1987_03 The Daily Collegian March 1987

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Tuesday, March 31,1987
California State University, Fresno
Attack on chancellor unfair
By Paul Worth ing ton
Staff Writer
An attack made against CSU Chancellor
W. Arm Reynolds last week represented
only the personal complaints of <»> few of
the trustees, said four trustees contacted
last week by The Daily Collegian..
The unidentified California State
University trustees quoted in the March 21
Los Angeles Times story said Reynolds
was away from her office too much, is a
poor administrator and is arrogant. An
attempt to oust her from office was
predicted in the story.
Tin optimistic the good people on the
board will come to her side," argued
Trustee Donald Livingston from his office
in L.A. "Most of the opposition is petty
and personal."
A   regularly   scheduled   review   of   Dr.
Reynold's last four years in office is now
in progress.
"If she has a problem, it's that she
hasn't' had to butter-up some of the egos
on the board," Livingston said. He has
been a trustee since 1979 and called
himself a "Reynolds supporter. She has
been very effective."
Reynolds was named CSU chancellor by
the trustees in September 1982 and heads
the largest university system in the
nation.
Jeff Stetson, director of Public Affairs
for the chancellor's office, said the
criticisms were unfounded and Reynolds "is
confident of the outcome' of-the reveiw."
He added that as head of the largest
educational system "in the world, she's not
expected to stay in the office. I don't
think that anyone who understands the
role of the chancellor would say she has to
stay in the office."
Of the -19 trustees called, most were said
to be out of town for a week. Four refused
to comment. Others said they had talked to
dozens of reporters. There's been a little
too much excitement," said Trustee
William Crocker of San Diego, "but candor
and integrity will pull us out of this i
quagmire." He said no consensus has been
made by the board to do anything. "Some
people have gone to the press with a
personal agenda. There's no witch hunt,
there is no mob." "s J
Even among the trustees who are not
part of any "mob." however, there are
complaints. "I don't how the story broke
or why it broke. I'm not a party to
anything," said Trustee Dean Lesher in
Walnut Creek. "But we do need a full-time
administrator. As a business man, she isn't
the kind of administrator I would want."
Lesher said he had been a trustee for
nine   years   and   left   during   the   Brown
Administration. When he returned three
years ago to the position, he called many
of the other trustees to catch up. 1 found
it to be a universal complaint, that she
was away from the office too much."
He added that the entire matter should
have been handled internally by the board.
The public complaints had especially bad
timing with the review going on, he said.
"If a review of your work were going on,
wouldn't you want this kind of thing to
wait?"
Claudia Hampton, a trustee from LA.,
first refused to speak, but then commented,
"All of this matter should have been
handled internally. It's damaging to our
public image." If people did have
legitimate complaints, she said, they
should have brought them to the attention
of the board, not the press. There was no
reason to. believe that it was not going to
be handled properly," she said.
New business building
under construction
By Tim Hurrianko
Staff writer
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the $11
million Leon S. Peters Business Building
and Valley Business Center were held
Monday before approximately 250 people
who listened to Charles Redman, assistant
secretary of state for public affairs, and
others, speak on the impact the building
will    have    on    the     Fresno    business
The public evert, held on the building
site, began at 10*30 im. with a
performance by the Zalud Brass Quintet of
California State University.
Dr. Harold Haak gave the welcoming
speech in which he praised Leon S. Peters
as a "skilled businessman who provided
wisdom, leadership and grace, in addition
to being a major financial donor to CSUF.
"We are not just providing shelter for
students and staff in the School of
Business," Haak said, "we are providing a
place for business theorists and business
practitioners to come together for mutual
benefits."
Master of Ceremonies Eric G. Juline, a
partner at Price-Waterhouse and the 1986
winner of the School of Business Alumni
Association Award, called the building "a
dream and hope for decades that has come
to be."
Edwin S. Darden Jr., representing the
architecture firm in charge of the project,
described what the completed building
would look like.
The six-story portion of the building
houses the academic units and faculty
offices. The academic units on the ground
floor and basement levels include
laboratories especially designed for
behavioral      studies,      computers,      word
processing, accounting. business sim¬
ulation, research and lecture labs of
various configurations.    ■
"In the center of the academic block at
the lower level is a landscaped plaza which
will be a place where students and faculty
of the business school can study, relax and
interact — kind of an interchange for
education and social experience," Darden
said.
According to Darden, the top four floors
will hold 212 faculty offices, each with its
own window looking down on the plaza or
out on the campus.
The east portion, which is a three-story
complex, will contain the higher levels of
administration on the ground floor while
the second and third floor will house the
word processing center, deans of the
school and department heads.
Connected to this administrative wing,
but functioning independently, will be the
Valley Business Center whose main
entrance will face east with parking
available in the existing parking lot.
The foyer will have a high-vaulted
ceiling, polished marble on the walls and
will be used for exhibits and receptions.
Three lecture rooms, one 125-person and
two 40-person of the executive type, all
equipped wun projection oootns ana tne
latest in audio/visual presentation tech¬
nology, will be available to students and
local businesses for specialized training
and presentations.
Rounding out the speakers was Charles
E. Redman who said, " This is an example
of the university, the community, the,
government, working together to bring
something together that profits not only
the community and the university, but
more broadly represents an investment in
America's future."
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The shovels were neatly placed behind the dignitaries at the groundbreaking
ceremonies for the liqp S. Peters Building.
Series, lectured for 30 iranntes on the
relationship between the United State* government and
the media, then opened the floor lb questions from die
"Journalists are paid lo fire off questions," said
Redman. "Spokesmen issue responses with periods,
There is quite a difference between the question-mark
culture of the one and the period culture of the other."
Redman said this results in a tension, a tension he
calls a necessary element in our system of checks and
balances.   "Both   government   and   media      have   a
closely
incident." Redman said ii is important that the
media does not fee directly involved in these
situations as an arbitrator or by giving payments to
r terrorist' groups In exchange for interviews. Instead of
compromising First Amendment rights, "the. media
should serve as their own watchdog."
While foe television networks end some of the press
have adopted guidelines to situations snerrss terrorism,
Redman pressed foe need for industry-wide s '
journalists.
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Redman also said these cuts will hinder foe ability
of the U.S. to live up to treaties with nations sech as
The questions Redman fielded had to do with assy
aspects of U.S. foreign and domestic policy. He
simply clarified the American positions on tones
which indnded apartheid m South Africa, US.--Soviet
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