La Voz de Aztlan, February 5 1981
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La Voz de Aztlan, February 5 1981
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La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)
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EDITORIAL
Perhaps you've noticed something different about this semester's first issue of
La Voz de Aztlan. Well one of the privileges one receives as editor of a newspaper
is adding one's own personal tou·ches. I personally feel that the new graphics
and format we've implemented reflects today's modern, multi-dimensional
Chicano, rather than the standard eagle-old English type logos we've long been
using. Also, I wanted to voice one of my personal grievances-I hate the term
"'minority."' I don't like to think of La Voz as a "'minority"' publication. Whoever
first came up with that term obviously didn't anticipate the 1980 census r.eport.
The word "'minority"' sounds so meanial-minor. I prefer to use the term, cultural
majority . .
Although I'm not officially editor of La Voz, 1've put in much time and effort to
go ahead and publish this issue. My application was rejected at CSUF's Media
Council hearing late December on what I consider minor technicalities, . procedures I didn't follow. -,- i i experience was one of great distraught and humiliation . I saw it as institution,dy sanctioned bureaucracy at its best-to put it bestme chingaron.
As a reporter for La Voz two semesters, I was fortunate enough to learn and
grow from all the opportunities and experiences working with ·such a publication ·
as this one affords. As~ journalism major, I feel I have a commitment to use the
media to help Raza and not be used by it. By this I mean we live in a society which
is controlled by the popular culture media. I believe that all our faults and fallacies
lie on the misuse of the media. Why if we could be commercialized, ·packaged
and promoted, like the Anglo _culture-we would have it made. Imagine for
moment, Chicanos having the top ten shows· in the Nielsen ratings, Fantasy
Barrio, Eastside Dallas, or the Maria Gonzales Variety hour. Imagine a Chicano
winning an Oscar, or a Grammy.
I believe it was Will Rogers who once said, "'All I know is what I read in the
papers."' If he were alive today, all he'd. "'know"' is that Chicanos are a particular
ethnic group which are largely mafioso and entering illegally into this country.
Let's face it, the American public are suckers for sensationalism. What sells
more newspapers and magazines, what T.V. shows are more watched are misreo-
a
does
resentations, distrotions of reality. In light of this, is La Voz reality? What
La Voz stand for? To promote Chicanismo? My explanation is simple.
· La Voz is the result of Civil rights and affirmative action activism in the late
60's and early 70's.
Too many times we forget just how much Chicanos have had to strive and
struggle for what we now take advantage of. We also neglect how far we have yet
togo.
Issues like the inhumane injustices going on in El Salvador should unite us,
bring us together. Yet so many times I see much conflict and remorse between
Raza at this university for ·reasons which are not valid enough to justify such irrational behavior. It's going to have to take the combined efforts of Raza if we want
to get anywhere. It seems as though just as one of us starts reaching the top steps
of the ladder, there's always someone to pull that person back down. To answer
the previous question to whether La Voz presents the reality of news, I simply
say that La Voz presents news from a Chicano perspective. Although many feel
thatthe Chicano perspective is biased, pne-sided, anti-Anglo, etc., I don't agree.
Everyone's perceptions are influenced~y ethnicity, religion, occupation, traditions, values, etc. I think that biasness is too often confused with individualized
perceptiveness. ·
Thus, it is important for us to present our side of the story because too many
_, people are receiving news from an Anglo perspective.
Yes, there are ignorant people out there whose only education comes from the
television screen and therefore believe that all Chicanos do is spray paint walls
and slash tires. The same systems and institutions which reject non-mainstream
Anglo conformity and force our yout_h to establish their own subculture are still
in existence. Open your eyes and your heart and you' II soon see there are some
things which still have to be straightened out. How I wish they were, then I
wouldn't have to reapply for editor of La Voz.
Sinceramente
Fernando Quintero
Acting Editor in Chief
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
With the election of Ronald Reagan,
· the attitude that conservatism will solve
our problems is strong in the U.S. Many
people believe that it is now okay to
interfere in any poor country in order to
save the people, but all that the U.S. is
really trying to save is the business interest it has there.
In El Salvador, our carnales y carnalas
are fighting for their freedom against the
U. S. supported junta which directs terrorist acts against the Indians, · campesinos, small farmers, workers and the
Catholic church. Over 11,000 people
have died in the last 9 months at the
hands of La Junta.
Are we as concerned Chicanos and
Mexicanos going to allow this and other
events, which are the result of U.S. action to continue without any response?
lf we have the corazon would wel allow
our carnales to be drafted to fight a war
in El Salvador to kill our own poor raza
who want their freedom from La Junta?
If we have the corazon would we lie back
and allow Reagan and his camaradas
cut off funds for E.O.P., Bilingual Education, College Grants, and Migrant
Education?
If we have the corazon would we allow
people to believe there is no need for La
t<aza studies and Affirmative action?
· Chicanos before us struggled hard and
long to have these programs established.
We Chicanos here on campus are the
results. We are taki'ng advantage of the
work they did for us, now it is our obligation to continue the struggle so that we
do not lose it all. Let us continue the
strong voice that lets others know our
needs.
As a member of El Movimento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A)
here at CSUF. I feel I have an obligation
to protect not only what we have now,
but to continue.fighting for-the many services that Chicanos still need.
M .E.Ch .A stands for the voice of Chicano students. M.E.Ch.A fights for programs to serve .us, but M.E.Ch.A. can
only do this with your support. The voice
of M.E .Ch.A. is the voice of Chicano students·, who are concerned and involved
at campus and in the community.
Chicanos y Chicanas, despiertense.
Do not let years of hard work go to
waste. Get involveq and let you~ concern
for the betterment of Chicanos be
known. There is so much need for help.
Que siga la lucha,
Gerardo Gonzalez
M.E.Ch.A. CSU, Fresno
Editor-in-Chief: Fernando Quintero
Managing Editor: Margarita Martinez
Sports Editor: Ed Aparicio
Photographers: Robert Hernandez,
Richard Rios
Production: Maria Servin
Rer>9rters: Yolanda Granados, Michael
Valencia, Lourdes Villareal, Olivia
Lucio
La Voz De Aztlan is located in the
Keats Campus building on the CSUF
.Campus Building. La Voz reserves the
right to edit letters, submission does
not guarantee publication. Teleplhone
487-2486.
La Voz De Aztlan
Febru~ 6, 1981
ARRAGON CANDIDATE FOR
SCHOOL BOARD
Page 3
El Salvador:
Revolution or Death
The new Reagan administration has
stated that human rights considerations
should not be allowed to "p.aralyze or
Covering an area comparable to the unduly delay decisions on issues" where
state of Massachusetts, with an es- they "conflict with other vital U.S. intimated population of 5 million, El Sal- terests," according to one source.
vador lies near the center of Central
In one of the pamphlets distriq,uted at
America. This country was the focal the presentation, it explained: " ... there
point of a film and presentation this past is no reason to believe that the U.S. will
Saturday at the Mosqueda Center, sit back passively and allow a popular
co-sponsored by the Latin American victory in El Salvador, after its chagrin
Support Committee and
CSUF' s at bring taken by surprise by the triumph
MEChA organization.
of the people of Nicaragua.
The program was offered in order to
Latin America is good business for
make people in the community aware U.S. corporations, who have approxi.of the situation that has been, and cur- mately $40 billion dollars invested.
rently is in existence. The film pre- They will continue their profit-making
sented "El Salvador: Revolution or operations as long as cheap labor and
·Death,~ was a vio[ently graphic docu- natural resources are available. They
mentary of the struggles and horrors would prefer _to pay someone three dolthat the El Salvadorean people are cur- lars a day to do the work.for which U.S.
rently facing.
. · laborers would receive $40. Now,
It has been alleged that the U:~· however, the people of Latin America
has not only been supportive of the m1h- are organizing to use their resources
tary Junta currently in power in El Sal- for their own collective benefit.
vador, they have even gone so far as to
It was pointed out that what U.S. citiinstill their own so called "puppets" zens needed to be concerned with is the
to ensure their control is maintained. striking parallel between the situation in
.-further, it has also been reported that El Salvador and our past experience with
the U.S. is supplying arms, some of Vietnam. The implications that present
which are so sophisticated that they re- themselves now with El Salvador also
quire special training to operate. Along · parallel the implications· that arose prior
with the arms they supply, the U.S. has to the war in Vietnam. The similarities
placed Military advisors in El Salvador mentioned were said to cause enough
in order to facilitate control by the Junta. concern to look into the matter more
Allegedly, all this u:s. involvement is deeply, especially those who are of draft
rationalized by the purported threat of a age. And if present conditions are percommunist takeover.
mitted to continue, perhaps the situation_
By Michael Valencia
By Lourdes Villarreal
Peggy Arragon is a young 26 year-old
energetic Chicana who is running for
Fresno School Board Representative on
the March 3rd ballot. Although .she feels
this will be a non-partisan election, Arragon is a member of the La Raza Unida
Party which was founded in Crystal City, .
Texas by Jose Angel ~~ti~rrez in 1970.
Arragon's objectives, it elected, a~e. to
implement propositions ~uc_h ~s nutrition
programs, revision of d1sc1plma"'.' measures in the _schools, and most importantly, become a · decisive figure in the
Board's al location of funds to the
schools.
sometimes she has been labelled "too
political.'1
Arragon has always been an active
~ember of the community-having
graduated from Fresno High School, she
then obtained her Associate of Arts Degree from Fresno City College in Child
Development. Arragon has worked two
years for Fresno Elementary Schools
where she is currently teaching 4th and
5th grade levels. Arragon spends most of
her free time doing volunteer work. She
is a member of the Parents Advisory
Committee and the Dis,trict A?vis~~
-
·Committee. Arragon 1s a1so mvo1vea in
the Planned Pa~enthood program which
deals with teenage pregnanciers and
single parent homes. Arragon herself is
a single parent. She hopes to return to
college during the summer and obtain a
Bachelors of Arts Degree. She hopes to
enter the counseling field in which she
Among the obstacles Arragon faces is sees a desperate need for Chicano counthe lack of interest Raza seems to have selors throughout the country.
when it comes to voting. Arragon attributes this low voting turnout among Chicanos at local elections to the lack of adeArragon hopes to emphasize the need
quate registration information, the lack
of transportation to voting polls, and the for Bilingual education and the need for
lack of approprjate media coverage. participation of Chicanos in politics.
_Therefore, she hopes to combat these Arragon wishes to invite anyone who is
problems by taking advantage of the interested to participate in the campaign
absentee ballots and by having more meetings which are held ever:y Thurs~ay
precinct walkings .
at 7:00 p.m. at The Firehouse on Olive
and Eighth Street. For those interested
Surprisingly enough, Arragon re- in finding out more about La Raza Unida
marks that she has receiv~d negative Party, they are invited to .attend the
comments, even from Raza that have meetings held on Mondays at 7:00 p.m.,
told her that her major obstacles are be- also at The Firehouse. Arragon's advice
ing a woman and a Chicana. However, to Chicano students is, "Don't be afraid"
Arragon refuses to give up, even though to get involved."
Arragon believes she has a very good
chance of winning the election; even
though she is one of the 12 running candidates she feels that her major compe- ·
titors a;e the three running incumbents.
El Salva~orean ·Enrique Vela speaks at film
presentation 'El Salvador: Revolution or Death'
held at the Sal Mosqued~ Center.
Februrary 5, 198!
La Voz De Aztlan
Page 4 •
CHICANO YOUTH CO.NFE
· Photos courtesy of
Sentimientos Magazine
-------------------------------~--------------~-------~---------~-------------By Olivia Lucio
This year's 8th annual Chicano Youth
conference was held Jan. 17 at CSUF
with over 1500 students and approx1mately 385 adults from throughout the
San Joaquin valley participating.
Si nee 1973, the conference has be-
come well-known throughout the state.
The conference,· collective result of students concerned with the future education of Chicano~.
.
The main purpose of the conference
has been to recruit Chicano high school
students to the university by providing
a
information regarding tuitions, ·registration, and academic advising.
The conference lncludes career and
general interest workshops with invited
speakers giving presentations on sociaJ
issues and career opportunities. The
purpose of these wor:kshops is to make
students aware of issues and affecting la
comunidad Chicana.
A college fair in which representatives
from different colleges and universities
distributed information about their
schools was also included in the day's
activities.
