La Voz de Aztlan, March 25 1983
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La Voz de Aztlan, March 25 1983
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March 25, 1983
. FRIDAY
CSU Fresno
Commuility Leader Reyes Honored
By Larry Banales
Jose A. R~yes · dedicated a life-time
towards improving his community, family
and people. His efforts carried him across
the U.S. and throughout the San Joaquin
Valley. He was a determined and sincere
man who struggled to make life a little
better for someone else.
"He was always quoting something he
thought was significant," continued Mrs.
Reyes. He had a favoritre quote that
UFW president Cesar Chavez often
used, the one that was engraved on the
memorial plaque at Calwa Elementary. It
went like this:
Because of Reyes's tremendous dedication and commitment to the community,
the Calwa Elementary schoof established
the Jose A. Reyes Citizenship Award, as
part of a memorial to him and his works.
The award is presented annually to a sixth
grade boy and girl, who have shown
outstanding efforts through community
and school involvement.
When we are really honest with
ourselves, we must admit that our lives
are all that" really belongs to us.
"[ am pleased that we are doing
something in honor of Mr. Reyes," said
Calwa Elementary Principal Larry Luna.
He was "quite an influence in our
community, and he was always working'
for the less fortunate ones."
So it is how we use our lives that
determines what kind of men we are. It is
my deepest belief that or.ly by giuing our
lives do we find life.
I am -conuinved that the truest act of
courage, the strongest act of manliness is
-to sacrifice ourselves for others in a
totally non-violent struggle for justice. To
be a man is to suffer for others. God help
us to be men.
Cesar Chavez
In 1968 Reyes was the first vicepresident for the National Alliance for
Reyes was influential in making bus ·
People and was active with the National
routes available for the students attendCouncil of Churches, an organization
ing Calwa Elementary and dlso repreChavez has been associated with for
sented th.::- schocl at superintenrlent
several years.
meetings.
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In addition to being active with the
school, Reyes also participated with the
United Farm Workers in the San Joaquin
Valley and in several Eastern states.
In 1965, Reyes operated out of the
UFW office in Fresno as a representative
and organizer. He worked with corporate
farmers to establish improved working
conditions for farm workers. While in
California, he also traveled as far north as
Salinas and south as El Centro, assisting
the campesinos to achieve a stronger
voice in their negotiations for better conditions.
During the following years Reyes _
continued his work with the UFW in the
East, including New Jersey, New York
and Ohio.
"That was his love," said Mercedes
Reyes, his wife. "He was always helping
out, being active in school and
community affairs .. .PTA. .. UFW."
Reyes maintained his usual schedule of
activities with the UFW and Calwa, until
his death nearly three years ago in an
automobile accident.
"(When he passed away}, his loss was a
loss for the whole community," said Luna.
"We loved him here and we love Mrs.
Reyes, as well", he added.
"His sincerety and willingness to always
be available for us, the kids and
community" has been unslirpassed by
the parents involved at the school. "Other
parents are dedicated," conceited Luna,
"but not to the extent that Mr. Reyes was
(active)."
Reyes's contribution to the school left
such an impact that a proposal has been
made to change the name of the school in
his honor.
Although the recommendation has not
been officially introduced to the school
district, the change would be proper.
However, Luna explaines that that is not
always an easy task to complete.
"It (name change) is most fitting but
might take a political battle to do that,"
stated Luna. Getting to the grass roots-the community--for support would help
tremendously Luna believes. But he also
believes that such a change would be a
difficult battle not only in Calwa but
anywhere else.
Margrette Reyes, his daughter, commented on her father, "I'm very proud,
but he would not have liked the big fuss
over his work. (What he did) was for a
p_urpose, not an award ."
"The anniversary of my father's death
is coming up at the end of the month, and
my family wanted to thank some people
on campus who helped us out with music,
flowers and support during my father's
death, such · as MEChA, Las Adelitas,
Lupe Gutierrez and Ralph Gonzales,"
stated Reyes, who is a freshman on
campus.
Jose A Reyes cultivated a life-time of
· effort so that someone else might benefit
from the fruit of its harvest, and it seems
that his harvest has been proudly reaped.
Study Reveals More J_
obs in 1980's
Although the nation's employment rate
is at its highest since the 1920's Depression, the federal government predicts that
25 million jobs will be available by the end
of 1990.
According to a U.S. Labor Department
study of employment trends through the
1980's, jobs will be most plentiful in sales
and service occupations.
However, there will be fewer opportunities for farm workers, high school and
college teachers, postal workers and the
clergy.
Overall, thm1gh, job opportunities will
grow more rapidly than the number of
Americans seeking work. Lower birth
rates of the early 1970's mean fewer
young people will be looking for jobs.
The professional and technical field-As a result, the labor force will range
from 122 million to 128 million by 1990, up lawyers, scientists, engineers and accounfrom 105 million in 1980. With more tants--is scheduled to have a 26 percent
workers in the 25-to-54 age bracket, the .rise in employment opportunities.
entire economy should
benefit from higher productivity.
However, there is some bad news:
Other fields with a significant rise in job
Nearly 15 million college graduates will opportunitiesare:CRAFTS,includingcarpen
enter the labor force by 1990, but only 12 ters,electriciansandmechanics,27percent;
to 13 million jobs will be available.
CLERlCAL WORKERS, including clerks,
The service work force--firefighters,
cooks and janitors--will have a 32 percent
rise in jobs by 1990, according to the
study.
Sales--employees of manufacturing
firms, insurance companies and retail
stores--are scheduled to rise by 28
percent.
cashiers, secretaries and bookkeepers, 21
percent; MANAGERS, including credit
managers, bank officers and self employed
businessoperators,21 percent;PRODUCTION
WORKERS, including welders, painters
and assemblers, 23 percent.
The labor study also predicted an 18 percent drop in farmworker jobs .
Friday, March 25, 1983
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Letters to La Voz
Tutorial Center
extends thanks
to
It is gratifying to learn of the commitment that CSUF students and faculty
have toward .Tutorial Services. It is
unfortunate that the Tutorial Program
closed for two weeks; however, close
collaboration and coordination with the
AS and other funding sources should
assure that we will not close in the future.
I want thank all CSUF students ~?d
faculty for your numerous calls and v1s1ts
in support of tutoring. It is importa~t that
we be absolutely dear on the circumstances of the Tutoring Center, so t~at
we may determine. what we can do that
will be positive and useful.
Please continue to call and come in to
The effectiveness of the Tutorial
Program has resulted in a tremendous my office to share your concern for the .
increase in student use. This increased Tutorial Center. The Associated Student
demand coupled with the California State Senate will be deciding on Tutorial Center
University system-wide budget shortfall funding for next year during the next few
has led to our having to close the Tutoring weeks. Those meetings are held on
Center from March 14 through March 25. Tuesday at 3 p.m., upstairs in the College
It will open up after the Spring semester Union. I encourage you to attend and
break on April 4 and remain open for the participate in the democratic process that
remainder of the semester thanks to · will result in adequate funding for the
additional funding from the Associated Tutorial Center.
Students and the Vice-President for
Thank you for printing this letter.
Academic Affairs.
Sincerely,
Ernest Padilla
Director
Learning Assistance Center
Students Sought for '84 CYC
The Chicano Youth Conference Committee has been a standing committee of
MEC.hA since 1973 at CSUF. The students dedicated to the · promotion of
higher education among Nuestra Raza
have kept it going. With each passing year
we have been able to improve it so the
attending high school students' benefits
will increase.
If you would like to gain more experience and contacts in the areas of organizing, media relations, fund raising, printing or helping in the community, we can
help you. If you care about what is happening to our Raza and you feel the need
to educate our youth , you can accomplish
all that and more through the CYC.
Another successful conference has
come and gone, ·and it's time to elect a
new executive board and subcommittee
coordinators. Positions to be filled are
chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary
and treasurer. The committees are br.ochure, college faire, communications,
food, fund raising, entertainment, monitor and workshops.
We will be having nominations on April
13, 1983, at 5 p.m. in the College Union.
Elections will be held April 20; the time
and place will be announced later.
As you can see there is o lot of work and
re~ponsibility involved, and we need iots
of help and dedicated people to put on the
Eleventh Annual CYC to be held Saturday, January 14, 1984.
If you have any questions about any of
the committees or the conference, come
to the meeting on April 13. Everyone
interested is welcome!
Rosemary Baiz
CYC President
BSalvador
Public Support Needed to Halt U.S. Intervention
The people of El Salvador are attempting to free themselves from the longest
standing military dictatorship in Latin
America. For 51 years, the military and
the death squads (extensions of the military) have used torture, murder and
massacre to keep the people terrorized
and powerless to resist the excruciating
poverty caused by gross inequality in the
ownership of land. In tiny El Salvador, less
than two percent of the 5 million population owns the best 60 percent of the land,
.a nd less than one percent owns the best
40 percent, on whkh is produced the
export crops that make the privileged few
exorditantly rich.
sophisticated weapons, better leadership
in the field and more troops--and that any
opposition to the administration's pursuit
of a military victory only gladdens the
hearts of the guerrillas and plays into the
hands of the Soviets.
For the first time, the administration
has ordered U.S. advisers into the field
where they can direct Salvadoran troops
in combat operations. Recently, it began
shipping white phosphorous munitions
for the Salvadoran government, and the
facist Roberto D' Aubuisson, the big
winner in last year's fraudulent elections,
wants the U.S. to supply napalm. These
are two forms of ordinance not supplied
before because of "human rights" considerThe Reagan administration seeks to ations.
stir up anti-Soviet hysteria to generate
support for a U.S.-imposed military victory over the Salvadoran insurgents. The
administration's official fantasy claims
The Reagan administration has put the
that this is an East-West confrontation U.S. back in the dirty business of rural
provoked by Soviet penetration and sub- pacification, secure hamlets, scorched
version in America's backyard. It claims earth and "winning the hearts and
that "we" can win this one with more minds".
The people of El Salvador have the
International law clearly prohibits other
countries from assisting either side in a heart-felt support of freedom-loving peocivil war, since such aid allows the foreign ple around the world, the U.S. included.
government to decide the outcome and Our form of support must be to compel
thereby choose the government. The the Reagan administration to stop financReagan administration is violating inter- ing the war with our tax money and to
national law by propping up a widely dis- seek a negotiated settlement--an offer
pised government in its war against its made by the rebel FDR-FMLN and supported by virtually all other democratic
own people.
nations, the Vatican, the, World Council
The Geneva Convention set minimum of Churches and recently, the Demostandards for the treatment of prisoners cratic Party in California.
of war. Since all prisoners taken by government forces are routinely tortured and
murdered, the Reagan administration, as
the accomplic~, also is guilty · of war
crimes.
Escalating the war only multiplies the
In view of the Reagan administration's
crimes. It raises the level of violence, leng- blind obsession with staying the course
thens the duration of the hostilities, and and achieving a military victory at any
spreads the war throughout Central cost, it will take an enormous amount of
America. If the administration's latest aid public pressure to stop what has already
proposals win Congressional approval, become the U.S. war in El Salvador.
the U.S. will have spent over $1.1 billion
on the lilliputian nation's three-year-old
civil war, and we have nothing to show for Bob Fischer
it but 42,000 dead and a dependent,
odious, ultra-right wing government on Department of Sociology
CSUF
the brink pf a military collapse.
