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Vol. IS       No. 23
California State University, Fresno
April IS, I9S3
Mother 'not guilty'
of selling infant
DAVE MARSH
Insight reporter
Alter a two-day trial which concluded March 2 in Tulare County
Superior Court, a jury found that
Theresa Yarnell, 24, of Los Angeles,
was not guilty of charges of attempting to sell her infant daughter to a
Springville woman for $4,000.
But the verdict j represents only
the beginning of a long legal battle
which Yarnell faces in her attempt to
convince the court to return to her the
custody of five-month-old Amanda
Yarnell. Amanda has been made a
ward of the court and has since been
placed in a foster home.
Yarnell, an unwed mother, was
arrested Dec. 15 on information supplied to the Tulare County Sheriffs office by Jeanette McDaniels, of Springville, who had in the past served as
a babysitter for Amanda.
According to McDaniels, Yarnell
offered Amanda to her and her husband for adoption if they would pay
S4.000. The money, according to
Yarnell, would be payment for
medical expenses and other costs in
curred in the birth and raising of
Amanda.
McDaniels countered with an offer of $1,500, an amount which Yarnell
could use to hire an attorney to handle
the adoption. McDaniels testified 'hat
she and her husband had in tbe past
discussed the adoption of a child.
When Yarnell continued to insist
on a payment of $4,000, McDaniels
contacted the Sheriff's office and
deputies arrested Yarnell. She was
charged under a slavery statute
enacted in 1901, which was intended to
prosecute persons who "sell into involuntary servitude" the person of
another.
The age and vague wording of the
statute, as well as the difficulty in applying the "involuntary servitude"
clause to Yarnell's case were cited by
her attorney, Deputy Public Defender
Robert Dahlstedt, as factors which
prevented the jury from returning a
finding guilty verdict.
According to Dahlstedt, Yarnell
was driven to financial desperation by
being an unwed mother and really not
wanting to give her daughter up.
See Mother, page $
Election
'83
Record number
in AS campaigns
CAROLYN MORROW OCHELTREE
Insight reporter
Perhaps the largest number of
candidates ever to seek office in
CSUF's associated student elections
is competing for votes this week, but
no one seems to know quite why the
surge of interest in student office.
The candidates, current student
body president and dean of student affairs all offer their own, differing opinions for the quantum jump in the
number of candidates — seven for
president, six for legislative vice
president and four for administrative
vice president.
The presidency and legislative
vice presidency were sought by two
candidates each year and the ad
ministrative vice presidency candidate ran unopposed.
William Corcoran, dean of student affairs, said the presidential race
usually sees no more than three candidates, and he said, "I don't recall
there ever being as many as four candidates running for vice president."
"My speculation for the increase
would be that there are no particular
large power bases within the student
body at this time," Corcoran said.
"There appear to be a variety of interest groups on campus and each is
putting forward its own candidate.
"Frankly," Corcoran said, "there
aren't too many issues around which
people can rally."
Corcoran said the larger number
of candidates is probably not reflec
tive of an overall increase of interest
in student politics.
"Because there are seven as opposed to three candidates, you can't
necessarily say that interest has
doubled," Corcoran said.
A 10 percent voter turnout of
CSUF's approximately 15,500
students is considered a good number,
Corcoran said, and he doesn't expect
a higber-than-usual turnout this year.
On tbe other hand, Paul Canales,
current student body president, feels
the increased number of candidates
shows a bigger interest in student
politics.
"It is a personal payoff for a lot of
work," Canales said. "For two years
now I have been trying to get more
and more people to run. I think this
will make for a better race and better
student govenment"
Canales said it is not so much the
burning issues in this campaign as the
lack of high-powered candidates that
has encouraged so many candidates
to throw their hats in tbe ring.
Neither of tbe current student
body vice presidents are seeking the
presidency, which leaves the race
"wide open" for other candidates who
may have less name-recognition on
campus, Canales said.
However, presidential candidates
like John Dosber and Andrea Hedgley
said tbey entered tbe race specifically
because of pressing issues, tbe most
pressing one being finances.
"I think student government
See AS. page 1
Center reopens with
fees, group tutoring
CECILIA GRAJALES
Insight reporter
To Manuel Olgin, tutorial coordinator at the Learning Assistance
Center at CSUF, "rommitment" is
the most important word these days.