La Voz De Aztlan
bruary 5, 1981
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Page 5
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"There's going to be many opportunities cide~ are being misused and affecting
for Chicanos in the coming decade," farmworkers. Chavez believed that the
stated Cesar Chavez, guest speaker at greatest challenge for Chicanos is to be
this year's annual Chicano Youth Con- "juntos pero no revueltos ."
ference. Chavez, president of the United
"It is a big mistake to isofate ourselves
Farmworker's Union, stressed the with the knowledge we acquire at the
importance of. education for the future of colleges and universities . This knowChicano's . "In the next decade, work is ledge should not be kept but shared .
going to be done by 'knowledge, not mus- Share it with humanity," stated Chavez.
cle." Chavez, a former farmworker, is
Chavez stressed the importance de
very conscious of the significance of nuestra cultura in "living and sharing
higher education.
. this country but not losing our culture.
"We have many challenges before Our culture is our food and our costumus," said Chavez. Some of the challenges bres, it's what our parents taught us Iike
mentioned were: . The need for Chicanos who and what to. respect. Pick up the
to become more involved in politics, the best parts of our culture and teach them
need for more environmental protection to our younger people," Chavez added.
action-each day more and more pesti-
Febru:ary 5, 1981
page&
La Voz De Aztlan
HEARING FOR BILINGUAL
BILINGUAL GRANTS
PHONE SERVICES
By Yolanda Granados
After a two hour delay, the Public
Utilities Commissio_n held a public
hearing Jan. 22 in Fresno to determine
whether telephone companies are providjng adequate bilingual services to
its customers-no one was there to interpret the hearing to the Spanish-speakers, thus, the two-hour delay.
Judge Squeri heard statements from
members of the audience (the majority
speaking in Spanish) who shared problems they had encountered with t_he
telephone services because of the lack
of Spanish-speaking employees.
Many in the audience were representatives of Chicano community organizations. They testified about the
problems they or their clients had in
dealing with the telephone business offices because of the lack of bilingual
employees. Some speakers told of incidents when a Spanish-speaking person
would try to get service or clear up mistakes on bills. Often times they would be
told by employees to go back home and
bring someone who spoke English.
Many felt that this was an - injustice
to the Spanish-speaker.
One woman, Evelyn Durante, representing Centro De La Familia, told of
problems encountered by her clients in
making long distance calls and not being
connected to the right number because
they were not understood by the operator. "Many of my clients come to ou.r ·of-.
fice just to have someone make their
long distance calls," Durante said.
Several speakers suggested that teleph~ne companies should, require their
Chicano employees to speak Spanish.
Program. The forms are available
campus Financial Aids Off ices
through campus bilingual coordinators
For further information, contact I)
Students who are planning to prepare
Orozco
at 487-2765.
for a career as a bilingual-crosscultural
teacher are being urged to file a Student
· Aid Application for California (SAAC) if
they wish to apply for a Bilingual Teacher Grant.
A community member commented,
In 'addition to financial need, grant
"Requirements should be set and eligibility requirements include enrollSpanish tests should be given during ment at either the undergraduate or
_the hiring procedures to insure adequate graduate level, entry level oral bilingual
Spanish-speaking employees."
competency, and enrollment in an approved bilingual program or a communExcept for one man, most of those who ity college pro.g ram leading to bilingual
testified felt that the telephone company certification.
was treating the Spanish-speaking cliDr. Cecilio Orozco, coordinator of the
ents unjustly. A Pacific Telephone Bilingual-Crosscultural Specialist Prospokesman said the .company considers gram at California S~te University,
full bilingual services "an unnecessary Fresno, said the SAAC must be subeconomic investment."
mitted by February 12 to the California
Student Aid Commission to certify the
The Bulldog Foundation h
· The Fresno hearing was one ot !> near- student's financial need for 1981-82.
ed that Tony Oliva has been h
Thirty-eight students at CSUF receiv- the position of executive di
ings that the PUC .conducted in January.
All the information gathered from these ed 1980-81 grants through the Bilingual position was vacated when Ru
hearings will be presented to a 5 mem- Teacher Grant Program. The awards was hired as director of athletics
ber panel in Sacramento in March.
range from $100 to 3,600 depending on · no State. Oliva started his new
The hearings were in response to an demonstrated financial need.
January 19th. Oliva's duties with
effort by 16 Hispanic and Chinese orAfter suhmitting the Student Aid Bulldog Foundation include the Supell
ganizations that are seeking effective Application for California, students will sion of all foundation activities. Loci•
bilingual telephone service through- need to complete an application supple- story in the next issue of La Yi i
out California. These organizations con~ ment for the Bilingual Training Grant Aztlan:
tend that there is a multibillion dollar
bilingual telephone market that Pacific
Telephone has refused to tap.
The organization Padririos, which is
an organization of Hispanic employees
of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph,
undertook a survey on bilingual telephone service. The survey revealed that
if ·this bilingual revenue source · were
fully tapped, Pacific Telephone would
not have to increase its rates by a proposed $789 million.
Padrinos also contends that if effective bilingual telephone service is provided, it could also lead to similar ser. vice being provided throughout the Bell
system and could increase telephone
calls between the US and Latin America.
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• oldies
• rnu.sica -Folcfot'ic.a
• salsa
• nuevo
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• oncla chica na
• mu~ica roma.nt.ictJ
The "Oldies But Goodies" show is heard
every weekday from 10 p.m. till mid- ·
night (till 1 a.m. on Fridays). Programmers include oldtimers Samuel Rod-
nguez, Bacillo Macial, and newcomers
David Ramirez, Steve Camacho and
Vivian Castro. Dedications can be
made by writing a letter to Radio Bilingue, P.O. Box 12682, Fresno, CA 93778.
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La Voz De Aztlan
ebruary 5, 1981
Page 7
Fresn~ State Bulldogs face crucial
oppone-rits in quest of PCAA title
By Ed Aparicio
Sporting the nations second best
defense and previously the nations
longest winning streak, Fresno State is
in tune for the PCAA playoffs March
5-:-_7 and oozing with confidence.
CSUF's next game will be today
with the Gauchos from the University
at Santa Barbara at Selland Arena,
then extertain the Fullerton State
Titans on Saturday.
FSU Coach Boyd Grant is extremely
confident at this point in the season
despite his teams third place standing
in the conference. Carrying a 4-2
record, 15-3 overall, the Bulldogs
trail San Jose St. (6-0) and Long Beach
St. (5-1). Perhaps one can understand
Coac_h Grants confidence due to the way
his team is playing at the moment.
After shutting down high powered
UC Irvine and winning two from Univ.
of Pacific, FSU is on the rebound and
rolling.
A perfect blend of raw talent, hustle
and enthusiasm is the best way to
describe the FSU floop squad . "Leading
FSU is junior forward "Hot Rod"
Higgins last years MVP and second
team AII-PCAA . Grant -calls Higgins
his most consi;5tent player. Higgins
leads the team in scoring (16.0 ppg),
and in blocked shots. He also ranks
among the league leaders in these
categories. But Higgins is not the whole
show. FSU 's success stems from team
play and depth and Coach Grant has
pl~nty
to
utilize.
Pete Verhoeven drives past UCl's Kevin Magee
for key bas~et. .
·
Plugging up the middle is senior center
Pete Verhoeven, from Hanford and
playing the best defense of his career
In back to back games, last month,
he held the nations leading scorer,
UCI 's Kevin Magee, to a mere 18
points and the tenth leading scorer,
UOP's Ron Cornielus, to 24 points
in two games.
~
Solidifying the frontline is junior forward
Bobby . Davis, whom the team looks
to for scoring and tough defense.
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Donald Maso~ playing with a broken Jett finger, seeks an ·open Bulldog}
Although their frontline has played
extremely well, the backcourt com
bination of Donal Mason and Bobby
Anderson is solid . Being the difference
in several games, Coach Grant feels
they are the best tandem in the PCAA.
They both compliment one another very
well, Anderson for his quarterback
duties and Mason has added a new
dimension to his game-scoring .
FSU 's bench has also played a major
role in the teams success as they have
filled in with ease.. Freshman guardforward seems heir apparent to succeed
Bobbv Anderson next season and
junior center
John Weatherspoon
tb-10), has performed adequately .
Fresno State opened up their 1980/812
schedule . with convincing victories
at home over the University of Winnipeg
the Air Force Academy and Portland
State Universitv , · ·
This was just the beg'mning for the Bull
dogs, who . were preseason · favorites
as more was in store. The real test'
came a few days later when FSU invaded
Tuscon for a game with the University
of Arizona.
Although the game was close till the
waning moments, the "Dogs nonetheless
assaulted the Pac:-10 Wildcats in their
backyard .
'
Fresno State and their fans were
flying high and anticipating a possible
ranking in the nations top 20. Seven
more victims fell as FSU was just about
to claim the PCAA title when disaster
struck. After defeating Northern llli
nois University in their first game of
their midwestern trip, they ran into a
formidable foe. 4 Kansas State Univ .
blew the Bulldogs out; consequently
the nations longest winning streak came
to a halt at 13, a Bulldog record.
Though this did not prevent the Bulldogs from business.
More victims •
feel as FSU 's team defense stymied
their opponents. Fresno was playing
near perfect, basketball until someone
played their style of basketball with
their own slow down
concept.
Following Coach Grants first win in
Logan over Utah State, last years
PCAA Champion San Jose State handed
FSU their first league loss, second
overall. Then , just as quickly, Long
Beach State came away with a vidory
in "Grants Tomb" with the help of a
controversial foul call.
I.
Suddenly the Bulldogs faced a· must win
situation with US Irvine and UOP,
both featuring high scoring offenses.
Against UC Irvine, the Bulldogs literally
shut do·wn Kevin Magee (the nation
leading scorer) with a variety of zone
defenses . From the outset, the 'Dogs
harrassed the Anteaters, consequently
making them play FSU ' s style of
basketball- Defense! Anderson and
Mason
exploited UCI 's weakness
.in the backcourt causing manv turnovers
The UOP mini series was much
the same .as the controntat1on w1m
UC Irvine. Dismantling the Tiger's
all-time scorer, ·Ron Corneilus, FSU
ran circles around their opponents.
Living up to bis "big game" performance, Higgins responded with a ~ame
high 22 points in se:~and Arena ."'ld
18 points at "the pit."
Coach Grant
has the Bulldogs on the right track
nearing peak performance so go out
and see the bulldogs blow away our
next_foes.
Page 8
La Voz De Aztlan
EL SALVADOR (cont.)
in El Salvador serves as a warning of an to cease all military aid to the junta and
approaching confrontation equal to that guarantee no U.S. intervention. The
Archbishop was slain on March , 24.
of Vietnam.
On December 2, 1980, three U.S. nuns
and a social worker were also killed.
Anti-draft speaker Sandy lyall, also
present at the program, warned that the
next draftees could be soldiers with the
After scheduled entertainment by the
military junta in El Salvador.
Salvadorean folk group "Xenochitli"
performing songs with revolutionary
themes, urges were made by speakers
•lyall was also gathering support to get Enrique Vela and Jose Ricardo both El
some anti-draft posters back on Fresno Salvadoreans from the Latin Support
Transit busses after being torn off by committee to write or call Washington to
the City. The poster's message read: immediately put a halt to any further
"Why is this the only job our government U.S. intervention in El Salvador.
has to offer 19-20 year olds? Think before you register for the draft."
During the filming of "El Salvador:
It is a fact that people are dying for a
Revolution or Death," the fatality rate cause they strongly bel_ieve in .. So
averaged thirty deaths per day. That strongly that they are losing ·100 hv~s
figure has since more than tripled with per day in their struggle for a cause in
an average of 100 deaths per day now which they feel the U.S. is in support of.
being recorded. Over 10,000 Salvador- This caused some to reflect back to the
eans were killed in 1980 alone.
