1977_04 The Daily Collegian April 1977

              4-TW COLLEGIAN
Friday, A'pril l, 1777
Best, Davis,Mink and Meyerson win
Slmone Best, Dave Davis,
Steve Mink and Beth Meyerson
wen the four it-large senate
potto by varying margins In last
night's   Associated   Students
Robert Montion lost, the at-large
posts will dow be represented by
three CAUSE members and one
Brewer ticket member.
Winning at-large post three by
the dimmest of margins was
Steve Mink. The CAUSE candidate edged Dave Ditora ess-
Senate post one went to Slmone
Best over Jim Blair. The find
tdry was 77»-75J.
Beet, a 29-year-old sophomore
marketing and management
major, U the administrator of the
Gay People's Union.
Beet was not available for
comment, however fellow-neVly-
elected senator Beth Meyerson
spoke for her laying, "I'm really
happy Slmone woo. I think it
thowt a fantastic conquering of
the discrimination against gay
people on this campus. I think
this is really going to help their
fight. She will make an excellent
Davis, a senior psychology
major, beat Rachel Mendota 732-
6M. Davit, a Brewer candidate,
teemed to attract a broad base of
support. The former Fresno City
College vice president campaigned on a policy of reducing
needless expenditures.
Meyerson edged Richard
Klopfiteln, s junior accounting
major and the current president
of Sigma Cal, by an ill vote
margin—74M3S.
A social science pre-law mijor,
Meyerton campaigned at a
CAUSE cindidate and was t
ttrong proponent of (etcher
evaluations.
Meyerton told the Collegian
after the announcement of ber
victory, "I'm very happy that
CAUSE did at well at It did. The
reason we put the slate together
wit to promote unity In the
senate. As for BUI Brewer
winning, it should be in Interesting year."
Mink, probably best known as
the cindidate who didn't wear
shoes, offered two Immedlste
personal goals.
"Student evtJuationi will be
coming through. Faculty
evduations of every teacher-
tenured or non-tenured. According lo The Collegian, 80 per
cent of the faculty It tenured.
tpdvorfl-omenl)
AS NEWSLETTER	
[Sfudenf Survey Action- Library, Food Services]
This semester, the Associated
("student Senate has tried to take ■
active   role  In   meeting
^student   needs.   As   you   miy
,   we   took   ■   survey   of
Istudent't opinions and needs list
and   I
eof th
•nlly
M •
[results of the survey and what
e're doing about them and also
ik far .suggestions you may
ive—either problems you see
t campus or ways of solving
lose we've presented.
The first msjor problem area
as the library. While only 21 per
Ml of the students stated the
fiours and services were
nadequate, almost everyone
iponding to the survey asked
it it be open longer hours,
"especially during finals week.
" alto   requeited   more
beating and books.
senators, Jim Fltxpatrick
fend Randy Steentma are looking
this topic. Talking to the
btead  librarian,  they  were  In-
Iformed   that   no  student   com-
[plaints   have   been   received
asking for longer hours. Furthermore, there Is no money in
this year's budget to stay open
longer. The Student President's
Association of our system is
asking Gov Brown to include
more money, in next years
budget, both to Increase hours
ind to buy more books The
Associated Students are strongly
supporting this endeavor.
InpefuQy when the new addition
o Ihe library Is. completed, the
seating problem will be
alleviated.
A second major area was food
services. Roughly 20 per cent of
those surveyed felt the variety of
foods in the cafeteria, snack bar
and vending machines were
good, 55 per cent fair and 23 per
cent poor. The quality fared ■
little poorer with ritingi of 18 per
cent good, S3 per cent fair and 21
per cent poor for the snack bar;
IS per cent good, 60 per cent fair
and 27 per cent poor for the
cafeteria; and 17 per cent good,
SI per cent fdr and 52 per cent
poor for the vending machines.
Two-thirds of those surveyed felt
the cafeteria and snack bar were
Campus Security
Reports Flashers
According to Campus Security,
ere were no rapes on campus
st semester. There were,
tiowever, several instances of
Indecent exposure or "flashers,"
felong with numerous thefts ind
pthtr crimes.
