La Voz de Aztlan, February 20 1990
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La Voz de Aztlan, February 20 1990
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Associated Students of Fresno State
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La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)
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Fresno, California
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California State University,, Fresno
Volume XX/,, Number 7
Prof finds historical key
Orozco says forD1ula basis for Mayan and Aztec calendars
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a local astronomer were contacted; neither were aware of Orozco's findings.
•1 haven't heard anything about the
discovery," said Clarence Funk, president of the Central Valley Astrono•
mers.
Orozco has not let this disillusion
him. He will present sketched drawings and photos of the finding in the
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Sylvia Castro
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Even though he has evidence that
proves a Native American civilization
that once lived in the Utah area was
~dvanced enough 500 B.C. and before
to aucc:eNfully calculate the cycle of
Venus, Dr. Cecilio Orozco is far from
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aid though the discovery did not
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happen overnight, a clue to the formula had been in frontofhim all along.
Guadallqara di1COvered a math forThe discovery, he said, will illusmula which
ict■ the chronology of
trate th ttherootofanancientAmeriVenut.
can math formul was the basis for
Rivu-Balinon is credited with deciboth the Mayan and Aztec calendars.
Pherintr the Astec calendar which is
The "key to the formula lay in picboot of the hiatory and univene of the
tographs• on tlie side of a wall in Sego
inhabitanbl of Tenochtitlan, the MexCanyon in Utah. These pictographs
ica, ■aid Orosco.
are dated 500 B.C. and before. The
'111• Joca1 media baa not been recepsame pictographs were printed in a
tift to the di11COvery. Frano ~ reNational GeographicinJanuary, 1980.
part,11' Anne Dudley told Orozco the
It tied directly to the Sun Stone, said
did not clo an article becaue her
Orozco.
aaun:eaclidnot-,reewithbiafindings.
"The pictographs in the Geographic
I.Mt month Orozco wu int.erviewed
shows a figure holding five knotted
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Dr. Cecilio Orozco explains his recent diticovery - a IIUltla
formula which chronicles the cycles ofVenuaM depictedon
pictographs drawn by ancient Native AmericaDL
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See OROZCO, page 7
FMLN rep Feb. 25 Nicaraguan elections to be
at CSUF
watched ·closely, says Pr9f Atwood
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Eloy Garcia
LA VOZ ASSISTANT EDITOR
Although the majority ofEl Salva do s
people do not support the p esent Cristiani government, the U.S. government
has been financially upportingitfory
Wednesday Salvador Hnictr1.1:n.1A
Francisco-base repr n a ive f
Farabundo M rti N t· na
Front (FMLN) ·1
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do over her in the United
U.S. intervention."
Rodriguez will also be speaking on the
.i; Tovember Offensiv , the killing of the six
J esuit priest , the ·ncrease ofrepre sion
u ndertheChristianigo ernment dth
FMLN's plan for eace nd dem
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LA VOZSTAFFWRITER
l''ree e1,ecuan1in Nica-
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Feb.25.
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third sine the Sandinistas came to
power.
CSUF Telecommunications ProfesRita Atwood who just r eturned
ft-om Nicaragu said over 3,000 ob10r
serven from the United Nations. the
Or niz tion of Am ·can Sta .. s an
oth r "ndep.andent rganizations wi 1
istas running at 51 percent with the nearest opposition group, the United
Nicaraguan Opposition,
led by Violetta de
Chamorro, at 21 percent.
Greenberg-Lake attributes the change in the
polls to the U.S. invasion
of Panama and the U.S.
troops surrounding of th
Nicaragua n Emba ssy
during that invasi01 .
Also the killing of the
six Catholic nuns la f: 11 ·
in El Salvaaor has played
a part.
twood added that th
icaraguan government has put mo
histon- place safeguards again t what could b
cal complaint
charac- conflicts ofinterest, such as the forb ·dden
teristic ofU.S. administrations, "The elec- use of tate property for po1i ti cal purtion is ·
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FEBRUARY, 1990
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1-\ttorney focus of debate; new senators fill ASI vacancies
We wondered if the air in rooms 312Francis wrote a letter to Cogley stating know that it's okay as far as ASI by-laws ate student in environmental health law,
314-oftheUSUwouldbeasthickasithad hiswithdrawlfromtheASiattorneyposi- go.
who had been an ASI senator for two
been toward the end of the fall semester tion because that attorney contacted was_
Tranine Bowen was appointed at this years before starting his graduate work,
after Administrative Vice President Jeff not him.
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s~nd meeting. She filled the Senator for had been recommended by Kathleen
=Anderson •and Sen~ Ted Hallisey regis-· "It is apparent that either some attor- the School of Arts and Humanities post Solano to become Parliamentarian .
. ter~~ pe_titions for the recall ofASI Presi- ney other than me has been contacted by vacated by· Chris Haydn-Myer. Her· apIreland had been unable to come to the
. dent Karen Cogley and Legislative Vice you, Chair Solano or Mr. Lopez for legal 'poin_tment met with no opposition. She is F~b. 6 ~~ting because of sickness and
President Kathleen Solano.
·:,: a,dvice or some attorney has on his or her actiye in the African Student Union and . therefore was not ther.e·to be questioned
There was also the alleged confronta" own initiative contacted one.or.the othel' Alpha Kappa Alpha.
by the Senate about hi~ qu~1ific:ation·s
tion betweenLope;:and Anderson. Lope.z-._ of you three, provided Jegal'ady,if~ and _ · · The,seco.n d senate meeting of the se::- hold the position: Kathleen Solano had .
appi:oachedAndef.son reg~dingAnder~ . that · ad. . .
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barelyfin1shedipt1i>ch1cingt:lleit.e;rnalxmt
_'s o~sdemeanorwheridealingwithwom.en:,-Vi.:se . has .
started on Ireland wben·•. Hallisey'~ }land shot up
:·m~mber.s-<(Jhe senate, .the subject of J:'· ooen· fol" .
an a;rni- -with an,::obj~~jon COilce:rning .Ire1and~s :·
ietter frorn\ Sen. :Diahann Hernandez>" lowed/'
cable note · 'absence. · ... ·. ·.··
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l.opez s~id he ;wa; ~ot confroritatiye dur, . w r ,() ~
with Sena' was almost:as-i(he _was prepared to :
ingtheexchange,yetAndersonrequested Francis
tor· Stacy . object to anything Solano had to .say ·
Lopez.ts :resignation along with the recajls in the let~.
·Gr~n d~s- whether it was merited.or not. While one ·
·o f Cogley and Solano.
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ter.. . to
c u _s ~.i.n g might have thought°that theobjection he
·. ,. After all the effort Hallisey an·d.Ander· Cogley.
tbesuccess · registeredhadsomement, .ifwas the set
··so~ ma.de; the issue of the recalls has not
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of the Afri- way in which he obj~ted that turned the
come up on the senate agenda. The center Advisor
canAmeri- focus a way from the issue. .
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of controversy atthe first :meeting ofth~:- Rob er t .
can Re"
Anderson moved to postpone the vote
semester was John Francis, nowfomier Lun da l
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cuitment . butthepostponementfailed.Halliseywent
ASIAttorney~The~inutesoftheNov.29, said in a·phone i~terview ~ith La V~z Conferenceheldduringtheweekend.Over · onto list his other reasons such as the
1989 ASI meeting .contain a rererence
that the attorney·issue_"it's not a by•_law 700 people showe"d up. . .
man broke confidence a t an executive
an attorney beingcontacteg.. ·
issue. The issue is poiitica1." So even 1f . . The next order-- of business· was a · bit
See OPINION, page 6
Lopez did _contact another attorney, -:re . ,~orecontested.Jim}r~land, apostgradu- ·
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March activites celebrate contributions of women
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Krista Lemos
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
March 1 signals the start of Women's
Herstory Month. It is dedicated to recognizing and publicizing the successes and
achievements of minority women.
This year's theme: "Courageous Voices
Echoing in Our Lives• represents the
women who have fought t.o stake a claim
· in a male-dominated society. March's focus
will be on the women who have been or are
presently successful, to make the public
aware of the hidden individuals who have
helped shape our country into the power it
is today, a brochure distributed by
Women's Alliance read.
Traditionally, women, people of color,
and the common citizen have been silent
players in hist.ory books. Women's Herst.ory Month is an attempt to present the
multicultural aspects of our history and
~mote widespread appreciation.
The first day of the month is Women of
Color Day. The eighth wi11 feature a film
presentation focusing on South African
women as part oflnternational Women's
Day
March 16 will feature. "Take Back the
Night,• an evening where men and women
all across the nation will join together to
walk one night of the year in the safety of
numbers.
The CSUF Women's Alliance have provided a campus angle to Herst.ory month
by scheduling a number of other events
which will be held throughout the month.
March 5 there will be "Women Spirit
Evening: a celebration of woman's spiritual dimension. The evening will include
a bread ceremony, poetry, and verse readings at the University Religious Center,
2311 E. Shaw Ave.
A presentation of women's artistic ta}.
ents and diverse lifestyles will be held on
March 13 in the Industrial Arts Building,
Room 101 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
On March 19 a panel ofhistory-making
women will be present for a discussion on
women's achievements in society. The
guest speakers will be include Fresno
Mayor Karen Humphrey, Channel 30 Anchorwoman Juanita Stevenson, and Rosemary Marmar.
·
Feminist comedian Marga Gomez, who
was awarded "Outstanding Female Comedy Solo• for three consecutive years, will
be making an appearance on M~ch 30 in
IA 101 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Other events during the month include
a quilt exhibit at the Fresno Art Museum
and a women's oml history exhibit. University Democrats have also sponsored
two events, "Abortion for Survival• on
March 6 and Sen. Rose Ann Vuich who
will speak at CSUF March 9 at noon in the
Upstairs Cafeteria, Room 200.
NosorRos ... LA Voz
DE Azn.AN
Editor In Chief- Chris Heredia
Assistant Editor-Eloy Garcia
Copy Edltor•Celeste Saldivar
Graphics Editor -Oscar G. Ramirez
Calendarlo Editor-Marta Villasenor
Staff Ardst-Ralph Avitia
Staff Writers-Sylvia Castro, Sostenes
Infante Jr., Krlsta Lemos, Rosemary
Lopez, Sandra D. Ortiz, Matthew
Polanco, Brooke Primero, Al Robles, Jill
Soltero, Sara Sorta, Joseph M. Torres.
Photographers- Laura Hernandez,
Jose Luis Gil, Angel De Jesus.
• Flag designed by Ralph Avitia •
The La Voz staff would like to thank
Erle Burney, Teny Pierson and Lisa
McKinney of The Dally Collegian Staff.
La Va,:~ Aztlan ts publlshed monthly by the Aaaod·
ated Students, Inc. of California State University. .
Fresno. The ne-i,aper office ts located tn the Keats
campus Building. Fmmo, Calif'., 93740-0042. 'Ihe
optnlons publlahed on thls page are not neceuartly
thoee of the Allaodated Students, Inc., The Dady
Collegfan or La Vo1WeAztlan and tts staff'. Unstgned
edttonals are the majo_rtty opmion of the paper's edlto·
rial board.
Council unites cultural groups
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Chris Heredia
LA VOZ EDITOR IN CHIEF
recognition of the importance of our functions to the student body as a ~hole.~
Daves thought he was alone m the idea
of unifying cultural groups at CSUF.
Unbeknownst to him, Shana Sniffin had
also been tossing the idea around.
Sniffin had been mulling the idea of a
cultural awareness program and a weeklong festival to compliment the program.
The festival, planned for early October,
would have dance, music, food booths and
Sniffin said celebrating diversity would
be one of its main goals. She hopes an ap-
publish a monthly bulletin to provide information about events in the different
cultural groups.
AccesstoresourceswerealsoonAndres
Montoya,s mind. Montoya is ASI Senator
for the School of Social Sciences. For two
semesters he, another ASI senator and
two CSUF faculty members have been
meeting with members of the library administration t.o discuss the possibility of
expanding the Henry Madden Library's
Multicultural Center into a library.
Montoya talked, Tuesday night, about
of~c::i~ves, the council's
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coordinator, said, "I feel
that [the cultural groups]
share ... concerns ... which include low preciation for different cultures and their
membership, little or no funds for our traditions will branch from the festival,
activities and no voice in campus deci- which she says is aiming to be the size of
Vintage Days eventually.
sions."
Some ofthe goals ofthe Cultural Aware"Unde1 1 unified council, we can share
our pro. " .1~ and accomplishments... ness Program, now funded by the Universupportir : ·ach other in our food sales sity Student Union and ASI, are to estab[and] acti vely~ "bbi. g jointly before the lish a directory of the different cultural
ASI senate f au...... jonal support and g· 0ups with one-page descriptions and to
the resistance the expansion committee is
butting up against.
"The library administration opposes the
idea because it challenges the authority
within the library-. We are told we would
be breaking a code."
Montoya said he vould eventually like
to see such a librr .., have its materials
selected by ethnic 1dies professors who
Paula Valdez told herself she was going
to get more involved in campus activities
after attending the cross~ultural retreat
at Bass Lake late last month. Going to the
first meeting of the Multi-Cultural Joint
Council was her first st.ep toward that
involvement.
Valdez, a member of the Chicano Youth
Conference committee, was one of about
20 in att.endance at the Multi-Cultural
Joint Council meeting last
Tuesday.
Representatives from
Movimiento Estudiantil
Chicano de Aztlan, the
African Student Union,
South East Asian Student
Services, and Tewaquachi,
aN ative American student
organization came to find
out more about coming together under the umbrella
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are qualified to chose relevant materials.
The expansion committee. would like t.o
see a center where matenals would remain on site rather than being shifted
from stack to stack to the center and back
to the stacks.
Sucharesourcecenter"shouldbestaffed
by a full-time librarian who knows the
material," Montoya said.
Montoya said the library wouldn,t suf.
fer an excessive expense in expanding the
center. "We are lobbying the senate for an
endowment." The endowment could be up
to $40,000 and used in
yearly increments of$4,000
for new materials and subscriptions.
Extra funds are not only
needed for reading materials, but also for cultural
events on campus. Hiring
dancers, musicians, and
preparing food for sale costs
money and ASI President
Karen Cogley, Legislative
Vice President Kathleen
Solano, and Lottery Budget
Committee member Berta
Gonzalez discussed alternate funding for such functions.
State lottery funds and the Instructional Related Activities fund are two
resources that Cogley, Solano and
Gonzalez report go untouched by cultural
groups every year.
"The money [in the IRA fund] has been
See CULTUIL:\L, page 6
FEBRUARY, 1990
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Veracruz dancers
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energize
audience
"Nelson Mandela is free!"
Musical group, Tien Huicani, accompanies Quetzali
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Matthew Polanco
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
The students of CSUF and the community of Fresno were visited by Ballet Folklorico Quetzali de Veracruz and the musical group Tien Huicani of the University of
Veracruz, Jan. 31.
The Quetzali dance group is from the
capital city of Veracruz, Jalapa, and represents Jalapa's Department of Tourism
as ambassadors of culture, art, and goodwill.
The Quetzali dance group has performed all over the world, most recently in
the United States, Japan, Europe, and
Mexico.
With its 20 dancers, singers, and musicians together in the Satellite Student
Union, Quetzali performed the traditional
folklore of the different states of Mexico.
Dressed in beautiful, traditional costumes, all representative of different regions of Mexico, the group performed for a
standing-room-only crowd.
Quetzali, under the direction of Hugo
Bentecourt was accompanied by the musi-
cal group Tien Huicani of the University
of Veracruz. Huicani is under the direction of Alberto de la Rosa, one of the most
respected interpreters of the music of the
Veracruz region.
Tien Huicani used instruments such
as the Harpa Jorocha (folk harp), Jaranas
(small ukelele), Requint.o (four-stringed
instrument), as well as guitars and violins.
There were six couples dancing from
Quetzali, and music was played by six
musicians from Tien Huicani. The dancers performed three sets, each containing
four dances.
The perfonnance filled the audi tiori urn
with smiles and energy. Througout the
night, Quetzali shouted "gritos" at the audience. The audience was receptive.
At the end of the evening, the audience
stood and applauded. Quetzali gave an
encore dance, followed by another standing ovation.
Quetzali and them usicians talked with
the audience throughout the evening, creating a comfortable atmosphere.
Ciel Duckett plays the jembe, an African drum. In the
background, He Ayetoaje, a senior child development
major, shakes and slaps the s~k~r~ a Nigerian rattle. Both
played at Friday's African Children's Day/Nelson Mandela celebration in the SSU. Mayor Karen Humphrey proclaimed Feb. 16 Fresno African American Children's Day.
ASI elections around the corner
Elections Committee Chairman engourages 'students interested in change' to take part
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Sonya Quintana
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
With ASI elections nearing, students
interested in running for office should be
marking their calendars for pre-election
events.
The first events to take place are three
"How to" meetings, held Feb. 26 through
Feb. 28, open to all students wanting
general information on becoming a candidate.
Petition period is March 5 to March 9.
- Interested students will need to get signatures of other students who support the
candidate's placement on the ballot.
The amount of signatures varies from
position to position. ASI Presidential throughout their term in office.
Students will have another choice to
hopefuls require a minurnurn of 250 signatures. Legislative and Administrative makethisspring.Anewpositionhasbeen
Vice Presidential hopefuls need 150. The added to ballot. The Publications Com-imssion's c;harter requir.e s that one of the
numbers are lower for senators .. ,
The"All Candidates Meeting" will take student representatives on the commisplace March 12 in USU 309. Here candi- sion be elected by the student body.
Elections Committee Chairman Don
dates will learn the rules and regulations,
responsibilities and liabilities ofcampaign- Daves encourages students to run for office and that diversity on campaign ticking.
The student body can vote for their ets will result in more ideas and variety
chosen candidates between March 20 and within the ASL
Daves added that students interested
March 22. The winners will be announced
in making a change, or just giving their
on March 22.
To qualify, students must maintain at view of ideas should consider running for
least a 2.0 GPA and carry a minimum of office. "It allows students to have a voice
seven units during campaign time and in what's going on."
RosA PARKS AwARns
Cogley recognized for efforts
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Racism, social status discussed
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LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Several CSUF students and professors received the Rosa Parks Award at
a banquet Feb. 9, celebrating the 20th
anniversary of the African American
Studies Department at CSUF.
Dr. Lea Ybarra, coordinator of the
CLS department, and ASI President
Karen Cogley were two of those reci pients.
Cogley's understanding ofthe award
is that it is given to those who "carry on
the spirit of Rosa Parks."
:Rosa Parks, considered the Mother
of the Civil Rights Movement, is revered for refusing to give up her seat in
the front of the bus in 1955, going
agamst the laws and cust.oms of
Montgomery, Alabama.
Dr. James H. Rogers, CSUF professor of African American Studies and
chairman of the Rosa Parks Award
committee at CSUF, said the award,
which began in 1981, is given to students, community leaders and national
leaders who show "courage and committment to human equality and leadership."
Support group forming
Joseph M. Torres
Sonya Quintana
ASI President Karen Cogley
Dr. Rogers and the committee nominated Cogley for the award to the Rosa
Parks Foundation for her works and
committrnent to civil rights; on the positions she stands for and on her efforts to
obtain justice and equity on campus.
See AWARD, page 7
He warns that potential candidates
should realize there is a heavy workload.
Daves cautions that conflicts are inevitable and one should be willing to compromise. Executives and senators represent
a lot of people, said Daves.
Davessaidcandidatesmusthavestrong
commitment on whatever issues they
speak on and support. They must keep an
open mind, he added.
The goal is to see as many students as
possible vote. The ASI cannot get a clear
idea of what students want when only 10
percent vote. Daves added that the meetings prior to the election period are designed to "nlake [students] feel like they're
partoftheprocNS.•
Latino students who may be facing
problems adapting to the multi-cultural
campus, coping with social statusorfeelinginitimidated about speaking Spanish
may voice their concerns in a support
group forming in the Counseling Center.
Other issues such as racism and selfesteem will be topics for discussion in the
group.
The group will focus on emotional issues facing Latino students. Counselor
Dr. Esteban Sena said relationship problems and adapting to the college environment will be topics.
"We'll talk with them and find out
who their friends are and what type of
support or networking they may have,"
he said.
Counselor Josie Rangel said students
may feel intimidat.ed when speaking their
native language. Sena agreed that students will tend to speak Spanish more
among those with whom they are familiar.
This can create tension and stress
which could affect the student's studies.
There are other difficulties a Latino
student may face such as family stress
and coping with social status.
Other topics for discussion may include relating to others, racism, self-esteem and also trying to emphasize the
need for graduation. Sena said, "Not
enough [Latino] students get to college
in the first place."
Sena added that they need to not only
value their college experience, but also
graduate. "Many Latinos may not graduate because there isn't adequate support
for them."
Racism as an issue was also addressed
by the group. Sena said, "Everyone is in
the position to help solve that problem;
eradicating racism must start by learning t.o understand our fears and prejudices."
The group will provide an opportunity for Latino students to come together
and recognize the needs of others. For
more information about the group, contact either Josie Rangel or Dr. Esteban
SenaattheCounselingCenter,294-2732.
The group will meet tomorrow, Feb.
21, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Student
Health Center, Area E.
Counselor Dr. Esteban Sena said that
tbe meeting times will be flexible making the group open to those students
whose classes may fall within the two
hour meeting time.
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FEBRUARY, 1990
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
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1990 Chicano
''1990's: La Decada Para Fortalecer Nuestra
Response high for first
CYC Empowerment Panel
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Eloy Garcia
LA VOZ ASSIST ANT EDITOR
Brand new to the Chicano Youth Conference was the Student Empowerment
Panel designed to be an idea exchange
between high school and college students
and leaders in the community.
"What we're going to do here at the
empowerment panel is talk about the
' problems and issues facing your cam puses
such as racism and attitudes coming from
not only students but your teachers and
counselors. Drug and alcohol abuse are
alsotopicsthatwe willdiscuss,"saidRalph
Avitia, moderator for the student empowerment panel.
The panel consist.ad of Ben Benavidez,
stat.e president of the Mexican American
Political Association (MAPA), Don Daves,
a CSUF graduate education student, and
Irma Serrano, chairwoman of the CYC
and a sophomore liberal studies major at
A brave participant addresses the crowd at the 17th Annual CSUF.
Chicano Youth Conference.
"If each and everyone of you takes one
thing that you will learn today back to
your school, back to your neigborhood, to
your home," Benavidez said, "then it
willhavebeenavery
successful day."
Racism, Benavidez said, was listed
as the No. I concern
among the high
school students who
responded to a survey sent out by the
CYC committ.ee to
the different schools.
"I know we have a
major problem educating our young
Chicanos when the
number one issue
concerning you is
the racism you have
to put up with at
school.
"You're not receiving
Audience listens attentively to Bea Molina's keynote the education that you duly deserve. You
speech. The South Gym was filled to capacity, many deserve your education. If you go about
had to stand.
the business of thinking that you are a
second rat.e citizen, a second rate student,
a second rate person because of the color
of your skin, then I can't believe that you
truly know what
a Chicano is."
