La Voz de Aztlan, November 6 1980
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La Voz de Aztlan, November 6 1980
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Associated Students of Fresno State
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La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)
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Fresno, California
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11/6/1980
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CSUF new home for HEP
by Pete Ramirez
~hosen from nine finalist state
fh•ver~ities. CSUF is the new home for
e H12h_ ~chool Equivlency Program
(HEP). ervmg non-traditional students
a~ 0 PP<>rtunity to earn their high school
d1pomas
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The oroeram, which was . relocated
from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, is one
of two HF:P sites in this state and one
of 14 in the nation.
·
According to program director,
Antonio ~arcia, the support for the
program came from the CSUF administration . w.hich was a big deciding
factor in relocating in Fresno.
Mr. Garcia, who has been with the
program for nine years explained that
the st~dP.n~s come from different parts
of Cal1forn1a and Arizona, as well as
a few from around the Fresno area.
, The student, s reason for being in
the_ pr~eram is to complete their educatr~n '" high s~hool so that they may
contmue on t~ h1gh~r learning or go on
to some other Job training field.
The st11dents are enthusiastic of the
opportunities HEP provides. It gives
them initiative to continue their education anci hopefully someday attain
a job whic.h would enhance their present
status.
Francisca De Leon, a HEP student,
was formally working as a clerk in a
supermarket and saw the valuable
opportunitv hep offerered.
"I thornzht it was a good time to get
away to eet my head together and
do somPthing worthwhile," De Leon
stated .
Upon c:ompletion of the program,
De Leon intends to enroll at CSUF and
continue to further her education.
Mr. C.arcia gave examples of why
some students choose to go through
the program rather than attend regular
high school. One example is a student,
who was two weeks away from getting
his high c;chool diploma but his family
moved to another area.
Havine relocated and unabie to
graduate from his high school, he chose
to finish those two weeks he missed
with the HEP program . Former students
have gone on ~o better jobs, one for
See HEP na"e6·
Chicanos in Law
Students prepare
for law school
Manv Chicano college students
are eyeing law school as a way to help
in attaining justice. They also view
If you have been looking into a
the goal of- becoming an attorney as
career after college or if you have
talked to a career counselor you know an alternative for the Chicano comthat there is an oversupply of lawyers munity to indifferent Anglo lawyers.
Here at CSUF there is an organizain the United States.
President Carter has said that the tion aimed at making law school a more
United States has one of the heaviest feasible goal. The organization, Chicanos In Law, is open to any student at
concentration of lawyers on earth .
He has said that there is more litigation, CSUF interested in a career in law .
Chicanos in Law has established
but he isn't sure that there is more
justice.
itself as a serious organization dedicated
· Manv Chicanos can identify with to h.elpine students entering law school.
In the oast, members have visited
having little justice. With a higher
percentaee of persons in prisons than most of the law schools in California .
They have met with recruiters from
in graduate schools, Chicanos are
not . whom Carter and others speak these law schools. They have also met
of when they speak about a heavy with the La Raza Law Student Assodaconcentration of lawyers.
tions from the various law schools .
For example, there is one Chicano
This semester Chicanos in Law is
lawyer for every 9,480 Chicanos,
headed
hv Jayne Mascorro. Other ofcompared to one Anglo lawyer for
every 3.'iO Anglos. Especially scarce ficers include Edward Aparicio, viceare those Chicanos who can effectively president. Luis Vasquez, treasurer,
and Margarita Martinez, secretary .
communi_c ate in Spanish .
See Chicanos In law page 6
bv Margarita M. Martinez
Adentro
Bob ·Perez discusses· his career ............. Page 3
Halloween ... Raza Style!!............. Pages 4 & 5
What are these people up to??
See additional photos on pages 4 and 5.
Soccer, feature ....... ~ ........................Page 7
NovembPr 6, 111
LA VOZ OE AZTLAN
Page2
RAZA
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And I will -fulfill
M~ Country's
•• ~
Ob\ iia-\-ions .
let's get
better
acquainted
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Letter to El Ed(itor)
Q-voRaza.
Last week many new Chicano students
were seen on campus. These students
belon~ to the High School Equivalency
Program (H.E.P). These students
are here for one important puposeto recieve a high school diploma. The
best thine is that these students are
exposed to our campus.
So Raza. let's welcome our younger
brothers and sisters to our campus
and talk to them about the importaro
of an education.
·
Y siouiera, invite them to one of yoo
classes. Quien sabe?
You might
see some of these students enrolled
next semester. Que sique la lucha '
N'Ademy AwArd
Bcz.s+ Ac.tor :-
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f.Mj-MU
'si se puede.'
Alrato
Daveed Torres
CHO Runs Logo Contest
First Annual
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LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
NMmb.r '· 1980
Page3
Antdyzes Bakk~ Case
One of California's best attorney's, Bob Perez,
discusses successful career and law profession
by Edward Aparido
'I personally do not think the Bakke
decision was the end of the world,
stated Robert Perez one of the state's
more orominent personal injury attorneys and associate professor of
aiminolo2y at CSUF. "It could have
been worse. "
'The only thing it strikes down is quotas. I'm not so sure that even without
Bakke we wouldn't be going through
the same thing, that is, the door somewhat closing,
Perez remarked. "I
think it is incumbent for us to push
for affirmative action.
Born in Los Angeles and raised in
Oosi, in Tulare County, Perez graduated from Orosi High School and from
the Colle2e of the Sequoias in Visalia.
Upon completion at COS, he transferred to California State University
atChico.
While at CSUC, Perez' main goal
was to become a professor at the
universitv level. HPrimarily my intentions were to become a teacher.
I
wanted to teach criminology.
That
was my objective," Perez claimed.
Perez hadn't really thought about law
school until he took a couple of courses
in business law from an instructor
who was a lawyer. "I was fascinated.
I became very, very interested," Perez
recalled.
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Perez' first feelings were what many
students ~o through in their initial
academic vear. "I went in very scared.
Many of the students coming in were
from Berkeley, Stanford and other name
schools .." Perez said.
"And there I
was ... a kid from Chico State, a kid from
the Vallev. I was really scared." ·
Hin looking back at it now, 1'm
glad I was scared because I worked at
it very hard.,, Perez exclaimed.
Perez·, continual struggle paid off
after the first year as he was number
one, academically, in his class. "I was
really surprised," Perez exclaimed.
McGeor~e rewarded Perez wth a
scholarshio ~hich he viewed as a
blessimz from the sky. "At the time I
was married and financially it was very
difficult. The scholarship pretty well
took care of tuition. All I had to worry
about was eating and sleeping,,, said
Perez. "I was fortunate to have various
little jobs. We may not have had very
much, but we made it.,,
Perez' "little jobs" consisted of
runnin2 the minority students tutorial
center at McGeorge, working for the
Sacramento pub Iic defender's office,
and teaching in the Chicano Studies
Department at Sacramento State Un. iversity.
'I reaUy enjoyed "law school... the pressure
... That type of competition, especially when
yOU combine it with fear, provided an
atmosphere which enabled me to grow.
Retlecting back on both careers,
Perez has always felt a conflict between
teachin2 and practicing law. "It is very
difficult not to want to engage in the profession. Not that:-'I don't enjoy teaching.
lcertainlv do. 1've always had a conflict
between 'teacher and lawyer' and at
different times in my life one prevails
nver the other."
After 2raduating from Chico State
in 1967 with honors, Perez sat out a year
and worked. During the course of the
vear, Perez and a couple of other
individuals started a program, HProject
Proteus.,, to be funded by the federal
IOVernment to aid migrants and farmworkers. At the time it was a "very
small" oro~ram. The budget consisted ·
of $250.000.
"It's presently a $10
million orogram," Perez commented.
In 1968. Perez was a1:fmitted to the
University of Pacific School of Law,
Mcceoree on a "conditional basis. H
"I was admitted into McGeorge
prior to mv LSA T (Law School Admission
Test) on the condition that I must do
well in order to meet the provision,,,
Perez recalled.
Upon receiving his LSAT score,
Perez was immediately troubled as he
had received a low score. HI was really
worried they might disavow it (admission) since I did not meet the condition,
butthev did not." Perez stated.
Despite the fact that Perez had to worl<
at various jobs during law school, Perez
looks back at it now and is amused by
the experience.
"I really enjoyed law school. .. the
pressure. Most people look upon
law school as sort of like people who
have been in the service look at boot
camp,,, Perez stated. Hfor some reason
it was the type of thing I thrived on.
rn essence. I 've found myself to be a
very comoetitive person.,,
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HThat tvpe of competition, especially
when you combine it with fear, provided
an atmosohere which enabled me to
grow," Perez said.
Perez eraduated from McGeorge
with honors in 1972 and immediately
began teaching in the criminology
department at CSUF.
Along with
teachin2. Perez began practicing law
with Armando Rodriguez as an associate.
Once Rodriguez was appointed to the
bench. Perez expanded his law practice
an-d concentrated on personal injury.
Thus entering the field of personal injury, this enabled Perez to scale new
heights.
Rapidly building up his
reputation as an attorney who ,, gets
the job done" Perez has amazingly
; Perez, Fresno's Best, elaborates on career.
built up a rather successful I.aw career
in a short oeriod of time.
Within the last two years, Perez
has been on the winning side of three
major lawsuit~.
Althoueh having won lawsuits of
$8.7 million and $4.I million, Perez is
most proud of a lawsuit whose end
result was just over S 1 million.
"That case gives me the most good
feeling. The case involved an undocumented alien, who was a parapalegic.,,
Perez exolained.
With oolitics being the name of the
game, Perez is disturbed by widespread
Chicano apathy and lack of voting
participation.
"Something Chicanos should start
becomine aware of is that the system
can be made to work for you ... let's
take it over." Perez exclaimed.
"We have enough of us who are
eligible to vote to win any election,"
Perez commented.
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'Something Chicanos should, start becoming
aware of is that the system can be made to
work for you ... let's take it over'
While still teaching part-time at CSUF
Perez eyes a political career in the
future. "I would like to one day be the
first Chicano federal district court
judge. Althou2h, I am talking about
a long way down the line ... l 'm having
too muc.h fun right now."
Perez felt there was many reasons
why Chicanos do not vote, but cited
a traditional overtone that underlies
most of these problems. "Most Chicanos
feel 'the less government, the better, '
is a carryowr from our grandparents
whom fled Mexico during the revolution,,, Perez said.
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A WELCOME TO THE 4TH ANNUAL ADELIT AS' HALLOWEEN DANCE.
ALADIN AND A SAMPLE FROM HIS HAREM.
DR~CULA EYES HIS NEXT VICTIM.
THE WOLFMAN AND A ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW FILM FAN.
Photos
by
Robert Hernandez
·:HE CLOWN; ALSO GOT INTO THE ACT DURING THE COSTUME
..• AND REPRESENTING THE DEVIL ..
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
Page6
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HEP
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Continued from page 1
example is a director for a Ht:.t' program
in Washineton.
A normal class day consists of a
program at 8:00 in the morning which
may consist .of a guest speaker or just
a pep talk. The schedule also consists
of general education courses such as
history. sdence, math, etc.
The classes end at 3:00 in the afterBeine Part of the establishment noon anrl the students go to their
in law. Perez is disturbed by the movie "dorms" where they are required to
industrv depicting lawyers, politicians, do two hours of homework each night.
and other public office electees in a This is uc;ually done on their own after
negative manner.
spendine the first three weeks in a
Perez was irritated by last year's study hall atmosphere. The Hdorms"
movie. And Justice For All, starring
are the Shaw College apartments on
Al Pacino. "The movie made me very the corner of Cedar and Shaw.
mad," Perez said.
As to how long it takes for a person
Perez felt the movie portrayed the to comolete a program, Mr. Garcia
law profession in an unj_u st manner, answererl . "it varies from two months
implying that nothing was right with
to six months depending on a student's
the
_ motivation. H
Noting the fact that there are
deficiencies within the system, Perez
remarked that it was an obligation
to all concerned, especially lawyers,
to correct such imperfections.
HI believe in it (the system). I'm part
of the establishment, H Perez stressed.
"I'm workingwithin the system."
Perez also doubles as a criminology prof
"It's very difficult to _respect a system
you don't even understand."
Bob Perez
Continued from Page 6 .
This lack of interest, Perez emphasized, has an overall effect on the
Chicano community. Hit's very difficult
to respect a system you don 't even
understand." Perez stated.
"It's often been said that there are
too many lawyers right now. I agree
with that statement, Perez said.
