1973_12 The Daily Collegian December 1973

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GLTJEGIAN
CALIFORNIA     STATE     UNIVERSITY,     FRESNO
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CSUF must return money:
lower full time enrollment
By Vlckl Applegate
Collegian Staff Writer
CSUF President Norman Baxter announced last week the unl-
13,350. Theunlverslty's 1973-7
operational budget was based o
a projected FTE of 14,000.
Baxter announced that  meet
lngs  are being held at varlou
i year's budget determine where budget cuts am
s student enroll- reductions can be made *as fair
rt of projected       ly  as possible within state re
qulrements.'
IT released last The  newsletter  declined     t
predict where the cuts might b
made but Baxter hinted at futur
changes.
Karabian defends press
rights, source protection
By Alison Mundy According   to   Karabian,  th
Collegian Staff Writer First Freedom Act contains «tw
Assemblyman Walter Karabian important elements.*
(Los Angeles), a contender for
the post of State Attorney Gen-
al. said newsmen should have
! right to protect their sources
1  withhold unpublished lnfor-
•Now that we ar
of reduced growth, <
opportunity to shift our emphases
from finding adequate space to
providing enhanced services,
courses and programs to meet
the educational needs of both
present and potential students.*
Local United Professors of
California (UPC) president Warren Kessler announced Friday
that  hls'group has requested a
Baxter to discuss possible areas
which might suffer budget losses.
Kessler predicted that the bud-
got error could result In the
elimination of 25 faculty positions
or up to 75 staff positions campus-wide.
Kessler said he expects an answer to his group's request from
the president's office sometime
Energy offender
GET lisl LINE, TURN OFF THE SGN-Thls picture was taken at.
6:07 p.m. Sunday of the Holiday Inn's sign at Ashlan and Highway 99.
Our advice is for this establishment to practice what it preaches.
Photo by Kip Davis.
(arabian Is the sponsor of
sembiy Bill I, the First Free-
■n Act, which would give great-
e ady guaranteed under Call-
■nla's press shield law. Hjhas
o introduced a companion bill
against newsmen to 30 days.
; of Information. Second, It
would fully protect any unpublished information.'
Karabian said the second pro-1
vision, which would Include un-
footage,' report-
s, unpublished stories
; not played by radio
stations, is "clearly a new law.'
■That's the area of controversy
right now,' he said. It's a policy
question of whether or not that
Information ought to be available
to either the prosecution or the
defense.*
Karabian said heatings on the
bill were 'moving along quite
favorably* In a subcommittee of
the Judiciary Committee until
Jim Dean, editor of theSanta Ana
Register, testified.
According to Karabian, Dean
told the subcommittee that allowing the legislature to define
freedom of the press 'means the
legislature can also take awa
Gilford seeks Nixon resignation
By Alison Mundy
Collegian Staff Writer
Howard Glfford, a Democratic
candidate for the U.S. Senate,
said Saturday Congress should
•put pressure on President Nixon to resign.*
•Impeachment would take too
long-," Glfford said. "The proceedings could last the rest of
Glfford, on campus for a press
conference, said Congress could
force Nixon out of office by 'making sure that nothing gets to his
desk. He'd be completely powerless, and he'd have no choice ex-
the rich get richer and the poor
get poorer.*
•Nixon has cut all benefits for
the lower and middle classes,*
Glfford said, 'while he's Increased everything for the upper
with what he's done IT that there
has been too much permissiveness  In Congress.    There are
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
i   the   ;
r  that
WALTER KARABIAN
freedom.'
•His testimony had a most
profound effect on the eommlt-
(Conllnued on Page 4, Col. 1)
■It's the President's fault,*he
said. "Everything he's done
since taking office has failed. His
whole system has been to raise
prices by creating shortages, so
NIXON TAXES REVEALED
President Nixon paid $78,651
In federal Income taxes for the
years 1969 through 1972, according to White House documents
released Sunday.
