La Voz de Aztlan, November 19 1982

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La Voz de Aztlan, November 19 1982

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La Voz de Aztlan, November 19 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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11/19/1982

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L a Voz De Aztlan
CSUFreeno

November19,1982

FRIDAY

Palestinians Share Their Culture
By Larry Banalea
The General Union of Palestine Students
(GUPS) is sponsoring a Palestinian cultural awareness week through Friday, November 19, which will include panel discussions, speakers, exhibits and movie and
slide presentations. According to GUPS
President, Omar Baddar, these functions
serve "To educate people about Palestine's
plight, as well as its heritage."
"This week will also show Palestinians
here that we're preserving an important
part of our homeland--our culture-despite the hardships our people are
experiencing," Baddar stated. "They also
show our people that we support them.
There has been enough destruction of
our people and land."
All too often Americans are given only
an Israeli view of the conflict, and "there
needs to be an education program to let
people know our perspectives and realize
what's happening," Baddar continued.
"The speakers presenting speeches have
visited the West Bank and Beruit and
provide first-hand information about
events going on there."
Among activities scheduled for today
are a food sale from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. in the Free Speech area and a movie
entitled "We Are The Palestinians" to be
shown at 7:00 p.m. in the College Union.
"Peace can be a beautiful word," Baddar
said, "but it . can also be misused. A
country may declare peace but still oppress
a people and their land, and there is no
peace."

Iyad Naffa (left) and Nadia Farah display clothing and posters for the start of the Palestinian Culture Week,
Monday at the College Union.

On Friday, November 19, "Palestinian
Night" will be held at the Trinity Lutheren
Church located at3973 North Cedar. A traditional dinner begins at 6:00 p.m. followed
by singing, dancing and short plays. A
In resolving much of the conflict
$7 .50 donation is being requested to meet presently occuring, progress towards a
expenses.
more acceptable arrangement "doesn't
look favorable so far." But the problem
"There is no way the Israelis can exterm- raises a frequently repeated question:
inate all Palestinians; they may destroy Why deny a people their basic human
our homes and people and steal our rights of self-determination, indepencountry, but they can not destroy our dence and freedom? The question can be
motivation and pride to continue strug- aptly applied to conflicts in Central Amerigling," Baddar commented.
ca. Poland and Africa.

· Photo by Robert Dowai■g
Daily Collegian Photographer

There will be "no physical progress in
our struggle as long as the United States
supports Israel. There will just be more
killings and destruction," Baddar continued. "The Israelis use sophisticated American weapons, and if we continue to
experience this problem, there will not be
any peaceful progress."

La Voz: 1969-1982
By Bobby Rodriquez

La Voz, or La Pluma Morena (The
Brown Pen) as it was first called, was
spawned from the turbulent times of the
late 60s and early 70s, when racial tensions were high and protest demonstrations were a common occurence.
The first issue was done on May 5,
1969, its content was largely political. Stories ranged from, the opposition to the
draft; the on-going war in Vietnam; the
"Liberation of Chicanos"; to Cesaer
Chavez' farm labor struggle.
The newspaper's political stance was
no secret; its stories and art work
depicted that. The name changed form La
Pluma Morena to Chicano Liberation,
with the name encircled in bandoliers.
Stories calling for an end to oppresion and
the need for justice were standard copy.
The atmosphere in the early 70s was one
of urgency for Chicanos, and La Voz captured it. Every square inch of every page
was used, with either a story, artwork, or
a poem relating the need for Chicanos to
educate, motivate and participate.

The use of La Voz as a medium for the
Chicano viewpoint was an important
objective, but also just as important was
the desperately needed experience that
Chicano journalists received.
With that experience, La Voz became
the starting point for such local media
people as Tom Uribes, editor of Sentimientos and El Tiempo; Al Reyes, former
Channel 30 reporter and now with El
Tiempo; Marty Uribes, reporter with
Channel 47; and Larry Romero, formerly
with the Fresno Bee and currently with
the San Jose Mercury News.
La Voz spoke with Larry Romero, who
was editor during the years 74-75, about
his experiences and feelings with La Voz.
"It was an alternative newspaper, it
gave a voice that was needed and is still
needed today," Romero said. Larry also
agreed that La Voz was a good training
ground for a reporter.

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"What is also ironic," Baddar said, "is
that U.S. taxpayers are paying for the destruction of Lebanon and will eventually
pay for its construction. It's a tragedy that
most Americans don't realize this."
That is why more people should 1isten
to as much information" about this conflict
to understand the circumstances ,so they
may do as much as they can to hinder the
U.S. from contributing to the destruction.

.....

La Vos De A.dla■

Novea•r It, 1912

Commentary: ERA Still Alive
By Edtel Paz I
With the first ERA campaign behind them
the National Organization for Women
(NOW), the most active feminist group,
held a National Conference in Indianapolis on October8-10th, 1982. NOW'sPresident-elect, Judy Goldsmith, a former English professor from the University of Wisconsin, will move into her new Washington, D.C. office on December 1, 1982.
In addition to electing national officers,
NOW concentrated on improving the status of women in areas of equal pay, education, Social Security and any other
areas where women's rights are denied.
Congress and state legislators have
passed equal employment laws over the
past twenty years, but these statue's approach
is insufficient. Equal employment laws
can be replaced at any time. Women are
in the work place to stay, and the drive for
constitutional amendment must continue
until it is achieved.
Minority women are victims of a double
problem: racism and sexism. Women on
the average are paid 59¢ for every dollar a
man is paid for the same work, and for
Hispanic women it is 49¢. Though many
Asian women are educated, they are still
concentrated in lower paying jobs.
In 1972, Congress passed Title 1 of the
Education Amendment, which prohibits
discrimination in any educational program
or activity receiving federal financial assistance. However, a major fault in today's
education system is that schools direct
females into low-paying, dead-end jobs,
primarily clerks, sales people, hairdressers
· and waitresses. The enforcement of Title
1 depends upon tracing distribution of
federal dollars to particular school programs. Furthermore, equal education laws
are only statutes passed by Congress
which can be reversed at any time.

Also under current laws, women, especially older women, are victims of our
Social Security system. It is a sex biased
system that causes millions of women to
live in poverty in their old age. Widowed
or divorced women are most seriously
affected. Of the 13 million women 65 or
over in 1979, 72% had to live on less than
$5,000 per year. For 60% of older women,
Social Security is their only source of
income. Full-time married homemakers
have never been covered by Social Security. It is structured so that married homemakers receive benefits through
their covered husbands, if they have been
married to the same man for ten years. If a
homemaker dies or becomes disabled,
she and her family are not entitled to disability or surviver benefits. If a homemaker is widowed, she will receive no
benefits until age 60, unless she has a child
under age 18 or she is disabled. She can
receive full benefits only if she waits until
age 65 to retire.
If a homemaker reaches retirement
with her husband, her benefits will be
equal to only half of his. If he retires early
and receives reduced benefits, the homemaker's benefits will also be reduced. If, at
anytime after retirement, the husband decides
to return to work, the wife's benefits will
be stopped.
The result is that women are short
changed by the system, because it has
failed to meet their needs and guarantee
them economic justice. A constitutional
amendment for equal rights for women
will make it possible for the sex biased
system to be updated.
Times are changing, but the laws have
not kept up. Equality under the law must
become a basic law for all Americans.
Women can not be made to fight for their

rights every four years with the changing
political tides.
Barbara Ehrereich and Karen Stallard
wrote in "'Ms# magazine that by the year
2000 all of the nation's poor will be women
and their children. They referred to tlu!m
as the nouveau poor." Most people know
that the entitlements of the poor, what the
Reagan Administration calls their #runaway entitlements,# are slated to take the
brunt of the federal budget cuts, but what
they do not know is that the poor are
mostly women. Two out of three adults
who fall under federal definition of poverty are women. Moreover, more than
half of the families defined as poor are
maintained by single women. The number
of female headed families with children
increased by 81% during the seventies.
The New Right has an innovative plan
for women in which they would like to
legalize #homework", so that woemn can
work in their own homes. This was a widespread practice in the 19th century. Another Right Wing solution for feminine poverty is marriage.
Onalee McGraw, who handles education and family issues at the Heritage
Foundation-the New Right think tank funded
by beer magnate Joseph Coors, rejects
increasing women's earnings on the basis
that their priority is to make men productive workers and reliable husbands. She says, H Anything that will make
women more independent is a threat to
men." She also believes that welfare should
be abolished, because it like any other
form of female income weakens male responsibility.
The New Right is not the only hardcore conservative element that opposes
women. A book entitled ~ e Complete
Chauvinist, A Survival Guide for the
H

Bedeviled Male# by Dr. Edgar Berman,
was published recently by McMillin pub- .
lishing company. Dr. Berman made the
statement a few years ago that -raging
hormonal imbalance" disqualified women
from holding political power. Feminists
took his statemnt before the Democratic
party's committee on National Priorities
and #because of that, I always had to keep
defending myself," he said.
He contends that a deficiency of the
hormonal testosterone, which fuels male
aggressiveness, ensures that women will
not become high achievers. "She is the
one as prone to splitting headaches as we
are to splitting atoms," stated Dr. Berman. He also added that "the biggest
fraud since the Loch Ness monster is that
the women's liberation movement is over."
Society will not progress by returning
to practices of the 19th century. Where
the New Right emphasizes "pro familydominated by men, feminists emphasize
#pro family# on the basis of equal sharing,
a partnership in which men will have a
caring-belonging role with the domination-power image.

