1970_03 The Daily Collegian March 1970

              THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
FAST AND CAMP-IN
Wefi,
ave said:
Monday, March 2, 1970 - 13
—-Chicano students from Fresno
State College declared themselves on a hunger strike at
6 p.m. Sunday, March 1st.
This strike ls In protest against
the dally oppression of all Chicano people, and it has been
called on the Fresno State College campus since this Institution
ls a symbol of the Anglo 'better
way of life*. Specifically, this
protest  ls against the
regime. Our demands are a
means for this school to soften
that oppression. On Monday,
March 2, 1970, we will turn ln
10 demands written with our blood
s of tt
Falk-F
glme and ls support of the young
Chicano brothers at Woodlake
High School and the Chicano parents and famlUes of Kings County
who have been refused the right
The services of the Fresno
State College Health Center will
be requested to provide routine
health checks for all 13 Chicano
students and faculty members.
Water will be the only substance
taken by the strikers.
The 13 protesUng Chlcanos
have declared that they will be
camping in front of the Thomas
Administration until Friday. And
the appeal Is being made to all
Chicano students and community
people   to join with them  In the
The protest ls also ln support
of our people's struggle everywhere in America (not only USA)
but more specifically ln support
of our younger brohters who have
felt the teeth ot the Lion ln Wood-
lake High School. This protest ls
ln support of our parents ln Han-
ford and Kern County who have
been refused the right lo eat decent food.
Chicano students and staff will br
fasting for a week starting Sunday
night (March 1st) until Friday at
noon (March 6).
In order" that FSC start becoming more realistic to the Chicano
community ln proportion to the
population of FSC's service area,
we the Chicano students demand
Clarification of
Demands ***
kind of people see BAND, SPORTS
and the like as priorities. WE
DONT. FALK-FIKES are using
the reactionary policies of a politically-controlled chancellor's
office to justify their misuse of
federal funds ln a similar reactionary way. Their hope Is that
we all go to terminal junior college programs and don't mess up
their     llly-whlte-coconut     ma-
Same as No. 2. The lncompe-
ncy of Director Lewis and his
>ng standing refusal to deal with
ie   needs  of  minority students
n of th
FSC s
This •
s job.
a LOCAL de-
d as  the ultlmati
All 13 Chlcanos (eight r
until Fri
:h Cth, a
FSC cannot because they WILL
NOT. During 19C8-C9, the number
of students receiving financial
aid was 1,412 total, while all
minority students receiving aid
were only 5B5 - less than half.
Although the Financial Aids office hasn't released figures for
4. That FSC Immediately create a Minorlty^Educatlon Council
in  consultation  with   the Ethnic
Fresno State College Is more
Imbalanced than many of the
school districts that are being
forced by the courts to Integrate.
FALK-FIKES and CO. want It that
bring ln only those
s.Sir.
ds - after
a LOCAL
willing to
In conjunction wtth the hunger
strike, the students have presented   the   following statement:
•We the concerned Chicano
students and community are protesting the dally and continuous
oppression of our people. We are
protesting on campus today because this Institution ls symbolic
of what is for Anglos 'a better
way of life'.
We are protesting the oppres-
slonary tactics of theFalk-Flkes
from FEDERAL SOURCES. As
a matter of fact, during the cur-
cent   of  all   Educational Oppor-
lie dean of students be continued
c filled hy a Chicano.
office level, so that Chicanos have
access to some policy-making
that affecis them. FALK-FIKES
and CO. want a school run like
FALK-FIKES have had a proposal for the council since December, but they have been busier doing public relations with the
Bar Association and Junior
Chamber of Commerce, traveling
all over the state, taking care of
the bank, and plotting how to set
FSC back 10 years.
The delaying tactics of the
FALK-FIKES clique tells us that
they are studying ways of having
a council. they will be able to
control for their real masters,
the agribusiness
Valley. Falk It.
The FALK-FIKES clique would
rather see this campus go to the
bull-dogs than to service the
minority population of the Valley.
There are more white students
on this campus who come from
outside the Valley than minorities
coming from the Valley. That's
the way the people who control
this campus want It to be. Else-
IDlclecrats;
dti   i
i   they  i
unity.
