1978_11 The Daily Collegian November 1978

              The Daffy Collegian
An interview with two 'dollar watchers'
Up and down the economic escalator
By RJCHARD EBERLt
ctmg that Carter v,
hers of the economics depai
agreed on this and other c
asked their opinions on inflation
Robert Minick. professor ol
result in shortages of goods and
•s and cause shortages in the
upply where demand is high
ey also cause what is called pent-
Nation   or   hidden   inflation,   so
ighten    the   money    supp/i
.'rengrher.ing of the dollar at
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Teaching Service Areas
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See Page 7
three articles discussing leaching Ser
vice Areas (TSAs) and their relevence
mi hiding layoff
By CAROLYN VAN SCHAIK
the anticipated Teaching Service
Areas (TSAs) review and in the after
math of criticism, moves are being
made to change the Chancellor s
draft policy for layoff which promted
That policy recommended the use of
multiple TSAs, and while the admini
stration concurs with the idea, the of
free of the Vice President for Academic
Affairs Dr Louis Volpp. has some
ideas   on   how   the   policy   could   be
The basic structure of multiple TSAs
is essentially the same in the Chancel
lor s draft and the one Volpp hopes to
convince them is better The main difference, however, lies in TSA distribution, and it is this area specifically
that Volpp thinks needs refining
Volpp has determined that layoff
could be more successfully avoided
through the use of multiple and more
evenly weighted TSAs, thus decreas
Chancellor's polio
member s  Weighted   1
IVVH's)assigned in his primary (SA
In contrast, Volpp suggests that to
.n, rease the flexibility of a department,
faculty members would divide their
WTUs over several TSAs but have a
large- portion of them placed in a
primary TSA
F or example P>-„fe„or A would opt
to teach 15 of his 24 WTUs in TSA 1
three in TSA _ and si* in TSA3 In
addition he would determine a 'shifting order - or priority by which he
would be assigned his TSAs in the
event of layoff
Layoff would be based not only on
seniority, but on department needs and
course demand as well According to
Volpp, this arrangement will minimize
layoff damage lo both faculty and pro-
Layoff order would still be determined by reverse seniority within a
TSA, meaning WTUs would be assigned on a seniority basis But the
first peron without a full assignment of
WTUs, regardless of his seniority
would be laid off.  m an attempt |
needed faculty members
ro sum up Volpp s idea is to maintain  curriculum at  the  best  possible
lo do this in the event of layoff prr>
lessors' WTUs would be filled in order
of each faculty member
Thus if Professor Ft Cannot fill
his WrUs (because Professors A
through C have claimed the available
units in Prof H s TSAs), he will be
laid off-even though Professor I of
less seniority is retained In this way
Volpp maintains, faculty and depart
ment are maximized even under
layoff conditions
Supporting a system of multiple
TSAs, Volpp feels that in a single TSA
situation, the chance of losing a junior faculty member, and thus possible a
needed program, is greater (because
there was no one ot more seniority
qualified to cover it)
He is also opposed to the idea of
retaining faculty of higher seniority
but in less demand, as is possible in a
single TSA department
He does admit, however, that multiple TSAs increase the chance for 'the
middling level of seniority' to be laid
But Volpp sees greater advantages
to weighted TSAs (faculty would be
assigned so many WTUs per TSA.
thus weighting that TSA accorc/ing to
competence and preference)
According to Volpp, a chart of
weighted TSAs for every faculty mem
ber allows for a long-term look at department needs in so far as possible
specialized positions for the future are
concerned
It also, said Volpp, demonstrates
how best to accomodate absenses
caused by faculty on leave or sebbati-
cal and ho* those faculty rnembers
might contribute more to the department through specialized study.
Volpp hopes to have all faculty TSAs
assigned by this December, to be effective for the academic year 1979*). In
this way, he said, faculty will base their
TSA and shifting order decisions on
the desire to enrich curriculum, not as
event of layoff.
If a faculty member or a department
wants to change the cfepartment's
design, it may do so by January, to
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Fresno Free College
Foundation celebrates tenth anniversary
By MARGUERITE LUMLEY
Reminiscing, poetry, music and talk
of the Fresno Free College Foundation
as a 'community' highlighted the foundation's tenth anniversary dinner celebration Friday night
Mark Himelstein. a San Francisco
lawyer who served as the foundation's
first attorney, recalled the educational
lunate of 10 years ago, when FFCF
was founded to raise the intellectual
and cultural level of the community
'In 1966 one had to question the mission of universities," Himelstein said
'The most important Job of a university is to turn out well developed individuals
'But, in that point in time, because
of a certain governor in Sacramento
and other state officials, the philosophy in the state colleges was not to
train and educate, fully, students to
participate in democracy, but to
turn out students**- would fit in the
business world^Ba job from nine to
five and not rufflWhy feathers
'When I personally got involved
with the foundation, the foundation
had taken It upon itself to educate
people to enjoy the good life through
educational freedom '
The willingness to stand up and
struggle makes life worth living, and
that's what the foundation was doing,
he continued.
Himelstein pointed to CSUF English
professor Everett Frost, 'an outspoken
member of the faculty, but one who is
still with us,* as an example to show
that the foundation's struggles with
academic freedom have not gone unrewarded
The most apt description of the Fresno Free College foundation, Himelstein said, can be found in a quote by
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., which
reads, 'Life is action and passion
Therefore life requires of a man to
share the action and passion of his
time, lest he be judged not to have
lived.*
The foundation's first concern in
1968 was defending English professor and poet Robert Mezey in a free
speech case. When Mezey was fired
from CSUF, the foundation gave financial support to he and his family for
ayear.
