La Voz de Aztlan, February 9 1982
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La Voz de Aztlan, February 9 1982
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Associated Students of Fresno State
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La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)
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Fresno, California
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.Tuesday, February 9, 1982
Qalffornia State Univenity Fresno
'K FSR
CY·C
Offer Programming
By David Duran
By Julia Benitez
Another part of the package to be presChicanos are going to have access to
Th~ Ninth Annual Chica~o Youth tion to Ending Barrio Warfare. Then
ented
to the AS deals with proposed proConference was held on Saturday, Jan.· there were career workshops giving stu- programming on the proposed FM -radio gramming at the station. At least one time
station at CSUF, how much will depend
16. The conferenc:t was a success due to dents information to the wide job market. on three things: the availability of bilin- slot has been set aside for minority prothe hard work and good planning of the
-~ l staff, the amount and "type" of lis- gramming, but Kofford said he would like
.
y
th
C
,
C
.
The
students
were
then
treated
to
an
Ch1cano ou
on,erence omm1ttee.
tener feedback, and whether or not the to sec more, "We're going to develop eth. d f p
'd
authentic
Mexican
lunch.
After
lunch
the
_station gets funded by the Associated nic programming the best we can, hopeThe comm111ee cons1ste o
res1 ent
fully, to include Blacks, Armenians, and
.
v·
p
'd
p
groups
went
to
their
respective
areas.
The
Student Senate next week.
Rosemary R od nguez, ice .res1 ent at.
.
other ethnic _groups on campus too."
.
Some of you my remember hearing that
As for Chicano programming, Kofford
Castro, Rosemary Baiz, Treasurer Jean- college fair gave stat~ colleges, universities
nie Zapat«; as well as many CSUF MEChA and _co~m u~ity organizations the chance the proposed FM station funded by the mentioned a leaning towards a bilingual
music and informational format show.
.
· to d1stnbute mformatio.11 on their groups. AS last year ... They were, but due to
.
. . _ .
.
The person in charge of developing the
members who assisted with the planning •
.
a techmcahty h~vmg to do with_the number program is Gilbert Mosqueda. A Radiand the smooth running of the conference.
The conference finished off .with both
of se~ators vot_mg on a reconsidered mea- o / TV major, Mosqueda says he would
The conference started with guest grdoups co~ing toge ther tQ listen to Teatro
sure, it was v01ded.
·
like to see "the lines of communication
e Ja T'
In order to get funded again, Brett K.of- open"' between students and different
speaker Ponce Ruiz, a decorated war
ierra perform some musical
ford and his staff puttogether a new pack- departments and organizations on carnveteran as well as the only Chicano to be numbers, then they were treated to an out- age. "We are going to show them we have pus. He said he is open to suggestions and
awarded a national ~p~ech title. Ruiz standing ·performance by CSUF's own enough money to operate for the first can be reached through the KFSR office.
spoke on many issues revolving around
three months we're on the air," said KofMosqueda and Kofford both agree they
being Chicano; pride, identity, as well as Teatro del Espirtu. Afterwards there was ford, "'We also want to show them that, wanttoseemoreChicanosgetinvolvedin
providing we get funded again by the the new station. The station is ooen to
ancestry. Afterwards, the students were a dance featuring the DJ Volume 11.
I. R.A. (Instructionally Related Activities- anyone who wants to get involved, "'regardsplit into two groups to better facilitate The committee would like to thank the student money used for education· al pro- less of whal vour mJior is." said Kofford.
and although quahty standards will be
the rooms given for the workshops.
people _who help make the conference jects) and the AS we1l have enough money checked before allowing a trainee to go on
to exist, and "hopefully" they11 accept the the air, everyone will have a chance. PeoThe students were given access to many
general interest workshops which dealt such a success and took forward to next new package. Kofford also mentioned pie interested in getting involved in the
that visible student support at the AS new station can talk to Mosqueda or Kofwith issues from The MEChA organiza- year.
meeting would be appreciated.
ford at KFSR.
CSUF
Chicana Wins
Songwriting
Award
By Richard Rios
Linda Arceo wins award
Showing the promise of. becoming a Easy Listening categories·as well as being
professional musical talent, Linda Arceo, selected runner-up to her "Lost in a Fair"
a CSUF Chicana student, was the grand for overall Best Song.
prizewinneratarecentsongwritingcompe- The sophomore Food Science major
tition.
stated that she has been performing for "'4
Arceo's performance of her original or 5 years,"' and would very much enjoy
song entitled, "'Lost in a Fair," captured making her living by performing.
the top award at the 1st Annual Women's She related that getting singing enTalent Showcase Song'·competition held agements at local clubs can be difficult by
at the Wild Blue Yonder in Fresno.
saying, "I only do original material, so it's
She was selected as one of six finalists tough because most people only want to
who performed their compositions on hear Top 40." She does, however, often
stage for the final judging from a field of perform at weddings and quinceneras.
over 150 original entries.
Though confidently optimistic about
Arceo played three songs during the I her chances of success, Arceo admits that
finals; all of which were eventual winners. breaking into the music business is consi"'Forever in Mind"' won the Inspirational dered a major challenge.
Music category. In addition, "Fly Too
"That's why I'm going to schoo~," said
High" (co-written by Cindy Saghatelian), Arceo, "_it's something t-0 fall back on if I
was the winner of both Best Lyrics and don't 'fnake it.
Feb. 9, page 1
Lt! Voz
Editorial
Reagan's Double Standar~s
regime. The administration wants to increase the aid by $100 million
Poland's solidarity leader Lech Walesa should feel lucky he is
this
year and $300 million by 1983.
_
confined to a summer palace, instead of being tortured to death like
To do this the White House must first convince Congress that the
hundreds of solidarity leaders in El Salvador.
Duarte government is complying with international human rights
Both countries are demanding political change and a democratic
system of life. They suffer from lack of work, low wages, shortage of · standards, as speci_fied in the Foreign Assistance Act.
food.and a dictatorship government that gives no justice.
.,
The administration has come up with a report which will be pres-·
More than 32,000 people have been killed in El Salvador, since the · el)t~d to Co~gteisthis week, detailing the Duarte government is in
control of its forces and is maintaining human rights standards. The
U.S. supported civilian-military government headed by President
Jose Napolen Duarte took power in 1979.
. report ha~ been criticized by the American Civil _Liberties Union
(ACLU) and the Americas Watch Committee, who themselves made
Hundreds of children have been left orphans by the Durate military
public a 273-page report detailing charges of systematic murder,
search and destroy, Vietnam style operations. Right wing terrorist
torture, arbitrary arrests and denial of right by the Duarte armed ·
death squads operate freely with the aid of the military. They have
forces.
been r,eported to raid entire villages, assassinating all males old
By authorizing the weapo~s aid to ·'El Salvador that are killing
enough to shoot a gun and raping teenage girls in front of their
innocent people, Reagan himself is no worse than the U.S.S.R. is to
mothers.
Poland and we as Americans that believe.in the democratic system are
Despite of all this murdering, the Reagan administration is asking
Congress for continued military and economic aid to the Durate
no better off if we let the weap~ns aid c~ntinue:· ,
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Feb. 9, page J LA Voz
EL ·TEATRO CAmPes,no
·.
.
preseRt,s
written and directed by
LUIS VALDEZ
by Fernando Quintero
The Webster Collegiate dictionary defines melodrama as; "'a work characterized
by the predominance of extravagant theatrics and by the pr-edominance of plot and
physical action over characterization ... "
I only wish I would have looked the
word up before I went to go see El Teatro
Campesino's latest play. "Bandido!"'
Written and directed by Luis Valdez of
"Zoot Suit"' fame, "Bandido!"' follows the
trails and adventures of Tiburcio Vasquez, notorious California bandit. · "'Bandido!" has just completed a sucessful fourweek run in San Juan Bautista, which is El
Teatro Campesino's headquarters. One
can clearly see ~he sharp contrast between
comedy and drama as well as myth and
reality-a Valdez trademark. "Bandido!"
heavily emphasizes its "melodramatics"' to ·
an otherwise unprepared and unknowing
audience.
When Luis and his brother Daniel were
in Fresno promoting "Zoot Suit", I got the
chance to talk to Luis about "Bandido!"
He told me it was their next motion picture project.
I for one, certainly hope so.
Mexicans have been portrayed all wrong
in American Westerns. Luis illustrates the
misrepresentation and distortion of the
Mexican "bandit"' through his caricaturelike portrayals of them:_ in the play.
Question: What dfd you think of Reagan's
State ot·tbe Union Address last week1
d what impact do I~U think it will have
"minorides?"
As the first half of "'Bandido!;. centers·
around Vasquez's return to California
after fleeing to Mexico for some time; one
can't help but laugh at the sneering •si
sinior"' coming from the contorted, foreign mouths of Vasquez's band of outlaws
The old Hollywood Latin-lover stereotype is played to its fullest by Tony Plana
as Tiburcio Vasquez, a gay caballero-type
complete with flowing cape and suave
gestures.
Luis Vadez's primary objective with
"Bandido!" was to bring Tiburcio Vasquez into the limelight of the other Western heroes such as Jesse James, Black
'Bart, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. "I'm participating in this Amer
can ritual of defining the "'Old West"'
in terms of its legendary heroes," observed
Luis, "And I'm adding one name to the
roster."
While Luis claims that the life of Tiburcio Vasquez "'was the stuff of gigantic
legend,"' surely the sensitive portrayal of
Tiburcio Vasquez by Tony Plan·a brought
him down to reality.
· Another recent trademark of Valdez
has been his somewhat naive portrayals of
women. Cynthia Ann Valdez who play
Rosario. one of Tiburcio Vasquez's accomplice's w1fe, somewhat lacked credibility.
Tiburic Vasquez Notorious Bandit
Yolanda Parra on the other hand, ity since its beginnings in the lettuce fields
did a wonc:l~rful job as California Kate a of Delano. However, they are no longer
rambuctious swearing madam of a bor- confined or limited to the fields and small
dello I particularly liked the idea·of a Chi- playhouses. They have entered America's
cana playing an Anglo. It providecf•a sense .mainstream and are growing every ~ n
of ironic nemesis. The rest of the acting,
·
including W. Dennis Hunt's plethora of · If one goes to see a play by El Teatro
characters, was also very good.
expecting to see a hint of soiled grcen•on
Since El Teatro Campesino signed with their costumes, or bits of tomato leaves
the Actor's Equity Union last November, glued on to theirshOCS'with mud, you may
a greater sense of professionalism has sur- have to look real hard because as seen in
rounded them. El Teatro has always been Luis Valdez's plays, Bandidos as well as
the artistic medium of representation for farmworkers, a_!'C a mixture of myth and
farmworkers. and the C~icano commun- reality.
