1971_09 The Daily Collegian September 1971

              Toney, Zumwalt are ordered reinsir*****
Two decisions overruling actions of Fresno State College
President NormanA.Baxter have
ordared th* rehiring of one FSC
faculty member and the reinstatement to department chairmanship of another.
The fl
of Black Assistant Chemistry
professor Joe David Toney, was
ordered Aug. 2 by State College
Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke.
Toney had been Informed last
Dec. 1 by the college administration that he was not to be retained on the FSC faculty for the
1971-72 school year.
The second decision, Issued
Sept. 7 by a SacramentoSupcrlor
Court, ordered the reinstatement
of EngUsh Professor Eugene E.
Zumwalt aa chairman of the FSC
English Department. Zumwalt
was removed from the department chairmanship Dec. 5 and the
doors of the department offlce
bolted shut as campus police/
looked on.
Toney, a two-year member of
the FSC faculty, was Informal
of his non-retention along wlln
12 other faculty members, te
had previously been recommenced for rehiring by his colleagaes
In the department, the department
chairman and the acting deanjof
the School of Natural Science*.
The assistant chemistry professor then charged the colle_e
administration with racial dls*.
crimination against him because
of his Involvement in the alleged
•forcible detention* of PhlUlp
Walker, then Acting Dean of the
Daily
Collegian
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1971
Daily Collegian resumes
publication today
of The Dally
Collegian marks the first publi-
e FresnoState College
student newspaper since last May
21.
i funding of the
following   school   year's  Colle-
; delayed for the second
college president.
FSC President Norman A.
Baxter announced ln mid-June his
refusal to approve the student
publication's 1971-72 budget
pending a meeting between hlm-
!lf and the Student Senate Board
i Publications, direct publisher
of the student newspaper.
before, then Acting
President Karl L. Falk withheld
funds from the frequently controversial publication. Funding
was later restored by Baxter following negotiations wllh last
i publications board.
dlook ir
pe pos
it the n
Baxter
son for thc second withholding of
funds was his belief that the Collegian staff had acted lrrespon-
ily during the procedlng year,
an example, he cited a final
Itlon photograph  of Collegian
College Union presents
orientation program
Three evenings of entertainment designed to Introduce students to Fresno State College
Union wlU be presented this week
by the College Union Popular
Arts Committee.
A showing of short comedy
films featuring Laurel and Hardy
and the Marx Brothers will highlight this evening's activities.
The films will begin at 8 p.m.
ln the College Union Lounge.
The  Lounge   will   also be the
evening by Sioux City Friends, an
acoustic rock group, and blues
guitarist Kenny Hall. The concert will begin at 8 p.m.
Fresno State College's annual
Howdy Dance will take place at
8 p.m. Thursday in the Free
Speech Area, located south ofthe
College Union. Featured entertainment Let the event wlU be
Blue Graas Dakota, a ►•tal rock
group.
Thetx
nal rr
leglan funds, voiced plans to
view  the   newspaper  weekly
determine adherence to Boarc
Publications    policies    and   the
Canons of Journalism.
In addttlon to Its already established powers to censure, suspend   and    fire   the newspaper
policy under which the editor
can be fined for publishing material objectionable to a majority
of Its membership.
Under the new policy, the Collegian editor will, be paid at the
end of the month rather than at
the beginning, so that he can be
fined out of that month's grant.
The editor receives a $500 grant
The Board on Publications also
plans to periodically meet with
specialists in particular aspects
of journalism to Increase Its
knowledge of publications prob-
Baxter Indicated that approval
of spring semester funding ofthe
Collegian ls dependent on how
well tho board carries out Its
aforementioned plans.
The Board on Publications,
which has immediate authority
over student body publications, ls
composed of two faculty members, six studenU and a rerro-
of the college president.
School of Arts and Sciences, tn
his office ln the spring of 1970.
Both campus and court charges
lodged against Toney as a result
of that action were later dropped
for lack of evidence.
A campus grievance bearing
later brought by Toney against
the coUege administration over
his non-retention was decided ln
favor of Toney, but Baxter overruled  the  three-man  grievance
the  coUege e
The ousted professor appealed
the decision to the state level
committee which recommended
to Dumke that Toney be rehired.
At tbe Ume of Dumke's decision, both the SUte Fair Employment Practices Commission
and the federal Department of
Health,   Education  and  Welfare
r Tooey'e t
On Aug. 19, Toney filed a
1539,000 claim wtth the State
Board of Control, charging that
Baxter, WlUlam Fulkerson, Jr.,
his assistant for campus affairs
and Dr. Horace O. SchorUng,
FSC execuUve vice president,
prevented his hiring by Atlanta
University.
The claim sUtes that tbe FSC
officials advised AtlanU University of pending grievances between the college and Toney *for
the purpose of adversely affecUng
the employment opportunities* of
the Black professor.
The result, the claim says,
ls that the university withdrew
IU offer of employment. Accord-
,e*nS&'
fired employee from
obtaining another Job.