H
"But that does not mean I would discourage Chicanos to study law. There is
not an overabundance of Chicanos in
the field . and more importantly, there
are verv few who speak Spanish.'
HEP. federally funded, has a $500,<XX>
budget ~hich pays for all student
living and school expenses and the
teac;himz staff. The staff consists of
13 full-time teachers with part-time assistance.
The students are registered as CSUF
students even paying the student
body fees which entitle them to access
to all
the
university facilities.
This also enables them to use these
facilities on the weekends if they choose
not to 20 home.
The fPedback from the university
in connertion to the program is positive,
but with ouzzlement. Most people do
nof know anything about HEP and
Mr. Carda sees this as something that
needs correction in the near future.
Chicanos In Law
Continued from page 1
At their weekly meetings they have
been planning such activities as future
law school trips. Their biggest planning
project is the second annual Chicanos
In Law law day to be held in March.
The meetings also host speakers
such as iudges and lawyers as well
as instructors at CSUF. Topics range
from the various law schools to talk.
about post-Bakke effects in law school
minoritv admissions. Two weeks ago
Jess Avila. member of the La Raza
Lawyer's Association chapter in Fresno,
addressed the group .
Other orojects to date include the
coordinating of a prepatory LSAT
study group for those members preparing for the LSA T.
Chicanos in Law is hosting three
recruiters on November 7 in the College
l Inion Room 308 from 12:00 to 2:00.
Photo bv Richard Rias~
Two of the recruiters, Ramiro Jacinto
of the UC:LA School of Law, and Arturo
Ocampo of Boalt Hall (Berkeley) are
former Chicanos in Law members.
These recruiters will also be at the
Chicanos in Law meeting in November
7 at 3:00 in the College Union.
For more information about Chicanos in
Law, a message may be left in the
Chicanos In Law message box in the
La Raza Studies office.
Director of LaRaMa speaks
to CHO members
.
Roberto Rubalcava, director-recruiter
for the La Raza Medical Association
(LaRaMA) was the featured speaker at a
CHO meeting held Oct. 29th.
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His primary goal was to introduce
LaRa MA to freshmen and sophomore
pre-med st,.·...tants. Rubalcava related the
fact that LaRaMA was the only indepen-
dent Raza medical association. He stated
that LaRaMA 's purpose is to serve the
Raza community and the community of
Raza phvsicians in every phase of their
professional growth .
Rubalcava stressed the idea that
LaRaMA would provide valuable assistance to those CHO members who are
nlanning to become doctors.
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
Novemb..r 6, 1980
Page7
Soccer team readies for USF
by Eli Garcia
ThAr,::. is a look of confidence these.
days on the face of CSUF' s soccer coach
Jose Eleorriaga as he see' s his rourth
rated Bulldogs just one game behind
conferenc.e leader and number one
ranked uc;F.
There has been some skepticism
throuRhout the season on how well the i
Bulldogs rea, 1y were. The Uogs have
moved up and down the top ten ladder,
but it seems like the chemistry that
mach Elgorriaga said would'take a while
mmuster up, is evidently producing and
apparent.
The Bulldogs traveled to Santa Clara
to play thefourth ranked Broncos in a
crucial conterence · game, and CSUF
came away a clear winner in what one
might consider a mild upset, but not
Elgorriaga.
"We s.1id from the start that we were
really confident and as good if not better
than Santa Clara. The teams played
accordingly to our game plan and
m~de t~e _Br~>nc~s ~lay .our gamt:."
When asked what has been the one element to the team's success Elgorriaga
replied. "We have been playing very
aggressive ball and we have also cut
down on our mental mistakes. We made
very few mistakes a2ainst Santa Clara
and° it was evident in the game final
outcome."
Bulld
Photo bv Robert Hernandez
With a 4-2 victory over thP l lniversity
of Berkelev. the stage is clearly set for
a showrlown between the Bulldogs
and the l JSF team.
In conclusion Elgorriaga stated that
his team has not reached their potential
and expects his team to come out
shooting against San Francisco.
"This is the type of situation our
team wanted to be in all season. We
have had our share of ups and downs
but we ·have overcome every type of
obstacle that has confronted us. We have
worked extremely hard and this week
will be no exception. Everything we
worked for comes down to our final
game, and I can honestly say, that they
are a great team and have been for the
past several years. Last year we almost
beat them and this year we would like
nothing more than to take the title from
them and bring it home~ When asked
how he matched both teams, Coach
Elgorriaga replied, "Man for man they
probably have a slight edge on us, but
I think we are mentally and physically
ready. We will have to play a great game
in order to come out of the confrontation the champions.
added dimension
by Anna Wong
Do most people know that "football"
means soccer outside the United States
and Canada?
According to the New York Times
Guide to Spectator Sports, soccer
"is the most widely-played, best-attended, most intently followed team game in
the world."
One of the reasons why CSUF has
such a talented soccer team is because
of Rosendo (Rosie) Gutierrez, who plays
right halfback. Gutierrez a sophomore
from Porterville has started every game
at CSUF since his freshman year.
Gutierrez' position is unique in that
he has to play both a halfback and a
forward. When CSUF is on the attack,
he's a forward; when they're playing
defense, he becomes a halfback.
His position is very demanding in that
it reouires both stamina and speed.
Soccer Illustrated has the opinion that
halfbacks are considered the work horses
· c of the team because they are as much
E
"' a part of the defense as they are of the
11 offense.
~ "Rosie is a very talented player,"
11 stated Bob Bereskin, former head coach
i of CSUF's soccer team. Bereskin also
~ added that Gutierrez has a lot of ball
.c skills; Gutierrez can do things that
other players cannot do.
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The former coach goes on to say that
a. Gutierrez has more innate talent than
any other player on the team. When Gutierrez is on offens~, there is no playe~
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Rosendo Gutierrez (left) attempts to outmaneuver Miguel Avila.
Danny Cerna, the assistant coach,
thinks that Gutierrez is the best player
in the league when it comes to ball
control. As far as the team is concerned
Gutierrez can score from anywhere on
the field.
"Instinctively, he can do anything
you want him to," says Coach Jose El
gorriaga. The coach also expressed that
potentially, Gutierrez is one of the most
outstanding players at Fresno State.
Elgorriaga say with confidence about
Gutierrez, "The difference between what
he is and what he could be is up to him."
Nathan Riojas, his reliever, thinks
that Gutierrez has great anticipation,
great perception of what's going on in
the game and that Gutierrez plays a
well controlled game.
Riojas adaea' inat Gutierrez will see
an opponent coming from the side and
he' II stop the ball, thereby letting
the player slide past him. This is just
.one of the tactics he uses of offense.
On a s;td, note, Rosie's· brother Eddi
passed away recently. When Gutierrez
was asked how that experience has affected him, he replied, "It made me look
at life in another fashion ."
The whole team banded together and
showed support and encouragement
for him . His teammates encouraged
him to keep playing.
Gutierrez has performed up to his
capabilitiP.s despite this tragedy.
Noting by his contribution to the team,
he has
rformed admirab
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Chfcanas come a long way
By Yolanda Granados
A Chicana may be rural, urban, poor,
middle-class, a high school dropout,
a PH.D, a teacher, or a migrant. Despite these diversities she does share
some basic, and also heterogeneous
roots in the development of Indian and
Spanish culture and history, she shares
in the history past and present.
Mexicanas during the Pre-Columbian
period in Mexico helped her Nahua husband settle in the valley of Mexico.
The Nahuas were people dedicated
to their Gods . The women shared the
heavens with men. In a culture accommodating goddesses and queens,
the birth of a girl to a Nahua family regardless of social status was a joyous
occasion. If a pregnant woman were
to die during childbirth, she was deified
and worshipped.
·
To the Nahua, the family was the
single most important unit in the social
structure. Education was also important. The mother took care in teaching
the girls feminine duties from the age of
five. Aztec girls were taught to speak
respectfully , to be diligent, to be honest,
and dignified, and to be a credit to their
parents.
Indian women participated in the labor
force of textile workers, artist, artisans,
feather craft workers, salespersons,
curanderas, midwives, marriage
brokers. and seamstresses.
Mexican.ts in Nahua society were also
involved in women rights.
Some
women in the elite classes commanded
as much respect as the man. But during
the Spanish Colonial Period in 1519,
their lives revolved around $pains established institutions.
· Women saw themselves totally defensless in a world of humiliation,
abuse and slavery. Women, willingly,
and unwillingly, were the creators of the
new Mestizo race in Mexico and the
Southwestern United States. The Indian
woman was at the bottom of ~ociety.
They were excluded from Societal
activities.
The Mestiza overcame a lot of the
physical sufferings, but the psychological scars were engraved. Mexicanas
suffered the majority of the blame for
the conquest, for giving "life to the children of the conquerors. Dona Marina
or La Malinche, is symbolically blamed
for the Mestizo race.
' An outstanding female during this
period was Sor Juan Ines de la Cruz
(1648-1695), who was a Mestiza and who
attended an integrated convent. Cruz,
a genius from early childhood, mastered
mathematics, the natural sciences,
languages, and literature. She was constantly
harassed about her activities.
The Indian woman was encouraged to
She died of an epidemic in 1695.
stay home be a housewife, and be concerned with the church, and family.
Considering all the · subjugation of
But like women today, women then, also most women during the period of
disregared the dictates and assumed colonization and acculturation in Mexico
other roles beside that of a housewife. Mexicanas were participating in the In-
dependence movement in 1810. One of
the committed activists was Dona Maria
de DomineuP.z. She gave her riches up
and helped Fr. Miguel Hidalgo, initiate
independence. She was imprisioned for
doing so.
t- rom the period of Independence
(1810), Mexico passed through the
foreign intervention wars of 1848. When
Mexico lost its northern territory to the
United States. Everything seemed peace,ful until 1910.
In 1910, war broke out against the dictatorship system. Millions of Mexican
women fought in many ways during this
revolution. Countrywomen went beside
their men, with children and workinggear on thier backs. They took up arms,
sometimes disguised as men fought in
the field. Many reached the rank of
colonel. These women were referred to
as Las Adelitas or Solderas. A famous
Adelita was, Carmen Robles, who reach·ed the rank of general.
Conquerors established thier hold over
the new land . But many Chicanas overcame the mistreatment and started
focusing on survival of all Chicanos.
They focused on labor organizing, education, criminal justice, and the protection of Chicano civil rights.
In the labor movement Mexicanas organized farmworkers, La Confederacion
de Unions Obreras Mexicanas. In the
garment industry 1930's Chicanas, comprimised at least one third of the work
force, took an active role in improving
their situtation . The development of
the International Ladies Garment Union
is largely due to the bodies and dues
which Chicanas provided for strikes. In
the Pecan shelling industries, Chicanas
made up 80 percent of the workers, they
went on strike and were victorious.
The war period (1940's) gave Chicanas an opportunity to work in factory
related jobs. Chicanas during this period were harassed by the American
Sailors. This led to the Zoot Suit
Riots in Los Angeles.
Although women sacrificed fortunes
families, and lives during the revol:
utron, their social and political status remained unchanged, when the 1917 constitution was drawn up -and adopted.
Women began to advocate for civil
rights. Many feminists activities were
documented duriAg 1923 to 1959.
During the 1950's Chicanas were
again continuing to make history in
sporadic labor strikes. Many of the
women provided the backbone for the
civic and political organizations. Organizations such as MAPA, and the UFW.
During this time Mexican.ts in the
Southwest were being colonized by Americans. Women were being acculturated from one stage to another. Chicanas suffered violence and brutal executions during this period when the
The 1960's decade is considered the
most significant period in Chicano and
Chicana history.
Through the 1960
Census a lot of Chicano problems were
identified. Changes were established in
education, health, and welfare.
....
La Vaz de Aztlan asks: What are your feelings on the presidential election?
lily Espinosa,
Business.
Junior
"I am vP.rv, very disappointed.
feel
non-proeressive people have been
elected to office. I am disappointed in
Reagan .. Reich and Krum. They are
minuses for minorities."
Kepa Ka,1ekuahiwi,
Physical Education,
Junior
Maria Ramirez,
GraduatP student,
Liberal Studies
"I don't know. I think that it's a bum
trip we have to go to war. I think that
Carter had more experience and Reagan
winnin2 will be costly."
,, I feel that a lot of apathetic people
didn't bother to vote and they are the
ones who will be hurt by the new administration. I don't think Reagan is going to
do much for minorities and they are the
ones who didn't bother to vote."
Hope Diaz,
, Bilingual Education,
Junior
'"I am verv disa~pointed. I can't believe
all thesP oeop-le were for Reagan. I
think all the federal programs will suffer.