FEEDBACK
·· By Margatita Martinez
\:t~';:\•
•~·
Pat Aguirre, Director of the PAS~ program
"I was angry. I was sitting with !ome
friends and we were thinking how bla{antly all his policies have been for ~he benefit
of the rich population and large cor,porations. I felt it was a hypocrisy of him t-o say
he was the ·president of the people. tie's
not attuned to poor people. Minoritiedo,r
the most part have always been ~eglected
in terms of educational opportunity. They
will have an even more difficult ~imc
trying to stay in school because it will be
that much more difficult to have access to
education."
·
Dr. Bernard McGoldrick, Professor of
Political Science .
"I see it as the new federalism. It's an
atte~pt to return to the old federalism
that gives a great deal more power to the
states. In terms of minorities, it will tum
the clock back: You could be a first class
citizen in one state and not in another. It's
another step toward undoing much of the
progress made without adequate protection by the federal government. I want tQ ,
emphasize that there is nothing new about
federalism, in many respects it's what we
had before and after the dvil war."
•
>":.·
i~
Robert'Hernandez, Director of the Educational Opportunity Program
·
Manuei Perez, Assistant Dean of•Studen
Affairs
"I .turned it on, heard it for a few minutes, heard the same Reagan rhetori<:, and
turned it off. I didn't really listen because I
know where he is coming f f<?m. Where he
"As the speech goes I felt he did a good
job at it. The speech, Ifelt, was good but I
think he failed to indicate how he was
is coming from is~ 't going to improve
conditions for disadvantaged people. In
terms of edu.cation it is really going to
have extreme negative effects on the abil_ity of minority students to be able to have
that opportunity."
going to change the way the funds ar·
provided to the states and to what exten
states were going to have to take ove
those programs. It's a shift in our national
policy which I think is to de~riment Chi.canos, other minorities, and poor people.
Feb. 9, page 4 La Voz
Campus Service&
P.A.S.S..
"What is the P.A.S.S. Program?"
The P.A.S.S. Program (frogress and
Advancement through Special Services)
Program is a free student serv!ce d~igned
to improve s~udents' academic s~l~ and
retention at C.S. U. F. Students participate
in weekly learning sessions designed ~o
complement their current academic
courseload.
- 2. Developmental vocabulary skills
3. Basic college surrival skills (studying,
writing, and .eiding)
The program serves students from educationally and economically disadvantaged background. Students receive no
grades or academic credit.
"What assistance does P.A.S.S. offer?"
The P.A.S.S. Program basically specializes in three areas of study:
To assure academic assistance, you are
encouraged to sign up earlY- in the sem.:.
ester. These learning sessions are on a
I. Reading Skills (speed and comprehension)
"first come, first serve" basis. Call 2944038, or vist Joyal Administration, Room
221 P.A.S.S. Rogram_for information
Up Ward
C.A.M.P.
C.A.M.P. (College Assistance Migrant
Furth~rmore, C.A.M.P.'s services proProgram) is the new program on campus vide students with an individual peer ~utor
that provides supportive and retention to help them adjust to their n~w environservices for first-year college students who ment during their first year m college.
are of migrant or seasonal farmworker Students are also offered a one-week
background. Because historically institu- orientation session during t})e month of
tions of higher learning have not ade- Januar_y.
quately addressed nor serviced culturally Consequently, through the year,
diverse students, specifically, the student C.A.M.P. integrates special worksho~s,
who is a member of an agricultural migrant conferences, and orgaruzed cultur~l social
family, is that C.A.M.P. was established. activities with its coun~eling and mstrucOne of C.A.M.P.'s main goals is to .tional ~ervices_.
.
identify the options available to migrant
For further information on the College
students by providing them with a suppo~ Assistance Migrant Program call 294mechanism whereby they can expl<Sre 4768 or attend their office at the Joyal
academic and career choices and make Administration Building room no. 219.
decisions accordingly.
Frank del Olmo a Los Angeles Times
editorial writer, will be the guest speaker
at the Feb. 10 noon meeting of the Central
California Chicano Media Association at
The Upward Bound Program, founded takes place here on campus. By living on Casa Canales.
by the United States Office of Education,
Del Olmo 33, is one of the founding
provides assistance in acquiring the aca- campus, the students have access fo the members of the California Chicano News
many facilities offered here and expedemic skill and motivation to succet'd in rience life in _a c_ollege atmosphere. The Media Association. He is the first and
only ethnic minority of the Times nine
high school and prepare for college. The
editorial writers.
Del Olnio's part as editorial writer iii
students also have an opportunity to meet
program is designed for low-income high
students from other high schools who :he Times immigration coverage has bee!l
school students who have the potential to
}:lave similar educational goals. In addi- his most gratifying. His immigration cov- .
succeed in college but whose school grades
erage includes a series of articles that led to ;
and test scores do not reflect that potentiaL
increased state regulation of immigration 1
tion, after successful completion of the
consqltants from cheating undocumeot~d
summer program, each student can earn
The program provides year-round serpeople who want to legalize their immigraup to ten elective credits towards their
cices. During the academic year, such
tion status.
high school graduation.
services as academic and career counselHe received an Emmy in 1976 for Distinguished Achievement in Writing for his·
For further information on the Upward
ing, after school t.utoring, and Saturday
KNBC documentary "The Unwanted" a
Bound Program call 294-2693 or attend
workshop sessions are offered.
one hour public affairs program about
During the summer, students take part
in a six-week residential program which their office at the Joyal Administration illegal immigration shown on the Los
Angeles NBC affiliate._
Building, room number 220.
"Un Rato Con Serrato,,
El Concilio de Fresno, an umbrella
organization made up of people representing different social and political organizatio·ns throughout the valley, had its
monthy meeting Saturday at the Sal
Mosqueda Center.
The first item on the agenda was the
election of new board members. Eleanor
Aguilar ran unopposed for chairperson,
Gloria Hurtado was elected first vicechairperson, Peggy Dominguez second
vice-chairperson, Father Fransciscus was
elected secretary and Veninico Gaona was
elected treasurer.
The hot issue in the community as far as
El Concilio is concerned is the survival of
FETC. The Fresno Employment Training
Commission was badly affected by the
cutbacks in social programs by the Reagan
Administration. It has lost more than half
of its budget and _staff members. The
result is fewer services provided to Fresno
County area residents: -•
·
Conrad Mendoza gave a report of
TACOMA, television -Advisory Committee of Mexican Americans and its
continued negotiations with KSEE Chanel 24. The next scheduled meeting with
KSEE is Feb. J8 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting
will take place at the KSEE station.
Getting tougher
These diggings would be placed at interHoping to have some imput on the Fresno at 5:00 am to make the meeting's
vals of 8 hours walking time. Suggested impact higher college entrance require- open discussion scheduled for 10:00 am;
names for the villages are "Government ments will have on minority students, a however, they could not make the meeting
Retirement City", "Farm Subsidy City':
"Social Security City, "and "Aid to Non- group of concerned CSUF students went
Needy City". The "Free Hole EZE" the to Long Beach to meet jn an open discus- due to the fact that no such discussion on
local newspaper would inform the citizens . sion with the California State University college entrance requirements was held.
of loopholes in government planning.
'Board o,f Trustees. The issue revolves
Although the Board went ahead and
Distribution would be by handout.
around the raising of the entrance require- voted unanimously for the higher en
Let us now take a capitalistic view of
trance requirements, the CSUF group was
"OPERATION GALL." Presently, our · n1ents (four years of English and 2 years of given time to speak with Vice-Chancellor
grapes and peaches from the Golden San mathematics) and the phasing-in period Best and CSU F President Haak.
To be optimistic also calls for contin- Joaquin Valley must travel around the of these requirements.
gency planning in case of a disaster. Let's
horn (Southern California) before headThe group consisted of Jerry Gonzalez,
According t,o Gonzalez, the new requirestart planning now for the 9th wonder of ing East: How much energy, both fuel and
CSU F M.E.Ch.A President, as well as ments are exclu~ionary and will make
the (what's left) world. How about conhuman, is _expended on this out-of-the- other M.E.Ch.A members. The group left college a privilege and not a righ~.
structing a highway from Fresno County
way route. Those savings in energy could
to the East-as a crow would fly it. At first
have been converted to consumer savings
it sound_s like an insurmountable task, but
at the market. Another benefit would be
th~n consider what the Chinese did with
that those truckers could go home to
their GREAT WALL of CHINA. Our
momma, about 8 hours sooner.
passageway would be called the GREAT
The soil from the carved out mountain
GALL of PONDEROSA COUNTY. Hoss
could be used for land fill to build an
Editor: Pedro Perez
Cartwright rides again.
International Airport on the Pacific Coast,
Managing editor: Lourdes Villareal
jutting into the Pacific Ocean.Tpe airport
Production Manager: Sandra Castro
would be equidistant to San Francisco,
Reporters: Julia Benitez. Margarita MarForeign and domestic labor would be Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Denver has a
tinez, David Duran, Bobby Rodriguez
utilized for our construction project. Any mile high airport, and Central California
Production: Larry Banales
unemployed jobseeker or unemployed would have their own Aguanautics LandPhotographer: Richard Rios
benefit seeker would be eligible. The only ing Field-"al fresco." With the proximity
La Voz de Aztlan is California State
qualification of man, woman or beast of the air terminal, we could just about
would be that they have a heartbeat of 45
University Fresno's Chicano newspaper.
toss our produce onto the airplane. Can
La Voz de Aztlan is located in the Keats
or better per minute. If you wanna eatyou dig it?
Campus Building.
you gotta beat. The military refers to
Editorial: (209) 294-2486. Letters to the
volunteers as warm bodies.
Our newly built highway would also
editor are welcomed. The newspaper re"OPERATION GALL" would be pat- , give our gamblers a straight shot to Las
serves the right to edit letters.
terned after the early California layout of Vegas. What, gambling and top celebrity
the California Missions. The dirt excavat- talent shows in our own back yard. There
ed from the mountain would be used to ought to be a law against that. Oh well,
make adobe, later used to build Ho tels. win a few, lose a few.
John Denver has invited us all to 'please
come to Denver.' In the not too distant
future, if the enemy attacks our military
producing plants, we may just be hotfooting over hill and dale, anywhere out of
the trouble area. The shout would be GO
EAST YOUNG MAN-GO EAST.
