1974_11 The Daily Collegian November 1974 Reloaded

              4-THI DAILY COLLEGIAN       Friday, November 22, 1974
WAPASHA
COMMENTARY  BY RICK  H. LEWIS
In tbe event some Indian people
haven't heard yet, I am sad to report bad news—the U.S. Supreme
Court has ruled against the Pitt
River Nation In their claim
against the government for tbe
taking of their land. The former
settlement claim of 47? an acre
will stand. "
Since many of the Indian students were Involved In some manner with the efforts to have the
decision reversed, I will reprint
some points of the story, taken
from the October-November Issue of Wassaja, which dealt with
this struggle.
(Wassaja is an Indian newspaper, a' national newspaper of Indian America, published monthly
In San Francisco.)
•The Pitts did vote to reject
the offer (47C an acre as determined In 1964 by the Indian
Claims Commission). The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) then
held   and ILLEGAL election, In
charged   with Illegal voting, In-
Government.*
I include this to quell those
many critics of the Indian who
were under the Impression that
the Indian was hungry for the
money, and cared nothing for the
land. The Indian, In all cases of
this type, if allowed, would definitely prefer the land to the money.
Often Indians involved In these
litigations are at the mercy of
attorneys and Judges, who cannot
course  of events,  according to
Wassaja.
•For   example,   during -the
the  Pitts  were  fighting against
i Gleason of San Fr
harged wllh refusing to re-
o his clients, with failing to
>n   their • behalf  and   under
This
people who w
illegal election thci
basis   upon which all  California
Indian   tribes   were paid 47? an
derstood In the Pitt River action
Is that under the law establishing
the Indian Claims Commission.
only a 'monetary judgment' ran
be made In claims against the U.S.
Affairs united Ir
ON CAMPUS
Inter-Varslty   chr
lowshlp    Doghouse
downstairs In the old
teria  from  7:30 to
singing, sharing and
nental Kids will t>
Gym at 8 p.m Blue Heaven will
also play. Tickets are available
at the College Union Information
desk and are $2.50 In advance for
CSUF students and $3.50 for non-
The Friday Night Movie, -Last
Year at Marlenbad'(France) will
be shown at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
In the CU'Lounge.
Aiklrto  Is   a discipline of <o-
Ing the mind and liody. The word
Alkldo means "method or way (do)
for the coordination or narinony
(al) of mental energy or spirit
(*Q.-
Semana de la Raza       Services offered
deadline Dec. 5
December 5 Is the program
deadline for Ideas for speakers,
entertainers, etc. for the '75
Semana de la Raza. JoseTorres,
chairman of the committee handling the festivities, said ideas
should be put in writing and presented to the committee by
December 5. Meetings are held
every Thursday at 7:30. Locations are posted at La Raza
Studies.
Incentive Program'
deadline extended
The deadline for applying for
the Fresno Economic Incentive
program baa been extended to
midnight Nov. 29. For more Information, contact Pat Agulrreln
Administration 238.
have the consent of the Bureau.
For many of the Indian students
who participated in this fight,
this news will be a bitter disappointment. For many Indians
that fought along side the Pitts,
physically, and spiritually, it will
be a saddening blow, to say the
least. The air will be heavy with
defeat, but only for a day. Losing
doesn't mean quitting. Especially alter the way these-Indians
went  into actio* to begin with.
d 30 and DecemI
The OfHceof Advising Services
assistant coordinators, Frances
Morales and Manuel Olgln, would
like to strongly encourage all students who are having trotible In .
the office and obtain FREE tutorial services.Tutors are faculty recommended and waiting for
your call — Keats Campus
Building, Room 102.
(C1EA)   conference   gets   under
•occupation" are workshops
:eared to examlngproblems confronting Indian youth In education.
forested, one unit of credit will
In addition there will be films,
a banquet at which that ■halo-
rebel" Willie Hudson and his
mother Cathy will lie the guests
of honor.    A pow-wow Is slated
Fundraiser
for tonight
arshlp   fund    raising   dance   on
I  a.in   al the Memorial Building
on 5th and Hughes Ave.inClovls.
he used to provide scholarships
to Chlcanos from high schools
and lunlor high schools who meet
low Income qualifications and who
show ambition to go on with their
educational career regardless of
L-rade point average, according
to mf>mlier Manuel Valdez.
for Saturday night.
The students of Tewaquachl,
who are co-sponsoring the conference, have been working with
Phil Mehas of the EOP department to make this conference a
resounding success. Anyone who
Is Interested in attending or who
wants more- Information on any
aspect of this gathering may contact the American Indian Studies
Department at 487-1185. Or call
the Indian   Hotline at 268-4870.
Just Imagine, for a short while
the campus will be overrun with
Indians. Isn't that an exciting
thought!?
Just after the start of Ihe semester, students learned that a
display of Indian bones was on
exhibit In the Fort Miller blockhouse at Roeding Park. After
confirming this, a student delegation met with the presldenfof
the responsible organization, the
Fresno County Historical Society, and expressed their desire
to have the bones removed.
