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MEChA to up Hispanic enrollment
By Rouna Villarreal
Of tb» Imvrald
Concerned about having only
1B0 Hispanic students at the
University. MEChA. the
Uhicano-I.atino union, will
make a concerted effort to in
crease Hispanic enrollment at
the University. MKUhAs direc
tor Francisco Garcia said.
MFX'JtA is concerned about
the underrepresentation of
Hispanic students at the Univer
sity, That is why its members
want to develop a plan to attract
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University and to retain the
ones already enrolled.
"There are only about 180
Hispanic students in the
University of Oregon, not too
many." Garcia said. "We want
more to come and graduate, but
the drop rate is very high.”
The Council for Hispanic
Kducation is also concerned
about enrolling mom Hispanic
students But compart'd to other
U S universities, the Universi
ty has a good representation of
Hispanic students, it said.
“The U of O is doing a good
job at retaining Hispanic
students," said |an Oliver, ac
ting director of the Council for
Minority Kducation. "We re not
losing students but we’re not
gaining them either I can t say
that the number of Hispanics
has been getting larger."
To increase enrollment of
Chicano-Latino students.
MEChA, together with the
Council for Minority Education,
will use the State System
Minority Tuition and Fees
Award Program given by the
State Hoard of Higher Kducation
to attract new students.
The 32 fee waivers of approx
imately Si.500 will be granted
to first-time freshman minority
students who take 38 hours a
year with a minimum GPA of
2.00.
Oliver said the Hispanic
students will take more than 24
of 32 scholarships because they
are the ones who have applied
most, compared to American In
dians, Alaskan natives or Black
Americans.
A second way MEChA will
use to attract more Hispanics.
and keep the ones already
enrolled, is by trying to unite
the C h i c a n o s (Mexican
Americans) and the students
from all Latin American
countries.
"We need to get away from
the labels, latinos. Chicanos.
Hispanic*; we should act like
one,” Garcia said Raza (race) is
the term Garcia says should be
used to describe the people of
Latin American descent. "We
must work as a raza. as a group
that works for a common cause,
that strives for education." he
said.
MEChA tries to keep the
Hispanic students informed
about the Union with brochures
or writing directly to them. The
group also holds regular
meetings on Tuesdays at 4 p.m.
to which all the Hispanics are
welcome. During these
meetings everyone’s ideas are
discussed and plans for the year
are made.
Social gatherings and cultural
events are a good way to attract
and unite Hispanics. They help
them feel less alienated. Garcia
said. During the past year
MEChA has been celebrating
occasions like the Cinco de
Mayo.(the fifth day of May) or
El dia de los Muertos (the Day of
the Dead), which are festivities
originated in Mexico.
The coming year MEChA will
celebrate occasions that repre
sent all l^atin America. That
way they will involve everyone
with a Hispanic background.
The final part of the plan to
attract new students to the
University is recruiting
Hispanic staff members for the
University. They would help as
role models and show
Hispanics can contribute to the
University as professionals,
Garcia said. Hispanics would
like to have Hispanic professors
teaching not only Spanish, but
also Latin American history,
economics, political science
and many other fields.
"By being present. Hispanics
would exchange cultural ideas
with the Anglos and would con
tribute to the educational pur
poses of the University." said
Garcia.
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