1977_12 The Daily Collegian December 1977

              DECEMBER 5,1977
EDITORIAL
Administration Must Stop
Institutional Racism At CSUF
In the 196CS and early 1970's,
the social climate was conducive
to social change, particularly
Issues concerning minorities. The ,
resultant reforms were largely
due, however, to the persistant
pressure of minorities themselves
and their supporters. But times
also change. Inflation, unemployment and apathy have produced an
atmosphere where racism once
again returns, where reactionary
Racism has many races. It
expresses itself In several forms:
the scapegoatlng of Mexican undocumented workers, the Bakke
case, the criticism of affirmative
action policies. And of course,
its companions also arise such
as sexism and political conservatism. Racism, sexism, and
reactionary politics also appear
In Institutions. The depersonalization of prejudice does not make
racism less potent, indeed it
strengthens  the ability of Insti-
minorities, women and in the case
of CSUF. students.
Institutional racism has clearly
returned to CSUF, indeed it may
never have left. Several Items
suggest an obvious pattern of In
stitutional harassment and attacks
on the interests of minorities,
women and unsubmissive students.
Apparently the approach of this
Institutions higher administration
Is to weakenand eventually destroy
many of the gains made In the
past. The recent cutbacks In the
Ethnic Studies and LRS programs
and the controversy over the IRA
reveal the latest examples of this
Institutional racism.
The strategy of the administration is to use technicalities,
legalism, rules and formulas to
thwart the success of pograms
relevant to minorities and others
The attempt will be to avoid cut-
right confrontations; the administration will cut here and there
without notice - or so It hopes. •
The cumulative erfect of the Administration's remains obvious
nonetheless. We deplore the growing evidence of this Institutional
racism. Furthermore, we deplore
what seems to be the inevitable
result: demonstration, campus
tension, polarization and Administration-student alienation. We
can only make observations, It Is
up to the administration to prove
our conclusions wrong— or up to
students to do something about It.
The   La   Voz   staff
Anti Ku-Klux-Klan
March Saturday
"""The Antl-Bakke Decision Coalition and various community and
student organizations will march
against the Klu Klux Klan, the
Nazi Party, and U.S. ties with
South Africa and Iran. The March
will begin forming at 10:00 a.m.,
Saturday, December 10, at Sunset
Community Center. It will move
through the various Housing
Authority Projects in West Fresno,
through Chinatown and the Fulton
Mall, and will end with a rally at
the County Courthouse.
This march Is meant to bring
the community together around
these issues which represent the
rising tide of conservatism, and
racism within the United States.
It is also meant to expose the U.S.
presence Internationally.
The Ku Klux Klan, after having
led the brutal oppression of Black
people (nine UnltedStates for many
years has turned against the undocumented Mexican worker with
a vigilante-style "border watch".
The Nazi Party has staged public
activities in recent months in
support of racism, attempting to
disrupt the actions of the growing
Antl-Bakke Decision movement.
In South Africa, the racist regime,
with the support of the United
States, closes down the opposition
press, openly murders the leaders
of the people, and violently suppresses their movement for justice. Meanwhile, Jimmy Carter
shakes hands with the biggest
fascist since Adolf Hitler, the Shah
of     Iran,  and     declares their
interests to be the same.
In response to these developments, the Antl-Bakke Decision
Coalition has- decided to organize
actions throughout the state on
December 10. The Fresno ABDC
has planned this March with the
support of M EChA, the CSUF Third
WorldCoalltlon,Trabajadores dela
Raza, and other community and
student organizations. . We urge
all Raza, Black, Indian, and progressive Anglo organisations to
Join in UNITY AGAINST RACISM
AND TO DEFEAT THE BAKKE
DECISION.
For more Information contact
MEChA, the ABDC, or Trabaja-
dores at 224-9134, or Stan Santos,
at 224-5677.
« Stan Santos
Protect Minorities
...Or Is It Time
For Baxter To Go?
IF, THE REPORTS made by some student leaders .about
recent meetings held between CSUF President Norman
Baxter and AS Senators,are any Indication, this campus
is in worse shape than wV thought.
Through his hitman, Vice-President Volpp, Baxter
has already been asking for more "trouble" on campus...
But now he apparently wants more like the Und that
brought people to their feet In the early, seventies and
awakened them to the need to seriously attend to problems In our society.