CYC Chairwoman Irma Ser-
rano spoke along these lines when she
said, "We need you to open your eyes and
see what is going on. When a t.eacher tells
you, 'You're not going to make it,' you tell
him 'yes I am.'You dare them. You do it."
Daves urged the students to get involved, "This workshop is all about empowerment. It's not just empowerment of
a few people but empowerment of all the
people of color.
"It's not a matter of sitting down and
having the attitude La Raza-Yo soy
Chicano," Daves added. "That's not good
enough. You need to get up. You need to
take the bull by the horns and you need to
make things happen because they're not
going to do it for you. They're not going to
open the door for you."
Daves continued to stress the need for
involvement, "Politics is our way ro the
future, so do something, empower yourselves. Make things happen. Don't sit back
on your morals."
A late addition to the empowerment
panel was Bea Molina, one of the keynote
speakers. "You have to get involved as
early as in high school. If no where else at
least on your campus," she said.
Members of the audience were invited
up to the microphone to pose questions to
the panel or to their peers in the audience.
One of the first students asked, "What are
we supposed to do? A lot of us Mexicans
that don't have the college preparatory
classes can't get scholarships. Some ofus
also have to work and our grades aren't
that good."
Molina retorted, "Some of you guys are
takingtheeasywayout.You'rejustgraduating with easy classes. If that's what
you're going to do, don't expect to earn a
scholarship. And about working, you're
just going to have to find a way to balance
your life between school and work like
most of us up here had to do."
Vick Zendoya, a student from Tulare
Union High School said, "I feel their is
racism in my school and I want to know
how I can fight it."
Daves responded,"You need to get involved with student government. That
way you can be part of the syst.em,youcan
change things."
Another CYC participant commented,
"I just want tot.ell everyone, that if they're
determined to do somethmg, they can do
it. I'm a teenage mother of two. I'm a
senior and right now I have five A's and a
C. I know ifl can do it everyone can do it."
Photos by
Chris Heredia
(1-r) Ralph Avitia, Ben Benavidez, Irma Serrano and Don
Da ves comprise the first CYC empowerment panel. The
topics focused on problems high school student's face.
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Youth Conference
Juventud Atraves de la Educacion. ''
Speakers emphasize
importance of personal will
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Eloy Garcia
th~t way will society ever change," Molina
LA VOZ ASSISTANT EDITOR
said.
She said that when one faces obstacles,
she or he should always remember the
phrase, "Sise puede."
"Don't voice the negative things that
people are telling you. It may not be what
you feel but you're saying it just like
everyone is telling you. All we hear is the
negative," Molina said in response to a
student who said she couldn't make in to
a university.
"Anything can be done ifyou wantit bad
enough," said Molina, the first Chicana
president of the Mexican American Poli tical Association (MAPA). Molina now owns
IMAGEN, a Sacramento public relations
and film production firm.
"Every time I had to go to Los Angeles,"
she said, "I had to have armed body guards.
I almost got attacked, but so what. As long
as other people know we can doit, then it's
worth it."
Castro brought his speech to a close
withacoupleofsoberingquestions. "There
are going to be between 45 and 48 million
ofus here in the United States by the year
2000. But without college trained professionals, where are our leaders going to
come from? When are we going to be able
to have self
determina
tion?
"Before.,
we were outnumbered.
Now
we
have the.
numbers,
but
it
doesn'i•
mean anything unles:,
you are coll e g e
trained."
The CYC
was co-sponsored by Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) and
Associated Students, Inc.
The keynote speakers at the 17th annual Chicano Youth Conference, Sal
Castro and Beatriz Molina, both stressed
the importance of staying in school and
getting a good education.
"1990's: The Decade To Empower Chicano Youth Through Education," was the
theme of this year's conference held at
CSUF during the winter break.
"We're notgoingtomove anywhere until
we are able to educate our young people,"
Castro said.
Castro, now a dropout counselor at
Belmont High School in Los Angeles, has
been active in changing education standards for Chicanos since the "blowouts" of
the late '60s. Castro was then a teacher at
Lincoln High School. He encouraged Chicano students to walk out in protest against
inadequate academic conditions in the
schools.
In March 1968, close to 10,000 Chicano
students walked out offive high schools in
East Los Angeles.
"[Chicanos] lead the nation in college
dropouts. Less than 1 percent of our Chicanopopulationiscollege-trained. We need
much more than that. I can't stress enough
the need to get our youths educated.
"It's up to you to get your education,"
Castro said, addressing an audience of
1,600. "Most high school counselors are
blinded by your ethnicity. They won't go
out of their way to help you. You must
demand your education."
At points in her address, Molina paralled Castro's message, "You need to have
more control of your lives. You need to
make more decisions about what you want
and howyou're going to doit. You shouldn't
sit back and wait for counselors to come to
you. Go to your counselors and tell them
what you want.
"Society is opening its doors. Not because it wants to, but because it has no
alternative. Now it's up to us to take
advantage of that and the only way we can
do that is if we're educated. And only in
BeaMolina, former MAPA president speaks about
determination in obtaining an education, during
her keynote speech.
Porterville high school
studentsLorenaBaganta
and Maria Ruiz fill out
information request
forms for CSU, Bakersfield.
The night before the CYC
is filled with folder stuffing. CYC committee
members form an assembly line.
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from pg. 2
voted down and the Ireland recommendation was finally approved.
meeting and that he was against having
Turnmg to the matter of counsel for
a parliamentarian because it was the
the ASI, John Francis was finally terpro-tern's job to assist the chafrwoman.
minated as ASI counsel.
David Pinuelas spoke on Ireland's
Veda Ramsay was recommended for
behalf saying that he was very qualified
At-Large post #3. She was a Future
to hold the position, but Ireland was deBusiness Leaders ofAmerica treasurer
feated by block voting.
and Black Student Union secretary.
In some cases, however, the Senate
Other offices she held were African Stuworked together. There was a date condent Union vice-chair and the NAACP
flict between the sickle-cell anemia testsergeant-at-arms. Other clubs andcomingfor African-American month and club
mitees she has been a member of are the
awareness month and Hallisey suggested
International Club and the ASI Finance
that perhaps the two events could comand Budget committee. She is also a repliment each other.
cipient of the Rosa Parks Award.
The question oflreland for parliamenRamsay was voted in by the senate
tarian was again raised at the third meetafter Hallisey explained that he had aning this semester. Although the motion
other candidate who wasn't interviewed
to approve him failed at the previous
and he wanted to extend the deadline
meeting, he was re-entered for considfor filling post #3. Senator for the Divieration. Solano recommended Ireland.
sion of Graduate Studies and Research
Although it is the chairperson's responDavid Pinuelas said that Ramsay was
sihility torecommend the parliamentar"on-line," that she had served on the
ian, Hallisey said that once somebody
Legal and Legislative committee and
has been voted down he or she can't be
been a regular member of the gallery.
reintroduced. Nowhere in Robert's Rules
His point was that bringing in someone
oforder is this stated. On these grounds,
unfamiliar with CSUF's ASI at midHallisey appealled the chair calling it an
semester would hinder progress.
improper motion. His appeal was then
FEBRUARY, 1990
Minority Media fair held in LA
I
Jill Soltero
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Six Chicano CSUF journalism students recently attended the 11th annual Job Opportunities Conference at
the University of Southern California's
Davidson Conference Center.
The six attendees were Sonya Quintana, Sylvia Castro, Chris Heredia,
Rosemary Lopez, Sara Soria, and Jill
Soltero. All are members of the CSUF
Chicano Journalism Students Association. Tom Uribes, CJSA advisor and
CSUF Outreach public affairs specialist also attended.
The JOC is a media job conference
for minority students and professionals
who are interested in internships and
full-time employment. It is the largest
job fair on the West Coast for minorities. Over 60 recruiters representing
radio, television, and newspaper media
interviewed more than 300 applicants.
According to JOC chairwoman
Carla Aragon, "The goal of the JOC is
simple ... to place more minorities in
the newsroom and ultimately in the
boardroom."
Panel workshops were also conducted, topics included "Conducting
Your Search For Print Jobs," "Beyond
Reporting," "Explosion in Ethnic Media," "Tricks of the Trade: Secrets To
Good Reporting," and "The Elements
Of A Good Audition Tape."
The JOC was sponsored by the Los
Angeles chapter of the California
Chicano News Media Association, and
co-sponsored by the Los Angeles chapter of the Asian American Journalists
Association and the Black Journalists
Association of Southern California.
Participation has continued to increase over the years. According to
CCNMA Executive Director, Mike
Castro, "We have outgrown the
Davidson Conference Center."
MAPA president-elect says com.placency niust be overcon1e
I
Sandra Ortiz
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Educaci6n es lo que nesecitamos!"
translated, "Education is what we need!"
This theme punctuated newly-elected
President Rick Chacon's speech Friday
night at the Mexican American Political
Association Del Valle's Annual Installation and Valentine's Day dance held at
Paradise Cove in North Fresno.
The keynote speakers ci tedinadequate
education and livingstandards for Chicanos, recounting shocking stories of his
experiences with the child cancer cluster
in McFarland.
Chacon described disfigured faces
and fragile children he met and held in
McFarland. Poor living conditions was
one form of discrimination he discussed.
"We need to get involved in such programsasMEChAandRainhow Coalition
and any other organization that stresses
equality among all creeds."
Complacency is one of the toxins that
keeps our people in the camps and working in the fields, Chacon said.
"Even after we become educated we
can't forget to continue t.o go back and
educate our people; that is the sole purpose of our going to college."
Among other things, he spoke strongly
against police brutality, racism, and political defects resulting from discrimination.
Chacon spoke about gaining hands-on
experience. He remembered his studies at
CSUF when Andrea Hedgely, an African
American, was ASI president. That was
1983. Soon after the elections, discontented
voters petitioned to have Hedgely recalled.
When Chacon learned of the recall, he
joined MEChA in the fight for unification
and helped form a coalition. His efforts in
preventing the recall earned him the Rosa
Parks Award.
Chacon, a Fresno native, attended
Hoover High School, Fresno City College,
graduating ·with a BA in -economics and
DISTINCTION
Danzantes deemed official reps
.
I
After 19 years of success, troupe acknowledged by institution
Matthew Polanco
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Los Danzantes deAztlan have been
at CSUF for 19 years and yet it was
only until this school year that they
were recognized by President Harold
Haak as official representatives of the
institution. This acknc wledgement
makes them one ofthree groups at this
university with such a distinction, a
distinction long overdue.
Along with other folkloric groups,
Danzantes were created out of a sense
of nationalism which developed during the Chicano movement of the late
'60s and '70s.
The purpose of Los Danzantes de
Aztlcin was and still is to teach folklorico dance to the Chieano commu- Two members of Danzantes practice their spins during weekly
nity. In doing this, the dances per- rehearsals.
formed by the group demonstrate the
artistic value ofMexican/Chicano culmanaging their respective studies in
nual InterUniversity Symposium held
ture.
education, business, engineering, health
in Guanajuato, Mexico in 1988, and an
The dance group was founded by
and criminology.
appearancein Tijuana,Mexicoin1989.
the Chicano-Latino Studies departAccording to Martinez the purpose
Los Danzantes de Aztlan will be
ment in 1971 and is still under the
of Danzantes are to show the beauty of
performing on March 4 at the 8th
direction of its original founder, prothe culture.
Annual Viva Mariachi Festival at the
fessor Ernesto Martinez.
Los Danzantes de Aztlan were highSelland Arena 1 on March 14 at the
Martinez teaches folklorico dance
lighted at the World Exposition in
Piccadilly Inn for the National Conat CSUF in Chicano-Latino Studies
Spokane, Washington in 1974 and since
vention of Mayors, on the week of April
106. This class is offered during the
then they have received wide acclaim
28th for the Semana de la Raza celeFall and Spring semesters and is usufor their accurate and beautiful reprebration at CSUF, and at the spring
ally at capacity. Professor Martinez
sention of the culture by several newsChicano Commencement.
said that about 90 percent the Danpaper critics and people in the folkloric
Hopefully, future plans for Los Danzantes are chosen from his classes.
community.
zantes de Aztlan will include an apMartinez said that each performer
They perform mainly in the San
pearance at the 1992 Olympic Sumworks hard to master many dances
Joaquin valley, but recent performances
mer Games in Barcelona, Spain.
from different regions of Mexico while
include an appearance at the third an-
geography from CSUF.
When asked why he thought he was
elected MAPA Del Valle president, he
said, "In the turn of our generation we
need to use different tactics and I feel I
represent those tactics."
Being a former MEChA president, he
is grateful for the support, experience and
brotherhood he shared. He hopes he will
be able to incorporate such things during
his term of MAPA Del Valle President.
New MAPA members included present
and past CSUF Mechistas. Jessica
Cabrera, Irma Serrano, and George Martinez.
CULTURAL
continued from page 7
protected. There has been an institutional
way of alloting to specific groups." The
IRA fund "has guards," said Solano.
ASI and CSUF administrations "have
persisted to block [cultural organizations]
out of the [IRA funding] process and make
sure that we are not represented."
She read a list of organizations that
received IRA funding in 1989. Less than 1
percent of the $397,000 alloted to 30 programs from the fund went to a cultural
program. Chicano and Latin American
Studies received $3,780.
Solano said "disabled students fall
through the cracks" and that the policy for
IRA funding is "interpreted very narrowly." The administrations, she said, are
"able to institutionalize [the IRAfunds]to
lock out groups."
The IRA board consists of three students and three administrators. Cogley,
ASI Senator for the School of Arts and
Humanities Tranine Bowen and Lisa
Moreno are the students on the board this
semester.
Securing a central location, a MultiCultural Center, with copy machines,
typewriters, telephones and paid staff and
advisors is a major goal of the council.
Daves described this as "a base for the
common good, so people can have access."
Cogley also cited the need for paid staff
for the center. "The assistant dean [Bob
Lundal] advises the sororities and fraternities. We should have the same resources. What we need is some equity,
advisors for our programs."
Nearly $1 million in lottery money is
available, said Berta Gonzalez, member
of the Lottery Budget Committee. She
explained that the money is usually alotted for "extras" in departments, or awards
for professors. "The money could be used
for instruments for classes rather than for
awards.
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·Center: life raft for Fresno youth
I
Matthew Polanco
LA VOZSTAFF WRITER
With the problems of gangs, drugs and alcohol,
teen pregnancy, a 50 percent dropout rate for Chicano youth at all grade levels, and poor socio-economical conditions, where are our youth going to go
for help? For some, the Chicano Youth Center is a
raft of salvation.
The Chicano Youth Center is located in Central
Fresno. It was established by Alfonso Hernandez, a
1977 CSUF graduate.
Presently, it is run by an eight-person staff under
the direction of Hernandez. The center operates by
funding provided by the United Way of Fresno, and
bytheFresnoCityandCountyParksandRecreation
and Community Services.
The center also has fifteen volunteers from the
community to make up aBoardofDirectors that help
set up various yearly events.
The center's prime objective is to provide intervention programs to prevent dropouts and juvenile
deli!}quency in the Chicano community of Fresno.
These programs attempt to do this by providing the
Chicano youth with an understanding and pride for
their cultural background, and also by encouraging
the development of their self-esteem along with
personal and educational goals.
Hernandez, who has a master's degree in social
work, said, "White middle-class youth centers don't
meet the needs of the Chicano youth. We need youth
centers specifically established for the social and
cultural needs of the Chicano community.
"Furthermore, these centers must be run and
staffed by Chicanos because only Chicanos can relate to and deal with Chicano problems."
The center provides youth with leadership devel-
Tony Torres aims for the corner pocket as friend, Robert Acuiia looks on. The two
make a game of pool a weekly tradition at Central Fresno's Chicano Youth Center.
opment through Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de
Aztlan (MEChA) at junior high schools, high schools,
and colleges throughout the San Joaquin Valley.
Hernandez said MEChA provides the youth with organizational skills so they can run meetings, and pla!;
and carry through a variety of activities with the
advise of the CYC staff.
The center deals with gang, drug and alcohol
problems, teen pregnancy, and drop out prevention through counseling and sports activities.
At the center, Chicano youth are able to participate in sports such as softball, basketball, football
and volleyball. Awards are given to winning teams
and their outstanding members.
The important concept with these activities,
outside of fun and getting the youth off the streets,
is that these activities produce self-discipline, said
Hernandez. To be successful in school and in life,
youth need self-discipline.
Education is stressed in every aspect of the
center. To be involved in any activity, one must
maintain a 2.0 GPA
The CYC has on-site activities such as painting
and selling of mural art, photography, silk screening, publication of a newsletter, and food sales.
Dances, festivals, trips to local colleges, and
S: trips outside the community are sponsored by the
S center aswell.
if
When Hernandez looked five to 10 years into
the future he said,"! would like to see more CYC's
i with the same purposes as this one here in Fresno.
~ I hope that the Chicano community will recognize
c3 the problems facing our youth and do )mething
N about it-like Volunteering."
I
Cousins Calito, Jasmine, and La:n-y Zambrano often go to the center after school
"when there are a lot of people around."
AWARD
SISTER CITY
Continued from page 1
Fresno's sister city.
Attorneys
Betsy Temple
and
Nancy
Marsh as well
Municipal
Court Judge
Armando Rodriguez and
U.S. Rep. Richard Lehman
are slated to
make the trip.
"Our goal is to report the elections
objectively, regardless of who the winners
are," said Betsy Temple. "Our report will
emanate from a position of integrity, as·
well as from our knowledge of the community we will be observing."
Some of their duties will be to interviewthe candidates and other members of
the µolit~- 1.l p,
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ernment and election officials. They wi1l
also meet with other election observation
teams.
Fresno is one of 34 cities in two states
who are sending delegations to the elections.
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The delegations will provide copies of
their reports to the Supreme Electoral
Council, an independent branch of Nicaragua's government overseeing the elections and to U.S. political and media representatives.
Nicaragua will be electing its President, Vice President, members of the
national assembly and members of 143
However, the world's attention wilJ be
focused on the race between incumbent
Daniel Ortega and opposition candidate
Violeta de Chamorro.
Although every international observation report stated that the 1984 elections were fairly
and openly conducted, the U.S.
government refused to recognize Ortega's
victory in the
elections calling
it a "sham," according to the
Fresno/Telpaneca Sister City Project.
This refusal has provided the basis for
continued U.S.-sponsored terrorism. The
presence of over 3,000 observers from all
over the world is intended to keep a repeat of1984 from occurring said the Sister ~ity Project.
Temple said, "We are comitted to
maintaining our int;P~h , :,., the proc-
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Continued from page 3
Cogley's activities have demonstrated
her strong beliefs of equality and justice.
She is involved with the Mexican American Political Association del Valle, Rainbow Coalition, the National Organization
for Women and different peace groups.
Cogley said she has learned from the
campus and the community how critical it
is for Chicanos, African Americans, women,
and other underrepresented groups to work
for those causes.
Ybarra and Richard Keyes, chairman
of the African American studies program,
both received an award for their outstanding community service.
Other student recipi_e nts were Veda
Ramsey of the African American Student
Union, and Victoria Sann
Coordinator
of the South African Project at CSUF.
Dr. Izumi Taniguchi, received a special
award for his academic leadership.
CSUF students who are invol vedin the
· struggle for power and justice. "One
hundred others could have received the
award."
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martes, 2/20
'Roots II' shown tonight at SSU
Topic: Complacency in America
Charlayne Hunter-Gault will speak to the theme:
"A Nation Divided: The New Complacency in
America" tonight at 7:30 p.rn. in the SSU. Tickets
are $2.00 for students, faculty and staff, $3.00 general.
"Roots Part II" will be shown tonight at the Satellite Student Union. Check the USU Information
Window for times.
lunes, 2/26
miercoles, 2/21
Free sickle cell testing at SSU
The Budweiser Health Mobile will give free testing for Sickle Cell at the SSU this morning and
afternoon.
Plans for Semana de La Raza
The Semana de la Raza committee welcomes
everyone to help plan Cinco de Mayo activities
during the week of April 30 to May 5. Semana
meetings are evecy Wednesday at 3 p.rn. in San
Ramon 4, Room 242.
African-American Vietnam soldiers
Wallacerr'ercy,PulitzerPrizeNomineeA: thorof
"BLOODS": The African American Experience in
Vietnam will speak tonight in the Satellite Student
Union at 7:30 p.m. Tickets a;e $2.00 for CSUF
Students, $3.00 General.
jueves, 2/22 .
More sickle cell testing
HBSA will meet at 6 p.m. in the Peters Business Building. Check bulletin board for room
number at the bottom floor.
Latino engineers to meet tonight
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
at 5 p.m. in San Ramon 3, Room 131.
The Hispanic Business Students Association will meet at 6 p.m. in the Peters Building,
Room 194C. Everyone is welcome.
El Salvador's FMLN rep.
Salvador Rodriguez, a San Francisco-based represen ta tive of El Salvador's Farabundo Marti Nation-al Liberation Front (FMLN) speaks at noon in
the Upstairs Cafeteria, Room 200.
TheSocietyofHispanicProfessionalEngineers
will meet at 5 p.m. in San Ramon 3, Room 131.
miercoles, 3/7
Multicultural week plans
The planning corn mi ttee for a multicultural week
next semester will meet today at 2 p.rn. in the USU
310.
FEBRUARY, 1990
Semana de La Raza will meet today at 3 p.m.
in San Ramon 4, Room 242.
Migrant Student Alliance will meet at 4 p.m.
in the USU. Check glass case at the south entrance
for room number.
jueves, 3/8
Homelessness to be topic
Jonathan Kozol will speak on Homelessness-in
America tonight in the Satellite Student Union at
7:30 p.m. Tickets are $2 for students, faculty and
staff and $3 for general admission.
MEChA will hold a general meeting at 4 p.m. in
the USU. Check glass case at south entrance for
room number.
miercoles, 2/28
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at 3 p.m. in San Ramon 4, Room 242.
Milr&IJt Student AI1iane will meet in the
USU at 4 p.m. Check the glass case at the south
entranc-e for room number.
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afternoon.
Law students to meet
Chicanos In Law will hold a genei-al meeting at 6
p.m. For room number or furtherinfonnation~ call
Gene at 224-6933.
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Migrant Student Alliance will sponsor a dance
ne t for scholarship money. El Dia de la Ban de
111 commemorated at this event at the Rainbow
B
m,1 725 Broadway St. in Fresno. Tickets
10 in advance or $12 at the door. For more inat~on, call Berta Gonzalez, MSA pres· nt, at
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formula of the cycle of Venus," he said.
"I had been looking for it for 20 years. I Orozco. "I~ wou1d have been impossible
"The Aztec calendar depicts this informa- first started to research the project twenty for the ~p es of the jungle such as the
·on.•
years o w en I eci ed to learn more Maya, to view the stars." he said. "It
i civilized by his discoverie ~ he
bo' t my ancestors," said Orozco.
would • ave been too c oudy. Too many
flact1uie1:1eN ·veAm ric we ·
"While oo ·ng througn a ·National. thir.g would have been in the way. So the
said.