ERA is not a panacea for all of todays
ills, but in some areas it would give women
legal status and protection they do not
have, but that they often assume they do.

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Letters to the Editor
Welcome HEP
Querida Editora:
Como actual presidente del programa
HEP, quiero aprovechar la oportunidad
que se me brinda para dar la bienvenida a
todos los estudiantes que han llegado a
Fresno a formar parte de este gran grupo
que es HEP.
T ados los que hemos ingresado en este
programa podemos sentimos afortunados, ya que de verdad, es suerte que entre
tantos aplicantes nosotros hayamos sido
seleccionados.
Es una gran oportunidad para mejorar
nuestra educacion y nuestro modo de
vivir lo cual, es muy importante para tener
un lugar mejor en la sociedad, y asi poder
representar con orgullo nuestra raza, en
este caso la mayoria Mexicana, y la cual
cuenta con una gran cultura.
Al venir a este programa, que es HEP,
ta) vez tenemos la ultima oportunidad de
mejorararnos en la vida. La mayoria
desendemos de familia campesinas y de
bajos ingresos. Hemos venido con el
deseo de obtener nuestro diploma, el cual
significa un gran paso hacia adelante para
todos los que hemos decidido ir en busca
de un futuro mejor.
Hemos dejado a nuestras familias, amigos, y una sociedad que confian en nosotros; trabajemos duro hasta alcanzar
nuestra meta. No desaprovechemos la
oportunidad, y volvamos orgullosos con
nuestro diplma que sera coma una arma o
herramienta que nos servira para labrarnos un futuro mejor.
Ojala y todos tengamos los mismos
motivos y metas y que realisemos nuestros deseos.
No volvamos con las manos vacias.
Buena Sue~te
Josefina Puga
1
Prgsidente de HEP

#Homage to the Sacred"
Dear Editor,
#Homage to the Sacred#, an exhibition
of priceless, pre-Columbian ceramic sculpture has opened at the Fresno Arts Center to rave reviews and must be seen by
everyone interested in the culture of
ancient Mexico.
This outstanding exhibition of 225 figur ial pieces will be of special interest to
CSUF students since it was curated by
Dr. Raphael Reichert, Professor of Art
History, with the assistance of the following students: Ananda Aspen, Randy Caffejian, Ann Carson, Christy Delbon, Gene
Fox, Jaime Huerta, Jane Kamplain, Lisa
Kappler, Linda Malcom-Lim, Zandra Ogata,
Karin O'Neil and Polly Victor.
An illustrated catalogue has been published in conjunction with the exhibition.
The essays and the scholarly work in the
catalogue was prepared by the students
listed above under the direction of Dr.
Reichewrt.

Congratulations LA VOZ
Dear Editor:
I would like to congratulate you and
your staff for the excellent work that all of
you have done with La Voz this year.
The stories have been informative and
well-written. They have covered a broad
spectrum of issues in the Chicano community, as well as student and faculty
Applications for the Editor-in-Chief of La
activities on our ~ampus. The photography Voz, HyeSharzhoom, Uhuara, and the
has also been first rate. The front page Daily Collegian are available in the Assophotographs of the Atlantean sculpture . ciated Students' office in the College Union
from Tula, Hidalgo, and the headdress 316. Applications must be accompanied by '
three letters of reference and written statements of qualifications and intentions regardfrom Oaxocva, which appeared in your ing the newspapers. The applications must be
issues were outstanding.
submitted to the AS of/ice no later than 4 pm,
As a former faculty advisor to La Voz, I Nou. 22nd.
am well aware of the effort, dedication
and hardwork it takes to produce the
paper. Because of this dedication and
effort and the quality of the paper, you
and your staff should be proud of your
achievements.
Congratulations on a job well done.

The exhibition will run through December 28, 1982, at the Fresno Arts Center
Jesus Luna, Ph.D.
from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday
Associate
Professor
through Friday and weekends noon to
La Raza Studies
4:30 p.m. Admission is 50¢.
The article #Pre-Columbian Art Displayed#, which appeared in the November
4, 1982, issue was written by Dr. Reichert. · Note: The photo of the Oaxaca Funerary,
which appeared on our Nov. 4, 1982 issue, was
taken by Don Weed. The photo was sent by
The Fresno Arts Center
Fresno Arts Center.

Note: The article, -Pre-Columbian Art Displayed, - which appeared in the November 4,
1982 issue was written by Dr. Reichert, professor at CSUF.

November 19, 1982 La Voz De Aztlaa

Financial Aid Woes
By Larry Baaale•
Many students on campus are experiencing problems in receiving their financial aid, and as a result, some have
dropped o 1r and others have not bought
their books for the semester. Similiar
incidences comprise the center of a massive problem for C?UF minority students.

#A lot of students have either dropped
out or are thinking about it, because of
financial aid difficulties,H stated George
Santiago, Associated Students Vice-President. HThey can receive extensibns on
paying their fees; however, not all students
are notified of this procedure, he continued.
H

At a meeting held on October 27 with
Dean Corcoran and President Haak

Alliance members Maggie Castro, Ralph
Gonzales, and Andrea Hedgely discussed
their complaints. Numerous students pre·
s~nted testimonials about their problems
with the Financial Aid office. They demanded that book loans be granted to students who hadn't purchased books, that a
reasonable distribution system be implemented and that financial aid documents
arrive in time for students to complete
them by C.A.R. registration deadline.
Administrators stressed how much
impact the federal and state levels have
on university policies, stating that they
were not notified of budget allocations
until October which caused many delays.
They also encouraged the Alliance to take
its complaints to Financial Aid director
Joseph Hueston, who later said they
should talk with administrators.
Alliance members urge students to
begin a letter-writing campaign to Congressmen, Financial Aid director Hueston, Dean Corcoran, President Haak and
Chancellor Reynolds. "Lots of students
are dissatisfied with administrative policies," Santiago said, "and hopefully these
policies will change."

Last year two-thirds of students who
received financial assistance to attend
college at CSUF had been awarded their
letters by September 1st. The first week
in the Fall semester, ten out of nearly 300
new Educational Opportunity Program
students received their letters. !here
seems to be a lack of concern by the
Financial Aid office for students,"
Santiago explained.
Students are then forced to take out
emergency loans until all paper work is
;omplete. "For example,H Santiago noted,
one student who hadn't received her
award took out a $100.00 loan to cover
essentials. She waited for a few more
weeks and still hasn't received her award
and now she can't take out another loa~
because· she hasn't repaid her first."
On Friday, November 5th, the Alliance
sponsored a solidarity march, protesting
the delayed awards, distribution policies
and allocation amounts. Students hoped
to prevent future generations from experiencing financial problems and to attract
attention to the magnitude of the
problem.
continued from page 1
The Alliance encouraged as many students as possible to attend the rally, so
that visiting CSU Chancellor Ann ReynHaving been with toe San Jose Merbolds could see the number of students
cury News for three years now, Larry
affected by the University's policies.
looks back, and remembers that one of
"Other students have complained
about the Financial Aid office losing the problems La Voz encountered was
forms, treating them rudely and denying the lack of recognition.
"La Voz wasn't taken seriously by the
that forms were received on time,# Santiago stated. "There's a management prob- Journalism Department; they didn't consider it a legitimate endeavor," Romero
lem; there are too many complete applications that aren't being awarded, and it's continued. "We were as concerned or
not a federal problem like the office more so than other journalism students,
because we had a special feeling for the
insists," Santiago declared.
community we wrote about." Even
#Years ago students fought to stay on
though, according to Romero, La Voz
campus, and now a new generation is
broke stories even before the Collegian,
fighting again. We need to get together,"
"we didn't get recognition from the estabSantiago said. These concerns prompted
lished media."
the creation of the CSUF Alliance, which
Romero's staff, like many other La Voz
consists of members from MEChA, the
staffs, was sprinkled with very few journalAn-African Students Union, the Luthism majors. "I was the only journalism
eren Students Movement, the General
major on the staff, others were concerned
Union of Palestine Students and a
students and most of it I wrote myself," he
student-staff caucus.
added.