U.S. 'sown revolutionary days and wonder how a people, which so fought for
a democratic sy~eni of,· by, and for the
people in ,ts own struggle for -indepenThe Catholic Church, because of its
dence could be so callous to another's
·identification with the Salvadoreans'
cause, is not exempt from government cry fo~ the same, even to_ the poin~ of
supplying arms and advisors against
intimidation and repression. In a letter
those sarrie people. One· recalls t_he
to President Carter dated Feb. 17,
1980, Archbishop Oscar Arturo Romero, . words of Patrick Henry who once said,
"Give me liberty or give me death."
a nominee for the 1979 Nobel Peace
prize, stated that U.S. aid to the military -Can the ·cry from the people of El Salvador differ that much?
junta "will undou_btedly aggravate the
repression and injustice against the organized people who have been struggling for their fundamental human
rights ... " and went on to ask Carter
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The P.A.S.S. Program will offer a
series of workshops, labs and noncredit classes for C.S.U.F. students
who want to improve their English
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operating at a reduced
The transmitter was des
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EDITORIAL
Perhaps you've noticed something different about this semester's first issue of
La Voz de Aztlan. Well one of the privileges one receives as editor of a newspaper
is adding one's own personal tou·ches. I personally feel that the new graphics
and format we've implemented reflects today's modern, multi-dimensional
Chicano, rather than the standard eagle-old English type logos we've long been
using. Also, I wanted to voice one of my personal grievances-I hate the term
"'minority."' I don't like to think of La Voz as a "'minority"' publication. Whoever
first came up with that term obviously didn't anticipate the 1980 census r.eport.
The word "'minority"' sounds so meanial-minor. I prefer to use the term, cultural
majority . .
Although I'm not officially editor of La Voz, 1've put in much time and effort to
go ahead and publish this issue. My application was rejected at CSUF's Media
Council hearing late December on what I consider minor technicalities, . procedures I didn't follow. -,- i i experience was one of great distraught and humiliation . I saw it as institution,dy sanctioned bureaucracy at its best-to put it bestme chingaron.
As a reporter for La Voz two semesters, I was fortunate enough to learn and
grow from all the opportunities and experiences working with ·such a publication ·
as this one affords. As~ journalism major, I feel I have a commitment to use the
media to help Raza and not be used by it. By this I mean we live in a society which
is controlled by the popular culture media. I believe that all our faults and fallacies
lie on the misuse of the media. Why if we could be commercialized, ·packaged
and promoted, like the Anglo _culture-we would have it made. Imagine for
moment, Chicanos having the top ten shows· in the Nielsen ratings, Fantasy
Barrio, Eastside Dallas, or the Maria Gonzales Variety hour. Imagine a Chicano
winning an Oscar, or a Grammy.
I believe it was Will Rogers who once said, "'All I know is what I read in the
papers."' If he were alive today, all he'd. "'know"' is that Chicanos are a particular
ethnic group which are largely mafioso and entering illegally into this country.
Let's face it, the American public are suckers for sensationalism. What sells
more newspapers and magazines, what T.V. shows are more watched are misreo-
a
does
resentations, distrotions of reality. In light of this, is La Voz reality? What
La Voz stand for? To promote Chicanismo? My explanation is simple.
· La Voz is the result of Civil rights and affirmative action activism in the late
60's and early 70's.
Too many times we forget just how much Chicanos have had to strive and
struggle for what we now take advantage of. We also neglect how far we have yet
togo.
Issues like the inhumane injustices going on in El Salvador should unite us,
bring us together. Yet so many times I see much conflict and remorse between
Raza at this university for ·reasons which are not valid enough to justify such irrational behavior. It's going to have to take the combined efforts of Raza if we want
to get anywhere. It seems as though just as one of us starts reaching the top steps
of the ladder, there's always someone to pull that person back down. To answer
the previous question to whether La Voz presents the reality of news, I simply
say that La Voz presents news from a Chicano perspective. Although many feel
thatthe Chicano perspective is biased, pne-sided, anti-Anglo, etc., I don't agree.
Everyone's perceptions are influenced~y ethnicity, religion, occupation, traditions, values, etc. I think that biasness is too often confused with individualized
perceptiveness. ·
Thus, it is important for us to present our side of the story because too many
_, people are receiving news from an Anglo perspective.
Yes, there are ignorant people out there whose only education comes from the
television screen and therefore believe that all Chicanos do is spray paint walls
and slash tires. The same systems and institutions which reject non-mainstream
Anglo conformity and force our yout_h to establish their own subculture are still
in existence. Open your eyes and your heart and you' II soon see there are some
things which still have to be straightened out. How I wish they were, then I
wouldn't have to reapply for editor of La Voz.
Sinceramente
Fernando Quintero
Acting Editor in Chief
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
With the election of Ronald Reagan,
· the attitude that conservatism will solve
our problems is strong in the U.S. Many
people believe that it is now okay to
interfere in any poor country in order to
save the people, but all that the U.S. is
really trying to save is the business interest it has there.
In El Salvador, our carnales y carnalas
are fighting for their freedom against the
U. S. supported junta which directs terrorist acts against the Indians, · campesinos, small farmers, workers and the
Catholic church. Over 11,000 people
have died in the last 9 months at the
hands of La Junta.
Are we as concerned Chicanos and
Mexicanos going to allow this and other
events, which are the result of U.S. action to continue without any response?
lf we have the corazon would wel allow
our carnales to be drafted to fight a war
in El Salvador to kill our own poor raza
who want their freedom from La Junta?
If we have the corazon would we lie back
and allow Reagan and his camaradas
cut off funds for E.O.P., Bilingual Education, College Grants, and Migrant
Education?
If we have the corazon would we allow
people to believe there is no need for La
t<aza studies and Affirmative action?
· Chicanos before us struggled hard and
long to have these programs established.
We Chicanos here on campus are the
results. We are taki'ng advantage of the
work they did for us, now it is our obligation to continue the struggle so that we
do not lose it all. Let us continue the
strong voice that lets others know our
needs.
As a member of El Movimento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A)
here at CSUF. I feel I have an obligation
to protect not only what we have now,
but to continue.fighting for-the many services that Chicanos still need.
M .E.Ch .A stands for the voice of Chicano students. M.E.Ch.A fights for programs to serve .us, but M.E.Ch.A. can
only do this with your support. The voice
of M.E .Ch.A. is the voice of Chicano students·, who are concerned and involved
at campus and in the community.
Chicanos y Chicanas, despiertense.
Do not let years of hard work go to
waste. Get involveq and let you~ concern
for the betterment of Chicanos be
known. There is so much need for help.
Que siga la lucha,
Gerardo Gonzalez
M.E.Ch.A. CSU, Fresno
Editor-in-Chief: Fernando Quintero
Managing Editor: Margarita Martinez
Sports Editor: Ed Aparicio
Photographers: Robert Hernandez,
Richard Rios
Production: Maria Servin
Rer>9rters: Yolanda Granados, Michael
Valencia, Lourdes Villareal, Olivia
Lucio
La Voz De Aztlan is located in the
Keats Campus building on the CSUF
.Campus Building. La Voz reserves the
right to edit letters, submission does
not guarantee publication. Teleplhone
487-2486.
La Voz De Aztlan
Febru~ 6, 1981
ARRAGON CANDIDATE FOR
SCHOOL BOARD
Page 3
El Salvador:
Revolution or Death
The new Reagan administration has
stated that human rights considerations
should not be allowed to "p.aralyze or
Covering an area comparable to the unduly delay decisions on issues" where
state of Massachusetts, with an es- they "conflict with other vital U.S. intimated population of 5 million, El Sal- terests," according to one source.
vador lies near the center of Central
In one of the pamphlets distriq,uted at
America. This country was the focal the presentation, it explained: " ... there
point of a film and presentation this past is no reason to believe that the U.S. will
Saturday at the Mosqueda Center, sit back passively and allow a popular
co-sponsored by the Latin American victory in El Salvador, after its chagrin
Support Committee and
CSUF' s at bring taken by surprise by the triumph
MEChA organization.
of the people of Nicaragua.
The program was offered in order to
Latin America is good business for
make people in the community aware U.S. corporations, who have approxi.of the situation that has been, and cur- mately $40 billion dollars invested.
rently is in existence. The film pre- They will continue their profit-making
sented "El Salvador: Revolution or operations as long as cheap labor and
·Death,~ was a vio[ently graphic docu- natural resources are available. They
mentary of the struggles and horrors would prefer _to pay someone three dolthat the El Salvadorean people are cur- lars a day to do the work.for which U.S.
rently facing.
. · laborers would receive $40. Now,
It has been alleged that the U:~· however, the people of Latin America
has not only been supportive of the m1h- are organizing to use their resources
tary Junta currently in power in El Sal- for their own collective benefit.
vador, they have even gone so far as to
It was pointed out that what U.S. citiinstill their own so called "puppets" zens needed to be concerned with is the
to ensure their control is maintained. striking parallel between the situation in
.-further, it has also been reported that El Salvador and our past experience with
the U.S. is supplying arms, some of Vietnam. The implications that present
which are so sophisticated that they re- themselves now with El Salvador also
quire special training to operate. Along · parallel the implications· that arose prior
with the arms they supply, the U.S. has to the war in Vietnam. The similarities
placed Military advisors in El Salvador mentioned were said to cause enough
in order to facilitate control by the Junta. concern to look into the matter more
Allegedly, all this u:s. involvement is deeply, especially those who are of draft
rationalized by the purported threat of a age. And if present conditions are percommunist takeover.
mitted to continue, perhaps the situation_
By Michael Valencia
By Lourdes Villarreal
Peggy Arragon is a young 26 year-old
energetic Chicana who is running for
Fresno School Board Representative on
the March 3rd ballot. Although .she feels
this will be a non-partisan election, Arragon is a member of the La Raza Unida
Party which was founded in Crystal City, .
Texas by Jose Angel ~~ti~rrez in 1970.
Arragon's objectives, it elected, a~e. to
implement propositions ~uc_h ~s nutrition
programs, revision of d1sc1plma"'.' measures in the _schools, and most importantly, become a · decisive figure in the
Board's al location of funds to the
schools.
sometimes she has been labelled "too
political.'1
Arragon has always been an active
~ember of the community-having
graduated from Fresno High School, she
then obtained her Associate of Arts Degree from Fresno City College in Child
Development. Arragon has worked two
years for Fresno Elementary Schools
where she is currently teaching 4th and
5th grade levels. Arragon spends most of
her free time doing volunteer work. She
is a member of the Parents Advisory
Committee and the Dis,trict A?vis~~
-
·Committee. Arragon 1s a1so mvo1vea in
the Planned Pa~enthood program which
deals with teenage pregnanciers and
single parent homes. Arragon herself is
a single parent. She hopes to return to
college during the summer and obtain a
Bachelors of Arts Degree. She hopes to
enter the counseling field in which she
Among the obstacles Arragon faces is sees a desperate need for Chicano counthe lack of interest Raza seems to have selors throughout the country.
when it comes to voting. Arragon attributes this low voting turnout among Chicanos at local elections to the lack of adeArragon hopes to emphasize the need
quate registration information, the lack
of transportation to voting polls, and the for Bilingual education and the need for
lack of approprjate media coverage. participation of Chicanos in politics.
_Therefore, she hopes to combat these Arragon wishes to invite anyone who is
problems by taking advantage of the interested to participate in the campaign
absentee ballots and by having more meetings which are held ever:y Thurs~ay
precinct walkings .
at 7:00 p.m. at The Firehouse on Olive
and Eighth Street. For those interested
Surprisingly enough, Arragon re- in finding out more about La Raza Unida
marks that she has receiv~d negative Party, they are invited to .attend the
comments, even from Raza that have meetings held on Mondays at 7:00 p.m.,
told her that her major obstacles are be- also at The Firehouse. Arragon's advice
ing a woman and a Chicana. However, to Chicano students is, "Don't be afraid"
Arragon refuses to give up, even though to get involved."
Arragon believes she has a very good
chance of winning the election; even
though she is one of the 12 running candidates she feels that her major compe- ·
titors a;e the three running incumbents.
El Salva~orean ·Enrique Vela speaks at film
presentation 'El Salvador: Revolution or Death'
held at the Sal Mosqued~ Center.
Februrary 5, 198!
La Voz De Aztlan
Page 4 •
CHICANO YOUTH CO.NFE
· Photos courtesy of
Sentimientos Magazine
-------------------------------~--------------~-------~---------~-------------By Olivia Lucio
This year's 8th annual Chicano Youth
conference was held Jan. 17 at CSUF
with over 1500 students and approx1mately 385 adults from throughout the
San Joaquin valley participating.
Si nee 1973, the conference has be-
come well-known throughout the state.
The conference,· collective result of students concerned with the future education of Chicano~.
.
The main purpose of the conference
has been to recruit Chicano high school
students to the university by providing
a
information regarding tuitions, ·registration, and academic advising.
The conference lncludes career and
general interest workshops with invited
speakers giving presentations on sociaJ
issues and career opportunities. The
purpose of these wor:kshops is to make
students aware of issues and affecting la
comunidad Chicana.
A college fair in which representatives
from different colleges and universities
distributed information about their
schools was also included in the day's
activities.
