1976_03 The Daily Collegian March 1976

              4-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN       Tuesday, March 16. 1976
Noted botanist to speak
on-women's roles in science
National Shakespeare Company
to play 'Much Ado About Nothing
Dr. Mildred E.Mathlas, botanist and professor emeritus at
-UCLA,  will speak on women ln
science at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the
College Union lounge.
Forum series is cosponsored by
the CSUF Women's Studies program and tha American Association of University Women.
Mathlas has long been active
In the study and research of the
natural sciences and has been a
college professor since 1937. She
has held varied positions ln education at UCLA Including vice
chairman of the Department of
Botany from 1955 to 1964, acting
of the Department of
n 1965 to 1966,dlrec-
i botanical gardens'
from  1968 to 1974.
She was given the Botanical
Society of America Merit Award
ln 1973 and was featured In Sun-
sat Magazine as one of 24 distinguished westerners.
1974 and was nominated fo
•Much Ado About Nothlng*'wlll
.be presented by the National
Shakespeare Company tomorrow
at   8  p.m.  ln the  Men's  Gymi
Tickets for the production,
sponsored by the College Union
Program Committee, are on sale
for $1 for CSUF students and $3
for general admission at the
College Union Information desk,
The Drug Store ln Fig Garden
Village and M-V Music.
In the ageless battle of the sexes.
Beatrice Is, the hero of the feminists and is a sparkling, clever
and vital woman who will not
merely be "fitted* with a husband
Her acceptance
n the
d willb.
Seating Is llml
of the bleacher or "bring your
own pillow* type.
•Much Ado,* one of Shakespeare's first comedies, will
combine the wit of drawing room
comedy and slapstick comedy
with the Invention of the characters Beatrice, Benedick, Dogberry and Verges.
Beatrice and Benedick banter
ilatlonshlp Is  one of equality,
comedy continues with the
ventlonal ever-amusing fumbling
stage policeman. The setting Is,
among the bourgeoisie of 18th
century Sicily and 1
of Comedla del Arte ln Its comic
presentation.
•Much Ado* is staged by the
National Shakespeare Company's
Artistic Director, PhlllpMelster,
whose most notable successes
with the company have been 'The
Merchant of Venice* and 'King:
Lear.* In addition to directing
and producing tours, Melster
established a cultural arts center
In Woodstock, New York and conducts a summer conservatory for
the "pre-professlonal" actor.
■ lice  Tyler   Ecology
TOMORROW'S
MEMORIES
^Mki
KENNEL BOOKSTORE
CSUF Associated Students Elections Code
The CSUF Associated Students
Election Code (below) was approved Feb. 19 and, as stipulated
ln the AS Constitution, must be
in The Daily Collegian
before It can come Into effect.
The senate
more so students are urged to
read this document closely and
make their feelings known to the
'Baxter used false evidence
State must pay Toney $10,000
SifSSSSLL-e      '""■•infr.-t office. H. interviewed 2s ,„ ,n _,.     Jt^JZ:	
by Melvln Ricks
The State of California must
pay 510,000 to Dr. Joe Toney, a
Black chemistry professor at
Fresno State, as a result of the
ruling by the U.S. Fifth District
Court of Appeals. The stale had
appealed the ruling of the superior court when Ufe Jury returned
a money verdict In favor of
Toney.
The case originated In 1970
when Dr. Phillip Walker, former
acting dean of the School of Arts
and Sciences at CSUF, brought
charges against Toney for breach
of the peace and false lmprlson-
Dr. Walker's charges stemmed
1970 between Walker, Toney and
about 40 Black students. The
meeting was being held because
of the changes In campus policy
that brought about the termination of the Ethnic Studies faculty.
According to the statement released t
i the Interest of justice.
On April 1, 1970, according to
the court's statement, "pursusnt
to Walker's request and under
statutory authority. President
Falk (Norman Baxter was yet to
come) suspended Toney from
teaching for a period of 30days.»
Disciplinary proceedings requested by Walker were started
and Dr. William Dlensteln was
appointed as the initiator to Investigate the facts and to frame
the charges that he felt were appropriate as revealed by his Investigation.
He Interviewed 25 to 30 p.vy«,
and reported to Toney and Walker
that «tn my opinion there is no
Independent evidence to substantiate the charges and I recommend that they be dropped.*
Walker refused to dismiss the
charges and the administration
took the position Out the disciplinary proceedings could only be
stopped^! Walker's request.
The charges remained unresolved until December 1, 1970,
-*-n Toney was notified by Bax-
r (he was now
he would not be rehired for the
students were u
lied and Walker was released.
I then accused Toney of being
9 leader of the students. Walker
ed charges against Toney and
was arrested about seven days
er the Incident occurred. How-
er. the District Attorney dls-
ssed the charges on Ma> 6,
"0 for Insufficient evidence and
uhuru
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WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 17, 1976
next academic year. Baxter gave «ity. However
no reason for his decision and It court'?     ' • '
was   mads   despite   vary high celved   a   cal
recommendations that Tonsy had Fulksrson   an
from his colleagues ln the Chem- Fraano   State
istry Departm.iit Uneted by  Pr
On December 2 Walkerdropped Tonsy was later
the disciplinary charges against Job was *cancc"
Ton*7- lanta did not
Toney complained to lbs Office broiled la his
of Fair Employment Practices of Fresno State.* rnt
the State ot California that th* ruled   that   Baxter
disciplinary proceedings against Toner's  job  to be
htm were being pursued because Atlanta,
of   the   racial   bias   of former Tonsy ruso suit a
President Falk, President Bsx- for his Intervention l
tor and other college officials. did hot ml* ln his
m Inv	
by the office and Itwas concluded
that a violation of fair employment had been made. Baxter then
announced for the first time that
his decision not to rehire Tonsy
had nothing to do with the Walker
Incident, but because of threats
that Toney was supposed to have
made against a student, Isaac
Harris. Baxter claimed that
Toney had threatened Harris with
physical harm.
