1988_11 The Daily Collegian November 1988

              I   Page 8    Monday. November 21. I9H8   La Voz de Aztlan
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JCYC: Escalante's message comes at right time
1 V *••'       Angel de Jesus/La Vote
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i improve ihis land." , w
'* Proclaiming that "Escalante's message
couldn't come at a belter time." Hispanic
Link noted thai ihe high school drop-out
■ate is as high as 80 percent among
Latinos in some inner-city schools. Less
than half of U.S. Latinos over 25 have
. high school diplomas and only 8.5
percent have college degrees. HLNS
reported.
He said he views his role as a nauonal
symbol for Hispanics as an opportunity
to inspire students he will never meet and
lo share his methods of motivating ihem.
somclhing CYC organizers hope will
occur al the conference.
The Chicano Youlh Conference hosts
about 1600 valley area' high school
students for the one-day event where
students leam about higher education. It
is sponsored by MEChA and funded by
Ihe Associated Students Inc.
The students will attend workshops
providing information on education and
career planning as well as a college fair
featuring representatives of various higher
education institutions  from  throughout
the stale.
A presentation following registration
will be held io award S50 to Ihe winner of
a brochure cover art contest. The art
contest is open to CSUF students with
ibe deadline Nov. 28. Tbe CYC
committee seeks an entries depicting the
1989 CYC theme. "La Education Es El
.Principio Del Future."
A Chicano Poetry -eading accompanied
by music will follow the presentation.
An an display featuring local Chicano
artists such as Roger Valderde will be
tenured Los Danzanles de A/dan.
CSUFs Mexican folkloric dance group
under the direction, of CLS professor
Ernesto Martinez, will perform during die
lunch hour.
"Wc scheduled more cultural events for
the conference ihis year," said Serrano.
"We decided that the high school students
need to be more aware of their heritage."
The conference will also feature a tcairo
skit entitled "Bus Slop" under the
direction of Richard Santana. A DJ will
provide music for the two-hour dance
which will close the conference.
A commemorative souvenir book,
containing     information     about     the
de Aztlan
conference, its workshops and schedule,
will be produced by the Chicano
Journalism Sludent Association for the
event. CSUF. President Harold Haak and
Dean of Student Affairs William
Corcoran will be among the
administrators who will have a message
io ihe students in the book, t
Il will highlight the 20th anniversary
of several key Chicano pug ami on
campus: MEChA. the ChicanoA-atino
Stiidie- Program ; and La Vtw De
Aztlan . Key information about the
university and higher education will be
included so students may also use the
book as a reference source after the
conference.
The brochure will be funded from page-
space sponsorships by schools,
department.-, and programs on campus.
The CJSA students will design the ads for Departments of Journalism. Psychotogy,
iha brochure or camera-ready aJs mav he Theatre Arts, Tclecommunicauons, Civd
submitted Engineering, Social  Work,    and    the
The following participants have Chicano/Laiino Studies Program; and .
confirmed their support of ihe CYC *c Educational Opportumues Program,
through the book: the Schools of Social University Outreach Srrviccs. University
Sciences. Business Administration. Migrant Services. Housing, and the
Health and Social Work, and Human Learning Rcscurce<?er.tcr. Several others
Development   and   Education: the have verbally icsfcrvcd space.
IRMA SERRANO
CYC Chairperson
AIDS: Hispanic Counselor needed
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blown AIDS. I want to make il a.point
10 distinguish ARC (AIDS Related
Complex) and full-blown AIDS from one
another. There is a definite difference thai
needs to he emphasized."
The difference between ARC and the
classic disease AIDS^lies with the fact
that ARC represents symptoms indicating
the probability of a weakened immune
system. Signs may include skin rashes,
diarrhea, tiredness or swollen lymph
glands. Full-blown AIDS, on the other
hand, represents a destroyed immune
system , incapable of regaining or
recoopcrating itself lo fight off even the
common cold. These opportunistic
diseases which gel into the body is what
leads lo death.
Hall, whose duly is to "call people up
and.ask them very kindly if they'd like lo
volunteer iheir time at'the ccnicr." says
Ihe Central Valley AIDS Team has many
services io offer.  "We run hot-lines, put
out a ncwsleucr every month, put on
speaker training sessions and even run our
own confidential AIDS testing." says
Hall also indicating her hectic and busy
work schedule throughout ihe day. "We
gel between 50 and 110 phene rails per
day on the average. Right now we have
about 30 volunteers who work mostly
evenings but I'm really desperate. for
people who can answer phones in die day
time."
Hall also dirccdy expressed her
opinion on the issue of whether or nol
people carrying the disease should be
identified in public as having ihe illness.
"First of all. there is no reason for
(the pnhhe i to know thai anyone has
AIDS and second, all ii would cause is
mass hysteria.