LaVoz

Business Workshop
NEDA San Joaquin Valley Inc.
and the Women's Studies at CSUF
are co-sponsoring a Women-Owned Business workshop scheduled
for Saturday, November 20, 1982, at
the Industrial Arts Building, room
101 at CSUF. The workshop is
scheduled to run from 9:00 am to
1:00 pm.
Anita Coit, from the Small Business Administration, will be the keynote speaker. The conference theme
is THE NEW WOMAN BUSINESS
OWNER, "ON THE WAY UP." The
workshop topics are as follows:
1. "New Challenges for the Small
Business Administration in WomenOwned Businesses."

2. Panel-Four women will speak on
how they started their business,
maintain it, their present and future
goals.

3. "On the Job Training/Targeted
Jobs Tax Credit, What does it Mean
to You the Employer"
4. "Marketing, How it Really Works"

5. "Managing Assertively"
Registration is scheduled for 8:30
am and will cost $5.00.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL
(209) 252- 7551.

La Voz wishes everyone a Happy
Thanksgiving! Please don't forget to register
for Spring classes. The deadline for financial
aid students is November 24. For those not
on financial aid the deadline is December 2,
1982.

Newspaper policy generally changed Rick Heredia, who broke a story that the
from editor to editor; some thought La Fresno Bee later picked up, but neither
Voz should be used primarily as a learning Rick nor La Voz received any other
tool, while others thought La Voz should credit.
Credit is something the current La Voz
be used as a political tool. Romero disagreed with the latter, #I didn't think it .staff hopes to share in. Larry Romereo
should be used as a political tool. You advises, "Hang in there!# The paper is
have to keep it as objective as possible omething that is needed, and even though
it has such a short life span, with no real
and strive for that."
Romero also remembered the attempts time to develop continuity or to create a
by the Associated Students to do away concrete base, it is something that should
the Black and Chicano editions during be there because it serves as a great trainconsiderations. "It happened almost every ing ground for Chicano journalists.
semester," Romero said.
Fortunately for Romero and his staff,
the Daily Collegian supported them. The
,
publications developed good rapport with
~
each other. Romero cited no real problem -with the Collegian and added that they • '
were always helpful in one way or another.
One of Romero's priorities while being
editor was to get the native American ,.
students involved. One such student w_a s /

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wanted them to make a better life for ' t d tWI I
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s u en s ,ace. s u en s 1 rnanc,a rnthemselues than what they had had.
Women coming from strict family back- dependence calls/or learning to budget.
ground, find it hard to break the strong learning to cut comers helps prepare
family obligations. Though the loue for for family life. With many financial aid
the family is no less, making it home cutbacks, students must also try to find
frequently is sometimes hard to do. work to support themselues. At this
Then once under the roof again, time jobs are not plentiful, and finding a
abiding by house rules is a must.
job that will not inter/ere with classes
Once you're out coml the respons- and studies is twice as hard. In most
ibility of taking care of yourself. This cases, financial aid students receive
could 'be uery difficult for the young little or no contributions from their
man who now must become chef, dish- parents.
washer, and laundry expert with no
These new found responsibilities of
preuious experience. Adjusting to this receiving good grades, studying, taking
new independence can be quite care of yourself-through thick or thin,
different. Many realize that they really and paying the bills, crash down on the
have retained their parents habits; as new independents. That's not mentionattending CSUF found it e~sy to make well as values, morals, and priorties. ing car insurance, and gas expense.

Breaking away-it can be hard, ac,cording to many CSUF students.
Starting a new "life", new friendships,
new routine, can be ouerwhelming for
some. Many new responsibilities arise
and fine distinction between the person
you were last year and this year is
apparent. Many students come to CSUF
from other parts of the country or from
different cities. The decision to moue
away from home is one step towards
emotional growth and maturity.
Being "allowed" to moue out of your
home and into unfamiliar surroundings
is difficult to do in some cases. While
the decision to moue out may haue
been made by you, parents do _not
always agree. Many Chicano students

Scary? Is it ail worth it? Most students
say, "YES!" I asked if any studms
would moue back home after graduation and the popular response was,
"NO". So why go thori11lh all these
"hardships"? Being independent prouid es the student a great selfconfidence and pride. According to one
student, "I find myself appreciating my
family more, and I am more respo~ible". Students can mature and grow rn
all aspects of life. Changes in ideas,
interests, and goals occur. Old attitudes are replaced with new ones.
Can these students make it? Of course,
they most certainly can!

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November 19, 1982

La Voz De Aztlan

MECHA Attends Conference
~ Sylvia Ca•tro

In this large state of ours, Fresno is ·
hardly ever recognized as being sign!fi·
cant for anything except maybe for its
wealthy farming community. But at the
1982 Fall MEChA Statewide Conference
held at Bakersfield College, Fresno carried a lot of clout, even among some of the
larger cities like Los Angeles and San
Diego, where supposedly all the action
takes place.
At the w.af■ arKe this i,ltlli Qlla
MEChA initiated three resolutio~ of the
eight proposed. All three pased with minor
or no changes. Anyone who has attended
a conference before knows that this is not
always an easy task to accomplish. Many
times long debates continue, and usually
a resolution will be defeated if the parties
can not come to terms with the issue.
The three resolutions were "Latin Ame•
rican Issues", supporting the people in
Central and South American struggles,
the "Coors Boycott", reinforcing the boycott on Coors beer made several years
ago, and "Student Support Services",
focusing on student financial aid cuts and
other student aid issues pertaining to
Chicanos and other minorities on
campus.
This fall's turnout of approximately 150
students at the Bakersfield community
campus was smaller than previous years.
Some campuses sent one or two repre•
sentatives, usually someone from their
, respective boards. Fresno's chapter had
thirteen members along with nine members
from CSUF's Teatro de\ Espiritu. UC,
CSUC, city and local high school campuses from all over California were invited
to attend.

Some of the concerns the conference
addressed were the probable fall of the
Chicano Studies Department at Cal-State
Los Angeles, the Simpson-Mazzoli bill-which would require every "legal"' person
in the United States to carry a national
identification card at all times or face certain penalties --to be presented and voted
on in November, Chicano support for the
anti-nuclear movement in California and
declaring May 3 as a memorial day for
those youths killed in barrio warfare.
The statewide structure meeting resulted in assigning certain areas of concern
to various campuses to do research and
keep lines of communication open between
campuses and hopefully Jliave some definite plan of action to be presented at the
Spring Conference. CSUF's MEChA will
be following-up on student aid services.
The Spring planning meeting is set for
February in the Los Angeles area, and the
Spring conference is tentatively set for
either late March or early April in the San

August 29 is currently memorialized for
Ruben Salazar, a Los Angeles Times
reporter, who along with others was killed
by local police forces in 1970 during the
largest anti-war demonstration in Los
Angeles.
A standing ovation was given to United
Farm Workers Vice-chairperson, Dolores
Huerta, who emphasized organization
and unity among all Chicanos and urged
Mechistas to "keep on working" to keep
faith despite the struggles.
"If we don't learn to use our numbers,
we are nothing!," she stressed. Huerta
also pointed out the huge growth of Chicanos in California. "It is because we're
not well organized that we're politically
weak."
She praised MEChA for being one of
few organizations of the sixties to have
survived and continued working, despite
many attempts by outside organizations
to "comprarlos." She warned that some
people are bought-and soon begin to worship money instead working for the needy;
Francisco area. The exact campus to MEChA should not allow this to happen
host meetings will be decided among their to them.
respective "centrales"'.
"'We don't want to be the same; we
Among some of the minor proposals
made was Bakersfield's request to become want to be different. Don't let them carve
a central, apart from Fresno. The prop- your gut!," she pleaded. "When a person
osal passed with no problems. But a makes a lot of money but doesn't want to
proposal to change the name of the Chi- work for it, that's corruption."
cano Moratorium to Chicano Memorial
Huerta noted some similiar incidents
Day did not pass. Dissent was voiced by that UFW leader Ceasar Chavez dealt
the Southern California campuses, who with, such as when Rockefeller offered
stated that the issue was not in their right $50,000 to help the Peace Corps in Veneto change. Though the idea was good, the zuela or when a wealthy woman offered
date suggested had too much sentimental him the same amount to organize a "toy"
value to give up.
labor union, he turned them both down .

