1982 La Voz de Aztlan

              California State University Fresno
CYC
Tuesday, February 9,1982
By David Duran
KFSR
Offer Programming
By Julia Benitez
The Ninth Annual Chicano Youth
Conference was held on Saturday, Jan.
16. The conference was a success due to
the hard work and good planning of the
Chicano Youth Conference Committee.
The committee consisted of President
Rosemary Rodriguez, Vice President Pat
Castro, Rosemary Baiz, Treasurer Jean-
nie Zapata*; as well as many CSUF MEChA
members who assisted with the planning
and the smooth running of the conference.
The conference started with guest
speaker Ponce Ruiz, a decorated war
veteran as well as the only Chicano to be
awarded a national speech title. Ruiz
spoke on many issues revolving around
being Chicano; pride, identity, as well as
ancestry. Afterwards, the students were
split into two groups to better facilitate
the rooms given for the workshops.
The students were given access to many
general interest workshops which dealt
with issues from The MEChA organiza
tion to Ending Barrio Warfare. Then
there were career workshops giving students information to the wide job market.
The students were then treated to an
authentic Mexican lunch. After lunch the
groups went to their respective areas. The
college fair gave state colleges, universities
and community organizations the chance
to distribute information on their groups.
The conference finished off with both
groups coming together to listen to Teatro
e a Tierra   perform   some musical
numbers, then they were treated to an outstanding performance by CSUF's own
Teatro del Espirtu. Afterwards there was
a dance featuring the DJ Volume 11.
The committee would like to thank the
people who help make the conference
such a success and look forward to next
year.
Chicanos are going to have access to
programming on the proposed FM radio
station at CSUF, how much will depend
on three things: the availability of bilingual staff, the amount and "type" of listener feedback, and whether or not the
station gets funded by the Associated
Student Senate next week.
Some of you my remember hearing that
the proposed FM station funded by the
AS last year...They were, but due to
a technicality having to do with the number
of senators voting on a reconsidered measure, it was voided.
In order to get funded again, Brett Kof-
ford and his staff put together a new package. "We are going to show them we have
enough money to operate for the first
three months we're on the air," said Kof-
ford, "We also want to show them that,
providing we get funded again by the
LR. A. (Instructionally Related Activities-
student money used for educational projects) and the AS well have enough money
to exist, and "hopefully" they'll accept the
new package. Kofford also mentioned
that visible student support at the AS
meeting would be appreciated.
Another part of the package to be presented to the AS deals with proposed programming at the station. At least one time
slot has been set aside for minority programming, but Kofford said he would like
to see more, "We're going to develop ethnic programming the best we can, hopefully, to include Blacks, Armenians, and
other ethnic groups on campus too."
As for Chicano programming, Kofford
mentioned a leaning towards a bilingual
music and informational format show.
The person in charge of developing the
program is Gilbert Mosqueda. A Radio/TV major, Mosqueda says he would
like to see "the lines of communication
open" between students and different
departments and organizations on campus. He said he is open to suggestions and
can be reached through the KFSR office.
Mosqueda and Kofford both agree they
want to see more Chicanos get involved in
the new station. The station is ODen to
anyone who wants to get involved, "regardless of what vour maior is," said Kofford.
and although quality standards will be
checked before allowing a trainee to go on
the air, everyone will have a chance. People interested in getting involved in the
new station can talk to Mosqueda or Kofford at KFSR.
CSUF
Chicana Wins
Songwriting
Award
Showing the promise of becoming a
professional musical talent, Linda Arceo,
a CSUF Chicana student, was the grand
prize winner at a recent songwriting competition.
Arceo's performance of her original
song entitled, "Lost in a Fair," captured
the top award at the 1st Annual Women's
Talent Showcase Song Competition held
at the Wild Blue Yonder in Fresno.
She was selected as one of six finalists
who performed their compositions on
stage for the final judging from a field of
over 150 original entries.
Arceo played three songs during the
finals; all of which were eventual winners.
"Forever in Mind" won the Inspirational
Music category. In addition, "Fly Too
High" (co-written by Cindy Saghatelian),
was the winner of both Best Lyrics and
By Richard Rios
Easy Listening categories as well as being
selected runner-up to her "Lost in a Fair"
for overall Best Song.
The sophomore Food Science major
stated that she has been performing for "4
or 5 years," and would very much enjoy
making her living by performing.
She related that getting singing en-
agements at local clubs can be difficult by
saying, "I only do original material, so it's
tough because most people only want to
hear Top 40." She does, however, often
perform at weddings and quinceneras.
Though confidently optimistic about
her chances of success, Arceo admits that
breaking into the music business is considered a major challenge.
"That's why I'm going to school," said
Arceo, "it's something to fall back on if I
don't make it.   .