1983_09 Insight September 1983

              "Features.
September 21, 1983
Class heads overseas In January, 1984
New program offers London fog, 15 units
By Renee Christian
Insight Reporter
A "pent-up explosion" is tbe way
Dean Joseph Satin of the School of
Arts and Humanities describes student response to CSUF's new London
Semester program beginning in
January 1984.
A public meeting in tbe College
Union on September 8 presented information about the program, which
allows any CSUF student to earn 15
semester units of college credit studying in London, England.
By 11 a.m. tbe following morning,
the limited enrollment of 70 students
was completely filled.
Each of these students paid a $100
deposit to secure a hotel room.
In addition to those wbo secured a
spot in the program, another SO
students have signed a waiting list.
At least 35 students have already
signed up for the London Semester to
be offered in tbe spring of 1965.
Satin, however, said he is not surprised by the turnout.
"We've never had a program like
this," said Satin. "Before, if life was
really exciting, you could get an extension course in Visalia."
Satin said there has been a "longstanding" need for such a program in
tbe community and that the number of
students allowed to enroll may be increased for the spring 1985 London
program.
The program offers four study
areas: business, education, political
science and theater arts.
Next month, students currently
enrolled in tbe program will vote on a
fifth area of study, to be selected from
tbe fields of English, history,       "^
philosophy, music, geography,
psychology and biology.
Students enrolled in the spring
1985 program will also vote on a fifth
area of study.
Satin said CSUF departments will
be asked to submit suggestions for
possible areas of study.
According to Satin, CSUF is the
first school in the CSU system to
receive Chancellor W. Ann Reynolds'
permission to run an on-campus
residence program in London.
The estimated cost of $1,596 includes all CSUF student and university fees for 15 semester units, plus accommodations, all meals, and a student library card for the University of
London.
Airfare is additional, but roundtrip
fare to London costs not more than
$550.
Undergraduate students must take
a minimum of 15 units, graduate
students a minimum of nine.
Satin said the program allows
students to pay regular tuition, earn
regular credits, and "do something
they would never even dream of.
"It's an experience you could
never put into words," he said.
Faculty conducting the courses
will be Lyman Heine, political
science; Ralph Bergmann, business;
Edward EmanuEl, theater arts; and
Marty Santigian, education.
Heine was formerly a resident
director for the CSU International
Programs in Sweden and Denmark.
He specializes in European affairs and
British government and institutions.
Bergmann worked for 15 years
with the International Labor Organization in Geneva.
EmanuEl has served as a lecturer
in drama for the Royal Academy of
London and the Welsh College of
Music in Cardiff. This will be his 20th
trip to London.
Santigian has advised the
Brazilian Ministry of Education on
secondary education and was an
education specialist at the University
of Lagos in Nigeria.
Courses in the business department include Administration and
Organizational Behavior, Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining, and
Business Communication.
Bergmann feels the atmosphere of
London will make the business courses
he is teaching "much more realistic."
"It is important to see what's going on elsewhere to make comparisons
and get a deeper perspective," said
Bergmann.
Bergmann said the program will
try to bring a personnel manager from
an American company operating in
England to discuss the differences between the two countries.
Among the courses the Education
Department is offering will be British-
American Educational Systems,
Assimilation and Acculturation of
Minority Groups: the
British/American Experience, and Independent Study.
The CSUF course Drama 62.
Theater Today, is being offered by the
Theater Arts Department, as well as
courses in Contemporary British
Theater, the History of the British
Theater, Shakespeare, and Independent Study.
EmanuEl said his students will
have the opportunity to see about 60
theatrical productions. He said his
Contemporary British Theater course
is "like being on Broadway, but better."
The Shakespeare course will
enable students to wander the same
paths as Shakespeare did, and
EmanuEl feels his Drama 62 course
will be greatly enriched through the
London environment.
"A lot of the living history in
Drama 62 comes to life," said
EmanuEl..
EmanuEl said he is pleased with
the program and feels it shows much
"vision and insight to the student need
for good education."
British Government and Institutions and British Social and Economic
Policy are two of the courses offered
by the Political Science Department.
