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2-Op/Ed The Daily Collegian September 2,1992 Column 1: Letters: Enligtened minds not welly's goal ■ By Michael Handorf Staff Columnist As one wanders aimlessly across campus this week, it is impossible tomiss die bright-eyed enthusiasm that is so effortlessly expressed by the underclassmen and transfer students that have arrived here at Cal State Fresno. But this attitude of expectancy that is centered around the concept of becoming enlightened, educated members of a great society is not as readily detectable in the faces of doctrine of censorship and thought control under the guise of political correctness. And men like John Welty are called in 40 oversee the whole operation, to ensure that America's universities become tomorrow's concentration camps in an attempt to restructure die thinking of the young. The budget cuts of 1992 drove Welly to dismantle die German, the jaded seniors and graduate Russian, andClassiesdepartmenis students. It's because they know better. This university, particularly under the leadership of the great manager John Welty (who all floor managers at the local Target as¬ pire to imitate), has no stake in the fostering and nurturing of inquisi¬ tive, young minds. Any thought or opinion which does not fall within the narrow confines of what the university's academic Gestapo has determined to be 'right' or 'ac¬ ceptable' is not considered in the classrooms and lecture halls of Fresno State. "You are not here to^ bellow die instructors. "You are here to watch me ridicule and deride those who do not already accept that which I tell them as gospel. I hold far more over your, head than the mere thought of an at Fresno State. Despite the cur¬ rent status of those departments, • that's where the mad doctor ini¬ tially took the scalpel to. He did not choose to alleviate the campus of any of die founda¬ tions of the modem revisionist movement. Cuts were not all that deep in any of die "ethnic studies" departments. -The Classics department was dissected. The very pillars of Western thought and civilization were torn down so that support beams of Styrofoam and stucco that are Fresno Slate's ethnic stud¬ ies departments would become die new tenets of the university. The thinking of the left seems to be that if the institutions of higher learning ignore the contri¬ butions of "traditional" thought long enough, a happy, shiny uto- etemity in Hell; I control a mighty pia will evolve where everyone three units of your grade point actually believes that it is not average! And it is here that we begin to understand why Fresno State isn't all that concerned with our educa¬ tion. We aren't here to expand our thinking processes or to develop original thoughts. We are here to jump through the academic hoops of a bureauc¬ racy that has spiralled out of con- trol, lead by two camps of instruc¬ tors that rely upon one another for their livelihood. One group of instructors is desperately clinging to its very existence by teaching a philoso¬ phy of leftist garbage that has ail but been eradicated everywhere on the planet but the universities of America. The second group of instructors exists by winning over the hearts and minds of the first group of instructors with a new necessary for the individual to think for his or her self. And this is undoubtedly why our instructors will not condone the existence of an original thought within their classroom for any period of time longer than it takes for them to construct a tinker-toy argument to the contrary. Ideas that do not evolve from within the limited minds of those who would argue that they are against censorship in any form, but practice the censorship of ideas in their classrooms almost con- stamly, are considered false by the academic elite. Our liberal instructors at Fresno State are supposedly interested in critical thinking and the presenta- Please See WELTY, Page 3 Student asks for compassion dur¬ ing doss crunch Dear Editor The saga continues: I am only one among many thousands of students struggling for a higher education. Could we all just get a little compassion? It doesn't seem to fail that if a class isn't cancelled or closed, it is a mandatory class only offered once—and at the same time as another mandatory class! Clearly we need more of an oppor¬ tunity for this "higher education" thai we have been encouraged to pursue since elementary school. Placing blame on the California Education budget may or may not be tedious at this poinL Neverthe¬ less, isn't compassion under such circumstance a simple courtesy? Tuesday morning I walked into Ms. Horwitz's Criminology class and every seat was filled. I as¬ sumed there was a possibility of at least one or two people dropping. Before I could find a seat on the floor, my thought were interrupted by the instructor. As she sat on her desk with a slight smirk, she inter¬ jected that if I wanted to add I may Maybe if you have | a good enough reason i will allow you to stay as well "scadoodle." As I was a bit stunned to hear such terminology used by an instructor, I proceeded to leave. Ms. Horwitz quickly foliowediup her previous remark with, "Maybe if you have a good enough reason I will allow you to stay." While thirty plus of my peers turned in their seats to watch, I attempted an impromptu of my needs for this particular class in order to graduate on my projected date. Justas I said the word "gradu¬ ate,** she abrupUy interrupted that my reason was "not good enough.