1976_10 The Daily Collegian October 1976

              THE COLLEGIAN
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY. FRESNO
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1976
Athletic   scholarships   are
perhaps  the  most  misunder-
Bt  stood and misused part of a
•    apart* program at any college.
The rub* of the NCAA sup-
Constitution
Senators try for changes
Lengthy and occasionally
n(AS)conati-
other hand, saw the limit aa dis¬
criminatory and pushed for the
uieolu aatabHahaJ quorum,
to than allow for aa much a*
agree with Hiatt
"I object to the principle It
a decision be mad* without
tutional change* marked last      the subject of having"
Friday afternoon's AS Senate	
meeting. Tboee itiaruseinrsi re¬
sulted in the re-raferral of the
changes to the Legal ar   '
Is ti vs Committee for t
time tin* yaar.
ving a limited
by pointing out that proxies had
been abused as recently as three
K«*r* ago. At that time, she said,
'just about any excuae was per-
membar of the Senate, then ad-
approved all Una lb
1976-77 AS budget
Concerning last Monday* de-
daion by the College Union (CU)
Board to not provide »1,600 for
an appearance by farm labor
leader Ceear Chavez, the Senate
issued a consensus opinion to
invito both side* of the contro¬
versial farm labor initiative.
Proposition 14. to speak before
the November elections.
Barbara Kle¬
in the     ie* would •
Last year, she said, the Senate
permitted only class "" "
for proxie*. But that
they (committee
members) have an idea of what
they sj» going to propose," said
Brewer. "But there are a lot of
emotions and ideas being tossed
around now. I think that it
would be bettor for aD aid** to
cool offend think about the
o urgency to
singer, k
 J of that	
i to have been presented to
the CU Program Committee at
Monday'* meeting.
But on the re-referral of the
, Kissin-
rale* of a quorum to a T and
dos^a-ealdant,     just have a certain number of
senators present to hold a meet-
asked.
wouldn't be implemented until
next yaar."
' "-TtoA8g<
Athletic scholarships-
Competing with big boys
"I'd like to	
that you'll set a new record if
littee again," ah* said.
"We've picked up where w* left
off last year when the Senate
quorum is eight.
Hiatt agreed with Drake and
also questioned Steensma'a idea.
"This gets back to the same
reason aa to why I didn't ap¬
prove the first Legal snd Legis-
latlve recommendati      "—
Prith a class conflict" she said.
'It's the thought of justifying
Jury 1.1977. '-
Kissinger than read Bowen's
motion to re-refer the matter and
smiled tongue-in-cheek as It
carried.
• Prior to that action of in-
was one of surprise whan the
Senate did not discuss the
removal of a Marching Band
in the 1975-76
n that a budgetary i
PfovkW ASbudget
shesaid.        Thenotoi
expressly for athletic fund
This year, Lynn Eilefson, i
On Friday, the main quarrel
again revolved around ths proxy
issue. Some senator* such aa
Brent Bowen and Randall
ff      echoola.a*
f      have been
the rules of the National CdW
giate Athletic Association
(NCAA) at one time or another.
Could it happen hare at CSUF7
has budgeted (160.000 for
scholarship* and 131.000 for re-
According to Eilef son. Us 260
fund raiser* contact member*
of the community who are inter-
in the university". The money
is then turned over to J. Gene
Bourdet athletic director.
Bourdet said athletic scholar¬
ships are made up of grants in
Senator Sheila Hiatt, on the.       However, Drake turned to dis-
at »2.26» in that year's budget
it was footnoted with the state¬
ment that it would be reduced
1760 each year until eliminated
In the 1978-79 budget
permanent proxy for Senator
Gary Nelson and a marrhing
(Continued on Pate S, Col. D
the aid they receive from *
and financial aid from the uni¬
versity. The money from the
Bulldog Foundation makes up
70 per cent of the grants in aid.
Cats receipts make up 20 per
funds, said Bourdet
Bourdet breaks down the
money into 60 grants for foot-
Problems
again
•porta.
Because the sports that gen¬
erate income have priority in
smaller  sport*  suffer,  said
We could not compete at Di-