1973_09 The Daily Collegian September 1973

              8  THE DAILY C0UE6IAN   Toes., SepUI. 1973
Baxter's message
•It   wlil   l
I life easier for
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We hope that soon you will begin to feel that this Is your University,   offering to you many
privileges and services, while
a very real
sense, you can get no more out
of your education here than you
put Into it. To do your fall part,
you must be willing to exert
yourself - to request and take
advantage of a service, to consult
with a member of the faculty or
staff, to pursue your academic
work to the limit of your potentialities. By these means you will
build for yourself a worthwhile
However, the definition of that
word, "worthwhile," may vary
with each of you.
In early January, 1960, the editors of Look Magazine, after surveying the national scghe with the
help of Gallup pollsters, wrote:
"America enters the decade of
the soaring sixties relaxed, un-
adventurous and blandly optimistic about the future." Parents,
they found, wanted their children
to go to college not so much to
enrich   their   minds as because
Swanson named
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ommendalion
place at CSUF during the summer
ments  and th
Richard J.Celse was appointed
coordinator    of    relations   with
schools by Kent Davtes, director
of  admissions   at   CSUF. Gelse
assumed  his new duties July 2.
sler.   phllos.
Getse said one of his objectives
will be to provide the school with
more   information   on   students
studies; John
after they enroll.
oiry; Dr. Nat
The  nursing  department will
sdenco; Dr.
Shirley   Ruth Good will assume
the   new   position   after   leaving
the University of Calgary, Can
ada. At Calgary shewasdire, lor
and   professor   of the school  of
Dr. LUllan FadermanhasIwvn
mental College and assistant vl. e
president for jcadenilr affairs al
CSUF.   Dr.  Faderman has  Iw.mi
Wltilc.   mil*.
Things have changed, Including
Look Magazine! And more people
have asked It the easier life is
necessarily a guarantee of satisfaction. Many have learned anew
the lesson that "knowledge of"
produces "concern for" rather
than carefree^ relaxation.
If your study at California
State University, Fresno, makes
you dissatisfied with the easy,
difficult for you to relax, and If.
It has added a good measure of
reality to your optimism, then
your stay here will have been
worth your time, your energy,
and your money. For It Is in the
measure of your knowledge, concern,   and  adventures  that im-
from day to day.
pr the other membersofthe
it body. As far as possible,
dmlnlstrators and profes-
Schmidt's message
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i. Each of us has set a
goals to strive for during
id what
which will meet your capacl
and alms.
neclnnlng a university i
qram Is one ol the most exel
and promlslnc events of a 1
time. May your years hert
thoroughly enjoyable and wo
while.
list
hope that keen Interest In the
operation of your University facilities and program will be on
that priority list.
I would like to remind those
of you who are Interested In determining the policies which vftll
affect you throughout this academic year, that there are more
than 7D openings available for
Student-Faculty Committees,
and Student Senate sub-committees. I urge you to get Involved
In your campus, thereby
standing Its operations, a
they can do for you.
Each year "your staff" and
•administration" attempt to select programs and services which
they feel will represent your Interests. It Is often difficult, and
often not possible, to fulfill all
the program requests. It Is necessary that we, your administration'; hear Irorn vou concerning
matters pertaining to the University community. The* Student
Government Offices are located
In the College Union, Room 306,
and are open dally from 8:00-
5:00 to facilitate student needs.
David     Paul    Davenport,    your
Legislative Vic* President
Slprlano Martinez, your Admls.
lstratlve Vice President,
myself, have worked dlllj
to protect those programs whlei
were/ under extremely harti
scrutiny by the University ad.
ministration. We were able It
.Illustrate to those who question*]
these programs, i.e. Child Da;
Care and E. O.. P. Summer In.
sttjute, that the merit of then
programs, to the students la.
volved, warranted a mandator)
We also established an Athletic
Commission In compliance wilt
the NCAA Athletic Association
The contract which Is to go 1
effect will be established for
next  four years and will be
a level of funding of 28 per ceat
of the Spring and Fall Semester
fees, for the last four years
the  contract  to end  In July
1978.
Statewide we have been quit
Involved In AB 159, a legislate
bill which will give students
the State University system I
authority to set the level
activity fee necessary topresei
programs and services on then
Individual campuses.
