1978_04 The Daily Collegian April 1978

              "The Dally Collegian"
Child Abuse: psychological and physical
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,tey may be triggered,Into abusing
y. children, he said, because they
I In a frustrating situation, or they
., , "moral obUgation" to punish
J child "for getting out of line."
•The inference between parents who
discipline their children correctly and
those who abuse tbem Is a "degree
of excess," he said.
"H the parent Is under stress because
of financial problems, loss of a lob
or marital problems at a time when
they  are  having problems with their
child, tbey may throw him against tbe
wall; they may kick him down the stairs,
bat they don't intend to do this," he
««at "They get so upset that they
can't control then-wives".
The most like]
people using pt
aaaWaa-iaaaati    ^
likely 'child abusers are
! physical punishment for
_i  which a  great many
people do, be said.
This means that "anybody reading this
article could be a child abuser if tbe
unfortunate circumstances stacked op
right", he said. These will be people
"who haven't learned alternative ways
of dealing with pro-Moms with their children", be said.
Parents also feel that if "rm doing
these horrible things to my kids. I can't
be any good either," added Leavltt.
Thus, child abuse can become a vicious and seemingly never ending pattern
In many families. Unfortunately, many
children who are now being abused do
not get help until they become abusers
themselves he explained.
The "ideal,'' be said, is to get these
kids when they're in elementary school
recently estimated that if we spent one
Some have a 'religious conviction that the child
is possessed by the devil
and they must beat the devil out of them.'
Another problem is many people believe punishment is a "personal matter"
that other people should not Interfere
in, be said. Some have a "religious
conviction that tbe child Is possessed
by the devil and they most beat tbe
devil out of them," be said.
lfs aU based, he said, on tbe idea
that the beating Is good for the child
and that "this is going to hart me
more  then it harts you", he added.
a very low self concept which is cultivated by the parents, who also have
low self-esteem. The children "feel
that If they were any good this would
"  r to them," he said.
bundreth tbe amount of money on parent
education that we spend on driver education we could make a major dent in
improving parenting," be said.
The best help for a person who Is
already abasing their children is with
tbe self-help group, "Parents Anonymous," he said.
This group does not
nave prof ess local counselors, but rather,
exchanges feelings and personal experiences with other child abusers.
The greatest need right now, be said,
Is to Increase staffing in agencies tbat
work with  child abase so that more
AS candidates prepare to toss their derbies into ring
The Associated Students (AS)
sl.ctio.is ireofflclallyunderway.
So far, 33 candidates have taken
out petitions, preparatory to
tossing their derbies, sombreros
a_d stetsons into the proverbial
campaign ring. Tbe candidates
-re vying for 19 offices.
The student office-seekers
must get a certain number of
other students to sign their t_.ti-
rJons before they can ran for of-
-». Presidential candidates
need 250 signatures; vlce-presl-
lats, 150; beard members, 75;
*ad candidates  for the senate
Three candidates nave taken
out petitions for president: Dave
Davis, John Osborne and Gordon
Riddle.
Other offices and candidates
who have taken out peUUa-s are:
-Legislative Vice President:
David Ditora and Rachel Mendoza; T->
-CoUege Union Vice President: David Pinuelas and Kathleen Stenchcombe;
--College Union Board Member IX: Margaret Romero and
Jess Sepuiveda;
—College Uuloa Board Member #2: Elaine Leathley;
-Seoator-at-Large 111, Kathy
Muse and Janice Peterson;
—Senator -.at - Large Post#2:
Patricia Ollvelra;
—Senator-at-Large Post #3:
Scott Collins and Tricta Van
Klaveren;
—Senator-at-Large Post #4:
Judith Kauffm-nn and Robin Sag-
lng: David Lane and Marsha
Spalding;
—Senator, Health Professions:
S-sanne Barry and Kathy Fagan;
—Senator, School of Natural
Sciences: Karen Lea Andersen
and Grant Marcos;
—Senator, School of Professional Studies: Laurie Gilt, and
Kathleen Helnrlchs;
-Senator, Agriculture-Home
Economics: Dennis Johnson;
--Senator, School of Business
£ Administration: Susan H. Wan-
ken;
—Senator, School of Engineer-
—Senator, Social Sciences:
Cynthia Cabrera and Janet Sale;
—Senator, School of Social
Work: RandyMorrisonand Louis
Sepuiveda;
—Senator, Undeclared Majors:
Norman Charley and Leroy Jackson;
No candidate has filed yet to
represent Graduate studies.
Petitions for the April 17-19
AS elections are still available
In tbe Dean ot Student's Office,
Joyal Administration Bldg., room
224. Completed petitions must
be turned In to tbe dean's office
by 5 p.m
editor critiques president and governor
zxammer
s (Governor Brown) ability to save $3 billion impresses me . His lack of pomposity impresses me. His con-
n for  farmworkers impresses me. But his abilility to get things done     leaves a helluva lot to be desired.'
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MURPHY: Very complicated. Thafs
™ most complicated question I know
*Whlng about. The day I saw tbe
W*k In Fresno (Feb. 16, when he
sP°ke to the Fresno Press Club) I
vent and participated in a 90 mlnote
forum with Br0wn lt „_ California
^vspaper Publishers Association in
■» D'e_o. « was the stogie, most
Mov-icing performance I have seen a
politician give since John Kennedy in
°* early i960 campaign. Jost ab-
w'utely brilliant. And hour and a half
*tfj»et answers. No flippancy, no
'"tl-lsm, no answering questions with
WKtlo-s. Direct, straightforward, and
absolutely in the main. That Impressed
"e- "Is ability to save $3 blUlon
mpresses me. His lack of pomposity
'presses me. His concern for turn-
voricers Impresses me. But his ability
get things done leaves a heUuva lot
to be desired. I don't know how many
vacancies there are, but someone told
me there are a couple of hundred vacancies now. His inability to get a
legtalature to adopt programs does no;
Impress me. His seeming lack of un-
fjeret-ndlng about bow business works
concerns me. But overall I think he's
a better govenor than most of his critics
like to admit.
QUESTION:   What have tx
major   accomplishments?
MURPHY: From his point of view,
not from my point of view, stopping
the development of nuclear powerptonts
probably has been as nig anaceomplish-
ment as Mjrt-d-t; he's done. I dctft
happen to think thafs a great probleip
bat be does. My Impression is that
be believes that to the biggest issue
of the 1970s and 1980s. He was quoted
as saying that the nuclear lss_e will be
the Vietnam (issue) of the 1980s, andfor
him to be able to stop that and not let
those developments take place means
that he's taken a long, long stride to
nuclear prohibition. R-ianHng the budget bat not spending so damn much
money are big accomplishments. His
major failure? I think a whole lot of
them have Just been terrible.
QUESTION: You said you aren't sure
which candidate will win the GOP primary. Which one of the four major
candldates—Atty. Gen. Elvelle Younger,
former Los Angeles Police Chief Ed
Davis, Fresno Assemblyman Ken Maddy,
and San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson— do
you   see   as   the  strongest candidate?
MURPHY: Maddy. He's more presentable to a broader range of the party
than any of the others.    I happen to
QUESTION: Do you think someone
from the San Joaquin Valley such as
Maddy would have enough pull in a city
like San Francisco, In the urban areas
.of the state?
-MURPHY: I don't think thafs the
problem. Tbe problem seems to be who
wiU get. And that means who is moderate enough at this point to get some
Independent votes and who Is skillful
enough to hold tbe Republicans together.
My impression is that Pete Wilson or
Ken Maddy would be better at coalesing
those various elements of a "win"
a Davis or Younger. But