The flashers did not teem to
brefer any specific location (the
treat where It occurred Included
(the Women's Gym, the Music
building and the Speech Arts
building) or tune (they occurred
everytlme from high noon to
evening). However, the map
Indicates areas on campus which
are potentially more hazardous
due to excess bushes or trees and
inadequate lighting. The three
circled areas, 1) the lab school,
2) O'Nell] Park, and S) the Dairy
Unit are the three most
dangerous areas on carrpua..
IT you are on campus late at
night, try to avoid these areas
and remain to open well-lit areas
at much as possible.
too expensive ind 40 per cent felt
the vending midlines were too
high priced
The senile hopes to work with
the Food Services Advisory
Committee, the College Union
Vice President and the administrator oi Food Services In
coming   up   with   innovative
ideas
hopefully, also reduced prices
When asked about counseling
in their majors. 13 per cent said it
was excellent, 37 per cent good,
felt It wis poor. The most
common complaints  were  thtt
formed—possibly through a
program to orient the faculty as
advisors. Other suggestions were
Petitions and
the Diploma
Dilemma
The response from students
wanting their majors on their
diplomas has been tremendous.
In a few short weeks, well over
1,000 slgnitures were githered
by AS Senators snd interested
students, and the petitions keep
coming In. There It,- however,
one problem. In order to make a
really good impression and get
the policy changed in time for
this semester's graduates, many
more signatures ire needed and
soon. This meant a more concentrated drive will have to take
place. Petitions are available in
the AS Office, CU 308. If you feel
having your major on your
diploma is a good idea, drop by
the office and pick up several
petitions to circulate among your
friends and In your classes. With
your help, we can do It this year.
We're asking thtt all petitions be
returned by Friday,  April  U,
irn.
We do have some good newt to
report. A survey oT the other
campuses In our system showed
that all those we contacted (and
we asked all except two) not only
included the major, some even
Included the minor and/or the
option.
' At a recent meeting or the
university Student Affairs
Committee,    the   committee
to   I
the
major on the diploma unless
otherwise requeited by the
ttudent. The policy would go Into
eMect for this semester's
graduates. Hopefully this will be
approved, and the majors will
finally be on the diploma.
make students more aw
their availability.
Twenty-nine per cent of thosej
surveyed felt they were poorlyl
informed about job opportunities!
in their field and 15 per cent saldj
they were not informed at all
Sixty-seven per cent felt the
college education wi
adequately preparing them forj
future employment be
many areas require a degree!
before you can apply for a job.
Many of these students agreed}
with the 33 per cent who wi
adequately prepared that theyj
needed less theory and
application to and experience in]
their working field.
To help provide som
periences for these and other]
students, the AS. is sponsoring
campus representative from the!
Fresno Volunteer Bureau. The!
representative will be located ln|
CU 306 to help plice students
volunteer jobs related to their
field. In addition, we pi
compile the previous three]
questions according to major and
notify the areas which have the|
AS Reaching Oufj
I was somewhit surprised i
the evaluation of ttudet
government. Fifteen per cent fe
its performance was excellent c
good, 23 per cent felt it wis fait
12 per cent felt it was poor and 50
per cent had no opinion. I see this
as a real problem ind I wonder
it's beciuse you don't care or
we aren't reacmng you.
If it't the former, how can «
not care. You pay $20 per year
belong to the Attociiti
Students, and it provides many
the student services on th
campui, including th
newspaper, intramurala,
recreation, tutorials, child day
athletics, marching and pep
bandt, music, art, dance,
theatre, cultural weeks, legd
advisement, consumer ce
the list goes on.
If we aren't retching you then
PLEASE let us know what we
CAN DO to reach you. Student
government can't really serve
the students IT we don't know
what your needs are. Opinions
both positive and negative are
■Iwayi welcomed yand encouraged. THE ASSOCIATED
STUDENTS IS HERE Toi
SERVE YOU! Let us know HOW]
WE CAN! '
As»ocUud8tatothf|
That does not leave mucn to
evaluation.
"My second point Is that the reorganization committee doesn't
have any students on It. My
prediction is that they'll probably
releate their flrtl, propoial
around May 30—a week after the
students have gone."
One candidate who lost was
willing to meet with the press-
Mendoia,  a  CAUSE candidate.