Extension courses will also be
available and will include weekend
travel to areas outside of London.
"Students can get the full range of
Fresno State education taught by top
faculty professors," said Satin. "The
overwhelming benefit is that London
is one of the most exciting, tradition-
filled cities in the world."
The program's off-campus
residence center in London will be the
Hyde Park West Hotel. A total of 79
rooms on the top two floors have been
reserved exclusively for students. At
least half of the rooms are singles, the
remainder are doubles. Every room
has a shower or bath, heating, and
daily room cleaning services. The
hotel provides a daily continental
breakfast.
The semester runs a full 15 weeks.
It begins January 19 and concludes
with final examinations between May
1 and 3. Satin said the early end of the
term will let students who want to remain in London to do so ahead of the
* tourist crowds.
~Noti
•Credit
"There is no problem getting a
credit history from United," Helmer
said. "United reports tn two national
credit reporting companies." He said
the two companies were TRW and
Trans Union.
Helmer, an ex-Marine who began
his financial career as a part time collection officer for a savings and loan
company in San Diego, said it is best
to obtain credit where you live, but
that some people have problems getting an initial loan. Some local
realtors and car sales companies
have sent people to Credit Examiners
wbo couldn't get a start anywhere,
else, Helmer said.
Ed Bosse, a credit officer for
Guarantee Savings, said credit cards
"are not normally the first account a
person has to estajblish a credit
history."
Bosse said local financial institu
tions do provide special services to
area residents who want to begin a
credit history.
The most common initial credit
account is the Co-loan agreement,
Bosse said. A person who wants to
borrow money to purchase a car or
other merchandise, seeks out a friend
or relative who agrees to pay off the
debt if the borrower defaults by
cosigning for the loan.
Guarantee also offers a checking
account with overdraft protection,
Bosse said. This account requires you
to deposit funds in a savings account,
your savings secures your credit in
much the same manner as with the
credit card offer made by Helmer.
Bosse said you then use the checking
account to make various purchases
and at the end of the month you pay
the amount you've overdrawn. If you
are unable to pay your monthly bill,
the minimum payment is
automatically taken out of your savings.
Because the financial institution
gets the money anyway, you may-
wonder why you should make the
monthly payment rather than just
having it deducted from your savings
account.
Bosse said that by paying the
overdraft balance each month, you
prove your ability to include regular
credit payments in your budget. And
that is exactly what a lender will look
for when you apply for future loans.
Unlike the credit card account offered by Credit Examiners, which
pays 5'a percent interest, the plan
described by Bosse can pay interest
that varies with the amount deposited
in the savings account.
No matter which approach you
take, you must remember that you
have to be able to meet your credit
obligations. Every loan you have
aproved is reported on your personal
credit history. Getting in overyour
head and the resulting loan defaults
reported on your credit history, will
affect your ability to receive loans in
. the future.
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McKillip said that as an educational institution, tbe college should
"not be in the business of rock concerts.
"The college is endorsing the use of
drugs and the destruction of the ears of
a lot of kids," said McKillip.
But Aydelotte responded sayrrathe
college is not in favor of tbe destruction
of eardrums or the use of drugs at th£
Other neighbors observed during
The Police-concert did not appear to be
as bothered by the controversy.
Some sitting out in their front lawns
had little to say about the concert ex-
. cept admitting that it was noisy.
-^.Neighbors along Cambridge Ave.,
which parallels tbe stadium, could be
seen sitting on their lawns among
crowds of cc«cert|oers. Several posted
signs advertrslhg^parking for a small
rfat,
But will there be any more concerts
held at Ratdiffe in the future?
Aydelotte said it would be difficult
or impossible to hold any more this
year because Of football season. But as
for future dates, Aydelotte. said the
"Board of Trustees would evaluate If
the neighborhood impact is too great to
justify more concerts.
"Even now, they may decide it's
too disruptive to the neighborhood and
too much of a hassle," said Aydelotte.
"City (college) has really gone out of its
. way to solve problems."
The Police concert netted the college an estimated $40,000.
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