1983_09 Insight September 1983

              September 21, 1983    d, - £L
Hedgley fights 'the big picture'
Fee hike, apathy concern A.S.    president
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Holding an on-campus voter registration
drive, lobbying state legislators and possibly
boycotting of businesses that don't support
higher education are among Associated
Students President Andrea Hedgiey's plans to
fight increased fees at CSUF
In an Interview with Insight, Hedgley talked of ways to continue protesting tbe fee hike,
but also emphasized the importance of fighting
student apathy on the fee issue.
"You have to look at it in terms of what the
big picture is, or what tbe real problem is," sbe
said, "and the real problem is that there isn't
enough student input in any form: a raw lobby
from such as a reception or protest; enough
students to fill committtees where they're able
to set the policy that's affecting them; enough
Together Against Killing Education), a group
of CSUF and Fresno City College students
organized by Hedgley to lobby for increased
funding for tbe CSU system, will continue to
protest tbe fees in various ways.
Hedgely called for lobbying local
legislators and for getting tbe CSUF administration behind the STAKE movement for
a "voter registration" plan.
The plan, said Hedgley, is to increase state
voter  registration  by  appealing to CSUF
The increased funding, Hedgley said,
would most likely come from a corporate tax,
although the CSU campuses haven't decided
exactly which corporate tax UD to "fall in line
with.
"And we're still undecided, based on tbe
marketinfl and research we have to do.
whether or not that should come in the form of
an Initiative on the ballot, or whether or not we
The real problem Is getting students
to wake up—that's the problem.
students writing legislators, you name it.
"That is why the fees went up—no question
about it," said Hedgley. "That's why fees go
up, and that's why the support goes down. Tbe
real problem is getting students to wake
up — that's the problem."
Hedgely said sbe would seek the CSUF administration's approval to devote 10 minutes of
class time in courses with tbe heaviest
enrollments to voter registration. Sbe said the
plan would include using at least one student
volunteer per class, and that the registration
drive would be conducted on two different days
during two designated class hours.
Hedgley predicted that the voter registrations would be completed not later than the end
of October
Sbe also said that throughout the semester,
STAKE will continue to try to get student and
general public support for more state funding
for the CSU system through "PR fltuff, or PR
efforts.	
Hedgley did characterize as "very successful" tbe turnout of about 60 student protesters Sept. 9 at Gov. George Deukmejians appearance in Fresno at a dinner held by Sen.
Ken Maddy.
Hedgley  said  that  STAKE   (Students
should pursue it in tbe legislature," sbe said
Hedgley said that STAKE will try to gain
support for the Increased CSU funding by appealing to three major areas: tbe private sector (corporations), tbe state legislature and
tbe general public. She suggested the use of a
"carrot-stick" approach toward each of tbe
groups to gain their support.
"What we would be trying to do would be
basically, 'We're not going to vote for you if
you don't commit to higher education' in the
legislature, (and) we would be talking to them
and trying to come up with tax bill* a«a£s the
'carrot-stick' with tbe legislature," sbe said.
"The 'carrot-stick* with tbe corporate sector," said Hedgley, "is that we're going to bring up some statistics. We're going to do some
research and show them bow many dollars
they're abusing by not having a pool of people
working for them that can spell, that can write,
thatcan compute,' and that can contribute. And
■ -if they seem to be able to understand that, we
would move to public economic sanctions and
what we would do is advocate some type of
boycott"
Hedgley said sbe believes that if tbe
general public is more informed on tbe fee
issue by students, then the public would support students in putting pressure on the state
legislators and the private sector to back
Outside of ber involvement with STAKE,
Hedgley said plans for her administration include addressing the issues of developing a
bicycling lane system on campus, offering
legal counseling for students and formulating
more lenient academic withdrawal policies.
Sbe also expressed concern over tbe distribution of IRA funds and said sbe wants to promote the idea of having 1934 presidential candidates speak on campus.
Hedgley raised tbe question of "equitable"
student seating at Selland Arena for university
events, as well as of tbe money involved in the
CSUF athletic department.
"I'm going to^need to poll more what the
feeling is among students regarding this,"
Hedgley said, "but I don't think that the
amount of student seating at Selland Arena is
equitable. And I know the wbhje.line they give
you about, 'WeU, it's tbe'cas*^dty that contributes to this program,' and so on, but if
that's the case then it should be a minor league
sport-a camp sport
"The whole reason that the team exists is
because this is a university," she said, "and
even though it's unorthodox, I feel that's right
because when big revenues are generated by
our atUetic department, tbey could not exist
unless we had the university; they could not exist unless we had students coming. I think that
money should be cycled within tbe university
and not just recycled within tbe athletic
department
"I'm not anti-major sports at all. I'm just
as proud of the Bulldogs as anybody else, but I
think it could benefit tbe university more than
'    sity now," she said,
believes more CSUF
it's benefitting tbe university now,
Hedgley also saidshe believes
students should be Involved in stut
ment and that she wants to devote a lot of time
fighting student apathy in general.
"It (apathy) is worse here than at some
campuses. We're simply not going to be successful if we're not into getting students to take
responsibility for tbe things that affect them,''
she said.
