1969_05 The Daily Collegian May 1969

              2    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    Tueaday. May 6. 1969
Editorial/Comment.
the issue: 'A free press'
The decision of the Board on Publications last Friday to give
one edition per week of The Dally Collegian to not one, but two,
minority group factions has got to be the apex of foolhardy declslon-
At no other time ln the history of this college has one group been
so openly coerced by threats of -another San Firanclsco State College*
than the board was at the Friday meeting. And at no time has a
senate board made such an Irresponsible decision that will likely
cause further separatism, disunity and conflict among Blacks,
Chlcanos and Whites.
The hindsight thinking and decision-making came as a direct
demand made by the black and Chicano students about six weeks
ago that one edition of The Dairy CoUeglan be allocated to them once
every two weeks next year. The demand, as lt was presented to the
board, called for one edition of The Dally Collegian each week al¬
ternately controlled by the black and the Chicano students.
The board made no attempt to discuss the matter ln terms of a
cooperative working arrangement, but Instead handed the prize
(prize ln the sense that the control of the printed media Is the goal
of all radical groups) over without knowing what the end product might
be.
The board members made no attempt to inquire about the qualifi¬
cations of the editors of the minority newspapers. There was no
inquiry about who would be the paper's adviser, Osby Davis, rep¬
resenting the Black Students Union at the meeting, said that there
was too much nlt-plcklng about who would be the adviser and edi¬
tor, about who would be responsible for the contents of the paper.
He suggested that the board grant the proposal and have faith.
Whenever one group makes a request for and receives a news¬
paper, the end product has got to be a 'racist* organ bent on ex¬
pressing the views of the controlling group. John Ramirez, editor
of the Chicano paper this week, has said the purpose of the paper
ts to express the views of the Black and Chicano people.
The purpose of the separatists' organ Is to present the views of
these students (students representing G.7 per cent of the entire
student body enrollment) without the handicap or censorship of the
Dally Collegian staff.
It should go on record now that at no time In the past year has
the view of any student *een tarred from publication lri the Dally
CoUeglan. At no time has a member of the Black or Chicano group
been to the Collegian office with a complaint about an arUcle or lack
of coverage on an event Involving minority students. At no Ume
has a member of the minority faction been willing to stand up for
his rights In The Dally CoUeglan.
For lack of the minority point of view, The Daily CoUeglan Is a
racist newspaper. And for the lack of the minority point of view,
The Dally Collegian will conUnue to pubUsh as a white, middle-
class oriented (racist) newspaper. The Dally Collegian Is not proud
of Its posltfon, but it Is this position that has been forced upon the
staff of the newspaper because minority students are unwilling to
associate with the paper. Students who could help ln getting the
ideas of the group across have refused to do so.
The Ufe of the minority newspaper Is supposed to be short.
It is to be phased out when the two minority groups 'feel' that The
Dally Collegian has 'come up to par."
A precedent involving press freedom on this campus has been
broken. The door Is now open for any social or political group
to make a similar demand and to reasonably expect to have Its de¬
mand met. The Student Senate will be considering a proposal to
overturn   the   decision   and   would   do well   to  lake such action.
Now Is the time for a return to sanity and an elimination of this
threat-fear-gtve reactionary decision-making. It can only bring
further conflict and confrontation.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Western Girl:
Not only was my vacation
assignment financially
helpful, but I also polished
up my skills...
Support«_anH-ROTC
Editor:
Since the first antl-ROTC raUy
last Tuesday, I've read a couple
of articles In this paper defend¬
ing the presence of ROTC on
campus. I see that the antl-ROTC
movement Is already ln danger of
becoming submerged ln a whole
lot of Intellectual lllogic. I have
no doubt that the people who
wrote these articles were very
well-meaning.  However, they
Such Ideas as the humanizing
power of these classes on the
military as well as the fact that
killing Is not taught directly are,
ln effect, a smoke screen thrown
about the real Issue. These ques¬
tions puzzle us, mystify us, and
lead us Into very Intellectual and
logical debates. There are prob¬
ably
campus   who  <
circles around
of  i
Duld run mental
ne very logically,
ctthat my country
has the largest mlUtary machine
ln the world Is not at all logical
to me. The fact that I am faced
with the choice of either killing
my brothers or spending three
years ln jail Is not at all logical
to me.
Let's make no mistake about
the Issue involved. The Issue In¬
volved Is that the U.S. Is rapidly
becoming dominated by thephysl-
cal presence of the military and
by the military frame of mind.
This issue is so huge that lt
utterly overshadows the Ideas I
mentioned   before.  To  make  it
s this
going lo pilot aerospace Ideolo¬
gies through the skies. They're
going to command men who fly
airplanes. These airplanes are
going to drop bombs. These
bombs are going to kill people.