** I beg your pardon! From your strongly subjective viewpoint, Ms. Horwitz, what exactiy would have been a good enough reason? Certainly it has not been that long since Fresno State instructors were horrified and [sought] com¬ passion during a period of major cut-backs and layoffs. I wonder, Ms. Horwitz, if your name had been on the list to be laid off, what would have been' a good enough" r ****** --.. -3: . BfUtA,l*A MvKH -"**•• CoL& r° ('BT '"••"• reason to let you stay? Erica Chenault Psychology Senior 1 1 .r- Clinton endorsed by Hot Springs, High counselor Dear Editor: In response to. the issue of the integrity and character of Gover¬ nor Bill C!inton, my husband and I wish, to provide the American people with our personal reflec¬ tions upon Governor Clinton's background. First, I would explain that my husband and I have spent our life¬ time in die field of Arkansas pub¬ lic education. I have a professional degree in guidance and counsel¬ ing. My husband, Henry, holds a master of education degree. Hav¬ ing interacted with tens of thou-' sands of students, one of which wasGovernorClinton, we feel well qualified to provide insight into his character. ■ As Bill's high school coun¬ selor and an observer of his per¬ sonal and professional accomplish - menus, it is clear to me that he cares about people "and has an under¬ standing of the issues relevant to most Americans. Bill Clinton is a highly intelli¬ gent, optimistic, and truthful per¬ son who loves God, his family, and his country. He has our trust and we want all Americans to carefully consider his plans to deal with the serous problems our country faces. S Henry L. and Edith B. Irons Hot Springs, AR • edited for length COLLEGIAN Aimee L. F is her Editor in Chief Managing Editor. Jason Terada News Editor: Shannon Went worth Photo Editor Bryan* Chan Sports Editor David Donnelly Business Manager. Shawnda Grice \ Advertising Manager. Shawndale Grice Advertising Production Manager.. Lance Jackson Artspeak Editor Manny Fernandez Cartoonist: OphirLevy News Writers: Rosalba Beltran, Pal BeUencourt, Adam Breen. Mike Gale, Suzanne Kayian, Shelley Bauer Photographers: Hector Amezcua, Oris tine BakeT. Steve Skibbie Sports Writers: Richard James, Alex Abound, John L.Cruz Advertising Representatives: Laura Deckard,ShaniKm Wentworth, Shelby Stark, Brendan Bailey, Ingram Tatum Columnists: Adam Breen, Michael S. Handorf, AUessandria Polizzi The Dotty CoUegian does not emlom advertising claims and ail should be checked carefully by the consumer.
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Title | 1992_09 The Daily Collegian September 1992 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1992 |
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Title | September 2, 1992, Page 2 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1992 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
Full-Text-Search | 2-Op/Ed The Daily Collegian September 2,1992 Column 1: Letters: Enligtened minds not welly's goal ■ By Michael Handorf Staff Columnist As one wanders aimlessly across campus this week, it is impossible tomiss die bright-eyed enthusiasm that is so effortlessly expressed by the underclassmen and transfer students that have arrived here at Cal State Fresno. But this attitude of expectancy that is centered around the concept of becoming enlightened, educated members of a great society is not as readily detectable in the faces of doctrine of censorship and thought control under the guise of political correctness. And men like John Welty are called in 40 oversee the whole operation, to ensure that America's universities become tomorrow's concentration camps in an attempt to restructure die thinking of the young. The budget cuts of 1992 drove Welly to dismantle die German, the jaded seniors and graduate Russian, andClassiesdepartmenis students. It's because they know better. This university, particularly under the leadership of the great manager John Welty (who all floor managers at the local Target as¬ pire to imitate), has no stake in the fostering and nurturing of inquisi¬ tive, young minds. Any thought or opinion which does not fall within the narrow confines of what the university's academic Gestapo has determined to be 'right' or 'ac¬ ceptable' is not considered in the classrooms and lecture halls of Fresno State. "You are not here to^ bellow die instructors. "You are here to watch me ridicule and deride those who do not already accept that which I tell them as gospel. I hold far more over your, head than the mere thought of an at Fresno State. Despite the cur¬ rent status of those departments, • that's where the mad doctor ini¬ tially took the scalpel to. He did not choose to alleviate the campus of any of die founda¬ tions of the modem revisionist movement. Cuts were not all that deep in any of die "ethnic studies" departments. -The Classics department was dissected. The very pillars of Western thought and civilization were torn down so that support beams of Styrofoam and stucco that are Fresno Slate's ethnic stud¬ ies departments would become die new tenets of the university. The thinking of the left seems to be that if the institutions of higher learning ignore the contri¬ butions of "traditional" thought long enough, a happy, shiny uto- etemity in Hell; I control a mighty pia will evolve where everyone three units of your grade point actually believes that it is not average! And