1991_03 The Daily Collegian March 1991

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The Collegian • March 13, 1991
Math prof, honored in campus contest
•Cohen named outstanding prof. of 1991 for
research, campus service, published work
By Christopher Heredia
Collegian Staff Writer
Mathematics professor Maurice
Cohen has been named CSUF
Outstanding Professor for 1991, a
campus honor that will place him
ina statewidecompeti tion for CSU
professor ot the year.
Cohen, a CSUF professor since
1969, is in France on sabbatical
and could not be reached for com¬
ment about hisa ward. The mathe-
maticsdepartment will recognize
Cohen at its May graduation din¬
ner.
Cohen earned a doctora 1 degree
in applied mathematics from the
University of Wales in 1967. In
1968 and 1969, he taught mathe¬
matics at Michigan Technological
Universitv
Cohen wil lbeamongcandidates
trom other CSU campuses to be
considered by the Board of Trus¬
tees for the statewide honor. The
award ispresentedannuallv to two
faculty members in the CSU sys¬
tem.
The CSUF Outstanding Profes¬
sor is selected each year by the
awards subcommittee of the Aca¬
demic Senate Personnel Commit¬
tee. The university will give Co¬
hen special recognition at the the
80th commencement ceremonies
in May.
William Coe, the chair of the
awards subcommittee, said Cohen
was the best of several professors
who applied for the award.
"We looked at the people who'd
applied for it and came to the
mutual agreement that he was the
best," said Coe, a psychology
professor.
Coe, who was also in contention
tor the award, said normal proce¬
dure for the selection of the Out¬
standing Professor involves re¬
viewing the applicants' research,
published works, and service on
campus and in the community. In
addition, the awards subcommit¬
tee reviews students' teaching
evaluations and evaluations from
other faculty members.
"It's common that students
submit individual letters of rec¬
ommendation. It's also common
that faculty submit individual let¬
ters" on behalf of applicants, said
Coe.
Cohen is working on three re¬
search  projects in  France this
Blood bank hopes to
improve drive record
•400 pints is hoped for in bi-annual drive beginning
today, officials don't want repeat of last year's low
By Ed Bove
Collegian Staff Writer
The Central California Blood
Bank was disappointed by the
low turn out last November,
but will return to CSUF today
for the second half of its bi¬
annual blood drive.
Theblooddrivcbeginsat8:30
a.m. and will continue until 4
p.m. in the Satellite Student
Union.
The CCBB had hoped to
gather 400 pints of blood dur¬
ing its last visit to campus, but
ended up collecting only 188
pints.
Debra Sheridan, CCBB re¬
cruitment consultant, antici¬
pates a larger rum out today.
"We're hoping for 400 pints,"
Sheridan said.
"We would consider that
successful."
All donors will receive a T-
shirt from blood drive co-spon¬
sor, radio station 95.7 "The
Fox."
"The Fox" will provide music
and soft drinks, in addition to
frequent station call-ins.
In the past the CCBB has
sough t out a student organiza¬
tion for sponsorship, but has
found the students to be unre¬
liable co-hosts.
"We used to have a student
co-sponsor, but we've found
that they promise things and
don't come through," Sheridan
said.
Sheridan emphasizes that
giving blood is safe and dis¬
ease free.
"Everything is sterile and
sealed," Sheridan said. "But
there's still (an unjustified)
fear."
A pint of blood taken from
the body will be reproduced
by the body within 24 hours.
"Your body knows hpw
much blood you need and will
reproduce," Sheridan said. "By
eating food and drinking liq¬
uids the body creates new
blood."
After thc blood drive is over
the blood is taken to the CCBB,
where it undergoes a 14 hour
test for AIDS, four kinds of
hepatirus, venerial and other
diseases.
spring and isexpected to return to
Fresno next week. The three proj¬
ects are "computer assisted differ¬
ential diagnosis and manage¬
ment," "refinement of approxi¬
mate reasoning technology for
expert systems" and "develop¬
ment of chaotic blood flow mod¬
els."
Cohen works wilh medical fac-
ultyatthe University of California
at San Francisco and wasa visiting
professor in their department ot
radiology  from 1983 to 1984.
In 1985, he was awarded for a
paper he co-authored titled "Pat¬
tern Recognition in Medicine.''
Cohen has authored about 90 re¬
search articles for professional
journals. His most recent article
deals with computer systems in
healthcare.
DIALOGUE OR CONFLICT
The recent controversy concerning Dr. Rogers and
The Collegian prompts a formal response from the
Ethnic Studies Program.
First, wc do not support the use of threats or vulgar¬
ity in communicating real concerns towards students
or faculty.This type of intimidation destroysany "Com¬
mon Ground" which should be the basis of intellectual
integrity.
However, Dr. Rogers' concerns about the use of an
anonymous sou rcetoconveya negative imageof Ethnic
Studies is a concrete issue that the policy-making board
of the Collegian should review.
In a democratic society, it isa fundamental right to
be able to confront one's accuser. But in reference to the
accuser's statement, all students who take Ethnic Stud¬
ies at California State University at Fresno are graded
onlv on their academic merit and achievement.
The Ethnic Studies program has built a diverse con¬
stituency of students, faculty, and community people.
One of the highlights of our program has been out of
efforts to reach out to all comers the campus com¬
munity in an atmosphere of collegiality and friend¬
ship.
One of thc basic philosophical tenets of Ehnic Stud¬
ies revolves around Dr. Martin Luther King's observa¬
tion that "wc must learn to live like brothcrsand sisters
or perish like fools."
Hopefully this controversy will help all those involved
to reflect on the proper communicative way of estab¬
lishing dialogues on the real issues facing all Ameri¬
cans today.
ETHNIC STUDIES FACULTY
Dr. Lily B. Small, Coordinator
Dr. Robert Mikell, Professor
Dr. Malik Simba, Associate Professor
Dr. Dclores J. Huff, Associate Professor
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