1967_01 The Daily Collegian January 1967

              Solons hear
CO LI. E GIA N ! facu|ty views
VOL. LXXII, NO. 60
FRESNO. CALIFORNIA
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 4. 1967
Tueller gives
support to
TV plans
tlonal television station on the
Fresno State College campus
moved  a  step  toward  maturity
Pri'Slr
t Dr. Dallas A
rt for the Educa
il Television proposi
John  P.   Highlander, Television
Coordinator at FSC.
Dr. Tueller, a promoter of the
educational tolevlslon station
since speculation on the proposal
began, will also recommend the
support of the proposal to FSC
President, Dr. Frederic W.Ness.
If Dr. Ness favors the proposal
he will then send It for further
study, and hopefully support, to
the State Colleges' Chancellor's
Office. From the State Colleges'
Chancellor's Office, If It were
supported, It would move through
possibly one more state channel
and finally to the state legislature
The proposal suggests the es¬
tablishment of an educational
television station with studios
located on the FSC campus de¬
signed to serve the college as well
as  other  educational  Interests.
A number of the Junior colleges
In the San Joaquin Valley along
tlons and community agencies
have expressed Interest In setting
up  the station on a cooperative
Dr. Highlander commended
television station KJEO In Fresno
for being Instrumental In helping
the FSC staff with the proposal.
Under the direction of the own¬
er, the Shasta Telecast Corpora¬
tion, KJEO conducted an
engineering survey tohelpdeter-
mlne the location and strength
of the transmitter required to
cover the geographic area of the
educational television station.
The Shasta Corporation do¬
nated the funds for the entire
survey, thereby speeding up the
promulgation of the proposal and
saving the college a great flnan-
Business School
forms council
The school of business' new
student council Is a typical ex¬
ample of how an Idea can become
a reality with a little Initiative.
The man behind the council idea
and the one person who showed the
most initiative In creating It, is
Dr. McKee Flsk, dean, school of
New council members Include
Bill Clvlello, chairman; Sue Pate,
secretary; Judy Calandra, Ellen
Davis, Barbara Doanez, Sharon
Schafer, Kent Kozuki, AlanDeth-
letson, Tim Menezes, Don
Florey, Gregory Smith, Jay
Evans, Charles Romlch and Al¬
bert Odahl.
The two faculty members se¬
lected by the faculty committee
of student affairs tu meet with the
council are Dr. Robert Hampton,
associate professor of manage¬
ment and marketing, and Robert
Verve rka, instructor In finance
and Industry.
Views regarding Governor
.Ronald Reagan's budget freeze,
tuition In stato colleges, the Co¬
ordinating Council tor Higher
Education and the quarter system
wore aired last week as faculty
representatives attempted to
make Fresno's state assembly¬
men aware of their feelings to¬
ward these and other problems.
New parking
lot approved
Students dissatisfied with the
lack of adequate parking spaces
at Fresno State College can look
forward to a new parking lot west
of the  residence halls within a
The California State Colleges
Board of Trustees recently ap¬
proved the financing of additional
faculties at ail state colleges
when It approved the financing
of the college unions at FSC and
the California State Collego at
Long Beach.
bers met with freshman Assem¬
blyman Ernest Mobley and Irwin
to Assemblyman George N. Zen-
ranged the morning and afternoon
discussions, he said, to "try to
establish close rapport between
faculty organizations and the As¬
sembly.*
Number one on the agenda was
budget, and specifically, the ef¬
fect Governor Reagan's 'freeze'
Is having on stato college faculty
hunting. The freeze has "wiped
out" everything previous legisla¬
tures have done, complained Dr.
Dale Burtner, dean of the school
or arts and sciences. A fight has
been waged during the last
several  years, he explained, to
faculty salaries. The battle was
won last year, but the budget
freeze keeps Fresno State Col¬
lege, and other state Institutions,
from offering contracts.
jr prime hlr-
Inc
>mplainc
Dr.
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Hudson. Inc.
n the ceiling of Industrial Arts 121 la the begln-
he duct work for the.new air conditioning system
being Installed by plumber. Jim Turner, of Frank
(Dally Collegian Photo by Gary Daloyan)
i $5.5 rr
Right to smoke
may filter away
By MARY LOU FLEMING
smoking   on   campu
Academic Senate Exe
Modlflcatloi
regulation se<
direction.    There
•Let's
According   to   Dr.  Dallas  A.
Tueller,   academic  vice  presl-
and maintenance men have chal¬
lenged the effectiveness of the
"No Smoking* rule lnlho'Facul-
~ "•• "Smoking Is not
d In classrooms, labora-
:orrldors, or hallways.'
code about
smoking on state college cam¬
puses. 'The only policy Is our
own,' he said.
