1984_09 The Daily Collegian September 1984

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September 24, 1984
The Daily Collegian
•HEP
studenu can earn up to 10 dollars a week
by fulfilling their responsibilities satisfac¬
torily. This allowance ^ offered totover
prepared for a prosperous future."
Above ihe doors to the HEP o
board, all educational cc
and recreational expenses, and student's
transportation to and from the program.
The studenu all live off campus at the
Shaw Gardens apartment complex.
"This is a very strict program," Rivera
said. "We allow no televisions or radios in
the rooms. Curfew is at 10 p.m.. lights
must be out at 11 p.m. and there are resi¬
dent advisers."
Rivera said that serious infractions
rarely occur, but if a student is convicted
of drinking, he or she is expelled from the
program and returned home immediately.
As further proof of the rigidity of HEP.
HEP studenu do have opportunities to
interact with the university at Urge. They
eat all three meals in the campus cafeteria,
and are encouraged to get involved in
extracurricular
"This is the proper environment for the
program," Rivera said. "It is important
that the studenu get to see the workings of
higher education."
Almost all the students in HEPareChi-
, but Rivera said that may be chang-
"I'm pretty sure that well be seeing a lot
of Asians coming into the program," he
said. "There are a lot of people from these
countries working in the fields now."
"This is good for the heart," Ri
of his involvement with HEP. "I T  _         ._,         _.. ..
emotional person, and I feel for these stu- Above ihe doors to the HEP offices,
dents who cone from their hometowns there is a sign that traniUtcs into: "If you
with a lot of hopes and dreams. I want to fully display cooperation, yon can do    -
see their hopes ftflfilled.... I want them to be "It's like the sign says," Rivera said.
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Tuesday, Setpt. 25,1984
Collegian
Ambassador cuts
Reagan's policies
ass-dor to El Salvador, Robert White, spoke before
the Satellite College Union.
Payment received, cards not sent
Robert While, U.S. ambassador to El
Salvador during the Carter Administra¬
tion, said Monday in Fresno that Presi¬
dent Reagan is not supporting efforts to
end death squad killings in that war-torn
White, who was removed from the post
by the Reagan Administration in 1981,
spoke to members of tbe press at tbe
Fresno Air Terminal before lecturing at
CSUF. The lecture, "Human Righu; A
Concern in American Policy,"opened the
semester. University Lecture Series.'
White said U.S. foreign policy does not
support El Salvador President Jose Napo¬
leon Duatie's effort to end revolution and
right-wing death squad murdering. The
administration "has only payed lip service
to the goals of Duarte," he said. "Duarte
Cannot do in El Salvador what is not
supported in Washington."
An example of Reagan's lack of com;
mittment to peace in that nation, he said,
was Reagan's remark in bis May 9 speech
that there was no connection between the
El Salvadoran government and the death
squads.
Such negotiations, be said, might re¬
quire an international mediating group
I capacity        such as the Conudora Group.
White predicted that the administra¬
tion, continued unwillingness to nego¬
tiate will event-ally mean a loss of inter¬
national respect for U.S. leadership. He
said the administration has refused nego¬
tiations with the guerrillas because of the
"fictitious" belief that was in El Salvador
is an expression of Soviet expansionism.
"The longer we ignore tbe opportunity
to negotiate the more our allies and
friends around the world are going to
question whether we're equipped with
"Central America is the only place in
the world where the U.S. refuses to nego¬
tiate,- he said. "The Reagan Administra¬
tion is so suffused with the East/West
conflict"that they can not seeiftc underly¬
ing sources ofthe revolution. ■
The war has totally indigenous roots
and is being controlled by the Salvadoran
guerrillas, who miliurily control about 25
percent of the nation, be said.
White warned that "the standard bu¬
reaucratic la nguage- used by the Reagan
Adminisution leaves an increased mil¬
itary involvement a dangerous option in
U.S. foreign policy. Such language, he
said, is similar to that used to draw further
• participation in the Vietnam war.
In both wars, he said, the common error
has been "the lack of will to see what's
going on."
Although White said he supports
•See White, page 2
Credit foul-up brings confusion
,n advertisement offering Mastercards
for $30 that appeared in the Daily Colle-
-'— ' .i Fall has resulted in confusion
appointment for some students
tiled in their money.
ct. 20 of the Fall *83 semester, the
First National Bancard company of San
an ad in the Daily Collegian that
y studenu to believe that they
-ceive, through the mail, a Mas-
: red it card after sending in their
The promise of "unconditional
[guarantees" and "no risk involved" were
i o red by the now defunct company.
