1975_09 The Daily Collegian September 1975

              2—THE DAILY COUE6IAN      Thursday, September 4, 1975
Who pushed whom July 29?
The great budget scuffle
hAr Kaleidoscope
by Bob Cuddy W
When push comes to shove, a
lot of student senators deny thai
they were 'physically abused'
Into approving a.$15,000 Associated Students budget Increase
July 29.
The raise, which went mostly
to publications, and programs
supported by minority students,
such as 'Semana de la Raza"
or 'Malcolm x Week," was rejected by CSUF President Norman Baxter. .
In a memo to Student Body
President David Prloe, Baxter
wrote that 'numerous memoranda* to Mm had Indicated the
senate approved the July 29 budget "In an atmosphere ... of
verbal and physical abuse.'
The senate met again yesterday and straightened out the
budget;-but many senators wanted
to know who wrote whattoBaxter
to convince him that the July 29
meeting was 'abusive." All denied their votes had been coerced.
Two ol the letters were from
Susan    Good,    legislative   vice-
president; one co-slgned by David
Nlkssarian, College Union vice-
president; one from Price; and
one from senator-proxy Jim Ham.
All went to Baxter after July 29
without the senate's knowledge;
all were read aloud yesterday.
Price objected todeflcltspending In the July 29 budget. But he
wrote Baxter that the seven-hour
session 'consisted primarily of
Insults, threats, and even one act
of physical assault committed
against a senator.*
AFRAID
Good wrote (and Nlkssarian
signed) a letter claiming that
senators had told her 'they were
afraid to vote any other way he-
cause when Ihey said they would,
one got physically pushed, another was accosted veYbally during a planned recess.'
She also wrote that she 'could
not adjourn the meeting because I
was advised by the student affairs
office that 'we wouldn't get out
of here alive.' "
llam, In a letter to Good which
she   forwarded   to  Baxter,   said
"one of the senators was actually
hit when lie voiced his opinion,"
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SUPER CUTS
for super-gals
and super-guys
and added that 'we were told that
If we didn't vote -for (minority
weeks) we wouldn't walk out of
there without a black eye and
some broken teeth."
Ham added that 'security
should be offered" at subsequent
senate meetings.
No wonder Baxter was alarmed.
WHO GOT HIT?
»ul did anyone actually get
hit? Were any senators' votes
Influenced by the 'verbal and
physical abuse?"
The only physical scuffle that
took place at the July 29 meeting
came around 2 a.m., when, according to Senator Gary Nelson
•there was quite a tap on my
shoulder. Then there was a fist."
*i don't know who It was,"
Nelson claims, 'liul after the
meeting we shook hands. It should
never have happened, though."
Nelson said it 'didn't influence
my vote."
The fist lielonged to Ernesto
Moreno, editor of *La'Vox," who
says 'I didn't hit anyone; I shoved
him;"
FRAZZLED
Moreno says his nerves were
frazzled by the late hour and "by
the situation I was put Into by the
student body representatives."
He says he wds hired as minority
editor In the spring, only to lose
his job without-notice inthesummer, then to l>e reinstated on
probation for one month. »
'There was no mention of any
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by D. C. Mount
Recent efforts by Fresno County growers to keep farm labor union
.organizers from contacting workers In the fields Is proof they have
no desire to end the trouble and violence that have plagued harvest
time the past few years.
Despite the new Agricultural Labor Relations Board's decision
last week to allow farm labor union organizers access to farmworkers before and after work and. during the lunch hour, growers
still deny them access to their fields, saying the board's decision
Is in violation of their constitutional rights because the'organizers
are 'trespassing.*
The growers' refusal means their attitude towards farm labor
unions, especially Cesar Chavez' United Farm Workers of America
(UFW), is unchanged. Evidently they intend to fight the unions tooth
and nail to the bitter end. >
That is unfortunate. You would think the growers would have
realized by now that the unionization of farm workers Into some
kind of a collective bargaining organization Is Inevitable, If no*t"under
the UFW, then under the teamsters.
But still they resist, not realizing that the days of cheap labor
and big profits at the expense of the Chlcano farm workers will not
be tolerated any longer, either by the Chlcanos or the public In
general.
The historical Agricultural Labor Relations Act passed earlier
this year by the state legislature, which gives farm workers the
right to petition for secret ballot elections to determine which union
they want to represent them In negotiating contracts with growers,
was a tacit recognition of that fact.
Chlcanos have labored for cheap wages for years while doing the
dirtiest, hardest work there Is — harvesting the valley's crops.
