1973_12 The Daily Collegian December 1973

              2   THE DAILY COLLEGiAN     Thurs., Dec. 13, 1973
EDITORIAL
Project Balance must go
The voluntary program to desegregate Fresno area high schools
known as "Project Balance* is falling and should be replaced.
Dolphas Trotter, vice principal of Edison High School, the primary
testing ground for "Project Balance,* calls the effort a "band-aid for
i a mortal wound* and says tbe only way to end de facto segregation
is by busing. If busing is unacceptable. Trotter said, segregation
should not be attempted and the -neighborhood school* concept should
be enforced.   -
We agree with Mr. Trotter that a voluntary program will not work.
The primary reason for this Is that white parents don't want to send
their children to a 'black* school, fearing it Is inferior.
The fact la, if mora white children.were sent to black-dominated
schools, federal funds provided for 'Project Balance* would Increase, making the schools better able to serve all Involved.
As It now stands, Edison Is losing federal funds because the
project has failed so miserably. Trotter says all the school's programs are suffering and a downward spiral effect has set In. The
worse the programs get, the fewer the returning students. The fewer
the  students,   the   fewer the dollars pumped Into the school by the
McCartney's latest: 'Band on
the Run'should keep on running
By Bob Meriolan
Since he split from the Beatles
several years ago, Paul McCartney has made several dismal
and quite disappointing attempts
at recording. Well folks, he's stlU
trying and that's about all one
can say about his latest effort
with Linda and their band
•Wings.*
The new L.P. is entitled "Band
On the Run" and after a few
listenings you'll most likely
agree that they should keep run-
ntll they m
saga to
Edison   now
average 2100 a:
i  approxln
lately   500   s
10 high schoo
Edison and schools like It In the "Pi
In trouble. Explaining to white parents
to a predominantly black school will h
children has not worked.
If It has not worked because these par
domlnantly white school. '
from property taxes and st
discriminatory to poor sch
children's   total   education
ool has expert
?• program are        Words," ;
which will bring
very evident with the Beatles.
Maybe If we get rid ot dear
Yoko, Linda, and Wings . . .
Pure schmaltz and pure NUl-
son . . . only the master of voice
could pull off an album of rellc-
elassics that are found on his
latest - "A Uttle Teach of
Schmllsson in tbe Night* - and
come off sinning. But he did and
with his usual charm, wit, and
downright fantastic expression.
He displays not only a knack
for Innovative Interpretation but
RECORD REVIEW
perfect timing in these times of
"The Wallons," "Summerof'42,"
Bette Middler, the Pointers, etc.
So why not a revival of such
oldies as 'Makln' Whoopee!,"
"I Wonder Who's Kissing Her
Now," and the 1925 classic *A1-
thls album Is truly a treat and
not really a surprise coming'
from such as Harry Nlllson.
Nillson never ceases to amaze.
band really did "boogie" and
Youlden along with ever-present
Kim Siromond's. savage guitar
made It aU happen.
The * band has since been ysc
drastically changed that It's almost a crime to retain the original name. Of the original members (though there have been ovet
25 since 1865). only Slmmonds
remains. The rhythm s e c " - -
spUt and formed "Foghat" while,
up until recently, Youlden dropped
out of music completely.
Well, Youlden's back. His voice
Is gruffer than ever and his com-
hlttlng than before. Youlden's
voice is powerful, aggressive,
and thoroughly enjoyable.
His new- L.P., entitled "Nowhere Road," is a fine example
of Youlden's work. With hi
the record are several exc<
musicians: Chris Speddtng
Spooky Toolh, Danny Klrwan, late
of Fleetwood Mac, and Andy Rowland, late of Blodwyn Pig.
Youlden could make It on hi!
lyrics alone. This sample exem-
pUfles Just what the man Ismadt
I,  mandatory progra
Unfortunately, McCartney
seems to be groping for the saccharine rockers and he will probably succeed. In doing so, however, he has most Ukely alienated
the   rest of us with this album.
tlrcly  wrong Impression of his
ity wise, with Harrison a
second.   Individually,   the 'Four
Lads from Liverpool" can't seem
ller albums are 'Harry" and
"Nlllson Schmlllson." After
warming   up   to   him   you'll  be
Savoy Brown Is not really Savoy
Brown anymore; that Is, If you
knew them a couple of years ago
when Chris Youlden was vocalist
with the group.