I urge you to visit our offices,
and find out what is here at Fresno for you. Best of luck at regis
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1973
LXXVIM/2
otEegian
CALIFORNIA     STATE      UNIVERSITY,      FRESNO
CSUF freshman
is dorm suicide
EDITORIAL
Collegian:   o forum for discussion
The normal first-day function of a college news-
per  editor la to try to explain the function of
s publication to his or her readers.
That  function has been debated both at CSUF
I other colleges and universities across the
Hon for a good many years and Is difficult, but
ressary. to explain.
On the one hand. 11 Is difficult for an editor to
termlne  the shape the paper's news coverage
II take during the course of the year.
Many factors, some unique to university papers,
ike the task of defining a paper's news coverage
tu.illy impossible.
)n the other hand, the reader must know what
expacl In the way of editorial Judgment from
paper. To do that, the reader must understand
i e basic truths about lnstltulonal Journalism,
-if which will point to thefunctlonof the campus
••r as seen by different Individuals and groups.
1'ita community relations view ofthe campus
tspaper understandably deals with favorable
■tie relations for the college. To that end,
ulreds of releases from the community rela-
ns office are received by this paper yearly.
lugh we are not favorably disposed to becoming
public relations organ for the campus, we wel-
i e this information because ltglvesuslnforma-
: he community relations office's most lmpor-
- runctlon to the Collegian, however, Is that it Is
official mouthpiece of the college president and
..vies   us  with  the  president's   decisions and
■mother view sees the campus newspaper as the
irhdog of student government and admlnlstra-
iikenlng the college paper to Its "real world*
tnterpart. Students pay real money to attend
institution and rightly feel they ought to know
il 's happening to that money,
rlany are concerned with the quality of their
icatlon and want to be Informed as to what de-
ions are dally being made In that area.
i is our reeling that everyor.. who wants to know
what's happening Inside student government and the
college administration should be able to pick up
the Collegian and find out. We are at times hampered by reticent officials and omnipresent red
tape, but our goal will be to give our readers.jbe
most complete coverage we can, even If it means
bumping heads once In a while.
A third view of college newspapers, and probably
the most Important to the general student public,
Is that of Information source on campus programs
We have instituted a new program 	
which we think will better serve the student body
in this area. Every day. the Collegian will carry
a calendar of upcoming events plus news briefs
describing other events.
Students and faculty are encouraged to write the
Collegian about events their groups are sponsoring.
Editorially, the Collegian will confine Its comments on matters relating to controversial Issues
to the editorial page. While we do not Intend to
tell our readers how to think, on any particular
Issue, we will, at times, feel it necessary to comment on certain timely topics.
Let me emphasize, however, that these opinions
are only opinions and that anyone wishing to disagree with us should do so. We Invite anyone with
an opinion on a topic of Interest to the student body
parent suicide victim.
John Kenneth McDonald of San
Francisco was found by Baker
Hall Resident Advisor Gary St.
Clair about 6 p.m. Sunday when
St. Clair went to the McDonald
room to let in McDonald's brother and sister who bad come to
Walt.
McDonald left no suicide note,
according to Fresno police, but
sources said McDonald's brother, Edward, 19, said his brother
had talked of suicide with him.
St. Clair said he talked to
McDonald Thursday and said McDonald gave no Indication that he
was despondent over his affairs.
St. Clair said McDonald Just had'
the usual "student Jitters' about
the start of school.
Edward McDonald and his 12-
year-old sister Virginia entered
the room with St. Clair when
their brother'* body was die-
McDonald's
not Identified by school authorities reportedly left school after
registration and was not In Fresno at the time of the death.
McDonald was born Sept. 21,
195S In Paducah, Ky., and graduated last year from Webster
High School In Webster Grove,
Mo. CSUF records Indicate McDonald was a National Merit
Scholarship Association Commended Student and apparently
had  no scholastic or financial
The death waa the second suicide   at  CSDF  In the past  17
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
AUNKW MAY RESIGN
The Washington Post reported
Monday that vice President Splro
T. Agnew "will resign, probably
this week."
The Post said It learned from
an unnamed source that Agnew
has been seriously discussing
his position with administration
officials and Is considering stepping down. Agnew has not made a
any new tax legislation to Congress this year, a White House
official said.
a meeting with Treasury Secretary George P. Schultz and appeared to close the admlnlstra-
to w
:, of course, i
it it.
n editorial ci
fully consider anything that Is* responsibly sub-
We encourage faculty and administration as well
as students to write the Collegian and express
their views. This paper does not operate In a
vacuum and It Is not our Intention todo so. Understanding can only be achieved after all sides have
had their say.
