1973_11 The Daily Collegian November 1973

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4    THE DAIIY C0LIE6IAM    Wri., Hot. 7, 1973
Senate
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Schmidt called the resolution
"an attempt to use the Associated Students name . . . for Ihe
political   promotion   of special
id said-the senate
tlons or candidates.
'Resolutions of this nature,*
Schmidt said, *do not and cannot
reflect the attitudes of the entire
The senate opposed a College
Union Board decision which
would allow any political candidate to speak In the Union lounge.
The same proposal was debated
several weeks ago by the senate,
which decided that only candidates (or state and national of-
In the lounge.
A motion to request the Board
of Directors to augment the
Drama Department's budget by
S 1.000 to allow them to hire a
musical director failed to get a
majority vote, after Slprlano
Martinez explained that the funds
would have to come from the
BOD's reserve fund.
Martinez said only $12,000 Is
left In the reserve fund, and said
that many other requests have
been made for money from the
fund.
•These requests should have
been made when budgets were
being drawn up," Martinez said,
"not In the middle of the sftiool
FOUND-On the CSUF tennis
courts Sunday: a Billiard
High School woman's class -
ring. has. Initials *KF* and
a 1970 graduation Insignia.
Contact editor. Dally Colle-
Senator John Eryslan said
director had already agreed to
work on the department's first
musical, but said the denial of
funds may mean that the department may have to hire soma,
one "of poorer quality* for the
next musical or, "as a last re-
sort, cancel It altogether.".
The  senate approved the appointments of Chuck Norolan to
- the NCAA Athletic Commission
and Mohan Singh to Senate Post
for the position.
ould eliminate
the pre*,
and replace
It with two 13-member governing boards, but no action will be
taken on the plan until next Tuesday's meeting.
Attendance yesterday was lo*.
er than at previous senate meetings, and Student Body vice
President Dave Davenport criticized the senators for falling to
attend meetings of the bylaws,
committee which Is drafting the
proposal for restructuring shj.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1973
fflkjIAN
Nixon osks notion
to reduce fuel needs
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
Doth the House of Representees and the Senate voted
-sterday to override President
won's veto of a bill which
ould restrict presidential war
jwers. The bill prohibits the
resident from committing U.S.
oops to combat for more than
3 days  without  Congressional
The override marked the first
me this year Congress has
jeeeeded In overturning a Pres-
Sl'PERINTENDENT MURDERED
Oakland School Superintendent
Marcus Foster, who became the
large California school district
In 1970, was killed by three
assailants Tuesday night In the
parking lot of the school administration building,
Deputy superintendent Robert
Blackburn was wounded In the
shooting, and Is reported to be
In serious condition. No suspects
l'F« DENIES CHARGES
UFW spokesman Jerry Cohen
has denied charges made before
the Watergate Committee that
antl-Nlxon forces conspired to
break up a political rally In
Fresno in. 1972. The Charges
were made byTrumanCampbell,
chairman of the Fresno County
Republican Central Committee.
I-ODI MASS MURDER
Nine Lodl residents were found
murdered yesterday morning, In
what San Joaquin County Sheriff
Michael Canlls has termed "an
execution-type killing. •Authori-
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By Alison Mundy
Collegian Staff Writer
Saying that America la 'heading toward the most acute shortage of energy since World War
II,* President Nixon announced
last night that he Is taking immediate steps to reduce national
fuel consumption.
•The fuel crisis need not mean
genuine suffering by any American,* Nixon said, "but It will require   some   sacrifice   by all
Nixon said reduced quantities
of fuel will be allocated to airlines, necessitating *a cutback
of more than 10 per cent In the
number of flights,* a
would be a IS per ci
In supplies of oil for h
homes, buslnesse
He said actions already being
taken to reduce the federal government's consumption of fuel
include the lowering of govern-
In order to conserve energy,
Nixon said, Industries using coal
will be forbidden to .convert to
oil, which Is more, scarce, and
attempts will be made to convert
power plants from oil to coal
consumption. The President said
he has also asked the Atomic
Energy Commission to speed up
development and construction of
the establishment ol
50 mile per hour speed limit
for federal vehicles.
Nixon asked state governors
and local mayors to 'reinforce
these acts* by reducing public
lighting, staggering work hours,
is transit ays-
car pooling, and read on Page 3, Col. 1)
(HO HO HUM . . . BUG)
'Tis the season, already
By Kathleen Maclay
Collegian Staff Writer
There Is nothing quite like
Halloween to bring out the old
tirlstmaa spirit In people - or
jerhaps more appropriately, the
nrlstmas advertising in local
retail businesses.