While the president couldn't
give students a bit of historical
background on' the bones, saying
that perhaps they weren't even
Indian remains (yet a card taped
to the glass case bore the legend
•California Indian male, approximately 30 years old, found at a
ranch near San Joaquin"), he did
agree that the exhibit was In poor
scheduled
taste and should be removed.
,- Now all that needs to be done
is to monitor the reburlal of the
remains. The Region 6chairman
of the California Indian Education
Association Is doing that. Two
points for the students!
To all our fellow students, we,'
the American Indian students,
would like to wish you a most on-
oyable Thanksglvlng-and as you
sit down to devour your chow,
keep this  one   thought In mind:
If It wasn't for the Indians there
would be no Thanksgiving.
statue of our good sachem, Mas-
sasolt. Massaolt has stood there
many years In silence. We, the
descendants of this sachem, have
been a silent people. The necessity of making a living in this
materialistic society of the white
man has caused us to be silent.
Today, I and many of my people
are choosing to face the truth.
We are Indians."
—Frank James, Wampanoag
tribe. Thanksgiving Day 1970, at
Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
(Invited, then banned by officials
of the slate of Massachusetts).
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President Fanny Lugo at 291-
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at 299-7159.
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Political humor of Vidal
charms Fresno audience
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Gore Vidal charmed th* audience with bla political humor
Thursday while speaking at the
Town Hall lecture series.
Vidal, known as a political and
cultural journalist, is'author of
the best-selling "Burr" among
other works. Vidal Is best known
for his. debates with William
Buckley In the 1968 presidential
campaign.
Buckley, Vidal said, Is marked
hy a "degree of Insincerity. Bill
Is not as nice as he looks."
Vidal said that during his
speech he would "solve all the.
problems" which face the United '
Slates today. Along with solving
the problems he promised to add
Ml share of doom and gloom.
The law and order situation In
ihe country today Is a tragedy, he
said. «We have a lot of laws but
not much order." Toremedythe
situation Vidal said all bad laws
should be discarded.      ^-- .
He called for the removal of all
laws that have to do with personal
"All drugs should be legalized
scrlptlon," he said. The Bureau
rer In the body politic" and should
ihe large number of laws and the
high rate of crime: "Do not regulate the private morals of the
people.     Do not tell them what
said   he  also v
of    I
e Iheyai
and the Bill of Rights.
■The FBI is very good about
ink robbers but by and large
ley have devoted most of their
me to spying on Americans,'he
ild.    *I was "oneof those spied
vidal said his New York apart-
ent was broken Into twice by the
BI He knew it was the FBI be-
iuse they left the typewriter and
"I propose that the FBI confine
* Ua activities to organized
crime,* Vidal said as a Solution
to theiproblem.
Vidal had harsh words for the '
military.establishment and the
Department of Defense. The
Defense Department, like the rest
federal government, Is a vast
welfare establishment," he said.
He said he favors cutting the
defense budget by two-thirds because the larger the, army is the
better the chances that It will be
*I would also propose the phasing outoftheservlceacademles,"
he said. «I know the military
mind and It Is dangerous.* lie
said the military has "contempt*
for American Institutions.
On another front, Vidal said the
population in the United States
needs to be reduced. 'There are
still too many of us," he said.
The problem is in "the way we
live* and not.ln space.
"Other countries are not going
to give us what we want and that
Is going to change the way we
live," he said.
One way to reduce the population would lie to stop telling young
girls that motherhood is the ultimate goal, he said. "I think a
change in attitude would be a
great help."
Natural resources should be
turned over to the people and to
the government, he said" and the
president should lie kept out of
the economy.      *•
"The president, any president,
should be kept out of the economy," he said. "Let's remove
them from serious things* and
confine them to areas where
they do well, he said, like throwing out the first baseball.
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Supervisor candidate Levy
demands 'quality of life'
A political conversation with
aron Levy, one of two women
announce candidacy for John
ens' soon-to-be-vacant posl-
n on Ihe Fresno County Board
Supervisors, invariably cen-
s on 'preserving the quality
life'In Fresno County.
According to Levy, one of
major strengths is
especially the CSUF
ho chooses to settle In
Ploy
The greater <he number of CSUF
raduates who settle in Fresno,
"'e better the general'cltizenry,
The obvious key In attracting
more graduates, she feels, ts a
"viable economy* and "employers '
'■■■ho win hire them." •
But Jusf as important as em-
i .   "making sure Fres-
the right way, "said
"The youth will only stay here
" they feel positively about the
community," she said. "We've got
preserve the clean air, the clean
environment and the quality of
life in general.*
"Ms is where Lev)- feels she
c*in contribute roost for district
'wo. she points to her four years
rcf+ CALIFORNIA
ST^UNIVERSI
MONbAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1974
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EGIAN
CALIFORNIA     STATE      UNIVERSITY,      FRESNO
Good rape cases seldom
make trials, says attorney
Most rape c:
a series)
s thatgototrlal
on the' planning commission as1
having given her "Insight into
Fresno's needs and how It should
grow and develop."
