1974_01 The Daily Collegian January 1974

              This is ridiculous
At this point In time, aa the saying goes, everyone is probably
pretty fed up with having to come back tor eight days of school.
This U the time when the discussion for the so-called 'early
calendar* system becomes more relevant, and not simply academic
lip-service to what could be a good Idea. -
This system, aa you may well know, Involves starting the fall
semester two weeks earlier and ending it before Christmas, thus
eliminating the ridiculous situation with which we are now faced.
Tbe idea of gearing up for finals and term papers after a two week
layoff la not only absurd, but downright painful.
Mental attitudes have undoubtedly Buffered Immeasurably and any
effort to regain any level of concentration with regard toeclass work
will be excruciating, if not futile.
Teachers are also at a loss as to what to do with three or four
class periods. In abort, the whole system seems to be operating at
something far below normal capacity.
This stupor Is or course due to the time schedule this school
follows. We have Just finished a lengthy vacation and we are about
to embark on another. Wedging eight days of classes and two weeks
of finals between two vacations Is cruel and does no one any good.
Serious consideration should be given to some kind of early calendar system so that. In the future, students and teachers alike won't
have to experience the  torture  so many of us appear to be going
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The College Union will sponsor
a karate class at 8 p.m. In
CU 312.
The California Young Farmers
will meet at 4 p.m. In CU 304.
There will be a faculty musical
recital at* S p.m. In the Music
.  Recital Hall.
The Academic Policy and Planning Comrultt"- will meet at
2:15 p.m. In Thon:as Administration 117.
Programs In English will sponsor a concert of Mozart, Hlnde-
mtth and Bartok compositions at
3 p.m. In Industrial Arts 101.
The music will be performed by
Betty Iacavettl (violin), Allan Rey
(piano) and Russell Howland
(clarinet).
Twenty new members will be
installed In the Blue Key national
honor fraternity at CSUF on Sunday. The Installation will be held
at the fall Installation banquet
set for the Ramada Inn.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
UPC president' says coverage was misleading
haa
been so good that I am reluctant
to question the misleading headline and photo caption (December
10) regarding faculty staff cuts
for this spring. Your story ac-'
curately states that only part-
time faculty will be cu'., though
It mistakenly attributes the cuts
to *a drop In CSUF's full-time
enrollment:" actually our FTE
enrollment is up 181. But the
headline reads "Baxter . . . announces no faculty layoff." Dr.
Baxter did not say this, but said
Instead that "no full-time faculty
members would be laid off. . ."
The  point  here  is lhatj>ar»^'
time faculty are faculty. A cat in
part-time faculty is serious busl-
. ness. This semester over 150
part-time Instructors are employed by the university. A layoff of, aay, 25 positions could
Involve up to 100 people If each
teaches one-quarter time. Many
part-time Instructors fill In vital
academic specialities which full-
time faculty are not prepared to
cover. Cuts In part-time staff
could be terribly harmful to the
Instructional program.
Moreover, though we have not
yet completed an analysis of the
faculty list, It Is generally true
that women) are frequently hired
aa/ part-time rather than full-
time  faculty. Lay-offa of part-
timers could have the effect ot
setting back modest university
gains in Affirmative Action hiring-
Your error was probably inadvertent, but the point needa to .
be made. Part-time faculty are
a vital part of our teaching team.
We are not relieved to know that
only part-timers are getting it In
the neck.
Theae cuts are, of course, all
. the more obnoxious when the
faculty baa had a 12 per cent
student/faculty ratio Increase
since 1969 and when the Trustees
have asked for over $3.4 million
tor new administrators.
Warren Kessler
President, Fresno UPC
Blind federation will hold 'Winter Seminar* Saturday.
The student division and Central Valley Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will
host a "Winter Seminar" at
the Fresno Airport Marina Hotel
Saturday.
Joe Tlner. chapter president
and a Junior psychology major
at CSUF, Silt some 15 to 100
Mind persons from throughout the
state are expected to attend the
session to lie held from noon until G p.m.
Speakers at the seminar will
Include Manuel Urena, Programs
Director for . the Blind In the
State Department of Rehabilita
tion, and Dr. Isabel Grant, treasurer of the International Federation of the Blind.
Dr. Donald Klrtley, CSUF associate professor of psychology
and vice president of the local
chapter, will discuss the personality of the blind person. He
has Just completed a book on the
subject-
Thomas Brlgham. profeaaor
of social work at CSUF, will speak
on the social aspects of blindness, and Robert Acosta, a teacher at Chatsworth High School,
will discuss national pro'ecte of
the Federation.
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Tlner said the Federation U
an organization primarily of blind
persons and haa aa its goal the
guaranteeing of equal opportunities for blind people In all
aspects of society.
Tlner said he considered CSUF
to be liberal In Its attitude toward
tbe blind with four blind professors on the faculty. He said there
are about 12 known blind students
on campus, although there may be
others '**Mh varying degreea of
visual handicap*.
Tlner said the Federation seminar la the largest meeting of Its
kind In the state. He said tha
session la open to anyone Interested In the problems of the
blind.
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forward SCOTT WEDMAN leads the Golden Buffaloes of Colorado
into Selland Arena for this evening's 8:05tlpoffagainst Fresno State.
