1968_05 The Daily Collegian May 1968

              Opinion
2    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    Tueaday, May 21, 1968
Politics And Colleges
Some members of toe State Senate have once again decided they
have a self-appointed role to play as watchdogs of "moraUty" on the
campuses of the state college system. They have demanded that toe
colleges "clean house" or else, toe Utter Involving threats ranging
from the appointment of a legislative "liaison" man for every college
to the system to punitive appropriations-cutting action.
AU this came about last week when a number of coflege officials
were summoned to Sacramento for a meeting with a group of sena¬
tors led by Hugh Burns (D-Fresno), Senate president pro tem.
The senators' main concern was with allegedly obscene displays
of sculpture at two state colleges. Other matters, Including student
disturbances, were also taken up.
Last week's confrontation was Indicative of a long-standing con¬
flict over the conception of the colleges held by those primarily
responsible for their functioning and those who beUeve that the
power of appropriations grants certain powers of interference not
otherwise provided by law.
Ai the heart of the matter are two basic Issues. The first Is the
degree of autonomy toe state colleges can realistically, rather than
Ideally, expect to exercise given their ultimate dependence on the
Legislature for operating funds. The second, and far more Important
Issue, Is pollUcal Interference by the Legislature or any of Its arms
ln the academic or other affairs of the colleges.
The question of coUege autonomy clearly Is a difficult one. For
now, we would note only that the poUUcal facts of Ufe make one thing
clear: taxpayer-supported InsUtuUons, by their very nature, must
take care to exercise special judgment and tact ln academic and other
activities, lest they provide the excuses sought by those all too eager
to Interfere with their workings. Undeniably, this sometimes in¬
volves some circumscription of those freedoms which, say, private
schools might enjoy. But lt Is a price that must be paid.
This brings up the second point Involved: tho threatened Intrusion
by some members of the Legislature Into the day-to-day affairs of
the various colleges.
Sen. Burns, If we understand his proposal, Is prepared to have a
sort of legislative commissar assigned to each coUege campus.
Backed by the constant threat of leglslaUve (I .e., budgetary) reprisal,
this omniscient overseer would be ln a position to pass Judgment on
toe quality of artistic acUvltles that take place on a campus, or de¬
termine what pollUcal action on a given campus constitutes subver-
Thls Is, by ail measures, an outrageous and crude effort at pollU¬
cal Intimidation. Certainly, the state colleges have not always been
error-free ln their Judgments. This hardly Justifies the attempted
Interference In their affairs by a body whose own Judgments and
standards are open to more frequent question. For the good of all
concerned, toe Burns proposal should be quietly forgotten.
Editor:
In reference to the quote attrib¬
uted to me to your May 20 Issue,
"The  Negro  student  has been
Proposal Summer Exodus
To Establish   The Problems  Of Moving Home
Asia Program
proposal to establish an
itudles program at Fresno
State College has been sent to
toe state college chancellor's
-•"tfjee with the hope that an Asian
L. idles department can be cre-
Cred within a few years.
The offering of Chinese and
Japanese language courses next
semester will be the first stepln
Is organizer;
will be sometime after that un¬
organized, a master of arts de¬
gree will be offered. It will be
sometime after that until a bach¬
elor's program Is organized.
Until the department Is ready,
the program will take an inter¬
disciplinary approach with stu¬
dents  taking classes ln various
By CRAIG HOLLAND
Collegian staff Writer
■Where do I start?*
will echo across the FresnoState
College campus and neighboring
apartment complexes as many
FSCIIes start that weary and
bothersome Job of moving home
for the summer.
Cries of'Look at all this Junk?"
and How am I going to get all
of this ln my Volkswagen?* will
offered. It      students head f(
ir Jobs.
Inevitably one accumulates
more possessions during the
school year than he brought ln
September and this additional
burden often means that after
finals are over not all the head¬
aches will disappear.
claimed   "I   live   on   the   third
floor and It Is going to take me
Editor:
On May 20th, members of La
Raza obtained first hand knowl¬
edge of the bureaucraUc ma-
neuvertngs of the man on the Ivory
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN       .abort
to believe  people  :
first because he Is a Negro,"
please permit me to clarify my
Such conditioning has come
ot "out of necessity", but
auo to the Negro's painful ex¬
periences In deaUng with societal
attitudes. This society has con¬
ditioned Negroes to expect 111
treatment and discrimination in
most areas Involved ln their ex-
For example, when a Negro la
dent Ness.
His cagey tactics plainly point¬
ed out that he, as president of
the college, could not and would
not commit himself to the de¬
mands presented to him by La
Raza students at FSC. This was
Indicative of Ihe lack of concern
frowned at or Ignored by a sales
person, he must first go through
toe 'elimination process," is it
because I'm black or because the
sales person Is ill-tempered and
reacUng to everyone this way?
