1977_10 The Daily Collegian October 1977

              Coffee carrier burned
by those caffeine blues
Photo by Melissa Baro
THF
ODD COUPLE.
Harold Schaefer and his homemade muppet
1   a   moment   ii
1  light  conversation
before going  to their
Zr"
ia class.    The
hand puppet  is  one
of Schaefer"s projects
Woman's Re-entry Program
graduate gains confidence
- By Tim Ryan
I sat In the patio of the College I
Union coffee shop one afternoon
after I-had finished my last class,
when my attention was crabbed
rather suddenly by a student who
was practically a nonentity to the
others on the patio. But for .some
reason, my interest was with him.
He held a large cup of hot
coffee ln his band and was walking very slowly toward the steps
up from the patio level. Only
a man who is very brave or who
has a low threshold of pain would
dare climb those steps with a large cup of hot coffee. I had to find
out what the result of this venture
He took each step as though he
were balancing himself on a log,
holding the coffee at an arm's
length la front of him. I was
skeptical of Ms success, and
would have been willing to Bet
that the coffee would spill over
and burn his hand or stain Ms
pants, but I was proved wrong.
In a moment he was at the top
of the steps.
By Charmaine Getx
Staff Reporter;
One of the best examples of
a successful Women's Re-entry
Program graduate Is now working for the women's studies department herself.
For Janle Klrshman, her decision to return to school was
made alter a two year struggle
to earn a decent living that began
a *eek after her only child,
Nicky, *as born and her husband walked out on her.
"! had been, brought .up to
believe that I would marry and
thai my husband would always
support me so that if I did
work it would only be for a
ilttlp extra cash. I thought my
real career was beginning when
week later reality set ln."
self single and a parent, with
only a high school degree and not
enough marketable Job skills to
support herself and her baby. A
succession of what she calls
"dumb jobs" followed, ultimately leading to a Job as an eligibility worker for the Welfare
Department. She soon realized
that job too would become another   "dead   end"     without a
Accordingly, Klrshman saved
up some money, paid off her
hills, got a bank loan and enrolled ln the CSUF Women's
Re-entry Program. She chose
CSUF over Fresno City College
even though lt was more expensive because CSUF provided
Hope begins
talent quest
CSUF students will be given
opportunity to show off their
?nt, and compete for a chance
Perform on nationwide television in the Bob Hope search
'— the top collegiate talent show
t monuW
^Talented students-whether sing- '
*"■", comedians, rock -group mu-
>ns, or members of a string
|«u»rtet-are encouraged to start
polishing their acts for the first
5°und of competition, wMcJlwUI
beheld on campus.
"rom there, selected students
compete  ln  the sectional
f 'petition at Riverside, Cal-
>rnta in November,
nterested persons may contact
e College Union Program Office
f 'urther Information.
I stood up In
was ready 'to give him a rousing
cheer. I almost expected a band
and a standing ovation of applause to congratulate Mm. But
no one else noticed him. He
began walking across the campus
square. I had to follow to see
If Ms success would hold out.
I quickly darted up the stairs.
It was a alow trek across
the campus, hut caution necessitated the lethargic pace. It was
a truly skillful performance of
footing as he avoided collision after collision with oncoming personage ,on foot and bicycle. At
one point I groaned aloud when
he nearly lost a few drops at
a sudden stop to let a skateboard
and Its passenger go by.
Five minutes later he had not
spilled a drop and he had
, reached his destination. I had an
uncontrollable urge to congratulate him." I came up from behind, ready to lavish him with
praise, tapping his right arm for
Ms attention.
I   suddenly   realized   that  I
should have tapped Ms left arm,
since at the end of Ma right
was the coffee he had struggled
so vehemently with to get it
to where he was going.
As soon as I tapped, the vibration caused the cup to shake
and the coffee to spill out onto
Ms hand and Ms pants. He expressed Ms'chagrln with a very
clear, and pronounced, "Aughl"
He looked at me with a tight
Jaw and murder ln Ms eye, while
coffee dropped from his wrist.