Those days are fast coming to an end but the growers evidently
can't read the writing on the wall. So they fight the Inevitable with
everything they have! But all they are accomplishing Is building a'
deep hatred between themselves and the farm labor unions.
The day will come when the growers* will regret npt having cooperated with the farm labor organizers. Their crops have to be
harvested, and the only people who will do It are the very people
they are not treating with contempt and disrespect, the very people
with whom they will eventually have to negotiate wage and benefit
contracts.
When, that time comes, and it will soon, who will be In the driver's
seat? The union, of course, with the threat of a strike that could
ruin crops that must be harvested at specific times. Then the
growers will pay for the arrogance, disrespect and contempt for the
rights of farm workers they are now exhibiting.
The growers' present actions may win a few tiattles, but they
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Thursday, September 4, 1975      THE DAILY COUEGIAN-3
A nationwide trend
Dorms full again after 8 years; apartment rentals low
by Jim Denman
Though the cost of University
housing has risen more than the
cost of most off campus housing
the dorms will probably be filled
to capacity.
•It looks like this year we will
be turning people away for the
first time," said Assistant Housing Director John Rauch.
At the end of August he said
he had only a few more spaces
left for men and no more for
women.
COST RISES
The cost of University room
and board has gone up 10 dollars
per month while a recent survey
of campus area landlords revealed off campus rent Is up
from five to 10 dollars at many
places.
Former Housing director Bob
Brooks said the dorms haven't
rilled up since '67. The following
year buildings were added to
double the housing capacity.
Rauch said apparently students
are saying it Is cheaper to live
on than off campus. He added
•It is a nationwide trend,- students are coming back to the
halls."
CHEAP
He explained It costs about
$7.10 per day for students to
live in  the  hills (that is, with
two people In a room and nlne-
teen'meals a week).
Brooks, however, said dorm
and apartment rent costs are
'pretty comparable* at about $60
per month,. Including utilities.
if a student knows how <o shop
and cook 'no question they can
provide their own meals off campus cheaper .... If no allowance
Is provided for- their labor,"
Brooks said.
'Most students frankly don't
know how to shop and cook." he
added. They don't realize how
much they spend, he said.
"But If a person considers
their labor cheap they can definitely save money living off campus at a loss of time," Brooks
said.
NO CHANGE
Off campus housing (snot much
more expensive than last year;
Rent went up around five to
10 dollars at 40 percent of the
local apartments. At one place
the landlord said new carpets
and drapes had been Installed.
Others offered no explanation
fdr the rate increase.
Brooks said there Is a 17
percent vacancy rate In the area.
This Is much higher than the
rest of Fresno. There  Is also
strong competition for tenants
between landlords of older and
newer apartments, he said.
OTHER SERVICES
In addition to running the
Dorms, the University Housing
Office provides some services
for people who wish to live off*
campus.
Once a year the office publishes a list of apartments In the
area. The units are not approved
or rated, explained Rauch, Just
listed.
Brooks said they used to approve apartments when he first
came here. They were rated
mostly on the kind of attention
the landlord paid to the tenants.
If he kept a close watch on them
the place  got   a  good   rating.
That policy was abandoned In
'67, Brooks said. There just
wasn't time to check all the
apartments.
Now a list Is kept of apartments In the area which meet
minimum health and safety standards of the city and county and
which say they will not discriminate.
DISAPPROVES
Brooks said he doesn't favor
a system where the University
approves or disapproves apartments even if the Housing Office
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had the staff to do the research.
He thinks the school doesn't have
any business telling students
where or where not to live.
He suggested It would be
worthwhile for a student or consumer group to do 'rating" of
apartments. It would be helpful to
new students but he added. It
would be a lot of work to setup.
One suggestion would be to ask
various tenants In a complex
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the landlord does repairs, keeps
the place In a healthy condition,
and so forth.
At almost any apartment complex, tenants can be found who
like and dislike the place. This
is a risk taken If the survey ts
made by questionnaire.
But, Brooks added, 'most strident bousing Is sold by word of
mouth."
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The Housing Office, located In
'Commons Lounge," also has a
(tie of people who want room-,
mates,  roomers, and who have
houses for rent. Any student can
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roommate.
Brooks estimated the roommate flies were used by at least
600-800 students per year when
he was director.
The Housing Office has also
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students of their rights and obligations when moving into an
apartment. It Is available free in
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Since the Dean's office has
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or about leases, deposits, and so
forth.
Rauch said he tries to keep
aware of different resources In
the community so when asked he
can make a good referral to the
proper authority.
There -are also off campus
legal authorities who can be of
assistance and who cost a minimal amount or in some cases,
nothing at all.
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