1994_11 The Daily Collegian November 1994

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Friday, November 4, 1994
IAVOZBRIEFLINES
Compiled by Ana Rocha
La Voz Staff Wrim*
Caltfomian's Against Prop.
187 seeks volunteers
•   Volunteers are needed for
the protest against Proposition.
187.
With Nov. 8 just around the
corner the volunteers are
needed. #
Anyone that wishes to help
can contact Isaac Botello at 498-
0515.
Ch ica n o Alumni and Friends
personalize license plates
Personalized license plates
are being sold by the Chieano
Alumni and Friends Organi¬
zation as a fund-raiser.
There are different color
combinations to chose from
other than the standard red and
white ones. A person has the
option to write their frame in
either English and/or in Span¬
ish. '
The cost is only $14.95 plus
tax. Anyone can order by call-
ing226-2884. I
Fresno Friends of the Na¬
tional Hispanic Scholarship
Fund, Inc. to hold Fund¬
raiser
"An Evening To Invest in
the Future" is the theme of the
black and white ball organized
by the Fresno Friends of the
National Hispanic Scholarship -
Fund, Inc.
Proceeds are to benefit stu¬
dents in the San Joaquin Valley
area through the scholarship
fund.
Tapighr's event will include
cocktails, dinner by Pardini's,
and a night of dancing.
Formoresponsorshipinfor-
mation call (209) 485-1320.   ;
El Teatrb Campesino pre¬
sents La Virgen Del Tepeyac
Directed by Luis Valdez, El
Teatro Campesino will play the
Christmas drama La Virgen Del
Tepeyac from Nov. 26 through
Dec 11.
All performances are in
Spanish, although an English
synopsis is provided. Perfor-
rhanc^s will be performed at
the San Juan Bautista Mission
with a special preview on Nov.
25.
Tickets are$15 forseniorciti-
zens and adults, $8 for chil¬
dren. ►
For preview ticket informa-
tion call (408) 623-2444.
Centro Bellas Artes cel¬
ebrates Dia de Los Muertos
Centro Bellas Artes hosted
analtarandexhibitinclebration
of Dia*de los Muertos on
Wednesday.
The Roosevelt Mariachi and
Marimba, performed. Orgullo
Oaxaqueflos de Livingston.
EOP is planning spring reunion
for past and present students
IA VOZ POETRY
;\
Remembering and Missing You
By Elodia CoRits
La Voz Poet  1  *
"I will remember you often."
Inside of my mind you always will be
I will meet new places with you in mind.
Walking and thinking of you.
Remembering the beautiful things we shared.
"Vmust write"
A love letter to you.
A letter to my family.
Telling all about my journey.
Remembering how beautiful is our pueblecito (small village).
"Ooer there whye it's free."
Where I could do whatever I want
Where I could fly free and
Discover new things.
Feeling free and flying high.
Iwillbebadc
"Singing toyoiis the song you like.
Arriving and you waiting for me.
Ill stop and kiss you.'
Feeling the love that you still feel for me.
"Gariflo mio, llooeyau"
I miss you demaciado.
Now that I'm far from you.
I remember all the beautiful memories.
Oh! my love. I ';/*?•
I just want to let you know that,
You are too deep inside my heart to be torgotten.
By Ana Rocha
La Vol Staff Writer   -.
Unfortunately over time sev¬
eral prograans face tHe reality of
being cut due to either lack of
support rind inevitable budget
cuts. "
Through the years-one of the
programs that has survived at
Fresno State is the Educational
Opportunity Program (EOf^.
EOP is officially celebrating
its 25thyear anniversary by host-
inga reunion forpastandpresent
students of the program.
"It will be interesting to see
whereand howpastparticipants
are presently in their lives and
careers," said Robert Hernandez,
EOP director.
Being a former EOP student
himself, Hernandez wonders
COLUMN, from page 2
"It would cause the waterpres-
sure in tHe area to decrease."
"It would damage the local
ecosystem."   •
I had to laugh at the ridicu¬
lousness of some of these argu¬
ments and those that weren't ri¬
diculous had workable solutions.
The real problem was that these
people didn't want to have to do
any work to arrive at solutions to
these problems. One of the orga¬
nized neighborhood groups at
the meeting had a slogan, "Gov¬
ernment is supposed to work for
us!" The only way I could inter¬
pret this was that they felt die city
council had an obligation to pro-
HEALTH, from page 2
factors are waiting to happen.
How do you think the Europeans
killed many of nuestros indig¬
enous ancestors? They brought '
and spread diseases. If Proposi¬
tion 187 passes, these diseases
that were controlled or non-exis¬
tent can suddenly come back.
We all know that Prop 187 is
not a well thought out initiative.
