1979_03 The Daily Collegian March 1979

              March 13,1979
In upcoming student elections
No opposition for most candidates
Although a Ih ,
is shaping up for Associated Student
(AS) President, a 16-member slate is
running virtually unopposed for the
remaining student government
positions.
Twenty-two candidates have filed
petitions to run for 17 positions. Only
five posts are being sought by two
or more candidates, leaving 12 office
seekers without opposition. Friday,
March 9, was the last day to file
for the elections, to be held April
3,4 and 5.
There are no candidates for three
Senate positions, representing re¬
spectively, the School of Graduate
Studies, the School of Humanities
and CSUF's undeclared majors.
There are two candidates for AS
President, David Oitora and John
Osborne
Ditora, a 21-year-old business major
currently serving as Legislative Vice
President, hopes to lead his Positive
Leadership for University Students
(PLUS) to victory
John Osborne, 26, is a Theatre
Arts graduate student who unsuccess¬
fully bid for the presidency last year
as an independent opposed to the slate
"machines* his two opponents headed
He is running again as an independent
AS President Cordon Riddle <
that the fact that 12 candidates are
running unopposed is *a demonstration
of apathy.*
There is another number 12 on the
election horizon. Only 12 percent of the
student    population    voted    in    last
year's AS election.
Riddle and AS Election Committee
Chairman    William    Voge    hope    to
Representatives for Vintages Days to meet
A meeting of Vintage Days com¬
petitive events team representa¬
tives will be held this Thursday,
March 15 at 2 p mi in room 312;314
of the College Union,     V"~"
The purpose of the meeting is to
help acquaint competitive events
participants with the rules of the
events, and to facilitate better
cooperation between the competi¬
tive events committee, the spon¬
soring groups, and the teams.
A representative they don't want
West Fresnans claim
'foul' in city elections
Although few may be aware of it,
there was an election in Fresno last
Tuesday. It was Fresno's first try at
district representation with city-wide
voting and, according to several West
Fresno groups, the attempt failed.
What has black political groups, such
as the Black Political Caucus, upset is
that 32 year-old attorney Joe Reich was
elected representative of their district
(District 3), but not by the voters of the
district. Trie groups say they intend to
file a lawsuit to have the election
system changed.
The election resulted in a 28 percent
voter turnout, the worst in Fresno
history.
District 3 comprises most of West
Fresno and is predominately minority.
Reich, however, ran-and won-on a
platform of anti-affirmative action.
In West Fresno precincts, Reich lost
by nearly a 3-1 margin. Statistics com¬
piled by The Dairy Collegian showed
that Reich captured about 12 percent of
the vote, while the candidate backed
City-wide, however, Reich took 27
percent of the vote. Pat Camaroda
followed with 24 percent and Purdom
was third with 21 percent.
Last November, the City Council
changed the council system from city
representation to district representa¬
tion, with the city being divided into
five council districts. Voting was left
at-large-that is voters still voted for all
the council positions, regardless of
which district they lived in.
The intent of the move was to give
people in different areas of the city
more representation on the City Coun¬
cil. Districts such as District 3 with a
heavy minority population, were to
have an increased role in city matters.
But it didn't exactly work that way.
District 3 now has representation, but
It isn't quite the representation its
members wanted.
The political groups say they intend
to have a suit filed to have the election
changed to district voting only. They
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improve this year's election turn-out.
They have drafted a letter empha¬
sizing the importance of voting and the
vital role the AS plays both directly
and indirectly in determining how
student funds are spent.
The letter, accompanied by election
information, will be sent to all
students. All CSUF students are
eligible to vote and write-in candidates
are permitted.
Opposing the 16-member PLUS
slate are three independent candidates
and another slate called "S and S,"
which may be the smallest slate
in political history.
"S and S' is comprised of two
candidates whose surnames both begin
with'S-
Hoping to serve as Legislative
Vice President are Janet Sale (PLUS),
21, a French and Economics major,
and Luis Sepulveda (S and S), 20,
a Social Welfare major. They represent
the School of Social Sciences and the
School of Social Work respectively.
Other contests include: Patricia
CH.veria (PLUS) and Mark Scott
(S and S) vying for Senator at Large
(Post 1); Tom Caxiola and Ronald
Ramirez(PLUS), College Union Board
Member #2, and Linda Ayer (PLUS)
and Reggie Rush competing for
Senator, School of Professional
Studies.
Running unopposed for the im¬
portant position of College Union
Vice President is 19-year-old Jeffrey
B.Watson (PLUS).
The remaining unopposed candi¬
dates are: Alan Kasperian(PLUS),
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Three faculty protests
delay sale of beer here
Three of seven formal protests that
are delaying the sale of beer on the
CSUF campus were filed by faculty
According to Earl Bassett, general
manager of the CSUF Association, Inc.,
protests have been filed with the
Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Cootrol (ABC) by Dr. John T. Emerson,
Dr. William M. Miller and Ms. E. Joan
Turnquist
Emerson, a professor of Finance and
Industry in the CSUF School of Busi¬
ness, mentioned the following objec¬
tions to the sale of beer on-campus in
his protest:
There will be a tendency to increase
the probability of accidents in labora¬
tories; there will be a tendency to
increase the probability of accidents
with agricultural machinery; beer con¬
sumption will cause an intensification
of conflicts between groups, especially
minorities and foreign students; there
will be an increase in faculty and stu
dent problems in classrooms; there will
be increased peer pressure on those
students below age to obtain phony
I.D.'s; any resulting vandalism would
wind up being a financial burden on the
taxpayers; and alcohol will diminish the
quality and quantity of learning on
the campus.
