1995_09 Insight September 1995

              In Focus
SEPTEMBER 13,1995
Ethnic Action
Fresno's diverse ethnic culture has varied interests from around the
globe. In this melting pot called the United States, groups can adapt
"to the American style of life while still maintaining their own cultural
identity.  Insight recognizes such individual freedom of expression.
International students adapt to CSUF
♦ CSUF seen through
international eyes
bv Guy E. Sharwood
Stat! Wriiei
"Huge. The.si/e ola
Thai is bow Slams
i  Mar
n Yugi
slavia. described the (SI I-campus       N()i| ^^ ^^^   ^   ( ^  { wcci. ol
"Big trees, flowers, all ibis nature "
said Milena Issenma. a Mass (on
munication and Journalism ntaju
who hjis been on campus loi iw
weeks. "You don't see a lol ol thai
Russia."
"Students conduct themselves mo
freely, sittine. on the grass, drinkii
something."
Issenma    said. -_-_-——-—
adding thai these „_,        . ,
.h„.gs a,e ,,o.     They have an edge
seen in her native [International
land because oi students Service
cold weather n .  _,        ,
in the I904-9S Program!. They have
school sen. 620 experience dealing
d~Mhc';::!, withpeople.They
and 564 m the know the problems
spring were at- associatedvvith
1™Z**\L international
Institutional Re-    Students."
search. Planning
and Assessment ,,. _.,   ...    .  ,
— Deepa mil akkannu    ™ll1lu*,fi
r back home are
Insight photo by Dan Helmbold
Transfer students from Russia. Milena Issenina. front, and Irina Dussohseva. back, study while they catch a=Jew rays by the pool.
Unless a
eign student is sponsored bs a schol
arship from bis or her nalis e counii s
thai studenl pass the annual out-ol
state fee to attend CSUF.
Hanieh contrasted the CSI I cam
pus with the university, in his home
land.
i Back
call a piol
> excellent."
lock. Thillakkannu repl
I culture     bors in hcr apartment complex
I thai she     her company
ol  II
|the I'niied States is| wax ahead"
"|Ms home's school| is organized     ,ls,;the,c\ Vomclh"^/w'!!mc widi
d.tlerentlv - no campus    ■  ,     ^.. , h,||.,u;ml s>lkl ,n„ _lJtla| „,.„
downtownol the capital cits    He hk       j)l|-% .vlx.Vl_-,,u. |N chati-iii" there
ihe Internal
Program
"1 Iks   ha
nu through cullui
Hispanic youth aim for the Ivy League
♦ CSUF alumni
California's poorest "school districts
oud se.u al V.lc litis fall  "The pro      which lakes both junioi and high
help students reach
higher  goals
mu\ getting Ihem enrolled in Iss
1 eague schools bs taking ihem on a
lour ot ihe campuses each spring-,
gram." Molina s;,id "maik'-me real      svl 1 students, an application, in
i/e thai 1 could go to these scl s     ters lew. and screening process ad.
too  Belore 1 went back east on' the     ministered bv those who have pre%
"1 go up lo ms students and put ms
trip. Incsci even had a sense ol pos      v,„uslv eouc on the trip must be
bv Mutt Lloyd
aim around them and whisper to
sibilih                                                   passed   Ibis empowers and re
Staff Writer
ihem.   1 sec sou .n Harvard in iwo
One reason Mares is able to moti      wards ihe students and keeps them
sears'" Mares said, "lotlei ihem en
sate his students so well is ihc sue      connected lo lhc project, Mares
Martin Marcs sees himscll as as
couragement: 1 plant seeds in ihcii
cess of Ihe program lirthcl veats     said
a seed planter."
heads that help them achieve their
01 ihe program. Mares has placed        Ihe greatest benelu ol come to
The son of migrant farm work
goals."
three studenls at Hrovsn and two al     Ihe schools is meeting Ihe students
ers. 36-year-old Mares grew up
Mares is not an imposing man. 1 le's
Yale                                                      alrcadv enrolled   Its when the
poor in Parlicr, C'alii Ii was there
a short man with a quickly receding
Carlos Pa/. I'». who is also starting     soungei studenls see Ihe Hispanic
thai Mares remembers seeing a
hair line. It's his words and sisions
hissecondveai.il lale.isone studenl     uiuleici.iduaics lhai thes  leah/e
United Farm Worker's theater pre
w Inch allow these students from poor.