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the pictographs depicted in
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Volume XX/,, Number 7
Prof finds historical key
Orozco says forD1ula basis for Mayan and Aztec calendars
I
a local astronomer were contacted; neither were aware of Orozco's findings.
•1 haven't heard anything about the
discovery," said Clarence Funk, president of the Central Valley Astrono•
mers.
Orozco has not let this disillusion
him. He will present sketched drawings and photos of the finding in the
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Sylvia Castro
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Even though he has evidence that
proves a Native American civilization
that once lived in the Utah area was
~dvanced enough 500 B.C. and before
to aucc:eNfully calculate the cycle of
Venus, Dr. Cecilio Orozco is far from
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aid though the discovery did not
that be and ProfNIIOI" Alf'oneo Rivas. onoCtbeUnivenityAuto omaof
happen overnight, a clue to the formula had been in frontofhim all along.
Guadallqara di1COvered a math forThe discovery, he said, will illusmula which
ict■ the chronology of
trate th ttherootofanancientAmeriVenut.
can math formul was the basis for
Rivu-Balinon is credited with deciboth the Mayan and Aztec calendars.
Pherintr the Astec calendar which is
The "key to the formula lay in picboot of the hiatory and univene of the
tographs• on tlie side of a wall in Sego
inhabitanbl of Tenochtitlan, the MexCanyon in Utah. These pictographs
ica, ■aid Orosco.
are dated 500 B.C. and before. The
'111• Joca1 media baa not been recepsame pictographs were printed in a
tift to the di11COvery. Frano ~ reNational GeographicinJanuary, 1980.
part,11' Anne Dudley told Orozco the
It tied directly to the Sun Stone, said
did not clo an article becaue her
Orozco.
aaun:eaclidnot-,reewithbiafindings.
"The pictographs in the Geographic
I.Mt month Orozco wu int.erviewed
shows a figure holding five knotted
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ftnt l'nlno interview on the diacovropes in the other. 'Ibis is the exact
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Dr. Cecilio Orozco explains his recent diticovery - a IIUltla
formula which chronicles the cycles ofVenuaM depictedon
pictographs drawn by ancient Native AmericaDL
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AOSUI' anthropologyprofeuqr and
See OROZCO, page 7
FMLN rep Feb. 25 Nicaraguan elections to be
at CSUF
watched ·closely, says Pr9f Atwood
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Eloy Garcia
LA VOZ ASSISTANT EDITOR
Although the majority ofEl Salva do s
people do not support the p esent Cristiani government, the U.S. government
has been financially upportingitfory
Wednesday Salvador Hnictr1.1:n.1A
Francisco-base repr n a ive f
Farabundo M rti N t· na
Front (FMLN) ·1
stairs Cafeteri
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port of the go
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know what is r
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do over her in the United
U.S. intervention."
Rodriguez will also be speaking on the
.i; Tovember Offensiv , the killing of the six
J esuit priest , the ·ncrease ofrepre sion
u ndertheChristianigo ernment dth
FMLN's plan for eace nd dem
So
es Infante Jr.
LA VOZSTAFFWRITER
l''ree e1,ecuan1in Nica-
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third sine the Sandinistas came to
power.
CSUF Telecommunications ProfesRita Atwood who just r eturned
ft-om Nicaragu said over 3,000 ob10r
serven from the United Nations. the
Or niz tion of Am ·can Sta .. s an
oth r "ndep.andent rganizations wi 1
istas running at 51 percent with the nearest opposition group, the United
Nicaraguan Opposition,
led by Violetta de
Chamorro, at 21 percent.
Greenberg-Lake attributes the change in the
polls to the U.S. invasion
of Panama and the U.S.
troops surrounding of th
Nicaragua n Emba ssy
during that invasi01 .
Also the killing of the
six Catholic nuns la f: 11 ·
in El Salvaaor has played
a part.
twood added that th
icaraguan government has put mo
histon- place safeguards again t what could b
cal complaint
charac- conflicts ofinterest, such as the forb ·dden
teristic ofU.S. administrations, "The elec- use of tate property for po1i ti cal purtion is ·
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pose and la s governing the u e f the
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1-\ttorney focus of debate; new senators fill ASI vacancies
We wondered if the air in rooms 312Francis wrote a letter to Cogley stating know that it's okay as far as ASI by-laws ate student in environmental health law,
314-oftheUSUwouldbeasthickasithad hiswithdrawlfromtheASiattorneyposi- go.
who had been an ASI senator for two
been toward the end of the fall semester tion because that attorney contacted was_
Tranine Bowen was appointed at this years before starting his graduate work,
after Administrative Vice President Jeff not him.
·
s~nd meeting. She filled the Senator for had been recommended by Kathleen
=Anderson •and Sen~ Ted Hallisey regis-· "It is apparent that either some attor- the School of Arts and Humanities post Solano to become Parliamentarian .
. ter~~ pe_titions for the recall ofASI Presi- ney other than me has been contacted by vacated by· Chris Haydn-Myer. Her· apIreland had been unable to come to the
. dent Karen Cogley and Legislative Vice you, Chair Solano or Mr. Lopez for legal 'poin_tment met with no opposition. She is F~b. 6 ~~ting because of sickness and
President Kathleen Solano.
·:,: a,dvice or some attorney has on his or her actiye in the African Student Union and . therefore was not ther.e·to be questioned
There was also the alleged confronta" own initiative contacted one.or.the othel' Alpha Kappa Alpha.
by the Senate about hi~ qu~1ific:ation·s
tion betweenLope;:and Anderson. Lope.z-._ of you three, provided Jegal'ady,if~ and _ · · The,seco.n d senate meeting of the se::- hold the position: Kathleen Solano had .
appi:oachedAndef.son reg~dingAnder~ . that · ad. . .
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. :m ·e =s:te
barelyfin1shedipt1i>ch1cingt:lleit.e;rnalxmt
_'s o~sdemeanorwheridealingwithwom.en:,-Vi.:se . has .
started on Ireland wben·•. Hallisey'~ }land shot up
:·m~mber.s-<(Jhe senate, .the subject of J:'· ooen· fol" .
an a;rni- -with an,::obj~~jon COilce:rning .Ire1and~s :·
ietter frorn\ Sen. :Diahann Hernandez>" lowed/'
cable note · 'absence. · ... ·. ·.··
.·. . . .
l.opez s~id he ;wa; ~ot confroritatiye dur, . w r ,() ~
with Sena' was almost:as-i(he _was prepared to :
ingtheexchange,yetAndersonrequested Francis
tor· Stacy . object to anything Solano had to .say ·
Lopez.ts :resignation along with the recajls in the let~.
·Gr~n d~s- whether it was merited.or not. While one ·
·o f Cogley and Solano.
. ..
ter.. . to
c u _s ~.i.n g might have thought°that theobjection he
·. ,. After all the effort Hallisey an·d.Ander· Cogley.
tbesuccess · registeredhadsomement, .ifwas the set
··so~ ma.de; the issue of the recalls has not
A S I
of the Afri- way in which he obj~ted that turned the
come up on the senate agenda. The center Advisor
canAmeri- focus a way from the issue. .
.
of controversy atthe first :meeting ofth~:- Rob er t .
can Re"
Anderson moved to postpone the vote
semester was John Francis, nowfomier Lun da l
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cuitment . butthepostponementfailed.Halliseywent
ASIAttorney~The~inutesoftheNov.29, said in a·phone i~terview ~ith La V~z Conferenceheldduringtheweekend.Over · onto list his other reasons such as the
1989 ASI meeting .contain a rererence
that the attorney·issue_"it's not a by•_law 700 people showe"d up. . .
man broke confidence a t an executive
an attorney beingcontacteg.. ·
issue. The issue is poiitica1." So even 1f . . The next order-- of business· was a · bit
See OPINION, page 6
Lopez did _contact another attorney, -:re . ,~orecontested.Jim}r~land, apostgradu- ·
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March activites celebrate contributions of women
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Krista Lemos
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
March 1 signals the start of Women's
Herstory Month. It is dedicated to recognizing and publicizing the successes and
achievements of minority women.
This year's theme: "Courageous Voices
Echoing in Our Lives• represents the
women who have fought t.o stake a claim
· in a male-dominated society. March's focus
will be on the women who have been or are
presently successful, to make the public
aware of the hidden individuals who have
helped shape our country into the power it
is today, a brochure distributed by
Women's Alliance read.
Traditionally, women, people of color,
and the common citizen have been silent
players in hist.ory books. Women's Herst.ory Month is an attempt to present the
multicultural aspects of our history and
~mote widespread appreciation.
The first day of the month is Women of
Color Day. The eighth wi11 feature a film
presentation focusing on South African
women as part oflnternational Women's
Day
March 16 will feature. "Take Back the
Night,• an evening where men and women
all across the nation will join together to
walk one night of the year in the safety of
numbers.
The CSUF Women's Alliance have provided a campus angle to Herst.ory month
by scheduling a number of other events
which will be held throughout the month.
March 5 there will be "Women Spirit
Evening: a celebration of woman's spiritual dimension. The evening will include
a bread ceremony, poetry, and verse readings at the University Religious Center,
2311 E. Shaw Ave.
A presentation of women's artistic ta}.
ents and diverse lifestyles will be held on
March 13 in the Industrial Arts Building,
Room 101 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
On March 19 a panel ofhistory-making
women will be present for a discussion on
women's achievements in society. The
guest speakers will be include Fresno
Mayor Karen Humphrey, Channel 30 Anchorwoman Juanita Stevenson, and Rosemary Marmar.
·
Feminist comedian Marga Gomez, who
was awarded "Outstanding Female Comedy Solo• for three consecutive years, will
be making an appearance on M~ch 30 in
IA 101 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Other events during the month include
a quilt exhibit at the Fresno Art Museum
and a women's oml history exhibit. University Democrats have also sponsored
two events, "Abortion for Survival• on
March 6 and Sen. Rose Ann Vuich who
will speak at CSUF March 9 at noon in the
Upstairs Cafeteria, Room 200.
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DE Azn.AN
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Soltero, Sara Sorta, Joseph M. Torres.
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Erle Burney, Teny Pierson and Lisa
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rial board.
Council unites cultural groups
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Chris Heredia
LA VOZ EDITOR IN CHIEF
recognition of the importance of our functions to the student body as a ~hole.~
Daves thought he was alone m the idea
of unifying cultural groups at CSUF.
Unbeknownst to him, Shana Sniffin had
also been tossing the idea around.
Sniffin had been mulling the idea of a
cultural awareness program and a weeklong festival to compliment the program.
The festival, planned for early October,
would have dance, music, food booths and
Sniffin said celebrating diversity would
be one of its main goals. She hopes an ap-
publish a monthly bulletin to provide information about events in the different
cultural groups.
AccesstoresourceswerealsoonAndres
Montoya,s mind. Montoya is ASI Senator
for the School of Social Sciences. For two
semesters he, another ASI senator and
two CSUF faculty members have been
meeting with members of the library administration t.o discuss the possibility of
expanding the Henry Madden Library's
Multicultural Center into a library.
Montoya talked, Tuesday night, about
of~c::i~ves, the council's
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coordinator, said, "I feel
that [the cultural groups]
share ... concerns ... which include low preciation for different cultures and their
membership, little or no funds for our traditions will branch from the festival,
activities and no voice in campus deci- which she says is aiming to be the size of
Vintage Days eventually.
sions."
Some ofthe goals ofthe Cultural Aware"Unde1 1 unified council, we can share
our pro. " .1~ and accomplishments... ness Program, now funded by the Universupportir : ·ach other in our food sales sity Student Union and ASI, are to estab[and] acti vely~ "bbi. g jointly before the lish a directory of the different cultural
ASI senate f au...... jonal support and g· 0ups with one-page descriptions and to
the resistance the expansion committee is
butting up against.
"The library administration opposes the
idea because it challenges the authority
within the library-. We are told we would
be breaking a code."
Montoya said he vould eventually like
to see such a librr .., have its materials
selected by ethnic 1dies professors who
Paula Valdez told herself she was going
to get more involved in campus activities
after attending the cross~ultural retreat
at Bass Lake late last month. Going to the
first meeting of the Multi-Cultural Joint
Council was her first st.ep toward that
involvement.
Valdez, a member of the Chicano Youth
Conference committee, was one of about
20 in att.endance at the Multi-Cultural
Joint Council meeting last
Tuesday.
Representatives from
Movimiento Estudiantil
Chicano de Aztlan, the
African Student Union,
South East Asian Student
Services, and Tewaquachi,
aN ative American student
organization came to find
out more about coming together under the umbrella
1
are qualified to chose relevant materials.
The expansion committee. would like t.o
see a center where matenals would remain on site rather than being shifted
from stack to stack to the center and back
to the stacks.
Sucharesourcecenter"shouldbestaffed
by a full-time librarian who knows the
material," Montoya said.
Montoya said the library wouldn,t suf.
fer an excessive expense in expanding the
center. "We are lobbying the senate for an
endowment." The endowment could be up
to $40,000 and used in
yearly increments of$4,000
for new materials and subscriptions.
Extra funds are not only
needed for reading materials, but also for cultural
events on campus. Hiring
dancers, musicians, and
preparing food for sale costs
money and ASI President
Karen Cogley, Legislative
Vice President Kathleen
Solano, and Lottery Budget
Committee member Berta
Gonzalez discussed alternate funding for such functions.
State lottery funds and the Instructional Related Activities fund are two
resources that Cogley, Solano and
Gonzalez report go untouched by cultural
groups every year.
"The money [in the IRA fund] has been
See CULTUIL:\L, page 6
FEBRUARY, 1990
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Veracruz dancers
•
energize
audience
"Nelson Mandela is free!"
Musical group, Tien Huicani, accompanies Quetzali
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Matthew Polanco
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
The students of CSUF and the community of Fresno were visited by Ballet Folklorico Quetzali de Veracruz and the musical group Tien Huicani of the University of
Veracruz, Jan. 31.
The Quetzali dance group is from the
capital city of Veracruz, Jalapa, and represents Jalapa's Department of Tourism
as ambassadors of culture, art, and goodwill.
The Quetzali dance group has performed all over the world, most recently in
the United States, Japan, Europe, and
Mexico.
With its 20 dancers, singers, and musicians together in the Satellite Student
Union, Quetzali performed the traditional
folklore of the different states of Mexico.
Dressed in beautiful, traditional costumes, all representative of different regions of Mexico, the group performed for a
standing-room-only crowd.
Quetzali, under the direction of Hugo
Bentecourt was accompanied by the musi-
cal group Tien Huicani of the University
of Veracruz. Huicani is under the direction of Alberto de la Rosa, one of the most
respected interpreters of the music of the
Veracruz region.
Tien Huicani used instruments such
as the Harpa Jorocha (folk harp), Jaranas
(small ukelele), Requint.o (four-stringed
instrument), as well as guitars and violins.
There were six couples dancing from
Quetzali, and music was played by six
musicians from Tien Huicani. The dancers performed three sets, each containing
four dances.
The perfonnance filled the audi tiori urn
with smiles and energy. Througout the
night, Quetzali shouted "gritos" at the audience. The audience was receptive.
At the end of the evening, the audience
stood and applauded. Quetzali gave an
encore dance, followed by another standing ovation.
Quetzali and them usicians talked with
the audience throughout the evening, creating a comfortable atmosphere.
Ciel Duckett plays the jembe, an African drum. In the
background, He Ayetoaje, a senior child development
major, shakes and slaps the s~k~r~ a Nigerian rattle. Both
played at Friday's African Children's Day/Nelson Mandela celebration in the SSU. Mayor Karen Humphrey proclaimed Feb. 16 Fresno African American Children's Day.
ASI elections around the corner
Elections Committee Chairman engourages 'students interested in change' to take part
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Sonya Quintana
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
With ASI elections nearing, students
interested in running for office should be
marking their calendars for pre-election
events.
The first events to take place are three
"How to" meetings, held Feb. 26 through
Feb. 28, open to all students wanting
general information on becoming a candidate.
Petition period is March 5 to March 9.
- Interested students will need to get signatures of other students who support the
candidate's placement on the ballot.
The amount of signatures varies from
position to position. ASI Presidential throughout their term in office.
Students will have another choice to
hopefuls require a minurnurn of 250 signatures. Legislative and Administrative makethisspring.Anewpositionhasbeen
Vice Presidential hopefuls need 150. The added to ballot. The Publications Com-imssion's c;harter requir.e s that one of the
numbers are lower for senators .. ,
The"All Candidates Meeting" will take student representatives on the commisplace March 12 in USU 309. Here candi- sion be elected by the student body.
Elections Committee Chairman Don
dates will learn the rules and regulations,
responsibilities and liabilities ofcampaign- Daves encourages students to run for office and that diversity on campaign ticking.
The student body can vote for their ets will result in more ideas and variety
chosen candidates between March 20 and within the ASL
Daves added that students interested
March 22. The winners will be announced
in making a change, or just giving their
on March 22.
To qualify, students must maintain at view of ideas should consider running for
least a 2.0 GPA and carry a minimum of office. "It allows students to have a voice
seven units during campaign time and in what's going on."
RosA PARKS AwARns
Cogley recognized for efforts
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Racism, social status discussed
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LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Several CSUF students and professors received the Rosa Parks Award at
a banquet Feb. 9, celebrating the 20th
anniversary of the African American
Studies Department at CSUF.
Dr. Lea Ybarra, coordinator of the
CLS department, and ASI President
Karen Cogley were two of those reci pients.
Cogley's understanding ofthe award
is that it is given to those who "carry on
the spirit of Rosa Parks."
:Rosa Parks, considered the Mother
of the Civil Rights Movement, is revered for refusing to give up her seat in
the front of the bus in 1955, going
agamst the laws and cust.oms of
Montgomery, Alabama.
Dr. James H. Rogers, CSUF professor of African American Studies and
chairman of the Rosa Parks Award
committee at CSUF, said the award,
which began in 1981, is given to students, community leaders and national
leaders who show "courage and committment to human equality and leadership."
Support group forming
Joseph M. Torres
Sonya Quintana
ASI President Karen Cogley
Dr. Rogers and the committee nominated Cogley for the award to the Rosa
Parks Foundation for her works and
committrnent to civil rights; on the positions she stands for and on her efforts to
obtain justice and equity on campus.
See AWARD, page 7
He warns that potential candidates
should realize there is a heavy workload.
Daves cautions that conflicts are inevitable and one should be willing to compromise. Executives and senators represent
a lot of people, said Daves.
Davessaidcandidatesmusthavestrong
commitment on whatever issues they
speak on and support. They must keep an
open mind, he added.
The goal is to see as many students as
possible vote. The ASI cannot get a clear
idea of what students want when only 10
percent vote. Daves added that the meetings prior to the election period are designed to "nlake [students] feel like they're
partoftheprocNS.•
Latino students who may be facing
problems adapting to the multi-cultural
campus, coping with social statusorfeelinginitimidated about speaking Spanish
may voice their concerns in a support
group forming in the Counseling Center.
Other issues such as racism and selfesteem will be topics for discussion in the
group.
The group will focus on emotional issues facing Latino students. Counselor
Dr. Esteban Sena said relationship problems and adapting to the college environment will be topics.
"We'll talk with them and find out
who their friends are and what type of
support or networking they may have,"
he said.
Counselor Josie Rangel said students
may feel intimidat.ed when speaking their
native language. Sena agreed that students will tend to speak Spanish more
among those with whom they are familiar.
This can create tension and stress
which could affect the student's studies.
There are other difficulties a Latino
student may face such as family stress
and coping with social status.
Other topics for discussion may include relating to others, racism, self-esteem and also trying to emphasize the
need for graduation. Sena said, "Not
enough [Latino] students get to college
in the first place."
Sena added that they need to not only
value their college experience, but also
graduate. "Many Latinos may not graduate because there isn't adequate support
for them."
Racism as an issue was also addressed
by the group. Sena said, "Everyone is in
the position to help solve that problem;
eradicating racism must start by learning t.o understand our fears and prejudices."
The group will provide an opportunity for Latino students to come together
and recognize the needs of others. For
more information about the group, contact either Josie Rangel or Dr. Esteban
SenaattheCounselingCenter,294-2732.
The group will meet tomorrow, Feb.
21, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Student
Health Center, Area E.
Counselor Dr. Esteban Sena said that
tbe meeting times will be flexible making the group open to those students
whose classes may fall within the two
hour meeting time.
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FEBRUARY, 1990
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
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1990 Chicano
''1990's: La Decada Para Fortalecer Nuestra
Response high for first
CYC Empowerment Panel
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Eloy Garcia
LA VOZ ASSIST ANT EDITOR
Brand new to the Chicano Youth Conference was the Student Empowerment
Panel designed to be an idea exchange
between high school and college students
and leaders in the community.
"What we're going to do here at the
empowerment panel is talk about the
' problems and issues facing your cam puses
such as racism and attitudes coming from
not only students but your teachers and
counselors. Drug and alcohol abuse are
alsotopicsthatwe willdiscuss,"saidRalph
Avitia, moderator for the student empowerment panel.
The panel consist.ad of Ben Benavidez,
stat.e president of the Mexican American
Political Association (MAPA), Don Daves,
a CSUF graduate education student, and
Irma Serrano, chairwoman of the CYC
and a sophomore liberal studies major at
A brave participant addresses the crowd at the 17th Annual CSUF.
Chicano Youth Conference.
"If each and everyone of you takes one
thing that you will learn today back to
your school, back to your neigborhood, to
your home," Benavidez said, "then it
willhavebeenavery
successful day."
Racism, Benavidez said, was listed
as the No. I concern
among the high
school students who
responded to a survey sent out by the
CYC committ.ee to
the different schools.
"I know we have a
major problem educating our young
Chicanos when the
number one issue
concerning you is
the racism you have
to put up with at
school.
"You're not receiving
Audience listens attentively to Bea Molina's keynote the education that you duly deserve. You
speech. The South Gym was filled to capacity, many deserve your education. If you go about
had to stand.
the business of thinking that you are a
second rat.e citizen, a second rate student,
a second rate person because of the color
of your skin, then I can't believe that you
truly know what
a Chicano is."
CYC Chairwoman Irma Ser-
rano spoke along these lines when she
said, "We need you to open your eyes and
see what is going on. When a t.eacher tells
you, 'You're not going to make it,' you tell
him 'yes I am.'You dare them. You do it."
Daves urged the students to get involved, "This workshop is all about empowerment. It's not just empowerment of
a few people but empowerment of all the
people of color.
"It's not a matter of sitting down and
having the attitude La Raza-Yo soy
Chicano," Daves added. "That's not good
enough. You need to get up. You need to
take the bull by the horns and you need to
make things happen because they're not
going to do it for you. They're not going to
open the door for you."