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Scholarships·
The Chicano Business Student Association is proud to announce that it is
offering two $200 scholarships. One will
be awarded to a Business studznt and the
other to a student-at-large. You may pick
up an application in La Raza Studi2s.
Deadline is April 6, 1983.
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Editor-in-Chief: Larr\f Bal'.\ales
Managing Editor: Sobblf Rodriquez
Photographer: Pedro Perez
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Reporters: Anthon~ Marquez, Qdbert
.Mosqueda. T.J. Medina
Contributors: Lourdes Villarreal.
Fernando Quintero,
David Torres, Richard Rios. Mario
Peralez
Il..& W(U)'!Z. di~ A\'!Z.1'.tllmw ia now
accepting cover logo entries from
CSUF •tudent• for our logo
design competition. The staff will
select the entry to be announced
in the April 14th iHue. The
winning logo will be publi•hed in .
the remaining i•sues.
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The entry must be ·accompanied by an envelope with the
name, address and telephone
number of the participant.
Requirements:
Logo: La Voz de Aztlan
Size: 2"x10"
Color: Black Ink
limit: (2).per entry
The deaclline is AprU8th. Tarn
in entries to the Daily Collegian,
next to the Learning Assistance
Center.
Fritlay, March 25, 1983
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San Fr~ncisco Mime Troupe to Perform
By Larry Banales
The San Francisco Mime Troupe will
return to Fresno for a performance of
their musical mis-adventure, Americans,
or Last Tango in Huahuatenango.
The presentation focuses on political
unrest in the fictional Central American
republic of San Martin; however, the
underlying plot relates to the situa.tions in
El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala. A
number of North Americans' actions are
revealed in their attempt to mold the
course of events to their own ends with
the use of land, ~oney and power. The
play explores the uneasy 1 elationship
between the "Americans" and reveals the
complexity of Central America's situation
and the contradictions of U.S. policy.
Not since the Vietnam war, when the
Troupe challenged the CIA and drugs in
their award-winning Dragon Lady's
Revenge, has U.S. foreign policy provided
such material for political satire
Characters involved include an Ambassador, caught between a right-wing coup
and a revolution, a black Vietnam Vet and
Cointelpro agent-iun•ed-rnercenary, a
thrill-seeking photo journalist from Lifestyle Magazine, Colonel Garcia, head of
the ruling junta ,md Luisa, !egendc1:--y
leader of the "Commando de Huahuate.
nango".
Americans was written by Troupe
scriptwriter Joan Holden, following a
December, 1980, visit to Nicaragua,
where she met and talked with participants in the July, 1979, overthrow of the
Somoza regime. She utilized elements
from press releases and historical
accounts from Guatemala, Honduras, El
Salvador and Mexico, as well as from
meetings with U.S. journalists covering
Central America-, in addition to speaking
with representatives of El Salvador's
Democratic Revolutionary Front and
other Central and Latin American Liberation movements.
The production is CL'mplete with songs
based on the music and rhythms of Latin
America, the Carribbean sound of the
congn, the marimba of Centr3! America
and the flute of the Andes.
Americans has toured Europe, theWest Coast, Canada and the Midwest,
provoking public debate and rave'
reviews .. Audience responses have varied
from chanting in support of El Salvador's
FDR to angry letters condemning the
performance.
The only performance is scheduled for
Saturday, April 2nd, at 8 p.m. in the Ted
C. Wills Community Center, located at
770 N . San Pablo between Belmont and
Olive. Tickets in advance are available at
the Upstart Crow for $5.00 per person
and $15.00 family rate or $7 .50 per person
and $17 .50- famih,1 rate at the door-.
The San Francisco Mime Troupe's visit
is sponsored by the Latin American Support Committee, the Fresno Free College
Foundation and th.e California Arts
Council.
Colonel Garcia commands his
troops in the San Francisco Mime
Troupe's play, Americans or Last
Tango in Huahuatenango.
.,hoto By Michael Bry
For more information, contact Bob
Fischer at 224-4977.
Minority Vintage Days Team Makes Debut
By Bobby Rodriguez
Marking the beginning of Vintage Days
1983 will be the addition of a unique feam
comprised of .predominantly Blacks and
Chicanos, two groups who traditionally
have not participated in the annual celebration.
The debut of this team, as of yet
·untitled, was partly the brainchild of
Manuel Aguiniga, a senior maioring in
Industrial Technology. The idea began as
part of the Mexican-AmericanStudents in
Technology plan, but grew as interest
increased.
"I've noticed a lot of people who wanted
a Vintage Days team. The -response was
astonishing," said Aguiniga.
Aguiniga, who has participated in
Vintage Days, realized that the majority
of Blacks and Chicanos have traditionally
stayed away from the four-day event.
"It's gotten to be an annual event for
sororities and fraternities ... supposedly
we have 1500 surname Hispanics, and I
see no reason why we couldn't get involved."
, The team, which includes EOP and
.numerous students on campus, will be
the first in Vintage Days history to have a
significant number of Blacks and
Chicanos. According to Aguiniga, 183
people originally signed up for the team,
but about 60 showed up for the first team
meeting. Aguiniga expects at least 100
people to participate.
Walter Robinson, EOP counselor and
advisor for the the EOP Student Union,
parailels the lack of involvement in
Vintage Days with that ofStudent government.
"For a long time there was no minority
involvement in student government; it
was an us-and-them attitude. White students dominated all the stµdent activities."
Robinson advises students to get
involved. "There is strength in numbers. If
we organize, we can have an impact on .
the·things that go on." He also urges students to understand that if they want to
see any change, they need to get involved
arid make the changes.
"There is no sense to cr'tticize if we're
not in th~ planning stages of Vintage
Days; penetrate into those communities
and get representaion. We're not going ~o
change anything from the outside but
from within."
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Both Robinson and Aguiniga see the
need for students to maintain a balance in
their lives. "You can get burned ·out on
politics," Robinson said. "No way should
we tum our backs on the problems in our
community, but we've got to mix things
up." Aguiniga added, "We get involved
socially and politically, why not recreationally?"
Aguiniga's primary intention in helping
form the team is to help students enjoy
themselves. "Vintage Days can be a place
whe_re a large number of students
conjugate to meet friends and get
together .. .I enjoy people being happy and
having a good time."
Chicano Research Center Approved
By David Torres
After years of hard work and research, in the community and provide alterthe Center for Chicano Research has natives."
been approved for CSUF.
"We see more and more Chicano schoThe idea of a center arose several years lars into the universities," said Figueroa,
ago when concerned Mechistas .and La "however, there is a danger. As one tends
Raza Studies professors realized a need to get involved with the establishment,
to link the university with the community. there is a danger in following the estabDr. Manuel Figueroa commented on lished trends."
the center, "The problem is that we must
In the past, the Chicano as a whole has
have rea·ched a stage of development
been unjustly portrayed or sterotyped in
here in Fresno where we need an
academic literature. Much of thi_s is
academic and intellectual area in which
destined to change; however, with the increa<:hir.ano research can be placed."
sing number of Chicanos graduating with
He further commented that the center degrees in higher education. Nevertheis "a resource for the community. We will less, the need for Chicano scholars who
use statistical tools to provide meaningful can empathize with the problems facing
explanations to the problems which exist the Raza community is much in demand.
At this point, some scholars tend to
separate and alienate themselves from
the realities of the Chiano experience.
Figueroa further stated that the center
will be a "place where Chicano scholars
· can meet and discuss; a stimulus for
research." More importantly, though,
Figueroa stressed that the ·center is a
place to begin to help the community.
"In social science, we tend _to distort
reality for the community." Hopefully, the
center will provide a "link b1?tween hig~er
educational skills and the community to
create some awareness of each other."
The center, a component of La Raza
Studies, will focus on three interrelated
functions; research, educational develop-
ment and community services, and serve
as a clearinghouse for Chicano literature,
as weil as a refertal source for research
activities of La Raza Studies faculty and
interested students.
Although no formal area has been
decided, the location for the ce11ter is
planned to be situated near La Raza
Studies. Figueroa anticipates two rooms;
one for research and the other for student
activities.
"We hope to have a successful Chicano
Research Center," said Figueroa. "We've
got potential. We've got bright, dedicated
people on .campus, and by creating the
center we will provide an opportunity to
develop that ·potential."·
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Friday, March 25, 1983
Immigration Bill Sparks Concern
By Anthony Marquez
This year's version would limit legal
immigration to 425,000a year and double
the current quotas for Mexico and Canada to 40,000 each. ,The bill would also
grant amnesty to undocumented workers
who entered the country before January
1980 and set . procedures for them to
become citizens. The most controversial
provision of the bill calls for civil fi~s to be
imposed against employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers. The
fines could range from $500 to $2,000 for
each worker.
The Re.agan Administration's attempt
to pass an immigr~tion bill has caused
concern among the Chicano/Mexicano
population.
"The immigration bill might legitimize
the kind of oppression going on of those
coming over," said Dr. Daniel Moreno,
Professor of La Ra_za Studies at CSUF.
Moreno said the bill would create a
permanent pool of illegitimate workers
because American private industry would
not cease to employ them even after passage of the bill. "It permanently puts the
'new' undocumented worker in a helpless
situation," he said in a recent interview.
The Immigration bill is similar to one
that was passed in the Senate, but then
died in the House during the December
lame-duck session.
"The bill is not really dealing with the
problem," said Moreno. "The problem is
a dual society divided along racial and
class lines ... to benefit the powers that be."
The Immigration and Naturalization
Service in Fresno conducted three major
raids recently. They ai;rested approximately 150 undocumented workers in an
effort to "open jobs for American citizens."
Moreno said the state of the economy
has forced construction workers and
retail workers, among others, to turn to
low wage, non-skilled labor, traditionally
held by Mexicans. ''But where do the
Mexicc.ns they've displaced go"? he asked.
According to Moreno, the US has
always contracted or expanded Mexican
labor to fit their economy. "The INS has a
history of regulating the flow of labor," he said.
"The inconsistencies in US immigration
law and policies are due to changing economic conditions."
Moreno said the INS, in conjunction with
private· industry, acts as the enforcement
arm for US policy. "Immigration laws
have functioned as a gate. The INS has
functioned as the people who open and
close it. But who tells them when to open
it and when to close it"?
Moreno said that this "racial privilege';
The Immigration Bill, which was introis not unique to American history. "In the duced by Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming, is
l930's, there was a forcing of Mexicans currently in committee in Congress.
out and white workers in."
Radio Bilingue Fundraiser Stars Ray Camacho
The Ray Camacho Band will headline
Radio Bilingue's fundraising drive this
spring in an all-day musical event on Sunday, March 27 from 12:30 to 9 p.m. at the
Veterens of Foreign War Post 8900,
located at 2585 N. Blythe in Fresno.
After achieving international recognition for their music, the Camacho group
returns to benefit the bilingual radio stc1tion. Since forming in the early 1960's,
Ray Camacho and his band have
recorded over a dozen albums and ne3rJy
80 singles, traveling in Asia, Latin America, Europe and half of the U.S.
