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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1977
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lULAC president speaks
Mexican-Americans face crises
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I Mexican-Americans face a crisis
jn civil rights, education and em-
lloyment, says Ruben Bonilla,
lexas state director for the League
br United Latin American Citizens.
Bonilla spoke before a moderate
ow d Wednesday night in Rudder
[oner. His talk was sponsored by
he Committee for the Awareness of
Mexican-American Culture.
Bonilla said he was disturbed over
ecent events which have abused
dexiean-American civil rights, and
jailed Houston’s Joe Campos Torres
ase a "lack of justice.”
In the alleged beating and drown
ing death of Torres, two Houston
Llice officers were found guilty of
negligent homicide and were given
ne year probated jail sentences.
“We are witnessing an erosion of
L r civil liberties in law enforce
ment,” Bonilla told the predomi
nantly Mexican-American audience.
“The pattern of police abuse and
vitality has existed for many gen-
■rations in Texas. There’s one brand
if justice for the person who is fair-
ikinned, and another type of justice
br the person who is uneducated
ind who is black or brown. ”
Bonilla said he felt the two offi
cers should face a maximum
mnishment of life imprisonment,
fliis, e said, would be a deterrent
Tor “nonsensical, illegal and barbaric
Ireatment of our citizens. ”
The Federal government is inter
vening in the Torres case. Bonilla
Iredicted that perhaps as many as
Iveofthe policemen involved in the
eath of Torres will be indicted by
[he Federal Grand Jury.
Bonilla, a 31-year-old Corpus
2hristi attorney, became the
ULAC state director a little more
|han a month ago. LULAC is the
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equal right to share in the American
dream, then the Bakke case must be
reversed,” be said.
There is a rising unemployment
rate among Mexican-Americans
Bonilla said. This problem and
others faced by Mexican-Americans
can best be solved if they join to
gether in a massive political effort
and vote in a bloc.
“VVeneed to become a viable,
political force,” Bonilla said. “Then
we will see how responsible and re
sponsive our government officials
will become.
Dredgers gather at A&M
for lectures and workshops
Ruben Bonilla
to provide better opportunities for
minorities in employment, housing,
education and human rights.
Bonilla said the Mexican-
American also faces a crisis in educa
tion. He said the standardized test
ing system for entrance exams used
by most universities has built-in cul
tural biases, and has served as a bar
rier to the admission of Mexican-
Americans into college.
He said the fight against
Mexican-American discrimination
in education rests heavily upon the
Alan Bakke ease, currently being
considered in the U. S. Supreme
Court.
Bakke, a white man who was re
fused admission into the University
of California at Davis medical school
four years ago, is arguing that his
equal rights guaranteed by the 14th
amendment were violated and he
claims reverse discrimination.
The Supreme Court is not ex
pected to make a final decision on
the case until next spring.
Bonilla said the Bakke case will
represent a landmark Supreme
Court decision.
“If we want everyone to have an
Two of the nation’s biggest events
in dredging will be held at Texas
A&M University in November —
the Second International Sym
posium on Dredging Technology
and the Fifth Dredging Engineering
short course.
The International Symposium
will be conducted Nov. 2-4 and has
attracted speakers from West Ger
many, the Netherlands, Norway,
the United Kingdom, Australia and
Canada.
The meeting is jointly sponsored
by BHRA Fluid Engineering of En
gland and Texas A&M’s Center for
Dredging Studies. It will be held in
the Rudder Convention Center and
the Memorial Student Center in
conjunction with a field trip to the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gal
veston District.
The subjects of presentations
range from economics and invest
ments through the use of sophisti
cated electronics in dredging, to
environmental concerns and dispo
sal of wastes.
“It’s expected that the discussion
will be centered around the solution
of problems that exist in this field
and the meeting will provide
another, opportunity for interested
parties to meet and update their
views with leading experts,
operators, and consultants in dredg
ing,” said Dr. John Herbieh, coor
dinator of the Texas A&M portion of
the symposium.
The dredging short course will be
conducted Nov. 7-11.
Dredge operators, engineers,
contractors, government opera
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academic institutions and engineer
ing consulting firms will all be rep
resented in this program which is
also sponsored by the A&M center
and the National Sea Grant Pro
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