lhat Mares loves to poini oul Pa/cai      that thes. too. can participate ul
sentaiion in the earls l"7(ls about
migrant backgrounds to strise for
ried a -J 0 grade poini average last      \merica"s premiersdumls. Mares
the plights of Hispanic laborers
such lolls coals. He becomes ilieu
spring semester                                  s.ml
that motivated him to pursue his
mentor and leads them to iheir lullcst
l.ach Iss League trip includes pat          Ihe future lot   Mares lies in
own education.
potential. Eventually, ihcs reali/e
licipating in campus tours, meeting     Delano, where he has iiist been
Now, after receiving both his
lhat, "Yes. 1 can make il loo." Mares
with advisers atkl students, sleeping    lined as assist.mi principal al
B.A. and MA   decrees from
said.
in dormitories, and. in ihe words oi     Delano Hieh School
CSl'K Mares offers his services as
The students m the program are al-
1 'se.u old Janeite Molina, "gelling       l-'ot now. he is concentrating on
a "seed planter" through his Iss
rcadv planning on ...lending college.
thc total colleee experience "                  a presentation he and his studenls
League Project,
Wilh the program, however, their
The program has also grown outside    will cise to ihe California Ass,,
Marcs is the creator and ads iser
studying intensifies and they base lo
ol Parlicr.  Ibis spring. Mates plans-   ciationol Bilingual l-.dueators and
of the Parlicr Ixs League Project.
become focused on achieving the
lo mke SO siuilenis x<n the Irip from    this sen's trip lo ihe m covered
a project devoted to taking His
best.
nine Ahiml districts                            buildings ol America's greatest
panic   students   from  one  of
l-lov Molina. 19. is starting his sec
To be accepted in Ihe program,    colleges
i Joyal Adiiimis
leached al 278
Ceremony not separate commencement
by Felicia Harris
Staff Wriler
^f it separatist
year, the African-American Recognition Program provides an outlet for
graduates to shine.
"The program is not a substitute for
the university's commencement —
there's only one graduation — but it
is a recognition ceremony for African-
American graduates"and their families." said Roben Mikel. acting chairman of the Ethnic Studies Department.
"The program is a showcase of the
individual achievements of African-
Americans lo iheir families and
friends." he said.
*'lt s not aboul being excluded or
"1 am excited and clad to graduate.
poialed into ihe program
and pre-
included. It's aboul adding a personal
but more so io be .1 part ol the recog
seined to each graduate as
a rite oi
touch to African-American students
union ceiemonv. because 1 won't gel
passage
and including iheir families
lost in ihe crowd.'' said spring gradu
The tradition of the Kci
le Cloth
"It's about giving each graduate
tiling semoi Gerald Milfoil.
dales hack lolhc l2lllCCnlU
v Ahanli
their moment in the spotlight." said
Tve been to a couple of ceremo
people ol Ghana. West Al
tea. who
Maxine McDonald, assistant director
nies and couldn't wail until my turn
wose Ihe cloth exclusisel
for the
of thc Educational Opportunitv Pro
Now ii is. and I'm going to shine." he
Ash.mu kings and queens
gram.
said
According lo Mikel. pre*.
nunc lhc
According to McDonald. Ihe pro
Mans students are the first in Ihcii
Kenie ( loih. which has the I
aditioual
gram serves several roles which in
families to graduate lioma unisersiis
West \h lean colors ol red. |
old. blue
clude:
The recognition program affords
and occasionally green, is
the Afri-
• Giving the African-American fac
friends and lamilv a more personal
can American version ol u
Alrican
ulty and stafl the opportunitv to honor
feeling thai the larger, impersonal
ritc/il passage, moving a nc
son from
lhc African-American graduates and
umseisits ceremony can't offer.
ihe ranks of studenl loa pro
cssioual
Ihcir accomplishments.
'Throughout campuses, main de
It is also a constant ret
mder of
• Serving as a motivational tool to
partments base ceremonies so that
where they came from and I
lose who
other students to meet ihe challenge.
individuals can be honored and rec
base helped them And. ofct
ursc, not
• Allowing mothers and fathers a
ognized.'* Mikel said.
lo lorect lo help those in the
text gen-
chance lo say. "That's my baby!"
In 1993. the Kenie Cloth was jncor-
cration." Mikel said
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