1979_02 The Daily Collegian February 1979

              The Dally Collegian
February 26,1979
'He's been insulated'
Gov. Brown pays a visit to higher education
The Daily Collegian
'Outstanding Prof: D.L. Morgan nominated
Last week, eight student presidents
repesenting the California State Stu¬
dent Association (CSSA) and two lob¬
byists met for an hour and a half with
Governor Brown in his office in Los
Angeles. CSSA represents over
310,000 students in the California State
University and Colleges (CSUC) and
voices student opinions on important
issues before the state legislature
and the CSUC Board of Trustees.
Gov. Brown told leaders of the Cal
State Student Association that he
would designate one of his subordi¬
nates as a liaison for higher education
within the next three weeks.
Brown presently has no such liaison,
and the students Insisted he was 'insu¬
lated from what is happening on- the
campuses" during an hour and a half
meeting Friday in Brown's office'in
Los Angeles.
"In terms of a long-term lobbying ef¬
fort, that's the most productive thing
we could have got, " Craig Jones,
CSSA legislative advocate, said after-
"He realized he's been insulated,
that he doesn't have any expert on
higher education in his office and that
he doesn 't get our perspective enough.
He pretty much admitted that.*
That may have been the only point
the governor conceded during the
meeting, which featured the govern¬
or's protean opinions on the nature of
education, but little in the form of com¬
mitments.
The association had waited for nine
months for this meeting, and used the
time to lobby the governor on mostly
budget-related issues. The greatest
amount of dialogue came when the 10
students discussed proposals to aid
"non-traditional students.*
The students requested Brown re¬
consider his proposals to deny funding
to disabled student programs, student
affirmative action and child care cen-
"We think that the future of our uni¬
versities is to reach out to those groups
we haven't traditionally been working
for," Jones said. "That may mean a re¬
ordering of priorities, but we've been
doing nothing in the past."
Student affirmative action, the re¬
cruitment   of   students   from   under-
Education graduates
finding fewer positions
The number of graduates from CSLIF
seeking jobs in education in 1978 held
at about the same level as in 1977, but
Harold DTJOnes, director of the CSUF
Career Planning and Placement
Center.
Jones said that 440 graduates regis¬
tered with the Center in 1978 compared
with 438 in 1977. This year, 47 percent
of the 1978 registrants had accepted
jobs in education as of September 30.
In 1977, 52 percent of 430 students
responding to the survey accepted
positions.
In his annual report, Jones said that,
'Although Proposition 13 influenced
hiring patterns, it did not significantly
change the total number of teachers
accepting positions for the current year
when compared with 1977." •
He said there was an increase in
educational employment outside of
California, an increase in employment
in private schools and an increase in
nonteachirtg employment. Proposition
13 had the least effect on elementary,
special education and administrative
personnel, and the greatest effect on
secondary, community college and
counseling vacancies.
Further, a five-year decline in'the
number of students at CSUF who are
preparing for educational careers is
reflected statewide. A preliminary sur¬
vey of higher education institutions in
California indicates a declining trend in
the number of students who are apply¬
ing for credential programs.
Consequently, Jones suggested.
Proposition 13 may have its greatest
effect in the years ahead not only
young people who are interested in
education as a career. He said employ¬
ers already have indicated a shortage of
qualified applicants in some subject
fields, a problem that is compounded
when applicants will consider positions
only in certain geographical locations.
Subject areas of highest demand in
1978 included business education,
instrumental music, industrial arts,
mathematics, special education and
bilingual-bicultural candidates in all
teaching and education related areas.
. Of the 163 new registrants seeking
positions in secondary education dur¬
ing 1978, 39 percent had accepted full-
time positions as of September 30.
Thirteen percent had accepted non-
teaching jobs or returned to graduate
school and 48 percent were still seeking
positions.
In elementary education, 187 new
teachers graduated by CSUF registered
for placement, with 52 percent of those
accepting positions. Another 25 per¬
cent elided up in substitute teaching,
nonteaching positions or graduate
school, and 23 percent more still were
looking for jobs as of September 30.
