1984_03 The Daily Collegian March 1984

              March 16, 1984
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Super Tuesday has come and gone, but the race for the Democratic
presidential nomination is far from over. Former Vice Presidertt
Walter F. Mondale had been expected to lock it up by now, before
most voters had a chance to express their preference. That is not very
democratic. In a government based on participation by the people,
the more participation the better.
A prolonged contest will involve more voters — eight of the 10
largest states have yet to vote — and allow more time for closer
scrutiny of the candidates'stances. That scrutiny should focus notxin
whether Colorado Sen. Gary Hart has new ideas, which some of his
opponents challenge, but on what they are and how they differ from
those of other candidates.
Elections are not litmus tests for originality. Good ideas need not
be original. Many effective leaders have duplicated the successes of
others or adopted the John F.-Kennedy technique that
sometimes included adapting opposition programs for
his own use. Too many politicians evaluate their promises by the will-it-play-in-Peoria standard. The best test
of an idea is whether it has a chance of working.
The fuss about newness is valid partly because of
Hart'sown preoccupation with the concept. His opponents portray him as a candidate of style, not substance. Or as Mondale put it, in a phrase borrowed
from a television hamburger commercial, "Where's the
Beef?" What does Hart stand for specifically? Is he just
a new face? Is he intentionally vague to be more things
to more voters? Is he fashioning a fresh approach?
Hart spelled out plenty of positions in his 1983 book,
"A New Democracy." He does not unfairly take credit
for every idea, but offers a collection that adds up to a
new approach, a coalition of ideas to shape a coalition
of voters.
On the economy, for example, he would modernize .
ailing industries by initiating negotiations among labor, manage-
ment, the federal government and investors. To help private companies expand or modernize, he would exempt a new class of stock from
capital-gains tax at the first resale. To encourage small businesses, he
would urge more imaginative and less conservative investing of pension funds. Employers and workers would finance the retraining of
displaced workers with contributions to Individual Training Accounts
patterned after Individual Retirement Accounts.i
voted against President Reagan's tax cuts, favoring instead
inclined toward taxing money spent and exempting money saved
with a standard deduction as high as $15,000. so that the poor who
must spend almost every dollar would not be unfairly penalized.
Hart, who has served on the Senate Armed Services Committee for
10 years, is quite specific on changes that he would make in defense.
An advocate of military reform, he gives a high priority to combat
which he claims has declined during the Reagan Administration.
Like the President, Hart would increase military spending, though by
a smaller margin — four to five percent. Unlike the President, he
would spend it on smaller and less expensive naval aircraft carriers
and weapons that are simpler and easier to maintain. Hart voted
against the B-l bomber, the MX missle, nerve gas and the sale of
AWACS electronic-surveillance planes to Saudi Arabia. He called
for the withdrawal of the troops from Lebanon in 1982, and he
'supported SALT II. He has called for an end of aid to
El Salvador until the death-squad murders stop.
■ The senator supports a freeze on the testing, production and deployment of nuclear weapons, and has
favored a build-down plan under which two weapons
would be eliminated for every one that is built.
On social issues Hart advocates equality and equal
pay for equal work, but offers no strategy to achieve
these goals. He urges reductions in programs such as
Medicaid and Medicare through preventive medicine,
but he can no more put price tags on such programs
than a doctor could.
These are all in the book. Clearly there is more to
Hart than.the phrase "New Ideas," as there is more to
Mondale than a catchy phrase from a hamburger
chain. More than a dime's worth of difference separates Mondale, Hart, John Glenn and Jesse Jackson.
Each represents a set of issues that seem to be attract-
ing more voters to the process. Jackson has inspired
some first-time black voters. Hart lias excited some young voters,
usually more apathetic than older voters. Glenn has appealed to some
conservative voters. Mondale has attracted some last-minute voters.
Because of the excitement, voter turnout, traditionally low during
if nature cooperates and the snows and torrential rains abate. To go
with the higher turnout, there should now be a loftier level of discussion of specifics. In combination, that would be the democratic
process truly at work.
modified fiat tax, as outlined by Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ). He is also   —Reprint from Los Angeles Times, March 15, 1984
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March 16,1984
Too many students, not enough faculty
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Dr. Jean Pickering, chairman of the
English department, has brought the
attention of the CSUF budget committee
to a common complaint among faculty
members: student-faculty ratio*.
At the March 7 budget
'There's no such thing as a
free lunch with the student-
faculty ratio.'
—Best
meetirtg Pickering pointed out what she
said she feels is too high of a student-
faculty ratio in the English department.
She said there is 17.5 students for each
faculty member whi<
instructors to give students the kind of   student-faculty ratio was too high,
attention they require. everybody would say it was," Best satd.
Pickering was asking for more funds to Best suggested that Pickering ask
hire another instuctor. She*aid that with CSUF Academic Vice President David
the recent influx of students who dont Clark for reclassification of thc English
have English as their primary language, it department for more money to hire an-
takes more time per student to teach them
proper English.
Lecture classes generally have a higher
student-faculty ratio than laboratory
classes. The university is allocated money
according to enrollment and then the
university divides that money among the
departments according to their needs.
Dr. Joel Best, budget committee
chairman, said there isn't much they can
do except raise the student-faculty ratio of
other instructors in order to lower others.
Best said that all departments already
nk if you wentaround campus and
such as graduate students being allocated
more money than undergraduates. But,be
said, with the limited amount of money
the university has to work with, they can -
lower one irutuctor's radio without
raisinganotberinsluctor's student-faculty
a free lunch
asked
CSUF's track team turns
garbage into profits
bids from groups wanting to maintain the
The CSUF track team earns approximately J350 a month — all by collecting,
saving and selling other people's garbage.
The track team operates the recycling
center on campus, and according to Gene
Estes. coach for the team and organizer of
their recycling efforts, the project has
prove worthwhile.
Estes said the team became involved in
the recycling center, located on Barstow
Avenue, just east of Maple Avenue, three
years ago when the university was taking
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Many career myths
differ from reality
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i?-!r     ■    **^ pational opportunites for a geology ______.-
Staff writer jor. Alio, a study conducted by the Col
lege Placement Council indicated that the
majority of college graduates are succe»_-
fully employed in fields not directly related to their academic major.
A *econd MYTH  students believe
The purpose of this article is to "clear    is..."the job market demand should be the
your mind "of several ill-found beliefs    primary determinant  of academic and
about careers so that you will be better    career choices."
prepared to make decisions based on facts       TRUTH: Selecting a major or pursuing
rather than myths. a career just because it's "hot" in the job
A  MYTH  which students seem to    market can be dangerous. Factors that
h. Ueve ,n factual is the notion that "in    influence the job market demand arefre-
choos-    quently unpredictable. New career fields
and job- emerge every year as a result of
•majors    changes in technology, public policy, and
ir, and    economic trends. The careers in demand
  tote: Thefollow!
if they thought their    three-part series on careei
the CSUF counseling een
According to Estes, three or four    selecting a college major, you
groups had run the center before the track    inga career."
team, and had grown tired of the work        TRUTH: While it is true ti
involved.butsince"thetrackteamalways    5uch a5 engineering, accounting, and   ec
needs money" they decided to post a bid    computer science prepare students for    when you a
for the job. specific fields, a greater numberof majors     may not be
"All recyclable things on campus tech-    provide a wide variety of career options.
nically belong to the students," he rx-        __._______^___^_______^_^^^^^^^^^^_
plained, so the university lets groups take
the responsibility for the upkeep while at
the same time providing a way for the
groups to earn money.
"We knew nothing about recycling
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a freshman or
n demand by the time you
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