1978_01 The Daily Collegian January 1978

              Student body fees could double next fall
by Lois Grunwald
Staff Reporter
A proposed student . boost to Increase revenue for Instructlonally Rented Activities (IRA) may be the result of the CSUC Board of Trustees
meeting today In Long Beach.
After the Trustees' Committee mates
soon, the Trustees will vote on a pro-
posal that, If passed, will Increase student body fee's on CSUC campuses $3 to
J10 per semester. The exact amount of
by the college president's recommendation, subject to approval by the CSUC
Chancellor's office.
On the CSUF campus, this coull mean
. a"boost In revenues of approximately
584,000, depending on the exact amount
of the fee Increase and the number of
students enrolled. These fees would go
. directly Into IRA activities,. Including
athletics, drama and musical productions, the marching band, forenslcs and
the art gallery. j.
Under the proposal, a committee of
administrators and four student representatives wouldbe set up to delegate
to IRA
■e the I
i and would affect all 19
CSUC campuses.
The decision could also end the controversy over the allegedlRAagreement
that has raged for months on the CSUF
campus (see story, elsewhere on this
page).
All college contracts within the proposal can lie renegotiated, "Which moans
they can be voided If both parties agree
to It," said Karen Clark. Associated student legislative vice president.
When questioned about voiding theIRA
agreement if the fee proposal passes,
CSUF President Baxter replied that he
expects the IRA agre.'niini to be reconsidered  "because there would lie no fur-   '
claim \y the University on Associated
Student fees for IRA activities."
The Immediate affect of the fee hike,
If Implemented, la that It will release
approximately 334,000 from student body
fees that have" been funding IRA activities
iy
Although this Increase would go direct-
IRA, It would not be enough to
cover the approximately $147,000allocated to IRA. Therefore someofthe$84,000
pulled out of IRA funds from the fee hike
would go back Into IRA programs.
The long range affect of the raised fee
would be that budgeted areas currently
funded by the AS would become more viable. It might also mean an Increase lr
E/ectic
Registration begins
LOS DANZANTES DE AZTLAr^ a CSUF folk
inric dance troupe, provide an entertainin
interlude for over 1400 students attending th
March 13 las been set by the
date for prospective candidates to
for nomination from the Office
that time they will also receive
handbill policy.
Only official petitions may be used
for gather lag signatures for nomination. Petitions are due on
March 17 at 5:00 pm.
All candidates must be carrying at least seven academic units
at CSUF and earn a minimum
grade point average of 2.0 this
fifth annual Chicano YouthConferenceheldthis
weekend on campus (see story inside). Photo
' by Felix Contreras.
Grad. makes good in kids theatre
Several hundred pounds of
screaming, captivated children
ashling (or your attention may
be as appealing as upper root
anal work,..unless you're Emily
Kuroda performs with the
Theatre Center of America, a
participatory children's theater,
vtiere performers strive for "Interrelationships between theaud-
lence and the performers."
The 25-year-old CSUF grad Is
currently acting In two productions at CSUF, "The Island" and
"The Bell." Both productions
ire by Brian Way, a renowned
children's theater director.
Kuroda and her seven member
»mpany are about to embark
on an 18-week tour of several
Western United States elementary schools. Kuroda bubbled
with enthusiasm about the theatre. "It's Incredible," she said,
"I entered Into* the auditions
at the last minute knowing It was
a long shot"
Kuroda was just one of the.
seven performers selected out
of more than 500 auditions from
throughout the United States.
Way, Elsom Eldrldgc, director of CSUF's Child Drama Center and Tom Williams, who makes
op the eighth member In the production, cast the plays.
Williams, 26, from Washington, D.C., was chosen by Way
as the company leader last year.
He set up an office in conjunction with CSUF to help find performers.
Williams characterized the
company as being very talented,
experienced and "professional."
The auditions were held In
Washington, D.C., Virginia,
Pennsylvania  and Fresno, CA.
Williams said be enjoys performing with young audiences
rather than adult audiences because they are more spontan-
Performances are Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday at 9:30
and 11 a.m. and 1 and S p.m.
General admission Is $1 for students and children and $1.50 for
r school senator
must also be enrolled In the
school  he wants to represent.
Candidates may file for the
offices of President, Legislative
Vice President, College Union
Vice President or Senator. The
term of office Is from July 1,
1978 to June 30, 1979..
The President is a non-voting
member of the Associated StuV
Student Election Committee as-the
register and pick up their petitions
of the Dean of Student Affairs. At
I copy of the election code and the
dent Senate, College Union Board
and all Senate and Associated
Student committees and boards.
He or she may veto measures
passed by the Senate, appoint
committees and nominate members for the Student Court. With
Senate approval he or she may
also fill vacancies.
The Legislative Vice President
Is responsible for the implementation of policies of the Student
Senate, presides over, the Associated Student Senate and is
a non-voting member of boards
and committees. He will become
President If a vacancy occurs.
(Please turn to pg. 2)
IRA: a continued fight?
Lois Grunwald
Staff Reporter
H the new fee proposal Is no
"Pproved, the student senate ma;
J*»ln find itself In the throes o
■"agreement over the IRA con-
there any analysts ofthecontrac
When the final version of th<
contract   appeared,   the senat<
tract.
The beginnings of
"rsy at CSUF over the IRA a-
tfeem.nt go back, to the end of
a» '"6-'77 school year, At the
'teventh hour of the last meet-
*l of the '76 Associated Stu-
*nts senate, the IRA proposal
•M packaged with four other
'Jus and rushed tnrough passage
°f senators who were anxious to
tual differences" between it and
the original version of the contract   which   they had ratified.
For these reasons, the AS ■
senate voted in an Oct. 25 mooting to "disassociate" itself from
the IRA contract.
i position
Into in good faith and Is considered viable. "The mistakes
made by the AS senate in that
last meeting are something for
iuf' themselves o-
Tom McGonaglll said.
The IRA agreement stipulates
a base funding fee to be given to
IRA at at amount not greater
than or less than five percent.
.. This would be budgeted by a com -
mlttee consisting of three student
representatives and four adminl-
Under this agreement. President Baxter gives up his option
to approve or veto the allocation
of funds to IRA by this commltee.
The AS senate allocates money
from student fees ba IRA and stu-        ^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i_
dent services    through   budget
hearings. This budget Is subject      by ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^
(Please turn to pg. 2) day,   Friday, .and  Saturday
tms rehearse for a production .staged
•lea.  The group will perform Thurs-