Those were the days when the
We're balanced on a tricky slope,
Just set falrVfaU,
And   tumble   down  that  tricky
Wake up neighbor, wake up .. .*
Youlden's got something tossy
and he's got the qualifications to
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Raps campus police
DATE THIS <Hir.K WH
SO HE   COULD
SATW.XTIo.IIM
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Kir
:he judge the un-
ince of the tickets.
>f time, however, cannot
pensated for - especially
The   campus   police,  1   I
First of all. there Is no curb,
the entrance to the Belden Field
(where I was parked) Is barred
to the ground.
There Is no god-damn way that
that entrance could lie used lor
■ anything. It pisses me off that an
officer would go to all the trouble
of slopping and writing out a tlrket
for a space that Isn't wortlr shit.
Fresno's
ysar-round
rental resort.
Oaeaad two bedroom
• from $160.
e plan
Name withheld on request
Ticket policy hit
I am writing to endorse the
opinion and the hard feelings expressed in an open letter lo the
campus police department that
appeared in the Dally Collegian's
Letters to the  Editor Dec 11.
Many other students, 1 have
noticed, have similar complaints
about getting undue parking
tickets. Undue overpirking tickets cost students time and money.
Money probably could be saved
harassment resulting from such
car-parking hassles.
Mohan Singh
Senator-at-I,arge
Student Senate
Raps energy picturos
Editor
Your pictures and energy saving ideas are to be commended.
If you can get aU the street
lights, signsand parking lot lights
all turned off It would be a big
boost for the economy.
- For Instance, with no lights
In parking and street areas there
would be a big Increase in as
saults, robbery, muggings, rap*
and possibly murders. This would
put more law enforcement people
to work, plus ambulances, doctors, hospital staff, psychologists, prison staff, lawyers,
courtroom personnel, undertakers and cemeteries. Also, florists, wearing apparel shops (for
the funeral), motels (for the overflow of visiting relatives and
friends), airlines, trains or buses
(to get there and back), restau-
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Maybe you can get the board to
reimburse you for wearing oui
your shoe soles
or riding your bike to these
various locations to take your
piclutos.
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Dorm 'starve in'
will aid needy
Dorm students will go without
lunch Friday In hopes of raislni
over $400 to aid disadvantaged
Fresno families during tbe
Christmas season.
Bob CubUlas, resident advisor
for Graves Hall, wlU be
culatlng sign-up sheets throughout the dorm area asking
dents to participate in
"starve-In."
The money collected will bt
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distribution. CubUlas Is expecting at least 80 to 90 per cet
participation in the fund drive.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
1 Tkirs,, Dtt. 13,1973    THI DAILY CW&ttl    3
Proiect Balance a failure; some officials want busing
By Becky Estrada
Collegian Staff Writer
it was the "Age of Civil Rights*
when the Fresno City School District began lb atudy "feasible
physical procedures* to Integrate
Its schools In 1966.
That study gave birth to "Project Balance*, a program whereby
students in kindergarten through
12th grade would volunteer to enroll In schools outside their at-
Now, five years after its adoption, Proiect Balance is being
condemned as a failure by some
black observers from public
agencies and schools that call
for mandatory busing.
It's a band-aid for a mortal
wound," said Dolphas Trotter,
vice-principal of almost totally
black Edison High School. He
called Project Balance a "weak
attempt" to cure de facto segregation and Is In favor of "replacing It with compulsory busing
or no busing at all—letting students go to the school within their
enrollment areas."
However, he said busing "is
not politically feasible* because
most people In the community are
not In favor of It.
Trotter  said Project Balance
it is strlcUy voluntary. He said
most of the migration has been to
schools in north and northeast
Fresno, resulting in a 40 per
cent reduction In the number of
students attending Edison.
"It has taken our more academically-oriented students...
and there are no white students In
our regular program 'now," hey
said, although there are white
students from other schools participating In Edison's vocational
training programs.
There are fewer than 500 salients as compared to about 2,100
it every other high school In the
district, said Trotter. The reduced enrollment has meant Edison is getting less money from
the district'and has caused cuts
in the number of teachers needed
and the elimination of some pro
of our special problems,* said
Trotter. He said students In
reading and math classes require
n't>e Individual attention.
Among the programs taken off
the curriculum was physics.
"Most students who would take It
are taking It somewhere else,*
Trotter said.