Our once beautiful Sierra Madre Mountains would now become an obstacle for
us to overcome in our haste to leave the
waste. Mountain climbers we are not.
,.I
la voz de aztlan
T
.Tuesday, February 9, 1982
Qalffornia State Univenity Fresno
'K FSR
CY·C
Offer Programming
By David Duran
By Julia Benitez
Another part of the package to be presChicanos are going to have access to
Th~ Ninth Annual Chica~o Youth tion to Ending Barrio Warfare. Then
ented
to the AS deals with proposed proConference was held on Saturday, Jan.· there were career workshops giving stu- programming on the proposed FM -radio gramming at the station. At least one time
station at CSUF, how much will depend
16. The conferenc:t was a success due to dents information to the wide job market. on three things: the availability of bilin- slot has been set aside for minority prothe hard work and good planning of the
-~ l staff, the amount and "type" of lis- gramming, but Kofford said he would like
.
y
th
C
,
C
.
The
students
were
then
treated
to
an
Ch1cano ou
on,erence omm1ttee.
tener feedback, and whether or not the to sec more, "We're going to develop eth. d f p
'd
authentic
Mexican
lunch.
After
lunch
the
_station gets funded by the Associated nic programming the best we can, hopeThe comm111ee cons1ste o
res1 ent
fully, to include Blacks, Armenians, and
.
v·
p
'd
p
groups
went
to
their
respective
areas.
The
Student Senate next week.
Rosemary R od nguez, ice .res1 ent at.
.
other ethnic _groups on campus too."
.
Some of you my remember hearing that
As for Chicano programming, Kofford
Castro, Rosemary Baiz, Treasurer Jean- college fair gave stat~ colleges, universities
nie Zapat«; as well as many CSUF MEChA and _co~m u~ity organizations the chance the proposed FM station funded by the mentioned a leaning towards a bilingual
music and informational format show.
.
· to d1stnbute mformatio.11 on their groups. AS last year ... They were, but due to
.
. . _ .
.
The person in charge of developing the
members who assisted with the planning •
.
a techmcahty h~vmg to do with_the number program is Gilbert Mosqueda. A Radiand the smooth running of the conference.
The conference finished off .with both
of se~ators vot_mg on a reconsidered mea- o / TV major, Mosqueda says he would
The conference started with guest grdoups co~ing toge ther tQ listen to Teatro
sure, it was v01ded.
·
like to see "the lines of communication
e Ja T'
In order to get funded again, Brett K.of- open"' between students and different
speaker Ponce Ruiz, a decorated war
ierra perform some musical
ford and his staff puttogether a new pack- departments and organizations on carnveteran as well as the only Chicano to be numbers, then they were treated to an out- age. "We are going to show them we have pus. He said he is open to suggestions and
awarded a national ~p~ech title. Ruiz standing ·performance by CSUF's own enough money to operate for the first can be reached through the KFSR office.
spoke on many issues revolving around
three months we're on the air," said KofMosqueda and Kofford both agree they
being Chicano; pride, identity, as well as Teatro del Espirtu. Afterwards there was ford, "'We also want to show them that, wanttoseemoreChicanosgetinvolvedin
providing we get funded again by the the new station. The station is ooen to
ancestry. Afterwards, the students were a dance featuring the DJ Volume 11.
I. R.A. (Instructionally Related Activities- anyone who wants to get involved, "'regardsplit into two groups to better facilitate The committee would like to thank the student money used for education· al pro- less of whal vour mJior is." said Kofford.
and although quahty standards will be
the rooms given for the workshops.
people _who help make the conference jects) and the AS we1l have enough money checked before allowing a trainee to go on
to exist, and "hopefully" they11 accept the the air, everyone will have a chance. PeoThe students were given access to many
general interest workshops which dealt such a success and took forward to next new package. Kofford also mentioned pie interested in getting involved in the
that visible student support at the AS new station can talk to Mosqueda or Kofwith issues from The MEChA organiza- year.
meeting would be appreciated.
ford at KFSR.
CSUF
Chicana Wins
Songwriting
Award
By Richard Rios
Linda Arceo wins award
Showing the promise of. becoming a Easy Listening categories·as well as being
professional musical talent, Linda Arceo, selected runner-up to her "Lost in a Fair"
a CSUF Chicana student, was the grand for overall Best Song.
prizewinneratarecentsongwritingcompe- The sophomore Food Science major
tition.
stated that she has been performing for "'4
Arceo's performance of her original or 5 years,"' and would very much enjoy
song entitled, "'Lost in a Fair," captured making her living by performing.
the top award at the 1st Annual Women's She related that getting singing enTalent Showcase Song'·competition held agements at local clubs can be difficult by
at the Wild Blue Yonder in Fresno.
saying, "I only do original material, so it's
She was selected as one of six finalists tough because most people only want to
who performed their compositions on hear Top 40." She does, however, often
stage for the final judging from a field of perform at weddings and quinceneras.
over 150 original entries.
Though confidently optimistic about
Arceo played three songs during the I her chances of success, Arceo admits that
finals; all of which were eventual winners. breaking into the music business is consi"'Forever in Mind"' won the Inspirational dered a major challenge.
Music category. In addition, "Fly Too
"That's why I'm going to schoo~," said
High" (co-written by Cindy Saghatelian), Arceo, "_it's something t-0 fall back on if I
was the winner of both Best Lyrics and don't 'fnake it.
Feb. 9, page 1
Lt! Voz
Editorial
Reagan's Double Standar~s
regime. The administration wants to increase the aid by $100 million
Poland's solidarity leader Lech Walesa should feel lucky he is
this
year and $300 million by 1983.
_
confined to a summer palace, instead of being tortured to death like
To do this the White House must first convince Congress that the
hundreds of solidarity leaders in El Salvador.
Duarte government is complying with international human rights
Both countries are demanding political change and a democratic
system of life. They suffer from lack of work, low wages, shortage of · standards, as speci_fied in the Foreign Assistance Act.
food.and a dictatorship government that gives no justice.
.,
The administration has come up with a report which will be pres-·
More than 32,000 people have been killed in El Salvador, since the · el)t~d to Co~gteisthis week, detailing the Duarte government is in
control of its forces and is maintaining human rights standards. The
U.S. supported civilian-military government headed by President
Jose Napolen Duarte took power in 1979.
. report ha~ been criticized by the American Civil _Liberties Union
(ACLU) and the Americas Watch Committee, who themselves made
Hundreds of children have been left orphans by the Durate military
public a 273-page report detailing charges of systematic murder,
search and destroy, Vietnam style operations. Right wing terrorist
torture, arbitrary arrests and denial of right by the Duarte armed ·
death squads operate freely with the aid of the military. They have
forces.
been r,eported to raid entire villages, assassinating all males old
By authorizing the weapo~s aid to ·'El Salvador that are killing
enough to shoot a gun and raping teenage girls in front of their
innocent people, Reagan himself is no worse than the U.S.S.R. is to
mothers.
Poland and we as Americans that believe.in the democratic system are
Despite of all this murdering, the Reagan administration is asking
Congress for continued military and economic aid to the Durate
no better off if we let the weap~ns aid c~ntinue:· ,
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EL ·TEATRO CAmPes,no
·.
.
preseRt,s
written and directed by
LUIS VALDEZ
by Fernando Quintero
The Webster Collegiate dictionary defines melodrama as; "'a work characterized
by the predominance of extravagant theatrics and by the pr-edominance of plot and
physical action over characterization ... "
I only wish I would have looked the
word up before I went to go see El Teatro
Campesino's latest play. "Bandido!"'
Written and directed by Luis Valdez of
"Zoot Suit"' fame, "Bandido!"' follows the
trails and adventures of Tiburcio Vasquez, notorious California bandit. · "'Bandido!" has just completed a sucessful fourweek run in San Juan Bautista, which is El
Teatro Campesino's headquarters. One
can clearly see ~he sharp contrast between
comedy and drama as well as myth and
reality-a Valdez trademark. "Bandido!"
heavily emphasizes its "melodramatics"' to ·
an otherwise unprepared and unknowing
audience.
When Luis and his brother Daniel were
in Fresno promoting "Zoot Suit", I got the
chance to talk to Luis about "Bandido!"
He told me it was their next motion picture project.
I for one, certainly hope so.
Mexicans have been portrayed all wrong
in American Westerns. Luis illustrates the
misrepresentation and distortion of the
Mexican "bandit"' through his caricaturelike portrayals of them:_ in the play.
Question: What dfd you think of Reagan's
State ot·tbe Union Address last week1
d what impact do I~U think it will have
"minorides?"
As the first half of "'Bandido!;. centers·
around Vasquez's return to California
after fleeing to Mexico for some time; one
can't help but laugh at the sneering •si
sinior"' coming from the contorted, foreign mouths of Vasquez's band of outlaws
The old Hollywood Latin-lover stereotype is played to its fullest by Tony Plana
as Tiburcio Vasquez, a gay caballero-type
complete with flowing cape and suave
gestures.
Luis Vadez's primary objective with
"Bandido!" was to bring Tiburcio Vasquez into the limelight of the other Western heroes such as Jesse James, Black
'Bart, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. "I'm participating in this Amer
can ritual of defining the "'Old West"'
in terms of its legendary heroes," observed
Luis, "And I'm adding one name to the
roster."
While Luis claims that the life of Tiburcio Vasquez "'was the stuff of gigantic
legend,"' surely the sensitive portrayal of
Tiburcio Vasquez by Tony Plan·a brought
him down to reality.
· Another recent trademark of Valdez
has been his somewhat naive portrayals of
women. Cynthia Ann Valdez who play
Rosario. one of Tiburcio Vasquez's accomplice's w1fe, somewhat lacked credibility.
Tiburic Vasquez Notorious Bandit
Yolanda Parra on the other hand, ity since its beginnings in the lettuce fields
did a wonc:l~rful job as California Kate a of Delano. However, they are no longer
rambuctious swearing madam of a bor- confined or limited to the fields and small
dello I particularly liked the idea·of a Chi- playhouses. They have entered America's
cana playing an Anglo. It providecf•a sense .mainstream and are growing every ~ n
of ironic nemesis. The rest of the acting,
·
including W. Dennis Hunt's plethora of · If one goes to see a play by El Teatro
characters, was also very good.
expecting to see a hint of soiled grcen•on
Since El Teatro Campesino signed with their costumes, or bits of tomato leaves
the Actor's Equity Union last November, glued on to theirshOCS'with mud, you may
a greater sense of professionalism has sur- have to look real hard because as seen in
rounded them. El Teatro has always been Luis Valdez's plays, Bandidos as well as
the artistic medium of representation for farmworkers, a_!'C a mixture of myth and
farmworkers. and the C~icano commun- reality.