La Voz De Aztlan
bruary 5, 1981
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Page 5
-.
"There's going to be many opportunities cide~ are being misused and affecting
for Chicanos in the coming decade," farmworkers. Chavez believed that the
stated Cesar Chavez, guest speaker at greatest challenge for Chicanos is to be
this year's annual Chicano Youth Con- "juntos pero no revueltos ."
ference. Chavez, president of the United
"It is a big mistake to isofate ourselves
Farmworker's Union, stressed the with the knowledge we acquire at the
importance of. education for the future of colleges and universities . This knowChicano's . "In the next decade, work is ledge should not be kept but shared .
going to be done by 'knowledge, not mus- Share it with humanity," stated Chavez.
cle." Chavez, a former farmworker, is
Chavez stressed the importance de
very conscious of the significance of nuestra cultura in "living and sharing
higher education.
. this country but not losing our culture.
"We have many challenges before Our culture is our food and our costumus," said Chavez. Some of the challenges bres, it's what our parents taught us Iike
mentioned were: . The need for Chicanos who and what to. respect. Pick up the
to become more involved in politics, the best parts of our culture and teach them
need for more environmental protection to our younger people," Chavez added.
action-each day more and more pesti-
Febru:ary 5, 1981
page&
La Voz De Aztlan
HEARING FOR BILINGUAL
BILINGUAL GRANTS
PHONE SERVICES
By Yolanda Granados
After a two hour delay, the Public
Utilities Commissio_n held a public
hearing Jan. 22 in Fresno to determine
whether telephone companies are providjng adequate bilingual services to
its customers-no one was there to interpret the hearing to the Spanish-speakers, thus, the two-hour delay.
Judge Squeri heard statements from
members of the audience (the majority
speaking in Spanish) who shared problems they had encountered with t_he
telephone services because of the lack
of Spanish-speaking employees.
Many in the audience were representatives of Chicano community organizations. They testified about the
problems they or their clients had in
dealing with the telephone business offices because of the lack of bilingual
employees. Some speakers told of incidents when a Spanish-speaking person
would try to get service or clear up mistakes on bills. Often times they would be
told by employees to go back home and
bring someone who spoke English.
Many felt that this was an - injustice
to the Spanish-speaker.
One woman, Evelyn Durante, representing Centro De La Familia, told of
problems encountered by her clients in
making long distance calls and not being
connected to the right number because
they were not understood by the operator. "Many of my clients come to ou.r ·of-.
fice just to have someone make their
long distance calls," Durante said.
Several speakers suggested that teleph~ne companies should, require their
Chicano employees to speak Spanish.
Program. The forms are available
campus Financial Aids Off ices
through campus bilingual coordinators
For further information, contact I)
Students who are planning to prepare
Orozco
at 487-2765.
for a career as a bilingual-crosscultural
teacher are being urged to file a Student
· Aid Application for California (SAAC) if
they wish to apply for a Bilingual Teacher Grant.
A community member commented,
In 'addition to financial need, grant
"Requirements should be set and eligibility requirements include enrollSpanish tests should be given during ment at either the undergraduate or
_the hiring procedures to insure adequate graduate level, entry level oral bilingual
Spanish-speaking employees."
competency, and enrollment in an approved bilingual program or a communExcept for one man, most of those who ity college pro.g ram leading to bilingual
testified felt that the telephone company certification.
was treating the Spanish-speaking cliDr. Cecilio Orozco, coordinator of the
ents unjustly. A Pacific Telephone Bilingual-Crosscultural Specialist Prospokesman said the .company considers gram at California S~te University,
full bilingual services "an unnecessary Fresno, said the SAAC must be subeconomic investment."
mitted by February 12 to the California
Student Aid Commission to certify the
The Bulldog Foundation h
· The Fresno hearing was one ot !> near- student's financial need for 1981-82.
ed that Tony Oliva has been h
Thirty-eight students at CSUF receiv- the position of executive di
ings that the PUC .conducted in January.
All the information gathered from these ed 1980-81 grants through the Bilingual position was vacated when Ru
hearings will be presented to a 5 mem- Teacher Grant Program. The awards was hired as director of athletics
ber panel in Sacramento in March.
range from $100 to 3,600 depending on · no State. Oliva started his new
The hearings were in response to an demonstrated financial need.
January 19th. Oliva's duties with
effort by 16 Hispanic and Chinese orAfter suhmitting the Student Aid Bulldog Foundation include the Supell
ganizations that are seeking effective Application for California, students will sion of all foundation activities. Loci•
bilingual telephone service through- need to complete an application supple- story in the next issue of La Yi i
out California. These organizations con~ ment for the Bilingual Training Grant Aztlan:
tend that there is a multibillion dollar
bilingual telephone market that Pacific
Telephone has refused to tap.
The organization Padririos, which is
an organization of Hispanic employees
of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph,
undertook a survey on bilingual telephone service. The survey revealed that
if ·this bilingual revenue source · were
fully tapped, Pacific Telephone would
not have to increase its rates by a proposed $789 million.
Padrinos also contends that if effective bilingual telephone service is provided, it could also lead to similar ser. vice being provided throughout the Bell
system and could increase telephone
calls between the US and Latin America.
BULLDOG
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• oldies
• rnu.sica -Folcfot'ic.a
• salsa
• nuevo
canto
• oncla chica na
• mu~ica roma.nt.ictJ
The "Oldies But Goodies" show is heard
every weekday from 10 p.m. till mid- ·
night (till 1 a.m. on Fridays). Programmers include oldtimers Samuel Rod-
nguez, Bacillo Macial, and newcomers
David Ramirez, Steve Camacho and
Vivian Castro. Dedications can be
made by writing a letter to Radio Bilingue, P.O. Box 12682, Fresno, CA 93778.
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La Voz De Aztlan
ebruary 5, 1981
Page 7
Fresn~ State Bulldogs face crucial
oppone-rits in quest of PCAA title
By Ed Aparicio
Sporting the nations second best
defense and previously the nations
longest winning streak, Fresno State is
in tune for the PCAA playoffs March
5-:-_7 and oozing with confidence.
CSUF's next game will be today
with the Gauchos from the University
at Santa Barbara at Selland Arena,
then extertain the Fullerton State
Titans on Saturday.
FSU Coach Boyd Grant is extremely
confident at this point in the season
despite his teams third place standing
in the conference. Carrying a 4-2
record, 15-3 overall, the Bulldogs
trail San Jose St. (6-0) and Long Beach
St. (5-1). Perhaps one can understand
Coac_h Grants confidence due to the way
his team is playing at the moment.
After shutting down high powered
UC Irvine and winning two from Univ.
of Pacific, FSU is on the rebound and
rolling.
A perfect blend of raw talent, hustle
and enthusiasm is the best way to
describe the FSU floop squad . "Leading
FSU is junior forward "Hot Rod"
Higgins last years MVP and second
team AII-PCAA . Grant -calls Higgins
his most consi;5tent player. Higgins
leads the team in scoring (16.0 ppg),
and in blocked shots. He also ranks
among the league leaders in these
categories. But Higgins is not the whole
show. FSU 's success stems from team
play and depth and Coach Grant has
pl~nty
to
utilize.
Pete Verhoeven drives past UCl's Kevin Magee
for key bas~et. .
·
Plugging up the middle is senior center
Pete Verhoeven, from Hanford and
playing the best defense of his career
In back to back games, last month,
he held the nations leading scorer,
UCI 's Kevin Magee, to a mere 18
points and the tenth leading scorer,
UOP's Ron Cornielus, to 24 points
in two games.
~
Solidifying the frontline is junior forward
Bobby . Davis, whom the team looks
to for scoring and tough defense.
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Donald Maso~ playing with a broken Jett finger, seeks an ·open Bulldog}
Although their frontline has played
extremely well, the backcourt com
bination of Donal Mason and Bobby
Anderson is solid . Being the difference
in several games, Coach Grant feels
they are the best tandem in the PCAA.
They both compliment one another very
well, Anderson for his quarterback
duties and Mason has added a new
dimension to his game-scoring .
FSU 's bench has also played a major
role in the teams success as they have
filled in with ease.. Freshman guardforward seems heir apparent to succeed
Bobbv Anderson next season and
junior center
John Weatherspoon
tb-10), has performed adequately .
Fresno State opened up their 1980/812
schedule . with convincing victories
at home over the University of Winnipeg
the Air Force Academy and Portland
State Universitv , · ·
This was just the beg'mning for the Bull
dogs, who . were preseason · favorites
as more was in store. The real test'
came a few days later when FSU invaded
Tuscon for a game with the University
of Arizona.
Although the game was close till the
waning moments, the "Dogs nonetheless
assaulted the Pac:-10 Wildcats in their
backyard .
'
Fresno State and their fans were
flying high and anticipating a possible
ranking in the nations top 20. Seven
more victims fell as FSU was just about
to claim the PCAA title when disaster
struck. After defeating Northern llli
nois University in their first game of
their midwestern trip, they ran into a
formidable foe. 4 Kansas State Univ .
blew the Bulldogs out; consequently
the nations longest winning streak came
to a halt at 13, a Bulldog record.
Though this did not prevent the Bulldogs from business.
More victims •
feel as FSU 's team defense stymied
their opponents. Fresno was playing
near perfect, basketball until someone
played their style of basketball with
their own slow down
concept.
Following Coach Grants first win in
Logan over Utah State, last years
PCAA Champion San Jose State handed
FSU their first league loss, second
overall. Then , just as quickly, Long
Beach State came away with a vidory
in "Grants Tomb" with the help of a
controversial foul call.
I.
Suddenly the Bulldogs faced a· must win
situation with US Irvine and UOP,
both featuring high scoring offenses.
Against UC Irvine, the Bulldogs literally
shut do·wn Kevin Magee (the nation
leading scorer) with a variety of zone
defenses . From the outset, the 'Dogs
harrassed the Anteaters, consequently
making them play FSU ' s style of
basketball- Defense! Anderson and
Mason
exploited UCI 's weakness
.in the backcourt causing manv turnovers
The UOP mini series was much
the same .as the controntat1on w1m
UC Irvine. Dismantling the Tiger's
all-time scorer, ·Ron Corneilus, FSU
ran circles around their opponents.
Living up to bis "big game" performance, Higgins responded with a ~ame
high 22 points in se:~and Arena ."'ld
18 points at "the pit."
Coach Grant
has the Bulldogs on the right track
nearing peak performance so go out
and see the bulldogs blow away our
next_foes.
Page 8
La Voz De Aztlan
EL SALVADOR (cont.)
in El Salvador serves as a warning of an to cease all military aid to the junta and
approaching confrontation equal to that guarantee no U.S. intervention. The
Archbishop was slain on March , 24.
of Vietnam.
On December 2, 1980, three U.S. nuns
and a social worker were also killed.
Anti-draft speaker Sandy lyall, also
present at the program, warned that the
next draftees could be soldiers with the
After scheduled entertainment by the
military junta in El Salvador.
Salvadorean folk group "Xenochitli"
performing songs with revolutionary
themes, urges were made by speakers
•lyall was also gathering support to get Enrique Vela and Jose Ricardo both El
some anti-draft posters back on Fresno Salvadoreans from the Latin Support
Transit busses after being torn off by committee to write or call Washington to
the City. The poster's message read: immediately put a halt to any further
"Why is this the only job our government U.S. intervention in El Salvador.
has to offer 19-20 year olds? Think before you register for the draft."
During the filming of "El Salvador:
It is a fact that people are dying for a
Revolution or Death," the fatality rate cause they strongly bel_ieve in .. So
averaged thirty deaths per day. That strongly that they are losing ·100 hv~s
figure has since more than tripled with per day in their struggle for a cause in
an average of 100 deaths per day now which they feel the U.S. is in support of.
being recorded. Over 10,000 Salvador- This caused some to reflect back to the
eans were killed in 1980 alone.
