1973_09 The Daily Collegian September 1973

              THE DAILY'C0LLE6IAN   Tits.. Sept. 18, 1973
Student president, veeps get pay raise
The three top student body officers have received $500 pay
Increases as a result of summer
budget negotiations with the FSC
Association Board of Directors
(BOD). N
ASB  President  Kurt Schmidt
CAMPUS TODAY
CCC meeting — The CahVpus
Crusade for Christ will meet on
Tuesday, Sept. 18 and Tuesday,
Sept. 20 In the International Room
campus,   from   6:30 p.m. to
:30 p.rr
and Vice-Presidents Dave Davenport andSlprianoMarUnezwIU
receive $2,500 and $2,000, respectively, for a twelve-month
period effective since July 1..
, Schmidt said that he and the
other officers requested the $500
grant for two months of additional
Association General Manager
Earle Bassett said that previous
grants "had been based on ten
months of effort* during each
school year.
The BOD turned down a pay
Increase   request  made  Jointly
from the office of the student
senate president pro-tern and the
other student officers. Tom Hill,
current president pro-tern, had
asked that the salary for hts office be Increased from $250
per semester. /
CSUF students did not vote oo
the pay Increases because -the
principle of having grants mutt
go to the student body, but not
th* amount of the grant,* according to Bassett. Students author,
lze the payments of such grants,
Bassett said, but Increases are
determined by the BOD.
-Members of MECHA
In the International
,e cafeteria on Thurs-
20,   from noon until
', September 21 a
Fulbright applications are due by October 19
in for F'ulbrlght-
for graduate study
lnKthel974-15aca-
i   any  of 46   countrl
nrld. Applicants  mu:
This   year,    59i
World news
The $285,000 projiv
Registration
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divided by 15 units, whlcn equals
one  FTE.  The  figure which Is
derived from this Information Is
Ssed In determining the ai
or fi
s the u
y will r
celve from the state.
Although the figure Is down
this year, Davis anticipates that
It will rise after late registra-
Robert Board, registrar, attributes the decline In part, to
the "difficulty in putting programs together.'
Many sophomores, who registered last, were unable to get
the classes they wanted and only
signed waiting lists.
Board says that everything
went "smoothly,* except for the
bomb scare Wednesday afternoon In the men's gym and the
long lines In front of the cafeteria. " *
The bomb scare lasted approximately 30 minutes and left more
than 977 students behind schedule.
N»w CSUF grads also encountered some difficulty at registration. Grads were not aware
t they bad to pay a $20 re-
nd performing a
rt-
plications are available from the
required lo hav
campus Fulbright Program Ad
t have four year
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Sometime after nightfall last
Friday, John Kenneth MacDonald,
The call was to his family and
he   had   a   request:   would his
Fresno Sunday and bring a few
personal Items he would need
while living In the dormitory?
That was the last contact he
had with his family.
Sometime between that conversation and 8:05 p.m. Sunday,
a span of slightly less than 48
hours, John Kenneth MacDonald,
Profile of a tragedy
Hall  He lift no note to_   sion over the famllv.ltu.M~, h,„ u..^.„..	
I  just
.McDonald's body was found by
10 year old brother Edward
I 12 year old sister Virginia
In Baker Hall. He left no ...
Indicate why he had killed
self.
Wny ruling MacDonald ended
his life may never be known,
but conversations with his father,
residence advisor and school officials help shed some light on
his life and on his complexities.
•Johnny was very much of a
perfectionist,* his father told
the Dally Collegian. He set very
high standards for himself as
a karate, trampoline, tumbling,
swtmmlng, and diving athlete.
•He starred In the high school
play last fall - -The Man Who
Came to Dinner* - he played
the lead and the audience loved
him.
■Johnny   was beautifully coordinated - but he had faults -
i hostility and sqmedepres-
the family situation but
 ■ the family situation, but
... carried It all within himself.
•Johnny just couldn't tolerate-
HWng. He was too Impatient and
life takes too long. Even his suicide required the deftness of a
karate expert - It's a very rare
thing, but It's been done before.*
John Kenneth MacDonald's
brother, Edward, provided further Insights Into John's character In a conversation he had with
Baker Hall's resident advisor
Gary St. Clair shortly after the
discovery of the body.
St. Clair said Edward had told
Jilm that his brother, John, had
talked of suicide before coming
to CSUF. The two had been in
the mountains hiking when MacDonald, according to his brother,
said he was going lo Jump from
a cliff, but he talked htm out of
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1973
LXXVIII/3
DITEGIAN
CALIFORNIA      STATE      U N I V E R
S I T Y,      FRESNO
Food stamps usage increases
as prices continue upward spiral
lv realized food prices both
id off the CSUF campus
increased significantly
the beginning of the sum-
ecess In June.
nrdlng to CSUF Food Ser-
II) until about December.
unges were made In the
i'ppartment of Agriculture
-Mmp program that directly
I many college students.
in mated last September was
as dependency clause for-
ng students, claimed as de-
-nts by their parents,.from
t in April of this year the
'.A. decided members of a
'hold need not be related to
■ e food stamps.
J Mrs. Lyetse Eller, Food
J Program Supervisor for
io County, "We're not con-
d with' whom students live
their resources. All people, regardless of their type of relationship, will be classified In one
household group.*
Each time food stamps are
purchased, free bonus stamps
ar» given to the household.
Stamps are used like money at
approved grocery stores to purchase goods at regular prices.