■ 'Some student leaders reported recently that an at
gant  and   authoritarian   Baxter told them that the only"
purpose of student government Is so students "can learn
to behave."
When one of the students asked him why he signed
the controversial Ira contract, which, appears to slight
minority oriented programs, he reportedly said, "to
protect future senators from minorities."
He was further pressed by another student who asked,
"How   could   you' accept such an immoral,  r	
tract?"
.  "Look, it doesn't matter whit you say," he reported-   .
ly  retorted  back.     "I. have  complete authority to spend
that money (student funds) how I want. In the end, I have
the   final   say   and   you   can't spend  that  r
my approval."
Then   Baxter  must have got t(
Brewer who blew up at the student leaders torn
these   comments.      He  "yelled,   screamed   I
at two of them In the presence of one student1
old   daughter.      This   apparently   came at tto
of an attempted  Interview by a Collegian reporter a
the reports.
"He said we shouldn't say anything because It   	
only make the university and Baxter look bad and the
university - did not need that right now," said one of the
students, Rachel Mendoza, a Chlcana and only minority
involved in the Baxter and Brewer meetings.
It's  too bad If Brewer has already fallen Into the
same   trap   as   his   predecessors,...we had hoped
days  were gone with Nlkklsarlan.   But apparently, Baxter still has full control of the student president's strings.
And Baxter confirmed his lack of regard for students
who are trying to work within the system to afect positive change. Even more so, Baxter seems to have a
vicious contempt for efforts which would try to deal
with some of society's historical and current Injustices.
We refer of course to minority oretented projects such
as Semana de la Raza, Black History Week and Tewaa-
qulchl (student funded cultural observances which are not
benefactors of the IRA contract.) to Ethnic Studies and
La Raza Studies which Baxter's batchman, Volpp, has
said he would like to see phased out. Baxter^ It becomes
Increasingly   clearer,   would   rather see  rolnolties keep
H.R. 9054, Final
Blow to Indians
Felix J. Contreras
US   Looses Seven-
year Secretary
I UK, the U.S. Congress that according t0 American Indian lea-
I fcrs "would strike the final, tan.
BlDitlng     blow     to Indians as
I According to the text of the bill,
Lien Is «««d the"Native Amer-
|lcM Equal Opportunity Act," the
I.... „.,irt   direct  the President
wer end of society and away from positions which would for once truly Implement the true
Intention of the U.S. Corisr'tutlon.
Baxter may have complete authority but he's off
base on the other part; he doesn't nave tne tinai say.
The people have the final say. And the constitution suggests   that   If the system  falls us, we have the right to
Well, It's time to start again...Baxter as got to go,
and Volpp with Mm. Baxter has been " this university's
head the past six years...lt's time for a person with real
sensitivity to student's needs....not someone who will
twist things around so he can justify hl|. hatchet jobs.
We call for Baxter's resignation before be provokes
us into behavior which only disrupts sincere efforts and
intensifies emotlons...but makes people act. Baxter probably wants us to resort to such action so be can shoot
us down a la Kent State, (four student demonstrators
shot dead on campus by National Guard In 1970)
Chancellor Dumke and Governor Brown....help put
a stop to this conservative backlash before things get
outo'n!,nd- Pedro Ramirez-
Editor
Funston Group Demands Better Housing Conditions
Cindy Orona
On Xov. 20. a group of peoDle
went before the Fresno City Council, these people dla not appear
before the City Council regarding
their children's education, nor did
they go deurfldlng equal lustlce,
but they went demanding better
living conditions.
The name of the group Is Funston
Tenants Council and all the members. Including Chairperson
Frances Gross, live In the public
housing complexes called Funston,
\ located at Fresno and Clinton Sts.
/ The  Funston Tenant Council
\- Is not complaining about loose
-binges or.leaky.faucets, but are
complaining about faulty wiring,
decent recreatjoflalfacilities for
their   children;   basically decent
housing to live In.
The following is the list of
grievances that was presented to
the City Council* by the Funston
Tenant Councll:(they are not necessarily In order);
1. Many homes have water-
heaters 1n dangerous state of disrepair, located Inside the .homes
near the oven. Repeated entreaties to repair these dangerously
malfunction water-beaters have
led to nothing. The Housing
Authority has expressed disinterest In the matter.