The Los Angeles Times reported this morning that the biggest tax payment was listed by
the White House papers as
$72,686 for 1969.
The documents, being readied
for release this week, report
that Nixon paid $789 for 1970,
$878   for   1971  and $4,298 for
1972. During those years the
President claimed substantial
deductions for state property
taxes, mortgage Interest and donation of his vice presidential
papers, the Times said.
Nixon's salary Is $200,000 a
year, plus a tax-free $50,000
annual expense allowance.
FUEL RATIONING
Sen. William Proxmire of Wisconsin, in the Democratic Party's
Official reply to President Nixon's
(Continued on Pace 4, Col. 5)
Study of Collegian-university relationship finally get$ under way
By Marc Sanl
Collegian Managing Editor
At long last - after several
years of bitter debate that has
set administrator and faculty,
students and student minorities
one against the other - a seven
member •citizens' committee
met Thursday to Investigate *all
possibilities" towards the •legal"
restructuring of the Daily Colle-
The Issues involved hinge on
First Amendment guarantees of
press freedom and the unique position enjoyed by college newspapers - newspapers that owe
no allegiance to the students
that fund It or the administration
which allows it to exist.      ,
CSUF President Norm an Baxter is the man directly responsible for the commlttee'aforma-
As president of the university,
Baxter has the ultimate responsible- of approving all funds for
the publishing of the Dally Colle-
glan, yet he Is prevented by the
First Amendment from exercising any editorial control oyer the
Dally Collegian's content.
President Baxter has charged
the Ad Hoc Committee to Study
the Restructuring of the Dally
Collegian with the Job of
investigating all possibilities   that   will end
his "legal responsibility
toward the newspaper.   As the
situation now stands, President
baxter can be included as a principle in any libel suit brought
against the Dally Collegian - a
position he says
at best, since he has
But proving libel in a court of
law is notoriously difficult.
In one study compiled by a professor of Journalism at BallState
University only 19 cases of libel
against campus newspapers have
cone to court In the last 30 years.
Twelve of the cases were
tossed out, six were settled out
of court and one decision was
upheld against the newspaper -
that decision concerned libelous it will be the committee*!
advertising and not the news to try and find.a structure ■
content of the paper. at least explore
President Baxter's legal re-     alternatives — to put President
sponsiblllty for libel may be a    Baxter in Just such a position.
grey area at best - although the        The committee now compiling
the report has met with
UEUfC    AtUAIVCIC the president's approTal
WlWa   ANAL 1313 and appears to be as fair
and as impartial a group
threat does exist and his con-     as could be assembled.
eern Is legitimate. . Committee chairman is David
What is of more direct concern Doiier, a graduate student of
to President Baxter is "com-- journalism and a member of the
munlty criticism.* The office of Board on publications,
the president has received more Doxler was selected toassem-
than 'just a few letters* from ble the committee and report on
community leaders and inter- their findings to the Board on
ested citizens concerning the Publications by Feb. 15.
content and make up of the Dally Other committee members ln-
C ol 1 eglan. elude Dr. James Flannery, a pro-
President Baxter would very . feasor of Journalism at CSUF.
much like to say to them *... the Flannery Joined the Journalism
Dally Collegian J-, a separate and staff this semester and has no
distinct entity over which I have close ties to the Daily Collegian.
no direct editorial, financial or Flannery, before coming to
legal control. Please call or CSUF, was a Investigative rewrite the editor If you have a porter lor the Baltimore Son
complaint.* and was a member of the Kerner
Commission  which studied the
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irs.Waren
Convention.
Mrs.VKaren Clarke, more
widely known in the Fresno area
as Karen Humphrey, television
news reporter for KFSN, was
selected from the local media.
Mrs. Clarke is a graduate of
the University of Southern California.
Cliff Davis, head of Davis Ad-
the field of newspaper advertising.
Frank Johnson Is a prominent