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ter now average about $100.00 a year
according to Revis 'and are probably
going  up   like  everything  else,*   she
explained.
This fee seems rather expensive until
one realizes where it goes: $12.50 per
mother to the national body; J6.50 per
mnther and $3.00 oer teen.to the
regional body,it pays expenses to send
delegates to biannual conventions
As the list goes on the fee seems less
and less expensive particularly when
one sees the benefits.
Yet it may seem out of the reach of
many mothers, particularly single
parents.
In regards to special arrangements
for the payment of dues Revis says
that It is up to the individual chapters
how they would handle that. Fresno is
in the process of completing their
constitution which would guide those
types of decisions.
The   constitution    would    also    guide
the   acceptance   of   new   members
Each chapter can have no more than
seventy-five mothers,
"Most of our mothers have from
2-4 children,... once you get beyond
seventy-five mothers you're getting
too big to be effective." explained
Revis.
If a group gets beyond seventy-live
members it must splinter and form
another   chapter However,    there
must   be   at   least   twenty   members
active in a chapter
If a chapter stays below twenty member
for one year  the  charter  is  revoked.
"This is something that hasn't been
a problem in most cities,' Revis says.
"In most cities its the opposite.    Once,
the organization has existed 5-10 years
vou have more than your 75."
According to Revis a recent chapter
in Texas had 25 applicant for 10 spots
vacated by mothers whose youngest
children turned 20 (these members
can remain as associate non-voting
members). The chapter had to resort
to pulling the names from a hat to see
who would be able to join.
Youth
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always been treated with respect by all
the young people that come Into their
establishment.
"We've never had trouble with neigh¬
borhood youths. I didn't know we had
any gangs.* Mrs. Marcus says, 'All I've
seen are the Nature boys with the same
T-shirts on. I've known them since they
were small boys."
An employee of the Police Department
Juvenile Tactical section felt the situa¬
tion depended upon ones definition of
"gangs". In general, he did not believe
Fresno had a problem with youth gangs,
but there was a few groups and indi¬
vidual youths that 'were constantly in
trouble, but they consitute no real threat
to the community as an organized force.
Some Fresno citizens.do not feel there
ar* youth gangs in Fresno; while others
believe that the neighborhoods are no
longer safe to live in.
"People loch themselves in and, in
general, are more insecure than ever,*
said Mr. Sofwazi. Paul McCoy stated
that people are not realizing that Fresno
has always had trouble with its youth
populate and are only now seeing the
problem surface, not necesarily getting
worsejust getting noticed more. 'Fresno
The founder of the organization,
Marion Stubbs, began the group in
Philadelphia, PA.
According to Revis, Stubbs wanted her
children exposed to political activities
cultural events, educational oppor¬
tunities, and community service.
'She wanted to gather other children
who had the same Interest as her chil¬
dren and other mothers who wanted
the same things for their children,"
states Revis. 'During that time, 1938,
mere was not a tot of opportunity tor
Black people anywhere. So there's
always power and safety in numbers.
As people from other cities teamed of
the organizations existence It grew
and grew to its present membership of
approximately 150 chapters nationwide
In 1968, another facet of Jack and J Hi
was incorporated—The Jack and Jill
of America Foundation.
This non-profit organization is working
toward "Increasing opportunities for
children in the areas of educational,
scientific, religious and charitable pur¬
poses . . .", according to a report from
the foundation.
'I am very proud of the Jack and Jill
foundation,' Revis expressed. 'It Is
a   means  of   channeling   our   funds*.
The foundation provides grants and
funds for worthwhile youth related
projects. It has recently provided funds
to help Black youth prepare for the SAT.
'It is a very worthwhile organization.*
*a id Revis.
The foundation provides funds for need
which are normally left unfulfilled.
Revis expressed the hope that the local
chapter would also get into those types
of things.
"We are crawling right now,* she said,
"but we're almost up to our feet.
Anyone interested In working with
Jack and Jill may contact the organiza¬
tion through the following: The Travel
Odyssey, Bridget Hawkins Revis,
2519 W. Shaw Ave Suite 105 Fresno,
ca, 209/222-2477    .
"We're not just aimed at the better¬
ment of Black children.", says Revis
'By bettering the conditions of Black
children, we're going to better the con¬
ditions of all children."
never had a gang problem with its
youth.'
Organized or not, Fresno does have a
problem with its younger population.
'There has been a lot of dope dealing,
vandelism, and graffiti writing at the
public bus shelters downtown,* reported
Mike Hopkins.'During the summertime,
community centers were their hang outs;
now, since the fall, most of the action has
shifted to the bus stops.
If there is a real problem, what is
being done? 'More programs in the
community ana recreation centers will
help in getting children off the streets
and into more constructive activities,'
Nclum states. He is now in the process of
getting more classes, programs, and
sports activities started at various
community centers.
Nelum, like others interviewed, feels
educating the parents to the needs of
their children is the key to getting the
youth off the street.
'Not Just parents should be educated
but the total community,* says Mr.
McCoy. 'Right now people are just try¬
ing to survive. They've been brain¬
washed into thinking that money is the
only necessity in life. Parents, elders,
and the community as a whole has to be
educated that human life is more
valuable than getting money no matter
Antoinette Okoro, 4 yean old
what.*
Nelum feels that Black people,
individually, and our community as a
whole have to organize and become self
sufficent so they can see their comm¬
unity as valuable. In turn, the young
people will see this too and become
proud of the positive aspects of their
neighborhoods instead of the negative
ones.
McCoy suggests thai organizing
young people, providing them with self
sufficent skills and stopping the depen¬
dence of Blacks on outsiders for their
needs will solve not only some of the
young peoples problems but also some of
the adults hang-ups about Black pride.