This Is a LOCAL decision.
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Senate supports hunger strike
Condits
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The   Student   Senate   of   FSC
'  recognize that the Chicano pop-
>f past and present
s and prejudices, and suf-
i from a lack of relevant
ational opportunities, and
ulation 01
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WHEREAS
Acting President Falk and Acting Executive Vice President
Flkes, because of their inactions or actions, appear to be
destroying or regressing what
progress was previously created for Chicano students of
FSC, and
WHEREAS
A group of concerned students
and   faculty   have   gone   on  a
.1 of 11
thl.-.
ns by
continuation of recruitment of
minority students to campus,
therefore be It
RESOLVED
That the Student Senate support
the principles of the hunger
strike, and the demands presented to Acting President Falk
and encourage concerned students of FSC to lend moral
support to the peaceful protests
*   of the students, and be It
FURTHER KESOLVED
That the Student Senate establish a medlaUon board consisting of student senators, La
Raza studies staff, and concerned Chicano students to
meet with Dr. Falk to work
towards a form of solution of
the demands presented and to
Insure that minority students
will continue to be recruited
and assisted at Fresno state
Gil Acuna
Senator, School of Humanities
LIBERATED AZTLAN
n Page 2)
Since FALK-FIKES and CO. got
controlling stock In FSC, Inc., for
the agribusiness power structure
and Dumke, they have made vague
■philosophy* and to a 'collision
course* between the administration and ethnic studies. We think
that people on campus and ln
ilie community need to know what
•hose differences are.
On several occasions community organizations have Invited
FALK to speak at their meetings
in conjunction with members of
the Ethnic Studies staff and he has
ham! he feels free to talk "with
knowledge" about Ethnic Studies
when he speaks to Republicans,
-iptlve audiences of employees,
ivhen asked why he won't speak
conjunction with the Ethnic
idles staff, he always says
.i he doesn't want to be abused
exposed. We think that If he ls
ling the truth, then there Is
o expose and that the
)uld side with him lfany
of the staff of tlhnlc
■wild abuse him WITH-
REASON In public.
Is   Is  also a LOCAL decl-
of Rubalcava and Juarez,
there ls no Chicano at the administrative level. Furthermore,
by giving 'thanks* and 'best
wishes* for future, advancement
to the staff of La Raza It might
be that there will be no Chlcanos
on the faculty either. (Note: there
are other Spanish surname faculty, but they do not - on their
own admission - Identify as Chlcanos or with Chlcanos.)
This is a LOCAL decision.
8. Thai FSC allocate eight new
faculty positions to La Raza
Studies for the fall of 1970. And
that any present staff who wishes
to stay at FSC be rehired.
The administration allocates
their 'off the top* positions according to priorities. We want to
know what the priorities of the
administration are. The presently working Chicano administrators   and faculty have been told
7. That FSC Immediately Increase its number of support
itaff workers to match the population of Its service area.
Being a pubUc Institution, and
receiving a great amount of taxpayers' monies, FSC ls more than
lellnquent  ln  its 'fair employ-
i, by terminating the employ-
and that the building where the
•Llve-Learn*, Ethnic Studies and
EOP are located will be vacated
during the summer, without any
mention about how or where the
•more meaningful' program they
speak about will be located.
This   ls   also  a LOCAL  de-
9. That FSC Immediately hire
a Chicano at the admissions or
registrars office.
This doesn't need an explanation. We need someone who knows
and who has the Interests of the
Chicano students at heart ln that
Professors support hunger strike
From;    John Donaldson, President, FSC Chapter ACSCP
subject:   Hunger Strike
The Executive Committee of
•he Association of California
ly supports the effortsoftheChl-
cano students and faculty to make
Fresno State College more humane to all parts of the Fresno
Community. We recognize that
'his Institution, this administration, and this faculty have been
insensitive and, ln many Instances, repressive toward minority students. We deeply regret
the necessity of a humber strike
'o dramatize the InsUtuUonaloppression of human beings.   We
I, 1970      further support any and all non-
^_ ,        violent methods to resolve problems at FSC.