FEEDBACK
·· By Margatita Martinez
\:t~';:\•
•~·
Pat Aguirre, Director of the PAS~ program
"I was angry. I was sitting with !ome
friends and we were thinking how bla{antly all his policies have been for ~he benefit
of the rich population and large cor,porations. I felt it was a hypocrisy of him t-o say
he was the ·president of the people. tie's
not attuned to poor people. Minoritiedo,r
the most part have always been ~eglected
in terms of educational opportunity. They
will have an even more difficult ~imc
trying to stay in school because it will be
that much more difficult to have access to
education."
·
Dr. Bernard McGoldrick, Professor of
Political Science .
"I see it as the new federalism. It's an
atte~pt to return to the old federalism
that gives a great deal more power to the
states. In terms of minorities, it will tum
the clock back: You could be a first class
citizen in one state and not in another. It's
another step toward undoing much of the
progress made without adequate protection by the federal government. I want tQ ,
emphasize that there is nothing new about
federalism, in many respects it's what we
had before and after the dvil war."
•
>":.·
i~
Robert'Hernandez, Director of the Educational Opportunity Program
·
Manuei Perez, Assistant Dean of•Studen
Affairs
"I .turned it on, heard it for a few minutes, heard the same Reagan rhetori<:, and
turned it off. I didn't really listen because I
know where he is coming f f<?m. Where he
"As the speech goes I felt he did a good
job at it. The speech, Ifelt, was good but I
think he failed to indicate how he was
is coming from is~ 't going to improve
conditions for disadvantaged people. In
terms of edu.cation it is really going to
have extreme negative effects on the abil_ity of minority students to be able to have
that opportunity."
going to change the way the funds ar·
provided to the states and to what exten
states were going to have to take ove
those programs. It's a shift in our national
policy which I think is to de~riment Chi.canos, other minorities, and poor people.
Feb. 9, page 4 La Voz
Campus Service&
P.A.S.S..
"What is the P.A.S.S. Program?"
The P.A.S.S. Program (frogress and
Advancement through Special Services)
Program is a free student serv!ce d~igned
to improve s~udents' academic s~l~ and
retention at C.S. U. F. Students participate
in weekly learning sessions designed ~o
complement their current academic
courseload.
- 2. Developmental vocabulary skills
3. Basic college surrival skills (studying,
writing, and .eiding)
The program serves students from educationally and economically disadvantaged background. Students receive no
grades or academic credit.
"What assistance does P.A.S.S. offer?"
The P.A.S.S. Program basically specializes in three areas of study:
To assure academic assistance, you are
encouraged to sign up earlY- in the sem.:.
ester. These learning sessions are on a
I. Reading Skills (speed and comprehension)
"first come, first serve" basis. Call 2944038, or vist Joyal Administration, Room
221 P.A.S.S. Rogram_for information
Up Ward
C.A.M.P.
C.A.M.P. (College Assistance Migrant
Furth~rmore, C.A.M.P.'s services proProgram) is the new program on campus vide students with an individual peer ~utor
that provides supportive and retention to help them adjust to their n~w environservices for first-year college students who ment during their first year m college.
are of migrant or seasonal farmworker Students are also offered a one-week
background. Because historically institu- orientation session during t})e month of
tions of higher learning have not ade- Januar_y.
quately addressed nor serviced culturally Consequently, through the year,
diverse students, specifically, the student C.A.M.P. integrates special worksho~s,
who is a member of an agricultural migrant conferences, and orgaruzed cultur~l social
family, is that C.A.M.P. was established. activities with its coun~eling and mstrucOne of C.A.M.P.'s main goals is to .tional ~ervices_.
.
identify the options available to migrant
For further information on the College
students by providing them with a suppo~ Assistance Migrant Program call 294mechanism whereby they can expl<Sre 4768 or attend their office at the Joyal
academic and career choices and make Administration Building room no. 219.
decisions accordingly.
Frank del Olmo a Los Angeles Times
editorial writer, will be the guest speaker
at the Feb. 10 noon meeting of the Central
California Chicano Media Association at
The Upward Bound Program, founded takes place here on campus. By living on Casa Canales.
by the United States Office of Education,
Del Olmo 33, is one of the founding
provides assistance in acquiring the aca- campus, the students have access fo the members of the California Chicano News
many facilities offered here and expedemic skill and motivation to succet'd in rience life in _a c_ollege atmosphere. The Media Association. He is the first and
only ethnic minority of the Times nine
high school and prepare for college. The
editorial writers.
Del Olnio's part as editorial writer iii
students also have an opportunity to meet
program is designed for low-income high
students from other high schools who :he Times immigration coverage has bee!l
school students who have the potential to
}:lave similar educational goals. In addi- his most gratifying. His immigration cov- .
succeed in college but whose school grades
erage includes a series of articles that led to ;
and test scores do not reflect that potentiaL
increased state regulation of immigration 1
tion, after successful completion of the
consqltants from cheating undocumeot~d
summer program, each student can earn
The program provides year-round serpeople who want to legalize their immigraup to ten elective credits towards their
cices. During the academic year, such
tion status.
high school graduation.
services as academic and career counselHe received an Emmy in 1976 for Distinguished Achievement in Writing for his·
For further information on the Upward
ing, after school t.utoring, and Saturday
KNBC documentary "The Unwanted" a
Bound Program call 294-2693 or attend
workshop sessions are offered.
one hour public affairs program about
During the summer, students take part
in a six-week residential program which their office at the Joyal Administration illegal immigration shown on the Los
Angeles NBC affiliate._
Building, room number 220.
"Un Rato Con Serrato,,
El Concilio de Fresno, an umbrella
organization made up of people representing different social and political organizatio·ns throughout the valley, had its
monthy meeting Saturday at the Sal
Mosqueda Center.
The first item on the agenda was the
election of new board members. Eleanor
Aguilar ran unopposed for chairperson,
Gloria Hurtado was elected first vicechairperson, Peggy Dominguez second
vice-chairperson, Father Fransciscus was
elected secretary and Veninico Gaona was
elected treasurer.
The hot issue in the community as far as
El Concilio is concerned is the survival of
FETC. The Fresno Employment Training
Commission was badly affected by the
cutbacks in social programs by the Reagan
Administration. It has lost more than half
of its budget and _staff members. The
result is fewer services provided to Fresno
County area residents: -•
·
Conrad Mendoza gave a report of
TACOMA, television -Advisory Committee of Mexican Americans and its
continued negotiations with KSEE Chanel 24. The next scheduled meeting with
KSEE is Feb. J8 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting
will take place at the KSEE station.
Getting tougher
These diggings would be placed at interHoping to have some imput on the Fresno at 5:00 am to make the meeting's
vals of 8 hours walking time. Suggested impact higher college entrance require- open discussion scheduled for 10:00 am;
names for the villages are "Government ments will have on minority students, a however, they could not make the meeting
Retirement City", "Farm Subsidy City':
"Social Security City, "and "Aid to Non- group of concerned CSUF students went
Needy City". The "Free Hole EZE" the to Long Beach to meet jn an open discus- due to the fact that no such discussion on
local newspaper would inform the citizens . sion with the California State University college entrance requirements was held.
of loopholes in government planning.
'Board o,f Trustees. The issue revolves
Although the Board went ahead and
Distribution would be by handout.
around the raising of the entrance require- voted unanimously for the higher en
Let us now take a capitalistic view of
trance requirements, the CSUF group was
"OPERATION GALL." Presently, our · n1ents (four years of English and 2 years of given time to speak with Vice-Chancellor
grapes and peaches from the Golden San mathematics) and the phasing-in period Best and CSU F President Haak.
To be optimistic also calls for contin- Joaquin Valley must travel around the of these requirements.
gency planning in case of a disaster. Let's
horn (Southern California) before headThe group consisted of Jerry Gonzalez,
According t,o Gonzalez, the new requirestart planning now for the 9th wonder of ing East: How much energy, both fuel and
CSU F M.E.Ch.A President, as well as ments are exclu~ionary and will make
the (what's left) world. How about conhuman, is _expended on this out-of-the- other M.E.Ch.A members. The group left college a privilege and not a righ~.
structing a highway from Fresno County
way route. Those savings in energy could
to the East-as a crow would fly it. At first
have been converted to consumer savings
it sound_s like an insurmountable task, but
at the market. Another benefit would be
th~n consider what the Chinese did with
that those truckers could go home to
their GREAT WALL of CHINA. Our
momma, about 8 hours sooner.
passageway would be called the GREAT
The soil from the carved out mountain
GALL of PONDEROSA COUNTY. Hoss
could be used for land fill to build an
Editor: Pedro Perez
Cartwright rides again.
International Airport on the Pacific Coast,
Managing editor: Lourdes Villareal
jutting into the Pacific Ocean.Tpe airport
Production Manager: Sandra Castro
would be equidistant to San Francisco,
Reporters: Julia Benitez. Margarita MarForeign and domestic labor would be Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Denver has a
tinez, David Duran, Bobby Rodriguez
utilized for our construction project. Any mile high airport, and Central California
Production: Larry Banales
unemployed jobseeker or unemployed would have their own Aguanautics LandPhotographer: Richard Rios
benefit seeker would be eligible. The only ing Field-"al fresco." With the proximity
La Voz de Aztlan is California State
qualification of man, woman or beast of the air terminal, we could just about
would be that they have a heartbeat of 45
University Fresno's Chicano newspaper.
toss our produce onto the airplane. Can
La Voz de Aztlan is located in the Keats
or better per minute. If you wanna eatyou dig it?
Campus Building.
you gotta beat. The military refers to
Editorial: (209) 294-2486. Letters to the
volunteers as warm bodies.
Our newly built highway would also
editor are welcomed. The newspaper re"OPERATION GALL" would be pat- , give our gamblers a straight shot to Las
serves the right to edit letters.
terned after the early California layout of Vegas. What, gambling and top celebrity
the California Missions. The dirt excavat- talent shows in our own back yard. There
ed from the mountain would be used to ought to be a law against that. Oh well,
make adobe, later used to build Ho tels. win a few, lose a few.
John Denver has invited us all to 'please
come to Denver.' In the not too distant
future, if the enemy attacks our military
producing plants, we may just be hotfooting over hill and dale, anywhere out of
the trouble area. The shout would be GO
EAST YOUNG MAN-GO EAST.
Our once beautiful Sierra Madre Mountains would now become an obstacle for
us to overcome in our haste to leave the
waste. Mountain climbers we are not.