Wedman is averaging nearly 20 points and nine rebounds a game; his
season-high 32 points waa the big factor in Colorado's 73-71 upset
of ninth-ranked Long Beach State. The Bulldogs open PCAA play
Saturday afternoon against the defending champion 49era In Long
NCAA awards Westphal *
Two-time Pacific Coaat Athletic Association all-conference
defensive lineman Dwayne Westphal haa been awarded a National
Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) ».1,0W Postgraduate
Scholarship.
io moat valuable player foot-
player at tfreano State waa
of aeven District 8 athletes
for thi a award.
Westphal, a senior Business
Administration major, plana to
the scholarship for graduate
k In marketing on the CSUF'
campua. He haa posted a 3.5
overall grade point average at
Fresno, and a 3.3 for his total
native of Vlsalia, he first
enrolled at Fresno State In 1972,
following a successful grid cast the CoUege of Sequoias
Redwood High School, both
ted In Vlsalia.
le're very pleased and proud
that Dwayne haa been selected aa
an NCAA Postgraduate scholar,*
said CSUF Athletic Director Gene
Bourdet. 'it's a tribute to his
ability both as a student and an
athlete, since be la competing
against national competition for
this award.*
Westphal la the second Fresno
State athlete to receive this
award, as Hank Corda of Peta-
luroa waa selected In 1988.
Other Diatrlct 8 wlnnera announced by NCAA vice president
and Freano State Faculty Athletic
Representative George Ug Include Monti Doris of Fresno who
played at Southern California;
Steven Kloaterman of UCLA;
Randy Poll of'Stanford; Frank
Hobbe, Jr. of California Inatltute
of-Technology; Gary Van Jande-
glan of UC-Riverside; and Samuel
Reece of Clare moot Men's Col-
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'Moment of truth' for Bulldogs
-/ Ron Agostinl    .
Collegian Sports Editor
The «momentof truth'weekend
la at hand for the Freano State
basketball team, beginning thta
evening at Selland Arena with a
stern challenge from theUnlver-
alty of Colorado.
Although roost critics have
agreed that the - Bulldogs • unexpected 8-1 recortTat this point
la the reault of vast improvement
by the returnees with a refreshing vintage of transfers, there
are still skeptics in the crowd
who are waiting for Coach Ed
Gregory'a Fresnans to revert to
ing system that weekly syndicates
their choices' throughout the
country, apparently la one of
those who still doubts Fresno
State hoop quality. In yesterday's
ratings, they saw the 'Dogs no
better than 118th, which doea not
compare favorably with Colo-
rado'e listing at 87th.
Other examplea continue to pay
Fresno little or no homage: Colorado State andTexasTech, teams
who were beaten by the Bulldogs
before the holidays, were rated
94th and 47th, respectively.
On the other hand, however, the
■New Look* Bulldogs received
votes In a national Top 20
poll laat week, adding to the confusion which seem} to prevail
over everyone. Are the -Dogs indeed for real? Thla, and tha
many other unanswered questions
will be answered tonight and
Saturday afternoon, when Fresno
opens tha demanding PCAA
schedule against tbe defending
conference champa and ninth-
ranked nationally Long Beach
SUte.
Colorado's mediocre 5-5 record can be misleading due to an
extremely   challenging elate of
opponenta and an early-December -upset of Long Beach. TJhe
Golden Buffaloes of the football-
crazy Big Eight wlU be meeting
Freano State for the first time
In this evening's 8:05 tlpoff.
The Buffs have been paced by.
their atrong forward Scott Wedman, who la leading tbe club lq
both acortng and rebounding.
David Logan and Tony Lawrence
are also averaging in double
Ogurea during Colorado's ftrat
ten gamea.
Gregory la expected to atlck
with the quintet which has brought
home the vtctoriee thus far. Dave
Cumberland and Geoff Brandt
will start In the back-court, with
the gradually improving 8-10
Junior Bruce Hennlng at center.
Forwards, needless to say, are
the high-acoring Charles Bailey
and aophoroore Roy Jones.
Bailey had a career-high of
45 points in Fresno Sta'te'e dramatic double-overtime win over
North Texas SUte December 20
at the Mean Green's sparkling
new athletic center.
That exhausting decision, their
seventh straight at that time, may
have been an Indirect factor In the
85-70 defeat two nights later at
Texas-Arlington.
Laat Saturday, Freano rebounded with an uncomfortable
67-86 clipping of CSU-North-
rldge, In a contest that aaw the
locale nearly blow a nine point
advantage in the final three min-
Fresno must do a bit better
tonight and Saturday against more
tntimldaUng adveraaries. The 1
p.m. tlpoff at Long Beach finds
Gregory vying against tha outstanding local brothers whom he
tried desperately to recruit, Ros-
coe and Clifton Pondexter. .' .
The two standouts at San Joa-
aa one of the best 'sixth roan* In
the country, although Long Beach
waa stunned by USF in the Fsr
West Reglonsls.
Clifton, a 6-8 freshman, Immediately Jollied his brother aa a
starter Una year and la quickly
making 49er fans forget their
graduated All-American and now
Houston Rocket Ed Ratleff,
Tbe corner tandem of Pon-
dexter-Pondexter combines with
the rugged center Leonard Gray
to boast one of the nation's moat
Intimidating and physical front
lines. The Bulldogs, who rely on
mobility and outside shooting aa
their forte, could be inforallttle
trouble Saturday If they enterthe
Long Beach Auditorium without
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Trackmen invited
Gamea to be held in tbe Cow
Palace. They are: David Garcia,
two-mile; Gerald Richardson,
high Jump; and Stove Campbell,
Fresno's
year-round
ratal resort.
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