1989_03 The Daily Collegian March 1989

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March, 1989
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El Super Barrio1 due in Fresno on Friday
CSU, Fresno
"El Super Barrio", an anonymous
masked character who advocates for the
well-being of the homeless and poor in
Mexico City, will be at CSU. Fresno,
Friday March 3 at 10am in Old Science
162.
He is a strong supporter of
Cuauhtemoc Cardenas' National
Democratic Front and has become
identified with the plight of barrio
residents in Mexico City.
His visit is part of a three-week
United States tour to pitch the cause of
immigrants of America. The campus
visit is being sponsored by MEChA.
The statewide visits are coordinated by
Samuel Orozco of Bilingue and Ed
Castro of La Assoc lac ion Civica Benito
Juarez.
But even tn the US, El Super Bamo
is encountering first hand the problems
immigrants face, according to Orozco.
He said Saturday that the Super
Barrio was arrested by men posing as FBI
agents after leaving a class presentation
because he did have not proper
documention with him. He was taken to
the INS office in Los Angeles and, after a
couple of hours and with the presentation
of his papers, he was released
"That just goes to show what wc are
facing," said Orozco, "Our peple are
being constantly bothered by the INS."
The Los Angeles City Council had
just presented Super Bamo with a
Distinguished Visitor of Los Angeles
award on Wednesday.
Described as Mexico's legendary
folk hero and champion of rights for the
poor and homeless. Super Bamo has
been in the US since February 19.
Sponsored by the Mexican
Democratic Assembly, Super Barrio is
meetng with community organizations
and political officials throughout the
state to address such issues as
homelessness, far workers and
immigrants rights, laws to protect day
workers and corruption by Mexican
Border officials and police towards
Mexican migrants and American tourists.
Super Barrio dons red tights and
gold cape, a mask and never reveals his
true identity because he feels that he is
more invincible as a colorful folk hero
than he would be with a regular Clark
Kent image.
Having risen from the ruins of the
1985 Mexico City earthquake. Super
Bamo is encouraging city officials to
build low-cost housing and is often called
upon to fight evictions.
Wearing a slightly worn mask.
Super Barrio is often seen at political
rallies and even in die halls of the
Mexican government, where he has been
allowed into meetings at the Ministries
of Urban Development and Interior and
has once run for president of Mexico.
In addition to Fresno and Los
Angles, Super Barrio's tour will take him
to Oxnard, Santa Barbara. San Jose.
Berkeley, San Francisco, and San Diego.
For more information call Samuel
Orozco at 486-5174.
Notables
Leadership Program
The Inter-University Program
(IUP) for Latino Research is
accepting applications for its
Hispanic Leadership Opportunity
Program.
Designed for undergraduate
students, it hopes to develop a
cadre of future Hispanic leaders
and features a summer
orientation session, an academic
year internship and a Washington
DC. seminar.
For applications contact:
Stanford Center for Chicano
Research, Cypress Hall E-7,
Stanford, CA 94305.
Applications must be sent in
by March 15lh.
League grants available
Scholarships are now being
offered by Fresno's League of
Mexican American Women. The
grants will be available to
entering freshmen, continuing
and re-entry students of Mexican
heritage. Recipients must be
Fresno city or county residents,
be full time students and have a
3.0 grade point average.
Deadline for applying is April
15th. Contact Mrs. Moreno at
439-3023.
Semana committee
The Semana de La Raza
committee is planning its annual
week of festivities to take place
around Cinco de Mayo (May 1-
May 5).
The committee needs
assistance with fundraising
projects, Children's Day
activities and the Tardeada. II
you have any ideas, you're
welcome to join one or more ol
the committees.
Meetings take place every
Wednesday at 5 pjn. in
Ed/Psych 113 but double-check
the MEChA booth for definite
meeting notices.
Judge Rodriguez headlines
Reentry program speakers
By Michael Olvera
Staff Writir	
Fresno Municipal Court Judge
Armando Rodriguez will headline a host
of speakers, including several local
prominent Hispanic professionals, for the
Office of the Reentry Program's Lecture
Series this semester.
