1970_03 The Daily Collegian March 1970

              E DAILY COLLEGIAN
Campus footnotes
By Barbara McDowell
CoUegian Staff Writer
A   serendipitous afternoon of
comedy and  song wiU signal a
weekend respite from classes and
study.
Presented by tbe College Union
Popular Arts Committee, tomorrow's "Serendipity" wlU feature a
Drama Department production
enUUed "Bits and pieces", Including within It "bits and
pieces'  of sketches,  jokes and
Appearing ln the presentation
are : Michael Mayfleld, Janet
Holcomb, Pat Garcia, Roberta
Wilson, Jeanne Bennion, iFred
Bologna, MikeTatum, Candy Holt
and Roger Keller.
Also highlighting the
will be the music of
Saroyan, a folk singer
•Serendipity'
the  College   Union Coffee Shop.
Upcoming lectures
>ng   campus   lec-
fessor of linguistics,
•The Language of Ir
today's offering In
tics Department
■Structural Studies of Or
nomagneslum Compounds-
be today'sChemlstryDepartn
Seminar topic of Dr. .1.0. Toi
ductlon, 'Doctor ln Spite of Himself*. BUI Johnson, assistant
professor of R adlo -Tele vis Ion -
Film,   ls  director of the docu-
Karski lecture
Dr. Jan Karskl, associate professor of government at Georgetown University, will discuss'
"Communism ln Action" Monday
at 8 p.m. ln the College Union
Lounge.   The vis
slble through the Education Department's "Seminar ln International Education*, taught by
Dr. Alexander Pronln, assistant
professor of Russian.
A native of Poland, Dr. Karskl served in the Polish diplomatic service prior to the Second World War. Both Imprisoned by the Red Army and maltreated by the Gestapo, he became
a leading figure ln the anU-Nazl
Underground. For his wartime
service he received the highest
Polish military decoration.
Since the Communist takeover
of his country, Dr. Karskl has
lived ln the United States. He
has lectured extensively for the
magazine articles and published a
book   of   his   war experiences.
Blue Key
AppMcattofis for admission to
Blue Key Fraternity, a campus
service organization, wlU be
available from March 9 to 18
ln the student president's office.
Membership ls open to upper division men.
Blue Key appUcants will be
honored at a March 22 reception,
scheduled for 5 o'clock In the
College Union.
Art films
Featured as this week's pre-
■ sentatlons In the College Union
Art Film Series will be 'Phantom of the Opera* and *The Cabinet of Dr. CaUgarl.* The showing will begin at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday ln Industrial Arts 101.
Concert
The  New   England  Conservatory Chorus ls
pear Wednesday at 7 p.m. In
College Union Lounge.  The c
cert, sponsored by tbe Colli,.
Unloajrogram Committee mi
be  presented   free  of  chart.
Rodeo rally
Western music wiu hlghiM,"
a March 12 rally L scheduled ,!
the Bulldogger Rodeo Club to
generate enthusiasm for the up.
coming FSC Intercollegiate r0.
deo. The event, also lncludln.
ihe Introduction of rodeo conteit
ants, will begin at 11:30 a.m. in
the free speech area.
Photo exhibit
• Photo-Varla #1', a collect^
of black-and-white photography
ls currently on exhibit at FrM]
no's Fig Tree Gallery. All par.
tlclpants In the show are studenti
of FSC's Richard Delaney, as-
"Istant professor of art.
The Fig Tree Gallery, located
t 144 North Van Ness Avenue,
i open on Wednesday, Saturday
nd Sunday aftern
Strikers call for
reply to demands
By Burton Swops
Collegian Staff Writer
The hunger strike Involving
Fresno State CoUege Chicano
students and faculty ends at noon
today, but strike spokesmen say .
the 'camp-in* aspect of the protest may continue weU into next
From a small contingent of 13
Chlcanos and a fe* sleeping bags
and blankets, the demonstration
has grown Into a small encampment of makeshift lean-tos and
army surplus tents. As of yesterday afternoon over 20 Chlcanos
and sympathizers were camping
on the south lawn of the Thomas
Administration Building. Organizers said yesterday Utey expected the number to Increase dra-
maUcaUy today.
Yesterday the strikers gained
support of the Executive Committee of the FSC chapter of the
AssoclaUon of California State
College Professors and the Fresno branch of Uve Women's International League for peace and
Between 60 and 10 sympathetic
Fresno City College Chicano students marched from their campus to FSC to join ln the protest
yesterday. As they came on campus shouting slogans of support
for the hunger strike and gesturing with clenched fists, they encountered Executive-Vice President James Flkes, who was caught
tn tbe open outside the administration building. He was surrounded by marchers who shouted
epithets and occaslonallyob-
structed his path. Flkes, along
with AcUng President Karl L.
