1977_03 The Daily Collegian March 1977

              12-THE COLLEGIAN
Tuesday, March 1, 1977
Volpp's plan: mixed feelings
(Continued from p. n
"I don't think It would
drastically affect the FTE (full-
time equivalent)," be laid. FTE
I* figured by dividing the total i
number of units Uken by all
students by IS.
Clark said going to a four-unit
baa* would, to theory, mean that
no difference waa made to the
FTE from continuing studenU.
Ha added that a modest plus
might be gained from the part-
then have to Uke a four-unit
course.
William York, chairman of the
Executive Committee of th*
Academic Senate, believe* th*
switch would allow th* different
depirtmentt  to justify   their
would be mor* itudtnU to th*
remaining one*, be aaid.
York aaid Volpp reallie* the
proposal would probably take
five or six years to b* im¬
plemented If It was »pproved by
the faculty.
"Dr. Volpp ha* no Intention of
cramming thi* down anyone's
throat," he taid.
The Executive Committee took
no position on Volpp'* proposal,
and It waa referred to IU
Academic Policy and Planning
Committee (AP*P> for Intenalve
Dotuld Kausch, chairman of
the AP*P, said th* committee
discussed the plan and decided to
poll the faculty before continuing
"If we get a substantial
majority (of support from the
faculty) we can assume that we
have a mandate to go ahead,"
Kausch told the committee at ■
Feb. 17 meeUng.
A CoUegian spot survey found
the faculty to be mixed In their
attitude* toward th* proposal.
William Buzick, Jr., dean of
tbe School of Business and Ad¬
ministrative Science*, U against
the plan.
"The problem! ln connection
with making the change are
pretty self-evident. I don't aee the
benefits I would not support such
a change without ■ clear In¬
dication of what tbe benefits to
the studenU and the university
would be," he aaid.
The entire engineering faculty
oppceed the proposal, according
i Matheny. dean of the
to Jan
He said th* engineering
program Is very highly struc¬
tured, and some course* would
not warrant four uniU of credit
Like Davles, Mstheny 1*
concerned with community
college transfer itudentt. If
CSUF adopted the proposal,
"we'd hav* to r*atructur* the
state," be said.
Matheny waa also skeptical of
a new length for course*. "I'm
afraid  we're  going  to  go   to
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
clatse* that are one-third longer,
and I don't think you'll cover
four-third* mor* work to that 18
extra minutes," he said.
Harry Karl*, chairman of th*
< plant science department, said
th* general feeling of hit fsculty
st this time U unfavorable to the
A reduction to th* number of
course* that would be available
to students U the main objection,
be (aid.
"It   would   give   itudenu   s
smaller choice of courses, and v,
already have fewer choices since
we are on the **me*ter ryitem,"
be uld.
But  other  faculty  favor  the
William Maxwell, dean of the
School of Education, favors the
would be lengthened.
With mor* intensive in-
itruction, he aaid, "the professor
and the student lot* the statu*
gap between them. And th*
studenU, Instead of competing,
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said they  found  19 plastic
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wrapped rolls of marijuana
Friday     afternoon     and
seeds in Ebert's room on the
charged with possession of
second floor Commons M-3.
marijuana and possession of
Ebert. 18. is being held in
University police
Fresno County Jail wilh bail
detectives Sergio Silva and
set at 87.000.
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DOUG CORDS
ROBERT HAMPTON
PAUL LANGE
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v DOOR PRIZES	
GRANDJJRAWING FOR A PANASONIC RADIO
Leagues
compared
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teal to get Thompson, Mate
committed a minor infraction
and couldn't go to the NCAA.
While UCLA picked apart
Memphis SUte In the NCAA
finals, Norm Sloan, the NC.
SUte coach aUted "we can beat
UCLA" and all ACC fans agreed.
1975 at Greensboro. N C — This
tourney was not for li weak
hearted. Every game as
decided by six poinU or It.a In
the semi finals, NC SUte led
Maryland by 18 with three
minutes left, but with nine
seconds left sUte was down by
one, but won at the buxzer, 96-95.
In the other semi-final North
Carolina and Clemson went into
overtime when the Tigers'
"Tree" Rollins took a shot at the
buxxer that misaed and the
Tarheels won in overtime, 78-70.
In the championship game
freshman Phil Ford ran the four
corners perfectly as NC Sute's
defending National Champions
were upaet 70-68. Ford became
the first freshman ever to win
MVP in the tournament.
The ACC tourney haa been so
successful that other con¬
ferences, including our own
PCAA, have adopted this format
for deciding IU NCAA
representatives.
Imagine yourself^ a couple of
years from now begging for a
ticket willing to fork out 850 to m
tbe mighty Bulldoga pUy in the
powerful PCAA post aeaion
classic, where like to tbe ACC,
basketball is not a game but a
way of life.
begin to cooperate and help each
other."