All but one of the 32 graduates with
credentials in special education to work
with the handicapped had accepted
positions. One applicant returned to
school.
In the services credential category,
including administrative, library, clini¬
cal rehabilitation, counseling and
psychology, 22 graduates were regis¬
tered and 11 of those accepted jobs.
Three others returned to school and
eight were still seeking positions.
Of 36 new applicants with i
represented ethnic and economic back¬
grounds, may be the key to coping with
dwindling enrollment, Jones said.
The governor said he would meet
with his advisors to discuss these
areas, which total more than $3.4 mil-
mion in the CSUC Board of Trustees
budget requests. The expenditures
were supported by the Legislature's
postsecondary education commission,
which had concerns only about the pro¬
grams being top-heavy with admini-
Other topics the association pressed
included: Brown's statements on pub¬
lic support for higher education; its
housing discrimination bill, AB 224,
the faculty cost-of-living increase,
and protecting access to academic pro¬
grams during budget cuts.
Riddle comments
Brown construed his own rhetoric
throughout most of the discussion, but
promised to look into several areas.
Brown asked many times for sug¬
gestions in cutting the budget, but no
specific answers were given.
June Robertson, liaison to the Board
of Trustees, suggested cutting admini¬
stration. She pointed out that Univer¬
sity of California, Berkeley chose to
cut 33 administrators to save money.
In the CSUC system, the study com¬
mission reviewing cuts in administra¬
tion is composed of only administra-
'Why don't you put some teachers
on that?* Brown asked. "Why not some
students?"
Students have requested it and the
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Dr. Donald L. Morgan, a professor of
geography at California State Univer¬
sity, Fresno, has been selected as
CSUF's candidate for The California
State University and Colleges Out¬
standing Professor Award for 1979.
Two faculty members from through¬
out the 19-campus CSUC system are
selected each year for the honor based
on teaching ability. The recipients of
the award will be announced in late
March.
The nominations include evaluations
from both students and faculty. Con¬
sideration also is given to the indivi¬
dual's research, scholarship and ser¬
vice to the campus and community as
they relate to teaching.
Morgan, a member of the CSUF
faculty since 1972, was nominated for
the honor by Dr. Stanley Norsworthy,
chairman of the Department of Ceo-
graphy, as a representative of his
colleagues.
The nomination subsequently was
approved by the CSUF Faculty Awards
Committee, the Personnel Committee,
and CSUF President Norman A. Bax¬
ter, and has been forwarded to the
CSUC Chancellor's Office.
Morgan's effectiveness in the class¬
room is substantiated by student
evaluations that consistently rank him
as being exceptional and cite his ability
to stimulate interest, his demonstrated
concern for his students and his know¬
ledge of the subject matter.
During the past year, Morgan has
taught courses in physical geography,
environmental pollution, agricultural
climatology   and   mountain   environ-
Currently, he is involved in a re-
' search project funded by the State
Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission to study
wind currents in river canyons as a
possible source of wind generated
electricity from the Sierras.
Previoufly, he received a grant from
the California Air Resources Board to
gather meteorological data for a study
of air pollution transport and diffusion
as a basis for decisions permitting agri¬
cultural burning. He also directed
research on development of a short-
term fire weather prediction system
incorporating wind, temperature and
humidity conditions.
Prior to coming to CSUF, Morgan
served as a weather observer trainee in
the U.S. Air Force Reserve, a ballistic
meteorologist and forecaster for the
U.S. Army, and a research and devel-
'We've been used by Brown' J €™^™™^*^!?*™g
By STEVE SCHMIDT
Daily Collegian Staff Reporter
In response to last week's Caiifornia
State Students Association (CSSA)
meeting with Governor Brown, CSUF
Associated Student (AS) President Cor¬
don Riddle agreed that Brown is "in¬
sulated" from the issues of the Califor¬
nia State University and Colleges
(CSUC) system and that the appoint¬
ment of a liaison would be one step
toward solving this problem.
