1974_10 The Daily Collegian October 1974

              6-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN       Tuesday, October
300 students enrol
in new plant class
By Dana Stelnbach
CoUeglan Staff Writer
One student's fascination with
indoor plants has blossomed into
an experimental college course
with an enrollment of 300.
Offered for the first time this
fall, Exp 3 has even surprised its
Instructor by attractlngsi
the number of stud
This means the course will be
offered again next semester —
possibly under the plant science
department as well as under the
experimental college.
The man behind the course is
Paul Sommers, an undergraduate
In plant science and a residence
hall a.
*ne;
ne, Som
t-merchant r
ecameInterested in Indoor
plans when he worked in Latin
America as a sailor.
It was a 'privilege" and 'quite
a thrill,' he said, -to see many
plants grown Indoors In the U.S.
thriving outside in their natural
habitat.*
It was then'he decided to con-
Unue working with indoor plants
In college. But he has since re¬
turned twice to Latin America,
spending the last two summer va¬
cations In tropical Costa Rica
studying the native plants.
Semmers hopes Exp 3 will
leave students with'more knowl¬
edge than they otarted with.' He
said, "hopefully, they'11^ become
familiar with new plants and new
cultural practices so they'll be
better Indoor gardeners.'
class Include: the examination of
different cultural practices, pot¬
ting mixtures, watering, light re¬
quirements, humidity and plant
identification. During the propa¬
gation section, students will learn
how to plant cuttings that will
Erow Into healthy plants.
Five sections of the class are
No labs will be conducted this
little surprised" that only25mei
registered   for  the class. *Mei
can enjoy plants too," he said.
How does he explain the tre
tachment to nature,"
•In our rushed, urban, mundane
society, Indoor gardening Is a
pleasing   way   of   relaxing   and
Peace Corps/Vista recruiters look for new blood at CSUF
By Kathy Freeman
the CSUV  Collem
Collegian Staff Writer
difficult foli.
•We're1   not   there  to  lay  an
•Trying   lo  get
American trip on the people.One
<rult from Kresn
of the biggest things la the Peare
Corps   that   has  determined   Its
sous behind this
cultural sensitivity of Its volun-
dltionully. aurirul
and I'm one of the
So said Gene Rlgler, the head
of   the   ACTION/Peace   Corps/
VISTA  recruiting loam  that will
vlnclal viewpoint
visit CSUF everyday this week.
terested   in what'
On   campus   to  set   up  rlass
agriculture   l»   I
presentations   and   to   make ar¬
rangements   tor the IntiTlljIlonal
Agricultural  Symposium sched¬
will   Interview   p
uled   for Oct    IS.   IG ami  1".  in
Corps   and   VIST/
the Placement Center, New Ad¬
ministration Building, from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 30 through
rvlews for    . cation.
the P
For Peace Corps placement In
January. February and March,
Higler said he will be looking
for seniors and graduate stu¬
dents in agriculture, education,
Kngllsh, French. Spanish, the
physical sciences, mathematics,
business   administration, indus-
experlence. or skills in farming,     applicants  only have to wait 17
construction work, or business.       days."
Rlgler   said  that  for  VISTA, Rlgler   said   that   during  the
the recruiters will be looking for J.atln American Interviews, the
majors In Industrial arts, guld- recruiters will reserve a space,
ance and counseling, home eco- or pre-slot, for an applicant In
a particular country.
Rlgler, 26, served In the Peace
Corps In Nepalfrom 1969tol971,
working as an agricultural exten¬
sion agent to local farmers. He
said that while he was Interested
In national politics and had some
11! ra
nd liberal arts gener:
Ists with construction skills.
VISTA's serve one year wlthti
the US while Peace Corps volun¬
teers work two years overseas
Rlgler said that a new, experi¬
mental, "pre-slottlng" systerr
will be used during the Inter¬
views for 12 Latin Americar
countries.
"Pre-slottlng Is an attempt t<
cut   the   red  tape  and  bureau¬
cracy In Washington," said Rlg¬
ler.    "Instead    of    waiting    six      wira  m
months to hear from VISTA and      draft.-
the Peace Corps. Latin American According to Rlglei
> make a positive
the country," said
Rlgler.   'I didn't want to tote a
gun. The Peace Corps coincided
with  me  getting away from the
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He attributed the decllr%in i
unteers to student apathy.
Rlgler said that since the Peace
Corps enters countries by Invi¬
tation only, and that the foreign
country decides what project the
Peace Corps will work on, very
few diplomatic problems arise.
Rlgler said that the only diplo¬
matic problem he knew of oc¬
curred In 1969 In Nigeria, when
the Peace Corps was asked to
leave on the grounds that the
volunteers were'politicizing" the
people against the government.
Rlgler said that the Peace Corps
Is   now   reinstated   in Nigeria.
In order to be a peace Corps
volunteer, the applicant must be
21. have a practical working skill
of two years experience or a
degree In a skill that's requested,
Rlgler said. The applicant also
must have the ability to learn a
foreign language.
Rlgler said that once accepted,
the . trainee undergoes a brief
orientation in the United States,
and Is then sent to a foreign
country. There the trainee is
taught the language, culture and
specialized job training for three
months. He Is then assigned to a
Rlgler said that to qualify for
VISTA,, an applicant orust be 21.