U.S. 'sown revolutionary days and wonder how a people, which so fought for
a democratic sy~eni of,· by, and for the
people in ,ts own struggle for -indepenThe Catholic Church, because of its
dence could be so callous to another's
·identification with the Salvadoreans'
cause, is not exempt from government cry fo~ the same, even to_ the poin~ of
supplying arms and advisors against
intimidation and repression. In a letter
those sarrie people. One· recalls t_he
to President Carter dated Feb. 17,
1980, Archbishop Oscar Arturo Romero, . words of Patrick Henry who once said,
"Give me liberty or give me death."
a nominee for the 1979 Nobel Peace
prize, stated that U.S. aid to the military -Can the ·cry from the people of El Salvador differ that much?
junta "will undou_btedly aggravate the
repression and injustice against the organized people who have been struggling for their fundamental human
rights ... " and went on to ask Carter
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EDITORIAL
Perhaps you've noticed something different about this semester's first issue of
La Voz de Aztlan. Well one of the privileges one receives as editor of a newspaper
is adding one's own personal tou·ches. I personally feel that the new graphics
and format we've implemented reflects today's modern, multi-dimensional
Chicano, rather than the standard eagle-old English type logos we've long been
using. Also, I wanted to voice one of my personal grievances-I hate the term
"'minority."' I don't like to think of La Voz as a "'minority"' publication. Whoever
first came up with that term obviously didn't anticipate the 1980 census r.eport.
The word "'minority"' sounds so meanial-minor. I prefer to use the term, cultural
majority . .
Although I'm not officially editor of La Voz, 1've put in much time and effort to
go ahead and publish this issue. My application was rejected at CSUF's Media
Council hearing late December on what I consider minor technicalities, . procedures I didn't follow. -,- i i experience was one of great distraught and humiliation . I saw it as institution,dy sanctioned bureaucracy at its best-to put it bestme chingaron.
As a reporter for La Voz two semesters, I was fortunate enough to learn and
grow from all the opportunities and experiences working with ·such a publication ·
as this one affords. As~ journalism major, I feel I have a commitment to use the
media to help Raza and not be used by it. By this I mean we live in a society which
is controlled by the popular culture media. I believe that all our faults and fallacies
lie on the misuse of the media. Why if we could be commercialized, ·packaged
and promoted, like the Anglo _culture-we would have it made. Imagine for
moment, Chicanos having the top ten shows· in the Nielsen ratings, Fantasy
Barrio, Eastside Dallas, or the Maria Gonzales Variety hour. Imagine a Chicano
winning an Oscar, or a Grammy.
I believe it was Will Rogers who once said, "'All I know is what I read in the
papers."' If he were alive today, all he'd. "'know"' is that Chicanos are a particular
ethnic group which are largely mafioso and entering illegally into this country.
Let's face it, the American public are suckers for sensationalism. What sells
more newspapers and magazines, what T.V. shows are more watched are misreo-
a
does
resentations, distrotions of reality. In light of this, is La Voz reality? What
La Voz stand for? To promote Chicanismo? My explanation is simple.
· La Voz is the result of Civil rights and affirmative action activism in the late
60's and early 70's.
Too many times we forget just how much Chicanos have had to strive and
struggle for what we now take advantage of. We also neglect how far we have yet
togo.
Issues like the inhumane injustices going on in El Salvador should unite us,
bring us together. Yet so many times I see much conflict and remorse between
Raza at this university for ·reasons which are not valid enough to justify such irrational behavior. It's going to have to take the combined efforts of Raza if we want
to get anywhere. It seems as though just as one of us starts reaching the top steps
of the ladder, there's always someone to pull that person back down. To answer
the previous question to whether La Voz presents the reality of news, I simply
say that La Voz presents news from a Chicano perspective. Although many feel
thatthe Chicano perspective is biased, pne-sided, anti-Anglo, etc., I don't agree.
Everyone's perceptions are influenced~y ethnicity, religion, occupation, traditions, values, etc. I think that biasness is too often confused with individualized
perceptiveness. ·
Thus, it is important for us to present our side of the story because too many
_, people are receiving news from an Anglo perspective.
Yes, there are ignorant people out there whose only education comes from the
television screen and therefore believe that all Chicanos do is spray paint walls
and slash tires. The same systems and institutions which reject non-mainstream
Anglo conformity and force our yout_h to establish their own subculture are still
in existence. Open your eyes and your heart and you' II soon see there are some
things which still have to be straightened out. How I wish they were, then I
wouldn't have to reapply for editor of La Voz.
Sinceramente
Fernando Quintero
Acting Editor in Chief
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
With the election of Ronald Reagan,
· the attitude that conservatism will solve
our problems is strong in the U.S. Many
people believe that it is now okay to
interfere in any poor country in order to
save the people, but all that the U.S. is
really trying to save is the business interest it has there.
In El Salvador, our carnales y carnalas
are fighting for their freedom against the
U. S. supported junta which directs terrorist acts against the Indians, · campesinos, small farmers, workers and the
Catholic church. Over 11,000 people
have died in the last 9 months at the
hands of La Junta.
Are we as concerned Chicanos and
Mexicanos going to allow this and other
events, which are the result of U.S. action to continue without any response?
lf we have the corazon would wel allow
our carnales to be drafted to fight a war
in El Salvador to kill our own poor raza
who want their freedom from La Junta?
If we have the corazon would we lie back
and allow Reagan and his camaradas
cut off funds for E.O.P., Bilingual Education, College Grants, and Migrant
Education?
If we have the corazon would we allow
people to believe there is no need for La
t<aza studies and Affirmative action?
· Chicanos before us struggled hard and
long to have these programs established.
We Chicanos here on campus are the
results. We are taki'ng advantage of the
work they did for us, now it is our obligation to continue the struggle so that we
do not lose it all. Let us continue the
strong voice that lets others know our
needs.
As a member of El Movimento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A)
here at CSUF. I feel I have an obligation
to protect not only what we have now,
but to continue.fighting for-the many services that Chicanos still need.
M .E.Ch .A stands for the voice of Chicano students. M.E.Ch.A fights for programs to serve .us, but M.E.Ch.A. can
only do this with your support. The voice
of M.E .Ch.A. is the voice of Chicano students·, who are concerned and involved
at campus and in the community.
Chicanos y Chicanas, despiertense.
Do not let years of hard work go to
waste. Get involveq and let you~ concern
for the betterment of Chicanos be
known. There is so much need for help.
Que siga la lucha,
Gerardo Gonzalez
M.E.Ch.A. CSU, Fresno
Editor-in-Chief: Fernando Quintero
Managing Editor: Margarita Martinez
Sports Editor: Ed Aparicio
Photographers: Robert Hernandez,
Richard Rios
Production: Maria Servin
Rer>9rters: Yolanda Granados, Michael
Valencia, Lourdes Villareal, Olivia
Lucio
La Voz De Aztlan is located in the
Keats Campus building on the CSUF
.Campus Building. La Voz reserves the
right to edit letters, submission does
not guarantee publication. Teleplhone
487-2486.
La Voz De Aztlan
Febru~ 6, 1981
ARRAGON CANDIDATE FOR
SCHOOL BOARD
Page 3
El Salvador:
Revolution or Death
The new Reagan administration has
stated that human rights considerations
should not be allowed to "p.aralyze or
Covering an area comparable to the unduly delay decisions on issues" where
state of Massachusetts, with an es- they "conflict with other vital U.S. intimated population of 5 million, El Sal- terests," according to one source.
vador lies near the center of Central
In one of the pamphlets distriq,uted at
America. This country was the focal the presentation, it explained: " ... there
point of a film and presentation this past is no reason to believe that the U.S. will
Saturday at the Mosqueda Center, sit back passively and allow a popular
co-sponsored by the Latin American victory in El Salvador, after its chagrin
Support Committee and
CSUF' s at bring taken by surprise by the triumph
MEChA organization.
of the people of Nicaragua.
The program was offered in order to
Latin America is good business for
make people in the community aware U.S. corporations, who have approxi.of the situation that has been, and cur- mately $40 billion dollars invested.
rently is in existence. The film pre- They will continue their profit-making
sented "El Salvador: Revolution or operations as long as cheap labor and
·Death,~ was a vio[ently graphic docu- natural resources are available. They
mentary of the struggles and horrors would prefer _to pay someone three dolthat the El Salvadorean people are cur- lars a day to do the work.for which U.S.
rently facing.
. · laborers would receive $40. Now,
It has been alleged that the U:~· however, the people of Latin America
has not only been supportive of the m1h- are organizing to use their resources
tary Junta currently in power in El Sal- for their own collective benefit.
vador, they have even gone so far as to
It was pointed out that what U.S. citiinstill their own so called "puppets" zens needed to be concerned with is the
to ensure their control is maintained. striking parallel between the situation in
.-further, it has also been reported that El Salvador and our past experience with
the U.S. is supplying arms, some of Vietnam. The implications that present
which are so sophisticated that they re- themselves now with El Salvador also
quire special training to operate. Along · parallel the implications· that arose prior
with the arms they supply, the U.S. has to the war in Vietnam. The similarities
placed Military advisors in El Salvador mentioned were said to cause enough
in order to facilitate control by the Junta. concern to look into the matter more
Allegedly, all this u:s. involvement is deeply, especially those who are of draft
rationalized by the purported threat of a age. And if present conditions are percommunist takeover.
mitted to continue, perhaps the situation_
By Michael Valencia
By Lourdes Villarreal
Peggy Arragon is a young 26 year-old
energetic Chicana who is running for
Fresno School Board Representative on
the March 3rd ballot. Although .she feels
this will be a non-partisan election, Arragon is a member of the La Raza Unida
Party which was founded in Crystal City, .
Texas by Jose Angel ~~ti~rrez in 1970.
Arragon's objectives, it elected, a~e. to
implement propositions ~uc_h ~s nutrition
programs, revision of d1sc1plma"'.' measures in the _schools, and most importantly, become a · decisive figure in the
Board's al location of funds to the
schools.
sometimes she has been labelled "too
political.'1
Arragon has always been an active
~ember of the community-having
graduated from Fresno High School, she
then obtained her Associate of Arts Degree from Fresno City College in Child
Development. Arragon has worked two
years for Fresno Elementary Schools
where she is currently teaching 4th and
5th grade levels. Arragon spends most of
her free time doing volunteer work. She
is a member of the Parents Advisory
Committee and the Dis,trict A?vis~~
-
·Committee. Arragon 1s a1so mvo1vea in
the Planned Pa~enthood program which
deals with teenage pregnanciers and
single parent homes. Arragon herself is
a single parent. She hopes to return to
college during the summer and obtain a
Bachelors of Arts Degree. She hopes to
enter the counseling field in which she
Among the obstacles Arragon faces is sees a desperate need for Chicano counthe lack of interest Raza seems to have selors throughout the country.
when it comes to voting. Arragon attributes this low voting turnout among Chicanos at local elections to the lack of adeArragon hopes to emphasize the need
quate registration information, the lack
of transportation to voting polls, and the for Bilingual education and the need for
lack of approprjate media coverage. participation of Chicanos in politics.
_Therefore, she hopes to combat these Arragon wishes to invite anyone who is
problems by taking advantage of the interested to participate in the campaign
absentee ballots and by having more meetings which are held ever:y Thurs~ay
precinct walkings .
at 7:00 p.m. at The Firehouse on Olive
and Eighth Street. For those interested
Surprisingly enough, Arragon re- in finding out more about La Raza Unida
marks that she has receiv~d negative Party, they are invited to .attend the
comments, even from Raza that have meetings held on Mondays at 7:00 p.m.,
told her that her major obstacles are be- also at The Firehouse. Arragon's advice
ing a woman and a Chicana. However, to Chicano students is, "Don't be afraid"
Arragon refuses to give up, even though to get involved."
Arragon believes she has a very good
chance of winning the election; even
though she is one of the 12 running candidates she feels that her major compe- ·
titors a;e the three running incumbents.
El Salva~orean ·Enrique Vela speaks at film
presentation 'El Salvador: Revolution or Death'
held at the Sal Mosqued~ Center.
Februrary 5, 198!
La Voz De Aztlan
Page 4 •
CHICANO YOUTH CO.NFE
· Photos courtesy of
Sentimientos Magazine
-------------------------------~--------------~-------~---------~-------------By Olivia Lucio
This year's 8th annual Chicano Youth
conference was held Jan. 17 at CSUF
with over 1500 students and approx1mately 385 adults from throughout the
San Joaquin valley participating.
Si nee 1973, the conference has be-
come well-known throughout the state.
The conference,· collective result of students concerned with the future education of Chicano~.
.
The main purpose of the conference
has been to recruit Chicano high school
students to the university by providing
a
information regarding tuitions, ·registration, and academic advising.
The conference lncludes career and
general interest workshops with invited
speakers giving presentations on sociaJ
issues and career opportunities. The
purpose of these wor:kshops is to make
students aware of issues and affecting la
comunidad Chicana.
