1983_02 The Daily Collegian February 1983

              Daily CcJlajejan
Letter
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The CSU alone has lost close to $100
million. Student fees have risen dramati¬
cally and precipitously. Student/faculty
ratios are climbing to levels that threaten
accreditation. Higher education's share
of the Capital Outlay Fund has been cut
almost $170 million in the last three years
Many of our faculty and students are
functioning in unsafe campus environ¬
ments because of fire and chemical
hazards brought about by crowded class
rooms and impropoer venting.
The excellence of faculty available to
students is clearly a major factor in deter¬
mining the quality and vitality o! any
instructional program Faculty recruit¬
ment has become increasingly difficult
because of lack of competitive salaries
In general, the funding shortfall leads to
lack of proper maintenance and does not
provide for life-cycle maintenance costs-
Equipment used in teaching courses be-
comes  ineffective  when  minor  repairs
cannot be made. The equipment is often
totally unuseable for lack of funds for
frequently not permitted for lack of funds.
Most of our instructional equipment in
many areas is at least 10 years out of date.
Use of old equipment has increased the
need for technician's time in repairs.
Obsolete equipment, for which parts are
no longer available, worsens the burden
for technical staff. California universities
arc falling farther behind in equipment
support every -year. Graduates turned
out to the marketplace without training
on modern equipment are a disservice to
the future employer, the student, the uni¬
versity and the taxpayer.
CSU libraries already are operating
under the constraints of prior reduction in
support and of inflation. We have expe¬
rienced the following:
Reduced hours of operation and re¬
duced access for students,
An increasingly obsolete collection
of library materials because fewer current
and up-to-date publications have been
acquired;
A reduction in the rate of purchasing
books and periodicals in support of the
instructional proqram — at the beginning
of the 1982-83 fiscal year, one CSU library
had to cancel an additional 109 journal
subscriptions in order to allow sufficient
funding for purchase of book titles;
The re-shelving of previously used
books has been delayed making those
books unavailable for the time being.
The long-term effect on delays and
denials of equipment needs is devastating
to the quality of instructional programs.
The cumulative effect of all of these
budgetary traumas is less money for more
work. Morale and productivity are jeopar-
All members of the university commun¬
ity must communicate their displeasures
with the current situation to legislators
ancj,the Governor. Why? because Gov
ernor Deukmejian's budget is not more of
For example, it extends the 25 percent
reduction in travel; it increases the re¬
quired salary savings rates so that well
have to leave vacant positions unfilled for
even longer periods. In addition, it redu¬
ces campus library budgets by about $3.4
million. The budget also reduces custo
dial staffing by almost $1.4 million. Stu¬
dent fees are increased by an average of
$230 per student. There is no guarantee
tht state employees, including CSU em¬
ployees will get a salary increase. The
ludget all
includes no money for "them. This results
in another cut to the CSU budget of about
$21 million.
It is very important tht we all convey
our thoughts about the attacks on the
university to key government officials. I
suggest that your write to your local legis¬
lators and to the Governor. The Gover¬
nor's address is: George Deukmejian,
Governor of California, State Capital,
Sacramento. CA 95814.
You may also write to Alfred Alquist,
Chairman, Senate Finance Committee;
Gary Hart, Chairman, Senate Education
Committee; John Vasconcellos, Chair¬
man, Assembly Ways and Means Com¬
mittee, and to Teresa Hughs, Chairwo¬
man, Assembly Education Commiffee.
For each of these legislators, the adcKss
is State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95jg4.
California must stop its drift toward
mediocrity. We see our state going frOftl a
position of eminence to one of tew
esteem. Please communicate your con¬
cerns to these elected officials. To do less
is to be party to the decline of California's
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professor of the year
Jllian Faderman, who recently finished her latest book, Surpassing the Love
)f Men, was named CSUF professor of the year.
English professor and author Lillian
Faderman was named this month as the
1982-83 CSUF Outstanding Professor.
"I hope I can live up to it," she said
modestly.
Faderman is one of 19 professors —
one from each of the system's campuses
- who is eligible for two CSU board of
Trustees Outstanding Professor Awards.
