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Automation grows
because staffs can't
The academic environment at CSUF
will be enriched with the coming of the
Burroughs B-25—a versatile, modular and
and compact microcomputer.
The units are due for arrival in two
According to Helen Gigliotti, assistant
vice president of academic affairs and
instructional resources, the office auto¬
mation is primarily for the clerical staff.
"I think right now, at least 90 percent of
the microcomputer's work will be for
word processing,"she said.
All papers that require a typewriter, all
work and class materials will be printed by
microcomputer. Along with course sche¬
dules, class syllabi, lab manuals and exams,
the Burroughs B-25 will also provide stu¬
dent records, budget management updates
and data management sheets. The fast and
efficient system will easily transport infor-
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"Theoretically, its handling saves time
and paper and is less secretarial work with
more efficient use," said Gigliotti.
The Burroughs microcomputer edged
out competitors Hewlett-Packard, Wang,
Data General and Exxon. "One of the
main requirements (of the system) was the
ability to talk to the main frame computer
on campus," he said.
"We have an old computer on cam¬
pus—the Ciber 720. It's a nice machine,
but it's old," said Tom Boyles, assistant
dean of student affairs. "The language
[used by the old unit] is called bisynchro-
nus 3270, a common language used every--
ywhere. And Burroughs has the software
[to adapt]—the bisynchronus 3270
which eliminated the other competitors."
The Burroughs system supports four
standard programming languages '
(COBOL, FORTRAN, BASIC and Pas¬
cal) and the word processing is designed
specifically for data processing integra-
According to Boyles, CSUF will spend
$250,000 this year for 15 Burroughs
microcomputers.
"We need to be automated because the
rest of the world is automated," said
Boyles. "The university cannot expand its
staff. That's why we have to make the
stafff we have more efficient and more
effective."
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Grading
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what grades would draw the line between
credit and no credit. According to Smith,
graduate students will receive credit for a
B- or betteTand undergraduate students a
C-orlwMer.
In addition to these issues,
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The deadline to turn in applications has been
extended to February 15? 1985.	
members discussed the consequences of
the system being optional to faculty.
"If you go mandatory you're not going
to be able to enforce it. That is why the ad
hoc committee recommended it be
optional," said Dr. Richard Arndt,
chairman of advising and orientation.
"The faculty will become increasingly fac¬
tual in their explanation of grading sys¬
tems. Tbe serious student wants to know
what's going on," he said.
"Factshy are going to have to be very
explicit in their syllabuses about their
grading, or there will b* a lot of appeals,"
said Forsythc.
The grading proposal will now be for¬
warded to the Executive Committee and
then to the Academic Senate for further
consideration.
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Overseas reception
The Chinese Overseas Student Associa-
tion is holding an Opening Reception
Feb. 9 in Speech Arts room 169 at 6:30
p.m. Chinese food will be served and a
dance party will take place after the recep¬
tion. All activities are exclusive to mem-
Sensi-lsolan. speaks
Paola A. Sensi-Isolani will be the fourth
speaker in the Town Hall series on Wed¬
nesday, Feb. 13 at 10:30 a.m. in the Wil¬
liam Saroyan Theatre of the Fresno Con¬
vention Center. Her topic will be: "Italy
and the United States: An Enduring
Friendship."
Dr. Isolani was born in Rome, Italy,
and was educated there, as well as in Great
Britain and the United States. She reported
on the Italian Press for the public Broad¬
casting System's World Press for five
years until the program was terminated in
n associated professor at Saint
Mary's College in Moraga, California,
where she teaches both in the anthropoly
and the modem languages departments.
Dr. Isolani will be followed on March
20 by Marian C. Diamond, Ph.D., the
renowned UC Berkeley researcher in the
new approach to brain changes.
Membership subscriptions are J15.00
for the series and members7 may bring
thier spouses and receiveyne guest ticket.
No single ticket* are sotd except to stu¬
dents for 50 cents per lecture. For more
information call 432-9671.
Grant programs
The California Student Aid Commis¬
sion's Bilingual Teacher Grant program is
offering assistance to college undergradu¬
ates, graduates and teachers who are
enrolled in approved bilingual teacher
training programs. The application dead¬
line for the 1985-86 academic year is Feb.
11, 1985.
Students wishing to apply must be flu¬
ent in a second language and must demon¬
strate financial need. Grants range from
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the amount of need, and may be renewed
for up to four years.
Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors
and graduate students at fou r-year institu¬
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Teacher Credentialing.
Military
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convince people the austerity program is
acceptable. This includes anti-commun¬
ism, blind patriotism and racism.
"The idea that there is anything wrong
with communists ruling Nicaragua is prop¬
aganda. They have the country's interest
at heart. We have to be willing to put the
lie to the charge that there is something
bad about communism," said Allison.
"We're defending the white way of life
from the alien black and brown world out
there," Allison continued.
"Reagan is always saying 'ours.' We
have to realize that this is not true. Ten
million people starved last year and ten
million will sti
d year if nothing gets
utbept
where our resources are, unfortunately,
located, but tbe resources are not ours and
they never will be," Allison said.
Other speakers included Mario Tones,
La Raza draft counselor, Ann Johnston,
who spoke on her ten-day visit at the
University of San Salvador; David
Rodrigues, a Vietnam veteran and
Richard Chacon, a lobbyist and member
of the Latin American Support Com-
ChaconspokeonU.S.in
the history of Nicaragua, Guatemala and
El Salvador.
"As people in our country, we cannnot
accept protecting our interest. We're try¬
ing to stop democracy before it even
starts," Chacon said.
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