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.Tuesday, February 9, 1982
Qalffornia State Univenity Fresno
'K FSR
CY·C
Offer Programming
By David Duran
By Julia Benitez
Another part of the package to be presChicanos are going to have access to
Th~ Ninth Annual Chica~o Youth tion to Ending Barrio Warfare. Then
ented
to the AS deals with proposed proConference was held on Saturday, Jan.· there were career workshops giving stu- programming on the proposed FM -radio gramming at the station. At least one time
station at CSUF, how much will depend
16. The conferenc:t was a success due to dents information to the wide job market. on three things: the availability of bilin- slot has been set aside for minority prothe hard work and good planning of the
-~ l staff, the amount and "type" of lis- gramming, but Kofford said he would like
.
y
th
C
,
C
.
The
students
were
then
treated
to
an
Ch1cano ou
on,erence omm1ttee.
tener feedback, and whether or not the to sec more, "We're going to develop eth. d f p
'd
authentic
Mexican
lunch.
After
lunch
the
_station gets funded by the Associated nic programming the best we can, hopeThe comm111ee cons1ste o
res1 ent
fully, to include Blacks, Armenians, and
.
v·
p
'd
p
groups
went
to
their
respective
areas.
The
Student Senate next week.
Rosemary R od nguez, ice .res1 ent at.
.
other ethnic _groups on campus too."
.
Some of you my remember hearing that
As for Chicano programming, Kofford
Castro, Rosemary Baiz, Treasurer Jean- college fair gave stat~ colleges, universities
nie Zapat«; as well as many CSUF MEChA and _co~m u~ity organizations the chance the proposed FM station funded by the mentioned a leaning towards a bilingual
music and informational format show.
.
· to d1stnbute mformatio.11 on their groups. AS last year ... They were, but due to
.
. . _ .
.
The person in charge of developing the
members who assisted with the planning •
.
a techmcahty h~vmg to do with_the number program is Gilbert Mosqueda. A Radiand the smooth running of the conference.
The conference finished off .with both
of se~ators vot_mg on a reconsidered mea- o / TV major, Mosqueda says he would
The conference started with guest grdoups co~ing toge ther tQ listen to Teatro
sure, it was v01ded.
·
like to see "the lines of communication
e Ja T'
In order to get funded again, Brett K.of- open"' between students and different
speaker Ponce Ruiz, a decorated war
ierra perform some musical
ford and his staff puttogether a new pack- departments and organizations on carnveteran as well as the only Chicano to be numbers, then they were treated to an out- age. "We are going to show them we have pus. He said he is open to suggestions and
awarded a national ~p~ech title. Ruiz standing ·performance by CSUF's own enough money to operate for the first can be reached through the KFSR office.
spoke on many issues revolving around
three months we're on the air," said KofMosqueda and Kofford both agree they
being Chicano; pride, identity, as well as Teatro del Espirtu. Afterwards there was ford, "'We also want to show them that, wanttoseemoreChicanosgetinvolvedin
providing we get funded again by the the new station. The station is ooen to
ancestry. Afterwards, the students were a dance featuring the DJ Volume 11.
I. R.A. (Instructionally Related Activities- anyone who wants to get involved, "'regardsplit into two groups to better facilitate The committee would like to thank the student money used for education· al pro- less of whal vour mJior is." said Kofford.
and although quahty standards will be
the rooms given for the workshops.
people _who help make the conference jects) and the AS we1l have enough money checked before allowing a trainee to go on
to exist, and "hopefully" they11 accept the the air, everyone will have a chance. PeoThe students were given access to many
general interest workshops which dealt such a success and took forward to next new package. Kofford also mentioned pie interested in getting involved in the
that visible student support at the AS new station can talk to Mosqueda or Kofwith issues from The MEChA organiza- year.
meeting would be appreciated.
ford at KFSR.
CSUF
Chicana Wins
Songwriting
Award
By Richard Rios
Linda Arceo wins award
Showing the promise of. becoming a Easy Listening categories·as well as being
professional musical talent, Linda Arceo, selected runner-up to her "Lost in a Fair"
a CSUF Chicana student, was the grand for overall Best Song.
prizewinneratarecentsongwritingcompe- The sophomore Food Science major
tition.
stated that she has been performing for "'4
Arceo's performance of her original or 5 years,"' and would very much enjoy
song entitled, "'Lost in a Fair," captured making her living by performing.
the top award at the 1st Annual Women's She related that getting singing enTalent Showcase Song'·competition held agements at local clubs can be difficult by
at the Wild Blue Yonder in Fresno.
saying, "I only do original material, so it's
She was selected as one of six finalists tough because most people only want to
who performed their compositions on hear Top 40." She does, however, often
stage for the final judging from a field of perform at weddings and quinceneras.
over 150 original entries.
Though confidently optimistic about
Arceo played three songs during the I her chances of success, Arceo admits that
finals; all of which were eventual winners. breaking into the music business is consi"'Forever in Mind"' won the Inspirational dered a major challenge.
Music category. In addition, "Fly Too
"That's why I'm going to schoo~," said
High" (co-written by Cindy Saghatelian), Arceo, "_it's something t-0 fall back on if I
was the winner of both Best Lyrics and don't 'fnake it.
Feb. 9, page 1
Lt! Voz
Editorial
Reagan's Double Standar~s
regime. The administration wants to increase the aid by $100 million
Poland's solidarity leader Lech Walesa should feel lucky he is
this
year and $300 million by 1983.
_
confined to a summer palace, instead of being tortured to death like
To do this the White House must first convince Congress that the
hundreds of solidarity leaders in El Salvador.
Duarte government is complying with international human rights
Both countries are demanding political change and a democratic
system of life. They suffer from lack of work, low wages, shortage of · standards, as speci_fied in the Foreign Assistance Act.
food.and a dictatorship government that gives no justice.
.,
The administration has come up with a report which will be pres-·
More than 32,000 people have been killed in El Salvador, since the · el)t~d to Co~gteisthis week, detailing the Duarte government is in
control of its forces and is maintaining human rights standards. The
U.S. supported civilian-military government headed by President
Jose Napolen Duarte took power in 1979.
. report ha~ been criticized by the American Civil _Liberties Union
(ACLU) and the Americas Watch Committee, who themselves made
Hundreds of children have been left orphans by the Durate military
public a 273-page report detailing charges of systematic murder,
search and destroy, Vietnam style operations. Right wing terrorist
torture, arbitrary arrests and denial of right by the Duarte armed ·
death squads operate freely with the aid of the military. They have
forces.
been r,eported to raid entire villages, assassinating all males old
By authorizing the weapo~s aid to ·'El Salvador that are killing
enough to shoot a gun and raping teenage girls in front of their
innocent people, Reagan himself is no worse than the U.S.S.R. is to
mothers.
Poland and we as Americans that believe.in the democratic system are
Despite of all this murdering, the Reagan administration is asking
Congress for continued military and economic aid to the Durate
no better off if we let the weap~ns aid c~ntinue:· ,
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Feb. 9, page J LA Voz
EL ·TEATRO CAmPes,no
·.
.
preseRt,s
written and directed by
LUIS VALDEZ
by Fernando Quintero
The Webster Collegiate dictionary defines melodrama as; "'a work characterized
by the predominance of extravagant theatrics and by the pr-edominance of plot and
physical action over characterization ... "
I only wish I would have looked the
word up before I went to go see El Teatro
Campesino's latest play. "Bandido!"'
Written and directed by Luis Valdez of
"Zoot Suit"' fame, "Bandido!"' follows the
trails and adventures of Tiburcio Vasquez, notorious California bandit. · "'Bandido!" has just completed a sucessful fourweek run in San Juan Bautista, which is El
Teatro Campesino's headquarters. One
can clearly see ~he sharp contrast between
comedy and drama as well as myth and
reality-a Valdez trademark. "Bandido!"
heavily emphasizes its "melodramatics"' to ·
an otherwise unprepared and unknowing
audience.
When Luis and his brother Daniel were
in Fresno promoting "Zoot Suit", I got the
chance to talk to Luis about "Bandido!"
He told me it was their next motion picture project.
I for one, certainly hope so.
Mexicans have been portrayed all wrong
in American Westerns. Luis illustrates the
misrepresentation and distortion of the
Mexican "bandit"' through his caricaturelike portrayals of them:_ in the play.
Question: What dfd you think of Reagan's
State ot·tbe Union Address last week1
d what impact do I~U think it will have
"minorides?"
As the first half of "'Bandido!;. centers·
around Vasquez's return to California
after fleeing to Mexico for some time; one
can't help but laugh at the sneering •si
sinior"' coming from the contorted, foreign mouths of Vasquez's band of outlaws
The old Hollywood Latin-lover stereotype is played to its fullest by Tony Plana
as Tiburcio Vasquez, a gay caballero-type
complete with flowing cape and suave
gestures.
Luis Vadez's primary objective with
"Bandido!" was to bring Tiburcio Vasquez into the limelight of the other Western heroes such as Jesse James, Black
'Bart, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. "I'm participating in this Amer
can ritual of defining the "'Old West"'
in terms of its legendary heroes," observed
Luis, "And I'm adding one name to the
roster."
While Luis claims that the life of Tiburcio Vasquez "'was the stuff of gigantic
legend,"' surely the sensitive portrayal of
Tiburcio Vasquez by Tony Plan·a brought
him down to reality.
· Another recent trademark of Valdez
has been his somewhat naive portrayals of
women. Cynthia Ann Valdez who play
Rosario. one of Tiburcio Vasquez's accomplice's w1fe, somewhat lacked credibility.
Tiburic Vasquez Notorious Bandit
Yolanda Parra on the other hand, ity since its beginnings in the lettuce fields
did a wonc:l~rful job as California Kate a of Delano. However, they are no longer
rambuctious swearing madam of a bor- confined or limited to the fields and small
dello I particularly liked the idea·of a Chi- playhouses. They have entered America's
cana playing an Anglo. It providecf•a sense .mainstream and are growing every ~ n
of ironic nemesis. The rest of the acting,
·
including W. Dennis Hunt's plethora of · If one goes to see a play by El Teatro
characters, was also very good.
expecting to see a hint of soiled grcen•on
Since El Teatro Campesino signed with their costumes, or bits of tomato leaves
the Actor's Equity Union last November, glued on to theirshOCS'with mud, you may
a greater sense of professionalism has sur- have to look real hard because as seen in
rounded them. El Teatro has always been Luis Valdez's plays, Bandidos as well as
the artistic medium of representation for farmworkers, a_!'C a mixture of myth and
farmworkers. and the C~icano commun- reality.
