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By ZENOBIA GERALD
Collegian Stiff Writer
The latest Gallup Poll
that a career In law has become
more popular In the last 11 years,
and according to one CSUF professor, students who plan on entering law school can count on
•tough competition.*
Dr. Karl Svenson, professor of
political science and pre-legal
adviser at CSUF, says the field
,of law haa become "cluttered,*
but many students are stlU per-
. slstent In pursuing a law career.
Svenson, who counseled approximately 70 pre-law students
at CSUF last year, says the Job
outlook Is "not so good.*
•For every one person retiring, there are two pursuing the
bar and entering the profession.
The Job outlook Is b.
•   he   s
m pursuing
but perspective law
not be discouraged
a career In law.
•We don't know what the demand will be In the future. A law
education Is a good education. It
doesn't mean that the only thing
you can do Is practice law,* he
said.
Currently, the trend In education for pre-law students at CSUF
calls for more concentration on a
* general major.
Pre-law students are urged to
avoid 'specialized* studies.
The School of Law at IheTJnl-
versity of California at Davis
requires no specific college ma-
course of study that a
a broad cultural background i
Include Intensive work for a substantial period of ttme In a selected Held of study.
■Prelegal students should develop tbe ability to communicate
easily, persuasively, and accurately, to understand people and
Institutions, to gather and weigh
facta, and to solve problems and
think creatively.
It ts most Important that pre-
legal students obtain mastery of
the English language. They should
be able to read rapidly, and with
comprehension and 'to express
themselves clearly, completely,
and -concisely, both orally and In
writing."
Hastings College of Law-In San
Francisco stresses a 'broad and
general undergraduate education.-
According to officials at Hastings, this not only 'aids the college In producing educated and
cultured members ot the profession, but also/helps the student
by exposing him to more of the
complex problems of our society
and providing him with a greater
acuity for logical perception and
in-depth analysts.*
The University of Notre Dame
differs somewhat from the School
of Law at Davis and at Hastings.
Even though Notre Dame does
•particular
■Law schools are necessarily
vitally concerned with,the quality
of tha preparation which students
entering upon the study of law
bring with them from their undergraduate experience," states the
Pre-Law Handbook published by
the Association of American Law
. The
equip the students for 'satisfactory performance within the
legal profession and the democratic community .. .*
The Association of Law Schools
urges students to avoid so-called
"law* courses, saying they are
not Intended as •education for
lawyers, but for other purposes."
According to the Association,
law schools seek In their entering
students 'accomplishment in un-
i derstandlng, the capacity to think
for themselves, and the ability
to express their thoughts with
clarity and force."
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WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
ENERGY BtLLS^r
President Nixon Wednesday
igned legislation giving atate
eglslatures 60 days to lower
mm speed limits to 95
an hour. The President
ilso approved a bill to allow the
lerger of seven Midwestern and
Northeastern railroads under a
iew federal rail corporation, an
designed to speed railway
elopment and help conserve
energy.
SRAELI-ARAB TALKS
rael and Egypt resumed peace
s In Geneva yesterday, and
tern officials predicted the
erences would lead to lm-
nedlate troop pullbacka along
Suez Canal cease-fire lines,
political analysts said the
s may be hindered by the
ilts of the recent Israeli elec-
, in whlchGoldaMalr'aLabor
ty lost several Parliament
s to the more hawkish option party.
HI, CONTRIBUTIONS
Rep.  Les Aaptn (D-Wts.) haa
harged that oil company officials
million to
contributed nearly $5 r
President Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign. Asptn said Nixon
cannot deal effectively with the
energy crlais because the oil
companies' contributions have
given them a 'hammerlock* on
him and reduced his control over
VENEZUELAN OIL
Outgoing Venezuelan President
Rafael Caldera said Tuesday that
his successor, Carlos Andres
Perez, should nationalize all foreign otl companies operating In
the country. Venezuela, the
world's third largest exporter of
oil, announced Tuesday that It
would nearly double the cost of Its
exported oil.
NIXON TAXES
The Internal Revenue Service
said yesterday It will re-examine
President Nixon's tax returns
for the past few yeara.- IRS officials said they will exchange Information with the congressional
Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, which was asked
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 197
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CALIFORNIA     STATE     UNIVERSITY,     FRESNO
New women's center, first of its
kind here, may open in spring
By Susan Good
CoUeglan Staff Writer
If three CSUF students get their
way, the university may have 'a
Women's Center next semester.
Adrienne Kane, VI Pierre, and
Susan Cotton, all graduate students, are laying the groundwork
for the center thla semester as
part   of   their graduate thesis
•Right now tt seems pretty sure
that we'll get the center next
but we still need a
i,* Pierre said. The students
would like a centrally located
building with at leaat two rooms -
for a lounge and office area and
they hope to find Just this type of
facility  in  the  Keats  Campus
selves from the <
possible  through  the Women's
Studies Department.
In tbe meantime, Pierre, Kane
vices,'     and Cotton will act aa volunteer
t we do      coordinators tor the canter, and
special     several  psychology,   semiology.
Pierre emphasized, *b
want to offer things o
Interest to women.*
The center will be open from      signed field placement positions
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. dally. Although      for their degrees,
no funds have been appropriated _      Final center plana will be made
tor the center yet", Pierre said *   la January providing a room la
that a part-time employe may be      found.
CSUF ArtGallery will host
large collection of Chinese art
A Dally ColUeUa CoaauaUqr
tl ABOUT LIGHTING A FEW MORE CANDtES?-Thi* ploture,
-■n at approximately 8|30 on New Year's Day, l» of Kaleidoscope,
n-'-nown Freano tieadahoo*. We'sugoest they start oft the
year by burning! candles, not lights; especially after closing
. Photo by George Wada.
even If we don't get a
f worse comes to worse,
one Instructor haa offered her
office space . . . or we could
pitch a tent,* Pierre saldindes-
peratlon.
If the center la Initiated next
semester, it will be the first time
the campus has ever had one.
en's center, Pierre said, *We
feel there's a need for a center
because many women's needs are
i to have an up-to-
date community referral list,
crisis counseling for rape or
abortion, a library of booka of
\Jhtereat to women, and a workshop urogram for older or minority women at Ihe center.
•Rap (roups,* similar to those
offered in the counseling center,
wis be offered in consciousness
"Ileal  action, self-
One of the largest exhibits of -
Chinese art ever shown in the
San Joaquin Valley will he no
display at CSUF on Jan. 6, 7 and
8. The exhibit, In tbe CSUF Art
Gallery on Maple Avenue north
of Shaw, will be open to the public without charge.
Tbe exhibit la sponsored by a
graduate art history seminar,
conducted by Dr. Michael Opper,
a CSUF associate professor of
art. The class haa studied and
documented maoy significant
Chinese art collections owned by
persona living In the San Joaquin
Valley. The exhibit Is comprised
of exsmples of Chinese art from
these private collections.
On display will be examples Ot
Chinese ceramics, fabrica, cloisonne, and other art forms. Objects date back to before the
1600'a. The exhibit la valued at
more than $180,000.
A preview reception will be
held Sunday In tbe CSUF Art
Gallery. Refreshments will be
served and Richard Hooter, an
architect from Los Angeles, will
give a slide-talk on Chinese architecture. Hunter recently returned from a visit ton
China.
m Monday and Tuesday.
Tbe accounting office will
cancel classes students
added bat did not pay for
during  the semester. It a
additional fee* plus a $2 One.
Fees and fine are payable to
tha business office not later
than 8 p-m.. January 4.