1983_02 Insight February 1983

              February 2, 1983
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Duke stomps on students
When George Deukmejian officially
assumed the responsibilities involved in the
position of governor of California, he inherited the massive money problems of the
departing Brown administration. However,
his methods of attempting to solve the problems are entirely his own.
California's recently elected state leadership was entirely insensitive to the thousands
of CSUC students who may not be able to meet
the $64 fee increase deadline. That ad-
mmistration seemed to feel that $241 in
semester fees is such a low amount that
students will have no problem finding the extra cash. But this close-minded action shows
that no attention was given to the trampled-
upon state law which says students in California shall pay no more than $25 in tuition fees.
Those who are responsible for tbe fee increase hide behind tbe weak claim that the
money CSUC students pay is not tuition. That
claim is ridiculous. CSUC students have been
paying  a  sieaany  increasing  tuition  for
When students were forced to come up
with an additional $75 last semester, the outcry waa surprisingly controlled. Now students
have been forced to witness, what appears to
be the ultimate in educational disregard — a
substantial cut in state monies for education
followed by a bail-out scheme aimed at the
students' pocketbook.
Tbe Deukmejian regime took no time in
displaying this negative attitude toward
education. A sad possibility is that some of tbe
most severely affected students could very
well be the same individuals who might some
day help to solve the economic hardships of
the  state. ;
In a society with a tax structure which
receives more hinds from the higher income
brackets, one should easily understand that
higher salaries mean more taxable dollars.
Students who are kept out of colleges and
universities by fee increases will probably not
reach those income brackets. Thus, the state
government has denied itself a chance to increase its future cash flow. This thought,
combined with the idea that we are losing
potential economic solutions, appears to point
to a situation in which the state government is
slowly slashing its own throat.
Admittedly, the state government's
deficit-ridden budget needs some form of
relief. This relief should be realized through
certain taxes which will not hurt those who
truely wish to better their situations. A
definite possibility exists in "sin" taxes.
Placing a small tax on each pack of
cigarettes sold in California might take away
money from underprivileged tobacco fiends
but it seems more logical to take money
away from those who are damaging
themselves than from those who are attempting to better themselves.
Another sin tax that could bring in a
substantial amount would be a tax on alcohol.
Six-packs of beer and bottles of Jack Daniels
are no strangers to college students, so it can
not be said that such a tax would only affect
the uneducated. A new tax on alcohol would
probably increase educational success since
many students might reduce their alcohol
consumption to compensate for the extra
money they would be forced to pay in purchasing the liquid.
The time has come for the decision
makers in Sacramento to stop using education as the fruitless scapegoat to economic
problems.
The time has also come for George
Deukmejian to realize the value of an
educated society.
The Insight editorial board voted 5-1 In favor of this
pbmTSoh.
LETTERS
Business Department Boondoggle
To Uie Editor: Blaming   the   governor   and school d Illness.'' It would certainly
Is there a responsible business legislature for this problem is like save the school a lot of adniinistrafJve
school admlnistraUon at CSUF or are Chrysler blaming the Japanese and salaries and expenses, which could be .•
tbe taxpayers paying thousands of the Federal Government for its pro-, poured back into tbe departments to •
dollars for nothing? blems.  Tell  me that a school of. improve services, and it would pro-      -
Management 187 is a required business could not or did not forecast, bably lead to an administration that is
class for all business students during anticipate, foresee, or plan for tbe more responsible and responsive to       -
their final semester before gradua- needs of its students and take tbe student needs. .    I
tion. The business school is very strict necessary actions to ensure that those
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A dissenting opinion
We are in the midst of what is becoming a
semi-annual event for students in the CSUC
system: the eleventh hour fee increase. This
event leads to some increasingly popular
games, such as Let's Guess How Much We Get
Stuck For and How Many Minutes Do We
Have To Pay Up.