It was learned by Baxter that
Toney's office made, Professor
Btxler, had witnessed the Harris
incident and had Informed Baxter
that there was no substance to
Harris's charges. Baxter still
claimed that the incident was his
reason for not rehiring Toney. In
the court's ruling on the case, lt
stated that Baxter had used false
evidence to Justify his decision.
While Tonsy was appealing
Baxter's decision he was able to
obtain a job at Atlanta Unlver-
tatw. This
Tonsy was not tea only professor who was being" attacked by
the Baxter sdministration. According to a report prepared by
the Fresno Cahpter of tha United
Professors oT California (the
report Is entitled •Ths Slow
Death of Fresno State College*)
seven other 'professors were
fired with Toney, and Baxterwas
also accused of •possibly using
student spies to investigate the
English classes.*
Because   of  the   firings,  the
of *no confidence* In Baxter and
his administration on December
4, 1970. v
Joe Toney was finally rehired
when the Chancellor of the state
college system 'directed* Baxter to reverse Us decision and
retain Tonsy.
Norman' Baxter is still President of Fresno State University.
Collegian may cease publication on April 15
The next edition of the Uhuru       only wav that the Cnllprtan »•«■»      •-
The next edition of the Uhuru
Id possibly be the last one If
■ ■= Collegian Is not able to solve
is financial problems.
Tom McGonaglll, the account-
mt for the Associated Students,
aid that unless the Collegian
•an solve Its financial problems
y April 15. the paper will have
o quit publication. McGonaglll
t.ted   that   "advertisement will
J the Collegian can
solve Its problem Is by getting
more money from the Associated
Students of by cutting back on
the scope of the paper.*     J
The Collegian has a $'6,000
deficit which came about as a
result  of a decrease In adver-
deflclt  Is from advertising, but
other areas of expected Income
last year. Pauls
had estli ... „„„,„ „„
$28,500 In ads but the budget demanded  that  he sell $31,000 in
also cited the Collegian's competition with Insight, a Journalism
department lab paper, and his
lack of assistants to search for
ads as contributing factors to the
Pauls  said that the decrease     Collegian's probler
n advertising Is due t
avlng the
same problem,* Pauls added.
It's nobody's fault; merchants
Just can't afford to buy as many
Advisement center offers
many services for students
by Marclana Sllagan
Most students are unaware of
e services available to them
'"urjh the Student Advisement
'i.ter. Their only exposure Is
tiie course of declaring and
anglng majors which are only
faculty a
n your major.
holders are recycled from the
Admissions Office and are lo-
tatad here to help In advising
■.indents with their programs and
course requirements before they
eicounter problems that will cost
them a delay ln meeting graduation requirements.
Walter J. pierce, who serves
M head of the center, says its
Soal is 'Awareness* so that
students can make •informed*
choices ln selecting courses. The
main emphasis Is on *. . . avoid-
lne' problems students tend to
fun   Into   before  they  run into
Community College and other
transfer students experience
-ml que problems from the possibility of repeating courses for
" ulrements they have already
fulfilled. A lot of frustration and
*asted  tlm    can be avoided by
Pierce says that most of the
problems students bring to him
are relatively easy and usually
can be resolved by "a little clarification." Many students find the
catalogue confusing, difficult to
understand and, ln some cases,
Incomplete. *lf we don't understand It,* says Pierce, "we'llget
In contact with the people who
do.' The center serves as a liaison aiding In communicatlngwlth
their instructors.
The center's services are especially helpful to those students
who have no specific counseling
available to them.
Pierce, who has served four
years as the assistant cooftfti
nator of advising services, has
over eight years experience ln
counseling and maintains that
many major psychological problems are ths result of small,
unresolved problems, many of
which are easily remedied by
asking a simple question, sod
could be pre vented from developing  into  full   seals  problems.
 J Price, president of the
Associated Students, said that the
AS can solve the Collegian's
future financial problems, but
. "It would be at the expense of
other   oroerams.*   Price   said,
•We would prefer a solution th..
would not cost the AS any additional funds or as little money as
possible.*
The AS Senate refused to give
the Collegian funds to hire an
addition reporter last semester.
The Collegian's request for the
$6,000 Will probably be presented
at today's senate meeting at 3
p.m. In room 312 of the CoUege
Union.
Campus's oldest student
by Valerie Erwln
Energetic, ambitious, and full
of vitality are ways of describing one of CSUF's oldest students, Mrs. Cora Lee Johnson.
The 74-year-old senior citizen, born ln Basefleld, Mississippi on January 11, 1902, Is
often seen traveling to her
various classes carrying her
heavily stuffed book bag.
Ms. Johnson graduated from
Fresno City College In 1974 with
a degree in Sociology. She later
transferred to CSUF with high,
aspirations of obtaining^ B.A.
In the field of soclai welfare.
When asked the reasons for
continuing her education, she emphasized that she really didn't
have any alternative. 1 had nothing to bold on to so I chose
coming here, sod since I've been
here, I've been treated real nice
by the faculty and students. I've
been shown courtesy; but most
of ail, many of ths students bare
admitted their encouragements of
excelling- in education by my be-
Although Cora's choice of fur-
of her own accord, she feels
strongly' devoted and also committed to upholding the standards
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