1985_04 The Daily Collegian April 1985

              La Vox de Aztlan
Resolution Demanding Moratorium on 1988 Admission Requirements
WHEREAS, Board of Trustees of the California State University system is proposing to increase admission
requirements that will adversely effect the eligibility of and reduce the population of incoming
disadvantages and non—traditional students to the CSU system; and,
WHEREAS, The CSU Board of Trustees has failed to conduct a study on the impact of admission
requirement changes adopted in 1982 as promised; and,
WHEREAS, The CSU's efforts to impose admission requirements exceeding those of the University of
California violates the California Master Plan for post—secondary education which separates
the mission of the UC and CSU systems (UC: upper 12.5% of high school seniors and CSU:
upper 33.3%); and, *
WHEREAS, Recently the CSU was mandated to lower its eligibility index to comply with the Master Plan,
serving as an indicator of how the present requirements are adversely effecting the admissibility
of the upper 1/3 of high school seniors;
and,
WHEREAS, The CSU Board of Trustees and the Chancellor have adopted a "get tough" posture regarding
education and admission policies—a posture not based on any scientific evidence that the
so—called quality of students has declined; and,
WHEREAS, According to data extracted from the Fresno Unified School District, it can be concluded that as
the socio—economic level increases in high school districts, more college prep courses are
offered and without adequate minority enrollment in the lower socio—economic districts fewer
college prep courses are offered period; and,
WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees has failed to incorporate a meaningful cross section of professionals who
can represent the population of disadvantaged and minority students, who would be most
negatively affected, into the boards and commission which set the policies and SUndards
affecting the status of all students; and,
WHEREAS, Thc Board of Trustees has chosen to ignore the recommendation of the Hispanic Commission
Report on Underrepresentation, which called for a study on how present and proposed
requirements have or will affect Chicano, Black and Native American students; and,
WHEREAS, We philosophically agree that high school students must be prepared for college, we do not
agree that the Chancellor's office can guarantee that every high school student in grades nine
through twelve will be equally informed, counselled, and encouraged to Uke and complete a
college preparatory program; and,
WHEREAS, We, the students of today are the vanguard of accessible education for furture generation of.
CSU students and must do everything in our power to see accessible education maintained;
therefore be it,
R ESOL VE, That the California State University, Fresno, Associated Students diligently and actively oppose
the proposed 1988 CSU admission requirements and demand a moratorium on the imposition
of those requirements until an extensive impact study on present and proposed requirements is
made; be it,
FURTHER
RESOLVED, That the Associated Students president immediately present the issue to the California State
Student Association and utilize this body to meet the aforementioned imperative, and provide
means by which persons who may accurately and adequately present and support the opposition
of requirements to the CSSA, be present at all applicable CSSA conferences and commit'
meetings. These persons will be subjected to approval by the Associated Students Senate.
—La Voz Endorsement!
La Voz de Aztlan officially
endorses the resolution op-
possing the 1988 College
Entrance Requirements.
We encourage our Raza to
support the student organ¬
izations that have come out |
against this racist attack
upon our community. The
only way. to pquntec^ct
such a move Is with ia united
front. Beware that our
community is not only
limited to Fresno, and as
such Chicano communities
in other areas are also
being attacked. We cannot
lose what we have work so
hard to again——access'
to higher education, and
equality.
April 17,1985
Salvadoran Health Worker Tells Her Story
By Sherry Boschert
She is in her late 20*8. a mother
of two, and a doctor. But she hasn't
seen her childn
and was forced I
the medical school i
El  Sail
of them chasing hi
mile with their mache
Today her children i
Salvador, and the-nedi
n a long time.
ave her post at
n thecapitafof
when  the National
t in 1980. a group
tor n
till
hut
al school is
ame) has
Mercado (not her real
come from Mexico to the U.S.
a message of hope, and a plea for
help. As a representative of
COPROSAL, the association of
health workers in El Salvador, she
~is meeting with groups across the
ynited States to tell them pf the
past year's accomplishmente, and
to ask for continued support.