Then Jimmy Hoffa once asked Chavez
how ~uch money he needed to organize
and he responded, "When we need your
help, we'll let you know." She said Chavez
is a good example to follow.
During the general assembly, a special
speaker addressed the college and high
school, Teresa Patino of Bakersfield. She
OO!Ji11herpresentationwith,"Mynameis Teresa
Patino. I'm 11 years old, and I've been a
Mechista since I was three months old."
reaction by most of those present was
that she belonged on the TV program
"That's Incredible." Her posture and assertive manner of speaking displayed the
confidance in herself and in the message
she gave to her audience. After having
read a poem from a book written by Gus
Frias, she raised her fist and chanted,
"Que viva las ninas y los ninos!" Everyone
stood up and applauded her and then reapplauded her with the official"Movimiento"
applause.
One enthusiastic male member from
Bakersfield said, "I want to have twelve
children like her. Does anyone want to
help me?"
Her speech was followed by CSUF's
Teatro de\ Espiritu, directed by Willie
Lopez, which presented their theme "acto"
about the conduct in some MEChA meet·
ings. They showed how sometimes things
don't get done because of distractions,
inattentiveness, irresponsibilities or too
much dissent among members.
Lopez pointed out that most of the time
"we're sleeping" and not paying attention
to the whole picture of what is really going
on. The message to take note of here is:
. WAKE UP AND DO SOMETHING!
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HCOP: Health
Professions

La Raza Courses
By Loardu Villarreal
Chicano college students are going
through an '1" phase •-a "me first"' attitude
says Ernesto Martinez, Coordinator of
the La Raza Studies Program.
Concerned with the decrease in Chicano enrollment in La Raza courses, Martinez, states that in the last seven years
the level of social awareness among Chicano students has declined.
"We have to undo what the schools
have done," says Martinez. "The schools
have brainwashed students into believing
that there's no more prejudice --that
there are no more problems."
According to Martinez, because Chicanos are facing a wave of conservatism,
there's only a nucleus of students who are
politically involved. "There's lack of participation among students,"' says Mar
tinez.
"We see very few 'Chicanos'; Now the
term is 'Hispanic,'" adds Martinez.
Martinez doesn't like the term, 'Hispanic,' because, '"It was pushed on us
(Chicanos) by the federal government
and by the federal Chicano bureaucrates ...,.He adds, "People are taking the bait
(using the term, Hispanic) because it supposedly encompasses everyone. 'Hispanic'
has became a 'nicer word' than the term
Mexicano or Chicano."
·
/ Martinez also objects to the term, 'His~ i c , ' because, according to him, it is a
misnomer. "The term, 'Hispanic,· does
not relfect the Chicano/Mexicano population of the San Joaquin Central Valley,"
. states ~rµnez~. : . . .
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Martinez recommends that not only
Chicano students, but rather all students
in general take la Raza courses or any
ethnic class to become aware of the
diversities in the cultures.
The La Raza Studies Program was
established during the late 60's and early
7o's movement. The objectives of the
program are: 1) to promote an awareness
of the historical and cultural factors that
characterize the Chicano, 2) to cultivate
an understanding and appreciation of
ethnic differences among all people, and
3) to critically analyze the Chicano experience in terms of significant issues, concepts, theories, and current problems.
Some of the "experimental" courses,
according to Martinez, that will be offered
in the Spring '83 semester are: "Chicanos
in Politics," taught by Angie Cisneros;
"The Political Economy of the Southwest," taught by Dr. Daniel Moreno; "Chicanos in the Media," taught by Hugo
Morales, and "Career Planning,"' taught
by Alicia Andrade. Martinez recommends "'Career Planning" to students
who are still undeclared in their maj<?r·.

Martinez addes that students should be
aware that some of the La Raza courses
fulfill the General Education requirements.
Martinez hopes that offering a wider
selection of courses will attract more student enrollment in La Raza courses. ,
'.tH,!

By Anthony Marquez
The Health Career Opportunity Pro- students are oriented to the University
gram (HCOP) offers an opportunity for enviroment while receiving instruction in
minorities hoping to enter the health biology, chemistry and physics. Other
services available to HCOP students
professions.
HCOP is coordinated by the University throughout the academic year include:
of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program, in cooperation academic advising, tutorial assistance,
with California State University, Fresno. individual student counseling, monthly
HCOP is designed to increase the meetings with the staff, guest speakers
number of minority, rurill and disadvan- and field trips to medical schools.
taged students in the health professions: · HCOP is planning a field trip, for No"We're geared towards those who tradi- vember 19-20, to visit the University of
tionally don't get into medical school," California at Los Angeles Drew Medical
said Francisco Pineda, Director of HCOP School and Osteopathic Medical School
at CSUF. "These people are usually mi- in Pomona.
norities," he added.
HCOP conducts recruiting at high
HCOP was started in July, 1980 with a chools and community colleges throughgrant from the Department of Health, out the Central Valley. As a part of their
Education and Welfare.
outreach program, HCOP provides audioCurrently there are approximately 50 visual films, handouts and counseling to
HCOP students. "The majority of our interested students. "We also provide instudents are from the Central Valley," formation (on HCOP) to counselors,"
said Helen Gonzales, Counselor for said Pineda.
HCOP. "But we do have some from Los
HCOP attempts to work with other
Angeles and San Francisco," she added. programs and departments on campus.
California needs 3,722 Latino physi- These include faculty, Natural Science
cians and 1,507 black physicians imme- department and the Educational Oppordiatly, according to a study by the State· tunity Program. HCOP also works closewide Office of Health Career Planning. ly with the CSUF Chicanos in Health
"The point being made is that there is not Organization (CHO). "We attend their
enough black or latino physicians for the meetings and provide them with informa·
population," said Pineda.
tion," said Gonzales. "Many HCOP stu·
Gonzales responded to the reports of dents are members of CHO," she added.
an overabundance of doctors in the UniHCOP provides some services for all
ted States. "Its called maldistribution. It's pre-med students. One of the services is
not toomany doctors, it's where are they to provide guest speakers from medical
practicing?" Not in rural areas and with schools. "All students benefit from guest
minority people."
speakers in one way or another," said
A recent report estimates that 41 per- Pineda.
cent of California-born physicians practicHCOP has provided its services to preing in the Central Valley were reared med students who have approached the
locally. HCOP encourages its students to program for assistance. "We haven't had
return to practice medicine in their home· to tum anyone away," said Pineda.
town. "A lot of them see a need and go
HCOP seeks to break down discrimi·
back," said Gonzales.
nation barriers in the Health professions.
HCOP conducts a five week summer "You don't have to be 4.0 and rich to get
institute program for its students. The , in a pr9fessional school," said .Pineda.
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Tutoring Lab Schedule
The following schedule indicates
Drop-in services introduced to the
tutoring center this semester.
All students are encouraged to
participate in the Drop in Labs.
Many departments provide departmental tutorial sessions. Check
with your faculty member or department secretary for specifics.
One-to-one appointment tutoring is also available in the tutoring
center. You need only be enrolled
in the course you are requesting
assistance in to be eligible for
services.
Manuel Olgin is the Coordinator of the Tutorial Services.

Eligibility: Serves anv cur,rently enrolled
student

When: Daily-Monday through Friday

How: Drop in, sign the roll sheet

Where: Learning Assistance Center
Tutorial Services
Keats Campus Building
CHEMISTRY:

Mondai
1000-1200
1300-1500

MATH:

Monday through Friday 0900-1600

PHYSICS:

Monda.}:
1500-1700

WRITING:

Monda}: through Wednesdax
0900 - 1000

Don't wait until it is too late!

Wednesday
1000-1200
1515-1700

Tuesdai
1300-1400
1600-1800

Thursdai
1200-1500

Fridal
0900-1100
1600-1700

Thursdai
1100-1200

Fridal
1100-1300

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Tuesdax:
1000-1200

Wednesdax
1300-1500



Thursdar
0900-1100

Announcements
Christmas Wishes
La Voz is now accepting CHRISTMAS WISHES
fof our DECEMBER 2nd issue.
It is not to exceed 50 words: The deaclline is
November 26, 1982.
So get in with the Christmas spirit, and send in your
holiday greetings.

MEX-TECH DANCE!
MEXICAN AMERICANS STUDENTS IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY (MEXTECH) will
be having a Thanksgiuing dance on Nou. 19, 1982.
The dance will take place at the CSUF old cafeteria, from 8:00 pm to 12:00 pm. There will be a
donation charge. Music at the dance will be pro~
uided by CANO PRODUCTIONS. MEXTECH is
trying to collect cans offood the needy families for
Thanksgiuing. It would be encouraging for a person to bring a can or cans of food for this needy
cause. Cans will be collected at the dance.

La primera vez que un jugador de beisbol -de otra ciudad
y de otro equipo- recibio" homenaje en un estadio de
beisbol de las ligas mayores, fue cuando Roberto Clemen•

te, de los Piratas de Pittsburgh, fue honorado en esa
manera en el estadio Shea el 24 de setimebre de 1971.

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La Villa Caparra, en el camino de San Juan a Bayam6n,
fue el primer poblado espailol en Puerto Rico. Fue fundada por Juan Ponce de Leon en 1508.

