1994_03 Insight March 1994

              March 23,1994
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Appraisal committee
evaluates all majors
By David Mirhadi	
StaffWriter
According to university officials,
there will be little elimination of class
offerings or majors when the final
report of ihc Program Appraisal Com -
mittcc is completed, acontrastto whal
administrators had projected when the
process began last Spring.
appraisal process to determine the
viability of all majors on campus using a rating system, placing programs
into a three-category system of importance.
As it slates in CSUF's "Plan for the
90s," a report completed in June, thc
university shall complete an appraisal
of academic programs, identifying
those programs which shall be
sucngthened, maintained, modified,
suspended or discontinud.
Dr. James Smith, professor of
philosophy and co-chairman of the
program appraisal com mi tec, fee ts stu-
dents should not be fearful that their
major will be cut.
"As far as wc arc concerned, thc
committee docs not sec any major
being eliminated," hc said.
This process began in April with a
report submitted by Philip F. Beach,
chair of the political science department and chairman of thc ad hoc
Academic Appraisal Program Committee.
The committee looked at the programs and divided them into several
categories, including costs and efficiency, demand and need, and overall
quality of the programs.
After this process was completed,
the programs were ranked in overall
importance to thc university.
"The ad hoc committee made suggestions as to how the programs could
hf nroaniyed hplf<»r " Smilh <&ici
Programs lhat arc currently under
review are deemed "Category III"
programs.
Despite the fact thai some of thc
programs suffer from a lack of interest, Smilh said that that really is not
thc case.
"Clearly, the impetus for ihis was
thc decline of the budget that made
clear something had io be changed,"
he said.
Alexander Gonzalez, provost and
vice president for academic affairs,
said that due lo thc budget constraints,
hc was in a position to reduce class
offerings.
"It was an effort to downsize programs," he said.
However, thc recent budget crisis
has relaxed a bit, making Gonzalez'
job easier. There has been a stabilization in the budget, and thc semblance
of that stability has given us a chance
to work," he said.
Part of the committee's objective
will be to streamline the curriculum
lhat is currently in place.
Dr. Mary Ludwig, co-chair of the
committee and head of the Anthropology department, said there is an
"impetus for increasing efficiency"
in thc programs unoer review.
While the departments may be fearful of what ihcy may sec as impending doom, Ludwig said lhat is noi the
"Thfl i-ipnartmMiK arc vprv aimre-
ciativc of the work that we arc doing.
Our job is to see thai the issues that
arc important are being considered."
Ludwig said.
"Wc have a lot of information to
process and it is a very tense situation
for all the programs involved."
Gonzalez agreed with Ludwig. say -
ing lhat hc hoped for more leadership
by CSUF's deans in determining curriculum.
"The schools will be held accountable. I am hoping for more autonomy
by ihc deans. They arc in a much
better position to make decisions than
I am," hc said.
Smith was optimistic in hisprojec-
tion for the committee.
"As far as we're concerned, no
major is being considered for elimination."
He said that thc committee plaas to
complete their work by thc end of thc
semester, at which time lhe results
will be sent to Gonzalez for his final
recommendation.
Hmong conference promotes education
By Lucy Her	
StaffWriter
As many as 1.000, double the
number of last year's attendance,
arc expected to attend the Sixth
Annual Hmong Conference on
Saturday, March 26, at the University Satellite Union.
The conference will be held to
promote higher education in thc
Hmong community, according to
Jerry Lee, one of ihree coordinators for the event which is sponsored by the Hmong Sludent Association.
Thc purpose of the conference
is to provide resources so thai
Hmong students know how io plan
their carccrsJLcc said.
"It's to also serve as an encouragement for Hmong students in
high school and junior high to
pursue higher cduca lion,"hc said.
"Wc arc also aiming ai par
ents," Lcc said.
"Wc want to build an understanding between thc older generation and
thc younger generation, to build a
trust between the gap."
"But even though this is lhc Hmong
conference, we would like to invite
thc CSUF faculty, staff and students
to join us. It is free and lunch is
included," Lcc said.
Shone Yang, chairperson of registration, said lhat so far he has around
800 names already registered.
"I took a lot of time, sometimes
whole weekends, working on registering names. IcarcaboutlhcHmong,
so that's why I spend a lot of my time
on this," Yang said.
