1979_04 The Daily Collegian April 1979

              The Dally Collegian
The Slow Death of Fresno States'
Profiles in power: Karl Falk
The Daily CoUe-uan
CSUF ball club to face Nevada-Reno in NCBA action
Editor's note. Toe following la the
second in a aeries o/excerpt* from 'The
Shw Death of Fresno State' by Dr.
Kenneth Seib, chairman oi the English
Department and president ol the campus
chapter ol the United Professors ol Cali¬
fornia. Copyright 1969 by the Fresno
Free College Foundation,  the book is
will be released early next month.
On television, before Rotary Clubs and
Bar Associations, In casual conversation,
Dr. Karl Falk seem
position as Acting Pr eside o t of Fro
he once told a reporter, lust "s
simple
Kraut.*
a man who was sincerely trying to main¬
tain   the   standards   oi   a   potentially
volatile state college, sincerely trying to
sincerely trying to show his friends in the
that ho waa doing his best to
their children "pas' tax dollars.
But standing in the way of prngisos
and reason, bo Insisted, waa a small
group of militant students—Maniat-
Leninists and Maoists—and about fifty
faculty radicals (all of whom were pre¬
sumably in the School of Arts and Sd
of  good  will,   I
iy—had   to
butty.
This wss the public Karl Falk. after
modal cltLten. But his coileaguee who
had served with him on the faculty, who
bad sat with hit
Falkp
To the faculty, ho said that If you want
by tl
mouth shut.
To the students ho said, keep your
opinions to yourself or I will bring In the
National Guard, take over control of the
student newspaper (flnsndsl aid to the
Collegian was either cut off or threat¬
ened several times because of its criti¬
cism of the administration), and dismiss
you from college.
campus have "faith' In htm. Although he
may hare played fast and loose with
college consultative procedure in the
past, ho would certainly not do so in the
future. But the college must trust him,
have faith la him. Even though It might
not bee ""
As for the younger teachers; 'These
younger punks on the faculty—ell they
think of la themselves first, and last the
students." And his colleagues 'I There
was, for example, the college o-nbuds-
man— "a Jork," according to Falk in the
Los Angeles Time* interview.
Fresno State's first and perhaps last
Ombudsman, Paul Murray, waa sup¬
posed to help solve campus problems by
performing aa a mediator among ■
1   others.   In   this
way, ho could supposedly help solve
differences through persuaaive negotia¬
tion rather than through coercive power.
Murray, however, made the mistake
"evaluate" Murray, an effort to mask a
predetermined political decision. Falk
was so contemptuous of the faculty's
intelligence, In fact, that Murray's letter
of dismissal was dated the day ■
tha committee began Its evaluation.
This, then, was the real Karl Falk,
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Daily Collegian SUff Reporter
. r The Fresno State Bulldog baseball
4 team swings bade into NCBA league
*% action this weekend with a series against
' , the Wolfpack of Nevada-Reno. The ser-
k ies begins tonight with a 7:30 p.m. en-
I counter and c-rnetudes with a douWe-
1 header tornorrow beginning at noon.
All games will be played at Beiden Field
*\ After winning two out of three from
«.       Nevada Las Vegas last weekend and los¬
ing Tuesday to Cal Poly F^mona In non-
,        league action, Bob Bennett's dub will
be facing an NCBA coponetK lot the
first time since April 7th, when they con¬
cluded a "-"des at Santo Clara.
J   ,     CSUF finds itself In third place inithe
I    second half  ctmference  race,  with   a
-#"  4-2 record. First-half tWtst San lose
T,   leads the pack with an 8-1 record, and
f    the 'Dogs also trail University of the
JL   Paclfk,which»poma6-3log.Benr-"'-
tT   team finishes the season with suoo
f.  weekend series versus the two
l"lj£ead of them, but they need to I
<"4»   a reUth-ety weak Wolfpack nine in
horn (7-2) suffered a rare defeat in Po- Nevada-Reno whervthe two teams met
monY but he wril be one of Bennett's the first weekend of March. Freano rol-
££' storting pitcher,  this  weekend led up 4M and 11-4i*__Ini the first
against rWa-Reno. Rich Bordi (8-3) two games, only to be edged2-1 in the
OUTS Whurler this season, will get finale   Bennett hopes that two outof
the call tonight, while left-hander Tony three on the road can translate to a dean
Herron (4-5) will startone of the games sweep at home.
of the twinbill tomorrow „ the Bulldogs should falter against
The naming of Herron was "omewhat the Woh^, theyjvi^ in danger^
surorising   Last years ace, Mark Lo- sliding a place or two down in the stand-
huishaiI made some impressive starts ing,. St. Mary's Is right ooftar ails
in reoart weeks ™ ******** In a with a 3-3 mark, and Santa Clara (4-5)
rdw^^n^ Vegas. However, Ben- j, „ot far behind. Nevada-Reno (2-7)
neTawaran* feeU that the south- ^ University of San Frandsco «H>)
paw Henon will be effective against round out the standings
^J^K'bSJen'5 keeP'n, blowing the weekend the Bulldog.
°"c1l7f"Sft of three games next action will be a big non-league
doubleheader next Tuesday at Beiden
Field versus the tough California Bears
CSUF travels to St Mary's next week¬
end for their next NCBA action.
college simply must have faith in him.
He e ve n said to the news madia that
he might employ a retired law school
„        Tlmee in May,   1970, reminded him of
jt-     bu,        the warden'e Job at San Quentin.
"When you're warden of San Quen-
la fact, much like the warden of S
Juentin, Falk went nowhere on oem*
rhlla he was Acting Preaide n t with*
1,000 with
everybody,' ho said to Greenwood One
must bo firm, authoritative, for It U
"permissiveness" that had brought the
country to the brink of ruin.
'This Is exactly the wav it wee In
Berlin to 1932,* he said,
torn	
s of those
Furthermore, it wss clear to Falk that
the public waa on Us side. 'The mall
runs 10 to 1 to favor of what we're
doing," he was food of telling visitors
"   office. "It's really a kick the way
fat whom Falk had the moat con- that wash
a relatively w—.»
to be in serious position to contend for
thetHle. _ ■
' The six non<x»r-ference games CSUF
has played In the last two weeks (they
„>!„- a home doubleheader against Loy¬
ola Marvmount on April 10) h*ye given
ola rviaryrnwim w" *>»»" 7" "*"" "TV7
Bennett reason for optimism about his
'- chances down the stretch  The
-'-Tnt after a
, _ reappear,
Vegas. The Bulldogs
run by Cat Poly^how-
_   „   offense, which was smart
great beginning,  began
.   .    especially In Las Vaga-^
'sophomore  right-hander  Jon  Raef-
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