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Faculty reaction mixed on RTP/student issue
by Tom Brisson
Despite the negative position taken by
faculty organizations toward student
representation on retention, tenure;1 and
promotion committees, there jire mixed
feelings among professors on at least
this campus.
It has been over a week since the
amendment to Title V which would have
mandated nonvoting student represen¬
tation on faculty RTP committees
throughout the CSUC system was voted
down by the board of trustees.
The measure, which was defeated by
the single vote of chairperson Claudia
Hampton in order to break a 9-9 tie,
was strenuously opposed by the United
Professors of California and other faculty
organizations.
"I am not in favor of students partici¬
pating as members in the decisions of
RTP committees," said Dayle Molen of
the CSUF Journalism Dept.
"I really don't think that most* stu¬
dents have the adequate knowledge or
even the time to handle the types of
decisions that would be required of
them," he said.
Dr. Peter J. Klassen, Dean of the
School of Social Sciences, had another
view.
"I am very much in favor of students
having a voice in decisions made on the
RTP committees. As a matter of fact,
when I was chairman ' of the History
Department I took various measures to
get students involved in the process,"
he said.
"I think students should have a vote on
the committees, though not a veto over
the decisions,* Klassen said. He noted
that he did not believe that the issue of
confidentiality, which was stressed by
those fighting the amendment, was a
serious one,
"I think the students you would find
in those types of positions would prob¬
able be responsible enough to be trusted
with the Confidential information invol¬
ved," he said.
Viiliam Corcoran, dean of student
affairs, also did not find the issue of
confidentiality serious enough to block
student participation on the committees.
"I think I can appreciate the concerns
of some of the faculty over the qualifica¬
tions of students to make these type of
judgements -1 don' t know. But I frankly
think that students -should have an
official role in making decisions about
the retention, promotion, and the grant¬
ing of tenure to faculty/ he said.
Corcoran said that student evaluations
of faculty made at the end of the semes¬
ter were not enough.
"I think students should have a more
important role in these decisions as
members of the committees. I don't
think the concern over confidentiality is
continued on page 12
* CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
FRIDAYXWEEKEND
February 1, 1980
the Daily Collegian
Superbug vs. man: The
battle lines are drawn
by Doug Bunnell
Farmers have been doing battle with
pests ever since the first farmer tilled
his first furrow Following World War II,
however, the farmer began to fight back
armed with chemicals such as DDT and
things looked bleak for pests that sur¬
vived by feeding off farmers' crops.
The one'thing that farmers and sci¬
entists did not take into consideration
was the fact that insects, because of
their short life span, can adapt to new
factors (such as DDT) in their environ¬
ment in a relatively short period of time.
At about the same time, scientists
discovered that the use of DDT was
harming more than the insects, farmers
began to notice that the wonder chemical
was becoming less effective.
So DDT was eventually pulled off the
market. But instead of searching for
another way to control pests, farmers
and chemical producers simply-turned to
another type of chemical.
And so the battle progressed. The
ironic thing is that the farmer and
chemical companies may have done the
pests that they were attempting to wipe
out a favor. A chemical pesticide such as
'DDT or DBCP may kill all but a few of
the pests ravaging a farmer's crop, but
the few that do survive are the ones that
are resistant to the chemicals being used
and pass those resistant genes along to
their offspring.
Some people call those surviv'Jg
pests "superbugs." Dr. M.L. Yokumi,
CSUF professor of entomology, merely
calls the process "evolution."
"There is a natural selection. These
hardy traits are being passed on from
one generation to the next, and that
nati"-al selection produces what we call a
superbug," Yokumi said.
The problem, Yokumi said, is that as
the farmer begins to notice' that the
chemical he is using is becoming less
effective, he just turns to another chemi¬
cal, one which is usually even more
potent than the one that produced these
superbugs.
Yokumi added that because the use of
chemicals to control pests has only been
in use for a little more than 20 years, the
side effects that these incredibly potent
chemicals produce, have just recently
been detected.
Some chemicals, such as DBCP, work
their way into the ground after being
applied and then find their way into the
watershed, your drinking water. Dozens
of wells in Southern California have been
shut down recently because DBCP was
detected in the water, even though the
use of DBCP has been banned since
1977.
