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Affair celebrates Southeast Asians
An Ethnic Mosdkfpromotes awareness of diverse communities
By Kristt Lemps
<X)LLECIAN STAFF WRITER
■AnEthnlc Mosaic Southeast Asians
to Fresno" is a 1 1/2-day klckoff event
Oct 5 and 6 to promote awareness of
I the cultural diversity of Fresno's So j Ih
east Asian community, focusing on the
Cambodian. Hmong. Laotian and Vlrt-
namese ethnic groups, said project
director Peter Klassen.
There has been a substantial increase in the number of Southeast
Asians on campus." Klassen. dean of
the School of Social Sciences, said "Ills
an important new development for the
school (of Social Sdencesl and the university."
This is one thing we are doing,"
Klassen said, "to increase or emphasize
awareness in Asian American studies.
We want to create a larger, stronger
program." ,
Klassen said the eventwlU "highlight
/ the Southeast Asian community" In
Fresno and present the various aspects
of difficulties they have been through.
There are nearly 50.000 Southeast
Asians refugees to Fresno County. Many
are Immigrants who were displaced by
the Vietnam War.
James Jen. professor of anthropology and conference coordinator, agreed
that the large population of Southeast
Asians needs lo be addressed.
"We hope students and the whole
community can understand, know and
be aware of what [Southeast Aslansl are
doing now. what they have done, and
what Is their traditional background."
Jen said. "We need to promote understanding of our new community mem
bers in Fresno."
Klassen said. "We hope to develop
the Asian American program and get
them on equal footing with Chlcano-
Launo people."
Opening ceremonies begin Oct. 5 at
5:30 p.m. to the Satellite Student Union. Nguyen Van Hanh. community relations representative for Gov.
Deukmejtan. will be the keynote speaker.
Food samples from the four ethnic cultures will be available at the reception.
'We have the largest
Hmong community
anywhere in America
so we are told."
Southeast Asian Student Services, said
the conference is also geared to help
teachers in secondary schools relate to
the different cultures. She said they
younger Southeast Asian students can
learn from the college students' experiences.
Southeast Asian teaching workshops
will focus on the experiences in teaching Southeast Aslanstudentsandslratc-
gies to hdp them deal with problems
that arise. They will be held from 10:30
.ini   to noon
said the
majority
of the
cultural
events
will be
p r e -
sen ted
throughout the
day Saturday.
More than 200 exhibition Items were
collected from community and uruver-
slty representatives. They will be housed
on the University Student Union balcony and In the two glass display cases
Inside.
"Unfortunately, we don't have good
space for display of the Items." Jen said.
"We will select the most representative
ones."
Some of the items include: a Vietnamese painting of a small boat engulfed to ocean waves representing the
refugee boat Immigrants came to the
United States on: a picture of a French
nun created with broken pieces Of glass
and tree twigs: and embroidered material.
Katsuyo Howard,  coordinator for
—Peter Klassen
In Agriculture
Building
Rooms 224.
226 and 22a
College
workshops on
The Southeast Asian
Student Experience" will be
held during the same time frame In Lib
Schoolrooms 171. 175 and 177.
Elizabeth Klrton. special project
coordinator for Lao Family Community
of Fresno Inc.. said the conference is an
■important first step toward linking the
community and university."
Klrton will be speak on "Community
Activism: Hmong-Amerlcan National
Development" during the Scholar Lectures Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m.
' Klrton said she will be talking about
a two-year project under cooperative
agreement between the Hmong community and the Office of Refugee Resettlement which facilitates community
discussion about the future of Hmong
resettlement to the United States.
They are seeking ways to promote
self-sufBdency  and   education   for
Hmong in America." Klrton said.
She also added the conference will
"inform American communities about
some important happenings within the
refugee community to educate them
about problems within that community
and solutions coming from Ithe refugees).
Jen said the conference will be a way
for schools to find out how high schools
and college students are doing schoias-
tlcalty. A scholarship tournament at
8:30 a.m. Saturday will question Southeast Asian students about their own
culture. U.S. culture and English vocabulary. Prizes will be awarded for
first, second and third places.
Klassen said the conference is getting a lot of support from the community and local schools. Tt Is not Just a
university effort' he said. The conference will present different cultural
problems and practical teaching applications for all Individuals.
The interesting thing is [that] the
climate attracted (Southeast Aslansl
here. We have the largest Hmong community anywhere to America so we are
told." said Klassen. There are about
30.000 Hmongs in Fresno.
"If we know more about their culture
and*background* Jen said. "|we| will
not create or cause more confusion or
misunderstanding' in misinterpreting
rituals and traditional events.
"An Ethnic Mosaic* Is free and is
sponsored by the School of Social Sciences. School of Education. Fresno
Unified School District. Fresno County
School District, Clovis Unified School
District. Southeast Asian Student Services and the University Student Union
Programs Committee.
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raise student fees without student
consent, they become the main target
for Immediate student
demonstrations. No matted how good
the reason, student approval must'
first be given.
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Apology misdirected
Editor.
It was Tuesday afternoon and I sat
down on a bench to the Free Speech
Area A friend handed me a copy of
The Daily Collegian and referred me
to Ken Fergusson's apology letter. It
shocked me thai the apology was only
directed toward Ron Castillo and
Ralph Avlla. two people that heard
him direct his "La Mlgra" comment
toward this one guy.
This guy is a student parking
officer  In  school  and  an  extremely
nice guy who rarely loses his temper.
At least he got a "La Mlgra" shot at
him. huh? WelL I don't believe it was
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claimed, a Joke. It was offensive. Not       .
receiving the apology that he deserved
is plain |wrong].
It pisses me off more when I realize
that the "guy" was (and Is) me. I agree
that Ralph and Ron deserve an
apology because they were also
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yau offend someone, apologize to the
"offendee" and not the people who Just
happened to be there.'
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