1968_10 The Daily Collegian October 1968

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2    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
r. October 3. 1968
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Gilliam criticized
Could It be that Eric GilUam
has some belief In the theoretical
efficacy of student government?
He certainly Implies so in his
•Lobster and Champagne" col¬
umn of Sept. 30. O Judgment,
Thou art fled!, to coin a phrase.
It was my experience through¬
out the six years of student gov¬
erning I eo*»tititted that the aver¬
age student body officer looks
upon the student as that thing
which, In the aggregate, offers
Mm a constituency which he can
point to with pride and/or view
with alarm. This attitude, It has
been my misfortune to observe,
comes with the territory one ac¬
cepts when elected to student of¬
fice. The ersatz guardian of the
Common Welfare soon becomes
so Involved with parades, petty
poUtlcal maneuvers,.or College
Union  dedication  weeks (to use
.   Gillian
mple) tl
edy A
o need to bring tl
inthei
framewor
What's that I hear someone
cry? "Let's give real, not pre¬
terit, power to the student govern¬
ment.  Surely  If the .student of-
coUege affairs the responsibility
would remold them Into some¬
thing Uke unto statesmen.*
Nay, friends and neighbors, not
so. Should the student officers
gain some power actually worth
the wishes of the student body no
more than they do now. And that,
I'm afraid, ls very little.
Now I don't blame the student
body officers for this shortcom¬
ing. As I said above, it merely
comes with the territory. Some¬
thing happens to a man when he
ls elected to student office, just
as something happened to Dr.
Jekyll when he drank his Uttle
potion. This attitude the officer
develops is as natural and as in¬
evitable as any other natural
phenomenon. A student officer
could no more consider the stu¬
dents' wishes on any given mat¬
ter than he could flap his arms
and fly away. This may be a good
idea. Incidentally - that some of
our "official representatives* do
flap their arms and fly away.
Glenn Edwards
Senate minorities
In reply to the letter of Mike
Bluelan regarding senate minor¬
ities, the Student Senate received
a duly authorized and signed pe¬
tition with over 100 valid signa¬
tures requesting a senator for
black activities and a senator for
Mexican activities, to give these
groups representation on the Stu¬
dent Senate, a measure approved
and forwarded to the administra¬
tion for consideration as a ballot
It Is felt that these minorities
needed a voice on campus, as
one of the complaints of these
minorities was that they had no
representative voice on campus.
minority students added to cam-
House committee charges
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ances on campus through legiti¬
mate   means,   then  they will be
the mlUtants taking action In
their own way, because they feel
that the students at Fresno State
are prejudiced and do not care
about their personal feelings.
This is the choice that we face
In the election on this ti
personally would rather give
them legal representation on
campus than to have the militants
claim that we do not care and
that a four pertent minority has
no voice on campus.
Sherman Lee Pompey
Minority senators
Editor:
In reply to the Student Sen¬
ate's action of proposing special
senators for minority students,
particularly those of Afro-Amer-
scent. I wish to propose another
senator for those of Portuguese-
American descent — we are a
definite minority on this campus
also. But, of course, we don't
uproot trees or paint doors, so
that leaves us out!
I found It interesting that the
Student Senate took this action
at their very first meeting of the
year without letting the students
they are supposed to represent
have a chance to voice an opinion.
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Subversion behind Demo disorders
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Mem¬
bers of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities are sat¬
isfied their first session on the
street disorders at the Demo¬
cratic National Convention dem¬
onstrated subversive Influence
was behind the uproar.
Amid commotion and the odor
of burning Incense surrounding
the presence of about a dozen
ylpple spectators, committee wit¬
nesses testified Tuesday the
pitched battles between Chicago
police and demonstrators were
planned by radical elements bent
on disrupting the convention.
nesses subpoenaed for testimony
at the next session Thursday,
performed their antics with the
avowed Intent ot "burlesquelng"
what they called a "burlesque*
Investigation.
They did not tesUty, but their
conduct and the repeated object-
Ions of their lawyers to the wit¬
nesses' testimony succeeded In
keeping the hearing on the edge
of disorder.
At least 10 ylpples and other
protesters, alongwlth five of their
lawyers, joined in a silent stand¬
ing protest to the proceedings and
were    quietly   removed. There
of the Youth International Par¬
ty, and four leaders or the Nat¬
ional MoblUzatlon to End the
War In Vietnam-filed suit in
Federal District Court here se¬
eking to prohibit the hearings.
Most or Tuesday's testimony
covered ground gone over by Chi¬
cago Mayor Richard J. Daley in
his televised version ot the dls-
But the witnesses
Rep. Richard Ichord, D-Mo.,
chairman of the hearings, "There
were more Communists Involved
at Chicago than I originally
thought. There were not only
the old-line Communists but
there   were   some   new ones."
