
1759 Fulton Street at 7:00 p.m .
Friday, Dec. 15: El Concilio de Fresno
will host an "Open House" of its new
offices at 760 W . Nielsen from 5-a p.m .
The public is invited .

Las Adelitas is sponsoring their 3rd Annual Consentido
The holiday season is almost upon us
Dance and Contest!! The dance will
and sometimes we don ' t have enough
be held in the upstairs cafeteria, from
dinero to get us through these times
8:00 p .m. - 1 :00 a .m. Donation is
(and all the other tines of the year for
$1 .50 w/ canned food item or toy, or
that matter). La Voz offers the follow$2 .00 without. Proceeds will go to
ing jobs available throug h the Student
purchase food baskets for the needy
Employment Center, ~oom 256 in the
families. Freddy's Royal Chicano
Joyal Administration Building, or
Band, from - Sacramento, will provide
phone 487-2703.
the music .
1. Disco Dance Instructor during only
Tuesday evenings for 2 hours. $6./hr.
Requirements: a person experienced in
Disco.
2. Sales Clerk at Mini Market. Hours
are arranged. $3.00/hr. requirements :
El Concilio de Fresno holds a weekly
21 years or older, and RESPONSIBLE!!
luncheon at 1.2 noon every Friday•·
3. Copy-Mate Counter person, to _ Please call El Concilio de Fresno at
operate copy machines. 15-24 hours a
485-6770 for the location. Everyone is
week, arr_anged. $2.75/hr. Requireinvited.
ments: somebody who likes working
with people.
4. Support Person, NEEDED!!
The Citizens Participation Special
Duties: Checking in women and childCommittee composed of representaren in emergency situations, such as in
tives from the six Neighborhood Counbatteries cases . Hours--11 :00 p .m.-2:00
cils and the Citizens Participation
a.m. Pay is a free room . Requirements:
Commission will' be discussing prop~somebody who is interested in crisis.
sal changes in Neighborhood Council
5. Inventory Workers. Duties : taking
Boundries. Meetings will be scheduled
inventory at various grocery and desoon. Everyone is welcome to ~t~end.
partment stores , during semester
For more information catl the C1t1zens
break . . $3,25/hr. p[·us mileage . Stu· Participation Program ·office at 488dents will be trained.
1506.
6. Wanted: Guitar Player for a wedding, to play romantic music during the
wedding dinner. on February 3, 1979.
Pay is negotiable.
7. Needed : Span ish tutor to assist
elementray students during in the
morning hours, Monday-Friday. $3 .23
The Chicano Commencement Coman hour.
mittee announces that entries are now
These are just seven of many job
being accepted for the third annua1
opportunities which are available for
Chicano Commencement Logo Contest.
the Christmas· hilidays . These jobs are
A cash award of $25 .00 will be awarded
also available throughout the school
for the winning Logo design as judged
year and summer v~cation .
by the Chicano Commencem~nt Committee . The winning Logo will be th~
official symbol for the Chicano Al~mn,
Association's Third Annual Chicano
Commencement. It will be featured on
· the commencement programs , invitations, and buttons. Each entry must
somehow relate to education and the
Chicano Heritage . The artist's written

The contest is for all you vatos who
would like to run for this year's
Consentido. Sign-up sheet is in La Raza
Studies and tickets are now availa~le! !
Remember you may be the envy of
every mujer on campus! ! Good-Luck!
A Christmas Dance to help two local
Chicano politicians payoff some cam-paign debts will be held Dec. 15 at the
Rainbow Ballroom.
Spokesperson Tomasa Cruz said T~e
International Ray Camacho Band w,11
provide music for an admission fee of
$4.00 per person, tickets available at
the door only. It will last from 8:30 p.m.
to 1 a.m .

Thursday, Dec. 21: The Fresno_ E_mployment and Training Comm1ss1on
will meet at 2:00 p .m. at the Fresno
Hall of Records. ·
Monday, Dec. 25: Christmas Day .
Regular masses and a midnight mass
will be held at most parishes.

Anuncios de .Fresno
The Fresno Educational Opportunity
Center will hold a "Fantasy Disco"
Saturday, December 16.
Music will be provided by Jeffrey
Von of KLIP from 8 p .m . to 1 a .m .
Admission is $2 .50 in advance, $3 at
the door. It will be held at the Sal
Mosqueda Center, 4670 E. Butler,
between Chestnut and Maple.
The FEOC is a non-profit organization that helps minorities get into
college and provides other such services. For more info, call 266-7757 .

The Battered Women ' s· Shelter of the
YMCA is in need of linens, sheets,
towels, etc . Deliver the goods to 1600
"M" Street or call 485-8320 .

Logo Contest Nears
interpretation of the design ~ust be
submitted with the Logo desrgn . All
entries must be originals that fit within
a 5" x 5" square . Everyone is free to
enter as many times as they wish so
long as minimu·m requirements are met
by each entry .
.
Final deadline for the contest 1s
. Friday December 22, 1978. Entries
may b~ turned in to Manuel Olgin in
Tutorial Services, SR2-33.
Sal Carcia of La Brocha Del Valle,
was the winner of the First Logo
Contest in 1976, and Eddie Guzman, a
CSUF student won 1977' s Second
Annual Logo Contest.

The Department of Spanish and Portugese at the University of California,
Irvine has organized the Fifth Chicano
Literary Contest in order to continue to
promote and encourage understanding
of Hispanic culture in general and in
particular, the dissemination of the
forms of Chicano expression in literature . The faculty believes that UCI can
play a major role in the development of
literary creativity of the.. Chicano
community.
The contest is designed to attract unpublished writers from the Chic~no
community who are residents of the
state of California. Manuscripts in the
fields of short story and poetry may be
submitted written in Spanish, English,
or a combination of the two languages.
Six cash prizes totaling $1,600 will be
awarded in the following manner :
Short Story
Poetry

Second Place
$250.00

First Place
$400.00

Third Place
$150.00

The winning manuscripts ·will be
published in book form. We suggest,
although it isn ~t required, that the
manuscripts be typed, double-spaced .
Manuscripts should be submitted no
later than Februrary 15, 1979. Decisions will be made during · the first
week of Apri I, and the prizes wi 11 be
announced on April 16, 1979. The
award ceremony will take place during
the first week of May.
Manuscripts •should be signed and
the first page should bear the title, ·
"Fifth Chicano Literary Contest." For
further information, write to "Chiqrno
Li_terary Prize," Department of Spanish
and Portuguese, School of Humanities,
University of California, Irvine, Irvine,
California 92717, or call (714) 833-6902.

Spring
Scholarships
Four scholarships of $50.00 each will
-be awarded for the Spring semester by
the Chicano Alumni Association to
CSUF students . Eligibility for selecti on
is based on : a minimum 2.0 grade point
average, currently enrolled fu ll time
student and at least one semester or
two qu~rters of full time college work
already completed . A copy of the appl icants latest available grade report must
acc.o mpany the application . Winners
will be selected by their involvement in
campus and/ or community activities ,
financial need, and overall grade poin t
average . Everyone is strongly encou raged to apply regardless of age or
major . Last semester four women were
selected as winners , so all you guys ou t
there be sure to apply! All applications
will be reviewed and the winners selected by the scholarsh1p committee of
the Chicano Alumni Association . Deadline for applying is Friday, Dec . 15.
Applications may be picked up and
turned in at EOP . J Ad 238; La Raza
Studies, SR4-1'16; or Tutorial Services ,
SR2-33 . These scholarships are made
available through VOLUNTEER fund
raising efforts of the Chica~o Com mencement Committee, whkh is part
of the Chicano Alumni Association .

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