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Seek to Increase Minority Enrollment There aren't very may Chicano or American Indian students at The University of Iowa, but two of the ones who are here are taking steps to recruit more. Ruth Pushetonequa, A2, of Davenport with roots in the Mesquakie Indian settlement at Tama, and Tony Zavala, a Chicano junior of Mexican-American descent, have been contacting high school students and graduates about applying at the university. In addition, they are working with Phillip E. Jones, director or the University's Special Support Services (SSS), to arrange for cultural offerings and additional staff members to help Chicanos and Indians adjust when they get here. Zavala and Miss Pushetonequa estimate 25 Chicanos and 5 American Indians were enrolled at the university during the spring semester. The students have made visits to a Davenport high school, the Tama Indian mission, and a migrant workers' center in Muscatine. About 20 Chicano and Indian youths have applied for admission as a result, and 13 have been accepted so far, said the program director. In some cases, SSS has paid the $10 application fees. The two students said they want to convince Chicano and Indian young people that they can get a chance to realize their potential at a university, even if their high school counselors thought of them strictly as junior college material, immediate employes, or probable dropouts. They also want to convince counselors that such students have potential that has been neglected, since, for example, only 10 per cent of the state's Spanish-surnamed students finish high school. There are about 2,200 such students in Iowa now. Zavala and Pushetonequa agree that just bringing the students to campus will not be enough. They are establishing a cultural center for Chicanos and Indians, as a counterpart of the Afro-American and International Student houses which have been running at the university for some time. They also want to show more films on campus pertaining to their cultures, and sponsor appearances by Cesar Chavez; Buffy St. Marie; Lehman Brightman, director of Native American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley; the White Roots of Peace, and Iroquois group which conducts teach-ins about Indian culture; and the Teatro de la Raza, a bilingual Chicano theatrical group from Chicago. Daily Iowan June 14, 1971
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Seek to Increase Minority Enrollment There aren't very may Chicano or American Indian students at The University of Iowa, but two of the ones who are here are taking steps to recruit more. Ruth Pushetonequa, A2, of Davenport with roots in the Mesquakie Indian settlement at Tama, and Tony Zavala, a Chicano junior of Mexican-American descent, have been contacting high school students and graduates about applying at the university. In addition, they are working with Phillip E. Jones, director or the University's Special Support Services (SSS), to arrange for cultural offerings and additional staff members to help Chicanos and Indians adjust when they get here. Zavala and Miss Pushetonequa estimate 25 Chicanos and 5 American Indians were enrolled at the university during the spring semester. The students have made visits to a Davenport high school, the Tama Indian mission, and a migrant workers' center in Muscatine. About 20 Chicano and Indian youths have applied for admission as a result, and 13 have been accepted so far, said the program director. In some cases, SSS has paid the $10 application fees. The two students said they want to convince Chicano and Indian young people that they can get a chance to realize their potential at a university, even if their high school counselors thought of them strictly as junior college material, immediate employes, or probable dropouts. They also want to convince counselors that such students have potential that has been neglected, since, for example, only 10 per cent of the state's Spanish-surnamed students finish high school. There are about 2,200 such students in Iowa now. Zavala and Pushetonequa agree that just bringing the students to campus will not be enough. They are establishing a cultural center for Chicanos and Indians, as a counterpart of the Afro-American and International Student houses which have been running at the university for some time. They also want to show more films on campus pertaining to their cultures, and sponsor appearances by Cesar Chavez; Buffy St. Marie; Lehman Brightman, director of Native American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley; the White Roots of Peace, and Iroquois group which conducts teach-ins about Indian culture; and the Teatro de la Raza, a bilingual Chicano theatrical group from Chicago. Daily Iowan June 14, 1971
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