1970_10 The Daily Collegian October 1970

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COMMENTARY
THE DAILY
EDITORIAL
Censorship and campus newspapers
For some reason, trustees and regents don't think that the U.S.
Constitution applies to students or that the First Amendment applies to
student publications.
The latest Inroads In freedom of the college press have been perpetrated by the University of California's Board of Regents.
The regents have demanded that each campus ofthe University submit a set of "guidelines" for college newspapers before the publication
can receive University financing.
Theoretically, the regents are simply protecting the taxpayers'
money against what the regents consider misuse of public funds.
The furor was set off by a photograph ln a magazine supplement to
the UCLA Dally Bruin. The photo showed a nude couple apparently
making love In a cemetery. It was used to Illustrate an article on underground culture.
In all probability, the edltorsofthe Dally Bruin showed questionable
taste, and questionable common sense considering the mood of the regents.  In printing the picture, but that does not change the principle.
Spartan Dally maintains that students do not forfeit their rights under the Constitution simply because they are students. And college
newspapers should have all the rights of professional newspapers.^--,
The regents' guideline plan ls very similar to a program forced
on state college newspapers last year by the Board of Trustees. Although the guidelines have not yet hampered most of the functions of
the Spartan Dally, the threat of Intimidation Is there.
But there are limitations. For example, the Dally ls forbidden
from editorially endorsing a slate of candidates In the November
elections.    The chancellor's office has ruled that an endorsement
We contend that this ls an abridgment of First Amendment rights.
It   ls not only the right, but the duty of a newsp
opinion on matters of public concern. Including el
We doubt that the chancellor's position would he
a court of law, but there are extra-legal sanctions the Hoard of Trustees and the chancellor could use against the Dally and other student
publications. Including suspension of funds and firing faculty In Ihe
Department of Journalism and Advertising. Thus, our hands are tied.
This Is a prime example of how governing bodies, such as the Irus-
Students have to rely on the good faith and integrity of the chancellor and/or the governor. Themenwhohotd those positions currently
are noticeably short of these qualities.
The regents and the trustees do havealegltlmate duty to guard the
taxpayers' investment, but they have a higher duty to Insure quality
education and uphold the Bill of Rights.
The Constitution, Including the First Amendment, supersedes the
If student publications are guilty of obscenity or libel, they are subject to the same laws as other newspapers. They should also have
the same rights.
express Its
THE DAILY COUEGIAN
Tenure and mediocrity
By Keith Wills
changed so 'burned out and Incompetent teachers can be kicked
out of the schools." These are the
strong words  that opponents of
Reagan or John Rutherford of
Los Altos, use In their fight to
get tenure removed.
Teachers, they say, are bound
to burn out. Even a good teacher
will burn out ln 15 years according to senatorial candidate
Rutherford.
Think back over some of ihe
teachers you have  had ln your
cation? Were there a few that
you personally did not think could
teach anything to anybody? Yet,
somehow you managed to get this
that I had ln English ln high
school. We all called her'*crazy
Miss B* because she would walk
up behind a guy and say *May I
nibble on your neck," or there
would be the days we would
capture files and keep score on
who killed the most. The lady was
absolutely mad. Our parents tried
to get rid of her but to no avail
because of 18 years tenure. All
we would get ls a note with hand
writing corrected given back to us
when we wrote a letter to Miss
B. But now that I think back I did
learn a lot about English and the
B ln the
In order
u don't seem to be ln      opponents should bother to look
too  much trouble from that ln-       at It from the teacher's stand-
Perhaps It was      point. Here you are, one man (or
hought  that  the      woman) against 35 pupils 51
i   day.   In   that   many  student-
■   personality   confronta-
LETTERS
Commends senate
The Student Senate must be
commended for their 21-8 support of the resolution to allocate
stltutlonality of Penal Code Section 626.4 in Title V.
A law which enables students
to be suspended before a hearing
It has
Permit me to ask *An Older
and Mature FSC Student" who
supports Reagan (Dally Collegian, Oct. 28) what ls gained by
name calling? Example: "Long
haired radicals", "Irresponsible
■Idiots", ■politi
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a   charlatan",  "bleeding hearts
and subversives".
I am not a follower of President Nixon's, but I do believe he
was right when in 1968 he said,
"Let us all come together* and
•The people and government of
this nation need to lower their
voices'. Unfortunately, Nixon did
not keep his promlsi
s still n
3 follow
dvlce.   Permit me tosuggest
vice to heart. I am going ti
for Jess Unruh because hi
possible "get us together"
■HI
est about 0.3 per cent of
id California of a bad law.
this obligation not only to
esent student body but to
ones as well.
positive Student Senate ac-
i regard to this resolution
bright
Vincent J, Lavery
Dislikes UHURU
FSC
of FSC:
In the latest special edition of
the Collegian, which ls the black
version labeled UHURU, an artl-
cle^ntltled "AngelaDavls, Revolutionary Black Woman* should
not have been permitted to be
published. The article tends to
make Angela Davis (a registered
Communist) a heroine of the black
people. It praises the Black Panther Party which preaches the destruction of our system of government.  It applauds thedeathof
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tlons there ls bound to be some,
one who doesn't Uke you.