LaVoz
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Editor

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Potluck
TRABAJADORES DE LA RAZA will be having a recruitment potluck/meeting on Friday, November 19th, from 6:30
to 9:00 pm.
Trabajadores de La Raza is a Chicano student organization coposed of undergraduate and graduate students.
The purpose of the organizatiuon is to provide a self-help
network for Chicano Social Work students and other
interested students; to relay information on issues concerning Chicano students and the Chicano community; to
promote and preserve the Chicano culture and to increse
the enrooment of Chicanos in the graduate program and in
·the ·human services professions.
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November19,1982

FRIDAY

Palestinians Share Their Culture
By Larry Banalea
The General Union of Palestine Students
(GUPS) is sponsoring a Palestinian cultural awareness week through Friday, November 19, which will include panel discussions, speakers, exhibits and movie and
slide presentations. According to GUPS
President, Omar Baddar, these functions
serve "To educate people about Palestine's
plight, as well as its heritage."
"This week will also show Palestinians
here that we're preserving an important
part of our homeland--our culture-despite the hardships our people are
experiencing," Baddar stated. "They also
show our people that we support them.
There has been enough destruction of
our people and land."
All too often Americans are given only
an Israeli view of the conflict, and "there
needs to be an education program to let
people know our perspectives and realize
what's happening," Baddar continued.
"The speakers presenting speeches have
visited the West Bank and Beruit and
provide first-hand information about
events going on there."
Among activities scheduled for today
are a food sale from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. in the Free Speech area and a movie
entitled "We Are The Palestinians" to be
shown at 7:00 p.m. in the College Union.
"Peace can be a beautiful word," Baddar
said, "but it . can also be misused. A
country may declare peace but still oppress
a people and their land, and there is no
peace."

Iyad Naffa (left) and Nadia Farah display clothing and posters for the start of the Palestinian Culture Week,
Monday at the College Union.

On Friday, November 19, "Palestinian
Night" will be held at the Trinity Lutheren
Church located at3973 North Cedar. A traditional dinner begins at 6:00 p.m. followed
by singing, dancing and short plays. A
In resolving much of the conflict
$7 .50 donation is being requested to meet presently occuring, progress towards a
expenses.
more acceptable arrangement "doesn't
look favorable so far." But the problem
"There is no way the Israelis can exterm- raises a frequently repeated question:
inate all Palestinians; they may destroy Why deny a people their basic human
our homes and people and steal our rights of self-determination, indepencountry, but they can not destroy our dence and freedom? The question can be
motivation and pride to continue strug- aptly applied to conflicts in Central Amerigling," Baddar commented.
ca. Poland and Africa.

· Photo by Robert Dowai■g
Daily Collegian Photographer

There will be "no physical progress in
our struggle as long as the United States
supports Israel. There will just be more
killings and destruction," Baddar continued. "The Israelis use sophisticated American weapons, and if we continue to
experience this problem, there will not be
any peaceful progress."

La Voz: 1969-1982
By Bobby Rodriquez

La Voz, or La Pluma Morena (The
Brown Pen) as it was first called, was
spawned from the turbulent times of the
late 60s and early 70s, when racial tensions were high and protest demonstrations were a common occurence.
The first issue was done on May 5,
1969, its content was largely political. Stories ranged from, the opposition to the
draft; the on-going war in Vietnam; the
"Liberation of Chicanos"; to Cesaer
Chavez' farm labor struggle.
The newspaper's political stance was
no secret; its stories and art work
depicted that. The name changed form La
Pluma Morena to Chicano Liberation,
with the name encircled in bandoliers.
Stories calling for an end to oppresion and
the need for justice were standard copy.
The atmosphere in the early 70s was one
of urgency for Chicanos, and La Voz captured it. Every square inch of every page
was used, with either a story, artwork, or
a poem relating the need for Chicanos to
educate, motivate and participate.

The use of La Voz as a medium for the
Chicano viewpoint was an important
objective, but also just as important was
the desperately needed experience that
Chicano journalists received.
With that experience, La Voz became
the starting point for such local media
people as Tom Uribes, editor of Sentimientos and El Tiempo; Al Reyes, former
Channel 30 reporter and now with El
Tiempo; Marty Uribes, reporter with
Channel 47; and Larry Romero, formerly
with the Fresno Bee and currently with
the San Jose Mercury News.
La Voz spoke with Larry Romero, who
was editor during the years 74-75, about
his experiences and feelings with La Voz.
"It was an alternative newspaper, it
gave a voice that was needed and is still
needed today," Romero said. Larry also
agreed that La Voz was a good training
ground for a reporter.

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Pagel

"What is also ironic," Baddar said, "is
that U.S. taxpayers are paying for the destruction of Lebanon and will eventually
pay for its construction. It's a tragedy that
most Americans don't realize this."
That is why more people should 1isten
to as much information" about this conflict
to understand the circumstances ,so they
may do as much as they can to hinder the
U.S. from contributing to the destruction.

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La Vos De A.dla■

Novea•r It, 1912

Commentary: ERA Still Alive
By Edtel Paz I
With the first ERA campaign behind them
the National Organization for Women
(NOW), the most active feminist group,
held a National Conference in Indianapolis on October8-10th, 1982. NOW'sPresident-elect, Judy Goldsmith, a former English professor from the University of Wisconsin, will move into her new Washington, D.C. office on December 1, 1982.
In addition to electing national officers,
NOW concentrated on improving the status of women in areas of equal pay, education, Social Security and any other
areas where women's rights are denied.
Congress and state legislators have
passed equal employment laws over the
past twenty years, but these statue's approach
is insufficient. Equal employment laws
can be replaced at any time. Women are
in the work place to stay, and the drive for
constitutional amendment must continue
until it is achieved.
Minority women are victims of a double
problem: racism and sexism. Women on
the average are paid 59¢ for every dollar a
man is paid for the same work, and for
Hispanic women it is 49¢. Though many
Asian women are educated, they are still
concentrated in lower paying jobs.
In 1972, Congress passed Title 1 of the
Education Amendment, which prohibits
discrimination in any educational program
or activity receiving federal financial assistance. However, a major fault in today's
education system is that schools direct
females into low-paying, dead-end jobs,
primarily clerks, sales people, hairdressers
· and waitresses. The enforcement of Title
1 depends upon tracing distribution of
federal dollars to particular school programs. Furthermore, equal education laws
are only statutes passed by Congress
which can be reversed at any time.

Also under current laws, women, especially older women, are victims of our
Social Security system. It is a sex biased
system that causes millions of women to
live in poverty in their old age. Widowed
or divorced women are most seriously
affected. Of the 13 million women 65 or
over in 1979, 72% had to live on less than
$5,000 per year. For 60% of older women,
Social Security is their only source of
income. Full-time married homemakers
have never been covered by Social Security. It is structured so that married homemakers receive benefits through
their covered husbands, if they have been
married to the same man for ten years. If a
homemaker dies or becomes disabled,
she and her family are not entitled to disability or surviver benefits. If a homemaker is widowed, she will receive no
benefits until age 60, unless she has a child
under age 18 or she is disabled. She can
receive full benefits only if she waits until
age 65 to retire.
If a homemaker reaches retirement
with her husband, her benefits will be
equal to only half of his. If he retires early
and receives reduced benefits, the homemaker's benefits will also be reduced. If, at
anytime after retirement, the husband decides
to return to work, the wife's benefits will
be stopped.
The result is that women are short
changed by the system, because it has
failed to meet their needs and guarantee
them economic justice. A constitutional
amendment for equal rights for women
will make it possible for the sex biased
system to be updated.
Times are changing, but the laws have
not kept up. Equality under the law must
become a basic law for all Americans.
Women can not be made to fight for their

rights every four years with the changing
political tides.
Barbara Ehrereich and Karen Stallard
wrote in "'Ms# magazine that by the year
2000 all of the nation's poor will be women
and their children. They referred to tlu!m
as the nouveau poor." Most people know
that the entitlements of the poor, what the
Reagan Administration calls their #runaway entitlements,# are slated to take the
brunt of the federal budget cuts, but what
they do not know is that the poor are
mostly women. Two out of three adults
who fall under federal definition of poverty are women. Moreover, more than
half of the families defined as poor are
maintained by single women. The number
of female headed families with children
increased by 81% during the seventies.
The New Right has an innovative plan
for women in which they would like to
legalize #homework", so that woemn can
work in their own homes. This was a widespread practice in the 19th century. Another Right Wing solution for feminine poverty is marriage.
Onalee McGraw, who handles education and family issues at the Heritage
Foundation-the New Right think tank funded
by beer magnate Joseph Coors, rejects
increasing women's earnings on the basis
that their priority is to make men productive workers and reliable husbands. She says, H Anything that will make
women more independent is a threat to
men." She also believes that welfare should
be abolished, because it like any other
form of female income weakens male responsibility.
The New Right is not the only hardcore conservative element that opposes
women. A book entitled ~ e Complete
Chauvinist, A Survival Guide for the
H

Bedeviled Male# by Dr. Edgar Berman,
was published recently by McMillin pub- .
lishing company. Dr. Berman made the
statement a few years ago that -raging
hormonal imbalance" disqualified women
from holding political power. Feminists
took his statemnt before the Democratic
party's committee on National Priorities
and #because of that, I always had to keep
defending myself," he said.
He contends that a deficiency of the
hormonal testosterone, which fuels male
aggressiveness, ensures that women will
not become high achievers. "She is the
one as prone to splitting headaches as we
are to splitting atoms," stated Dr. Berman. He also added that "the biggest
fraud since the Loch Ness monster is that
the women's liberation movement is over."
Society will not progress by returning
to practices of the 19th century. Where
the New Right emphasizes "pro familydominated by men, feminists emphasize
#pro family# on the basis of equal sharing,
a partnership in which men will have a
caring-belonging role with the domination-power image.