A college fair in which representatives
from different colleges and universities
distributed information about their
schools was also included in the day's
activities.
La Voz De Aztlan
bruary 5, 1981
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Page 5
-.
"There's going to be many opportunities cide~ are being misused and affecting
for Chicanos in the coming decade," farmworkers. Chavez believed that the
stated Cesar Chavez, guest speaker at greatest challenge for Chicanos is to be
this year's annual Chicano Youth Con- "juntos pero no revueltos ."
ference. Chavez, president of the United
"It is a big mistake to isofate ourselves
Farmworker's Union, stressed the with the knowledge we acquire at the
importance of. education for the future of colleges and universities . This knowChicano's . "In the next decade, work is ledge should not be kept but shared .
going to be done by 'knowledge, not mus- Share it with humanity," stated Chavez.
cle." Chavez, a former farmworker, is
Chavez stressed the importance de
very conscious of the significance of nuestra cultura in "living and sharing
higher education.
. this country but not losing our culture.
"We have many challenges before Our culture is our food and our costumus," said Chavez. Some of the challenges bres, it's what our parents taught us Iike
mentioned were: . The need for Chicanos who and what to. respect. Pick up the
to become more involved in politics, the best parts of our culture and teach them
need for more environmental protection to our younger people," Chavez added.
action-each day more and more pesti-
Febru:ary 5, 1981
page&
La Voz De Aztlan
HEARING FOR BILINGUAL
BILINGUAL GRANTS
PHONE SERVICES
By Yolanda Granados
After a two hour delay, the Public
Utilities Commissio_n held a public
hearing Jan. 22 in Fresno to determine
whether telephone companies are providjng adequate bilingual services to
its customers-no one was there to interpret the hearing to the Spanish-speakers, thus, the two-hour delay.
Judge Squeri heard statements from
members of the audience (the majority
speaking in Spanish) who shared problems they had encountered with t_he
telephone services because of the lack
of Spanish-speaking employees.
Many in the audience were representatives of Chicano community organizations. They testified about the
problems they or their clients had in
dealing with the telephone business offices because of the lack of bilingual
employees. Some speakers told of incidents when a Spanish-speaking person
would try to get service or clear up mistakes on bills. Often times they would be
told by employees to go back home and
bring someone who spoke English.
Many felt that this was an - injustice
to the Spanish-speaker.
One woman, Evelyn Durante, representing Centro De La Familia, told of
problems encountered by her clients in
making long distance calls and not being
connected to the right number because
they were not understood by the operator. "Many of my clients come to ou.r ·of-.
fice just to have someone make their
long distance calls," Durante said.
Several speakers suggested that teleph~ne companies should, require their
Chicano employees to speak Spanish.
Program. The forms are available
campus Financial Aids Off ices
through campus bilingual coordinators
For further information, contact I)
Students who are planning to prepare
Orozco
at 487-2765.
for a career as a bilingual-crosscultural
teacher are being urged to file a Student
· Aid Application for California (SAAC) if
they wish to apply for a Bilingual Teacher Grant.
A community member commented,
In 'addition to financial need, grant
"Requirements should be set and eligibility requirements include enrollSpanish tests should be given during ment at either the undergraduate or
_the hiring procedures to insure adequate graduate level, entry level oral bilingual
Spanish-speaking employees."
competency, and enrollment in an approved bilingual program or a communExcept for one man, most of those who ity college pro.g ram leading to bilingual
testified felt that the telephone company certification.
was treating the Spanish-speaking cliDr. Cecilio Orozco, coordinator of the
ents unjustly. A Pacific Telephone Bilingual-Crosscultural Specialist Prospokesman said the .company considers gram at California S~te University,
full bilingual services "an unnecessary Fresno, said the SAAC must be subeconomic investment."
mitted by February 12 to the California
Student Aid Commission to certify the
The Bulldog Foundation h
· The Fresno hearing was one ot !> near- student's financial need for 1981-82.
ed that Tony Oliva has been h
Thirty-eight students at CSUF receiv- the position of executive di
ings that the PUC .conducted in January.
All the information gathered from these ed 1980-81 grants through the Bilingual position was vacated when Ru
hearings will be presented to a 5 mem- Teacher Grant Program. The awards was hired as director of athletics
ber panel in Sacramento in March.
range from $100 to 3,600 depending on · no State. Oliva started his new
The hearings were in response to an demonstrated financial need.
January 19th. Oliva's duties with
effort by 16 Hispanic and Chinese orAfter suhmitting the Student Aid Bulldog Foundation include the Supell
ganizations that are seeking effective Application for California, students will sion of all foundation activities. Loci•
bilingual telephone service through- need to complete an application supple- story in the next issue of La Yi i
out California. These organizations con~ ment for the Bilingual Training Grant Aztlan:
tend that there is a multibillion dollar
bilingual telephone market that Pacific
Telephone has refused to tap.
The organization Padririos, which is
an organization of Hispanic employees
of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph,
undertook a survey on bilingual telephone service. The survey revealed that
if ·this bilingual revenue source · were
fully tapped, Pacific Telephone would
not have to increase its rates by a proposed $789 million.
Padrinos also contends that if effective bilingual telephone service is provided, it could also lead to similar ser. vice being provided throughout the Bell
system and could increase telephone
calls between the US and Latin America.
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The "Oldies But Goodies" show is heard
every weekday from 10 p.m. till mid- ·
night (till 1 a.m. on Fridays). Programmers include oldtimers Samuel Rod-
nguez, Bacillo Macial, and newcomers
David Ramirez, Steve Camacho and
Vivian Castro. Dedications can be
made by writing a letter to Radio Bilingue, P.O. Box 12682, Fresno, CA 93778.
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La Voz De Aztlan
ebruary 5, 1981
Page 7
Fresn~ State Bulldogs face crucial
oppone-rits in quest of PCAA title
By Ed Aparicio
Sporting the nations second best
defense and previously the nations
longest winning streak, Fresno State is
in tune for the PCAA playoffs March
5-:-_7 and oozing with confidence.
CSUF's next game will be today
with the Gauchos from the University
at Santa Barbara at Selland Arena,
then extertain the Fullerton State
Titans on Saturday.
FSU Coach Boyd Grant is extremely
confident at this point in the season
despite his teams third place standing
in the conference. Carrying a 4-2
record, 15-3 overall, the Bulldogs
trail San Jose St. (6-0) and Long Beach
St. (5-1). Perhaps one can understand
Coac_h Grants confidence due to the way
his team is playing at the moment.
After shutting down high powered
UC Irvine and winning two from Univ.
of Pacific, FSU is on the rebound and
rolling.
A perfect blend of raw talent, hustle
and enthusiasm is the best way to
describe the FSU floop squad . "Leading
FSU is junior forward "Hot Rod"
Higgins last years MVP and second
team AII-PCAA . Grant -calls Higgins
his most consi;5tent player. Higgins
leads the team in scoring (16.0 ppg),
and in blocked shots. He also ranks
among the league leaders in these
categories. But Higgins is not the whole
show. FSU 's success stems from team
play and depth and Coach Grant has
pl~nty
to
utilize.
Pete Verhoeven drives past UCl's Kevin Magee
for key bas~et. .
·
Plugging up the middle is senior center
Pete Verhoeven, from Hanford and
playing the best defense of his career
In back to back games, last month,
he held the nations leading scorer,
UCI 's Kevin Magee, to a mere 18
points and the tenth leading scorer,
UOP's Ron Cornielus, to 24 points
in two games.
~
Solidifying the frontline is junior forward
Bobby . Davis, whom the team looks
to for scoring and tough defense.
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Donald Maso~ playing with a broken Jett finger, seeks an ·open Bulldog}
Although their frontline has played
extremely well, the backcourt com
bination of Donal Mason and Bobby
Anderson is solid . Being the difference
in several games, Coach Grant feels
they are the best tandem in the PCAA.
They both compliment one another very
well, Anderson for his quarterback
duties and Mason has added a new
dimension to his game-scoring .
FSU 's bench has also played a major
role in the teams success as they have
filled in with ease.. Freshman guardforward seems heir apparent to succeed
Bobbv Anderson next season and
junior center
John Weatherspoon
tb-10), has performed adequately .
Fresno State opened up their 1980/812
schedule . with convincing victories
at home over the University of Winnipeg
the Air Force Academy and Portland
State Universitv , · ·
This was just the beg'mning for the Bull
dogs, who . were preseason · favorites
as more was in store. The real test'
came a few days later when FSU invaded
Tuscon for a game with the University
of Arizona.
Although the game was close till the
waning moments, the "Dogs nonetheless
assaulted the Pac:-10 Wildcats in their
backyard .
'
Fresno State and their fans were
flying high and anticipating a possible
ranking in the nations top 20. Seven
more victims fell as FSU was just about
to claim the PCAA title when disaster
struck. After defeating Northern llli
nois University in their first game of
their midwestern trip, they ran into a
formidable foe. 4 Kansas State Univ .
blew the Bulldogs out; consequently
the nations longest winning streak came
to a halt at 13, a Bulldog record.
Though this did not prevent the Bulldogs from business.
More victims •
feel as FSU 's team defense stymied
their opponents. Fresno was playing
near perfect, basketball until someone
played their style of basketball with
their own slow down
concept.
Following Coach Grants first win in
Logan over Utah State, last years
PCAA Champion San Jose State handed
FSU their first league loss, second
overall. Then , just as quickly, Long
Beach State came away with a vidory
in "Grants Tomb" with the help of a
controversial foul call.
I.
Suddenly the Bulldogs faced a· must win
situation with US Irvine and UOP,
both featuring high scoring offenses.
Against UC Irvine, the Bulldogs literally
shut do·wn Kevin Magee (the nation
leading scorer) with a variety of zone
defenses . From the outset, the 'Dogs
harrassed the Anteaters, consequently
making them play FSU ' s style of
basketball- Defense! Anderson and
Mason
exploited UCI 's weakness
.in the backcourt causing manv turnovers
The UOP mini series was much
the same .as the controntat1on w1m
UC Irvine. Dismantling the Tiger's
all-time scorer, ·Ron Corneilus, FSU
ran circles around their opponents.
Living up to bis "big game" performance, Higgins responded with a ~ame
high 22 points in se:~and Arena ."'ld
18 points at "the pit."
Coach Grant
has the Bulldogs on the right track
nearing peak performance so go out
and see the bulldogs blow away our
next_foes.
Page 8
La Voz De Aztlan
EL SALVADOR (cont.)
in El Salvador serves as a warning of an to cease all military aid to the junta and
approaching confrontation equal to that guarantee no U.S. intervention. The
Archbishop was slain on March , 24.
of Vietnam.
On December 2, 1980, three U.S. nuns
and a social worker were also killed.
Anti-draft speaker Sandy lyall, also
present at the program, warned that the
next draftees could be soldiers with the
After scheduled entertainment by the
military junta in El Salvador.
Salvadorean folk group "Xenochitli"
performing songs with revolutionary
themes, urges were made by speakers
•lyall was also gathering support to get Enrique Vela and Jose Ricardo both El
some anti-draft posters back on Fresno Salvadoreans from the Latin Support
Transit busses after being torn off by committee to write or call Washington to
the City. The poster's message read: immediately put a halt to any further
"Why is this the only job our government U.S. intervention in El Salvador.
has to offer 19-20 year olds? Think before you register for the draft."
During the filming of "El Salvador:
It is a fact that people are dying for a
Revolution or Death," the fatality rate cause they strongly bel_ieve in .. So
averaged thirty deaths per day. That strongly that they are losing ·100 hv~s
figure has since more than tripled with per day in their struggle for a cause in
an average of 100 deaths per day now which they feel the U.S. is in support of.
being recorded. Over 10,000 Salvador- This caused some to reflect back to the
eans were killed in 1980 alone.
U.S. 'sown revolutionary days and wonder how a people, which so fought for
a democratic sy~eni of,· by, and for the
people in ,ts own struggle for -indepenThe Catholic Church, because of its
dence could be so callous to another's
·identification with the Salvadoreans'
cause, is not exempt from government cry fo~ the same, even to_ the poin~ of
supplying arms and advisors against
intimidation and repression. In a letter
those sarrie people. One· recalls t_he
to President Carter dated Feb. 17,
1980, Archbishop Oscar Arturo Romero, . words of Patrick Henry who once said,
"Give me liberty or give me death."
a nominee for the 1979 Nobel Peace
prize, stated that U.S. aid to the military -Can the ·cry from the people of El Salvador differ that much?
junta "will undou_btedly aggravate the
repression and injustice against the organized people who have been struggling for their fundamental human
rights ... " and went on to ask Carter
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EDITORIAL
Perhaps you've noticed something different about this semester's first issue of
La Voz de Aztlan. Well one of the privileges one receives as editor of a newspaper
is adding one's own personal tou·ches. I personally feel that the new graphics
and format we've implemented reflects today's modern, multi-dimensional
Chicano, rather than the standard eagle-old English type logos we've long been
using. Also, I wanted to voice one of my personal grievances-I hate the term
"'minority."' I don't like to think of La Voz as a "'minority"' publication. Whoever
first came up with that term obviously didn't anticipate the 1980 census r.eport.
