1977_11 The Daily Collegian November 1977

              - Monday, Nov. 14,   Page 3
eporters Provide Chicano News Coverage
(SvE^veooy knows uje ujant£QuAuTy 7
This ts not the first Incident
at   Caruthers.      There are many
not for the concerned mother, La Voz would not
of such problems.
Do problems exist In other valley
schools?    I think tbey do.    Why
Yosemlte, Delano, Central, Dug,
and roost recently Coalinga all via
ouj ln protest?
These are only a hanciy.
of-.schools In the valley. win
are other valley schools doing ty
avoid walking out? It would s«a
to me, not much of anything. Parth
because Chlcanos seem to chow
one side. Some don't are,«
are afraid and some are deep!,
concerned. Tbe deeply conctn*!
Chlcanos are the ones that q
out, the others lag behind andntci
This separation among Chi cam
causes problems, because then is
not a fall force going straight ins
what they want After the probltj,
seem to be settled, "
the same problems gndnDj
start simmering. ine Colon),
therefore, gains very little.
To change situations In scbook
and to make sure tbe same problems do not repeat themselves ottr
and over, Chlcanos must tare i
strong voice ln school decisionmaking and Chlcanos must gather
with no separation so that the voice
of our Raza will be beard.
Unity Stressed by
Third World Coalition
let's give support against oppression'
What's going o
Put down your picket signs and stdfr your
chanting for a moment and let's check this
out.
Dennis Banks is from South Dakota, his
home is South Dakota and to many peoDl'.
he Is considered a prime target for many a
rifle barrel in South Dakota.
Banks is the leader of the American
Indian Movement (AIM), the organization representing the landlord of Ihe property to which
Uncle Sam has been hollering "the check's n
the mail" for about two hundred years too long.
The FBI -and other anti-Indian groups
in South Dakota have apparently convinced
Banks tint to go back to his homeland would
be certain death. These people have put a
legal contract on his life and sent the bounty
hunter after the bad Indian lo show him that
they mean business.
But, for a change, the calvary has come to
the rescue of the Indians and is valiantly
fighting  off  the  bad   guys   in South Dakota.
The governor of California, Edmond
Brown, Jr., feels that South Dakota does not
have the right to send their hang men over
here and put the rope around Bank's neck.
Brown Is fighting the extradition attempt
"through the courts and in doing so has been
successful. Banks Is a safe man In California and can continue his efforts for-AIM,
from his new borne at DQU University.
It is about time the government has come
to the aid of the Indian. That kind of action
is long overdue.
I have nothing but respect for all Indian
Natljns here In the United States. We should
have respect for these people and stand behind their movement and struggles. Let's
not forget our own movement, but let us remember that "the people united cannot be
defeated."
Felix J. Contreras
Assistant Editor
minority students
of, and victimized by the theory of "divide
and conquer." In this year of
conservative backlash across the
nation, the need to unite with
other people whoarebeingshort-
changed by the system in American society becomes extremely
critical.
Unity has always been important. But at Fresno State University, the communication between minorities has not been
as strong as lt should have been.
We are now feeling the drawbacks of that situation.
One need only look at the
peril the ethnic studies programs
face...especlally with the vice-
presidents previously-state concern to dismantle them...and the
cuts many minority oriented programs have been suffering on
campus in recent years.
Some Blacks, Native Indians,
Asian-Americans, Chlcanos,
at CSUF. have
the Initiative to form a "ttW
world  coalition"  to deal
problems currently facing
norltles on campus.      «?
In a concerted effort w> keep
CSUF from returning to the nrt-
1970 days when racism as-'
it Is now, these students may hold
the key to the future of minority
programs...programs whichhart
helped many students at this
university, and as a result, the
community In general.
Needless to say, more st
support Is sought, ln any r
possible, especlaUy at meettjp
on Tuesdays at 1 p.m. in to
College Union. Maybe vre'rt
getting'too comfortable with trio
Uttle. But people must not forget that thirteen years of a civil
rights act Is only the begionlK
ln balancing
out 2(X) or 300years of injustice!.
Don't let up now.
Al Reyes,
Local Chican
Makes Good
In the Media
Al Reyes Is a first. Reyes
in 1971 became the first Chicano
reporter on the Channel 30 staff.
Since then he has built himself
Up to one of tbe best Chicano
news   reporters  ln the valley.
