1971_12 The Daily Collegian December 1971

              Daily
Collegian
Task force will study
health service expansion
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1971
Campus food distribution policy
endorsed by Student Senate
By Lee Trachtenberg
Collegian Staff Writer
President Norman A. Baxter
has been asked by the Student
Senate to adopt the policy on
. public sale or distribution of food
on campus as approved by the
Student Affairs Committee Nov.
dent   r.
ral o
stated that you would like Input
from faculty and student organizations In regards to policy decisions affecting the academic
community.*
Under the poUcy, the director
of student activities will consult
with the campus environmental
health officer In issuing permits
for food sales by college groups.
Until the position of campus environmental health officer Is
filled, the activities director will
consult with the county Public
Health Department.
Permits will state the time,
place and way food sales will take
place. The distribution of food
must be In compliance with state
and county health regulations and
the sponsoring organization must
handle the disposal problem.
that a group Is not following the
provisions of this policy then he
shall    withdraw    permission  to
conduct the sale.
_^   The policy does not apply
Ma
application Immediately In
the San Ramon II, contact
Patricia Lovelace and leave
a message for Sanford
Wright.
Individuals exchanging food Items
or selling them so long as that
activity Is not of a general nature
and does not Involve public display and soliciting.
In other action last week, the
senate approved a budget line
Hem change for homecoming Involving the reshuffling of $260.
That amount was eliminated from
the awards, luncheons, publicity
and miscellaneous categories and
The senate also took $15 out of
Its discretionary fund to sponsor
a child In the Tokalon Service
Organization's Toy Tree for underprivileged children. The approved resolution stated many
FSC clubs were also sponsoring
children.
Jim Pusey was appointed to the
budget committee after receiving
recommendations for that post
from the Senate Personnel Committee and from Student President Phil Sherwood.
The senate will meet again today at 3 p.m. In College Union
312-314. In addition to a rally
committee line Item change, the
student legislators win consider
a resolution In support of the
Clean En'
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d $20 0'
!   will  b
By Anne Richards
Collegian staff Writer
Abortions at the Student Health
Center? No. Birth control Information and contraceptives?
Probably.
The Fresno State CoUege administration has given preliminary approval to Increasing student health services on campus,
after the California Slate College
Board of Trustees last week
gave each campus In the system
local option In the matter.
Services under consideration
Include: venereal disease and
drug abuse education and treatment, cancer detection and family planning Information.
Student Body President Phil
Sherwood said yesterday that he
Is recruiting a task force to work
out the specifics of the new services. Those Interested In serving on the committee may obtain
further Information by contacting
the Student President's Office,
College Unln306, telephone 487-
2657.
Operation of Ihe augmented
services will begin In the fall of
1972, with the possibility that
some   may be started by next
Money for the expanded pro- laboratory tests, prescriptions,
gram   could   come   from four medications, and contraceptives.
sources: the present Materials The trustees indicated that. If
and Service fee, the $2 voluntary the local campus wished, these
health services fee, student body individual    expenses    could    be
fees, and outside contributions. covered by voluntary health In-
Indlvldual   student  patients surance now available to every
would  be required to pay for student.
China visitor will speak
What are the opinions of the
Chinese people on the world situation? What do they expect tore-
suit from President Richard Nix -
on's forthcoming visit to their
country?
These are among the questions
which will be addressed tomorrow evening by Mary LouGreen-
berg, a spokeswoman for the
Revolutionary Union and recently
returned visitor from the People's Republic of China.
Ms. Creenberg will speak and
. show color sUdes of China at
7:30 p.m. in Science 161.
The speaker's three month
visit to China was one of the few
made by an American citizen
since that nation's 1949 Commit.
1 cities  i
regions   of  China,   talked  with
workers, peasants and students,
and met with Premier Chou En-
Lai.
Among the topics of conversation between Ma. Creenberg and
her Chinese hosts were develop-
ment and use of the'country's
educational curriculum, Chinese
sentiment toward the American
people and changes' in the Uvea
of Chinese workers and women
Ms. Greenberg's Fresno State
College appearance la sponsored
by the US-China Friendship Association. She wlU also apeak today at Fresno City CoUege under
the auspices of the FCC Young
Democrats.
Baxter comments on name change
The following statement concerning Governor Ronald Rea7
gan's Monday signing of the state
coUege name change bill has been
made by Fresno Stale College
President Norman A. Baxter.
•The signing of Assembly Bill
123 by Governor Reagan Is of
significance to the California
State CoUeges and particularly
to Fresno State College.