Suppose one of those students
happens to hate you so much hi
slashes your tires on your car or
throws paint on your house and
makes obscene phone caUs.Then
suppose his father ls the mayor o!
power. This kid ls out to get you,
and the tenure rule ls the one
thing-the administration has to
keep a good teacher ln spite of
politics.
This ls why tenure came about.
But what about the old teacher
that hasn't changed his lectures,
tests, or methods for 10 years?
This Is the guy the opponents to
tenure want to remove, and right-
ly so. The thing for people to do
ls not call for outright ellmlna-
tlon of something when It's bad,
but  rather seek  to Improve it.
ls It right to outlaw rock con-
i  just  t
I   kids
ill, maybe this kind
of "wlpe-out-everythlng* approach to tenure ls just as bad.
What schools should do ls set
up a system of review boards
after a five year period of ten-
be kept on tenure. If he fall:
then he could be put on probatloi
and have to go another year under watch of the board Just as ;
new teacher does. The use of a
eliminates any possible prejudices that one person may have.
I don't feel qualified enough on
what makes a good teacher to
fire one who doesn't work my
way, and nobody else should either. Teaching Is an art, not a
science where 2 plus 2 always
equals 4. Fifty years ago teachers thought a learn by doing approach like we have here was ridiculous. Now It appears to have
some merit. So one person should
not be allowed to have the power
to terminate a tenured teacher's
For cases of Incompetency
within the five year period a
faculty commission for hearing
complaints could be set up, but it
must closely follow the proving
of teaching ablUty
o try c
s of h
■cr
All too many people today seem
to feel that one thing wrong with
a system ls cause enough to wipe
out the whole thing. There are
certainly enough things wrong
with this country to say let's toss
know that revision and looking at
things objectively ls more prudent.
Teaching Is a profession lnthe
public eye. If a teacher has to
become a politician too, we may
hurt the educational system even
more. Let's hope the opponents
to tenure like John Rutherford
and Gov. Reagan see that tenure
has Its bad points but that It
does more good than, bad for the
educational system.
-Reprinted from the Mustang
Dally, California State
Polytechnic CoUege
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Friday Flick features 'Committee'
By Barbara
Collegian Staff Writer
Draft evasion, illegal drug use
and black militancy are matters
frequently affecting the Uves of
Fresno State College students.
A satirical view of these modern issues will be provided this
evening, as the Popular Arts
Committee presents "The Com-
The Friday Flick offering,
starring the acclaimed San Francisco review troupe, will be
shown at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
In the College Union Lounge.
Music lecture
Dr. Alexander Ringer, chairman of the University of Illinois
Muslcology Department, will discuss  "Tradition and Innovation
sponsored by FSC's Music De-
and spent two years as a Ful-
brlght professor ln Jerusalem.
Me ls editor of the International
Folk Music Council Yearbook.
Art exhibit
paintings, drawings and sculpture will appear ln the Judy
Chicago Exhibition, opening Sunday ln the FSC Art Gallery.
Chicago, formerly known by
Ihe last name of Gerowltz, ls a
member  of the  art department
last year's "Atmosphere" happening presented at theslteofthe
The   exhibit   1
n with a
'Peace on Campus'
The  Committee for Peace on
ampus, which received publicity
itlng petitions In support of the
LETTERS
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organization  meeUng at 6 p.m.
today in the Cafeteria Collegiate
Headed by Carl Hedstrom, the
committee ls open to all Interested persons.
Resistance benefit
Free music will sound tomorrow from the FSC Amphitheatre,
as the Resistance sponsors a
benefit. The program wlU begin
AKP scholarship
Applications will be available
In the Financial Aids Office Monday for the $150 Alpha Kappa Psl
Scholarship.
The scholarship, provided by
the professional business fraternity, will be awarded on the basis
of financial need, desire for con-
achievement. The recipient ls required to be a business, commerce or accounting major.
Applications for the AKP
Scholarship will be due on Nov.
25.
Dames Club
Dr. HoraceO. Schorllng, acting
academic vice president, will be
guest speaker at the Dames Club,
scheduled for 8 p.m. Monday ln
the  Cafeteria Collegiate Room.
Refreshments will be served
and all wives of FSC students
are Invited to attend.
Fourth Hour
The English Department's
Fourth Hour Series next week
will feature presentations by two
FSC faculty members.