Seven other local bands will also perform for the event. The entertainment
provided include the traditional sounds of
Mariachi de la Tierra, the well-known
Tex-Mex and Musica Popular of Manantial, The Mighty Stantons and Conjunto
Primavera, as well as the contemporary
sounds of the Manjarez-Yturaldi Latin
Jazz Band and Gangs Back. High Voltage
Disco will also be there to assure a full day
of great music.
"Que Viva El Arte" is the theme of the
over-the-air pledge drive that will be conducted on FM-91 from April 9th through
the 17th. During this week the station will _
air special programs featuring Chicano
visual and musical artists.
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. FRIDAY
CSU Fresno
Commuility Leader Reyes Honored
By Larry Banales
Jose A. R~yes · dedicated a life-time
towards improving his community, family
and people. His efforts carried him across
the U.S. and throughout the San Joaquin
Valley. He was a determined and sincere
man who struggled to make life a little
better for someone else.
"He was always quoting something he
thought was significant," continued Mrs.
Reyes. He had a favoritre quote that
UFW president Cesar Chavez often
used, the one that was engraved on the
memorial plaque at Calwa Elementary. It
went like this:
Because of Reyes's tremendous dedication and commitment to the community,
the Calwa Elementary schoof established
the Jose A. Reyes Citizenship Award, as
part of a memorial to him and his works.
The award is presented annually to a sixth
grade boy and girl, who have shown
outstanding efforts through community
and school involvement.
When we are really honest with
ourselves, we must admit that our lives
are all that" really belongs to us.
"[ am pleased that we are doing
something in honor of Mr. Reyes," said
Calwa Elementary Principal Larry Luna.
He was "quite an influence in our
community, and he was always working'
for the less fortunate ones."
So it is how we use our lives that
determines what kind of men we are. It is
my deepest belief that or.ly by giuing our
lives do we find life.
I am -conuinved that the truest act of
courage, the strongest act of manliness is
-to sacrifice ourselves for others in a
totally non-violent struggle for justice. To
be a man is to suffer for others. God help
us to be men.
Cesar Chavez
In 1968 Reyes was the first vicepresident for the National Alliance for
Reyes was influential in making bus ·
People and was active with the National
routes available for the students attendCouncil of Churches, an organization
ing Calwa Elementary and dlso repreChavez has been associated with for
sented th.::- schocl at superintenrlent
several years.
meetings.
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In addition to being active with the
school, Reyes also participated with the
United Farm Workers in the San Joaquin
Valley and in several Eastern states.
In 1965, Reyes operated out of the
UFW office in Fresno as a representative
and organizer. He worked with corporate
farmers to establish improved working
conditions for farm workers. While in
California, he also traveled as far north as
Salinas and south as El Centro, assisting
the campesinos to achieve a stronger
voice in their negotiations for better conditions.
During the following years Reyes _
continued his work with the UFW in the
East, including New Jersey, New York
and Ohio.
"That was his love," said Mercedes
Reyes, his wife. "He was always helping
out, being active in school and
community affairs .. .PTA. .. UFW."
Reyes maintained his usual schedule of
activities with the UFW and Calwa, until
his death nearly three years ago in an
automobile accident.
"(When he passed away}, his loss was a
loss for the whole community," said Luna.
"We loved him here and we love Mrs.
Reyes, as well", he added.
"His sincerety and willingness to always
be available for us, the kids and
community" has been unslirpassed by
the parents involved at the school. "Other
parents are dedicated," conceited Luna,
"but not to the extent that Mr. Reyes was
(active)."
Reyes's contribution to the school left
such an impact that a proposal has been
made to change the name of the school in
his honor.
Although the recommendation has not
been officially introduced to the school
district, the change would be proper.
However, Luna explaines that that is not
always an easy task to complete.
"It (name change) is most fitting but
might take a political battle to do that,"
stated Luna. Getting to the grass roots-the community--for support would help
tremendously Luna believes. But he also
believes that such a change would be a
difficult battle not only in Calwa but
anywhere else.
Margrette Reyes, his daughter, commented on her father, "I'm very proud,
but he would not have liked the big fuss
over his work. (What he did) was for a
p_urpose, not an award ."
"The anniversary of my father's death
is coming up at the end of the month, and
my family wanted to thank some people
on campus who helped us out with music,
flowers and support during my father's
death, such · as MEChA, Las Adelitas,
Lupe Gutierrez and Ralph Gonzales,"
stated Reyes, who is a freshman on
campus.
Jose A Reyes cultivated a life-time of
· effort so that someone else might benefit
from the fruit of its harvest, and it seems
that his harvest has been proudly reaped.
Study Reveals More J_
obs in 1980's
Although the nation's employment rate
is at its highest since the 1920's Depression, the federal government predicts that
25 million jobs will be available by the end
of 1990.
According to a U.S. Labor Department
study of employment trends through the
1980's, jobs will be most plentiful in sales
and service occupations.
However, there will be fewer opportunities for farm workers, high school and
college teachers, postal workers and the
clergy.
Overall, thm1gh, job opportunities will
grow more rapidly than the number of
Americans seeking work. Lower birth
rates of the early 1970's mean fewer
young people will be looking for jobs.
The professional and technical field-As a result, the labor force will range
from 122 million to 128 million by 1990, up lawyers, scientists, engineers and accounfrom 105 million in 1980. With more tants--is scheduled to have a 26 percent
workers in the 25-to-54 age bracket, the .rise in employment opportunities.
entire economy should
benefit from higher productivity.
However, there is some bad news:
Other fields with a significant rise in job
Nearly 15 million college graduates will opportunitiesare:CRAFTS,includingcarpen
enter the labor force by 1990, but only 12 ters,electriciansandmechanics,27percent;
to 13 million jobs will be available.
CLERlCAL WORKERS, including clerks,
The service work force--firefighters,
cooks and janitors--will have a 32 percent
rise in jobs by 1990, according to the
study.
Sales--employees of manufacturing
firms, insurance companies and retail
stores--are scheduled to rise by 28
percent.
cashiers, secretaries and bookkeepers, 21
percent; MANAGERS, including credit
managers, bank officers and self employed
businessoperators,21 percent;PRODUCTION
WORKERS, including welders, painters
and assemblers, 23 percent.
The labor study also predicted an 18 percent drop in farmworker jobs .
Friday, March 25, 1983
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Letters to La Voz
Tutorial Center
extends thanks
to
It is gratifying to learn of the commitment that CSUF students and faculty
have toward .Tutorial Services. It is
unfortunate that the Tutorial Program
closed for two weeks; however, close
collaboration and coordination with the
AS and other funding sources should
assure that we will not close in the future.
I want thank all CSUF students ~?d
faculty for your numerous calls and v1s1ts
in support of tutoring. It is importa~t that
we be absolutely dear on the circumstances of the Tutoring Center, so t~at
we may determine. what we can do that
will be positive and useful.
Please continue to call and come in to
The effectiveness of the Tutorial
Program has resulted in a tremendous my office to share your concern for the .
increase in student use. This increased Tutorial Center. The Associated Student
demand coupled with the California State Senate will be deciding on Tutorial Center
University system-wide budget shortfall funding for next year during the next few
has led to our having to close the Tutoring weeks. Those meetings are held on
Center from March 14 through March 25. Tuesday at 3 p.m., upstairs in the College
It will open up after the Spring semester Union. I encourage you to attend and
break on April 4 and remain open for the participate in the democratic process that
remainder of the semester thanks to · will result in adequate funding for the
additional funding from the Associated Tutorial Center.
Students and the Vice-President for
Thank you for printing this letter.
Academic Affairs.
Sincerely,
Ernest Padilla
Director
Learning Assistance Center
Students Sought for '84 CYC
The Chicano Youth Conference Committee has been a standing committee of
MEC.hA since 1973 at CSUF. The students dedicated to the · promotion of
higher education among Nuestra Raza
have kept it going. With each passing year
we have been able to improve it so the
attending high school students' benefits
will increase.
If you would like to gain more experience and contacts in the areas of organizing, media relations, fund raising, printing or helping in the community, we can
help you. If you care about what is happening to our Raza and you feel the need
to educate our youth , you can accomplish
all that and more through the CYC.
Another successful conference has
come and gone, ·and it's time to elect a
new executive board and subcommittee
coordinators. Positions to be filled are
chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary
and treasurer. The committees are br.ochure, college faire, communications,
food, fund raising, entertainment, monitor and workshops.
We will be having nominations on April
13, 1983, at 5 p.m. in the College Union.
Elections will be held April 20; the time
and place will be announced later.
As you can see there is o lot of work and
re~ponsibility involved, and we need iots
of help and dedicated people to put on the
Eleventh Annual CYC to be held Saturday, January 14, 1984.
If you have any questions about any of
the committees or the conference, come
to the meeting on April 13. Everyone
interested is welcome!
Rosemary Baiz
CYC President
BSalvador
Public Support Needed to Halt U.S. Intervention
The people of El Salvador are attempting to free themselves from the longest
standing military dictatorship in Latin
America. For 51 years, the military and
the death squads (extensions of the military) have used torture, murder and
massacre to keep the people terrorized
and powerless to resist the excruciating
poverty caused by gross inequality in the
ownership of land. In tiny El Salvador, less
than two percent of the 5 million population owns the best 60 percent of the land,
.a nd less than one percent owns the best
40 percent, on whkh is produced the
export crops that make the privileged few
exorditantly rich.
sophisticated weapons, better leadership
in the field and more troops--and that any
opposition to the administration's pursuit
of a military victory only gladdens the
hearts of the guerrillas and plays into the
hands of the Soviets.
For the first time, the administration
has ordered U.S. advisers into the field
where they can direct Salvadoran troops
in combat operations. Recently, it began
shipping white phosphorous munitions
for the Salvadoran government, and the
facist Roberto D' Aubuisson, the big
winner in last year's fraudulent elections,
wants the U.S. to supply napalm. These
are two forms of ordinance not supplied
before because of "human rights" considerThe Reagan administration seeks to ations.
stir up anti-Soviet hysteria to generate
support for a U.S.-imposed military victory over the Salvadoran insurgents. The
administration's official fantasy claims
The Reagan administration has put the
that this is an East-West confrontation U.S. back in the dirty business of rural
provoked by Soviet penetration and sub- pacification, secure hamlets, scorched
version in America's backyard. It claims earth and "winning the hearts and
that "we" can win this one with more minds".
The people of El Salvador have the
International law clearly prohibits other
countries from assisting either side in a heart-felt support of freedom-loving peocivil war, since such aid allows the foreign ple around the world, the U.S. included.
government to decide the outcome and Our form of support must be to compel
thereby choose the government. The the Reagan administration to stop financReagan administration is violating inter- ing the war with our tax money and to
national law by propping up a widely dis- seek a negotiated settlement--an offer
pised government in its war against its made by the rebel FDR-FMLN and supported by virtually all other democratic
own people.
nations, the Vatican, the, World Council
The Geneva Convention set minimum of Churches and recently, the Demostandards for the treatment of prisoners cratic Party in California.
of war. Since all prisoners taken by government forces are routinely tortured and
murdered, the Reagan administration, as
the accomplic~, also is guilty · of war
crimes.