"So, I think that a lot of energy has got to
be rou ted to decreasing that apathy, "she said,
"and I think, quite frankly, that we're going to
see some success within even the next year."
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East Sierra college provides
a desolate alternative to fees
Students milk cows, study for free at Deep Springs
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Responding to claims by some
observers that CSUF is evolving into a
trade school, Haak said that if CSUF was
neglecting general education, then he
might agree that the university was beaded
in this direction.
"But CSUF. in addition to having
students majoring in engineering,
business, nursing, journalism, agriculture
and education, all of which are practical in
a sense, alto has a good chunk of curriculum requiring everyone to take general
education," Haak said. "We do a better job,
I think, than most other universities in
terms of assuring that a student has real
breadth as well as having an applied area
of emDhasis."
Haak also said, in response to a question, that he did not believe that CSUFs recent atUetic successes were destroying the
university's academic credibility. The recent accomplishments of the football team
(Cal Bowl II champs), and basketball team
(NIT champs), are not disruptive to
CSUF's scholarly climate, said Haak, on
the contrary, that the national recogUtion
helped the school's overall image.
"There are a lot of ways that this
university has gotten excellent students,"
said Haak. "Sports just gives us a vehicle
for demonstrating that. It also gives me a
chance to talk about all the other places
we're excellent."
On the university's search for a new
vice president for academic affairs, Haak
said the academic senate is currently in the
preliminary stages of the selection process.
The position was vacated last
September when Dr. Tomas Arcmiega left
to accept the presidency of California State
CoUege, Bakersfield.
Haak said he has requested tbe
academic senate to begin selecting people
that they will recommend for tbe search
Imagine a college where there are
no fee increases (in fact, tuition is
already paid for), there are no costs for
room and board and students are
guaranteed a job while attending
classes.
Sound like a dream come true?
WeU, wait, there's more.
What if, after attending this school,
students stand a great chance of going
on to such universities as Cornell, the
University of Chicago, Yale, Berkeley
or MIT?
Well, believe it or not, such a school
actually exists. But there has to be a
catch, right? That just depends on how
one looks at It
Most students at Deep Springs College are up well before dawn, preparing
to perform their morning chores.
Such chores, for example, include
milking cows, feeding stock and setting
the breakfast table.
Once chores are finished and the
7:30 a.m. bell rings, faculty, staff and
students make their way to the boarding house for breakfast which usually
consists of fresh eggs from the ben
house, milk less than two hours old,
home-churned butter and sausage from
a pig that was raised and slaughtered
by students.
Classes there finish by lunchtime so
work on the 420-acre cattle ranch can be
resumed by afternoon.
At the fully accredited two-year institution, which is located in the high
desert region just east of the Sierra
Nevadas, students raise hay and cattle
for sale, staff the library and maintain
the farming equipment.
Brandt Kehoe. former CSUF dean
of the School of Natural Sciences, will
preside over the college this fall.
Kehoe, who attended tbe college in
the early 50s, is a Cornell graduate with
a Master's Degree and PH.D. from the
University of Wisconsin.
"The school is fairly aggressive in
the sense that the demands are Ugh
and the elements of principle* are very
important," Kehoe said.
"There's not much in the way of
competition between the students. People don't tend to. measure their performance in terms of other students, but
rather on the success of the
commimity."
The idea behind Deep Springs, according to Kehoe, is to create a small,
rather independent community in
which the students play a major role in
its governance.
"The purpose of tbe school, really,
is to take students who are likely to
assume leadership roles and give them
a lesson in miniature of what the consequences of carrying that responsibility
out are," Kehoe said.
Though academics play an important role at the college, Kehoe said that
student government and tbe performance of chores, under a work studies
program, does, also.
"The measure of how effective it
(the work study program) is, is the
measure of how it affects the community
"If we have a dairy and the
students run it and fail, there is no milk
on -the table The way tbe community
•arffera is quite visible," said Kehoe.
With only 24 students, seven full-
time faculty members plus Kehoe (and
a few ranch hands), the total number of
people on the ranch-like campus rarely
exceeds 50.
Student entertainment according
to Kehoe, is largely "home-grown."
For instance, there are no television
sets at Deep Springs. Kehoe said that
students are highly opposed to it
And contact with the "outside"
world is taken care of through letters
and phone calls, which are made from
the college's one band-cranked
telephone.
Bishop, the nearest dty to the
isolate campus, is located about 50
' miles away. Only occasional trips are
made there for groceries and supplies,
said Kehoe.
Deep Springs was founded in 1917
by Lucien L. Nunn, a pioneer in the
electric power industry. Nunn hoped to
establish a college which would combine "practical work, rigorous
academics and genuine self-
government."
And, according to Kehoe, the campus has not changed much since Nunn
established it There are no modern
dormitories, no gymnasium nor
cafeteria; just a few weathered ranch
buildings and a 17,000 volume library
that is open 24 hours a day.
Admission to the college, winch is
handled by the returning studentsT is
based primarily on the applicant's
answers to essay questions, as well aa
on the student's SAT scores.
If one makes it through the applica-
students and faculty is arranged.
dent must adapt to a "stressful and
"The program really works," insists Kehoe. "It really impacts."