The program will open with remarks from Kao Vang. Hmong Student Association president. Thc guest
speakers arc Dr. Mario Baca, HmSA
Advisor, John D. Welly, CSUF President and Mayor Jim Patterson. The
key note speaker is Dr. Serge Lee,
another HmSA advisor.
There will be two workshop sessions in thc morning. They will
focus on career fields such as dentistry, psychology, law and health
science. Thescarefieldsthainonc,
or not many Hmong people pursue
as career*! Lee said.
During lunch, booths from various agencies and organizations will
have booths set up around thc satellite area.
The booths will provide information on themselves, said Bla
Fang, chairperson of Resources.
The third session will focus more
on self improvement, such as career planning, counseling Southeast Asian youths and community
service.
Thc keynote speaker during the
reception will be Dr. Bob Kittridge,
coordinator of thc Southeast Asian
Project, sponsored by CSUF Community Service.
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In a discussion after the lecture Wednesday night, actress Esther Rolle squares off with
Fresno community activist Ray Ensher as other audience members look on.
Rolle defines women's roles
By Rachel Rosemire
StaffWriter
Due toadelaycdfiightand complications at the hotel, Esther Rolle was
late to her lecture on campus, but the
majority of thc crowd agreed that ii
was definitely worth the wail.
Rolle explained thai it is a good
time to celebrate women, that too
often they arc passed over as things.
"Women need to wake up and realize lhat wc arc grown up individuals,
and stop relying on a man to say who
or whal you are," said Rolle. "You
should be able to define yourself for
yourself, and until you do, you'll always be treated something less than a
full citizen of this country."
Shc went on to say how people are
not angry enough that there is no
value placed on women. People do it
because ihcy can getaway wilh it, and
ihcy getaway with itbecause women's
self-esteem is low.
""I love what could happen to this
country if women were given the
chance they should have," said Rolle.
A woman is an extremely important part of society, shc explained,
and if not for hcr, there would be no
society, because there would be no
children.
"Men are only half of creation,"
said Rolle. "No matter how free you
say you are or think you arc, you're
really not. In the final analysis you're
dependant on men to say who you arc,
what you are, where you go, and what
you do."
Shc wenton tosay." We're lying to
ourselves, and when you tell a lie long
enough you fall apart, and lhai is why
we're breaking down as a country
"It's time to stop blaming someone
else for your condition. A lot of il is
your own responsibility," said Rolle.
"Keep your mind as a thing- of
value," advised Rolle. "The mind is
far too valuable to use, for you to give
it up to the control of someone else,
and that's what we're doing."
Rolle came from a poor family of
Esther Rolle
18 children, with a father who received quite an education and a mother
who had great respect for education.
"I said to myself as a child. 'No
more. I've got to do something for
mc. that makes me know who I am',"
said Rolle. "My parents started it
witha thing called self-love, andthat's
not being egotistic, it's being realistic. If you don't love yourself, I ain't
trusting you with mc."
Thc advice that Rolle gives is to be
happy to die as men and women,
rather than live as things.
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can't live with (discrimination)," said
Rolle.
Having grcatrcspcci for hcrmother,
Rolle remembered some of ihe things
lhat she was told by her.
"My mother told mc that, 'No one
can stop you but you. Never be too
proud to say 'I don'l know". Be
ashamed of yourself when you don'l
find oui, but it's no shame not to
know'," she said.
"I would hope that, with each decade when wc send out a new group of
young people to be tomorrow's lead-
era," said Rolle, "that they will not use
a thing called vengeance, because that
gets you nowhere."
A person's time is better spent
climbing up the ladder than being
revengeful, shc said.
She said that if women are so inferior, why are others so scared of them
succeeding?
"You are wasting your own lime
holding someone else down, because
that is also keeping you from going up
thc ladder," she said.
"Evil helps no one," said Rolle.
"When you are oppressing someone,
please know thai you arc oppressing
yourself."
"If you don'l like yourself, then
very little productive efforts are going to be realized," said Rolle. "I can
assure you without a doubt, thai if you
love you. you'll treat mc better."
"Love is thc most infectious emotion lhat you can have. If I can do
nothing more in my lifetime than try
io open your eyes and your heart and
your mind to self-love, I will have
done my share." shc said.
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