1969_03 The Daily Collegian March 1969

              Letters to the Editor
Y COLLEGIAN
Teachers' Union
I have just read a mildly ten-
crisis in The Voice of the Asso-
lege Professors, endorsing. In
effect, the program of the Teach¬
ers' Union. That program, I sub¬
mit, is disastrously confused and
unworthy   of   the  leadership   to
' One of Its objectives Is ad¬
mirable: to equalize the oppor¬
tunities   of   the   minorities   for
quires, among other things, the
following budgetary reforms: (1)
Increased support forpre-school
acculturation; (2) an Increase In
the budget, or a redistribution
within It, to provide smaller
classes In the primary grades;
(3) an Increase In the budget, or
redistribution within It, to pro-
it education
»te. If the Teachers'Un-
3  worthy  of leading us
striking for more money In pri¬
mary and vocational training,
either by an Increase In the edu¬
cational budget or (failing that)
a redistribution of present funds.
Ins
y the
Jgar
prestige of university
works for a further c
a budget already rigged against
the legitimate aspirations of the
minorities. «?($>
In Its confusion the American'
Federation of Teachers reminds
me of nothing so much as the
American   Federation of Labor,
vide   I
!  high  £
e vocational training
that leads directly lo employ¬
ment. Compared with these, Ihe
minority programs proposed for
the colleges, though worthy, are
stop-gap, peripheral, or merely
In supporting these secondary
reforms the professors of the
Teachers' Union are on the side
of the angels, but In supporting
at the same time a program that
e budgetary
Intelligently   cyi
. They hav
drive,   however, they
to Ihe Imbalance of the existing
school htnlget, which spends more
that the nine-unit program wl]
not work against the Interest
of college undergraduates. Th
most relevant model InCallfornl
all Its wealth, the University o
California spends less on lis un
dergraduates than the state col
Election violation
Editor:
Last Thursday In room 304 of
the College Union, we had the
distinction of appearing before
the Election Commltlee and
becoming the first candidates for
A. S. B. President this year to
be fined  for "active   campalgn-
amples for other candidates who
may contemplate fudging before
the "official datel set for active
campaigning. In Ihe spirit of
strict      election   code   enforce-
c bellev
Ihe
ample" on Ihe Elecllo
tee's agenda   should be Ihe Bull¬
dog party.
The 'Good Guys", as Ihe Bull-
doggies refer lo themselves, have
been flagrantly violating Ihe ac¬
tive campaign tenet for Ihe last
two or three weeks.    The most
page ad in the Dally Collegian
on Feb. 26th, 1969. (The Elec¬
tion Committee has already de¬
fined   Ihe  placing  of ads In the
Computer Programming
Forestry
Insurance Auditing
Vocational and {
Correctional e
Rehabilitation    5
Find out about these and
other career opportunities
with California State Government.
Go to your placement office today
and ask for your copy of the
California brochure . . . you
may find that we're your bag,.
\ci now—final date for filing applications
MARCH 21, 1969
Tomb of the Well-Known Soldiei
campus paper as acti\
paignlng). Although we w
vlcted and fined for vlo
ending oi
0 the
presidents of 2G campus clubs
(Swope). anything we did Is in¬
consequential when compared
with Ihe activities of the Bulldog
party.
The Bulldog
process of choos¬
ing them right now. The party
has set forth a political philoso¬
phy analagous to a party plat¬
form for these candidates to 1-
dentify with when they begin
actual campaigning. And It has
spent over $100 In advertising
to lay the groundwork for these
potential candidates already.
questions arise. For Instance,
how does Ihe Bulldog party re¬
late to the Election Codes? The
Election Codes are silent on
student parties. How can in¬
dividual candidates like us, who
have an arbitraryceillngoncam-
palgn expenses, compete with the
financing of a student party? Is
the $100 spent by the Bulldog
party an election expense, and If
so, which of Its candidates does
It accrue to? Also, is it fair for
Individual candidates like us to
be penalised for irlfles while a
student party gets away with
murder  as far as electoral ln-
body elections really be fair
if the Election Committee Ig¬
nores Its responsibility to either
disqualify or fine Bulldog party
candidates In accordance with
the  election codes?
The reason we were sacrificed
on the Election Committee's al¬
tar was to keep the election
fair and be an example toothers.
That Is what we were told. But,
consider this. Most of those on
the Election Committee who
passed judgment on us were
members of fraternities. They
knew we did not belong to a fra¬
ternity, and that we are highly
critical of fraternities. Wewon-
der If the situation would have
been different if we had been
members of a fraternity Instead. .
