1987_05 The Daily Collegian May 1987

              Chicano Students Win Senate Seats
N^w Ideas and a New Direction for Associated Students
By Denial Chacon
LaVozCo-EtMor
Of ^d*e fifteen recently elected
Associated Student Senators, three of them
have been active in Chicano
origanizations and causes at Fresno State.
Anthony Sotelo, elected Senator at Large,
Frank Aviles, School of Natural Sciences,
and Lupe Tovar, School of Education and
Human Development will assume their
respective seats in the Fall. Each candidate
will execute plans and ideas that will
certainly represent a broad spectrum of
student interests and concerns.
Anthony Sotelo, a major in Political
Science, is currently vice president of
Chicanos in Law, a member of the Student
Grievence committee, as well as an active
member of the Chicano- Latino Student
Association, and a singer in his church's
choir.' " I plan on getting a lot of Chicano
students involved (in student
government)," Sotelo told La Voz.
Chicanos should feel proud about their
positions at Fresno State and to take a
more assertive stance in its governance.
"Students are going to be more active next
year because of the issues brought up
during the election." Sotelo said that he
will continue to bring up those issues
during his term as senator. Next year, he
Natural Sciences
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Anthony Sotelo        Sen. Frank Aviles
says, the A.S. will    be  "no drab boring
bureaucratic work."
Frank Aviles is a senior majoring in
mathmatics. He has been active in many
Chicano  organizations' and has served  as
"Students should
always come first"
Tovar
co-editor   of   La   Voz.   Aviles   plans   on
representing  the  campus   as  a  whole end
Education
Sen. Lupe Tovar
the school of Natural Sciences and
Chicanos in particular.
Since the elections in March he has
already been to many student
organizations and individuals asking how
he can best represent them. Among other
things he plans on getting to know the
various department heads and professors in
his school< and to provide a link between
them, the students , and student
government
Lupe Tovar, a senior in education, has
been a member of the La Voz staff for the
past two years, an active member of
Tewaquachi the American Indian Club, and
a former A.S. senator. Tovar has many
plans begining with forming a council
w^lhin his school made up of the various
organizations, members of the faculty, and
the A.S. senator. The purpose of the
council will be to promote and represent
the organizations and students within the
school of Education and provide a network
nf communication between them.
Tovar also hopes to see more student art
displayed around campus; in the C.U. for
example. "Why should we spend so much
money buying art from non students. We
have plenty of great artists attending
Fresno State and we should display their
work."One of the greatest problems in
student government says Tovar is the
attitudes of those involved. "They're not a
bunch of tin gods and they shouldn't make
themselves out like that." Tovar believes
that students should always come first.
"They're spending too much on
themselves. We (student government)
should always be the first to make
sacrifices." Tovar believes $7,000 in
travel is excessive.
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12:00 pm
1:30 pm
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Mariachi Zapopan
Los Alacranes Mojados
NinosdeAztlan
SEMANA de La Raza
a Week long celebration of Chicano Heritage
Friday, May 8
7:00 pm
Central  America   Panel   Discusion
Saturday, May 9
8:00pm
Dance-CB MusieMix
Sunday, May 3
5:00 pm
Monday May 4,
11:00am-10:00 pm
12pm
6 pm
8:00 pm
May 3-91987
Soccer match between CSUF
and University of Sinola
Mexico at Biden Field
Book Fair Art ExibK by
Malaquias Montanya
Panel discussion on Chicano
literature
Hispanic Excellence Scholarship
Banquet $20. per person, CSUF
Residence Dining Hal for more
information call 294-4775
Poetry group
Wednesday, May 5
12:00 pm
7-DOpm
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Thursday, May 7
9:00 am
11:00 am
11:30 am
8:00 pm
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Clove High Marimba Band
Community night
Speaker: Luis Valdez
Danzantes de Aztlan
Children's Day
Children's Performances
John Vasquez, Magician
Pinatas and Pan dulce
Terrel Bell- Former
Secretary of Education
"Exellence in Education"
Sponsored by the University
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Sholars
Students Visit Tijuana
considering anything but poor management
skills demonstrated by his inability to submit
the letters. "He just wasn't completing the
requirements of the job," Wilson said
Another controversial decision made by the
council was the appointment of an "overseer"
to Freedom and Unity. Castorena states that
there is no provision in die bylaws for such a
position and that the council is creating
powers that they do not have. Foley said "
Greg B arfield (the council's choice for overseer)
is black. It makes sense."
Sholars told La Vox that they were using
other blacks to justify their decisions. Bsrfield
stated that "they (the council) were sitting then-
talking about what blacks need. I felt I had a
■ responsibility to see that the paper dosen't just
sit there after Anthony was removed J felt
responsible for the paper. I was the one to
secure funding last year and am one of the four
people to bring the paper beck three years
By Anthony Sotelo
Staff Writter
The Chicano-Latino studies department
recently sponsored a two-day trip to the
Mexican border city of Tijuana. On March
21, 76 students left Fresno for San Diego.
According to CLS professor Jesus Luna,
the main purpose of the trip was \ to
expose students to cultural centers of
Mexican art in San Diego .and in Tijuana.
"Many of the students had never been to a
border town. Perhaps die trip served to
change the views of some students about
Mexico and the border towns," Luna said
The students arrived in Sen Diego at
about 2-30 pjn. Saturday. They went on a
two hour tour of the Centre Cultural de La
Raza and sew an art exibit tided " Border
Realities," which contained various artist's
impressions of the/ border and its
The    students    then    went    to
Tijuana and checked into the Hotel
Lucema. Once checked in, the students
were free to enjoy the sites and cuisine of
Tijuana.
Mergarito Alcona, a senior political
science major, was- one of the students
who enjoyed his stay in Mexico. " I did
some shopping with some friends,"
Alcorta said. " I also enjoyed some of the
restaurants, which were inexpensive. You
could have a large dinner for about three
dollars."
Sunday afternoon, the group toured the
Tijuana Cultural Center. They saw a film
tided "El Pueblo del Sol" (The people of
the sun). The film gave a "breath taking
" view of Mexico's world-famous sites,
such as Cancun , Acapulco, Copper
Canyon, and ancient Mayan and Aztec
ruins. The film was shown on a 180 degree
screen at the Omnimax Theatre next to the
museum. After the film, the group departed
back to Fresno State.
La Voz
The Chicano Perspective
Founded\1968
Co Editors
Stephanie Diaz
Daniel Chacon
Writers
Anthony Sotelo
Jaime Rodriguez
Bill Lerch
Robert Castorena
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Lawrence Tovar
Mark Diaz
Art
Stephanie Tovar
Production
Lisa Y .Flores
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