As you might assume, some busybody in
Sacramento is trying to end our fun and games
by devising alternate forms of fund raising for
the state educational system. These forms
would remove tbe onus of payment from the
student (user) and place it on the consumer of
certain luxury items (say cigarettes or booze)
via a series of taxes on these same luxury
items. This is an idea that was bandied around
a lot during last semester's $75 party. T
Isn't that wonderful? Well frankly,
the best tradition of Reagan-esque jargon, the
fee increases are "user's fees" and should be
paid by the user. While a cigarette smoker or
drinker of alcoholic beverages may attend a
state university, tbe majority don't, and
therefore shouldn't be obliged to subsidize
students.
As students, we should realize the incredible extent to which our stay at lovely CSUF is
subsidized to begin with. A mere $305 for 15
weeks of full-time instruction is a bargain at
twice the price. That comes to $20 a week.
Compare that with the four-digit fees at most
private colleges per semester and feel lucky.
Ask a non-resident student about outrageous
fees.
There is a reason besides that of sheer
gratitude for students to pay for future increases. Additional consumer taxes will ensure that you pay for your education long after
pert that from another school but cer-
is not graduatedthat semester then he tainly not from the school of business.
will not receive credit for the course A working knowledge of organization
and will have to take it again. and ptanning are requirements for a
All readers are invited to write to frivgfit We
ask that your letters be brief »s possible, and
.they may be shortened still. Please include
your name, signature, and phone number.
Letters must be legible. Drop them oH in the
Insight loHke or mail to:
Letter* to insight
CSU, Fresno
Department of Jotim-Barn
Fretno, CA 93740
CSUF
Geoffrey Herb* I
Growing old
(with good oV
Paul Canales)
graduation. If you don't want to pay for it now,
why will tomorrow be more appealing?
Perhaps a lot of the initiative behind alternate funding comes from students who are
upset over facets of the increase, like timing
or orudeness. By calling for a shifting of
burdens, maybe these students are merely objecting to the tactless and clumsy way in
which the program lias been handled. No one
on Insight could dispute the lack of finesse
with which the affair has been bungled, but all
the agility in the world could not stave off impending deficit.
And as far as timing goes, poor people,
like the state of California, do have that an-,
noying habit of asking for money when they
need it. It really would be nice if they could
tailor their poverty to suit our timetables, but
Ire quite incorrigible.
Finally, a lot of the flak aimed at the fee
increase, and tuition in general, is there are
some deserving people who just can't pay.
Whereas on a gut level it seems anyone could
come up with $20 a week, that's not always
true. Sometimes the bootstraps just aren't
there, and financial aid is a safety net with
some large, economy-size holes in it. There
are no glib directives for some.
This editorial was not designed or intended to be an apology for the system. Someone
will get burned and all the reasons in the
world won't heal them. But that does not mean
the vast majority of students should suddenly
abdicate their financial responsibilities.
Damn tbe inconvenience, and full speed
ahead.
The author of this piece la Michael Todd.
Faster than a speeding memorandum,   more powerful than a  '52
  Renault, able to leap incoming mail
    stacks in a single tound, it's a prep-
pie. it's a Greek, ifs Paul Canales,
CSUF Associated Student Body President.
"The Paul Canales you see in the
office and the one out of the office are
two different people." Canales said,
leaning back in his chair and planting
his feet on the desk.
Canales went to a Halloween party dressed as a "punk." He combed
his short auburn-red hair straight up
to resemble a Mohawk haircut. He cut
tbe sleeves off a KKDJ T-shirt and
was ready to party.
"A lrtdpecpl* were m surprised
to see me having fun," Canales said
with a quick grin as he Uughed lightly. It was a party ot* people from the
This restriction would seemingly
place a high degree of responsibility
and obligation upon the school of
business to ensure that all students
needing to take this class would have
the opportunity to do so. It is the only
class in tbe business curriculum that
is restricted' to the graduating
semester and is required to be taken
by all business students. Therefore, if
the class is not available, what are we
supposed to do — wait around for
another semester when we might be
lucky enough to get into a section? Or
another semester, or another ....