"He (Brown) damn well wanted
CSSA support in the last November
election but he hasn't really communi¬
cated well with us since then," said
Riddle. "The general feeling of the
CSSA is that we have been 'used'
by Brown," he said.
Hoping to build the student role as a
decision maker, the CSSA has asked all
CSUC schools to give financial support
for   expansion   of   the   'grass-roots'
In a proposal currently being consi¬
dered at CSUF by the AS Senate Fin¬
ance and Budget Committee, the CSSA
has asked for $3,000 to add two new
lobbyists to strengthen its political
clout.
Calling it a "very important issue,"
Riddle favors the CSSA expansion pro-
"The CSSA needs better public rela¬
tions to voice student opinions. It is
u nderstaff ed," he sa id.
The Senate hopes to vote on the pro-
i months.
The Fresno Free College Foundation
(FFCF), in conjunction with the Univer¬
sity of Michigan, is in its second year of
sponsoring a $500 national competition
for young composers to honor the
memory of the late CSUF music profes¬
sor, DavidS. Bates.
Bates, who died of cancer in Fresno
in 1974, was a graduate of the Univer¬
sity of Michigan and taught at the Uni¬
versity of Kansas and CSUF. He was
named a Fellow of the American Aca¬
demy in Rome, one of the most presti¬
gious honors in the music world, in
1974.
The purposes of the Bates competi-
. first held in 1978,
age young composers - the competi¬
tion is limited to composers 30 years of
age and under - and to promote the
musk of the winner with a performance
of the winning piece, which later will
be published.
The only types of composition eli¬
gible are chamber music and solo and
any composition may incorporate dec-
Jack Fortner, a professor of music at
CSUF, is In charge of the initial screen¬
ing of the music scores submitted by
contestants and serves as a consultant
in the final judging.
According to Fortner,  last year's
entries were of high quality.
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employee for the Army.
He later joined the faculty of the
University of California at Davis where
he was a specialist in hydrometeor-
ology and a lecturer in atmospheric
Morgan received his bachelor's and
master's degrees in meteorology from
UCLA, a master's degree in hydrology
from Stanford University, and a doctor¬
ate in geography from UC Davis.
Dr. Donald Morgan, CSUF' t
for the CSUC Oirtstandfcig Profeat,
Award far 1979.
Photo By DAN FORBES
posal within the m
Orpheus plans unusual
repertoire for 2nd season
Founded in 1978, the chamber music      Shop at Fig Garden Village, and the
group of Orpheus is headed into its      Upstart Crow and Co. in Manchester
second  and  expanded  season,   now      Center. The remaining performances
are as follows:
presenting six concerts instead of last
Stanford repertoire, 20th century
masterworks, and unusual compo¬
sitions are being offered, as well as two
other chamber music groups, the West-
wood Wind Quintet and the Kronos
String Quartet. CSUF professor Jack
Fortner is both the originator of and the
musical director for Orpheus.
While their season has already
begun with a Feb. 19 performance,
five more performances are scheduled
through May. Concerts are held at the
Northwest Baptist Church, 5415 N.
West, in Fresno, and begin at 8 p.m.
Tickets for a single concert are $5,
$12 for any three concerts $20 for a
season subscription, and $3 with
students ID. They are available at
Cottschalk's at both Fulton Mall and
Fashion Fair, MV Music Village at
First and Ashlan, Patrick James Men's
March 10 Westwood Wind Quintet
March     28 Villa-Lobos;     Sextour
Myssttque
Villa-Lobos; Modinha
Cranados; La Maja Dolorosa
Le Baron; Metamorphosis
Beethoven; Septet in Eb, Op. 20
April   27 Kronos    String   Quartet
May 2 Mozart; Dtvertiminto In 0,
KV131
Messiaen; Oiseauz Exotiques
May 17.....Recital
Sally Christian, pianist
Shelley Hanson, clarinettist
For more information or for reser¬
vations, call Cottschalk's at 485-1111
or MV Music Village at 266-8742.
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