1973_10 The Daily Collegian October 1973

              4   THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Tfcirs., Oct. 4,1973
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SAC KORK DEADLINE
October 15 Is the deadline
for applications for anyone
CAMPUS   Delinquency will be topic of
criminology extension course
TODAY |e
The Fresno Young Farmers
• wlU hold their first chapter meeting at 7:30 p.m. In CU 306. The
the   Fresno   District  Fair,
outstanding "     ------
and upcoming events for the year.
AU   new   members  or  persons
n becoming members
s Invited
A course on "Topics In Criminology: The School and Problems of Delinquency" will be
offered by the CSUF Extension
» Oct. 12-13.
Dr. Robert D. Saake, associate
professor of criminology, will
conduct  the  class from 4 to 10
lem  as It relates  to the local
school district.
Emphasis will be placed on
causation and prevention, said
Saake, of special concern vrtll be
vandaUsm, aggression and p
tltutlon.
■   For    additional   information,
call the CSUF Extension Division
Fraihman petitions
petitions for the office of
senator are currently available from the Student Affairs,
'office on the second floor of
the New Administration
Building, to all Freshmen
Interested In serving on the
Student Senate during this
academic year. Elections for
two positions will be held
Oct. 16 and 17. For further
Information contact David
Davenport In College Union
       ,„ disclose any
outside financial Interests that
might conflict with their official
duties: and 2. mandatestrlctdls-
closure   of  campaign  contrlbu-
budget request and try again.
Although   i
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lected for ei
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Black officer charges bias
in FPD promotion dispute
The City of Fresno
Fresno Police Depart mi
been charged with rarl
crimination  In  prnmotli
Raymond I.. Williams, a Black
officer who has been a member
of the department for 12 years,
has filed charges wtth the State
of sergeant. "And of that six,"
said Williams, -five had BS degrees In criminology' and the
sixth had a BA degree In another
field.'
Williams has been on the promotional Ust for sergeant three
times In his 12 years with the
department 'only to lie too far
down   to ever  get  an  appoint-
No.   20 o
the
id of those nineteen
EDITORIAL
Blacks and journalisms
-uiiuia'-
e question r<
) me "CAN THE
s get together and support your paper.
;ter when they were going to close down the Black paper
and protested to keep the Uhuru. Now that we've got It
i going to do to keep it going? Are you going to all down
nds and do nothing or are you going to get together and
support to the paper by submitting to It your part?
™ore Blacks to work on the Uhuru and we definitely
lacks in the field of Journalism or else there will lie no
:U." The Uhuru Is for you to be aware of what's going
i letting others know what Blacks are doing. Blacks are
ind  people  need  to know, hut how will they unless we
of lournallsm Is a good field for Blacks to get Into now
a wide open field and It deals with the mass population
,-ou. the mass media, people will then know what's going
lark people,
i brothers and sisters to consider seriously what I have
e of y.
-Pamela Slade
Action Plan and the California
Fair Employment Practice Act.
the recruitment and promotional
procedures of the City of Fresno
In general and of the Police Department specifically haveanad-
verse Impact upon members of
minority groups.
•As a member or a minority
group," Williams continued, «I
believe tliat 1 have been dented a
real promotional opportunity lie-
cause of the adverse impart that
results from the system and lie-
cause Improper credit wis ar-
my education and experience."
Williams has a BS degree In
criminology and Is nea ring com -
Appearing before the Affirmative Action Commission Tuesday
night'. Williams articulated his
feelings about discriminatory
practices used In denying him
and other minorities equal opportunity for promotion In the
Fresno Police Department.
Williams stated that there have
been only six minorities In the
two have been on the force longer
four-year degree In criminology
and only two others have a degree
of any kind.
In his charges Williams states
further. "I have asmuchormore
experience as an acting sergeant
as any of the competitors who
were rated higher than me."
Listing five months of orflclally
recorded and paid time as acting
sergeant and the percentage of
his present duty time spent performing full duties of sergeant
on a non-credit basis. Wllllarils
stated Hut these things were
Ignored In rating Mm on the list.
Interestingly enough. Williams
Informed us. 1 was on my first
sergeant's promotional list before 12 of the candidates aliove
me started working on the force."