Personallv. I 'II suffer in my job."
by Pete Ramirez
~hosen from nine finalist state
fh•ver~ities. CSUF is the new home for
e H12h_ ~chool Equivlency Program
(HEP). ervmg non-traditional students
a~ 0 PP<>rtunity to earn their high school
d1pomas
1
.
The oroeram, which was . relocated
from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, is one
of two HF:P sites in this state and one
of 14 in the nation.
·
According to program director,
Antonio ~arcia, the support for the
program came from the CSUF administration . w.hich was a big deciding
factor in relocating in Fresno.
Mr. Garcia, who has been with the
program for nine years explained that
the st~dP.n~s come from different parts
of Cal1forn1a and Arizona, as well as
a few from around the Fresno area.
, The student, s reason for being in
the_ pr~eram is to complete their educatr~n '" high s~hool so that they may
contmue on t~ h1gh~r learning or go on
to some other Job training field.
The st11dents are enthusiastic of the
opportunities HEP provides. It gives
them initiative to continue their education anci hopefully someday attain
a job whic.h would enhance their present
status.
Francisca De Leon, a HEP student,
was formally working as a clerk in a
supermarket and saw the valuable
opportunitv hep offerered.
"I thornzht it was a good time to get
away to eet my head together and
do somPthing worthwhile," De Leon
stated .
Upon c:ompletion of the program,
De Leon intends to enroll at CSUF and
continue to further her education.
Mr. C.arcia gave examples of why
some students choose to go through
the program rather than attend regular
high school. One example is a student,
who was two weeks away from getting
his high c;chool diploma but his family
moved to another area.
Havine relocated and unabie to
graduate from his high school, he chose
to finish those two weeks he missed
with the HEP program . Former students
have gone on ~o better jobs, one for
See HEP na"e6·
Chicanos in Law
Students prepare
for law school
Manv Chicano college students
are eyeing law school as a way to help
in attaining justice. They also view
If you have been looking into a
the goal of- becoming an attorney as
career after college or if you have
talked to a career counselor you know an alternative for the Chicano comthat there is an oversupply of lawyers munity to indifferent Anglo lawyers.
Here at CSUF there is an organizain the United States.
President Carter has said that the tion aimed at making law school a more
United States has one of the heaviest feasible goal. The organization, Chicanos In Law, is open to any student at
concentration of lawyers on earth .
He has said that there is more litigation, CSUF interested in a career in law .
Chicanos in Law has established
but he isn't sure that there is more
justice.
itself as a serious organization dedicated
· Manv Chicanos can identify with to h.elpine students entering law school.
In the oast, members have visited
having little justice. With a higher
percentaee of persons in prisons than most of the law schools in California .
They have met with recruiters from
in graduate schools, Chicanos are
not . whom Carter and others speak these law schools. They have also met
of when they speak about a heavy with the La Raza Law Student Assodaconcentration of lawyers.
tions from the various law schools .
For example, there is one Chicano
This semester Chicanos in Law is
lawyer for every 9,480 Chicanos,
headed
hv Jayne Mascorro. Other ofcompared to one Anglo lawyer for
every 3.'iO Anglos. Especially scarce ficers include Edward Aparicio, viceare those Chicanos who can effectively president. Luis Vasquez, treasurer,
and Margarita Martinez, secretary .
communi_c ate in Spanish .
See Chicanos In law page 6
bv Margarita M. Martinez
Adentro
Bob ·Perez discusses· his career ............. Page 3
Halloween ... Raza Style!!............. Pages 4 & 5
What are these people up to??
See additional photos on pages 4 and 5.
Soccer, feature ....... ~ ........................Page 7
NovembPr 6, 111
LA VOZ OE AZTLAN
Page2
RAZA
1
And I will -fulfill
M~ Country's
•• ~
Ob\ iia-\-ions .
let's get
better
acquainted
11
Letter to El Ed(itor)
Q-voRaza.
Last week many new Chicano students
were seen on campus. These students
belon~ to the High School Equivalency
Program (H.E.P). These students
are here for one important puposeto recieve a high school diploma. The
best thine is that these students are
exposed to our campus.
So Raza. let's welcome our younger
brothers and sisters to our campus
and talk to them about the importaro
of an education.
·
Y siouiera, invite them to one of yoo
classes. Quien sabe?
You might
see some of these students enrolled
next semester. Que sique la lucha '
N'Ademy AwArd
Bcz.s+ Ac.tor :-
ffJ
f.Mj-MU
'si se puede.'
Alrato
Daveed Torres
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NMmb.r '· 1980
Page3
Antdyzes Bakk~ Case
One of California's best attorney's, Bob Perez,
discusses successful career and law profession
by Edward Aparido
'I personally do not think the Bakke
decision was the end of the world,
stated Robert Perez one of the state's
more orominent personal injury attorneys and associate professor of
aiminolo2y at CSUF. "It could have
been worse. "
'The only thing it strikes down is quotas. I'm not so sure that even without
Bakke we wouldn't be going through
the same thing, that is, the door somewhat closing,
Perez remarked. "I
think it is incumbent for us to push
for affirmative action.
Born in Los Angeles and raised in
Oosi, in Tulare County, Perez graduated from Orosi High School and from
the Colle2e of the Sequoias in Visalia.
Upon completion at COS, he transferred to California State University
atChico.
While at CSUC, Perez' main goal
was to become a professor at the
universitv level. HPrimarily my intentions were to become a teacher.
I
wanted to teach criminology.
That
was my objective," Perez claimed.
Perez hadn't really thought about law
school until he took a couple of courses
in business law from an instructor
who was a lawyer. "I was fascinated.
I became very, very interested," Perez
recalled.
H
H
H
Perez' first feelings were what many
students ~o through in their initial
academic vear. "I went in very scared.
Many of the students coming in were
from Berkeley, Stanford and other name
schools .." Perez said.
"And there I
was ... a kid from Chico State, a kid from
the Vallev. I was really scared." ·
Hin looking back at it now, 1'm
glad I was scared because I worked at
it very hard.,, Perez exclaimed.
Perez·, continual struggle paid off
after the first year as he was number
one, academically, in his class. "I was
really surprised," Perez exclaimed.
McGeor~e rewarded Perez wth a
scholarshio ~hich he viewed as a
blessimz from the sky. "At the time I
was married and financially it was very
difficult. The scholarship pretty well
took care of tuition. All I had to worry
about was eating and sleeping,,, said
Perez. "I was fortunate to have various
little jobs. We may not have had very
much, but we made it.,,
Perez' "little jobs" consisted of
runnin2 the minority students tutorial
center at McGeorge, working for the
Sacramento pub Iic defender's office,
and teaching in the Chicano Studies
Department at Sacramento State Un. iversity.
'I reaUy enjoyed "law school... the pressure
... That type of competition, especially when
yOU combine it with fear, provided an
atmosphere which enabled me to grow.
Retlecting back on both careers,
Perez has always felt a conflict between
teachin2 and practicing law. "It is very
difficult not to want to engage in the profession. Not that:-'I don't enjoy teaching.
lcertainlv do. 1've always had a conflict
between 'teacher and lawyer' and at
different times in my life one prevails
nver the other."
After 2raduating from Chico State
in 1967 with honors, Perez sat out a year
and worked. During the course of the
vear, Perez and a couple of other
individuals started a program, HProject
Proteus.,, to be funded by the federal
IOVernment to aid migrants and farmworkers. At the time it was a "very
small" oro~ram. The budget consisted ·
of $250.000.
"It's presently a $10
million orogram," Perez commented.
In 1968. Perez was a1:fmitted to the
University of Pacific School of Law,
Mcceoree on a "conditional basis. H
"I was admitted into McGeorge
prior to mv LSA T (Law School Admission
Test) on the condition that I must do
well in order to meet the provision,,,
Perez recalled.
Upon receiving his LSAT score,
Perez was immediately troubled as he
had received a low score. HI was really
worried they might disavow it (admission) since I did not meet the condition,
butthev did not." Perez stated.
Despite the fact that Perez had to worl<
at various jobs during law school, Perez
looks back at it now and is amused by
the experience.
"I really enjoyed law school. .. the
pressure. Most people look upon
law school as sort of like people who
have been in the service look at boot
camp,,, Perez stated. Hfor some reason
it was the type of thing I thrived on.
rn essence. I 've found myself to be a
very comoetitive person.,,
·
HThat tvpe of competition, especially
when you combine it with fear, provided
an atmosohere which enabled me to
grow," Perez said.
Perez eraduated from McGeorge
with honors in 1972 and immediately
began teaching in the criminology
department at CSUF.
Along with
teachin2. Perez began practicing law
with Armando Rodriguez as an associate.
Once Rodriguez was appointed to the
bench. Perez expanded his law practice
an-d concentrated on personal injury.
Thus entering the field of personal injury, this enabled Perez to scale new
heights.
Rapidly building up his
reputation as an attorney who ,, gets
the job done" Perez has amazingly
; Perez, Fresno's Best, elaborates on career.
built up a rather successful I.aw career
in a short oeriod of time.
Within the last two years, Perez
has been on the winning side of three
major lawsuit~.
Althoueh having won lawsuits of
$8.7 million and $4.I million, Perez is
most proud of a lawsuit whose end
result was just over S 1 million.
"That case gives me the most good
feeling. The case involved an undocumented alien, who was a parapalegic.,,
Perez exolained.
With oolitics being the name of the
game, Perez is disturbed by widespread
Chicano apathy and lack of voting
participation.
"Something Chicanos should start
becomine aware of is that the system
can be made to work for you ... let's
take it over." Perez exclaimed.
"We have enough of us who are
eligible to vote to win any election,"
Perez commented.
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'Something Chicanos should, start becoming
aware of is that the system can be made to
work for you ... let's take it over'
While still teaching part-time at CSUF
Perez eyes a political career in the
future. "I would like to one day be the
first Chicano federal district court
judge. Althou2h, I am talking about
a long way down the line ... l 'm having
too muc.h fun right now."
Perez felt there was many reasons
why Chicanos do not vote, but cited
a traditional overtone that underlies
most of these problems. "Most Chicanos
feel 'the less government, the better, '
is a carryowr from our grandparents
whom fled Mexico during the revolution,,, Perez said.
L
See Bob Perez page v
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A WELCOME TO THE 4TH ANNUAL ADELIT AS' HALLOWEEN DANCE.
ALADIN AND A SAMPLE FROM HIS HAREM.
DR~CULA EYES HIS NEXT VICTIM.
THE WOLFMAN AND A ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW FILM FAN.
Photos
by
Robert Hernandez
·:HE CLOWN; ALSO GOT INTO THE ACT DURING THE COSTUME
..• AND REPRESENTING THE DEVIL ..
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
Page6
'j~
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HEP
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Continued from page 1
example is a director for a Ht:.t' program
in Washineton.
A normal class day consists of a
program at 8:00 in the morning which
may consist .of a guest speaker or just
a pep talk. The schedule also consists
of general education courses such as
history. sdence, math, etc.
The classes end at 3:00 in the afterBeine Part of the establishment noon anrl the students go to their
in law. Perez is disturbed by the movie "dorms" where they are required to
industrv depicting lawyers, politicians, do two hours of homework each night.
and other public office electees in a This is uc;ually done on their own after
negative manner.
spendine the first three weeks in a
Perez was irritated by last year's study hall atmosphere. The Hdorms"
movie. And Justice For All, starring
are the Shaw College apartments on
Al Pacino. "The movie made me very the corner of Cedar and Shaw.
mad," Perez said.
As to how long it takes for a person
Perez felt the movie portrayed the to comolete a program, Mr. Garcia
law profession in an unj_u st manner, answererl . "it varies from two months
implying that nothing was right with
to six months depending on a student's
the
_ motivation. H
Noting the fact that there are
deficiencies within the system, Perez
remarked that it was an obligation
to all concerned, especially lawyers,
to correct such imperfections.
HI believe in it (the system). I'm part
of the establishment, H Perez stressed.
"I'm workingwithin the system."
Perez also doubles as a criminology prof
"It's very difficult to _respect a system
you don't even understand."
Bob Perez
Continued from Page 6 .
This lack of interest, Perez emphasized, has an overall effect on the
Chicano community. Hit's very difficult
to respect a system you don 't even
understand." Perez stated.
"It's often been said that there are
too many lawyers right now. I agree
with that statement, Perez said.
H
"But that does not mean I would discourage Chicanos to study law. There is
not an overabundance of Chicanos in
the field . and more importantly, there
are verv few who speak Spanish.'
