1984_02 The Daily Collegian February 1984

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•London
ualry called that. I bad thought only
it reference when doing poor and
Actually, the jargon here does take some getting used
to. For insunct, at all tube (subway) nation* and restau¬
rants, one is expected to "cue up." Anthony Marquez, a
junior Journalism major, thought that a cashier was ask¬
ing him if he wanted to shoot a game of pool when he used
the reference. In reality, the man was asking Marquez if
he was "in line" for something to eat. Such terminology,
combined with very fast, accented ulking a lot of these
people do, makes for tome embarrassing momenu of
misunderstanding.
Our introduction to the British media has also proved
interesting. One can open a copy of the Sun (a popular
daily ubloid) and find on page 3 a photo of a young
English beauty with more than her smile exposed. At 6:00
in the morning, one can turn on the televi*ion »et and
watch a program timiUr to ABC*' "Good Morning,
America." The only difference is that this show is called
"TV a.m.." and the newscaster is the type of sophisticate
who will cheerily tell you that "Today is the 20th because
yesterday wat the 19th."
January 21
Jim Kenney, a senior photojournalism major, and 1
took our firrt tube ride thi* afternoon. Actually, necessity   January 22
a* much a* curiosity wa* the reason we did it: after
walking 3 miles to the Victoria Albert Museum, the sun
went down and tbe weather turned cold. Even though we
weren't quite sure what we'd be doing, wc trusted that
we'd take tbe right train* and eventually get home.
The tube run* until midnight *even day* a week and, of
course, is tbe transportation source that links all of Lon¬
don. There are nation* everywhere, making it possible to
make an hour's walk in mere minute*.
Let it be said that the tube is a traveling smorgasbord
where one can feast ones eye on every type of creature
that live* in London. There are the forlorn-looking musi¬
cian* that play in the tunnels off the stairwells, their
instrument cases opened for the offering of coins; there
are the stately gentlemen that sUnd by themselves wait¬
ing for the trains, their expressions conveying a look of
indifference: there are the Princess Diana look-alikes,
who sit with their hands demurely fold cd' in their laps and
their gazes up at the route diagrams: and there are the
elderly with their newspapers and the punk rockers with
purple hair.
In short, it was fatcinaling-a spectacle. It didn't matter
that the stairwells to the tunnels were often windy and
cold, or thai people brushed up against you without
saying. "I'm sorry," or that the. tunnels were dirty and
made your eyes itch.
It didnt matter.
Jim and 1 found our way home in a resonable amount
of time. Neither would have minded if we hadn't.
Although it might not teem like it- considering my
enthusiasm for being in London-there are moenerttt when
I'm horrified by tbe thought of bow tax away home i».
Those momenu are usually early in tbe morning, when I
wake up and realize that charred brick flats are outside
my window-not the sidewalk of Cedar Avenue.
Thit evening at 9:15 everyone crowded into the ttudy
lounge to watch Super Bowl XVI11, or, a* tbe BBC
referred to it, the "Finalt of the American FoothallCup."
Talk about getting homesickl-it'i not easy describing
what it feds like to watch a hyped-u p crowd of Americaru
on a television set and to realize that you're thousands of
mile* away from them. At the beginning of the opening
credits, the camera focused on a bearded, middle-aged
man who was shouting and waving hit forefinger with
such enthusiasm he was probably drunk. Yet-and I dont
know why-I was lonely for this man; I missed the famil¬
iarity he represented and I envied him for being where he
was at the moment.
The playing ofthe national antbem had a particularly
moving effect on some of the students. Although there
were those who were verbally upset with the choice of
Barry Manilow as the soloist, through the booing and
bad remarks was the sound of voices singing along.
And some were moved to tears in spite of themselves.
"We're so far ways, that hearing the anthem makes you
appreciate where you're from and who you are," said
Debbie Wickwire, ajunior journalism major. "It sounds
corny, but it makes you proud to be from the United
•Hughes
She mentioned that when she was going
to college she did not have the luxury of
uking an ethnic studies course because
they were "not "vogue" back in those
days."They had not granted us the oppor¬
tunity to leam about the cultural heritage
we had as blacks she said.
"I  knew about my cultural heritage
Hughes is the co-author of a Seriate bill
which require every student to take an
Ethnic Studies Course to meet their
requirement* for graduations.
"I basically think that Ethnic Studies
were meant for us to share. I think that
Women's Studies classes were made for
men because men need to learn more
about us," Hughes said.
Hughes suggested that "Blacks should
be learning about browns, browns should
be learning about Asians."
"We all know something about the
whites, so they should learn something
about us,"explained Hughes.