Friday Mezey took the 'opportunity
to thank the foundation publicaHy
and officially *
Mezey said he was 'encouraged to
learn that it's (FFCF) lasted 10 years.
Americans seem to enjoy political
activity as long as it doesn't last more
than 20 minutes,* he said.
Mezey then read a somewhat autobiographical poem, 'Invisible Man.*
The foundation, in turn, paid tribute to its founder and first president,
CSUF English professor Russell E.
Leavenworth. Leavenworth was presented with an 'inadequate but heartfelt* plaque inscribed, To Russell E.
Leavenworth, Founder and First President of the Fresno Free College
Foundation, with the Admiration and
Affection of Its members...he left the
vivid air. signed with his honor, 17
Ncvernber 1978.
'The foundation exists because
friends have loved one another, the
institution (of education), and academic
freedom,* Leavenworth said.
CSUF professor of English One
Bluestein and his daughter Frayda led
in folksinging, a tradition at all FFCF
gatherings, to dose the evening.
Bluestein defined the meaning of
folksinging as 'an expression of community, love and the love of a family*.
overwhelmed" by the presentation of
the plaque, but later added that it
was not the greatest moment in his
The response 9/ faculty and friends
was overwhelming and the success of
the foundation was assured.
e part of FFCF.
'Back in 1968 when you got fired
that was it-you were finished Even
"you friends said, 'I'm sorry, but you
got screwed so what can I do?' In Fresno we said, 'You (Ot screwed and
here's what we'll do-we'll help you
rJ that hard
to believeeven today, but we made lots
of friends in Fresno and that lad to
this cemmunity-this family,* Bluestein
said.
Jim Smith, CSUF philosophy professor and the evening's emcee agreed
with Bluestein and added, "There will
always be a need for the community
we have created. The celebration is
by no means the end *      '    '.
Play review
'Little Murders': Fine insight ami gall
Fresno audiences and a liberal play came together last
week In Jules Fetffer's
'Little Murders,' and if success stories had trumpets, this
one deserves a band
Presented by the Experimental Theatre Company of
CSUF under the bold direction of Steve Martin, 'Little
Murders* had plenty to say
and said it all in no uncertain terms
The story of the Newquist
off
year. Volpp said he would prefer that
de-ujrtmertts stagger their reviews, to
SeePaget
Exceptional details, some
subtle, end a few .effectively
unrefined, gave the show a reality that was at once true-to-
life and shamefully gross.
The audience is first introduced to Mrs. Newquist as
she hums about, preparing the
dinner table with Its Valentine's Day red paper tablecloth and pink st
decoration. This
world and It is h „.
fiercely Independent, 'tuffy
of a daughter, Patsy, is bringing fiance Albert home to
meet the folks.
Albert is another of Patsy' s
'reclamation cases,* a nihilist
who, as victim to park hoodlums, wears his bandaids and
black eyes as comfortably as
Mr. Newquist fits his tie and
Archie Bunker prejudices
But that changes when Patsy, whose look could kill, is
shot just as she discovers that
a tear is not a sign of weakness. Leaving behind now
husband Albert, Patsy, by her
death, has liberated Albert
and his Thar* Isn't much
point. Is there?'
 New York
City classic survivor. Instead
of letting punks beat him upas
he stands passively daydream
ing them away, Albert is off
in search of his own punka.
His once-Woody lips smile
cleaner but it say little for
humanity to realize that the
reason is funny.
Meanwhile Patsy's brother
Kenny is the adolescent worshipper of his sister's wardrobe and Captain Quasar. Also
obviously a product of the city
but in a different mode, Kenny develops from the sassy 16-
year old who sneak- off wearing Patsy's high heels, to the
His homosexuality is blunt
ly betrayed by the blue-jeaned
preacher with PAX embroid- ___„       _._,   _
ered on his work shirt, a chain anced soothingly with subtle
.wrapped  around   one   army scene   changes,   Tim   Weis
boot, and scruples only when burg's flute in the interludes,
it is convenient. He is also the and such everyday inanities
one who finally married Albert as   a  dead   Petey-bird,   pink
and Patsy (with no mention of knitting,  and  penny   loafers
quist's $250 check).
And then there is the gun,
bought by Albert because it
was on sale, and how, by
candlelight no less (due to
power failure) the entire family    (minus    Patsy,    whose
she died) get involved in firing
With the stage surrounded
by audiences on alt sides, the
proximity of the stage as well
is the techniouf of the chara-
ters speaking directly to the
morals It is simply portrayed.
t* New York City survivors" only as good as his netghbor
1 here is the irony of shoot- allows him to be.
Ing the just-departed investi- And yet, 'Little Murders'
gator of Patsy's death. Ken- was fun.  It wasn't bogged
ny's  pouting  over  missing J •_._——-_________■
his   first   shot,   the   family
___ i reality, all of
tt, but it worked. From the
excessive 'bang bangs* of
nearby little murders to the
plastic handled grippers that
eventually the entire Newquist
vronderful    breath    of    off-
powerfully  complete   performance, fine Insight - and gall.
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