According to Dr. Karen Bowerrnen,
Chairman of the Academic Senate, the
selection of Faderman was made by the
Faculty Awards Subcommittee and then
submitted to President Dr. Harold Haak
by the Personnel Committee of the
Academic Senate.
Faderman, a member of the CSUF
faculty since 1967, has served as chair of
the English Department, acting dean of
the School of Humanities, assistant vice
president for academic affairs and direc¬
tor of the Experimental College.
In addition to her role as educator,
Faderman has written several books and
Faderman said her most recent book,
"Surpassing the Love of Men", has
received good reviews from the New
-helpok v
York Times, Atlantic Monthly, and
Washington Post. The h
published in London srtf
lated into Italian. 5
She ha* also published many articles in
scholarly and feminist journals. Two eth¬
nic textbooks were also coauthored by
Faderman: "Speaking for Ourselves:
American Ethnic Writing"; and "From the
"Surpassing the Love of Men" is cur¬
rently being used in CSUF Womens Stu¬
dies courses, said Faderman. 'Speaking
for Ourselves...'' was used several years
ago in the English Department.
A soon-to-be-published book, "Scotch
Verdict," deals with an early 19th century
court case that took place in Scotland,
and she has just begun working on a book
dealing with women and war.
'It (her new book) is going to be partly
historical, partly anthropological and
partly psychological.. A massive look at
how women have related to wars," said
Faderman.
Faculty, administration, and past and
present students submitted letters in
support of her nomination.
Letters from students call her a
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San Diego court denies $64 tuition injunction
ft San Diego court case seeking to stop
he $64 fee increase was handed its first
. leaf  Tuesday when  Superior  Court
idge Jack Levitt denied a preliminary
unction against the increase.
Tne injunction would have stopped the
SU system from collecting the fees until
i ourt could rule on the legality of the fee
•irease, said Alan Meth, deputy attorney
CSU students by Rob DeKoven, former
San Diego State Student Body President'
and current SDSU student Becky
Foelder.
The plaintiffs charge that the fee
increase deprives student of a guaranteed
right of free access to post-secondary
education and breaches a contract
between the university and student, said
attorney Kennan Kaeder.
Judge Levitt denied the injunction
because didn't think the suit showed that
a contract exists between student and
university, nor did it show irreparable
harm to students, Kaeder said.
for an injunction to be granted, the suit
must show that irreparable injury has
been caused to the plaintiffs, Meth said.
The attorney generals office must now
answer a number of charges made in the
suit, Meth said. Over 70 allegations are
made in the complaint and each will be
studied "one by one, sentence by sent¬
ence" and either admitted, denied or
denied on lack of knowledge, Meth said.
Kaeder said the attorney general's
office will answer the complaints or object
to the legal basis for the suit.
He said he expected the attorney gen¬
eral to object to the suit.
"1 t's not going to be easy," Kaeder said,
"I'm frustrated because under the law,
students should be able to stop what's
going on. What they're saying is the stu¬
dents have no reasons to complain."
After the attorney general's office
answers the complaints, the case may
"Some other time, another judge will
have to decide if the fee increase was
proper, if the case goes the whole route,"
Meth said.
If it does go to court, Kaeder said the
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CSUF dance teacher finds creative home in Fresno
When the creative juices began to slow,
l.iz Rosner began to think about settling
ciown for a while in a quiet community.
She wanted to start creating again.
Now, in the CSUF dance department
lor a little over a month, Rosner thinks
she may have found just the place.
"After traveling around so much, I
needed a quieter setting," Rosner said. "I
wanted to start creating again. It's great to
:ome to Fresno and remind myself of
what I want to say."
Rosner takes her teaching seriously.   ■
It's as much a learning experience for her
is it is for her students.
"To me, to teach is a great honor," she
said. "It means being with the potential
artists of the future. I learn more teaching
jbout dancing than just dancing. I have to
start basic with the students and use a lot
of imagery to get ideas across."
Rosner came to Fresno after nine yers
of moving frequently around cultural cen-
:ers of the country. She has danced with '
several professional companies in New
York, choreographed productions in San
Francisco, Monterey.and Boston and has
t aught in private studios and schools such
as the Boston Conservatory and Radcliff
University.