He was breathing heavily and
Ms face turned Mood red.
"What do you want?" he asked
through a pair of clenched teeth
I simply stared for a moment,
before smiling and offering my
reply. "Sorry," I answered.
"t thought you were soroetmdy
else."
I returned to t>-» patio and
had a soft drink. I was going to
have a cup of coffee, but for
some   reason,   I   couldn't lirinrc
1 her return an almost
experience.    After a
12-year absence from school, she
and   re-discipline  herself to do
homework.
"I felt so Insecure and so old
(compared to most other students)." She recalls, "And then,
I was getting 'this hey, latly,-
• why- aren't- you- working- and-
supportlng- your- kld-insted-of-
golng- to -school' thing from
people."
Spurred on by her own determination and the support of the
people of the Women's Studies
and Women's Center, Klrshman
persevered despite financial troubles. In order to qualify for
financial aid, ahe had to be a
full-time student, which left no
provision for child care.
Klrshman credits Women's
Studies and the Center for help-'
Ing her to resolve many of her
Inner conflicts by showing her
how the many women who had
identical or slmlllar problems
were learning to work them out
or at least gaining comfort from
the fact that they were not alone
in their struggles.
Now, two years later, Ms.
Klrshman Is a junior business
major working toward Master's
ln women's studies and part-time
for the Women's Studies Department. She entered CSUF totally
unaware of the department, now
she leads study groups herself.
Some day ln the future, Klrshman
hopes she will see the result
of struggle and grit culminate
In a career that will help other
women as she has been helped.
"I'm excited at knowing how
much my efforts will be appreciated," she said.
Mm<@£@M
Served as   UN delegate
India's consul will  speak
Lakh an Mehrotra, consul
general of India InSan Francisco,
will speak at CSUF Thursday,
Oct. 6, on the topic, "The Hole
of India In World Affairs."
The program, sponsored by the
World Affairs Council of Fresno,
will be held at 7:30 p.m. ln
Rooms 312-14 of the CoUege
Union. The lecture Is open to
the public Free parking will be
available ln the campus lot at
Maple and Shaw Avenues.
Before assuming his post ln
San Francisco, Mehrotra was
Charge d'Affalres ln Peking for
three years. During that time
he successfully negotiated for
normalization of India's relations
with China which led to an agreement for the exchange of am-
bassdors, breaking the Ice of
nearly 15 years, qt.llmlted con-
ated as advisor ln the licouomlc tory, culture and archaeology,
ommlttee of the delegation of lie served as a lecturer In the'
jrila to the United Nations. University's Depart'njent of An-
Dean Burger selected
by national conference
is eJecti
the MIMstry of External
ln New Delhi and spent three
years ln Moscow as first secretary ln the Indian Embassy.
Previously, he was consul oflndla
in New York and also partici-
ldent of the National Association ot Collegevand Teachers
of Agriculture (NACTA) at the
national conference held at Pennsylvania .State University.
The Association, whlth has
nearly GOO members representing schools of agriculture
throughtout the United States and
Canada, Is a professional organization designed to support the
development of agricultural education at the college level.
College Union Friday
Its goals are to provide
a forum for discussion of questions and problems related to
the Improvement of college-level
Instruction In agriculture; improve higher education ln agriculture through development of
curricula, course organization,
teaching techniques, facilities
and materials; and encourage
and promote the general availability of Instruction ln agriculture and research supporting the
Instruction.
Dr. Burger, who previously
served as Western Regional Director' of the Association, said
. the organization also assists Institutions' In workshops to develop more effective teaching, and promotes professional
recognition of teachers through
a   program,  to   honor   teaching
Spring teaching
signups due
Friday,' Oct. 7 is the deadline
for filing applications for student teaching for the spring semester. All credential candidates
who intend to enroll In either
Beginning Student TeachingCEED
U0 or SED 155A) or in Final
Student Teaching (EED 160 or
SED 1S5B) I
appropriate   i