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A Frustrated Saragoza Resigns The man who helped develop a strong Chicano studiee curri¬ culum at CSUF and put fire into the local Chicano move¬ ment has had it with Fresno area attitudes Alejandro Saragoza, saying he was 'tired of beating his head against the wall only to have more obstacles put up,* an¬ nounced to La Voz two weeks ago that he was resigning from the La Raza Studies Program Saragoza's resignation brings to an end teniporar_y a long¬ standing desire to 're-invest* himself into his own community But in a recent La Voz inter- come back when Barter is gone." The 31-year-old native Mad- eran submitted his re_gnatic_ to CSUF President Norman Baxter last week and accused the Fresno State aceministration can¬ celled the program the previous spring. Ironically, the new staff ID- Lea Ybarra-Soriano, Dr. Teresa Perez, Dr. Jesus Luna, and Ernesto Martinez) hired along with Saragoza, who was named coordinator, was reunited this semester with the return of of absence. But that reunion will last only until Aug. 1.1979 when Sanagoza's resignation be¬ comes effective,. Dr. Ybarra, who is the current coordinator and the first Chicana to hold the position that was held by Saragoza five of his seven years at CSUF, said his 9 leadership. He told La Voz that the issues over the years have built up a frustration that he no longer wishes to face. Instead, he will join the Chicano Studies T>rogi_ra at the University of California, Berkeley Saragoza received his Bache¬ lor's degree from Fresno State before earning his Masters at Harvard University He has been working on his doctorate from Berkeley In September of 1971, he and a new staff were named to fill La Raza Studies poaitiona that ^>^^^NS^^N^sx^^^^^>^^-*>^^ "I see his frustration but we have a strong faculty that will keep up a good program," she 'We hope it will make people aware that the La Raza Studies faculty is under great pressure In addition to teaching, wo have to keep up the arfirmative action efforts." She's not too concerned that the adinmistration will attempt tc MEChA: Unity at Work The llrst MEC-iA Central Confer¬ ence took place last Saturday at Fresno City College, and according to conference coordinator Stan Santos, the event fulfilled its goals 'it waa effective In that it brought students Irom different high schools together and formed new bonds be¬ tween them.'explalrvad Santos "One of our main ob|ecti-/es for the confer¬ ence was that we wanted communica¬ tion to take place among the stu¬ dents, added Santos 'Students realized that other stu¬ dents experience the tame problems as they do with dress codes, the way they talk. etc. It drew the students closer toghether, with the ultimate goal being to move together on Issues affecting the students,'»aid Santos MEChA President Prisdlla Contreras felt the results of the (Jonferenoe were very positive. "The students are learning that It is no good to fight amongst them¬ selves. It doesn't get them anywhere They learned to communicate by sharing experlenoae In the work- shopa.'sald Contreras. "Theyfe learning slowly, but they are learning deflnately learning * MEChA must start at the hlgn school level to unite the students," Contreras pointed out. "To do anything, there Is always the first step and this conference Is one of ll.hed l)to establish communication and the sharing of Information be¬ tween the different MEChA's: 2) take action on regional Issues and support each other In these actions 3) sponsor projects designed to unify students; Chicano Youth Conference, volleyball and basketball tourn- Dospite a low turnout of 70, com¬ pared to an anticipated 200, Santos and Contreras feel optimistic about future regional conferences 'Even though the numbers were low Santos said after the con¬ ference, alot of Freeno schools were represented. It was a good group to start with." Contreras added, 'we established communication with a lot of people for Ihe first time. Next time, wa will be able to reach more people.' entirely because she said LRS is one of only two programs in the School of Social Sciences whoee enrollment is not (roing The program has a full tome equivalency enrollment (FTEI of 119, although the mojection was for only 100. She said a job vacancy announcement is being prepared and will be sent out ''because Volpp said it would go through ' 'But, we're always having to fight over these things," she said. "Hopefully, we'll get someone as highly qualified Dr. Jesus Luna, who piloted the program twice in his four years with LRS. said. "Naturally we hate to lose a very cxwnpetent and ongnt couegue. t can t blame Alex, the blame bes with the administration. One gets tired of beating his head against the wall." Luna also stressed that the program's strong faculty will compensate for any loss but it will "double its efforts' on behalf of its quest "I hope the general 'izee the kinds i work under. 