La Voz de Aztlan, March 28 1980
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La Voz de Aztlan, March 28 1980
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LA VOZ-de AZTLAN
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•
C
March 20, 1980
Thursday
SotoD1ayor Discusses Barrio_Gangs
,,...
By EDWARD APARICIO
,. Lonsmutmg the second largest ethnic mi;~c:·, ~y , i~hk~nos are·confronted by
an ever increasing problem of violent
crill)inal gang activity in the ' United
States, but little is being done to correct
it, ' Dr . Marta Sotomayor told students
at California State University
Fresno
'last Wednesday, March 11 .
Dr. Marta Sotomayor, an official with
the Department of Health, Education ,
and Welfare and Chairperson of the
Board of Directors of the National Coun. cil of La Raza, lectured students on-gang
activity, drug abuse, and juvenile delinquency and what must be done to remedy these problems.
' Sotomayor stated concrete figures and
research must be sought to deal with the
problem in an effective manner .
Their culture and language sets the
Chicano aside from others, but yet it is
e-xtremely difficult to document because
Chicanos are classified in nearly all
crime reports-Federal, state, or local;
arrests, victimization, conviction, etc .,as white.
· And because of their culture and language, they suffer disproportionately
from poverty, discrim ination , and isolation from the nation's social, political and
economic mainstream.
Chicano youths are considered to have
the greatest problems related to gangs
and violent crimes. In a study of six
cities, 85% of gang members totaling as
many as 81,000 were minority youth .
''The prime age for gang activity is 13 to
18years old ."
Another major obstacle which must be
overcome is education- or rather the lack
of it. "Current statistics show that 90%
of the adult offenders do not have high
school diplomas when first incarcerated;
more than 50% of the population has
less than an 8th grade education .''
'Some people still
refuse to believe this is
Q
racist SOCiety. II
With the lack of education, stems low
income which constitutes more crime
and violence . "Chicanos are believed to
be disproportionately likely to become
victims of crime because of their high
probability of having low incomes and
thus living in poor communities, often
with minimal police protection and with
all other factors which encourage crime.
Dr . Sotomayor added the fastest growing problem is with female gangs whose
criminal involvement is growing at a rate
Continued on page 4
Photo by LUPE MORA
Chicano Oppression-Interpreted
.
By
FERNANDO
QUINTERO
The statewide MEChA conference
which was held ·at the Sal Mosqueda
Community Center last ,Saturday proved·
to be much more than a conference.
A warm feeling of closeness prevailed
as many young high school students
and college students shared their
feelings and their struggles on being
a Chicano.
A revealing as well as informative
conference opened with a film on the
1970 Chicano Moratorium in · which
20,000 Chicanos and other ~rters
marched through the streets of East
Los Angeles protesting · the Vietnam
war .
Herman Baca, leader of the Committee for Chicano Rights, presented his
interpretation on the three schools of
thought that are currently oppressing
the Chicano community.
~
The first, which is the historical solution of "us" being the problem. "A
perspective hel'd by .Nativists, Radsts,
and Na.tis ."
The second schooi of thought, which
Baca stated "as more dangerous"
is the liberal. "The liberal school of
thought that gives a little bit, rearranges
the furniture, but comes back to the
same dangerous conclusions of maintaining the status quote . W~ see this
in the Carter proposals that call for a
little bit of amnesty and then calls
· for increasing the 'Gestapo' border
patrols."
The last perspective was one that
Baca states "as one we hold." "People
are not the problem, people are the
solution ..." Baca explained, "Immigration is a natural procedure which dates
back to the time of Joseph, Mary, and
baby Jesus who were undocumented
immig.r ants fleeing from their persecutors . The Europeans fled from their
homes in order to seek a new life in this
country. The same people who are fleeing staryation, poverty, and persecution are doing the same thing you and
I would do if we were less fortunate
and in the similar situation."
So what is the problem? Baca names
Continued on paae 4
Herman Baca, speaks.
Photo By BENITO LOPEl
Paae2
1980 Census Seeks
Chicano Count
Hernandez Leads CSUF Team
By ANGELE BELTON
The census is a tool used by the U.5:
With the advent of 1980 comes a to reapportion the distribution of the'.
special event which occurs only once ~embers in the House of Representa-·
every ten years. It is known as the taking t1ves. In other words, every time a census shows a shift in the population,
of th~ census. A census is a methodical
and periodic governmental count of the district lines must be redrawn to reflect
the shift. Also, this COUl)t of the populapopulation. Ever since 1790 the governt!on is used as the basis for the allocament of the United States has used a
decinnial count of jts inhabitants as a t1on of more than $50 billion dollars in
federal funds . The indiviqual states even
basis for congressional representation
used the statistics gathered to determine
and much, much more.
wherE: the local money can be ~pent to
Yet, one often _hears such comments
benefit the most people.
as, "Big deal! It's census time again.
This year every attempt is being made
Why can't those politicians just hurry.
to insure a more accurate count of tht:
up and count the people and be done
population. In 1970 the ·nation's nonwith it?" These common utterances rewhite citizens .were undercounted by
flect a basic fact. Many people do not
understand the reason for taking a cen- almost 7%. This mistake resulted in a
loss of federal funds and political represus.
sentation in many minority communities.
In California alone in 1970 643 000
people in the Hispanic co,;,munities
were not counted -- 20% of California's
brown population simply did riot exist on
paper. It is estimated that because of
this error, California lost 1 delegate in
the House of Representatives and more
than 510 billion in federal funds.
Washington Seeks
Chicano" Political
Science Majors .
The University of Washinaton a
Seattle, Washington in compiling a lis
of Chicano students interested in
continuing their education in political s
science.
The American Political Science
Association has allocated funds for
a graduate fellowship program for
Chicano students for 1980-81. Applicants will be evaluated by the Association on the basis of need and academic motivation criteria. The criteria are:
1. Field of Study - The applicant must
be in the field of political science an
eligible for graduate study.
2. Inadequate Funding - The applican
must demonstrate a need for partial
or complete funding.
3. Academic Standina - The applican
should have a grade point average of
~-0 or_ ~er (on a scale of 1.0 to 4.0)
m political science, or should submit
letters of recommendation from tea-
chers.
The names of applicant should be sen
to:
Herman D. Lujan, Ph.D.
Vi~ Pn:sident for Minority Affairs
Umvers1ty of Washington
392 Schmitz Hall, PC-45
Sea~le, Washington 98195
For more information, call (206) 543
598 and ask to speak to Ms. Anita
tmenez
·
SPORTS
By EU GARCIA
Last weekend, CSUF's badminton
team traveled to Stanford for what
was exoected to be the showdown for
the team championsbiplof the Norcal con ference. Three schools met · at Roble
Gym on the Stanford campus, whtn it
was over, Stanford had been defeated
10-5 by CSUF and San Francisco State
was beaten 13-2.
This puts CSUF
in. controJ of the conference standings
with onlv one conference match yet
to play. This will be a home match on
Saturday, April 12th at 9:00.am·. in the
wome~s 'gym against the University
of California, Davis badminton team.
After this weekend's match it is
apparent that Fresno State Universities' Terrie Hernandez has but one
obstacle keeping her from an unde-
feated season and that is the
U .C., Davis womens' team.
teaming with partner Sabrina
have defeated all competitors this
season for a perfect womens' doub1es
conference record.
She and Kevin Peterson are also
undefeated in mixed doubles and are
likely candidates to be seeded either
number one or two in the conference
championship tournament held here
on Friday April 18 and Saturday
19th.
Elected to the position of team rep
sentative, Terrie's warm personali
sense of humor and leadership ha
been an important part of making t
year's team so successful.
This
Terries' final season of intercollegia
competition and it is proving to
her best and most memorable.
E. 0- ·P. Ln- T.n tram ural Bas· 1_e·th all
jj
As the intramural basketball season
winds down here at CSUF. It appears
quite apparent that E.O.P. women
aren't in the playoff picture.
Last Wednesday nights' game against
the -"Hellcats"
clearly
illustrated
The federal government is trying to progress in this E.O.P . squad. The final
eradicate its errors of the past. It hopes score was 8-2. Maria Torres, a member
to initiate better communication with of this awesome squad, explained the
Spanish-speaking residents . Yet, even
this attempt is to be shrouded in contro- outcome . "We played better than last
week when we lost 36-4. We also played
ve;.si~re has been some question as to a very tough defense, holding them to
whether or not illegal aliens should be only eight points."
counted. ·'since California has ·perhaps
The men's E.O.P. "Gunners" have
the largest illegal-alien population in the done just that, gunned everyone down.
U.S., the way the answer to this question The Gunners went undefeated as_ the
is interpreted could have a great affect in season c_ame to an end last .week with a
the state. Most Hispanic Americans feel 54-52 victory over Bonza1, and now
Con •
~ are headed for the playoffs.