Williams contends that he actually worked In a sergeant's slot
fur the past 10 months, having
replaced rormer Sergeant Jack
Kelley who finally was promoted
to sergeant after 20 years of
service on the force as a Human
,   the   Affirmative /
to the Fresno City Council" regarding the matter.
Members of the Commission
spoke-strongly about the need
for the Commission to Involve
ItseU In the case rather than to
relay on the FEPC investigation
that is already under way.
Bishop W. L. Broussard, one
of three Black Commissioners,
urged the Commission to accept
the complaint from Williams and
Investigate his charges. "We
were not appointed by the state,
we were appointed by the City of
Fresno and we should do our own
work independent of FEPC or
spoken bishop.
The Commission agreed and   .
voted unanimously to follow (be
course outlinedbyBlshopBrous-
Potnttng out the fact that the
Affirmative Action Plan adopted
by the City August 31, 1972,
provides for "... Action to en-
ployed and employes are placed,
selected for training, trained,
upgraded and promoted ... without discrimination. Personnel
practices shall be examined and
modified ... to eliminate adverse Impact," Williams concluded by stating:
•I would' think that It is the
responsibility of this Commission to see that the guidelines
of the City of Fresno's Affirmative Action Program are followed. I would like your assistance In terms of monitoring my
case and fulfilling the obligations
of the Affirmative Action Commission."
Two women would like to change the name and the concept of the BSU
Verna    Jones
Jnlon (BSU)
idergolng a
change in
things go the
and  Karen
earoldpsy-
organlze a Pan African Student
Union (PASU)on campus.
It has been approximately three
weeks since school began ami
both students have expressed
displeasure with the traditional
BSU. As far as they know, there
has been no attempt to organize
Both   students   have heard
ck colors
"Black community and Black st
dents on this campus" involv
In the organization. They wi
the organization to be esta
llshed.
"New recognition" In Hi
of the red.gree
of   the   Afro-American  flag I
being sought.
"The PASU means student;
uniting together on a body basis
not   an   Individual   trip. It's i
,| ,,i.i
what tbey can do for Black people," said Miss Jones.
Miss Parker added, "You cant
let things that happened last year
affect now. Whatever II '
Both students would II
students Interested in forming a
PASU   to call Verna Jones at
led last year
r It U. "<V,
d like Black
UNITY center gives kids something to shoot for, not up
to give the youth
win Pthlng to shoot at. than to
-hoot up" Is the slogan of the
Imoja (UNITY) Drop-In Center
The center, an early "drug
prevention and crisis Intervention program for youths," Is one
)l three centers sponsored by the
facts Foundation and funded
hrough  the. Planned A
Cist, along wtth a staff of 14,
operates the center. Endless activities and special counseling
groups are organized In order to
"stimulate" the young people.
•The biggest hang-ups of Black
youths in West Fresno Is lack of
self-confidence, lack of work,
and  lack of self-esteem." said
s to tl
f
vlronmenl of Black youths.
Me says, "The Black community doesn't provide strongposl-
.tive images for Black youths in
Fresno. The ceriter Is very important in their Uvea. It's the
only place In West Fresno where
Is Ustening."
«I would Uke to see the center become a motivating force
_ In the community. I would really
like to see a youth Institution
Eddie Gist, director of Umoja,
hose   the slogan because It's
"Most youths who go to the
enter have no goals, and Blacks
ieed to develop goals early. We
have to challenge them with some
positive alternative,-* said Gist.
The center serves youths from
ihe ages of 12 to 21 and Is open
•ill week. Gist says that 185 to
150 youths drop In each day.
Most of the youths who dropln   v ««» ™ «™ » i»~ ••—■—
•re not on hard drugs. vdev«loped   by   Black people ...
". his Is good for us because      West^Fresno to deal with the total     black youTHS ^ the y^,, orop-UrCanter have dally rap sessions. The center,
our program Is designed to pre-       needs of the Black youth In Ffes- me a ttoonj home ,0 mgry ^^ „„„,,, „,„ ar, ^ drugi. Additional
•■ent hard core drug users."aald       no," said the director. "*
located in Weat Free-