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"Editorials, Investigating IRA funds The Associated Students Senate began an investigation Tuesday of the allocation of Instructionally Related Activities funds to the CSUF athletic department. The IRA fund has accumulated $210,000 in fees which are intended to be used for CSUF minor sports. There has not been any charges of misused funds as the investigation is simply a watchdog measure. This investigation is important to all CSUF students since students are paying an additional $5 per semester and exactly where the money goes should be carefully watched. Also, the investigation can only benefit the students because if the funds are not totally used they can be used where they are needed and next years budget can be changed to ensure no money is wasted. The senate has stated that its main goal is to make sure the $5 increase is being used in minor sports and not football, baseball, basketball or track. An IRA board will also provide some input into the investigation. The board consists of six members. Three of the members are A.S. executive officers — A.S. President Andrea Hedgley, Administrative Vice President Chris Snow and Legislative Vice President Micheal Baladjanian. The other three members are from the faculty. Hedgley has requested the senate to advise her on how they want to deal with the IRA funds. Also, Hedgley said that the athletic department should be forced to produce an exact account of the IRA funds. Insight feels that the A.S. Senate's action toward an investigation should be commended. It is the duty of the A.S. Senate to monitor students funds. A careful investigation can only mean a more efficient use of funds. After all, it will benefit the students in the long run. Untangling the educational web 'I hate reruns' "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today,"- the National Commission on Excellence in Education concluded in its report, "We might well have viewed it as an act of war." The NCEE warned that a "rising tide of mediocrity" is threatening our nation. No politician could pass by two such marvelous catch-phrases on the road to the next election year. Reagan, a host of Democratic presidential hopefuls and thousands of other federal, state and local office seekers are stampeding to the education-reform bandwagon. Sen. Walter Mondale, DM inn., was the first to grasp the importance of the NCEE report. In a May 9 speech at Harvard University, the Democratic presidential front-runner offered to throw $11 billion at the problem; a much revered and' time honored tradition by Democrats to solve any problem. President Reagan chose a more original educational reform course. Reagan wants to return prayer to public schools — a moment of "voluntary prayer" or silence before each school day so students may ask the big principal in the sky for help remembering the Pythagorean theorem. V Reagan has also propsed merit pay for teachers; though how merit pay can be justified in a profession where there is no reliable measurement of excellence has yet to be explained. The 1.6 million member National Education Association, the nation's largest teacher's union, opposed all merit p&y proposals because the gran* ting~Of-merit awards would be highly subjective. The NEA fears bonuses will be based on politics, not excellence, i , But the NEA also voices opposi-^V tion to higher salaries for teachers in high-demand academic fields. Why should a mathematics teacher be paid more than other teachers when a good mathematician can always get a job at IBM? No wonder half of all high school science and math classes are taught by people without the proper credentials. The entire debate on education is focused not on the needs,of students, but on the self-interests of the debaters. Reagan wants to stay in the White House and maintain Republican control of the Senate, so he offers prayers to the Moral Majority. Mondale and the Democrats want the Senate and the presidency, so they offer to hand out cash. Teachers want to protect their collective bargaining—• right. And education seems to be secondary to maintaining the status quo. All the rhetoric in the world will not help students learn. Longer school days and years, more homework, intensive instruction in the three R's, teacher salaries that will attract ^qualified personnel, federal subsidies ^toschools and tax benefits for cor- . irations willing^ lend their best minds to our classrooms are all concrete suggestions that will help improve education in America. But most important are parents. If a child's mother or father does not reinforce the need for education, if they do not demand homework be done and if they refuse to take an active role at local schools, then children'^ will not and cannot be expected to learn. Student loans and the draft; You must and should register The Soloman amendment requires college males applying for federal financial aid to sign a statement certifying they have registered for the draft. Proposed by Rep. Gerald Solomon, R-NTV., it passed Congress as an attachment to a defense appropriation bill and was subsequently signed by President Reagan lastspring. Latest among the more inane pro-' positions, is that men who refuse to register with the selective'service system are moral heroes with some kind of "right" to the taxpayer's money. Nobody has a "right" to federal financial aid. Guaranteed loans are a privilege offered by the taxpayers to students through Congress. Some argue that the draft is unconstitutional. Such people should be horse-whipped and tied to a chair in a political science class. The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power: "To raise and support armies...provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union...and repel