1979_04 The Daily Collegian April 1979

              Reorganization
Eliminate three schools, committee recommends
Many of the ideas and concerns of the
faculty at that time are still prevalent
she said. The only differences between
the ODC's proposal and the ad hoc
committee's proposal is in the arrange¬
ment of two of the school .
Miss Black America of Fresno County
Editor's note: This is the third article
in a four part series on reorganization at
CSUF.
The ad hoc committee on reorganiza¬
tion has completed the first phase of its
task. The committee has finished
reviewing the 50 or more proposals and
suggestions that have been received and
has released a preliminary draft proposal
The committee's proposal, according
to chairperson Joan Schroeder, incorpor¬
ates many of the views that were ex¬
pressed in the suggestions received
While some people submitted specific
reorganization proposals, many depart¬
ment chairmen arid school deans sub¬
mitted short memos expressing their
desire to have their department placed
in a particular area. Other memos
suggested that certain schools remain
intact and some schools be deleted.
The committee's proposal reduces the
number of schools from ten to seven
The schools proposed are: Agriculture
and Home Economics, Business and
Administrative   Sciences,   Communica¬
tion and Creative Arts, Engineering and
Technology, . Humanities, Human
Services, arid Natural and Social Sci¬
ences. The committee proposed schools,
but left the positioning of departments
within the schools open. Schroeder sent
a memo to all faculty members last
Friday (March 30), requesting they
choose which school they feel best suits
Schroeder has also asked the faculty
their opinions on continuing the Schools
of Graduate Studies and Continuing
Education.
Responses have already been returned
to Schroeder and the ad hoc committee
will study those suggestions. Schroeder
said that if the memos do not support
the reorganization proposal, the commit¬
tee will try to form an alternate struc¬
ture. If the proposal is given a favorable
response, the committee will then decide
what departments go where. That
proposal will again be sent to the faculty
for their consideration.
Schroeder said she doesn't have any
idea when a final proposal will be com¬
pleted A mid-April or early May date
was suggested by Schroeder, but that
date depends on how quickly the com¬
mittee can evaluate the faculty re-
Many faculty members expressed a
desire to leave the Schools of Agriculture
and Business intact, Schroeder said.
Most also favored that the Schools of
Humanities, Natural Sciences, and
Social Sciences continue to exist, but not
as three separate schools. Schroeder
said the design the committee came up
with reflects those concerns.
The committee's proposal is similar
to the one that the Organization Design
Croup proposed two years ago. Schroe¬
der said she feels that is no coincidence
ILLUMINATIONS
The ODC gave Health Professions and
Public Services separate schools. The
reorganization committee combined
them into Human Services. Fine Arts
and Humanities, one school under the
ODC was split into Communication and
Creative Arts and the School of Humani¬
ties by the reorganization committee.
United Professors:
Strike rumors squelched
Although dissatisfied with the CSUC
Trustees' delay of a decision on Presi¬
dent Norman Baxter until May, the
United Professors of California (UPC)
will not begin slow-down or strike
procedures, said statewide UPC Presi¬
dent Warren Kessler
In an interview yesterday afternoon,
Kessler told The Daily Collegian that
statements made by Fresno UPC Presi¬
dent Ken Seib to local media were
misinterpreted to say a strike was
planned.
"A strike would be utterly
inappropriate to settle this issue,* said
Kessler.
Instead, Kessler said, legal demon¬
strations by students and faculty should
be carried out to make their feelings
known to the Trustees by May.
Kessler  said  that while   a  demon-
1 Story Penthouse
stration would let the Trustees know how
the community felt, a strike would
only "hurt the wrong people," the
students at CSUF.
He said that a strike would further
damage the already low morale at
CSUFythereby .accomplishing little for
the corhmutrfry in resolving the unrest
surrounding the Baxter administration.
He said that the Fresno community
should make its feelings known so the
"proper action* can be taken by the
Trustees in May.
'I'm not overly confident, but if
the Trustees act responsibly, we can all
avoid potential inflamatory behavior,*
Kessler said.
He also said that CSUF needs
'constant academic leadership.* With
enrollment down and cutbacks in¬
evitable, the campus leaders should
"turn their attention to those problems"
rather than be distracted by personnel
And the winner is.....