The Tutorial Center ran out of
funds last month and is temporarily
closed. After spring break, the center
opened its doors again, but under a
different format. Instead of one-on-
one tutoring, small group tutoring by
volunteers will suffice. Also, some
tutors will charge a fee for their services. Before cloying on March 11, the
center- was f ree. ■■—.^a ^
>- The tutorial center has been funded by Associated Students, Student
Affairs and Academic Affairs.
But Olgin wants out of AS funding
completely. "The students have paid
long enough.. It's time toTnSke decisions where the money will come
from," he said. One alternative he is
considering is to ask for funds from
the instructional related activities
(IRA).
To keep the center open until the
last day of instruction, tthe center
needs $6,300. Academic Affairs is in
the process of making the decision of
whether or not they can afford additional funding.
Every year Olgin requests money
for operating expenses for the center.
He has never gotten the amount he
has asked for. "I just take what I can
get," said Olgin.       ^
Olgin exceeded his budget in
February and the normal procedure
is to transfer tbe center's deficit to
another fund, which in turn pays that
deficit. However, the accounting procedure changed without Olgin's
knowledge. Now there is a 45-day
waiting period for a transfer of a
deficit, so the center had to ask the AS
for more money.
Asking for money from the AS
unallocated reserve in the past was
usually no problem. Olgin has asked
and received funds from the reserve
for six years. But an accounting crisis
in February of $35,000 gave the AS only enough money to pay the $3,700
deficit.
"If I had known of this crisis
earlier, I would have asked for the
money in September," said Olgin. "I
never questioned the money not being
available."
The Tutorial Center was
in 1973 by David Bell, then dean of
students. Dr. J. Arndt was the tutorial
coordinator. The center tutored 851
students the first year in operation.
Even with the early closure this
semester, it has tutored 561 students.
"The busiest lime for us is right
before Vintage Days," said Olgin.
"With the center being so necessary
for so many students, the priority of
the center must be examined.
"If you want a tutorial center, you
See Olgin, page 5
CSUF President Harold Haak stands atop the College Union overlooking the center area of the school.
Haak has recently eliminated his "open office hours" trying to be more visible on campus.
President Haak cruises campus
JILLKOROTIE
Insight reporter
Remember President Haak's
open hours, where you could drop
in at his office Thursday afternoons, without an appointment,
and just shoot the breeze?
Forget it. No more.
What happened?
"We're trying something new
this semester," Haak said.
Instead of holding regular
open office hours, chances are that
you'll see more of Haak out and
about campus.
"I like to get out of the office,"
he said.
Haak explained that with his
increasing commitments, it was
becoming more difficult to set
aside a block of time each-week for
open hours, as he did for the first
two-and-one-half years of his
presidency.
"When I first came in as president, it was easy," Haak said.
"Now it's harder for me to say I
will be here. I have not held open
hours all year."
As Haak flipped through his
calendar, he explained that beyond
his daytime duties as president, he
was busy every night of tbe week
and on weekends with school-
related functions.  He estimates
that he puts, us ao hours a week.
Haak said that the students
who came to see him during open
hours either had problems with the
university, or just wanted to pay a
social call.
While Haak said that he didn't
mind listening to problems, he said
that it was "like being a referral
service and a traffic cop."
Haak liked the idea of open
hours to Impress upon students the
idea that tbe university president
was accessible.
"I am pleased to see students
come in," be said. "It is not a forbidding environment.''
Haak said that he is pleased
when students come In to talk with
him, but that he aiso enjoys getting
out of his Thomas Administration *l
office to meet students who would
not come in to see him.
"All of the rest of you seem to
be having a good time, I wanted to
see what you were doing."
Haak said that next semester
he hopes to begin a program
wherein he can visit all student
groups, but adds that there are
many groups and it would take a
long time to complete the circuit.
"The thing I miss most from
open hours is that it was a good
time for students to drop-in if they
wanted to invite (me) someplace,"
Haak said.
Views differ on
Mideast issue
CAROLYN MORROW OCHELTREE
Insight reporter
When they speak, CSUF students Alaleh Kamran, a
Jew, and Fawzi Oreikat, a Palestinian Arab, are equally
earnest about their desire for peace in the Middle East.
It is only as they voice their specific demands for bringing peace that you begin to appreciate the near
hopelessness of a solution to their people's problems.
