1970_12 The Daily Collegian December 1970

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2    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
EDITORIAL
Baxter continues Falk's politics
It there were any doubts about Norman Baxter's capacity for
Falkian tyranny, they were quickly drowned In yesterday's tlde-
of-repression-turned-tidal wave.
In moving yesterday to purge key campus liberals from their
teaching posts at Fresno State College, Baxter clearly displayed
the same kind of sick fascist intolerance for individualism and the
same kind of antl-democratlc, anti-Intellectual behavior associated
with the Falk administration. (In fact, the announcements of the
faculty firings almost coincided with the anniversary of the administrative shake-up last year which saw key liberal and moderate
administrators ousted from power by then newly appointed President Karl Falk.)
Baxter, Uke Falk, has chosen to continue the systematic removal
of any of those on campus who dare to speak out, who dare to be
liberal and progressive In their thinking. Again weare.seeing
men lose their Jobs, not because they are Incompetent and lacking
In professional ethics, but because they hold political beUefs and
philosophies of teaching alien to those In power.
Like Falk. Baxter Is obsessed wllh remaking the university in
the corporate image. Those who are not 'loyal* and are •Insubordinate* are canned. There Is great zeal for conformity,
rigidity, efficiency and all the other values associated with the
factory-type operaUon of the authoritarian enterprise.  There is thc
Baxter learne
d his lesso
ns well while se
rvmg
as Academic Vice
President   undei
-   Falk  and
.    He has
•iron hand*, ev
ns the death of a
ment  and-the  perpetuation
i of fe
ar   and dlstrus
I.    He has learned
to "communicat
e" with the
s and faculty by
bureaucratic  rh
t decisions via mcmor-
i* whl
le enthusiastically
licking the boot;
Trust
ees and proclaim -
Ing  before them that the r
ilggers
are happy on his plantation (he's
It  would appear  Falk  n
ever l<
!ft FSC ai
t he still occupies
the   President's
Ik Is a little more
refined,   a  llttli
?   more   adept   at
tools of power and
persuasion,   but
e students
are th
>ld tyrant
inorri
the same old poll-
apathetic mass,
repression.
incapable.
and u.
.willing   ti
I  tun
^^urlonswor^'
'Any resemblance to Karl Falk is purely coincidental'
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and the California State College
System has FresnoStateCollegc.
What do all these places have in
common" They are all institutions  where Individual liberties
dictatorial. Such a fact, once
open to dispute, has become reinforced and enforced by the recent political purges at Ihts academic prison.
Purges have. Indeed,long been
an effective tool of dictators for
Uructlon    of  opposition
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The fact remains that those who
have btvii fired HAVE tieen fired
because they refused to lick the
boots of any regime and have had
ihe Integrity to stand up and bo
counted. The reasons for the firings have been made fairly clear:
Philosophy Professor RendeU
Mabey was firedliecausehedared
to speak the truth and voice his
honest feelings about the Inadequacies of the system and Elton
Hall of the same department was
fired because. Cr>l-forhid. he is
a •liberal.' Social Work professors Ruhl and O'Neill were fired
because they taught progressively and Professor Ed Dutton of
the  same department was fired
and because his brother happens
to    be    a    liberal    anti-Reagan
the nerve to do draft counseling
and because this administration
can't understand correctly
spoken Engllsh. Ken Kerr. Director    of Student   Activities,   was
dents (who are. of courseVfrthe
enemy") and Chemist Joe Toney—
was fired because he Is black.
crawl for mercy or whether they
will, lor once, not disappoint the
students who look up to them and
refuse to be Intimidated. Only-
faculty unity can possibly win
faculty freedom and student respect. The time, professors. Is
growing short   Don't fool your-
happen here." That's what was
mistakenly thought by professors
In Hitler's Germany - and lt
DID HAPPEN THERE.
-D. R. Safreno
LETTER
Faculty privileges
faculty   of a  college must have
example. I Imagine there are
numerous rationale for allowing
faculty the privilege of checking
records out of the music library
and bound periodicals out of the
stacks (privileges not extended to
students). But when this privilege
Is abused by the faculty lt should
be   withdrawn  or   more strictly
I   refer  to   my   experience of
Our faculty has b
by the repressive Nazi machine
of Baxter-Flkes-Rea. Now comes
the big test - whether the faculty
will again lower their heads and
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I assume the privileges granted the faculty are partly justified
by the belief that faculty members
~ban be   relied   upon   more   than
responsible faculty members.
However, from these above experiences I would argue that there
is as much Irresponsibility In the
faculty as there Is In the student
body, and on this basis I feel
these privileges, which are
sometimes  to  the  detriment of
enforced more structly.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Tueeday, December 1, 197(f    THE DAILY COLLEOtAN
Fate of Collegiani special editions in Jones' hands
By Jenny Bailey
Collegian Managing Editor
The fate of special editions of
the Dally Collegian rests In the
hands of Student Body President
BUI Jones. Jones Is expected
to announce today whether he will
veto  the Student Senate's action
to override the Board on Publl-
minate aU special edition
Daily Collegian.
Jones Is expected to a
his decision at a press conference at 11 a.m. in CU 314 today.
Jones was unavailable for com
ment yesterday but informed
sources said Jones will probably
veto the senate's recommendation. Jones has stated that •special edlUons do not foUow Board
on Publication's guidelines.*
•I don't agree with the special
edlUons because they don't follow '
Swope seeks second term as
editor; three others compete
By Barbara ^
Collegian Staff Writer
Dally Collegian Editor Burton
Swope will seek a second term of
office Thursday, as the Student
Senate Board on Publications
meets to select the Fresno State
College newspaper's spring edl-
tor-ln-chlef.