Reyes never thought of becoming
a reporter. "When I was "a kid
I never dreamed of becoming
a newsreporter. In Junior high
school, I never even thought of
It," Reyes commented. In Hoover High School In Fresno, Reyes
didn't get Into the Journalism
until his twelfth grade year.
"Some teacher with a funny name
helped me out, she saw one of
my writings and liked it.tbat same
rear she asked me if' I would
write for the school'newspaper.
Even at this stage I never thought
of reporting for a news station.
" on to news-
reporting," added Reyes.
"Belnga reporter Just happened.
I applied, and one day Channel 30
called me ln to^work.. I had
thought on whether to keep tbe
job or Dot, but I figured tbe
opportunity was there so I kept
It; Reyes goes on to say that
be felt singled out because he
was labeled   minority   trainee,
reporter trainees.
He hasbeenworklngforChannel
30 for four years and feels be
still has a lot to learn. "Experience Is the key to success
in newsreporting," Reyes adds.
Reyes was the first Chicano
for the Fresno City
College newspaper, the Rampage.
He had two columns, one dedl-
TV Newsman Calderon
Says "Sky's the Limit"
Fy   Fel
: Contre
K«y«t
cated to Chicano news Items and
a sports section. "People tripped
out because sports and Chicano
news were tar apart from each
otber, butherelwasdoingthem."
Reyes has also covered many of
the Chicano issues la tne valley.
When United Farmworkers of
America staged protests in tbe
fields, Reyes was on top of all the
issues and cowered several television hews stories on them.
He was also the first reporter
tbe valley. / When Central
and Madera Ugh schools walked
out ln the GO's and 70*s, Reyes
was the only Chicano reporter
covering them. "Back then, I
■felt lt was important to cover
issues concerning ' Chlcanos
Chlcanos weren't being treated
fairly by the press in Fresno.
Every time an Issue arose, people
would say, "there are those
troublemakers again. It was
simply because of bad press."
He goes on to say, "when I
came along I gave Chlcanos fair
representation.   I looked at both
Caldaron
sides-* of tbe Issue fairly." He
says that people write or phone
In sometimes and say that he Is '
biased about Chicano issues be
covers. He says 'that if lt were
an Anglo reporter people wouldn't:
phone or write in.
. Ln 1973 Reyes served as editor
of La Voi.
. Although be has been offered
Jobs elsewhere, he has turned
.them down because he feels a
responsibility to Chlcanos in
Fresno. "I was tbe first Chicano
reporter ln Fresno and before
I came around Chlcanos rarely
appeared on television news
stories and when they did it was.
showing tbe negative image of
Chlcanos:'*
Reyes definitely has boosted
the image of Chlcanos In Fresno,
because be exposed the gente at
their best, protesting for rights,
campaigning for political offices
and showing tbelr artistic talents
through half-hour specials on.
Channel 30.
"My grandmother was particular," Julio Calderon remembered. "When she needed a
rabbit, sbe didn't like lt to be
all shot op, so my brothers
and I had to catch them on
foot.
"But, sbe also wanted them
tat," he Joked, "so we.had to.
run along-side them and feel
their stomachs to see If they
were plump enough!"
What that Uttle Joke about his
past has to do with him being
a reporter for KMJ-TV, Channel. 24 Fresno, Is hard to say.
1 But, lt is a funny story and it
was thought that lt might brighten up some of your da/.
Born In. Los Angeles In 1942,
his family moved to Tempe, Arizona when he was 3-years-old.
Be was raised in Tempe, an Isolated city among dust-covered
Arizona mountains, by bis grandmother who, be admits, ''didn't
read Dr: Spook's book?'.
He dropped out of school when
he was n, and the very- next i
day be was bo. a bus to San
Diego for a four-year hitch with
the Navy.
When he.got out, Calderon
developed.a strong poUttcal a-
El Deportisto Chicano
;- to 1969, a Bay Area Superior
Court Judge made a statement
saying that Chlcanos were
"lower than anmals," to which
the Chicano community' responded heatedly.
"Chicano organizations
throughout tbe area Joined together to form the Chicano Issues
Coordinating Committee," said
Julio. "We organized marches
and picket lines In front of tbe
Superior Court, and led the drive
against his re-election.
"In order to win the election
be bad to have 50 percent of
tbe votes." On election day
be got 50.1 percent.