Consider also that the coreof the
• Bulldog Party Is a fraternity-
athlete   coalition.
We demand the Bulldog party
appear beOore the Election Com¬
mittee in short order. We hereby
accuse them of violating the'ac¬
tive    campaigning" caluse of the
anxious   to see, as most of the
ternlty represented Election
Commltlee applies the already
ambluous and unrealistic elec¬
tion codes to the Bulldog party.
This exercise of absurdity for
the Tinker-toy elite should be
quite revealing to the general
sludent body.
BURTON SWOPE
Vietnamese students
Editor:
In Ihe Foreign Sludent List
issued for the Fall semester of
1968, I noticed the large number
of names of Vietnamese students.
(Note:   Out   of   26,   25   male!).
This fact raised a question In
my mind which I want to bring to
the attention of my fellow stu¬
dents. Why Is our nation taking
our young men out of their ed¬
ucation and sending them to fight
b so many young
i   Ihe
Vietnamese   men   cc
United  States for an
(I  understand,  also,  that  these
students    are    financed    by the
United States government.)
ROBERT GRINDLE
PERICLES DICTIAPOULOS
Military dorms
Despite any Illusion of change
or progress in Fresno StateCol-
lege's dormitories, the dorms
are still run like military acad¬
emies  and  still  have the same
especially true of the women's
dorms. It Indeed Is a wonder the
women   quartered   there  aren't
of babysitting to remain opera¬
tional, the college (and the
parents pressuring the college)
must make Ihe basic assumption
that the women In the dorms can¬
not be trusted. Their apparent
Immaturity necessitates Ihe col¬
lege taking the negative approach.        j»    .
No matter how the college
rationalizes the strict and often
absurd rules, the records of In¬
fractions, the disciplinary boards
and the rest of the OrwelUan
devices, it is still guilty of a
Victorian self-righteousness, a
paternal authoritarianism, and
an arbitrary purltanlsm. The
disgust, frustration, and dismay
of the women forced to live like
Monks  under this system, goes ■
largely ignored.  They are forced »
to exist with the stigma of In¬
security and Immaturity, some¬
thing no elderly house mother can
even begin to understand.
Morality cannot and never will
be legislated and enforced. If
parents distrust their children,
then they distrust themselves.
If a parent hasn't Instilled in his
son or daughter a moral sense
by the time he or she Is 17 or
18, then It will never be In¬
stilled. But In any case, it is
not the proper role of the college
to babysit. Therefore, it Is Im¬
perative the college grant the wo¬
men in the dorms their freedom.
The only relationship that should
exist is that of landlord and ten¬
ant and not parent and child. The
college's attitude should be a
positive one based on trust and -
understanding. It Is then, and »
only then, dorm dwellers will view
their habitats as meaningful cen-
(ConUnued on Page 3, CoL 1)
The Dairy Collegian
hlgh-b
t to n
chastity belts. The women's
dorms are symbolic citadels of
parental mistrust and suspicion.
Since every generation from
the time of Aristotle has been
going to the dogs, I suppose it's
only natural that the college has
assumed the role of protecting
the innocent and pure from their
I. 19tf    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN   3
Marijuana smuggling is on the increase
EDITOR'S NOTE: This Is Ihe
second of four dispatches dealing
with the wide use of marijuana
In the United States, much ofit
by school children. Today's
chapter tells how rnqst of the
marijuana weed-'pot", In popu¬
lar jargon'comes Into the country
from Mexico.
ly Jack V
Pei
SAN YSIDRO (UPI) - It Is late
Sunday afternoon and the bull¬
fights have just ended. The last
The weekending California
couples are speeding up Ihe mag¬
nificent Mexican coastal highway
from   Ensenada. T'
York's Long Island Expressway
at rush hour look like the Indian¬
apolis Speedway.
It is the United States border
crossing point between Tijuana
and San Ysldro, 20 miles south
of San Diego.
3 cars a minute
automobiles backed up In Mexico
to clear through 18 gates, past
immigration and customs.
Three cars a minute, one every
20 seconds. Through one gate In
one  hour,   160  cars  will   pass.
er will be told lo get out, unlock
Maybe one car out of 15 will
get such cursory Inspection. Ev¬
ery once in a while a car will
be pulled out of the line and di¬
rected to a secondary search
area where it will be given a real
Inside the immigration-cus¬
toms building, a 16-year-old
Mexican-American girl sits on a
bench softly crying. She and her
boyfriend have been caught. On a
table nearby He two cellophane
packets, each Ihe size of abrick,
enclosing a green substance that
looks like a crumpled up weed.