invasion...to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers..." (Article I, Section 8, if you want to look it up.) The draft is one of those "necesssary laws." Men who refuse to register for the draft are criminals. Nothing more, nothing less. They are violating federal law. The first selective service act was approved by Congress May 18,1917. A peace-time draft became law Sept. 16, 1940. Both required 18-year-olds to register shortly before or after their birthdays. And both contain a "conscientious objector" clause. Those with legitimate moral or religious beliefs that reject military service, can i*fipiy\(or conscientious objector status. If approved; the objector is exempted from service or placed in noneombat positions. But conscientious objector status can not be granted to. those who refuse to register. Nonregistrants are prosecuted as criminals and rightly so. Despite liberal "I'm OK, you're OK, do your own thing" nonsense to the contrary, there exists a definite social responsibility to those who serve, have served, who fought and ?-^ died to preserve American freedom. Yes, Vietnam was wrong. So was Korea. But the men who died in those wars were drafted out of ghettos, barrios, and the Appalachias. Very few preppies died there. —J The Pope's visit to a friendly country sight Insight is published on Wednesdays during the academic year by the Department of Journalism, California State University, Fresno. Unsigned editorials represent tbe majority opinion of tbe Editorial Board. All other columns, letters and artwork on this page represent tbe opinions of their respective authors and not necessarily that of Insight's. Letters to the editor will be accepted providing they meet present public standards. Editor in-chief Steve D. Smith Managing Editor Cyndl Cuerra Photo Editor Tom sp,,,, Ad Managers sherrl Sol git Elaine Gil /Assoc. Editor Phil Kakliglan Helen Marie Janousek RonArnold Cop, Editor David WUcoxon Sports Editor Dan Mooney Reporters: Sere Besle, Nellie Bonllla, Trudy Brown, Maureen Cabral. Shirley Cavella. Renee Christian. Heidi Clinton, Brian Covert. Christy Dennis. Kathy Fraley, Todd Hansen, Rhonda' Harrington, Jody Head, Leo Holier. James Kenney. Cecelia Korn, Anthony Lacava, Victor Leone, George Leewen, Dave Marsh, Dan Mooney. Judy Paredes, Carey Robinson, Rhonda Sjostrom. Kurt Stephan. Debra Vance, Klmberly Washington, John White, Ed Wiley III Photographers: Rod Daddy, Al Grlllo, Roger Jerkovich, Pedro Peres W
Object Description
Title | 1983_09 Insight September 1983 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Dept. of Journalism, California State University, Fresno. |
Publication Date | 1983 |
Description | Weekly during the school year. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 8, 1969)-v. 29, no. 23 (May 13, 1998). Ceased with May 13, 1998, issue. Title from masthead. Merged with Daily collegian. |
Subject | California State University, Fresno Periodicals |
Contributors | California State University, Fresno Dept. of Journalism |
Coverage | October 8, 1969 – May 13, 1998 |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35mm |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 “E-image data” |
Language | eng |
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Title | Insight Sep 28 1983 p 2 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publication Date | 1983 |
Full-Text-Search | "Editorials, Investigating IRA funds The Associated Students Senate began an investigation Tuesday of the allocation of Instructionally Related Activities funds to the CSUF athletic department. The IRA fund has accumulated $210,000 in fees which are intended to be used for CSUF minor sports. There has not been any charges of misused funds as the investigation is simply a watchdog measure. This investigation is important to all CSUF students since students are paying an additional $5 per semester and exactly where the money goes should be carefully watched. Also, the investigation can only benefit the students because if the funds are not totally used they can be used where they are needed and next years budget can be changed to ensure no money is wasted. The senate has stated that its main goal is to make sure the $5 increase is being used in minor sports and not football, baseball, basketball or track. An IRA board will also provide some input into the investigation. The board consists of six members. Three of the members are A.S. executive officers — A.S. President Andrea Hedgley, Administrative Vice President Chris Snow and Legislative Vice President Micheal Baladjanian. The other three members are from the faculty. Hedgley has requested the senate to advise her on how they want to deal with the IRA funds. Also, Hedgley said that the athletic department should be forced to produce an exact account of the IRA funds. Insight feels that the A.S. Senate's action toward an investigation should be commended. It is the duty of the A.S. Senate to monitor students funds. A careful investigation can only mean a more efficient use of funds. After all, it will benefit the students in the long run. Untangling the educational web 'I hate reruns' "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today,"- the National Commission on Excellence in Education concluded in its report, "We might well have viewed it as an act of war." The NCEE warned that a "rising tide of mediocrity" is threatening our nation. No politician could pass by two such marvelous catch-phrases on the road to the next election year. Reagan, a host of Democratic presidential hopefuls and thousands of other federal, state and local office seekers are stampeding to the education-reform bandwagon. Sen. Walter Mondale, DM inn., was the first to grasp the importance of the NCEE report. In a May 9 speech at Harvard University, the