4
ASSEMBLYMAN PETER CHACON
CHICANO AND POLITICS IN
THE 80'5: BILGINUAL EDUCATION
AND OTHER POLITICS
'J.(
1
The "Mean Mean Machine" coac
by "Barney Rubble Mendoza" a
assistant coach Barbaro "Godfath
Gomez who states,"We are ready fort
playoffs." The Mean Machine compi
a 5-0 rec~rd to give them a pert
undefeated season. With
a
skillful
scoring
attack
week
against
a
good
.
"Indians" team . "The "Mean Mach·
was able to oresP.rve a 49-39 vict
over the "Indians."
.
The "Mean Machine" and E.0.
Gunners will be in action this week
the playoffs get underway. La Voz
Aztlan would like to congragulate th
league champions and wish them luck
in the playoffs. La Voz will bring you the
results in next week's issue.
La Voz _Staff
ditor .......... Margarita
M.
Reporters ............ Edward C. _ Apar~
Angele Beh
Eli Ca~
Dora La
Pete Ramf
Yolanda
Fernando Quint
~
uesday March 25 7:00 P.M.
CSUF COLLEGE UNION LOUNGE
Following Mr. Chacon's Presentation, A Reception
Sponsored By The Association Of Mexican American
Educators And The Mexican American Political
Association Will Be Held In The Upstairs Cafeteria.
Work ................. Arturo Oca
.
Juan Herna
Photo Editor ................. Lupe Mora
Luis Vasquez
l
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March 20, 1980
~ La
Voz De Aztlan
Pagel
VISIONS OF WEST FRESNO
Som~ of the oldtimers are as much a fixture of West Fresno as are many old ·
structures dotting the crowded streets of Chinatown.
.
.
Ph-0tograpy
By
Ltipe Mora
• ... I.
,.◄
· WestsideF._trac:b,
a .~ Mlion of people.
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Paae4
"".i:ueAZt~n
CHICANO
OPPRESSION
In the East Coast, Puerto Ricans~
having ~ro~lems uniting, but Ch
are s~mg as good examples.
On the subject of the draft,
stated, NNo oppressed people
serve in an Imperialist war
anybody.
Given the unempl
that's maintaining in our com
they're going to offer this an an
tive to us.
Continued from page 1
it the "slave system." A system which
exists on both sides of the border. A
slave system in which industry, most
notably the huge oil corporations, confiscate the public's mon~y. In Mexico,
for every one dollar !~vested, seven•
dollars are pulled out·. According to
Baca, this has resulted in a 52% unemployment rate in Mexico. On the .
Northern side of the border, the system
has created a secondary labor market.
N
A committee to stop the fil ·
a 14 million dollar project
Nfort Apache of the South
which will star Paul Newman has
organized and Perez is asking
from MEChA and any other
tions. According to Perez, the
picts Puerto Ricans ~s animals.
film deals with a policeman ·
Newman) fighting the junkies,
tutes deviates, and murderers
portrayed by Puerto Ricans . H
"We can't dismiss this as ·
movie," said Perez. "These films
distributed all over the world, so
are people in Europe who don't
what a Chicanos is and may have
'Boulevard Nights' . Likewise,
are people who don 't know
Puerto Rican is and will see '
Apache . '"
"In the agriculture industry, cheap
labor and non-existent fringe benefits,
·have given agri-businessmen the most
profitable industry in the state as well
as maintained their status -quote-;"
said Baca.
"I don't trust any man
who shoots immigrants
,,
from a helicopter...
Baca also mentioned how the issue
of immigration divides the Chicano
community. "Some Chicanos are ashamed of their unfortunate brother
and feel degraded with being associated
with them . They deny their Mexican
culture and produce lab~ls and terms
such as Hispanic. Hispanic is another
word for a person from Spain."
"Vietnam of the Southwest" is what
Baca calls San Diego, his present hometown. According to Baca, San Diego's
military policy of its immigration department has resulted in women being
raped, children dying, immigrants being
handcuffed and ·shot by border patrolmen.
Baca told La Voz about possible solutions to the immigration problem.
"To abandon the current 'bankrupt
revolving door immigration policv'
Ritchie Perez, bicultural instructor from . New York.
and look at it as an economic problem·."
suggested Baca. When asked about
former U.S.lmmigration Commissioner
Leonel Castillo'~ suggestecj policy
of enhancing border -relations with our
Southern neighbor, Baca merely replied,
"I don 't trust any man who shoots
immigrants from a helicopter and then
turns around and talks about enhancing•
border relations.
N
.
Poto y
NITOL PEZ
Ritchie Perez, a biculttiral instructor
from Brooklyn, New York was the
second featured speaker at the confer.ence.
Perez, a Puerto Rican, talked about
the problems that currently involve
East Coast Puerto Ricans. He mentioned how inspiring it was to see
Chicanos getting together and building
unity among the people from the barrio.
ID
Anuncios
MEcHA MEETING
NEW MEXICO BOUNDl
High school and college st
gave reports on their own
organization's progress. Many d.
high schools attended the cont
including Roosevelt, · Edison,
San Joaquin Memorial,
W
High from Woodland, California
Mid-Pe!linsula from Monterrey.
Layola-Miramont and Universi
Laverne were present.
_
Several different workshops
held ranging from the subject
upcoming Chicano Moratorium
problems of Chicano gangs in
Barrio.
The conference was
su
in giving Chicano's the op
to express their views, ide
inform them of their vital role i
GANGS
Continued from page 1
CENSUS
double of men. "Between 1960
arrests for women increased 200
whereas increase for men was 73
Continued from page 2
MEcHA meeting today in the upstairs Are you one of those who are thinkcafeteria at 12:30. Current issues to
that 1980 could be the year when the
ing of attending USC, UCLA, Stanford,
be discussed.
Everyone welcome.
or some other school far away for grad- accurate enumeration of their members
uate studies? How about the Uriiversity could translate into increased moneys
and political power for the brown poptJof
New Mexic<;>?
LATIN AMERICA
lation.
Today a visiting instructor, Felipe
Gonzales, of the Dept. of Sociology, will
For people who love music which is
The government of these United ·
be available in the College Union Bal- States cah only be a strong and as accurfrom Cuba and Latin America, a day has
been set aside for this music taste by sta- cony, from s· Joa.m. to 4:00p .m ., to talk ate as we , the people, enable it to be.
tion KFCF FM 88 on Saturday March 22. to intrested·students.
"With liberty ,,and justice for all~ are
The
University
of
New
Mexico
is
engaThe program will be as follows:
ging in an agressive recruitment effort simply mere words until the people m_a
9:00 Cuban Music; 10:00 Cuban Section; to increase its graduate enrollment of
country give them meaning . It can only
underrepresented minorities and women be hoped that the 1980 census will make
12:00 Nicaragua; 12:30 Puerto Rico;
according to officials of the UNMOffice every atte_mpt to count. all th~ people,
2:00 Latin American Music; 5:00 Live
·
Latin American Music; 6:00 KPFA Even- of Graduate Studies.
be they illegal aliens or natural-born
ing News; 7:00 Global Perspertives· 8:00
citizens . Sti II, it is the responsibility of
Political Music by Raphael Manriques; According to Dr. Bernard Spolsky, Dean
all of us to make every attempt to be
and at 9:00 Panel Discussion on Central of the UNM Office of Graduate Studies,
counted so that the 1980 census will
the University is the leader of all major
America.
make every attempt to count all the
state and land grant universities in proA listener-sponsored station KFCF
people, be they illegal alians or naturalviding and expanding educational opporFM 88 gets its funds from individual con- tunities for minorities .
tributions and is commercial free. Proborn citizens. Still, it is the respongra~s sue~ as the Latin American Day of
Recent figures show that UNM ranks
sibility of all of us to make every attempt
Music are Just one of the many varied of- first in the nation for a high percentage
to be counted so that the 1980 census will
ferings this station has to contr,ibute to
of Chicano enrollment and first in enroll- be the most accurate in the history of the
the valley's listening audience who are
ment of Native Americans. UNM is se- ·united States . If this can be accomlooking for something different on the
cond in the nation in its percentage of all
plished, we will all be represented on
radio.
· ·
)
minorities enrolled .
.P~per as well as in reality.
H
Another source which may be s
ing gang activities is the news
"In the S0's, the media er
impression ot horror (Zoot S
Pachucos). In the 60's and ea
the gangs died out, but in the I
the gangs reappeared in the
This, she · stated, appeals to
offender .
Sotomayor, public liasion o
the Office of the Administra
cohol, Drug Abuse and Menta
in HEW noted that not al I g
criminal prone.
"Gang mem
is not necessarily criminal
it is important for adolescents
different
implications for ditt
,t
groups.
Probably the most serious p
lies within society itself. NSome
still refuse to believe this is a
society, Sotomayor claimed.
stressed massive community d
ment, including economic devel
strategies should be considered
Chicano communities. "People
believe there is an ever present,
increasing problem of gang viol
and youth offenders that must be
with.'
