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Unrest Commission Reports-- Chicano, Indian Students Organize Union to Preserve Heritage, Identity A Chicano and Indian American Student Union (CIASU) formally applied for chartered organization status here Thursday. Anthony Zavala, A3, Chicago, spokesman for University of Iowa Chicano students; Ruth Pushetonequa, A2, Tama, spokeswoman for university Indian American students; Rusty B(R?)arcelo, G, Concord, Calif., staff member of the Educational opportunities Program (EOP) and CIASU adviser; and Mary Richards, A1, Des Moines, met with administrative officials Thursday to discuss plans for the new union. As an explanation of purpose, the CIASU issued a statement saying that the union hoped to unite university Chicanos and Indians "to preserve our heritage and our identity, to raise a social consciousness among our people who for so long have been brainwashed, denied, oppressed, and murdered, and to demand that the University of Iowa recruit more Chicano and Indian students from around the state -- a responsibility we feel the University of Iowa has not met." Zavala claimed that out of the university's student population of more than 20,000, EOP identifies only 22 Chicanos and 14 Indians. He said he believes that there are many more students on campus who have not declared their ethnicity but who would be interested in joining such a union. CIASU plans an organizational meeting Nov. 18. The CIASU and Union Program Team Advisers Don Conroy and Linda Brown discussed plans for lectures, leaflets, academic courses, concerts and other means of educating the university community about the plight of ethnic minorities. Daily Iowan November 6, 1970
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Unrest Commission Reports-- Chicano, Indian Students Organize Union to Preserve Heritage, Identity A Chicano and Indian American Student Union (CIASU) formally applied for chartered organization status here Thursday. Anthony Zavala, A3, Chicago, spokesman for University of Iowa Chicano students; Ruth Pushetonequa, A2, Tama, spokeswoman for university Indian American students; Rusty B(R?)arcelo, G, Concord, Calif., staff member of the Educational opportunities Program (EOP) and CIASU adviser; and Mary Richards, A1, Des Moines, met with administrative officials Thursday to discuss plans for the new union. As an explanation of purpose, the CIASU issued a statement saying that the union hoped to unite university Chicanos and Indians "to preserve our heritage and our identity, to raise a social consciousness among our people who for so long have been brainwashed, denied, oppressed, and murdered, and to demand that the University of Iowa recruit more Chicano and Indian students from around the state -- a responsibility we feel the University of Iowa has not met." Zavala claimed that out of the university's student population of more than 20,000, EOP identifies only 22 Chicanos and 14 Indians. He said he believes that there are many more students on campus who have not declared their ethnicity but who would be interested in joining such a union. CIASU plans an organizational meeting Nov. 18. The CIASU and Union Program Team Advisers Don Conroy and Linda Brown discussed plans for lectures, leaflets, academic courses, concerts and other means of educating the university community about the plight of ethnic minorities. Daily Iowan November 6, 1970
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