1973_10 The Daily Collegian October 1973

              By AUson Mundy
Collegian Staff Writer
national council's finding
students are being «over-
• on graduate work" In psy-
ogy is largely true, accord-
to Dr. Wayne Holder, CSUF
hology department chalr-
although the problem Is less
e at cSUF,than In other parts
study by the National
Df Graduate Departments
•hology concluded that
s at all levels are dls-
psychology, espe-
llnlcal psychology, Is not
irrilsed land of unlimited
e program openings, Jobs
w have too many appll-
two few training slots,
graduates for too few
report ^sald, and ad-
,neling applicants Into
agreed  that  In   many
Hy Jane Glenn Haas
 you got trouble? Try
god today.
—1 Jl, a 15-year-old In-
ielf-proclaimed divine
,as   been  hospltaUzed
much blows his
According to the followers of
s tturu. who is currently tour-
he United States, the "knowl-
!!«■ Mahara] Jl impartsisbet-
Tms^ Oct. 2.1973 THE DAW COUKtt*
Psychology students are oversold1 on graduate school
people with MA's who will accept
lower salaries than there are
for PhD'a. The biggest frag on
the market are PhD's in clinical
psychology.'
However, Holder said, the situation at Fresno Is "unique" because of lta vaUey locaUon. "We-
» Job
glutted. You'll flndpeo-
he said, "so we get a better quality of student here — people who
normally would go to the bigger
universities."
Holder said CSUF "gets a lot
of highly qualified students, many
of them women, who are 'married* to Fresno — they have
homes or children here, and
don't want to leave the area."
•About half of those In the
masters program go on to get
their- PhD's and work in this
area," Holder said. "As a result, we try to tailor our program to the local market.
•We feel  responsible  to find
employment for everyone we give
isters to,"  Holder said. "So
s in the B.A. area."
Holder said  many of the department's graduate students are
able to find Jobs in Fresno as
school psychologists, psychologists at Klngsview and similar
institutions, advisers for drugor they're
alcohol rehabilitation programs,
or counsellors for special Institutions like the new genetics
clinic.
A major problem. Holder aald,
Is that "many students come In
with visions of being a 'parade
Magazine' psychiatrist or a Bob
Newhart-type psychiatrist. They
■People should accept the fact
medical   school, whera they've
However," Holder aald, «we
•Whereas sociology was the
'glamour' major of the 60's,"
Holder said, "psychology seems
to be the 'glamour' major of the
70's."
Holder said the department
would Uke to encourage more students to move Into the "para-
professlonal' areas of psychology. "Psychology Is too geared
for top Jobs," he said. "Toooften
those who end up doing lesser
Jobs feel they have failed.*
Holder ' said students should
consider work In rehabilitation,
counseling, education, social
welfare, social work, criminology,   personnel   counseling  or
Even self-proclaimed gods get tummy aches
makes his followers "bliss
i-viously. the gurulsnothiro-
i modern man can send this
nhful god to the drugstore for
They have been eagerly awaiting the guru's arrival on his
third "world peace" tour.
Rennle Davis, the self-proclaimed antiwar activist and defendant in the "Conspiracy Seven* trials, Is one of the guru's
most celebrated converts. Davis
says the 'greatest event In the
history of this planet* will take
place this November when the
guru rallies his followers at the
Houston Astrodome.
That Is, if the guru can make
it, what with his tummy in such
a turmoil.
The guru Is supposed to vibrate
Uke a tuning fork.
He sends out waves that lead
' his followers to the Inner light.
But, the guru's Innards are a
bit troubled today.
what   i
e the
sttcal sect the guru
...v.udes   followers   that
ashrams, holy places of
lonastlc discipline. They
and other "vices.*
1   trip.
The guru's on j to
Things weren't always so difficult In the god business. Being
god used to be rather profitable.
Especially for the likes of Father
Divine.
»otcravrow«oo»Ov«»'S^^
But there's- a lot of competition for top billing, god-wise,
today, what with so many folk
seeking an end to Inner tensions.
The guru's mahatma, who Imparts 'the knowledge* to his
followers, says the young feUa
has been working at the pace of
a 42-year-old executive.
Here he's been tour
country telling people to listen to
their souls and give themselves
completely and happily to him.
He asks them to worship at his
lotus feet.
Turns out
Instead of saving the Western
world, the guru has acquired Its
roost common disease - a tension-ridden body.
One   of  the   guru'
'commandments* to his followers Is, 'Never put off to tomorrow what you can do-today.'
The guru would do well to heed
WHO OWNS THIS DOG?-fhis Is Bogart, about as permanent a fixture
at the CSUF campus as the bookstore or the Science Building. Recent
rumors are circulating that Bogart does indeed have an owner. Does
that mean when the reported owner graduates, the bookstore and
the Science Building will be torn down? Photo by George Wada.
Maybe what this 15-year-old
needs Is a little normal adolescence. Complete with a girl
friend to "bliss out" with.
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