1970_09 The Daily Collegian September 1970

              Registration procedure unchanged
Daily  «J£
Collegian
KFSR fo cover registration,
keep tally of class changes
KFSR,    the Fresno State Col
KFSR, which will be on the air
lege  campus radio station, will
live   from   8:30  a.m.   to 5 p.m.
be on the air during registration
dally at the Men's Gymnasium,
to bring live    coverage of reg-
will   have      roving J reporters
circulating     Inside and outside
KFSR will keep a running tally
of   classes that are closed, de
leted or added. As changes occur
they  will be read over the air.
a public    address system set up
Students,   whether on or off cam-
by the courses board.
2655 or 481-2416 to get the latest
broadcasts    Into  Baker, Graves
Information.
and    Homan    residence halls.
14,500 expected to enroll
Although Fresno State College
officials anticipate the largest
total student enrollment ln tho
college's history this fall, registration procedures will not be
altered from last  year.
College     officials    anticipate
This ls an Increase of 10% or
nearly 1,500 students over last
spring's  enrollment figures.
end of March. Usually admission
to the fall semester ls open until
Due to crowded
FSC this year,
FSC's fall 1971 semester will
be processed during the month of
1970.
with their registration booklets
a trial pro-registration card
will be filled out.
FSC's two presidents
welcome new students
It Is a pleasure to welcome new
and returning students tothe campus of Fresno State College. The   "
leaders have worked throughout
the summer recess to make your
college experience this year the
most complete, the most relevant and the most constructive
in the history of this college.
Fresno State College ls dedicated to academic^ excellence,
Integrity and freedom; to increasing equal opportunities for
students from all segments of
society; and to service In the
Fresno community. I ask that
>, the faculty and
Bill Jones' Message
I want to welcome you to the
1970-71 academic year at Fresno
State     College.     This  year  ls
felloi
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,1970
remarks made ln an opening
statement from the Student Body
President. Instead, I plan to
state my Ideas about FSC, and
the relationship of the student
body to student government.
In past years, It seems that
many students have lost Interest
never replaced. I believe that
go, but
they need not always be forgotten.
Sometimes, the best
to update    the    Idea, or place It
under a new light. In other
the old
I. 2)
The card ls for a survey the
Slate College Chancellor's Offlce ls undertaking to see If prereglstraUon would be feasible at
California State Colleges.
The card will contain room
for three separate programs
of classes. The student will
fill out his first, second, and
third choice of programs and
will send the card to a computer
which will advise him what program has the most units and would
■FSC volunteered to lest the
pre-reglstratlon program this
semester and If It works
and money Is allocated for the
project we could possibly have It
ln use by the fall 1971 semester,* says Dr. Robert Board,
Registrar of FSC.
"This would mean lhat all continuing students at FSC could
pre-reglster for classes each
semester," he says.
Board says lhat with Increased enrollment this year
facilities will be cramped but
the budget cuts that were made
will help bring some teachers
back to classrooms and open
up more classes for students.
Registration will begin officially tomorrow morning, September 9, at 8 a.m. ln the Men's
Gymnasium.
Students will enroll according to the total number'of units
that they have completed as of
the end of the spring semester.
Units  completed during the sum-
. DR. NORMAN A. BAXTER
in will nc
Students with the most number
of completed units will get top
priority. Registration workers,
EOP students, and handicapped
students     will pre-reglster for
udents with 30
or more completed units will
be the first to register. However,
as ln the past students should
be prepared for delays.
from the enrollment procedure
will be freshmen. However, no
registration will be conducted
on Friday and the day will be
used to reschedule and add classes to help those registering on
Saturday.
All freshmen will register at
the times specified on lists that
are posted at locations around
the campus. Those students who
are not sure how many units they
have completed or when they are
scheduled to register may consult
the  Admissions   Offlce for as-
Daily Collegian weathers stormy summer
(Editor's Note: The following
Is more or less an outline of
events which occurred this summer concerning the Dally Collegian. Because of space limitations, no attempt has been made
here to relay ln any great detail
all that happened and all that was
said on all sides of the Issue.)
The  Dally Collegian emerged
e 1970-71
I hot s
monu> a bit ruffled and ;
by all the controversy, but nonetheless ready to begin publication
the first day of the fall semester.
A special meeting of the newly
elected student Senate on aSun-
day afternoon, an all-day session
of the Board on publications ln
an off-campus fraternity house,
and finally an announcement by
Fresno State College President
Norman A. Baxter that funds
for the paper were being restored, climaxed nearly two
months of uncertainty about the
Collegian's  future.
The paper's troubles began
July 2 when former ActlngPres-
Ident Karl L. Fa]
withhold portions i
Collegian budget because, he
said, ln his opinion the newspaper had been *lrresponslble.»
Portions of the paper's budget
withheld by Falk, Included allocations for printing, photography, editors and reporters
grants and other Items necessary
for publication of the Collegian.
Falk charged the CoUegian,
which ls financed by student body
fees and advertising revenues,
had violated the Canons of Journalism and standards established
by the California State College Board of Trustees. He
said he was withholding the
paper's funds 'until a later
date,* and would recommend
to the next president (Baxter) that before approving funds
•he meet with the Board on
publications to establish guidelines for the operation of the
Collegian.*
According to the Fresno Bee,
a spokesman for Falk   charged
that the Collegian had been "editorializing ln news content,
using unacceptable language
and was biased ln Its news
coverage." The spokesman also
stated that the paper represented a small group of students,
was pollUcal ln nature and had
not tried to cover the ■spectrum of campus events." Falk's
acUon, he contended, was aimed
at ^constitution ot the Boardon
pubUcatlons In the fall to establish "new  guidelines."
Dan Safreno, 1969-70 Boardon
PubUcatlons chairman, and Burton Swope, faU editor-elect for
the Dally CoUegian, promptly
labeled Falk's acUon "out-and-
out censorship* aimed at coercing the new Board on PubUcaUons
Into accepUng "new and restrictive guldeUnes," and declared
they were taking legal acUon to
regain the funds.
Making good on that promise,
a suit was filed ln Superior
Court July 13 by Swope and
other   CoUegian staff members
naming Falk and Fresno State
College as defendents. The suit
branded Falk's acUon a restraint on the CoUegian's freedom of speech and of press, and
•stated that Falk's acUonln withholding funds was' prompted
by the paper's severe criUcism
Notice
Messages for all.campus
publications may be left
ln the new CoUegian editorial and staff offices
located  ln  the     Old Book-
Offlclally recognized
campus publications are the
student Directory, Backwash, The Campus and the
Dally Collegian. Messages
for Insight, the weekly lab
publication of the Department of JournaUsm should
bs left ln the departmental
office located ln the Business Building.
of his admlnlstraUon during,
the past year.
A heating was set for July
28 by Superior Court Judge
Donald R. Franson on an order
for Falk to show cause why he
should not be restrained from
withholding funds, but was postponed until August 10.
On July 28, Swope announced
that 'attempts had been made to
settle the CoUegian Issue out
of court* with newly appointed FSC President Baxter but they
had not proved ■fruitful.* Therefore, he said, ne was naming Baxter as co-defendant ln the suit.
Swope said he and his attorney
had met with 'Baxter and his
attorney briefly the morning of
July 28, and has been told Baxter would only discuss the Collegian issue with the new Board
on PubUcaUons, If and when It
was  reconsUtuted.
The hearing ln Superior Court
on a preliminary injunction waa
again   postponed, this Ume until
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