Another danger resulting from the
use of chemicals to control pests are the
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| Title | February 1, 1980, Page 1 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1980 |
| 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. |
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| Full-Text-Search | Faculty reaction mixed on RTP/student issue by Tom Brisson Despite the negative position taken by faculty organizations toward student representation on retention, tenure;1 and promotion committees, there jire mixed feelings among professors on at least this campus. It has been over a week since the amendment to Title V which would have mandated nonvoting student represen¬ tation on faculty RTP committees throughout the CSUC system was voted down by the board of trustees. The measure, which was defeated by the single vote of chairperson Claudia Hampton in order to break a 9-9 tie, was strenuously opposed by the United Professors of California and other faculty organizations. "I am not in favor of students partici¬ pating as members in the decisions of RTP committees," said Dayle Molen of the CSUF Journalism Dept. "I really don't think that most* stu¬ dents have the adequate knowledge or even the time to handle the types of decisions that would be required of them," he said. Dr. Peter J. Klassen, Dean of the School of Social Sciences, had another view. "I am very much in favor of students having a voice in decisions made on the RTP committees. As a matter of fact, when I was chairman ' of the History Department I took various measures to get students involved in the process," he said. "I think students should have a vote on the committees, though not a veto over the decisions,* Klassen said. He noted that he did not believe that the issue of confidentiality, which was stressed by those fighting the amendment, was a serious one, "I think the students you would find in those types of positions would prob¬ able be responsible enough to be trusted with the Confidential information invol¬ ved," he said. Viiliam Corcoran, dean of student affairs, also did not find the issue of confidentiality serious enough to block student participation on the committees. "I think I can appreciate the concerns of some of the faculty over the qualifica¬ tions of students to make these type of judgements -1 don' t know. But I frankly think that students -should have an official role in making decisions about the retention, promotion, and the grant¬ ing of tenure to faculty/ he said. Corcoran said that student evaluations of faculty made at the end of the semes¬ ter were not enough. "I think students should have a more important role in these decisions as members of the committees. I don't think the concern over confidentiality is continued on page 12 * CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO FRIDAYXWEEKEND February 1, 1980 the Daily Collegian Superbug vs. man: The battle lines are drawn by Doug Bunnell Farmers have been doing battle with pests ever since the first farmer tilled his first furrow Following World War II, however, the farmer began to fight back armed with chemicals such as DDT and things looked bleak for pests that sur¬ vived by feeding off farmers' crops. The one'thing that farmers and sci¬ entists did not take into consideration was the fact that insects, because of their short life span, can adapt to new factors (such as DDT) in their environ¬ ment in a relatively short period of time. At about the same time, scientists discovered that the use of DDT was harming more than the insects, farmers began to notice that the wonder chemical was becoming less effective. So DDT was eventually pulled off the market. But instead of searching for another way to control pests, farmers and chemical producers simply-turned to another type of chemical. And so the battle progressed. The ironic thing is that the farmer and chemical companies may have done the pests that they were attempting to wipe out a favor. A chemical pesticide such as 'DDT or DBCP may kill all but a few of the pests ravaging a farmer's crop, but the few that do survive are the ones that are resistant to the chemicals being used and pass those resistant genes along to their offspring. Some people call those surviv'Jg pests "superbugs." Dr. M.L. Yokumi, CSUF professor of entomology, merely calls the process "evolution." "There is a natural selection. These hardy traits are being passed on from one generation to the next, and that nati"-al selection produces what we call a superbug," Yokumi said. The problem, Yokumi said, is that as the farmer begins to notice' that the chemical he is using is becoming less effective, he just turns to another chemi¬ cal, one which is usually even more potent than the one that produced these superbugs. Yokumi added that because the use of chemicals to control pests has only been in use for a little more than 20 years, the side effects that these incredibly potent chemicals produce, have just recently been detected. Some chemicals, such as DBCP, work their way into the ground after being applied and then find their way into the watershed, your drinking water. Dozens of wells in Southern California have been shut down recently because DBCP was detected in the water, even though the use of DBCP has been banned since 1977. Another danger resulting from the use of chemicals to control pests are the 113 Inside Calendar. Friday/weekend.. 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