1974_10 The Daily Collegian October 1974

              2-THt DAllf COLLEGIAN        Wednesday, October 2, 1974 LETTERS   TO    THE   EDITOR
Editorial
BaXtef s •Cfctffiqriry is questioned by professor
Mabey issue" bury the axe
When a San Francisco Federal District Court ordered the rehiring
of Rendell N. Mabey to his position as assistant professor of
philosophy, It became apparent that the Baxter Administration was
very unhappy with the outcome.
The ruling for Mabey, who was not rehired by the Baxter Adminis¬
tration because of "unprofessional conduct* on his part, was under¬
standably a disappointment to
But The Dally Collegian fee
(ration of the Court decision will probably n
outcome and will only perpetuate h
put behind the university a lor
of Professor
showed  that
e attending CSUF
Editor:
When Judge Swetgert ordered
the relnstateme '
Rendell Mabey
President Baxter has made at
least five political decisions In
December, 1970.' At that time he
fired Professors Toney, Frost,
Mabey, Hall, Ruhl and Dutton as
well as the Directors of Housing
and Student Activities. The first
five professors listed became
known as the Fresno Five be¬
cause they carried their case to
In his press
man Baxter said that despite the
reinstatement of Mabey the au¬
thority of his administration Is
not In question. In December,
1970 his misuse of his authority
was highly questioned. At that
time, for example, the Fresno
Bee editorialized as follows:
".   .  . '.there Is ample
someone uncomfortable, not be¬
cause they failed as teachers."
On December 3, 1970 the Student
Senate voted "no confidence* In
Baxter and his administration.
All five professors have now
been reinstated. Dr. Toney wonv
a grievance hearing oafhlsxam-
pus and at the state leVel. The
Civil Rights Division of HEW
and the Fair Employment Prac-
tlces_/Commlsslon Investigated
the firing of Toney and both con¬
cluded that the Baxter admlnts-
Toney. It was only after such
great pressure that Toney was
ordered reinstated by the Chan-
cellor and, even then, against
the wishes of Baxter. Dr. Frost
also went through the ordeal of
two grievance hearings before the
Chancellor forced Baxter to rein¬
state Frost.
Rendell Mabey Is the last of
the Fresno Five. The Judge ruled
that   the Baxter  administration
violated Mabey's constitutional
right to free speech, that the
overstafflngwas an afterthought
of the Baxter administration, and
that the proper legal procedures
were not followed In any event
when Mabey was fired.
If the authority of the Baxter
tlon* after such flagrant abuse of
authprlty then the system Is com¬
pletely corrupt and there Is no
accountability within It. Baxter
has never explained to this aca¬
demic community what evidence
HEW and FEPC had which made
them conclude that there was ra¬
cial discrimination Involved In
Toney's firing. Baxter never
apologized on the matter and
neither the Chancellor nor the
Board of Trustees have ever
reprimanded him for his illegal
and unconscionable decisions.
Sincerely,
Dr. Alex Vavoulls
Chemistry Department
Mabey's firing.
For these students, tljg continued appeal must seem
futile and petty. The question they are asking is what pu
tlnued bad feeling can serve.
It Is time for the Baxter Administration to end a si
pyrrhlc victory that has no meaning, and only serves' t<
quality   of   the   university   by  giving   it   a   vindictive al
No logic'  chimed in  dismissal of Asian Studies teacher
In response to the Collegian's
article of September 30, 1974
concerning the dismissal of Ms.
Rita Yee and the cancellation of
an Asian AmericanStudles class,
we as students of C.S.U., Fresno
igly support Ms. Yee In her
to right the Injustice that
imposed   on   her   and   the
Charles Denton
of Social Science, admlt-
1 accepted hill responsl-
Hty   for   the dismissal of Ms.
> sixteen students in
But   where  Is   the
Dean's logic? A thorough analysis
of his decision making process
clearly shows his "Ignorance and
insensitlvlty" to Asian Americans
* He has stated that the entire
enrollment of the University has
dropped. The facts he stated were
JUST SITTING AROUND?
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are parts of ACTION. Check it out if you're
graduating this year.
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KENNEL
BOOKSTORE
In 1971-72, the enrollment was
13,100 and had averaged at this
number for the past three years.
This Fall was the first semester
In which the University had not
even reached 12,900. Point two Is
that Asian American Studies had
been steadly Increasing within
the past three years, 1971 - 16
FTE students per class, 1972 -
20, 1973 - 24. And It was not (
until this Fall had Asian Ameri¬
can Studies reached 22 students
per class as of September 27,
1974.
But the Dean delivered his
letter of dismissal on September
24, 1974, four days before the
final day of enrollment. This pre¬
mature decision has led to the
total disruption of the academic
lives of Ms. Yee and the sixteen
students. Obviously Ms. Yee and
the 16 students have been liter¬
ally given the "shaft."