'We constantly seek community support and only through a united effort will we make Fresno State well over 600 students. Also, a new affirmative action effort will recruit Chicano students. Sources have credited both la Raza Studiee and the F-rhn-tional Opportunity Program with establishing the Recruiting of hardship i to hire Jorge Corralejo last year, lack of support for the Chicano Youth Gx-ference. LRS rj-qfemoo- fa lack of support for LRS curri¬ culum especially general ed- ucation requiretnent cuts, lack of leadership on behalf of the EOP Summer Institute when the Student Snata was making cuts. Saragcaa said he "feela ter¬ rible about leaving the program, especially because it still faces many problems. He recalled the energy he possesed when he first At that time, the Fresno Bee reported his desire to return to the San Joaquin Valley and work See Page 6 Chicano Radio in Fresno By TOeMAS URIBES LA VOZ Contributer Fresno Chicanos who want to pub¬ licize their activities have been offered a "new* medium outlet through the "AHORA" program heard on commer¬ cial free radio, KFCF-88.1 FM "AHORA" is broadcast Saturday trom 12 noon to 3 p.m. with cultural, news, and political bilingual program¬ ming It originates .n Berkeley, out of KFCF .homebase, KFPA The Fresno KFCF is sponsored by the Fresno Free College Foundation. The show's producers. Isabel Alegria and Jose eMario Lopez, e*ere in Fresno recently to tell El Concilio de Fresno that the Chicano community should send Information for broadcast After the meeting, the two Chicano broadcasters discussed their involve¬ ment in commercial-free media and why them were extending their help to Ms Alegria hopes the gesture made to El Concilio last weekend will in¬ crease communication between Latino communities within the broadcast area that ranges 250 miles north and south of Berkeley X 'The media is really importar^ order (or our communities to pro¬ gress.' said Ms Alegria whose media training has come Irom eight years of experience at KFPA 'Often times we (Chicano communi¬ ties) have the same goals and happen¬ ings but we don't know about each other We don' t get the benefit of each other's lessons The radio offers us an r« hange if we have the access." I npez said the non-commercial outlet provides an opportunity that would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve uncommercial radio 'We could not do ... _ radio the kinds of things we do now,' he said 'We'd have to change our format, not just politically but our entertainment also. We'd have to play the top 40." Ms Alegria said ric«v_)i*VTiercial broadcasting Is expanding in the United States, something she says will mean more community control. "We have so little access to the commercial networks," she said "They're doing ui a favor if they -over our community.* She also said most people may not be accustomed to paying for radio broad¬ casts, but 'in reality we pay indirectly for commercial radio when we buy an advertiser's product.' What about Chicanos and other minorities putting their energies and Saragoza resignation From Page 2 Too often young Chicanos go to aprestigious school and then get grabbed off by the goverment or some big firm," s Bee story quoted Saragoza, who at the time waa 24 yean old, fresh out of Harvard, and the new coor__ator of LRS. "We we're so consumed with on 'was made up of like ! t_*." But he said while he feels bad, like I'm abr_oning the shin'', he said every year at CSUF has produced no senee of accomplishment" because by the admm_tn_kn, "4 or 5 new obstaclee would be placed before tt. especially when you hava other reflect a said that two years ago, ha had the same opportunity...to leave CSUF and join Berkeley. He said wanted to stay here because it's home and there was so much to do. But now, he's paid more than his share of dues to the La Rata Studies' future:"At beat, all wa out do ia hold to what we have-not a withdrawal and not an advance,'' he said. Now with the Go¬ vernor's 10 par cent budget cut. we'll foal th* wont effect because we're the small guya." He said the adnfaiatratka happens, our Chicano voice will become very diluted,"he said. Through *he years, Saragoza found himself deecribing the Chicano plight at CSUF In - they too can have a piece of the action? 'The more media access the better,* said eMs Alegria. 'But once you step into commercial radio, you have to play the game. You have to answer to advertisers If they don't like what you're doing, too bad for you * 'You have to make too many c saiJ Lopez They said their offer to El Concilio now lies with the Fresno community to follow-up Persons interested in submitting material or obtaining information may contact the 'AHORA' representatives at 2207 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, Ca., 94704, (415) 848-6767 or 849-1782 In Fresno, El Concilio representative Pam Whalen may be reached at 1530 N Fresno, 266-4486 Salsa: Slowly Entering Fresno Music Scene said. "The laat couple of years, we realty miaaed our involve¬ ment in the comminity, a prin¬ ciple aspect of the ^ re __nulfap*Jod Salsa is not a native valley resident. It does not originate from la gente that populate this valle. It filters in through various passages whatever way it can. But the flow into the valley, to the people who like it, is a very slow and frustrating path. A lot of people are not hip to salsa