1993_10 Insight October 1993

              .News JDriefs
iiHianianiiH:
Lecture series
"Diverse' opinions NAFTA,
healthcare and ihe economic forecast" is the title of a lecture lobe
presewtdTuesday.Oct 12,at7-30
pjn. intheSatelUteSttjden'tUnion.
Scheduled to speak are Washington Post correspondent Juan
Williams, former White House
correspondcnt and Clinton admin-
istration inside journalist Eleanor
Clift and Fred Barnes, senior editor ami conservative voice of tbe
New Republic
Tickets are $2 for students and
$10 for the general public. They
can be purchased at the information center.
The next scheduled speaker at
the SSU is Linda Chavez, who
will discuss education and politics
of Hispanic assimilation Nov. 9.
Dorm housing
Applications for dorm housing
for the spring semester are available from Oct 1 at the housing
office in Commons Lodge or by
calling 278-2345.
The cost for the spring semester will be $2,095.25 for a double
room and a 14-meal plan or
S2.176.25 for a double room and a
19-mcal plan.
Single roomscost an additional
5327.70; larger single-plus rooms
an additional $463.30; and super
singles an additional S570.65.
Student exchange
The National StudcntExchange
Program offers an opportunity to
attend one of more than 100 universities in the United States wiih-
oul paying out-of-state tuition.
To be eligablc for the program
studenismust be enrolled full time,
have a GPA of 2.5 or higher and
hold a sophomore, junior or senior
standing during the exchange.
Depending on ihe university,
the student cither pays in -state tuition and fees for the host campus
or CSU tuition and fees.
Applications will be available
from National Exchange Director
Ruth Saludcs in Joyal Administration, Room 211, in December
and arc due March 1 with.
Chronic fatigue
Chronic fatigue Is The subject
of a Leam-at-Lunch presentation
Oct 27 from noon to 1 p.m. dealing with understanding, controlling and coping with the incurable
illness of CFS. The session will
take place in the main Cafeteria,
Room 200, and the moderators
will be Olivia Shaver, MSW, and
Julia Stallings, founder of the
Fresno C.F.S. Support Group.
Pre-rcgistraiion is encouraged.
Anchorsplash
Anchorsplash, sponsored by
Delta Gamma Sorority, will be
held Ocl 16-18. Money raised
willgotoWolicrsSchoolofFrcsno
and Site Conservation and Aid to
the Blind.
For more information, call
Kcndra at 222-8631.
Bearing fruit
Fruits will be sold at ihc Big
Fresno Fair as a fundraiser for Ag
One, the scholarship foundation
for the CSUF School of Agriculture. The booih will be manned by
ihc Alpha Zcta agricultural scholarship fraternity.
Holiday job fair
The annual holiday will take
place on Wednesday, Oct. 13, from
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 pjn. on the
University Student Union balcony.
Employers will be accepting applications for seasonal cmploy-
Heart of healing
"Exploring the Heart of Healing" is ihc topic of a lecture/workshop scries from Oct. 8 to 10 by
Richard Moss, one of the leading
teachers of Western contemporary psychology of conciousness.
Tickets may be purchased at
the Divison of Extended Education. 2450 E. San Ramon. The
prices are $15 general, 5 for students.
Women's Center
The Women's Resource Center has moved to Keats Campus
Building 110. Services include
peer counseling and support
groups. A lesbian supprt group is
now forming, and six-week programs on sexual assault advocacy
and group leadership training are
available. Cart 278-4435 for more
information.
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October 6,1993
Volume 25> Issue 4
I Fujtaoto/INSIGHT
Fresno Stale's Rugby Club hosted a rugby tournament last Saturday sponsored by Miller Lite.
Other college teams participating Included Santa Clara University and CSU Bakersfleld
INSIGHT reflects political, social
struggles during revolutionary '60s
By Inger Sethov
Staff Writer
This is the first of a two-part series on
the history of the campus' newspapers.
It will concentrate on the establishment of INSIGHT in 1969. Thesecond
storywillfocuson the minority struggle
lo be fairly represented in the media
from 1969 to today.
INS IG HT was bom at the end of the
turbulent '60s in ihc midst of the controversial Vietnam War. The CSUF
atmosphere was colored by ethnic
struggles and rebellious political movements.
This week marks ihe beginning of
INSIGHT'S silver anniversary after
serving CSUF readers as the campus'
primary in-depth news source since
1969.
Front page of INSIGHTS debut
edition on Oct. 8,1969.
A protest against the Fresno Slate
College Association's decision lo give
minoritystudcnis complete controlovcr
one issue a week of ihc Daily Collegian
led to ihc Department of Journalism
severing its ties wiih the paper. The in-
depth, faculty-supervised weekly publication INSIGHT was eslablisned.
Chicano and African-American students were given the right to publish the
Daily Collegian once a week on alternate Mondays.
Osby Davis, then Black Student
Union representative,reasoned that minority papers should be separate because m inorities are viewed as separate
from society.
"We arcn "t on a level where wc can
work together," he said.
John Ramirez, Chicano editor of ihc
first minority supplement (now La Voz
Atzlan), said he was entirely responsible for the minority editions.
"[The paper] would not necessarily
be objective, as the purpose of the paper
See INSIGHT, page 8
Taiwan conflict over recognition spurs
Chinese leaders to boycott conference
Semantics farther
divided Asian leaders
in preparation/or discussions at CSUF.
By Karen Toth	
Staff Writer
Ongoing political strife between the
People's Republic of China and Taiwan
spurred a change in the program of the
conference on Pacific Rim Studies at
CSUF.
