1974_03 The Daily Collegian March 1974

              2 -THE DAILY COLLEGIAN- Fri, Mar. 8,1974
EDITORIAL
la Voz requires input
This semester like every semester. La Voz has changed staffs.
It Is difficult — if not Impossible — for s handful of students to
represent the views of the entire Chlcano population at CSUF.
Unless La Voz receives Input from outside sources, tbe paper will
be greatly handicapped tn trying to serve the needs of the Chlcano
on campus.
La Voz haa already started to Implement suggestions lt has received from Chlcano students. Investigations have begun on the following proposals: changing the date of publication, soliciting ads
from the Chicano community, starting a series deaUogwith volunteer services students are Involved in, and a special two page layout where Chlcanos can submit poetry, short stories and sketches.
None of these proposals can work without student participation.
Student feedback Is needed If any action is to be taken on these
proposals.
If you have an opinion, criticism, suggestion or would like to submit material, It will be more than welcome.
There Is a box for La Voz materials ln the La Kaza Studies department, or messages can also be left at the Dally Collegian office.
La Raza Studies department Is located In San Ramon-4, room 132.
Deadlines for submission of materials Is the Wednesday before
publication. La Voz Is published every alternate Friday.
US Court rules bilingual
education to be necessary
WASHINGTON (CNS)- American schoolchildren who do not
speak English or do not speak it
well enough to get an education
have recently received a helping
hand from the U S. Supreme
Court.
Acting on a case riled on behalf of 2,856 Chfnese-Jipeaklng
pupils In San Francisco, the court
ruled lt Is a violation of their
civil rights not to provide either
crash English lessons at an early
age or bilingual instruction or
both.
The decision does not say how
school districts are to provide
equal educational opportunities
But the court's unanimous decision, written hy Justice William
O. Douglas, says tn part:
"Imposition   of a   requirement
that,  before a child can effectively   participate  In the educational   program, he must already
have acquired those basic (English) skills, is to make a mockery of public education.*
It Is not clear at this point just
how San Francisco or any other
affected school district will attempt to comply with the ruling,
hut the prevailing opinion on
Capitol Hill and in the U.S. Office
of Education is thai the court Is
signaling the nation (hat It Is prepared lo hand down tougher decisions In the future If there Is
no effective response.
According to the 1970 census,
there are an estimated four to
five million elementary-school
pupils who come from homes
where Kngllsh is no) spoken. Yet
the Office of Education's bilingual program today is reaching
only 130.000 pupils.
In California, which augments
federal assistance with a stale
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9 out of 10
Fresno State grads
never think
of joining
The Peace Corps
or VISTA.
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Hey,
number 10:
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if you went to go into Peace Corps
or VISTA this eummer,
this is your last chance to apply.
ON CAMPUS
Placement Center
New Administration Building
March 11—16
9 a.m. 3 paflt.i
7-
aim
Chicano teacher
seeking recruits
for media group
Editor's Note: Steve Soriano,
a professor on campus ln La
Rasa Studies department, la
currently forming a group for
Chlcanos Interested ln masa
media and professionals already
established In the fields of Journalism  or broadcasting.
In the last few years; media
has begun opening their doors to
minorities. We are beginning to
see more Chicano newscasters,
more Chlcano TV personalities,
and moreChlcanoby-llnesheading newspaper and magazine articles. More and more, Chlcanos
are majoring in Journalism,
mass communications, and
radio-television.
Realizing the need to come
together as a group, several
Chlcanos have begun a local effort to hrlnfe together Fresno
area Chlcanos majoring or Interested ini any of the lieids
comprising the mass media and
professionals already working In
the print or broadcast mediums.
Asa group, we can collectively
expand our media expertise and,
hopefully, offer that expertise
lo campus and community organizations tn need of media
services.
The group, tentatively titled
Chlcano Media Society, is currently seeking Chlcanos interested in becoming members.
The only requirements are interest in print, electronic, or
relluloid media, minimum
amounts of free time, and a
willingness to learn and share
The benefits could l>e personal
growth, community action, our
own publications and films,
helping to establish openings
and scholarships for Chlcanos
Interested In studying media at
college level, and more.
If you are Chicano and you're
Interested, write your name, address and phone numlier on a
card and direct it to Stephen
Soriano at the l.a Raza Studies
Office on campus.
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Frl, Mar. 8,1974 -THE DAIDT COLLEGIAN-3
MARIO GAL VAN — a student senator who has been active In student
government most of his life. He believes In communication between
people. Photo by Barry Wong.
Mario Ga/van works to
improve communication
By Melissa Vlllanueva
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A need to communicate seems
to he the motivation behind Mario
c a Ivan, he himself readily admits 'communication Is my big
deal."
Mario Is a student senator at
CSUF who was elected last
spring. j
In high school, Mario remembers getting 3 group together lo
present student needs to the high
school council. Mario and his
friends wanted to establish a
MECHA club.
