1975_01 The Daily Collegian January 1975

              33 new teaching
methods undertaken
LOS ANGELES—Thirty-three Include experimentation with
projects {testing new approaches small groups of faculty todevelop
to teaching and learning were individualized learning units, and
announced by Chancellor Glenn applications bf self-pacing tech-
S. Dumke of the California State nlques to such diverse subjects
University and Colleges system.      as   psychology,   chemistry   and
The   projects,  selected from      government.
160 proposals received from the New use* of technology tn tn-
19 campuses, will cost over »1      structlon,   Including   computers
million.
Emphasis is on programs pro¬
viding alternative ways for stu¬
dents to learn through means
which differ from the traditional
classroom-laboratory format. An
underlying assumption of the pro¬
gram ls that students learn best
In a variety of ways, some In
highly structured settings, some
through Independent study and
other* In  »tlll different *ltua-
CAL1F0RNIA
[STATE UNIVCRSITY
TUESDAY, JANUARY-*,.1975
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CSUF's part of the project
will be Project IDEA, (identifica¬
tion, development, evaluation and
assignment), designed to steer
Mgb school tardor* Into careers
through testing and background
Information. It launder the direc¬
tion of Refer L. Bailey, teat of¬
ficer; and J. Richard Arndt, co¬
ordinator of tutorial services.
th* direction and Intent of "N*w
Approach** to Hlgh*r Educa¬
tion* set forth by
Dumfc* la 1971, a CSUC spokes¬
man said.
Exaroptes of 1974-75 project*
>s, will
be tested In a Variety of fields,
among them art, drama, special
education, Immunology and geo¬
graphy. '  .
Ten of the projects Involve
several of the system's cam¬
puses. In one Instance, all 19
are participating tn a computer¬
ized learning and testing plan
through which student* may test
their mastery of material* and
faculty may develop examina¬
tions of high reliability.
In another multi-campus pro¬
ject, th* Innervation fund will
provide support for the new CSUC
Center for Professional Devel¬
opment. The Canter, which I*
partially funded by a federal
grant from a fond for postsecon-
dary education, will aid the cam¬
puses la the development of model
program*  for Improving teach-
Dr. David H  Provo*t, d*an of
Raw   Program   Developer
priority la
selection of all pro'ect* la U
'    > other
YEGIAN
C A Ll F O R N I A      ST AT E      UNIVERSITY,      FRESNO
v. : : /
Former Nixon aide Klein
to make address at CSUF
By Mea Andrew*
Herbert Klein, former White
House Director of Comrnunlca-
tlons and long-time friend of
Richard Nixon, will discuss the
relationship of th* pre** and the
government at CSUF on Wednes¬
day.
Klein will speak at 10 a.m. ln
th* Little Theatre of the Speech
Arte Building. i
Klein has been a friend and
associate of Nixon for the past ■
28 year*. H* was active In
Nixon'* presidential campaign*
In i960. 1966 and 1972, and Id*
""•      shlpln 1962.    .
~*        Klein resigned rrom Ha post
i*  Director of Communication*
a Jan* of 1973 to become vlce-
• lac. of
Los Angeles. lion would Infringe oo the f
Although hi* resignation came *>m of the press,
during the height df the Water-        Klein remained loyal to N
gateacandala.Klelnhaararoalnad >ln >T"» of barbed remark* i
completely clean of any asso- the former president,
elation* with the br*aUn or tha        In   * taped conversation
coverup. twean  Nixon  and White »
Klein once aald that he was chlef of Staff H. R.
unaware of any Watergate maneo- 'Nixon  criticized   Klein   _
vera while be was in tb* Nixon having fata head screwed i
administration, and aald that be *•** •ort °' bmbbera aroni
sits there with egg on his
i Ut* American
14,000 stwtats register by QR metiod
Mora than 14,000 students have
reft«tor*d for th* *prlne'19T5
semester" using the new Com-
puter-a**l*ted Registration pro¬
gram (CAR) at CSUF.
Dr. R. C. Adams, coordinator
of CAR, said 93 par cent of the
students participated In the CAR
program, more than had been ex-
[ peeled *lnce it wa* the first use
of the system.
Kent Davles, director of ad¬
missions and records, said appli¬
cations are still being accepted
for the spring semester and win
be until Jan. 10. He aald tran¬
scripts and other supporting
documents for admission must be
submitted by Jan. 17.
AU new and continuing stu¬
dents who did not participate lo
tbe CAR phase of spring regis¬
tration will sign up for classes
on Thuraday; Jan. 30. Instruc¬
tion will begin Monday, Feb. 3.
