1967_12 The Daily Collegian December 1967

              2—THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
LETTERS
Dissenters
Editor:
The quaking issue of our Ume
associates academla with moral¬
ity as framed around our nation's
foreign poUcy. Here, we are pre¬
sumed to have the Ume, uie in¬
clination and Uie abUlty to look
into the matter. Of course we
have polarized and splintered into
groups ln agreement. In dissent
and In whatever. Our spin-off
has even produced a spokesman
for dissent. Convenient copy, he
makes some sense ln advancing
Uie thought of a minor group of
dlssenters-whlch is not reaUy
Uie same thing as a group of
dissenting minors. But as uie
lone focal point he risks becom¬
ing a tragic figure ln uie mold
of Mario Savto. Have you had
any nagging misgivings about why
a group of dissenters on and off
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potenUaily destrucUve effects of
backlash from the real world.
After communism's expan¬
sionary drive Is frustrated anew
ln Vietnam our senUments wUl
be of an *I told you so* variety,
but  Justifiably tl
n like,"
ce spokesmen
If traitors look 1
for dissent then
fascination we could watch the
susceptible true believer become
a sacrificial lamb. Entertaining¬
ly, the dlssenterswUl gnash their
teeth, scream, and demonstrate.
The press wUl report Uie happen¬
ings whUe editors agonize, cal¬
ling for moderaUon and an end
to witch hunting....aU of which
will Increase circulation and at¬
tract greater advertising reve¬
nue. But be that as lt may, the
ethics of support pose a pracUcal
question, *Can the dissenters and
an even handed press protect
Uie spokesman from the backlash
In the name of morality of
academic honesty, the group must
now step forward, IdenUfy them¬
selves, and share ln the glory of
being true prophets, or they must
accept pro rata parlahshlp If
their manlpulaUons should back-
JIM CHOATE   A2037
EDITORIAL
Real Concern-No Reaction
Adults across the naUon constant!
with a shake of the head and an "I J
failed* atUtude.
Why, they wonder, do you concern y
I reaUy Influence and Ignore j
OMlli !,.
ir classes and grades which
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be thebt
possible a
campus, but ln Vietnam.
year-olds  ln  the United States today are among U
people ln the world. College lUe exposes Ui
and Infinite quesUons. If ln the face of all these stimuli, they did not
Much has been said, pro and con, regarding the anti-war senU-
and   treason.  Unfortunately,   little thought goes Into what makes a
person oppose the war ln Vietnam.
The answer Involves more than the feeling of "we don't want to
get shot at." "We're there," they concede, "butsomehow we've got to
"Why?"  demand  parents,  often veterans of World War U. They
ust Indeed find lt difficult to believe that the growing feeling among
people  is  that  it's   morally  unJusUfiable  to  take a human
Is this bad? No. How can a feeling which desires only peace and
harmony be branded treasonous or degenerate? In case of a national
would these people fight? Yes.
settle down to a true period of peace. This, for most of them,
Infinitely more Important than school or grades.
"School lasts only four years," said one PVCer, "but unless we
reach the moon pretty fast I'll spend my whole life on the earth. I
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V COLLEGIAN—3
College Union Is Combined Student Effort
1 KAREN THOMAS
1  help  p
e College Union
mlldlng and progra
Whether students reaUze If of not each one began
his year at registration by contributing at least $9
oward Uie construcUon of the buUdlng aero
he Cafeteria.
Students began a move ln 1958-09 to acqulr
lege Union when lt became obvious that the
California   would   never  build "one  with
Th..'.-
old c
a College Union everyyear since the beginning of FSC.
This reserve fund now contains $574,000 plus the C.U.
fee which was charged to students for the first Ume this
year. Monies brought lnby this fee amounted to $175,000
for this fall alone. The fee was set at $9 per semester
for regular students and $4.50 for limited students.
One of the opposing factors of the C.U. was uie Idea
of charging students this fee before Uie buUdlng was
actually completed. Whitfield answered this question
saying that In order to got a loan we must receive state
backing, to get this we must have enough money ln the
fund to be able to pay for a great deal
Fresno City College is now located.
Earl Whitfield, College Union director, said that
Fresno State College students and staff were primarily
responsible for the lntroducUon of legislaUon to the
state to make lt possible to build a union with student
funds. Since that Ume 13 colleges have requested per¬
mission to buUd their own college unions.
The Fresno State College AasoclaUon, a non-profit
corporation formed by the students and faculty to con¬
duct Ihe business affairs of uie student body, has set
aside   money   In   a special reserve fund to go toward
Chlco
t example,
s  like
The archltecturi
I of the building has also met with
iome say the buUdlng will sUck out
among the rest of the buUdlngs on
says that lt was purposely designed
lt if the building croated a new at-
The C.U. Is operated by the student-faculty board
under the administrative authority of the FSC Asso¬
ciation Board of Directors.
The purposes of the C.U. are to form a commui
center for the students, faculty, admlnlstraUon
alumni; to provide any Informational help students r
need; to serve as pari of uie educational program
to act as a unifying force to bring together the i
ferent members of the college famUy.
To fulfill these purposes uie C.U. wUl be open any
time that any part of the college is open. That Includes
Saturdays, Sundays, certain hoUdays and summer Un
FacUlUes and services Included In the C.U. a
conference and meeting rooms, lounge areas, lnforrr
Uon center, campus box office, coffee shop, outdoor
dining area, student association business office, dupli¬
cating service, art display areas, campus calendar,
student committee offices, student government offices,
chess, bridge and smaU games rooms, bowling alleys,
pool room area, alumni office, and postal services.
Total  project  costs   wUl   run  close   to $2,098,480.
