1980_04 The Daily Collegian April 1980

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Universities may lose   shortshots
presidential selection
by Tom Brisson
A recommendation has been made to
the CSUC Board of Trustees that final
say over which candidates will be consid¬
ered as university presidents be taken
out of- the. hands of local presidential
search committees.
The recommendation has yet to be
considered by the trustees according to
Dr. Margorie Wagner, Vice Chancellor
of Faculty and Staff Affairs, who has
been involved in the presidential search
process for the past two years.
Under the present system, each univ¬
ersity may determine which candidates
are considered by the trustees, who
make the final decisions. This is the
method by which recently-appointed
CSU? President Harold Haak was select¬
ed.
An ad hoc committee appointed by the
trustees recently made a unanimous
recommendation that would reduce the
role of the local selection committees to a
purely advisory one.
"The suggestion was made by an ad
hoc committee which is reviewing presi¬
dential selection procedures. They came
in with a unanimous recommendation
to the board at its last meeting in March
with a change in the procedure that, in
effect, reduces the role of the campus
part of the committee," Wagner said.
'That discussion, however, is still
going on," she said. "And no action has
been taken by the board."
The reason given by the committee for
the recommendation was that the trus¬
tees should be able to exercise more
power throughout the selection process.
"The rationale offered was that the
board of trustees regards the procedure
as improperly diminishing the role of the
trustees in the selection of presidents,
And that they would like to assert a firm-
. er role for the board than they perceive
the current procedure allows." Wagner
said.
Opponents to the recommendation
have c harged that the focusing of power
from the local university committees to
the trustees would result in increased
political maneuvering in the appoint¬
ment of presidents. Wagner would not
respond to that argument.
"I don't want to, comment on it be¬
cause I don't think it's decided yet. I
want very much to have us continue the
discussion and as far as I know, this may
not be the final proposal of the commit¬
tee," she said.
Wagner said the trustees are expected
to decide the question at their meeting in
May.
June Robertson, California State Stu¬
dents* Association liaison to the Chancel¬
lor's office, said that the recommend¬
ation was made partly in response to the
costliness of the present procedure.
"The list of candidates for the recent
search at Fresno State had 13 people on
it; you have to pay for travel and there's
a lot of work involved. Another aspect is
affirmative action," Robertson said.
She said that the recommendation did
not seem to be in direct response to leaks
of confidentiality, which angered the
Chancellor in the case of CSUF.
"It does limit the role of the campus,"
she said. "The campus is put in an advis¬
ory- role; the university cannot (in terms
of the new recommendation) prioritize
candidates."
a Robertson hesitated to say that the
possibility exists for greater political
control under the proposed changes.
"Even though they're Brown appointees
at the moment doesn't mean they're
happy with the state government and
what it isn't doing for education...that
(political maneuvering) can still happen
under the present process—Brown at¬
tended a meeting and tried to change the
L.A. presidential selection," she said.
"But board members, appointed by
the governor, reacted against that," she
said. "They have the needs of the cam¬
puses at heart."
But when it was pointed out that, in
spite of the best intentions of the board
of trustees, the changes would remain
when they left office she reconsidered.
"T inieas that a greater possibility ex¬
ists, but I really wonder if there will be
more political maneuvering unaer a new
system than the old," she said.
Robertson said the CSSA will take a
position on the recommendation at ita
meeting April 2&-27.
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Student positions open on CU
Board, Programming Committee
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The deadline for student application
for the Collage Union Board and Pro¬
gramming Committee ia April 26.
There are three student positions
open up on the CU Board and 10 on
the Programming Committee. '" :
Normally, arriicrHng to Jeff Watson.
A.S. admmstration vice president,
only ana student pogrusp on the board
would be opening up. Four students
serve two-year terms en the board with'
one being selected each semester. In
addition to the one position Decerning
open, two other students are resigning
from the board, Watson said" f,'
Nine srndents serve on the CU Board
In   addition  to the   four   serving   for
two years, two students ore appointed
by the A.S. each Fall, one is selected
•throogn  ktodems   elections   and   the
Administrative   Vice   President   chairs
the board.
