1978_08 The Daily Collegian August 1978

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The Dally Collegian
Dean on the move
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Bell feels it's the right time to leave
By RICHARD EBF.RU:
Things change Opportunities pre¬
sent themselves There comes a time
to move on. to do other things
-So It goes for Dr David C, Bell,
dean of student affairs
Student affairs dean lor the seven
years since he came to CSUF In 197 I.
Bell has resigned effective Sept 15 to
a<**-pt a position as Program Director
with Hie Sauclla Arabian Educational
Mission In Houston. Texas.
cult   to act  on something new and
exciting.
"I like change. I don t like to re
main static." said Bell
Though Bell refers to the change
he Is undertaking as part of what Gall
Scheehy explained In her beat-selling
novel "'Passages." the move Is also
spumed by a "deteriorating financial
situation" In the wake of Proposition
13 and Ihe growing nationwide tax
revoll
"II used to lie said In education
(hat Ihe pay wasn't so good, but one
had good job security.'' said Bell ad
Dean of Sfudenl Affairs Darid Bell
Krankly   it a  frightening nol
knowing what I will lie getting into
said Bell
Bell's reasons lor leaving arc
based on economic ctinslderatlons and
his own need for a changr In what he
is doing, he said
"In an area such aa studenl affairs
there s a certain time framr in which
accomplishments can lie made Al the
point of seven years It becomes dllTI
ding that now the pav has gotten
worse and the security isn t so good
"With Inflation of about seven to
10 percent a vear and salaries In
creasing only al 2 '/2 percent. It
doesn't take an F.lnsteln to see that
purchasing power is going down
ward     Bell said
Bell clldn I know wtiat effect the
economic squeeze would have on the
resl of the university
"Maybe other people aren't so con¬
cerned." said Bell, though he added
thai recently two athletic coaches have
left the university to go Into private
business.
Ironically Bell's nev. Job. funded
by the Saudla Arabian government.
is the result of that government's ex¬
panding emphasis on education.
Bell will be counseling students
sponsored by different agencies within
the Saudla Arabian government, help¬
ing them to pick th- best school to
.illend within Ihe United Stales and
Canada for a particular degree
According to Bell there are cur
rentlv 10 000 such students within
the two countries and .1.000 are being
added each year
Reflecting on the role uf the stu
dent affairs office at CSUF. Bell said
that "It's constantly in a state of flux "
ICach year the conditions de
iii.uid that something new will have
to be added and other things may no
longer be needed
"Counseling services fiavr changed
much In the last few years, from Just
a person you'd go talk to. to more
sophisticated psychological an group
counseling." said Bell ^ »
Some of the services established
under Bell have been the Veterans
(IfTlce. the Health Center's counseling
services, the student advising ser
vices as well as what Bell calls the
hoopv time In the spring" - Vintage
Days
All h;is not gone smoothly for Bell
al CSUF. however
Last Spring he was criticized for
what some called "selective enforce
ment" of certain regulations concern
Ing thr use of the free speech by ihe
Northern California Iranian Student
Association ICISA)
Concerning the Incident. Bell said
he wouldn't handle the situation any
differently today
From behind his broad desk. Bell
said that "there's a certain amount
of isolation" from students that comes
from being In an administrative po¬
sition and the priorities that lhat
encompasses   "It's not ah much con-
CSUF orchestra, marching band need members
The CSUF orchestra and march
ing band need musicians to march
Into their ranks, according lo John
Heard, music department prolessor
The orchestra especially wants to
find violin, bass, and celki players at d
the marching band Is looking for
trumpeters. Heard said
Non-music majors can help Ihe
orchestra achieve a "bigger and fuller-
sound. Heard explained, and the stu¬
dents can benefit from Joining the
groups as well, he said. "We would
like to get more participation from
students across campus." Heard said
The bonus for students. In addl
tion to polishing and reviving their
musical talents. Is that they can sign
up for course credit.
The university will give students
two units for taking the orchestra
class and three units for performing
in the marching band.
The orchestra practices Irom 2 10-
4 p in. on Tuesdays arid Thursdays
and tfie occasional performances are
usually In the evenings
The marching band practices
three days a week on Monday. Wednes
day. and Friday from 3:10-5 p m
Students Interested in signing
up to perform with the orchestra can
contact Fred Dempster, the conductor
at 487-2755. or sign up with him In
room 106 of the music building
v Interested marching band mem¬
bers can contact Larry Sutherland at
487-2489. or at room 103 of the
music building.*
Band members will be performing
In new uniforms this year
Welcome Banquet!
Thursday, August 31. 7 pm.