Susan Shanks, chairman of the
Communicative Disorders
Department and a member of the
AP*P Committee, says the
raroposal would probably mean
the   total   rewriting   of   the
ewritln.i
credential
But
she favor* the plan, and said, "I
think it  could  improve  our
Experimental Collage coor¬
dinator John Cagle said the main
advantage of the plan would be
more contact hours between
professor* and students.
"The other kinds of things
would  be  fringe  benefits,"  he
He believes th* I
problems are exaggerated. "It
would only be a problem if tbe
entire university didn't make the
iwitch." he taid.
Many of the faculty told the
Collegian they aee advantages
and dlaadvantages in the
proposal, and favor further itudy
of tbe plan.
Boosting the standard full-time
student's course load from 15
units a semester to 16 could help
the history departments FTE, if
studenU take the 18 units, ac¬
cording to history department
chairman Stephen Benko. But,
he's afraid it could hurt If
studenU only Uke 12 units in¬
stead.
Hia faculty favon more itudy
of the subject before any rash
decisions are made, Benko ad¬
ded.
Alex Saragoaa, coordin»tor for
the La Rata Studies Program,
favors the change because it
would give faculty more Ume for
research. But, he said It would be
bad for the program since th*
variety of course offerings would
shrink.
The foreign language depart¬
ment alao favors Intenalve atudy
of the plan, according to Jose
E)jtorria«a. chairman.
But he said "the four-unit dass
is a misnomer because you may
have a combination of four and
three units. He (Volpp) wanU the
basic unit to be four, but he haa
no objection to a combination."
The APJ.P has asked the
faculty to respond to the survey
by today, Kausch said. Both he
and York agree that the proposal
will probably be dropped If the
majority of the faculty dlaap-
prove of the idea.
Guthrie tribute
scheduled for
first production
"Hard Travelling A Tribute to
Woody Guthrie" will be th*
CSUF University Theatre's first
spring production. The folk
music*! is scheduled for March 3-
The March 8 performance is
sold out, but tickets still are
available for the other shows.
Tickets are priced at Si  for
cards
studen
(limit of two), 82 for high school
studenU and children and 83 for
adulu.
"Hard Travellin' " is a serious
musical about the life of folk
singer Woody Guthrie. The show
utilized slides, music and
dialogue to depict Guthrie's
struggle through the depression
of the 1930's.
Reservations for the per¬
formance can be made by calling
2216 or the theatre box office
between 12:30 and 4:30 p.m.
THURSDAY. MARCH J, 1*77
^Chc Collegian
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY. FRESNO
Lawsuits
AS may cut budgets
by Laura Thompson Darrell Fonseca, senator for
SUff Reporter the School of SocUl Sclencea and
-   ■ a member of the Finance and
Associated    Student    (AS) Bud*et Committee, told the AS
funded programa and activitiea s«"te   y"terday   that   only
cut  l» percent In  this  year'a M.°*.   minus   operating   ex-
budget may face additional cuU P"15"-  *m   **  »vailable  for
in the 1977-78   budget. allocation ln the new budget.
Last   year    «08,oc"    — **
Nursing instructor
files $115,000 suit
Cole wants to see
1975 dismissal letter
Eleanor Greene, chairman of
the CSUF nursing department,
has been named as one of the
defendanU In a lawsuit filed by
nursing Instructor Ming Be Sia.
Also named in the suit are the
Board of Trustees of the SUte
Unlvenltiea and Colleges
System, and Ola Sabin, director
of nursing administration at
Valley Medical Center.
Sia charges that she was
falsely accused of being menUlly
ill and thus was suspended from
her nursing duties at CSUF.
The 8115,000 law suit follows a
restraining order filed earlier by
Sia's attorney, JV. Henry,
prohibiting the university from
disciplining the nursing in¬
structor because she refused to
take further testing.
Additional legal action (the
lawsuit) was Uken because,
according to Henry, the CSUF
administration had not honored
an agreement made by Dr.
William Coughran.
Henry charges that Coughran
had agreed " " ~
reinttsted
evaluation done last November
came back favorable.
The report was completed last
month by Dr. Sam Castro, chief
of psychiatry at Fresno Com¬
munity Hoapital. and was
favorable to Sia, according  to
Coughran would not comment
on the charge.
In the suit, Sia claims that last
May. Greene assigned her to
Valley Medical Center as
orienUtion for a spring clinical
teaching assignment. Sia had to
forego her
order   to   perform   thia   un¬
compensated service.
Sia cUlma in the suit that ahe
complied with Greene's request,
but did not receive meaningful
orienUtion and asked that she be
reassigned to Fresno Community
Hospital  for  the orientation
Her request waa granted, but
within days Greene placed Sia on
"indefinite sick leave" status
and she had to drop the course at
Community Hospital, according
to the suit.