The programming committee, which
is composed of 10 students and a chair¬
man, decides upon what speakers,
movies, and performances the CU wfll
present Airing the year. It makes the
arrangements, does the rxwking and
publicity.
A student must be attending school
on at least part-time basis to be elig¬
ible for ths CU Board and Programming
Committee.
Ths Programming Committee meets
Mondays at noon and the CU Board
meets Mondays at S p.m.
Watson urged students to consider
applying, saying, "We, traditionally;
find out .that certain, people, .find out
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gather or conflict with one another. They
just continue together in perfect har¬
mony. Therefore, the feeling of parallel
lines is one of sympathy and under¬
standing. Because the human eye
likes to see repetition, parallel lines are
pleasing to the eye.
INTERSECTING LINES
Lines that cross each other are
obviously the opposite of parallel lines.
They come to a point of conflict and clash
at the point where they cross. Thus,
intersecting lines may represent conflict
or violent action. The point at which they
come together or near that point is where
the action should take place.
If a photograph is designed with inter¬
secting lines, the point of interest should
be placed at or near the poin- where the
lines intersect or cross. This, is ex pec ially
true if the intersecting lines represent
the dominant design of the photograph.
CONVERGING LINES:
A photograph is a two dimensional
object (height and width), but it is repre¬
sentative of a three dimensional scene.
Converging lines or lines that seem to
get closer and closer together in the dis¬
tance, give the feeling of depth and per¬
spective.
SHAPES:
Shapes are nothing more than lines
put together to enclose space. Circles
are curved lines with no end. A rectangle
is a set of four straight lines which are
put together to enclose an area. So the
psychological feelings of shapes are sim¬
ilar to the lines .hat make those shapes.
A circle or an oval will give the feeling
of beauty, gracefulness, and ia a pleas¬
ing shape to see. A long horizontal rec¬
tangular shape will have the same gen¬
eral feeling as a horizontal straight line
because of the predominant lines that
make up the rectangle.
One «gwi*M-.«f shape is the triangle.
This shape is almost indestructable, snd
had been proven time and time again
by builders. Triangles sre the primary
shape" of most modern construction,
bridges and especially the Eygptian
pyramids.
House builders put diagonal boards
across the studding, forming triangles to
hold the studs in place until they can
be permanently anchored.
In modem portraiture, family mem¬
bers are placed in such s manner ss to
form, a triangle, with the head of the
household standing, and the rest of the
members sitting or kneeling. Because
the psychological feeling of the triangle
is strength, this' 'supports the basic
belief of the strong family tradition.
Even a bust shot of a single individual
forms a basic triangle. The head being
the top and the broad shoulders rep¬
resenting the base.
Because of the powerful effect of com¬
positional lines on the viewer's percep¬
tion of a scene, take care under ordinary
circumstances to avoid their occurence in
certain positions.
For example, it is usually advisable to ,
avoid allowing any horizontal or vertical
line to cut directly across the 'mid¬
point of the picture. A picture split
exactly in the middle by a horizon or a
strong vertical line tends to lack move¬
ment and it may make it difficult to
develop a point of interest elsewhere in
the photograph.
Usually strong horizontal and vertical
lines are best placed off-center, perhaps
in one of the picture's third areas. Of
course, if it is your purpose to communi¬
cate a sense of perfect symmetry and in¬
activity, the exact center may be an
appropriate place for the point of inter¬
est.
Similarily, it is usually helpful to your
composition to prevent strong compo¬
sitional lines from running out of the
picture format. Rather than permit the
horizon to run out of the picture area
at both edges, try interrupting toe line
with- some other overlapping element.
These strong lines tend to draw the view¬
er's eye out of the picture; the inter¬
rupting element terminates this process
snd will keep the viewer's attention
directed within the picture.
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