and shun it because it is new and alien. This situation is slowly changing. Fresno residents should not be denied the exposure to this music. In fact, it should be emphasized Just by getting into the musk, valley Chicanos become exposed to a dif¬ ferent culture Some Chicanos have a closer tie to the Black, or Anglo way of life than to the Puerto Rican way of life with which we have dose cultural ties (language, music. and history) One of the major obstacles to the flow of salsa into the valley are the Fresno record shops Ask for salsa at the Wherehouse and they will probably answer back, 'Is that a new song?' Tower Records is supposed to be the place for records in Fresno. I have only one thing to say about the people who work there. If I actually wrote it, I would be an open target for libel suits (not that I am scared of them, I just don't need the compV.ll- cations right now) Instead, let me share an experience when I applied for a job there. I explained to the manager that there was a market for salsa here in Fresno and none of the other record shops were serving that market So, I explained that I might be able to help them by building up their, salsa record selection Everyone would benefit. Salsa fans would be able to buy current, up- to-date albums, and Tower would get the added business. I think ') a trip to the Bay Area and visit Musica Latina (2974 Mission Street) in the Mission District San Francisco's Mission District is heavily popula¬ ted with Latinos from throughout Latin America, and they bring their music with them The first time I walked into Musica Latina, I was sur¬ prised to see how many salsa rec¬ ords they had in stock I cursed the god of money for only giving me en¬ ough to buy one album! That is the only place I .recommend to buy »J_a. I haven't been to very many other places that have a better selection. The manager of Musica Latina explained that they are the distributor for a few of the maior salsa record labels In other words, they get the records direct from the factory, and distribute them to the record stores So, if it exists, chances they get it for i Puerto Rican girl from San Fransisco at Tower one night. I was making one of may "Maybe they got..'" trips to the salsa section, and ive happened to get into a converstion about salsa here in Fresno. She was shocked at how pathetic thajj Ik the J.fc£>ion was . th*', *»*». 'or
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Title | 1978_12 The Daily Collegian December 1978 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1978 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
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Title | Dec 12, 1978 La Voz Pg. 2-3 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1978 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
Full-Text-Search | A Frustrated Saragoza Resigns The man who helped develop a strong Chicano studiee curri¬ culum at CSUF and put fire into the local Chicano move¬ ment has had it with Fresno area attitudes Alejandro Saragoza, saying he was 'tired of beating his head against the wall only to have more obstacles put up,* an¬ nounced to La Voz two weeks ago that he was resigning from the La Raza Studies Program Saragoza's resignation brings to an end teniporar_y a long¬ standing desire to 're-invest* himself into his own community But in a recent La Voz inter- come back when Barter is gone." The 31-year-old native Mad- eran submitted his re_gnatic_ to CSUF President Norman Baxter last week and accused the Fresno State aceministration can¬ celled the program the previous spring. Ironically, the new staff ID- Lea Ybarra-Soriano, Dr. Teresa Perez, Dr. Jesus Luna, and Ernesto Martinez) hired along with Saragoza, who was named coordinator, was reunited this semester with the return of of absence. But that reunion will last only until Aug. 1.1979 when Sanagoza's resignation be¬ comes effective,. Dr. Ybarra, who is the current coordinator and the first Chicana to hold the position that was held by Saragoza five of his seven years at CSUF, said his 9 leadership. He told La Voz that the issues over the years have built up a frustration that he no longer wishes to face. Instead, he will join the Chicano Studies T>rogi_ra at the University of California, Berkeley Saragoza received his Bache¬ lor's degree from Fresno State before earning his Masters at Harvard University He has been working on his doctorate from Berkeley In September of 1971, he and a new staff were named to fill La Raza Studies poaitiona that ^>^^^NS^^N^sx^^^^^>^^-*>^^ "I see his frustration but we have a strong faculty that will keep up a good program," she 'We hope it will make people aware that the La Raza Studies faculty is under great pressure In addition to teaching, wo have to keep up the arfirmative action efforts." She's not too concerned that the adinmistration will attempt tc MEChA: Unity at Work The llrst MEC-iA Central Confer¬ ence took place last Saturday at Fresno City College, and according to conference coordinator Stan Santos, the event fulfilled its goals 'it waa effective In that it brought students Irom different high schools together and formed