It was at this time Sia was
ordered   by   members   of   the
(Continued on p. 3)
Cheiter Cole, former
geography department chair¬
man, has filed a suit againat
CSUF President Norman Baxter,
the California State University
and College Board of Trustees
and Chancellor Glen Dumke. to
obtain a copy of a letter per¬
taining to his removal aa
chairman In 1978.
The suit was filed In Fresno
County Superior Court Feb. 5 by
the California SUte Employee's
Association     (CSEA),     and
Squad skirts, funding?
SUff Reporter
An anonymous pep squad
member has charged that the
squad took advanUge of the
Associated StudenU (AS) fun¬
ding procedures.
The source said squad mem¬
bers formed the CSUF Rally Club
to fund the pep squad by adding
additional money to the allocated
student money.
She said squad members were
afraid pie AS would cut the
squad's budget if it found out the
funds existed.
AS President David Nikssarian
said, however, he "saw no real
problem provided that they
didn't use the money we gave
them to generate added revenue.
If they did, they would have had
to report it...even if we were
aware of Rally club's account,
we probably wouldn't have cut
the squad's budget."
Tom Kane, advisor to both the
pep squad and Rally Club, said
the club has not yet applied to be
a chartered CSUF organiratlon.
Kane denied that the club waa
founded to circumvent funding
club's off campus account does
fund the out-of-pocket expenses
of members of the pep squad," he
aaid, "but there's nothing
irregular about lhat. That'a iU
purpose—what it was founded
for."
Kane said the club's account
has a current balance of 8469,
which was acquired from two
fund raisers end from donations
from private individuals. But he
added that most of that money
will be spent soon on pep squad
Such expenses, according to
Kane, would include the squad's
uniforms, the cost of having
(Continued on p. 8)
MEMBMS OF THE CSUF Pap soood hov» hod mort*y difficult)*! fhli ytor. lorclng thtm to
flnonc* fha>mi*lv*i Ihrouflh fh* Roily Club. Th* pap tquod Includes (lop row) Both
MokoH. Allc* N»j*/, Condy 8y»ctond Non Frompton. On th* bottom row. Kim Mulhtrn.
Rono Dixon ond CrtllaafS Worts or* picture fPhofo by Scorf Llnntfi)
requests that a copy of a letter
written by Baxter to Dumke be
available to Cole.
Baxter removed Cole from the
position in June 1975, and
assigned him to full-time
:aching load. He U currently on
"    "      I on p. 8)
If operettas!	
at the aame level, the aenate can
expect to have 8165,000 to
allocate this year, a figure
111,000 lower than Uit year.
Faced with declining funds, tbe
senate has asked the Legal and
Legislative Committee to
examine the National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA)
contract due to expire ln 1978.
Currently, the contract with
the NCAA absorbs 28 percent of
(Ccntinued on p. 8) '
JU8A ST. JIVE appear* to b* •n/oyino hartteff a* he join* with Shtllty
Frtydont In r»h*ors/rtp for fh* upcoming- CSUF Done* Troop* concert,
scheduled to b* htld Friday ond Saturday night In fh* fretno
Memorial Auditorium Thtatrt. (Photo by Scott LlnntHj
r
Chavez will speak Friday
Cesar Chavez will make hla
second controversial appearance
at CSUF to lesa than five months
at noon Friday under the co-
sponsorship of MEChA and the
College Union.
Chavez waa forced into silence
during his last visit to this
campus by a noisy audience of
supporters and op posers of Prop.
14, which was defeated by voters
In November.
The talk will.be held to tbe
Men's Gym and will center on the
topic "Future Alternative* of tbe
Chicano."
Program Committee members
finalized plana for Chavez' talk
during a meeting this week. The
committee authorized spon¬
sorship of 81,500 of the 82,000 fee
charged by Chavez, with MEChA
funding the remainder. Ad¬
mission to CSUF studenU Is free
non-studenU will be charged 81.
Upcoming programa sponsored
by the College Union will Include
a debate and aeries of talks by
Dr. J. Edmond Orr during
Christian Emphasis Week, to be
held April 12,13 snd 14. Orr U the
author of more than 80 books oh '
Christian philosophy and has
more than one million copies to
circulation to 12 languages.
A representative of several
Christian groups on campus
requested 8700 to fund payment
to tbe speaker, rental of the;
for evening
Members of tbe committee,
however, voted to have the
speaker use tbe College Union,
thereby eliminating the rental
fee. By s unanimous voto, the
committee allotted 8850 for
payment to Orr.
In other action, the committee
approved a three-hour memory
course to be Uught by Luther
Reagan. Reagan, who haa Uught
Ms memory learning techniques
to private Individuals, diapUyed
a sample of hla memory skills to
the committee before the issue
was voted on.
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