"A name change for FSC wlU
depend on the criteria to be
established by the Coordinating
Council for Higher Education and
the Board of Trustees.
•Under normal circumstances
I believe we will meet these criteria and the name of the coUege
would be changed to university.
•The change wlU be Important
to students, faculty and theover-
f lis contingency
fund to finance a publicity campaign In support of the environmental protection bill.
If the measure passes, David
Collins, student legislative vice
president, win be directed to Issue at least one press release
about the senate's support In
April 1972 and others In May and
In June.
The    resolution states  that
Oueen's Tea, Ball this week
The Queen's Tea and Ball, two
long-standing traditions at Fresno State CoUege, will lake place
The queen's Tea, a public reception for FSC's four Campus
Queen' finalists, will take place
today from 3-5 p.m. Setting for
Following th
panel of campus and community
representatives.
The Queen's Ball, a formal
dance featuring-music byStoney-
brook, will take place Saturday
from 9 p.m.—midnight In the
CoUege Union Lounge.
The evening wlU be highlighted
by the coronation of the newCam-
pus Queen at 10:30 p.m.
Tickets for the ball are currently   on sale at the CoUege
of $3 a couple.
all development of the Institution.
The public generally considers
a university aa more prestigious
than a college, students wUlnare
the prestige of having graduated
from a university. They win find
It easier to compete in the Job
graduate and professional schoola
should be enhanced by the change.
•Faculty recruiting should be
easier as most other similar
Institutions in this country carry
the name 'university.' The university designation should also
,make It easier for faculty mem-
the n;
leof the
change recognizes *
ready a fact — that at
recognized colleges In California
are In fact universities in everything but name.
•1   believe  this   n
wlU   I
for higher education in the si
This student housing was built for habitation, not high profits
v"
Berkeley, California (AFS) -
Today's developers build student
apartment housing for profit, not
for human habitation; and high
profits demand high density, uniformity, and minimal quality. But
by the time a Tenant Union is
ready to take action, the problem
already exists, permanently. In
the form of several stories of
concrete and glass.
On such widely scattered campuses as the University of Oregon (in Portland), the University
of Texas (In Austin), and the
University of California at Los
Angeles, students are getting Into
the business of building apartments themselves, showing what
The students who worked on
i project are all
f the University Students Co-operative Association,
an organization owned and governed by students. For the past
30 years, USCA has been running
student dormitories on a nonprofit, low-cost basis. It was
less than three years ago.that the
students at USCA, Berkeley, decided to build an apartment com-
•We sensed an Increasing
amount of dissatisfaction with
group living In general,* says
Ray Adams, former USCA president. With the help of Dick Palmer, the general manager.of the
organization, Adams and a group
The first such project has already bean completed near the
sprawling Berkejey
Completed last f
total coat of $2.2 minion, Berke-
■ Rochdale Village la built
r 280 at
1969.
They soon found
complete agreement on what they
DIDN'T want. -The students made
they did not
Developer's Draam - no
j, nobarestuc-
As Jay Goldsmith, Chairman of
the' Planning Committee, puts it:
■We   didn't  want   to live in a
Rather than having one Urge
building, they decided on a Tillage* which would consist of five
or six low-rise buildings clustered around a central courtyard.
Each student would have a private bedroom, so ha could study
without being disturbed.
And they decided toforgoother
niceties in order to have the exterior covered with large shingles giving.the whole complex an
Inviting, rustic quality.
AU this waa supposed to happen right tn the middle of a hlgh-
tha average developer wouldn't
draam of putting up a building
without equipping It arlth a whole
network of security devices -
cally   triggered locks,
signed to protect his I
But when Rochdale Village
started springing up, It soon became apparent that some students
felt that there were things more
Important than security. Like
having lota of open plazas and
outdoor walkways In place of the
long dreary corridors
"You can lock up a building all
you want to," comments Ray
Adams, "but sooner orlaterpeo-
ple get tn anyway. We felt that If
we created an environment that
people could enjoy, could feel at
home in, then they would take an
active part In helping maintain
the security of the building.*
could be completed?
•Are  you kidding? Whan we
started out la February 1969, we
i andat the our plana, secure the land from
the University, and get a $2 mil-
of pleasant open space that the Hon loan from the Department
residents can share.
lot of
months Just to get ot
for a Regents'*  meeting. Yeah,
i times when we thought
>lt;wetookltoae
aver else might decide to wander     hurdle at a Una.'
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