"We gave them one hell of a
fight," the said, "I don't fed so
bad because Davit Is a good man.
I'm just elated so many of our
candidates pulled through. You
haven't heard the last of me—I'm
only a sophomore."
Brewer
(Continued from p. 1)
Montion said at he and Brewer
shook hands.
Brewer thanked Montion and
told the CAUSE date he appreciated them for running.
"I'm not pleased with anybody
losing, I never have been,"
Brewer told a reporter.
"It's time for all of us to start
working toward the common
cause of the students or this
campus."
Brewer credited hit victory to
Tim Baker, hit campaign
manager.
"He swung the election for
me," he said. "We knew we were
going into the election slightly
behind and he coordinated the
campaign for us."
Clark , Gomes
(Continued from p. 1)
Although foreseeing tome
hardship! next year, Brewer said
he "looks forward to working
with Karen and Susan. When the
emotionalism of the election dies
down, we can work together."
Fonseca tallied 871 votes
against Gomes' 702. Fletcher
received 665, with Clark totaling
731.
Clark and Gomes will be
supported by a majority of
CAUSE candidates In the senate
CU: Poptanich,
/Munoz picked
The College Union Board had
two memben voted into office In
this week's elections.
Post two was the only rice that
saw two candidates run. In that
race, James Poptanich nosed out
Frank Rlojai 774-7l|.
In the other seat, Fhil Munos
collected 1,174 votes.
that It is going "to be a strange
year next year," alter the
elections.
The win Insured Poptanich of
his fifth consecutive year as an
active participant in ttudent
government. He bis been a
senator in past yean.
Poptanich was pleased with the
campaigning by other students.
"Not too much mud slinging
this year," be sdd. "I hope
student government will follow
this example. This is the cleanest
AS government viewed by:past leaders
by Laura Thompson
Jeff Evans
—"Power isn't the right word.
It't a facade of power."
—"It was more Important than
tchool-an education In Itself."
—"It wat fatclnating; exciting."
-"It was about what I anticipated. I knew It would Involve
a great bed of my time."
Student government It all that
and more, according to some of
those who have served as student
offlceri it CSUF.
The newly-elected Associated
Students (AS) officers will have
their own songs of praise and
tales of horror when their terms
draw to a close, but now they
might want to listen to those of
One of the roost ccntr-rversid
issues In ttudent government
appears to be the relationship
between the Associated Students
and  the  CSUF  administration.
Outgoing AS President David
Nikssarian said that, generally,
relations have been good during
"For student government to be
effective. It takes cooperation
with the administration,"
Nikssarian said.
But David Davenport, a former
legislative  vice  president  and
student   senator,   expressed
slightly different opinion.
"The gods we established as
executive officers could not be
met. They were realistic goals in
terms of what we thought ttudent
government should be at any
university, but they were incompatible with the role and
function President (Norman)
Baxter tees for ttudent government," Davenport said.
Student government has only
the power administration gives
it, according to Davenport.
"No," he reconsidered, "power
is n't the right word—it't a facade
Why did be get Involved in
student government?
"I participated because I
thought It was a viable ttudent
organixation," be sdd.
Once In office, though,
Davenport  said   he   became
Involved to
the administration over the AS
budget and the five-year NCAA
contract during the summer of
1973. Davenport felt the
pressures the administration
brought to bear.
Student officers signed the
NCAA contract, but several,
Including   Davenport,   later
complained that Baxter had
''coerced" them Into signing the
Baxter's approval is required
on all AS budgets.
At limited aa ttudent government input may have been to that
situation,    Davenport    tees
"it (ttudent government) has
ven leas reason for existence
today than  when  I was vice
president," he sdd.
Davenport sees contracted
programs at a ''headache" for
the newly-elected offlceri.
(Continued on p. S)
T-JBSDAY, APRIL U, ltTI
^Che Collegian
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY.
Library privilege abused?
It't bad enough when you go to
the library to check out a book
and a staff member has checked
it out. But when that staff
member can keep books for an
almost unlimited time...
Zane Clark, bead of library
circulation, must often call on
guilty faculty and other staff for
overdue books, i
Committee could help nursing problems
Staff Reporter
The Community Advisory
Committee to the Division of
Health Professions may be just
what the doctor ordered for the
troubled CSUF nursing depart-
Trevor D. Glenn, chairman of
the committee and director of the
Fresno County Hedth Department, hopes the nursing
problems can be solved.