Despite  tbe narrow defeat.
Harriers Play Down Competition
Poesia
Activist fights back ||
Ccn'.'n.aJ from Page
submitted to Brown.
Roberts claims these documents
will establish that threats were
made on Bank's life by the very
highest law enforcement officials
of South Dakota. He said the
documents would show why granting extradiction would be such a
gross miscarriage of Justice,
Justifying the governor's refusal.
But Robert's motion was denied.
Whether this is the Information
that Brown now has, is not known.
It is known that tbe information
is described as extremely volatile and confidential. /
Since taking sanctuary tn Cali
fornia, Banks has been teaching
at Deganawidah-Quetzacoatl University, an Indian and Chicano
college near Sacramento.
Banks has attracted much
Third World support. It Is speculated that Brown may take, the
case to tbe United States Supreme
Court.
Whatever the future holds.
Banks spirit has not been broken.
At a San Francisco rally last
May, he said, "It is important
to understand that we are not
asking for one man to be saved.
We want the mistreatment of
all minorities to end."
El Canto del   Nopal
The La Voz staff would Uke
to give a special thanks to Sal
Garcia for his art contributions In this month's Issue of
La Voz de Aztlan.
Ijo,   tengo memorla tengo
 orla en la cabeza, de cosas
partlculares y personales ytam-
Wen tengo memorla enlaespalda
de los labores y el peso del pan
de cada dia y tengo memorla
en los pies de andar, buscar,
ybailar. Dlcen mjehaypersonas
que tienen memorla en otras
partes de sus respectivos cuer-
pos, pero yo no sob tengo me-
moria en mi cabeza, mi espalda
y mis pies.
En mis pies recuerdo caminos
y veredas y arboles que gritaban
cuando se balfaba por enclma
de ellos. En ml espalda, recuerdo a ml bermano agacbado
en la pisca del betabel y gates
que luchaban por la nocbe    Y
en ml cabeza recuerdo cosu
muy personales cotno el dia to
que me desacuparon de mi tra-
ba jo en la caneria.
Los nopales cantan, bljo. Mucta
gente no oye su canclon, porqf
para terminar con una sola aot>
duran miles de anos.
Lais pledras andan. Se visi-
tan una a otra, y guardan la h
entre ellas y las estreUas. ">
dia llegue al pie de us bumikh
nopal, el cual, en ese precbo
momento estaba comenzando »
cantar su primera^ota. AB
mas o menos por mil anos, ■»
quede a escuchar el canto"
a mujer CbJcam _
By   Elvla Ruiz
The wind softly blowing ln
their ears, their minds concentrating on tbe dirt track below
their feet, tbe two Chicano brothers run side by side in pace
with each other.
The two brothers are Richard
and George Agulrre, both on this
years cross country team at
CSUF.
Richard, 21, and George, 20,
lave both been running together"
since high school In tbelr hometown of Santa Barbara and continue their long distance running
nere at CSUF.
"We SHU run most of our bard
workouts together,- said Richard, a junior at CSUF, who has
ten on the cross country team
•toe years. Sophomore George
follows closely behind Richard's
footsteps as be has been oo tbe
team two years.
The brothers speak openly of..
their close relationship both on
foe team and oft      '•
"We're close. Closer than
"•ost brothers," said Richard.
And close, they are. /
Besides both being on the
cross country team together,
Richard and George have both
,*«ided to" major In journalism
Is a career choice. Richard
""tag declared an interest In
Wile relations and George
""tying pbotocommunicatlon.
Even though tbe brothers are
"oUi on tbe cross country team
together, lt does not have an
effect on their relationship because tbey are not competing
against each other.
"We're not Into this 'Let's
go, let's go, let's go!' thing,"
said Richard. "You Just have
to have confidence on that day
vou are running, and we don't
try to compete against each otber.
Brother George feels much tbe
same way as Richard. « Getting ready tor a race Is pretty
much low-key for me. Usually
I stay to myself right before a
meet" George feels, that a
runner must get out on the
track and run and not worry
about anybody else.
Both brothers did weU on
tbelr high school cross country team and bring tbelr talent
to Fresno by winning long distance running events for CSUF.
Each brother has tbelr own
respective running event In which
they hope to top tbelr own personal records.