Whatever the problem is and whatever
the perpetraters are called; Diamonds,
street gangs, or what have you, it is
certain that this community's young
people are in trouble. At this point, the
solution is in the talking stage. A task
force met at King of Kings to discuss this
issue.
Once the neighborhood comes together
and organizes, then its youth will be¬
come organized. It is up to adults to lead
these misguided young people out of a
negative situation into a positive
solution.
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institutions and strangers and not
monitor their progress? How do we come
to believe that school should be the end-
all and be-all for a child's education?
How did education become such a
cesstxx>l of neglect?
Then there's the American power trip
that bequeathes to us as adults or so we
think, the right to control our children in
an oooressive way. We tell them, yet
never listen. Demand, yet rarely explain,
much less ask. We force responsibility
on them that we shirk ourselves. We see
them as extensions of oursetves, but not
as individuals, then try to force our
expectations on them with no respect for
their needs, their dreams or their
realities
Schools are merely Institutionalized
reflections of all that's wrong in the
societv at large. And like it or not, we're
failing our children by refusing to accept
responsibility for ourselves, our-children
and the schools we send them to. Schools
aren't a mess. We Are.
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California State University, Fresno
TUESDAY, December 2,198Q
KFSR prepares for FM changeover
By Gregory Hsysa
Enclosed in a small room, surrounded
by expensive electronic equipment are
hundreds of albums and tapes.
If this setting appeals to you, you
might want to look into becoming a disc
Jockey. The place to start is right here on
campus.
Ray Scampini, station manager for
• KFSR, CSUF's radio station, said that
anybody, regardless of major, who Is
interested in DJ Ing can come In and give
it a try after a little instruction on the
equipment and the Job.
He said those Interested should come
in now or at the beginning of next semes¬
ter. He said that since KFSR will soon be
an FM station, they should get the
experience now to be better prepared
when and if the station obtains the FM
license.
Scampini said that to be a DJ requires
a commitment and a good sense of
responsibility.
"We can't have anybody who decides
that they don't want to come in one day
for one reason or another. That just
doesnt go," he said
'During the Job itself they should have
a good sense of timing and a certain
awareness of what is going on. He
should be alert and follow the process of
- the programming. And knowing the
equipment very well Is important,. but
that Just takes a little time," Vie said.
Karl Aaronlan, who has worked as a
DJ for KFSR for three years, is a busi¬
ness major and said he does it simply for
the enjoyment.
"I saw an ad In the paper for a disc
Jockey. I was always Interested In radio
so I tried it and have been here ever
since.
'There are different philosophies for
Photo by Brad Cross
  KFSR DISC JOCKEY MIKE MUELLER
Th* campus radio station Is kncshKl In the Opaach Arts Building
being a good DJ but the main one I think
is to be yourself on the air,* he said.
'Just talk like you are talking to your
friends.*
He said that-it helps to be a little out¬
going and witty while on the air but it
doesn't matter that much as long as they
have a smooth delivery and follow the
correct format of the show.       ....
He also said that the .DJ should be
familiar with the music he Is playing and
to be open to all kinds of music.
•You can't be set In your musical
tastes, and just limit yourself to a certain
kind of musk that you like. You have to
be open and flexible to what can be
played,* Aaronlan said.
He said that the kind of musk: KFSR
plays Is 'pretty varied.* It includes new
wave rock, hard rock, jazz, country.
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Teacher slut' of past decade dissolving in Fresno
^ ... ^_. ri~A. ki~. „«•   have already decided on the subject
By Karen Krieger
The 'teacher glut,' which has charac¬
terized the field ot education for the past
decade, is now dissolving, opening the
way for student teachers to get perma¬
nent jobs after they have earned their
credentials.
'Supply is lagging demand,' said Dr.
David Heimbach, coordinator of the
multiple subjects program (elementary
education) here at CSUF. 'In L.A. last
year there were 1,500 openings, and
thev were only able to fill seven or 800."
Although job openings in the Fresno
Unified School District are limited, other
areas around the university are receptive
to hiring teachers.
'Seventy-five percent of our graduates
got positions last spring,*  Heimbach
said. Teaching Jobs are becoming more
available due to several factors such as
retirement.
The post-World War II people are
The opportunities in
Fresno are very sKrrr'
reaching the 25-year level,* Heimbach
said. And there are those teachers who
are "getting mad at the profession."
"Of the elementary graduates in
Madera, those who wanted a Job. ('"
Madera) got one,' Heimbach said. 'It's
true across the country. Clovis hires our
student teachers one right after the
other.
The opportunities in Fresno are very
slim. They need bilingual people; they
steal them right out from under our eyes
before they finish the courses. Sanger
takes our people. Northfork hires them
right off the bat.'
Dr. James P. Echols, coordinator of
the single subject (secondary education)
program, said that Job availability In the
upper schools varies with the subject. 'It
bottomed out a year or two ago, but the
prospects are going to improve.'
"There's a dreadful shortage in physi¬
cal science,' Echols said. Students don't
go Into the education program and ask
what areas need teachers; usually they
have already decided on the subject
area. >•.''
The federal government predicts a rise
in the availability of teaching positions
until 1966, according to Sanford Reit-
man, chairman of the Teacher Education
department.
There will be a number of jobs open¬
ing up in the mid-1980's that will project
the demand for teachers," Reltman said.
Teachers are dropping out of the public
schools; there are more alternative (pri¬
vate) schools,* he added. There is the
possibility of a widespread public school
movement.
The shift is partly due to the fact that
there is a whole new approach In financ¬
ing public education; control' of the
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