2. Electrical wiring in many
of the homes is dangerous and
Is In need of repair and replacement. Serious fire dangers exist for the families In these homes.
/:. 3. In many of the houses'
there is only one fire exit, con
stituting a grave danger to the
adults and children who live In
these homes. Again, repeated
entreaties to the Housing Authority have resulted In no correction
■of these conditions.
4. Security is lacking In the
housing project and police are
often two and three hours late
In responding to request for help.
Police aften avoid, the housing
project, especially In the evening
because It is considered too das>
gerous ^to enter. ' If It-Is too dangerous for the police, what about
the 'elderly and physically weak
who must live there7
5. .The community center of
residents is far top small for use
and is Inadequately supplied with
the basic equipment necessary for
meetings of the "• tenants. The
'Housing Authority claims that
there  Is  not enough money for
supplying tenants with basic equipment, although it spent several
thousand dollars recently on un-
needed typewriter equipment for
Its own use and a computer that
no one knows how to operate,
6. Communication with the
Director.of the Housing Authority
is almost Impossible and tne requests of the tenants are dismissed out of hands. Recently
a petition submitted by many of
the tenants on Issues of Importance were dismissed out of hand
and no action was takent to study
the matters outlined In the petition.' Housing Authority employees who show interest In the tenants point-of-vlew have been summarily dismissed. Other employees who are Indifferent to the
tenants requests have been rewarded with salary Increases. The
Director's  office refuses to let
tenants know how money Is speot
on these public housing service*
Just  exactly how -serious U
all this? Here In Fresno one ram
is responsible for the safety of
human lives and the places where
they Uve, yet be does Utile If
at aU anything. '
There are old and younf
people, children and handicapped
people living in Funston. AU L^
problems that sny small community may have, exist at Funston.
The Funaton Tenant Council
has a meeting with the Ctly county
Board of Commlsslonerson
Decembers. Atthismeetlng.thelr
grievances will be discussed. Keep
that data 1n mind If you would
like to.give * group ahelplnghand.
Contact Frances Gros^.at FunJtt*
center- tor  more  Information at,      r;<   "
224.9134. ■
Dennis Banks
legislation, bring' .up
the point that the Mil also calls
for"...the abrogation of all rights
and protections guaranteed to,
people under those treaties, such
as the right to hunt and fish."
From the text of the bin,
"provides that hunting and fish-'
tag rights derived by the Indian I
tribe from a treaty snail be abrogated; and the members of the.!
tribe be subject to Federal,'state,
and local laws governing hunting
arid fishings"
"If Representatives Cunningham,
(Wash.), and Abnor (South Dakota),
the authors of the bin, ware really
Interested In equal opportunities
for Indian people," claim the Coalition," they would begin by embracing the treaties and.seeking
their vigorous enforcement^rather <
than proceeding on an opposite
course of action. It Is crystal
clear, however, that the motivating
purpose behind H.R. 9054 has nothing to do with equal rights for
Native Americans, but instead Is
designed to deprive us of our fundamental and Inalienable rights."
Dennis Banks, leader of the
American Indian Movement, also
is very opposed to the Mil. ■
"Because of my opposition to
the bill," states Banks/I've been
asked If I'm against equal oppor-
tunlty-thls Und-of opportunity I'm
against,''
From the Mil:' "After the completion of this abrogation of the
treaties with an Indian tribe under
this act...Individual members   of
the tribe shall not be entitled
to any .of the services performed
by the United States for Indians
because of their status as Indians:
sU statused of the United States
which affect Indians because of
their-status as Indians shall no
longer be applicable to the members of the tribe..."
The Coalition points out that
the "United States Government agreed to provide for and
protect the rights of Indian people .
In return for the Indian's agree-:
roent to cede large portions of
our land to the United States. H.R.
-8054 would permit the Federal
Government to terminate its. part
Of the agreement, but would leave
Indian people In the unfair position
of having ceded our land fnr notrncr.
"For us to put any kind of faith,
or hope, or prayer,.ln this bfll,
or any type of termination *IU,"
stressed Banks, "would be as
dangerous as putting our lives
and our future, in the hands of
General Armstrong Custer—..
