1986_03 The Daily Collegian March 1986

              The-
CSU, Fresno
Daily Collegian
Vol. LXIV, No. XXVII
Monday, March 3,1986
Petitions
filed for
election
Ag slot left open
A review by The Daily Collegian of
petitions submitted for the March 18-20
Associated Students elections shows at
least one candidate riling for each post
except one, the Agriculture and Home
Economics senate seat.
Agriculture-business major Andrea
Swartz, who had been rejected by the
senate last month to fill an open st-laxge
position, had taken out a petition Feb. 20
but did not submit it by the Friday
deadline.
Swartz, who would have run for the
Reality party, cited time conflicts in not
running for office. "1 had to figure out my
priorities," she said.
• The agriculture seat, then, must be
filled by someone running as a write-in
candidate, said Tom Boyle, associate dean
of student affairs and advisor to the Elec¬
tions Committee. Others who had taken
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AUenswonh, located about 80 miles
south of Fresno, is a unique town founded
by blacks at a time when blacks weren't
allowed to own land. It was also the only
town in the state founded by blacks.
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pride, and Dr. Robert Mikell, coordi¬
nator of the Ethnic Studies Program, has
found a way to focus attention on the
town, which is now a state historical park.
For the fifth straight year, he has been
taking students to the area in his one-unit
Saturday class, "The History of Aliens-
joining the Union Army. A successfully
military career followed and in 1906 he
retired as a lieutenant colonel, the highest
ranking black in the military at the time.
Mikell explains in his book, A Pictorial
History of AUenswonh: A Unique Black
Town, that Allensworth began lecturing
after his retirement throughout the Eastern
and Midwestern states, "advocating the
need for Afro-American self-help
programs as a means to social, economic,
and political self-sufficiency," Mikell's
book is the course's required text.
Allensworth, along with William Payne,
who later became the town's school
principal, formed a colony in southwest
Tulare County and created the California
Colony and Home Promoting Association.
Mikell describes Allensworth's location
as the "perfect selection" because of the
natural contributions of the land: fertile
soil, plentiful water and reasonable prices
for the land. Agriculture was the lifeblood
of the town and many black families
established homes there. Other businesses
were able to grow in the little town, such
as a drug store and livery stable, even
t hough the community's population never
TB.
300.
Allensworth was killed
accidentally when he was ran over
by a motorcycle, but the town was able
to continue under the leadership of Payne
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Friday must also run as write-in candi¬
dates if they are still seeking office.
Sen. Pat Broderick, now representing
the School, of Agriculture,, said that his
party. Reality, would be offering Bill
Hammond as their candidate. The oppo¬
sition Leadership party's Danny Chacon,
running for president, could not be
reached for comment last night.
Even those who had met Friday's 5 p.m.
deadline may still not get the nod to be
placed on the ballot, depending on how
their petitions fare. Eligibility of signato¬
ries will be determined this week, as well
as candidate eligibility. Official declara¬
tion of candidates will take place next
Monday, the day the campaign officially
kicks off.
That morning an All-Candidates' Meet¬
ing will be held, during which presidential
booth space and ballot positions will be
determined.
As expected, only two persons submit¬
ted their names to the ballot for the presi¬
dent's post. They are Bob Whalen with
Reality, now legislative vice president,
and Chacon of Leadership, currently
senator for the School of Social
Sciences..
In the administrative vice president's
race. Sen. John Love, School of Business,
will be running against Colleen Dullea,
who has proxied on the senate for Sen.
Greg Barfield, School of Health and
Social Work.
Barfield will be running for his same
seat unopposed,although two applicants
took out petitions to run against him. One
of those was Daniel Zahlis, who said he
decided not to submit the petition because
ofdemandsonhistime. He said he wanted
to devote his time to other things during
his senior year. He denied not running
because Barfield may be too tough an
opponent.
"As a matter of fact, I find Greg Bar-
field's attitude would be helpful," he said,
contending Barfield took too much time
involving himself in social issues outside
the sphere of the university. The other
person who took out a petition for Bar-
field's seat, Lisa Barth, could not be
reached for comment.
In the race for the gavel-bearer's seat,
that of the legislative vice president's, two
prominent senators have thrown their
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