^uch student, Trevour Zin, a Child
Development major at CSUF, is still try¬
ing io obtain a refund of his $30, but with
little success. Zin has made repeated
tiiempis to contact tbe Ftrst National
Bancard company and to date has recei ved'
only one response.
letter to Zin from the company's
relations manager. Tammy
on, it was pointed out that an
redit card was not promised in the
sement. Cameron maintains that a
IH^0'"'1 called the Credit Card Service
with a 1983 copyright by her com-
■as all that the advertisement pur-
lodeliver. In addition, she said, the
money back guarantee" offered by the
pint National Bancard company applied
lA"'y to those studenu who followed tbe
■"ructions in the 51-page booklet.
Zin. tried to return the booklet for his
pfund. but the
National Bancard . letterhead is not ans¬
wered by the company. Instead, a. com¬
pany called Public Health Services answers
and, according to the receptionist, they
deal strictly in supplying drugs to conva¬
lescent homes.
Zin has contacted the Fresno County
Better Business Bureau regarding the re¬
fund of bis $30.
"I did Ulk to the Better Business Bureau,
but they showed no signs of concern about
it," Zin said. He intends to contact some
of his professors for help and advice on
getting a refund.
Studenu are often the targets of com¬
panies that purport to help in establishing
credit for them. As people who tend to
move a tot, and have limited incomes, stu¬
denu are often faced with problems in
receiving credit.
Recently, another credit card company
aimed at helping studenu establish credit
appeared on campus. The College Credit
Card Corporation, based in Pennsylva¬
nia, has set up a booth near the Free
Speech area, manned by their campus
repretenUtive, Mike Pools. At this booth,
studenu are offered tbe opportunity to fill
out credit applications for a number of
credit cards.
business license, Pouls claimed that he
didnt need one as he only ran the booth
on campus, and only needed campus
approval.
Pouls has since left campus, and after
expressing an interest in having a story
appear in tbe Daily Collegian about his
company, he cannot be located because he
gave no information as to his w he rea bo u is.
One major difference between the Col¬
lege Credit Card Corporation and the   credit card.
First National Bancard company is that
the College Credit Card Corporation does
not require studenu to send in their
money before receiving tbe credit card.
Pouls said that sending in money first,
before receiving anything, should bea tip-
off to studenu to be careful.
The College Credit Card Corporation, •
Pouls said,' doesn't expect any payment
until after studenu have received their
Latino club works to
recruit Ag. students
•wider" and had "out of business" written
°n the front. The Daily Collegian has
«»emptcd to contact both Cameron aad
•w First National Bancard company, with
no success.
*■* telephone number listed on Firtt
Pouls said that his
cleared for campus operation by Virginia
Steraple of the Student Activities office.
At the booth be .operates, studenu are
encouraged to fill out the applications,
but are not allowed to remove them from
the uWe. One student, after completing
the lengthy application, asked if be could
make a copy of it before turning it into
Pouls. Pouls told him "no," that all of the
applications "have to be accounted for."
Pouls refused to give the name of his
immediate supervisor, and was unable to
give either a local address or a local tele¬
phone number. When asked if he.had a
Staff Writer
Although the Hispanic population does
the majority of the agricultural labor in
this valley, they are the least represented
In the CSUF school of agriculture, statis¬
tics show.
Tbe Fresno Chamber of Commerce
reports that 30 percent of the population
in Fresno County is of Hispanic origin,
yet according to the CSUF office of insti¬
tutional research, the percentage of Hip
panic studenu on campus is only 12.9 per¬
cent. The percenuge of Hispanic students
in agriculture is less than 10 percent   -
"Most people who think of Hispanics in
agriculture just think of them as farm¬
workers," said Graciano Diaz, one of the
two founding members of the Latinos in
Agriculture Club. Diaz and Diego Cells
formed the club in 1982 to try and change
these sutistics. With the help of five other
members, tbe two hope to raise the number
of Hispanic students in tbe agricultural
program, as well as help find them employ¬
ment after graduation.
Finances for the club are not a problem.
Tbey have found support from the Asso-.
ciated Studenu Budget Committee, which
allocated $1,000 for the *84-'85 school
year. But in order to achieve their recruit¬
ment goats of Hispanics to the school,
they must first recruit more member, to
the club.
Diaz said the club works with several on
and off-campus organizations to recruit
Some on-campus clubs they have joined
forces with are MEChA and CSUF Chi¬
cano Organization (CSUFCO). During
the first week of school. CSUFCO and
Latinos in Agriculture sponsored a "Back
to School" dance as a fund raiser for both
dubs.
The club is also working with off cam¬
pus organizations. The Fanners Assock-
$1.000 scholarship and the Hispanic Poa-
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