1968_05 The Daily Collegian May 1968

              Opinion
2    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    Thuraday, May 2,
Things To Come?
The saga concerning the competence of the Student Senate con¬
tinues, but this Ume the shadow of responsibility falls on next year's
Senate. Perhaps tola tale can shed some light on the possible shape
of things to come.
There once was an old mountain man who every Wednesday night
would teU stories to the children who Uved In the valley.
Last night he told a fable that went something Uke '.his:
Once upon a Ume there was a young man (he was young In age
but even younger In maturity) who decided he wanted to become
well-known and hold positions of Influence and Importance.
While attending coUege, he tried several Uroes to become a 'big
wheel.' Try as he might, he never quite succeeded unUl one day,
near toe end of his fifth year at the school he was elected Senator
of Publications. Ha was elated. At last he had some power.
But, he was not content to wait unUl the following year to take
office. Looking around, he discovered the present publications
senator (who was appointed at the semester break because the
original senator had resigned) did not have the required grades.
Aha, he thought, here's my big chance, so he sat down and wrote
a sterling note to the Student Senate.
Why take Ume to research Ms charges, he thought. I know what's
happening said he as he stated the senator's grades had not been
checked prior to being appointed. What did he care that the grades
had been checked and a mathematical error bad been made In fig¬
uring the GPA.
•It is my Intention, as Senator-at-large, to bring responsibility
back Into student government," he wrote.
Continuing, he strongly recommended the Senate take action and
remove the Illegal senator. 'Laws and rules should be abided by,'
he said. Who cares that he himself did not comply with the laws and
s turned In Ms expense ac-
the Student Court to keep from being
disqualified. Said he, 'It Is my
lnlenUon to bring responslblUty
back Into student government."
Well, my cMldren, concluded
the old man, Ms Immature and
childish antics lo oust the pres¬
ent .senator and assume the post -
Uon Mmself made many people
angry with Mm and disenchanted
many others.
Whether he brought any re¬
sponslblUty Into student govern¬
ment can't be said because the
ending to UUs tale has yet to be
c the railroad track. .
Pass The Aspirin, Please!
LAUREL HIGHLANDS
Sun Deck
Private Carport
Call: RICHARD LOGAN
224-6008
Life In A Nutshell: Instantaneity
By DIANE DOTTERS
o be a society th
The  key word In  today's   living
"Instant*. In fact, we app
Insists upon being Instant.
We have Instant diets
There are Instant coffees and teas, Instant vege¬
tables that can be cooked right In their plasUc
container. Instant mashed potatoes and Instant
gravy to cover them with and even Instant JeUo
and Instant pudding for dessert.
We hare Instant philosophies and inslant answers.
We have Instant love and we have Instant hate. Yes,
we Insist upon an Instant recipe for everytMng.
Why then, fellow students, as another school
year drags to Its non-Instant ending, can't we have
an instant recipe to complete those two term
papers (one due tomorrow, that has not been
started yet and the other due Friday, that Is one-
thlrd written). Outside reading reports, the sprlnk-
Ung of quizzes and the finals themselves following
close beMnd. Of course, It's spring and Ihe air Is
filled with Instant distractions, which makes con¬
centration that much more difficult.
Thus far, roost of us simply have Instant heart¬
burn or Instant Indigestion, for which we can lake
Instant Turns for Instant relief. But toe problem
sUll exists and who wants to get hooked on Turns?
Perhaps we could stage an Instant demonstra-
Uon or even an Inslant riot (the weather Is perfect)
against the admlMstratlon and our professors to
give Instant protest in our search for Instant re¬
sults to the problems that they are to blame for in
the first place. (Hear! Hear!!)
No doubt this would give them Instant headache
for wMch they could take Excedrln for instant
reUef and. If we protest long enough, maybe get
hooked. (Groovy?) No, the problem still exists.
(Instant groan.)
We could all withdraw from school en" masse,
but then any previous efforts to get anything ac¬
complished this semester would be shot down the
tubes and that would be Instant waste.
There simply does not seem to be an Instant
soluUon to compleUng those two term papers, three
oral reports, (?#) outside reading reports, the
quizzes and the finals.
UMess. . . We forget lt Is spring and the weather
Is beautiful, forget that we are In love or wish we
were and swallow that Turns for toe instant relief
we'll need after eating our Instant breakfast so we
can Instantly start to work. It Is a shame there Is
no Instant solution to work - besides starting now.
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of toe executive committee of toe
academic senate public, it seems
to roe that toe faculty and student
body may have some Interest In
two of their many ruUngs: l)they
ruled that members of the faculty
who signed toe Infamous Walker-
Flkes peUUon asking that Mezey
be dismissed are eUglble to serve
on toe hearing panel wMch will
judge Ms case, and 2) they ruled
that Flkes' behavior In secretly
contacUng over 30 prospective
veniremen (In order to convince
them to answer no questions
other than whether or not they
would be willing to serve) was
perfectly appropriate, even
though Flkes 1 s a party to toe
grievance.
Justice, Fresno State style,
marches on!
RICHARD W. PAUL
Assistant Prof, of Philosophy
Meeting Plea
Editor:
At toe beginning of toe semes¬
ter, academic senate meetings
were being regularly held and I
felt that I was being kept tor
partment the actions wMch were
being taken on Issues of concern
to the faculty.
senate meetings have been held
and scant information has been
concerning the ac-
I the executive committee,
meeting regularly. In my opinion,
regular meetings of toe college-
wide academic senate should also
be held — following toe fine ex¬
ample of the executive commit¬
tee. It seems only fitting and
proper that all possible steps
should be taken to Inform toe
senators of toe action of toe ex¬
ecutive committee. Without reg¬
ular meetings of toe senate I do
not feel that I can fulfill my ob¬
ligations as a senator. Therefore
I would Uke to set forth this
plea that our executive committee
hold   regular   meetings   of  toe
North-South Split Decision
Solons Nix Plan To Use
College Funds For Water
Thuraday. May 2. 1968    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN   3
Union Electrical Hookup
Pulls Plug On Dormies
SACRAMENTO (AP) - A pro¬
posal to help finance toe state
water project with money tra-
dlUonally used by higher educa¬
tion was.put to rest In a Senate
committee Wednesday.