During the next six weeks,
student requests for classes will
be fed into tbe computer for
matching with the. schedule of
courses. The results will be sub¬
mitted to the departments for ad¬
justment of their schedules by
adding, or changing class time
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
[CSUF prof to moderate
Persian Gulf discussion
-. Gholam H. Dargahl, a pro¬
fessor of political science at
CSUF, has been Invited to be
moderator of a four-day inter¬
national conference on "The
Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean
In International Politics." The
meeting will be held March 25-28
in Tehran, Iran.
The International conference
is being sponsored by the Insti¬
tute for International Political
and Economic Studies In Iran,
and more than 200 scholars from
throughout the world have be*n
invited to attend.
•This ls one of the most so¬
phisticated symposiums ever held
dealing with the Persian Gulf,
nations," Dargahl said.'
He said the conference "will
elve CSUF an opportunity to be¬
come active ln International dis¬
cussions with the world's leading
scholar*. We can also show what
CSUF can offer the world In the
way of education and expertise to
help solve the world's problems."
Topics to be covered at the
Iran meetings win Include Im¬
plications of the Indian.Nuclear
Policy for the Region,* "The Su¬
perpower* and tha Gulf and the
Ocean,* "The MlUtary Strategic
Balance* and "A Soviet View,*
Among the participants wlU be
leading scholar* from throughout
ihe wori„, including Dr. ChrU-
lopher Bertram, director of the
International Institute for Stra¬
tegic Studies, London; Professor
■ G. L. Bonderevsky, head of the
InternatlonaiStudies Department,
Institute of Oriental Studies,
Moscow; Dr. WiUlam Griffith,
professor at the Center forlnter-
natlonal Studies,M.I.T.; Dr.Duke
Anthony, a professor at Johns
Hopkins University; and Dr. John
Campbell, president, Council on
Foreign Relations, New York.
Other participants will be from
Australia, West Germany, Gr£at
Britain, Switzerland, Harvard
University, and the University of
New York.
While visiting lo Iran, Dar¬
gahl ha*, been Invited to give a
series of lectures to Iranian
diplomats and at various univer¬
sities tn tbe area, Including the
University of Pahlavt.
Dargahl Joined the CSUF fac¬
ulty ln 1967, following work with
the Peace Corps as director and
coordinator of language and
cross-cultural studies. He also
worked as a political advisor
for the U.S. State Department and
as a professor of language and
area studies for the Department
of Defense. N.
Betore coming to the United
States ln 1948, Dargahl was a
political analyst for the govern¬
ment of Iran and served for a
short time a* private aide to the
late Iranian prime Minister
Haklml.
Adam* aald the computer will
make two run* of the students'
class requests to adjust course
offerings. A third run wlU be the
actual registration, establishing
the students' final class sched-
Tbe system ts designed to give
student* ail or w ost of the classes
they desire and ultimately enable
the university to conduct regis¬
tration by mall. Student reaction
to the program generally has been
favorable, said Adams.
Persons wanting additional In¬
formation about applications and
registration for the spring se¬
mester- should contact the Ad¬
missions Office, located ln the
new Administration Building, or
telephone 487-2261.
S INAUGURATION
SACRAMENTO - Unemploy¬
ment ls California's most press¬
ing problem, said Edmund G.
Brown Jr. yesterday after taking
the oath ot office that made htm
California's 34th governor.
I i an Inaugural address almost
as brief as the actual ceremony,
Brown warned Callfornlanx of
tough economic times ahead. But
he pledged to take full advantage
of federal spending programs and
to "cooperate with local govern¬
ment and industry to create as
many new Jobs as humanly pos¬
sible.
JOBLESSNESS NEAR 8%?     "
WASHINGTON - Alan Green¬
span, chairman of President
Ford's Council of Economic Ad¬
visers, satd Monday that he ex¬
pect* unemployment to reach a
peak *close to' eight per cant
this year and that be sees no ma¬
jor drop'before 1976 nor doe* be
expect tax cute will do much to
spur economic recovery.
NERVE GAS RECIPE
LONDON - The formula and
manufacturing process for a
deadly nerve gas Is now avail¬
able to anyoge In the world tor
the price of a postage stamp,
telephone call or bus tare to the
London patent office. The gas ls
an organic-phosphorus compound
code-named VX and reportedly
ls so deadly that a plnhead drop
In liquid form Is lethal. Both the
necessary chemicals and the ap¬
paratus to make the gas can be
obtained ln any college chemistry
laboratory, according to the L.A.
OOOP3 Look* like someone couldn't slam on tha brake* hard enough at Fashion Fair the other day.
Either that, or someone left the nearby watering hole wllhablt of a load on. Well, they got It repaired,
today. Maybe now they'll teach the drunks to road the stop signs. Photo by Erik Strom.