In one breath, Oreikat, president of the CSUF General
Union of Palestinian Students, tells of his desire to live in
peace with the Israelis. In the next, he says the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) has no reason to officially recognize the existence of tbe state of Israel.
| Kamran,  president of  Hillel.  the  CSUF Jewish
student organization, is just as insistent that all people
are welcome to live peacefully in her country of Israel, but
that Israel will not officially acknowledge the existence of
tbe PLO until it first recognizes Israel.
As they face this stand-off, where both groups refuse
to be the first to recognize or negotiate with the other,
Kamran and Oreikat admit there is little hope of peace in
the near future.
"I honestly don't see a quick settlement," says
Kamran. "It will take a lot of time before things work out
between countries."
Talking to these students Is like viewing a scaled-
down model of the massive Middle East crisis, where
United States Special Envoy Philip Habib is still seeking
to move the stalemated negotiations for removal of Israeli
and Syrian troops from Lebanon.
The question of mutual recognition is only one of the
many Issues where Palestinian and Israeli students come
off as polar opposites.
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Delinquents study, live
in barbed-wire school
The issue of an independent Palestinian state on tbe
West Bank of the Jordan River, where 1.2 million Palestinian people now live under Israeli military occupation,
clearly illustrates the opposing views of the two groups.
The Reagan administration has called for Israel's
withdrawal from that area and the establishment of a
Palestinian state in association with the kingdom of Jordan on the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip — which
makes a fingerlike projection from Egypt Into Israel
along Israel's southwest edge.
Neither Israel nor tbe PLO is happy with this plan, for
different reasons.
The issue is complicated by the fact that Israel is
moving thousands of Israelis into settlements on the West
Bank as quickly aa homes can be built. These settlers,
which may number 60,000 by the middle of this year, will
make it more difficult to move Israel out of the West
Bank.
See Middle East, page •
MONTE RICE
Insight reporter
At Adobe Mountain School in
Phoenix, Arizona, it's not books you'll
find locked up in lockers — it's
students.
Tall fences crowned with barbed
wire, remote-controlled gates, closed-
circuit TV cameras and searchlights
surround the school. All reflect the
true identity of Adobe Mountain.
While talking about his "school"
one "student" said, "Hell, who are
they trying to fool? This ain't no
school. This is a jail."
Adobe Mountain School is one of
several Arizona correctional facilities
located In and around the dty of
Phoenix. School officials inform
visitors to refer to tbe 200 male inmates as students, tbe guards as
CPO's (correctional program officers) and the warden as superintendent.
Although many Adobe Mountain's
students, some no more than 7 years
old, appear innocent, their crimes
range from theft to attempted
murder, robbery and rape.
It Is In this atmosphere that Bill
Glass, a former NFL All-Pro defen
sive end, conducts his "Total Person
Weekend."
Glass leads about 200 people from
across the United States to act as
counselors for the Bill Glass
Evangelistic Association at such
facilities as the Adobe Mountain
School. The Glass association, which
started in 1972, is a Christian ministry
that conducts prison crusades across
the country.
In the beginning of the crusades
Glass took several professional
athletes and church laymen into
Marrion State Penitentiary in Ohio for
a weekend of athletic clincs and personal evangelism.
Today Glass conducts "Total Person Weekends," which consist of professional athletes and entertainers
who "deliberately perform in a
secular manner but close their perfor-
mances with short Christian
testimonies." Performers encourage
Inmates to further their mental,
physical and spiritual growth.
entertainers simply "lay the foundation for the moat important function of
the weekends," which is providing opportunities for counselors to present
the gospel to inmates and prison per
sonnel.
Glass said ministry conducted in
maximum-security prisons usually offer the best response to his "Total
Person Weekends."
Inmates in minimum-security
prisons. Glass said, have more
freedom than those in maximum-
security prisons. "The minimums are
often just like motels," be said.
One inmate in a miximum-
security prison Glass met a few years
ago said to him, "Hug me." The
former football player recalled, "I
asked him Why' and be said it's been
more than 20 years since someone's
given him a hug."
Glass also mentioned many Inmates who, "in a beautiful way, are
living Christian lives behind prison
walls across the country."
One Teaas counselor, who spent a
number of years behind bars, said, "I
met a fella last year who's been ia
prison some 15 years. He'll probably
never get out... but he's just reading
his Bible and trying to live the beat he
could."
Tbe night before entering Adobe
Mountain   John   Rainwater,   tbe
association's only paid staff person.
See School, pete S