1993_02 The Daily Collegian February 1993

              The Daily Collegian
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Vol. 100, No. 10
California State University, Fresno
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1993
Cost of second degrees may increase
Board of Trustees' decision could
force graduate students to pay
$4,500 beginning next semester
By Adam Breen
Staff writer
The cost of earning one college degree may seem steep to
some students, but the cost of a second may soon become
prohibitive if a recent California State University Board of
Trustees decision stands.
Despite saying that it is "contrary to sound public pohcy,"
the trustees adopted a proposal at their Jan. 27 meeting that
would increase fees for students who are seeking a second
bachelor's or roaster's degree.
Exemptions would be allowed for displaced homemak-
ers. students enrolled in a first-credential program, recipi¬
ents of certain welfare programs and some non-resident
students.
Students working toward a degree equal to or higher than
the one they already have will be required to pay $150 per
semester unit — up to a maximum of $4,500 annually — in
addition to the state university fee. ,    •'
Currently, students seeking a duplicate degree are only
required to pay the normal university fee of $1,308 per year.
According to CSU Chancellor Barry. Munitz's office,
these students could pay nearly $6,000 per year beginning
with the fall 1993 term.
Nearly 6,000 students system-wide and hundreds at CSUF
could be affected by the policy, which k designed to
"generate a revenue stream," according to Scott Plotkin,
CSU director of government affairs.
There are approximately 185 students currently seeking a
second master's and nearly 100 seeking a second bachelor "s
degree at CSUF.
Vivian Vidoli, dean of graduate studies, said the increased
fees will hurt people who have returned to school to make
themselves more viable in the statefe shrinking job base.
See Degrees, page 8
Hiding from the rain
As the unexpected rains fall outside, Theatre Arts major
Heather Sherbon escapes the weather and enjoys con-
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versation Inside   with a friend in the main lobby area of
the new Music Building Monday afternoon.
Visipn is seed jof hope> judge says
Lack of self-esteem
and unclear fiew of
future limit youth
opportunities
By Leo Pena
Staff wriier
The lack of vision among today' s
youth was the focus of a talk by
Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. on
"Helping our Youths Share in the
Benefit of our Democracy."
Burrell, the first African-Ameri¬
can U.S district judge in this dis¬
trict, spoke for an hour Monday in
the University Student Union.
"Children without a clear vision
need to have the fog wiped from
theireyes,"fiurrell said. "Vision is
the seed of hope."
Burrell was raised is South Cen¬
tral Los Angeles and graduated
from Washington High School in
Los Angeles in 1965.
Burrell told a story of a conver¬
sation he had with a friend back in
Los Angeles. •->
"Are you really a lawyer?' asked
the friend.
"Yes," answered Burrell.        K
"Man, they really did a head trip
on us," his friend said.
Burrell said this was an example
of unclear childhood vision.
Youths need to have an array of
career choices, he said.
The idea of vision has to do with
seeing beyond your own neighbor¬
hood, Burrell said.
He said it was too late for his
friend, but not for today's youth.
"We need to help them gain a
vision of career opportunities." he
said.
A lack of self-esteem, a lack of
vision of the future and name-call¬
ing are barriers that contribute to
youths' inability to get good jpbs,
Burrell said.
Civil-rights advocates of the' 60s
paved the way for hope, opportu¬
nity and equal justice, Burrell said.
He received a sociology degree
from CSU Los Angetes in 1972.
He received his master's in so¬
cial work from Washington Uni¬
versity and his Juris Doctorate from
the California Western School of
Law in San Diego.
What about youths living in the
inner-city who see Ihe illegal sub¬
culture making money?        ^
Burrell said someone needs to
make a chart showing that crime
doesn't pay.
It' s hard for youth to not emulate
that segment of the subculture that
has the money and is driving
Cadillacs and sports cars, Burreir
said.
But the youths must see that ille¬
gal activity will eventually lead to
jail time and a loss of freedom.
Burrell is no stranger to the po¬
lice injustice in inner-city Los
Angeles.
He told the story of being a 12
year old running to school, late for
class and being stopped by police.
He was told to open his'jacket
and give the police his knife.
Burrell didn't have one.
He ci edited bis grand fattier and
father as the role models who
helped him to achieve his goals.
He also credited Malcolm X with
havir,;: helped him to do better in
school.'
Burrell said of an imprisoned
Malcolm X, "If lie can teach him¬
self in jail, I can teach myself in
school."
He was appointed to deputy dis¬
trict attorney in 1976. He left that
job in 1978 to become a deputy
district attorney for the Sacra¬
mento City Attorney's Office.
Two years later he became an
assistant U.S. attorney and eventu¬
ally was promoted to deputy chief
of the Civil Division.
After six-and-a-half years in
there, he entered private practice.
After about nine months he re¬
joined the Sacramento City Attor¬
ney's Office as deputy city attor¬
ney. On March 3. 1992 he was
appointed to the federal bench as
U.S. district judge.
The talk was sponsored by the
African-American Social Work
Student Organization.
Mayoral
discussion
to address
hate crimes
Prompted by rising
number of crimes,
group sponsors
forum on campus
By Jennifer Shaw
Staffwriter
The number of hate crimes com¬
mitted against the gay and lesbian
population in Fresno is second only
to those committed against mem¬
bers of the black community, ac¬
cording to the City of Fresno's
Human Relations Commission,
which was established to track in¬
cidents of discrimination and ra¬
cially or sexually-motivated acts
of violence. f
"We don't want(special rights,
just civil rights. We want to have
some le-
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tee for the March on Washington.
CSUF students will have an op-      O
portunity to pose questions and
hear comments from at least six of     .   *
this year's mayoral candidates on
Thursday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. in the-
Upstairs Cafeteria. -«' "
Sponsored by the Lesbian, Gay, •.
Bisexual Student Alliance
(LGBS A) and the Fresno Commit¬
tee for the March on Washington,
the event concludes a ground¬
breaking, two-week series featur-
See Mayoral Fo^im. page 8