That Is exactly what it is. It Is
marijuana. Two kilos, 4.4 pounds.
The girls and the boy, who has
already been jailed, and the two
little packets represent the total
catch of marijuana smugglers
over a three-hour period this
Sunday afternoon.
Greatest entry point
entry point of marijuana Into the
United States. Of the entire sup¬
ply of marijuana entering the en¬
tire country, It Is estimated that
more than 70 per cent — perhaps
iexlco a
In the course of 1968, there
were 3fl million border crossings
in the California-Arizona dis¬
trict. The agents not only check
on marijuana, drugs and nar¬
cotics but have the broad re¬
sponsibility of collecting duty on
all Items bought In Mexico and In
preventing   the   import   of   any
^he arrests and seizure for
marijuana smuggling on Uie bor¬
der here reflect the astonishing
Increase In the use of "pot" in
the United States.
Records kept for the past five
years show this breakdown:
Ufa Arrests    Seizures In kilos
1964 251 2,183
1965 487 4,312
1986
up from Mexican waters.
Small airplanes take off from
remote fields In Mexico and drop
bundles of "grass* on the Cali¬
fornia desert where they are re¬
trieved by confederates. Although
a vast area of uninhabited coun¬
try Is Involved, Johnson said the
ful  in  combatting this  method.
Johnson, who says he and his
men would go batty If they didn't
keep   a   sense of humor,  tells
with sc
mlncl-
s the b
Into California.
The United States Customs
Service here faces an almost Im¬
possible iask. That morale is
high Is a tribute lo the men who,
almost   without   exception,   have
19G7   1,092
Question
to the ed
The question of whether 'let¬
ters   to  the   editor   should   be
at the latest Fresno State Col¬
lege Senate Board on Publi¬
cations meeting.
The present policy employed by
Tim Cox, editor of the Daily
Collegian, Is that all letters print¬
ed In the campus newspaper must
If anyone writes a letter I
feel they should have the guts
to sign their name," Cox said.
He also felt that by requiring
signatures   It would prevent the
Dr. Kenneth Kerr, assistant
dean of students, held an opposing
viewpoint. He felt names should
be withheld on request.    In this
of signed 'letters
itor' is debated
4,175
11,042
28,312
The ingenuity of the smugglers
Is matched by the instinct of the
Inspectors but mathematically it
is no contest.
Marijuana has been found in
hollowed out surf boards, In split
and carefully re-welded gasoline
tanks. The Inspectors look for
signs of fresh paint on cars, They
study faces for nervousness.
They even have a dog named
Rebel who can smell marijuana.
How much marijuana slips
through is Imposslbletoestlmate
n Johnson, customs su-
way students could express views
Diana   Vasquez,   chairman  of
the  board, believed that letters
signed. *I all
signing your i
In jeopardy (hi
request  his n
e said.
Kerr made
be  optional
accusations
department I
thheld."
the motion that sig¬
ners to the editor
nd left to the dls-
author. The editor
validate the author
of the student body
If the letter made
e of the author to the
Letters to the Editor
(Continued from Page 2).
ters for group living.
It Is my hope that the next
student government concentrate
on the various aspects of 'social
lag" on this campus. The most
conspicuous example Is the dorm
system. The students should de¬
mand their so-called elected rep¬
resentatives unsparing efforts In
the liberation of the residence
halls.
BURTON SWOPE
Hits editorial
Editor:
In regards to your editorial of
February 26, 1969, it becomes
obvious even to the most unin¬
formed reader that you not only
fall to understand the nature of
the new left but the goals of stu¬
dent unrest as well. Reminis¬
cent of the 'law and order"
anthem of George Wallace, your
editorial     reflects   neither the
ment, any move to provide the
student with a relevant and neces¬
sary  education is thwarted.
Your statement that if student
reformists would stop, those
holding the pursestrlngs would
Implement and foster the more
relevant curriculum demanded.
This sort of naivete is hardly
complementary of a college pub¬
lication. Those holding the big
pursestrlngs do so because they
were able lo dominate the masses
—those same masses now cry¬
ing for some semblance of truth
along with their education. To
deny them this is to deny the
very  essence of education.