Daves continued to stress the need for
involvement, "Politics is our way ro the
future, so do something, empower yourselves. Make things happen. Don't sit back
on your morals."
A late addition to the empowerment
panel was Bea Molina, one of the keynote
speakers. "You have to get involved as
early as in high school. If no where else at
least on your campus," she said.
Members of the audience were invited
up to the microphone to pose questions to
the panel or to their peers in the audience.
One of the first students asked, "What are
we supposed to do? A lot of us Mexicans
that don't have the college preparatory
classes can't get scholarships. Some ofus
also have to work and our grades aren't
that good."
Molina retorted, "Some of you guys are
takingtheeasywayout.You'rejustgraduating with easy classes. If that's what
you're going to do, don't expect to earn a
scholarship. And about working, you're
just going to have to find a way to balance
your life between school and work like
most of us up here had to do."
Vick Zendoya, a student from Tulare
Union High School said, "I feel their is
racism in my school and I want to know
how I can fight it."
Daves responded,"You need to get involved with student government. That
way you can be part of the syst.em,youcan
change things."
Another CYC participant commented,
"I just want tot.ell everyone, that if they're
determined to do somethmg, they can do
it. I'm a teenage mother of two. I'm a
senior and right now I have five A's and a
C. I know ifl can do it everyone can do it."
Photos by
Chris Heredia
(1-r) Ralph Avitia, Ben Benavidez, Irma Serrano and Don
Da ves comprise the first CYC empowerment panel. The
topics focused on problems high school student's face.
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Juventud Atraves de la Educacion. ''
Speakers emphasize
importance of personal will
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Eloy Garcia
th~t way will society ever change," Molina
LA VOZ ASSISTANT EDITOR
said.
She said that when one faces obstacles,
she or he should always remember the
phrase, "Sise puede."
"Don't voice the negative things that
people are telling you. It may not be what
you feel but you're saying it just like
everyone is telling you. All we hear is the
negative," Molina said in response to a
student who said she couldn't make in to
a university.
"Anything can be done ifyou wantit bad
enough," said Molina, the first Chicana
president of the Mexican American Poli tical Association (MAPA). Molina now owns
IMAGEN, a Sacramento public relations
and film production firm.
"Every time I had to go to Los Angeles,"
she said, "I had to have armed body guards.
I almost got attacked, but so what. As long
as other people know we can doit, then it's
worth it."
Castro brought his speech to a close
withacoupleofsoberingquestions. "There
are going to be between 45 and 48 million
ofus here in the United States by the year
2000. But without college trained professionals, where are our leaders going to
come from? When are we going to be able
to have self
determina
tion?
"Before.,
we were outnumbered.
Now
we
have the.
numbers,
but
it
doesn'i•
mean anything unles:,
you are coll e g e
trained."
The CYC
was co-sponsored by Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) and
Associated Students, Inc.
The keynote speakers at the 17th annual Chicano Youth Conference, Sal
Castro and Beatriz Molina, both stressed
the importance of staying in school and
getting a good education.
"1990's: The Decade To Empower Chicano Youth Through Education," was the
theme of this year's conference held at
CSUF during the winter break.
"We're notgoingtomove anywhere until
we are able to educate our young people,"
Castro said.
Castro, now a dropout counselor at
Belmont High School in Los Angeles, has
been active in changing education standards for Chicanos since the "blowouts" of
the late '60s. Castro was then a teacher at
Lincoln High School. He encouraged Chicano students to walk out in protest against
inadequate academic conditions in the
schools.
In March 1968, close to 10,000 Chicano
students walked out offive high schools in
East Los Angeles.
"[Chicanos] lead the nation in college
dropouts. Less than 1 percent of our Chicanopopulationiscollege-trained. We need
much more than that. I can't stress enough
the need to get our youths educated.
"It's up to you to get your education,"
Castro said, addressing an audience of
1,600. "Most high school counselors are
blinded by your ethnicity. They won't go
out of their way to help you. You must
demand your education."
At points in her address, Molina paralled Castro's message, "You need to have
more control of your lives. You need to
make more decisions about what you want
and howyou're going to doit. You shouldn't
sit back and wait for counselors to come to
you. Go to your counselors and tell them
what you want.
"Society is opening its doors. Not because it wants to, but because it has no
alternative. Now it's up to us to take
advantage of that and the only way we can
do that is if we're educated. And only in
BeaMolina, former MAPA president speaks about
determination in obtaining an education, during
her keynote speech.
Porterville high school
studentsLorenaBaganta
and Maria Ruiz fill out
information request
forms for CSU, Bakersfield.
The night before the CYC
is filled with folder stuffing. CYC committee
members form an assembly line.
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from pg. 2
voted down and the Ireland recommendation was finally approved.
meeting and that he was against having
Turnmg to the matter of counsel for
a parliamentarian because it was the
the ASI, John Francis was finally terpro-tern's job to assist the chafrwoman.
minated as ASI counsel.
David Pinuelas spoke on Ireland's
Veda Ramsay was recommended for
behalf saying that he was very qualified
At-Large post #3. She was a Future
to hold the position, but Ireland was deBusiness Leaders ofAmerica treasurer
feated by block voting.
and Black Student Union secretary.
In some cases, however, the Senate
Other offices she held were African Stuworked together. There was a date condent Union vice-chair and the NAACP
flict between the sickle-cell anemia testsergeant-at-arms. Other clubs andcomingfor African-American month and club
mitees she has been a member of are the
awareness month and Hallisey suggested
International Club and the ASI Finance
that perhaps the two events could comand Budget committee. She is also a repliment each other.
cipient of the Rosa Parks Award.
The question oflreland for parliamenRamsay was voted in by the senate
tarian was again raised at the third meetafter Hallisey explained that he had aning this semester. Although the motion
other candidate who wasn't interviewed
to approve him failed at the previous
and he wanted to extend the deadline
meeting, he was re-entered for considfor filling post #3. Senator for the Divieration. Solano recommended Ireland.
sion of Graduate Studies and Research
Although it is the chairperson's responDavid Pinuelas said that Ramsay was
sihility torecommend the parliamentar"on-line," that she had served on the
ian, Hallisey said that once somebody
Legal and Legislative committee and
has been voted down he or she can't be
been a regular member of the gallery.
reintroduced. Nowhere in Robert's Rules
His point was that bringing in someone
oforder is this stated. On these grounds,
unfamiliar with CSUF's ASI at midHallisey appealled the chair calling it an
semester would hinder progress.
improper motion. His appeal was then
FEBRUARY, 1990
Minority Media fair held in LA
I
Jill Soltero
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Six Chicano CSUF journalism students recently attended the 11th annual Job Opportunities Conference at
the University of Southern California's
Davidson Conference Center.
The six attendees were Sonya Quintana, Sylvia Castro, Chris Heredia,
Rosemary Lopez, Sara Soria, and Jill
Soltero. All are members of the CSUF
Chicano Journalism Students Association. Tom Uribes, CJSA advisor and
CSUF Outreach public affairs specialist also attended.
The JOC is a media job conference
for minority students and professionals
who are interested in internships and
full-time employment. It is the largest
job fair on the West Coast for minorities. Over 60 recruiters representing
radio, television, and newspaper media
interviewed more than 300 applicants.
According to JOC chairwoman
Carla Aragon, "The goal of the JOC is
simple ... to place more minorities in
the newsroom and ultimately in the
boardroom."
Panel workshops were also conducted, topics included "Conducting
Your Search For Print Jobs," "Beyond
Reporting," "Explosion in Ethnic Media," "Tricks of the Trade: Secrets To
Good Reporting," and "The Elements
Of A Good Audition Tape."
The JOC was sponsored by the Los
Angeles chapter of the California
Chicano News Media Association, and
co-sponsored by the Los Angeles chapter of the Asian American Journalists
Association and the Black Journalists
Association of Southern California.
Participation has continued to increase over the years. According to
CCNMA Executive Director, Mike
Castro, "We have outgrown the
Davidson Conference Center."
MAPA president-elect says com.placency niust be overcon1e
I
Sandra Ortiz
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Educaci6n es lo que nesecitamos!"
translated, "Education is what we need!"
This theme punctuated newly-elected
President Rick Chacon's speech Friday
night at the Mexican American Political
Association Del Valle's Annual Installation and Valentine's Day dance held at
Paradise Cove in North Fresno.
The keynote speakers ci tedinadequate
education and livingstandards for Chicanos, recounting shocking stories of his
experiences with the child cancer cluster
in McFarland.
Chacon described disfigured faces
and fragile children he met and held in
McFarland. Poor living conditions was
one form of discrimination he discussed.
"We need to get involved in such programsasMEChAandRainhow Coalition
and any other organization that stresses
equality among all creeds."
Complacency is one of the toxins that
keeps our people in the camps and working in the fields, Chacon said.
"Even after we become educated we
can't forget to continue t.o go back and
educate our people; that is the sole purpose of our going to college."
Among other things, he spoke strongly
against police brutality, racism, and political defects resulting from discrimination.
Chacon spoke about gaining hands-on
experience. He remembered his studies at
CSUF when Andrea Hedgely, an African
American, was ASI president. That was
1983. Soon after the elections, discontented
voters petitioned to have Hedgely recalled.
When Chacon learned of the recall, he
joined MEChA in the fight for unification
and helped form a coalition. His efforts in
preventing the recall earned him the Rosa
Parks Award.
Chacon, a Fresno native, attended
Hoover High School, Fresno City College,
graduating ·with a BA in -economics and
DISTINCTION
Danzantes deemed official reps
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After 19 years of success, troupe acknowledged by institution
Matthew Polanco
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Los Danzantes deAztlan have been
at CSUF for 19 years and yet it was
only until this school year that they
were recognized by President Harold
Haak as official representatives of the
institution. This acknc wledgement
makes them one ofthree groups at this
university with such a distinction, a
distinction long overdue.
Along with other folkloric groups,
Danzantes were created out of a sense
of nationalism which developed during the Chicano movement of the late
'60s and '70s.
The purpose of Los Danzantes de
Aztlcin was and still is to teach folklorico dance to the Chieano commu- Two members of Danzantes practice their spins during weekly
nity. In doing this, the dances per- rehearsals.
formed by the group demonstrate the
artistic value ofMexican/Chicano culmanaging their respective studies in
nual InterUniversity Symposium held
ture.
education, business, engineering, health
in Guanajuato, Mexico in 1988, and an
The dance group was founded by
and criminology.
appearancein Tijuana,Mexicoin1989.
the Chicano-Latino Studies departAccording to Martinez the purpose
Los Danzantes de Aztlan will be
ment in 1971 and is still under the
of Danzantes are to show the beauty of
performing on March 4 at the 8th
direction of its original founder, prothe culture.
Annual Viva Mariachi Festival at the
fessor Ernesto Martinez.
Los Danzantes de Aztlan were highSelland Arena 1 on March 14 at the
Martinez teaches folklorico dance
lighted at the World Exposition in
Piccadilly Inn for the National Conat CSUF in Chicano-Latino Studies
Spokane, Washington in 1974 and since
vention of Mayors, on the week of April
106. This class is offered during the
then they have received wide acclaim
28th for the Semana de la Raza celeFall and Spring semesters and is usufor their accurate and beautiful reprebration at CSUF, and at the spring
ally at capacity. Professor Martinez
sention of the culture by several newsChicano Commencement.
said that about 90 percent the Danpaper critics and people in the folkloric
Hopefully, future plans for Los Danzantes are chosen from his classes.
community.
zantes de Aztlan will include an apMartinez said that each performer
They perform mainly in the San
pearance at the 1992 Olympic Sumworks hard to master many dances
Joaquin valley, but recent performances
mer Games in Barcelona, Spain.
from different regions of Mexico while
include an appearance at the third an-
geography from CSUF.
When asked why he thought he was
elected MAPA Del Valle president, he
said, "In the turn of our generation we
need to use different tactics and I feel I
represent those tactics."
Being a former MEChA president, he
is grateful for the support, experience and
brotherhood he shared. He hopes he will
be able to incorporate such things during
his term of MAPA Del Valle President.
New MAPA members included present
and past CSUF Mechistas. Jessica
Cabrera, Irma Serrano, and George Martinez.
CULTURAL
continued from page 7
protected. There has been an institutional
way of alloting to specific groups." The
IRA fund "has guards," said Solano.
ASI and CSUF administrations "have
persisted to block [cultural organizations]
out of the [IRA funding] process and make
sure that we are not represented."
She read a list of organizations that
received IRA funding in 1989. Less than 1
percent of the $397,000 alloted to 30 programs from the fund went to a cultural
program. Chicano and Latin American
Studies received $3,780.
Solano said "disabled students fall
through the cracks" and that the policy for
IRA funding is "interpreted very narrowly." The administrations, she said, are
"able to institutionalize [the IRAfunds]to
lock out groups."
The IRA board consists of three students and three administrators. Cogley,
ASI Senator for the School of Arts and
Humanities Tranine Bowen and Lisa
Moreno are the students on the board this
semester.
Securing a central location, a MultiCultural Center, with copy machines,
typewriters, telephones and paid staff and
advisors is a major goal of the council.
Daves described this as "a base for the
common good, so people can have access."
Cogley also cited the need for paid staff
for the center. "The assistant dean [Bob
Lundal] advises the sororities and fraternities. We should have the same resources. What we need is some equity,
advisors for our programs."
Nearly $1 million in lottery money is
available, said Berta Gonzalez, member
of the Lottery Budget Committee. She
explained that the money is usually alotted for "extras" in departments, or awards
for professors. "The money could be used
for instruments for classes rather than for
awards.
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·Center: life raft for Fresno youth
I
Matthew Polanco
LA VOZSTAFF WRITER
With the problems of gangs, drugs and alcohol,
teen pregnancy, a 50 percent dropout rate for Chicano youth at all grade levels, and poor socio-economical conditions, where are our youth going to go
for help? For some, the Chicano Youth Center is a
raft of salvation.
The Chicano Youth Center is located in Central
Fresno. It was established by Alfonso Hernandez, a
1977 CSUF graduate.
Presently, it is run by an eight-person staff under
the direction of Hernandez. The center operates by
funding provided by the United Way of Fresno, and
bytheFresnoCityandCountyParksandRecreation
and Community Services.
The center also has fifteen volunteers from the
community to make up aBoardofDirectors that help
set up various yearly events.
The center's prime objective is to provide intervention programs to prevent dropouts and juvenile
deli!}quency in the Chicano community of Fresno.
These programs attempt to do this by providing the
Chicano youth with an understanding and pride for
their cultural background, and also by encouraging
the development of their self-esteem along with
personal and educational goals.
Hernandez, who has a master's degree in social
work, said, "White middle-class youth centers don't
meet the needs of the Chicano youth. We need youth
centers specifically established for the social and
cultural needs of the Chicano community.
"Furthermore, these centers must be run and
staffed by Chicanos because only Chicanos can relate to and deal with Chicano problems."
The center provides youth with leadership devel-
Tony Torres aims for the corner pocket as friend, Robert Acuiia looks on. The two
make a game of pool a weekly tradition at Central Fresno's Chicano Youth Center.
opment through Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de
Aztlan (MEChA) at junior high schools, high schools,
and colleges throughout the San Joaquin Valley.
Hernandez said MEChA provides the youth with organizational skills so they can run meetings, and pla!;
and carry through a variety of activities with the
advise of the CYC staff.
The center deals with gang, drug and alcohol
problems, teen pregnancy, and drop out prevention through counseling and sports activities.
At the center, Chicano youth are able to participate in sports such as softball, basketball, football
and volleyball. Awards are given to winning teams
and their outstanding members.
The important concept with these activities,
outside of fun and getting the youth off the streets,
is that these activities produce self-discipline, said
Hernandez. To be successful in school and in life,
youth need self-discipline.
Education is stressed in every aspect of the
center. To be involved in any activity, one must
maintain a 2.0 GPA
The CYC has on-site activities such as painting
and selling of mural art, photography, silk screening, publication of a newsletter, and food sales.
Dances, festivals, trips to local colleges, and
S: trips outside the community are sponsored by the
S center aswell.
if
When Hernandez looked five to 10 years into
the future he said,"! would like to see more CYC's
i with the same purposes as this one here in Fresno.
~ I hope that the Chicano community will recognize
c3 the problems facing our youth and do )mething
N about it-like Volunteering."
I
Cousins Calito, Jasmine, and La:n-y Zambrano often go to the center after school
"when there are a lot of people around."
AWARD
SISTER CITY
Continued from page 1
Fresno's sister city.
Attorneys
Betsy Temple
and
Nancy
Marsh as well
Municipal
Court Judge
Armando Rodriguez and
U.S. Rep. Richard Lehman
are slated to
make the trip.
"Our goal is to report the elections
objectively, regardless of who the winners
are," said Betsy Temple. "Our report will
emanate from a position of integrity, as·
well as from our knowledge of the community we will be observing."
Some of their duties will be to interviewthe candidates and other members of
the µolit~- 1.l p,
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ernment and election officials. They wi1l
also meet with other election observation
teams.
Fresno is one of 34 cities in two states
who are sending delegations to the elections.
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The delegations will provide copies of
their reports to the Supreme Electoral
Council, an independent branch of Nicaragua's government overseeing the elections and to U.S. political and media representatives.
Nicaragua will be electing its President, Vice President, members of the
national assembly and members of 143
However, the world's attention wilJ be
focused on the race between incumbent
Daniel Ortega and opposition candidate
Violeta de Chamorro.
Although every international observation report stated that the 1984 elections were fairly
and openly conducted, the U.S.
government refused to recognize Ortega's
victory in the
elections calling
it a "sham," according to the
Fresno/Telpaneca Sister City Project.
This refusal has provided the basis for
continued U.S.-sponsored terrorism. The
presence of over 3,000 observers from all
over the world is intended to keep a repeat of1984 from occurring said the Sister ~ity Project.
Temple said, "We are comitted to
maintaining our int;P~h , :,., the proc-
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Continued from page 3
Cogley's activities have demonstrated
her strong beliefs of equality and justice.
She is involved with the Mexican American Political Association del Valle, Rainbow Coalition, the National Organization
for Women and different peace groups.
Cogley said she has learned from the
campus and the community how critical it
is for Chicanos, African Americans, women,
and other underrepresented groups to work
for those causes.
Ybarra and Richard Keyes, chairman
of the African American studies program,
both received an award for their outstanding community service.
Other student recipi_e nts were Veda
Ramsey of the African American Student
Union, and Victoria Sann
Coordinator
of the South African Project at CSUF.
Dr. Izumi Taniguchi, received a special
award for his academic leadership.
CSUF students who are invol vedin the
· struggle for power and justice. "One
hundred others could have received the
award."
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martes, 2/20
'Roots II' shown tonight at SSU
Topic: Complacency in America
Charlayne Hunter-Gault will speak to the theme:
"A Nation Divided: The New Complacency in
America" tonight at 7:30 p.rn. in the SSU. Tickets
are $2.00 for students, faculty and staff, $3.00 general.
"Roots Part II" will be shown tonight at the Satellite Student Union. Check the USU Information
Window for times.
lunes, 2/26
miercoles, 2/21
Free sickle cell testing at SSU
The Budweiser Health Mobile will give free testing for Sickle Cell at the SSU this morning and
afternoon.
Plans for Semana de La Raza
The Semana de la Raza committee welcomes
everyone to help plan Cinco de Mayo activities
during the week of April 30 to May 5. Semana
meetings are evecy Wednesday at 3 p.rn. in San
Ramon 4, Room 242.
African-American Vietnam soldiers
Wallacerr'ercy,PulitzerPrizeNomineeA: thorof
"BLOODS": The African American Experience in
Vietnam will speak tonight in the Satellite Student
Union at 7:30 p.m. Tickets a;e $2.00 for CSUF
Students, $3.00 General.
jueves, 2/22 .
More sickle cell testing
HBSA will meet at 6 p.m. in the Peters Business Building. Check bulletin board for room
number at the bottom floor.
Latino engineers to meet tonight
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
at 5 p.m. in San Ramon 3, Room 131.
The Hispanic Business Students Association will meet at 6 p.m. in the Peters Building,
Room 194C. Everyone is welcome.
El Salvador's FMLN rep.
Salvador Rodriguez, a San Francisco-based represen ta tive of El Salvador's Farabundo Marti Nation-al Liberation Front (FMLN) speaks at noon in
the Upstairs Cafeteria, Room 200.
TheSocietyofHispanicProfessionalEngineers
will meet at 5 p.m. in San Ramon 3, Room 131.
miercoles, 3/7
Multicultural week plans
The planning corn mi ttee for a multicultural week
next semester will meet today at 2 p.rn. in the USU
310.
FEBRUARY, 1990
Semana de La Raza will meet today at 3 p.m.
in San Ramon 4, Room 242.
Migrant Student Alliance will meet at 4 p.m.
in the USU. Check glass case at the south entrance
for room number.
jueves, 3/8
Homelessness to be topic
Jonathan Kozol will speak on Homelessness-in
America tonight in the Satellite Student Union at
7:30 p.m. Tickets are $2 for students, faculty and
staff and $3 for general admission.
MEChA will hold a general meeting at 4 p.m. in
the USU. Check glass case at south entrance for
room number.
miercoles, 2/28
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p.m. For room number or furtherinfonnation~ call
Gene at 224-6933.
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\'lesoarnerican calendars taught in schoo ..hat the opposite 9 true. of the four rivers.
d prior to the coming of the Europeans. It was the foreigners who 'educated' the
"Knowledge of the stars all over the
e knots are the key in deciphering the natives of the land."
world originates in the deserts." said
formula of the cycle of Venus," he said.
"I had been looking for it for 20 years. I Orozco. "I~ wou1d have been impossible
"The Aztec calendar depicts this informa- first started to research the project twenty for the ~p es of the jungle such as the
·on.•
years o w en I eci ed to learn more Maya, to view the stars." he said. "It
i civilized by his discoverie ~ he
bo' t my ancestors," said Orozco.
would • ave been too c oudy. Too many
flact1uie1:1eN ·veAm ric we ·
"While oo ·ng througn a ·National. thir.g would have been in the way. So the
said.
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the pictographs depicted in
th
Ge graphic. iVestoodinawe
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fiv
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California State University,, Fresno
Volume XX/,, Number 7
Prof finds historical key
Orozco says forD1ula basis for Mayan and Aztec calendars
I
a local astronomer were contacted; neither were aware of Orozco's findings.
•1 haven't heard anything about the
discovery," said Clarence Funk, president of the Central Valley Astrono•
mers.
Orozco has not let this disillusion
him. He will present sketched drawings and photos of the finding in the
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Sylvia Castro
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Even though he has evidence that
proves a Native American civilization
that once lived in the Utah area was
~dvanced enough 500 B.C. and before
to aucc:eNfully calculate the cycle of
Venus, Dr. Cecilio Orozco is far from
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aid though the discovery did not
that be and ProfNIIOI" Alf'oneo Rivas. onoCtbeUnivenityAuto omaof
happen overnight, a clue to the formula had been in frontofhim all along.