FEEDBACK
·· By Margatita Martinez
\:t~';:\•
•~·
Pat Aguirre, Director of the PAS~ program
"I was angry. I was sitting with !ome
friends and we were thinking how bla{antly all his policies have been for ~he benefit
of the rich population and large cor,porations. I felt it was a hypocrisy of him t-o say
he was the ·president of the people. tie's
not attuned to poor people. Minoritiedo,r
the most part have always been ~eglected
in terms of educational opportunity. They
will have an even more difficult ~imc
trying to stay in school because it will be
that much more difficult to have access to
education."
·
Dr. Bernard McGoldrick, Professor of
Political Science .
"I see it as the new federalism. It's an
atte~pt to return to the old federalism
that gives a great deal more power to the
states. In terms of minorities, it will tum
the clock back: You could be a first class
citizen in one state and not in another. It's
another step toward undoing much of the
progress made without adequate protection by the federal government. I want tQ ,
emphasize that there is nothing new about
federalism, in many respects it's what we
had before and after the dvil war."
•
>":.·
i~
Robert'Hernandez, Director of the Educational Opportunity Program
·
Manuei Perez, Assistant Dean of•Studen
Affairs
"I .turned it on, heard it for a few minutes, heard the same Reagan rhetori<:, and
turned it off. I didn't really listen because I
know where he is coming f f<?m. Where he
"As the speech goes I felt he did a good
job at it. The speech, Ifelt, was good but I
think he failed to indicate how he was
is coming from is~ 't going to improve
conditions for disadvantaged people. In
terms of edu.cation it is really going to
have extreme negative effects on the abil_ity of minority students to be able to have
that opportunity."
going to change the way the funds ar·
provided to the states and to what exten
states were going to have to take ove
those programs. It's a shift in our national
policy which I think is to de~riment Chi.canos, other minorities, and poor people.
Feb. 9, page 4 La Voz
Campus Service&
P.A.S.S..
"What is the P.A.S.S. Program?"
The P.A.S.S. Program (frogress and
Advancement through Special Services)
Program is a free student serv!ce d~igned
to improve s~udents' academic s~l~ and
retention at C.S. U. F. Students participate
in weekly learning sessions designed ~o
complement their current academic
courseload.
- 2. Developmental vocabulary skills
3. Basic college surrival skills (studying,
writing, and .eiding)
The program serves students from educationally and economically disadvantaged background. Students receive no
grades or academic credit.
"What assistance does P.A.S.S. offer?"
The P.A.S.S. Program basically specializes in three areas of study:
To assure academic assistance, you are
encouraged to sign up earlY- in the sem.:.
ester. These learning sessions are on a
I. Reading Skills (speed and comprehension)
"first come, first serve" basis. Call 2944038, or vist Joyal Administration, Room
221 P.A.S.S. Rogram_for information
Up Ward
C.A.M.P.
C.A.M.P. (College Assistance Migrant
Furth~rmore, C.A.M.P.'s services proProgram) is the new program on campus vide students with an individual peer ~utor
that provides supportive and retention to help them adjust to their n~w environservices for first-year college students who ment during their first year m college.
are of migrant or seasonal farmworker Students are also offered a one-week
background. Because historically institu- orientation session during t})e month of
tions of higher learning have not ade- Januar_y.
quately addressed nor serviced culturally Consequently, through the year,
diverse students, specifically, the student C.A.M.P. integrates special worksho~s,
who is a member of an agricultural migrant conferences, and orgaruzed cultur~l social
family, is that C.A.M.P. was established. activities with its coun~eling and mstrucOne of C.A.M.P.'s main goals is to .tional ~ervices_.
.
identify the options available to migrant
For further information on the College
students by providing them with a suppo~ Assistance Migrant Program call 294mechanism whereby they can expl<Sre 4768 or attend their office at the Joyal
academic and career choices and make Administration Building room no. 219.
decisions accordingly.
Frank del Olmo a Los Angeles Times
editorial writer, will be the guest speaker
at the Feb. 10 noon meeting of the Central
California Chicano Media Association at
The Upward Bound Program, founded takes place here on campus. By living on Casa Canales.
by the United States Office of Education,
Del Olmo 33, is one of the founding
provides assistance in acquiring the aca- campus, the students have access fo the members of the California Chicano News
many facilities offered here and expedemic skill and motivation to succet'd in rience life in _a c_ollege atmosphere. The Media Association. He is the first and
only ethnic minority of the Times nine
high school and prepare for college. The
editorial writers.
Del Olnio's part as editorial writer iii
students also have an opportunity to meet
program is designed for low-income high
students from other high schools who :he Times immigration coverage has bee!l
school students who have the potential to
}:lave similar educational goals. In addi- his most gratifying. His immigration cov- .
succeed in college but whose school grades
erage includes a series of articles that led to ;
and test scores do not reflect that potentiaL
increased state regulation of immigration 1
tion, after successful completion of the
consqltants from cheating undocumeot~d
summer program, each student can earn
The program provides year-round serpeople who want to legalize their immigraup to ten elective credits towards their
cices. During the academic year, such
tion status.
high school graduation.
services as academic and career counselHe received an Emmy in 1976 for Distinguished Achievement in Writing for his·
For further information on the Upward
ing, after school t.utoring, and Saturday
KNBC documentary "The Unwanted" a
Bound Program call 294-2693 or attend
workshop sessions are offered.
one hour public affairs program about
During the summer, students take part
in a six-week residential program which their office at the Joyal Administration illegal immigration shown on the Los
Angeles NBC affiliate._
Building, room number 220.
"Un Rato Con Serrato,,
El Concilio de Fresno, an umbrella
organization made up of people representing different social and political organizatio·ns throughout the valley, had its
monthy meeting Saturday at the Sal
Mosqueda Center.
The first item on the agenda was the
election of new board members. Eleanor
Aguilar ran unopposed for chairperson,
Gloria Hurtado was elected first vicechairperson, Peggy Dominguez second
vice-chairperson, Father Fransciscus was
elected secretary and Veninico Gaona was
elected treasurer.
The hot issue in the community as far as
El Concilio is concerned is the survival of
FETC. The Fresno Employment Training
Commission was badly affected by the
cutbacks in social programs by the Reagan
Administration. It has lost more than half
of its budget and _staff members. The
result is fewer services provided to Fresno
County area residents: -•
·
Conrad Mendoza gave a report of
TACOMA, television -Advisory Committee of Mexican Americans and its
continued negotiations with KSEE Chanel 24. The next scheduled meeting with
KSEE is Feb. J8 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting
will take place at the KSEE station.
Getting tougher
These diggings would be placed at interHoping to have some imput on the Fresno at 5:00 am to make the meeting's
vals of 8 hours walking time. Suggested impact higher college entrance require- open discussion scheduled for 10:00 am;
names for the villages are "Government ments will have on minority students, a however, they could not make the meeting
Retirement City", "Farm Subsidy City':
"Social Security City, "and "Aid to Non- group of concerned CSUF students went
Needy City". The "Free Hole EZE" the to Long Beach to meet jn an open discus- due to the fact that no such discussion on
local newspaper would inform the citizens . sion with the California State University college entrance requirements was held.
of loopholes in government planning.
'Board o,f Trustees. The issue revolves
Although the Board went ahead and
Distribution would be by handout.
around the raising of the entrance require- voted unanimously for the higher en
Let us now take a capitalistic view of
trance requirements, the CSUF group was
"OPERATION GALL." Presently, our · n1ents (four years of English and 2 years of given time to speak with Vice-Chancellor
grapes and peaches from the Golden San mathematics) and the phasing-in period Best and CSU F President Haak.
To be optimistic also calls for contin- Joaquin Valley must travel around the of these requirements.
gency planning in case of a disaster. Let's
horn (Southern California) before headThe group consisted of Jerry Gonzalez,
According t,o Gonzalez, the new requirestart planning now for the 9th wonder of ing East: How much energy, both fuel and
CSU F M.E.Ch.A President, as well as ments are exclu~ionary and will make
the (what's left) world. How about conhuman, is _expended on this out-of-the- other M.E.Ch.A members. The group left college a privilege and not a righ~.
structing a highway from Fresno County
way route. Those savings in energy could
to the East-as a crow would fly it. At first
have been converted to consumer savings
it sound_s like an insurmountable task, but
at the market. Another benefit would be
th~n consider what the Chinese did with
that those truckers could go home to
their GREAT WALL of CHINA. Our
momma, about 8 hours sooner.
passageway would be called the GREAT
The soil from the carved out mountain
GALL of PONDEROSA COUNTY. Hoss
could be used for land fill to build an
Editor: Pedro Perez
Cartwright rides again.
International Airport on the Pacific Coast,
Managing editor: Lourdes Villareal
jutting into the Pacific Ocean.Tpe airport
Production Manager: Sandra Castro
would be equidistant to San Francisco,
Reporters: Julia Benitez. Margarita MarForeign and domestic labor would be Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Denver has a
tinez, David Duran, Bobby Rodriguez
utilized for our construction project. Any mile high airport, and Central California
Production: Larry Banales
unemployed jobseeker or unemployed would have their own Aguanautics LandPhotographer: Richard Rios
benefit seeker would be eligible. The only ing Field-"al fresco." With the proximity
La Voz de Aztlan is California State
qualification of man, woman or beast of the air terminal, we could just about
would be that they have a heartbeat of 45
University Fresno's Chicano newspaper.
toss our produce onto the airplane. Can
La Voz de Aztlan is located in the Keats
or better per minute. If you wanna eatyou dig it?
Campus Building.
you gotta beat. The military refers to
Editorial: (209) 294-2486. Letters to the
volunteers as warm bodies.
Our newly built highway would also
editor are welcomed. The newspaper re"OPERATION GALL" would be pat- , give our gamblers a straight shot to Las
serves the right to edit letters.
terned after the early California layout of Vegas. What, gambling and top celebrity
the California Missions. The dirt excavat- talent shows in our own back yard. There
ed from the mountain would be used to ought to be a law against that. Oh well,
make adobe, later used to build Ho tels. win a few, lose a few.
John Denver has invited us all to 'please
come to Denver.' In the not too distant
future, if the enemy attacks our military
producing plants, we may just be hotfooting over hill and dale, anywhere out of
the trouble area. The shout would be GO
EAST YOUNG MAN-GO EAST.
Our once beautiful Sierra Madre Mountains would now become an obstacle for
us to overcome in our haste to leave the
waste. Mountain climbers we are not.