HEP. federally funded, has a $500,<XX>
budget ~hich pays for all student
living and school expenses and the
teac;himz staff. The staff consists of
13 full-time teachers with part-time assistance.
The students are registered as CSUF
students even paying the student
body fees which entitle them to access
to all
the
university facilities.
This also enables them to use these
facilities on the weekends if they choose
not to 20 home.
The fPedback from the university
in connertion to the program is positive,
but with ouzzlement. Most people do
nof know anything about HEP and
Mr. Carda sees this as something that
needs correction in the near future.
Chicanos In Law
Continued from page 1
At their weekly meetings they have
been planning such activities as future
law school trips. Their biggest planning
project is the second annual Chicanos
In Law law day to be held in March.
The meetings also host speakers
such as iudges and lawyers as well
as instructors at CSUF. Topics range
from the various law schools to talk.
about post-Bakke effects in law school
minoritv admissions. Two weeks ago
Jess Avila. member of the La Raza
Lawyer's Association chapter in Fresno,
addressed the group .
Other orojects to date include the
coordinating of a prepatory LSAT
study group for those members preparing for the LSA T.
Chicanos in Law is hosting three
recruiters on November 7 in the College
l Inion Room 308 from 12:00 to 2:00.
Photo bv Richard Rias~
Two of the recruiters, Ramiro Jacinto
of the UC:LA School of Law, and Arturo
Ocampo of Boalt Hall (Berkeley) are
former Chicanos in Law members.
These recruiters will also be at the
Chicanos in Law meeting in November
7 at 3:00 in the College Union.
For more information about Chicanos in
Law, a message may be left in the
Chicanos In Law message box in the
La Raza Studies office.
Director of LaRaMa speaks
to CHO members
.
Roberto Rubalcava, director-recruiter
for the La Raza Medical Association
(LaRaMA) was the featured speaker at a
CHO meeting held Oct. 29th.
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His primary goal was to introduce
LaRa MA to freshmen and sophomore
pre-med st,.·...tants. Rubalcava related the
fact that LaRaMA was the only indepen-
dent Raza medical association. He stated
that LaRaMA 's purpose is to serve the
Raza community and the community of
Raza phvsicians in every phase of their
professional growth .
Rubalcava stressed the idea that
LaRaMA would provide valuable assistance to those CHO members who are
nlanning to become doctors.
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
Novemb..r 6, 1980
Page7
Soccer team readies for USF
by Eli Garcia
ThAr,::. is a look of confidence these.
days on the face of CSUF' s soccer coach
Jose Eleorriaga as he see' s his rourth
rated Bulldogs just one game behind
conferenc.e leader and number one
ranked uc;F.
There has been some skepticism
throuRhout the season on how well the i
Bulldogs rea, 1y were. The Uogs have
moved up and down the top ten ladder,
but it seems like the chemistry that
mach Elgorriaga said would'take a while
mmuster up, is evidently producing and
apparent.
The Bulldogs traveled to Santa Clara
to play thefourth ranked Broncos in a
crucial conterence · game, and CSUF
came away a clear winner in what one
might consider a mild upset, but not
Elgorriaga.
"We s.1id from the start that we were
really confident and as good if not better
than Santa Clara. The teams played
accordingly to our game plan and
m~de t~e _Br~>nc~s ~lay .our gamt:."
When asked what has been the one element to the team's success Elgorriaga
replied. "We have been playing very
aggressive ball and we have also cut
down on our mental mistakes. We made
very few mistakes a2ainst Santa Clara
and° it was evident in the game final
outcome."
Bulld
Photo bv Robert Hernandez
With a 4-2 victory over thP l lniversity
of Berkelev. the stage is clearly set for
a showrlown between the Bulldogs
and the l JSF team.
In conclusion Elgorriaga stated that
his team has not reached their potential
and expects his team to come out
shooting against San Francisco.
"This is the type of situation our
team wanted to be in all season. We
have had our share of ups and downs
but we ·have overcome every type of
obstacle that has confronted us. We have
worked extremely hard and this week
will be no exception. Everything we
worked for comes down to our final
game, and I can honestly say, that they
are a great team and have been for the
past several years. Last year we almost
beat them and this year we would like
nothing more than to take the title from
them and bring it home~ When asked
how he matched both teams, Coach
Elgorriaga replied, "Man for man they
probably have a slight edge on us, but
I think we are mentally and physically
ready. We will have to play a great game
in order to come out of the confrontation the champions.
added dimension
by Anna Wong
Do most people know that "football"
means soccer outside the United States
and Canada?
According to the New York Times
Guide to Spectator Sports, soccer
"is the most widely-played, best-attended, most intently followed team game in
the world."
One of the reasons why CSUF has
such a talented soccer team is because
of Rosendo (Rosie) Gutierrez, who plays
right halfback. Gutierrez a sophomore
from Porterville has started every game
at CSUF since his freshman year.
Gutierrez' position is unique in that
he has to play both a halfback and a
forward. When CSUF is on the attack,
he's a forward; when they're playing
defense, he becomes a halfback.
His position is very demanding in that
it reouires both stamina and speed.
Soccer Illustrated has the opinion that
halfbacks are considered the work horses
· c of the team because they are as much
E
"' a part of the defense as they are of the
11 offense.
~ "Rosie is a very talented player,"
11 stated Bob Bereskin, former head coach
i of CSUF's soccer team. Bereskin also
~ added that Gutierrez has a lot of ball
.c skills; Gutierrez can do things that
other players cannot do.
.c
The former coach goes on to say that
a. Gutierrez has more innate talent than
any other player on the team. When Gutierrez is on offens~, there is no playe~
-i
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Rosendo Gutierrez (left) attempts to outmaneuver Miguel Avila.
Danny Cerna, the assistant coach,
thinks that Gutierrez is the best player
in the league when it comes to ball
control. As far as the team is concerned
Gutierrez can score from anywhere on
the field.
"Instinctively, he can do anything
you want him to," says Coach Jose El
gorriaga. The coach also expressed that
potentially, Gutierrez is one of the most
outstanding players at Fresno State.
Elgorriaga say with confidence about
Gutierrez, "The difference between what
he is and what he could be is up to him."
Nathan Riojas, his reliever, thinks
that Gutierrez has great anticipation,
great perception of what's going on in
the game and that Gutierrez plays a
well controlled game.
Riojas adaea' inat Gutierrez will see
an opponent coming from the side and
he' II stop the ball, thereby letting
the player slide past him. This is just
.one of the tactics he uses of offense.
On a s;td, note, Rosie's· brother Eddi
passed away recently. When Gutierrez
was asked how that experience has affected him, he replied, "It made me look
at life in another fashion ."
The whole team banded together and
showed support and encouragement
for him . His teammates encouraged
him to keep playing.
Gutierrez has performed up to his
capabilitiP.s despite this tragedy.
Noting by his contribution to the team,
he has
rformed admirab
·
Chfcanas come a long way
By Yolanda Granados
A Chicana may be rural, urban, poor,
middle-class, a high school dropout,
a PH.D, a teacher, or a migrant. Despite these diversities she does share
some basic, and also heterogeneous
roots in the development of Indian and
Spanish culture and history, she shares
in the history past and present.
Mexicanas during the Pre-Columbian
period in Mexico helped her Nahua husband settle in the valley of Mexico.
The Nahuas were people dedicated
to their Gods . The women shared the
heavens with men. In a culture accommodating goddesses and queens,
the birth of a girl to a Nahua family regardless of social status was a joyous
occasion. If a pregnant woman were
to die during childbirth, she was deified
and worshipped.
·
To the Nahua, the family was the
single most important unit in the social
structure. Education was also important. The mother took care in teaching
the girls feminine duties from the age of
five. Aztec girls were taught to speak
respectfully , to be diligent, to be honest,
and dignified, and to be a credit to their
parents.
Indian women participated in the labor
force of textile workers, artist, artisans,
feather craft workers, salespersons,
curanderas, midwives, marriage
brokers. and seamstresses.
Mexican.ts in Nahua society were also
involved in women rights.
Some
women in the elite classes commanded
as much respect as the man. But during
the Spanish Colonial Period in 1519,
their lives revolved around $pains established institutions.
· Women saw themselves totally defensless in a world of humiliation,
abuse and slavery. Women, willingly,
and unwillingly, were the creators of the
new Mestizo race in Mexico and the
Southwestern United States. The Indian
woman was at the bottom of ~ociety.
They were excluded from Societal
activities.
The Mestiza overcame a lot of the
physical sufferings, but the psychological scars were engraved. Mexicanas
suffered the majority of the blame for
the conquest, for giving "life to the children of the conquerors. Dona Marina
or La Malinche, is symbolically blamed
for the Mestizo race.
' An outstanding female during this
period was Sor Juan Ines de la Cruz
(1648-1695), who was a Mestiza and who
attended an integrated convent. Cruz,
a genius from early childhood, mastered
mathematics, the natural sciences,
languages, and literature. She was constantly
harassed about her activities.
The Indian woman was encouraged to
She died of an epidemic in 1695.
stay home be a housewife, and be concerned with the church, and family.
Considering all the · subjugation of
But like women today, women then, also most women during the period of
disregared the dictates and assumed colonization and acculturation in Mexico
other roles beside that of a housewife. Mexicanas were participating in the In-
dependence movement in 1810. One of
the committed activists was Dona Maria
de DomineuP.z. She gave her riches up
and helped Fr. Miguel Hidalgo, initiate
independence. She was imprisioned for
doing so.
t- rom the period of Independence
(1810), Mexico passed through the
foreign intervention wars of 1848. When
Mexico lost its northern territory to the
United States. Everything seemed peace,ful until 1910.
In 1910, war broke out against the dictatorship system. Millions of Mexican
women fought in many ways during this
revolution. Countrywomen went beside
their men, with children and workinggear on thier backs. They took up arms,
sometimes disguised as men fought in
the field. Many reached the rank of
colonel. These women were referred to
as Las Adelitas or Solderas. A famous
Adelita was, Carmen Robles, who reach·ed the rank of general.
Conquerors established thier hold over
the new land . But many Chicanas overcame the mistreatment and started
focusing on survival of all Chicanos.
They focused on labor organizing, education, criminal justice, and the protection of Chicano civil rights.
In the labor movement Mexicanas organized farmworkers, La Confederacion
de Unions Obreras Mexicanas. In the
garment industry 1930's Chicanas, comprimised at least one third of the work
force, took an active role in improving
their situtation . The development of
the International Ladies Garment Union
is largely due to the bodies and dues
which Chicanas provided for strikes. In
the Pecan shelling industries, Chicanas
made up 80 percent of the workers, they
went on strike and were victorious.
The war period (1940's) gave Chicanas an opportunity to work in factory
related jobs. Chicanas during this period were harassed by the American
Sailors. This led to the Zoot Suit
Riots in Los Angeles.
Although women sacrificed fortunes
families, and lives during the revol:
utron, their social and political status remained unchanged, when the 1917 constitution was drawn up -and adopted.
Women began to advocate for civil
rights. Many feminists activities were
documented duriAg 1923 to 1959.
During the 1950's Chicanas were
again continuing to make history in
sporadic labor strikes. Many of the
women provided the backbone for the
civic and political organizations. Organizations such as MAPA, and the UFW.
During this time Mexican.ts in the
Southwest were being colonized by Americans. Women were being acculturated from one stage to another. Chicanas suffered violence and brutal executions during this period when the
The 1960's decade is considered the
most significant period in Chicano and
Chicana history.
Through the 1960
Census a lot of Chicano problems were
identified. Changes were established in
education, health, and welfare.
....
La Vaz de Aztlan asks: What are your feelings on the presidential election?
lily Espinosa,
Business.
Junior
"I am vP.rv, very disappointed.
feel
non-proeressive people have been
elected to office. I am disappointed in
Reagan .. Reich and Krum. They are
minuses for minorities."
Kepa Ka,1ekuahiwi,
Physical Education,
Junior
Maria Ramirez,
GraduatP student,
Liberal Studies
"I don't know. I think that it's a bum
trip we have to go to war. I think that
Carter had more experience and Reagan
winnin2 will be costly."
,, I feel that a lot of apathetic people
didn't bother to vote and they are the
ones who will be hurt by the new administration. I don't think Reagan is going to
do much for minorities and they are the
ones who didn't bother to vote."
Hope Diaz,
, Bilingual Education,
Junior
'"I am verv disa~pointed. I can't believe
all thesP oeop-le were for Reagan. I
think all the federal programs will suffer.