Escalating the war only multiplies the
In view of the Reagan administration's
crimes. It raises the level of violence, leng- blind obsession with staying the course
thens the duration of the hostilities, and and achieving a military victory at any
spreads the war throughout Central cost, it will take an enormous amount of
America. If the administration's latest aid public pressure to stop what has already
proposals win Congressional approval, become the U.S. war in El Salvador.
the U.S. will have spent over $1.1 billion
on the lilliputian nation's three-year-old
civil war, and we have nothing to show for Bob Fischer
it but 42,000 dead and a dependent,
odious, ultra-right wing government on Department of Sociology
CSUF
the brink pf a military collapse.
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offering two $200 scholarships. One will
be awarded to a Business studznt and the
other to a student-at-large. You may pick
up an application in La Raza Studi2s.
Deadline is April 6, 1983.
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Contributors: Lourdes Villarreal.
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CSUF •tudent• for our logo
design competition. The staff will
select the entry to be announced
in the April 14th iHue. The
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San Fr~ncisco Mime Troupe to Perform
By Larry Banales
The San Francisco Mime Troupe will
return to Fresno for a performance of
their musical mis-adventure, Americans,
or Last Tango in Huahuatenango.
The presentation focuses on political
unrest in the fictional Central American
republic of San Martin; however, the
underlying plot relates to the situa.tions in
El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala. A
number of North Americans' actions are
revealed in their attempt to mold the
course of events to their own ends with
the use of land, ~oney and power. The
play explores the uneasy 1 elationship
between the "Americans" and reveals the
complexity of Central America's situation
and the contradictions of U.S. policy.
Not since the Vietnam war, when the
Troupe challenged the CIA and drugs in
their award-winning Dragon Lady's
Revenge, has U.S. foreign policy provided
such material for political satire
Characters involved include an Ambassador, caught between a right-wing coup
and a revolution, a black Vietnam Vet and
Cointelpro agent-iun•ed-rnercenary, a
thrill-seeking photo journalist from Lifestyle Magazine, Colonel Garcia, head of
the ruling junta ,md Luisa, !egendc1:--y
leader of the "Commando de Huahuate.
nango".
Americans was written by Troupe
scriptwriter Joan Holden, following a
December, 1980, visit to Nicaragua,
where she met and talked with participants in the July, 1979, overthrow of the
Somoza regime. She utilized elements
from press releases and historical
accounts from Guatemala, Honduras, El
Salvador and Mexico, as well as from
meetings with U.S. journalists covering
Central America-, in addition to speaking
with representatives of El Salvador's
Democratic Revolutionary Front and
other Central and Latin American Liberation movements.
The production is CL'mplete with songs
based on the music and rhythms of Latin
America, the Carribbean sound of the
congn, the marimba of Centr3! America
and the flute of the Andes.
Americans has toured Europe, theWest Coast, Canada and the Midwest,
provoking public debate and rave'
reviews .. Audience responses have varied
from chanting in support of El Salvador's
FDR to angry letters condemning the
performance.
The only performance is scheduled for
Saturday, April 2nd, at 8 p.m. in the Ted
C. Wills Community Center, located at
770 N . San Pablo between Belmont and
Olive. Tickets in advance are available at
the Upstart Crow for $5.00 per person
and $15.00 family rate or $7 .50 per person
and $17 .50- famih,1 rate at the door-.
The San Francisco Mime Troupe's visit
is sponsored by the Latin American Support Committee, the Fresno Free College
Foundation and th.e California Arts
Council.
Colonel Garcia commands his
troops in the San Francisco Mime
Troupe's play, Americans or Last
Tango in Huahuatenango.
.,hoto By Michael Bry
For more information, contact Bob
Fischer at 224-4977.
Minority Vintage Days Team Makes Debut
By Bobby Rodriguez
Marking the beginning of Vintage Days
1983 will be the addition of a unique feam
comprised of .predominantly Blacks and
Chicanos, two groups who traditionally
have not participated in the annual celebration.
The debut of this team, as of yet
·untitled, was partly the brainchild of
Manuel Aguiniga, a senior maioring in
Industrial Technology. The idea began as
part of the Mexican-AmericanStudents in
Technology plan, but grew as interest
increased.
"I've noticed a lot of people who wanted
a Vintage Days team. The -response was
astonishing," said Aguiniga.
Aguiniga, who has participated in
Vintage Days, realized that the majority
of Blacks and Chicanos have traditionally
stayed away from the four-day event.
"It's gotten to be an annual event for
sororities and fraternities ... supposedly
we have 1500 surname Hispanics, and I
see no reason why we couldn't get involved."
, The team, which includes EOP and
.numerous students on campus, will be
the first in Vintage Days history to have a
significant number of Blacks and
Chicanos. According to Aguiniga, 183
people originally signed up for the team,
but about 60 showed up for the first team
meeting. Aguiniga expects at least 100
people to participate.
Walter Robinson, EOP counselor and
advisor for the the EOP Student Union,
parailels the lack of involvement in
Vintage Days with that ofStudent government.
"For a long time there was no minority
involvement in student government; it
was an us-and-them attitude. White students dominated all the stµdent activities."
Robinson advises students to get
involved. "There is strength in numbers. If
we organize, we can have an impact on .
the·things that go on." He also urges students to understand that if they want to
see any change, they need to get involved
arid make the changes.
"There is no sense to cr'tticize if we're
not in th~ planning stages of Vintage
Days; penetrate into those communities
and get representaion. We're not going ~o
change anything from the outside but
from within."
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Both Robinson and Aguiniga see the
need for students to maintain a balance in
their lives. "You can get burned ·out on
politics," Robinson said. "No way should
we tum our backs on the problems in our
community, but we've got to mix things
up." Aguiniga added, "We get involved
socially and politically, why not recreationally?"
Aguiniga's primary intention in helping
form the team is to help students enjoy
themselves. "Vintage Days can be a place
whe_re a large number of students
conjugate to meet friends and get
together .. .I enjoy people being happy and
having a good time."
Chicano Research Center Approved
By David Torres
After years of hard work and research, in the community and provide alterthe Center for Chicano Research has natives."
been approved for CSUF.
"We see more and more Chicano schoThe idea of a center arose several years lars into the universities," said Figueroa,
ago when concerned Mechistas .and La "however, there is a danger. As one tends
Raza Studies professors realized a need to get involved with the establishment,
to link the university with the community. there is a danger in following the estabDr. Manuel Figueroa commented on lished trends."
the center, "The problem is that we must
In the past, the Chicano as a whole has
have rea·ched a stage of development
been unjustly portrayed or sterotyped in
here in Fresno where we need an
academic literature. Much of thi_s is
academic and intellectual area in which
destined to change; however, with the increa<:hir.ano research can be placed."
sing number of Chicanos graduating with
He further commented that the center degrees in higher education. Nevertheis "a resource for the community. We will less, the need for Chicano scholars who
use statistical tools to provide meaningful can empathize with the problems facing
explanations to the problems which exist the Raza community is much in demand.
At this point, some scholars tend to
separate and alienate themselves from
the realities of the Chiano experience.
Figueroa further stated that the center
will be a "place where Chicano scholars
· can meet and discuss; a stimulus for
research." More importantly, though,
Figueroa stressed that the ·center is a
place to begin to help the community.
"In social science, we tend _to distort
reality for the community." Hopefully, the
center will provide a "link b1?tween hig~er
educational skills and the community to
create some awareness of each other."
The center, a component of La Raza
Studies, will focus on three interrelated
functions; research, educational develop-
ment and community services, and serve
as a clearinghouse for Chicano literature,
as weil as a refertal source for research
activities of La Raza Studies faculty and
interested students.
Although no formal area has been
decided, the location for the ce11ter is
planned to be situated near La Raza
Studies. Figueroa anticipates two rooms;
one for research and the other for student
activities.
"We hope to have a successful Chicano
Research Center," said Figueroa. "We've
got potential. We've got bright, dedicated
people on .campus, and by creating the
center we will provide an opportunity to
develop that ·potential."·
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Friday, March 25, 1983
Immigration Bill Sparks Concern
By Anthony Marquez
This year's version would limit legal
immigration to 425,000a year and double
the current quotas for Mexico and Canada to 40,000 each. ,The bill would also
grant amnesty to undocumented workers
who entered the country before January
1980 and set . procedures for them to
become citizens. The most controversial
provision of the bill calls for civil fi~s to be
imposed against employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers. The
fines could range from $500 to $2,000 for
each worker.
The Re.agan Administration's attempt
to pass an immigr~tion bill has caused
concern among the Chicano/Mexicano
population.
"The immigration bill might legitimize
the kind of oppression going on of those
coming over," said Dr. Daniel Moreno,
Professor of La Ra_za Studies at CSUF.
Moreno said the bill would create a
permanent pool of illegitimate workers
because American private industry would
not cease to employ them even after passage of the bill. "It permanently puts the
'new' undocumented worker in a helpless
situation," he said in a recent interview.
The Immigration bill is similar to one
that was passed in the Senate, but then
died in the House during the December
lame-duck session.
"The bill is not really dealing with the
problem," said Moreno. "The problem is
a dual society divided along racial and
class lines ... to benefit the powers that be."
The Immigration and Naturalization
Service in Fresno conducted three major
raids recently. They ai;rested approximately 150 undocumented workers in an
effort to "open jobs for American citizens."
Moreno said the state of the economy
has forced construction workers and
retail workers, among others, to turn to
low wage, non-skilled labor, traditionally
held by Mexicans. ''But where do the
Mexicc.ns they've displaced go"? he asked.
According to Moreno, the US has
always contracted or expanded Mexican
labor to fit their economy. "The INS has a
history of regulating the flow of labor," he said.
"The inconsistencies in US immigration
law and policies are due to changing economic conditions."
Moreno said the INS, in conjunction with
private· industry, acts as the enforcement
arm for US policy. "Immigration laws
have functioned as a gate. The INS has
functioned as the people who open and
close it. But who tells them when to open
it and when to close it"?
Moreno said that this "racial privilege';
The Immigration Bill, which was introis not unique to American history. "In the duced by Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming, is
l930's, there was a forcing of Mexicans currently in committee in Congress.
out and white workers in."
Radio Bilingue Fundraiser Stars Ray Camacho
The Ray Camacho Band will headline
Radio Bilingue's fundraising drive this
spring in an all-day musical event on Sunday, March 27 from 12:30 to 9 p.m. at the
Veterens of Foreign War Post 8900,
located at 2585 N. Blythe in Fresno.
After achieving international recognition for their music, the Camacho group
returns to benefit the bilingual radio stc1tion. Since forming in the early 1960's,
Ray Camacho and his band have
recorded over a dozen albums and ne3rJy
80 singles, traveling in Asia, Latin America, Europe and half of the U.S.
Seven other local bands will also perform for the event. The entertainment
provided include the traditional sounds of
Mariachi de la Tierra, the well-known
Tex-Mex and Musica Popular of Manantial, The Mighty Stantons and Conjunto
Primavera, as well as the contemporary
sounds of the Manjarez-Yturaldi Latin
Jazz Band and Gangs Back. High Voltage
Disco will also be there to assure a full day
of great music.
