1972_02 The Daily Collegian February 1972

              2    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    Thurmdmy. F*bem*ry 17. 1972
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editorial
Minority special editions
Toenorrew The Daily Collegion will print the first minority special
edition of the semester. The Chicano edition. La Voz do Axtlan, has
been written snd plenned by Chicano students at Fresno Slate Col lege
end will cover the brood spectrum of Chicano culture. The Block
edition, Uhuru, hss planned its first publication the week of February
The special editions hove been s sore point of controversy ever
since they wore first initiated three years ago. It wes because o'
these thst the Col legion became autonomous from the Jour not ism
Deportment which formerly provided assistance to the paper. Complaints have been leveled sgainet spools! sell ions, snd the Boerd on
Publications oven voted to discontinue them only to be overruled by
The special editions serve es a source of identification for minority students at Fresno State Coilege. They also serve to inform
other students of what is going on in the minority cultures. The
minority students do not feel that the true essence of their cultures
csn be relsted by white writers. They are right.
The ideal situation would be if minority news could be accurately
related through the regular editions snd we could become truly
integrated. However, until this becomes possible the special editions
are the best solution we have available.
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letters to the editor
Community   Relations
Your article "Miller named to
post* should stimulate your readers to think seriously shoot toe
role of the community relations
office on a college compos.
The purpose of the offUe is to
inform the public about the important work the college Is dome
for the Immediate area it serves
and for the larger society. An
effective community relations office will communicate lo the public the Importance of intellectual
freedom and the pursuit of truth.
The office has a very legitimate
function In that It promotes the
scademir values of free Inquiry 1
and academic freedom.
But how has the office been
operating aen-Fresno Stale College0 Since the IIsse Dr. Folk
was appointed actine. president of
Fresno Slate the community re-
tattaos director has'lfcegarttnr.
as the personal public relations
man for the college president.
The office has been nothing more
than a propaganda device to rationalize the Inadequacies of the
college administration and to
any crltlct sm of the Col -
An Indication of the relationship between the college president and the community relations
director was reported In The
Fresno Bee on January 1. President Baxter would not see a Bee
reporter concerning the "file on
known campus radicals" because
the reporter would net tell
Charles Dick the nature of the
matter to be discussed. Baiter
also said: "That's the procedure
around here and If you want to
talk to me, you have to tell Dick
what it's all about "
Dr. Alex Vsvoulls
Chemistry Deportment
Dor end* Bockwath
I can understand the concern of
those students who were puzzled
and disappointed by the lack of
any fiction in the latest Issue of
Backwash, and I feel they ahoutd
know that only two prose pieces
were submitted for consideration. One of these pieces was
submitted two weeks after the
submission deadline: the other
was of such poor quality that It
could hardly have been considered representative of the student
fiction being written on this campus.
Also. I'd like to assure those
concerned students tost I agree
totally with their estimation of
the abort story, and its rightful
place in a literary magazine Uke
Backwash.
I Invite them, and all other student writers, to help correct this
absence of prose by submittlnc.
taetr stories for the Spring Issue. The deadline, for poetry
also, is March 31. 1972.
m St. John. Editor
\->    Backwash Magazine
UPC aim is
for coalition
Dr. Wsrren Kessler, proeMest
of the FSC chapter of I'm ted professors of California, stated yes- \
terday that th* chapter Is seeklsg
a studeto-fs«oltyco*Utlonto"re.
solve our commaa bodget a ry sad
odwrMtaasl crisis."
As   s  first  step toward this
coalition, ths PSC chapter, aloes
with other UPC chapters la Pag
state. wlU hold a bodget teach- .
In Feb. 84.
Kessler said the teach-in *H
five i
i - BOt JOMuStoa.
that the teach-to
wlU deal with budget probleesj
such ss EOP, overcrowding, sts-
dent-faculty ratio and tuition.
Kessler said bo ha;
wlU actively support the teach bj
out problems -
I  pj Jaws***). |
ALASKA!
Learn an about >obs: oil,
construction,  teaching,
gov't.csnrierv, many more;
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Detailed booklet. $3.00,
JOBS IN ALASKA
Bo*. 1365
Anchoraqe. Ax 99501
cosUtioo  we ess effectively to-
locioletors and their
The local chapter will jots
other UPC chapters In the state
and hold an Informational picket
on March 1.
Japanese
to visit FSC
A croup of 21 Japaosss best.
nessmen will be visiting canpas
Monday ss port of s state department tour of the United States.
FSC is the only college being
•tasks, by the group.
The bootaooamsB will meet
with members of the Depart-
looms of Social Welfare aad Biology to discuss welfare and pollution problems. The depart meet
chairmen, Caosshs Vtswaawsrss
and Dr. Keith Standing, are heading the discussions.
The businessmen, who are paying their own way. have bees
visiting several U.S. cities whlls
on the tour and hove boonholeiB*,
discussions with business mm
snd coversmeetal officials. Ths
"TOSP  .lisrussed
the   status   of
labor msaagomoat problems, sb-
Ihy
processing and dtstrtbotioo companies
BLACK AND CHICANO STUDENTS
UCLA'S Gradual* School
of MANAGEMENT
will be interviewing prospective students
Fridoy, Feb. 25 (10 o.m.-4 p.m.)
ottthe Placement Office
to discuss the MBA program offered at
UCLA.
metf. Vrl ln,ere,,ed ,n toeak.no. with students from all depsrt-
'oT, Jdalma'0l',e,d* °' ••^•v.r.ouspretxsms are available
WaT!!. ,ech"'«*' and non-techn.cai baokgraunds.
further information contact the P.sosmsrd Office.