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CREATIVE WRITING 27
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The University of Arizona ' s Creative Writing Department served an important function on campus and in the surrounding community. Both the poetry and the fiction aspects of the field have impacted the public strongly in the past decade. It has also served in attracting famous authors of poetry and fiction to the university. Successful poetry and fiction readings by well- known authors are held, for the public, during the year. Poetry serves an important function in everyday life, said Jane Miller, a professor in the Creative Writing Department. There have always been poets, poetry has always existed and there will always be a place for it. Even some of the best fiction has been written in prose. Poetry has beauty and grace and it is and always has been free, she continued. Poetry, how- ever, is not as popular as fiction is with the stu- dents. Miller said. Works of fiction are often pub- licized more and receive the greater amount of attention from the average person. The Department of English has a variety of writing courses that teach undergraduates and those aspir- ing to an M.F.A. degree how to write for their particular area. Creative writing draws quite a few students, but the requirements for any area are strict, especially for those who intend to get the M.F.A. degree. Students must take fourteen to eighteen courses on the graduate level, in addition to writing a work of fiction or prose that is as long as a book. The courses are not easy, requiring each student to work his or her hardest, but the rewards last a lifetime, not only to those who struggled through the courses, but to those people whose lives were enrichened by that work. • Maria Altimirano t
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HAS FAR TO GO included. Raising Social conscience J-V Aexican Americans are a very diverse group. Their aspirations, intelligence, goals, philosophies, and politics are much different than that of any other group, said Dr. Macario Saldate IV. The error that is always committed by the public is the belief that Mexican-Americans are conservative. But, ac- cording to Saldate, There is no typical prototype Mexican. He also said, There are a variety of perspectives of what we are and are not. We need a realistic notion of our historical and political varia- tions. One such example, is our unique historical abilities, which we use when balancing our emo- tional and traditional ties along with our modern ties, he said. In response to the need for Mexican representa- tion, the Mexican-American Studies Committee was created. About the same time a notion of the Civil Rights movement began. In the late 1960 ' s, Saldate basically wanted the Mexican-American presence in the University Of Arizona. Our (MAS) very existence at the UA was controversial and it was not legally recognized, he said. I involved in many discussions with faculty mem- bers, asking for their cooperation, he said. They just looked at me and said I was wild and off the wall. Even its name was criticised. There are still challenges that need to be knocked down. I do not know if we (Mexican-American Studies) will play an important part in meeting those challenges, said Saldate. However, if histo- ry is going to reflect our presence, Mexican-Ameri- can Studies is going to make sure we are part of it. Mexican-Americans have always been involved in fields of mining, cattle, agriculture and railroad, he said. We must make sure we are accepted and The faculty members would not bend, he said. Therefore, no one ever validated our participa- tion. We were never allowed to come in through the front door, we had to get in through other ways, he said. I saw the Mexican-American as always having been the invisible minority, he said. For the first years the committee was in one office, had few members and no secretary. In 1972, how 28 MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES
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