1979_11 The Daily Collegian November 1979

              November 20,1979
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CAUrOINIA    STATI    UNIVIISITY,    MIINO
)me 'here to get an education'
Probe of CSUF Iranian students begins
By Tom BrWaon
.Staff
Dash
in response to Pros Carter's orders
to investigate visas and the academic
standing of Iranians in the US, the
f resno office of the Immigration and Ma
•urali/ation Service is sending a letter te
about 1.000 Iranian stuckmts in dw San
i oaquin Valley asking them to report in
The investigation in this area is expec
red to be completed in about a week and
and a half, according to Charles Stevens
officer in charge
'We will follow the same procedures
n this case that we follow in checking
the credentials of any aliens in this country regardiess of where they am from,'
Stevens saad
Stevens, said has officers wiM be look
ng for oiaadated visas and making sure
that Iranians daimmg to be stuckmts am
attending school full time
' if a visa is out of order, the officer has
the option of reporting the iridhf*dmm to
tKe San Frarscisco office (of INS) for a de
portatton hearing/ Stevens said   'The
two weeks to two otonths ■
Individuals reported tor a
hearing will have die option of g
home  rather than  easing  through
Of the 1,000 Iranians m the vaMey 283
am at CSUF The INS will be on carnpus
Monday and Tuesday this week to facrli
fate the credential check of Iranian students here
*We will be cooperating with the INS
on campu* to rnake it more convenient
for the iraman students here.' said
Robert Knudsen, director of the international Student Counseling Office
Knudsen expressed some dismay at
the visa check, which is taking place
across the nation
'We have a number of Iranian students on this campus who have visas that
am slightly out of date, not rwcessariry
through any fault of their own, making rt
possible that they could be deported
Asany of these people are good stuctonts
who have not committed any crime * he
said
'A number of Iranians have come up
to my office, not able to lancfcrstend why
this is happening to them, some of them
crying," he seed
The television cameras in dw area am
expected to be present when CSUF students are checked 'making it out to be a
rest side show ' Knudsen saad
Fanad, 22, is one of the Iraman stu-
aentj enrolled on this campus
Modern-day prospector
seeks the glittery stuff
Sy Kaeky Dick
Daily CiRigim Staff Repertoi
I eslw Cartock has gold on her mind It
» "<* because the price has soared above
*400 an ounce, but because she com
P^tes in panning for it
On Nov 1, Cartock won the Ladies
1 -old Panning ChamaxPnihip by defeat
"g 23 other contenders tn the 1st Intercollegiate Tournarneot held at Antelope
v alley Coke a* m Lagcaater.
The College had I mated several other
Colleges to participate in celebration of
"  yaav. CaTtock was invited to
s U r> since she won the World
"urn Chamrjtoattpxjo this past March in
H Narnond P the Troptco Cold Mine
'"•en panning since July 1*7*3
' a nn.rajkince Tf77 Her brother and
> also panners and compete Her
Anther Bruce, 17, has seon a first, second and third place to several tourna
trients
Cartock said they got interested in
panning when some friends of theirs
from Ahwahnee who competed to gold
panning caateate taught dsem how to do
rt
There are several ways to pan gold In
the tourrwjrrsents a parson has eight
isuggets and his or her pan is filled to the
top with sand The obeect is to get the
sand out and keep the nuggets in
"I have a toctwPque that gets the sand
out realty fast called a ferasing technique ' said Oarlock
This technique involves* putting the
pan in water arid patting the sand exit of
the pan Another way is to move the pan
m the water to get nd of the fond. Car
lock said a parson can arso dunk a Sited
pan m and out of dw water te wash dw
sand out
Cartock said her technaope seams to
work weft for her bocausa of dw star of
her hands She sasd that was an imperil
His visa is outdated, making haa eligible for a deportation hearing He is a
senior this year, and must apply for a
visa each year he remains tn this country Sometimes, it takes a while to get
that visa
"There are 50,000 Iranians tn this
country and not very massy Iranian embassies.' Fanad said "Sometimes it
takes weeks to get a visa '
He hopes he wilt not be deported He
has paid 16 000 for his tuition at CSUF.
which does not include living expenses
If he had to wave the US. there ts some
doubt that he would be able to continue
his eckjcataon right away because the
university system in Iran cannot accomodate the vast number ef students m that
country
Americans tend to generalise Iranians, Fanad said
'Not alt Iranians support Krsometni
Some am append to him and others am
somewhere in between,' he said
"It is frightening to thank that I may be
departed I will try to talk to those people
(the INS) after alt. I have not consnsrt
ted any criminal offense ' he said
* I am not here to cause trouble I am
here to get an education '
Adjusting general education
with the student in mind
SyLariCriaaaar
Oaatv CsStgian Staff Ra
The General Education Subiiaanaatei
has completed its rsjvsew of the Chan
eel tor s Office Task Force on CE report,
which would iiscraase CE umts to 48.
reujuiro that 9 tasks be upper division
and that 9 units be taken at the urtrver
stty granting the degree
The ssjbcommittee, as Rs response to
the roport, rejccenmended trimming the
4g unat proposed roepkement by merging dw American History and Covern-
tssent roojiMiwnwrrts from two throe unit
classes, into one It also reconsrrtecxtod
diet dsts dass count toward the tout
CE rorjpirernent, which rt doss not at
A suggestion was rrtade that dw option
to receive credit by exami nat »on be more
widely publicized in regard ta (pas
reapaireiniiil. since rt was expressed
that many students am well studied m
history and goveinrasmt throughout
their high school years Credit by exami
nation m place of other CE roeajare-
rneerts, R was feh. could reduce a stu-
dent sCE toed by 15 to 20 units
The Crwanceftor s Task Force saad that
CE 'slsould be slip touted daoughout
the sarsder graduate experience end not
regarded merely as soiiietkiiig te be
gotten out of dw way' as early as
possible * TVHuety, R juswftws dw recom
meridatten that 9 out of dw 08 units be
upper division level umts The CE Sub
Idas i
cornpttted To reojuae a rumor or sensor
to spend one-third of his or her time to
CE, seems unfair ' This would be
especially hard for transwers from j
callages he said because haa
do not offer upper division units An
piobtem cited was that rnset
division dat aw roipare pre-
These reosjsrwnsents would
tie up even rnore of the student $ time
in general education, and would restrict
choice captions of classes
The additional Task Form reconsmen-
datton that 9 units of CE be aimpseted
at the urwVersrty granting the degree
met wtth sirnstar disapproval Chrttick
rjmrrted out that about 300 CSUF stu
dents am transfer*, and many of them
transfer m their senior year If a transfei
student knows that 9 units of CE are
yet to be cornptetod in dw senior year,
he or she would be mssuaded from
attend** CSUF
In
specific rsjcornnwssdataons af dw Task
Force report, the subcommitte reeero-
rneisded that courses m other cultures,
'especialty those ipaxdtcjjaty rolavant
to California bemckjated as a separate
n lagan to any CE program " CVSaPck
said that the committee s rationale far
the recoarsmasridaoon is diet these
caRPral iiudtoj am, 'as important at
more fractional courses, m a state ssjch
as ours, wrtth a
Chrttick spoakmg for the
The subcui i smittee' s response and
suggestions to dw Task Force roport nwt
past atear from the Academic Planning
too aaaa 2    come to CSUF with dwtr CE akaady     the response to the Charicelaor sCla^sce