1970_03 The Daily Collegian March 1970

              FREE
UNIVERSITY? |
Can there be such a thing as a,
free university? And if so, how
. far away Is It? Or, what would
keep us from having one now If I
all the political, social and financial  red  tape were eliminated?
To begin with, such an lnsUtute   I
may never become a reality If we
don't start getting leaders ln the   i
legislature at all levels, leaders
in  the admlnlstraUon of public .
and private InsUtuUons, and r
presentation ln the big A merle
poUtlcal game.
After that we must have people
who are knowledgable ln the admlnlstraUon of an lnsUtute of
learning, educators, professors,
coaches and many others.
There are already wheels In
motion toward this objective and
s that v
r that s
help o
no longer be the 'scape goats  u.   .
this society,  no  ionKer ^ the
highest percentage ln the welfare   [
and unemployment lines.
Now, where are we going to get
all these leaders, educators, ad-
Yes! You and others like you
from San Francisco, Arizona,
Albequerque, Texas, anywhere I
that a Chicano ls grabbing o
the educauon'bag'andholdlngon I
in you leave   I
ther
will   t
come here because you she
them the way. This ls where the I
Chicano "greats" of the future |
are going to come from. ;
BeauUful Brown, don't downgrade |_
yourself. Your participation-■
counts and it counts plenty. You P
are right in the middle of 1
ls going to end up being the :
gust 'shake-up* that has <
happened since It all started 450 |
years ago.
It's npt easy--not easy to !
ln school when the money 1;
there; maybe easier to drop this   I
tinue. When asked by
priest recently, 'How _..„„.
I replied 'Life if getting tougher   J
Padre.'   The   padre  then  said,   f
•I'm glad to hear that all ls well   |
with you, because, as you know
It   was  not   meant  to be easy.'
Can    you    think    of   anything   I
sweeter thantohaveanlnstilutlon   I
of learning that    is    totally and   I
completely Chicano, all the way
from the highest administrator lo
the "lava platos"ln the cafeteria?
Dig It, because It's beautiful;
we need It, and we all have to
work ln order that some day we
may have it.
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Los Ninos de lo Huelgo
Chicanos
Host
Community!
Mass
As a result of rain the Mass
Fresno State College Amphitheatre yesterday was relocated at
a "very'packed' Baker Hall.
The purpose of the Mass was
to protest, the Falk administration and to unite the communit>
with the students In an effort to
bring about certain changes and
demands which Chlcanos have
been  desperately   needing for
The *borlote' started at nnon
on   Sunday   and
La Banda Calavera
Campesinos' Wives
Christian Soldier
Today I shot my brother
There were several speakers
Including Ellezer Rlsco, Gutller-
mo Martinez, who did most ol
the rapping. Rudy Gallardo. Luis
V'aldez. and several of the parents de La Raza. Some of the
Issues discussed were the food
stamp program ln Hanford, economic prpblems In the community, the dismissal of Adan Juarez.
The current MECHA president.
Steve Santos, read ten demands
to the people. These demands will
be written in blood and turned
In to the Administration today.
They state that 500 Chicano EOP
e fall
of 1970. that the
of   Students   and
assistant   Director of Financial
Aids, be rehired; along with other
After
? demands w
Father Finlan fromMI.Carme!
presided over Ihe Mass and reassured us that they were will
us. Marlaches played during th«
entire Mass. which made thi
whole thing really heavy.
A film. "I Am Joaquin.' directed by LuizValdez, was shown
after the Mass.
While the Teatro Campeslno
was   setting   up their equipment
rapped   and read a poem called
spoke on behalf of Albert Molina
of District 2.
Teatro Campeslno came up
with   a   skit   entitled   'Juanito'.
should organize.
After the skit, another song.
"Que vivan los esludlantes". was
sung by Luis Valdez.
Later the audience joined in
and sang all kinds of Chicano
songs which really brought everybody's spirits up.
It was announced that several
students and staff would camp out
In front of the Thomas Admlnls-
Bulldlng and fast for one
-veek in p
There .
Ml  KAZA
Pensamientos
DeOtra
Persona
por Angus Glo
Soy Anglo que vlve aqul eg
Fresno hace poco tlempo. Tenjo
mucho interes en el Movlmlento
de la Raza. Conozco a muchoj
habltantes del Valle de Mexico
y de otras cludades de la Repub-
Ilea. Pero no conozco a muchoi
Chicanos.