..
N
;
LA VOZ-de AZTLAN
•
•
C
March 20, 1980
Thursday
SotoD1ayor Discusses Barrio_Gangs
,,...
By EDWARD APARICIO
,. Lonsmutmg the second largest ethnic mi;~c:·, ~y , i~hk~nos are·confronted by
an ever increasing problem of violent
crill)inal gang activity in the ' United
States, but little is being done to correct
it, ' Dr . Marta Sotomayor told students
at California State University
Fresno
'last Wednesday, March 11 .
Dr. Marta Sotomayor, an official with
the Department of Health, Education ,
and Welfare and Chairperson of the
Board of Directors of the National Coun. cil of La Raza, lectured students on-gang
activity, drug abuse, and juvenile delinquency and what must be done to remedy these problems.
' Sotomayor stated concrete figures and
research must be sought to deal with the
problem in an effective manner .
Their culture and language sets the
Chicano aside from others, but yet it is
e-xtremely difficult to document because
Chicanos are classified in nearly all
crime reports-Federal, state, or local;
arrests, victimization, conviction, etc .,as white.
· And because of their culture and language, they suffer disproportionately
from poverty, discrim ination , and isolation from the nation's social, political and
economic mainstream.
Chicano youths are considered to have
the greatest problems related to gangs
and violent crimes. In a study of six
cities, 85% of gang members totaling as
many as 81,000 were minority youth .
''The prime age for gang activity is 13 to
18years old ."
Another major obstacle which must be
overcome is education- or rather the lack
of it. "Current statistics show that 90%
of the adult offenders do not have high
school diplomas when first incarcerated;
more than 50% of the population has
less than an 8th grade education .''
'Some people still
refuse to believe this is
Q
racist SOCiety. II
With the lack of education, stems low
income which constitutes more crime
and violence . "Chicanos are believed to
be disproportionately likely to become
victims of crime because of their high
probability of having low incomes and
thus living in poor communities, often
with minimal police protection and with
all other factors which encourage crime.
Dr . Sotomayor added the fastest growing problem is with female gangs whose
criminal involvement is growing at a rate
Continued on page 4
Photo by LUPE MORA
Chicano Oppression-Interpreted
.
By
FERNANDO
QUINTERO
The statewide MEChA conference
which was held ·at the Sal Mosqueda
Community Center last ,Saturday proved·
to be much more than a conference.
A warm feeling of closeness prevailed
as many young high school students
and college students shared their
feelings and their struggles on being
a Chicano.
A revealing as well as informative
conference opened with a film on the
1970 Chicano Moratorium in · which
20,000 Chicanos and other ~rters
marched through the streets of East
Los Angeles protesting · the Vietnam
war .
Herman Baca, leader of the Committee for Chicano Rights, presented his
interpretation on the three schools of
thought that are currently oppressing
the Chicano community.
~
The first, which is the historical solution of "us" being the problem. "A
perspective hel'd by .Nativists, Radsts,
and Na.tis ."
The second schooi of thought, which
Baca stated "as more dangerous"
is the liberal. "The liberal school of
thought that gives a little bit, rearranges
the furniture, but comes back to the
same dangerous conclusions of maintaining the status quote . W~ see this
in the Carter proposals that call for a
little bit of amnesty and then calls
· for increasing the 'Gestapo' border
patrols."
The last perspective was one that
Baca states "as one we hold." "People
are not the problem, people are the
solution ..." Baca explained, "Immigration is a natural procedure which dates
back to the time of Joseph, Mary, and
baby Jesus who were undocumented
immig.r ants fleeing from their persecutors . The Europeans fled from their
homes in order to seek a new life in this
country. The same people who are fleeing staryation, poverty, and persecution are doing the same thing you and
I would do if we were less fortunate
and in the similar situation."
So what is the problem? Baca names
Continued on paae 4
Herman Baca, speaks.
Photo By BENITO LOPEl
Paae2
1980 Census Seeks
Chicano Count
Hernandez Leads CSUF Team
By ANGELE BELTON
The census is a tool used by the U.5:
With the advent of 1980 comes a to reapportion the distribution of the'.
special event which occurs only once ~embers in the House of Representa-·
every ten years. It is known as the taking t1ves. In other words, every time a census shows a shift in the population,
of th~ census. A census is a methodical
and periodic governmental count of the district lines must be redrawn to reflect
the shift. Also, this COUl)t of the populapopulation. Ever since 1790 the governt!on is used as the basis for the allocament of the United States has used a
decinnial count of jts inhabitants as a t1on of more than $50 billion dollars in
federal funds . The indiviqual states even
basis for congressional representation
used the statistics gathered to determine
and much, much more.
wherE: the local money can be ~pent to
Yet, one often _hears such comments
benefit the most people.
as, "Big deal! It's census time again.
This year every attempt is being made
Why can't those politicians just hurry.
to insure a more accurate count of tht:
up and count the people and be done
population. In 1970 the ·nation's nonwith it?" These common utterances rewhite citizens .were undercounted by
flect a basic fact. Many people do not
understand the reason for taking a cen- almost 7%. This mistake resulted in a
loss of federal funds and political represus.
sentation in many minority communities.
In California alone in 1970 643 000
people in the Hispanic co,;,munities
were not counted -- 20% of California's
brown population simply did riot exist on
paper. It is estimated that because of
this error, California lost 1 delegate in
the House of Representatives and more
than 510 billion in federal funds.
Washington Seeks
Chicano" Political
Science Majors .
The University of Washinaton a
Seattle, Washington in compiling a lis
of Chicano students interested in
continuing their education in political s
science.
The American Political Science
Association has allocated funds for
a graduate fellowship program for
Chicano students for 1980-81. Applicants will be evaluated by the Association on the basis of need and academic motivation criteria. The criteria are:
1. Field of Study - The applicant must
be in the field of political science an
eligible for graduate study.
2. Inadequate Funding - The applican
must demonstrate a need for partial
or complete funding.
3. Academic Standina - The applican
should have a grade point average of
~-0 or_ ~er (on a scale of 1.0 to 4.0)
m political science, or should submit
letters of recommendation from tea-
chers.
The names of applicant should be sen
to:
Herman D. Lujan, Ph.D.
Vi~ Pn:sident for Minority Affairs
Umvers1ty of Washington
392 Schmitz Hall, PC-45
Sea~le, Washington 98195
For more information, call (206) 543
598 and ask to speak to Ms. Anita
tmenez
·
SPORTS
By EU GARCIA
Last weekend, CSUF's badminton
team traveled to Stanford for what
was exoected to be the showdown for
the team championsbiplof the Norcal con ference. Three schools met · at Roble
Gym on the Stanford campus, whtn it
was over, Stanford had been defeated
10-5 by CSUF and San Francisco State
was beaten 13-2.
This puts CSUF
in. controJ of the conference standings
with onlv one conference match yet
to play. This will be a home match on
Saturday, April 12th at 9:00.am·. in the
wome~s 'gym against the University
of California, Davis badminton team.
After this weekend's match it is
apparent that Fresno State Universities' Terrie Hernandez has but one
obstacle keeping her from an unde-
feated season and that is the
U .C., Davis womens' team.
teaming with partner Sabrina
have defeated all competitors this
season for a perfect womens' doub1es
conference record.
She and Kevin Peterson are also
undefeated in mixed doubles and are
likely candidates to be seeded either
number one or two in the conference
championship tournament held here
on Friday April 18 and Saturday
19th.
Elected to the position of team rep
sentative, Terrie's warm personali
sense of humor and leadership ha
been an important part of making t
year's team so successful.
This
Terries' final season of intercollegia
competition and it is proving to
her best and most memorable.
E. 0- ·P. Ln- T.n tram ural Bas· 1_e·th all
jj
As the intramural basketball season
winds down here at CSUF. It appears
quite apparent that E.O.P. women
aren't in the playoff picture.
Last Wednesday nights' game against
the -"Hellcats"
clearly
illustrated
The federal government is trying to progress in this E.O.P . squad. The final
eradicate its errors of the past. It hopes score was 8-2. Maria Torres, a member
to initiate better communication with of this awesome squad, explained the
Spanish-speaking residents . Yet, even
this attempt is to be shrouded in contro- outcome . "We played better than last
week when we lost 36-4. We also played
ve;.si~re has been some question as to a very tough defense, holding them to
whether or not illegal aliens should be only eight points."
counted. ·'since California has ·perhaps
The men's E.O.P. "Gunners" have
the largest illegal-alien population in the done just that, gunned everyone down.
U.S., the way the answer to this question The Gunners went undefeated as_ the
is interpreted could have a great affect in season c_ame to an end last .week with a
the state. Most Hispanic Americans feel 54-52 victory over Bonza1, and now
Con •
~ are headed for the playoffs.