Guadallqara di1COvered a math forThe discovery, he said, will illusmula which
ict■ the chronology of
trate th ttherootofanancientAmeriVenut.
can math formul was the basis for
Rivu-Balinon is credited with deciboth the Mayan and Aztec calendars.
Pherintr the Astec calendar which is
The "key to the formula lay in picboot of the hiatory and univene of the
tographs• on tlie side of a wall in Sego
inhabitanbl of Tenochtitlan, the MexCanyon in Utah. These pictographs
ica, ■aid Orosco.
are dated 500 B.C. and before. The
'111• Joca1 media baa not been recepsame pictographs were printed in a
tift to the di11COvery. Frano ~ reNational GeographicinJanuary, 1980.
part,11' Anne Dudley told Orozco the
It tied directly to the Sun Stone, said
did not clo an article becaue her
Orozco.
aaun:eaclidnot-,reewithbiafindings.
"The pictographs in the Geographic
I.Mt month Orozco wu int.erviewed
shows a figure holding five knotted
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ropes in one hand and eight knotted
ftnt l'nlno interview on the diacovropes in the other. 'Ibis is the exact
ay. Ha .,.. alao inteniewed on the
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Dr. Cecilio Orozco explains his recent diticovery - a IIUltla
formula which chronicles the cycles ofVenuaM depictedon
pictographs drawn by ancient Native AmericaDL
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AOSUI' anthropologyprofeuqr and
See OROZCO, page 7
FMLN rep Feb. 25 Nicaraguan elections to be
at CSUF
watched ·closely, says Pr9f Atwood
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Eloy Garcia
LA VOZ ASSISTANT EDITOR
Although the majority ofEl Salva do s
people do not support the p esent Cristiani government, the U.S. government
has been financially upportingitfory
Wednesday Salvador Hnictr1.1:n.1A
Francisco-base repr n a ive f
Farabundo M rti N t· na
Front (FMLN) ·1
stairs Cafeteri
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emment.Due
port of the go
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dr Gutierrez,
Estudiantil Ch
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know what is r
dorand ... pl ad
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do over her in the United
U.S. intervention."
Rodriguez will also be speaking on the
.i; Tovember Offensiv , the killing of the six
J esuit priest , the ·ncrease ofrepre sion
u ndertheChristianigo ernment dth
FMLN's plan for eace nd dem
So
es Infante Jr.
LA VOZSTAFFWRITER
l''ree e1,ecuan1in Nica-
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Feb.25.
Four
to Ni
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third sine the Sandinistas came to
power.
CSUF Telecommunications ProfesRita Atwood who just r eturned
ft-om Nicaragu said over 3,000 ob10r
serven from the United Nations. the
Or niz tion of Am ·can Sta .. s an
oth r "ndep.andent rganizations wi 1
istas running at 51 percent with the nearest opposition group, the United
Nicaraguan Opposition,
led by Violetta de
Chamorro, at 21 percent.
Greenberg-Lake attributes the change in the
polls to the U.S. invasion
of Panama and the U.S.
troops surrounding of th
Nicaragua n Emba ssy
during that invasi01 .
Also the killing of the
six Catholic nuns la f: 11 ·
in El Salvaaor has played
a part.
twood added that th
icaraguan government has put mo
histon- place safeguards again t what could b
cal complaint
charac- conflicts ofinterest, such as the forb ·dden
teristic ofU.S. administrations, "The elec- use of tate property for po1i ti cal purtion is ·
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pose and la s governing the u e f the
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1-\ttorney focus of debate; new senators fill ASI vacancies
We wondered if the air in rooms 312Francis wrote a letter to Cogley stating know that it's okay as far as ASI by-laws ate student in environmental health law,
314-oftheUSUwouldbeasthickasithad hiswithdrawlfromtheASiattorneyposi- go.
who had been an ASI senator for two
been toward the end of the fall semester tion because that attorney contacted was_
Tranine Bowen was appointed at this years before starting his graduate work,
after Administrative Vice President Jeff not him.
·
s~nd meeting. She filled the Senator for had been recommended by Kathleen
=Anderson •and Sen~ Ted Hallisey regis-· "It is apparent that either some attor- the School of Arts and Humanities post Solano to become Parliamentarian .
. ter~~ pe_titions for the recall ofASI Presi- ney other than me has been contacted by vacated by· Chris Haydn-Myer. Her· apIreland had been unable to come to the
. dent Karen Cogley and Legislative Vice you, Chair Solano or Mr. Lopez for legal 'poin_tment met with no opposition. She is F~b. 6 ~~ting because of sickness and
President Kathleen Solano.
·:,: a,dvice or some attorney has on his or her actiye in the African Student Union and . therefore was not ther.e·to be questioned
There was also the alleged confronta" own initiative contacted one.or.the othel' Alpha Kappa Alpha.
by the Senate about hi~ qu~1ific:ation·s
tion betweenLope;:and Anderson. Lope.z-._ of you three, provided Jegal'ady,if~ and _ · · The,seco.n d senate meeting of the se::- hold the position: Kathleen Solano had .
appi:oachedAndef.son reg~dingAnder~ . that · ad. . .
..•.
. .
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. :m ·e =s:te
barelyfin1shedipt1i>ch1cingt:lleit.e;rnalxmt
_'s o~sdemeanorwheridealingwithwom.en:,-Vi.:se . has .
started on Ireland wben·•. Hallisey'~ }land shot up
:·m~mber.s-<(Jhe senate, .the subject of J:'· ooen· fol" .
an a;rni- -with an,::obj~~jon COilce:rning .Ire1and~s :·
ietter frorn\ Sen. :Diahann Hernandez>" lowed/'
cable note · 'absence. · ... ·. ·.··
.·. . . .
l.opez s~id he ;wa; ~ot confroritatiye dur, . w r ,() ~
with Sena' was almost:as-i(he _was prepared to :
ingtheexchange,yetAndersonrequested Francis
tor· Stacy . object to anything Solano had to .say ·
Lopez.ts :resignation along with the recajls in the let~.
·Gr~n d~s- whether it was merited.or not. While one ·
·o f Cogley and Solano.
. ..
ter.. . to
c u _s ~.i.n g might have thought°that theobjection he
·. ,. After all the effort Hallisey an·d.Ander· Cogley.
tbesuccess · registeredhadsomement, .ifwas the set
··so~ ma.de; the issue of the recalls has not
A S I
of the Afri- way in which he obj~ted that turned the
come up on the senate agenda. The center Advisor
canAmeri- focus a way from the issue. .
.
of controversy atthe first :meeting ofth~:- Rob er t .
can Re"
Anderson moved to postpone the vote
semester was John Francis, nowfomier Lun da l
.
cuitment . butthepostponementfailed.Halliseywent
ASIAttorney~The~inutesoftheNov.29, said in a·phone i~terview ~ith La V~z Conferenceheldduringtheweekend.Over · onto list his other reasons such as the
1989 ASI meeting .contain a rererence
that the attorney·issue_"it's not a by•_law 700 people showe"d up. . .
man broke confidence a t an executive
an attorney beingcontacteg.. ·
issue. The issue is poiitica1." So even 1f . . The next order-- of business· was a · bit
See OPINION, page 6
Lopez did _contact another attorney, -:re . ,~orecontested.Jim}r~land, apostgradu- ·
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March activites celebrate contributions of women
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Krista Lemos
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
March 1 signals the start of Women's
Herstory Month. It is dedicated to recognizing and publicizing the successes and
achievements of minority women.
This year's theme: "Courageous Voices
Echoing in Our Lives• represents the
women who have fought t.o stake a claim
· in a male-dominated society. March's focus
will be on the women who have been or are
presently successful, to make the public
aware of the hidden individuals who have
helped shape our country into the power it
is today, a brochure distributed by
Women's Alliance read.
Traditionally, women, people of color,
and the common citizen have been silent
players in hist.ory books. Women's Herst.ory Month is an attempt to present the
multicultural aspects of our history and
~mote widespread appreciation.
The first day of the month is Women of
Color Day. The eighth wi11 feature a film
presentation focusing on South African
women as part oflnternational Women's
Day
March 16 will feature. "Take Back the
Night,• an evening where men and women
all across the nation will join together to
walk one night of the year in the safety of
numbers.
The CSUF Women's Alliance have provided a campus angle to Herst.ory month
by scheduling a number of other events
which will be held throughout the month.
March 5 there will be "Women Spirit
Evening: a celebration of woman's spiritual dimension. The evening will include
a bread ceremony, poetry, and verse readings at the University Religious Center,
2311 E. Shaw Ave.
A presentation of women's artistic ta}.
ents and diverse lifestyles will be held on
March 13 in the Industrial Arts Building,
Room 101 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
On March 19 a panel ofhistory-making
women will be present for a discussion on
women's achievements in society. The
guest speakers will be include Fresno
Mayor Karen Humphrey, Channel 30 Anchorwoman Juanita Stevenson, and Rosemary Marmar.
·
Feminist comedian Marga Gomez, who
was awarded "Outstanding Female Comedy Solo• for three consecutive years, will
be making an appearance on M~ch 30 in
IA 101 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Other events during the month include
a quilt exhibit at the Fresno Art Museum
and a women's oml history exhibit. University Democrats have also sponsored
two events, "Abortion for Survival• on
March 6 and Sen. Rose Ann Vuich who
will speak at CSUF March 9 at noon in the
Upstairs Cafeteria, Room 200.
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DE Azn.AN
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Infante Jr., Krlsta Lemos, Rosemary
Lopez, Sandra D. Ortiz, Matthew
Polanco, Brooke Primero, Al Robles, Jill
Soltero, Sara Sorta, Joseph M. Torres.
Photographers- Laura Hernandez,
Jose Luis Gil, Angel De Jesus.
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The La Voz staff would like to thank
Erle Burney, Teny Pierson and Lisa
McKinney of The Dally Collegian Staff.
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Collegfan or La Vo1WeAztlan and tts staff'. Unstgned
edttonals are the majo_rtty opmion of the paper's edlto·
rial board.
Council unites cultural groups
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Chris Heredia
LA VOZ EDITOR IN CHIEF
recognition of the importance of our functions to the student body as a ~hole.~
Daves thought he was alone m the idea
of unifying cultural groups at CSUF.
Unbeknownst to him, Shana Sniffin had
also been tossing the idea around.
Sniffin had been mulling the idea of a
cultural awareness program and a weeklong festival to compliment the program.
The festival, planned for early October,
would have dance, music, food booths and
Sniffin said celebrating diversity would
be one of its main goals. She hopes an ap-
publish a monthly bulletin to provide information about events in the different
cultural groups.
AccesstoresourceswerealsoonAndres
Montoya,s mind. Montoya is ASI Senator
for the School of Social Sciences. For two
semesters he, another ASI senator and
two CSUF faculty members have been
meeting with members of the library administration t.o discuss the possibility of
expanding the Henry Madden Library's
Multicultural Center into a library.
Montoya talked, Tuesday night, about
of~c::i~ves, the council's
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coordinator, said, "I feel
that [the cultural groups]
share ... concerns ... which include low preciation for different cultures and their
membership, little or no funds for our traditions will branch from the festival,
activities and no voice in campus deci- which she says is aiming to be the size of
Vintage Days eventually.
sions."
Some ofthe goals ofthe Cultural Aware"Unde1 1 unified council, we can share
our pro. " .1~ and accomplishments... ness Program, now funded by the Universupportir : ·ach other in our food sales sity Student Union and ASI, are to estab[and] acti vely~ "bbi. g jointly before the lish a directory of the different cultural
ASI senate f au...... jonal support and g· 0ups with one-page descriptions and to
the resistance the expansion committee is
butting up against.
"The library administration opposes the
idea because it challenges the authority
within the library-. We are told we would
be breaking a code."
Montoya said he vould eventually like
to see such a librr .., have its materials
selected by ethnic 1dies professors who
Paula Valdez told herself she was going
to get more involved in campus activities
after attending the cross~ultural retreat
at Bass Lake late last month. Going to the
first meeting of the Multi-Cultural Joint
Council was her first st.ep toward that
involvement.
Valdez, a member of the Chicano Youth
Conference committee, was one of about
20 in att.endance at the Multi-Cultural
Joint Council meeting last
Tuesday.
Representatives from
Movimiento Estudiantil
Chicano de Aztlan, the
African Student Union,
South East Asian Student
Services, and Tewaquachi,
aN ative American student
organization came to find
out more about coming together under the umbrella
1
are qualified to chose relevant materials.
The expansion committee. would like t.o
see a center where matenals would remain on site rather than being shifted
from stack to stack to the center and back
to the stacks.
Sucharesourcecenter"shouldbestaffed
by a full-time librarian who knows the
material," Montoya said.
Montoya said the library wouldn,t suf.
fer an excessive expense in expanding the
center. "We are lobbying the senate for an
endowment." The endowment could be up
to $40,000 and used in
yearly increments of$4,000
for new materials and subscriptions.
Extra funds are not only
needed for reading materials, but also for cultural
events on campus. Hiring
dancers, musicians, and
preparing food for sale costs
money and ASI President
Karen Cogley, Legislative
Vice President Kathleen
Solano, and Lottery Budget
Committee member Berta
Gonzalez discussed alternate funding for such functions.
State lottery funds and the Instructional Related Activities fund are two
resources that Cogley, Solano and
Gonzalez report go untouched by cultural
groups every year.
"The money [in the IRA fund] has been
See CULTUIL:\L, page 6
FEBRUARY, 1990
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Veracruz dancers
•
energize
audience
"Nelson Mandela is free!"
Musical group, Tien Huicani, accompanies Quetzali
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Matthew Polanco
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
The students of CSUF and the community of Fresno were visited by Ballet Folklorico Quetzali de Veracruz and the musical group Tien Huicani of the University of
Veracruz, Jan. 31.
The Quetzali dance group is from the
capital city of Veracruz, Jalapa, and represents Jalapa's Department of Tourism
as ambassadors of culture, art, and goodwill.
The Quetzali dance group has performed all over the world, most recently in
the United States, Japan, Europe, and
Mexico.
With its 20 dancers, singers, and musicians together in the Satellite Student
Union, Quetzali performed the traditional
folklore of the different states of Mexico.
Dressed in beautiful, traditional costumes, all representative of different regions of Mexico, the group performed for a
standing-room-only crowd.
Quetzali, under the direction of Hugo
Bentecourt was accompanied by the musi-
cal group Tien Huicani of the University
of Veracruz. Huicani is under the direction of Alberto de la Rosa, one of the most
respected interpreters of the music of the
Veracruz region.
Tien Huicani used instruments such
as the Harpa Jorocha (folk harp), Jaranas
(small ukelele), Requint.o (four-stringed
instrument), as well as guitars and violins.
There were six couples dancing from
Quetzali, and music was played by six
musicians from Tien Huicani. The dancers performed three sets, each containing
four dances.
The perfonnance filled the audi tiori urn
with smiles and energy. Througout the
night, Quetzali shouted "gritos" at the audience. The audience was receptive.
At the end of the evening, the audience
stood and applauded. Quetzali gave an
encore dance, followed by another standing ovation.
Quetzali and them usicians talked with
the audience throughout the evening, creating a comfortable atmosphere.
Ciel Duckett plays the jembe, an African drum. In the
background, He Ayetoaje, a senior child development
major, shakes and slaps the s~k~r~ a Nigerian rattle. Both
played at Friday's African Children's Day/Nelson Mandela celebration in the SSU. Mayor Karen Humphrey proclaimed Feb. 16 Fresno African American Children's Day.
ASI elections around the corner
Elections Committee Chairman engourages 'students interested in change' to take part
I
Sonya Quintana
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
With ASI elections nearing, students
interested in running for office should be
marking their calendars for pre-election
events.
The first events to take place are three
"How to" meetings, held Feb. 26 through
Feb. 28, open to all students wanting
general information on becoming a candidate.
Petition period is March 5 to March 9.
- Interested students will need to get signatures of other students who support the
candidate's placement on the ballot.
The amount of signatures varies from
position to position. ASI Presidential throughout their term in office.
Students will have another choice to
hopefuls require a minurnurn of 250 signatures. Legislative and Administrative makethisspring.Anewpositionhasbeen
Vice Presidential hopefuls need 150. The added to ballot. The Publications Com-imssion's c;harter requir.e s that one of the
numbers are lower for senators .. ,
The"All Candidates Meeting" will take student representatives on the commisplace March 12 in USU 309. Here candi- sion be elected by the student body.
Elections Committee Chairman Don
dates will learn the rules and regulations,
responsibilities and liabilities ofcampaign- Daves encourages students to run for office and that diversity on campaign ticking.
The student body can vote for their ets will result in more ideas and variety
chosen candidates between March 20 and within the ASL
Daves added that students interested
March 22. The winners will be announced
in making a change, or just giving their
on March 22.
To qualify, students must maintain at view of ideas should consider running for
least a 2.0 GPA and carry a minimum of office. "It allows students to have a voice
seven units during campaign time and in what's going on."
RosA PARKS AwARns
Cogley recognized for efforts
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Racism, social status discussed
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LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Several CSUF students and professors received the Rosa Parks Award at
a banquet Feb. 9, celebrating the 20th
anniversary of the African American
Studies Department at CSUF.
Dr. Lea Ybarra, coordinator of the
CLS department, and ASI President
Karen Cogley were two of those reci pients.
Cogley's understanding ofthe award
is that it is given to those who "carry on
the spirit of Rosa Parks."
:Rosa Parks, considered the Mother
of the Civil Rights Movement, is revered for refusing to give up her seat in
the front of the bus in 1955, going
agamst the laws and cust.oms of
Montgomery, Alabama.
Dr. James H. Rogers, CSUF professor of African American Studies and
chairman of the Rosa Parks Award
committee at CSUF, said the award,
which began in 1981, is given to students, community leaders and national
leaders who show "courage and committment to human equality and leadership."
Support group forming
Joseph M. Torres
Sonya Quintana
ASI President Karen Cogley
Dr. Rogers and the committee nominated Cogley for the award to the Rosa
Parks Foundation for her works and
committrnent to civil rights; on the positions she stands for and on her efforts to
obtain justice and equity on campus.
See AWARD, page 7
He warns that potential candidates
should realize there is a heavy workload.
Daves cautions that conflicts are inevitable and one should be willing to compromise. Executives and senators represent
a lot of people, said Daves.
Davessaidcandidatesmusthavestrong
commitment on whatever issues they
speak on and support. They must keep an
open mind, he added.
The goal is to see as many students as
possible vote. The ASI cannot get a clear
idea of what students want when only 10
percent vote. Daves added that the meetings prior to the election period are designed to "nlake [students] feel like they're
partoftheprocNS.•
Latino students who may be facing
problems adapting to the multi-cultural
campus, coping with social statusorfeelinginitimidated about speaking Spanish
may voice their concerns in a support
group forming in the Counseling Center.
Other issues such as racism and selfesteem will be topics for discussion in the
group.
The group will focus on emotional issues facing Latino students. Counselor
Dr. Esteban Sena said relationship problems and adapting to the college environment will be topics.
"We'll talk with them and find out
who their friends are and what type of
support or networking they may have,"
he said.
Counselor Josie Rangel said students
may feel intimidat.ed when speaking their
native language. Sena agreed that students will tend to speak Spanish more
among those with whom they are familiar.
This can create tension and stress
which could affect the student's studies.
There are other difficulties a Latino
student may face such as family stress
and coping with social status.
Other topics for discussion may include relating to others, racism, self-esteem and also trying to emphasize the
need for graduation. Sena said, "Not
enough [Latino] students get to college
in the first place."
Sena added that they need to not only
value their college experience, but also
graduate. "Many Latinos may not graduate because there isn't adequate support
for them."
Racism as an issue was also addressed
by the group. Sena said, "Everyone is in
the position to help solve that problem;
eradicating racism must start by learning t.o understand our fears and prejudices."
The group will provide an opportunity for Latino students to come together
and recognize the needs of others. For
more information about the group, contact either Josie Rangel or Dr. Esteban
SenaattheCounselingCenter,294-2732.
The group will meet tomorrow, Feb.
21, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Student
Health Center, Area E.
Counselor Dr. Esteban Sena said that
tbe meeting times will be flexible making the group open to those students
whose classes may fall within the two
hour meeting time.
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FEBRUARY, 1990
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
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1990 Chicano
''1990's: La Decada Para Fortalecer Nuestra
Response high for first
CYC Empowerment Panel
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Eloy Garcia
LA VOZ ASSIST ANT EDITOR
Brand new to the Chicano Youth Conference was the Student Empowerment
Panel designed to be an idea exchange
between high school and college students
and leaders in the community.
"What we're going to do here at the
empowerment panel is talk about the
' problems and issues facing your cam puses
such as racism and attitudes coming from
not only students but your teachers and
counselors. Drug and alcohol abuse are
alsotopicsthatwe willdiscuss,"saidRalph
Avitia, moderator for the student empowerment panel.
The panel consist.ad of Ben Benavidez,
stat.e president of the Mexican American
Political Association (MAPA), Don Daves,
a CSUF graduate education student, and
Irma Serrano, chairwoman of the CYC
and a sophomore liberal studies major at
A brave participant addresses the crowd at the 17th Annual CSUF.
Chicano Youth Conference.
"If each and everyone of you takes one
thing that you will learn today back to
your school, back to your neigborhood, to
your home," Benavidez said, "then it
willhavebeenavery
successful day."
Racism, Benavidez said, was listed
as the No. I concern
among the high
school students who
responded to a survey sent out by the
CYC committ.ee to
the different schools.
"I know we have a
major problem educating our young
Chicanos when the
number one issue
concerning you is
the racism you have
to put up with at
school.
"You're not receiving
Audience listens attentively to Bea Molina's keynote the education that you duly deserve. You
speech. The South Gym was filled to capacity, many deserve your education. If you go about
had to stand.
the business of thinking that you are a
second rat.e citizen, a second rate student,
a second rate person because of the color
of your skin, then I can't believe that you
truly know what
a Chicano is."
CYC Chairwoman Irma Ser-
rano spoke along these lines when she
said, "We need you to open your eyes and
see what is going on. When a t.eacher tells
you, 'You're not going to make it,' you tell
him 'yes I am.'You dare them. You do it."
Daves urged the students to get involved, "This workshop is all about empowerment. It's not just empowerment of
a few people but empowerment of all the
people of color.
"It's not a matter of sitting down and
having the attitude La Raza-Yo soy
Chicano," Daves added. "That's not good
enough. You need to get up. You need to
take the bull by the horns and you need to
make things happen because they're not
going to do it for you. They're not going to
open the door for you."
Daves continued to stress the need for
involvement, "Politics is our way ro the
future, so do something, empower yourselves. Make things happen. Don't sit back
on your morals."
A late addition to the empowerment
panel was Bea Molina, one of the keynote
speakers. "You have to get involved as
early as in high school. If no where else at
least on your campus," she said.
Members of the audience were invited
up to the microphone to pose questions to
the panel or to their peers in the audience.
