1968_02 The Daily Collegian February 1968

              _> Opinion
ay, January 6, 1968
Backwash Opposition
i ono  group
The   entire   Backwash   controversy   centers  a
thinking a smaller opposing group Is gaining too m
Student President Mike Case is fearful that the smaller 'Intel¬
lectual* group would readily accept budget cuts to preserve
■academic freedom* even when It Is against the best interest and
wishes of the remainder of the student body.
Those backing Backwash are fearful that a small group of con¬
servatives, supposedly headed by Case, are trying to make them
kowtow to Sacramento.
Those backing Backwash were fearful that something called
"academic freedom'^might be lost. Most looked upon the proposed
dumping of this Issue of the literary magazine as stark censorship.
Only a few of those testifying in favor of the magazine took the
question of the loss of funds to heart. The publications advisor,
Philip Levlne said:
■Our Job is not to knuckle under and to worry' about the appropria¬
tions for next year. If they don't give us a nlckle, they don't give us
a nlckle. But, If they don't give us a nlckle, they don't give us a
nlckle because we wanted to be a college; not because we wanted to
kiss where they wanted to be kissed.
"As their advisor, I'm not going to tell these kids to 'give them
something Reagan wants.'"
Unfortunately, little insight was shown by the student president
either. Case contended up to the very end, that even If funds were
not granted and the association withdrew Its sponsorship of the pub¬
lication, there would be nothing to stop them from granting funds
for future Issues. If that would have been the case (no pun intended)
he overlooked one problem-the obtaining of material for the next
issue. As one of this year's contributors said, "No one would write
anything for a magazine that had been censored before."
Even Student Senator Bill Earnest who had proposed the motion
that the  association board  of directors  consider  not supporting
his  own   reasons   for  not   wanting this Issue to be
Earnest said he was fearful of the reaction the local community
might have. He said that Fresno State College might be thought of as
a 'radical* school, and local businessmen might be fearful of hiring
FSC graduates.
Levlne had an answer to this when he declared , "The college
Is not suppose to knuckle under to the dumbest guy In Clovls. Our
Job is to educate the community.*
Most of the student body feels this way, or at least their elected
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Letters to the Editor
I happy  i
t   fur
understand It. If not I believe
gentleman has done a grave
of discussing
name appearing on our campus
literary magazine, Backwash.
While few questioned whether or
not it should be circulated among
who questioned 'whether the
genera] public who supports our
Institution would understand the
magazine for what It Is.
The magazine has never been
seen by the Board of Publications
or any other Association group,
who is the publisher and enjoys
all the rights of a publisher per¬
taining to what appears under Its
name. There was, In fact, a mis¬
take on the title page concerning
who the publisher Is and a non-
student Is Included In the book.
Some students did question the
dedication of the book (Che Guo-
It appeared that
there was some misunder¬
standings about the Issue.
Student Senate as the legis¬
lative arm of the student body
has made the proper title page
change and the magazine is cur¬
rently  on   sale.  I  hope that all
the Senate    and    its    stand and
flectlve of only those students who
agree with It. All publications of
the Associations are published
with this understanding.
lightened enough not to fall prey
to this great evil of mankind. In
either case I sincerely feel sor¬
ry for the gentleman. For If he
honestly believes, and his beliefs
must be respected, that we are
not capable of loving our own
children which are extensions ol
ourselves and the focal point of
our hopes and wishes, how can
he hope   to  Justify   love In this
k. The
rgum<
vara)   a
wondered v
taken to the Board of Publications
i (of which I
ii   Issue
A In tl
meeting of the Stu
Senate (of which I have no vote)
to discuss the. magazine In order
to make the mechanical changes
and to ready them for any contro¬
versy that might ensue. The ad¬
visor of the magazine was con-
revolved around the rights of a
publisher to decide what he
prints. Student Senate agreed that
they had the right but could see
no alarm for the topic at hand.
It Is Ideal that the Board of
Publications be the one to make
necessary corrections and to hold
responsibility for their segment
Statements Questioned
Editor:
I wx>uld be very Interested in
knowing what sources of Infor¬
mation Mr. Mezey has drawn up¬
on to Justify his statements, as
printed on Wednesday, January
10 In this paper concerning the
relationship of parents to their
seems a generality to say the
least. If It were made strictly
to   arouse  controversy I could
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E DAILY COLLEGIAN    .
Building Budget Gets OK
facilities to aid students going
into the Social Work field was
one of the main points discussed
at the conference of the Council
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Dr. Ibrahim M. Abou-Ghorra,
Fresno State College psychology
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The series Is composed of
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The   position   of  publications
to the selection of Mike Ryan as
the spring semester Dally Col¬
legian editor.
Mike Case, associated student
body president, said applications
for the position will be accepted
until Friday. The only qualifi¬
cations are that the student be
attending classes at Fresno State
last semester, have a 2.2G grade
point average and at least 45
units prior to taking office.
Calendar
MIDNKSDAY
on Social Work Education held in
Minneapolis recently.
Fresno State College sent six
faculty representatives to the
conference, three of which are on
the State Council on Social Work
Education. Thomas M. Brigham,
division of Social Work director;
Dr. Barbara Varley, professor of
Social Work; and Patrlclal R.
Plckford, associate professor of
Soclafwork were FSC
A major expansion to the Fres¬
no State College Engineering and
Science Buildings may be in the
Gov. Ronald Reagan's proposed
1968-69 budget contains $1.73
million for the. Engineering
Building   project.   The addition
uncll. :
Dr. Morris Klass, professor of
Social Work; and David Ellis,
assistant professor of Social
Work were other representatives
from FSC.
Brigham said that the FSC
curriculum for Social Work In¬
cludes a Masters degree In Social
degree In Social Work.
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Driver Training
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Profs Will Host
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The recent meeting of the state
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