Personallv. I 'II suffer in my job."
CSUF new home for HEP
by Pete Ramirez
~hosen from nine finalist state
fh•ver~ities. CSUF is the new home for
e H12h_ ~chool Equivlency Program
(HEP). ervmg non-traditional students
a~ 0 PP<>rtunity to earn their high school
d1pomas
1
.
The oroeram, which was . relocated
from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, is one
of two HF:P sites in this state and one
of 14 in the nation.
·
According to program director,
Antonio ~arcia, the support for the
program came from the CSUF administration . w.hich was a big deciding
factor in relocating in Fresno.
Mr. Garcia, who has been with the
program for nine years explained that
the st~dP.n~s come from different parts
of Cal1forn1a and Arizona, as well as
a few from around the Fresno area.
, The student, s reason for being in
the_ pr~eram is to complete their educatr~n '" high s~hool so that they may
contmue on t~ h1gh~r learning or go on
to some other Job training field.
The st11dents are enthusiastic of the
opportunities HEP provides. It gives
them initiative to continue their education anci hopefully someday attain
a job whic.h would enhance their present
status.
Francisca De Leon, a HEP student,
was formally working as a clerk in a
supermarket and saw the valuable
opportunitv hep offerered.
"I thornzht it was a good time to get
away to eet my head together and
do somPthing worthwhile," De Leon
stated .
Upon c:ompletion of the program,
De Leon intends to enroll at CSUF and
continue to further her education.
Mr. C.arcia gave examples of why
some students choose to go through
the program rather than attend regular
high school. One example is a student,
who was two weeks away from getting
his high c;chool diploma but his family
moved to another area.
Havine relocated and unabie to
graduate from his high school, he chose
to finish those two weeks he missed
with the HEP program . Former students
have gone on ~o better jobs, one for
See HEP na"e6·
Chicanos in Law
Students prepare
for law school
Manv Chicano college students
are eyeing law school as a way to help
in attaining justice. They also view
If you have been looking into a
the goal of- becoming an attorney as
career after college or if you have
talked to a career counselor you know an alternative for the Chicano comthat there is an oversupply of lawyers munity to indifferent Anglo lawyers.
Here at CSUF there is an organizain the United States.
President Carter has said that the tion aimed at making law school a more
United States has one of the heaviest feasible goal. The organization, Chicanos In Law, is open to any student at
concentration of lawyers on earth .
He has said that there is more litigation, CSUF interested in a career in law .
Chicanos in Law has established
but he isn't sure that there is more
justice.
itself as a serious organization dedicated
· Manv Chicanos can identify with to h.elpine students entering law school.
In the oast, members have visited
having little justice. With a higher
percentaee of persons in prisons than most of the law schools in California .
They have met with recruiters from
in graduate schools, Chicanos are
not . whom Carter and others speak these law schools. They have also met
of when they speak about a heavy with the La Raza Law Student Assodaconcentration of lawyers.
tions from the various law schools .
For example, there is one Chicano
This semester Chicanos in Law is
lawyer for every 9,480 Chicanos,
headed
hv Jayne Mascorro. Other ofcompared to one Anglo lawyer for
every 3.'iO Anglos. Especially scarce ficers include Edward Aparicio, viceare those Chicanos who can effectively president. Luis Vasquez, treasurer,
and Margarita Martinez, secretary .
communi_c ate in Spanish .
See Chicanos In law page 6
bv Margarita M. Martinez
Adentro
Bob ·Perez discusses· his career ............. Page 3
Halloween ... Raza Style!!............. Pages 4 & 5
What are these people up to??
See additional photos on pages 4 and 5.
Soccer, feature ....... ~ ........................Page 7
NovembPr 6, 111
LA VOZ OE AZTLAN
Page2
RAZA
1
And I will -fulfill
M~ Country's
•• ~
Ob\ iia-\-ions .
let's get
better
acquainted
11
Letter to El Ed(itor)
Q-voRaza.
Last week many new Chicano students
were seen on campus. These students
belon~ to the High School Equivalency
Program (H.E.P). These students
are here for one important puposeto recieve a high school diploma. The
best thine is that these students are
exposed to our campus.
So Raza. let's welcome our younger
brothers and sisters to our campus
and talk to them about the importaro
of an education.
·
Y siouiera, invite them to one of yoo
classes. Quien sabe?
You might
see some of these students enrolled
next semester. Que sique la lucha '
N'Ademy AwArd
Bcz.s+ Ac.tor :-
ffJ
f.Mj-MU
'si se puede.'
Alrato
Daveed Torres
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NMmb.r '· 1980
Page3
Antdyzes Bakk~ Case
One of California's best attorney's, Bob Perez,
discusses successful career and law profession
by Edward Aparido
'I personally do not think the Bakke
decision was the end of the world,
stated Robert Perez one of the state's
more orominent personal injury attorneys and associate professor of
aiminolo2y at CSUF. "It could have
been worse. "
'The only thing it strikes down is quotas. I'm not so sure that even without
Bakke we wouldn't be going through
the same thing, that is, the door somewhat closing,
Perez remarked. "I
think it is incumbent for us to push
for affirmative action.
Born in Los Angeles and raised in
Oosi, in Tulare County, Perez graduated from Orosi High School and from
the Colle2e of the Sequoias in Visalia.
Upon completion at COS, he transferred to California State University
atChico.
While at CSUC, Perez' main goal
was to become a professor at the
universitv level. HPrimarily my intentions were to become a teacher.
I
wanted to teach criminology.
That
was my objective," Perez claimed.
Perez hadn't really thought about law
school until he took a couple of courses
in business law from an instructor
who was a lawyer. "I was fascinated.
I became very, very interested," Perez
recalled.
H
H
H
Perez' first feelings were what many
students ~o through in their initial
academic vear. "I went in very scared.
Many of the students coming in were
from Berkeley, Stanford and other name
schools .." Perez said.
"And there I
was ... a kid from Chico State, a kid from
the Vallev. I was really scared." ·
Hin looking back at it now, 1'm
glad I was scared because I worked at
it very hard.,, Perez exclaimed.
Perez·, continual struggle paid off
after the first year as he was number
one, academically, in his class. "I was
really surprised," Perez exclaimed.
McGeor~e rewarded Perez wth a
scholarshio ~hich he viewed as a
blessimz from the sky. "At the time I
was married and financially it was very
difficult. The scholarship pretty well
took care of tuition. All I had to worry
about was eating and sleeping,,, said
Perez. "I was fortunate to have various
little jobs. We may not have had very
much, but we made it.,,
Perez' "little jobs" consisted of
runnin2 the minority students tutorial
center at McGeorge, working for the
Sacramento pub Iic defender's office,
and teaching in the Chicano Studies
Department at Sacramento State Un. iversity.
'I reaUy enjoyed "law school... the pressure
... That type of competition, especially when
yOU combine it with fear, provided an
atmosphere which enabled me to grow.
Retlecting back on both careers,
Perez has always felt a conflict between
teachin2 and practicing law. "It is very
difficult not to want to engage in the profession. Not that:-'I don't enjoy teaching.
lcertainlv do. 1've always had a conflict
between 'teacher and lawyer' and at
different times in my life one prevails
nver the other."
After 2raduating from Chico State
in 1967 with honors, Perez sat out a year
and worked. During the course of the
vear, Perez and a couple of other
individuals started a program, HProject
Proteus.,, to be funded by the federal
IOVernment to aid migrants and farmworkers. At the time it was a "very
small" oro~ram. The budget consisted ·
of $250.000.
"It's presently a $10
million orogram," Perez commented.
In 1968. Perez was a1:fmitted to the
University of Pacific School of Law,
Mcceoree on a "conditional basis. H
"I was admitted into McGeorge
prior to mv LSA T (Law School Admission
Test) on the condition that I must do
well in order to meet the provision,,,
Perez recalled.
Upon receiving his LSAT score,
Perez was immediately troubled as he
had received a low score. HI was really
worried they might disavow it (admission) since I did not meet the condition,
butthev did not." Perez stated.
Despite the fact that Perez had to worl<
at various jobs during law school, Perez
looks back at it now and is amused by
the experience.
"I really enjoyed law school. .. the
pressure. Most people look upon
law school as sort of like people who
have been in the service look at boot
camp,,, Perez stated. Hfor some reason
it was the type of thing I thrived on.
rn essence. I 've found myself to be a
very comoetitive person.,,
·
HThat tvpe of competition, especially
when you combine it with fear, provided
an atmosohere which enabled me to
grow," Perez said.
Perez eraduated from McGeorge
with honors in 1972 and immediately
began teaching in the criminology
department at CSUF.
Along with
teachin2. Perez began practicing law
with Armando Rodriguez as an associate.
Once Rodriguez was appointed to the
bench. Perez expanded his law practice
an-d concentrated on personal injury.
Thus entering the field of personal injury, this enabled Perez to scale new
heights.
Rapidly building up his
reputation as an attorney who ,, gets
the job done" Perez has amazingly
; Perez, Fresno's Best, elaborates on career.
built up a rather successful I.aw career
in a short oeriod of time.
Within the last two years, Perez
has been on the winning side of three
major lawsuit~.
Althoueh having won lawsuits of
$8.7 million and $4.I million, Perez is
most proud of a lawsuit whose end
result was just over S 1 million.
"That case gives me the most good
feeling. The case involved an undocumented alien, who was a parapalegic.,,
Perez exolained.
With oolitics being the name of the
game, Perez is disturbed by widespread
Chicano apathy and lack of voting
participation.
"Something Chicanos should start
becomine aware of is that the system
can be made to work for you ... let's
take it over." Perez exclaimed.
"We have enough of us who are
eligible to vote to win any election,"
Perez commented.
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'Something Chicanos should, start becoming
aware of is that the system can be made to
work for you ... let's take it over'
While still teaching part-time at CSUF
Perez eyes a political career in the
future. "I would like to one day be the
first Chicano federal district court
judge. Althou2h, I am talking about
a long way down the line ... l 'm having
too muc.h fun right now."
Perez felt there was many reasons
why Chicanos do not vote, but cited
a traditional overtone that underlies
most of these problems. "Most Chicanos
feel 'the less government, the better, '
is a carryowr from our grandparents
whom fled Mexico during the revolution,,, Perez said.
L
See Bob Perez page v
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A WELCOME TO THE 4TH ANNUAL ADELIT AS' HALLOWEEN DANCE.
ALADIN AND A SAMPLE FROM HIS HAREM.
DR~CULA EYES HIS NEXT VICTIM.
THE WOLFMAN AND A ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW FILM FAN.
Photos
by
Robert Hernandez
·:HE CLOWN; ALSO GOT INTO THE ACT DURING THE COSTUME
..• AND REPRESENTING THE DEVIL ..
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
Page6
'j~
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HEP
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Continued from page 1
example is a director for a Ht:.t' program
in Washineton.
A normal class day consists of a
program at 8:00 in the morning which
may consist .of a guest speaker or just
a pep talk. The schedule also consists
of general education courses such as
history. sdence, math, etc.
The classes end at 3:00 in the afterBeine Part of the establishment noon anrl the students go to their
in law. Perez is disturbed by the movie "dorms" where they are required to
industrv depicting lawyers, politicians, do two hours of homework each night.
and other public office electees in a This is uc;ually done on their own after
negative manner.
spendine the first three weeks in a
Perez was irritated by last year's study hall atmosphere. The Hdorms"
movie. And Justice For All, starring
are the Shaw College apartments on
Al Pacino. "The movie made me very the corner of Cedar and Shaw.
mad," Perez said.
As to how long it takes for a person
Perez felt the movie portrayed the to comolete a program, Mr. Garcia
law profession in an unj_u st manner, answererl . "it varies from two months
implying that nothing was right with
to six months depending on a student's
the
_ motivation. H
Noting the fact that there are
deficiencies within the system, Perez
remarked that it was an obligation
to all concerned, especially lawyers,
to correct such imperfections.
HI believe in it (the system). I'm part
of the establishment, H Perez stressed.
"I'm workingwithin the system."
Perez also doubles as a criminology prof
"It's very difficult to _respect a system
you don't even understand."
Bob Perez
Continued from Page 6 .
This lack of interest, Perez emphasized, has an overall effect on the
Chicano community. Hit's very difficult
to respect a system you don 't even
understand." Perez stated.
"It's often been said that there are
too many lawyers right now. I agree
with that statement, Perez said.
H
"But that does not mean I would discourage Chicanos to study law. There is
not an overabundance of Chicanos in
the field . and more importantly, there
are verv few who speak Spanish.'
