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Student demonstrators at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Riverside have demanded that university administrators resist following Prop. 209 guidelines, reduce student fees and rename a building at the Berkeley campus in honor of Mexican-American labor activist Cesar Chavez, according to U.C. Berkeley spokesperson Robert L. Sanders...
...department focusing on the significance and history of Latinos in the United States, considering the fact that Latinos will be the largest minority by the year 2020. Our contributions to this nation have a long history. From the time when Latino soldiers fought alongside American revolutionaries, to Cesar Chavez's struggle for the just treatment of migrant farm workers in the 1960s, to today's young, motivated Latinos marching for political recognition, we have actively participated in the shaping of American cultural and political dynamics. Our history and potential for success in this country should be recognized at all levels...
...Otani, many had misgivings. "I don't want to protest at someone's wedding," said Ramos, the Brown University student. "That's their very important day." But after much discussion, she and other dissenters agreed to participate. "I had to stop and think, 'What would Cesar Chavez do?'" she said...
Does it mean that everyone has to start concentrating in Asian-American and Latino studies? That everyone has to take a course on Marcus Garvey and Cesar Chavez? That everyone should start wearing. Maxine Hong Kingston t-shirts...
...expect the Senate to go along with Gingrich and the House. The Speaker, Senate Democrats say, was simply responding to the anti-immigration sentiment stirred up by Pat Buchanan and playing to angry voters in delegate-rich states such as California. "It was mostly politics," agrees Linda Chavez, of the conservative, pro-immigration Center for Equal Opportunity. If the bill emerges with the school amendment intact, President Clinton could be forced to veto a bill he desperately wants to sign. Gingrich, not to mention Bob Dole, wouldn't mind that...