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-10- deeply regret that minority representation on the Student Senate has been minimal, and we are taking action now to assure proper representation of the Chicano-Indian American Student Union and Black Student Union in the Senate, by electing a senator to fill the Minority Seat in the forthcoming term. We ask for your aid and indulgence in the redress of this situation. In an age when minority struggles are no longer popular and when social gains of the 1960's are now slipping backward, we are looking to the Student Senate to act as a model to the rest of the University Community in lending continued support for minority programs. The intent of past senates to end social injustices must not be forgotten. To us, the Minority Seat represents the Senate's commitment to equal opportunity for representation and participation of all University of Iowa Students, regardless of race or color, and we are confident this commitment is genuine. To All Chicanos and Native Americans at the University of Iowa Do you have a bad case of Indian-itus or Chicano-itus? Do you even know what it is? A friend of mine once told me I had a very bad case of Chicano-itus. I asked, "What is that?" He said it was the attitude that everyone and especially the government owes you, based on the past and present atrocities shown to your people. Going around with a chip on your shoulder isn't going to get the things you want. You have to work for them. Sit back and diagnose yourself. This "sickness" has many symptoms such as, lots of talk and no action, unwillingness to become involved, feeling inferior instead of confident, and melting into the pinche system and accepting the bullshit that they want to help you! The cure is to work at learning the system and its policies in order to help you and your people. Every year we are faced with under-representation in Student Senate or no representation at all. This happens because people don't realize the importance of voicing our needs in Student Senate instead of at them. Luckily we still have a Minority Seat, after the attempt on Feb. 2 to delete this seat failed. We should not be satisfied with just one seat in the senate, but with five or six. How do we achieve this? We achieve it by running for Student Senate and winning these seats. The more people we have in Student Senate the better our chances are for survival. It will take time and ambition, but what's more important, our time or our existence? If our needs aren't met or our programs funded, we have no one to blame but ourselves. The Student Senate budget committee almost succeeded in cutting funds from Voices of Soul this year but failed. Are our programs next? Many of you will probably not read this till after the elections, but if we start working on it now, we can be successful in next year's elections. The problems we have with Student Senate are minimal as compared with the problems Chicanos and Indians have with the government, but they are also real. The system and politics will have an effect on our lives in the future and Student Senate is a place to begin learning about it. If you have an interest please leave your name and phone number at the Chicano-Indian American Cultural Center, or better still, come over and meet the people who are interested. --A Future Senate Member! [ 2 emblems]
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-10- deeply regret that minority representation on the Student Senate has been minimal, and we are taking action now to assure proper representation of the Chicano-Indian American Student Union and Black Student Union in the Senate, by electing a senator to fill the Minority Seat in the forthcoming term. We ask for your aid and indulgence in the redress of this situation. In an age when minority struggles are no longer popular and when social gains of the 1960's are now slipping backward, we are looking to the Student Senate to act as a model to the rest of the University Community in lending continued support for minority programs. The intent of past senates to end social injustices must not be forgotten. To us, the Minority Seat represents the Senate's commitment to equal opportunity for representation and participation of all University of Iowa Students, regardless of race or color, and we are confident this commitment is genuine. To All Chicanos and Native Americans at the University of Iowa Do you have a bad case of Indian-itus or Chicano-itus? Do you even know what it is? A friend of mine once told me I had a very bad case of Chicano-itus. I asked, "What is that?" He said it was the attitude that everyone and especially the government owes you, based on the past and present atrocities shown to your people. Going around with a chip on your shoulder isn't going to get the things you want. You have to work for them. Sit back and diagnose yourself. This "sickness" has many symptoms such as, lots of talk and no action, unwillingness to become involved, feeling inferior instead of confident, and melting into the pinche system and accepting the bullshit that they want to help you! The cure is to work at learning the system and its policies in order to help you and your people. Every year we are faced with under-representation in Student Senate or no representation at all. This happens because people don't realize the importance of voicing our needs in Student Senate instead of at them. Luckily we still have a Minority Seat, after the attempt on Feb. 2 to delete this seat failed. We should not be satisfied with just one seat in the senate, but with five or six. How do we achieve this? We achieve it by running for Student Senate and winning these seats. The more people we have in Student Senate the better our chances are for survival. It will take time and ambition, but what's more important, our time or our existence? If our needs aren't met or our programs funded, we have no one to blame but ourselves. The Student Senate budget committee almost succeeded in cutting funds from Voices of Soul this year but failed. Are our programs next? Many of you will probably not read this till after the elections, but if we start working on it now, we can be successful in next year's elections. The problems we have with Student Senate are minimal as compared with the problems Chicanos and Indians have with the government, but they are also real. The system and politics will have an effect on our lives in the future and Student Senate is a place to begin learning about it. If you have an interest please leave your name and phone number at the Chicano-Indian American Cultural Center, or better still, come over and meet the people who are interested. --A Future Senate Member! [ 2 emblems]
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