1979_02 The Daily Collegian February 1979

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Bght year vacancy filled
York appointed to administrative position
By BARBARA DETERS
Dairy Collegian Staff Reporter
In a surprise announcement. Presi¬
dent Norman Baxter named Chairman
of the Academic Senate Dr. William
York as his assistant. Effective imme¬
diately, the term is indefinite.
The appointment, made at an Execu¬
tive Committee meeting Jan. 22, had
been vacant for the past eight years.
The news came unexpectedly, not
only to the Executive Committee, but
also to York, who was informed of the
decision only hours before the an¬
nouncement.
'It was a surprise alright,* said
York "We, the president and I, had
conversations about it before Christ¬
mas, but I found out the morning of the
the meeting was over.  He
given   no  prior   notice  of  the   York
appointment
The position was vacated at the end
of the fall1978 semester by John Travis
who held the position for four years.
York, in his third term as president
of the Academic Senate, is the first
senate officer to fill the Assistant to
the President position since William
Fulkerson was appointed in 1971.
The question many people around
campus have been asking is: Why refill
the position during a time of cutbacks?
'Baxter's time Is taken with other
issues...the stadium, the (presidential)
evaluation. For those types of reasons.
It is beneficial to have someone to do
things he doesn't have time for,* said
York.
Ullman agreed with York.
'It is a difficult time we're dealing
with now - what with the Prop. 13 cut¬
backs, the decline in enrollment, and
the presidential review.' he said.
But Ken Seib, CSUF president of the
University Professors of California
(UPQ and a member of a newry-
formed task force to review programs
in terms of possible cutbacks, felt that
the appointment was unnecessary.
'When we're trying to save' money,
they (the administration) put somebody
In a sumptuous slot,* said Seib. *rt is
not an opportune time to move some¬
body up to an administrative position.*
York's duties are not dear at the
moment, not even to York himself. But
he did say:
*l will do whatever he (the president)
tells me to do. I do not feel that he
would ever ask me to do something that
was, not in the best interests (of the
university).*
The new assistant to the president
said he did not promise Baxter any
results when the appointment was
made except "to work hard.*
*l don't want to be unsuccessful,*
said York, who, in the past, has been
noted for his integrity and honesty.
'If I can't make a real contribution,
then I'd walk out today, because it
(the university) has been too good to
me. If it's not for the good of this uni¬
versity, then I want no part of it."
York is uneffected by the uncertainty
of the appointment's term and, as he
said, "I may be (back) in the classroom
But he is definite of the main objec¬
tive of the new position, which, said
York, is "to give the university a direct
line to the president," and *to have a
means of communication and, hope¬
fully, open channels.'
Ullman, who wilt now finish out
York's term as chairman of the Aca¬
demic Senate and then go up for re¬
election in April, agrees that the York
appointment will 'perhaps open the
door to Baxter and trie presidency.-*
But Seib remains unconvinced that
York's    appointment    will    change
'I don't see that York is going to
open any more doors,* said Seib.
'He's still the same man he was as the
chairman of the Academic Senate. He
smoothed.things over some when he
was president of the Academic Senate
and he will continue to do that as assist¬
ant to the president.
'I don't see anything magical com¬
ing out of it...it's not harmful. York is
an ideal man for many a job. Whatever
his duties are, I think he'll do them
well.* r—
Book review
Visions
Old people just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say
Hello in there
Hello
-John Prine
Photo By DAN FORBES
Concept of time torn
Firefighter positions available
Job applications for seasonal fire¬
fighters with the California Department
of! ForestryJCDF) are now being ac¬
cepted- -at CDF headquarters offices
statewide, through the month of Fj»b-
Applicants must be 18 years old at
the time of hire. Firefighters, women
and men, are on duty 120 continuous
hours per week at a fire station in. re¬
mote rural areas. The pay "J *678
per month.
Application forms and specific hiring
information may be obtained in person
from any CDF region, 1234 E Shaw
Ave., Fresrk>, or ranger unit head¬
quarters, 210 So. Academy Ave.,
Sanger, during regular business hours.
Completed forms must be returned
to the Region or Ranger Unit office in
the area where they desire work, dur¬
ing the month of February. Hiring will
start In early summer, and qualified
candidates will be scheduled for a phy¬
sical performance test and oral inter¬
views in April.
CDF is arr equal opportunity employ-
Richard BooroojUn
Cordon R. Dickson is best known for
his novels of the far future, but his
most recent work, Time Storm (avail¬
able from Bantam Books, 420 pages for
$2.25), introduces a different kind of
catastrophe to a modem day world with
very good results. Dickson combines
his hard science viewpoint with an
emphasis on characterization that
makes for a thoughtful, moving story
that will appeal to most SF readers.
The story concerns some of the
people who have survived on Earth
after a universe-wide temporal dis¬
turbance has torn apart the concept of
time on the planet.   Fronts for the
various disturbances, or 'mistwalls,*
sweep across the lands, and wherever
they pass, the present is replaced by
something from the past or future.
Most of the present has been lost',
and anything from a deserted dty of ~~\
the future, to a forest inhabited by
Vikings, to a sea sailed by strange
reptilian men can be found replacing it.
Most of modern hurnaoity is lost also,
but a few are apparently immune to the
effect. One of these is Marc Despard, a
young, divorced ex-financial wizard
who comes to be obsessed with the idea
of these storms and how to stop them,
first on Earth and then in the universe .
as a whole.
Accompanied at first by a crazy but
tame leopard and a silent teenage girl.
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CSUF at a^lance
A Winner
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the top price of $4,600 at the Red Bi
Gelding Sale that was held Jan. 26.
Students
The Armenian Student Organization
will meet upstairs in the CU Wednes¬
day, February 7, at 1:30, All interest¬
ed persons are encouraged to attend.
Theatre
CSUF's student operated Experi¬
mental Theatre Company is nowac-
cepting play submissions for. their
spring productions. Students interest¬
ed in directing. E.T.C. productions
are asked to file their submissions
with either Charles Randall or Kath¬
leen McKinley in the Theatre Arts
Department The deadline Is Feb.9.
Champion
CSUF also had the reserve d
winner  in   a   three-year-old   gelding
Fresno Murray. Both horses were sired
by Pcco Husky, also owned by the univ¬
ersity.
Vacancy
As of January 1, 1979 there is a
student position vacancy on the Book¬
store Advisory Committee of the Cal¬
ifornia State University, Fresno As¬
sociation, Inc. The term is from Jan-,
uary 1, /l*r79-through. December 31,
1980. Applications for this two year
term are available in Room 302 of the
College Union Building and they are
due' by 4:00 pm xWednesday, Feb¬
ruary 14,1979.
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