new bonds be¬ tween them.'explalrvad Santos "One of our main ob|ecti-/es for the confer¬ ence was that we wanted communica¬ tion to take place among the stu¬ dents, added Santos 'Students realized that other stu¬ dents experience the tame problems as they do with dress codes, the way they talk. etc. It drew the students closer toghether, with the ultimate goal being to move together on Issues affecting the students,'»aid Santos MEChA President Prisdlla Contreras felt the results of the (Jonferenoe were very positive. "The students are learning that It is no good to fight amongst them¬ selves. It doesn't get them anywhere They learned to communicate by sharing experlenoae In the work- shopa.'sald Contreras. "Theyfe learning slowly, but they are learning deflnately learning * MEChA must start at the hlgn school level to unite the students," Contreras pointed out. "To do anything, there Is always the first step and this conference Is one of ll.hed l)to establish communication and the sharing of Information be¬ tween the different MEChA's: 2) take action on regional Issues and support each other In these actions 3) sponsor projects designed to unify students; Chicano Youth Conference, volleyball and basketball tourn- Dospite a low turnout of 70, com¬ pared to an anticipated 200, Santos and Contreras feel optimistic about future regional conferences 'Even though the numbers were low Santos said after the con¬ ference, alot of Freeno schools were represented. It was a good group to start with." Contreras added, 'we established communication with a lot of people for Ihe first time. Next time, wa will be able to reach more people.' entirely because she said LRS is one of only two programs in the School of Social Sciences whoee enrollment is not (roing The program has a full tome equivalency enrollment (FTEI of 119, although the mojection was for only 100. She said a job vacancy announcement is being prepared and will be sent out ''because Volpp said it would go through ' 'But, we're always having to fight over these things," she said. "Hopefully, we'll get someone as highly qualified Dr. Jesus Luna, who piloted the program twice in his four years with LRS. said. "Naturally we hate to lose a very cxwnpetent and ongnt couegue. t can t blame Alex, the blame bes with the administration. One gets tired of beating his head against the wall." Luna also stressed that the program's strong faculty will compensate for any loss but it will "double its efforts' on behalf of its quest "I hope the general 'izee the kinds i work under. 'We constantly seek community support and only through a united effort will we make Fresno State well over 600 students. Also, a new affirmative action effort will recruit Chicano students. Sources have credited both la Raza Studiee and the F-rhn-tional Opportunity Program with establishing the Recruiting of hardship i to hire Jorge Corralejo last year, lack of support for the Chicano Youth Gx-ference. LRS rj-qfemoo- fa lack of support for LRS curri¬ culum especially general ed- ucation requiretnent cuts, lack of leadership on behalf of the EOP Summer Institute when the Student Snata was making cuts. Saragcaa said he "feela ter¬ rible about leaving the program, especially because it still faces many problems. He recalled the energy he possesed when he first At that time, the Fresno Bee reported his desire to return to the San Joaquin Valley and work See Page 6 Chicano Radio in Fresno By TOeMAS URIBES LA VOZ Contributer Fresno Chicanos who want to pub¬ licize their activities have been offered a "new* medium outlet through the "AHORA" program heard on commer¬ cial free radio, KFCF-88.1 FM "AHORA" is broadcast Saturday trom 12 noon to 3 p.m. with cultural, news, and political bilingual program¬ ming It originates .n Berkeley, out of KFCF .homebase, KFPA The Fresno KFCF is sponsored by the Fresno Free College Foundation. The show's producers. Isabel Alegria and Jose eMario Lopez, e*ere in Fresno recently to tell El Concilio de Fresno that the Chicano community should send Information for broadcast After the meeting, the two Chicano broadcasters discussed their involve¬ ment in commercial-free media and why them were extending their help to Ms Alegria hopes the gesture made to El Concilio last weekend will in¬ crease communication between Latino communities within the broadcast area that ranges 250 miles north and south of Berkeley X 'The media is really importar^ order (or our communities to pro¬ gress.' said Ms Alegria whose media training has come Irom eight years of experience at KFPA 'Often times we (Chicano communi¬ ties) have the same goals and happen¬ ings but we don't know about each other We don' t get the benefit of each other's lessons The radio offers us an r« hange if we have the access." I npez said the non-commercial outlet provides an opportunity that would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve uncommercial radio 'We could not do ... _ radio the kinds of things we do now,' he said 'We'd have to change our format, not just politically but our entertainment also. We'd have to play the top 40." Ms Alegria said ric«v_)i*VTiercial broadcasting Is expanding in the United States, something she says will mean more community control. "We have so little access to the commercial networks," she said "They're doing ui a favor if they -over our community.