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Special Baseball Section
See SportSpecud Inside pages 6-7
The Daily Collegian
California State University, Fresno
Tuesday, April 5,1968
Sellout crowd welcomes Carter
By Barry Grove
Staff Writer
Former President Jimmy Carter told a
sold-out North Gym crowd Monday night
the United States could enhance its "greatness" only if economic, military and political powers are used for peace.
"We live in the most powerful influential nation on earth—I don't think anybody would disagree with me on that,"
Carter said after receiving a thunderous
standing ovation from about 2,500 Fres-
nans. "If we use our power properly our
greatness is enhanced. If we use it improperly or fail to use it our greatness is not
enhanced."
Carter, this semester's featured speaker
with the University Lecture Scries,
stressed five points he said were essential
to keeping the United States the most
powerful nation on earth.
The United States must first use its
world influence for peace, Carter said,
"Not just with the Soviet Union but with
other nations as well. We must identify
troubled regions where hatred persists and
bring an alleviation of suffering through
American influence."
Carter, president from 1977-81, was
noted during his tenure for the Camp David Accords—peace talks between Israel
and Egypt
Carter criticized the Reagan administration for sending U.S. fighting troops to
Lebanon in the past. "The horrible vision
of American battleships and bomber
planes in and around Beirut is the single
most vivid memory of America in the
minds and hearts of those who live there,"
he said.
The same situation prevails in Central
America today. Carter said, referring to
U.S. Marines in Panama and Nicaragua.
"They're different from us—they're weaker
than we are—for generations diey've relied on our influence."
Carter, who has made several visits to
the politically unstable region of Central
America, including meetings with Nicaragua's Sandinista government, said,
"We've seen among these countries a
hunger the people have to see nations
established with a modicum of self respect and an honoring of human rights
with peace and prosperity
They're not going to be a ri'h nation—at least not in our lifetime—but
mothers and fathers would like to see
their children go to school," he said of the
region stricken with poverty.
Please see CARTER, page 3
Kurt HtgnJDatiy Collegian
Former President jimmy Carter spoke to a full house Monday at the North Gym.
Drop in math failure rate predicted
By Jana Lee Briscoe
Staff Writer
"Everybody knows about the math
Cnange and everybody's mad about it,"
said CSUF student Drew Mason. "As a
drama major I don't need math. I don't
think there should be a math requirement
anyway,.let alone raise it."
But the CSU chancellor says CSUF is
one of the last state universities to allow
intermediate algebra to Till the general
education requirement and starting next
fall, CSUFs math department will continue to raise the general math requirement to Math 11, 45, 72 or 75 rather
than the previous Math 4 in order to raise
the standards of other state .iieges.
"Even though the v .ous Math 4 had
a failing rate of X *o 40 percent," said
Dr. Peter Tannenbaum, chairman of the
math department,'' I think thai failing rate
will drop with the increase because we
predict most people will take Math 45,
which is a higher level but is easier to
learn because you don't have to know any
previous levels of math to understand it-
Even a person who doesn't have any
algebra experience can still pass this
class, and we think students will like it
better because it is a non-uadiuonal
class," he said.
Although Math 45 was offered to stu
dents this last spring, the course will
follow an all new outline based on some
geometry but mostly a mixture of mam
applied to the real world. "Students will
do better in Math 45 because their high
school background will relate better to
it," said Tannenbaum.
CSUFs new general education package
relates not only to math. Computer
Science has been raised to Computer
Science 20 and Ag. Economics will now
only be satisfied through course 71.
Psychology has been raised to course 42,
and a list of other general education requirements are in the process of being
updated to meet California's ever increas
ing demands on education.
Like the modernization of the math requirement, these changes bring CSUF
closer to the standards of UC Berkeley,
who has a course similar to Math 45 to
be offered in the rail. Most CSU campuses use a different approach to the general
education requirements than CSUF or
Berkeley.
Despite the raising of standards at
CSUF, those who will have to adhere to
the new course requirement dispute the
motion. "My mother didn't have to even
take Math 4 when she graduated here at
CSUF. She wasn't majoring in mam,
why should she?" said Mason.