Students needing to take Mgt. 187
to graduate were told during priority
and walk through registration that no
students were being added to any sections of this class. To get into a class,
you were told to go see the instructors.
(The ol' bureaucratic runaround )
Upon going to one section of 187,
the instructor said his class was full
and probably no one would be added.
He went on to say that if we didn't like
the situation then we should talk to
our legislators and Gov. Deukmejian
about the cuts in the school's budget.
He said the department had made a
decision not to compromise the quality of the claas by packing each section
with students. It. was getting so deep
in there I had to roil my pants up. In
other words, those seniors in business
who thought they were going to
graduate this semester, but can't get
into a Mgt. 187 class, are getting the
royal screw Job from the school of
business. Watch out you ITs and
engineers, it might be contagious!
successful business career, but if tbe
business students at CSUF are no better than their teachers and administrators in these two areas they
are all destined to join the, welfare
lines upon graduation.
I'm outraged that the school of
business has made this tremendous
blunder that not only affects me but
other students attempting to graduate
and possibly future hopeful
graduates. This Mgt. 187 class, which
is restricted by the school of business
to a student's final semester before
graduation and is a requirement for
graduation, is not available and open
to everyone who needs to take it.
Would I be this enraged at tbe administration if I couldn't get into a
class which.I had the opportunity to
take one or-Isttr'aemesters ago? I
might be pretty mad at myself, but I
certainly could not blame the school
of business for my own missed opportunities. But when a class is restricted
such as Mgt. 187 is, it HAS to be open
to ALL who need to take it.
Things have to be done to rectify
this situation to ensure that everyone
needing to take Mgt. \il has the opportunity to do so now and in the
future Questions should be raised as
to why this situation arose and about
what can be done to see it doesn't happen again.
Maybe we should schedule a new
course that would be equivalent to
Mgt. 187. It would be called Mgt. 187B.
The catalog description would read,
"Case study, analysis, and participation in running every facet of the
Didja Knotc»-
tbTTargest lake in Delaware is caned Lum's Pond, and takes up 0.3
square mike of the state? Tbe deepest
point in Lum's pond is 10 feet.
Freeway 41 has competition.
the life exi)ectancy for a male in Chad
is 29 years? In Afganistan, figure is 39
years, and in the Netherlands, 72.
Perhaps this says something about
the relative efficacy of Russian
bullets over grinding poverty.
a trillionith of a second after the
universe was born, it occupied a
spherical area with a diameter of
three feet? Thaf a slightly larger than
Herman Wouk, Mr. "Winds of War,"
had the fiction bestseller of 1955 with
"Marjorie Morningatar?" His "Caine
Mutiny," from 1951, won tbe Pulitzer
Prize (click, click, click).
McDonalds was once the world's
largest purchaser of cow eyes? Tbe
status of tbe cow eye market today
was unavailable at presstime.
that two out of 100 people have red
hair? Furthennore, only two out of
100 really care.
the little plastic end of a si
called an "aglet?" Imagine lacing a '"
shoe for tbe first time without an.
aglet. Incomprehensible.
if you sent a letter to Insight, we'
wouldn't use filler like this? We really
do want your correspondence. Thank.
you. ^
Not just another pretty face
PETER8COTT
At the beginning of each
semester, college editors tiirougbout
tbe country write columns that are
meant to explain the purpose of their
newspapers. Quite often these columns describe a "new look" and
make daims of uniaue attractions.
There is absolutely, nothing
wrong with tbe above mentioned column format. Hopefully, Insight will
have somewhat of a new look. But to
learn of tbe details of that new look,
tbe readers of this newspaper will
have to decide for themselves.
