1970_02 The Daily Collegian February 1970

              THE DAILY COLLEGIAN   Monday, February
Yes, this is the ghetto
By Osby Davis
This college needs a Ghetto to
remind It of the kind of society
which Its graduates perpetuate.
It Is these people, motivated by
profit alone, who are responsible
for the poor, the hungry, the racism and especially the ghetto.
Maybe with a ghetto on campus
you people will learn to orient
lstic needs of our society and not
the materialistic. I am glad you
noticed *our • ghetto because It
means that forthe first time white
people at Fresno State College
are aware of Black and Brown
people. Our mere presence Intimidates you and all other narrow-minded people. It should, because we are here and we intend
to stay.
Historically, white people have
tlon refuses to acknowledge their
presence. This Is evident by the
recent administrative shakeupby
Karl and the attempts by Karl and
Jim to curtail Ethnic Studies and
EOP.
Segregation Is a reality, Mr.
Saba, and It Is by no means the
major   problem    In   America.
clety which are segregated and no
one cares; for example, the Chinese community and parts of the
Japanese community. No, Mr.
Saba,   the   major  problem     In
America Is Racism. If people
like you, who are supposedly concerned about people being able to
live together as human beings,
are really serious-then maybe
you should expend your energy
on changing this society's priorities from Materialism to Humanism. Begin attacking Ihe
problem and not the victims.
By the way, we like Uvlng in
the Ghetto. It's a groovy place
If you can dig It. The only problem with It ls exploitation by white
Black identity
people got together,
set because you know
getting together to i;
you see segregation was a con-
learn more about the history of
this country may I advise thai you
take a Black History class, not a
history class will only further
ilstort your confused mind.
If you were to closely observe
this campus and its relationship
:o minority students you would
find thai the present administra-
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By Dan Golden
The Identity problem is not peculiar to blac
of all sorts come across II in one form or anoll
who speaks with an accent; the lews who dor
mas; the Oriental whnse eyes are slanted. But
problem   has   a   special   dimension,   for In the .... .
black rrian Is not only "different*, he is classed as ugly and Infer
people. Minorities
r - the Immigrant
celebrate Chrlst-
>r black people the
iw that you will prnrubh
Hall, because all or al leas! 30*;
of the occupants were white or a
reasonable facsimile. Now thai
100^ of Its occupants are non-
white, it becomes the (,hello.
(3) Your statement, "The majority of the racial problems that we
face today have been originally
caused by segregation" not only
shows your racist's attitude but
also your Ignorance of the society which you are being prepared
to perpetuate. If you will research history books, you will
find that our racial problems
stemmed from capitalism.   This
to build this system; and when lhat
ran out. Ihey reverted to slavery
which was a more productive and
permanent   type  ot labor force.
whites a feeling of superiority
over non-white people.
which   ihe   black  n
if his large
'Mil both be
'•nllonk. He c
l.-t.-rmined
i deal with
ways lo prove
1st. tellinj Ihe
1   people   who
ness with which we realize must always
Hon. Before, this blackness has beer
vhirh we were l«,m. Black Power mea
. ■curs*' will |,e a tuclce of pride, rath
e end of an era in which black men devot
Ifiiipts lo l»e while men and begins an e
l.sei (heir own standards ..f l-jauiy. con.lu
Art instructor defines role of Black artists
>' City      techniques   t
i need      Hochester
*  York.    He feels
mltive
t.  from
e civil-
reallv express himself
ized Africa, has Influenc       ,
of the Kuropean artists such as
Picasso. Branrusi and Modigli-
atil. When blacks were brought
to this country thos* who were Inspired lopaint painted landscapes
and portraits which didn't Identify
them as black. In 1020. the Black
Art Revival evolved when black
painters began to use black experiences as subject matter tor
art.   This. Gaines feels, ls when
•s feels these guilty feel-
-vork from their own ex-
?s. hut they shouldn't feel
to any particular slyleor
I'jects he Is most familiar
s does not deal literally
siraci art as a figment of their
Imaginations and don't necessarily use styles that require their
using ihe black experience for
subject  matter.    Future genera-
Influenced by ihe styl
nlques of world art an
sequence, some find it limiting
deal  strictly   with working
sonal style. His use of vibrant
colors is characierlstic of African art. but he does not feel he
has been consciously influenced
iai literally reflects the black
(perience. He feels that if his
rt does reflect the black exper-
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'Without justification'
Acting dean reverses recommendation
Another liberal Fresno State
College faculty member may find
himself out of a Job soon, courtesy of the administration.