The straight up truth of this
proposition is that die pro-P^op
187 hypocrites are afraid of see¬
ing the Raza being educated.
They want to see us at the bottom
of the lista, well trucha ese, we
Mexicans leve to help each other,
unlike the so called SOS plan
(Save Our Selves).
Los hypocrites can not bear
the idea that we base ourselves
on unity, pride, and sharing die
bread with each other as Digs
aboutthedifferentroads the lives
of his peers might have taken.
Hemandez,a!ongwithotherEOP
staff members and friends, has
taken upon the project to reunite
past and present EOP students^
The proposed date of die re¬
union is sometime in April of
1995. The event is expected to be
held on campus. Organizers of
the^xeunion hope that this will
give those studehts and gradu¬
ates a chance to reacquaint them¬
selves.
Ramirez said that although
staff members are organizing the
reunion anyone is invited to vol¬
unteer.
If any former or present EOP
student has any questions about
the reunion they are encouraged
to contact EOP at 278-3071.
tect them from having to make
any changes in their lifestyle as
part of any solution to the prob¬
lems they created. The council
should be thinking about bsern
and only them.
(iSe aerx mucho, no?)
One of the most telling state¬
ments die residents made was,
"It would bnng more crime to the
area." Ifs the classic 'there goes
the neighborhood' mentality
They associate browrupeople in
the area with an increase in crime.
Do they^ realize die implications
of this? If they would stop and
examine why they think this they
may begin to understand how
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Nuestro lo hizo. Who harvest^
the fruits and vegetables? Pos
nosotros, quien mas! In my 14
years of .working in los fields I
have only seen Mexicanos har¬
vesting la cosecha. They want to
see us working in the fields, so an
easy way of not letting us ad¬
vance is by taking away our edu¬
cation, killing us through dis¬
eases), putting us in jail or in-'
creasing university fees. Talk
about modern day slavery, I
thought the Emancipation Law
was abolished
The so called assimilated nice
American Dream which consists
of having a nice house, in a nice
quite neighborhood with a nice
car, a nice familia, and earning it
through 110 percent work as Mr.
Estrada be all you can be put it^ es
puropedo. The only way we will
CONFEDERACION, from page 2
it be the inability of MEChA to
adapt to the changing values of.
ournewChicano/Latinostudent
population or the need for a
change from the aggressive con¬
frontation strategies of die late
6CKsand 70s. Then again, it could
be me, embracing the nostalgia
of the past when MEChA was the
umbrella organization of all
Chicano/Latino organizations on
campus. But then again, I have
memories of similar conflicts be¬
tween special in teres i groups
even back then. Is it not strange
how things in life seem to change,
but yet, still remain the same.
Never tige less, my compli¬
ments and support goes out to
these committed student leaders
who, together, have identified a
need for UNITY among Nuestro
CSUF Chieano Faculty
participate in bookstore
Poetry Enjambment
by Christina Gomez
La Voz Staffwrtter
On Friday, October 28th, Pro¬
fessors Juan Felipe Herrera and
Margarita Robles participated in
a Poetry Enjambment session.
The session was held at Barnes
& Noble Booksellers on the cor¬
ner of Shaw and Blackstone av¬
enues.
Both Herrera and Robles teach
Chieano/ Latino American Stud¬
ies here at Fresno State. It was a
full house for the reading with
about twenty or thirty people in
attendance. The crowd was
crammed into the upstair cafe
section of die bookstore.
Herrera read from his newly
published book, "Night Train to
Tuxtla."
race is involved. -«i
Had the residents stopped and
listed to those people who are
looking forward to living in the
new complex they might under¬
stand how important it is. Those
movingin are tibm impoverished
areas of Fresno and this project is
opportunity for them to live and
raise their children in an environ¬
ment not plagued with drugs,
crime, and guns as enjoyed by so
many Fig Garden area residents.
People^df^the Fruit/Ashlan
area: It is time'f or some self ex¬
amination. Do you really care
tfXote about die water pressure
than people? ,
help each other and end Barrio
warfare, is if prominent Mexican
professionals go back and live in
'the Barrios so that our chavalitos
and nuestra gente will have some¬
one to count on, instead of mov¬
ing in to the so called nice neigh¬
borhoods and assimilating into
this pendejo system-
Educate Raza and help each
other out If it is not us then who
will? Keep in mind this slogan
used considerably by the United
Farm Workers of America and
the MEChistAs all around the
nation, "La Union Hade La
FuerzaH!".
Submitted by
Juan    Carlos    Gutierrez
Covarrubias
Chieano Health Organization
Gente arid unlike others, are do¬
ing something about it Let us
remember the inspiring words of
Cesar Chavez and the United
Farmworkers Union—"United,
We Cannot Be Defeated"
En Union, *
Tony Garduque
EOP Counselor
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