it is here that we begin to understand why Fresno State isn't all that concerned with our educa¬ tion. We aren't here to expand our thinking processes or to develop original thoughts. We are here to jump through the academic hoops of a bureauc¬ racy that has spiralled out of con- trol, lead by two camps of instruc¬ tors that rely upon one another for their livelihood. One group of instructors is desperately clinging to its very existence by teaching a philoso¬ phy of leftist garbage that has ail but been eradicated everywhere on the planet but the universities of America. The second group of instructors exists by winning over the hearts and minds of the first group of instructors with a new necessary for the individual to think for his or her self. And this is undoubtedly why our instructors will not condone the existence of an original thought within their classroom for any period of time longer than it takes for them to construct a tinker-toy argument to the contrary. Ideas that do not evolve from within the limited minds of those who would argue that they are against censorship in any form, but practice the censorship of ideas in their classrooms almost con- stamly, are considered false by the academic elite. Our liberal instructors at Fresno State are supposedly interested in critical thinking and the presenta- Please See WELTY, Page 3 Student asks for compassion dur¬ ing doss crunch Dear Editor The saga continues: I am only one among many thousands of students struggling for a higher education. Could we all just get a little compassion? It doesn't seem to fail that if a class isn't cancelled or closed, it is a mandatory class only offered once—and at the same time as another mandatory class! Clearly we need more of an oppor¬ tunity for this "higher education" thai we have been encouraged to pursue since elementary school. Placing blame on the California Education budget may or may not be tedious at this poinL Neverthe¬ less, isn't compassion under such circumstance a simple courtesy? Tuesday morning I walked into Ms. Horwitz's Criminology class and every seat was filled. I as¬ sumed there was a possibility of at least one or two people dropping. Before I could find a seat on the floor, my thought were interrupted by the instructor. As she sat on her desk with a slight smirk, she inter¬ jected that if I wanted to add I may Maybe if you have | a good enough reason i will allow you to stay as well "scadoodle." As I was a bit stunned to hear such terminology used by an instructor, I proceeded to leave. Ms. Horwitz quickly foliowediup her previous remark with, "Maybe if you have a good enough reason I will allow you to stay." While thirty plus of my peers turned in their seats to watch, I attempted an impromptu of my needs for this particular class in order to graduate on my projected date. Justas I said the word "gradu¬ ate,** she abrupUy interrupted that my reason was "not good enough.** I beg your pardon! From your strongly subjective viewpoint, Ms. Horwitz, what exactiy would have been a good enough reason? Certainly it has not been that long since Fresno State instructors were horrified and [sought] com¬ passion during a period of major cut-backs and layoffs. I wonder, Ms. Horwitz, if your name had been on the list to be laid off, what would have been' a good enough" r ****** --.. -3: . BfUtA,l*A MvKH -"**•• CoL& r° ('BT '"••"• reason to let you stay? Erica Chenault Psychology Senior 1 1 .r- Clinton endorsed by Hot Springs, High counselor Dear Editor: In response to. the issue of the integrity and character of Gover¬ nor Bill C!inton, my husband and I wish, to provide the American people with our personal reflec¬ tions upon Governor Clinton's background. First, I would explain that my husband and I have spent our life¬ time in die field of Arkansas pub¬ lic education. I have a professional degree in guidance and counsel¬ ing. My husband, Henry, holds a master of education degree. Hav¬ ing interacted with tens of thou-' sands of students, one of which wasGovernorClinton, we feel well qualified to provide insight into his character. ■ As Bill's high school coun¬ selor and an observer of his per¬ sonal and professional accomplish - menus, it is clear to me that he cares about people "and has an under¬ standing of the issues relevant to most Americans. Bill Clinton is a highly intelli¬ gent, optimistic, and truthful per¬ son who loves God, his family, and his country. He has our trust and we want all Americans to carefully consider his plans to deal with the serous problems our country faces. S Henry L. and Edith B. Irons Hot Springs, AR • edited for length COLLEGIAN Aimee L. F is her Editor in Chief Managing Editor. Jason Terada News Editor: Shannon Went worth Photo Editor Bryan* Chan Sports Editor David Donnelly Business Manager. Shawnda Grice \ Advertising Manager. Shawndale Grice Advertising Production Manager.. Lance Jackson Artspeak Editor Manny Fernandez Cartoonist: OphirLevy News Writers: Rosalba Beltran, Pal BeUencourt, Adam Breen. Mike Gale, Suzanne Kayian, Shelley Bauer Photographers: Hector Amezcua, Oris tine BakeT. Steve Skibbie Sports Writers: Richard James, Alex Abound, John L.Cruz Advertising Representatives: Laura Deckard,ShaniKm Wentworth, Shelby Stark, Brendan Bailey, Ingram Tatum Columnists: Adam Breen, Michael S. Handorf, AUessandria Polizzi The Dotty CoUegian does not emlom advertising claims and ail should be checked carefully by the consumer. |