1974_02 The Daily Collegian February 1974

              O'Neill seeks vote reMrlT
in bid for Secretary of EStaW
By James Guy
Staff Writer
Critics have called the pre-
domlnence of while, middle-
class men in California politics
both unrepresentative and unfair. But few have been In a
better position to bring a change
than 31-year-old Cathy O'Neill,
who seeks the Democratic nomination for Secretary of Stale.
Demanding campaign reforms
which she feels will allow all
social and ethnic groups an equal
chance at political office. Ms.
O'Neill said In an interview at
CSUF Sunday that her fight for
campaign fairness is one of the
most crucial functions of the
Secretary of State.
A founding member of Calt-
fornlans for Campaign Reform,
she Is matched against Assemblyman Walter Karabtan (D-
Monterrey Park), in a. battle
for the Democratic nomination.
Karabtan, a one-time majority
leader In the Assembly, declared his candidacy for the post
after dropping out of the State
Attorney'Ceneral race.
That a major battle Is being
fought for the right to carry the
Democratic banner demonstrates added Importance the
post has gained under present
Secretary Edmund C. Brown
Jr. Ms. O'Neill acknowledged
Brown's efforts to make the office more dynamic, but said she
"I would undertake some specific programs not yet instituted,' she said. 'This needs to
be done because the office has
latn fallow for so long.*
Among other things, Ms. O'Neill Is calling for a fair campaign code of ethics, full personal financial disclosure by
every candidate and public financing of political campaigns.
•I'm a believer In having a
heterogeneous legislature," she
said. 'Right now a lot of people
are not able to be viable candidates because of the present
economic situation. But the right
campaign rules could open things
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1974
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CALIFORNIA      STATE      UNIVERSITY,      FRESNO
Baxter defends grading system
against Dumke leniency charges
CATHY O'NEILL, an announced candidate for the Democratlo nomination for Secretary of State, explained to campus supporters wiry
she favors a fair campaign code of ethics, full personal, financial
disclosures and public financing of political campaigns.
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
NIXON S III Dtil   I
President Nixon yesterday
sent Congress his $304.4 billion
budget, one which his aides say
will   be   'busted'   with  more
By Kathleen Maclay
President Baxter defended
CSUF's grading procedures at a
press conference held last Friday, a little more than a week
after CSUC Chancellor Clenn S.
Dumke ordered the 19university
and college presidents to review
grading practices on the individual campuses.
•There's nothing out of line
with Fresno State's grading policy," said Dr. Baxter.
CSUF 's "unique* In that It
already has developed a system
of Investigating campus grading
practices according to each department and each professor,
said Dr. Baxter.
•What goes on here Is bound
to be a pacesetter for the rest,'
Dr. Baxter said optimistically.
Asked whether Dr. Dumke was
advocating establishing a quota
system for grades, Dr. Baxter
said the chancellor probably Is
concerned with overall grading
practices but Is not proposing
grades be alloted according lo
percentages.
1 don't think he's pointing a
finger at any particular cam
pus," said Dr. Baxter.
On the subject of spring enrollment Dr. Baxter said preliminary figures Indicate the
number of students attending
CSUF is about the same as last
spring. However, be said the
average number of hours signed
up for by each student has Increased and It appears that late
registration Is heavier than us-
ahigh-
enrollment than last spring.
Early figures show Jt 'good
response*   lo a voluntary car
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NIXON-GROMYKO TALKS
President Nixon and Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Gro-
myko held wide-ranging talks
yesterday, Including discussion
of 'this year's projected meeting
in Moscow* between Mr. Nixon
and Soviet Communist party
chief Leonid Brezhnev.
KROGII
Egll Krogh, Jr. went to prison
yesterday for the Watergate-
related burglary at the office pf
Daniel EUsberg's psychiatrist.
ALIO TO's WIFE
Angelina Genaro Alioto, wife
of San Francisco Mayor Joseph
L. Alioto, has been missing
since January 18 when she drove
away from a Palm Springs hotel '
with her luggage piled In the
back of a rented car. A spokesman for the mayor said Mrs.
Alioto Is returning to San Francisco today. No explanation for
her absence was given.
NIXON SUBPOENAED
For the first time In the nation's history, the president of
the United States has been ordered to appear as a witness In
a state court. Superior Court
Judge Cordon Ringer yesterday
signed a subpoena ordering
President Nixon's appearance In
Los Angeles as a defense witness
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WAITING, WAITING, WAITING —for both'registrants* and registration workers - was a
time last week on campus. A few unfortunate students, picture on left, 'greeted* the sun as they waited In
front of the women's gym to begin the registration process. Registration workers, waiting for students
to appear at their various stations, filled their time with less than ambitious academic pursuits. Regis*
tration workers Mark Code, freshman, and Julie Brewer, senior, pictured below, IdlH the hours away
playing casino. When the two days of 'waiting* were over, the Registrar's Office reported that 14,535
students had registered for classes.  Photo by Barry Wong.
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