Veronica described COPRO-
SALs program of training people
to be health promoters during an
interview in- San Francisco with
the Committee for Health Rights in
Central Am'erica. Similar to
Nicaragua's training for health
brigadistas, COPROSAL provides
health  education for the general
population, many of whom cannot
Three levels of training advance
from sanitation and preventive
medicine to surgery and work in
hospitals. Two objectives guide
this work, says Veronica: "To help
relieve the scarcity of doctors in El
Salvador, and to involve the
COPROSAL people themselves in
health, education, and pro¬
duction."
The scarcity of health care is an
everyday crisis in-El Salvador.
"Two hundred doctors and nurses
have been killed since 1980," says
Veronica. "We're playing a larger
role in fending to people ... The
popular war has intensified, and
the response of the government
has been to increase repression,
especially the paramilitary groups
that Duarte doesn't have direct
control over."
Increased government bomb¬
ings, she asserts, have
multiplied the demands on health
providers by killing or wounding
many brigadistas and civilians. As
a 'result, COPROSAL. rias had to
shift its focus from preventive
medicine to acute care, dealing
with injuries and the effects of the
Though most of its work is done
in the.liberated zones and areas of
dispute where people have no other
access to health care. C0PROSAL
also provides some health care in
. .h. e. cftea.qf.El Sal>.a,4qr. .TbrovgK
their    main    office   in    Mexico,
Veronica works in a collective of |
two women and four men to raise |
medicines and materials. ,
"The work I'm doing is the best I I
can do for the improvement of the |
people as a whole, for the oi
are suffering- This
motivation that many
have in El Salvador today," she I
savs. Many of the brigadistas f
trained by COPROSAL are I
women, and she points out that I
when the medical school was open, I
40 percent ofstudents were female, f
From   her   experiences   :
liberated zones. Veronica feels that ■
there is a greater acceptance of«
women's participation there thanj
has traditionally been allowed in W
the rest, of El Salvador. "Before, the P
woman was left aside, but nowf
they've created a mechanism fori
women to participate directly, and|
women are developing capacitief^
they didn't know they had," s' _
says. "In the zones of control, mostj
of ,th.e..pop.ulatiO--   ___,   ._
consci6_sh_-fe6 _jfOWrevolutionary
process. THey not'only accept, buj
they promote the full incorporation
■pf.th.e.-wQipAn.W?.c^n't.§?y.t.h«
See Worker, page I
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Hernandez Remembers The Past
By Jaime Juarez __B_9_f        applied for the permanent position    student government you were a sell-
Staff Writer | 4 ^^i_________»i.ll"
Name: Robert Hernandez
Position: Director of EOP
Birthplace: Dinuba California
Birthdate: September 27,1948
Education: B.A., M.A CSUF
Years on rtaiT: 14
Robert Hernandez is the youngest
of six children born to farm laboring
parents. He grew up in the barrio of
Dinuba and as a result has come to
know the importance of education.
"When I was growing up, all the
guys went into the army after [high]
school; it was just a given," Her¬
nandez recalls, "but I wanted to go
to [college]."
Hernandez did just that. Despite
the increasing war effort in Vietnam,
Robert Hernandez
EOP Director
applied for the permanent position student government you were a sell-
of director and received the job. out or a vendido."
Over the last sixteen years at .Today [Chicano and Black] stu-
CSU-Fresno, Hernandez has seen dents are deeply involved in their
many changes; however, one thing own areas; we. have a former EOP
which pleases Hernandez is the sta - student who will soon graduate from
bility of programs like EOP; Black medical school and another who is
Studies, and La Raza Studies.        /among the top of his class at law
"I remember one year the Pres* school."
ident fired all the faculty of the La With admiration, Hernandez said
Raza and Black Studies programs; "that's really good to see."(j'
and if it hadn't been for the student The problem Hernandez foresees,
movements and protests, we wouldnt however, is that, "the potential is
have those programs.... The problem Hernandez foresees,
From 1969 to 1971 there were however, is that, "the potential is
four different directors at EOP. here for people to forget what others
Now La Raza, Black Studies, and did in the past.