'This faculty regulation has
never been obeyed," remarked
Dr. Robert A. Carr, chairman of
the finance and Industry depart-
Attempts to enforce a rule of
this kind would be ridiculous.
Nothing short of 8,000-plus stu¬
dent watchdogs or hall monitors
(perhaps  with  badges  and  I
ivory building,"
commented Dr. Warren R. Blg-
gerstaff, professor of chemistry,
•and the problem will take care
of Itself.*
"Yes, we'll allgouplnsmoke,"
quipped Dr. Alexander Vavoulls,
assistant professorof chemistry.
for parking and $1.6 million In the
sale of tax-exempt revenue bonds
for the unions.
Executive Dean Orrln Wardle
said that the CSC Chancellor's
Office now Is In the process of
appointing architects for parking
projects. He does not yet know,
however, how much money will be
spaces can be developed.
He said the money Is expected
to be used for facilities on all
campuses within a year and
Fresno's next project is parking
at Cedar and Shaw avenues.
college property FSC   will   not  get multi-level
h the rule com- parking, as did San Jose State
i president's con- Collego. Dean Wardle said FSC
ffers scars from is scheduled for surface parking
irs' smouldering only. If all state colleges were to
have multi-level facilities, he ex-
o people who be- plained, college fees would
classroom Is no      undoubtedly rise.
The necessity of surfaco
parking will result In facilities
being built farther from the hub
of the campus. 'It is the Intent,*
tlmo from car to class be kept
Chester Cole, chali
geography department, 'and the
freeze on the budget Is assuring
colleges of getting poor help.*
He urged something be done to
allow state colleges to proceed
with their hiring on some sort
of tentative budget.
In connection with the budget,
the professors voiced their long¬
standing complaints about the line
item system now In use. The line
Item budget prohibits transfer
of funds and coUeges and their
departments must commit them¬
selves   to   Items   of  equipment
make the purchase, the original
Item Is not needed as much as
a completely different piece of
equipment, but there is no method
for transferring the funds.
What the professors want, they
told Mobley and Holland, Is a lump
sum budget, open to audit. Gover¬
nor Reagan has Indicated his
agreement  with  such  a  policy.
in effect, Dr. Cole said, the
State Department of Finance is
'It Is highly probable that 1
cycles will come Into greater u
on this campus, as they are
many other colleges."
or Influence state coUege policy
by withholding funds.
What the professors want Is
not only more fiscal autonomy,
but a formula autonomy to go
with  It. The stato coUege sys-
(Contlnued on Page 2, Col. 4)
Opinions are mixed on value
of PE for women at FSC
By KATHY KIHM ..
Some   women   students  enjoy
physical education, some tolerate
it and others dislike It, but most
•We're Just now seeing how child¬
ren perform In reading In ele¬
mentary school after they have
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i ailtv
small random samplo of Fresno
State College women concerning
the merits of the compulsory
physical education requirement.
ers? A quick check of the "Stu¬
dent Handbook* showed no 'No
Smoking* regulations. Are facul¬
ty members being discriminated
against?
Perhaps some confusion arises
over several conflicting campus
situations. If there Is to be no
smoking, why do cigarette re¬
ceptacles line the hallways In
every building? Why have the
"No Smoking* signs been re¬
moved from classrooms and lab¬
oratories? why are cigarette ma¬
chines located in the center of
•No Smoking'areas?
practice In physical activities."
To the student critic of physi¬
cal education, Miss Mason points
to the fact that, "We haven't
Impressed upon the growing child
•We've fallen down In teaching
don't   realize   how  much  more
fully they can live with |
and   a   strong   body,
beneficial requirement.
•Actually, If we had the right
programs at the elementary and
high school levels, the students
would have the proper skill and
physical education would not need
to be a requirement," explained
Miss Mason elaborated by say¬
ing that the elementary school
program Is eapedaUy neglected.
nidi
Miss Mason felt agreat number
of students would take P.E. even
If It woren't a requirement. How¬
ever, other department members
disagreed.
•Most of the girls would not
take It, because they don't realize
lta value or don't know what they
will enjoy,* said Miss Katherlne
Doyle, associate professor of
P.E.and Instructor of me coo-.
dltlonlng and figure control
classes.
Some women students agreed
that they would not take a course
unless It was required.
Comments ranged from the
freshmen nursing major,who said
"Most people wouldn't take P.E.
because they plain don't like It or
they cannot do well In the skills,"
to Claudia Wlckstrom, Junior
Journalism major, who explained,
•Unless students could get the
class they wanted, they would take
no P.E. course at all."
stands some of theproblemscon¬
fronting students In the program.
Miss Mason explained, 'They
have  every  right to complain,"
omore social science major.
The student complained,
•Grading should be on effort,
because some people Just cannot
do some skills.'
Miss Mason explained, Mt Is
hard to get an established group
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