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Trustee approved fee increase sparks criticism
Unanimous approval by tbe
wtT4 of Trustees Toes., Jan.
24, to levy an added fee students
oust pay eacft-eemeeter to fund
Huiructlonally related activities
(IRA) has spurred controversy
ortr whether or not the fee confutes   an   Illegal   tuition   In-
, defined
quired by tbe Univereity to cover
operating expenses, salaries and
overhead, can legally be. Increased only by approval of the
State Legislature.
The IRA fee was paaeed by the
CSUC Board of Truateei at the
Tuesday meeting Id Long Bead)
after tbe Chancellor's Task
Force. on Instructlonally F
ed Activities  recommended the
foe be established.
The task force was created In
response to two attempts, in 1974
and again In 1976, by the CSUC
Student Presidents Association
to increase student body fees In
order to generate more revenue
for under-financed student pro-
Both attempts were supported
by. the State Academic Senate,
composed of representatives
from each of the CSUC Associated Student senates.
The two attempts were also
supported by the Council of University Presidents.
Both measures were 'passed
by tbe State "Legislature and subsequently vetoed by Gov. Jerry
Brown, who has opposed any Increase In student body fees.
The IRA fee la Intended to pro-
Vrlde stable funding for programs
under the IRA budget heading
--programs   such as  athletics, .
will be released into programs
under the Student' Service budget heading, such as intramurals,
the child day cave center, tutorials and "The Dally Collegian."
Warren Kessler, CSUF professor and president of the U-
nlted Professors of California,
believes that IRA programs
should be funded by the state.,
"These programs are Integrally related to the Instructional program by statutory law,"
•defined by the courts In California. In the absence of such
a legal definition our general
counsel(Meyer Chapman) interprets tuition to mean payment
to the faculty."
Chapman' contends the IRA fee
Is not tuition because the Income
does not go toward' faculty sal-
Students offer tax service
CSUF   business students are -
offering a Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance program, (VITA)'to .
help taxpayers In preparing their
1977 federal and state income
Marshall Mlnlch.aCSUFasso-
* date professor of finance- and
Industry, said the students providing the free sorvlce have participated, in a 30-hour training
program conducted by Internal
Revenue Service personnel.
from 10 a.m. to 2. p.m. each
Saturday through April 15 In
.the Madera Post Office Building,
the Qalwa Elementary School,
PenneyV store on the Fulton
Mall 'In Fresno, and tbe Clovls
City Hall Administration Build
ing.
v   "
Steve Shearn,' a senior bust-  «
ness major from Fowler and the
student coordinator of the VITA
Shearn said the program provides free help for families and
Individuals with low and moderate
' Income who cannot afford to pay
for assistance with their returns.
The students will assist In the
Drop' deadline nears
i beginning c
.
Executive Order #171 of the
CSUC jIIows students to withdraw
fouroveeks after
of the*semester
before the end.
But the withdrawal Is only
pod if you have "serious and
ompelllng reasons."
Just what "serious and com-
pelllnr" Is, Is not specified In
the 1973 CSUC system-widereg-_
This bothered certain CSUF
ectttj members who wanted the
policy spelled out by Charles
f. Swanson, then vice president
"change in work hours
ites a scheduling con-
r significant increase
Drk hours and respon-
•t-Uities which make it lmpos-
"i  for  a  student to continue
he guidelines also say that •
I -rsonal dislike or dlssaUs-
hctlon with the subject matter,
dtts, or Instructor, failure to
Perform satisfactorily, and the
*f»it of poor evaluation" are
°t serious and compelling rea-
ons to drop a course.'
The executive., order was
'dearly a budgetary decision,"
| "acted to make It more difficult
• -■-«..... to drop classes,
I "id David Clark, associate vice
able to drop a class at any time
for any reason.   -
Department chairmen don't
like the requirement that the drop
form be signed by both the course
Instructor   and   the department
However, Clark said he Is not
sure that this system would meet
the requirements of the executive order.
aimed at taxpayers whose sources of Income are from wages,
salaries, piecework, Interest and
dividends.
Business major Steve Shearn,
the VITA student coordinator,
said the program provides free .
help for families and Individuals
with low and moderate Income
who cannot afford to pay for
assistance with their returns.
The students will assist in the
Persons wanting assistance
should take their W-2, 1099 and
other Income forms along with
all of their expense records for
the year and t
Shearn said taxpayers who have
questions regarding rental, capital gains or self employment
Income should visit the IRS office In the Federal Building at
1130 "O" Street In Fresno.
With  30,000-40,
drops being processed,
nature requirement car
big work load for son
larger departments, said Clark.
"About 8 percent of the grades
given ere W's,»» he said.
Biology Department Chairman
Bert Tribbey has suggested a
method to cut downontnenemrier
of class  withdrawals  after the
limiting the nurnbei
each student can
would force student!
forms sparingly.
o'oOO add.  and      U*W*  *•«*•!  DeflatlS.
5 Women's status discussion slated
This
Women's Forum n will begin
a series of seven lectures Wednesday, Feb. l with Annette La
Rue, Fresno attorney, discussing the "Legal Status of Women
Tobay", from 8' to 10 p.m., tn
the College Union.
All forums are open to the
public free of charge and are
offered as a three unit Women's
Studies class.    To earn credit
the student must also attend seminars every other .Wednesday,
when  there Is  no speaker, and
For. more information contact
the Women's Studies Program, at
487-2907 or the University Extension Division at 487-2619.
week's panel win discuss what
can lie done through the legal
systems to aid women and if
It will he possible to obtain legal
This Wednesday's panel will
Include . Nadlna Cole, executive
director of the Fresno City and .
County-Commission on the Status
of Women; Lenore Schrelhpr,^
newly appointed MunlclpaLCourt
Judge; and Dr. Lily Small,
coordinator of affirmative action
at CSUF. S*
Future speakers Include Dr.
Mara Sudarkasa, Anthropology
professor at the University of
Michigan on /eb. 15 and Dr^
Cynthia Fuches-F.psteln, sociologist, on Mar. 1.
Dr. Sudarkasa will speak on
"Where Women Work—The
' African Experience." Her appearance "will be cosponsored
by Black History Week on
campus.
Several community groups are
cosponsorlng the entire series.
They Include the League oi
Women Voters, the American
Association of University Women, and Valley Women In Com-
"Ppv about It," he said.
Stodenta dislike  the nil
"me they think they shoi
•The Roundtown Boys" Traditional Old-
time Stringband win give a concert Thursday Feb. 9 at -8 p,m. In the CSUF Conley
Art Auditorium.
The concert is being sponsored by the CSUF
Foiklife Club. Admission Is. $2.00 general
and SI. 50 fir CSUF students.
Auditions for -"The Apple
Cart" and "Merchant of Venice"
will be held Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday In the Speech Arts
building, 4 to 7 each day.
Please check the. lobby of the
Speech Arts building for specific
audition aree. Reading scripts
available In Theater Arts.