1977_11 The Daily Collegian November 1977

              Drop class, lose money
VA modifies its rules
The head of the Veterans Ad-
GI B1U students to look before
they leap If they're considering
dropping courses or seeking non-
punitive grades for them.
VA Administrator Max Cleland
said that In certain circumstances
the law now requift-s the agency
to retroactively cancel assistance
payments for courses dropped
without a grade after a reasonable
drop-add period.
This applies also ln case.v
where a course Is completed but
the grade assigned is, In effect,
ignored by the school for graduation requirements—a so-called
"non-punitive" grade.
"In otherwords," Clelandsaid,
"veterans dropping courses in
such circumstances, or receivini
a non-punitive grade could wind
up in debt to the federal govern-
VA will not retroactively collect
payments already made when the
situation is due to circumstances
beyond the student's control.
The law, which went into effect
last December, prohibits VA payment of educational tx-nefits for
any part of a course that is not
used in computing graduation requirements.
Cleland explained this could
mean that many students will find
themselves overpaid under.theGf
BUI for courses from which they
withdraw and for courses in which
the assigned grade does not couni
toward graduation.
Payments for such courses, he
said, must be stopped as of the
first day of a school term.
For example, If a student withdraws from a course on Pec. 1,
1977, under the conditions outlined, VA payments for that
course will be terminated retroactively lo the beginning of the
school term* unless mitigating
circumstances are shown.
In the past, CI Bill payments
for such a course would have
continued to the end of the month
of withdrawal.
"The safest course," Cleland
said, "is not tn drop a course
or request a 'non-punitive' grade ,
until you contact the school's
veterans' affairs office and find
out what effect ihe withdrawal*
or gTade may have on your
monthly VA check."
The agency also recommends
that both students and school
officials provide a brief statement
concerning the circumstances of
*he withdrawal or "non-punitive"
grade assignment when reporting
such action to VA.
Picasso paints a drama,
ETC does his "Desire"
i
-By Tim Ryan
Staff Reporter
The Experimental Theatre Company (ETC)
>f   CSUF   last   week  endeavored  to  present
•Desire Caught  hy  the  Tall^"  promised as
a stranee and bizarre night of unconventional
i,   Fat and Skinny Anguish, and
audience  took   their  seats   and
exploration." That definition is acceptable,
especially since It Is hard to think of any
other description that so aptly d
ventlonal theatre was not the
have felt that lt was lacking,
emotion,   and   feeling, and llf<
of drama «
understood li]
■:ist,   touched
to meet with the actors and director Alan
Metx. This time *they were able to ask,
questions, and express their feelings.
What did the play mean? There was a(
qi'aitlon on Jus), about everyone's mind. The
answer relayed by the actors and by Men
was simply the Idea of taking aU of the emotions one feels through life (desire, love, jealousy, fear, anger) and conglomerate them all
The result would be the play that had just
been  seen,    lt was  a  collage of emotions.
Before the play, Metz was asked ltPablo
Picasso had anything specific In mind when
he wrote "Desire Caught by toe Tall." H
wasn't a political statement," answered Meti.
"I think it was more of his Just saying, 'I am
•It's a badly written play," he confessed,
"and lt Is really not product-able, but I wanted
a challenge." With a chuckle and air of understatement he added, "I got lt."
Most of the stage directions, which Involved
monkeys eating parrots behind transparent
doors, bathtubs, and people being nailed into
coffins and carried off, were simply prerecorded and read over a loud speaker.
The actual producUon Involved practically
no props at all, save for a war helmet, a box,
and character costumes.
As publicity promised, the play was bizarre, strange, and unconventional. It was
also very experimental. However, experimentation Is the purpose of ETC,
Above all the play, with or without meaning
or Interpretation, was emotional and a definitely enjoyable experience.
Advising Day set for Tues.
With classes suspended on Nov.    appointments  to aid students on
dlnatp the day for counseling services. New students are sch«-
• ol new, transferring and con- duled for morning sessions «tlli
tliiiiliu; students. continuing  students to tie sched-
StU !
Editorship
applications
Applications for editors of student publications, including The
Collegian, La Voz de Aztlan and
Uhuru, are now being accepted
at the Associated Students Office.
Deadline for applications Is
5 p.m., Nov. 28. Those Interested
may pick up applications ln the
Associated Students office, CU
306, or at the Collegian offices
In  the  Keats  Campus  building.
Interviews will be
the Media Council al
Interested In trans
i CSUF will also b
o seek Information re
asses and programs <
m., Nov.
Publshed ibrci
periods   bv the Associa
Jity, Freino.
The Collegian
13 or the student IxxJy.
Editor-in-Chief. . . .
Managing Editor . .
Feature Editor. . . .
Photography Editor. ,
Sports Editor
Photographer ,
KMJ radio special
KMJ Radio (580 on the dial)     !
wiU broadcast a special program
Thursday, Thanksgiving, featuring highlights of the 1977 Championship Bulldog football games.