Miller, a professor of Chemistry,
based his protest on the contention
that learning is hindered by alcohol
use. In his protest letter, Miller rhetori¬
cally asked how an instructor is sup¬
posed to cope with, an inebriated stu¬
dent in the classroom.
Turnquist, a professor of Physical
Therapy and coordinator of the campus
physical therapy program, noted in her
complaint that partaking of the beve¬
rage may decrease educational effi¬
ciency and that students may be in¬
jured by the acts of fellow classmates
who aren' t thinking clearly.
In addition to the faculty complaints,
there were three protests filed by pri¬
vate citizens that were accepted for a
hearing by the ABC
Wilbur A. Korfhage of Sacramento
stated simply in his protest that the
sale of beer on the CSUF campus
violates public welfare and morals.
Sally Ann I aunt/en of Fresno
stressed the point that the sales would
take place on a state university campus
where the majority of the students are
under the legal drinking age of 21.
Additionally, Lauritzen pointed out that
the activities on the campus are also
open to the community-at-large, in¬
cluding children.
She also said that the rights of the
majority of students attending classes
will be violated by the possibility of
having to come into contact with stu¬
dents who have consumed beer.
Christine Wilson of Fresno based her
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Here's whafs happening!
Personnel   Committee,
Facutty.Staff Bible Study: Paul's
Epistle to the Romans, EdP 102,
12 p.m.
Cibson Reaves (USC), *How To
Tell the Giants from the Dwarfs-
An Inventory of the Unfverse,*
NS147, 4:00 pm
!Por/a6/e Dance
Uroupe opens
season
Portable Donee Troupe (PUT), the
resident modern damce company at CSVF,
opens fta season with a set of performances
Saturday, March 17, and Sunday, March
18 in the John Wright Theatre on cam-
by Jan Van Dyke of the Dance Project
in Washington D.C.; "Ptvmmae," two
solos choreographed and performed
by PDT co-director Ruth Oriffbt; a new duet
for two women to be set on PDT by Kathe
Copperman of Byes Wide Open Dance
Theater of Lorn Angeles; "Momenta,"
a new duet by PDT co-director Madeleine
Perrone; and "Bach by lama," a group
work set by company member Dtbra
DeRoea. _
Sunday there maw be a repeat matinee
show at 2 p.m. ami then again at 8 p.m.
Tickets, $3, are on sale at the btformation
Desk in the CU,  but may afro 6* pur-
At right are PDT members Marty Christ-
enaon and Michael Oawson during re¬
hearsal for   Madeleine   Perrone s    "Mo-
Photo By DAN FORBES
Ag students have new opportunity for research
n,...=. c^i .auctanur m ri ih. r.l«.< to remain at the ranae and        will strengthen the education program With some 400 species of vegetation
Because of an agreement signed by
the CSUF Agricultural Foundation and
' • Pacific Southwest Forest and Range
perlment Station, CSUF wH» be
ng the Experiment Station's San
iquin     Experimental     Range     in
Joaquin     Experimental     Range     in
Madera County for research and teach-
of the calves to remain at the range and
for others to be raised at the feedlots
on the campus farm.
Another provision of the agreement
calls for the university and the Experi¬
ment Station to work together in selec¬
ting programs for the Experimental
Range.
Three initial programs for CSUF re¬
search have been proposed. One would
study the effect of Ralgro, a growth
-" e weaning weights of
will strengthen the education program
in agriculture for both students and
faculty with new opportunities to con¬
duct research related to their teaching
and by giving the students practical
experience that complement their
classroom learning*
conducted at the San Joaquin Expert
mental Ranges since its purchase in
1934 by the Pacific Southwest Station
for    research,    demonstration    and
of the Experimental I _
Experiment Station's research team in
Fresno, and Dr. Ovaries M. Smalt-
wood, dean of the School of Agriculture
and Home Economics at CSUF.
range and will provide the cattle
needed for some of thfs work. The univ¬
ersity's r*rd will be rrarw*teda» a cow
and calf operation. Plans call for some
Vitamin A supplement will improve the
performance of fall carving cows that
have grazed on the range during the
summer. A third study would evaluate
the performance of various herd sires
The r«*e*rch projects win be con¬
ducted by CSUF faculty members along
with student assistants who art enroll¬
ed In a variety of animal and plant
science courses. A technician 1rom the
Agricultural Foundation will live at the
range and will manage the livestock.
Dr. Smalrwood said 'the agreement
ularty bring their studei
for plant collecting or to
at the facility in the past have mi
not only CSUF, but also the u.a.
Fish and Wildlife Service, the Cali¬
fornia Department of Fish and Came
and the University of California
Film makers' deadline set
Student  filrnmakers  have  until Ittes
April 2, 1979 to submit entries for ooontn
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