•Now more than ever, the people are looking for Integrity in
government and Ihey deserve It,"
said Levy. 'They deserve good,
plain, honest government acting
In Ihe Interests of the people and
not special interest groups."
Her years on the planning
commission have shown she could
be such a supervisor — "Independent" and "decisive," she said.
•It sounds heady on paper, but
not when you feel It,* she said.
"I have the energy, the Imagination, the qualifications and the
iegoodjudg-
.The wife of Joseph Levy, head
of Gottschalk's stores, Levy also
noted that If elected she would
not have to divide her attention
between a business and the board.
Levy ran for the position once
before. In H69, when she opposed
Krebs and several other candidates In a special election called
to replace Gene Hahesy, then
supervisor for district-two. Levy
came in second to Krebs.-
The Interview ended when a
neighbor's child hurt himself
playing outside with a group of
boys and came to Levy for. help.
That's another qualification a
supervisor should have and I do
have - the ability to cope," she
whelming evidence, said Steve
Noxon, Deputy District Attorney
for Fresno County.
In a rape case with good evidence — corroborating witnesses,
fingerprints and Identification -
the defendant usually pleads
Rollty liefore the case gets to
"A good. rape is a case that
there's sufficient evidence that
we think we stand a good chance
of convicting the guy," Noxon
said. "If we're convinced that the
fellow Is guilty, we'll take It to
An average of six to 10 rape
cases ro to trial a year In Fresno
County. Noxon said the District
Attorney's office usually wins
two-thirds of them.
One aspect of the Judicial process that leads to a low number
of convictions for rape is plea
bargaining. •   -
By plea bargaining the defendant may be able to plead guilty
to an offense other than rape,
"there are a lot or other,crimes
they   could   commit  during the
Some of the crimes carry a
higher penalty than rape and are
said. However, a majority of the
cases Med' wind up with a reduced, charge. "We try to settle
them.for something more than a
misdemeanor," he said.
Before a rape case goes to
court  the victim may he asked
polygraph test. She-is
Noxon said it is difficult to convict the defendant. There are
limited Instances'when the history or Ms past sexual offenses,
If any, can be explored. When it
can be explored, "It ts almost
always the same type of sex of-
The Jury can pose a problem at
times by imposing Its own values
about how the victim should have
reacted  to the  assault on her.
•Most cases I've seen In rape
the girls don't resist," Noxon
said. He said this is usually
through fear and he tries lo tell
that to the Jury.
s,*I try to explain human emotions," he said. "But It is difficult because the jurors are dispassionately looking on." It is
difficult to place the Jury in tlje
"same state of mind as the vlc-
For a conviction, Noron said. It
Is Important to manifest to tbe
Jury the attitude that the victim
did not want- the rape to happen
and convince them this Is true.
There Is no jury composition
that appears to be more convtc-
tlon-prone than others, Noxon
said. Women might feel an Identification with the victim but he has
had a jury with a female majority
find the man Innocent.
the facts" and "just hope* they
can listen to reason.
During the questioning, the
District Attorney will ask the
victim "Just about everything that
happened that particular-day."
The defense will try to prove
that the victim consented to the
rape, he said.
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
splclons
somebody'
"I don't like the Idea of using
polygraphs,* Noxon said. "It Is
given half of the time or even
less." The results are not admissible In court as evidence, he.
;e does go to tr
HAPPY HAS SURGERY
Happy Rockefeller, wife of vice
president-designate Nelson
Rockefeller, underwent surgery
this morning for the removal of
It was her second hreast cancer operation In five week*'. Her
left hreast was removed on Oct.
17. '
FBI THREAT
William C. Sullivan, retired
FBI assistant director in charge
of criminal investigations and intelligence, said the FBI as now
structured ts a potential threat
to civil liberties and its power
should he reduced.'
MISS WORLD
Two angry entrants in the Miss
World contest accused the show's
jury of having "a double standard
of morals* In selecting Helen
Morgan, an unmarried mother,
for the title.
It's wrong for an unmarried
mother to be Miss Wprld,* said
"We think Helen Morgan won
mother," said Nativldad Rodriguez, Miss Spain. "We got the
impression that It made the
judges very sympathetic toward
her.*
NIXON DOCTORS ARRIVE
The three doctors appointed to
determine whether former President Nixon can testify will examine his medical records this
morning before deciding li they
will examine him personally.
1 would not believe It Is possible to render this opinion without a personal examination,* Dr.
Charles A. Hufnagel said.
SUGAR
Henry Newborn, 54, and Jody
Smith, 78, are combatting the
high price of sugar by making
their own. It's unrelined brown
sugar and they said- it costs
them only 15 cents a pound Including labor.
said.
CSUF ART STUDENT Mark Teemer working In the Free Speech Area recently on a surmy day. r
light is better than In most of the art rooms, he said. Photo by Jim Denman. ^^^^^^