1974_11 The Daily Collegian November 1974

              f COLLEGIAN        Tuesday, November 5, 1974
Indian religion
n belters
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•Most old Indian reunions have
fallen Into disuse and oblivion
or they are Imperfectly or In¬
completely practiced. Also, many
of the Indian's sacred and cere¬
monial places are now covered
with shopping centers and parking
lots."
Obviously some India
are  not  true,  he  said, for
e belief that If a wo
r  mouth during ch
the  spirit will leave
nd the beUef
n Indian
of land where there Is no beach.
She wt
o and walk
he  said,  because  to  not
would  be  to  «klll   the
child
could give her the power,to heal,*
he said. "The spirit gives her
the sickness and she carries lt
around with her because the spirit
has shown her how to heal other
people.
•Among the Yuroks, a woman
can become ashaman(a medicine
person) and bar role becomes one
of knowing who is sick and when
they are coming to see her for
healing. She can touch a person's
body and get an Idea of what Is
wrong with him. She drains out the
bad spirits which are causing the
•Spirits were the ones who
allowed you to catch animals,
caused people to die and told peo¬
ple the right things to do,* he
said. *You must treat the spirits
carefully. If you treat them right,
they'U treat you right.*
Norrls'sald new reUgtons came
about "In response to the Indian's
almost becoming extinct* and the
new religions were developed to
provide  people  with a new way
The new religions were always
precipitated by a vision and al¬
ways predicted that If Indians
did certain things they would have
victory over the white man. The
ON CAMPUS
The sixth pre-retirement cc
sellng meeting will be at 2 t
In CU 308.
WEDNESDAY
The Philosophical Society pre¬
sents Ron Jacoff speaking on
•Meditation as a Path to Knowl¬
edge* at 8 p.m.lnCU308.Every¬
one Is invited.
Francois    Jehe-Gorges   will
speak'   on-*Turn on  to Cross-
n In CU     Country Skiing*  In the College
Union Lounge at 7:30 p.m.'
The Armenian Students' A
elation will meet at 3 p.n
CU  309.   All   students a
New York sculptor Jene High-
stein will present a sllde-li
In Art 101 at 7:30 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1974
TlBaAN
CALIFORNIA     STATE      UNIVERSITY,      FRESNO
Voting records revealed
in student lobby survey
The Office of the Legislative
Advocate for the California
State University and Colleges
Student Presidents' Association
(CSUCSPA) today released a sur¬
vey of stale senators and assem¬
blymen's voting records. The
material covered votes on sixteen
selected Issues for the 1973-74
According to Joe Hay, CSUCSPA
Legislative Advocate, *The vot¬
ing records contained In this re¬
port show how the particular
assemblymen and senators voted
Importance to I
ranged I	
of various educational Institu¬
tions to such crucial Items as
financial aids, student control
over their own affairs, funds for
operating campus child develop¬
ment centers, and faclUtles, con¬
ditions and available services
for handicapped students.*
"On each bill," Hay said, "we
were requesting Jhat the par¬
ticular assemblyman or senator
vole YES. Our lobby has the
unique distinction or not allowing
any bills that we were strongly
APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-ONE per cent of the\voteri registered
'or this precinct exercised then-democratic privilege yesterday at
riese voting booths in the Cdmmons Lounge. At other precincts more
.nters showed up, but overall the turnout was poorer than expected,
saQd one poll 'worker after closing. Shown at the voting machine is
i SUF student Melissa Richardson. At the table are poll workers
l arry Jones (left) and Tim Bos. Photo by Jim Denman.
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
attendance, percentage of YES
votes, and the total percentage of
both YES votes and attendance.
In the final and most Important
category, the following assem¬
blymen received a score of 100
percent Richard Hayden, Repub¬
lican from Sunnyvale; Lawrence
Kaplloff, Democrat from San Di¬
ego; Altster McAltster, Demo¬
crat from San Jose; Speaker Leo
McCarthy, Democrat from San
Francisco; • Frank Murphy, Re¬
publican from SantaCruzandBob
Wood, Republican from Salinas.
Those assemblymen receiving
scores below 50 percent Included:
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Ford's economic policies analyzed,
found lacking by three economists
i-OVERNOR BROWN
CALIFORNIA - EdmundG.
urown, Jr. was elected Governor
•■'. California Tuesday.
WORLD FOOD CONFERENCE
KOME-Henry Kissinger prom-
-ed a 'major effort" to hold off
■ world food crisis at a United
• j i ions World Food Conference
• uesday. He proposed that an
'ernatlonal system of food re-
•rves  be established, and that
■ - nnologically advanced nations
hinduce more and better quality
IVWPULLBACK
lERUSALEM-Prlme Minister
izhak Rabin Tuesday hinted
't Israel maybewiUlngtomake
''her pullback from Slnal for
conations with Egypt.
CONGRESSMAN KREBS
FRESNO-Democrat John Krebs
won over Incumbent republican
Bob Mathias Tuesday for the 17th
congressional district.
FRENCH TO TEST A-BOMBS
TAHITI - France will begin
underground nuclear tests early
next year, said a test-program
official. French President Valery
Giscard d'Estalng promised last
May that this would be his coun¬
try's last year of atmospheric
tests.
DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES
WASHINGTON - Democratic
victories In Tuesday's Congres¬
sional elections are seen by sev¬
eral political experts as a result
of Inttatlon and Watergate.
For the rirst ttme, President
Ford knows lor sure how effec¬
tive he has been in trying to
market his economic program.