Swope wtll be opposed In his
re-election bid by Lee J. Trach-
tenberg, John S. Travis and De-
Wayne Albert Williams Jr.
nallstlc principle of fairness - I
am absolutely obsessed with It.*
said Trachtenberg. "If a reporter
for the Collegian Is not fair,* he
reporter for the CoUegian."
Trachtenberg completed six
semesters of high school Journalism, Including one year as editor of the Valencia High School
majority v
n by
e nine voting
.   He v,
I high s
weekly meeting. *■
Swope, a senior journalism
major, was a CoUegian staff
writer before his selection as fall
semester editor. He Is a nonvoting member of the Board on
Publications and member of Phi
Kappa Phi and phi Theta Kappa      commentary
"As the spring 1971 editor of
the  Collegian,"  said  Swope,   "I
policies established under my
editorship this fall." Ills policies
are "to follow current guidelines
of the Board on Publications and
strive for excellence In reporting
and  writing;  to seek added di-
the student body better; to make
the Dally Collegian more relevant
to the needs and desires of the
majority of students."
Swope previously was a reporter-apprentice and columnist for
the Casa Grande (Arizona) Dispatch and a cartoonist for U.S.
Army publications and the Fresno City College Rampage.
A junior Journalism major,
Trachtenberg reports for Insight,
the journalism department's laboratory publication, through enrollment In an advanced reporting
TONEY
(Continued from Page 1)
ney William Daly later dropped
charges "In the Interest of justice* following Investigation.
'Our investigation reveals he
was not actively Involved and was
not present In a capacity that
would indicate any leadership
role," stated Daly.
Campus disciplinary charges
of "unprofessional conduct"
against Toney, Initiated at Walker's request, have been pending
since May despite attempts by
Toney to dismiss charges or begin hearings.
•I have no choice but to conclude  that  the college does not
disposing of the charges against
me,' said Toney In a recent In-
He suggested that the five and
a half month delay was an attempt
to discredit him during investigations into his retention. The
unprofessional conduct charges,
If not formaUy processed, or
dismissed, will remain on his
personnel record.
Toney Indicated that he has
"adequate legal basis" to file a
court injunction against his non-
retention stemming from the
campus processing of bis case.
Attorneys for Toney have also
initiated a $1.1 million suit
against Walker on charges of
'filing false and unsubstantiated
charges* with tbe District Attorney as a result of the March
Incident.
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correspondent  for
Bulletin and edited the Placentla
He was editor of the Fullerton
Junior College newspaper while
studying    journalism    at    that
Travis, a senior journalism
major, was a candidate for editor
last semester and author of a
imn 'Down at the
Fresno Airport* In this year's
Collegian. He Is chairman of the
Public Relations Committee and
member of Blue Key, a campus
service organization.
•A total up-dating of the Dally
Collegian In content and size
needs to be considered by the new
editor and the Board on Publications," said Travis. The applicant suggested review of *the
total function of a college newspaper* and formation of an advisory' committee to provide "a
better understanding of how and
what the paper should do."
Travis was editor of Spectator,
the Chabot College student news-
Sophomore Journalism major
Williams is a staff writer for
Uhuru. the CoUegian special edition pubUshed by Black students.
•I believe we as Americans
should be better Informed,* said
WUllams. The candidate vowed to
•Insure exact and conclslve
news* to acquaint students with
•all that Is happening and how lt
effects their country."
Williams previously worked on
the reporting staffs of the Edison
High School Highlight and the
FCC Rampage. He was a member
of Quill and Scroll, a national
honorary society for high school
journalists.
The Board i
meet at 4 p.m. Thu
the policies and procedures sat
down by the Board on PubUcaUons,* he said.
Jones' veto win leave the senate two alternatives: they can
either overrule Jones' veto with
a 2/3 vole or let Jones' veto
stand. However, the Board on
Publications could conceivably
reverse Its own decision and re-
Instate the special editions.
The Student Senate, in a special session last Wednesday,
voted 18-10 In favor of overriding the Board on PubUcaUons
actions to discontinue publishing
all special edlUons of the Dally
CoUegian by next semester. Tbe
board had previously voted to
accept the recommendation made
by the Editorial Advisory Board
which urged elimination of special edlUons.
Senators voting to uphold the
Board on Publications wersTca-
meron Balrd, Steve Vartabedlan,
Bob Fletcher, Clarence Unruh,
Robert Cate, Nick Rohrer, Richard Moore, Bob Scott and Dan
The Senate then approved a resolution calling for a committee
to be appointed to make recommendations on special edlUons
of the CoUegian and report back
to the Senate on them.
The "committee shall submit
to a special session of the Stu
dent Senate a
objective report, Including but
not Umlted to a full history of
tbe problem, a full evaluation
of all rationally proposed solutions and a proposed solution.*
The ad-hoc committee of tha
Senate will Investigate special
editions and bold bearings, subpoena evidence and hear testi-
wlth the editions. All meeUngs
of the committee wUl be open
to the public.
Members of the committee wlU
Include the Editor of the Daily
CoUegian, one member of tbe
Board of PubUcaUons, Editorial
Advisory Board and Student Senate, the advisor for the Black
edlUons and the Chlcano editions,
one Black and one Brown member
of the President's Minority Council and the Student Body President or his representative.
The report of the committee
wUl be given to the Senate on
March 17, 1971 and the Senate
will vote on the action no later
than March 24.
The resolution also stated that
•until such time as the committee
submits its report to the Student
Senate the Board on PubUcaUons
shall be directed by the Student
Senate to refrain from taking any
further action on tbe status of
the special edlUons.*
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