If all goes according to schedule, all Fresnoarea retail stores
oiould have their Christmas
lecoratlons and advertising up
y Thanksgiving.
Kach year It seems as if local
lepartment stores bring out their
nristmas goods earlier than the
receding year. It seems that way
• cause they do. Gary Langdon.
hsplay manager for J. C. Pen's,   readily
admits his store plans their holiday sales push earlier In Ihe
season every year.
■Each year It gets a Utile bit
earlier,* he said. The department stores are going to push
It until they get bad vibrations.'
Christmas bells, trimming and
sales Items got their Initial
splash before the public when
Penneys opened their doors
this week. Santa's little toy shop
already has been operatlngbusl-
ly for the .past three weeks, said
Langdon. It Is all part of what he
calls the 'power of suggestion.'
•The longer time you have It
up, the more they spend," Langdon candidly  explained.   'When
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HRISTMAS   DECORATIONS-Onl;
shopping days left
Photo by Erik Strom.
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A breakdown in communication:   back to 'bone/iead'
By Zenobla Gerald
Collegian Staff Writer
Knglish is our'national li
and   writes   i
.-..d
lewspaper.
When the first public schools
re established 325 years ago
Massachusetts, they were oral!  report  ... to write and
still reads
him "unqualified for any employment other than the most demeaning,     unskilled,   low-paid
i the
any-
mmunlcatlon, communication
iween student and teacher and
' English language.
\ccordtng to the late James E.
len, former U.S. Commission-
of Education, one quarter of
' children attending school to-
>  serious  reading dls-
■Doe's" mother clali
a normal I.Q., but whe
came concerned about
ing difficulties.
progress.
According to one unidentified
educator, 'the English classroom
Is no longer adequate for the traditional approach to the teaching
of English.*
Traditionally, it appears that
In English classes, writing was
two were usually selected as discussion pieces, *so students
could analyze and Improve their
writing.*
Reading was altogether a dlf-
ir. It wasassumedby
whow
ar. It w
ars that "all to
This has proven to be an understatement In education today.
Reading words
i. Yet.
ie chll-
> thrust out of schools
These children in turn, Join
rore than half of the young peo-
; it- In our largest cities, who
-re unemployed and cannot read.
Has' our educational system
-ailed us as Senator Edward M.
Kennedy (D-Mass.) seems tobe-
A San Francisco high school
graduate seems to think so.
Earlier this year a $1 million
suit was filed against the San
f ranclsco city's school district.
The suit, filed by 'Peter W.
Doa* 'pseudonym), 18, charges
Galileo High School with 'negligence, misrepresentation, and
breach of statutory duty.*
teachers,*said
his mother. If
they had told
me long ago
that they couldn't  teach him,
getting help for
him someyhere
else. But they
kept teUlng me
he was doing
okay.*
that "Peter Doe* suffers 	
dyslexia, a reading disability
common among males. Regardless, *Peter" has demonstrated
that he can be taught to read In
private tutoring lessons which
ware taken after his graduation^
from high school.
What gets taught and bow It
gets taught is being challenged
today by students, teachers, and
some legislators.
electlves such as drama and
forensics. Also Juniors and
.seniors' can participate In a
"trl-semester* program where
they change English classes every twelve weeks. Students pick
from courses In written composition, creative writing, etc.
Seniors are not required to
take English unless they are below the eighth trade level In
reading. These students are then
required to take a course in
remedial English.
Officials at Edison High School
say that they teach the "regular*
English which Is prescribed by
the city schools.
traditional grammar, but if they
have a serious reading problem,
they are put In a reading class.
Juniors and seniors) take
courses In American literature
taught by assigning a good deal high schools require their stu-
of writing. Usually, a textbook in dents to take English. In fact,
grammar.and composition was English Is required for high
used for students to refer to for school graduation and for en-
examples, trance Into college.
Host of thetime, essays were At Bullard High School, stu-
r eturned with comments from the dents take regular English class-
teacher, but the majority of the 6s as sophomores. Most of the
time, an essay was returned with classes consist of grammar and
another essay on how to Improve _ composition,
one's writing. . During their Junior year, stu-
Out of all the essays, one or dents   are   allowed   to choose
the senior level, one class in remedial reading is taught for students who have reading prob-
The Dairy CoUejrlan was denied access to reading statistics
by ail high school officials.
San Joaquin Memorial High
School said their students do not
really hare a reading problem.
Officials In the De; "
L.*helr>si
:e say theli
:e below 30