4
ASSEMBLYMAN PETER CHACON
CHICANO AND POLITICS IN
THE 80'5: BILGINUAL EDUCATION
AND OTHER POLITICS
'J.(
1
The "Mean Mean Machine" coac
by "Barney Rubble Mendoza" a
assistant coach Barbaro "Godfath
Gomez who states,"We are ready fort
playoffs." The Mean Machine compi
a 5-0 rec~rd to give them a pert
undefeated season. With
a
skillful
scoring
attack
week
against
a
good
.
"Indians" team . "The "Mean Mach·
was able to oresP.rve a 49-39 vict
over the "Indians."
.
The "Mean Machine" and E.0.
Gunners will be in action this week
the playoffs get underway. La Voz
Aztlan would like to congragulate th
league champions and wish them luck
in the playoffs. La Voz will bring you the
results in next week's issue.
La Voz _Staff
ditor .......... Margarita
M.
Reporters ............ Edward C. _ Apar~
Angele Beh
Eli Ca~
Dora La
Pete Ramf
Yolanda
Fernando Quint
~
uesday March 25 7:00 P.M.
CSUF COLLEGE UNION LOUNGE
Following Mr. Chacon's Presentation, A Reception
Sponsored By The Association Of Mexican American
Educators And The Mexican American Political
Association Will Be Held In The Upstairs Cafeteria.
Work ................. Arturo Oca
.
Juan Herna
Photo Editor ................. Lupe Mora
Luis Vasquez
l
•'t •.•
March 20, 1980
~ La
Voz De Aztlan
Pagel
VISIONS OF WEST FRESNO
Som~ of the oldtimers are as much a fixture of West Fresno as are many old ·
structures dotting the crowded streets of Chinatown.
.
.
Ph-0tograpy
By
Ltipe Mora
• ... I.
,.◄
· WestsideF._trac:b,
a .~ Mlion of people.
-
Paae4
"".i:ueAZt~n
CHICANO
OPPRESSION
In the East Coast, Puerto Ricans~
having ~ro~lems uniting, but Ch
are s~mg as good examples.
On the subject of the draft,
stated, NNo oppressed people
serve in an Imperialist war
anybody.
Given the unempl
that's maintaining in our com
they're going to offer this an an
tive to us.
Continued from page 1
it the "slave system." A system which
exists on both sides of the border. A
slave system in which industry, most
notably the huge oil corporations, confiscate the public's mon~y. In Mexico,
for every one dollar !~vested, seven•
dollars are pulled out·. According to
Baca, this has resulted in a 52% unemployment rate in Mexico. On the .
Northern side of the border, the system
has created a secondary labor market.
N
A committee to stop the fil ·
a 14 million dollar project
Nfort Apache of the South
which will star Paul Newman has
organized and Perez is asking
from MEChA and any other
tions. According to Perez, the
picts Puerto Ricans ~s animals.
film deals with a policeman ·
Newman) fighting the junkies,
tutes deviates, and murderers
portrayed by Puerto Ricans . H
"We can't dismiss this as ·
movie," said Perez. "These films
distributed all over the world, so
are people in Europe who don't
what a Chicanos is and may have
'Boulevard Nights' . Likewise,
are people who don 't know
Puerto Rican is and will see '
Apache . '"
"In the agriculture industry, cheap
labor and non-existent fringe benefits,
·have given agri-businessmen the most
profitable industry in the state as well
as maintained their status -quote-;"
said Baca.
"I don't trust any man
who shoots immigrants
,,
from a helicopter...
Baca also mentioned how the issue
of immigration divides the Chicano
community. "Some Chicanos are ashamed of their unfortunate brother
and feel degraded with being associated
with them . They deny their Mexican
culture and produce lab~ls and terms
such as Hispanic. Hispanic is another
word for a person from Spain."
"Vietnam of the Southwest" is what
Baca calls San Diego, his present hometown. According to Baca, San Diego's
military policy of its immigration department has resulted in women being
raped, children dying, immigrants being
handcuffed and ·shot by border patrolmen.
Baca told La Voz about possible solutions to the immigration problem.
"To abandon the current 'bankrupt
revolving door immigration policv'
Ritchie Perez, bicultural instructor from . New York.
and look at it as an economic problem·."
suggested Baca. When asked about
former U.S.lmmigration Commissioner
Leonel Castillo'~ suggestecj policy
of enhancing border -relations with our
Southern neighbor, Baca merely replied,
"I don 't trust any man who shoots
immigrants from a helicopter and then
turns around and talks about enhancing•
border relations.
N
.
Poto y
NITOL PEZ
Ritchie Perez, a biculttiral instructor
from Brooklyn, New York was the
second featured speaker at the confer.ence.
Perez, a Puerto Rican, talked about
the problems that currently involve
East Coast Puerto Ricans. He mentioned how inspiring it was to see
Chicanos getting together and building
unity among the people from the barrio.
ID
Anuncios
MEcHA MEETING
NEW MEXICO BOUNDl
High school and college st
gave reports on their own
organization's progress. Many d.
high schools attended the cont
including Roosevelt, · Edison,
San Joaquin Memorial,
W
High from Woodland, California
Mid-Pe!linsula from Monterrey.
Layola-Miramont and Universi
Laverne were present.
_
Several different workshops
held ranging from the subject
upcoming Chicano Moratorium
problems of Chicano gangs in
Barrio.
The conference was
su
in giving Chicano's the op
to express their views, ide
inform them of their vital role i
GANGS
Continued from page 1
CENSUS
double of men. "Between 1960
arrests for women increased 200
whereas increase for men was 73
Continued from page 2
MEcHA meeting today in the upstairs Are you one of those who are thinkcafeteria at 12:30. Current issues to
that 1980 could be the year when the
ing of attending USC, UCLA, Stanford,
be discussed.
Everyone welcome.
or some other school far away for grad- accurate enumeration of their members
uate studies? How about the Uriiversity could translate into increased moneys
and political power for the brown poptJof
New Mexic<;>?
LATIN AMERICA
lation.
Today a visiting instructor, Felipe
Gonzales, of the Dept. of Sociology, will
For people who love music which is
The government of these United ·
be available in the College Union Bal- States cah only be a strong and as accurfrom Cuba and Latin America, a day has
been set aside for this music taste by sta- cony, from s· Joa.m. to 4:00p .m ., to talk ate as we , the people, enable it to be.
tion KFCF FM 88 on Saturday March 22. to intrested·students.
"With liberty ,,and justice for all~ are
The
University
of
New
Mexico
is
engaThe program will be as follows:
ging in an agressive recruitment effort simply mere words until the people m_a
9:00 Cuban Music; 10:00 Cuban Section; to increase its graduate enrollment of
country give them meaning . It can only
underrepresented minorities and women be hoped that the 1980 census will make
12:00 Nicaragua; 12:30 Puerto Rico;
according to officials of the UNMOffice every atte_mpt to count. all th~ people,
2:00 Latin American Music; 5:00 Live
·
Latin American Music; 6:00 KPFA Even- of Graduate Studies.
be they illegal aliens or natural-born
ing News; 7:00 Global Perspertives· 8:00
citizens . Sti II, it is the responsibility of
Political Music by Raphael Manriques; According to Dr. Bernard Spolsky, Dean
all of us to make every attempt to be
and at 9:00 Panel Discussion on Central of the UNM Office of Graduate Studies,
counted so that the 1980 census will
the University is the leader of all major
America.
make every attempt to count all the
state and land grant universities in proA listener-sponsored station KFCF
people, be they illegal alians or naturalviding and expanding educational opporFM 88 gets its funds from individual con- tunities for minorities .
tributions and is commercial free. Proborn citizens. Still, it is the respongra~s sue~ as the Latin American Day of
Recent figures show that UNM ranks
sibility of all of us to make every attempt
Music are Just one of the many varied of- first in the nation for a high percentage
to be counted so that the 1980 census will
ferings this station has to contr,ibute to
of Chicano enrollment and first in enroll- be the most accurate in the history of the
the valley's listening audience who are
ment of Native Americans. UNM is se- ·united States . If this can be accomlooking for something different on the
cond in the nation in its percentage of all
plished, we will all be represented on
radio.
· ·
)
minorities enrolled .
.P~per as well as in reality.
H
Another source which may be s
ing gang activities is the news
"In the S0's, the media er
impression ot horror (Zoot S
Pachucos). In the 60's and ea
the gangs died out, but in the I
the gangs reappeared in the
This, she · stated, appeals to
offender .
Sotomayor, public liasion o
the Office of the Administra
cohol, Drug Abuse and Menta
in HEW noted that not al I g
criminal prone.
"Gang mem
is not necessarily criminal
it is important for adolescents
different
implications for ditt
,t
groups.
Probably the most serious p
lies within society itself. NSome
still refuse to believe this is a
society, Sotomayor claimed.
stressed massive community d
ment, including economic devel
strategies should be considered
Chicano communities. "People
believe there is an ever present,
increasing problem of gang viol
and youth offenders that must be
with.'