Any •humanizing" you do while
you're dropping Jelly gasoline on
humans is. literally Illogical.
The mlblary Isn't going to
change or cease to exist as long
as we pacify lt and allow Us
presence everywhere. Since I'm
talking to Fresno State students,
I'm talking about moving the Air
Force ROTC off this campus.
The students opposing this move-
let's not forget what the road to
Hell Is paved wllh.
RON THIESEN
Hits editorial
Editor:
allty. Your brand of yellow jour¬
nalism and editorial Irrespon¬
sibility   Is   a  gross injustice to
o make small value Judgments 1
is dialogue. It is, however, bo:
nvalld and sad when an artlcl
mushrooms as one gigantic value
Judgment.
in your editorial, you said the
people speaking were not fully
aware of what they were talking
about. Dan Safreno, who was
chosen to speak for Students for
a Democratic Society, was fully
knowledgeable of the full per-
specUve of ROTC. As no one
from the CoUeglan has ever ap¬
proached anyone from SDS or the
Resistance concerning our views
on ROTC, you are the one talk¬
ing of something you know nothing
about. If you felt It necessary,
ln your insecurity, to attackSDS,
at least you might try to do lt
Intelligently.
Not only did you misunderstand
the rally, but one really wonders
if anyone from the Collegian was
actually there. No one ever said
that the *ROTC units train people
ln tactical murder*. What was
stated was that the ROTC Is a
manifestation of themlUtaryand,
as such, Is Incompatible with the
academic community. Your as¬
sumption that the ROTC was
academic Is farcical. There Is
a universe of difference between
education and training.
You say 'subject the program
to examination, but do not re¬
move lt. . .' You presume that
there Is some sort of a philo¬
sophical dichotomy between the
two. It is quite possible, how¬
ever, to subject Ihe program to
examination, see the Inherent fa-
clsm and racism, and then re¬
move lt. STUDENTS FOR A
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
Deplores board action
Editor:
The Fresno State College De-^
partment of JournaUsm deplores
the Senate Board on Publications'
action ln giving up one edition
per week of The Daily Collegian
to any group of minority students
sage it might have for lt. Such
policy establishes dangerous
precedent. What Is to prevent
any political or social group now
from demanding equal control ofa
segment of Ihe student press?
How can the publications board
resist further disintegration of a
free   and   Independent   student
The mlUtants proclaim the stu¬
dent paper has been racist by
excluding them and their ideas.
But such people themselves have
made communication virtually
Impossible through harrassment
of concerned reports and editors,
by calling minority students who
have tried to work on the staff
•Uncle Toms" and by their In¬
sistent demand for some editions
of The Dally CoUeglan.
and has placed the student news¬
paper In an Impossible position.
No one is denying that the stu¬
dent  paper  has  been  less than
successful ln communicating the
legitimate minority group griev¬
ances. No small part of this is
undoubtedly due to (he Ignorance m
and unconcern on the part of some
students. But there also have
been students and advisers who
have been very concerned, and
who have made strong efforts to
obtain material written by minor¬
ity students themselves as well
as to estabUsh reporter-minority
student contacts. This effort has
had some results, but not on a
consistent basis and certainly not
on the level that was desired. We
suggest that the major hangup
has been pressure from some
militants for no cooperaUon ex¬
cept on all or nothing terms.
Minority student leaders them¬
selves have admitted the Idea of
a separate paper Is not an Ideal *
solution. We think lt Is a dis¬
aster. It Is a step back from the
Ideal of a paper for all students.
It can only lead to further divi¬
sion and bitterness.
We propose, Instead, that ev¬
ery effort be made to involve
minority students InpubUcaUooj.
The publications board, rather
than hastily permitting any se¬
lective group of students to take
over certain editions, or sec¬
tions, of The Dally Collegia^
especially when the legitimate
staff and advisers are strongly
opposed, should seek ways to In¬
clude minority students in po¬
sitions of responsibility on the
paper's staff.
The Department of Journalism
certainly would encourage this
approach and do all lt could to
help such --'udents become apart
of the working student press. Stu¬
dent editors in the past and pres¬
ent have sought to foster this ap¬
proach. The editor for the fall
of 1969, especially, has offered
a program to build a staff In¬
cluding minority student repre¬
sentatives. He has, moreover, a
solid background for accomplish-
lng this goal. We feel, however,
that a 'special* minority student
edition cannot help any of us. II
will only polarize differences and
support separatism. It will create
a separate power structure with- -
ln the publication and reduce the
Incentive on the part of minority
students and all other students to
find ways to work together.