Falk, has been the principle target of the week-long protest.
^•Gulllermo Martinez, lecturer
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Daily
Collegian
FRIDAY, MARCH 6,1970
APPROXIMATELY   150
followed  Executive  Vice F
Building to the Ed-Psych Bi
»n, .,».,». k— .Iclpatlng In yesterday's march from Fresno City College
esident  James  Fikes  around the campus from the Thomas Administration
itructing his path. Photo by Don LeBaron.
Ombudsman says he will take case to Falk, state committee
By Paul Smith
Collegian Staff Writer
Dr. Paul Murray, FresnoState
College's first and perhaps last
Ombudsman,, addressed a press
conference yesterday afternoon
ln the FSC Cafeterlalnternatlonal
Room and said he believed his
role of student mediator was suc-
cussful lrr'the seven months he
served as Ombudsman.
Murray said after the conference that he Is to have a meeting with Acting President Karl
Falk next Thursday to discuss the
reasons for his dismissal.
•I have some questions,* Murray stated, 'to ask him of why I
was fired and what happened to
the evaluation taken last week by
Zumwalt said, "who have been
tremely defensl
someone speaks openly of any
action they have been Involved
In are raising the question of If
a man can speak openly and honestly without immediate ecomo-
mlc and political reprisal.*
Murray said he would take his
case to the Committee of State
and 21.
•The Stale i
can address the validity and crit-
Ism and the problem-solving
the college which involves part
of the decision making and making
:he   position   a   more effective
tool.*
Murray stated  that any om- *I negotiated my original un-
budsman that ls hired ln the hi- derstandlngs wttnDr.Nessandne
ture at FSC should negotiate a left- three days after I arrived;
firm understanding with the ad- and then I never really got off
ministration to have a better the ground under the present ad-
working relationship. ministration."
"I think the change ln admlnlstraUon, from Dr. Ness to Dr.
Falk, was a factor ln my c:
Murray told n<
Murray stated that he wUloe
on campus for the remainder of
the school year.
Dr. Murray stated that It
his opinion thai
are shown to those being evaluated. "Then they have the opportunity to submit other material
if they wish to. I have not had
that opportunity at aU,* Murray
While Dr. Murray was speaking   a   group o
Fresno City College marched onto the campus protesting their
disapproval   of Dr.  Falk's  ad-
•I  hope  to get Into an
as  a group and organizer consultant which is similar to the
organization I have been working
at Fresno State,*
Murray related that he would
most deflnately assume the role
of Ombudsman on anotl
pus If tbe offer was open to him.
Dr. Eugene Zumwalt, chairman
of  tbe   EngUsh  Department at
FSC said after the press.
ference the action b'
administration if aiming right
the vltais of the academic —
munlty. _
•Dr.   Falkland  Dr.  Flkes,
FSC faculty organizations
oppose Ombudsman's release
Voicing their organisation'
position to the "firing" ol Fresno
State College Ombudsman Paul
Murray, Dr. John Donaldson,
president of the FSC Chapter of
the AssoclaUon of CallforniaState
College professors and Elton
Hall, president of the FSC local
of the American Federation of
Teachers, Issued the following
joint press release this morning:
The present Fresno State College administration of Dr. Karl
Falk repeatedly disposes of educational and Institutional problems with political decisions; tbe
most recent being tbe firing of
the ombudsman, Dr. Paul Murray. The Ombudsman, who U supposed to help solve problems by
being free of any constituency on
campus, was unable 10 escape the
wrath of the administration.
A committee to evaluate Dr.
Murray was hastily formed ln
an effort to mask a predetermined
poUtlcsl decision. The letter of
the firing was dated the day before tbe committee began its
work. At the wrlUngofthlsstate-
Dr. Murray has no knowledge of the content of the com-
and Richard Toscan.
We deplore these political decisions. The top administration
ls destroying the minority point
of view and trying to Intimidate
the remainder of tbe academic
We solicit the support of the
continually deteriorating coUege
environment. In the final analysis
it ls all tbe people who are hurt
by such an "oppressive environ-
At>P recommends
establishment of
allied health plan
The Academic planning and
PoUcy committee of FresnoState
College' yesterday sent a recommendation to the Executive Com-
on estabUshlng an Allied
Program tor FSC.
DR. PAUL MURRAY
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