..
N
California State University, Fresno
;
LA VOZ-de AZTLAN
•
•
C
March 20, 1980
Thursday
SotoD1ayor Discusses Barrio_Gangs
,,...
By EDWARD APARICIO
,. Lonsmutmg the second largest ethnic mi;~c:·, ~y , i~hk~nos are·confronted by
an ever increasing problem of violent
crill)inal gang activity in the ' United
States, but little is being done to correct
it, ' Dr . Marta Sotomayor told students
at California State University
Fresno
'last Wednesday, March 11 .
Dr. Marta Sotomayor, an official with
the Department of Health, Education ,
and Welfare and Chairperson of the
Board of Directors of the National Coun. cil of La Raza, lectured students on-gang
activity, drug abuse, and juvenile delinquency and what must be done to remedy these problems.
' Sotomayor stated concrete figures and
research must be sought to deal with the
problem in an effective manner .
Their culture and language sets the
Chicano aside from others, but yet it is
e-xtremely difficult to document because
Chicanos are classified in nearly all
crime reports-Federal, state, or local;
arrests, victimization, conviction, etc .,as white.
· And because of their culture and language, they suffer disproportionately
from poverty, discrim ination , and isolation from the nation's social, political and
economic mainstream.
Chicano youths are considered to have
the greatest problems related to gangs
and violent crimes. In a study of six
cities, 85% of gang members totaling as
many as 81,000 were minority youth .
''The prime age for gang activity is 13 to
18years old ."
Another major obstacle which must be
overcome is education- or rather the lack
of it. "Current statistics show that 90%
of the adult offenders do not have high
school diplomas when first incarcerated;
more than 50% of the population has
less than an 8th grade education .''
'Some people still
refuse to believe this is
Q
racist SOCiety. II
With the lack of education, stems low
income which constitutes more crime
and violence . "Chicanos are believed to
be disproportionately likely to become
victims of crime because of their high
probability of having low incomes and
thus living in poor communities, often
with minimal police protection and with
all other factors which encourage crime.
Dr . Sotomayor added the fastest growing problem is with female gangs whose
criminal involvement is growing at a rate
Continued on page 4
Photo by LUPE MORA
Chicano Oppression-Interpreted
.
By
FERNANDO
QUINTERO
The statewide MEChA conference
which was held ·at the Sal Mosqueda
Community Center last ,Saturday proved·
to be much more than a conference.
A warm feeling of closeness prevailed
as many young high school students
and college students shared their
feelings and their struggles on being
a Chicano.
A revealing as well as informative
conference opened with a film on the
1970 Chicano Moratorium in · which
20,000 Chicanos and other ~rters
marched through the streets of East
Los Angeles protesting · the Vietnam
war .
Herman Baca, leader of the Committee for Chicano Rights, presented his
interpretation on the three schools of
thought that are currently oppressing
the Chicano community.
~
The first, which is the historical solution of "us" being the problem. "A
perspective hel'd by .Nativists, Radsts,
and Na.tis ."
The second schooi of thought, which
Baca stated "as more dangerous"
is the liberal. "The liberal school of
thought that gives a little bit, rearranges
the furniture, but comes back to the
same dangerous conclusions of maintaining the status quote . W~ see this
in the Carter proposals that call for a
little bit of amnesty and then calls
· for increasing the 'Gestapo' border
patrols."
The last perspective was one that
Baca states "as one we hold." "People
are not the problem, people are the
solution ..." Baca explained, "Immigration is a natural procedure which dates
back to the time of Joseph, Mary, and
baby Jesus who were undocumented
immig.r ants fleeing from their persecutors . The Europeans fled from their
homes in order to seek a new life in this
country. The same people who are fleeing staryation, poverty, and persecution are doing the same thing you and
I would do if we were less fortunate
and in the similar situation."
So what is the problem? Baca names
Continued on paae 4
Herman Baca, speaks.
Photo By BENITO LOPEl
Paae2
1980 Census Seeks
Chicano Count
Hernandez Leads CSUF Team
By ANGELE BELTON
The census is a tool used by the U.5:
With the advent of 1980 comes a to reapportion the distribution of the'.
special event which occurs only once ~embers in the House of Representa-·
every ten years. It is known as the taking t1ves. In other words, every time a census shows a shift in the population,
of th~ census. A census is a methodical
and periodic governmental count of the district lines must be redrawn to reflect
the shift. Also, this COUl)t of the populapopulation. Ever since 1790 the governt!on is used as the basis for the allocament of the United States has used a
decinnial count of jts inhabitants as a t1on of more than $50 billion dollars in
federal funds . The indiviqual states even
basis for congressional representation
used the statistics gathered to determine
and much, much more.
wherE: the local money can be ~pent to
Yet, one often _hears such comments
benefit the most people.
as, "Big deal! It's census time again.
This year every attempt is being made
Why can't those politicians just hurry.
to insure a more accurate count of tht:
up and count the people and be done
population. In 1970 the ·nation's nonwith it?" These common utterances rewhite citizens .were undercounted by
flect a basic fact. Many people do not
understand the reason for taking a cen- almost 7%. This mistake resulted in a
loss of federal funds and political represus.
sentation in many minority communities.
In California alone in 1970 643 000
people in the Hispanic co,;,munities
were not counted -- 20% of California's
brown population simply did riot exist on
paper. It is estimated that because of
this error, California lost 1 delegate in
the House of Representatives and more
than 510 billion in federal funds.
Washington Seeks
Chicano" Political
Science Majors .
The University of Washinaton a
Seattle, Washington in compiling a lis
of Chicano students interested in
continuing their education in political s
science.
The American Political Science
Association has allocated funds for
a graduate fellowship program for
Chicano students for 1980-81. Applicants will be evaluated by the Association on the basis of need and academic motivation criteria. The criteria are:
1. Field of Study - The applicant must
be in the field of political science an
eligible for graduate study.
2. Inadequate Funding - The applican
must demonstrate a need for partial
or complete funding.
3. Academic Standina - The applican
should have a grade point average of
~-0 or_ ~er (on a scale of 1.0 to 4.0)
m political science, or should submit
letters of recommendation from tea-
chers.
The names of applicant should be sen
to:
Herman D. Lujan, Ph.D.
Vi~ Pn:sident for Minority Affairs
Umvers1ty of Washington
392 Schmitz Hall, PC-45
Sea~le, Washington 98195
For more information, call (206) 543
598 and ask to speak to Ms. Anita
tmenez
·
SPORTS
By EU GARCIA
Last weekend, CSUF's badminton
team traveled to Stanford for what
was exoected to be the showdown for
the team championsbiplof the Norcal con ference. Three schools met · at Roble
Gym on the Stanford campus, whtn it
was over, Stanford had been defeated
10-5 by CSUF and San Francisco State
was beaten 13-2.
This puts CSUF
in. controJ of the conference standings
with onlv one conference match yet
to play. This will be a home match on
Saturday, April 12th at 9:00.am·. in the
wome~s 'gym against the University
of California, Davis badminton team.
After this weekend's match it is
apparent that Fresno State Universities' Terrie Hernandez has but one
obstacle keeping her from an unde-
feated season and that is the
U .C., Davis womens' team.
teaming with partner Sabrina
have defeated all competitors this
season for a perfect womens' doub1es
conference record.
She and Kevin Peterson are also
undefeated in mixed doubles and are
likely candidates to be seeded either
number one or two in the conference
championship tournament held here
on Friday April 18 and Saturday
19th.
Elected to the position of team rep
sentative, Terrie's warm personali
sense of humor and leadership ha
been an important part of making t
year's team so successful.
This
Terries' final season of intercollegia
competition and it is proving to
her best and most memorable.
E. 0- ·P. Ln- T.n tram ural Bas· 1_e·th all
jj
As the intramural basketball season
winds down here at CSUF. It appears
quite apparent that E.O.P. women
aren't in the playoff picture.
Last Wednesday nights' game against
the -"Hellcats"
clearly
illustrated
The federal government is trying to progress in this E.O.P . squad. The final
eradicate its errors of the past. It hopes score was 8-2. Maria Torres, a member
to initiate better communication with of this awesome squad, explained the
Spanish-speaking residents . Yet, even
this attempt is to be shrouded in contro- outcome . "We played better than last
week when we lost 36-4. We also played
ve;.si~re has been some question as to a very tough defense, holding them to
whether or not illegal aliens should be only eight points."
counted. ·'since California has ·perhaps
The men's E.O.P. "Gunners" have
the largest illegal-alien population in the done just that, gunned everyone down.
U.S., the way the answer to this question The Gunners went undefeated as_ the
is interpreted could have a great affect in season c_ame to an end last .week with a
the state. Most Hispanic Americans feel 54-52 victory over Bonza1, and now
Con •
~ are headed for the playoffs.