"Que Viva El Arte" is the theme of the
over-the-air pledge drive that will be conducted on FM-91 from April 9th through
the 17th. During this week the station will _
air special programs featuring Chicano
visual and musical artists.
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CSU Fresno
Commuility Leader Reyes Honored
By Larry Banales
Jose A. R~yes · dedicated a life-time
towards improving his community, family
and people. His efforts carried him across
the U.S. and throughout the San Joaquin
Valley. He was a determined and sincere
man who struggled to make life a little
better for someone else.
"He was always quoting something he
thought was significant," continued Mrs.
Reyes. He had a favoritre quote that
UFW president Cesar Chavez often
used, the one that was engraved on the
memorial plaque at Calwa Elementary. It
went like this:
Because of Reyes's tremendous dedication and commitment to the community,
the Calwa Elementary schoof established
the Jose A. Reyes Citizenship Award, as
part of a memorial to him and his works.
The award is presented annually to a sixth
grade boy and girl, who have shown
outstanding efforts through community
and school involvement.
When we are really honest with
ourselves, we must admit that our lives
are all that" really belongs to us.
"[ am pleased that we are doing
something in honor of Mr. Reyes," said
Calwa Elementary Principal Larry Luna.
He was "quite an influence in our
community, and he was always working'
for the less fortunate ones."
So it is how we use our lives that
determines what kind of men we are. It is
my deepest belief that or.ly by giuing our
lives do we find life.
I am -conuinved that the truest act of
courage, the strongest act of manliness is
-to sacrifice ourselves for others in a
totally non-violent struggle for justice. To
be a man is to suffer for others. God help
us to be men.
Cesar Chavez
In 1968 Reyes was the first vicepresident for the National Alliance for
Reyes was influential in making bus ·
People and was active with the National
routes available for the students attendCouncil of Churches, an organization
ing Calwa Elementary and dlso repreChavez has been associated with for
sented th.::- schocl at superintenrlent
several years.
meetings.
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In addition to being active with the
school, Reyes also participated with the
United Farm Workers in the San Joaquin
Valley and in several Eastern states.
In 1965, Reyes operated out of the
UFW office in Fresno as a representative
and organizer. He worked with corporate
farmers to establish improved working
conditions for farm workers. While in
California, he also traveled as far north as
Salinas and south as El Centro, assisting
the campesinos to achieve a stronger
voice in their negotiations for better conditions.
During the following years Reyes _
continued his work with the UFW in the
East, including New Jersey, New York
and Ohio.
"That was his love," said Mercedes
Reyes, his wife. "He was always helping
out, being active in school and
community affairs .. .PTA. .. UFW."
Reyes maintained his usual schedule of
activities with the UFW and Calwa, until
his death nearly three years ago in an
automobile accident.
"(When he passed away}, his loss was a
loss for the whole community," said Luna.
"We loved him here and we love Mrs.
Reyes, as well", he added.
"His sincerety and willingness to always
be available for us, the kids and
community" has been unslirpassed by
the parents involved at the school. "Other
parents are dedicated," conceited Luna,
"but not to the extent that Mr. Reyes was
(active)."
Reyes's contribution to the school left
such an impact that a proposal has been
made to change the name of the school in
his honor.
Although the recommendation has not
been officially introduced to the school
district, the change would be proper.
However, Luna explaines that that is not
always an easy task to complete.
"It (name change) is most fitting but
might take a political battle to do that,"
stated Luna. Getting to the grass roots-the community--for support would help
tremendously Luna believes. But he also
believes that such a change would be a
difficult battle not only in Calwa but
anywhere else.
Margrette Reyes, his daughter, commented on her father, "I'm very proud,
but he would not have liked the big fuss
over his work. (What he did) was for a
p_urpose, not an award ."
"The anniversary of my father's death
is coming up at the end of the month, and
my family wanted to thank some people
on campus who helped us out with music,
flowers and support during my father's
death, such · as MEChA, Las Adelitas,
Lupe Gutierrez and Ralph Gonzales,"
stated Reyes, who is a freshman on
campus.
Jose A Reyes cultivated a life-time of
· effort so that someone else might benefit
from the fruit of its harvest, and it seems
that his harvest has been proudly reaped.
Study Reveals More J_
obs in 1980's
Although the nation's employment rate
is at its highest since the 1920's Depression, the federal government predicts that
25 million jobs will be available by the end
of 1990.
According to a U.S. Labor Department
study of employment trends through the
1980's, jobs will be most plentiful in sales
and service occupations.
However, there will be fewer opportunities for farm workers, high school and
college teachers, postal workers and the
clergy.
Overall, thm1gh, job opportunities will
grow more rapidly than the number of
Americans seeking work. Lower birth
rates of the early 1970's mean fewer
young people will be looking for jobs.
The professional and technical field-As a result, the labor force will range
from 122 million to 128 million by 1990, up lawyers, scientists, engineers and accounfrom 105 million in 1980. With more tants--is scheduled to have a 26 percent
workers in the 25-to-54 age bracket, the .rise in employment opportunities.
entire economy should
benefit from higher productivity.
However, there is some bad news:
Other fields with a significant rise in job
Nearly 15 million college graduates will opportunitiesare:CRAFTS,includingcarpen
enter the labor force by 1990, but only 12 ters,electriciansandmechanics,27percent;
to 13 million jobs will be available.
CLERlCAL WORKERS, including clerks,
The service work force--firefighters,
cooks and janitors--will have a 32 percent
rise in jobs by 1990, according to the
study.
Sales--employees of manufacturing
firms, insurance companies and retail
stores--are scheduled to rise by 28
percent.
cashiers, secretaries and bookkeepers, 21
percent; MANAGERS, including credit
managers, bank officers and self employed
businessoperators,21 percent;PRODUCTION
WORKERS, including welders, painters
and assemblers, 23 percent.
The labor study also predicted an 18 percent drop in farmworker jobs .
Friday, March 25, 1983
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Letters to La Voz
Tutorial Center
extends thanks
to
It is gratifying to learn of the commitment that CSUF students and faculty
have toward .Tutorial Services. It is
unfortunate that the Tutorial Program
closed for two weeks; however, close
collaboration and coordination with the
AS and other funding sources should
assure that we will not close in the future.
I want thank all CSUF students ~?d
faculty for your numerous calls and v1s1ts
in support of tutoring. It is importa~t that
we be absolutely dear on the circumstances of the Tutoring Center, so t~at
we may determine. what we can do that
will be positive and useful.
Please continue to call and come in to
The effectiveness of the Tutorial
Program has resulted in a tremendous my office to share your concern for the .
increase in student use. This increased Tutorial Center. The Associated Student
demand coupled with the California State Senate will be deciding on Tutorial Center
University system-wide budget shortfall funding for next year during the next few
has led to our having to close the Tutoring weeks. Those meetings are held on
Center from March 14 through March 25. Tuesday at 3 p.m., upstairs in the College
It will open up after the Spring semester Union. I encourage you to attend and
break on April 4 and remain open for the participate in the democratic process that
remainder of the semester thanks to · will result in adequate funding for the
additional funding from the Associated Tutorial Center.
Students and the Vice-President for
Thank you for printing this letter.
Academic Affairs.
Sincerely,
Ernest Padilla
Director
Learning Assistance Center
Students Sought for '84 CYC
The Chicano Youth Conference Committee has been a standing committee of
MEC.hA since 1973 at CSUF. The students dedicated to the · promotion of
higher education among Nuestra Raza
have kept it going. With each passing year
we have been able to improve it so the
attending high school students' benefits
will increase.
If you would like to gain more experience and contacts in the areas of organizing, media relations, fund raising, printing or helping in the community, we can
help you. If you care about what is happening to our Raza and you feel the need
to educate our youth , you can accomplish
all that and more through the CYC.
Another successful conference has
come and gone, ·and it's time to elect a
new executive board and subcommittee
coordinators. Positions to be filled are
chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary
and treasurer. The committees are br.ochure, college faire, communications,
food, fund raising, entertainment, monitor and workshops.
We will be having nominations on April
13, 1983, at 5 p.m. in the College Union.
Elections will be held April 20; the time
and place will be announced later.
As you can see there is o lot of work and
re~ponsibility involved, and we need iots
of help and dedicated people to put on the
Eleventh Annual CYC to be held Saturday, January 14, 1984.
If you have any questions about any of
the committees or the conference, come
to the meeting on April 13. Everyone
interested is welcome!
Rosemary Baiz
CYC President
BSalvador
Public Support Needed to Halt U.S. Intervention
The people of El Salvador are attempting to free themselves from the longest
standing military dictatorship in Latin
America. For 51 years, the military and
the death squads (extensions of the military) have used torture, murder and
massacre to keep the people terrorized
and powerless to resist the excruciating
poverty caused by gross inequality in the
ownership of land. In tiny El Salvador, less
than two percent of the 5 million population owns the best 60 percent of the land,
.a nd less than one percent owns the best
40 percent, on whkh is produced the
export crops that make the privileged few
exorditantly rich.
sophisticated weapons, better leadership
in the field and more troops--and that any
opposition to the administration's pursuit
of a military victory only gladdens the
hearts of the guerrillas and plays into the
hands of the Soviets.
For the first time, the administration
has ordered U.S. advisers into the field
where they can direct Salvadoran troops
in combat operations. Recently, it began
shipping white phosphorous munitions
for the Salvadoran government, and the
facist Roberto D' Aubuisson, the big
winner in last year's fraudulent elections,
wants the U.S. to supply napalm. These
are two forms of ordinance not supplied
before because of "human rights" considerThe Reagan administration seeks to ations.
stir up anti-Soviet hysteria to generate
support for a U.S.-imposed military victory over the Salvadoran insurgents. The
administration's official fantasy claims
The Reagan administration has put the
that this is an East-West confrontation U.S. back in the dirty business of rural
provoked by Soviet penetration and sub- pacification, secure hamlets, scorched
version in America's backyard. It claims earth and "winning the hearts and
that "we" can win this one with more minds".
The people of El Salvador have the
International law clearly prohibits other
countries from assisting either side in a heart-felt support of freedom-loving peocivil war, since such aid allows the foreign ple around the world, the U.S. included.
government to decide the outcome and Our form of support must be to compel
thereby choose the government. The the Reagan administration to stop financReagan administration is violating inter- ing the war with our tax money and to
national law by propping up a widely dis- seek a negotiated settlement--an offer
pised government in its war against its made by the rebel FDR-FMLN and supported by virtually all other democratic
own people.
nations, the Vatican, the, World Council
The Geneva Convention set minimum of Churches and recently, the Demostandards for the treatment of prisoners cratic Party in California.
of war. Since all prisoners taken by government forces are routinely tortured and
murdered, the Reagan administration, as
the accomplic~, also is guilty · of war
crimes.
Escalating the war only multiplies the
In view of the Reagan administration's
crimes. It raises the level of violence, leng- blind obsession with staying the course
thens the duration of the hostilities, and and achieving a military victory at any
spreads the war throughout Central cost, it will take an enormous amount of
America. If the administration's latest aid public pressure to stop what has already
proposals win Congressional approval, become the U.S. war in El Salvador.
the U.S. will have spent over $1.1 billion
on the lilliputian nation's three-year-old
civil war, and we have nothing to show for Bob Fischer
it but 42,000 dead and a dependent,
odious, ultra-right wing government on Department of Sociology
CSUF
the brink pf a military collapse.
