1979_03 The Daily Collegian March 1979

              The Daily Collegian
Margosian:
'Being (dept)
chairman isn't
fun anymore
A "lack of leadership at the top" is
the principle reason that the interim
chairman of the journalism depart¬
ment, Dr Authur Margosian, refused
to serve another year in his present
office
That and the frustration that ac¬
companies the job,' said Margosian.
The job no longer has any power. The
present administration has centralized
the running of this school, leaving my
Job as just another signature.
"Being department chairman isn't
fun anymore,'he added
Margosian's decision has forced the
administration to look natJonwide for
a new chairman for the journalism de¬
partment. So far, there have been three
'It's good that they are looking out¬
side the deapartrnent. They will pro¬
bably bring in someone who will esta¬
blish a better relationship with the ad¬
ministration. Everyone knows that my
relationship with them is strained,"
said Margosian
Margosian has been teaching at
CSUF for almost 20 of his 47 years.
During that time he has served as Dean
of the School of Professional Studies for
five years and interim department
chairman for the last three. He current¬
ly teaches Public Relations
When he received a letter from Dr
Louis Volpp, vice president for Aca¬
demic Affairs, recommending him for
another year as interim chairman in¬
stead of full chairman, Margosian be¬
came disgusted and refused.
The faculty in the department then
wrote a letter to Volpp recommending
Margosian for full chairmanship. How¬
ever, the adrninistratjon decided to go
outside of the university.
The frustration of the job has built
up over the years, according to Margo
"Our problems are university-wide,"
said Margosian. The department's
student enrollment is up and our fac¬
ulty and staffing are down. The ration
of students to faculty is about 17 to
one. But, where all otWoepartment's
seem to be declining in enrollment,
we keep growing. And the administra¬
tion has yet to realize this fact. *
Margosian feels that because of
the lack of finances, the department is
behind the times compared to other
universities in the system
"We only have one typing room, and
that room is used almost constantly
We don't have corraxjgraphtcs (type¬
setting computers), but that has final¬
ly been recognized as high priority.
We need to equal the new technology
that is coming into the journalism pro¬
fession to prepare our shiderrts for
jobs," said Margosian
Faculty positions have also de¬
clined.
-We lost Dr. Jim Flannery because
the administration refused to give him
tenure here,' said Margosian. *Dr.
William Ingethron left because he
couldn't get a rxomotion. Both these
men were excellent in this field.'
Margosian also cited the recent loss
of photography instructor Doug Dill,
because of the low salary and no pro-
art despite these setbacks in both
equipment and faculty, Margosian
feels that the CSUF journalism depart¬
ment is one of the best in the Western
United States.
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'Novv's a good time
to be a chai'Kman)'
Provost
returns from
Chancellor's
office
For 21 years he has worked within
the CSUC system, and now, after\a six-
year hiatus from CSUF, Dr bavnf
Provost has returned to the campus
where he started
Provost joined the CSUF Political
Science Department in 1958 and came
back last semester after spending
six years in the Chancellor's office in
Long Beach Upon his return, Provost
was elected chairman of the Political
Science Department and has been
serving in that capacity since the begin¬
ning of the Spring semester.
Provost worked in the Chancellor's
office from 1972 to 1978 under the title.
State University of Deans, New Pro¬
gram Development Evaluation. Prior
to that, 1971-1972, he was the chairman
of the statewide Academic Senate.
Provost' s job in Long Beach was to
evaluate the academic effectiveness
and cost-effectiveness of new programs
throughout the CSUC system In the
six-year period he was there, Provost
developed   and   reviewed   over    600
The intent of Provost and his staff
was to 'improve instruction while not
placing a greater drain on resources."
Provost is familiar with the problem
of decreasing enrollment both at CSUF
and in the CSUC system. In evaluating
new programs. Provost said, they tried
to find programs that would be bene-
—ficial and attractive to students,  but
One program that seems to have
been well-received is the Writing
Adjunct Program, which is now in
existence on 12 of the 19 CSUC cam¬
puses. The one-unit course allows
students to write papers in their
particular discipline, but under the
instruction of an English professor
Students, Provost said, can write about
something that interests them and at
the same time receive instruction  in
Some of the programs, such as the
videotaped pantomime class at Hay¬
ward State, have high cost initially, but
said the pantomime class exists only
at  Hayward  State  and  has  been   in
Provost said his experiences in pro¬
gram development has given him a
different perspective than his col¬
leagues on the enrollment problem ar
Back at CSUF, Dr. David Provost
'We are not unique in our prob¬
lems," he said, noting that Hayward
State has suffered a 25 percent de¬
crease in FTE enrollment in the past
four years.
"Other campuses have had similar
problems and I've seen what they've
done to alleviate those problems."
Provost said that with the number of
potential college students from high
schools decreasing, universities are
going to have to find ways to attract
other student groups such as minori¬
ties, women, and older students.
Provost's work in the Chancellor's
office gave him the opportunity to
travel throughout the CSUC system.
As a result, he said, he has been able
to maintain contact with the CSUF
campus and its problems.
Over the past three years, professors
have become aware that the problems
facing CSUF are real, Provost said. Pay
increases for university professors have
lagged 10 to 30 percent behind the cost
of living, and that has caused "a real
change from the way faculty has per¬
ceived their role in the past,'he said ;
Collective bargaining is more of an j
issue now than when he left, he said I
There also seems to be less dissention
among faculty groups. The dissention
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Fresno mayor speaks out on growth
Fresno is large and growing and is
"at a stage when people see it as a
source of intimidation and anxiety,"
said Mayor Daniel K. Whitehurst at a
recent meeting of the Fresno Demo¬
cratic Coalition. 'They see themselves
as a small piece in a big machine and
an impersonal relationship develops."