Currently, both Richard and
George also work closely together organizing a team scrap-
book for their coach, Red Estes.
According to Richard, tbe scrap-
book Is used for recruiting purposes and adds more of an identity to the team.
was the Chicano community going to be pushed around and
abused. Tbey formed one group,
Chicano Issues Coordinating
Committee.
JnUo Calderon was chairman
of that committee.
JuUo's break Into Journalism
came through his community ac-
-Hvlty.
"KTVU, Channel 2 ln Oakland,
held a luncheon with Chicano
leaders from different areas,"
said Calderon, "to discuss tbe
discriminating hiring practices
of Industry as it related to Chlcanos ln tbe Bay Area."  -
"Someone brought up the point
that tbe station management was
agreeing with what we were saying, yet there was no Chlcanos
as reporters or announcers, or
in commercials on their station.
"At that point, the executive
News Director said the station
was looking for a Chicano reporter, but there were no Chlcanos graduating from Journalism schools. I suggested that
he go to tbe community for a
qualified person to become a
trainee tor the position.
"He said that he had sent
out applications to all the Chicano organizations in the Bay
Area tor the position.
"I challenged him on that
point, noting that of aU the organizations that I dealt with,
I bad only seen one."
After calling tbe Program
Director's bluff, JuUo was offered the job on the spot
He accepted it..on tbe spot.
After a 3-year hitch, be was
fired, ("a last hired first fired
type of thing"). Then he came
to Fresno. •
Calderon feels that as a reporter, "tbe best service I can
do for the community Is not to
slant the news, for one side or
the other.
"Chlcanos have to utilize the
media. The access Is there,
.so Chlcanos must take advantage of it If the Chicano community could get their point across
to the overall general community
the public would find out that
what we want Is tbe same as
tbem: better education and Jobs;
the opportunity to compete evenly
In tbe Job market and education
field, nothing more or 00111107
less.
"We don't want any handouts,
only  tbe  chance to compete."
This January, Calderon will
leave KMJ-TV to concentrate
his full efforts on his bid for
tbe 30th Assembly District seat,
vacated by Ken Maddy who has an
eye  on  the .governor's office.
He admitted tbe stakes were
high.
"I'm gambling aU tbe marbles.   Once I sign those papers
to run, I'm out ot a Job." .
Is the sky the limit'.'
"I haven't found my limitations and I refuse to let anyone dictate my limitations. The
more someone tells me my limitations, tbe further I want to
Burrilo Sale
This Week
The Chlcanos ln Law Organization will be selUng chill verde
burritoV Wed., Nov. 16, from
10:30-2:00 p.m.. The ciub win
be having fundraisers on a biweekly basis.
"The next meeting wlU be
Nov. 16 at 3:00 In tbe College
"■"°"  __
CSUF Soccer Team Chicanes Find No Racism
Ten years ago, soccer bard-,
ly scored. -But this year over
3 miUion tens anted up more
than 10 million dollars for
North American League Soccer
tickets.
Kicking up aU the excitement
with a massive transfusion 4s
a Latino named Pele. The new
million-dollar baby of the sports
world is In peerless charge of
Tony Gonzales, a 21-year-old
CSUF soccmt player, feels that
Latinos definitely have the skill
to play tbe game with ease.
The Junior, a top player on
the varsity squad of bead coach
Bob Bereskln's crew, spoke candidly of. Latino involvement in
collegiate soccer.
"In this* case, we're not a
minority," ha said. "Tbe Latinos are at tbe very least as
skilled as tbe rest of the non-
Latino players.
..QnJWfi .mr*j
there are six Latino players out
of a squad of about 20. Gonzales said there is no racism that
he's come across, saying that
the players get along well together.
"WeU, I couldn't really caU
it racism, and not segregation,
either," he said. "I guess tbe
best way to describe lt is
'birds, ot a feather stick
together'."
"When you're calking about
whether they're equally applied
to the races. It depends on which
college, to Fresno's case, tbe
university isn't auotteo mat
much. Soccer Is a growing and ,
popular, sport, and when it gets'
to the status of football./the
. money will flaw more equally."
Gonzales said that his future
aspirations included making
soccer a life goal.
"My biggest aspiration Is
wanting to play in tbe Olympic
0980) team," he said. "Afterwards I'd guess I'd want to make
it my profession. I've been work-
in* all mv life-fnr it-