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offering two $200 scholarships. One will
be awarded to a Business studznt and the
other to a student-at-large. You may pick
up an application in La Raza Studi2s.
Deadline is April 6, 1983.
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Reporters: Anthon~ Marquez, Qdbert
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Contributors: Lourdes Villarreal.
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accepting cover logo entries from
CSUF •tudent• for our logo
design competition. The staff will
select the entry to be announced
in the April 14th iHue. The
winning logo will be publi•hed in .
the remaining i•sues.
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next to the Learning Assistance
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San Fr~ncisco Mime Troupe to Perform
By Larry Banales
The San Francisco Mime Troupe will
return to Fresno for a performance of
their musical mis-adventure, Americans,
or Last Tango in Huahuatenango.
The presentation focuses on political
unrest in the fictional Central American
republic of San Martin; however, the
underlying plot relates to the situa.tions in
El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala. A
number of North Americans' actions are
revealed in their attempt to mold the
course of events to their own ends with
the use of land, ~oney and power. The
play explores the uneasy 1 elationship
between the "Americans" and reveals the
complexity of Central America's situation
and the contradictions of U.S. policy.
Not since the Vietnam war, when the
Troupe challenged the CIA and drugs in
their award-winning Dragon Lady's
Revenge, has U.S. foreign policy provided
such material for political satire
Characters involved include an Ambassador, caught between a right-wing coup
and a revolution, a black Vietnam Vet and
Cointelpro agent-iun•ed-rnercenary, a
thrill-seeking photo journalist from Lifestyle Magazine, Colonel Garcia, head of
the ruling junta ,md Luisa, !egendc1:--y
leader of the "Commando de Huahuate.
nango".
Americans was written by Troupe
scriptwriter Joan Holden, following a
December, 1980, visit to Nicaragua,
where she met and talked with participants in the July, 1979, overthrow of the
Somoza regime. She utilized elements
from press releases and historical
accounts from Guatemala, Honduras, El
Salvador and Mexico, as well as from
meetings with U.S. journalists covering
Central America-, in addition to speaking
with representatives of El Salvador's
Democratic Revolutionary Front and
other Central and Latin American Liberation movements.
The production is CL'mplete with songs
based on the music and rhythms of Latin
America, the Carribbean sound of the
congn, the marimba of Centr3! America
and the flute of the Andes.
Americans has toured Europe, theWest Coast, Canada and the Midwest,
provoking public debate and rave'
reviews .. Audience responses have varied
from chanting in support of El Salvador's
FDR to angry letters condemning the
performance.
The only performance is scheduled for
Saturday, April 2nd, at 8 p.m. in the Ted
C. Wills Community Center, located at
770 N . San Pablo between Belmont and
Olive. Tickets in advance are available at
the Upstart Crow for $5.00 per person
and $15.00 family rate or $7 .50 per person
and $17 .50- famih,1 rate at the door-.
The San Francisco Mime Troupe's visit
is sponsored by the Latin American Support Committee, the Fresno Free College
Foundation and th.e California Arts
Council.
Colonel Garcia commands his
troops in the San Francisco Mime
Troupe's play, Americans or Last
Tango in Huahuatenango.
.,hoto By Michael Bry
For more information, contact Bob
Fischer at 224-4977.
Minority Vintage Days Team Makes Debut
By Bobby Rodriguez
Marking the beginning of Vintage Days
1983 will be the addition of a unique feam
comprised of .predominantly Blacks and
Chicanos, two groups who traditionally
have not participated in the annual celebration.
The debut of this team, as of yet
·untitled, was partly the brainchild of
Manuel Aguiniga, a senior maioring in
Industrial Technology. The idea began as
part of the Mexican-AmericanStudents in
Technology plan, but grew as interest
increased.
"I've noticed a lot of people who wanted
a Vintage Days team. The -response was
astonishing," said Aguiniga.
Aguiniga, who has participated in
Vintage Days, realized that the majority
of Blacks and Chicanos have traditionally
stayed away from the four-day event.
"It's gotten to be an annual event for
sororities and fraternities ... supposedly
we have 1500 surname Hispanics, and I
see no reason why we couldn't get involved."
, The team, which includes EOP and
.numerous students on campus, will be
the first in Vintage Days history to have a
significant number of Blacks and
Chicanos. According to Aguiniga, 183
people originally signed up for the team,
but about 60 showed up for the first team
meeting. Aguiniga expects at least 100
people to participate.
Walter Robinson, EOP counselor and
advisor for the the EOP Student Union,
parailels the lack of involvement in
Vintage Days with that ofStudent government.
"For a long time there was no minority
involvement in student government; it
was an us-and-them attitude. White students dominated all the stµdent activities."
Robinson advises students to get
involved. "There is strength in numbers. If
we organize, we can have an impact on .
the·things that go on." He also urges students to understand that if they want to
see any change, they need to get involved
arid make the changes.
"There is no sense to cr'tticize if we're
not in th~ planning stages of Vintage
Days; penetrate into those communities
and get representaion. We're not going ~o
change anything from the outside but
from within."
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Both Robinson and Aguiniga see the
need for students to maintain a balance in
their lives. "You can get burned ·out on
politics," Robinson said. "No way should
we tum our backs on the problems in our
community, but we've got to mix things
up." Aguiniga added, "We get involved
socially and politically, why not recreationally?"
Aguiniga's primary intention in helping
form the team is to help students enjoy
themselves. "Vintage Days can be a place
whe_re a large number of students
conjugate to meet friends and get
together .. .I enjoy people being happy and
having a good time."
Chicano Research Center Approved
By David Torres
After years of hard work and research, in the community and provide alterthe Center for Chicano Research has natives."
been approved for CSUF.
"We see more and more Chicano schoThe idea of a center arose several years lars into the universities," said Figueroa,
ago when concerned Mechistas .and La "however, there is a danger. As one tends
Raza Studies professors realized a need to get involved with the establishment,
to link the university with the community. there is a danger in following the estabDr. Manuel Figueroa commented on lished trends."
the center, "The problem is that we must
In the past, the Chicano as a whole has
have rea·ched a stage of development
been unjustly portrayed or sterotyped in
here in Fresno where we need an
academic literature. Much of thi_s is
academic and intellectual area in which
destined to change; however, with the increa<:hir.ano research can be placed."
sing number of Chicanos graduating with
He further commented that the center degrees in higher education. Nevertheis "a resource for the community. We will less, the need for Chicano scholars who
use statistical tools to provide meaningful can empathize with the problems facing
explanations to the problems which exist the Raza community is much in demand.
At this point, some scholars tend to
separate and alienate themselves from
the realities of the Chiano experience.
Figueroa further stated that the center
will be a "place where Chicano scholars
· can meet and discuss; a stimulus for
research." More importantly, though,
Figueroa stressed that the ·center is a
place to begin to help the community.
"In social science, we tend _to distort
reality for the community." Hopefully, the
center will provide a "link b1?tween hig~er
educational skills and the community to
create some awareness of each other."
The center, a component of La Raza
Studies, will focus on three interrelated
functions; research, educational develop-
ment and community services, and serve
as a clearinghouse for Chicano literature,
as weil as a refertal source for research
activities of La Raza Studies faculty and
interested students.
Although no formal area has been
decided, the location for the ce11ter is
planned to be situated near La Raza
Studies. Figueroa anticipates two rooms;
one for research and the other for student
activities.
"We hope to have a successful Chicano
Research Center," said Figueroa. "We've
got potential. We've got bright, dedicated
people on .campus, and by creating the
center we will provide an opportunity to
develop that ·potential."·
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Friday, March 25, 1983
Immigration Bill Sparks Concern
By Anthony Marquez
This year's version would limit legal
immigration to 425,000a year and double
the current quotas for Mexico and Canada to 40,000 each. ,The bill would also
grant amnesty to undocumented workers
who entered the country before January
1980 and set . procedures for them to
become citizens. The most controversial
provision of the bill calls for civil fi~s to be
imposed against employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers. The
fines could range from $500 to $2,000 for
each worker.
The Re.agan Administration's attempt
to pass an immigr~tion bill has caused
concern among the Chicano/Mexicano
population.
"The immigration bill might legitimize
the kind of oppression going on of those
coming over," said Dr. Daniel Moreno,
Professor of La Ra_za Studies at CSUF.
Moreno said the bill would create a
permanent pool of illegitimate workers
because American private industry would
not cease to employ them even after passage of the bill. "It permanently puts the
'new' undocumented worker in a helpless
situation," he said in a recent interview.
The Immigration bill is similar to one
that was passed in the Senate, but then
died in the House during the December
lame-duck session.
"The bill is not really dealing with the
problem," said Moreno. "The problem is
a dual society divided along racial and
class lines ... to benefit the powers that be."
The Immigration and Naturalization
Service in Fresno conducted three major
raids recently. They ai;rested approximately 150 undocumented workers in an
effort to "open jobs for American citizens."
Moreno said the state of the economy
has forced construction workers and
retail workers, among others, to turn to
low wage, non-skilled labor, traditionally
held by Mexicans. ''But where do the
Mexicc.ns they've displaced go"? he asked.
According to Moreno, the US has
always contracted or expanded Mexican
labor to fit their economy. "The INS has a
history of regulating the flow of labor," he said.
"The inconsistencies in US immigration
law and policies are due to changing economic conditions."
Moreno said the INS, in conjunction with
private· industry, acts as the enforcement
arm for US policy. "Immigration laws
have functioned as a gate. The INS has
functioned as the people who open and
close it. But who tells them when to open
it and when to close it"?
Moreno said that this "racial privilege';
The Immigration Bill, which was introis not unique to American history. "In the duced by Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming, is
l930's, there was a forcing of Mexicans currently in committee in Congress.
out and white workers in."
Radio Bilingue Fundraiser Stars Ray Camacho
The Ray Camacho Band will headline
Radio Bilingue's fundraising drive this
spring in an all-day musical event on Sunday, March 27 from 12:30 to 9 p.m. at the
Veterens of Foreign War Post 8900,
located at 2585 N. Blythe in Fresno.
After achieving international recognition for their music, the Camacho group
returns to benefit the bilingual radio stc1tion. Since forming in the early 1960's,
Ray Camacho and his band have
recorded over a dozen albums and ne3rJy
80 singles, traveling in Asia, Latin America, Europe and half of the U.S.
Seven other local bands will also perform for the event. The entertainment
provided include the traditional sounds of
Mariachi de la Tierra, the well-known
Tex-Mex and Musica Popular of Manantial, The Mighty Stantons and Conjunto
Primavera, as well as the contemporary
sounds of the Manjarez-Yturaldi Latin
Jazz Band and Gangs Back. High Voltage
Disco will also be there to assure a full day
of great music.
"Que Viva El Arte" is the theme of the
over-the-air pledge drive that will be conducted on FM-91 from April 9th through
the 17th. During this week the station will _
air special programs featuring Chicano
visual and musical artists.
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Commuility Leader Reyes Honored
By Larry Banales
Jose A. R~yes · dedicated a life-time
towards improving his community, family
and people. His efforts carried him across
the U.S. and throughout the San Joaquin
Valley. He was a determined and sincere
man who struggled to make life a little
better for someone else.