Everett C. Frost, an a
professor of English, got Us. wu.vj
last Friday that Phillip Walker,
acting dean of the School of Arts
and Sciences, had reversed his
recommendation to rehire him
lor the 1970-71 school year.
Earlier, Walker had recommended   that  Frost be  rehired
a surprise and without Justification to members of the English
department. Dr. Eugene Zumwalt. English department chairman, said, "He (Walker) completely violated college consultative procedure's when he made
In reply to Walker's action
Dr. Zumwalt made five formal
requests of the acting dean ln
a memorandum sent yesterday.
They Include requests that Walker withdraw his letter to the
FSC Personnel Committee; that
he provide the English department with a detailed written
statement of his reasons for his
decision not to recommend the
reappointment of Frost; that any
additional Information about
Frost the administration has and
the English department ls unaware of be provided to them;
that he meet with the department to discuss the retention
of Frost; and that he keep the
department Informed of any action or meetings regarding Frost.
Frost, an outspoken critic of
the administration and a leader of
will be fired or rehired after an
evaluation by the FSC Personnel Committee. Final action will
Daily
Collegian
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1970
EOP Committee may take
action on ouster petitions
:tlon on a petition requesting
removal of Educational Op-
unlty Program Director
ker Munson ls expected to
e today at a meeting of the
A committee can go Into e;
cutive session only to disci
personnel matters.
an advisory body to the Academic
Policy and Planning Committee,
could . recommend that Munson
be removed as director. To-
time the committee has met since
December when that body *dis-
ruled that they would not accept
the dissolution.
According to committee member*., the body felt that they were
no longer effective as Munson
was   disregarding the  commlt-
and a spokesman for the representatives said that If the
Acting President had any Intention of actually meeting with the
students he would not have gotten 'hung up* on a technicality
(referring to the presence of
the additional student.)
The demonstrators then
marched to the Administration
Building ln hopes of presenting
Munson with a copy of the petition but found the lights In his
office off and the doors locked.
The group then walked back to
Baker Hall to plan their next
approach. The executive committee bf the Black Student Union
met yesterday but no action ls
expected to be taken until after
today's meeting of the EOP corn-
prepared by EOP students, the
petition demanding the removal of
Munson on grounds of Incompe-
tance charges him with:
(1) Being Inaccessible to EOP
gestlons for the direction ofEOP.
Friday about 200 students
marched to the Thomas Administration Building to present the
Petitions, signed by over 500
EOP students, to Acting President Karl Falk. Six representatives of the group were to
meet with.Dr. Falk and present
the petitions. Due to the presence of one additional student,
Falk refused to meet with the
group unless the additional student left. The representatives
stalked out of Dr. Falk's offlce
(2) Failure to make preparations for the pre-counsellng or
pre-registration of students for
(4) Failure to participate ln
for EOP students; and
(5) Failure to assign duties or
give guidance to the tour School
of Social Work students assigned
to the Uve and learn program
be taken by either Acting President Dr. Karl Falk or his appointed vice-president. Last
month the Department of English
unanimously recommended that
Frost be rehired for the coming
school year.
This morning Walker Issued a
memorandum answering the allegations made by Dr. Zumwalt.
In It he referred to the Faculty
Handbook as the legal authority
for his actions. Part of his statement read: 'Your allegation
that the Department of English
'has been given no chancetocon-
sult' ls  false.   As you know, 1
with any department or
consultative body as such
Is prescribed by college consultative procedures. It
Is a metter of public record that
all failures to consult with the
acting dean, since I have assumed
of a refusal by certain i
e been the result     out
tatlve bodies to consult.*
The statement also said, "As
you know, under consultative procedures, I am not required to support such a recommendation with
a 'detailed written statement of
the reasons,' although on my own
initiative I have Indicated a nation on tke returned copy of Mr.