HEP. federally funded, has a $500,<XX>
budget ~hich pays for all student
living and school expenses and the
teac;himz staff. The staff consists of
13 full-time teachers with part-time assistance.
The students are registered as CSUF
students even paying the student
body fees which entitle them to access
to all
the
university facilities.
This also enables them to use these
facilities on the weekends if they choose
not to 20 home.
The fPedback from the university
in connertion to the program is positive,
but with ouzzlement. Most people do
nof know anything about HEP and
Mr. Carda sees this as something that
needs correction in the near future.
Chicanos In Law
Continued from page 1
At their weekly meetings they have
been planning such activities as future
law school trips. Their biggest planning
project is the second annual Chicanos
In Law law day to be held in March.
The meetings also host speakers
such as iudges and lawyers as well
as instructors at CSUF. Topics range
from the various law schools to talk.
about post-Bakke effects in law school
minoritv admissions. Two weeks ago
Jess Avila. member of the La Raza
Lawyer's Association chapter in Fresno,
addressed the group .
Other orojects to date include the
coordinating of a prepatory LSAT
study group for those members preparing for the LSA T.
Chicanos in Law is hosting three
recruiters on November 7 in the College
l Inion Room 308 from 12:00 to 2:00.
Photo bv Richard Rias~
Two of the recruiters, Ramiro Jacinto
of the UC:LA School of Law, and Arturo
Ocampo of Boalt Hall (Berkeley) are
former Chicanos in Law members.
These recruiters will also be at the
Chicanos in Law meeting in November
7 at 3:00 in the College Union.
For more information about Chicanos in
Law, a message may be left in the
Chicanos In Law message box in the
La Raza Studies office.
Director of LaRaMa speaks
to CHO members
.
Roberto Rubalcava, director-recruiter
for the La Raza Medical Association
(LaRaMA) was the featured speaker at a
CHO meeting held Oct. 29th.
. --......__
His primary goal was to introduce
LaRa MA to freshmen and sophomore
pre-med st,.·...tants. Rubalcava related the
fact that LaRaMA was the only indepen-
dent Raza medical association. He stated
that LaRaMA 's purpose is to serve the
Raza community and the community of
Raza phvsicians in every phase of their
professional growth .
Rubalcava stressed the idea that
LaRaMA would provide valuable assistance to those CHO members who are
nlanning to become doctors.
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
Novemb..r 6, 1980
Page7
Soccer team readies for USF
by Eli Garcia
ThAr,::. is a look of confidence these.
days on the face of CSUF' s soccer coach
Jose Eleorriaga as he see' s his rourth
rated Bulldogs just one game behind
conferenc.e leader and number one
ranked uc;F.
There has been some skepticism
throuRhout the season on how well the i
Bulldogs rea, 1y were. The Uogs have
moved up and down the top ten ladder,
but it seems like the chemistry that
mach Elgorriaga said would'take a while
mmuster up, is evidently producing and
apparent.
The Bulldogs traveled to Santa Clara
to play thefourth ranked Broncos in a
crucial conterence · game, and CSUF
came away a clear winner in what one
might consider a mild upset, but not
Elgorriaga.
"We s.1id from the start that we were
really confident and as good if not better
than Santa Clara. The teams played
accordingly to our game plan and
m~de t~e _Br~>nc~s ~lay .our gamt:."
When asked what has been the one element to the team's success Elgorriaga
replied. "We have been playing very
aggressive ball and we have also cut
down on our mental mistakes. We made
very few mistakes a2ainst Santa Clara
and° it was evident in the game final
outcome."
Bulld
Photo bv Robert Hernandez
With a 4-2 victory over thP l lniversity
of Berkelev. the stage is clearly set for
a showrlown between the Bulldogs
and the l JSF team.
In conclusion Elgorriaga stated that
his team has not reached their potential
and expects his team to come out
shooting against San Francisco.
"This is the type of situation our
team wanted to be in all season. We
have had our share of ups and downs
but we ·have overcome every type of
obstacle that has confronted us. We have
worked extremely hard and this week
will be no exception. Everything we
worked for comes down to our final
game, and I can honestly say, that they
are a great team and have been for the
past several years. Last year we almost
beat them and this year we would like
nothing more than to take the title from
them and bring it home~ When asked
how he matched both teams, Coach
Elgorriaga replied, "Man for man they
probably have a slight edge on us, but
I think we are mentally and physically
ready. We will have to play a great game
in order to come out of the confrontation the champions.
added dimension
by Anna Wong
Do most people know that "football"
means soccer outside the United States
and Canada?
According to the New York Times
Guide to Spectator Sports, soccer
"is the most widely-played, best-attended, most intently followed team game in
the world."
One of the reasons why CSUF has
such a talented soccer team is because
of Rosendo (Rosie) Gutierrez, who plays
right halfback. Gutierrez a sophomore
from Porterville has started every game
at CSUF since his freshman year.
Gutierrez' position is unique in that
he has to play both a halfback and a
forward. When CSUF is on the attack,
he's a forward; when they're playing
defense, he becomes a halfback.
His position is very demanding in that
it reouires both stamina and speed.
Soccer Illustrated has the opinion that
halfbacks are considered the work horses
· c of the team because they are as much
E
"' a part of the defense as they are of the
11 offense.
~ "Rosie is a very talented player,"
11 stated Bob Bereskin, former head coach
i of CSUF's soccer team. Bereskin also
~ added that Gutierrez has a lot of ball
.c skills; Gutierrez can do things that
other players cannot do.
.c
The former coach goes on to say that
a. Gutierrez has more innate talent than
any other player on the team. When Gutierrez is on offens~, there is no playe~
-i
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Rosendo Gutierrez (left) attempts to outmaneuver Miguel Avila.
Danny Cerna, the assistant coach,
thinks that Gutierrez is the best player
in the league when it comes to ball
control. As far as the team is concerned
Gutierrez can score from anywhere on
the field.
"Instinctively, he can do anything
you want him to," says Coach Jose El
gorriaga. The coach also expressed that
potentially, Gutierrez is one of the most
outstanding players at Fresno State.
Elgorriaga say with confidence about
Gutierrez, "The difference between what
he is and what he could be is up to him."
Nathan Riojas, his reliever, thinks
that Gutierrez has great anticipation,
great perception of what's going on in
the game and that Gutierrez plays a
well controlled game.
Riojas adaea' inat Gutierrez will see
an opponent coming from the side and
he' II stop the ball, thereby letting
the player slide past him. This is just
.one of the tactics he uses of offense.
On a s;td, note, Rosie's· brother Eddi
passed away recently. When Gutierrez
was asked how that experience has affected him, he replied, "It made me look
at life in another fashion ."
The whole team banded together and
showed support and encouragement
for him . His teammates encouraged
him to keep playing.
Gutierrez has performed up to his
capabilitiP.s despite this tragedy.
Noting by his contribution to the team,
he has
rformed admirab
·
Chfcanas come a long way
By Yolanda Granados
A Chicana may be rural, urban, poor,
middle-class, a high school dropout,
a PH.D, a teacher, or a migrant. Despite these diversities she does share
some basic, and also heterogeneous
roots in the development of Indian and
Spanish culture and history, she shares
in the history past and present.
Mexicanas during the Pre-Columbian
period in Mexico helped her Nahua husband settle in the valley of Mexico.
The Nahuas were people dedicated
to their Gods . The women shared the
heavens with men. In a culture accommodating goddesses and queens,
the birth of a girl to a Nahua family regardless of social status was a joyous
occasion. If a pregnant woman were
to die during childbirth, she was deified
and worshipped.
·
To the Nahua, the family was the
single most important unit in the social
structure. Education was also important. The mother took care in teaching
the girls feminine duties from the age of
five. Aztec girls were taught to speak
respectfully , to be diligent, to be honest,
and dignified, and to be a credit to their
parents.
Indian women participated in the labor
force of textile workers, artist, artisans,
feather craft workers, salespersons,
curanderas, midwives, marriage
brokers. and seamstresses.
Mexican.ts in Nahua society were also
involved in women rights.
Some
women in the elite classes commanded
as much respect as the man. But during
the Spanish Colonial Period in 1519,
their lives revolved around $pains established institutions.
· Women saw themselves totally defensless in a world of humiliation,
abuse and slavery. Women, willingly,
and unwillingly, were the creators of the
new Mestizo race in Mexico and the
Southwestern United States. The Indian
woman was at the bottom of ~ociety.
They were excluded from Societal
activities.
The Mestiza overcame a lot of the
physical sufferings, but the psychological scars were engraved. Mexicanas
suffered the majority of the blame for
the conquest, for giving "life to the children of the conquerors. Dona Marina
or La Malinche, is symbolically blamed
for the Mestizo race.
' An outstanding female during this
period was Sor Juan Ines de la Cruz
(1648-1695), who was a Mestiza and who
attended an integrated convent. Cruz,
a genius from early childhood, mastered
mathematics, the natural sciences,
languages, and literature. She was constantly
harassed about her activities.
The Indian woman was encouraged to
She died of an epidemic in 1695.
stay home be a housewife, and be concerned with the church, and family.
Considering all the · subjugation of
But like women today, women then, also most women during the period of
disregared the dictates and assumed colonization and acculturation in Mexico
other roles beside that of a housewife. Mexicanas were participating in the In-
dependence movement in 1810. One of
the committed activists was Dona Maria
de DomineuP.z. She gave her riches up
and helped Fr. Miguel Hidalgo, initiate
independence. She was imprisioned for
doing so.
t- rom the period of Independence
(1810), Mexico passed through the
foreign intervention wars of 1848. When
Mexico lost its northern territory to the
United States. Everything seemed peace,ful until 1910.
In 1910, war broke out against the dictatorship system. Millions of Mexican
women fought in many ways during this
revolution. Countrywomen went beside
their men, with children and workinggear on thier backs. They took up arms,
sometimes disguised as men fought in
the field. Many reached the rank of
colonel. These women were referred to
as Las Adelitas or Solderas. A famous
Adelita was, Carmen Robles, who reach·ed the rank of general.
Conquerors established thier hold over
the new land . But many Chicanas overcame the mistreatment and started
focusing on survival of all Chicanos.
They focused on labor organizing, education, criminal justice, and the protection of Chicano civil rights.
In the labor movement Mexicanas organized farmworkers, La Confederacion
de Unions Obreras Mexicanas. In the
garment industry 1930's Chicanas, comprimised at least one third of the work
force, took an active role in improving
their situtation . The development of
the International Ladies Garment Union
is largely due to the bodies and dues
which Chicanas provided for strikes. In
the Pecan shelling industries, Chicanas
made up 80 percent of the workers, they
went on strike and were victorious.
The war period (1940's) gave Chicanas an opportunity to work in factory
related jobs. Chicanas during this period were harassed by the American
Sailors. This led to the Zoot Suit
Riots in Los Angeles.
Although women sacrificed fortunes
families, and lives during the revol:
utron, their social and political status remained unchanged, when the 1917 constitution was drawn up -and adopted.
Women began to advocate for civil
rights. Many feminists activities were
documented duriAg 1923 to 1959.
During the 1950's Chicanas were
again continuing to make history in
sporadic labor strikes. Many of the
women provided the backbone for the
civic and political organizations. Organizations such as MAPA, and the UFW.
During this time Mexican.ts in the
Southwest were being colonized by Americans. Women were being acculturated from one stage to another. Chicanas suffered violence and brutal executions during this period when the
The 1960's decade is considered the
most significant period in Chicano and
Chicana history.
Through the 1960
Census a lot of Chicano problems were
identified. Changes were established in
education, health, and welfare.
....
La Vaz de Aztlan asks: What are your feelings on the presidential election?
lily Espinosa,
Business.
Junior
"I am vP.rv, very disappointed.
feel
non-proeressive people have been
elected to office. I am disappointed in
Reagan .. Reich and Krum. They are
minuses for minorities."
Kepa Ka,1ekuahiwi,
Physical Education,
Junior
Maria Ramirez,
GraduatP student,
Liberal Studies
"I don't know. I think that it's a bum
trip we have to go to war. I think that
Carter had more experience and Reagan
winnin2 will be costly."
,, I feel that a lot of apathetic people
didn't bother to vote and they are the
ones who will be hurt by the new administration. I don't think Reagan is going to
do much for minorities and they are the
ones who didn't bother to vote."
Hope Diaz,
, Bilingual Education,
Junior
'"I am verv disa~pointed. I can't believe
all thesP oeop-le were for Reagan. I
think all the federal programs will suffer.