•FSC - Trade School or University?* will be the topic of
Monday's lecture by Dr. Dale C. ,
Burtner, professor of chemistry
and former dean of the School of
Arts and Sciences. Two  bands,    The
Mike Tate, assistant professor Booze Band and Tbe Soul Light,
of  English,  wUl discuss *Tbe wUl provide the sounds. Debbie
Reel Thing,* an approach to film Oiler, a guitar soloist aad singer,
aesthetics, at Wednesday's of- will provide the intermission en -
ferlng.                                 •" tertalnment. Free refreshments
Both programs wlUbepresent- will be served ln the downstairs
. ln Industrlal}>Arts, lobby.
Room 101.
Play tryouts
A spiting actors, singers, dancers and 'sundry other freaks*
are Invited to audition for "Benjamin Julius Hump IU,* a rock;
musical presented by FSC's Experimental Theater Company.
Tryouts wlU be held today anc
Monday at 4 p.m. and tomorrow
at 1 p.m. ln the Little Theatre.
African students
The African Students Association of Fresno State College will
meet this Sunday at 2 p.m. In the
Collegiate Room of Ihe Cafeteria. Refreshments wlU be pro-
The meeting will be primarily
of an organizational nature.
The secretary of ASA, Miss
Hermela Kebede, said a special
night of exhibits concerning the
people and the geography of Africa ls going to be planned at this
meeting.
Miss Kebede said African students are urged to attend. AU
FSC students are invited and
welcomed to the Sunday meeUng.
Halloween dance
The Fresno State College Union will present Halloween Hallucinations, an all-college dance,
Saturday night ln the College Union  Lounge.    The dance begins
The price ls SO cents per per-
Polluted Planet
British science writer Gordon
Rattriy Taylor wiU present a
discussion entitled 'The Polluted
Planet* Wednesday, Nov. 4, ln tbe
College Union Lounge at 8 p.m.
- It ls sponsored by the College
Union Forum Arts Committee.
Taylor founded tbe InternaUonal Science Writers AssoclaUon
and has written nine books. He
ls tbe author of *Tbe Biological
Time Bomb", "Conditions of Happiness" and "Sex ln History*.
Child Drama Center
The Fresno State College Child
Drama Center will begin Its
series of plays for children on
Halloween weekend with performances of Beatrix potter's story,
The TaUor of Gloucester.* The
play wlU begin at 4 p.m. on
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 29 and
30, and will be performed twice,
at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Halloween. The producUon will be presented in the new Child Drama
Center located In Lab School,
Room 101, near the Barton and
Shaw entrance to the campus,
Admission ls 50 cents for chU-
dren through junior high and $1
for adults, ReservaUons for
groups. of 10 or more may be
made at 487-2053. '
The play, directed by Douglas
M. Brlggs, Is bleed on the familiar story by Beatrix Potter,
who also wrote "The Tale of
Peter Rabbit. * It tells of Ufe In a
tailor shop In the late llth century. The Lord Mayor comes to
the poor home of the Tailor of
Gloucester wanting a magnificent
wedding coat with exactly twenty-
one buttonholes. It has to be ready
the next day, or the Lord Mayor
wlU not pay. Using his last
thread, his last button* and tbe
only material he has left, the
Tailor sews all night. Bat final-,
ly he falls asleep and the cat and.
mice, who must Uve In harmony
In this wonderful home, tarn te
In order to complete the wedding
coat. A charming and engaging
fable for children through the
third grade.
Other plays scheduled by the
Child Drama Center include:
•The Sparrow,* a Japanese folk
tale, Dec. 2-5, 9-12; 'Simple
Simon,* Jan. 7-9; The Ransom
of Red Chlef.'March 11-13; "The
House at Pooh Corner,* April
22-24; and «OUver Twist,* May
13-15.
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side   to it,
ul of hi
cranium and the prosecutor ls
permanently paralyzed. Brother
Johnathan will never be forgotten
in his revolutionary attempt to
free his brother George and the
other members of the Soledad*.)
It should be clearly evident to
everyone that this article was not
about revolution but about militancy and anarchy.
The Dally Collegian Is pubUshed by the FSC AssoclaUon of
which every student ls a member
and a financial supporter.   Why
to glorify a one-time black panther party member, and now a
registered Communist? Why
should student money be used to
dignify Bobby Seales, Huey New-
tons and Eldrldge Cleavers?
Why? If the UHURU continued
this policy of using the student
paper as a soap box upon which
li may stand and preach Its political extremism, the Student Sen-
ale should deny It any further
publications.
The idea of a "black paper* or
a "chicano paper" ls absurd. Let
there be a 'student paper" composed of the entire spectrum of
activities. The Dally CoUegian*
was designed to express and accent campus and student body
activities. What the hell does
Angela' Davis and articles by
Nathan Heard have to do with
student body activities. If It ls
the desire of a minority group
to express their singular viewpoints let them do so through an
Independently financed pubUcaUon. The.Ag Senate has Its own
publication; aren't other minorities, capable of doing what a group
of hayseed farmer* with manure
on their boots do???
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