Frost's evaluation. You must be
aware that there ls no provision
in FSC consultative procedures
that required me to act ln response to Items three and four of
quislte to consultation or tor any
Walker told the Collegian that
he changed his decision to recommend Frost's retalnment best,,,, ,i information about him.
stlU checking the situation
I  acted ln the best interests c
Fresno State College.' Walker
added that be had received no
negative information about Frost
The matter ls now ln the hands
of the Personnel Committee. In
another memorandum sentbyDr.
Zumwalt yesterday the Department of English requested that
the committee return the Walker memorandum which reversed
his recommendation and take no
action on It. Dr. Zumwalt again
cited violations of consultative
procedures as the basis of the
Tomorrow at 8 a.m. ln Room
117 of the Thomas Administration
Building the Personnel Committee Is scheduled to meet and
presumably action will be taken
on the matter. The recommendation of the committee will then
be sent to Acting President Falk
for a final decision on Frost's
rehiring.   .
COLLEGE CALENDAR DISCUSSION-Dr. Sydney Blucstone, professor of chemistry, debates alternatives lo the present college calendar with Executive Vice President Dr. James Fikes, left, in a hearing
on the matter yesterday afternoon. An anemic number of students showed up at the hearing. The committee will make a recommendation on the calendar system the school should go on, by April 1. See story on
page three. Photo by Don LeBaron. .    #
Rousek tables action
on senate EC resolution
By Barbara McDowell
Collegian Staff Writer .
In action yesterday, the.Executive Committee of the Academic Senate voted to table discussion of a Student Senate resolution regarding the Experimental College. The unanimously
adopted student statement, proposed by Gil Acuna, senate president pro tempore, suggested a
Joint meeting of Academic and
Student Senates to discuss the
current status of educational experimentation at Fresno Stats
College. The February 4 resolution, according to Acuna, was
designed to make known opinion
on the ExperimentalCollegeCan-
"cellatlon made by Acting College
President Dr. Karl L. Falk.
Suggested by Executive Committee Chairman Edwin Rousek
was an evaluation of the program by a 'broad-based representation* of faculty, responsible
for 'drawing up a blueprint of
experimentation which this campus can follow.* It was agreed
by the committee to postpone discussion of such a proposal until
after the March 16 disclosure of
an Experimental College study by
the Committee on Academic Policy and Planning.
Student Body Prealdent Doug
Broten suggested increased student representation on A P and
P and on any additional evaluative
body to provide the near-equal
ratio of students to faculty on
the Experimental College Committee.
No such action was moved, although Dr. David Provost, a committee   member, proposed that
Ecology group to meet
The    Fresno   State   CoUege the group plans to take part la
•Ecology Action* grouptoas sche- the 'Survival Walk* )from Sac-
duled a 7:30 p.m. meeting ln the ramento to Los Angeles March
CoUege 'Y' Thursday. Hth through May I9K
According   to   sponsors, the tJTonsors .jkre-tloplng to make
meeting wiU be largely organ!- FSC's 'Ecology Action' part of
'students should be constantly
consulted' In the matter and that
copies of the A P and P report
should   be  sent to the Student.
Meanwhile, Dr. Gene Blue-
stein, a member of the Experimental College Committee, remarked that 'the Experimental
CoUege ls not defunkad,' and ls
continuing preparations for the
fall semester despite the absence
of administrator and staff.
In additional action, the Executive Committee approved the
listing in the faculty handbook
of those below the president ln
the campus chain of command
arid designation by the president
to the security department ot
those ln command during his
absence. Discussion on formation of an Electronic Data
Processing Committee was
tabled for two weeks, and a
communication from Director of
Activities Dr. Kenneth Kerr regarding listing of scholastic honors gained during the student's
final semester before graduation
forwarded to Administrative Policy and Planning:.
1 statewide system of envlron-
hopefuli
f establishing a working
in the FSC campus,
the activities ln which
being created on college e
vallate the 'policy and person of
the Personnel Committee.