POINT OF VIEW—
The Fire Next Time
More Colleges
Raising Tuition
Paul Priolo, GOP assemblyman from Los Angeles, is pushing for
legislation aimed at training state coUege security police ln Uie fine
Priolo says that uie anti-Dow demonstration at San Jose Slate
•got completely out of hand when campus police were unable to
maintain law and order.* The southland law-maker cites this and
related Incidents throughout uie stato as JustlflcaUon for the pro¬
posed new training.
The term "riot-control" is a phrase generic to the military and
is used to describe a number of acUons ranging from crowd dls-
n fire into a crowd.
sd on the old and oft-forgotten
is Is required to do the Job Is
As  the  ferocity of the crowd rise:
taken by troops or police
principle that only such
permissible.
Brutality
In Oakland, at the Century-Plaza ln LA, and at Sproul Hall ln
December of 1964, this principle was cast aside and Indiscriminate
headbusUng and gratuitous beatings were commonplace. Some police
have posted proof that they are emoUonally Incapable of dealing
with demonstraUons without resorting to excessive force. The beat¬
ing and kicking of reporters, photographers, doctors, priests and
women demonstrators—as all happened last month ln Oakland—indi¬
cated that hysteria and brutality, rather than restraint and maturity,
are uie operaUve forces behind the "creaUve society's* approach
legist!
ie young people.
k people, the poor people and
* Days. New Ways
But this is another story. What about the campus security patrol
at Fresno Stato College? The man who controls and directs Ihe SP
Is Dr. Frederic W. Ness, uie FSC president.
When Ness arrived here from New York, the Fresno State cam¬
pus bore smaU resemblance to Uie college today. There were no
demonstraUons, no protests. As the war ln Vietnam dragged on,
I the UA government ln Asia became
e relaUve quiet of Fresno State was broken. We be-
tet lines of solemn, silent demonstrators In front of
i. Letters of dissent began to appear ln uie Collegian;
stands were taken and strongly advocated. RepresentaUves from the
Students for a Democratic Society appeared and a few brave and
honest clergymen spoke. There was a walk-out when Vice-President
Hubert Humphrey came to speak and a demonstraUon when he left.
The Dow Company's arrival on campus was met with protests, a
petlUon and a
Clearly the trend was moving away from FSC's old image as a
quiet, orderly place where students learned about such mundane
subjects as crop rotation and cross poUinaUon.
Outside Police
Dr. Robert Clark and Dr. John SummerskUl of San Jose and San
Francisco State CoUeges, respectively, were recenUy forced to call
for outside police assistance to quell student demonstrations. It Is
probable that neither administrator thought such acUon would ever
become necessary when be took office. It Is also probable that Fred¬
eric Ness doubted that such action would be necessary on uie FSC
campus. But, then, he probably doubted that protests would ever
reach the proportions that they have at FSC. By now he must realize
that uie passive advocacy of specific causes is yesterday's song and
uie watchword of today's New Activism Is mUltancy, meaning open
confrontation and defiance of established authority. As the evolution
of protest reaches Fresno, hard questions will arrive at our presi¬
dent's door. Can solutions be found within uie FSC community? Or
wUl the point be reached when uie summoning of outside police be¬
comes the only apparent solution? Or, ln line with Assemblyman
Prlolo's Idea, can trained campus police do the Job of maintaining
This writer does not think that our campus police can or could do
the Job. For the most part, uie small FSC security patrol Is com¬
prised of older men, some former police officers, who have little or
nothing ln common with uie college's 10,000 students. They have
almost no unofficial contact with students and uie respect they com¬
mand from students Is minimal. It Is doubtful that any amount of
riot-control training they could receive would enable them to cope
with a serious campus outbreak.
Although President Ness concedes that local police agencies would
be summoned should uie situation warrant, what Is really needed at
Fresno State Is a charismatic figure capable of stopping a riot be¬
fore the blood starts to flow. Such an Individual must command the
respect of the majority of students, of whatever poUUcal affiliation,
and he must be able to offer viable soluUons to problems without
falling back on cliches and platitudes. It would do UiUe good, for
Instance, to decry violence ln America when uie official foreign
policy of this country openly endorces violence against certain other
If he gets out of his office and onto the campus and keeps his finger
on the student pulse, such a man could be Fred Ness. He's had a lot
of experience with student demonstraUons and appears to be both
understanding and reasonable regarding student protests. He could be
FSC's 'leader* ln spirit as weU as name but he's going to have to
walk across Uie street to do lt.
A report Just Issued by uie
National Association of State Unl-
leges (NASULCC) and the Asso¬
ciation of Stale CoUeges and
Universities (ASCU) saya "There
Is hardly a student In Uie country
who wUl pay as  much tor bis
wUl for his senior year.
TulUon, fees, and room and
board charges are rising so fast
and so often that today's state
university senior Is paying about
15 percent more for his education
this year than he did as a fresh¬
man ln 1964,* the report adds.
And that's if you're an in-state
student. Non-residents are pay¬
ing 23 percent more than they did
as freshmen.
ASCU represents smaUer state
colleges and universities.
The report shows a 6.5 percent
increase ln In-state tuition and
fees at NASULGC InsUtutlons,
from a medium of $330 last year
to $351.50 this year. Out-of-state
tuition went up 8.4 percent from
$784 to $850.
At ASCU InsUtutlons, in-state
tuition and fees rose four percent,
from $250 to $260. Out-of-state
tuition and fees rose nine per¬
cent from $550.50 to $600.
Room rates rose sharply at the
big schools, Increasing 12 per¬
cent for men and 16.3 percent tor
women. Room increases at the
smaller colleges and board In¬
creases generally were all
slightly emriler.