As election returns continue to
roll In, he Is probably planning
major revisions in at least some
parts or the so-called 'Win Pro¬
gram.* Some or the aftereffects
of Tuesday's elections were that
state houses fell like dominoes
and Democrats made great In¬
roads In senate and house posi¬
tions. The possibility of a 'veto-
free*  Congress may-still be In
' Just how big a role President
Ford's economic program had In
the heavy defeat of Republicans
Is not yet sure. But If the aver¬
age voter shared anydf the senti¬
ments of a recent grouporpanel¬
ists who discussed the economy,
it Is too little, too late and major
changes are needed.
"Throughout 1929, '30 and '31,
as the depression began,* said
Dr. Jim Cypher, oneofthepanel-
... .. - menlber of the CSUF
department, "Hoover
Insisted the cause was the work¬
ing people . . .*
Cypher said the same thing is
happening today, and that "quite
often the victim gets blamed for
the crime . . . massive adver¬
tising has created the climate for
buying,* he added, and said the
true creator of Inflationary prob¬
lems was the major corporation.
Cypher was joined-on the panel
by Jan, L. Cummins, CSUF as¬
sistant professor of home eco¬
nomics and consumer expert; and
Charles Brough, a Fresno City
CoUege Instructor In economics.
Brough said he did not feel the
Ford/Win program for stopping-
Inflation was aggressive enough,
but that It could not risk being
loo aggressive for fear of wide¬
spread unemployment.
Cummins agreed.
"His plan ls to take five per
cent from the public, and then turn
around and place It In the general
fund," she said. All three panel¬
ists questioned whether the mon¬
ey wtu be "saved, or whether It
win Just make the federal budget
five per cent larger.
Were It to be used simply to
boost federal spending, tbey con¬
cluded, It would only' Increase
Inflation and taxes at the same
Ford has proposed that the road
away from Inflation Is for each
American to save a little more,
waste a little less, and hold onto
his pocket money as though his
life depended on it.
But taken seriously by every
American, argued Cypher, such •
a policy could lead the U.S, Into
much greater economic difficul-
"You have got to remember
that economics is nothing more
than everyone taking In every¬
one else's wash/ he said.
11 people are going to reduce
demand, then the man who takes
in the laundry Is going to be
forced into the position of letting
some  of  his  people  go ... jS
"If people do cut down, the
economy, would be thrown Into a
depressloo-type process. I per-
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Self-examinations for women is main g#al of series
aching   i
mine
i cervical and vaginal
•it-J5 with a plastic speculum
'••li be the main goal of the four-
*•'• k Self-Help series which be-
*"i* Wednesday night at 7:30
»■<■■• at the National organization
lor women's House, 420 Van Ness
The Self-Help series Is the
ihesls project for Melody Amaral
"n! Diane Kapp two CSUF gradu-
"* social work students, and Is
temg sponsored In affiliation with
Ww and the Wbmeh'sHealthAl-
Amaral said the series will
** held Wednesday ntghts^rough .
Ih? month of November and a$10
let to cover the cost of materials
•111 be required. Amaral said the
meetings last until 10 p.m. and
child care will be provided.
Amaral said both she and Kapp
**re trained In self-help tech-
nl*es at tbe Feminist Women's
Health center' In Los Angelas.
Sbe ~*id while the examinations
,r°  the basis of the women's
MELODY  AMARAL
health movement; they can't take
the place of yearly doctor visits,
" "This is not to Uke the place
of going to a doctor,* she satd.
Both she and Kapp stressed
the purpose of self-examination
of the cervix. is to make women
more aware of their own health.
Amaral, who la president of the
Women's Health Alliance said
the Wednesday session will In¬
clude a slide presentation show¬
ing women how to examine their
cervix, a cervical self-examina¬
tion demonstration and a discus¬
sion of what areas the women,
would like to cover In the ses¬
sions.. A plastic speculum, a
commonly used instrument in
pelvic examinations to open the
vaginal walls In order tovlewthe
cervix,   will  be given to each
Kapp said women are encour¬
aged to examine themselves at the
sessions but aren't forced.
•Women have an opportunity
to do the self-examination with
tbe speculum and |get the group
Input but there's no pressure,*
she said. \
According to Amaral; besides
cervical self-examinations, the
second session will include "an
Intimate discussion of the wom¬
en's experiences with different
methods of birth control.*
The third session will feature a
C4ANE KAPP
film on breast cancer, breast
self-examination demonstra¬
tions, a discussion on venereal
disease and vaginal Infections,
as well as a pap smear demon¬
stration, she said.
The fourth session will con¬
clude with a discussion of female
sexuality   and   will   encourage
women to get rid of their pre-
| vlous misconceptions about their
bodies, Amaral said.
'"-Kapp said hopefully women
will become more aggressive In
asking their doctors questions
after participating in tbe series.
Kapp also said the sessions
should 'break the medical mys¬
tique so women know what's go¬
ing on with their bodles.-
Accordlng to the philosophy of
SeU-Help, stated by both Kapp
and Amaral, the sessions will
help break through this mystique
by:
Dispelling the Idea that medi¬
cine ls so mysterious and awe¬
some that only special people
can use lt.
Aiding women In gaining a
first-hand practical knowledge of
the functioning and dysfunction-
lng of their own bodies.
Assuring that women receive
high quality, non-Judgmental
medical care, allowing the woman
to make her own informed de-
Researching, developing and
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