One of the first students asked, "What are
we supposed to do? A lot of us Mexicans
that don't have the college preparatory
classes can't get scholarships. Some ofus
also have to work and our grades aren't
that good."
Molina retorted, "Some of you guys are
takingtheeasywayout.You'rejustgraduating with easy classes. If that's what
you're going to do, don't expect to earn a
scholarship. And about working, you're
just going to have to find a way to balance
your life between school and work like
most of us up here had to do."
Vick Zendoya, a student from Tulare
Union High School said, "I feel their is
racism in my school and I want to know
how I can fight it."
Daves responded,"You need to get involved with student government. That
way you can be part of the syst.em,youcan
change things."
Another CYC participant commented,
"I just want tot.ell everyone, that if they're
determined to do somethmg, they can do
it. I'm a teenage mother of two. I'm a
senior and right now I have five A's and a
C. I know ifl can do it everyone can do it."
Photos by
Chris Heredia
(1-r) Ralph Avitia, Ben Benavidez, Irma Serrano and Don
Da ves comprise the first CYC empowerment panel. The
topics focused on problems high school student's face.
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Juventud Atraves de la Educacion. ''
Speakers emphasize
importance of personal will
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Eloy Garcia
th~t way will society ever change," Molina
LA VOZ ASSISTANT EDITOR
said.
She said that when one faces obstacles,
she or he should always remember the
phrase, "Sise puede."
"Don't voice the negative things that
people are telling you. It may not be what
you feel but you're saying it just like
everyone is telling you. All we hear is the
negative," Molina said in response to a
student who said she couldn't make in to
a university.
"Anything can be done ifyou wantit bad
enough," said Molina, the first Chicana
president of the Mexican American Poli tical Association (MAPA). Molina now owns
IMAGEN, a Sacramento public relations
and film production firm.
"Every time I had to go to Los Angeles,"
she said, "I had to have armed body guards.
I almost got attacked, but so what. As long
as other people know we can doit, then it's
worth it."
Castro brought his speech to a close
withacoupleofsoberingquestions. "There
are going to be between 45 and 48 million
ofus here in the United States by the year
2000. But without college trained professionals, where are our leaders going to
come from? When are we going to be able
to have self
determina
tion?
"Before.,
we were outnumbered.
Now
we
have the.
numbers,
but
it
doesn'i•
mean anything unles:,
you are coll e g e
trained."
The CYC
was co-sponsored by Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) and
Associated Students, Inc.
The keynote speakers at the 17th annual Chicano Youth Conference, Sal
Castro and Beatriz Molina, both stressed
the importance of staying in school and
getting a good education.
"1990's: The Decade To Empower Chicano Youth Through Education," was the
theme of this year's conference held at
CSUF during the winter break.
"We're notgoingtomove anywhere until
we are able to educate our young people,"
Castro said.
Castro, now a dropout counselor at
Belmont High School in Los Angeles, has
been active in changing education standards for Chicanos since the "blowouts" of
the late '60s. Castro was then a teacher at
Lincoln High School. He encouraged Chicano students to walk out in protest against
inadequate academic conditions in the
schools.
In March 1968, close to 10,000 Chicano
students walked out offive high schools in
East Los Angeles.
"[Chicanos] lead the nation in college
dropouts. Less than 1 percent of our Chicanopopulationiscollege-trained. We need
much more than that. I can't stress enough
the need to get our youths educated.
"It's up to you to get your education,"
Castro said, addressing an audience of
1,600. "Most high school counselors are
blinded by your ethnicity. They won't go
out of their way to help you. You must
demand your education."
At points in her address, Molina paralled Castro's message, "You need to have
more control of your lives. You need to
make more decisions about what you want
and howyou're going to doit. You shouldn't
sit back and wait for counselors to come to
you. Go to your counselors and tell them
what you want.
"Society is opening its doors. Not because it wants to, but because it has no
alternative. Now it's up to us to take
advantage of that and the only way we can
do that is if we're educated. And only in
BeaMolina, former MAPA president speaks about
determination in obtaining an education, during
her keynote speech.
Porterville high school
studentsLorenaBaganta
and Maria Ruiz fill out
information request
forms for CSU, Bakersfield.
The night before the CYC
is filled with folder stuffing. CYC committee
members form an assembly line.
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from pg. 2
voted down and the Ireland recommendation was finally approved.
meeting and that he was against having
Turnmg to the matter of counsel for
a parliamentarian because it was the
the ASI, John Francis was finally terpro-tern's job to assist the chafrwoman.
minated as ASI counsel.
David Pinuelas spoke on Ireland's
Veda Ramsay was recommended for
behalf saying that he was very qualified
At-Large post #3. She was a Future
to hold the position, but Ireland was deBusiness Leaders ofAmerica treasurer
feated by block voting.
and Black Student Union secretary.
In some cases, however, the Senate
Other offices she held were African Stuworked together. There was a date condent Union vice-chair and the NAACP
flict between the sickle-cell anemia testsergeant-at-arms. Other clubs andcomingfor African-American month and club
mitees she has been a member of are the
awareness month and Hallisey suggested
International Club and the ASI Finance
that perhaps the two events could comand Budget committee. She is also a repliment each other.
cipient of the Rosa Parks Award.
The question oflreland for parliamenRamsay was voted in by the senate
tarian was again raised at the third meetafter Hallisey explained that he had aning this semester. Although the motion
other candidate who wasn't interviewed
to approve him failed at the previous
and he wanted to extend the deadline
meeting, he was re-entered for considfor filling post #3. Senator for the Divieration. Solano recommended Ireland.
sion of Graduate Studies and Research
Although it is the chairperson's responDavid Pinuelas said that Ramsay was
sihility torecommend the parliamentar"on-line," that she had served on the
ian, Hallisey said that once somebody
Legal and Legislative committee and
has been voted down he or she can't be
been a regular member of the gallery.
reintroduced. Nowhere in Robert's Rules
His point was that bringing in someone
oforder is this stated. On these grounds,
unfamiliar with CSUF's ASI at midHallisey appealled the chair calling it an
semester would hinder progress.
improper motion. His appeal was then
FEBRUARY, 1990
Minority Media fair held in LA
I
Jill Soltero
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Six Chicano CSUF journalism students recently attended the 11th annual Job Opportunities Conference at
the University of Southern California's
Davidson Conference Center.
The six attendees were Sonya Quintana, Sylvia Castro, Chris Heredia,
Rosemary Lopez, Sara Soria, and Jill
Soltero. All are members of the CSUF
Chicano Journalism Students Association. Tom Uribes, CJSA advisor and
CSUF Outreach public affairs specialist also attended.
The JOC is a media job conference
for minority students and professionals
who are interested in internships and
full-time employment. It is the largest
job fair on the West Coast for minorities. Over 60 recruiters representing
radio, television, and newspaper media
interviewed more than 300 applicants.
According to JOC chairwoman
Carla Aragon, "The goal of the JOC is
simple ... to place more minorities in
the newsroom and ultimately in the
boardroom."
Panel workshops were also conducted, topics included "Conducting
Your Search For Print Jobs," "Beyond
Reporting," "Explosion in Ethnic Media," "Tricks of the Trade: Secrets To
Good Reporting," and "The Elements
Of A Good Audition Tape."
The JOC was sponsored by the Los
Angeles chapter of the California
Chicano News Media Association, and
co-sponsored by the Los Angeles chapter of the Asian American Journalists
Association and the Black Journalists
Association of Southern California.
Participation has continued to increase over the years. According to
CCNMA Executive Director, Mike
Castro, "We have outgrown the
Davidson Conference Center."
MAPA president-elect says com.placency niust be overcon1e
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Sandra Ortiz
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Educaci6n es lo que nesecitamos!"
translated, "Education is what we need!"
This theme punctuated newly-elected
President Rick Chacon's speech Friday
night at the Mexican American Political
Association Del Valle's Annual Installation and Valentine's Day dance held at
Paradise Cove in North Fresno.
The keynote speakers ci tedinadequate
education and livingstandards for Chicanos, recounting shocking stories of his
experiences with the child cancer cluster
in McFarland.
Chacon described disfigured faces
and fragile children he met and held in
McFarland. Poor living conditions was
one form of discrimination he discussed.
"We need to get involved in such programsasMEChAandRainhow Coalition
and any other organization that stresses
equality among all creeds."
Complacency is one of the toxins that
keeps our people in the camps and working in the fields, Chacon said.
"Even after we become educated we
can't forget to continue t.o go back and
educate our people; that is the sole purpose of our going to college."
Among other things, he spoke strongly
against police brutality, racism, and political defects resulting from discrimination.
Chacon spoke about gaining hands-on
experience. He remembered his studies at
CSUF when Andrea Hedgely, an African
American, was ASI president. That was
1983. Soon after the elections, discontented
voters petitioned to have Hedgely recalled.
When Chacon learned of the recall, he
joined MEChA in the fight for unification
and helped form a coalition. His efforts in
preventing the recall earned him the Rosa
Parks Award.
Chacon, a Fresno native, attended
Hoover High School, Fresno City College,
graduating ·with a BA in -economics and
DISTINCTION
Danzantes deemed official reps
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After 19 years of success, troupe acknowledged by institution
Matthew Polanco
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Los Danzantes deAztlan have been
at CSUF for 19 years and yet it was
only until this school year that they
were recognized by President Harold
Haak as official representatives of the
institution. This acknc wledgement
makes them one ofthree groups at this
university with such a distinction, a
distinction long overdue.
Along with other folkloric groups,
Danzantes were created out of a sense
of nationalism which developed during the Chicano movement of the late
'60s and '70s.
The purpose of Los Danzantes de
Aztlcin was and still is to teach folklorico dance to the Chieano commu- Two members of Danzantes practice their spins during weekly
nity. In doing this, the dances per- rehearsals.
formed by the group demonstrate the
artistic value ofMexican/Chicano culmanaging their respective studies in
nual InterUniversity Symposium held
ture.
education, business, engineering, health
in Guanajuato, Mexico in 1988, and an
The dance group was founded by
and criminology.
appearancein Tijuana,Mexicoin1989.
the Chicano-Latino Studies departAccording to Martinez the purpose
Los Danzantes de Aztlan will be
ment in 1971 and is still under the
of Danzantes are to show the beauty of
performing on March 4 at the 8th
direction of its original founder, prothe culture.
Annual Viva Mariachi Festival at the
fessor Ernesto Martinez.
Los Danzantes de Aztlan were highSelland Arena 1 on March 14 at the
Martinez teaches folklorico dance
lighted at the World Exposition in
Piccadilly Inn for the National Conat CSUF in Chicano-Latino Studies
Spokane, Washington in 1974 and since
vention of Mayors, on the week of April
106. This class is offered during the
then they have received wide acclaim
28th for the Semana de la Raza celeFall and Spring semesters and is usufor their accurate and beautiful reprebration at CSUF, and at the spring
ally at capacity. Professor Martinez
sention of the culture by several newsChicano Commencement.
said that about 90 percent the Danpaper critics and people in the folkloric
Hopefully, future plans for Los Danzantes are chosen from his classes.
community.
zantes de Aztlan will include an apMartinez said that each performer
They perform mainly in the San
pearance at the 1992 Olympic Sumworks hard to master many dances
Joaquin valley, but recent performances
mer Games in Barcelona, Spain.
from different regions of Mexico while
include an appearance at the third an-
geography from CSUF.
When asked why he thought he was
elected MAPA Del Valle president, he
said, "In the turn of our generation we
need to use different tactics and I feel I
represent those tactics."
Being a former MEChA president, he
is grateful for the support, experience and
brotherhood he shared. He hopes he will
be able to incorporate such things during
his term of MAPA Del Valle President.
New MAPA members included present
and past CSUF Mechistas. Jessica
Cabrera, Irma Serrano, and George Martinez.
CULTURAL
continued from page 7
protected. There has been an institutional
way of alloting to specific groups." The
IRA fund "has guards," said Solano.
ASI and CSUF administrations "have
persisted to block [cultural organizations]
out of the [IRA funding] process and make
sure that we are not represented."
She read a list of organizations that
received IRA funding in 1989. Less than 1
percent of the $397,000 alloted to 30 programs from the fund went to a cultural
program. Chicano and Latin American
Studies received $3,780.
Solano said "disabled students fall
through the cracks" and that the policy for
IRA funding is "interpreted very narrowly." The administrations, she said, are
"able to institutionalize [the IRAfunds]to
lock out groups."
The IRA board consists of three students and three administrators. Cogley,
ASI Senator for the School of Arts and
Humanities Tranine Bowen and Lisa
Moreno are the students on the board this
semester.
Securing a central location, a MultiCultural Center, with copy machines,
typewriters, telephones and paid staff and
advisors is a major goal of the council.
Daves described this as "a base for the
common good, so people can have access."
Cogley also cited the need for paid staff
for the center. "The assistant dean [Bob
Lundal] advises the sororities and fraternities. We should have the same resources. What we need is some equity,
advisors for our programs."
Nearly $1 million in lottery money is
available, said Berta Gonzalez, member
of the Lottery Budget Committee. She
explained that the money is usually alotted for "extras" in departments, or awards
for professors. "The money could be used
for instruments for classes rather than for
awards.
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·Center: life raft for Fresno youth
I
Matthew Polanco
LA VOZSTAFF WRITER
With the problems of gangs, drugs and alcohol,
teen pregnancy, a 50 percent dropout rate for Chicano youth at all grade levels, and poor socio-economical conditions, where are our youth going to go
for help? For some, the Chicano Youth Center is a
raft of salvation.
The Chicano Youth Center is located in Central
Fresno. It was established by Alfonso Hernandez, a
1977 CSUF graduate.
Presently, it is run by an eight-person staff under
the direction of Hernandez. The center operates by
funding provided by the United Way of Fresno, and
bytheFresnoCityandCountyParksandRecreation
and Community Services.
The center also has fifteen volunteers from the
community to make up aBoardofDirectors that help
set up various yearly events.
The center's prime objective is to provide intervention programs to prevent dropouts and juvenile
deli!}quency in the Chicano community of Fresno.
These programs attempt to do this by providing the
Chicano youth with an understanding and pride for
their cultural background, and also by encouraging
the development of their self-esteem along with
personal and educational goals.
Hernandez, who has a master's degree in social
work, said, "White middle-class youth centers don't
meet the needs of the Chicano youth. We need youth
centers specifically established for the social and
cultural needs of the Chicano community.
"Furthermore, these centers must be run and
staffed by Chicanos because only Chicanos can relate to and deal with Chicano problems."
The center provides youth with leadership devel-
Tony Torres aims for the corner pocket as friend, Robert Acuiia looks on. The two
make a game of pool a weekly tradition at Central Fresno's Chicano Youth Center.
opment through Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de
Aztlan (MEChA) at junior high schools, high schools,
and colleges throughout the San Joaquin Valley.
Hernandez said MEChA provides the youth with organizational skills so they can run meetings, and pla!;
and carry through a variety of activities with the
advise of the CYC staff.
The center deals with gang, drug and alcohol
problems, teen pregnancy, and drop out prevention through counseling and sports activities.
At the center, Chicano youth are able to participate in sports such as softball, basketball, football
and volleyball. Awards are given to winning teams
and their outstanding members.
The important concept with these activities,
outside of fun and getting the youth off the streets,
is that these activities produce self-discipline, said
Hernandez. To be successful in school and in life,
youth need self-discipline.
Education is stressed in every aspect of the
center. To be involved in any activity, one must
maintain a 2.0 GPA
The CYC has on-site activities such as painting
and selling of mural art, photography, silk screening, publication of a newsletter, and food sales.
Dances, festivals, trips to local colleges, and
S: trips outside the community are sponsored by the
S center aswell.
if
When Hernandez looked five to 10 years into
the future he said,"! would like to see more CYC's
i with the same purposes as this one here in Fresno.
~ I hope that the Chicano community will recognize
c3 the problems facing our youth and do )mething
N about it-like Volunteering."
I
Cousins Calito, Jasmine, and La:n-y Zambrano often go to the center after school
"when there are a lot of people around."
AWARD
SISTER CITY
Continued from page 1
Fresno's sister city.
Attorneys
Betsy Temple
and
Nancy
Marsh as well
Municipal
Court Judge
Armando Rodriguez and
U.S. Rep. Richard Lehman
are slated to
make the trip.
"Our goal is to report the elections
objectively, regardless of who the winners
are," said Betsy Temple. "Our report will
emanate from a position of integrity, as·
well as from our knowledge of the community we will be observing."
Some of their duties will be to interviewthe candidates and other members of
the µolit~- 1.l p,
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ernment and election officials. They wi1l
also meet with other election observation
teams.
Fresno is one of 34 cities in two states
who are sending delegations to the elections.
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The delegations will provide copies of
their reports to the Supreme Electoral
Council, an independent branch of Nicaragua's government overseeing the elections and to U.S. political and media representatives.
Nicaragua will be electing its President, Vice President, members of the
national assembly and members of 143
However, the world's attention wilJ be
focused on the race between incumbent
Daniel Ortega and opposition candidate
Violeta de Chamorro.
Although every international observation report stated that the 1984 elections were fairly
and openly conducted, the U.S.
government refused to recognize Ortega's
victory in the
elections calling
it a "sham," according to the
Fresno/Telpaneca Sister City Project.
This refusal has provided the basis for
continued U.S.-sponsored terrorism. The
presence of over 3,000 observers from all
over the world is intended to keep a repeat of1984 from occurring said the Sister ~ity Project.
Temple said, "We are comitted to
maintaining our int;P~h , :,., the proc-
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Continued from page 3
Cogley's activities have demonstrated
her strong beliefs of equality and justice.
She is involved with the Mexican American Political Association del Valle, Rainbow Coalition, the National Organization
for Women and different peace groups.
Cogley said she has learned from the
campus and the community how critical it
is for Chicanos, African Americans, women,
and other underrepresented groups to work
for those causes.
Ybarra and Richard Keyes, chairman
of the African American studies program,
both received an award for their outstanding community service.
Other student recipi_e nts were Veda
Ramsey of the African American Student
Union, and Victoria Sann
Coordinator
of the South African Project at CSUF.
Dr. Izumi Taniguchi, received a special
award for his academic leadership.
CSUF students who are invol vedin the
· struggle for power and justice. "One
hundred others could have received the
award."
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martes, 2/20
'Roots II' shown tonight at SSU
Topic: Complacency in America
Charlayne Hunter-Gault will speak to the theme:
"A Nation Divided: The New Complacency in
America" tonight at 7:30 p.rn. in the SSU. Tickets
are $2.00 for students, faculty and staff, $3.00 general.
"Roots Part II" will be shown tonight at the Satellite Student Union. Check the USU Information
Window for times.
lunes, 2/26
miercoles, 2/21
Free sickle cell testing at SSU
The Budweiser Health Mobile will give free testing for Sickle Cell at the SSU this morning and
afternoon.
Plans for Semana de La Raza
The Semana de la Raza committee welcomes
everyone to help plan Cinco de Mayo activities
during the week of April 30 to May 5. Semana
meetings are evecy Wednesday at 3 p.rn. in San
Ramon 4, Room 242.
African-American Vietnam soldiers
Wallacerr'ercy,PulitzerPrizeNomineeA: thorof
"BLOODS": The African American Experience in
Vietnam will speak tonight in the Satellite Student
Union at 7:30 p.m. Tickets a;e $2.00 for CSUF
Students, $3.00 General.
jueves, 2/22 .
More sickle cell testing
HBSA will meet at 6 p.m. in the Peters Business Building. Check bulletin board for room
number at the bottom floor.
Latino engineers to meet tonight
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
at 5 p.m. in San Ramon 3, Room 131.
The Hispanic Business Students Association will meet at 6 p.m. in the Peters Building,
Room 194C. Everyone is welcome.
El Salvador's FMLN rep.
Salvador Rodriguez, a San Francisco-based represen ta tive of El Salvador's Farabundo Marti Nation-al Liberation Front (FMLN) speaks at noon in
the Upstairs Cafeteria, Room 200.
TheSocietyofHispanicProfessionalEngineers
will meet at 5 p.m. in San Ramon 3, Room 131.
miercoles, 3/7
Multicultural week plans
The planning corn mi ttee for a multicultural week
next semester will meet today at 2 p.rn. in the USU
310.
FEBRUARY, 1990
Semana de La Raza will meet today at 3 p.m.
in San Ramon 4, Room 242.
Migrant Student Alliance will meet at 4 p.m.
in the USU. Check glass case at the south entrance
for room number.
jueves, 3/8
Homelessness to be topic
Jonathan Kozol will speak on Homelessness-in
America tonight in the Satellite Student Union at
7:30 p.m. Tickets are $2 for students, faculty and
staff and $3 for general admission.
MEChA will hold a general meeting at 4 p.m. in
the USU. Check glass case at south entrance for
room number.
miercoles, 2/28
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entranc-e for room number.
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afternoon.
Law students to meet
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p.m. For room number or furtherinfonnation~ call
Gene at 224-6933.
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' the Me ·ca and the Aztecs. The Mex.ui'heeig t
:swerethernultiplier or
"Native
no
ual ca'shistory proclaims that they h dcome
365 da
..,.nich a year was based to these pe
1d. " R
are from the people of the red lands, the land
ording to
\'lesoarnerican calendars taught in schoo ..hat the opposite 9 true. of the four rivers.
d prior to the coming of the Europeans. It was the foreigners who 'educated' the
"Knowledge of the stars all over the
e knots are the key in deciphering the natives of the land."
world originates in the deserts." said
formula of the cycle of Venus," he said.
"I had been looking for it for 20 years. I Orozco. "I~ wou1d have been impossible
"The Aztec calendar depicts this informa- first started to research the project twenty for the ~p es of the jungle such as the
·on.•
years o w en I eci ed to learn more Maya, to view the stars." he said. "It
i civilized by his discoverie ~ he
bo' t my ancestors," said Orozco.
would • ave been too c oudy. Too many
flact1uie1:1eN ·veAm ric we ·
"While oo ·ng througn a ·National. thir.g would have been in the way. So the
said.
.iOntheaeconddayoftheex dition, we
the pictographs depicted in
th
Ge graphic. iVestoodinawe
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at o r cle r formula of the
fiv
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Volume XX/,, Number 7
Prof finds historical key
Orozco says forD1ula basis for Mayan and Aztec calendars
I
a local astronomer were contacted; neither were aware of Orozco's findings.
•1 haven't heard anything about the
discovery," said Clarence Funk, president of the Central Valley Astrono•
mers.
Orozco has not let this disillusion
him. He will present sketched drawings and photos of the finding in the
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Sylvia Castro
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Even though he has evidence that
proves a Native American civilization
that once lived in the Utah area was
~dvanced enough 500 B.C. and before
to aucc:eNfully calculate the cycle of
Venus, Dr. Cecilio Orozco is far from
be i n
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aid though the discovery did not
that be and ProfNIIOI" Alf'oneo Rivas. onoCtbeUnivenityAuto omaof
happen overnight, a clue to the formula had been in frontofhim all along.