Personallv. I 'II suffer in my job."
by Pete Ramirez
~hosen from nine finalist state
fh•ver~ities. CSUF is the new home for
e H12h_ ~chool Equivlency Program
(HEP). ervmg non-traditional students
a~ 0 PP<>rtunity to earn their high school
d1pomas
1
.
The oroeram, which was . relocated
from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, is one
of two HF:P sites in this state and one
of 14 in the nation.
·
According to program director,
Antonio ~arcia, the support for the
program came from the CSUF administration . w.hich was a big deciding
factor in relocating in Fresno.
Mr. Garcia, who has been with the
program for nine years explained that
the st~dP.n~s come from different parts
of Cal1forn1a and Arizona, as well as
a few from around the Fresno area.
, The student, s reason for being in
the_ pr~eram is to complete their educatr~n '" high s~hool so that they may
contmue on t~ h1gh~r learning or go on
to some other Job training field.
The st11dents are enthusiastic of the
opportunities HEP provides. It gives
them initiative to continue their education anci hopefully someday attain
a job whic.h would enhance their present
status.
Francisca De Leon, a HEP student,
was formally working as a clerk in a
supermarket and saw the valuable
opportunitv hep offerered.
"I thornzht it was a good time to get
away to eet my head together and
do somPthing worthwhile," De Leon
stated .
Upon c:ompletion of the program,
De Leon intends to enroll at CSUF and
continue to further her education.
Mr. C.arcia gave examples of why
some students choose to go through
the program rather than attend regular
high school. One example is a student,
who was two weeks away from getting
his high c;chool diploma but his family
moved to another area.
Havine relocated and unabie to
graduate from his high school, he chose
to finish those two weeks he missed
with the HEP program . Former students
have gone on ~o better jobs, one for
See HEP na"e6·
Chicanos in Law
Students prepare
for law school
Manv Chicano college students
are eyeing law school as a way to help
in attaining justice. They also view
If you have been looking into a
the goal of- becoming an attorney as
career after college or if you have
talked to a career counselor you know an alternative for the Chicano comthat there is an oversupply of lawyers munity to indifferent Anglo lawyers.
Here at CSUF there is an organizain the United States.
President Carter has said that the tion aimed at making law school a more
United States has one of the heaviest feasible goal. The organization, Chicanos In Law, is open to any student at
concentration of lawyers on earth .
He has said that there is more litigation, CSUF interested in a career in law .
Chicanos in Law has established
but he isn't sure that there is more
justice.
itself as a serious organization dedicated
· Manv Chicanos can identify with to h.elpine students entering law school.
In the oast, members have visited
having little justice. With a higher
percentaee of persons in prisons than most of the law schools in California .
They have met with recruiters from
in graduate schools, Chicanos are
not . whom Carter and others speak these law schools. They have also met
of when they speak about a heavy with the La Raza Law Student Assodaconcentration of lawyers.
tions from the various law schools .
For example, there is one Chicano
This semester Chicanos in Law is
lawyer for every 9,480 Chicanos,
headed
hv Jayne Mascorro. Other ofcompared to one Anglo lawyer for
every 3.'iO Anglos. Especially scarce ficers include Edward Aparicio, viceare those Chicanos who can effectively president. Luis Vasquez, treasurer,
and Margarita Martinez, secretary .
communi_c ate in Spanish .
See Chicanos In law page 6
bv Margarita M. Martinez
Adentro
Bob ·Perez discusses· his career ............. Page 3
Halloween ... Raza Style!!............. Pages 4 & 5
What are these people up to??
See additional photos on pages 4 and 5.
Soccer, feature ....... ~ ........................Page 7
NovembPr 6, 111
LA VOZ OE AZTLAN
Page2
RAZA
1
And I will -fulfill
M~ Country's
•• ~
Ob\ iia-\-ions .
let's get
better
acquainted
11
Letter to El Ed(itor)
Q-voRaza.
Last week many new Chicano students
were seen on campus. These students
belon~ to the High School Equivalency
Program (H.E.P). These students
are here for one important puposeto recieve a high school diploma. The
best thine is that these students are
exposed to our campus.
So Raza. let's welcome our younger
brothers and sisters to our campus
and talk to them about the importaro
of an education.
·
Y siouiera, invite them to one of yoo
classes. Quien sabe?
You might
see some of these students enrolled
next semester. Que sique la lucha '
N'Ademy AwArd
Bcz.s+ Ac.tor :-
ffJ
f.Mj-MU
'si se puede.'
Alrato
Daveed Torres
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NMmb.r '· 1980
Page3
Antdyzes Bakk~ Case
One of California's best attorney's, Bob Perez,
discusses successful career and law profession
by Edward Aparido
'I personally do not think the Bakke
decision was the end of the world,
stated Robert Perez one of the state's
more orominent personal injury attorneys and associate professor of
aiminolo2y at CSUF. "It could have
been worse. "
'The only thing it strikes down is quotas. I'm not so sure that even without
Bakke we wouldn't be going through
the same thing, that is, the door somewhat closing,
Perez remarked. "I
think it is incumbent for us to push
for affirmative action.
Born in Los Angeles and raised in
Oosi, in Tulare County, Perez graduated from Orosi High School and from
the Colle2e of the Sequoias in Visalia.
Upon completion at COS, he transferred to California State University
atChico.
While at CSUC, Perez' main goal
was to become a professor at the
universitv level. HPrimarily my intentions were to become a teacher.
I
wanted to teach criminology.
That
was my objective," Perez claimed.
Perez hadn't really thought about law
school until he took a couple of courses
in business law from an instructor
who was a lawyer. "I was fascinated.
I became very, very interested," Perez
recalled.
H
H
H
Perez' first feelings were what many
students ~o through in their initial
academic vear. "I went in very scared.
Many of the students coming in were
from Berkeley, Stanford and other name
schools .." Perez said.
"And there I
was ... a kid from Chico State, a kid from
the Vallev. I was really scared." ·
Hin looking back at it now, 1'm
glad I was scared because I worked at
it very hard.,, Perez exclaimed.
Perez·, continual struggle paid off
after the first year as he was number
one, academically, in his class. "I was
really surprised," Perez exclaimed.
McGeor~e rewarded Perez wth a
scholarshio ~hich he viewed as a
blessimz from the sky. "At the time I
was married and financially it was very
difficult. The scholarship pretty well
took care of tuition. All I had to worry
about was eating and sleeping,,, said
Perez. "I was fortunate to have various
little jobs. We may not have had very
much, but we made it.,,
Perez' "little jobs" consisted of
runnin2 the minority students tutorial
center at McGeorge, working for the
Sacramento pub Iic defender's office,
and teaching in the Chicano Studies
Department at Sacramento State Un. iversity.
'I reaUy enjoyed "law school... the pressure
... That type of competition, especially when
yOU combine it with fear, provided an
atmosphere which enabled me to grow.
Retlecting back on both careers,
Perez has always felt a conflict between
teachin2 and practicing law. "It is very
difficult not to want to engage in the profession. Not that:-'I don't enjoy teaching.
lcertainlv do. 1've always had a conflict
between 'teacher and lawyer' and at
different times in my life one prevails
nver the other."
After 2raduating from Chico State
in 1967 with honors, Perez sat out a year
and worked. During the course of the
vear, Perez and a couple of other
individuals started a program, HProject
Proteus.,, to be funded by the federal
IOVernment to aid migrants and farmworkers. At the time it was a "very
small" oro~ram. The budget consisted ·
of $250.000.
"It's presently a $10
million orogram," Perez commented.
In 1968. Perez was a1:fmitted to the
University of Pacific School of Law,
Mcceoree on a "conditional basis. H
"I was admitted into McGeorge
prior to mv LSA T (Law School Admission
Test) on the condition that I must do
well in order to meet the provision,,,
Perez recalled.
Upon receiving his LSAT score,
Perez was immediately troubled as he
had received a low score. HI was really
worried they might disavow it (admission) since I did not meet the condition,
butthev did not." Perez stated.
Despite the fact that Perez had to worl<
at various jobs during law school, Perez
looks back at it now and is amused by
the experience.
"I really enjoyed law school. .. the
pressure. Most people look upon
law school as sort of like people who
have been in the service look at boot
camp,,, Perez stated. Hfor some reason
it was the type of thing I thrived on.
rn essence. I 've found myself to be a
very comoetitive person.,,
·
HThat tvpe of competition, especially
when you combine it with fear, provided
an atmosohere which enabled me to
grow," Perez said.
Perez eraduated from McGeorge
with honors in 1972 and immediately
began teaching in the criminology
department at CSUF.
Along with
teachin2. Perez began practicing law
with Armando Rodriguez as an associate.
Once Rodriguez was appointed to the
bench. Perez expanded his law practice
an-d concentrated on personal injury.
Thus entering the field of personal injury, this enabled Perez to scale new
heights.
Rapidly building up his
reputation as an attorney who ,, gets
the job done" Perez has amazingly
; Perez, Fresno's Best, elaborates on career.
built up a rather successful I.aw career
in a short oeriod of time.
Within the last two years, Perez
has been on the winning side of three
major lawsuit~.
Althoueh having won lawsuits of
$8.7 million and $4.I million, Perez is
most proud of a lawsuit whose end
result was just over S 1 million.
"That case gives me the most good
feeling. The case involved an undocumented alien, who was a parapalegic.,,
Perez exolained.
With oolitics being the name of the
game, Perez is disturbed by widespread
Chicano apathy and lack of voting
participation.
"Something Chicanos should start
becomine aware of is that the system
can be made to work for you ... let's
take it over." Perez exclaimed.
"We have enough of us who are
eligible to vote to win any election,"
Perez commented.
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'Something Chicanos should, start becoming
aware of is that the system can be made to
work for you ... let's take it over'
While still teaching part-time at CSUF
Perez eyes a political career in the
future. "I would like to one day be the
first Chicano federal district court
judge. Althou2h, I am talking about
a long way down the line ... l 'm having
too muc.h fun right now."
Perez felt there was many reasons
why Chicanos do not vote, but cited
a traditional overtone that underlies
most of these problems. "Most Chicanos
feel 'the less government, the better, '
is a carryowr from our grandparents
whom fled Mexico during the revolution,,, Perez said.
L
See Bob Perez page v
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A WELCOME TO THE 4TH ANNUAL ADELIT AS' HALLOWEEN DANCE.
ALADIN AND A SAMPLE FROM HIS HAREM.
DR~CULA EYES HIS NEXT VICTIM.
THE WOLFMAN AND A ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW FILM FAN.
Photos
by
Robert Hernandez
·:HE CLOWN; ALSO GOT INTO THE ACT DURING THE COSTUME
..• AND REPRESENTING THE DEVIL ..
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
Page6
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HEP
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Continued from page 1
example is a director for a Ht:.t' program
in Washineton.
A normal class day consists of a
program at 8:00 in the morning which
may consist .of a guest speaker or just
a pep talk. The schedule also consists
of general education courses such as
history. sdence, math, etc.
The classes end at 3:00 in the afterBeine Part of the establishment noon anrl the students go to their
in law. Perez is disturbed by the movie "dorms" where they are required to
industrv depicting lawyers, politicians, do two hours of homework each night.
and other public office electees in a This is uc;ually done on their own after
negative manner.
spendine the first three weeks in a
Perez was irritated by last year's study hall atmosphere. The Hdorms"
movie. And Justice For All, starring
are the Shaw College apartments on
Al Pacino. "The movie made me very the corner of Cedar and Shaw.
mad," Perez said.
As to how long it takes for a person
Perez felt the movie portrayed the to comolete a program, Mr. Garcia
law profession in an unj_u st manner, answererl . "it varies from two months
implying that nothing was right with
to six months depending on a student's
the
_ motivation. H
Noting the fact that there are
deficiencies within the system, Perez
remarked that it was an obligation
to all concerned, especially lawyers,
to correct such imperfections.
HI believe in it (the system). I'm part
of the establishment, H Perez stressed.
"I'm workingwithin the system."
Perez also doubles as a criminology prof
"It's very difficult to _respect a system
you don't even understand."
Bob Perez
Continued from Page 6 .
This lack of interest, Perez emphasized, has an overall effect on the
Chicano community. Hit's very difficult
to respect a system you don 't even
understand." Perez stated.
"It's often been said that there are
too many lawyers right now. I agree
with that statement, Perez said.
H
"But that does not mean I would discourage Chicanos to study law. There is
not an overabundance of Chicanos in
the field . and more importantly, there
are verv few who speak Spanish.'