Democratic presidential front-runner offered to throw $11 billion at the problem; a much revered and' time honored tradition by Democrats to solve any problem. President Reagan chose a more original educational reform course. Reagan wants to return prayer to public schools — a moment of "voluntary prayer" or silence before each school day so students may ask the big principal in the sky for help remembering the Pythagorean theorem. V Reagan has also propsed merit pay for teachers; though how merit pay can be justified in a profession where there is no reliable measurement of excellence has yet to be explained. The 1.6 million member National Education Association, the nation's largest teacher's union, opposed all merit p&y proposals because the gran* ting~Of-merit awards would be highly subjective. The NEA fears bonuses will be based on politics, not excellence, i , But the NEA also voices opposi-^V tion to higher salaries for teachers in high-demand academic fields. Why should a mathematics teacher be paid more than other teachers when a good mathematician can always get a job at IBM? No wonder half of all high school science and math classes are taught by people without the proper credentials. The entire debate on education is focused not on the needs,of students, but on the self-interests of the debaters. Reagan wants to stay in the White House and maintain Republican control of the Senate, so he offers prayers to the Moral Majority. Mondale and the Democrats want the Senate and the presidency, so they offer to hand out cash. Teachers want to protect their collective bargaining—• right. And education seems to be secondary to maintaining the status quo. All the rhetoric in the world will not help students learn. Longer school days and years, more homework, intensive instruction in the three R's, teacher salaries that will attract ^qualified personnel, federal subsidies ^toschools and tax benefits for cor- . irations willing^ lend their best minds to our classrooms are all concrete suggestions that will help improve education in America. But most important are parents. If a child's mother or father does not reinforce the need for education, if they do not demand homework be done and if they refuse to take an active role at local schools, then children'^ will not and cannot be expected to learn. Student loans and the draft; You must and should register The Soloman amendment requires college males applying for federal financial aid to sign a statement certifying they have registered for the draft. Proposed by Rep. Gerald Solomon, R-NTV., it passed Congress as an attachment to a defense appropriation bill and was subsequently signed by President Reagan lastspring. Latest among the more inane pro-' positions, is that men who refuse to register with the selective'service system are moral heroes with some kind of "right" to the taxpayer's money. Nobody has a "right" to federal financial aid. Guaranteed loans are a privilege offered by the taxpayers to students through Congress. Some argue that the draft is unconstitutional. Such people should be horse-whipped and tied to a chair in a political science class. The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power: "To raise and support armies...provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union...and repel invasion...to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers..." (Article I, Section 8, if you want to look it up.) The draft is one of those "necesssary laws." Men who refuse to register for the draft are criminals. Nothing more, nothing less. They are violating federal law. The first selective service act was approved by Congress May 18,1917. A peace-time draft became law Sept. 16, 1940. Both required 18-year-olds to register shortly before or after their birthdays. And both contain a "conscientious objector" clause. Those with legitimate moral or religious beliefs that reject military service, can i*fipiy\(or conscientious objector status. If approved; the objector is exempted from service or placed in noneombat positions. But conscientious objector status can not be granted to. those who refuse to register. Nonregistrants are prosecuted as criminals and rightly so. Despite liberal "I'm OK, you're OK, do your own thing" nonsense to the contrary, there exists a definite social responsibility to those who serve, have served, who fought and ?-^ died to preserve American freedom. Yes, Vietnam was wrong. So was Korea. But the men who died in those wars were drafted out of ghettos, barrios, and the Appalachias. Very few preppies died there. —J The Pope's visit to a friendly country sight Insight is published on Wednesdays during the academic year by the Department of Journalism, California State University, Fresno. Unsigned editorials represent tbe majority opinion of tbe Editorial Board. All other columns, letters and artwork on this page represent tbe opinions of their respective authors and not necessarily that of Insight's. Letters to the editor will be accepted providing they meet present public standards. Editor in-chief Steve D. Smith Managing Editor Cyndl Cuerra Photo Editor Tom sp,,,, Ad Managers sherrl Sol git Elaine Gil /Assoc. Editor Phil Kakliglan Helen Marie Janousek RonArnold Cop, Editor David WUcoxon Sports Editor Dan Mooney Reporters: Sere Besle, Nellie Bonllla, Trudy Brown, Maureen Cabral. Shirley Cavella. Renee Christian. Heidi Clinton, Brian Covert. Christy Dennis. Kathy Fraley, Todd Hansen, Rhonda' Harrington, Jody Head, Leo Holier. James Kenney. Cecelia Korn, Anthony Lacava, Victor Leone, George Leewen, Dave Marsh, Dan Mooney. Judy Paredes, Carey Robinson, Rhonda Sjostrom. Kurt Stephan. Debra Vance, Klmberly Washington, John White, Ed Wiley III Photographers: Rod Daddy, Al Grlllo, Roger Jerkovich, Pedro Peres W |