Legality of
fall term
elections
questioned
The ASUO Constitution
Committee decided Tuesday
afternoon to send back to ASUO
Vice-President Fred Loveys a
memorandum he submitted
asking for a ruling on the con
stitutionality of the fall term
ASUO Senate elections.
The committee will instead ask
for an argumentative statement
from Loveys, outlining his
position and supporting his
arguments on the case.
Loveys submitted the
memorandum following last
Thursday’s ASUO Senate
meeting during which the rules of
procedure for the Constitution
Committee were approved. The
memo he turned in simply asked
for an advisory opinion on the
matter and did not contain his
position on the subject.
The Constitution Committee
originally felt that it could rule on
Loveys’ initial memorandum
under Article IX, Clause Two of
the ASUO Constitution.
However, committee member
Steve Rhodes felt that the second
clause was unclear and possibly
in conflict with the third clause of
the same article. The committee
then decided to send the memo
back to Loveys.
The election issue is the first
affair the Constitution Com
mittee has been asked to render
an opinion on since the formation
of the committee near the end of
fall term and the ratification of
its rules of procedure laut week.
The ASUO Senate has also asked
the committee for an opinion on
the constitutionality of the
Winkleman check-off plan for
allocating student incidental
fees, but no formal action has
been taken on that as of yet.
The Constitution Committee
will hold its next meeting at 4:30
p.m. Jan. 31 in the EMU. The
room number will be posted.
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Ortiz:
Pueblo ritual drama
responds to nature
By KYLE JOHNSON
Of the Emerald
Ritual drama enables the Pueblo Indian to reaffirm the basic
tenets of his society, according to Alfonso Ortiz.
The Princeton University anthropology professor spoke Wed
nesday night before more than 150 people in the EMU Ballroom. Or
tiz’s lecture was sponsored by the department of religious studies as
part of its Distinguished Visiting Lecturers program
Ortiz, a Pueblo, said Pueblo ritual drama is a “difficult topic” for
anthropologists to understand.
He cited a ‘homegoing” ceremony for the gods of one tribe. He
said it was a “tense moment” as the Hopi chiefs prayed to the gods
because they “have to consider that the gods may never return.”
Just before sundown, the gods filed through the town and off into
the horizon. As the tribal members walked after the gods an “old
man” stopped him, said Ortiz. The man told Ortiz not to go any further
because “they are they, we are we.”
This saying describes what scholars of the Native American have
failed to understand, said Ortiz. The scholars fail to realize they are
“outside” the Indian culture.
Ortiz also described a ritual around the time of the summer
solstice done by a Hopi village. The Hopis were doing a Navajo dance
in step, while a number of Hopi men dressed as Navajo women were
dancing out of step. Ortiz said this is one way a tribe makes fun of
another tribe.
While the dancers were resting, two groups of “sacred clowns”
appeared, said Ortiz. He said they were called “sacred clowns”
because they were “much more than clowns.”
The clowns “pick on individuals, agencies and institutions,” said
Ortiz, but do it “for making some point about themselves. ”
Asked whether there was any comparison between Pueblo and
Greek drama, Ortiz said “yes” but felt a better comparison would be
with “neolithic near-East” civilization. Ortiz felt it was a better
comparison because Pueblo ritual drama has “implications for a
whole people.”
Indian ritual drama is also responsive to nature’s “basic rhy -
thms,” said Ortiz.
MEChA plans memorial
The direction of the
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano
de Aztlan (MEChA) and the
incorporation of new programs
seems to be thwarted until the
issue of more money can be
resolved.
“The whole issue revolves
around the money,” stated Jose
Fonseca, the newly elected
director of MEChA. Fonseca, a
University student, stated that as
soon as the problem of money is
resolved he hopes to sponsor a
Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Fonseca feels that MEChA and
the Cinco de Mayo celebration
can be used “as a vehicle for
change. Not only on an
educational level but also on a
political level.”
This Fifth of May celebration is
comparable to the United States
Fourth of July celebration. Cinco
de Mayo commemorates
Mexico’s military victory over
the 1861 French invaders. It was
on May 5, 1864 that Mexico
defeated the French at the city of
Pueblo.
In MEChA’s election of officers
held last week, Fonseca was
elected director, Olga Marie
Estrella and Dottie Florez
assistant directors, Gloria Ojeda
secretary, and Aurora Gutierrez
secretary-treasurer.
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