ERA is not a panacea for all of todays
ills, but in some areas it would give women
legal status and protection they do not
have, but that they often assume they do.

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Letters to the Editor
Welcome HEP
Querida Editora:
Como actual presidente del programa
HEP, quiero aprovechar la oportunidad
que se me brinda para dar la bienvenida a
todos los estudiantes que han llegado a
Fresno a formar parte de este gran grupo
que es HEP.
T ados los que hemos ingresado en este
programa podemos sentimos afortunados, ya que de verdad, es suerte que entre
tantos aplicantes nosotros hayamos sido
seleccionados.
Es una gran oportunidad para mejorar
nuestra educacion y nuestro modo de
vivir lo cual, es muy importante para tener
un lugar mejor en la sociedad, y asi poder
representar con orgullo nuestra raza, en
este caso la mayoria Mexicana, y la cual
cuenta con una gran cultura.
Al venir a este programa, que es HEP,
ta) vez tenemos la ultima oportunidad de
mejorararnos en la vida. La mayoria
desendemos de familia campesinas y de
bajos ingresos. Hemos venido con el
deseo de obtener nuestro diploma, el cual
significa un gran paso hacia adelante para
todos los que hemos decidido ir en busca
de un futuro mejor.
Hemos dejado a nuestras familias, amigos, y una sociedad que confian en nosotros; trabajemos duro hasta alcanzar
nuestra meta. No desaprovechemos la
oportunidad, y volvamos orgullosos con
nuestro diplma que sera coma una arma o
herramienta que nos servira para labrarnos un futuro mejor.
Ojala y todos tengamos los mismos
motivos y metas y que realisemos nuestros deseos.
No volvamos con las manos vacias.
Buena Sue~te
Josefina Puga
1
Prgsidente de HEP

#Homage to the Sacred"
Dear Editor,
#Homage to the Sacred#, an exhibition
of priceless, pre-Columbian ceramic sculpture has opened at the Fresno Arts Center to rave reviews and must be seen by
everyone interested in the culture of
ancient Mexico.
This outstanding exhibition of 225 figur ial pieces will be of special interest to
CSUF students since it was curated by
Dr. Raphael Reichert, Professor of Art
History, with the assistance of the following students: Ananda Aspen, Randy Caffejian, Ann Carson, Christy Delbon, Gene
Fox, Jaime Huerta, Jane Kamplain, Lisa
Kappler, Linda Malcom-Lim, Zandra Ogata,
Karin O'Neil and Polly Victor.
An illustrated catalogue has been published in conjunction with the exhibition.
The essays and the scholarly work in the
catalogue was prepared by the students
listed above under the direction of Dr.
Reichewrt.

Congratulations LA VOZ
Dear Editor:
I would like to congratulate you and
your staff for the excellent work that all of
you have done with La Voz this year.
The stories have been informative and
well-written. They have covered a broad
spectrum of issues in the Chicano community, as well as student and faculty
Applications for the Editor-in-Chief of La
activities on our ~ampus. The photography Voz, HyeSharzhoom, Uhuara, and the
has also been first rate. The front page Daily Collegian are available in the Assophotographs of the Atlantean sculpture . ciated Students' office in the College Union
from Tula, Hidalgo, and the headdress 316. Applications must be accompanied by '
three letters of reference and written statements of qualifications and intentions regardfrom Oaxocva, which appeared in your ing the newspapers. The applications must be
issues were outstanding.
submitted to the AS of/ice no later than 4 pm,
As a former faculty advisor to La Voz, I Nou. 22nd.
am well aware of the effort, dedication
and hardwork it takes to produce the
paper. Because of this dedication and
effort and the quality of the paper, you
and your staff should be proud of your
achievements.
Congratulations on a job well done.

The exhibition will run through December 28, 1982, at the Fresno Arts Center
Jesus Luna, Ph.D.
from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday
Associate
Professor
through Friday and weekends noon to
La Raza Studies
4:30 p.m. Admission is 50¢.
The article #Pre-Columbian Art Displayed#, which appeared in the November
4, 1982, issue was written by Dr. Reichert. · Note: The photo of the Oaxaca Funerary,
which appeared on our Nov. 4, 1982 issue, was
taken by Don Weed. The photo was sent by
The Fresno Arts Center
Fresno Arts Center.

Note: The article, -Pre-Columbian Art Displayed, - which appeared in the November 4,
1982 issue was written by Dr. Reichert, professor at CSUF.

November 19, 1982 La Voz De Aztlaa

Financial Aid Woes
By Larry Baaale•
Many students on campus are experiencing problems in receiving their financial aid, and as a result, some have
dropped o 1r and others have not bought
their books for the semester. Similiar
incidences comprise the center of a massive problem for C?UF minority students.

#A lot of students have either dropped
out or are thinking about it, because of
financial aid difficulties,H stated George
Santiago, Associated Students Vice-President. HThey can receive extensibns on
paying their fees; however, not all students
are notified of this procedure, he continued.
H

At a meeting held on October 27 with
Dean Corcoran and President Haak

Alliance members Maggie Castro, Ralph
Gonzales, and Andrea Hedgely discussed
their complaints. Numerous students pre·
s~nted testimonials about their problems
with the Financial Aid office. They demanded that book loans be granted to students who hadn't purchased books, that a
reasonable distribution system be implemented and that financial aid documents
arrive in time for students to complete
them by C.A.R. registration deadline.
Administrators stressed how much
impact the federal and state levels have
on university policies, stating that they
were not notified of budget allocations
until October which caused many delays.
They also encouraged the Alliance to take
its complaints to Financial Aid director
Joseph Hueston, who later said they
should talk with administrators.
Alliance members urge students to
begin a letter-writing campaign to Congressmen, Financial Aid director Hueston, Dean Corcoran, President Haak and
Chancellor Reynolds. "Lots of students
are dissatisfied with administrative policies," Santiago said, "and hopefully these
policies will change."

Last year two-thirds of students who
received financial assistance to attend
college at CSUF had been awarded their
letters by September 1st. The first week
in the Fall semester, ten out of nearly 300
new Educational Opportunity Program
students received their letters. !here
seems to be a lack of concern by the
Financial Aid office for students,"
Santiago explained.
Students are then forced to take out
emergency loans until all paper work is
;omplete. "For example,H Santiago noted,
one student who hadn't received her
award took out a $100.00 loan to cover
essentials. She waited for a few more
weeks and still hasn't received her award
and now she can't take out another loa~
because· she hasn't repaid her first."
On Friday, November 5th, the Alliance
sponsored a solidarity march, protesting
the delayed awards, distribution policies
and allocation amounts. Students hoped
to prevent future generations from experiencing financial problems and to attract
attention to the magnitude of the
problem.
continued from page 1
The Alliance encouraged as many students as possible to attend the rally, so
that visiting CSU Chancellor Ann ReynHaving been with toe San Jose Merbolds could see the number of students
cury News for three years now, Larry
affected by the University's policies.
looks back, and remembers that one of
"Other students have complained
about the Financial Aid office losing the problems La Voz encountered was
forms, treating them rudely and denying the lack of recognition.
"La Voz wasn't taken seriously by the
that forms were received on time,# Santiago stated. "There's a management prob- Journalism Department; they didn't consider it a legitimate endeavor," Romero
lem; there are too many complete applications that aren't being awarded, and it's continued. "We were as concerned or
not a federal problem like the office more so than other journalism students,
because we had a special feeling for the
insists," Santiago declared.
community we wrote about." Even
#Years ago students fought to stay on
though, according to Romero, La Voz
campus, and now a new generation is
broke stories even before the Collegian,
fighting again. We need to get together,"
"we didn't get recognition from the estabSantiago said. These concerns prompted
lished media."
the creation of the CSUF Alliance, which
Romero's staff, like many other La Voz
consists of members from MEChA, the
staffs, was sprinkled with very few journalAn-African Students Union, the Luthism majors. "I was the only journalism
eren Students Movement, the General
major on the staff, others were concerned
Union of Palestine Students and a
students and most of it I wrote myself," he
student-staff caucus.
added.