The conference, tilled "The Pacific
Rim Faces ihe21st Century," held Oct 3
to 5, was sponsored by the School of
Social Sciences Pacific Rim Studies Institute. Political and economic issues facing Pacific Rim countries were talked
about in both panel discusons and via
research papers. More than 80 international scholars and kadcrsaaended
Both the Consul General of the People's
Republic of China and Taiwan's representative were originally scheduled to
participate in a panel discussion on Mon-
day.tiilcd't^alifomia'sRclatkiBrapwith
Asia*
When the Consul General learned that
Taiwan would be represented on that
panel, he refused to come, sending the
message that the People's Republic of
Ch ina recognizes one China, not Taiwan
as a separate country.
"This is common practice everywhere
inihcworld,"saidRusscUMardbn,CSUF
political science professor and coordinator of the academic sessions for the conference. "They [China] can do nothing
that in any way indicates ihey recognize
Taiwan as a nation a as an equaL"
The Taiwan representative agreed lo
speak on Tuesday mght instead.
The conference axrdiriators made sure
participants from both countries were
comfortable by changing the wording in
the conference program.
According to Maroon, the Chinese
will accept Taiwan being referred to as
Taiwan, as they think of Taiwan as an
island province of the People's Republic
of China, but will not accept Taiwan
bcingrcferredtoasthcRepublic of China.
Unfortunately, the coordinators ran
into a freedom of speech problem as
well
"Wc cannot tell a person who has
done lus research paper what to call his
paper," Mardon said, referring io ihe
titles of two papers to be discussed that
refer to Taiwan as the Republic of
China.
CSUF presidenl John Welly, who
hosted the luncheon and dinner discussions, washopcfulbrxhcountricswould
attend. "Wc have tried to take every
step possible to be sensitive lo differences," he said.
Mardon was not certain if the consulate would send a member to the conference or not Because Ihey arc a
consulate, nol an embassy, he believes
ihey (the consulate) may not have had
the discretion to make that decision.
Unfortunately, the Consul General
from China was conspicousty absent
from the dinner Monday night
"Our policy is that wc would have
liked to have any consulate attend."
Mardon said. "If the topic's Republic
of China chose not to come, it was
probably a result decided upon at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bejing."
College profs:
society's new
leisure class?
Nationwide study indicates jnstrurtnrx
spend 9.8 to 105 hours
a week in class.
By Adam Swift	
Staff Writer
Have college professors become ihe
new leisure class of working society?
A column in ihe Sept 6 issue of the
"Wall Street Journal"claims Ihey have.
But CSUF professors refute the
charges. Various surveys cited in ihc
column found professors, in a national
comparison.spcnd an average of 9.8 to
10.5 hours a week in the classroom:
CSUF statistics reveal a different pattern.
For example, Hugh Williamson,
physics professor, is on campus five
days a week from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
He spends more Ulan three hours each
Tuesday and Thursday evening preparing for class.On Sundays he prepares for a graduate nuclear physics
course he began teaching this semes-
also charged that teaching and class
preparation account for an average of
20 hours a week.
However, California Faculty Association Chapter President Tom Eben
estimates a typical work week for a
full-time CSUF faculty member to
equal 60 hours.
"Students don't sec the non-classroom activities," Ebcn said. "By and
large. CSUF faculty is dedicated to the
students."
Nearly halfoffull-time faculty questioned in ihecolumn admitted to spending no more lhan four hours a week on
scholarly writing and research, which
is one of the requirements for promotional consideration.
CSUF Finance and Business Law
Professor Kuo-Chang Tseng estimates
he spends 50 hours a week outside of
class. He devotes 15-20 of these hours
to research.
The column also questions the whole
issue of research.
A survey by ihc Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
found professors feel their interests lay
primarily in teaching, not research, and
that leaching should be viewed as the
TheWSJcolumnbyGcnel.Macroff See PROFESSORS, page 8
Instructor, student
sex frowned upon
Faculty could get
kicked out for knockin'
boots with students.
By Adrianne Go
Staff Writer
Safe sex at CSUF no longer includes a romp in bed wiih die professor. Romantic or sexual relationships
between faculty and students in ihcir
classes will be forbidden as a result of
a new policy initiated this semester.
The policy is pan of a nationwide
trend addressing sexual relations between faculty and students on campus,
said Sharon Brown-McGowan, vice
president for academic personnel.
The CSUF consensual relationship
policy states: "Itshall constitute unprofessional conduct for university faculty
to engage in romantic or sexual relationships with students which occur
when the /acuity member either currenUy has or forsccably will be given
responsibility for the evaluation or supervision of the student"
According to the policy, university
response lo violations of ihc policy
include oral and written reprimands
and/or disciplinary action, including
suspension, demotion and dismissal.
Brown-McGowan stressed that the
policy is not against relationships, but
instead focuses on removing a student
from an instructor's power, protecting
both the student and faculty member.
A relationship gone awry could bring
a sexual harrassment charge from the
student against ihc faculty member,
Brown-McGowan said.
Likewise, a professor could create
an unfair learning environment by participating in a sexual relationship with
a student she said.
Because the potential for sexual relationships between students and professors exists, CSUFProvost Alexander
Gonzalez said the policy informs faculty that there arc certain typesof unacceptable behavior.
"I think it's a good policy and il puts
everyone on alert," Gonzalez said.
'Times have changed and wc need to
be vigilant"
However, Marcia Bcdard, coordinator of CSUF's women's studies pro-
gram.said consensual relationships between faculty and students are nothing
new.
Bcdard said the issue has been problematic in higher education since she
began leaching in ihc 1970's.
She docs not see ihc policy as a
gender issue, but as one that is purely
ethical.
See CONSENSUAL, page 8