,.I
la voz de aztlan
T
.Tuesday, February 9, 1982
Qalffornia State Univenity Fresno
'K FSR
CY·C
Offer Programming
By David Duran
By Julia Benitez
Another part of the package to be presChicanos are going to have access to
Th~ Ninth Annual Chica~o Youth tion to Ending Barrio Warfare. Then
ented
to the AS deals with proposed proConference was held on Saturday, Jan.· there were career workshops giving stu- programming on the proposed FM -radio gramming at the station. At least one time
station at CSUF, how much will depend
16. The conferenc:t was a success due to dents information to the wide job market. on three things: the availability of bilin- slot has been set aside for minority prothe hard work and good planning of the
-~ l staff, the amount and "type" of lis- gramming, but Kofford said he would like
.
y
th
C
,
C
.
The
students
were
then
treated
to
an
Ch1cano ou
on,erence omm1ttee.
tener feedback, and whether or not the to sec more, "We're going to develop eth. d f p
'd
authentic
Mexican
lunch.
After
lunch
the
_station gets funded by the Associated nic programming the best we can, hopeThe comm111ee cons1ste o
res1 ent
fully, to include Blacks, Armenians, and
.
v·
p
'd
p
groups
went
to
their
respective
areas.
The
Student Senate next week.
Rosemary R od nguez, ice .res1 ent at.
.
other ethnic _groups on campus too."
.
Some of you my remember hearing that
As for Chicano programming, Kofford
Castro, Rosemary Baiz, Treasurer Jean- college fair gave stat~ colleges, universities
nie Zapat«; as well as many CSUF MEChA and _co~m u~ity organizations the chance the proposed FM station funded by the mentioned a leaning towards a bilingual
music and informational format show.
.
· to d1stnbute mformatio.11 on their groups. AS last year ... They were, but due to
.
. . _ .
.
The person in charge of developing the
members who assisted with the planning •
.
a techmcahty h~vmg to do with_the number program is Gilbert Mosqueda. A Radiand the smooth running of the conference.
The conference finished off .with both
of se~ators vot_mg on a reconsidered mea- o / TV major, Mosqueda says he would
The conference started with guest grdoups co~ing toge ther tQ listen to Teatro
sure, it was v01ded.
·
like to see "the lines of communication
e Ja T'
In order to get funded again, Brett K.of- open"' between students and different
speaker Ponce Ruiz, a decorated war
ierra perform some musical
ford and his staff puttogether a new pack- departments and organizations on carnveteran as well as the only Chicano to be numbers, then they were treated to an out- age. "We are going to show them we have pus. He said he is open to suggestions and
awarded a national ~p~ech title. Ruiz standing ·performance by CSUF's own enough money to operate for the first can be reached through the KFSR office.
spoke on many issues revolving around
three months we're on the air," said KofMosqueda and Kofford both agree they
being Chicano; pride, identity, as well as Teatro del Espirtu. Afterwards there was ford, "'We also want to show them that, wanttoseemoreChicanosgetinvolvedin
providing we get funded again by the the new station. The station is ooen to
ancestry. Afterwards, the students were a dance featuring the DJ Volume 11.
I. R.A. (Instructionally Related Activities- anyone who wants to get involved, "'regardsplit into two groups to better facilitate The committee would like to thank the student money used for education· al pro- less of whal vour mJior is." said Kofford.
and although quahty standards will be
the rooms given for the workshops.
people _who help make the conference jects) and the AS we1l have enough money checked before allowing a trainee to go on
to exist, and "hopefully" they11 accept the the air, everyone will have a chance. PeoThe students were given access to many
general interest workshops which dealt such a success and took forward to next new package. Kofford also mentioned pie interested in getting involved in the
that visible student support at the AS new station can talk to Mosqueda or Kofwith issues from The MEChA organiza- year.
meeting would be appreciated.
ford at KFSR.
CSUF
Chicana Wins
Songwriting
Award
By Richard Rios
Linda Arceo wins award
Showing the promise of. becoming a Easy Listening categories·as well as being
professional musical talent, Linda Arceo, selected runner-up to her "Lost in a Fair"
a CSUF Chicana student, was the grand for overall Best Song.
prizewinneratarecentsongwritingcompe- The sophomore Food Science major
tition.
stated that she has been performing for "'4
Arceo's performance of her original or 5 years,"' and would very much enjoy
song entitled, "'Lost in a Fair," captured making her living by performing.
the top award at the 1st Annual Women's She related that getting singing enTalent Showcase Song'·competition held agements at local clubs can be difficult by
at the Wild Blue Yonder in Fresno.
saying, "I only do original material, so it's
She was selected as one of six finalists tough because most people only want to
who performed their compositions on hear Top 40." She does, however, often
stage for the final judging from a field of perform at weddings and quinceneras.
over 150 original entries.
Though confidently optimistic about
Arceo played three songs during the I her chances of success, Arceo admits that
finals; all of which were eventual winners. breaking into the music business is consi"'Forever in Mind"' won the Inspirational dered a major challenge.
Music category. In addition, "Fly Too
"That's why I'm going to schoo~," said
High" (co-written by Cindy Saghatelian), Arceo, "_it's something t-0 fall back on if I
was the winner of both Best Lyrics and don't 'fnake it.
Feb. 9, page 1
Lt! Voz
Editorial
Reagan's Double Standar~s
regime. The administration wants to increase the aid by $100 million
Poland's solidarity leader Lech Walesa should feel lucky he is
this
year and $300 million by 1983.
_
confined to a summer palace, instead of being tortured to death like
To do this the White House must first convince Congress that the
hundreds of solidarity leaders in El Salvador.
Duarte government is complying with international human rights
Both countries are demanding political change and a democratic
system of life. They suffer from lack of work, low wages, shortage of · standards, as speci_fied in the Foreign Assistance Act.
food.and a dictatorship government that gives no justice.
.,
The administration has come up with a report which will be pres-·
More than 32,000 people have been killed in El Salvador, since the · el)t~d to Co~gteisthis week, detailing the Duarte government is in
control of its forces and is maintaining human rights standards. The
U.S. supported civilian-military government headed by President
Jose Napolen Duarte took power in 1979.
. report ha~ been criticized by the American Civil _Liberties Union
(ACLU) and the Americas Watch Committee, who themselves made
Hundreds of children have been left orphans by the Durate military
public a 273-page report detailing charges of systematic murder,
search and destroy, Vietnam style operations. Right wing terrorist
torture, arbitrary arrests and denial of right by the Duarte armed ·
death squads operate freely with the aid of the military. They have
forces.
been r,eported to raid entire villages, assassinating all males old
By authorizing the weapo~s aid to ·'El Salvador that are killing
enough to shoot a gun and raping teenage girls in front of their
innocent people, Reagan himself is no worse than the U.S.S.R. is to
mothers.
Poland and we as Americans that believe.in the democratic system are
Despite of all this murdering, the Reagan administration is asking
Congress for continued military and economic aid to the Durate
no better off if we let the weap~ns aid c~ntinue:· ,
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EL ·TEATRO CAmPes,no
·.
.
preseRt,s
written and directed by
LUIS VALDEZ
by Fernando Quintero
The Webster Collegiate dictionary defines melodrama as; "'a work characterized
by the predominance of extravagant theatrics and by the pr-edominance of plot and
physical action over characterization ... "
I only wish I would have looked the
word up before I went to go see El Teatro
Campesino's latest play. "Bandido!"'
Written and directed by Luis Valdez of
"Zoot Suit"' fame, "Bandido!"' follows the
trails and adventures of Tiburcio Vasquez, notorious California bandit. · "'Bandido!" has just completed a sucessful fourweek run in San Juan Bautista, which is El
Teatro Campesino's headquarters. One
can clearly see ~he sharp contrast between
comedy and drama as well as myth and
reality-a Valdez trademark. "Bandido!"
heavily emphasizes its "melodramatics"' to ·
an otherwise unprepared and unknowing
audience.
When Luis and his brother Daniel were
in Fresno promoting "Zoot Suit", I got the
chance to talk to Luis about "Bandido!"
He told me it was their next motion picture project.
I for one, certainly hope so.
Mexicans have been portrayed all wrong
in American Westerns. Luis illustrates the
misrepresentation and distortion of the
Mexican "bandit"' through his caricaturelike portrayals of them:_ in the play.
Question: What dfd you think of Reagan's
State ot·tbe Union Address last week1
d what impact do I~U think it will have
"minorides?"
As the first half of "'Bandido!;. centers·
around Vasquez's return to California
after fleeing to Mexico for some time; one
can't help but laugh at the sneering •si
sinior"' coming from the contorted, foreign mouths of Vasquez's band of outlaws
The old Hollywood Latin-lover stereotype is played to its fullest by Tony Plana
as Tiburcio Vasquez, a gay caballero-type
complete with flowing cape and suave
gestures.
Luis Vadez's primary objective with
"Bandido!" was to bring Tiburcio Vasquez into the limelight of the other Western heroes such as Jesse James, Black
'Bart, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. "I'm participating in this Amer
can ritual of defining the "'Old West"'
in terms of its legendary heroes," observed
Luis, "And I'm adding one name to the
roster."
While Luis claims that the life of Tiburcio Vasquez "'was the stuff of gigantic
legend,"' surely the sensitive portrayal of
Tiburcio Vasquez by Tony Plan·a brought
him down to reality.
· Another recent trademark of Valdez
has been his somewhat naive portrayals of
women. Cynthia Ann Valdez who play
Rosario. one of Tiburcio Vasquez's accomplice's w1fe, somewhat lacked credibility.
Tiburic Vasquez Notorious Bandit
Yolanda Parra on the other hand, ity since its beginnings in the lettuce fields
did a wonc:l~rful job as California Kate a of Delano. However, they are no longer
rambuctious swearing madam of a bor- confined or limited to the fields and small
dello I particularly liked the idea·of a Chi- playhouses. They have entered America's
cana playing an Anglo. It providecf•a sense .mainstream and are growing every ~ n
of ironic nemesis. The rest of the acting,
·
including W. Dennis Hunt's plethora of · If one goes to see a play by El Teatro
characters, was also very good.
expecting to see a hint of soiled grcen•on
Since El Teatro Campesino signed with their costumes, or bits of tomato leaves
the Actor's Equity Union last November, glued on to theirshOCS'with mud, you may
a greater sense of professionalism has sur- have to look real hard because as seen in
rounded them. El Teatro has always been Luis Valdez's plays, Bandidos as well as
the artistic medium of representation for farmworkers, a_!'C a mixture of myth and
farmworkers. and the C~icano commun- reality.