LaVoz

Business Workshop
NEDA San Joaquin Valley Inc.
and the Women's Studies at CSUF
are co-sponsoring a Women-Owned Business workshop scheduled
for Saturday, November 20, 1982, at
the Industrial Arts Building, room
101 at CSUF. The workshop is
scheduled to run from 9:00 am to
1:00 pm.
Anita Coit, from the Small Business Administration, will be the keynote speaker. The conference theme
is THE NEW WOMAN BUSINESS
OWNER, "ON THE WAY UP." The
workshop topics are as follows:
1. "New Challenges for the Small
Business Administration in WomenOwned Businesses."

2. Panel-Four women will speak on
how they started their business,
maintain it, their present and future
goals.

3. "On the Job Training/Targeted
Jobs Tax Credit, What does it Mean
to You the Employer"
4. "Marketing, How it Really Works"

5. "Managing Assertively"
Registration is scheduled for 8:30
am and will cost $5.00.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL
(209) 252- 7551.

La Voz wishes everyone a Happy
Thanksgiving! Please don't forget to register
for Spring classes. The deadline for financial
aid students is November 24. For those not
on financial aid the deadline is December 2,
1982.

Newspaper policy generally changed Rick Heredia, who broke a story that the
from editor to editor; some thought La Fresno Bee later picked up, but neither
Voz should be used primarily as a learning Rick nor La Voz received any other
tool, while others thought La Voz should credit.
Credit is something the current La Voz
be used as a political tool. Romero disagreed with the latter, #I didn't think it .staff hopes to share in. Larry Romereo
should be used as a political tool. You advises, "Hang in there!# The paper is
have to keep it as objective as possible omething that is needed, and even though
it has such a short life span, with no real
and strive for that."
Romero also remembered the attempts time to develop continuity or to create a
by the Associated Students to do away concrete base, it is something that should
the Black and Chicano editions during be there because it serves as a great trainconsiderations. "It happened almost every ing ground for Chicano journalists.
semester," Romero said.
Fortunately for Romero and his staff,
the Daily Collegian supported them. The
,
publications developed good rapport with
~
each other. Romero cited no real problem -with the Collegian and added that they • '
were always helpful in one way or another.
One of Romero's priorities while being
editor was to get the native American ,.
students involved. One such student w_a s /

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the moue out of the nest. Most parents ~ "th/inancialaid.
therproblem
wanted them to make a better life for ' t d tWI I
A t dasatno,.
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s u en s ,ace. s u en s 1 rnanc,a rnthemselues than what they had had.
Women coming from strict family back- dependence calls/or learning to budget.
ground, find it hard to break the strong learning to cut comers helps prepare
family obligations. Though the loue for for family life. With many financial aid
the family is no less, making it home cutbacks, students must also try to find
frequently is sometimes hard to do. work to support themselues. At this
Then once under the roof again, time jobs are not plentiful, and finding a
abiding by house rules is a must.
job that will not inter/ere with classes
Once you're out coml the respons- and studies is twice as hard. In most
ibility of taking care of yourself. This cases, financial aid students receive
could 'be uery difficult for the young little or no contributions from their
man who now must become chef, dish- parents.
washer, and laundry expert with no
These new found responsibilities of
preuious experience. Adjusting to this receiving good grades, studying, taking
new independence can be quite care of yourself-through thick or thin,
different. Many realize that they really and paying the bills, crash down on the
have retained their parents habits; as new independents. That's not mentionattending CSUF found it e~sy to make well as values, morals, and priorties. ing car insurance, and gas expense.

Breaking away-it can be hard, ac,cording to many CSUF students.
Starting a new "life", new friendships,
new routine, can be ouerwhelming for
some. Many new responsibilities arise
and fine distinction between the person
you were last year and this year is
apparent. Many students come to CSUF
from other parts of the country or from
different cities. The decision to moue
away from home is one step towards
emotional growth and maturity.
Being "allowed" to moue out of your
home and into unfamiliar surroundings
is difficult to do in some cases. While
the decision to moue out may haue
been made by you, parents do _not
always agree. Many Chicano students

Scary? Is it ail worth it? Most students
say, "YES!" I asked if any studms
would moue back home after graduation and the popular response was,
"NO". So why go thori11lh all these
"hardships"? Being independent prouid es the student a great selfconfidence and pride. According to one
student, "I find myself appreciating my
family more, and I am more respo~ible". Students can mature and grow rn
all aspects of life. Changes in ideas,
interests, and goals occur. Old attitudes are replaced with new ones.
Can these students make it? Of course,
they most certainly can!

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La Voz De Aztlan

MECHA Attends Conference
~ Sylvia Ca•tro

In this large state of ours, Fresno is ·
hardly ever recognized as being sign!fi·
cant for anything except maybe for its
wealthy farming community. But at the
1982 Fall MEChA Statewide Conference
held at Bakersfield College, Fresno carried a lot of clout, even among some of the
larger cities like Los Angeles and San
Diego, where supposedly all the action
takes place.
At the w.af■ arKe this i,ltlli Qlla
MEChA initiated three resolutio~ of the
eight proposed. All three pased with minor
or no changes. Anyone who has attended
a conference before knows that this is not
always an easy task to accomplish. Many
times long debates continue, and usually
a resolution will be defeated if the parties
can not come to terms with the issue.
The three resolutions were "Latin Ame•
rican Issues", supporting the people in
Central and South American struggles,
the "Coors Boycott", reinforcing the boycott on Coors beer made several years
ago, and "Student Support Services",
focusing on student financial aid cuts and
other student aid issues pertaining to
Chicanos and other minorities on
campus.
This fall's turnout of approximately 150
students at the Bakersfield community
campus was smaller than previous years.
Some campuses sent one or two repre•
sentatives, usually someone from their
, respective boards. Fresno's chapter had
thirteen members along with nine members
from CSUF's Teatro de\ Espiritu. UC,
CSUC, city and local high school campuses from all over California were invited
to attend.

Some of the concerns the conference
addressed were the probable fall of the
Chicano Studies Department at Cal-State
Los Angeles, the Simpson-Mazzoli bill-which would require every "legal"' person
in the United States to carry a national
identification card at all times or face certain penalties --to be presented and voted
on in November, Chicano support for the
anti-nuclear movement in California and
declaring May 3 as a memorial day for
those youths killed in barrio warfare.
The statewide structure meeting resulted in assigning certain areas of concern
to various campuses to do research and
keep lines of communication open between
campuses and hopefully Jliave some definite plan of action to be presented at the
Spring Conference. CSUF's MEChA will
be following-up on student aid services.
The Spring planning meeting is set for
February in the Los Angeles area, and the
Spring conference is tentatively set for
either late March or early April in the San

August 29 is currently memorialized for
Ruben Salazar, a Los Angeles Times
reporter, who along with others was killed
by local police forces in 1970 during the
largest anti-war demonstration in Los
Angeles.
A standing ovation was given to United
Farm Workers Vice-chairperson, Dolores
Huerta, who emphasized organization
and unity among all Chicanos and urged
Mechistas to "keep on working" to keep
faith despite the struggles.
"If we don't learn to use our numbers,
we are nothing!," she stressed. Huerta
also pointed out the huge growth of Chicanos in California. "It is because we're
not well organized that we're politically
weak."
She praised MEChA for being one of
few organizations of the sixties to have
survived and continued working, despite
many attempts by outside organizations
to "comprarlos." She warned that some
people are bought-and soon begin to worship money instead working for the needy;
Francisco area. The exact campus to MEChA should not allow this to happen
host meetings will be decided among their to them.
respective "centrales"'.
"'We don't want to be the same; we
Among some of the minor proposals
made was Bakersfield's request to become want to be different. Don't let them carve
a central, apart from Fresno. The prop- your gut!," she pleaded. "When a person
osal passed with no problems. But a makes a lot of money but doesn't want to
proposal to change the name of the Chi- work for it, that's corruption."
cano Moratorium to Chicano Memorial
Huerta noted some similiar incidents
Day did not pass. Dissent was voiced by that UFW leader Ceasar Chavez dealt
the Southern California campuses, who with, such as when Rockefeller offered
stated that the issue was not in their right $50,000 to help the Peace Corps in Veneto change. Though the idea was good, the zuela or when a wealthy woman offered
date suggested had too much sentimental him the same amount to organize a "toy"
value to give up.
labor union, he turned them both down .