We beUeve we must find ways
to work together. Separatism Is
not the answer. Only by having
all students - blacks, browns
and whites - working together on
the same paper for the same pur¬
pose will we reduce tensions and
build confidences ln one another. »
This can be done now. We of the *J
Department of JournaUsm are
willing and ready to do all we
can. Bui we cannot condone a
fragmenUng of the student paper
to meet militant demands and
soothe the angry feelings and
suspicions of a few.
SCHYLER REHART
PubUcations Adviser
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classes
Professors
air strong
tenure views A,,rono"v
Once around the campus . . . briefly
Tuesday, May 6, 1969    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    3
guides and hostesses, historical
Dr. Paul Dale Bush,
wide president of the a
of California State College Pro¬
fessors, and Dr. Alexander Va¬
voulls, past president of the
FSC's ACSCP, both have strong
views regarding tenure for col¬
lege professors.
Bush released a statement ln
which he voiced his displeasure
at the 'decision of tho University
of California Board of Regents
to remove the authority of the
Chancellors to grant tenure.*
He feels that this Is the initial
step taken by the Regents to sup¬
port CovernorReagan's proposal
that a professor's political views
enter Into whether or not he Is
retained to serve on the Uni¬
versity of California faculty.
Bush views this action as
*a blow against academic free¬
dom* and said that lt would'pro¬
vide additional Immediate war¬
rant for student claims of hy¬
pocrisy at the highest levels of
American society."
Vavoulls said he first be¬
came Interested ln the Issue of
tenure 'when the governor and
legislators began talking ln pun¬
itive terms regarding students
and faculty.*
Vavoulls Is the author of a
current position paper stating
ACSCP'a stand on tenure at FSC.
Vavoulls said that some people
are concerned that tenure allows
the teaching profession to main¬
tain Incompetent teachers In their
ranks. He said, 'More effective
hiring procedures are certainly
desirable with more effective
ways of Identifying these people
before they attain tenure."
It Is the opinion of Vavoulls
that, 'Society must have tenure
for lis teachers, without lt the
teacher cannot perform his main
function: to explore with his stu¬
dents a variety of ideas and per¬
ceptions. A teacher must be
free to examine with his stu¬
dents every premise and assump¬
tion of the teacher and the student
and,   indeed,   of society Itself.
*A society wants a teacher to
perform this function with his
students, and a society must
therefore provide the necessary
climate and the necessary legal
protections so that this function
can be realized. Society does
re for
The physics department will
offer a new undergraduate pro¬
gram in astronomy beginning ln
the fall semester of 1969.
The first of the courses ln the
new program will be Physics 22A,
General Astronomy. This course
and the eight other courses ln the
new astronomy option are de¬
signed to prepare students for
graduate study ln astronomy or
careers ln the aerospace in¬
dustry.
Volunteers sought
Volunteer workers are being
sought by Fresno and non-profit
agencies to All necessary Jobs
over the summer. The Jobs are
designed to give practical work
experience to the individual.
Jobs are available as teachers'
aides ln arts and crafts, sports,
sewing, games, preschool,nature
and story telling. Other Jobs
are ln child care, i
medical services, office assist¬
ants,      typists,     receptionists,
Student art display
Student drawings from three
different art classes will be dis¬
played in the College Union start¬
ing May 7.
The ink, pencil, charcoal and
wash drawings are from student
works that teachers have saved
over the years, according to
Donald Brewer, director of ex¬
hibits. 	
The drawings were done by
John Prlttle, Carol Boyajlan,
Carla Koettlng, Larry Howie,
Ted Greer, Gary Noes and Jack¬
ie Jlggerlan.
ID photos
Members of the student body,
faculty and staff of Fresno State
College who have not had ldentl-
photos taken, or those
who must have their pictures re¬
taken,   may   do so Wednesday.
Students must have a clearance
slip from the Student Records
Office before the photos may be
taken, according to a spokesman
for the office. Faculty mem¬
bers and staff may contact Wil¬
liam Cooghran's office ln AD
1S2 for clearance sUps.
Photos will be taken from 8
a.m. to 7 p.m. ln the Instruction¬
al Media Center
Tectonic factors
Dr. Seymour Mack, professor
of geology, will speak Thursday
at   8 p.m. ln Science 161. His
presentation "CUmaUc and Tec¬
tonic Factors Affecting Water
Quality on the West Side of the
San Joaquin Valley,* la being
sponsored by the Geology Club.
Tectonic factors are those re¬
lating to structural formations
of the earth's surface.
State slide show
A sllde-lllustraied lecture on
The Face of Callfonruu/ will
be given by Dr. David Lands of
Chleo State College at 7:30
p.m.) Thursday ln Industrial Arts
this   by
teachers.*
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Nothing can kill a day like a hard night.
Yet every campus has its nocturnal heroes
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If you're one of them, we'd like to offer
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