HEP. federally funded, has a $500,<XX>
budget ~hich pays for all student
living and school expenses and the
teac;himz staff. The staff consists of
13 full-time teachers with part-time assistance.
The students are registered as CSUF
students even paying the student
body fees which entitle them to access
to all
the
university facilities.
This also enables them to use these
facilities on the weekends if they choose
not to 20 home.
The fPedback from the university
in connertion to the program is positive,
but with ouzzlement. Most people do
nof know anything about HEP and
Mr. Carda sees this as something that
needs correction in the near future.
Chicanos In Law
Continued from page 1
At their weekly meetings they have
been planning such activities as future
law school trips. Their biggest planning
project is the second annual Chicanos
In Law law day to be held in March.
The meetings also host speakers
such as iudges and lawyers as well
as instructors at CSUF. Topics range
from the various law schools to talk.
about post-Bakke effects in law school
minoritv admissions. Two weeks ago
Jess Avila. member of the La Raza
Lawyer's Association chapter in Fresno,
addressed the group .
Other orojects to date include the
coordinating of a prepatory LSAT
study group for those members preparing for the LSA T.
Chicanos in Law is hosting three
recruiters on November 7 in the College
l Inion Room 308 from 12:00 to 2:00.
Photo bv Richard Rias~
Two of the recruiters, Ramiro Jacinto
of the UC:LA School of Law, and Arturo
Ocampo of Boalt Hall (Berkeley) are
former Chicanos in Law members.
These recruiters will also be at the
Chicanos in Law meeting in November
7 at 3:00 in the College Union.
For more information about Chicanos in
Law, a message may be left in the
Chicanos In Law message box in the
La Raza Studies office.
Director of LaRaMa speaks
to CHO members
.
Roberto Rubalcava, director-recruiter
for the La Raza Medical Association
(LaRaMA) was the featured speaker at a
CHO meeting held Oct. 29th.
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His primary goal was to introduce
LaRa MA to freshmen and sophomore
pre-med st,.·...tants. Rubalcava related the
fact that LaRaMA was the only indepen-
dent Raza medical association. He stated
that LaRaMA 's purpose is to serve the
Raza community and the community of
Raza phvsicians in every phase of their
professional growth .
Rubalcava stressed the idea that
LaRaMA would provide valuable assistance to those CHO members who are
nlanning to become doctors.
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
Novemb..r 6, 1980
Page7
Soccer team readies for USF
by Eli Garcia
ThAr,::. is a look of confidence these.
days on the face of CSUF' s soccer coach
Jose Eleorriaga as he see' s his rourth
rated Bulldogs just one game behind
conferenc.e leader and number one
ranked uc;F.
There has been some skepticism
throuRhout the season on how well the i
Bulldogs rea, 1y were. The Uogs have
moved up and down the top ten ladder,
but it seems like the chemistry that
mach Elgorriaga said would'take a while
mmuster up, is evidently producing and
apparent.
The Bulldogs traveled to Santa Clara
to play thefourth ranked Broncos in a
crucial conterence · game, and CSUF
came away a clear winner in what one
might consider a mild upset, but not
Elgorriaga.
"We s.1id from the start that we were
really confident and as good if not better
than Santa Clara. The teams played
accordingly to our game plan and
m~de t~e _Br~>nc~s ~lay .our gamt:."
When asked what has been the one element to the team's success Elgorriaga
replied. "We have been playing very
aggressive ball and we have also cut
down on our mental mistakes. We made
very few mistakes a2ainst Santa Clara
and° it was evident in the game final
outcome."
Bulld
Photo bv Robert Hernandez
With a 4-2 victory over thP l lniversity
of Berkelev. the stage is clearly set for
a showrlown between the Bulldogs
and the l JSF team.
In conclusion Elgorriaga stated that
his team has not reached their potential
and expects his team to come out
shooting against San Francisco.
"This is the type of situation our
team wanted to be in all season. We
have had our share of ups and downs
but we ·have overcome every type of
obstacle that has confronted us. We have
worked extremely hard and this week
will be no exception. Everything we
worked for comes down to our final
game, and I can honestly say, that they
are a great team and have been for the
past several years. Last year we almost
beat them and this year we would like
nothing more than to take the title from
them and bring it home~ When asked
how he matched both teams, Coach
Elgorriaga replied, "Man for man they
probably have a slight edge on us, but
I think we are mentally and physically
ready. We will have to play a great game
in order to come out of the confrontation the champions.
added dimension
by Anna Wong
Do most people know that "football"
means soccer outside the United States
and Canada?
According to the New York Times
Guide to Spectator Sports, soccer
"is the most widely-played, best-attended, most intently followed team game in
the world."
One of the reasons why CSUF has
such a talented soccer team is because
of Rosendo (Rosie) Gutierrez, who plays
right halfback. Gutierrez a sophomore
from Porterville has started every game
at CSUF since his freshman year.
Gutierrez' position is unique in that
he has to play both a halfback and a
forward. When CSUF is on the attack,
he's a forward; when they're playing
defense, he becomes a halfback.
His position is very demanding in that
it reouires both stamina and speed.
Soccer Illustrated has the opinion that
halfbacks are considered the work horses
· c of the team because they are as much
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"' a part of the defense as they are of the
11 offense.
~ "Rosie is a very talented player,"
11 stated Bob Bereskin, former head coach
i of CSUF's soccer team. Bereskin also
~ added that Gutierrez has a lot of ball
.c skills; Gutierrez can do things that
other players cannot do.
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The former coach goes on to say that
a. Gutierrez has more innate talent than
any other player on the team. When Gutierrez is on offens~, there is no playe~
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Rosendo Gutierrez (left) attempts to outmaneuver Miguel Avila.
Danny Cerna, the assistant coach,
thinks that Gutierrez is the best player
in the league when it comes to ball
control. As far as the team is concerned
Gutierrez can score from anywhere on
the field.
"Instinctively, he can do anything
you want him to," says Coach Jose El
gorriaga. The coach also expressed that
potentially, Gutierrez is one of the most
outstanding players at Fresno State.
Elgorriaga say with confidence about
Gutierrez, "The difference between what
he is and what he could be is up to him."
Nathan Riojas, his reliever, thinks
that Gutierrez has great anticipation,
great perception of what's going on in
the game and that Gutierrez plays a
well controlled game.
Riojas adaea' inat Gutierrez will see
an opponent coming from the side and
he' II stop the ball, thereby letting
the player slide past him. This is just
.one of the tactics he uses of offense.
On a s;td, note, Rosie's· brother Eddi
passed away recently. When Gutierrez
was asked how that experience has affected him, he replied, "It made me look
at life in another fashion ."
The whole team banded together and
showed support and encouragement
for him . His teammates encouraged
him to keep playing.
Gutierrez has performed up to his
capabilitiP.s despite this tragedy.
Noting by his contribution to the team,
he has
rformed admirab
·
Chfcanas come a long way
By Yolanda Granados
A Chicana may be rural, urban, poor,
middle-class, a high school dropout,
a PH.D, a teacher, or a migrant. Despite these diversities she does share
some basic, and also heterogeneous
roots in the development of Indian and
Spanish culture and history, she shares
in the history past and present.
Mexicanas during the Pre-Columbian
period in Mexico helped her Nahua husband settle in the valley of Mexico.
The Nahuas were people dedicated
to their Gods . The women shared the
heavens with men. In a culture accommodating goddesses and queens,
the birth of a girl to a Nahua family regardless of social status was a joyous
occasion. If a pregnant woman were
to die during childbirth, she was deified
and worshipped.
·
To the Nahua, the family was the
single most important unit in the social
structure. Education was also important. The mother took care in teaching
the girls feminine duties from the age of
five. Aztec girls were taught to speak
respectfully , to be diligent, to be honest,
and dignified, and to be a credit to their
parents.
Indian women participated in the labor
force of textile workers, artist, artisans,
feather craft workers, salespersons,
curanderas, midwives, marriage
brokers. and seamstresses.
Mexican.ts in Nahua society were also
involved in women rights.
Some
women in the elite classes commanded
as much respect as the man. But during
the Spanish Colonial Period in 1519,
their lives revolved around $pains established institutions.
· Women saw themselves totally defensless in a world of humiliation,
abuse and slavery. Women, willingly,
and unwillingly, were the creators of the
new Mestizo race in Mexico and the
Southwestern United States. The Indian
woman was at the bottom of ~ociety.
They were excluded from Societal
activities.
The Mestiza overcame a lot of the
physical sufferings, but the psychological scars were engraved. Mexicanas
suffered the majority of the blame for
the conquest, for giving "life to the children of the conquerors. Dona Marina
or La Malinche, is symbolically blamed
for the Mestizo race.
' An outstanding female during this
period was Sor Juan Ines de la Cruz
(1648-1695), who was a Mestiza and who
attended an integrated convent. Cruz,
a genius from early childhood, mastered
mathematics, the natural sciences,
languages, and literature. She was constantly
harassed about her activities.
The Indian woman was encouraged to
She died of an epidemic in 1695.
stay home be a housewife, and be concerned with the church, and family.
Considering all the · subjugation of
But like women today, women then, also most women during the period of
disregared the dictates and assumed colonization and acculturation in Mexico
other roles beside that of a housewife. Mexicanas were participating in the In-
dependence movement in 1810. One of
the committed activists was Dona Maria
de DomineuP.z. She gave her riches up
and helped Fr. Miguel Hidalgo, initiate
independence. She was imprisioned for
doing so.
t- rom the period of Independence
(1810), Mexico passed through the
foreign intervention wars of 1848. When
Mexico lost its northern territory to the
United States. Everything seemed peace,ful until 1910.
In 1910, war broke out against the dictatorship system. Millions of Mexican
women fought in many ways during this
revolution. Countrywomen went beside
their men, with children and workinggear on thier backs. They took up arms,
sometimes disguised as men fought in
the field. Many reached the rank of
colonel. These women were referred to
as Las Adelitas or Solderas. A famous
Adelita was, Carmen Robles, who reach·ed the rank of general.
Conquerors established thier hold over
the new land . But many Chicanas overcame the mistreatment and started
focusing on survival of all Chicanos.
They focused on labor organizing, education, criminal justice, and the protection of Chicano civil rights.
In the labor movement Mexicanas organized farmworkers, La Confederacion
de Unions Obreras Mexicanas. In the
garment industry 1930's Chicanas, comprimised at least one third of the work
force, took an active role in improving
their situtation . The development of
the International Ladies Garment Union
is largely due to the bodies and dues
which Chicanas provided for strikes. In
the Pecan shelling industries, Chicanas
made up 80 percent of the workers, they
went on strike and were victorious.
The war period (1940's) gave Chicanas an opportunity to work in factory
related jobs. Chicanas during this period were harassed by the American
Sailors. This led to the Zoot Suit
Riots in Los Angeles.
Although women sacrificed fortunes
families, and lives during the revol:
utron, their social and political status remained unchanged, when the 1917 constitution was drawn up -and adopted.
Women began to advocate for civil
rights. Many feminists activities were
documented duriAg 1923 to 1959.
During the 1950's Chicanas were
again continuing to make history in
sporadic labor strikes. Many of the
women provided the backbone for the
civic and political organizations. Organizations such as MAPA, and the UFW.
During this time Mexican.ts in the
Southwest were being colonized by Americans. Women were being acculturated from one stage to another. Chicanas suffered violence and brutal executions during this period when the
The 1960's decade is considered the
most significant period in Chicano and
Chicana history.
Through the 1960
Census a lot of Chicano problems were
identified. Changes were established in
education, health, and welfare.
....
La Vaz de Aztlan asks: What are your feelings on the presidential election?
lily Espinosa,
Business.
Junior
"I am vP.rv, very disappointed.
feel
non-proeressive people have been
elected to office. I am disappointed in
Reagan .. Reich and Krum. They are
minuses for minorities."
Kepa Ka,1ekuahiwi,
Physical Education,
Junior
Maria Ramirez,
GraduatP student,
Liberal Studies
"I don't know. I think that it's a bum
trip we have to go to war. I think that
Carter had more experience and Reagan
winnin2 will be costly."
,, I feel that a lot of apathetic people
didn't bother to vote and they are the
ones who will be hurt by the new administration. I don't think Reagan is going to
do much for minorities and they are the
ones who didn't bother to vote."
Hope Diaz,
, Bilingual Education,
Junior
'"I am verv disa~pointed. I can't believe
all thesP oeop-le were for Reagan. I
think all the federal programs will suffer.
Personallv. I 'II suffer in my job."