Symptoms of trouble In the
nursing program appeared last
January when local hospitals
charged that two of the department's 22 fsculty memben were
clinically Incompetent.
The two have been removed
from clinical teaching assignment pending investigation by
the State Board or Registered
Nursing.
Ming Be Sio, one oi the two
faculty members charged, has
filed suit agllnst the CSUC Board
of Trustees, Eleanore Greene,
chairman of the CSUF nursing
department and Ola Sabln,
director of nursing administration at Valley Medical
Center. Sia's suit seeks tUS.OCO
WhUe the committee may not
be able to provide a pound of cure
for the department, it does know
the value of an ounce of
prevention and hopes to apply
that philosophy to avoid future
problems.
According to Glenn, the purpose of the committee is to serve
■s an interfacing between the
university  and  the  community
hedth   agencies   that   use   its
Establlihed In 1975 by CSUF
President Norman Baxter, the
committee consists of six
representatives from community
health organizations and one
representative of the university.
C. Dean Mitchell, director of the
division of health professions, is
the univertlty'i representative.
Early last year, the committee
formally recognized the Importance of on-going clinical
development of the nursing
faculty, according to Glenn.
In close cooperation with Ihe
university, the advisory group
p. 3)
Clark sdd that most of the
about returning books, but added
that there are a "few that can
make It bad for everyone else."
"Some of them just ignore our
requests," he said. "Others
respond and just flatly refuse,
saying 'I'm using It and I don't
care who wants It'."
Unlike students, faculty
members are permitted to keep a
book for an almost unlimited
period ot time, unless the book Is
requested by a student or another
faculty member.
Clark sdd that books checked
out by faculty members during a
particular calendar year are not
due until the first Wednesday In
March or the following year. This
means, lor example, that a
faculty member who checked out
a book in January, 1(77 will not
have to return It until March,
1978.
He noted, however, that any
book kept longer titan two weeks
by a faculty member It subject to
recall by the library If a request
for that hook It filed.
"There It no telling bow many
students really need books and
don't request them," Clark said.
He sdd that there Is no limit to
the number of books that faculty
"Very few l
the privilege. Oh, sure, there are
a few wbo nave more than 100
books checked out, but they are
usually working on their Ph.D.
dissertations and are using the
books
"There it an occassional Instructor, however, who decides
that be wants all material on a
particular subject to his office.
And that Is where problems
begin."
Regardless of how long a
faculty member keeps a book, be
cannot be fined under current
library procedures, according to
Clark.
"There hat never been a
question oi fining rsculty, but we
have tried charging them for
books they did not return," he
sdd.
Clark sdd the library dropped
the billing procedure lait year
because "it wasn't  doing  any
He said that while the billing
procedure was to affect, some
instructors received bills In
*300-*SOO range. But, he add, li.at
not surprising, since staff
first billed In 1973
or 1974 and some received bills
for books they had checked out 13
or 20 yean before.
(Continued on p. 3)
Nurse's injunction fails
A Superior Court judge his
declired CSUF nursing
professor Ming Be Sil's
suspension from teaching
duties illegal, and Sla't
3115,000 lawsuit against the
board of trustees will be
prosecuted.
However, Judge Hollls Best
refused Sla't injunction
requiring the university to
reassign her teaching duties.
Bett said the court could not
take such action before she
had    exhausted    remedial
Sia hat charged that
Eleanor Greene, director of
the CSUF nursing department, had recommended the
professor be relieved of her
teaching duties, claiming Sia
wat "mentally ill."
This recommendation came
arter Valley Medical Center
Nursing Director Ola Sabln
allegedly made "raise and
unprofessional     accusations
Her attorney, James V.
Henry, claimed Sia had
successfully passed medical
exsmlnatlont the university
ordered her to take.
Despite this, Sia charged
she was forced to assume
clerical duties, giving up her
teschlng duties. The
representitive for CSUF,
Deputy Atty. Gen. Steve
Egan, reminded the court that
Sia still is receiving full pay.
The grievance procedure at
CSUF can take an Indeterminate amount of time,
according to Henry.