Guadallqara di1COvered a math forThe discovery, he said, will illusmula which
ict■ the chronology of
trate th ttherootofanancientAmeriVenut.
can math formul was the basis for
Rivu-Balinon is credited with deciboth the Mayan and Aztec calendars.
Pherintr the Astec calendar which is
The "key to the formula lay in picboot of the hiatory and univene of the
tographs• on tlie side of a wall in Sego
inhabitanbl of Tenochtitlan, the MexCanyon in Utah. These pictographs
ica, ■aid Orosco.
are dated 500 B.C. and before. The
'111• Joca1 media baa not been recepsame pictographs were printed in a
tift to the di11COvery. Frano ~ reNational GeographicinJanuary, 1980.
part,11' Anne Dudley told Orozco the
It tied directly to the Sun Stone, said
did not clo an article becaue her
Orozco.
aaun:eaclidnot-,reewithbiafindings.
"The pictographs in the Geographic
I.Mt month Orozco wu int.erviewed
shows a figure holding five knotted
byDIJ'1BayAppleton.ItwuOrof.co'1
ropes in one hand and eight knotted
ftnt l'nlno interview on the diacovropes in the other. 'Ibis is the exact
ay. Ha .,.. alao inteniewed on the
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Dr. Cecilio Orozco explains his recent diticovery - a IIUltla
formula which chronicles the cycles ofVenuaM depictedon
pictographs drawn by ancient Native AmericaDL
SpenW,-1anaua,eradioatationKGST.
AOSUI' anthropologyprofeuqr and
See OROZCO, page 7
FMLN rep Feb. 25 Nicaraguan elections to be
at CSUF
watched ·closely, says Pr9f Atwood
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Eloy Garcia
LA VOZ ASSISTANT EDITOR
Although the majority ofEl Salva do s
people do not support the p esent Cristiani government, the U.S. government
has been financially upportingitfory
Wednesday Salvador Hnictr1.1:n.1A
Francisco-base repr n a ive f
Farabundo M rti N t· na
Front (FMLN) ·1
stairs Cafeteri
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emment.Due
port of the go
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dr Gutierrez,
Estudiantil Ch
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know what is r
dorand ... pl ad
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do over her in the United
U.S. intervention."
Rodriguez will also be speaking on the
.i; Tovember Offensiv , the killing of the six
J esuit priest , the ·ncrease ofrepre sion
u ndertheChristianigo ernment dth
FMLN's plan for eace nd dem
So
es Infante Jr.
LA VOZSTAFFWRITER
l''ree e1,ecuan1in Nica-
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Feb.25.
Four
to Ni
n F b. 25, their
third sine the Sandinistas came to
power.
CSUF Telecommunications ProfesRita Atwood who just r eturned
ft-om Nicaragu said over 3,000 ob10r
serven from the United Nations. the
Or niz tion of Am ·can Sta .. s an
oth r "ndep.andent rganizations wi 1
istas running at 51 percent with the nearest opposition group, the United
Nicaraguan Opposition,
led by Violetta de
Chamorro, at 21 percent.
Greenberg-Lake attributes the change in the
polls to the U.S. invasion
of Panama and the U.S.
troops surrounding of th
Nicaragua n Emba ssy
during that invasi01 .
Also the killing of the
six Catholic nuns la f: 11 ·
in El Salvaaor has played
a part.
twood added that th
icaraguan government has put mo
histon- place safeguards again t what could b
cal complaint
charac- conflicts ofinterest, such as the forb ·dden
teristic ofU.S. administrations, "The elec- use of tate property for po1i ti cal purtion is ·
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pose and la s governing the u e f the
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1-\ttorney focus of debate; new senators fill ASI vacancies
We wondered if the air in rooms 312Francis wrote a letter to Cogley stating know that it's okay as far as ASI by-laws ate student in environmental health law,
314-oftheUSUwouldbeasthickasithad hiswithdrawlfromtheASiattorneyposi- go.
who had been an ASI senator for two
been toward the end of the fall semester tion because that attorney contacted was_
Tranine Bowen was appointed at this years before starting his graduate work,
after Administrative Vice President Jeff not him.
·
s~nd meeting. She filled the Senator for had been recommended by Kathleen
=Anderson •and Sen~ Ted Hallisey regis-· "It is apparent that either some attor- the School of Arts and Humanities post Solano to become Parliamentarian .
. ter~~ pe_titions for the recall ofASI Presi- ney other than me has been contacted by vacated by· Chris Haydn-Myer. Her· apIreland had been unable to come to the
. dent Karen Cogley and Legislative Vice you, Chair Solano or Mr. Lopez for legal 'poin_tment met with no opposition. She is F~b. 6 ~~ting because of sickness and
President Kathleen Solano.
·:,: a,dvice or some attorney has on his or her actiye in the African Student Union and . therefore was not ther.e·to be questioned
There was also the alleged confronta" own initiative contacted one.or.the othel' Alpha Kappa Alpha.
by the Senate about hi~ qu~1ific:ation·s
tion betweenLope;:and Anderson. Lope.z-._ of you three, provided Jegal'ady,if~ and _ · · The,seco.n d senate meeting of the se::- hold the position: Kathleen Solano had .
appi:oachedAndef.son reg~dingAnder~ . that · ad. . .
..•.
. .
. . . . . . .
. :m ·e =s:te
barelyfin1shedipt1i>ch1cingt:lleit.e;rnalxmt
_'s o~sdemeanorwheridealingwithwom.en:,-Vi.:se . has .
started on Ireland wben·•. Hallisey'~ }land shot up
:·m~mber.s-<(Jhe senate, .the subject of J:'· ooen· fol" .
an a;rni- -with an,::obj~~jon COilce:rning .Ire1and~s :·
ietter frorn\ Sen. :Diahann Hernandez>" lowed/'
cable note · 'absence. · ... ·. ·.··
.·. . . .
l.opez s~id he ;wa; ~ot confroritatiye dur, . w r ,() ~
with Sena' was almost:as-i(he _was prepared to :
ingtheexchange,yetAndersonrequested Francis
tor· Stacy . object to anything Solano had to .say ·
Lopez.ts :resignation along with the recajls in the let~.
·Gr~n d~s- whether it was merited.or not. While one ·
·o f Cogley and Solano.
. ..
ter.. . to
c u _s ~.i.n g might have thought°that theobjection he
·. ,. After all the effort Hallisey an·d.Ander· Cogley.
tbesuccess · registeredhadsomement, .ifwas the set
··so~ ma.de; the issue of the recalls has not
A S I
of the Afri- way in which he obj~ted that turned the
come up on the senate agenda. The center Advisor
canAmeri- focus a way from the issue. .
.
of controversy atthe first :meeting ofth~:- Rob er t .
can Re"
Anderson moved to postpone the vote
semester was John Francis, nowfomier Lun da l
.
cuitment . butthepostponementfailed.Halliseywent
ASIAttorney~The~inutesoftheNov.29, said in a·phone i~terview ~ith La V~z Conferenceheldduringtheweekend.Over · onto list his other reasons such as the
1989 ASI meeting .contain a rererence
that the attorney·issue_"it's not a by•_law 700 people showe"d up. . .
man broke confidence a t an executive
an attorney beingcontacteg.. ·
issue. The issue is poiitica1." So even 1f . . The next order-- of business· was a · bit
See OPINION, page 6
Lopez did _contact another attorney, -:re . ,~orecontested.Jim}r~land, apostgradu- ·
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March activites celebrate contributions of women
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Krista Lemos
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
March 1 signals the start of Women's
Herstory Month. It is dedicated to recognizing and publicizing the successes and
achievements of minority women.
This year's theme: "Courageous Voices
Echoing in Our Lives• represents the
women who have fought t.o stake a claim
· in a male-dominated society. March's focus
will be on the women who have been or are
presently successful, to make the public
aware of the hidden individuals who have
helped shape our country into the power it
is today, a brochure distributed by
Women's Alliance read.
Traditionally, women, people of color,
and the common citizen have been silent
players in hist.ory books. Women's Herst.ory Month is an attempt to present the
multicultural aspects of our history and
~mote widespread appreciation.
The first day of the month is Women of
Color Day. The eighth wi11 feature a film
presentation focusing on South African
women as part oflnternational Women's
Day
March 16 will feature. "Take Back the
Night,• an evening where men and women
all across the nation will join together to
walk one night of the year in the safety of
numbers.
The CSUF Women's Alliance have provided a campus angle to Herst.ory month
by scheduling a number of other events
which will be held throughout the month.
March 5 there will be "Women Spirit
Evening: a celebration of woman's spiritual dimension. The evening will include
a bread ceremony, poetry, and verse readings at the University Religious Center,
2311 E. Shaw Ave.
A presentation of women's artistic ta}.
ents and diverse lifestyles will be held on
March 13 in the Industrial Arts Building,
Room 101 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
On March 19 a panel ofhistory-making
women will be present for a discussion on
women's achievements in society. The
guest speakers will be include Fresno
Mayor Karen Humphrey, Channel 30 Anchorwoman Juanita Stevenson, and Rosemary Marmar.
·
Feminist comedian Marga Gomez, who
was awarded "Outstanding Female Comedy Solo• for three consecutive years, will
be making an appearance on M~ch 30 in
IA 101 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Other events during the month include
a quilt exhibit at the Fresno Art Museum
and a women's oml history exhibit. University Democrats have also sponsored
two events, "Abortion for Survival• on
March 6 and Sen. Rose Ann Vuich who
will speak at CSUF March 9 at noon in the
Upstairs Cafeteria, Room 200.
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DE Azn.AN
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Infante Jr., Krlsta Lemos, Rosemary
Lopez, Sandra D. Ortiz, Matthew
Polanco, Brooke Primero, Al Robles, Jill
Soltero, Sara Sorta, Joseph M. Torres.
Photographers- Laura Hernandez,
Jose Luis Gil, Angel De Jesus.
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The La Voz staff would like to thank
Erle Burney, Teny Pierson and Lisa
McKinney of The Dally Collegian Staff.
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Collegfan or La Vo1WeAztlan and tts staff'. Unstgned
edttonals are the majo_rtty opmion of the paper's edlto·
rial board.
Council unites cultural groups
I
Chris Heredia
LA VOZ EDITOR IN CHIEF
recognition of the importance of our functions to the student body as a ~hole.~
Daves thought he was alone m the idea
of unifying cultural groups at CSUF.
Unbeknownst to him, Shana Sniffin had
also been tossing the idea around.
Sniffin had been mulling the idea of a
cultural awareness program and a weeklong festival to compliment the program.
The festival, planned for early October,
would have dance, music, food booths and
Sniffin said celebrating diversity would
be one of its main goals. She hopes an ap-
publish a monthly bulletin to provide information about events in the different
cultural groups.
AccesstoresourceswerealsoonAndres
Montoya,s mind. Montoya is ASI Senator
for the School of Social Sciences. For two
semesters he, another ASI senator and
two CSUF faculty members have been
meeting with members of the library administration t.o discuss the possibility of
expanding the Henry Madden Library's
Multicultural Center into a library.
Montoya talked, Tuesday night, about
of~c::i~ves, the council's
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coordinator, said, "I feel
that [the cultural groups]
share ... concerns ... which include low preciation for different cultures and their
membership, little or no funds for our traditions will branch from the festival,
activities and no voice in campus deci- which she says is aiming to be the size of
Vintage Days eventually.
sions."
Some ofthe goals ofthe Cultural Aware"Unde1 1 unified council, we can share
our pro. " .1~ and accomplishments... ness Program, now funded by the Universupportir : ·ach other in our food sales sity Student Union and ASI, are to estab[and] acti vely~ "bbi. g jointly before the lish a directory of the different cultural
ASI senate f au...... jonal support and g· 0ups with one-page descriptions and to
the resistance the expansion committee is
butting up against.
"The library administration opposes the
idea because it challenges the authority
within the library-. We are told we would
be breaking a code."
Montoya said he vould eventually like
to see such a librr .., have its materials
selected by ethnic 1dies professors who
Paula Valdez told herself she was going
to get more involved in campus activities
after attending the cross~ultural retreat
at Bass Lake late last month. Going to the
first meeting of the Multi-Cultural Joint
Council was her first st.ep toward that
involvement.
Valdez, a member of the Chicano Youth
Conference committee, was one of about
20 in att.endance at the Multi-Cultural
Joint Council meeting last
Tuesday.
Representatives from
Movimiento Estudiantil
Chicano de Aztlan, the
African Student Union,
South East Asian Student
Services, and Tewaquachi,
aN ative American student
organization came to find
out more about coming together under the umbrella
1
are qualified to chose relevant materials.
The expansion committee. would like t.o
see a center where matenals would remain on site rather than being shifted
from stack to stack to the center and back
to the stacks.
Sucharesourcecenter"shouldbestaffed
by a full-time librarian who knows the
material," Montoya said.
Montoya said the library wouldn,t suf.
fer an excessive expense in expanding the
center. "We are lobbying the senate for an
endowment." The endowment could be up
to $40,000 and used in
yearly increments of$4,000
for new materials and subscriptions.
Extra funds are not only
needed for reading materials, but also for cultural
events on campus. Hiring
dancers, musicians, and
preparing food for sale costs
money and ASI President
Karen Cogley, Legislative
Vice President Kathleen
Solano, and Lottery Budget
Committee member Berta
Gonzalez discussed alternate funding for such functions.
State lottery funds and the Instructional Related Activities fund are two
resources that Cogley, Solano and
Gonzalez report go untouched by cultural
groups every year.
"The money [in the IRA fund] has been
See CULTUIL:\L, page 6
FEBRUARY, 1990
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Veracruz dancers
•
energize
audience
"Nelson Mandela is free!"
Musical group, Tien Huicani, accompanies Quetzali
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Matthew Polanco
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
The students of CSUF and the community of Fresno were visited by Ballet Folklorico Quetzali de Veracruz and the musical group Tien Huicani of the University of
Veracruz, Jan. 31.
The Quetzali dance group is from the
capital city of Veracruz, Jalapa, and represents Jalapa's Department of Tourism
as ambassadors of culture, art, and goodwill.
The Quetzali dance group has performed all over the world, most recently in
the United States, Japan, Europe, and
Mexico.
With its 20 dancers, singers, and musicians together in the Satellite Student
Union, Quetzali performed the traditional
folklore of the different states of Mexico.
Dressed in beautiful, traditional costumes, all representative of different regions of Mexico, the group performed for a
standing-room-only crowd.
Quetzali, under the direction of Hugo
Bentecourt was accompanied by the musi-
cal group Tien Huicani of the University
of Veracruz. Huicani is under the direction of Alberto de la Rosa, one of the most
respected interpreters of the music of the
Veracruz region.
Tien Huicani used instruments such
as the Harpa Jorocha (folk harp), Jaranas
(small ukelele), Requint.o (four-stringed
instrument), as well as guitars and violins.
There were six couples dancing from
Quetzali, and music was played by six
musicians from Tien Huicani. The dancers performed three sets, each containing
four dances.
The perfonnance filled the audi tiori urn
with smiles and energy. Througout the
night, Quetzali shouted "gritos" at the audience. The audience was receptive.
At the end of the evening, the audience
stood and applauded. Quetzali gave an
encore dance, followed by another standing ovation.
Quetzali and them usicians talked with
the audience throughout the evening, creating a comfortable atmosphere.
Ciel Duckett plays the jembe, an African drum. In the
background, He Ayetoaje, a senior child development
major, shakes and slaps the s~k~r~ a Nigerian rattle. Both
played at Friday's African Children's Day/Nelson Mandela celebration in the SSU. Mayor Karen Humphrey proclaimed Feb. 16 Fresno African American Children's Day.
ASI elections around the corner
Elections Committee Chairman engourages 'students interested in change' to take part
I
Sonya Quintana
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
With ASI elections nearing, students
interested in running for office should be
marking their calendars for pre-election
events.
The first events to take place are three
"How to" meetings, held Feb. 26 through
Feb. 28, open to all students wanting
general information on becoming a candidate.
Petition period is March 5 to March 9.
- Interested students will need to get signatures of other students who support the
candidate's placement on the ballot.
The amount of signatures varies from
position to position. ASI Presidential throughout their term in office.
Students will have another choice to
hopefuls require a minurnurn of 250 signatures. Legislative and Administrative makethisspring.Anewpositionhasbeen
Vice Presidential hopefuls need 150. The added to ballot. The Publications Com-imssion's c;harter requir.e s that one of the
numbers are lower for senators .. ,
The"All Candidates Meeting" will take student representatives on the commisplace March 12 in USU 309. Here candi- sion be elected by the student body.
Elections Committee Chairman Don
dates will learn the rules and regulations,
responsibilities and liabilities ofcampaign- Daves encourages students to run for office and that diversity on campaign ticking.
The student body can vote for their ets will result in more ideas and variety
chosen candidates between March 20 and within the ASL
Daves added that students interested
March 22. The winners will be announced
in making a change, or just giving their
on March 22.
To qualify, students must maintain at view of ideas should consider running for
least a 2.0 GPA and carry a minimum of office. "It allows students to have a voice
seven units during campaign time and in what's going on."
RosA PARKS AwARns
Cogley recognized for efforts
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Racism, social status discussed
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LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Several CSUF students and professors received the Rosa Parks Award at
a banquet Feb. 9, celebrating the 20th
anniversary of the African American
Studies Department at CSUF.
Dr. Lea Ybarra, coordinator of the
CLS department, and ASI President
Karen Cogley were two of those reci pients.
Cogley's understanding ofthe award
is that it is given to those who "carry on
the spirit of Rosa Parks."
:Rosa Parks, considered the Mother
of the Civil Rights Movement, is revered for refusing to give up her seat in
the front of the bus in 1955, going
agamst the laws and cust.oms of
Montgomery, Alabama.
Dr. James H. Rogers, CSUF professor of African American Studies and
chairman of the Rosa Parks Award
committee at CSUF, said the award,
which began in 1981, is given to students, community leaders and national
leaders who show "courage and committment to human equality and leadership."
Support group forming
Joseph M. Torres
Sonya Quintana
ASI President Karen Cogley
Dr. Rogers and the committee nominated Cogley for the award to the Rosa
Parks Foundation for her works and
committrnent to civil rights; on the positions she stands for and on her efforts to
obtain justice and equity on campus.
See AWARD, page 7
He warns that potential candidates
should realize there is a heavy workload.
Daves cautions that conflicts are inevitable and one should be willing to compromise. Executives and senators represent
a lot of people, said Daves.
Davessaidcandidatesmusthavestrong
commitment on whatever issues they
speak on and support. They must keep an
open mind, he added.
The goal is to see as many students as
possible vote. The ASI cannot get a clear
idea of what students want when only 10
percent vote. Daves added that the meetings prior to the election period are designed to "nlake [students] feel like they're
partoftheprocNS.•
Latino students who may be facing
problems adapting to the multi-cultural
campus, coping with social statusorfeelinginitimidated about speaking Spanish
may voice their concerns in a support
group forming in the Counseling Center.
Other issues such as racism and selfesteem will be topics for discussion in the
group.
The group will focus on emotional issues facing Latino students. Counselor
Dr. Esteban Sena said relationship problems and adapting to the college environment will be topics.
"We'll talk with them and find out
who their friends are and what type of
support or networking they may have,"
he said.
Counselor Josie Rangel said students
may feel intimidat.ed when speaking their
native language. Sena agreed that students will tend to speak Spanish more
among those with whom they are familiar.
This can create tension and stress
which could affect the student's studies.
There are other difficulties a Latino
student may face such as family stress
and coping with social status.
Other topics for discussion may include relating to others, racism, self-esteem and also trying to emphasize the
need for graduation. Sena said, "Not
enough [Latino] students get to college
in the first place."
Sena added that they need to not only
value their college experience, but also
graduate. "Many Latinos may not graduate because there isn't adequate support
for them."
Racism as an issue was also addressed
by the group. Sena said, "Everyone is in
the position to help solve that problem;
eradicating racism must start by learning t.o understand our fears and prejudices."
The group will provide an opportunity for Latino students to come together
and recognize the needs of others. For
more information about the group, contact either Josie Rangel or Dr. Esteban
SenaattheCounselingCenter,294-2732.
The group will meet tomorrow, Feb.
21, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Student
Health Center, Area E.
Counselor Dr. Esteban Sena said that
tbe meeting times will be flexible making the group open to those students
whose classes may fall within the two
hour meeting time.
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FEBRUARY, 1990
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
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1990 Chicano
''1990's: La Decada Para Fortalecer Nuestra
Response high for first
CYC Empowerment Panel
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Eloy Garcia
LA VOZ ASSIST ANT EDITOR
Brand new to the Chicano Youth Conference was the Student Empowerment
Panel designed to be an idea exchange
between high school and college students
and leaders in the community.
"What we're going to do here at the
empowerment panel is talk about the
' problems and issues facing your cam puses
such as racism and attitudes coming from
not only students but your teachers and
counselors. Drug and alcohol abuse are
alsotopicsthatwe willdiscuss,"saidRalph
Avitia, moderator for the student empowerment panel.
The panel consist.ad of Ben Benavidez,
stat.e president of the Mexican American
Political Association (MAPA), Don Daves,
a CSUF graduate education student, and
Irma Serrano, chairwoman of the CYC
and a sophomore liberal studies major at
A brave participant addresses the crowd at the 17th Annual CSUF.
Chicano Youth Conference.
"If each and everyone of you takes one
thing that you will learn today back to
your school, back to your neigborhood, to
your home," Benavidez said, "then it
willhavebeenavery
successful day."
Racism, Benavidez said, was listed
as the No. I concern
among the high
school students who
responded to a survey sent out by the
CYC committ.ee to
the different schools.
"I know we have a
major problem educating our young
Chicanos when the
number one issue
concerning you is
the racism you have
to put up with at
school.
"You're not receiving
Audience listens attentively to Bea Molina's keynote the education that you duly deserve. You
speech. The South Gym was filled to capacity, many deserve your education. If you go about
had to stand.
the business of thinking that you are a
second rat.e citizen, a second rate student,
a second rate person because of the color
of your skin, then I can't believe that you
truly know what
a Chicano is."
CYC Chairwoman Irma Ser-
rano spoke along these lines when she
said, "We need you to open your eyes and
see what is going on. When a t.eacher tells
you, 'You're not going to make it,' you tell
him 'yes I am.'You dare them. You do it."
Daves urged the students to get involved, "This workshop is all about empowerment. It's not just empowerment of
a few people but empowerment of all the
people of color.
"It's not a matter of sitting down and
having the attitude La Raza-Yo soy
Chicano," Daves added. "That's not good
enough. You need to get up. You need to
take the bull by the horns and you need to
make things happen because they're not
going to do it for you. They're not going to
open the door for you."
Daves continued to stress the need for
involvement, "Politics is our way ro the
future, so do something, empower yourselves. Make things happen. Don't sit back
on your morals."