4
ASSEMBLYMAN PETER CHACON
CHICANO AND POLITICS IN
THE 80'5: BILGINUAL EDUCATION
AND OTHER POLITICS
'J.(
1
The "Mean Mean Machine" coac
by "Barney Rubble Mendoza" a
assistant coach Barbaro "Godfath
Gomez who states,"We are ready fort
playoffs." The Mean Machine compi
a 5-0 rec~rd to give them a pert
undefeated season. With
a
skillful
scoring
attack
week
against
a
good
.
"Indians" team . "The "Mean Mach·
was able to oresP.rve a 49-39 vict
over the "Indians."
.
The "Mean Machine" and E.0.
Gunners will be in action this week
the playoffs get underway. La Voz
Aztlan would like to congragulate th
league champions and wish them luck
in the playoffs. La Voz will bring you the
results in next week's issue.
La Voz _Staff
ditor .......... Margarita
M.
Reporters ............ Edward C. _ Apar~
Angele Beh
Eli Ca~
Dora La
Pete Ramf
Yolanda
Fernando Quint
~
uesday March 25 7:00 P.M.
CSUF COLLEGE UNION LOUNGE
Following Mr. Chacon's Presentation, A Reception
Sponsored By The Association Of Mexican American
Educators And The Mexican American Political
Association Will Be Held In The Upstairs Cafeteria.
Work ................. Arturo Oca
.
Juan Herna
Photo Editor ................. Lupe Mora
Luis Vasquez
l
•'t •.•
March 20, 1980
~ La
Voz De Aztlan
Pagel
VISIONS OF WEST FRESNO
Som~ of the oldtimers are as much a fixture of West Fresno as are many old ·
structures dotting the crowded streets of Chinatown.
.
.
Ph-0tograpy
By
Ltipe Mora
• ... I.
,.◄
· WestsideF._trac:b,
a .~ Mlion of people.
-
Paae4
"".i:ueAZt~n
CHICANO
OPPRESSION
In the East Coast, Puerto Ricans~
having ~ro~lems uniting, but Ch
are s~mg as good examples.
On the subject of the draft,
stated, NNo oppressed people
serve in an Imperialist war
anybody.
Given the unempl
that's maintaining in our com
they're going to offer this an an
tive to us.
Continued from page 1
it the "slave system." A system which
exists on both sides of the border. A
slave system in which industry, most
notably the huge oil corporations, confiscate the public's mon~y. In Mexico,
for every one dollar !~vested, seven•
dollars are pulled out·. According to
Baca, this has resulted in a 52% unemployment rate in Mexico. On the .
Northern side of the border, the system
has created a secondary labor market.
N
A committee to stop the fil ·
a 14 million dollar project
Nfort Apache of the South
which will star Paul Newman has
organized and Perez is asking
from MEChA and any other
tions. According to Perez, the
picts Puerto Ricans ~s animals.
film deals with a policeman ·
Newman) fighting the junkies,
tutes deviates, and murderers
portrayed by Puerto Ricans . H
"We can't dismiss this as ·
movie," said Perez. "These films
distributed all over the world, so
are people in Europe who don't
what a Chicanos is and may have
'Boulevard Nights' . Likewise,
are people who don 't know
Puerto Rican is and will see '
Apache . '"
"In the agriculture industry, cheap
labor and non-existent fringe benefits,
·have given agri-businessmen the most
profitable industry in the state as well
as maintained their status -quote-;"
said Baca.
"I don't trust any man
who shoots immigrants
,,
from a helicopter...
Baca also mentioned how the issue
of immigration divides the Chicano
community. "Some Chicanos are ashamed of their unfortunate brother
and feel degraded with being associated
with them . They deny their Mexican
culture and produce lab~ls and terms
such as Hispanic. Hispanic is another
word for a person from Spain."
"Vietnam of the Southwest" is what
Baca calls San Diego, his present hometown. According to Baca, San Diego's
military policy of its immigration department has resulted in women being
raped, children dying, immigrants being
handcuffed and ·shot by border patrolmen.
Baca told La Voz about possible solutions to the immigration problem.
"To abandon the current 'bankrupt
revolving door immigration policv'
Ritchie Perez, bicultural instructor from . New York.
and look at it as an economic problem·."
suggested Baca. When asked about
former U.S.lmmigration Commissioner
Leonel Castillo'~ suggestecj policy
of enhancing border -relations with our
Southern neighbor, Baca merely replied,
"I don 't trust any man who shoots
immigrants from a helicopter and then
turns around and talks about enhancing•
border relations.
N
.
Poto y
NITOL PEZ
Ritchie Perez, a biculttiral instructor
from Brooklyn, New York was the
second featured speaker at the confer.ence.
Perez, a Puerto Rican, talked about
the problems that currently involve
East Coast Puerto Ricans. He mentioned how inspiring it was to see
Chicanos getting together and building
unity among the people from the barrio.
ID
Anuncios
MEcHA MEETING
NEW MEXICO BOUNDl
High school and college st
gave reports on their own
organization's progress. Many d.
high schools attended the cont
including Roosevelt, · Edison,
San Joaquin Memorial,
W
High from Woodland, California
Mid-Pe!linsula from Monterrey.
Layola-Miramont and Universi
Laverne were present.
_
Several different workshops
held ranging from the subject
upcoming Chicano Moratorium
problems of Chicano gangs in
Barrio.
The conference was
su
in giving Chicano's the op
to express their views, ide
inform them of their vital role i
GANGS
Continued from page 1
CENSUS
double of men. "Between 1960
arrests for women increased 200
whereas increase for men was 73
Continued from page 2
MEcHA meeting today in the upstairs Are you one of those who are thinkcafeteria at 12:30. Current issues to
that 1980 could be the year when the
ing of attending USC, UCLA, Stanford,
be discussed.
Everyone welcome.
or some other school far away for grad- accurate enumeration of their members
uate studies? How about the Uriiversity could translate into increased moneys
and political power for the brown poptJof
New Mexic<;>?
LATIN AMERICA
lation.
Today a visiting instructor, Felipe
Gonzales, of the Dept. of Sociology, will
For people who love music which is
The government of these United ·
be available in the College Union Bal- States cah only be a strong and as accurfrom Cuba and Latin America, a day has
been set aside for this music taste by sta- cony, from s· Joa.m. to 4:00p .m ., to talk ate as we , the people, enable it to be.
tion KFCF FM 88 on Saturday March 22. to intrested·students.
"With liberty ,,and justice for all~ are
The
University
of
New
Mexico
is
engaThe program will be as follows:
ging in an agressive recruitment effort simply mere words until the people m_a
9:00 Cuban Music; 10:00 Cuban Section; to increase its graduate enrollment of
country give them meaning . It can only
underrepresented minorities and women be hoped that the 1980 census will make
12:00 Nicaragua; 12:30 Puerto Rico;
according to officials of the UNMOffice every atte_mpt to count. all th~ people,
2:00 Latin American Music; 5:00 Live
·
Latin American Music; 6:00 KPFA Even- of Graduate Studies.
be they illegal aliens or natural-born
ing News; 7:00 Global Perspertives· 8:00
citizens . Sti II, it is the responsibility of
Political Music by Raphael Manriques; According to Dr. Bernard Spolsky, Dean
all of us to make every attempt to be
and at 9:00 Panel Discussion on Central of the UNM Office of Graduate Studies,
counted so that the 1980 census will
the University is the leader of all major
America.
make every attempt to count all the
state and land grant universities in proA listener-sponsored station KFCF
people, be they illegal alians or naturalviding and expanding educational opporFM 88 gets its funds from individual con- tunities for minorities .
tributions and is commercial free. Proborn citizens. Still, it is the respongra~s sue~ as the Latin American Day of
Recent figures show that UNM ranks
sibility of all of us to make every attempt
Music are Just one of the many varied of- first in the nation for a high percentage
to be counted so that the 1980 census will
ferings this station has to contr,ibute to
of Chicano enrollment and first in enroll- be the most accurate in the history of the
the valley's listening audience who are
ment of Native Americans. UNM is se- ·united States . If this can be accomlooking for something different on the
cond in the nation in its percentage of all
plished, we will all be represented on
radio.
· ·
)
minorities enrolled .
.P~per as well as in reality.
H
Another source which may be s
ing gang activities is the news
"In the S0's, the media er
impression ot horror (Zoot S
Pachucos). In the 60's and ea
the gangs died out, but in the I
the gangs reappeared in the
This, she · stated, appeals to
offender .
Sotomayor, public liasion o
the Office of the Administra
cohol, Drug Abuse and Menta
in HEW noted that not al I g
criminal prone.
"Gang mem
is not necessarily criminal
it is important for adolescents
different
implications for ditt
,t
groups.
Probably the most serious p
lies within society itself. NSome
still refuse to believe this is a
society, Sotomayor claimed.
stressed massive community d
ment, including economic devel
strategies should be considered
Chicano communities. "People
believe there is an ever present,
increasing problem of gang viol
and youth offenders that must be
with.'