James L. Gallagher, a com-'
mlttee researcher, testified the
•basic purpose of the demon¬
strations can be summed up in
one word - Vietnam. The many
placards and pieces or propa¬
ganda displayed . . . were clearly
in accord with the poUcles or
Hanoi."
He said 10 "major organiza¬
tions planned and plotted to dis¬
rupt the convention, going to the
point oi assembUng medical sup¬
plies, recording their blood types
and arranging for camera¬
men to film alleged  police bru¬
tality."
It first appeared the hearing
would become even more unruly
than 11 was when a ylpple lead¬
er was ejected from the bulluaac
when be entered with a bandolier
or Uve rifle ammunition over his
bare chest.
Naked to the waist and smeared
with Indian war paint, Jerry Ru¬
bin was finally admitted when he
was aUowed to keep a hoy M16
rifle and pistol. He later was
removed again as part of the
stand-up protest.
Once around the campus. . .briefly
Future Farmers
Fred Pfaff of Clovls and Jim
PetmcelU of Kerman were
awarded expense money for their
trip to the National Future Far¬
mers of America Convention In
Kansas City in recognition of
their outstanding records as
members of the FFA.
The students received the
achievement awards from hinds
provided by the Santa Fe Rail¬
way and certificates of merit
signed by Donald E. Wilson, chief
or the California Bureau of Agrl- Ski Club
cultural Education and state FFA
e best tl
the be
academic year; Ibrahim Y. Ham-
dan, a senior agriculture major
from Jordan, was awarded $750
Bahari ot Iran received $500 to
continue his studies In poUtlcal
science and philosophy.
The scholarships are awarded
on a nationwide competitive basis
and go to self-supporting stu¬
dents from developing countries
who possess leadership potential
Faculty 'mixer'
Entertainment by the Faculty
Men's German Band will high¬
light the Annual Fall Faculty
Men's Club "Mixer Barbecue"
set for Oct. 17.\     ■
The fete will be'held,from4:30
to 8 p.m. at Lakeside Park, lo¬
cated  on   East   Bullard Avenue,
$3 and will buy a complete bar¬
becued chicken dinner. The tick¬
ets are available from sales rep¬
resentatives in each building on
campus.
Further information may be
obtained from committee mem¬
bers Caylord O. Graham, George
N. Nasse, Clayton C. Pfleuger
and James H. Rockwell.
Pushcart Relays
Friday at noon pushcart driv¬
ers will risk life and limb on the
track field when Lambda Chi
Alpha fraternity holds Its an¬
nual Pushcart Relays.
Fraternities, sororities, and
Independents will vie for trophies
Ski Club memberships will go
on sale Monday through Thurs¬
day In the library quad from 10
a.m. unUl 2 p.m. The price win
be $3.50 for new membership
ID photos
Students, raculty and staff
members who have not been pho¬
tographed for permanent identi¬
fication cards can be photo¬
graphed Friday, Oct. 4, between
8 a.m. and noon and 1-5 p.m. In
the Instructional Media Center In
the basement of the Fresno State
College Library.
Newman Center
Dr. Thomas Melady, an expert
on African affairs, win be the
first speaker lntheNewmanCen-
ter Speaker Forum Series.
Newman Students Association
is open to all students. Students
may sign up at the Newman Cen¬
ter   office,   1572  East  Barstow
Alpine Club
SUdes or mountain cUmblng will
be featured at the first meeting
of the Alpine Club, a newly organ¬
ized group or rock climbers,
back packers and mountaineers,
today at 1 p.m. In Education-
Psychology 112.
BIG AL'S
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WHERE ALL THE GANG MEETS
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looking pushcart.
The Fresno ConvenUon Cen¬
ter will be the scene that night
of a dance featuring The Rock
Company. Trophies will be pre¬
sented to the winners of the re¬
lays. Admission ls $1.25 on
campus, and $1.50 at the door.
The dance will be*held rrom 8
p.m. to midnight.
Student teaching
Applications ror elementary
student teaching In the Spring
semester must be filled out
Thursday or Friday from 9 a.m.
to 12 noon In Education-Psychol¬
ogy 120.
Applications for secondary
student teaching must be filled
out during a meeting Thursday at
5 p.m. In the Little Theatre.
Scholarships
Three foreign students have
received scholarships totaling
$2,250 from the International In¬
stitute of Education.
Moti Malkanl of India, a grad¬
uate student majoring In mathe¬
matics,  received $1,000 for the
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