Rose Marie Farmer
By ELAINE WOHL
The 1979 Miss Black America Beauty
Pageant was held Saturday night at
the Rainbow Ballroom. This year's
winner was a beaming Rose Marie
Farmer, 20, formerly of Vallejo, who is
an accounting major at Fresno City
College. For the talent competition. Miss
Farmer performed an 'old lady' mono¬
logue which was met with enthusiastic
applause from the audience. First place
runner-up went to Jacque Smith, second
place Corey .Tnompsen, and third,
Esther Barth.
Co-Hosting the event were Tina
Andrews, whose acting credits include
Roots, Sanferd Arms, and Days of Our
Lives; and Kellee Patterson, former
Miss Indiana, who is currently pursuing
a singing career.
Miss Patterson was enthusiastic about
hosting the pageant She feels that in the
Miss Black America Beauty Pageant,
black women have a chance of winning
unlike the Miss  America  Beauty  Pa¬
geant, which has never had a black
winner. The former Miss Indiana
entered the Miss America Pageant only
because she felt that it was the only
pageant at the time that didn't focus
mainly on beauty. (There was no Miss
Black America in her hometown of Gary,
Indiana.)
The 12 contestants were judged on
poise, talent, intellect and beauty. This
year's judging panel Included Cary
Weaver, linebacker with the Green Bay
Packers, and recording artist Narada
Michael Walden, former member of the
Mahavishnv Orchestra.
Is there any difference between the
Miss Black America Beauty Pageant
and other beauty pageants?
According to Walter Robinson, presi¬
dent of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity,
sponsors of this year's pageant, 'The
Miss Black America Beauty Pageant is
designed to promote and contribute to
the young black women in the com¬
munity. Most beauty pageants jus* by¬
pass young black women. This is pro¬
bably due to the fact that they usually
judge contestants on Northern European
standards of beauty, which usually
puts the black women at a disadvan-
Terri Kimber, 1978 Miss Black
America of Fresno County, feels that her
year as queen helped her meet a lot of
people she otherwise might not have
'It's given me invaluable experience
in the public eye. This pageant provides
young black women with opportunities
they might not have received other-
Contrary to popular belief, the pa¬
geant is open to all young women
regardless of color, just like any other
beauty pageant.
According to this year's program
director, Brenneca Wiley, contestants
must be at least 18 years of age before
the national pageant is held, at least
5-4 in height, never been married or
conceived a child, and live in either
Fresno or Madera counties.
During the course of the competition,
contestants are advised not to drink
alcoholic beverages or curse in public.
Two grants spur university research efforts
Two $500 grants given by the Cali¬
fornia Tomato Research Institute to
home economics student* at CSUF have
led to research on potential new products
for the California tomato industry.
Bernadine Ferguson, a graduate
student, amd Marlene Lloyd, a' senior,
both from Fresno, were selected by a
CSUF Home Economics Food Science
Committee to receive the scholarships.
They conducted their work under the
direction of Joanne Caid, an associate
professor of home economics. Dr.
Ceorge A. Johannessen, director of the
California Tomato Research Institute,
served as project director.     •
Miss Ferguson's work has been con-
and a tomato chip snack food, both- of
which are in the development stage^
Professor Caid said she believes both
products hav "great possibilities,'
although the chip product needs perfect-
'" She said a survey of the local retail
market revealed only a few gazpacho
soup products and no gazpacho dips^
With a growing chip and snack food
market, Professor Caid said, this or a
similar product should be able to find a
place on the mail shelf
The tomato chip snack food uses
- tomatoes as a major component and
flavor ingredient in a rye flour cracker-
like product. The study indicates that a
-very acceptable snack food' can be
prepared with these products, but fur- vegetable product,  prepared as  both
ther development and testing are need- canned  and  frozen  appears  to have
ed potential as a side dish with meals or
MissLlt^sworfcwasinthedevelop- «J»"*» **£" Con*,ined "** *
ment of a tomato mince pie filling. Protein such as ett*
tomato-potato  cakes  or  patties,   and Professor  Caid   said   the   Institute
spiced tomato with vegetables Pakistan vmtn3 for- the research projects have
style, which could possibly be offered as gre,try enhanced the educational oppor-
grocery store shelf or quantity food ser- amities for home economics students in
vice items. the area of food science, and she bel
Professor   Caid   said   the   tomato Jeves the work can lead to profitable
mince pie filling should be particularly new products for the tomato industry
appealing to the consumer with an Inter¬
est in natural and vegetarian foods
The tomato-potato petty product was
thought to-be appealing as a possible
frozen food item, and the spiced tomato-