The word "'minority"' sounds so meanial-minor. I prefer to use the term, cultural
majority . .
Although I'm not officially editor of La Voz, 1've put in much time and effort to
go ahead and publish this issue. My application was rejected at CSUF's Media
Council hearing late December on what I consider minor technicalities, . procedures I didn't follow. -,- i i experience was one of great distraught and humiliation . I saw it as institution,dy sanctioned bureaucracy at its best-to put it bestme chingaron.
As a reporter for La Voz two semesters, I was fortunate enough to learn and
grow from all the opportunities and experiences working with ·such a publication ·
as this one affords. As~ journalism major, I feel I have a commitment to use the
media to help Raza and not be used by it. By this I mean we live in a society which
is controlled by the popular culture media. I believe that all our faults and fallacies
lie on the misuse of the media. Why if we could be commercialized, ·packaged
and promoted, like the Anglo _culture-we would have it made. Imagine for
moment, Chicanos having the top ten shows· in the Nielsen ratings, Fantasy
Barrio, Eastside Dallas, or the Maria Gonzales Variety hour. Imagine a Chicano
winning an Oscar, or a Grammy.
I believe it was Will Rogers who once said, "'All I know is what I read in the
papers."' If he were alive today, all he'd. "'know"' is that Chicanos are a particular
ethnic group which are largely mafioso and entering illegally into this country.
Let's face it, the American public are suckers for sensationalism. What sells
more newspapers and magazines, what T.V. shows are more watched are misreo-
a
does
resentations, distrotions of reality. In light of this, is La Voz reality? What
La Voz stand for? To promote Chicanismo? My explanation is simple.
· La Voz is the result of Civil rights and affirmative action activism in the late
60's and early 70's.
Too many times we forget just how much Chicanos have had to strive and
struggle for what we now take advantage of. We also neglect how far we have yet
togo.
Issues like the inhumane injustices going on in El Salvador should unite us,
bring us together. Yet so many times I see much conflict and remorse between
Raza at this university for ·reasons which are not valid enough to justify such irrational behavior. It's going to have to take the combined efforts of Raza if we want
to get anywhere. It seems as though just as one of us starts reaching the top steps
of the ladder, there's always someone to pull that person back down. To answer
the previous question to whether La Voz presents the reality of news, I simply
say that La Voz presents news from a Chicano perspective. Although many feel
thatthe Chicano perspective is biased, pne-sided, anti-Anglo, etc., I don't agree.
Everyone's perceptions are influenced~y ethnicity, religion, occupation, traditions, values, etc. I think that biasness is too often confused with individualized
perceptiveness. ·
Thus, it is important for us to present our side of the story because too many
_, people are receiving news from an Anglo perspective.
Yes, there are ignorant people out there whose only education comes from the
television screen and therefore believe that all Chicanos do is spray paint walls
and slash tires. The same systems and institutions which reject non-mainstream
Anglo conformity and force our yout_h to establish their own subculture are still
in existence. Open your eyes and your heart and you' II soon see there are some
things which still have to be straightened out. How I wish they were, then I
wouldn't have to reapply for editor of La Voz.
Sinceramente
Fernando Quintero
Acting Editor in Chief
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
With the election of Ronald Reagan,
· the attitude that conservatism will solve
our problems is strong in the U.S. Many
people believe that it is now okay to
interfere in any poor country in order to
save the people, but all that the U.S. is
really trying to save is the business interest it has there.
In El Salvador, our carnales y carnalas
are fighting for their freedom against the
U. S. supported junta which directs terrorist acts against the Indians, · campesinos, small farmers, workers and the
Catholic church. Over 11,000 people
have died in the last 9 months at the
hands of La Junta.
Are we as concerned Chicanos and
Mexicanos going to allow this and other
events, which are the result of U.S. action to continue without any response?
lf we have the corazon would wel allow
our carnales to be drafted to fight a war
in El Salvador to kill our own poor raza
who want their freedom from La Junta?
If we have the corazon would we lie back
and allow Reagan and his camaradas
cut off funds for E.O.P., Bilingual Education, College Grants, and Migrant
Education?
If we have the corazon would we allow
people to believe there is no need for La
t<aza studies and Affirmative action?
· Chicanos before us struggled hard and
long to have these programs established.
We Chicanos here on campus are the
results. We are taki'ng advantage of the
work they did for us, now it is our obligation to continue the struggle so that we
do not lose it all. Let us continue the
strong voice that lets others know our
needs.
As a member of El Movimento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A)
here at CSUF. I feel I have an obligation
to protect not only what we have now,
but to continue.fighting for-the many services that Chicanos still need.
M .E.Ch .A stands for the voice of Chicano students. M.E.Ch.A fights for programs to serve .us, but M.E.Ch.A. can
only do this with your support. The voice
of M.E .Ch.A. is the voice of Chicano students·, who are concerned and involved
at campus and in the community.
Chicanos y Chicanas, despiertense.
Do not let years of hard work go to
waste. Get involveq and let you~ concern
for the betterment of Chicanos be
known. There is so much need for help.
Que siga la lucha,
Gerardo Gonzalez
M.E.Ch.A. CSU, Fresno
Editor-in-Chief: Fernando Quintero
Managing Editor: Margarita Martinez
Sports Editor: Ed Aparicio
Photographers: Robert Hernandez,
Richard Rios
Production: Maria Servin
Rer>9rters: Yolanda Granados, Michael
Valencia, Lourdes Villareal, Olivia
Lucio
La Voz De Aztlan is located in the
Keats Campus building on the CSUF
.Campus Building. La Voz reserves the
right to edit letters, submission does
not guarantee publication. Teleplhone
487-2486.
La Voz De Aztlan
Febru~ 6, 1981
ARRAGON CANDIDATE FOR
SCHOOL BOARD
Page 3
El Salvador:
Revolution or Death
The new Reagan administration has
stated that human rights considerations
should not be allowed to "p.aralyze or
Covering an area comparable to the unduly delay decisions on issues" where
state of Massachusetts, with an es- they "conflict with other vital U.S. intimated population of 5 million, El Sal- terests," according to one source.
vador lies near the center of Central
In one of the pamphlets distriq,uted at
America. This country was the focal the presentation, it explained: " ... there
point of a film and presentation this past is no reason to believe that the U.S. will
Saturday at the Mosqueda Center, sit back passively and allow a popular
co-sponsored by the Latin American victory in El Salvador, after its chagrin
Support Committee and
CSUF' s at bring taken by surprise by the triumph
MEChA organization.
of the people of Nicaragua.
The program was offered in order to
Latin America is good business for
make people in the community aware U.S. corporations, who have approxi.of the situation that has been, and cur- mately $40 billion dollars invested.
rently is in existence. The film pre- They will continue their profit-making
sented "El Salvador: Revolution or operations as long as cheap labor and
·Death,~ was a vio[ently graphic docu- natural resources are available. They
mentary of the struggles and horrors would prefer _to pay someone three dolthat the El Salvadorean people are cur- lars a day to do the work.for which U.S.
rently facing.
. · laborers would receive $40. Now,
It has been alleged that the U:~· however, the people of Latin America
has not only been supportive of the m1h- are organizing to use their resources
tary Junta currently in power in El Sal- for their own collective benefit.
vador, they have even gone so far as to
It was pointed out that what U.S. citiinstill their own so called "puppets" zens needed to be concerned with is the
to ensure their control is maintained. striking parallel between the situation in
.-further, it has also been reported that El Salvador and our past experience with
the U.S. is supplying arms, some of Vietnam. The implications that present
which are so sophisticated that they re- themselves now with El Salvador also
quire special training to operate. Along · parallel the implications· that arose prior
with the arms they supply, the U.S. has to the war in Vietnam. The similarities
placed Military advisors in El Salvador mentioned were said to cause enough
in order to facilitate control by the Junta. concern to look into the matter more
Allegedly, all this u:s. involvement is deeply, especially those who are of draft
rationalized by the purported threat of a age. And if present conditions are percommunist takeover.
mitted to continue, perhaps the situation_
By Michael Valencia
By Lourdes Villarreal
Peggy Arragon is a young 26 year-old
energetic Chicana who is running for
Fresno School Board Representative on
the March 3rd ballot. Although .she feels
this will be a non-partisan election, Arragon is a member of the La Raza Unida
Party which was founded in Crystal City, .
Texas by Jose Angel ~~ti~rrez in 1970.
Arragon's objectives, it elected, a~e. to
implement propositions ~uc_h ~s nutrition
programs, revision of d1sc1plma"'.' measures in the _schools, and most importantly, become a · decisive figure in the
Board's al location of funds to the
schools.
sometimes she has been labelled "too
political.'1
Arragon has always been an active
~ember of the community-having
graduated from Fresno High School, she
then obtained her Associate of Arts Degree from Fresno City College in Child
Development. Arragon has worked two
years for Fresno Elementary Schools
where she is currently teaching 4th and
5th grade levels. Arragon spends most of
her free time doing volunteer work. She
is a member of the Parents Advisory
Committee and the Dis,trict A?vis~~
-
·Committee. Arragon 1s a1so mvo1vea in
the Planned Pa~enthood program which
deals with teenage pregnanciers and
single parent homes. Arragon herself is
a single parent. She hopes to return to
college during the summer and obtain a
Bachelors of Arts Degree. She hopes to
enter the counseling field in which she
Among the obstacles Arragon faces is sees a desperate need for Chicano counthe lack of interest Raza seems to have selors throughout the country.
when it comes to voting. Arragon attributes this low voting turnout among Chicanos at local elections to the lack of adeArragon hopes to emphasize the need
quate registration information, the lack
of transportation to voting polls, and the for Bilingual education and the need for
lack of approprjate media coverage. participation of Chicanos in politics.
_Therefore, she hopes to combat these Arragon wishes to invite anyone who is
problems by taking advantage of the interested to participate in the campaign
absentee ballots and by having more meetings which are held ever:y Thurs~ay
precinct walkings .
at 7:00 p.m. at The Firehouse on Olive
and Eighth Street. For those interested
Surprisingly enough, Arragon re- in finding out more about La Raza Unida
marks that she has receiv~d negative Party, they are invited to .attend the
comments, even from Raza that have meetings held on Mondays at 7:00 p.m.,
told her that her major obstacles are be- also at The Firehouse. Arragon's advice
ing a woman and a Chicana. However, to Chicano students is, "Don't be afraid"
Arragon refuses to give up, even though to get involved."
Arragon believes she has a very good
chance of winning the election; even
though she is one of the 12 running candidates she feels that her major compe- ·
titors a;e the three running incumbents.
El Salva~orean ·Enrique Vela speaks at film
presentation 'El Salvador: Revolution or Death'
held at the Sal Mosqued~ Center.
Februrary 5, 198!
La Voz De Aztlan
Page 4 •
CHICANO YOUTH CO.NFE
· Photos courtesy of
Sentimientos Magazine
-------------------------------~--------------~-------~---------~-------------By Olivia Lucio
This year's 8th annual Chicano Youth
conference was held Jan. 17 at CSUF
with over 1500 students and approx1mately 385 adults from throughout the
San Joaquin valley participating.
Si nee 1973, the conference has be-
come well-known throughout the state.
The conference,· collective result of students concerned with the future education of Chicano~.
.
The main purpose of the conference
has been to recruit Chicano high school
students to the university by providing
a
information regarding tuitions, ·registration, and academic advising.
The conference lncludes career and
general interest workshops with invited
speakers giving presentations on sociaJ
issues and career opportunities. The
purpose of these wor:kshops is to make
students aware of issues and affecting la
comunidad Chicana.
A college fair in which representatives
from different colleges and universities
distributed information about their
schools was also included in the day's
activities.
La Voz De Aztlan
bruary 5, 1981
E
Page 5
-.