It Is Imperative that the violence that bas occurred at other
campuses not occur at FSCi We
are fearful, though, that the pattern of lnsensltlvity so often ex-
is characteristic of the present
administration.
Our support ofthe Chicano students ls an appeal to all members
of the Fresno Community to urge
an open and humane approach to
the solution of problems. What
ls required ls a dedication to the
acceptance of human differences
while setting aside personal am-
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10. That FSC Immediately hire
a Chicano co-director for the
Educational Opportunities program.
The money ls there, It has been
decided by the students selection
committee and by the EOP committee, It Is needed . . . but, the
administration  refuses  to hire.
The administration says that
they are not against EOP, but
they do everything ln their power
to destroy It. In opposition to
orders from the executive committee that EOP belongs ln the
AP&P committee, Flkes continues  to act as  if EOP was his
This ls a LOCAL decision.
Fikes' Answer:
e CoUege was recently pre-
Isby
anted w
I list o
Chicano students and faculty. In
ordering the administration to
respond to the demands by noon
Friday, March 0, they said: 'It
Is the hope of all Chicano students, faculty and community that
the Fresno State College admin,
Istratlon will take this opportunity (which may be the last) to
respond peacefully to the will of
To further enforce their determination for Immediate action
by the admlnlstraUon Chicano
students have 'camped' outside
the building next to the office of
the president since last Monday,
March 2-
An official response to the demands from Ihe admlnlstraUon
will not be forthcoming today for
the following reasons:
1.   The admlnlstraUon wlU
of the local campus and go beyond the current resources of
the institution. The admlnlstraUon must seek information
and   assistance from outside
Following consultation with appropriate members of tbe ada-
demlc community as weU as outside sources, president Falk and
I win continue to work to provide
solutions to minority education
problems on this campus. To
that end we shall Intensify our
efforts to establish an Advisory
Council for Minority Education.
James A. Flkes,
Acting Executive 1
We Answer Fikes:
Your letter of March c is i
sample of the kind of attitude
which we have learned to Identify as RACISM.
Your answer ls NO, but still
you try to hide behind pseudo-
reasons and excuses.
Your attitude ls always to dictate lo others, to set arbitrary
regulations and deadlines, but
when anyone else does it to you,
then you give that as a reason
for not answering.
Your attitude ls one of threats.
Otherwise you wouldn't carry a
gun on campus. You have threatened the program with •collision*
and' 'destruction* unless It fits
your Midwestern Ideas of educa-
Now you speak of our using
'Implied threats and Intimidation". All we said was that maybe
non-violent protest would be the
last form of protest we will use.
You have chosen not 'to respond
peacefully to the will of the
people*, we shall not protest
any more.
Yoar letter ls IndlcaU ve of yoar
RACISM. You say that you and the
president 'will continue to work
to provide solutions to minority
pus*, as If you bad done anything
else but fight against anything
minority students have struggled
to develops ln tbe last two years.
Your letter Is Indicative of your
racism. You say that you will
Intensify your efforts to establish '
an Advisory Council for Minority
Education, as lfyouhad done anything in that area or as1 If you
even know what to do.
We know, Flkes, what your kind
did to the Cberokees back ln your
native state, and you won't have
a "repeat performance'in the San
Joaquin Valley.
It ls a pity we ai
or we could tell yi
It ls too late, that
to see you ln this town after the
sun sets on YOUR KIND. Since
we are not, all we can say to you
at this Ume ls LO QUE SE HACE,
SE PAGA.
Now, Flkes, before we forget.
It was nice of you to write us that
letter, but It was not necessary.
diction of the local campus*...
none are beyond the 'current resources of the Institution. •
ot sheriffs.
the admlnlstraUon of Acting
President Falk and not to you.
tbe president felt it was more
Important for him to travel all
over the state than to talk to
us, and that It waa more Important for him to talk to bis friends
from the Department of Justice
who are Investigating us than to
talk to us.
WeU, It ls not the first time that
has happened to us. But we know
we were here before you both
came and we are going to be here
after you both are gone.
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