He said a VISTA volunteer Is
trained for 10 or 12 days In com¬
munity organization and develop¬
ment, and Is then assigned to a
specific community.
Along with Rlgler, the other
two recruiters are BrooksThor-
laksson, 26, a VISTA volunteer
from Richmond, Va., and Mark
Ahalt. 23, who finished his VISTA
assignment   last   month In San
Worn*
Tuesday, October 1, 1974     THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-7
omen's swim team dunks San Jose for first win
r team during a practice si
Harriers second in quadrangular
State andCalPoly-SanLutsObls- dropped from the middle of the
po tied for third with 78 points. pack to 20th.
The Bulldogs were hurt by the This comlngSaturday the'Dogs
loss of their number five run- host the CSUF Invitational. The
ner, Pat Phelan, who had a shoe- event will start at noon at Wood-
lace come untied In the race and ward Park.
Kickers defeat Pacific
The*!
to a successful
weekend by defeating San Joae
State University In a dual meet
In San Joae. Fresno outpointed
San Jose 78 to 58.
The meet also saw the women
qualify people for the Northern
California League final* In 15
individual events, Including all
three relay teams. A total of
eight girls qualified for the In¬
dividual events, Including seven
girls who qualified for two or
more different events.
"It's a good way to start the
season,* stated head coachBtllle
Poston. "We have lota of poten¬
tial and a lot of depth,- she added.
The team this year also appears
to be much stronger than In the
past, according lo Poston.
Those qualifying for the twoor
more events were Lynn Sager In
the 50 butterfly, 100 butterfly
and as a member of the 400 free¬
style relay team; LindaMcKenzte
In the 50 back, 50 breaststroke,
and as a member of both the 200
IM and freestyle relays.
Nancy Boehrer qualified In the
50 and 100 yard breaststroke,
and the 200 medley relay team;
Jan Hagen In the 50 and 100
backstroke and the 50 freestyle;
Theresa O'Brien qualified In the
100 and 200 free and also as a
member of toe winning 200 tree
relay team. Jan Genesy was able
to qualify for the 100 IM and
also on the 400 freestyle relay
team, and Jan Bassett qualified
for the 100 yard free and on
both the 200 and 400 yard free¬
style relay teams.
.Rounding out the qualifiers
were Lane Nordstrom in the 50
free, Patty Wright and Cindy Ruff
in the 200 freestyle relay. Ron*
also waa a member of the win¬
ning 200 m edley relay team which
qualified.
The Northern California League
Is made up of all State Colleges
and Universities north of Fresno.
Against San Joae the women
swimmers won eight of the 15
events. Including all three of the
relays. But their strength waa In
the fact that they took many
second and third place finishes.
Sager waa a triple winner for
the swimmers, winning the 50 and
100 butterfly, and the 400 yard
freestyle. She was also on the
winning 400 free relay team.
McKenzte won the 50 back¬
stroke and also took first by
being on the winning 200 medley
and free relay teams. O'Brien
was the only other individual
first place finisher, with a first
In the 200 freestyle. She waa also
on the 400 relay team.
Thla weekend the women will
host San Francisco State Univer¬
sity at 9 a.m. In the pool.
Guy Artherholt, CSUF's
harrier, finished a disappointing
sixth   In   last   Saturday's   qua¬
drangular cross-country meet at
Woodward Park.
The first Fresnan to cross the
finish line was frosh standout
Mike Jurkovlch, who finished a
commendable fifth In the meet.
His time for the race was 31:31.
CSUF defeated Cal Poly-San
Luis Obispo 20-36, and also edged
San Jose 21-27. However, Long
Beach State won the event, with
three runners finishing In the
top 10.
A time of 31:43 earned Arther¬
holt a respectable sixth' place
finish. Last year the scrappy
runner from Modesto finished
first In the Pacific Coast Ath¬
letic Association's cross-country
CSUF's scoring
were David Cards 13th; Tom
Chavez, 14th; and Pat Phelan,
20th.
In the four way scoring the
Bulldog harriers came In second,
27 points behind Long Beach. The
'Dogs scored 51 points In the four
way competition. The 49eriwere
first  with 24  points,  San Jose
Well, Bulldog soccer fans can
rest. The Bulldog kickers kept
their unbeaten string against
cross-town rival Fresno Pacific
Intact by defeating the Vikings
1-0 last Saturday.
Playing across town on the
vikings' home field, the Bulldogs
scored with only ten minutes gone
In the match on forward Yousef
Albaseerl's goal. The 'Dogs then
held on, putting off several Vtklng
attempts to win the match.
It was a narrow win for the
young. Inexperienced .team of
coach Bob Bereskln. The past
three meetings between the two
teams have seen Fresno come
out   on   top 5-1,  7-1  and  9-1.
Thew
clfic held them to only 16 shots
on goal. But Pacific could manage
only eight attempts, with Bulldog
goalie Javier Garcia making two
saves on shots of any velocity.
Albaserrl played a good game
and scored by kicking In the win¬
ning point In mid-flight after
Morten Due had lofted a comer
kick.
Also displaying good play for
the 'Dogs were Federlco Mesta
and Dennis Self. Coach Bereskln
will now have to get his team
ready for this weekend's clash
with the University of San Fran¬
cisco. The match will be played
In   San   Francisco,   starting  at
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