A SUte Board of Control
spokesman predicted that the
claim would be dismissed, clearing the way tor flUng of a'clvll
Toney also has
s Under, false an
prlsonment
$1.1
o detention lncl- .
■lent.
The Zumwalt decision, Issued
by Superior Court Judge WlUlam
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15,000 students expected
to register at FSC
are expected to sign up for
classes tomorrow and Thursday
during Fresno SUte CoUege's
r registration.
s displaying a gesture  which   he termed obscene.
Following three meetings of
the Board on Publications, one of
which was attended by Baxter, the
college president released Collegian funds for the fall semester.
In a letter to board Chairman
David Fox, Baxter announced his
approval of half of the Collegian's
$55,705 budget 'on the basis of
the board's commitment to study
the role and responsibilities of
the campus newspaper ln order
to provide the campus with effective news coverage.*
In  addition, Baxter suggested
This
r will li
I registration procedure designed to ease such beglnnlng-
of-the-semesUr student maladies as writer's cramp, tired feet
and acute Impatience from waiting In seemingly endless lines.
Under  the  new process, stu
dents wtll begin registration by
picking up registration materials
at the north door of the Men's
Gymnasium   during   the  proper
Registration will begin at
8 a.m., tomorrow for graduate
students and end at 5 p.m.Thursday  for  the   final  group  of ln-
Absent this year will be the
registration booklets which formerly re<juired 13tlme-consum-
FSC's two presidents offer
welcoming messages
o FSC studenU.
slblUty of moving the daily newspaper off campus. Such an arrangement would remove the
paper from college Jurisdiction
and require It to survive without
funds and facllltl
Ing pages of writing from each
student. Instead, studenU wlU
receive only permit to register
cards, an ethnic study survey
card  and  a  single   registration
StudenU will then leave the
Gym to sign up for classes on
rosUrs ln various department
rooms on campus. These 44 locations are listed ln the fall
Schedule of Courses.
As usual, registration wUl conclude at the Women's Gymnasium
with payment of fees. This semester, however, ln exchange
for their money studenU wlU receive an envelope of 'trans-
first day of Instruction.
Students are reminded to write
the schedule numbers of the
classes for which they are confirming their reservations on the
transaction cards before turning
them ln to each of their lnstruc-
A student who Is registering
•late will have his program card
signed by h
transaction card to
ls original enroll-
No forms will be required to
add or drop classes during the
first two weeks of Instruction,
thus eliminating the lengthy trips
on     Dr. Horman A. Baiter;
Sixty years ago this month,
Fresno State College opened with
its first class of 150 stude.ts.
This fall we welcome more than
15,000 s
a 100 tl
s incr
i sixty-year history, there
have been countless changes —
ln location of the campus. Its
physical size and development,
In philosophical approach, and in
growth. Students, faculty and administration, working together,
have seen that once small normal
school become one of ihe leading
colleges In the California State
College system. Working together, we have seen the construction and development of our
present campus and growth ln
faculty and academic expertise.
One factor that has not changed,
however, Is student Interest,
dedication and the striving tor
academic excellence. I hope that
you wlU continue to work wllh
the faculty and the administration to make this one of the most
producUve years of your educational experience and one of the
most productive ln the college's
When I ran for the office of
student president last spring,
we used the slogan "Student Needs
are our #1 Priority.* It was our
recognition that student government had been stagnant over the
last few years. We realized that
It was time lt got off the bureaucratic commode and started roov-
Student government had moulded luelf after the Image of many
of our larger Institutions. It
moulded IU personnel Into gears,
springs, and cogs that would
make lt operate like a shiny new
watch. Like most bureaucracies,
lt was efficient, but grossly In-
We feel that lt ls time tor
student government to stop'play-
lng* government and to sUrt
working for students again. We
want each student to feel, not
that be ls a part of the organization, but that he IS tbe organization. We want our organlzatlon
to be people, working together,
tor each other. Our goal should
not just be to find a function for
anyone who wants to participate,
but,   instead,   we   should  maas
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for   the   return  of  a
studer.ts will again
be required to go to the Student
Records   Office  to obtain  drop
Classes dropped before the
end of the fourth week of school
will not be entered on studenU'
permanent records. After that
time, studenU dropping courses
wlU be subject to a «WF* (withdrawal faUlng) or «WP* (withdrawal passing) grade from their
Instructor depending upon their
academic standing In the class.
Classes may be dropped until
IC academic daya before tha be-
gl nlng of final examinations.
Hits semester's fe* schedule
will be the same aa that used
during the spring semester.
StudenU enrolling for 12 units
or more will be charged $34; tor
eight to 12 units, $74; tor four to
eight u_tU, $59. and tor less than
four tmlU, $94.
The only fee Increase wUl be
in the tuition charged to foreign
studenU. This charge wUl become the same aa for non-resident students, $555 plus other
toes required of r»M<<"nt stu-