A late addition to the empowerment
panel was Bea Molina, one of the keynote
speakers. "You have to get involved as
early as in high school. If no where else at
least on your campus," she said.
Members of the audience were invited
up to the microphone to pose questions to
the panel or to their peers in the audience.
One of the first students asked, "What are
we supposed to do? A lot of us Mexicans
that don't have the college preparatory
classes can't get scholarships. Some ofus
also have to work and our grades aren't
that good."
Molina retorted, "Some of you guys are
takingtheeasywayout.You'rejustgraduating with easy classes. If that's what
you're going to do, don't expect to earn a
scholarship. And about working, you're
just going to have to find a way to balance
your life between school and work like
most of us up here had to do."
Vick Zendoya, a student from Tulare
Union High School said, "I feel their is
racism in my school and I want to know
how I can fight it."
Daves responded,"You need to get involved with student government. That
way you can be part of the syst.em,youcan
change things."
Another CYC participant commented,
"I just want tot.ell everyone, that if they're
determined to do somethmg, they can do
it. I'm a teenage mother of two. I'm a
senior and right now I have five A's and a
C. I know ifl can do it everyone can do it."
Photos by
Chris Heredia
(1-r) Ralph Avitia, Ben Benavidez, Irma Serrano and Don
Da ves comprise the first CYC empowerment panel. The
topics focused on problems high school student's face.
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Juventud Atraves de la Educacion. ''
Speakers emphasize
importance of personal will
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Eloy Garcia
th~t way will society ever change," Molina
LA VOZ ASSISTANT EDITOR
said.
She said that when one faces obstacles,
she or he should always remember the
phrase, "Sise puede."
"Don't voice the negative things that
people are telling you. It may not be what
you feel but you're saying it just like
everyone is telling you. All we hear is the
negative," Molina said in response to a
student who said she couldn't make in to
a university.
"Anything can be done ifyou wantit bad
enough," said Molina, the first Chicana
president of the Mexican American Poli tical Association (MAPA). Molina now owns
IMAGEN, a Sacramento public relations
and film production firm.
"Every time I had to go to Los Angeles,"
she said, "I had to have armed body guards.
I almost got attacked, but so what. As long
as other people know we can doit, then it's
worth it."
Castro brought his speech to a close
withacoupleofsoberingquestions. "There
are going to be between 45 and 48 million
ofus here in the United States by the year
2000. But without college trained professionals, where are our leaders going to
come from? When are we going to be able
to have self
determina
tion?
"Before.,
we were outnumbered.
Now
we
have the.
numbers,
but
it
doesn'i•
mean anything unles:,
you are coll e g e
trained."
The CYC
was co-sponsored by Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) and
Associated Students, Inc.
The keynote speakers at the 17th annual Chicano Youth Conference, Sal
Castro and Beatriz Molina, both stressed
the importance of staying in school and
getting a good education.
"1990's: The Decade To Empower Chicano Youth Through Education," was the
theme of this year's conference held at
CSUF during the winter break.
"We're notgoingtomove anywhere until
we are able to educate our young people,"
Castro said.
Castro, now a dropout counselor at
Belmont High School in Los Angeles, has
been active in changing education standards for Chicanos since the "blowouts" of
the late '60s. Castro was then a teacher at
Lincoln High School. He encouraged Chicano students to walk out in protest against
inadequate academic conditions in the
schools.
In March 1968, close to 10,000 Chicano
students walked out offive high schools in
East Los Angeles.
"[Chicanos] lead the nation in college
dropouts. Less than 1 percent of our Chicanopopulationiscollege-trained. We need
much more than that. I can't stress enough
the need to get our youths educated.
"It's up to you to get your education,"
Castro said, addressing an audience of
1,600. "Most high school counselors are
blinded by your ethnicity. They won't go
out of their way to help you. You must
demand your education."
At points in her address, Molina paralled Castro's message, "You need to have
more control of your lives. You need to
make more decisions about what you want
and howyou're going to doit. You shouldn't
sit back and wait for counselors to come to
you. Go to your counselors and tell them
what you want.
"Society is opening its doors. Not because it wants to, but because it has no
alternative. Now it's up to us to take
advantage of that and the only way we can
do that is if we're educated. And only in
BeaMolina, former MAPA president speaks about
determination in obtaining an education, during
her keynote speech.
Porterville high school
studentsLorenaBaganta
and Maria Ruiz fill out
information request
forms for CSU, Bakersfield.
The night before the CYC
is filled with folder stuffing. CYC committee
members form an assembly line.
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from pg. 2
voted down and the Ireland recommendation was finally approved.
meeting and that he was against having
Turnmg to the matter of counsel for
a parliamentarian because it was the
the ASI, John Francis was finally terpro-tern's job to assist the chafrwoman.
minated as ASI counsel.
David Pinuelas spoke on Ireland's
Veda Ramsay was recommended for
behalf saying that he was very qualified
At-Large post #3. She was a Future
to hold the position, but Ireland was deBusiness Leaders ofAmerica treasurer
feated by block voting.
and Black Student Union secretary.
In some cases, however, the Senate
Other offices she held were African Stuworked together. There was a date condent Union vice-chair and the NAACP
flict between the sickle-cell anemia testsergeant-at-arms. Other clubs andcomingfor African-American month and club
mitees she has been a member of are the
awareness month and Hallisey suggested
International Club and the ASI Finance
that perhaps the two events could comand Budget committee. She is also a repliment each other.
cipient of the Rosa Parks Award.
The question oflreland for parliamenRamsay was voted in by the senate
tarian was again raised at the third meetafter Hallisey explained that he had aning this semester. Although the motion
other candidate who wasn't interviewed
to approve him failed at the previous
and he wanted to extend the deadline
meeting, he was re-entered for considfor filling post #3. Senator for the Divieration. Solano recommended Ireland.
sion of Graduate Studies and Research
Although it is the chairperson's responDavid Pinuelas said that Ramsay was
sihility torecommend the parliamentar"on-line," that she had served on the
ian, Hallisey said that once somebody
Legal and Legislative committee and
has been voted down he or she can't be
been a regular member of the gallery.
reintroduced. Nowhere in Robert's Rules
His point was that bringing in someone
oforder is this stated. On these grounds,
unfamiliar with CSUF's ASI at midHallisey appealled the chair calling it an
semester would hinder progress.
improper motion. His appeal was then
FEBRUARY, 1990
Minority Media fair held in LA
I
Jill Soltero
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Six Chicano CSUF journalism students recently attended the 11th annual Job Opportunities Conference at
the University of Southern California's
Davidson Conference Center.
The six attendees were Sonya Quintana, Sylvia Castro, Chris Heredia,
Rosemary Lopez, Sara Soria, and Jill
Soltero. All are members of the CSUF
Chicano Journalism Students Association. Tom Uribes, CJSA advisor and
CSUF Outreach public affairs specialist also attended.
The JOC is a media job conference
for minority students and professionals
who are interested in internships and
full-time employment. It is the largest
job fair on the West Coast for minorities. Over 60 recruiters representing
radio, television, and newspaper media
interviewed more than 300 applicants.
According to JOC chairwoman
Carla Aragon, "The goal of the JOC is
simple ... to place more minorities in
the newsroom and ultimately in the
boardroom."
Panel workshops were also conducted, topics included "Conducting
Your Search For Print Jobs," "Beyond
Reporting," "Explosion in Ethnic Media," "Tricks of the Trade: Secrets To
Good Reporting," and "The Elements
Of A Good Audition Tape."
The JOC was sponsored by the Los
Angeles chapter of the California
Chicano News Media Association, and
co-sponsored by the Los Angeles chapter of the Asian American Journalists
Association and the Black Journalists
Association of Southern California.
Participation has continued to increase over the years. According to
CCNMA Executive Director, Mike
Castro, "We have outgrown the
Davidson Conference Center."
MAPA president-elect says com.placency niust be overcon1e
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Sandra Ortiz
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Educaci6n es lo que nesecitamos!"
translated, "Education is what we need!"
This theme punctuated newly-elected
President Rick Chacon's speech Friday
night at the Mexican American Political
Association Del Valle's Annual Installation and Valentine's Day dance held at
Paradise Cove in North Fresno.
The keynote speakers ci tedinadequate
education and livingstandards for Chicanos, recounting shocking stories of his
experiences with the child cancer cluster
in McFarland.
Chacon described disfigured faces
and fragile children he met and held in
McFarland. Poor living conditions was
one form of discrimination he discussed.
"We need to get involved in such programsasMEChAandRainhow Coalition
and any other organization that stresses
equality among all creeds."
Complacency is one of the toxins that
keeps our people in the camps and working in the fields, Chacon said.
"Even after we become educated we
can't forget to continue t.o go back and
educate our people; that is the sole purpose of our going to college."
Among other things, he spoke strongly
against police brutality, racism, and political defects resulting from discrimination.
Chacon spoke about gaining hands-on
experience. He remembered his studies at
CSUF when Andrea Hedgely, an African
American, was ASI president. That was
1983. Soon after the elections, discontented
voters petitioned to have Hedgely recalled.
When Chacon learned of the recall, he
joined MEChA in the fight for unification
and helped form a coalition. His efforts in
preventing the recall earned him the Rosa
Parks Award.
Chacon, a Fresno native, attended
Hoover High School, Fresno City College,
graduating ·with a BA in -economics and
DISTINCTION
Danzantes deemed official reps
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After 19 years of success, troupe acknowledged by institution
Matthew Polanco
LA VOZ STAFF WRITER
Los Danzantes deAztlan have been
at CSUF for 19 years and yet it was
only until this school year that they
were recognized by President Harold
Haak as official representatives of the
institution. This acknc wledgement
makes them one ofthree groups at this
university with such a distinction, a
distinction long overdue.
Along with other folkloric groups,
Danzantes were created out of a sense
of nationalism which developed during the Chicano movement of the late
'60s and '70s.
The purpose of Los Danzantes de
Aztlcin was and still is to teach folklorico dance to the Chieano commu- Two members of Danzantes practice their spins during weekly
nity. In doing this, the dances per- rehearsals.
formed by the group demonstrate the
artistic value ofMexican/Chicano culmanaging their respective studies in
nual InterUniversity Symposium held
ture.
education, business, engineering, health
in Guanajuato, Mexico in 1988, and an
The dance group was founded by
and criminology.
appearancein Tijuana,Mexicoin1989.
the Chicano-Latino Studies departAccording to Martinez the purpose
Los Danzantes de Aztlan will be
ment in 1971 and is still under the
of Danzantes are to show the beauty of
performing on March 4 at the 8th
direction of its original founder, prothe culture.
Annual Viva Mariachi Festival at the
fessor Ernesto Martinez.
Los Danzantes de Aztlan were highSelland Arena 1 on March 14 at the
Martinez teaches folklorico dance
lighted at the World Exposition in
Piccadilly Inn for the National Conat CSUF in Chicano-Latino Studies
Spokane, Washington in 1974 and since
vention of Mayors, on the week of April
106. This class is offered during the
then they have received wide acclaim
28th for the Semana de la Raza celeFall and Spring semesters and is usufor their accurate and beautiful reprebration at CSUF, and at the spring
ally at capacity. Professor Martinez
sention of the culture by several newsChicano Commencement.
said that about 90 percent the Danpaper critics and people in the folkloric
Hopefully, future plans for Los Danzantes are chosen from his classes.
community.
zantes de Aztlan will include an apMartinez said that each performer
They perform mainly in the San
pearance at the 1992 Olympic Sumworks hard to master many dances
Joaquin valley, but recent performances
mer Games in Barcelona, Spain.
from different regions of Mexico while
include an appearance at the third an-
geography from CSUF.
When asked why he thought he was
elected MAPA Del Valle president, he
said, "In the turn of our generation we
need to use different tactics and I feel I
represent those tactics."
Being a former MEChA president, he
is grateful for the support, experience and
brotherhood he shared. He hopes he will
be able to incorporate such things during
his term of MAPA Del Valle President.
New MAPA members included present
and past CSUF Mechistas. Jessica
Cabrera, Irma Serrano, and George Martinez.
CULTURAL
continued from page 7
protected. There has been an institutional
way of alloting to specific groups." The
IRA fund "has guards," said Solano.
ASI and CSUF administrations "have
persisted to block [cultural organizations]
out of the [IRA funding] process and make
sure that we are not represented."
She read a list of organizations that
received IRA funding in 1989. Less than 1
percent of the $397,000 alloted to 30 programs from the fund went to a cultural
program. Chicano and Latin American
Studies received $3,780.
Solano said "disabled students fall
through the cracks" and that the policy for
IRA funding is "interpreted very narrowly." The administrations, she said, are
"able to institutionalize [the IRAfunds]to
lock out groups."
The IRA board consists of three students and three administrators. Cogley,
ASI Senator for the School of Arts and
Humanities Tranine Bowen and Lisa
Moreno are the students on the board this
semester.
Securing a central location, a MultiCultural Center, with copy machines,
typewriters, telephones and paid staff and
advisors is a major goal of the council.
Daves described this as "a base for the
common good, so people can have access."
Cogley also cited the need for paid staff
for the center. "The assistant dean [Bob
Lundal] advises the sororities and fraternities. We should have the same resources. What we need is some equity,
advisors for our programs."
Nearly $1 million in lottery money is
available, said Berta Gonzalez, member
of the Lottery Budget Committee. She
explained that the money is usually alotted for "extras" in departments, or awards
for professors. "The money could be used
for instruments for classes rather than for
awards.
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·Center: life raft for Fresno youth
I
Matthew Polanco
LA VOZSTAFF WRITER
With the problems of gangs, drugs and alcohol,
teen pregnancy, a 50 percent dropout rate for Chicano youth at all grade levels, and poor socio-economical conditions, where are our youth going to go
for help? For some, the Chicano Youth Center is a
raft of salvation.
The Chicano Youth Center is located in Central
Fresno. It was established by Alfonso Hernandez, a
1977 CSUF graduate.
Presently, it is run by an eight-person staff under
the direction of Hernandez. The center operates by
funding provided by the United Way of Fresno, and
bytheFresnoCityandCountyParksandRecreation
and Community Services.
The center also has fifteen volunteers from the
community to make up aBoardofDirectors that help
set up various yearly events.
The center's prime objective is to provide intervention programs to prevent dropouts and juvenile
deli!}quency in the Chicano community of Fresno.
These programs attempt to do this by providing the
Chicano youth with an understanding and pride for
their cultural background, and also by encouraging
the development of their self-esteem along with
personal and educational goals.
Hernandez, who has a master's degree in social
work, said, "White middle-class youth centers don't
meet the needs of the Chicano youth. We need youth
centers specifically established for the social and
cultural needs of the Chicano community.
"Furthermore, these centers must be run and
staffed by Chicanos because only Chicanos can relate to and deal with Chicano problems."
The center provides youth with leadership devel-
Tony Torres aims for the corner pocket as friend, Robert Acuiia looks on. The two
make a game of pool a weekly tradition at Central Fresno's Chicano Youth Center.
opment through Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de
Aztlan (MEChA) at junior high schools, high schools,
and colleges throughout the San Joaquin Valley.
Hernandez said MEChA provides the youth with organizational skills so they can run meetings, and pla!;
and carry through a variety of activities with the
advise of the CYC staff.
The center deals with gang, drug and alcohol
problems, teen pregnancy, and drop out prevention through counseling and sports activities.
At the center, Chicano youth are able to participate in sports such as softball, basketball, football
and volleyball. Awards are given to winning teams
and their outstanding members.
The important concept with these activities,
outside of fun and getting the youth off the streets,
is that these activities produce self-discipline, said
Hernandez. To be successful in school and in life,
youth need self-discipline.
Education is stressed in every aspect of the
center. To be involved in any activity, one must
maintain a 2.0 GPA
The CYC has on-site activities such as painting
and selling of mural art, photography, silk screening, publication of a newsletter, and food sales.
Dances, festivals, trips to local colleges, and
S: trips outside the community are sponsored by the
S center aswell.
if
When Hernandez looked five to 10 years into
the future he said,"! would like to see more CYC's
i with the same purposes as this one here in Fresno.
~ I hope that the Chicano community will recognize
c3 the problems facing our youth and do )mething
N about it-like Volunteering."
I
Cousins Calito, Jasmine, and La:n-y Zambrano often go to the center after school
"when there are a lot of people around."
AWARD
SISTER CITY
Continued from page 1
Fresno's sister city.
Attorneys
Betsy Temple
and
Nancy
Marsh as well
Municipal
Court Judge
Armando Rodriguez and
U.S. Rep. Richard Lehman
are slated to
make the trip.
"Our goal is to report the elections
objectively, regardless of who the winners
are," said Betsy Temple. "Our report will
emanate from a position of integrity, as·
well as from our knowledge of the community we will be observing."
Some of their duties will be to interviewthe candidates and other members of
the µolit~- 1.l p,
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ernment and election officials. They wi1l
also meet with other election observation
teams.
Fresno is one of 34 cities in two states
who are sending delegations to the elections.
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The delegations will provide copies of
their reports to the Supreme Electoral
Council, an independent branch of Nicaragua's government overseeing the elections and to U.S. political and media representatives.
Nicaragua will be electing its President, Vice President, members of the
national assembly and members of 143
However, the world's attention wilJ be
focused on the race between incumbent
Daniel Ortega and opposition candidate
Violeta de Chamorro.
Although every international observation report stated that the 1984 elections were fairly
and openly conducted, the U.S.
government refused to recognize Ortega's
victory in the
elections calling
it a "sham," according to the
Fresno/Telpaneca Sister City Project.
This refusal has provided the basis for
continued U.S.-sponsored terrorism. The
presence of over 3,000 observers from all
over the world is intended to keep a repeat of1984 from occurring said the Sister ~ity Project.
Temple said, "We are comitted to
maintaining our int;P~h , :,., the proc-
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Continued from page 3
Cogley's activities have demonstrated
her strong beliefs of equality and justice.
She is involved with the Mexican American Political Association del Valle, Rainbow Coalition, the National Organization
for Women and different peace groups.
Cogley said she has learned from the
campus and the community how critical it
is for Chicanos, African Americans, women,
and other underrepresented groups to work
for those causes.
Ybarra and Richard Keyes, chairman
of the African American studies program,
both received an award for their outstanding community service.
Other student recipi_e nts were Veda
Ramsey of the African American Student
Union, and Victoria Sann
Coordinator
of the South African Project at CSUF.
Dr. Izumi Taniguchi, received a special
award for his academic leadership.
CSUF students who are invol vedin the
· struggle for power and justice. "One
hundred others could have received the
award."
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martes, 2/20
'Roots II' shown tonight at SSU
Topic: Complacency in America
Charlayne Hunter-Gault will speak to the theme:
"A Nation Divided: The New Complacency in
America" tonight at 7:30 p.rn. in the SSU. Tickets
are $2.00 for students, faculty and staff, $3.00 general.
"Roots Part II" will be shown tonight at the Satellite Student Union. Check the USU Information
Window for times.
lunes, 2/26
miercoles, 2/21
Free sickle cell testing at SSU
The Budweiser Health Mobile will give free testing for Sickle Cell at the SSU this morning and
afternoon.
Plans for Semana de La Raza
The Semana de la Raza committee welcomes
everyone to help plan Cinco de Mayo activities
during the week of April 30 to May 5. Semana
meetings are evecy Wednesday at 3 p.rn. in San
Ramon 4, Room 242.
African-American Vietnam soldiers
Wallacerr'ercy,PulitzerPrizeNomineeA: thorof
"BLOODS": The African American Experience in
Vietnam will speak tonight in the Satellite Student
Union at 7:30 p.m. Tickets a;e $2.00 for CSUF
Students, $3.00 General.
jueves, 2/22 .
More sickle cell testing
HBSA will meet at 6 p.m. in the Peters Business Building. Check bulletin board for room
number at the bottom floor.
Latino engineers to meet tonight
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
at 5 p.m. in San Ramon 3, Room 131.
The Hispanic Business Students Association will meet at 6 p.m. in the Peters Building,
Room 194C. Everyone is welcome.
El Salvador's FMLN rep.
Salvador Rodriguez, a San Francisco-based represen ta tive of El Salvador's Farabundo Marti Nation-al Liberation Front (FMLN) speaks at noon in
the Upstairs Cafeteria, Room 200.
TheSocietyofHispanicProfessionalEngineers
will meet at 5 p.m. in San Ramon 3, Room 131.
miercoles, 3/7
Multicultural week plans
The planning corn mi ttee for a multicultural week
next semester will meet today at 2 p.rn. in the USU
310.
FEBRUARY, 1990
Semana de La Raza will meet today at 3 p.m.
in San Ramon 4, Room 242.
Migrant Student Alliance will meet at 4 p.m.
in the USU. Check glass case at the south entrance
for room number.
jueves, 3/8
Homelessness to be topic
Jonathan Kozol will speak on Homelessness-in
America tonight in the Satellite Student Union at
7:30 p.m. Tickets are $2 for students, faculty and
staff and $3 for general admission.
MEChA will hold a general meeting at 4 p.m. in
the USU. Check glass case at south entrance for
room number.
miercoles, 2/28
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USU at 4 p.m. Check the glass case at the south
entranc-e for room number.
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afternoon.
Law students to meet
Chicanos In Law will hold a genei-al meeting at 6
p.m. For room number or furtherinfonnation~ call
Gene at 224-6933.
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Migrant Student Alliance will sponsor a dance
ne t for scholarship money. El Dia de la Ban de
111 commemorated at this event at the Rainbow
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a knotted rope, I n
pagel
ould be the anaw r.•
nolo
nusiancycle. Thetive
thesizea that the
ots rep
multiplier of the 584
pl ~ the four waters) we
s thati
nus to go through its
cest.ors o tJ en tive American in ex·le.
ica.
' the Me ·ca and the Aztecs. The Mex.ui'heeig t
:swerethernultiplier or
"Native
no
ual ca'shistory proclaims that they h dcome
365 da
..,.nich a year was based to these pe
1d. " R
are from the people of the red lands, the land
ording to
\'lesoarnerican calendars taught in schoo ..hat the opposite 9 true. of the four rivers.
d prior to the coming of the Europeans. It was the foreigners who 'educated' the
"Knowledge of the stars all over the
e knots are the key in deciphering the natives of the land."
world originates in the deserts." said
formula of the cycle of Venus," he said.
"I had been looking for it for 20 years. I Orozco. "I~ wou1d have been impossible
"The Aztec calendar depicts this informa- first started to research the project twenty for the ~p es of the jungle such as the
·on.•
years o w en I eci ed to learn more Maya, to view the stars." he said. "It
i civilized by his discoverie ~ he
bo' t my ancestors," said Orozco.
would • ave been too c oudy. Too many
flact1uie1:1eN ·veAm ric we ·
"While oo ·ng througn a ·National. thir.g would have been in the way. So the
said.
.iOntheaeconddayoftheex dition, we
the pictographs depicted in
th
Ge graphic. iVestoodinawe
s.
at o r cle r formula of the
fiv
t knotted rln ."