1977_05 The Daily Collegian May 1977

              TUESDAY. MAY J. 1*77
5Che Collegian
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY. FRESNO
Enology department goes sour
byMikeFKxgeraM
fHOTOQUAfHtK SCOTT l*WTT CAanWlfS o paocwfvf
th* poirur* ot CSUF.
Despite allegations, investigations and lawsuits which
have split the CSUF enology
department, everyone Involved
agrees on on* point: The enology
department—which had been
becoming a focal point for wine
industry support—has
deteriorated  because  of the
"It's hurt the classes most
definitely," enology student
Shawn Denkler told The
Collegian.
"Dr. Schanderl hasn't had Ihe
moment on time to prepare for classes. I
wish   (he   whole   Investigation
could have been put off until
summer."
"If I bad my way, I'd fire
both of them," says lab assistant
Steve Felton, referring to former
"If you w
deaUngwiih the people at the top,
If you waror" "'
Reps wanf cutback stop
I by Diane VaJeeka
StaH Reporter
Faculty and itudent
representatives made a pie* for
immediate assistance from the
Board of Trustee's Committee on
Education Policy last week,
stating that faculty cutbacks
were jeopardising the quality of
education and enrollment at
CSUF.
In a report outlining problems
faced, by th* university, the
committee was urged to place a
moratorium on the two-year
limit on employment of part-time
faculty tn order to "halt th*
unnecessary disruption of
academic programs and
student/ faculty  relationships."
Karen Clark, legislative vice
president-elect, and Dave Davt*.
senator *t targe-elect, «uthored
the proposal with Joel Grossman
and Warren Kessler, president
and executive board member,
respectively, of the United
Professors of California (UPC).
"In the Interest of maintaining
quality,education at CSUF,
representative* of faculty and
itudent* hav* prepared this
a of  the
and an additional 30 cutbacks for "A   two-year  limit  on  con-
Fall 1977. tlnuous employment of part-time
"Added to cuts in  previous faculty     has     resulted     In
years,  these*  cutbacks  have discouragement of many highly
reached the point where they qualified  persons  and  dlscon-
seriously Jeopardiie the quality tinulty In lb* development of
of education at our university," programs," Clark added,
th* report stated. The report also state* that such
Additional  problems   cited a rule "makes a mockery of the
Included    the    increase    In Affirmative Action Program
faculty / student    ratio, since it consigns new  faculty
enrollment   decline   forced   by hired in  accordance  with  Af-
ryductions in course offerings, firmatlv* Action to automatic
and th* impact of the "two-year non-retention."
»nd out rule."        /             .   . (Continued on p. 4)
and Fred Nury. "Both are
equally inaccessible. They're
both too busy with their
lawsuits."
"Lawsuits" refers to the 91.6
million libel and slander suits
brought by Nury, and tabaratory
technician Kenneth Fugelsang,
against Schanderl. Both men are
asking for compensation
resulting from damage they
claim was incurred to their
professional reputations and
livelihood when Schanderl made
public hi* accusations that they
misused university fund*,
facilities and personnel.
Schanderl'* allegations
spurred three investigations The
third has brought on an administration attempt to fire
Schanderl.
Before the trouble between
Nury and Schanderl broke out,
the enology department had
begun to receive the attention
»nd support of the wine Industry.
you wouldn't be getting this Kind
of support, these kind of Job offers," Nury told The Collegian.
"Now the people In the industry that have heard about the
trouble here are taking a 'wait-
and-see' attitude about Freaao
State They're waiting until this
whole thing blows over.
"I believe we have th*
facilities and the geographical
location to offer a great program
In the field of enology and food
science,"   Nury   aald   In   a
"1 alao think that w
on our way to t
leading pqogram tn (he state."
"Julio Gallo drove down here
with five or six of bis major vice
presidents to see the program,
and be was thoroughly impressed," Schanderl relates.
"ever since then he allowed both
the Fresno and Mode*to wineries
to contribute material* to us."
Schanderl told The Collegian.
' The wine Industry support can
be attributed directly to
Schanderl and Nury. Both had
personal contact* In the highest
circles of the Industry
aluminum bottle-capper which
Gallo donated. Other Gallo
donations to the CSUF enology
department include the insolation around th* stainless
steel storage tanks, • truckload
of glass, and ■ Ph meter personally donated by • Gallo vice
(Continued on p. 4)
.Economics behind faulty decline
SUff Reporter
Economics Involved with
decreasing enrollment naa not
only resulted in fewer faculty
positions st CSUF but has also
stymied  the  advancements  of
it" university,    said       Clark.
"Tn* problem cm b* sum-
mariied in terms of several basic
fact* and their implications or
cording to Louis Volpp, vice
president for academic affairs.
At • press conference
yesterday, Volpp related that
enrollment forecasts mad* in
1972-73 resulted in the hiring of
several professors to meet,
projected student levels for 1978-
77. Today, those hired are
eligible for tenure but are being
held back on probationary
status.
"Twenty professor* have been
on probationary statu* for four
year* and under different cir-
cstimate, however, shows 12,450
projected for the fall.
"There are a total of 671 full-
time faculty to which CSUF has
committments next year," he
said. "If our enrollment stays at
12,250 or above, there will be no
change at all In the number of
faculty psoltions.
"If It drops to 12,000 there will
be problems but we could hold
our own. Below n.BOO, there
" 1 be layoffs of tenure and
Volpp gave two reasons for the
additional, probationary   year*
n ecesiary for those professor* in
there ls not going to be work for
that person to do. We bop* that
most of these will achieve tenure.
"Another aspect is that we
have very few people in their
second and third probationary
years...so this group of 20 will not
be competing with an addition*]
batch...being considered for
Volpp admitted some departments are overstaffed at this
time   but   suggested   cross-
loan premise could ease some of
the problems between department*.
"To avoid reaching an Intolerable state, we may have to
go to layoffs of p*rt-tlme
teacher* a* wen," be added.
"Our ktudent-facuity ratio h.i
been pretty close to constant but
"We are the most highly
tenured campu* in th* state
system. Ninety-four par cent of
the faculty are tenure or tenure?
Editors wonted
Applications   ar*   now
being accepted for the fall
iter   editorships', of
Associated  Students'
Students  interested   in
Collegian, Uhuru or La Vox
may pick up applications in
the College Union, room 308,
Applications must be
returned by Friday, May 6
and should include the ap-
for not granting tenure to tome of
the professors," said Volpp. "In
1971 when we war* engaged in
hiring faculty members, we were
expecting  to  have   is*  more
in 1971 wa* at
13,100, said Volpp, and at that
time   it   wa*   forecast   that
15,200  by   1977-78.   The   latest     D».K)UBVOW»1u»lret**r»»g