Any food can be bought with food
stamps,   except   most  Imported
The food stamp program In
Fresno ts administered by the
Department of Public Welfare,
but the U.S.D.A. sets the amount
. of total monthly adjusted net Income households can have and
still be eligible to purchase food
Allotments and purchase prices
for food stamps are determined
on the basis of the number of
persons and the adjusted net
monthly income ofthe household.
The adjusted net monthly Income Is the gross income minus
allowable deductions, pethaps
the most significant type of deduction allows a household that
pays more than 30 per cent of
Its monthly Income on shelter
(rent plus utilities) to consider
hardship purchases.
For example, a person living
alone who earns $200 per month
and has shelter costs of $120 is
eligible. To compute his adjust-
- ed net monthly Income, first take
30 per cent of $200 and subtract
' the total from $200, giving him a
total Income of $140. He would
be eligible to purchase $30 worth
A household with one person
may have a maximum adjusted
net monthly income of $185 and
still be eligible for food stamps.
He may purchase as much as
$38 worth of stamps.
A  household of two students
may  have a max
income of $240,
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Library tours
will begin
October 1
Mandatory health foe
questioned by senators
The CSUF student senate has
challenged an ultimatum by the
student health center which requires students to pay a *vo!un-
'")'  health  fee  to qualify for
' ,:jin services.
^ 'We question whether the health
'"enter can make students pay for
""'se services that are paid for
*> ihe materials and sendees
ee:' "Id Associated Student
Body Legislative Vice-President
Da'e Davenport.        f;
Davenport said the'«„ate is
checking lo determine the legaj-
"V of the movs by health center
Rector, Dr. Marvyn Schwartz,
^Ich will restrict st least six
»rvlces from students not nav-
lng a voluntary $2 fee. If the
action is found "to be Illegal, the
senate will move to Impound the
funds for toe health center, according to Davenport.
During a summer meeting of
the senate, It was decided senate
members would actively advise
registering students not to pay
the fee.
•Legally they can't withhold
that- service because the state
has already paid for that by the
materials and services fee,* said
All students registering for
12 or more units are required
to pay a $59 fee tor materials
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.. - -.students unacquainted with
the university library will be
able to attend one of 39 orientation tours between Oct. 1-19.
Each orientation meeting will
Include a slide tape program Indicating basic card catalog Information and location tours of
reserve books, reference periodicals, music selections, special collections, Juvenile
collections, andfovernmentpublications.
The entire tour Is expected to
run through a regular SO minute
class period. '
Students Interested in attending a tour period must sign op
before the designated time at the
circulation desk on the first
floor. Each tour will begin In
Room 1071 of the .library and
will be limited to IS students.
Due to Umited space for book ■'
selections, s new book stack has
has been placed In the west end
of the library. Also new this year
are two staff members.
Frederick Coram Is a new
librarian In charge of continuing
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MacDonald's brother also told
St. Clair thai he knew bis brother had been trying different
things - drugs and drinking.
•There was Just nothing he could
cling to,* be said.
MacDonald's father said his
son was a better than B average
student at Webster Grove High
School in Missouri, but be couldn't 'tolerate having to take the
required courses. He graduated
from high school In January and
worked as a gas station attendant until this summer.
MacDonald then enrolled In two
classes thlssummeratMeremac
Community College in St. Louis,
Mo. 'Algebra and drama,* his
father said, «and he earned A's
in both classes.
•We just moved out here, In
fact, some of our household goods
are still on a truck*
MacDonald drove out to California with his brother and the
family's gold Irish Setter, Cos,
camping along the way.
MacDonald decided late In the
summer to attend CSUF and his
application was not received^
the admissions office 'until
August 3. But the school could
not admit MacDonald until they
had received a copy of Ms college work. It was received by
the college sometime after Sept.
•Johnny wasn't sure, but be
thought be could get Into Fresno
State,* said bis father. "He talked
to his high school advisor and
csme-up. with a list of tore*
schools. Fresno State was at the
top of the list. It was Just a last
•We drove down last Tuesday
and spent the night In a motel.
He was most serious about wanting to be a scholar and be
serious about all the courses be
would take. He said he'd take
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Support asked for
minimum wage bill
By Alison Mundy
Collegian Staff Writer
The Student Senate voted Tuesday to approve a motion by
Thomas Hill to send Mall-a-
Grams to Congressmen Slsk and
Mathlas urging them to support
the Williams. Minimum Wage
BUI.
The bill, which was passed
earlier by Congress but vetoed by
President Nixon, would raise the
minimum wage from $1.60 to
$2.20 an hour.
Hill said according to Con-'
gressman Williams, the President's veto would affect 3.8 million workers  -  many of them
petuate a legally sanctioned class
of working poor.* Congress Is
expected to vote today on a resolution toov       "   "
Student Senate Administrative
Vice President Slpriano Martinez,
handed out copies of the 1973-
74 budget, explaining that 28 per
been allocated to the Athletic
Department for the NCAA Commission.
Martinez said this should be a
•good year* for the budget, since
enrollment was higher than expected. He added that a $28,000
reserve fund had been established
with funds carried over from
last year. »
Vice President Dave Davenport announced that elections for
the two Freshman Senate posts
would be held October 16 and
17. Petitions will be available
next Monday, and the deadline
for filing Is October 12. Davenport also said three other Senate posts - two at-large and one
from the School of Education —
were open.
In other action, the Senate approved 12 appointments to Senate
Boards. The appointments Include Jose Rlojas and Maria
Garcia, Board on Athletics; Sylvia Morales, Board on the College Union; Suzanne Searson,
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NEW PHOnJES-Julle Bace, 19, _       _
Bakersfleld Junior College, makes good —.
telephones installed on the CSUF campus this
George Wads)
of one of five hew