Me movi aqul del Noreste de
los Estados Unldos. Hay muchoj
Puertoriquenos y Cubanos alii,
pero pocos mexlcanos. Hay no
mas que como seis o slete res-
York. Es declr las comldas como
Pero en la Valle de San Joaquin espero aprender mas de u
cultura Chicana. No se, por
ejemplo, cuales partes de esa
cultura son mexlcanas y culales
del Movlmlento es que esta en
las manos de los Chlcanos. Pero
en todo movlmlento haycamblos,
y espero saber mas de las Ideas
que van en varlas dlrecclones
para anticlpar que va a pasar en
Aunque hay mucho empasls en
frlcclon en cualquier movlmlento
social, hay tamblen cosasaflrm-
atlvas que no se deben lgnorar.
Por ejemplo, la aflcclon y calor
del pueblo Mexlcano son muy
saludables. La Idea del respeto
para la famlllaextendtdatamblen
es buena para una persona de
la cultura frla de los Anglos.
Entonces. lmporta senteslzar
todas las cosas buenas y utiles
de cualquier lado. Espero que
pueda absorber cosas buena de
Chlcanos, por medio de este
Idloma hermosa. lncluyendo
de una cultura, a veces
Daily
Collegian
TUESDAY, MARCH 3,1970
Action on consultative
procedures report tabled
By Beverly Kennedy
CoUegian Editor-In-Chlef
After almost an hour of debate
esterday,  the  Executive Com-
llttee  of the  Academic Senate
ibled action on the decision of
the Coi
e Procedures
The
continue discussion next week.
The decision, filed February
ia by Dr. Robert Smetherman,
found Acting-President Karl Falk
■guilty" of five instances of violation of consultative procedures
relating to administrative changes he made three days after he
assumed office ln November
1969. The decision was reached
ln response lo a petlUon filed
with ths Consultative Procedures
Committee by Drs. Dale Bush*
Heyward Moore, Jr. and Eugene
Zumwalt ln which they appealed
six major changed Instituted by
Dr. Falk.
The committee found Dr. Falk
ln violation of consultative procedures in the creaUon of a new
poaltlon of admtnlstraUve vice
president; in his reassignment of
Dr. Harold Walker to that position; ln the appointment of Dr.
James Flkes to the position of
acting executive vice president;
the removal of Dr. Dale Burtner
as dean of the School of Arts and
Sciences and the appointment of
PhllUp Walker to the position of
acting d
not tr.
free of violation of consultative
procedures ln the removal of Dr.
Harold Walker as executive vice
president.
Members of the Executive
Committee questioned what action the committee should take on
the decision and whether the report should be forwarded to the
Academic Senate for consideration, Drs. Eugene Zumwalt, Alex
Vavoulls and Phillip Beech argued that it was not the job of
the Academic Senate 'to make, a
judgment on the decision.*
Under normal procedures the
report would have been sent to the
AcUng President but, according
to Dr. Smetherman and other Involved persons, 'because of the
requests of the contending parties, together with other unique
characteristics of the case, the
decision was made to forward the
report to the Executive Commit-
But according to Dr. Orrln
Wardle who, along withDr.Orley
Wilcox and Acting Dean PhllUp
Walker, represented the AcUng
President ln the case, he believed
the Academic Senate should debate the decision.
Wardle said that ln light of the
understanding that some faculty
body, most probably the full Faculty Assembly, would act as the
•Supreme Court* ln the appeal,
the Acting President's representatives made several agreements
(Continued on Page 3, Col. 1)
DR. ROBERT COMEGYS, a member of the Executive Committee,
vesterday urged lhat members carefully consider the decision of
the Consultative Procedures Committee before taking any action.
Photo by Don LeBaron.
Ombudsman will not be rehired
Dr Paul Murray, the Fresno
State College Ombudsman, will
be among those not rehired by
the  college   for  next semester.
to happen." remarked Dr. Murray yesterday, following receipt
of a form letter which offered
no explanation for the action.
He has arranged to discuss the
matter Thursday with Acting
President Dr. Karl Falk.
According to the terms of Dr.
Murray's contract and recent action by the Student ^Senate and
Academic Senate Executive Com -
this year of the Ombudsman and
his office. On Friday, February
27, the student evaluative body
made Its report and the faculty
committee met for the first time.
The letter admislng Dr. Murray
that he would not be rehired was
dated February 26.
The post of Ombudsman was
instituted at the beginning of the
school year to provide a Uason
between students and administration. *I have no Idea,* stated
Dr. Murray, *lf the <
concept ls dead at Fresno I
Paul Sullivan reasons
Chicanos go on hunger
strike; issue 10 demands
" By Burton Swope
CoUegian Staff Writer
Thirteen Fresno State College
Chicano students and faculty began a week-long hunger strike
early yesterday morning after
settling down with sleeping bags
and blankets ln front ofthe
Thomas AdmlnlstraUon Building.
All vowed they will fast until
noon Friday ln protest against
•the dally oppression of all Chicano people,* and the 'suppressive tactics of the Falk-Flkes
Strikers have handed the admlnlstraUon a Ust of 10 demands
along with an ultimatum to respond to those demands ln'written form* by Friday when the
hunger strike ends.