It is the final act coming   down
"But, we will never accept, this
kind of termlnatlon-we will never
surrender our heritage.
"If they want to abrogate the
treaties of 1858, 1851, ifhz, arid
1970, then I will be the first one
to speak up and say "let's abrogate the treaties, Mr. Wblteman,
until I see you backed up to the
shores of Plymouth Rock. Then
there will be equal opportunity."
Challenge
TV Station License
KFSN   Channel   30  has been
Jxeratlng without a license since
tiursd% because minorities
the Federal Communications
(Commission   (FCC)   to deny the
|Fr«sno station's license renewal
illcaUon.
The Fresno Media Minority
[Adnsory Committee (MAC) con-.
nsting of blacks, American Indians, and Chlcanos, filed a petl-
denlal and has staged two
(rations In front of .the
nation's offices.
was formed In 1971 when
Capital Cities Broadcasting, Inc.
[bought Channel 30. Since then,
iss worked to provide ml-
lnput to the station and
Italped develop minority programs.
y three years, companies
tlllze the public airwaves
;-apply for a license from
eminent through the FCC,
management continues to be dominated by male caucaalon."
In the area of programming,
the petition said, "Repeatedly,'
members of the MAC have attempted to Introduce cultural and racial
sensitivity In the program decisions made by the station without
The Indian sub-committee cites
a failure by station management
to "follow up on commitments
to have staff cover Important meet-
In general, the commlttee'accused'
Channel 30 of using the commlt-
tees's work to provide minority"
Input as evidence that the station
Is suiting the needs of the minority community.
At the same time, the petition
reads, "the application does not
Include a positive statement as to
how the MAC will continue to pro
vide that Input In the future."
' Station manager Walt Ltss was
not available for comment but
programming manager Lee Jason
said the station feels It has a good,
record in the area of affirmative
action and minority programming.
He said a comment would not be
forthcoming.
He said attorneys advised Channel
30 not to comment on the specific
charges made by MAC. But he
said a response to the charges,
will be available to the public
"in about a month." '
Jason said the Station's records
are open to the public.
"We feel the .community Is well
aware of our programming. It's
out In the open." he said. -"We're
proud of our record. The Federal
Communications Commission will
make a ruling based on that re
in our continuing struggle against
the CSUF Administration, Chlcanos appear to have lost an important symbol and an other extremely valuable person to the
life of La Raxa Studies.
On Nov. 18, the program lost
Its runtime Secretary of eight
years. Ms. Angle Ct'sneros.
Si secretarial position was
d to halftlme due to the
cutback of allocated fulltlme secretarial positions In the School of
Social Science in which LRS exists.
Consequently, Angle was forced
to transfer to another department
that culd provide her with full-
time work. She is currently working as ' a secretary In the Inter-
natlonal Studies office located In
the Joyal Building.    .
Angle Clsneros was first hired
In La Raza Studies In November
of 1969. She worked there until
the end of the academic year
when the program was cut from
five full-time .Instructors, to one,
In a purge on- minorities characteristic of "Vie administration In
the late sixties and early seventies.
/Clsneros was also "swept out
the door" before the the entire
program was terminated the end
of the summer of 1970.
The program was reinstated
in the fall of 1970, but It was
not until November, 1972 that
Angle was rehired In La Raza
Studies. By this time, the program had been built up to 6-7
teachers which meant that a full-
time secretary was needed.
Las Adelllas.CSUF's then newly-
formed Chlcana organization,
played a key role in the Initial
hiring or Angle.
Las Adelltas frequently helped
out In the LRS office, but the
newly-Instituted program needed
a secretary badly. Las Adelltas
members also helped Interview
her for the position.
Ethnic Studies, (of which I,a_
Raza Studies was a part of at'
the time), had Its office In Baker
Hall during 1969-70 academic year.
Angle recalls, "It was like our
own little house. Blacks and
Chlcanos lived in "Baker Hall.
Everything was there."
Those first years of minority
programs were hot with demonstrations to gain minority's rights.
"I can remember back then,"she
says, "one time my grandmother
called to check up on me, to make
sure 1 was okay.". Angle said
exagerrated radio reports of hap-
exclttag times," exclaimed Angle.
