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Show Brown Students plan Chicano Studies program W vw I a The conference will f The conference will feat speeches by Chicano leaders frft throughout the Southwest. , ABS also hopes to gain a charj from one of the national Chicj organizations at the institute, i The Institute intends to ret community problems to the j dent and encourage the student re-enter the Chicano commut upon graduation. For, as Pe( says, "Only until the problems; solved in the community canp: blems on the campus be solver ground. He does not suggest a lowering of standards simply to accomodate the Chicano, however. how-ever. This move for modification of admissions will be a major question to be discussed at the institute. Five Workshops The institute will incorporate five workshops on Chicano Studies, Stu-dies, student organization, Chicano Chica-no Student Movement, resource materials and community projects. and have increased the number of Chicanos on campus from approximately approx-imately 45 last year to near 100 this year. "We plan to continue the program. It's our main source of new members," Perea stated. Last year ABS had approximately approxi-mately 30 members and this year hopes to increase its majority membership of Chicanos at the University. Objectives Objectives of the Chicano Institute Insti-tute include formation of a Stu dent Board to.control and oversee all activities leading to the formation forma-tion of a Chicano Studies program and a committment from the University Uni-versity that it will give priority to this program. Perea stated that according to population surveys of the state of Utah there should be 500 Mexican-Americans on campus. There are approximately 100. Perea proposes pro-poses that the University modify its admission procedure to take into account the Chicano's back- The Associated Brown Students (ABS) plans to hold an institute to formulate curriculum programs and materials for Chicano Studies and to enlarge membership in ABS Thursday and Friday on the University campus. Alexander Perea, senior business busi-ness major and a member of the Task Force organizing the Chicano Chic-ano Mobile Institute, states that the major reason for the seminar is to inform University students and prospective students of the existence of ABS and of its advantages. advan-tages. Perea explained that the Mexican-American student on the campus cam-pus feels alienated and in the middle. "The Chicano comes to school, sits in class and does really not feel that he is an accepted member of the University community," com-munity," Perea said. "Many students (Chicanos)," said Perea, "have been so corrupted corrup-ted by the white communities ideals, that they have, in effect, become white. These are the people pe-ople we cannot reach." ABS members have contacted Mexican-American students throughout Utah's high schools |
