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Monday. Nov. 10. 1986
The Daih Collegian
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Professors
look back
at election
By Mark Murray
Staff Writer
The Derhocractic Party has no difficulty
in winning Congressional and local elections. -
but it is not in tune with the public and
lacks the necessary vision to win the
presidency. CSUF Political Science "Pro¬
fessor Dr. Freeman Wright said Sunday.
Wright, with CSUF professors Drs.
David Provost and Philip Beach, discussed
the outcome of last Tuesday's election at
the University Downtown Lecture Series in
Fresno Metropolitan Museum.
/ Wright said President Reagan still has a
hold on Congress despite his lame-duck
status because he can define the issues. It
remains to be seen if the Democrats can
come up with thc vision necessary to win
, the Presidency in 1988, Wright said.
Provost said Republicans have made
impressive gains in electing governors,
especially in the South, despite losing
control of the Senate. "A few years ago, a
person would have been put in the nut
house for thinkingabout electing a Repub¬
lican governor -in the South," Provost
said.
He said Republicans could not transfer
their gubernatorial gains to the state
legislatures because they lost 187 seats
nationwide. Republicans are also the
majority party in only nine state legisla¬
tures.
The Senate's balance of power could
have been different if 30,000 voters in five
states had voted for Republicans instead
* of Democrats, Provost said. The Demo¬
cratic voting shift in this year's erection is
not that great, according to Provost.
He said in the long run. the leaders of
the Republican Party have reason to be
optimistic because young voters still iden¬
tify with them. "This has to create a few
smiles on some Republican leaders'faces."
* Beach said the Democrats have no real
See VOTE, page 2
CSUF publishes Saroyan work
By Paul Worthington
Staff Writer.
I
A trilogy of plays reflectingauthor William
Saroyan's Armenian heritage published
last month by the CSUF Press is the first
book of previously unpublished materi-'1
released since thc writer's death.
Saroyan was born and died in Fresno
and often wrote about this city in his more
*C   than 50 published works. Since his death
in 1981. he has been the subject of over
one-hall" do/en biographies.
"My. purpose was to show the world
that Saroyan is not just a subject for dark
bio«aphies."said CSUF Professor Dick-
rtfiKouymjian. Saroyan's long-time friend
and confidant, who edited the book. "He
was not an angry, frustrated person who'd
dried up.as a writer, a bitter old man.
That's what the biographies suggest.
"1 decided it was about time we hear'
some of his own voice. Since he's not here,
we had to let his work speak for him."
The book should cause a stir.in the
literary world because of the fame and
skill of Saroyan, Kouymjian said.
The New York Times may publish an
article on.the book in its review section, he
said.
Twenty-six paperback copies have al¬
ready sold in the Kennel Bookstore,
according to Helen Mueller, general book
buyer. Released Oct. 15. the Saroyan
book has sold as many copies as the
average book sells in a semester, she^said.
Publication of the book was delayed as
Saroyan's will went through probate. Then
the William Satoyan Foundation, thc
appointed "legal owner of the author's
works, gave approval lor the book.
According to CSUF President Harold
Haak. who also serves as a member of the
Saroyan Foundation Board, approval was
granted "because the effort was going on.
Professor Kouymjian was already working
on (he book."
Haak added he felt it was "appropriate
that it came from this university." as
Saroyan had strong ties with the campus.
In his will Saroyan designated CSUF as
one of the repositories for his literary
estate.
Robert, Ware, thc executive editor of
I he Press.'said the book was "a community
effort of this office." and much of the
work was done on volunteer time. "We're
not salaried"at The Press, he said. "We're
doing this out of our enthusiasm for the
venture."
Ware spent much of his first summer as
editor retyping from the original manu¬
scripts, and  he found the plays to be
different  from  Saroyan's earlier work.
See PRESS, page 5
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