* She also said most people may not be accustomed to paying for radio broad¬ casts, but 'in reality we pay indirectly for commercial radio when we buy an advertiser's product.' What about Chicanos and other minorities putting their energies and Saragoza resignation From Page 2 Too often young Chicanos go to aprestigious school and then get grabbed off by the goverment or some big firm," s Bee story quoted Saragoza, who at the time waa 24 yean old, fresh out of Harvard, and the new coor__ator of LRS. "We we're so consumed with on 'was made up of like ! t_*." But he said while he feels bad, like I'm abr_oning the shin'', he said every year at CSUF has produced no senee of accomplishment" because by the admm_tn_kn, "4 or 5 new obstaclee would be placed before tt. especially when you hava other reflect a said that two years ago, ha had the same opportunity...to leave CSUF and join Berkeley. He said wanted to stay here because it's home and there was so much to do. But now, he's paid more than his share of dues to the La Rata Studies' future:"At beat, all wa out do ia hold to what we have-not a withdrawal and not an advance,'' he said. Now with the Go¬ vernor's 10 par cent budget cut. we'll foal th* wont effect because we're the small guya." He said the adnfaiatratka happens, our Chicano voice will become very diluted,"he said. Through *he years, Saragoza found himself deecribing the Chicano plight at CSUF In - they too can have a piece of the action? 'The more media access the better,* said eMs Alegria. 'But once you step into commercial radio, you have to play the game. You have to answer to advertisers If they don't like what you're doing, too bad for you * 'You have to make too many c saiJ Lopez They said their offer to El Concilio now lies with the Fresno community to follow-up Persons interested in submitting material or obtaining information may contact the 'AHORA' representatives at 2207 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, Ca., 94704, (415) 848-6767 or 849-1782 In Fresno, El Concilio representative Pam Whalen may be reached at 1530 N Fresno, 266-4486 Salsa: Slowly Entering Fresno Music Scene said. "The laat couple of years, we realty miaaed our involve¬ ment in the comminity, a prin¬ ciple aspect of the ^ re __nulfap*Jod Salsa is not a native valley resident. It does not originate from la gente that populate this valle. It filters in through various passages whatever way it can. But the flow into the valley, to the people who like it, is a very slow and frustrating path. A lot of people are not hip to salsa and shun it because it is new and alien. This situation is slowly changing. Fresno residents should not be denied the exposure to this music. In fact, it should be emphasized Just by getting into the musk, valley Chicanos become exposed to a dif¬ ferent culture Some Chicanos have a closer tie to the Black, or Anglo way of life than to the Puerto Rican way of life with which we have dose cultural ties (language, music. and history) One of the major obstacles to the flow of salsa into the valley are the Fresno record shops Ask for salsa at the Wherehouse and they will probably answer back, 'Is that a new song?' Tower Records is supposed to be the place for records in Fresno. I have only one thing to say about the people who work there. If I actually wrote it, I would be an open target for libel suits (not that I am scared of them, I just don't need the compV.ll- cations right now) Instead, let me share an experience when I applied for a job there. I explained to the manager that there was a market for salsa here in Fresno and none of the other record shops were serving that market So, I explained that I might be able to help them by building up their, salsa record selection Everyone would benefit. Salsa fans would be able to buy current, up- to-date albums, and Tower would get the added business. I think ') a trip to the Bay Area and visit Musica Latina (2974 Mission Street) in the Mission District San Francisco's Mission District is heavily popula¬ ted with Latinos from throughout Latin America, and they bring their music with them The first time I walked into Musica Latina, I was sur¬ prised to see how many salsa rec¬ ords they had in stock I cursed the god of money for only giving me en¬ ough to buy one album! That is the only place I .recommend to buy »J_a. I haven't been to very many other places that have a better selection. The manager of Musica Latina explained that they are the distributor for a few of the maior salsa record labels In other words, they get the records direct from the factory, and distribute them to the record stores So, if it exists, chances they get it for i Puerto Rican girl from San Fransisco at Tower one night. I was making one of may "Maybe they got..'" trips to the salsa section, and ive happened to get into a converstion about salsa here in Fresno. She was shocked at how pathetic thajj Ik the J.fc£>ion was . th*', *»*». 'or |