Angle believes that community
involvement in the Fall of 1970
was one of the key factors which
saved La. Raza Studies, She also
added that students were more
Involved back then.   She felt that
they played a major roll In sustaining La Raza Studies. "More
students signed up for classes and
they themselves were doing a lot
of recruiting. There was a lot
more student Involvement then I,
have   seen the last few yerara.
La Raza Studies.   "If not, It will
only be a token thing," she says. -
She also added that the new
general education policy implemented last year Is an Indirect
way by the administration to cut
out La Raza Studies.
"We got htt harder than anybody
else due to the fact that La Raza
Studies Is weak with respect to
its lack of tenured teachers sod
the tact that It Is not a ^department," she commented.
'Angle feels that a lot of former
students who have'not lent their  .
'support' to the movlmUnto In recent years wouldn't have made It
without LRS and EOP.
"I wish there was some way
I could Instill a need to be Involved In more lri the students,"
she says. "Nothing can really
happen If we don't push for It
to happen. People have to get
Involved. Everything In this world
Is political and that means getting involved.
.   Angle   admits that when she
first came to CSUF, 'like  many   .
Chlcanos  then and now, she was ■
very unaware of what was happening with Chlcanos.
But her first-hand exposure
over the years to this university's
attitudes towards minorities have
apparently had some Impact. This
Is evidence by her current Involv-
She Is the vice-president for
both the Fresno League of Mexican American Women and the
Mexican-American Political Ass
oclatlon (MAPA). In addltlton
w her fulltlme job at the International Students office, she Is
a fulltlme student who plans to
graduate this spring with a bachelor's degree In public admtals-,
tratlon.    •
Of her departure from of the
Chlcano program, Angle said she
misses the type of community contact she had In La Raza Studies.
"It's like being away from
home," she said. "1 was amongst
what; you consider family. You
don't mind working If Its for your
family and thats what I felt, .
"I dont know Ifltl ever' .
feel   that   again   with-" any other
must Show It Is respond-
e needs of the community.
px Fee investigates any complaints.
vas the new licensing
Channel 30 must, now'
thout a license while
"» Fee reviews the' matter.
Mac particularly attacks the
'ion's affirmative acttonefforts
programming. In Us peti-
Graduation Logo Contest Commences
The Chlcano Commencement
Committee, of the CSUF chlctno
Faculty, staff ai
Channel 30 of requiring high quail-
nations of minority job applicants
•Wle hiring angles who "have no
""'"" experience" In broadcasting
the words of me manage-.
P'."they have potential as good
wmmunlcators,    or have    high
Last year, a logo drawn by Sal-
-   vador Garcia of La Brocha del
student organl-rygjj^ js  featured In today's La
r ring Its second you   Cnlcano commencemet will
annual logo contest. The winning
logo will be printed on all Chlcano
Commencement cards, diplomas,
etc.and will represent this year's
commencement "theme", whlchls
Chlcanos In Education.
Tony Garduque, a committee
member, expressed tbacommlt-
teass' wished that-the logo sum-
bollae the above theme. There
will be a $25.00 cash prize for
vthe winning logo. The contest
ta open to anyone, wttn a deadline set for Feb.28, 1978. Submit your entry to Tony Garduque
In the E.O.P. office or Ernie
Martinez In La Raza Studies or
Manuel  Olguln In Tutorial Ser
bs on the last day of finals, Friday
May 19th.
For more information, contact
Toa*1 Garduque at 487-10ZL
MEChA Sponsors
ABDC Conference
bakke  Decision   on   Saturday
pec. 17, at CSUF. The eonferencel
Mil begin-with registration at j
b:00 a.m., and the assembly .a
The purpose of th I
Is to review the pre-1
mt status of Special Admission,!
Ufflrmative Action Programs, audi
the Bakke case; and plan future!
[strategies of the ABDC, specific J
ally the February 25th Los Angeles]
Mobilization. AU c
groups and Individuals aref
|urged to attend. .
The Fresno* ABDC meets ei
jWednesday at 7:OQp-rot atMEChAl
•CENTRAL, In the Funston I
fcng Projects, at 2172 DrexeL|
TPeople are needed to assl '"
Ithe organizing of the December 17th|
[conference, and other actlvltiesj
lot the local committee. For n
11nformation, please"call 224-91341
for  Robert Jarsrolllo^ 225-41«4