4-C» Church IMdg.
55MN. Fresno Street
(1st SO new students receive ■ tree
meel - sll others pey $1 00)
CSU-
tact with students as I would like.
said Bell.
Bell does think, however, that the
contact can be greater. Just exactly
how this can be accomplished, he
didn't know
"At one time we established eve
nlng hours — all the services under
student affairs stayed open until 7 00
The response was almost nil.
The night students are working
people who come to their classes and
leave, said Bell adding, "the only
people we got lo talk to were the night
custodians "
Greeks
Fro* Pas. 3
Although some Greek activities
are still conducted in seclusion, the
groups have come out of the closet
and solicited new members with
openness
This new drive for members be
gan in the late 1%0's and earty 1960s
when Greek popularity was at a low
ebb and the groups were marred with
problems
The Greeks at Fresno State as
well as others across the country came
under attack from minorities during
the 1950's because of racial discrimina¬
tion in memberships
Theta Chi fraternity at Fresno
State dropped Its whites only clause
m 1957 That decision was closely (ol
lowed in 1961 by a State College
Trustees' ban on discrimination in both
the fraternities and sororities
The 1960s campus unrest also
added to the Greeks' problems. Stu¬
dents were angry at political systems,
school administrations and groups
representing what they felt were
establishment viewpoints
In 1965, the Fresno State fra
temities and sororities backed Presi
dent Johnson's stand in Vietnam
Needless to say, this support was not
widespread on campus.
But, today, the Greeks are on
the upswing. Students are returning
to the traditional societies in what some
social psychologists are describing as
a reincarnation of the carefree ear¬
ly 1950's.
Tradition is in, rebellion is out
and the Greeks are taking advantage
of thonew mood.
Perhaps the "traditional" weekly
beer parties or 'TG's" on this campus
are a slab at reproducing the fraternity
feelings that helped create Phi Beta
Kappa in that Williamsburg tavern
over 200 years ago.
SI   1S7S
Ths Pretty Cesssplsw
Off the cuff
What would you do for a wild and crazy weekend?
Kevin Ory, junior art and English
major: "I'd get me a cocoanut. I'd
get me a pineapple. I'd get me a
little bit of rum. And I'd get some
cream. Aa a matter of fact. I'd get
a whole lot of everything. And then
I'd go to the coast with another
person and spend the whole week¬
end on the coasf. At Santa Bar¬
bara. Carmel. or San Francisco.
It would be Just neat to go to the
wharf. Take all that other stuff.
Just sit on the wharf, drink, and
watch the people."
Kathy Vaquller, sophomore art
major: "Go over to Bruce Scott's
.... Crary and wild? ... Go
home. Home la in Fresno. I live in
an apartment but my folks live by
the airport."
Don Schllenz, junior Journalism
major: "My Idea of a crazy, wild
weekend la spending three day*
In An enclosed room with seven
female ag majors. No age or pref¬
erence. Randy, is the word they
should be."
Paula T. BeU, senior social welfare
major: "Friday night I'd go to bed
earty. I'd get up at 3 o'clock tn the
morning Saturday, and I'd take a
good 20 mile run. And then I'd go
pork out on a pound of peanut
M and Ms. Then after that, the
whole day I'd lay out In the sun
and get a great tan. Then I'd go
dancing. I dont know what would
be the wildest disco place, but I'd
find It and go to It"
Scientology    ^^
of attraction left between individuals, and
the ft" m for reality, or the present and that
which is agreed upon as real
The trinity In man of spirit, mind, and
body, is another key concept Hubbard's
concept of the spirit he calk thetan, from
the Greek letter An "awareness of aware¬
ness unit," the the tan has no mass or
energy and can exist separate from, near lo,
or within the body The mind is the tool
used by the thetan to control the body
The physical body is, as Hubbard once
said, "a carbon-oxygen engine which op¬
erates at a temperature oi 98.6 degrees
Farenheit on low-cornbustiori fuel, generaly
derived from other forms "
The Hubbard Electrometer, or E-meter.
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is another Important though controversial
pari of Scientology An electronic device
with a smafl current passing through it. the
E-meter is used, according to Scientology,
to Insure scientific accuracy in measuring
the ■■Impingement of the Individual himseif
upon the body by the action of thought.''
In earlier days, the pulse rate had been
used for similar reasons but with less ac¬
curate results.
At present, the Church of Scientology
appears more as a major social reform
group than a religion as such. Involved In
mental patients rights, drug and alcohol
abuse reform, help for. the elderly, and
working with the aged, the Church of
Scientology is also dedicated to showing
up the wrong-doings of the government
intelligence system.
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