By a 6-6 north-south spUt, the
Senate Finance Committee
shelved  Ihe proposal giving toe
offshore  drilling
Sen. John G. Schmltz, R-Tua-
tin, a southern CaUforMan,
claimed educaUon, too, lsperen-
niaiiy short of money, and said
higher educaUon should try tor a
bond Issue.
I've got the UMverslty of
California at Irvine In my dis¬
trict, and I prefer water,"
Schmltz said.
For years, Northern and South¬
ern California legislators have
been at odds over toe diversion
of northern waters to parched
Southern California.
One of toe committee members
YoUng against Cologne's bill was
Sen. Richard Dblwlg, R-Ather-
ton, a Northern CaUfornlan who's
proposed spUtUng California in¬
to two states.
•The w
r project Is SI bil¬
lion snort,- said Sen. Randolph
ColUer, D-Yreka, a Northern
CaUfornlan. They should be
frank and honest with the people
of California and ask for a $1
billion bond Issue.
That's a better way of doing
lt than robbing some school kid.*
The measure, putting higher
educaUon second in line for the
funds,   needed   seven  votes  for
The bill was Introduced by a
Southern CaUforMan, Sen. Gor¬
don Cologne, R-Indlo, and vigor¬
ously proposed by committee
chairman GeorgeMIUer,D-Mar-
tlnez, a Northern CaUfornlan.
Cologne said the money was
'desperately  needed as a
Unruh Says Reagan
Ignorant Of Program
SACRAMENTO (AP)-Assem¬
bly Speaker Jesse M. Unruh said
Wednesday that "quite clearly,
toe governor doesn't know what's
going on In the stole.'
The Democratic speaker, In a
strong attack on Republican Gov.
Reagan, accused him of Ignor¬
ance of the status oftheadmlMs-
tratlon's legislative program.
Replying to Reagan's charge
-controlled
■mbly   I
d  the  c
■each Southern
California.   He  ss
would help offset a deficit In the
Miller said, "there's nobody
going dry In Southern CaUforMa.
They're talking about water for
sheepiand.
cutting bills the governor wants
to balance Ms budget, Unruh told
a news  conference that If 'the
moved It's  because he  doesn't
•   his   I
■■III   .
school support because of an un¬
expected deficit In the fund that
supplies   state   aid   to   local
Again, Unruh said he would not
support withholding of personal
relented In Ms opposition. But he
However, Reagan's active
support would be needed to push
withholding out of the Senate,
Unruh said.
TMs weekend's blackout for
electrical service connection for
toe College UMon will foil Re¬
sident Hall plans for Spring Open
House tola Sunday.
Baker and Graves, womens re¬
sidence halls, had already made
arrangements for decorations
and refreshments for Open
House. Invitations were sent over
two weeks ago and everytMng
was go until last Tuesday when
Robert Brooks, housing coor-
" rmed that all
wings and bad Invited guests from
other cities plus the fact of money
the halls had spent for the ocas-
slon. Baker Hall lost about $40
on invitations and stamps.
Barbara McGahan, resident
advisor of Baker Hall, said toe
women held an emergency meet¬
ing Tuesday evening and decided
to cancel Ihe Open House alto¬
gether. Fortunately the hall was
able to cancel all orders for
flowers and refreshments with¬
out any charge.
The women of Graves have de¬
cided to use their decorations
and refreshments to entertain
their boyfriends. Thsy will be
able to Invite fellows in to thler
In toe fall Is enough, said Brooks.
The blackout will occurr on
Sunday from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. During
this Ume, rooms 112 and 113 of
toe Bslness Building will be
open for residents wishing a
cooler    place    to   study, said
"The s
million short. How the hell do
you make that up with a $64 mil¬
lion theft from the state cot-
leges?* Miller asked.
Cologne's bill authorizes the
water project to spend $22 mil¬
lion set aside for bonds, and ad¬
ditionally lay claim to $14 mil¬
lion a year for three years from
Collier s:
r   project  much,
an expected deficit
year beginning July 1.
Reagan blamed "the reluctance
of toe majority, particularly In
the Assembly, to take the acUon
that Is necessary to give us a
balanced budget and  to  reduce
the parties 20-20withRepubllcan
Ness Will Ponder
7:30 a.m. Proposal
A 7:30 a.m. starting time for
classes beginning spring, 1969
has been recommended to Presi¬
dent Frederic W. Ness by the
Academic Senate Executive Com-
The recommendation calls for
the early starting time only on
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The     Faculty   Assembly has
voted to reclnd a similar re
The Academic Policy and Plan-
Mng Committee has recommend¬
ed the change so that could be
an Increased use of toe build¬
ings.   In doing  this,  toe cam-
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date    more    students with the
exlsUng facilities.
Dr. Alexander VavoMls, as¬
sociate professor of chemistry,
urged taking the question to the
entire faculty by a referendum.
The change will be In effect
only for the spring and fall se¬
mesters, 1969. There will be an
evaluation of toe change follow¬
ing the first semester.
Along with the startlng-Ume
change went a recommendation
calUng for a mandatory free
hour on Tuesday and Thursday
clud.d. Th. Daily Coll.alan MM
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