"There's going to be many opportunities cide~ are being misused and affecting
for Chicanos in the coming decade," farmworkers. Chavez believed that the
stated Cesar Chavez, guest speaker at greatest challenge for Chicanos is to be
this year's annual Chicano Youth Con- "juntos pero no revueltos ."
ference. Chavez, president of the United
"It is a big mistake to isofate ourselves
Farmworker's Union, stressed the with the knowledge we acquire at the
importance of. education for the future of colleges and universities . This knowChicano's . "In the next decade, work is ledge should not be kept but shared .
going to be done by 'knowledge, not mus- Share it with humanity," stated Chavez.
cle." Chavez, a former farmworker, is
Chavez stressed the importance de
very conscious of the significance of nuestra cultura in "living and sharing
higher education.
. this country but not losing our culture.
"We have many challenges before Our culture is our food and our costumus," said Chavez. Some of the challenges bres, it's what our parents taught us Iike
mentioned were: . The need for Chicanos who and what to. respect. Pick up the
to become more involved in politics, the best parts of our culture and teach them
need for more environmental protection to our younger people," Chavez added.
action-each day more and more pesti-
Febru:ary 5, 1981
page&
La Voz De Aztlan
HEARING FOR BILINGUAL
BILINGUAL GRANTS
PHONE SERVICES
By Yolanda Granados
After a two hour delay, the Public
Utilities Commissio_n held a public
hearing Jan. 22 in Fresno to determine
whether telephone companies are providjng adequate bilingual services to
its customers-no one was there to interpret the hearing to the Spanish-speakers, thus, the two-hour delay.
Judge Squeri heard statements from
members of the audience (the majority
speaking in Spanish) who shared problems they had encountered with t_he
telephone services because of the lack
of Spanish-speaking employees.
Many in the audience were representatives of Chicano community organizations. They testified about the
problems they or their clients had in
dealing with the telephone business offices because of the lack of bilingual
employees. Some speakers told of incidents when a Spanish-speaking person
would try to get service or clear up mistakes on bills. Often times they would be
told by employees to go back home and
bring someone who spoke English.
Many felt that this was an - injustice
to the Spanish-speaker.
One woman, Evelyn Durante, representing Centro De La Familia, told of
problems encountered by her clients in
making long distance calls and not being
connected to the right number because
they were not understood by the operator. "Many of my clients come to ou.r ·of-.
fice just to have someone make their
long distance calls," Durante said.
Several speakers suggested that teleph~ne companies should, require their
Chicano employees to speak Spanish.
Program. The forms are available
campus Financial Aids Off ices
through campus bilingual coordinators
For further information, contact I)
Students who are planning to prepare
Orozco
at 487-2765.
for a career as a bilingual-crosscultural
teacher are being urged to file a Student
· Aid Application for California (SAAC) if
they wish to apply for a Bilingual Teacher Grant.
A community member commented,
In 'addition to financial need, grant
"Requirements should be set and eligibility requirements include enrollSpanish tests should be given during ment at either the undergraduate or
_the hiring procedures to insure adequate graduate level, entry level oral bilingual
Spanish-speaking employees."
competency, and enrollment in an approved bilingual program or a communExcept for one man, most of those who ity college pro.g ram leading to bilingual
testified felt that the telephone company certification.
was treating the Spanish-speaking cliDr. Cecilio Orozco, coordinator of the
ents unjustly. A Pacific Telephone Bilingual-Crosscultural Specialist Prospokesman said the .company considers gram at California S~te University,
full bilingual services "an unnecessary Fresno, said the SAAC must be subeconomic investment."
mitted by February 12 to the California
Student Aid Commission to certify the
The Bulldog Foundation h
· The Fresno hearing was one ot !> near- student's financial need for 1981-82.
ed that Tony Oliva has been h
Thirty-eight students at CSUF receiv- the position of executive di
ings that the PUC .conducted in January.
All the information gathered from these ed 1980-81 grants through the Bilingual position was vacated when Ru
hearings will be presented to a 5 mem- Teacher Grant Program. The awards was hired as director of athletics
ber panel in Sacramento in March.
range from $100 to 3,600 depending on · no State. Oliva started his new
The hearings were in response to an demonstrated financial need.
January 19th. Oliva's duties with
effort by 16 Hispanic and Chinese orAfter suhmitting the Student Aid Bulldog Foundation include the Supell
ganizations that are seeking effective Application for California, students will sion of all foundation activities. Loci•
bilingual telephone service through- need to complete an application supple- story in the next issue of La Yi i
out California. These organizations con~ ment for the Bilingual Training Grant Aztlan:
tend that there is a multibillion dollar
bilingual telephone market that Pacific
Telephone has refused to tap.
The organization Padririos, which is
an organization of Hispanic employees
of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph,
undertook a survey on bilingual telephone service. The survey revealed that
if ·this bilingual revenue source · were
fully tapped, Pacific Telephone would
not have to increase its rates by a proposed $789 million.
Padrinos also contends that if effective bilingual telephone service is provided, it could also lead to similar ser. vice being provided throughout the Bell
system and could increase telephone
calls between the US and Latin America.
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The "Oldies But Goodies" show is heard
every weekday from 10 p.m. till mid- ·
night (till 1 a.m. on Fridays). Programmers include oldtimers Samuel Rod-
nguez, Bacillo Macial, and newcomers
David Ramirez, Steve Camacho and
Vivian Castro. Dedications can be
made by writing a letter to Radio Bilingue, P.O. Box 12682, Fresno, CA 93778.
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La Voz De Aztlan
ebruary 5, 1981
Page 7
Fresn~ State Bulldogs face crucial
oppone-rits in quest of PCAA title
By Ed Aparicio
Sporting the nations second best
defense and previously the nations
longest winning streak, Fresno State is
in tune for the PCAA playoffs March
5-:-_7 and oozing with confidence.
CSUF's next game will be today
with the Gauchos from the University
at Santa Barbara at Selland Arena,
then extertain the Fullerton State
Titans on Saturday.
FSU Coach Boyd Grant is extremely
confident at this point in the season
despite his teams third place standing
in the conference. Carrying a 4-2
record, 15-3 overall, the Bulldogs
trail San Jose St. (6-0) and Long Beach
St. (5-1). Perhaps one can understand
Coac_h Grants confidence due to the way
his team is playing at the moment.
After shutting down high powered
UC Irvine and winning two from Univ.
of Pacific, FSU is on the rebound and
rolling.
A perfect blend of raw talent, hustle
and enthusiasm is the best way to
describe the FSU floop squad . "Leading
FSU is junior forward "Hot Rod"
Higgins last years MVP and second
team AII-PCAA . Grant -calls Higgins
his most consi;5tent player. Higgins
leads the team in scoring (16.0 ppg),
and in blocked shots. He also ranks
among the league leaders in these
categories. But Higgins is not the whole
show. FSU 's success stems from team
play and depth and Coach Grant has
pl~nty
to
utilize.
Pete Verhoeven drives past UCl's Kevin Magee
for key bas~et. .
·
Plugging up the middle is senior center
Pete Verhoeven, from Hanford and
playing the best defense of his career
In back to back games, last month,
he held the nations leading scorer,
UCI 's Kevin Magee, to a mere 18
points and the tenth leading scorer,
UOP's Ron Cornielus, to 24 points
in two games.
~
Solidifying the frontline is junior forward
Bobby . Davis, whom the team looks
to for scoring and tough defense.
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Donald Maso~ playing with a broken Jett finger, seeks an ·open Bulldog}
Although their frontline has played
extremely well, the backcourt com
bination of Donal Mason and Bobby
Anderson is solid . Being the difference
in several games, Coach Grant feels
they are the best tandem in the PCAA.
They both compliment one another very
well, Anderson for his quarterback
duties and Mason has added a new
dimension to his game-scoring .
FSU 's bench has also played a major
role in the teams success as they have
filled in with ease.. Freshman guardforward seems heir apparent to succeed
Bobbv Anderson next season and
junior center
John Weatherspoon
tb-10), has performed adequately .
Fresno State opened up their 1980/812
schedule . with convincing victories
at home over the University of Winnipeg
the Air Force Academy and Portland
State Universitv , · ·
This was just the beg'mning for the Bull
dogs, who . were preseason · favorites
as more was in store. The real test'
came a few days later when FSU invaded
Tuscon for a game with the University
of Arizona.
Although the game was close till the
waning moments, the "Dogs nonetheless
assaulted the Pac:-10 Wildcats in their
backyard .
'
Fresno State and their fans were
flying high and anticipating a possible
ranking in the nations top 20. Seven
more victims fell as FSU was just about
to claim the PCAA title when disaster
struck. After defeating Northern llli
nois University in their first game of
their midwestern trip, they ran into a
formidable foe. 4 Kansas State Univ .
blew the Bulldogs out; consequently
the nations longest winning streak came
to a halt at 13, a Bulldog record.
Though this did not prevent the Bulldogs from business.
More victims •
feel as FSU 's team defense stymied
their opponents. Fresno was playing
near perfect, basketball until someone
played their style of basketball with
their own slow down
concept.
Following Coach Grants first win in
Logan over Utah State, last years
PCAA Champion San Jose State handed
FSU their first league loss, second
overall. Then , just as quickly, Long
Beach State came away with a vidory
in "Grants Tomb" with the help of a
controversial foul call.
I.
Suddenly the Bulldogs faced a· must win
situation with US Irvine and UOP,
both featuring high scoring offenses.
Against UC Irvine, the Bulldogs literally
shut do·wn Kevin Magee (the nation
leading scorer) with a variety of zone
defenses . From the outset, the 'Dogs
harrassed the Anteaters, consequently
making them play FSU ' s style of
basketball- Defense! Anderson and
Mason
exploited UCI 's weakness
.in the backcourt causing manv turnovers
The UOP mini series was much
the same .as the controntat1on w1m
UC Irvine. Dismantling the Tiger's
all-time scorer, ·Ron Corneilus, FSU
ran circles around their opponents.
Living up to bis "big game" performance, Higgins responded with a ~ame
high 22 points in se:~and Arena ."'ld
18 points at "the pit."
Coach Grant
has the Bulldogs on the right track
nearing peak performance so go out
and see the bulldogs blow away our
next_foes.
Page 8
La Voz De Aztlan
EL SALVADOR (cont.)
in El Salvador serves as a warning of an to cease all military aid to the junta and
approaching confrontation equal to that guarantee no U.S. intervention. The
Archbishop was slain on March , 24.
of Vietnam.
On December 2, 1980, three U.S. nuns
and a social worker were also killed.
Anti-draft speaker Sandy lyall, also
present at the program, warned that the
next draftees could be soldiers with the
After scheduled entertainment by the
military junta in El Salvador.
Salvadorean folk group "Xenochitli"
performing songs with revolutionary
themes, urges were made by speakers
•lyall was also gathering support to get Enrique Vela and Jose Ricardo both El
some anti-draft posters back on Fresno Salvadoreans from the Latin Support
Transit busses after being torn off by committee to write or call Washington to
the City. The poster's message read: immediately put a halt to any further
"Why is this the only job our government U.S. intervention in El Salvador.
has to offer 19-20 year olds? Think before you register for the draft."
During the filming of "El Salvador:
It is a fact that people are dying for a
Revolution or Death," the fatality rate cause they strongly bel_ieve in .. So
averaged thirty deaths per day. That strongly that they are losing ·100 hv~s
figure has since more than tripled with per day in their struggle for a cause in
an average of 100 deaths per day now which they feel the U.S. is in support of.
being recorded. Over 10,000 Salvador- This caused some to reflect back to the
eans were killed in 1980 alone.
U.S. 'sown revolutionary days and wonder how a people, which so fought for
a democratic sy~eni of,· by, and for the
people in ,ts own struggle for -indepenThe Catholic Church, because of its
dence could be so callous to another's
·identification with the Salvadoreans'
cause, is not exempt from government cry fo~ the same, even to_ the poin~ of
supplying arms and advisors against
intimidation and repression. In a letter
those sarrie people. One· recalls t_he
to President Carter dated Feb. 17,
1980, Archbishop Oscar Arturo Romero, . words of Patrick Henry who once said,
"Give me liberty or give me death."
a nominee for the 1979 Nobel Peace
prize, stated that U.S. aid to the military -Can the ·cry from the people of El Salvador differ that much?
junta "will undou_btedly aggravate the
repression and injustice against the organized people who have been struggling for their fundamental human
rights ... " and went on to ask Carter
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