We sincerel> hope our efforts to this end will
lead to greater understanding between all Tactions
on campus so that whatever goals we have set for
ourselves  can be more easily and cooperatively
—Dennis Morgtgno
Editor
ECOLOGY
The'Council on Environmental
Quality said Monday that during
the next 10 years the nation must
spend $274.2 billion on environmental cleanup. >
The estimate was Included In
the Council's annual report to
the President and Congress. The
report made no estimates of the
monetary benefits of the cleanup
but said that damage from air
pollution alone In 1968 was estimated at about $16.2 billion.
TAXES ».
Increase p
10 per  cent Individual 1
tax surcharge, which would supposedly tight Inflation.
WATERGATE
Donald H. Segrettl said Monday that he would plead guilty to
a Federalindictmentandcooper-
ate with Investigators in seeking
evidence against higher-ups In
Segrettl Is charged with one
count of conspiracy and three
counts ofdlstributingboguscam- *
palgn llteraturedurlngtheFlorl-
da presidential primary lastyear
without disclosing the names of
those responsible for it.
E. Howard Hunt, meanwhile,
asked that the conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping charges
against him be dismissed on the
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Mezey lawyer:  vital
evidence overlooked
By Alison Mundy
collegian Staff Writer
\ lefense attorney for rrred
sif English professor Robert
fey has charged that "certain
■ i'lence, • vital to Mezey's dense, was never considered and
■Handed an earlier ruling up-
>ldlng Mezey's firing be over-
rtie Fresno Fifth Appellate
istrict Court of Appeals Thura-
iy heard oral arguments seek-
' Mezey's reinstatement after
was fired by former CSUF
resident    Frederic   Ness   In
Mezey was fired by Ness after  ■
allegedly made several
"-roverslal, "Thoreau-llke*
"*ments on marijuana and
»U disobedience In a campus
>nel discussion.
Ness gave no reasons for the
1 ^f. at the time, but later de-
"l that u was due to Mezey's
Omenta. However, ACLU dense lawyer Charles Marson,
"fling Mezey's defense, ar-
"i Mezey was fired for ex-
"sing views unpopular in the
Marson charged thatNess'ut-
rly and completely failed -
d did not eviqi attempt" to
Prove that Mezey's firing waa
legally justifiable or that It did
, ' violate Mezey's right to free
'peech. -The record conclusively dtmonstratss,* the defense
'that   Ness   terminated
Mezey for his public expression." Ness, the defense claimed,
was Influenced by community
pressure and by "powerful enemies' of Mezey on campus who
circulated a petttlor. calling for
his removal.
(A .former colleague of
Mezey'a, present at the hearing,
said that "Mezey was fired because be was too honest and too
brilliant, if he had been content
to be mediocre and keep his
mouth shut like most of the professors at the time, he'd still
have a Job.")
During Thursday's hearing, the
Attorney General's prosecutor
Walter Wunderllch claimed that
the Superior Court had rendered
an Independent and fair decision.
Marson, however, said Judge
Gilbert Perry excluded evidence
vital to Mezey's case, and that
the issue of Ness's credibility
-an Issue which Marson claimed
•was central to the case — was
never considered. He asked that
Perry's ruling be overturned by
the Appeals Court.
Mezey la currently teaching
at the University of Utah while
his case Is being decided. Although he la a renowned poet —
hts works have bean published In
many major literary magazines,
and he won the prestigious La-
moot poetry Award tit 1961 for
hta book "The Lovemaker' -
Mezey's colleagues said he baa
ige S, coL 1)
Registration:The same old story. Photo by George Wads
Registration shows increase over last year
By Zenobia Gerald
Collegian Staff Writer
15,036   students   have   begun
classes at California State University, Fresno.
The figure Is slightly above
the 15,016 students who participated In r   "
proximately 6,000 were accept •
Kent Davis, director of ad
it fall.
with 15.SJ8 students last Pall.
While the enrollment figure
has Increased slightly, the Foil
.Tim*    Equivalent   (FTE)   has
Lastyear at this time the FTE
was 12,947 students. This year
it Is down to 12,777 students.
Under the FTE, set by the
Department of Finance, all units
registered for are added than
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