In a statement released yesterday by the Community RelaUons
Office, the administration said It
Is •taking the Ust of demands
as presented under advisement
as It does any other student, >
faculty or organizational request.
•The demands cover a number
Service group
clashes with FSC
'law and order'
The agony and Irony of being
a Fresno'State College student
has been reinforced, as SPURS,
Sophomore Women's Service Organization, met with the Law and
Title 5 of the Education Code.
Spurs has sponsored an annual
service project of washing windows of campus vehicles and
leaving printed reminders saying: 'Spurs took the time to wash
your windows, why don't you take
the time to drive carefully.*
Last Thursday, the girls were
diligently making windows sparkle when apprehended by campus
. police. The officer ln charged
*10-40ed* Chief Bambridge to
verify the violation of an ordinance - prohibiting handbills being placed on automobiles for the
•obvious' litter hazard. The
handbills were also cited as being
used for commercial purposes.
(If driving carefully ls a commercial, what a life-saving tonic.)
Although the girls stated they
had permission from tbe Student
Activities Office, their window
washing activities (a plot by hard
core mlUtants) were over.
of complex situations outside the
control of the local campus which
must be researched before any
response ls made. A response to
the demands will be made, however, ln due Ume."
The demands are:
1. That FSC admit 500 Chicano EOP students ln the fall of
1970;
2. That the job of assistant
to the dean of students be continued after June 1, 1970, and
that It be filled by a Chicano;
3. That Adan Juarez continue
as Assistant to the Director of
Financial Aids after June, 1970;
4. That FSC Immediately
create a Minority EducaUon
Council ln consultation with the
Ethnic Studies staff and students;
5. That FSC make a 3-year
plan to Increase the enrollment
of Chlcanos equal to the populaUon of the FSC service area;
6. That FSC administration
and Ethnic Studies staff and students have a discussion ln front
of the news media ln order to
clarify false accusations and Issues at FSC;
7. That FSC Immediately Increase its number of support
staff workers to match the populaUon of Its service area;
8. That FSC allocate eight
new faculty positions to La Raza
Studies for the fall of 1970. And
that any present staff who wishes
to stay at FSC be rehired;
9. That FSClmmetilatelyhire
a Chicano at the Admissions or
Registrars Office;
10. That FSC Immediately hire
a  Chleano co-director for the
Educational  Opportunities  Pro-
Gulllermo Martinez, a lecturer
ln La Raza Studlss and spokesman for tbe strikers, said in
response to the administration's
statement, 'They say the response will be made ln doe time.
That means whenever they feel
like responding. They're going
(tbe admlnlstraUon) to come oat
why Fresno State will not be relevant to Chicano students and why
Flkes and Falk are going to destroy anything that has to do with
In explaining the demands Martinez said ha thought the admission of 500 more Chicano EOP
students was a reasonable figure,
since "35 per cent of the FSC
service area lathe Chicano Community.' In referring to demands
for more Chicano faculty, support staff, workers and administrators, be ssid, "If the school
ls going to be 35 per cent rep-
resentaUve of the community It
will need personnel who can understand and service Chicano
people.*
Martinez said the demand for
a Minority Education Council was
made because Chlcanos 'want
some sort of checks and balances
on the full control Falk and Flkes
have. There should be an aU-
eoUege governing board to administer programs of minorities.
This board will supervise all
minority programs and be made
up  of  FSC people,
(Continued on Page 3, Col. 3)
Dorm program will
promote involvement
numbers were obtained by the officers and they were told to meet
with Chief Bambridge and Dr.
Kenneth Kerr, Director of Student Activities, for a "confrontation.*
Moral: "Grime doesn't pay.*
Fresno State College students
have recently launched out on
another community-service project to help culturally deprived
children ln the greater Fresno
Recently, the mterhall Council
of the Fresno State CoUege Residence HaUs Instituted the Big
Brother - Big Sister program ln
an effort to get resident haU students more Involved ln community activlUes.
The main purpose of the project, according to Miss Judy
Bettencourt, coordinating chairman, ls to bring understanding
an Involvement between resident
hall students and culturally deprived children.
•There
students working witn the North
Avenue Commlnlty Center ln
Fresno to find Interested children
and a counsellor to aid the Inter-
hall Council ln this project,*
she said.
•We have scheduled three
group acUvlty days for the children and the students,* she added.
•Last Saturday, February 28th,
games and a get-acquainted party
was held to acquaint the coUege
students with their UtUe brother
or sister,* she stated.
\ The next scheduled event wUl
be an Easter egg hunt and luncheon for the children on March
15th. The last scheduled event
of the year ls a dinner In the
dorm cafeteria for the children.
Following the dinner, there wiU