"He was always quoting something he
thought was significant," continued Mrs.
Reyes. He had a favoritre quote that
UFW president Cesar Chavez often
used, the one that was engraved on the
memorial plaque at Calwa Elementary. It
went like this:
Because of Reyes's tremendous dedication and commitment to the community,
the Calwa Elementary schoof established
the Jose A. Reyes Citizenship Award, as
part of a memorial to him and his works.
The award is presented annually to a sixth
grade boy and girl, who have shown
outstanding efforts through community
and school involvement.
When we are really honest with
ourselves, we must admit that our lives
are all that" really belongs to us.
"[ am pleased that we are doing
something in honor of Mr. Reyes," said
Calwa Elementary Principal Larry Luna.
He was "quite an influence in our
community, and he was always working'
for the less fortunate ones."
So it is how we use our lives that
determines what kind of men we are. It is
my deepest belief that or.ly by giuing our
lives do we find life.
I am -conuinved that the truest act of
courage, the strongest act of manliness is
-to sacrifice ourselves for others in a
totally non-violent struggle for justice. To
be a man is to suffer for others. God help
us to be men.
Cesar Chavez
In 1968 Reyes was the first vicepresident for the National Alliance for
Reyes was influential in making bus ·
People and was active with the National
routes available for the students attendCouncil of Churches, an organization
ing Calwa Elementary and dlso repreChavez has been associated with for
sented th.::- schocl at superintenrlent
several years.
meetings.
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In addition to being active with the
school, Reyes also participated with the
United Farm Workers in the San Joaquin
Valley and in several Eastern states.
In 1965, Reyes operated out of the
UFW office in Fresno as a representative
and organizer. He worked with corporate
farmers to establish improved working
conditions for farm workers. While in
California, he also traveled as far north as
Salinas and south as El Centro, assisting
the campesinos to achieve a stronger
voice in their negotiations for better conditions.
During the following years Reyes _
continued his work with the UFW in the
East, including New Jersey, New York
and Ohio.
"That was his love," said Mercedes
Reyes, his wife. "He was always helping
out, being active in school and
community affairs .. .PTA. .. UFW."
Reyes maintained his usual schedule of
activities with the UFW and Calwa, until
his death nearly three years ago in an
automobile accident.
"(When he passed away}, his loss was a
loss for the whole community," said Luna.
"We loved him here and we love Mrs.
Reyes, as well", he added.
"His sincerety and willingness to always
be available for us, the kids and
community" has been unslirpassed by
the parents involved at the school. "Other
parents are dedicated," conceited Luna,
"but not to the extent that Mr. Reyes was
(active)."
Reyes's contribution to the school left
such an impact that a proposal has been
made to change the name of the school in
his honor.
Although the recommendation has not
been officially introduced to the school
district, the change would be proper.
However, Luna explaines that that is not
always an easy task to complete.
"It (name change) is most fitting but
might take a political battle to do that,"
stated Luna. Getting to the grass roots-the community--for support would help
tremendously Luna believes. But he also
believes that such a change would be a
difficult battle not only in Calwa but
anywhere else.
Margrette Reyes, his daughter, commented on her father, "I'm very proud,
but he would not have liked the big fuss
over his work. (What he did) was for a
p_urpose, not an award ."
"The anniversary of my father's death
is coming up at the end of the month, and
my family wanted to thank some people
on campus who helped us out with music,
flowers and support during my father's
death, such · as MEChA, Las Adelitas,
Lupe Gutierrez and Ralph Gonzales,"
stated Reyes, who is a freshman on
campus.
Jose A Reyes cultivated a life-time of
· effort so that someone else might benefit
from the fruit of its harvest, and it seems
that his harvest has been proudly reaped.
Study Reveals More J_
obs in 1980's
Although the nation's employment rate
is at its highest since the 1920's Depression, the federal government predicts that
25 million jobs will be available by the end
of 1990.
According to a U.S. Labor Department
study of employment trends through the
1980's, jobs will be most plentiful in sales
and service occupations.
However, there will be fewer opportunities for farm workers, high school and
college teachers, postal workers and the
clergy.
Overall, thm1gh, job opportunities will
grow more rapidly than the number of
Americans seeking work. Lower birth
rates of the early 1970's mean fewer
young people will be looking for jobs.
The professional and technical field-As a result, the labor force will range
from 122 million to 128 million by 1990, up lawyers, scientists, engineers and accounfrom 105 million in 1980. With more tants--is scheduled to have a 26 percent
workers in the 25-to-54 age bracket, the .rise in employment opportunities.
entire economy should
benefit from higher productivity.
However, there is some bad news:
Other fields with a significant rise in job
Nearly 15 million college graduates will opportunitiesare:CRAFTS,includingcarpen
enter the labor force by 1990, but only 12 ters,electriciansandmechanics,27percent;
to 13 million jobs will be available.
CLERlCAL WORKERS, including clerks,
The service work force--firefighters,
cooks and janitors--will have a 32 percent
rise in jobs by 1990, according to the
study.
Sales--employees of manufacturing
firms, insurance companies and retail
stores--are scheduled to rise by 28
percent.
cashiers, secretaries and bookkeepers, 21
percent; MANAGERS, including credit
managers, bank officers and self employed
businessoperators,21 percent;PRODUCTION
WORKERS, including welders, painters
and assemblers, 23 percent.
The labor study also predicted an 18 percent drop in farmworker jobs .
Friday, March 25, 1983
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Letters to La Voz
Tutorial Center
extends thanks
to
It is gratifying to learn of the commitment that CSUF students and faculty
have toward .Tutorial Services. It is
unfortunate that the Tutorial Program
closed for two weeks; however, close
collaboration and coordination with the
AS and other funding sources should
assure that we will not close in the future.
I want thank all CSUF students ~?d
faculty for your numerous calls and v1s1ts
in support of tutoring. It is importa~t that
we be absolutely dear on the circumstances of the Tutoring Center, so t~at
we may determine. what we can do that
will be positive and useful.
Please continue to call and come in to
The effectiveness of the Tutorial
Program has resulted in a tremendous my office to share your concern for the .
increase in student use. This increased Tutorial Center. The Associated Student
demand coupled with the California State Senate will be deciding on Tutorial Center
University system-wide budget shortfall funding for next year during the next few
has led to our having to close the Tutoring weeks. Those meetings are held on
Center from March 14 through March 25. Tuesday at 3 p.m., upstairs in the College
It will open up after the Spring semester Union. I encourage you to attend and
break on April 4 and remain open for the participate in the democratic process that
remainder of the semester thanks to · will result in adequate funding for the
additional funding from the Associated Tutorial Center.
Students and the Vice-President for
Thank you for printing this letter.
Academic Affairs.
Sincerely,
Ernest Padilla
Director
Learning Assistance Center
Students Sought for '84 CYC
The Chicano Youth Conference Committee has been a standing committee of
MEC.hA since 1973 at CSUF. The students dedicated to the · promotion of
higher education among Nuestra Raza
have kept it going. With each passing year
we have been able to improve it so the
attending high school students' benefits
will increase.
If you would like to gain more experience and contacts in the areas of organizing, media relations, fund raising, printing or helping in the community, we can
help you. If you care about what is happening to our Raza and you feel the need
to educate our youth , you can accomplish
all that and more through the CYC.
Another successful conference has
come and gone, ·and it's time to elect a
new executive board and subcommittee
coordinators. Positions to be filled are
chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary
and treasurer. The committees are br.ochure, college faire, communications,
food, fund raising, entertainment, monitor and workshops.
We will be having nominations on April
13, 1983, at 5 p.m. in the College Union.
Elections will be held April 20; the time
and place will be announced later.
As you can see there is o lot of work and
re~ponsibility involved, and we need iots
of help and dedicated people to put on the
Eleventh Annual CYC to be held Saturday, January 14, 1984.
If you have any questions about any of
the committees or the conference, come
to the meeting on April 13. Everyone
interested is welcome!
Rosemary Baiz
CYC President
BSalvador
Public Support Needed to Halt U.S. Intervention
The people of El Salvador are attempting to free themselves from the longest
standing military dictatorship in Latin
America. For 51 years, the military and
the death squads (extensions of the military) have used torture, murder and
massacre to keep the people terrorized
and powerless to resist the excruciating
poverty caused by gross inequality in the
ownership of land. In tiny El Salvador, less
than two percent of the 5 million population owns the best 60 percent of the land,
.a nd less than one percent owns the best
40 percent, on whkh is produced the
export crops that make the privileged few
exorditantly rich.
sophisticated weapons, better leadership
in the field and more troops--and that any
opposition to the administration's pursuit
of a military victory only gladdens the
hearts of the guerrillas and plays into the
hands of the Soviets.
For the first time, the administration
has ordered U.S. advisers into the field
where they can direct Salvadoran troops
in combat operations. Recently, it began
shipping white phosphorous munitions
for the Salvadoran government, and the
facist Roberto D' Aubuisson, the big
winner in last year's fraudulent elections,
wants the U.S. to supply napalm. These
are two forms of ordinance not supplied
before because of "human rights" considerThe Reagan administration seeks to ations.
stir up anti-Soviet hysteria to generate
support for a U.S.-imposed military victory over the Salvadoran insurgents. The
administration's official fantasy claims
The Reagan administration has put the
that this is an East-West confrontation U.S. back in the dirty business of rural
provoked by Soviet penetration and sub- pacification, secure hamlets, scorched
version in America's backyard. It claims earth and "winning the hearts and
that "we" can win this one with more minds".
The people of El Salvador have the
International law clearly prohibits other
countries from assisting either side in a heart-felt support of freedom-loving peocivil war, since such aid allows the foreign ple around the world, the U.S. included.
government to decide the outcome and Our form of support must be to compel
thereby choose the government. The the Reagan administration to stop financReagan administration is violating inter- ing the war with our tax money and to
national law by propping up a widely dis- seek a negotiated settlement--an offer
pised government in its war against its made by the rebel FDR-FMLN and supported by virtually all other democratic
own people.
nations, the Vatican, the, World Council
The Geneva Convention set minimum of Churches and recently, the Demostandards for the treatment of prisoners cratic Party in California.
of war. Since all prisoners taken by government forces are routinely tortured and
murdered, the Reagan administration, as
the accomplic~, also is guilty · of war
crimes.
Escalating the war only multiplies the
In view of the Reagan administration's
crimes. It raises the level of violence, leng- blind obsession with staying the course
thens the duration of the hostilities, and and achieving a military victory at any
spreads the war throughout Central cost, it will take an enormous amount of
America. If the administration's latest aid public pressure to stop what has already
proposals win Congressional approval, become the U.S. war in El Salvador.
the U.S. will have spent over $1.1 billion
on the lilliputian nation's three-year-old
civil war, and we have nothing to show for Bob Fischer
it but 42,000 dead and a dependent,
odious, ultra-right wing government on Department of Sociology
CSUF
the brink pf a military collapse.
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The Chicano Business Student Association is proud to announce that it is
offering two $200 scholarships. One will
be awarded to a Business studznt and the
other to a student-at-large. You may pick
up an application in La Raza Studi2s.