Then Jimmy Hoffa once asked Chavez
how ~uch money he needed to organize
and he responded, "When we need your
help, we'll let you know." She said Chavez
is a good example to follow.
During the general assembly, a special
speaker addressed the college and high
school, Teresa Patino of Bakersfield. She
OO!Ji11herpresentationwith,"Mynameis Teresa
Patino. I'm 11 years old, and I've been a
Mechista since I was three months old."
reaction by most of those present was
that she belonged on the TV program
"That's Incredible." Her posture and assertive manner of speaking displayed the
confidance in herself and in the message
she gave to her audience. After having
read a poem from a book written by Gus
Frias, she raised her fist and chanted,
"Que viva las ninas y los ninos!" Everyone
stood up and applauded her and then reapplauded her with the official"Movimiento"
applause.
One enthusiastic male member from
Bakersfield said, "I want to have twelve
children like her. Does anyone want to
help me?"
Her speech was followed by CSUF's
Teatro de\ Espiritu, directed by Willie
Lopez, which presented their theme "acto"
about the conduct in some MEChA meet·
ings. They showed how sometimes things
don't get done because of distractions,
inattentiveness, irresponsibilities or too
much dissent among members.
Lopez pointed out that most of the time
"we're sleeping" and not paying attention
to the whole picture of what is really going
on. The message to take note of here is:
. WAKE UP AND DO SOMETHING!
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HCOP: Health
Professions

La Raza Courses
By Loardu Villarreal
Chicano college students are going
through an '1" phase •-a "me first"' attitude
says Ernesto Martinez, Coordinator of
the La Raza Studies Program.
Concerned with the decrease in Chicano enrollment in La Raza courses, Martinez, states that in the last seven years
the level of social awareness among Chicano students has declined.
"We have to undo what the schools
have done," says Martinez. "The schools
have brainwashed students into believing
that there's no more prejudice --that
there are no more problems."
According to Martinez, because Chicanos are facing a wave of conservatism,
there's only a nucleus of students who are
politically involved. "There's lack of participation among students,"' says Mar
tinez.
"We see very few 'Chicanos'; Now the
term is 'Hispanic,'" adds Martinez.
Martinez doesn't like the term, 'Hispanic,' because, '"It was pushed on us
(Chicanos) by the federal government
and by the federal Chicano bureaucrates ...,.He adds, "People are taking the bait
(using the term, Hispanic) because it supposedly encompasses everyone. 'Hispanic'
has became a 'nicer word' than the term
Mexicano or Chicano."
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/ Martinez also objects to the term, 'His~ i c , ' because, according to him, it is a
misnomer. "The term, 'Hispanic,· does
not relfect the Chicano/Mexicano population of the San Joaquin Central Valley,"
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Martinez recommends that not only
Chicano students, but rather all students
in general take la Raza courses or any
ethnic class to become aware of the
diversities in the cultures.
The La Raza Studies Program was
established during the late 60's and early
7o's movement. The objectives of the
program are: 1) to promote an awareness
of the historical and cultural factors that
characterize the Chicano, 2) to cultivate
an understanding and appreciation of
ethnic differences among all people, and
3) to critically analyze the Chicano experience in terms of significant issues, concepts, theories, and current problems.
Some of the "experimental" courses,
according to Martinez, that will be offered
in the Spring '83 semester are: "Chicanos
in Politics," taught by Angie Cisneros;
"The Political Economy of the Southwest," taught by Dr. Daniel Moreno; "Chicanos in the Media," taught by Hugo
Morales, and "Career Planning,"' taught
by Alicia Andrade. Martinez recommends "'Career Planning" to students
who are still undeclared in their maj<?r·.

Martinez addes that students should be
aware that some of the La Raza courses
fulfill the General Education requirements.
Martinez hopes that offering a wider
selection of courses will attract more student enrollment in La Raza courses. ,
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By Anthony Marquez
The Health Career Opportunity Pro- students are oriented to the University
gram (HCOP) offers an opportunity for enviroment while receiving instruction in
minorities hoping to enter the health biology, chemistry and physics. Other
services available to HCOP students
professions.
HCOP is coordinated by the University throughout the academic year include:
of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program, in cooperation academic advising, tutorial assistance,
with California State University, Fresno. individual student counseling, monthly
HCOP is designed to increase the meetings with the staff, guest speakers
number of minority, rurill and disadvan- and field trips to medical schools.
taged students in the health professions: · HCOP is planning a field trip, for No"We're geared towards those who tradi- vember 19-20, to visit the University of
tionally don't get into medical school," California at Los Angeles Drew Medical
said Francisco Pineda, Director of HCOP School and Osteopathic Medical School
at CSUF. "These people are usually mi- in Pomona.
norities," he added.
HCOP conducts recruiting at high
HCOP was started in July, 1980 with a chools and community colleges throughgrant from the Department of Health, out the Central Valley. As a part of their
Education and Welfare.
outreach program, HCOP provides audioCurrently there are approximately 50 visual films, handouts and counseling to
HCOP students. "The majority of our interested students. "We also provide instudents are from the Central Valley," formation (on HCOP) to counselors,"
said Helen Gonzales, Counselor for said Pineda.
HCOP. "But we do have some from Los
HCOP attempts to work with other
Angeles and San Francisco," she added. programs and departments on campus.
California needs 3,722 Latino physi- These include faculty, Natural Science
cians and 1,507 black physicians imme- department and the Educational Oppordiatly, according to a study by the State· tunity Program. HCOP also works closewide Office of Health Career Planning. ly with the CSUF Chicanos in Health
"The point being made is that there is not Organization (CHO). "We attend their
enough black or latino physicians for the meetings and provide them with informa·
population," said Pineda.
tion," said Gonzales. "Many HCOP stu·
Gonzales responded to the reports of dents are members of CHO," she added.
an overabundance of doctors in the UniHCOP provides some services for all
ted States. "Its called maldistribution. It's pre-med students. One of the services is
not toomany doctors, it's where are they to provide guest speakers from medical
practicing?" Not in rural areas and with schools. "All students benefit from guest
minority people."
speakers in one way or another," said
A recent report estimates that 41 per- Pineda.
cent of California-born physicians practicHCOP has provided its services to preing in the Central Valley were reared med students who have approached the
locally. HCOP encourages its students to program for assistance. "We haven't had
return to practice medicine in their home· to tum anyone away," said Pineda.
town. "A lot of them see a need and go
HCOP seeks to break down discrimi·
back," said Gonzales.
nation barriers in the Health professions.
HCOP conducts a five week summer "You don't have to be 4.0 and rich to get
institute program for its students. The , in a pr9fessional school," said .Pineda.
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Tutoring Lab Schedule
The following schedule indicates
Drop-in services introduced to the
tutoring center this semester.
All students are encouraged to
participate in the Drop in Labs.
Many departments provide departmental tutorial sessions. Check
with your faculty member or department secretary for specifics.
One-to-one appointment tutoring is also available in the tutoring
center. You need only be enrolled
in the course you are requesting
assistance in to be eligible for
services.
Manuel Olgin is the Coordinator of the Tutorial Services.

Eligibility: Serves anv cur,rently enrolled
student

When: Daily-Monday through Friday

How: Drop in, sign the roll sheet

Where: Learning Assistance Center
Tutorial Services
Keats Campus Building
CHEMISTRY:

Mondai
1000-1200
1300-1500

MATH:

Monday through Friday 0900-1600

PHYSICS:

Monda.}:
1500-1700

WRITING:

Monda}: through Wednesdax
0900 - 1000

Don't wait until it is too late!

Wednesday
1000-1200
1515-1700

Tuesdai
1300-1400
1600-1800

Thursdai
1200-1500

Fridal
0900-1100
1600-1700

Thursdai
1100-1200

Fridal
1100-1300

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Tuesdax:
1000-1200

Wednesdax
1300-1500



Thursdar
0900-1100

Announcements
Christmas Wishes
La Voz is now accepting CHRISTMAS WISHES
fof our DECEMBER 2nd issue.
It is not to exceed 50 words: The deaclline is
November 26, 1982.
So get in with the Christmas spirit, and send in your
holiday greetings.

MEX-TECH DANCE!
MEXICAN AMERICANS STUDENTS IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY (MEXTECH) will
be having a Thanksgiuing dance on Nou. 19, 1982.
The dance will take place at the CSUF old cafeteria, from 8:00 pm to 12:00 pm. There will be a
donation charge. Music at the dance will be pro~
uided by CANO PRODUCTIONS. MEXTECH is
trying to collect cans offood the needy families for
Thanksgiuing. It would be encouraging for a person to bring a can or cans of food for this needy
cause. Cans will be collected at the dance.

La primera vez que un jugador de beisbol -de otra ciudad
y de otro equipo- recibio" homenaje en un estadio de
beisbol de las ligas mayores, fue cuando Roberto Clemen•

te, de los Piratas de Pittsburgh, fue honorado en esa
manera en el estadio Shea el 24 de setimebre de 1971.

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La Villa Caparra, en el camino de San Juan a Bayam6n,
fue el primer poblado espailol en Puerto Rico. Fue fundada por Juan Ponce de Leon en 1508.

LaVoz
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Potluck
TRABAJADORES DE LA RAZA will be having a recruitment potluck/meeting on Friday, November 19th, from 6:30
to 9:00 pm.
Trabajadores de La Raza is a Chicano student organization coposed of undergraduate and graduate students.
The purpose of the organizatiuon is to provide a self-help
network for Chicano Social Work students and other
interested students; to relay information on issues concerning Chicano students and the Chicano community; to
promote and preserve the Chicano culture and to increse
the enrooment of Chicanos in the graduate program and in
·the ·human services professions.
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