Hughes said that the black power
movement has changed. When we were
hurling bricks and burning down build¬
ings. We play the game from the inside,
preparing ourselves for the fight against
ignorance," she said.
Hughes said, "You can be a winner. But
we could be losers if we do not uke the
opportunity to get on the winning team.
The winning team is the team that trains.
Nobody wins without training and this
college is one of the training grounds. This
is one of the places that you can prepare
yourself to play the game and our game is
a tough game because it is a game of
"The greatest heritage tl
leave for your children," Hughes said, "is
the fact that you have prepared them to
deal with this hard cruel world. It i* a hard
cruel world of dollars and cent*, and
money is the greatest equalizer of them all.
"Remember," Hughes said, "that vou
are responsible for your own fate. You can
be anything that you want to be and more.
Snatch that opportunity, grasp il and hold
it tight because this world can be a better
place if you will just help a little bit."
She was elected assemblywoman in
1975. Hughes is the chairwoman of the
Assembly Education Committee, a
member of Assembly Utility and Com¬
merce and Public Employees and Retire-
I hypnotist/
/psychologist
Tom's
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CSU, Fresno
Tuesday, Feb. 7,1984
The Paily Collegian
Accreditation delayed
due to 'deficiencies'
Because of "technical deficiencies" in
the CSUF accounting department, .Dr.
Michael Chatfield it suggesting that the
department delay in applying for national
accreditation.
Chatfield, a professor of accounting at
CSUF since 1982, was appointed by Dr.
Gene E. Burton, dean of business, to pre¬
pare a study of the accounting depart¬
ment, and determine hs potential for
accreditation.
Burton had hoped that when an accred¬
itation team visit* hi* school in 1986. the
team could also review, the accouhting
department for separate accreditation.
According to Burton, new standard > set
by the American Assembly of Collegiate
School of Business (AACSB) call for bu*-
iness administration and accounting pro¬
grams to be accredited separately. He
added, however, that the impact of the
accounting department it (till considered
by the accreditation team when evaluating
the business administration program.
"Certainly, if the accounting people
have good evidence that we're not going to
be in a position to meet all these standards
by that time, then we certainly are not
going to waste a team's time to visit our
campus to tell us yes. they agree we're not
ready yet," Burton said.
In 1959. the business administration
program was accredited at the baccalau¬
reate level, and in late 1976, AACSB
accredited the graduate division.
Burton said he is confident that when
the team returns in 1986 to evaluate the
business administration program, it will
reaccredit that program, although the new
requirements are "tougher."
"What we're trying to do is to coordi¬
nate our 10-year cycle, which will be up in
two years, with the tame team that comes
in through the accounting department,"
Burton explained. "It looks like at that
point in time we will not try for our initial
Burton added that this is not a final
decision on whether or not tbe accounting
department will apply for accreditation.
' That decision, he said, will have to be
made in about a year.
Chatfield presented a report on Jan. 26
to the School of Business and Administra¬
tive Sciences (SOBAS) planning commit¬
tee, stating that the accounting depart/
ment felt it wasn't ready to apply for its
own initial accreditation.
The committee accepted Chatfield'*
study, and it will be included in tbe five-
year plan for tbe accounting department.
In his study, Chatfield listed the AACSB
requirements needed for accreditation. Of
the eight specified, three are not currently
being met by the CSUF accounting de¬
partment.
One of the three criteria involve* pro¬
fessional certification among faculty mem¬
ber* at the graduate level. AACSB stand¬
ards call for at least 60 percent of the
accounting instructors teaching graduate
courses to have this certification, which
* would include earning a Certified Public
Accountant certificate. Chatfield's study
reveals that only eight of CSUF's 19 full-
time accounting instructors meet this
10. new fulj-time. faculty members next
year, and three are tentatively planned to
be assigned to the accounting department,
said Burton.
Both Burton and Chatfield stressed that
it's likely that the school will hire people
• See Delay, Page 3
'Trading Places'
Acting CSUF president Dan WTtttelwrsJ Jokingly claitttt that H
Mayor Harold Haak's idea to switch roles for the stay. Actually, both
thought that swltchin g rotes would give each a different perspective on rss-
concerning both the city and tbe University. It was also an attempt
strengthen the relationship between the two.
Boyle, doing exactly what he wants to do
Tom Boyle has one of those jobs that
tends to go unnoticed. Boyle is busy, that's
for sure, but when he introduces himself
as the CSUF Assistant Dean of Student
Affairs, most students probably smile
knowingly — and walk away wondering
what the man does for a living.