..
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LA VOZ-de AZTLAN
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March 20, 1980
Thursday
SotoD1ayor Discusses Barrio_Gangs
,,...
By EDWARD APARICIO
,. Lonsmutmg the second largest ethnic mi;~c:·, ~y , i~hk~nos are·confronted by
an ever increasing problem of violent
crill)inal gang activity in the ' United
States, but little is being done to correct
it, ' Dr . Marta Sotomayor told students
at California State University
Fresno
'last Wednesday, March 11 .
Dr. Marta Sotomayor, an official with
the Department of Health, Education ,
and Welfare and Chairperson of the
Board of Directors of the National Coun. cil of La Raza, lectured students on-gang
activity, drug abuse, and juvenile delinquency and what must be done to remedy these problems.
' Sotomayor stated concrete figures and
research must be sought to deal with the
problem in an effective manner .
Their culture and language sets the
Chicano aside from others, but yet it is
e-xtremely difficult to document because
Chicanos are classified in nearly all
crime reports-Federal, state, or local;
arrests, victimization, conviction, etc .,as white.
· And because of their culture and language, they suffer disproportionately
from poverty, discrim ination , and isolation from the nation's social, political and
economic mainstream.
Chicano youths are considered to have
the greatest problems related to gangs
and violent crimes. In a study of six
cities, 85% of gang members totaling as
many as 81,000 were minority youth .
''The prime age for gang activity is 13 to
18years old ."
Another major obstacle which must be
overcome is education- or rather the lack
of it. "Current statistics show that 90%
of the adult offenders do not have high
school diplomas when first incarcerated;
more than 50% of the population has
less than an 8th grade education .''
'Some people still
refuse to believe this is
Q
racist SOCiety. II
With the lack of education, stems low
income which constitutes more crime
and violence . "Chicanos are believed to
be disproportionately likely to become
victims of crime because of their high
probability of having low incomes and
thus living in poor communities, often
with minimal police protection and with
all other factors which encourage crime.
Dr . Sotomayor added the fastest growing problem is with female gangs whose
criminal involvement is growing at a rate
Continued on page 4
Photo by LUPE MORA
Chicano Oppression-Interpreted
.
By
FERNANDO
QUINTERO
The statewide MEChA conference
which was held ·at the Sal Mosqueda
Community Center last ,Saturday proved·
to be much more than a conference.
A warm feeling of closeness prevailed
as many young high school students
and college students shared their
feelings and their struggles on being
a Chicano.
A revealing as well as informative
conference opened with a film on the
1970 Chicano Moratorium in · which
20,000 Chicanos and other ~rters
marched through the streets of East
Los Angeles protesting · the Vietnam
war .
Herman Baca, leader of the Committee for Chicano Rights, presented his
interpretation on the three schools of
thought that are currently oppressing
the Chicano community.
~
The first, which is the historical solution of "us" being the problem. "A
perspective hel'd by .Nativists, Radsts,
and Na.tis ."
The second schooi of thought, which
Baca stated "as more dangerous"
is the liberal. "The liberal school of
thought that gives a little bit, rearranges
the furniture, but comes back to the
same dangerous conclusions of maintaining the status quote . W~ see this
in the Carter proposals that call for a
little bit of amnesty and then calls
· for increasing the 'Gestapo' border
patrols."
The last perspective was one that
Baca states "as one we hold." "People
are not the problem, people are the
solution ..." Baca explained, "Immigration is a natural procedure which dates
back to the time of Joseph, Mary, and
baby Jesus who were undocumented
immig.r ants fleeing from their persecutors . The Europeans fled from their
homes in order to seek a new life in this
country. The same people who are fleeing staryation, poverty, and persecution are doing the same thing you and
I would do if we were less fortunate
and in the similar situation."
So what is the problem? Baca names
Continued on paae 4
Herman Baca, speaks.
Photo By BENITO LOPEl
Paae2
1980 Census Seeks
Chicano Count
Hernandez Leads CSUF Team
By ANGELE BELTON
The census is a tool used by the U.5:
With the advent of 1980 comes a to reapportion the distribution of the'.
special event which occurs only once ~embers in the House of Representa-·
every ten years. It is known as the taking t1ves. In other words, every time a census shows a shift in the population,
of th~ census. A census is a methodical
and periodic governmental count of the district lines must be redrawn to reflect
the shift. Also, this COUl)t of the populapopulation. Ever since 1790 the governt!on is used as the basis for the allocament of the United States has used a
decinnial count of jts inhabitants as a t1on of more than $50 billion dollars in
federal funds . The indiviqual states even
basis for congressional representation
used the statistics gathered to determine
and much, much more.
wherE: the local money can be ~pent to
Yet, one often _hears such comments
benefit the most people.
as, "Big deal! It's census time again.
This year every attempt is being made
Why can't those politicians just hurry.
to insure a more accurate count of tht:
up and count the people and be done
population. In 1970 the ·nation's nonwith it?" These common utterances rewhite citizens .were undercounted by
flect a basic fact. Many people do not
understand the reason for taking a cen- almost 7%. This mistake resulted in a
loss of federal funds and political represus.
sentation in many minority communities.
In California alone in 1970 643 000
people in the Hispanic co,;,munities
were not counted -- 20% of California's
brown population simply did riot exist on
paper. It is estimated that because of
this error, California lost 1 delegate in
the House of Representatives and more
than 510 billion in federal funds.
Washington Seeks
Chicano" Political
Science Majors .
The University of Washinaton a
Seattle, Washington in compiling a lis
of Chicano students interested in
continuing their education in political s
science.
The American Political Science
Association has allocated funds for
a graduate fellowship program for
Chicano students for 1980-81. Applicants will be evaluated by the Association on the basis of need and academic motivation criteria. The criteria are:
1. Field of Study - The applicant must
be in the field of political science an
eligible for graduate study.
2. Inadequate Funding - The applican
must demonstrate a need for partial
or complete funding.
3. Academic Standina - The applican
should have a grade point average of
~-0 or_ ~er (on a scale of 1.0 to 4.0)
m political science, or should submit
letters of recommendation from tea-
chers.
The names of applicant should be sen
to:
Herman D. Lujan, Ph.D.
Vi~ Pn:sident for Minority Affairs
Umvers1ty of Washington
392 Schmitz Hall, PC-45
Sea~le, Washington 98195
For more information, call (206) 543
598 and ask to speak to Ms. Anita
tmenez
·
SPORTS
By EU GARCIA
Last weekend, CSUF's badminton
team traveled to Stanford for what
was exoected to be the showdown for
the team championsbiplof the Norcal con ference. Three schools met · at Roble
Gym on the Stanford campus, whtn it
was over, Stanford had been defeated
10-5 by CSUF and San Francisco State
was beaten 13-2.
This puts CSUF
in. controJ of the conference standings
with onlv one conference match yet
to play. This will be a home match on
Saturday, April 12th at 9:00.am·. in the
wome~s 'gym against the University
of California, Davis badminton team.
After this weekend's match it is
apparent that Fresno State Universities' Terrie Hernandez has but one
obstacle keeping her from an unde-
feated season and that is the
U .C., Davis womens' team.
teaming with partner Sabrina
have defeated all competitors this
season for a perfect womens' doub1es
conference record.
She and Kevin Peterson are also
undefeated in mixed doubles and are
likely candidates to be seeded either
number one or two in the conference
championship tournament held here
on Friday April 18 and Saturday
19th.
Elected to the position of team rep
sentative, Terrie's warm personali
sense of humor and leadership ha
been an important part of making t
year's team so successful.
This
Terries' final season of intercollegia
competition and it is proving to
her best and most memorable.
E. 0- ·P. Ln- T.n tram ural Bas· 1_e·th all
jj
As the intramural basketball season
winds down here at CSUF. It appears
quite apparent that E.O.P. women
aren't in the playoff picture.
Last Wednesday nights' game against
the -"Hellcats"
clearly
illustrated
The federal government is trying to progress in this E.O.P . squad. The final
eradicate its errors of the past. It hopes score was 8-2. Maria Torres, a member
to initiate better communication with of this awesome squad, explained the
Spanish-speaking residents . Yet, even
this attempt is to be shrouded in contro- outcome . "We played better than last
week when we lost 36-4. We also played
ve;.si~re has been some question as to a very tough defense, holding them to
whether or not illegal aliens should be only eight points."
counted. ·'since California has ·perhaps
The men's E.O.P. "Gunners" have
the largest illegal-alien population in the done just that, gunned everyone down.
U.S., the way the answer to this question The Gunners went undefeated as_ the
is interpreted could have a great affect in season c_ame to an end last .week with a
the state. Most Hispanic Americans feel 54-52 victory over Bonza1, and now
Con •
~ are headed for the playoffs.