Rodriguez will speak April 26 on the
topic "Tell It Like It Is - How to make it
to the top."
Other area Hispanic professionals
scheduled to speak include:
• Gaspar "Gus" Oliveira, district
administrator of the Department of Fair
Employment and Housing on March 8.
Topic: "Are You Getting A Fair Shake?
Answers to your employee and housing
concerns. "
• Dr. Berta Gonzalez, associate
professor, CSUF Department of Teacher
Education on May 3. Topic: "In
Celebration of Me Personal
iridependence."
• Virginia Gomez Sanchez, LCSW,
CSUF Department of Social Work on
May 7. Topic: "Hitch Your Wagon To A
Star - Personal Reentry success story."
Reentry also offers the Hispanic
Connection on Wednesdays at noon with
co-facilitators Angie Cisneros and Luis
Contreras, both counselors for the
program.
All sessions are held in the Reentry
Student Center in the Main Cafeteria
West, across from the Henry Madden
Library. Students may also earn one to
two units credit in Social Work 180.
The Reentry Program is for anyone
who is 25 years or older and wishes to
begin or resume a college education.
Arlene Bireline, program director,
explains that many services are available'
through the Office of Reentry Program.
Birelene say^ she is committed to
providing Reenirys students with quality
speakers who can share their rcpsectivc
expertise. The numerous speakers
selected often are from CSUF or the
community, but occasionally they may
come from the community.
Regardless of where they come from,
Birelene says, they all have a common
desire: to promote education and to have
a univeral understanding that "it's never
too late to start."
Bireline credits the success of the
Reentry Program to her diligent staff
She recalls the early days, which included
moving from the San Ramon building to
their present location across from the
Madden Library.
There were many sacrifices made to
establish a "home base," sometimes with
hand-me-downs. Over the last four years,
their hard work has paid off.
Bireiine's personal reward is a positive
atmosphere in which she is able lo
witness the special caring qualities her
staff is providing for all adult learners,
along with the students themselves who
often express thanks and appreciation for
the support services provided
This supportive atmosphere has
blossomed into the formation of the
Reentry Association, founded in the fall
of 1986.
Several exciting and beneficial
activities are planned each semester for
students, Birelene said.
" RSA provides the opportunity to
meet and work with people with similar
interests and problems in order to expand
and enrich your educational experience at
CSUF," she said
Other Reentry staff includes Olivia P.
Chavez, counselor, and Beverly Travis,
Bee/CCNMA offer scholarships
The California Chicano News Media
Association is again seeking applicants for
scholarships earmarked for CSUF
minority students who are majoring in
journalism.
The deadline to apply is April 30.
High school or commnity college
students who plan to enroll in CSUF next
academic year are also eligible to apply.
A $10,000 grant from The Fresno Bee
for minority journalism students is the
pnmary source of the funds. The���scholarships are awarded in conjunction
with the CSUF Department of Journalism
which administers the award.
Recipients are honored at the CCNMA's
annual Ernesto Moreno Memorial
Scholarship Banquet which will be held in
August. The banquet is named
of a CCNMA member who worked fo
KSEE-TV Ch. 24 as a cameraman
Moreno, who died in 1983 at the age o
33, was also editor of La Voz de Aztlan ii
fall, 1975.
For more information, or fo
scholarships . contact Tom Uribes ii
University Outreach Services, 294-2048.
Salinas to discuss cancer in
McFarland for CSUF'Herstory'
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Marta Salinas, an activist in die
McFarland childrens cancer controversy,
will speak March 8 as part of the CSUF
"Women's Herstory Month."
Salinas, a resident of McFarland
which is about 20 miles north of
Bakersfield in Kem County, will speak
from 7 to 8:30 pm in Old Science 162.
The community has a high percentage of
Hispanic residents.
March 8 is "mtemational D*y of
Women" in the month long observance
sponsored by the CSUF Women's
Alliance.
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