FEEDBACK
·· By Margatita Martinez
\:t~';:\•
•~·
Pat Aguirre, Director of the PAS~ program
"I was angry. I was sitting with !ome
friends and we were thinking how bla{antly all his policies have been for ~he benefit
of the rich population and large cor,porations. I felt it was a hypocrisy of him t-o say
he was the ·president of the people. tie's
not attuned to poor people. Minoritiedo,r
the most part have always been ~eglected
in terms of educational opportunity. They
will have an even more difficult ~imc
trying to stay in school because it will be
that much more difficult to have access to
education."
·
Dr. Bernard McGoldrick, Professor of
Political Science .
"I see it as the new federalism. It's an
atte~pt to return to the old federalism
that gives a great deal more power to the
states. In terms of minorities, it will tum
the clock back: You could be a first class
citizen in one state and not in another. It's
another step toward undoing much of the
progress made without adequate protection by the federal government. I want tQ ,
emphasize that there is nothing new about
federalism, in many respects it's what we
had before and after the dvil war."
•
>":.·
i~
Robert'Hernandez, Director of the Educational Opportunity Program
·
Manuei Perez, Assistant Dean of•Studen
Affairs
"I .turned it on, heard it for a few minutes, heard the same Reagan rhetori<:, and
turned it off. I didn't really listen because I
know where he is coming f f<?m. Where he
"As the speech goes I felt he did a good
job at it. The speech, Ifelt, was good but I
think he failed to indicate how he was
is coming from is~ 't going to improve
conditions for disadvantaged people. In
terms of edu.cation it is really going to
have extreme negative effects on the abil_ity of minority students to be able to have
that opportunity."
going to change the way the funds ar·
provided to the states and to what exten
states were going to have to take ove
those programs. It's a shift in our national
policy which I think is to de~riment Chi.canos, other minorities, and poor people.
Feb. 9, page 4 La Voz
Campus Service&
P.A.S.S..
"What is the P.A.S.S. Program?"
The P.A.S.S. Program (frogress and
Advancement through Special Services)
Program is a free student serv!ce d~igned
to improve s~udents' academic s~l~ and
retention at C.S. U. F. Students participate
in weekly learning sessions designed ~o
complement their current academic
courseload.
- 2. Developmental vocabulary skills
3. Basic college surrival skills (studying,
writing, and .eiding)
The program serves students from educationally and economically disadvantaged background. Students receive no
grades or academic credit.
"What assistance does P.A.S.S. offer?"
The P.A.S.S. Program basically specializes in three areas of study:
To assure academic assistance, you are
encouraged to sign up earlY- in the sem.:.
ester. These learning sessions are on a
I. Reading Skills (speed and comprehension)
"first come, first serve" basis. Call 2944038, or vist Joyal Administration, Room
221 P.A.S.S. Rogram_for information
Up Ward
C.A.M.P.
C.A.M.P. (College Assistance Migrant
Furth~rmore, C.A.M.P.'s services proProgram) is the new program on campus vide students with an individual peer ~utor
that provides supportive and retention to help them adjust to their n~w environservices for first-year college students who ment during their first year m college.
are of migrant or seasonal farmworker Students are also offered a one-week
background. Because historically institu- orientation session during t})e month of
tions of higher learning have not ade- Januar_y.
quately addressed nor serviced culturally Consequently, through the year,
diverse students, specifically, the student C.A.M.P. integrates special worksho~s,
who is a member of an agricultural migrant conferences, and orgaruzed cultur~l social
family, is that C.A.M.P. was established. activities with its coun~eling and mstrucOne of C.A.M.P.'s main goals is to .tional ~ervices_.
.
identify the options available to migrant
For further information on the College
students by providing them with a suppo~ Assistance Migrant Program call 294mechanism whereby they can expl<Sre 4768 or attend their office at the Joyal
academic and career choices and make Administration Building room no. 219.
decisions accordingly.
Frank del Olmo a Los Angeles Times
editorial writer, will be the guest speaker
at the Feb. 10 noon meeting of the Central
California Chicano Media Association at
The Upward Bound Program, founded takes place here on campus. By living on Casa Canales.
by the United States Office of Education,
Del Olmo 33, is one of the founding
provides assistance in acquiring the aca- campus, the students have access fo the members of the California Chicano News
many facilities offered here and expedemic skill and motivation to succet'd in rience life in _a c_ollege atmosphere. The Media Association. He is the first and
only ethnic minority of the Times nine
high school and prepare for college. The
editorial writers.
Del Olnio's part as editorial writer iii
students also have an opportunity to meet
program is designed for low-income high
students from other high schools who :he Times immigration coverage has bee!l
school students who have the potential to
}:lave similar educational goals. In addi- his most gratifying. His immigration cov- .
succeed in college but whose school grades
erage includes a series of articles that led to ;
and test scores do not reflect that potentiaL
increased state regulation of immigration 1
tion, after successful completion of the
consqltants from cheating undocumeot~d
summer program, each student can earn
The program provides year-round serpeople who want to legalize their immigraup to ten elective credits towards their
cices. During the academic year, such
tion status.
high school graduation.
services as academic and career counselHe received an Emmy in 1976 for Distinguished Achievement in Writing for his·
For further information on the Upward
ing, after school t.utoring, and Saturday
KNBC documentary "The Unwanted" a
Bound Program call 294-2693 or attend
workshop sessions are offered.
one hour public affairs program about
During the summer, students take part
in a six-week residential program which their office at the Joyal Administration illegal immigration shown on the Los
Angeles NBC affiliate._
Building, room number 220.
"Un Rato Con Serrato,,
El Concilio de Fresno, an umbrella
organization made up of people representing different social and political organizatio·ns throughout the valley, had its
monthy meeting Saturday at the Sal
Mosqueda Center.
The first item on the agenda was the
election of new board members. Eleanor
Aguilar ran unopposed for chairperson,
Gloria Hurtado was elected first vicechairperson, Peggy Dominguez second
vice-chairperson, Father Fransciscus was
elected secretary and Veninico Gaona was
elected treasurer.
The hot issue in the community as far as
El Concilio is concerned is the survival of
FETC. The Fresno Employment Training
Commission was badly affected by the
cutbacks in social programs by the Reagan
Administration. It has lost more than half
of its budget and _staff members. The
result is fewer services provided to Fresno
County area residents: -•
·
Conrad Mendoza gave a report of
TACOMA, television -Advisory Committee of Mexican Americans and its
continued negotiations with KSEE Chanel 24. The next scheduled meeting with
KSEE is Feb. J8 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting
will take place at the KSEE station.
Getting tougher
These diggings would be placed at interHoping to have some imput on the Fresno at 5:00 am to make the meeting's
vals of 8 hours walking time. Suggested impact higher college entrance require- open discussion scheduled for 10:00 am;
names for the villages are "Government ments will have on minority students, a however, they could not make the meeting
Retirement City", "Farm Subsidy City':
"Social Security City, "and "Aid to Non- group of concerned CSUF students went
Needy City". The "Free Hole EZE" the to Long Beach to meet jn an open discus- due to the fact that no such discussion on
local newspaper would inform the citizens . sion with the California State University college entrance requirements was held.
of loopholes in government planning.
'Board o,f Trustees. The issue revolves
Although the Board went ahead and
Distribution would be by handout.
around the raising of the entrance require- voted unanimously for the higher en
Let us now take a capitalistic view of
trance requirements, the CSUF group was
"OPERATION GALL." Presently, our · n1ents (four years of English and 2 years of given time to speak with Vice-Chancellor
grapes and peaches from the Golden San mathematics) and the phasing-in period Best and CSU F President Haak.
To be optimistic also calls for contin- Joaquin Valley must travel around the of these requirements.
gency planning in case of a disaster. Let's
horn (Southern California) before headThe group consisted of Jerry Gonzalez,
According t,o Gonzalez, the new requirestart planning now for the 9th wonder of ing East: How much energy, both fuel and
CSU F M.E.Ch.A President, as well as ments are exclu~ionary and will make
the (what's left) world. How about conhuman, is _expended on this out-of-the- other M.E.Ch.A members. The group left college a privilege and not a righ~.
structing a highway from Fresno County
way route. Those savings in energy could
to the East-as a crow would fly it. At first
have been converted to consumer savings
it sound_s like an insurmountable task, but
at the market. Another benefit would be
th~n consider what the Chinese did with
that those truckers could go home to
their GREAT WALL of CHINA. Our
momma, about 8 hours sooner.
passageway would be called the GREAT
The soil from the carved out mountain
GALL of PONDEROSA COUNTY. Hoss
could be used for land fill to build an
Editor: Pedro Perez
Cartwright rides again.
International Airport on the Pacific Coast,
Managing editor: Lourdes Villareal
jutting into the Pacific Ocean.Tpe airport
Production Manager: Sandra Castro
would be equidistant to San Francisco,
Reporters: Julia Benitez. Margarita MarForeign and domestic labor would be Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Denver has a
tinez, David Duran, Bobby Rodriguez
utilized for our construction project. Any mile high airport, and Central California
Production: Larry Banales
unemployed jobseeker or unemployed would have their own Aguanautics LandPhotographer: Richard Rios
benefit seeker would be eligible. The only ing Field-"al fresco." With the proximity
La Voz de Aztlan is California State
qualification of man, woman or beast of the air terminal, we could just about
would be that they have a heartbeat of 45
University Fresno's Chicano newspaper.
toss our produce onto the airplane. Can
La Voz de Aztlan is located in the Keats
or better per minute. If you wanna eatyou dig it?
Campus Building.
you gotta beat. The military refers to
Editorial: (209) 294-2486. Letters to the
volunteers as warm bodies.
Our newly built highway would also
editor are welcomed. The newspaper re"OPERATION GALL" would be pat- , give our gamblers a straight shot to Las
serves the right to edit letters.
terned after the early California layout of Vegas. What, gambling and top celebrity
the California Missions. The dirt excavat- talent shows in our own back yard. There
ed from the mountain would be used to ought to be a law against that. Oh well,
make adobe, later used to build Ho tels. win a few, lose a few.
John Denver has invited us all to 'please
come to Denver.' In the not too distant
future, if the enemy attacks our military
producing plants, we may just be hotfooting over hill and dale, anywhere out of
the trouble area. The shout would be GO
EAST YOUNG MAN-GO EAST.
Our once beautiful Sierra Madre Mountains would now become an obstacle for
us to overcome in our haste to leave the
waste. Mountain climbers we are not.
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la voz de aztlan