1987_09 The Daily Collegian September 1987

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Opinion
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Letter from the editor
On behalf of myself and my staff I would like to welcome each
and everyone of you back to school. I hope this semester is
exciting, rewarding and full of accomplishments.
It is my pleasure to serve you as editor of La Voz and I would
like to share with you my anticipated agenda for this semester
and the direction and format I intend to utilize. I would like to see
l>a Voz become, an effective, informative, and educational
medium for positive communication of events, ideas, issues, and
concerns on our campus as well as within the surrounding
La Voz will feature coverages of the following nature utilizing
an' objective style of journalism reporting and adhering to the
Journalist's Code of Ethics:
YCAMPUS AND COMMUNITY NEWS
YISSUES IMPACTING CfflCANOS
YMES3CAN FOLKLORE & CUSTOMS
YPERSONAL PROFILES,
YROOK REVIEWS
YEDITOR1ALS
VCALENDAR OF EVENTS
YCfflCANO-LATINO ORGANIZATIONS.
I welcome any comments or suggestions anyone may have as to
how I can make this newspaper the most effective medium it can
be. I want* it to have something to offer every reader. Particularly
important is that the newspaper provide a means for Chicanos to
express their concerns and ideas.
La Voz must provide an avenue for Chicanos, whether on
campus or off, with an avenue to better express, address, and
resolve concerns they have in order tor become more familiar with
themselves, their culture, and their gente. Until we can learn to
understand, relate,' and communicate with each other, uniting
for the common good of all, it is unlikely we will ever get the non-
Hispanic majority to be sensitive to our needs.
BOOK REVIEW
Barrio Warriors
has something
for everyone
Contributing Review by
MEUNDAHALL^
I have always attested to having an
open mind and to being sensitive to
needs, so I thought that I had a decent
understanding of the Chicano exper¬
ience. However, I recently was awaken¬
ed by a very touching book by Gus Friae
entitled Barrio Warrygm-Tfamebova of
Peace". While reading this book I
reatixed that my understanding of the
Chicano experience was extremely
limited because I had dismissed the idea
that the "Homeboy- was part of the
Chicano struggle. Since I never
understood the mentality of a Homeboy,
I figured no one eke did either
(including other Hispanics) and I se¬
gregated him into his own category.
Barrip Warrion helped me to begin to
understand more about the Homeboy,
their struggles, and their importance to
La Causa.
The Homeboy is one of the most
misunderstood and slandered indivi¬
duals. Prias relates, in the general sense,
that a Homeboy is a Raza Brother which
creates a big beautiful extended family.
Society has given the Homeboy a
negative label and associated him with
gangs. Their unique dress style, creative
cars, and extreme pride are just a few
areas that Anglos misunderstand. There
are many reasons manufactured to keep
the Homeboy degraded in society. For
instance: they don't care, they don't go to
school, they indulge in drugs & alcohol,
they are violent and unpredictable. fcYias
protested that society has created and
controlled, through Racism, all of the
elements responsible for the plight of the
Homeboy s degradation and self detw
traction. After all, the Anglo society cant
be threatened by Chicanos'if they are
ERNESTO
GAIARZA
HOMAGE
RECEPTION
AND
SYMPOSIUM
Radio Bilingue (KSJV) the Bilingual
Public Radio Station in Fresno,
California, will present s Homage
Reception and Symposium on the late
scholar, poet, and community organizer
Ernesto Galena. The event- is sponsored
by a grant from the California Council for
the Humanities. "
Galafta, who died in 1984 at die age of
74, is regarded as a pioneer in die stuping
of the Mexican-Amcrican/Chicano ,
political and intellectual tradition. Hit
work affected our political, economic, and
social, institutions and continues to
influence present leaders and policy
maker? both Latino and non-Latino. One
of the first Mexican/American scholars,
Galarza received his PhD. from Columbia
University and went on to author several
books, including Barrio Bov and
Merchants of Labor, which publicly
exposed the ills of the Bracero program.
The Homage Reception features Dr.
Oalarza's contemporaries who will share
from their association with him during the
Chicano movement's formative years.
Speakers include George Ballis, Juaniia
Garcia Villavicencio, Bert Corona, Hector
Abeyua. and Dolores Huerta.
Panelists include Former Associate Justice
Cruz Reyno so; Mr. Lewis Butler, attorney and
adjunct professor at U.C. San Francisco; Dr.
Alex Zaragoza, director of the Chicano Studies
Center at U.C. Berkeley ; and Dr. Carlos
Munoz a professor at U.C. Berkeley who is
currently writing a book on Dr. Galena's
life. The Symposium will be moderated by
Fresno attorney and community activist
Juan Arambula
The Homage Reception is scheduled for
Friday, October 9', and the Symposium for
Saturday, October 10. Bom events will be
held at the Ted C. Wills Community
Center in Fresno from 7:00 to 1O.00 p.m.
There will be a musical serenata by Trio
Los Faros and complimentary nor d*
oeuvres from local restaurants. Both
events will be broadcast live, on KSJV FM
and KMPO-FM to radio audiences
throughout Central California.
HOMAGE RECEPTION: FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 9TH
SYMPOSIUM: SATURDAY. OCTOBER
10TH
busy fighting amongst themselves and
kill i n g each other.
Gus Frias shares his life as he grew up
in East Los Angeles, in a barrio named
La Rock Mara. Frias lived the violent,
unpredictable life of barrio warfare.
After many years of pain, prosecution,
self-destruction, fratricide, and the
removal of anything that threatened
him or his barrio, he was spurred into
action by the murder of a very close
Homeboy. Frias realized the problems of
the barrio, and he recognized the old
adage, "If you are not part of the
solution, you are part of the problem."
He turned his life around and became a
Barrio Warrior dedicated to bringing
unity, peace, and justice to La Raza.
Frias spear-headed the End Barrio
Warfare Movement and spread it
throughout the state. He continued the
movement while he was in college and
law school; always taking what he
learned back to his barrio and out-
reaching to others.
Frias helped his Raia to see the insane
destruction that the Homeboy was
participating in all for the names of
pride, tradition, and machismo. More¬
over, he re veal ed that society enthuses
in communicating to the young chicanos
the destructive values needed to keep
them uneducated, unemployed, and
unthreateni ng by providing* them with
drugs and weapons to devastate each
other. La Rasa is too beautiful for self-
destruction. The Anglo society has
created the Va to Loco and caused him to
confuse" Love with hatred, and justice
withdeath.    ^ *  ■     '
Barrio Warriors touched and taught
me so much that I have been recom¬
mending it to everyone. For non-
Chicanos, this book will incredibly
increase your understanding of Chi- v
canoe and their struggle in this Anglo
society. For Chicanos this book will
make you feel extreme pride and
inspiration. The Movement depends on
the Unity and the spirit of Sacrifice of its
own Raza. Si ,se puede!
LA VOZ
The Chicano Perspective
Founded 1963
EDITOR
RANDALL F. GUERRA
Assistant-to-the-Editor
Nancy Hernandez
STAFFWRtTERS
Theresa Navarro
Anthony Soteto
Jaime Rodriguez
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