A Caucasian generally Is not
burdened with having to go
through such exercises ln order
to keep his equilibrium.
Thank you for this opportunity.
May  I also add that the article
e needed      that  might Jeopardize his posi-
the col-      Uon.
A Ume schedule has been set
was pre- for toe demands. If no positive
itlystat- action Is taken, wewlllIelPresl-
»wer" to     dent Ness and everyone else know
Jrther Implied tli
xert pressure o
ins of Schools oi
! personnel. Th
1 methods of keep-
VIVA LA RAZA!
GMp. MARTINEZ
OMAR SALINAS
LUPE TRUJILLO
TONY GONZALEZ
LUIS MESTAS
BOB CERVANTES
YOLANDA ADAMK
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who wish to prereglster for the
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cards attached to the bulletin
and return them to the office as
soon as possible to obtain the
advantage.
Students who hold cards (or
prerelglstratlon on May 20, 8 lo
UCSC Chamber Players
Concert Set For Thursday
The Crown chamber Players
of the University of CaUfornla
will present  a  concert Thurs-
Stale College Recital Hall.
The Chamber Players, Rosarlo
Mazzeo, clarinet; William Van
Den Burg, cello; and Herbert Ro¬
gers, piano; are sponsored by
Proiect   Outspan,   a     specially
sources of LheUnlversltyofCall-
Woodwln Department o
England Conservatory
years.   He has   made
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on any day.
Students are required to pre¬
sent student body cards, com¬
pleted reglstraUon booklets and
8 permit cards. Payment ot
I Office
dow of the Administration Build¬
ing completes the preregistra¬
tlon procedure.
' Students who withdraw from
courses after reglstraUon prior
to June 17 will forfeit $21 of
the fees.
Students who prereglster i»«d
not go to the Men's Gyip.wslum
June 17, but may go directly
to classes June IB.
Time permit cards Issued for
prereglstraUon are also good for
regular reglstraUon on June 17.
No program changes are per¬
mitted by prereflstered students
unUl June 18.
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WESTERN BOOT & SHOE CO.
FRESNO * BROADWAY STREETS PH: 237-8718
 DOWNTOWN FRESNO
Apartment dwellers have lt just
as bad. What do you do with a
half-used box of Kellogg's Rice
Krlspies and a brand new mop?
Many once treasured Items will
find themselves discarded ln a
trash can or ln the hands of a
new owner who happens to
possess a station wagon oraplc-
and graduated with honors from
the Royal Conservatorlu. He has
delphla Orchestra and  the San
Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
Van Den Burg has been guest
major orchestras
Pianist Herbert Rogers, also
a lecturer in music at UCSC
studied at the Philadelphia Con¬
servatory ofMuslc.SouthernMe-
thodist University and the JulU-
ard School of Music. He has
played ln chamber music groups
and as soloist In Canada, and
major European capitals.
In 195G he made a concert
tour of Western Germany for the
United States Department. In 1958
Rogers was awarded a Rocke¬
feller grant for SNew York de-
And then there Is the prob¬
lem of that $25 security deposit
that Is supposed to go to any
damage that a student may inflict
upon his apartment or dormitory
room during the course of the
year. Students are invariably
short of money by the end of the
and putty will be put lo use ln
great quantities In order to hide
those scratches, stains and holes
that seem to appear now and
then ln that most destructive
period from September to June.
After all, the landlord will have
to be pleased before one  may
And what are you going to do
with that carton of cigarettes and
that six-pack of beer that Is ln
the refrigerator? You can't take
them home because your parents
think that you are still the clean-
cut, all-Amerlcan college stu¬
dent that you were when you left
to go without a regular smoke
and those T.G.I.F.'s will have to
come to an abrupt halt for the
summer. The sacrifices you have
to male during your summer
•vacaUon"!
But when the Ume comes, your
vw will seem to have more room
than you expected, and you will
be able to get most of your trea¬
sures ln lt, although lt may be
a Uttle tight. The landlord will
be pleased, or at least seem to be
pleased, with the "fine shape you
kids left the place ln,' and you'll
get your $25 back, and with it,
a free "ticket* home. But those
Friday afternoons still won't be
the same without those T.G.LF.'s
to look forward to.
BALDWIN'S JEWELERS -
has the largest
DOWNTOWN & MANCHESTER
•lection of Bulovas anc
ACCUTRONS
i the Valley.   Buy with no money do\
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ACCUTRON CALENDAR "AD"     ACCUTRON CALENDAR "
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STUDENT CHARGES WELCOME - NO CO-SIGNER NECESSARY
SPECIAL SEMESTER TERMS FOR STUDENTS -DOWNTOWN-