Those who cry that they can
not receive their education
amuse me. What use Is an edu¬
cation if It does not pertain to
the times or If It Is embroiled
In half-truths? Student dissi¬
dents are not saying the educat¬
ion is worthless - only that to
be  meaningful it must be made
person or department upon re-
Thls was tabled until legal
opinions could be obtained as to
the liabilities of the motion.
The board also approved the
publication of a program booklet
for Sigma Chi Derby Day. Rep¬
resentatives from Sigma Chi es¬
timated that publishing expenses
and cost of Derby Day would run
between $200 and $300.
They felt advertising revenues
from local merchants would
cover the expenses. They said
they would represent themselves
as a separate organization aside
from Fresno State so asnot to
take advertising revenues away
from other campus publications.
This is due to the fact that many
merchants budget certain
amounts for advertising in Fres¬
no State College publications and
Sigma Chi would therefore not in¬
fringe on these budgets.
The boardalso stated that ap¬
plications for editorial positions
on campus publications will be
available In the student activities
office  Monday.
They must be turned In by
March 19 before 5 p.m. The
editor positions are decided upon
by March 28.
r  for tl
I, concedes
pervlso
Clearing center
The great magnet Is the city of
Los Angeles, 150 miles to the
north, with its own cash market
for marijuana and the clearing
center for shipments across the
nation. In December three resi¬
dents of Los Angeles were caught
with 300 pounds of marijuana at
Moorestown, N.H., after driving
across the continent and getting
■Into an argument over a 25-cent
turnpike toll.
Not only must the customs
people watch automobile smug¬
gling but Ihey also must check
airports and coastal shipping,
particularly fishing boats coming
dent a year ago li
an exercise testing West Coast
defenses  against infiltration by
saboteurs.
It was called 'Operation Scare¬
crow" and It entailed a massive
effort Involving all local and
state law enforcement agencies,
the Federal Bureay of Investiga¬
tion, the Navy, the Coast Guard,
the California Fish and Game
Commission and the Customs
Service.
Several teams were assigned
' to try to slip ashore In small
boats. A Coast Guard cutter spot¬
ted a fishing boat off Mallbu with
several men paddling for shore
in a rubber dinghy. The cutter
drew alongside and the skipper
shouted: "Scarecrow" - the sig¬
nal   the   "saboteurs"   had been
The   men  In  the  fishing boat
rhey had by chance been appre-
lended   in   trying to smuggle In
I,GOO kilos of marijuana.
Next: The Users.
:;-~-
■■ — v......................
fYPEWRITERS I
Rentals - Sales
Repairs
;!;
WE DELIVER *=**
| Central Office §
1   Machine Co. |
£         444 No. Blackstone        *
!,..,,
485-9650 or 227-5346        |
.v,.v,..v.v.v.^-^v,->.,-;;.,'.-;^
I— - —...NEW„—- -.
j    DARI-DELITE
I    Panama     10 AM - 10 P.M.     uACP0LREN"r
I FRENCH FRIES
I HAMBURGER
■        PEPSI
0 P.M. UAPLE i SHAW     I
29*1
t^^A       ^F.,Pl,r.    ■
^P^     **\\W March 14 *
R PER COUPON
Among your many mistakes,
the most blatantly obvious one
is- your false assumption that
violence Is occurlng for the sake
recognize, or do not wish your
fellow students to recognize, Is
that any act of violence upon a
college or university campus oc-
% curs only after every channel-
has been tried and every ave¬
nue of authority traversed. By
>  fact  that every slate
r the si
)1 of an unenlightened and con-
political  establish-
seemed very concerned -
about property being destroyed.
It is odd that this nation, a
nation supposedly built upon a
Judeo-Christian tradition, should
place property rights above
human rights. What Is even more
odd, or sadder, Is that the Col¬
legian, a paper with presumably
some intellectual background, be
saturated with this same type of
hypocrisy. You have done your
fellow students and contemporary
education an Injustice, an
injustice that can neither be
afforded or tolerated.
if Ri jjiirmmn
Betsy Brown
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Continental cool is her rule and
Betsy has the poise.to cross
any boundaries In her trumpet-
styled, print city pant. They are
topped with a washable crepe
blouse, and sport the newest of
new, beads galore! Also, check
those new classics on her feet
•clunkies," the greatest pant
City pants   - $12.99
Crepe shirt- $ 8.99
These   and  more  are  found at
Cashlorfs!
SHOES <J DRESSES
FIG GARDEN VILLAGE
710-712 WEST SHAW AVE.
Ph. 229-6326 - 229-6527