As fellow students we sympa¬
thize  with   the   16 students who
and we also question his al
justice
In UNITY,
Debra Tom, Pam Koo, William
Fong, Nancy Sakaguchl, Alan
Tong, Allen Inouye, Domingo Ra¬
mirez, Felice Alejo, Andy Alejo,
Dennis Ilda, Tom Uyemaruko,
Shirley Masumoto, Carolyn Kubo,
John Cho, Gary Lee, Robert Mi-
yake, Alan Tanl, Jeanne Wu,
Doren Lee, Naomi Yunker, Albert
Fujlsubo, Steve Ota, Jeanne Har-
fleld, Debbie Shlozakl, Celeese
Don, Harvey Laura, Sandra Obre-
(Edltor's note: The Dally Col¬
legian contacted Dean Denton af¬
ter receiving this letter. Dean
Denlon said a comment by him
at this time "would not beappro-
rlate.") t
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
S3K5
justice.  We  as students
EUROPE.-ISRAEL - AFRICA
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Wednesday, October 2, 1974      THE DAILY COUJEGIAN-3
Scribes honor Bulldog QB Cortez
for his showing against Mustangs
QUARTERBACK NEF CORTEZ,
this week's athlete of the week,
sets up to throw against Cal'.
Poly, SLO, Photo by Erik Strom.
Poloisfs sink
four times
in Berkeley
The Waterdogs traveled north
this past weekend for the Uni¬
versity of California, Berkeley
lournament and as coach Ara
Halrabedlan put It, *It only took
us two days to lose four games.*
The 'Dogs were beaten by UC
Davis 13-2 and University of
Pacific 11-5 on Friday and then
lost 8-7 to Humboldt State and
7-4 to UC Davis BteamonSatur-
In all fairness to the team,
several members were Just get¬
ting over sore throats, and last
week's university athlete of the
week, Fred Richards missed the
•We played well, except for
the first game against Davis,*
llalrabedtan said. "WlthoutRlch-
ards It makes a lot of difference
Halrabedlan also said he used
a lot of reserves, especially In
the  last game against Davis' B
He did point out the play of
Art Rubel. Rubel had three goals
apiece in three of the games and
one score In the other game.
This week, the Waterdogs trav¬
el to Cupertino for the Northern
California Tournament.The 'Dogs
will play their games In the 32
team tournament at West Valley
Junior College. Other gameawlll
be played at De Ante Junior
College, Foothill Junior College
and Stanford University.
The Waterdogs will play three
gamea on Friday, facing Chlco
state at 9 a,m., San Joae City
College at 1 p.m. and Texas
A & M at 5 p.m.
so the 'Dogs will
have to win all their gamea on
Friday to advance to Saturday's
Play. If not, then they might play
San Dtegv State University here
Saturday at 9 p.m.
For almost rallying the Bull¬
dog football team to their first
victory, quarterback Nef Cortez
has been selected theSan Joaquin
Valley University Athlete of the
Week.
Cortez rallied the 'Dogs to two
last quarter scores only to be
Intercepted In the end zone In the
final seconds after driving the
Bulldogs  to within   12 yards of
He was selected by the San
Joaquin Valley Sportswrlters and
Sportscasters at their weekly
meeting. This week's meeting
was held at Clovls High School.
The meetings will now shift
" around to the differet
In the area, with Fresno Pacific
College the site of the next meet¬
ing. Fresno State had hosted the
previous   three    meetings   this
In the game against Cal Poly,
San Luis Obispo, Cortez put the
-ball in the air 20 times, connect¬
ing ten times for 136 yards.
In the final seven minutes,
Cortez hit ^flanker Tom Voth
twice in the end zone. The strong
armed quarterback from Cerrltos
Junior College now has thrown
for. 28$ yards on 19 completions
on 42 attempts for a 45.2 per-
Showlng his versatility, Cortez
has also run the ball for another
97 yards. But he has been caught
behind the line several times
for losses totaling 87 yards.
Football head coach JR» Boone
was pleased to sea his standout
come around. "We thought Nef
was our top quarterback all
along," the head mentor said. "I
waa glad to see him come In and
do such a good Job," he added.
Boone had been trying to find
the right field  general  for his
tez'a performance In Saturday's
game, the coach feels he has
found the person to lead his of-
•We needed Just one quarter¬
back, but we had to wait for one
o come to the front, and I think
Nefh;
I. Hew
Indicate that Cortez would be
his starting QB when the 'Dogs
take the field this Saturday
against New Mexico State Unl-
Fresno, still looking for Its
first win, will be traveling to Las
Cruces to face the Aggies, who
are still looking for their first
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