The program wlU be broadcast
at 6:05 p.m. and will feature Jim
Wilson and Sports Director BUI
Woodward.
j During Finis
ieU voir
Used Terttooks
. .Susan Shroder
. . .Dianne Sol is
. .Sunny Frazler
. . .John Esparza
Reps.-ters Steve Cava! era, Mike
Fitzgerald,   Gil   Fleming, Oar -I   Maskal, Oebra
Perez, Donna Reyes, Bill Rosa, Tim Ryan.
 Dave Ellis
 Bruce Scott
. .. Becky Holman
Carol Kissinger
... Jay Brashear
.... John DeGano
llape Jhtnreness ^ee\
** A THREE-NIGHT   PROGRAM
^>f of films,  speakers, discussions
■•
fFREE — Open to the public
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3V«). 19,30, &*Det» 1
7>30 to 10:30 *ach night
Residence Hall Cafe ter io   .
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DEC 14 WED. 8:30-6:30
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DEC. 17 SAT. 9:30- 1MB
1* MOM. 8:30-   6:30
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Tiptoe Through the Tillandsia
Photos by Sunny Frazler
.   What
on your Christmas list, who has
everything but a green thumb?
'How about a plant that grows
without soil, needs little sunlight, and only requires occaslon-
. al watering?
Such a plant really does exist,
and CSUF senior Eric Habben
believes the bromellads he grows
ln his greenhouse may be the
ultimate ln unusual Christmas
presents, **
Tlllandslas ("a
lly, and related to the pineapple.
In their normal South American
environment they twine their
roots on trees to grow, hut Eric
stressed that these plants "are
not  parasltes-they're    eplpliy-
That means they .supply their
own nutrients through dust, dead
vegetattun, insect matter, rain,
dew, and humidity and absorb
It through their leaves.  "Roots
•plan
person     are only for structural support,1
ture major, built his own greenhouse when his Interest ln bromellads threatened to overrun his
house. He Is beginning to build
a small business out or his fascination for the*plants, which lie
buys from an importer.
< Altnougn bromellads are available ln other local plant shops,-
Eric feels his are a better quality because, "they come right
from the greenhouse." He also
schools customeps on care of
the plants because he feels "they
buy a plant, tney should know how
Besides 70
llads, Eric stocks unusual plants
such as the "sensitive plant"
which curls its leaves when
touched, and the "mother of millions" which scatters many little
seeds from the tios of its leaves.
For more information, Eric can
be contacted at 29I-51G7.
VA seeks address corrections
IRS chief to speak tomorrow
ou have been- receiving
ins Administration checks
•M you are moving at the eno
'the semester, you should leave
»ur forwarding address and no-
Ifv ihe VA. If you don't, you
M'f   miss   getting   your final
The  Veterans  Education  and mailed May 1.
Employment  Assistance   Act of
1976  eliminated  prepayment  of Changes   of   address   can
monthly VA' allowances for VA report"! to.veterans repres
trainees, effective June 1, 1977. tatlyes  on  campus  or  to  1<
The last prepaymentcheckswere' VA offices.
Free lecture explores
outlook on aging
a,l mnntl
s for CI BUI students'
of training, or par-
will be Issued on the
s' day (of.the following montd.
ess   the VA  and the  postal
Mce have received a change
,    address, "the .check will' be
■"led to th« address provided
* A lecture on "Aging and Adult
Life" wlU be presented Monday,
Nov. 18, at CSUF by the School
of Social Work and the Fresno
Commission on Aging.
The speaker will be Dr. Vivian Wood, associate director of
the Institute on Aging and Adult
Life located at the University of
Wisconsin.   She will speak from
10 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1:30 to
3 p.m. ln Kooms 312-14 of the
CoUege Union.
Dr. Wood will discuss the plight
of tne older woman„hlgher education and tbeplderadult, friends
and grandchildren as social networks of tbe elderly, and tbe
outlook on aging.
Frederic F. Perdue, director
of the Fresno Internal Revenue
Service Center, will speak Wednesday, Nov. 23, ln the.business
lecture series sponsored by the
School of Business and Administrative Sciences.
Dance troupe
college.Unlon for $2.
The performances will I
i John Wright  Thei
will ),i
"homegrown" affair featuring
four new works by the Troupe's
directors, Bohbl Jo ruuinannand
Ruth Griffin.
Each   at   the dances  will  be
accompanied by live music, and
Plckfbrd.
r   j»7.
The lecture will be presented
at noon in Room 101 of tbe Industrial Arts Building.
RTV lecture
Dr. It.C. Adams, associate
professor of Radio-Television,
will conduct a series of four
mini-workshops on "Applied
Factor Analysis'' starting next
wee* (Tuesday, Nov. 29) in CU
308, from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
All interested persons are Invited   to attend.     There  Is no
Subsequent sessions will he on
Thursday, Dec. 1; Tuesday, Dec
0: and Thursday, Dec. 8, at the
same time and place.
The workshops are sponsored
hy the SanJoaqulnChapterof the
American     Statistical Assoela-
Eor further Information, rail
»r. Adams at 487-2*28.