"An all-black school lent necessarily better, but if Edison
*ere not subject to Project Balance, there would be greater enrollment and that would aUow
more programs,* he said.
Another problem with the program la that students have felt
uncomfortable at the schools they
have transferred to.
■At Fresno High, we have four
students who want to come back.
These students are located In an
area different from them so it's
difficult.. .*
Ulmon Bray, Fresno High's
principal, said he talked to the
students who wanted to return to
Edison. "It happens quite often,
the usual reason being It gets a
little old to get up at 5:30 a.m.
to catch the bus at 6:30," he
said. They gave no other reason
for wanUng to leave. Bray said.
But the percentage of students
who return to Edison "Is small
compared to the percentage that
transfer out," Trotter said. At
McLane High, there are about 80
students, most of the from Edison, who are Balance transfers.
McLane principal Frank.
Thompson said he knows of no
complaints from these students
about   feeling  uncomfortable  at
Trotter said he foresees the
changing or elimination of Project Balance "because In it's
present form It's Ineffective and
because the district stands to
lose too much money If ltdoesn't
comply with the HEW speclfica-
last year.that the district desegregate Its three "Illegally
segregated" schools - Edison
High, George Washington Carver Elementary, and I rwln Junior
-High.
About $5 million of the district's $60 million budget Is provided by HEW. Ronald A. Dan-
garan, district director of human
relaUons, who Is in charge of coordinating the project, denies this
was a determinating factor.
•We never put together a'pro-
gram because we were afraid
HEW would withhold funds," said
Dangaran. "We did It because
of the benefits to the students."
He said the goals of the project
Include providing quality education in a multi-racial, multi-cultural setUng and providing equality of educational opportunity, as
well as Improving racial balance.
In answer to critics who say
the project Is Inadequate. Dangaran said, It all depends on
what you consider Inadequate. In
terms of numbers, we've transported 3,000 students this year,
that's one of the highest numbers
In the slate.*
Dangaran does not believe the
district wlU conduct forced bus-
Furthermore, said Dangaran,
a recent district poU showed
that the majority of Fresno citizens oppose mandatory busing.
Asked the question "Would you
be in favor of busing on a mandatory basts?* , 352 respondents
said they would not and 35 said
blacks opposed forced busing and
sis favored It while 45 Chlcanos
opposed It and four were In favor.
About ,70 per cent of the re-
wiu  be replaced...    We will
supplement."
Gordon Graves, district dlrec-
vor of Project Balance but "only
if it's a voluntary program," said
Dangaran.
He said the
Balance transfers is not high and
at  the elementary level "
had, five or six people at
Some parents have said they
have gotten the run-around when
they have tried to get their children moved back to thetrortginal
Dangaran said when the parent
makes the request lo the child's
principal, "all we do Is call tbe
parent and make sure they want
the move."
If the student Is having some
sort of-difficulty at school "we
try to Iron out the problem If
there Is one. We try to encourage
them to stay,* he said. "It Isn't
good practice for a child to be
sent   from   school   lo   school."
He said such situations are becoming less and less frequent.
"The district deals rclth this and
we learn what we need to do,"
he said.
In trying to comply with HEW
guidelines, the district has
formed six citizen's
ity is after tbe social effects ai
much as the educational* effects
of Project Balance. The pubUc
has consistently rejected mandatory busing In several surreys
his staff baa taken, he said.
He said that the Magnet Receiving School program, a part
of the Balance commitment involving only children in dtnder-
garten through the sixth grade,
participation in the Fresno City
School board Is Important to let
people see things In operation"
1 relocation specialist for the Fresno Redevelopment Agency and leads a com-
tlons  to the district regarding
Project Balance about a year and
Hunt called "Balance "a front-
Una farce* that the district Initiated to accomplish desegraUon
1 would like to see the /llstrlct get the nerve to deal with
forced busing,* he said; "If It's
not going to be done right I don't
want It at all.*
different locations accessible to
the minority community because
they are attended mostly by upper
class members of the city.
School district officials say
that meetings have been held
downtown .but this has not helped
attendance.
Whatever plan the district ultimately adopts to deal with de
facto segregation, the Intended
program and changes must be
reported to HEW by March 15.
Those plans must be Implemented
changes. Dangaran said this can
be a complicated Job since HEW
has never spelled out what It
means by an "Illegally segregated* school. . "And If we
want to find out, we have to go to
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