Erline Kidder. Client Services Director
for the Valley AIDS Team and considered
a senior staff member at the center, lakes
a one-on-one approach to dealing with
AIDS victims and Iheir families.  "1 deal
directly with the victims and their
families helping Ihcm get Social
Security, selling up appoinirnenls to get
in-home care for ihcm and things of ihat
nature."
Speaking on ihe fact dial there aren't
any Hispanic counselors on the .staff-of-
the AIDS Team, "Odder staled. "We need
to gel (AIDS information) oul and from
a Hispanic counselor. We're doing all wc
can io get a qualified Hispanic. They arc
an asset for (the AIDS Team) because
most of ihem are bilingual and can really
contribute effectively lo ihe eradication of
ihis dreadful disease."
Many public health officials,
deliberating upon the different methods of
contracting the disease have, reasonably,
brought the mosquito into the picture.
More notably is ihe female mosquito
which sucks blood from humans and
animals for survival purposes. It would
be ruiiur.il to assume ihat because AIDS
is found in blood, u would be possible to
get AIDS from an inseel bile. However.
Hall denounces this reasoning as fallacy.
"A survey was taken in Florida lo
determine the diffcreni causes of AIDS
among refugees between the ages of 20
and 45 since scientists noted thai there
had been a problem-wiibmosquiios in
that area. And ii was proven thai you
cannot get AIDS from insect biles." Hall
also .stressed ihat it is not possible for
dogs, cats or any domestic animals lo
transmit or "carry' the disease. "You
simply can't get AIDS from an animal.
Ii has lo do with the types of cells Jhc
vims attacks."
Addressing ihe issue of minorities on
staff at the AIDS center. Hall staled thai
there hasn't been a "well qualified"
Hispanic'found lo fill the spot and despite
this fact, there isn't room for paid workers
at the moment. There may not be an
Hispanic on staff as a counselor says
Hall, "bui Hispanics wiih AIDS are one
of our target points."
MESA
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rocket contest the best and I warn lo be in
ME""A when I gel a link buuer". Salas
said of lac BVCSSI as ',.e i.. .ned ofi" io yet
another activity.
Lisa Rivera, a student from Clovis High
School noted thai, during the MESA
meets, "I got a chance to improve in
algebra, geometry and English and we*goi
to do different activities in science."
Rivera also noted that "even though wc
didn't compete in the rockets, il's pretty
interesting to see everybody compete and
also bringing their brothers, sisters, and
cousins and seeing them involved."
Another important event, the speech-
ghring contest, "giyes students confidence
in themselves", according lo Crystal
Ochoa from Sanger High School. "I
wanted to let others know how MESA
really helped me by giving the speech."
Ochoa admits thai although she thought
MESA was just a small group of
minorities when she first joined al
Washington Junior High in Sanger, she
•now says it's much more lhan ihat
"There's a lot of support and
encouragement for people like mc"
Even though this was Ochoa's first
speech, she didn't think about gelling
nervous in from of the audience "I didn't
let that stop mc; I just thought about
getting my point across."
Henry Villanucva, ihe CSUF Director
of the Minority Engineering Program,
views ihe speech event «s "the roughest
activity- these studcnis have to go
through", referring lo the five students
who look on the nerve-racking feat.
Ochoa. who gave her audience an
emotional lecture about the meaning of
MESA, praised her parents' efforts in
pushing her toward a higher education.
"It's my parents who give me the
encouragement lo go oul and be
sonxene", Ochoa stated in an interview
after her talk. •
SARAGOZA
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American, Mexican, or even ■Hispanic."
"The impctant poinl here then is that
questions of race, class gender, and
immigration/migration are, in my
opinion, the ingredients lo belter
understanding the Chicano experience."
said Saragoza.
After the lecture, Dr. Saragoza talked to
La Voz about Ihe role of the Chicano
sludent today in light of 20 ypars of
struggle in the past by Chicanos to
achieve current gains.
He said that while il is necessary to
gel involved in social issues thai are
important lo each individual, a balance
between studying and gerting involved
could be found.
" It is important lo pursue what is
meaningful to you," he said.
Saragoza also serves as the Chair of tbe
Central American Latin Studies at UC
Berkeley. He has served on the faculty
there for (he last six years.
He based Ins tall: on his essay "Receni
Chicano Historical Scholarships and
Appraisals," which was published in the
Journal of Ethnic Affairs.
He has also authored Fresno1!
Hispanic Heritage and The Monterrey
Elite and the Madcan Slate.
Saragoza graduated from CSUF ir
1969. He received his masters degree frorr
Harvard in 1971 and his Ph.D. at UC Sar
Diego in 1979. He served as the La Razi
Studies Coordinator at CSUF from 1971
73 and 1975-77.
GYC ART CONTEST
DEADLINE NOVEMBER 28TH
For more information call 435-2102