The purpose of a campus
newspaper can be described of in a
number of cllcbe-like ways. I believe,
turn its back on problems and wrong- - Insight is a we_Jy publication. In-
doings when they exist. I believe that stead. Insight concentratea on giving
last semester Insight was quite sen-   extensive  liackground  coverage  to'
an Insight editor to describe what are
not   the   purposes   of  a   campus
sitive  to  important  problems and news  and  human' Interest  stories
events, even when those problems and which  effect   the   lives  of  CSUF
events Involved only a small mirnber students and tbe sumiunding com-
of students. This semester Insight will munity. Oct__onally,  Insight even
continue to give unbiased coverage to publishes a story conc«r_og an event
issues and events which effect tbe or issue talking place over a bundred
lives of CSUF students. miles bom Fresno.
Another Important  thought to Having  spent  a  substantial
understand is that Insight does not amount of time in tbe Insight office
have an obligation to act as a suppor- last semester, I know that a number
tive tool for the various student and of individuals come to the rjewspaper
administrative governing bodies at with story suggestions Involving their
CSUF. That objective should be car- rmsinreera or orgauiiiationa. These
ried out by those bodies' public rela- suggestions  are  not  Ignored  and
Boris people. sometimes lead to excellent story
I am not trying to prepare this ideas,
campus for an a Hacking publication. I
believe that Insight should give sup- But, <
First and probably foremost, it is
not the purpose of Insight to give
special unwarranted coverage to
groups of students, small or large,
who demand attention. Insight intends to be fair in its coverage and
reserves the right to determine between what is news and what is
rafB to studentTand ad- will assume that Ins'ight will give a
mlnistrative leaders when those in- certain business or organization what
dividuals have acted in a helpful, pro- is, in essence, free advertising apace.
gressive rnanner. But Insight will be Insight haa an advertising staff that
equally ready to point out the deficien- handles the desires of profit crganixa-
des created  by student and ad- tions.
rrunistrative leaders. It is my sincere I   emphasise   that   Insight
hope that these deficiencies will be welcomes ideas from those who have
kept to a rriinimum. legitimate tatentiohs.  However,  no
Insight will seldom give coverage promise can be made that a suggea-
to dairy news immediately after it tion will be used.
happens. Tbe reason for this is simple
worked as an intern for Congressman out on display," said Canales as he set
Tony Coefalo in Washington, D.C, for it down again. The trophy was for tbe
two months. Tbe experience of work-    1930 California Raisin Festival.
ing close with many people from
varied lifestyles has been a valuable
education for Canales. He has been
able to use the summer's training at
CSUF when dealing wiUi different student interest groups.
"I really had a good time there
(Washington, D.C.)," Canales said as
Canales has not done very much
to improve the decor of his office,
located on the third floor of the College Union in tbe southwest corner
overlooking tbe Free Speech Area.
The walls are stripped except for two
--•—■— id which is upside
The trophy looked magnificent next to the
time-green ceramic ashtray.
be looked around the barren office. «j -1-^, to the office with Presi-
QuaUasjBinpadtxrtofk-tcbalrtoad-   dent Haak one day and found it odd
mire a silver trophy on one of the two   that the door was closed and locked,"
remember what it was. They really
paid attention to detail. Everything
was exactly where it had been, but up
side down. It was crazy. I keep tbe
door locked now."
Canales was dressed conservatively this day. It is not uncommon
to see his red bead bobbing around
campus tporting bright colored pants
andttriped shirt, with a tie to complement the outfit.
"My dothes are in the wash,"
Canales said as he smoothed the front
of tbe light Jacket he was wearing. "I
went to Catlwlic schools so I always
had prepnie looking clothes. People
used to thinklwas weird looking; now
they're all preppies."
Along with his dothes ti* future
Life at the top of tbe 1
political ladder is one goal accomplished by Canales, 22, a liberal
arts student This past sunimer, ha
as he turned the trophy around In h_ fnTO Eyj-yttu-g i-^-q^ WM u- of CSUF to May. Then after two years
hands "I Just found it in one of the ,jde down Haak said something to >» tne nation's capital be expects to
drawererfthedrokonedayandputlt   me, but I was so embarrassed I don't    haw visioM _ Uw schod.