"I lived in Dos Palos, population
1,911 Everyone knew everyone and
kids could run around anywhere," said
Whitehurst He thinks Fresno can also
retain the virtues and feeling of a small
town, even with its population of about
195,000
'Forty years ago, people knew their
neighbors. Now, they don't," he said.
He agrees with all the reasons cited,
among them air conditioning,  swim¬
ming pools, architectural orientation of
houses toward back yards instead of
streets, television, mobility, and the
breakdown of the nuclear family.
Whatever the causes, there are no
longer stable neighborhoods.
Whitehurst wants to boost a sense of
neighborhood in Fresno. Government,
he said, tries to reduce everything to
statistics and miles of highways, but
there is a subjective feeling-what it's
like to live in a city-that affects the
climate in that city.
A day in May will be set aside for
citywide block parties where neighbors
will gather socially. Awards may be
given to neighborhoods with the best
"themes.' Some neighborhoods may
not care, he said, but each neighbor¬
hood should be allowed to develop its
own identity. 'If it's apathy, let it be
apathy *
One of his neighbors, after hearing
about the plan, printed simple fliers,
and went door to door inviting people to
a block party. It was held from 2 to 6 on
a *TV football Sunday afternoon," and
the turnout was tremendous, said
Whitehurst
"Starting at a social level creates an
opportunity for other things," he said.
Admittedly, current concerns such as
drug abuse or vandalism won't be
resolved by them, but block parties can
begin to create 'little pockets within
the impersonal system for people ...to
feel that they belong. Fresno is like an
elephant. You can't hug the whole
thing, so you find some part of it to
hang on to."
Once folks get to know each other, he
said, it opens doors to other things like
trie Neighborhood Watch Program, in
which neighbors report anything sus¬
piciously unusual in their neighborhood
to decrease the incidence of burglary.
"Trust is the basic element,* said
Whitehurst "I hope more neighbor¬
hoods will be encouraged to organize.'
But establishing a unique identity,
even including the adoption of a special
name, such as Southeast Fresno Con¬
cerned   Citizens   have,   is   the   key,
'We are a society of chokes...K you
choose to have short hair and dress a
certain way or live with someone
you're not married to, that no longer
puts you into a box ..The same thing
will happen to neighborhoods.*
The current interest in geneology
and "roots" may be something to culti¬
vate, he said "We should work on the
ethnic diversity of the community and
use it for more opportunity, for excite-
Dennis Banks will open Native American Week
the free speech area from 10 a.m. to lounge.    His   topic   will   be    The
2 p.m.; Tewaquachi - The Hopi Prophecy";
• A speech by Thomas Benyacya, a A display of Native American oontri-
Natjve American spiritual and religious butions to society in the library display
leader,   Friday   at   noon   in  the  CU cases throughout the entire week
Comedy showcase Saturday
Political activist Dennis Banks will
be speaking on contemporary Native
American affairs in the College Union
(CU) at noon on Monday.
Banks, a well-known American
Indian leader, will also be at a recep¬
tion to be held in his honor a half hour
before the lecture in the CU The recep¬
tion is open to the public.
Banks' lecture will be the first of
several events planned for Native
American Week (March 26-30) by
Tewaquachi, the CSUF Native Ameri¬
can organization. Other events include:
• A panel discussion and lecture.
slated for Tuesday at noon in the CU,
with members of the American Indian
Movement's Freedom Survival School
of Oakland. The discussion will center
around contemporary Native American
•Avi
the CU, Monday and Tuesday, on 'The
Longest Walk*, a film concerning the
long trek Indians from 300 different
tribes took to Washington, DC, last
year to protest legislation which en¬
dangered Indian rights;
♦ A food sale featuring many types
of Native American foods, Tuesday in
Here's what's happening!
jre: Phil Rizenberg
(New York Daily Newa), Typo¬
graphy, Makeup, and the Use of
Graphics,* CU 312,3 p.m.
Friday movie: 'FM* IA 101, 3 pm,
CU Lounge at 7 and 9:10 pm.
(Tickets $1 and $2 at the CU in¬
formation desk )
Concert: Ohio State University Jazz
Band and CSUF Jazz Band *A*,
dark Auditorium, Clovis, 8pm
Campus Cabaret: sponsored by the
Faculty Wives Club, Ramada Inn,
7 p.m. (Call Mrs. Provost for res¬
ervations, 439-4304 )
Union program: *A Night at the
Comedy Store" with three comed¬
ians from LA dub of the same
name, general admission J1, John
Wright Theatre, 8pm
Rodeo Dance: sponsored by Alpha
Gamma Rho, country music by
"Occasional Peace' and "Sierra
Mr, Playboys," 10890 N. Arm¬
strong in Clovis, 8 p.m. to 2 am
(Tickets S3 Call ACR house,
226-9519)
stow, 8am
Concert: CSUF Orchestra, conduct-
Senior recital* Denise Kr<uyournjian         ed by Fred Dempster,  M 100,
(piano),834E Alamos,3pm. 8pm       __
On Saturday, March 24 CSUF stu¬
dents will have the opportunity to
attend The Comedy Store' showcase
performance of comedians Argus Ham¬
ilton, Irv Burton and Jimmy Samuels
at 8pm in the John Wright Theatre
The woricMamous Comedy Store
operates three night dubs in southern
California The original Comedy Store
opened in 1972 in the cocktail lounge of
building that formerly housed
uro's in the Lot Angeles area. In
1974 another dub was opened in West-
wood. In 1977 a dub in La Joila was
Tickets for the perform., ice are
available at the CU Wonnatior. Desk
and at the door for $1
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