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| Title | April 5, 1988, Page 1 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1988 |
| Description | Daily (except weekends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif. : BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels ; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Assocated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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| Full-Text-Search | Special Baseball Section See SportSpecud Inside pages 6-7 The Daily Collegian California State University, Fresno Tuesday, April 5,1968 Sellout crowd welcomes Carter By Barry Grove Staff Writer Former President Jimmy Carter told a sold-out North Gym crowd Monday night the United States could enhance its "greatness" only if economic, military and political powers are used for peace. "We live in the most powerful influential nation on earth—I don't think anybody would disagree with me on that," Carter said after receiving a thunderous standing ovation from about 2,500 Fres- nans. "If we use our power properly our greatness is enhanced. If we use it improperly or fail to use it our greatness is not enhanced." Carter, this semester's featured speaker with the University Lecture Scries, stressed five points he said were essential to keeping the United States the most powerful nation on earth. The United States must first use its world influence for peace, Carter said, "Not just with the Soviet Union but with other nations as well. We must identify troubled regions where hatred persists and bring an alleviation of suffering through American influence." Carter, president from 1977-81, was noted during his tenure for the Camp David Accords—peace talks between Israel and Egypt Carter criticized the Reagan administration for sending U.S. fighting troops to Lebanon in the past. "The horrible vision of American battleships and bomber planes in and around Beirut is the single most vivid memory of America in the minds and hearts of those who live there," he said. The same situation prevails in Central America today. Carter said, referring to U.S. Marines in Panama and Nicaragua. "They're different from us—they're weaker than we are—for generations diey've relied on our influence." Carter, who has made several visits to the politically unstable region of Central America, including meetings with Nicaragua's Sandinista government, said, "We've seen among these countries a hunger the people have to see nations established with a modicum of self respect and an honoring of human rights with peace and prosperity They're not going to be a ri'h nation—at least not in our lifetime—but mothers and fathers would like to see their children go to school," he said of the region stricken with poverty. Please see CARTER, page 3 Kurt HtgnJDatiy Collegian Former President jimmy Carter spoke to a full house Monday at the North Gym. Drop in math failure rate predicted By Jana Lee Briscoe Staff Writer "Everybody knows about the math Cnange and everybody's mad about it," said CSUF student Drew Mason. "As a drama major I don't need math. I don't think there should be a math requirement anyway,.let alone raise it." But the CSU chancellor says CSUF is one of the last state universities to allow intermediate algebra to Till the general education requirement and starting next fall, CSUFs math department will continue to raise the general math requirement to Math 11, 45, 72 or 75 rather than the previous Math 4 in order to raise the standards of other state .iieges. "Even though the v .ous Math 4 had a failing rate of X *o 40 percent," said Dr. Peter Tannenbaum, chairman of the math department,'' I think thai failing rate will drop with the increase because we predict most people will take Math 45, which is a higher level but is easier to learn because you don't have to know any previous levels of math to understand it- Even a person who doesn't have any algebra experience can still pass this class, and we think students will like it better because it is a non-uadiuonal class," he said. Although Math 45 was offered to stu dents this last spring, the course will follow an all new outline based on some geometry but mostly a mixture of mam applied to the real world. "Students will do better in Math 45 because their high school background will relate better to it," said Tannenbaum. CSUFs new general education package relates not only to math. Computer Science has been raised to Computer Science 20 and Ag. Economics will now only be satisfied through course 71. Psychology has been raised to course 42, and a list of other general education requirements are in the process of being updated to meet California's ever increas ing demands on education. Like the modernization of the math requirement, these changes bring CSUF closer to the standards of UC Berkeley, who has a course similar to Math 45 to be offered in the rail. Most CSU campuses use a different approach to the general education requirements than CSUF or Berkeley. Despite the raising of standards at CSUF, those who will have to adhere to the new course requirement dispute the motion. "My mother didn't have to even take Math 4 when she graduated here at CSUF. She wasn't majoring in mam, why should she?" said Mason. |