Sometimes, Boyle himself wonders that
"What do wedo?" Boyle asks. "That's a
good question."
What Boyle does is a little bit of every-
Last   year  we  bad  three
students die in a week.'
—Boyle
Administration Building. Boyle littens to
students. When he comet in evey morn¬
ing, he listens. When he comet-back from
lunch, he littens. Before he goes home in
the evening, he listens.
Tom Boyle solves problems.        ■
"We're a contact point for students,"
Boyle taid. "We get some desperation
stuff, and we get others where there's no
f one office a student can go to."
The problems thar*Bovie and the others
in the Student Affair* Office face are limit-
leu. Boyle laid. On a given day, Boyle
may have to deal with a student who can't
pay his fees, a student with a "D" op his
report, card who insist* be thould have
gotten a "C", and an attempted plagiarist
interesting.
"There's always new stuff," he said.
"You come up with situations you've
never seen before. It's never dull."
Boyle has been taking on "new stuff"
since 1978, when he took on his present
position. Before that he had worked as
Assistant Director of. Student Housing
and Director of Advising Services, and
had headed up the Veterans and Disabled
Students Program. A 12-year veteran at
CSUF. Boyle said he's seen a lot.
"The things we face range in every
direction," he said. "The common thread
is they're all students."
Not all of the problems dealt with are
over such relatively minor matters like
grades or finances. Often, Boyle said,
situations occur that only Boyle or his
colleagues can deal with. Such problems
involve the deaths of students or members
of a student'* family.
"Last year we had three students die in a
week," he said. "In those cases we must
notify the classes and intercept any con¬
tacts which might go to tbe family —
overdue'book notices or whatever."
Sometime*. Boyle's job i* even more
sensitive.
"We deal with parents who ask for
research because their child has commit¬
ted suicide," Boyle said. "They want to
know about the child's Mate over tbe last
few months so we call around and find
out."
Boyle call* thi* his**ombt>4*man-type"
activity. That, he says, b working with
student* or others.who just don't have
'   "Sometimes there'* just no tingle place
a student can go," he laid, "but because we
have been here a while and know all the
offices, we can help."
Although not every student knows what
goes on at the Student Affair* Office, the
program hasn't been forgotten by the
administration. The office employs 180
full-time workers and 100 student em¬
ployees and operates on a $5 million
budget, making it one of the campus's
most well-backed programs.
According to Boyle, the Student Affairs
Office has a lot more authority then peo-
. pie realize. Boyle himself wears a second
hat as budget officer for student affairs
which means that the office has a substan-
t tally free hand m determining how its
funds arc spent.
Also, along with overseeing many ofthe
campus's better-known programs, the
office plays a principal role in the opera¬
tion ofthe Associated Students Senate. In
what he calls a purely advisory capacity,
Boyle or an office representative attend*
every Senate meeting. The office offers
advice to the Senators. Boyle said, but ,'
does not overly involve itself in Senate /
"We view it as an educational exercise,"
he said. "We tend to let them handle iheir
own affairs. If'we see it (some action) as
clearly damaging, we will step in and turn
the direction a little bit, well say "why
don't you start thinking in this way.' "
Boyle, whogrew up in New Mexico but
went to school at Cal Slate Nonhridge
and UC Sanu Barbara, found himself in
Fresno somewhat by accident — there just
•See Boyle, Page 4
heads seminar
Van Der Bergh
aerobics the key to stress
Stress and depression.
Mary Becker, a CSUF graduate stu¬
dent, learned how to deal with them but
semester. Other women like ber will begin
learning how to deal with them tonight
when they attend the first of a ten-session
seminar designed to.teach women how to
deal with the two emotional obstacle*.
The teminar, emit led "Working
Your Way Out Of Dirties*." k really an
aerobic exercise group for women, taid
Nancy Van Der Bergh, assistant professor
of social work education and leader ofthe
There has been "a recent turge" of
research examining the effectt of exercise
on mental health, shesaid. Finding*show
that "aerobic exercise can be as helpful, if;
not more helpful, than psychotbeTapy"
when fighting (tress and depression.
After taking Van Dee Bcrah'i seminar,
25-year-old Becker alter believes ii
power exercise has over the two emc
Becker decided tt ears** in tbe sctmsw
hecause sheknew *he would be ussier "ait.
incredible amount of stress" rnmtm mat;:.
enured the graduate sreajraB. "Naw
mheaiatanhauataatym^apttingkrwtm
goouiaodrunorridemyt»ikeaMI"Stsai
better." the tatd.
According to Van Der tsereh, there isa
medical explanation for the ph—oa-