EOP have been around for fifteen "Back then some students sacrificed
."said Hernandez, "especially   years," said Hernandez. themselves to create opportunities,"
those of us coming from small      Another change Hernandez has says Hernandez, "but formany stu-
communities."                                  seen has been the devisification of dents today, who were only four or
Hernandez received his bachelors   studenu. five years old back then, that's
 -~--"o     * """""* T1«nani,   degree m Enviromental Health in      "Today we're not as close as we ancient history.*'
,__;nr0_i Reedley College in 1971 and took a staff position at were back in the early *70s." said For a husband and father of two,
1967. After two years and a little EOP. In 1980, Hernandez received Hernandez, "but that doesnt mean there is too much at stake to forget.
encouragement from is sister he hjs M-A in Health Education and the students arent as involved or He has learned the importance of
I ranstereo to t-resno Mate College the $&mt year became acting Direct- interested as they were back then." educational opportunity, and now
under the newly created Education- or of EOp, after Manuel Perez left He mentioned that "we have had he teaches it to others,
al Opportunity Program. to become assistant Dean of two EOP Students become Asso- For Robert Hernandez, the key
"Coming to Fresno State back Students. ciated Student Body Presidents... word in education has been op-
then scared the heck out of every-       The following year, Hernandez   back then, if you were involved in portunity..
Central American Women's Movement
Albert Robles
Staff Writer
underpopulated nation in Central polio in 1982.
America with an overall population Wells went on to describe the
"Women and I iheraimn" _atih,   density comparable to that of Iowa, triple exploitation common to most
focusTf a Snel e»m?ni^ Se       WhraU'S' •*">""«corporations thlrdworld»°™"-Bunemploy-
JnLKr__f_^_"!-        t00k over much of "«e country's ment and unequal pay, sexual
struggles of Central American   ^ during the __^ 192fJs   ^ harassment, and forced sterll
Stated that the Marines invaded ten 'ration.
times in drderto maintain "economic
access." _
An uprising that Wells desribed as The women's movement in
women.
:, T^'j»iielw^[p^oTthe'educa^onal
forums on L_tih America sponsored
by Las Adelhas, Campus Latin American
Support Committee, MEChA, and the first" gueTT\l\a
the Student Christian Movement h_mUnh.ro t_n_
(i.e. the Campus Sanctuary Coalition).
Consisting of three women, the
panel presented views on the situation
facing women in Nicaragua and El
Salvador, the roles they play within
nthewestern Nicaragua pre-existed the
hemisphere took place in 1926 as a revolution itself unlike those of
response to the Marines'presence in Cuba and Chile.
the country. —Wells
In 1934, the Marines were forced   	
to withdraw and Somoza was installed,   ■■••••■■■■■■■■■^■■■H-a*          „„..._« m . ___. „y
-   -     .        as Wells stated, with financial backing She also called attention to drugs   Tomas Borge  "we need to make
theirrespecuvecountry'sirvolution;   fr0m the Rockefeller Corporation, (i.e. birth control) that are banned in   men share housework" WelWid
andthewoncaonethroughsolidanty       Under Somoza( illheracy was as the U.S. getting dumped into the   that this Uw (ri_J£ to the one^n
activity m the U.S.                             high as 56% (80% for women in the third world, and to the high rate   Cuba) serves as a consciousness
Carol Wells.ji representative of   countryside), and health care was maleabandonmentoftheirfamilies.   —"--XJ-'"
said that female headed households
had dropped from 33% down to
15%.
The women -movement in Nicaragua,
said Wells, pre-existed the revolution
itself unlike those in Cuba and Chile.
She cited the myriad of social reforms
established by the government, which
abolished capital punishment;
outlawed prostitution; and outlawed
the exploitation of images of women.
In 1982, one of Nicaragua's more -
controversial laws was passed which
gave men equal responsibility for
the sharing of domestic household
chores. Refering to a statement by
. . - tuumrysiuc;, _nu ncaiui care was
the Nicaragua Task Force, opened nearly non—existant. After the revolu- According to Wells it wasn
her presentation with a historical tion, Well said that illiteracy was unusual, in Nicaragua, for a man to
synopsis of Nicaragua's economic reduced  to  less  than  twelve have had twenty or thirty children
and political development. She percent and a public health from different women,
described Nicaragua as'the most campaign succeded in eliminating However, after the revolution, she
raising tool.
Anna Foster, who is from San
Francisco, representing LaAsociacion
deMujensProgTesistasdeBSabrXsdor,-
an organization with roots in El
See movtmont, page 6
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