4
ASSEMBLYMAN PETER CHACON
CHICANO AND POLITICS IN
THE 80'5: BILGINUAL EDUCATION
AND OTHER POLITICS
'J.(
1
The "Mean Mean Machine" coac
by "Barney Rubble Mendoza" a
assistant coach Barbaro "Godfath
Gomez who states,"We are ready fort
playoffs." The Mean Machine compi
a 5-0 rec~rd to give them a pert
undefeated season. With
a
skillful
scoring
attack
week
against
a
good
.
"Indians" team . "The "Mean Mach·
was able to oresP.rve a 49-39 vict
over the "Indians."
.
The "Mean Machine" and E.0.
Gunners will be in action this week
the playoffs get underway. La Voz
Aztlan would like to congragulate th
league champions and wish them luck
in the playoffs. La Voz will bring you the
results in next week's issue.
La Voz _Staff
ditor .......... Margarita
M.
Reporters ............ Edward C. _ Apar~
Angele Beh
Eli Ca~
Dora La
Pete Ramf
Yolanda
Fernando Quint
~
uesday March 25 7:00 P.M.
CSUF COLLEGE UNION LOUNGE
Following Mr. Chacon's Presentation, A Reception
Sponsored By The Association Of Mexican American
Educators And The Mexican American Political
Association Will Be Held In The Upstairs Cafeteria.
Work ................. Arturo Oca
.
Juan Herna
Photo Editor ................. Lupe Mora
Luis Vasquez
l
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March 20, 1980
~ La
Voz De Aztlan
Pagel
VISIONS OF WEST FRESNO
Som~ of the oldtimers are as much a fixture of West Fresno as are many old ·
structures dotting the crowded streets of Chinatown.
.
.
Ph-0tograpy
By
Ltipe Mora
• ... I.
,.◄
· WestsideF._trac:b,
a .~ Mlion of people.
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Paae4
"".i:ueAZt~n
CHICANO
OPPRESSION
In the East Coast, Puerto Ricans~
having ~ro~lems uniting, but Ch
are s~mg as good examples.
On the subject of the draft,
stated, NNo oppressed people
serve in an Imperialist war
anybody.
Given the unempl
that's maintaining in our com
they're going to offer this an an
tive to us.
Continued from page 1
it the "slave system." A system which
exists on both sides of the border. A
slave system in which industry, most
notably the huge oil corporations, confiscate the public's mon~y. In Mexico,
for every one dollar !~vested, seven•
dollars are pulled out·. According to
Baca, this has resulted in a 52% unemployment rate in Mexico. On the .
Northern side of the border, the system
has created a secondary labor market.
N
A committee to stop the fil ·
a 14 million dollar project
Nfort Apache of the South
which will star Paul Newman has
organized and Perez is asking
from MEChA and any other
tions. According to Perez, the
picts Puerto Ricans ~s animals.
film deals with a policeman ·
Newman) fighting the junkies,
tutes deviates, and murderers
portrayed by Puerto Ricans . H
"We can't dismiss this as ·
movie," said Perez. "These films
distributed all over the world, so
are people in Europe who don't
what a Chicanos is and may have
'Boulevard Nights' . Likewise,
are people who don 't know
Puerto Rican is and will see '
Apache . '"
"In the agriculture industry, cheap
labor and non-existent fringe benefits,
·have given agri-businessmen the most
profitable industry in the state as well
as maintained their status -quote-;"
said Baca.
"I don't trust any man
who shoots immigrants
,,
from a helicopter...
Baca also mentioned how the issue
of immigration divides the Chicano
community. "Some Chicanos are ashamed of their unfortunate brother
and feel degraded with being associated
with them . They deny their Mexican
culture and produce lab~ls and terms
such as Hispanic. Hispanic is another
word for a person from Spain."
"Vietnam of the Southwest" is what
Baca calls San Diego, his present hometown. According to Baca, San Diego's
military policy of its immigration department has resulted in women being
raped, children dying, immigrants being
handcuffed and ·shot by border patrolmen.
Baca told La Voz about possible solutions to the immigration problem.
"To abandon the current 'bankrupt
revolving door immigration policv'
Ritchie Perez, bicultural instructor from . New York.
and look at it as an economic problem·."
suggested Baca. When asked about
former U.S.lmmigration Commissioner
Leonel Castillo'~ suggestecj policy
of enhancing border -relations with our
Southern neighbor, Baca merely replied,
"I don 't trust any man who shoots
immigrants from a helicopter and then
turns around and talks about enhancing•
border relations.
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.
Poto y
NITOL PEZ
Ritchie Perez, a biculttiral instructor
from Brooklyn, New York was the
second featured speaker at the confer.ence.
Perez, a Puerto Rican, talked about
the problems that currently involve
East Coast Puerto Ricans. He mentioned how inspiring it was to see
Chicanos getting together and building
unity among the people from the barrio.
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MEcHA MEETING
NEW MEXICO BOUNDl
High school and college st
gave reports on their own
organization's progress. Many d.
high schools attended the cont
including Roosevelt, · Edison,
San Joaquin Memorial,
W
High from Woodland, California
Mid-Pe!linsula from Monterrey.
Layola-Miramont and Universi
Laverne were present.
_
Several different workshops
held ranging from the subject
upcoming Chicano Moratorium
problems of Chicano gangs in
Barrio.
The conference was
su
in giving Chicano's the op
to express their views, ide
inform them of their vital role i
GANGS
Continued from page 1
CENSUS
double of men. "Between 1960
arrests for women increased 200
whereas increase for men was 73
Continued from page 2
MEcHA meeting today in the upstairs Are you one of those who are thinkcafeteria at 12:30. Current issues to
that 1980 could be the year when the
ing of attending USC, UCLA, Stanford,
be discussed.
Everyone welcome.
or some other school far away for grad- accurate enumeration of their members
uate studies? How about the Uriiversity could translate into increased moneys
and political power for the brown poptJof
New Mexic<;>?
LATIN AMERICA
lation.
Today a visiting instructor, Felipe
Gonzales, of the Dept. of Sociology, will
For people who love music which is
The government of these United ·
be available in the College Union Bal- States cah only be a strong and as accurfrom Cuba and Latin America, a day has
been set aside for this music taste by sta- cony, from s· Joa.m. to 4:00p .m ., to talk ate as we , the people, enable it to be.
tion KFCF FM 88 on Saturday March 22. to intrested·students.
"With liberty ,,and justice for all~ are
The
University
of
New
Mexico
is
engaThe program will be as follows:
ging in an agressive recruitment effort simply mere words until the people m_a
9:00 Cuban Music; 10:00 Cuban Section; to increase its graduate enrollment of
country give them meaning . It can only
underrepresented minorities and women be hoped that the 1980 census will make
12:00 Nicaragua; 12:30 Puerto Rico;
according to officials of the UNMOffice every atte_mpt to count. all th~ people,
2:00 Latin American Music; 5:00 Live
·
Latin American Music; 6:00 KPFA Even- of Graduate Studies.
be they illegal aliens or natural-born
ing News; 7:00 Global Perspertives· 8:00
citizens . Sti II, it is the responsibility of
Political Music by Raphael Manriques; According to Dr. Bernard Spolsky, Dean
all of us to make every attempt to be
and at 9:00 Panel Discussion on Central of the UNM Office of Graduate Studies,
counted so that the 1980 census will
the University is the leader of all major
America.
make every attempt to count all the
state and land grant universities in proA listener-sponsored station KFCF
people, be they illegal alians or naturalviding and expanding educational opporFM 88 gets its funds from individual con- tunities for minorities .
tributions and is commercial free. Proborn citizens. Still, it is the respongra~s sue~ as the Latin American Day of
Recent figures show that UNM ranks
sibility of all of us to make every attempt
Music are Just one of the many varied of- first in the nation for a high percentage
to be counted so that the 1980 census will
ferings this station has to contr,ibute to
of Chicano enrollment and first in enroll- be the most accurate in the history of the
the valley's listening audience who are
ment of Native Americans. UNM is se- ·united States . If this can be accomlooking for something different on the
cond in the nation in its percentage of all
plished, we will all be represented on
radio.
· ·
)
minorities enrolled .
.P~per as well as in reality.
H
Another source which may be s
ing gang activities is the news
"In the S0's, the media er
impression ot horror (Zoot S
Pachucos). In the 60's and ea
the gangs died out, but in the I
the gangs reappeared in the
This, she · stated, appeals to
offender .
Sotomayor, public liasion o
the Office of the Administra
cohol, Drug Abuse and Menta
in HEW noted that not al I g
criminal prone.
"Gang mem
is not necessarily criminal
it is important for adolescents
different
implications for ditt
,t
groups.
Probably the most serious p
lies within society itself. NSome
still refuse to believe this is a
society, Sotomayor claimed.
stressed massive community d
ment, including economic devel
strategies should be considered
Chicano communities. "People
believe there is an ever present,
increasing problem of gang viol
and youth offenders that must be
with.'
..
N