Word: aztlan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wisconsin dissidents, for example, want to opt out only of supporting particular "political" student groups. But this becomes difficult when the old lines have become increasing blurred however; last school year, for example, Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan, a dance group here at Harvard, joined the very-much-political anti-grape campaign. If the Court rules in their favor, the students at Wisconsin and elsewhere may soon be faced with a checklist student groups seeking support on their termbills. Is that what conservatives really want...
Oscar Ramos '01, a member of RAZA and Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan, says if the group were only for Mexican-American students, "only so many Chicanos would show up at Mesa...
...early date of the event posed even more of a problem for Harvard students, who had arrived at school barely a week before the Sept. 15 celebration. For example, the Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan, a Harvard group that performed several traditional Mexican dances, crammed seven hours of practice into last weekend in preparation for the festival...
...immigrant grape workers and for improved labor conditions (never mind that most grape workers chose not to join the UFW). It is less clear what motivated groups like UNITE, Education 4 Action, Phillips Brooks House Association, the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance, and Ballet Folkorico de Aztlan. (Those last two seem especially peculiar, but hey, why exclude people from the party...
...vigil, representatives of many organizations around campus, including La Raza, the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM), Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan and UNITE, gathered in a circle and shared thoughts and experiences...