Before coming to CSUF Mario
majored ln art. He attended College of the Sequoias and in 1970
received an Associate of Arts degree in liberal studies, with an
emphasis on art
At COS Mario was active In
student government. He recalls
the senate board there, "lt was
like a Mickey Mouse organization."
■They would give us budgets
to play with." Budget items usually Included "campus activities
like homecoming dances and like
that."
The fall of 1972 was Mario's
first year at CSUF and again he
became active ln student government.
Mario felt the student representation on campus was "all
screwed up. Student government
was not a powerful entity," as It
should have been and minorities?
"They really had no voice," there
were "very few" chicano senators.
Sensing that something was
wrong. Mario ran for a senate
position and lost, but did succeed
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In a second attempt. He remembers that becoming involved was
very Ume consuming.
1 spent the first semester
learning where things were at. I
messed up a lot of my classes
because of that.*
Mario, a senior, Is now Board
on Publications chairman. His
term ends ln June and he Is undecided whether he will stay
another year. Should Mario wish
to retain his position ln the senate, he would have to run for reelection.
Mario says the senate Is undergoing changes and maybe he
"shouldn't leave the boat right
away. Something Is going to happen."
Mario does not elaborate much
more,   except   to  say   he   feels
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California bilingual education program needed
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bilingual education program,
there are between 225,000 and
260,000 pupils who either do not
speak English or have only a
limited command of the language.
Yet the state .program serves
20,000 and the' federal program
25,000, a total of45.0O0chlldren.
The-federal government plana
to spend close to ISO million on .
bilingual education by the end of
the current fiscal year on June
30, but Prealdent Nixon's proposed .budget for the next fiscal
year asks for only $35 million to
continue the effort. It la expected
that the Congress will try to add
on $10 to $15 million. -
The Supreme Court's decision
may give a boost to pending legislation that would greatly expand
the federal bilingual program,
not only with an Initial annual
expenditure, of $135 million but
also with a-broadened acope of
activities. One of the bills' coauthors  is Sen. Alan Cranstone.
D-Calif
California .haa a $3.6 million
bilingual program run by Dr.'
Gilbert Martinez.
Although legislation haa been
Introduced seeking $15 million
for tha next fiscal year, Martinez
anticipates hla program's budget
will be increased to around $8
million.
There la no federal requirement thaf a school district
provide bilingual or remedial
language education for lta non-
English-speaking pupils, nor la
there any atate. including California, that requires It.
Although In May 1970 the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare aald lt waa a violation of a Txipil's civil rights not
to take 'affirmative action* to
offer "equal educational opportunities* and overcome language
barriers, the Justice Department
never has taken a school district
to court over the Issue.
- The 1970 HEW memo went to
every scnool district which had
at least five par cant of lta pupils
not speaking English or not
speaking lt well. It waa cited by
the Supreme .Court ln ita January
decision.
Thus, while many school districts have triad on their own
initiative to provide be^> for these
Peptle (some schools ln Texas
function 100 per cent in Spanish),
the Supreme Court's decision
now is perceived aa forcing all
schools to provide a *meaningful
education."
La Raza Studies committee
provides for community voice
(Edltor'a note: In an effort to
acquaint students with the La
Raza Studies on campua, La Voz
is doing a series of articles oh
the program. The following la
'one such story.)
El Comlte Consejero de los
E studios de la Raza will meet
today at 5 p.m. ln the La Raza
studies office. Current business
is the review of applicants for
La Raza Studies positions during
the fall 197*1 semester.
El Comlte provides La Raza
studies an opportunity to sensitize Itself to the needs of Chlcanos both on campus and ln the ■
community. Its principle function
is to recommend policy with re-
card to curriculum, personnel
and philosophy of the department.
Through these recommendations, La*g>aza Instructors develop courses which will prepare
the students to return and develop
untapped resources of their respective communities.
The Comite has sponsored a
variety of activities and programs beneficial to the community and campus. The most current   activity Is a  raffle,  with
benefits donated to the United
Farmworkere Union. Tickets may
be purchased In La Raza Studies
office tn SR-4, room 132.
The 'advisory committee* la
composed of IS members—seven
students, "five community representatives and three faculty
members   of La Raza Studies.
Students are selected by
MECHA organizations and serve
as spokesmen for the rest of the
Chlcano students.
The three faculty members are
also selected by MECHA and
provide the students with an insight of the department and its
entire staff. The combination of
these representatives then select
the Comlte community members.
Current members oftheComlte
are: Lea Ybarra, chairperson;
Teresa Acosta, Patricia Agutrre,
Jose Alvarez, Raquel Contreras,
Dora y Lloyd Gonzales, and Fernando Hernandez.
Other members Include: Jaime
Huerta. Catalino Jaques, Jesus
Leon, Anna Noriega, Tomas
Bachlcha, Candy Pardo, Valentin
De La Rosa, Tony Roque and
Victor Salazar.
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