Deadline is April 6, 1983.
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Managing Editor: Sobblf Rodriquez
Photographer: Pedro Perez
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Reporters: Anthon~ Marquez, Qdbert
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Contributors: Lourdes Villarreal.
Fernando Quintero,
David Torres, Richard Rios. Mario
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Il..& W(U)'!Z. di~ A\'!Z.1'.tllmw ia now
accepting cover logo entries from
CSUF •tudent• for our logo
design competition. The staff will
select the entry to be announced
in the April 14th iHue. The
winning logo will be publi•hed in .
the remaining i•sues.
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name, address and telephone
number of the participant.
Requirements:
Logo: La Voz de Aztlan
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Color: Black Ink
limit: (2).per entry
The deaclline is AprU8th. Tarn
in entries to the Daily Collegian,
next to the Learning Assistance
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San Fr~ncisco Mime Troupe to Perform
By Larry Banales
The San Francisco Mime Troupe will
return to Fresno for a performance of
their musical mis-adventure, Americans,
or Last Tango in Huahuatenango.
The presentation focuses on political
unrest in the fictional Central American
republic of San Martin; however, the
underlying plot relates to the situa.tions in
El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala. A
number of North Americans' actions are
revealed in their attempt to mold the
course of events to their own ends with
the use of land, ~oney and power. The
play explores the uneasy 1 elationship
between the "Americans" and reveals the
complexity of Central America's situation
and the contradictions of U.S. policy.
Not since the Vietnam war, when the
Troupe challenged the CIA and drugs in
their award-winning Dragon Lady's
Revenge, has U.S. foreign policy provided
such material for political satire
Characters involved include an Ambassador, caught between a right-wing coup
and a revolution, a black Vietnam Vet and
Cointelpro agent-iun•ed-rnercenary, a
thrill-seeking photo journalist from Lifestyle Magazine, Colonel Garcia, head of
the ruling junta ,md Luisa, !egendc1:--y
leader of the "Commando de Huahuate.
nango".
Americans was written by Troupe
scriptwriter Joan Holden, following a
December, 1980, visit to Nicaragua,
where she met and talked with participants in the July, 1979, overthrow of the
Somoza regime. She utilized elements
from press releases and historical
accounts from Guatemala, Honduras, El
Salvador and Mexico, as well as from
meetings with U.S. journalists covering
Central America-, in addition to speaking
with representatives of El Salvador's
Democratic Revolutionary Front and
other Central and Latin American Liberation movements.
The production is CL'mplete with songs
based on the music and rhythms of Latin
America, the Carribbean sound of the
congn, the marimba of Centr3! America
and the flute of the Andes.
Americans has toured Europe, theWest Coast, Canada and the Midwest,
provoking public debate and rave'
reviews .. Audience responses have varied
from chanting in support of El Salvador's
FDR to angry letters condemning the
performance.
The only performance is scheduled for
Saturday, April 2nd, at 8 p.m. in the Ted
C. Wills Community Center, located at
770 N . San Pablo between Belmont and
Olive. Tickets in advance are available at
the Upstart Crow for $5.00 per person
and $15.00 family rate or $7 .50 per person
and $17 .50- famih,1 rate at the door-.
The San Francisco Mime Troupe's visit
is sponsored by the Latin American Support Committee, the Fresno Free College
Foundation and th.e California Arts
Council.
Colonel Garcia commands his
troops in the San Francisco Mime
Troupe's play, Americans or Last
Tango in Huahuatenango.
.,hoto By Michael Bry
For more information, contact Bob
Fischer at 224-4977.
Minority Vintage Days Team Makes Debut
By Bobby Rodriguez
Marking the beginning of Vintage Days
1983 will be the addition of a unique feam
comprised of .predominantly Blacks and
Chicanos, two groups who traditionally
have not participated in the annual celebration.
The debut of this team, as of yet
·untitled, was partly the brainchild of
Manuel Aguiniga, a senior maioring in
Industrial Technology. The idea began as
part of the Mexican-AmericanStudents in
Technology plan, but grew as interest
increased.
"I've noticed a lot of people who wanted
a Vintage Days team. The -response was
astonishing," said Aguiniga.
Aguiniga, who has participated in
Vintage Days, realized that the majority
of Blacks and Chicanos have traditionally
stayed away from the four-day event.
"It's gotten to be an annual event for
sororities and fraternities ... supposedly
we have 1500 surname Hispanics, and I
see no reason why we couldn't get involved."
, The team, which includes EOP and
.numerous students on campus, will be
the first in Vintage Days history to have a
significant number of Blacks and
Chicanos. According to Aguiniga, 183
people originally signed up for the team,
but about 60 showed up for the first team
meeting. Aguiniga expects at least 100
people to participate.
Walter Robinson, EOP counselor and
advisor for the the EOP Student Union,
parailels the lack of involvement in
Vintage Days with that ofStudent government.
"For a long time there was no minority
involvement in student government; it
was an us-and-them attitude. White students dominated all the stµdent activities."
Robinson advises students to get
involved. "There is strength in numbers. If
we organize, we can have an impact on .
the·things that go on." He also urges students to understand that if they want to
see any change, they need to get involved
arid make the changes.
"There is no sense to cr'tticize if we're
not in th~ planning stages of Vintage
Days; penetrate into those communities
and get representaion. We're not going ~o
change anything from the outside but
from within."
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Both Robinson and Aguiniga see the
need for students to maintain a balance in
their lives. "You can get burned ·out on
politics," Robinson said. "No way should
we tum our backs on the problems in our
community, but we've got to mix things
up." Aguiniga added, "We get involved
socially and politically, why not recreationally?"
Aguiniga's primary intention in helping
form the team is to help students enjoy
themselves. "Vintage Days can be a place
whe_re a large number of students
conjugate to meet friends and get
together .. .I enjoy people being happy and
having a good time."
Chicano Research Center Approved
By David Torres
After years of hard work and research, in the community and provide alterthe Center for Chicano Research has natives."
been approved for CSUF.
"We see more and more Chicano schoThe idea of a center arose several years lars into the universities," said Figueroa,
ago when concerned Mechistas .and La "however, there is a danger. As one tends
Raza Studies professors realized a need to get involved with the establishment,
to link the university with the community. there is a danger in following the estabDr. Manuel Figueroa commented on lished trends."
the center, "The problem is that we must
In the past, the Chicano as a whole has
have rea·ched a stage of development
been unjustly portrayed or sterotyped in
here in Fresno where we need an
academic literature. Much of thi_s is
academic and intellectual area in which
destined to change; however, with the increa<:hir.ano research can be placed."
sing number of Chicanos graduating with
He further commented that the center degrees in higher education. Nevertheis "a resource for the community. We will less, the need for Chicano scholars who
use statistical tools to provide meaningful can empathize with the problems facing
explanations to the problems which exist the Raza community is much in demand.
At this point, some scholars tend to
separate and alienate themselves from
the realities of the Chiano experience.
Figueroa further stated that the center
will be a "place where Chicano scholars
· can meet and discuss; a stimulus for
research." More importantly, though,
Figueroa stressed that the ·center is a
place to begin to help the community.
"In social science, we tend _to distort
reality for the community." Hopefully, the
center will provide a "link b1?tween hig~er
educational skills and the community to
create some awareness of each other."
The center, a component of La Raza
Studies, will focus on three interrelated
functions; research, educational develop-
ment and community services, and serve
as a clearinghouse for Chicano literature,
as weil as a refertal source for research
activities of La Raza Studies faculty and
interested students.
Although no formal area has been
decided, the location for the ce11ter is
planned to be situated near La Raza
Studies. Figueroa anticipates two rooms;
one for research and the other for student
activities.
"We hope to have a successful Chicano
Research Center," said Figueroa. "We've
got potential. We've got bright, dedicated
people on .campus, and by creating the
center we will provide an opportunity to
develop that ·potential."·
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Friday, March 25, 1983
Immigration Bill Sparks Concern
By Anthony Marquez
This year's version would limit legal
immigration to 425,000a year and double
the current quotas for Mexico and Canada to 40,000 each. ,The bill would also
grant amnesty to undocumented workers
who entered the country before January
1980 and set . procedures for them to
become citizens. The most controversial
provision of the bill calls for civil fi~s to be
imposed against employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers. The
fines could range from $500 to $2,000 for
each worker.
The Re.agan Administration's attempt
to pass an immigr~tion bill has caused
concern among the Chicano/Mexicano
population.
"The immigration bill might legitimize
the kind of oppression going on of those
coming over," said Dr. Daniel Moreno,
Professor of La Ra_za Studies at CSUF.
Moreno said the bill would create a
permanent pool of illegitimate workers
because American private industry would
not cease to employ them even after passage of the bill. "It permanently puts the
'new' undocumented worker in a helpless
situation," he said in a recent interview.
The Immigration bill is similar to one
that was passed in the Senate, but then
died in the House during the December
lame-duck session.
"The bill is not really dealing with the
problem," said Moreno. "The problem is
a dual society divided along racial and
class lines ... to benefit the powers that be."
The Immigration and Naturalization
Service in Fresno conducted three major
raids recently. They ai;rested approximately 150 undocumented workers in an
effort to "open jobs for American citizens."
Moreno said the state of the economy
has forced construction workers and
retail workers, among others, to turn to
low wage, non-skilled labor, traditionally
held by Mexicans. ''But where do the
Mexicc.ns they've displaced go"? he asked.
According to Moreno, the US has
always contracted or expanded Mexican
labor to fit their economy. "The INS has a
history of regulating the flow of labor," he said.
"The inconsistencies in US immigration
law and policies are due to changing economic conditions."
Moreno said the INS, in conjunction with
private· industry, acts as the enforcement
arm for US policy. "Immigration laws
have functioned as a gate. The INS has
functioned as the people who open and
close it. But who tells them when to open
it and when to close it"?
Moreno said that this "racial privilege';
The Immigration Bill, which was introis not unique to American history. "In the duced by Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming, is
l930's, there was a forcing of Mexicans currently in committee in Congress.
out and white workers in."
Radio Bilingue Fundraiser Stars Ray Camacho
The Ray Camacho Band will headline
Radio Bilingue's fundraising drive this
spring in an all-day musical event on Sunday, March 27 from 12:30 to 9 p.m. at the
Veterens of Foreign War Post 8900,
located at 2585 N. Blythe in Fresno.
After achieving international recognition for their music, the Camacho group
returns to benefit the bilingual radio stc1tion. Since forming in the early 1960's,
Ray Camacho and his band have
recorded over a dozen albums and ne3rJy
80 singles, traveling in Asia, Latin America, Europe and half of the U.S.
Seven other local bands will also perform for the event. The entertainment
provided include the traditional sounds of
Mariachi de la Tierra, the well-known
Tex-Mex and Musica Popular of Manantial, The Mighty Stantons and Conjunto
Primavera, as well as the contemporary
sounds of the Manjarez-Yturaldi Latin
Jazz Band and Gangs Back. High Voltage
Disco will also be there to assure a full day
of great music.
"Que Viva El Arte" is the theme of the
over-the-air pledge drive that will be conducted on FM-91 from April 9th through
the 17th. During this week the station will _
air special programs featuring Chicano
visual and musical artists.
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