FRESNOClTY

COLLEGE

Vol. XXXlil, No. tS Fresno, CA Tht rsdày, Dec. 14, 197i

Photoby Henry Guitenez

Students qsked to qssistselves in retention effort

By Julle Benttcz

Student retention - keepingstudents from dropping classeswas the problem discussed ¿ndreviewed by a committee ofadministrators aud faculty fromReedley and Fresno City Col-leges.

A report prepared by thecommittee, entitled the "DistrictStudent Retention Committee,"stated that 40 percent of thestudents distrietwide do notcomplete their coursework. Lastsemester alone there were 1E,696"TlP' grades here on campus.Community College expensesapprodmate S139 per studentper each thregunit course, whichis lost when a student fails tocomplete his studies.

Gerald J. Stokle, associatedean, socialsciences; chairman ofthe committee. said studentretention is important beeause"if retention could be improvedby at least 10 percent, it wouldsave the taxpayers over hàlf amillion dollars in California."

The committee examined some

of the causes which impelstudents to lrop, and how thiscan be prevented. their studiesshowed that many times stu-dents get in over their heads,th¿t is they enroll in classesthey're not prepared fo¡, such ¿sthe advanced mathematic andEnglish courses.

' One way the committeesuggested to alleviate thisproblem is to incorporate sta¡-dardized entranee tests forcourses that require a certainamount of skill.

,In addition, they also exa-mined other proþlems studentsface which make ¿ttend¿ncedifficult, such as femily acci-dents, ma¡ital problems and evenfeelings of not belonging.

Stokle felt that better couusel-ing, including peer-couDseling,would help thesg students. Thefact that many faculty and stafflaek understanding of the con-temporary student was broughtup in the report. The solutionthey presented for this problem

,was to provide on-goÍng staff:deveþing seminars aimed atreco¡¡nizing the characteristics oftoday's student.

These and many more sugges-tions will be presented to thedistrict boa¡d of trustces forapproval before they can beacted upon. "However," saysStokle, "ímplenenting many ofthese suggestions will costmoney, which may be ha¡d tocome by in view of hop. 18."

What studeuts csn do is tokeep themselves from droppingby looking ahead ¿t what coursesthey would like to take, and bywhon taught, to best fit theirneeds. Course outlines areavail¿ble in the Library, butstudents interested in wh¿twould be expected from themcan go to that division üean'soffice ùo ask for th¿t class'soutline written by the instructorwho teaches the course. Theseare often more extensive; andwill give the student a betterperspective on the class andwhat will bè expected of him.

Kíds qnd ch¡ld cqreGary 'lVynn frorn Heaton Childrenrs

Center talks to kids during Tuesdays rally,see story, Pp. 6-?.

INTHIS ISSUE

Letters To The Editor......o....pp. 3r4.New f ilms In Town....... o..,...p$. 5.Day Care Center Soon ?. . ... . . . . . pp. 6r?:Heart ïfell Received...... o......p$. 8.RaiI l,tlrites Poetryo.............p$e 8.'W'ornenrs N{ag Starts Second Year..pg. 9.Prop. 13 Priorities Questioned. ...pg. L2.A Look At The ASB Ser¡at€.. . . . . o, pg. LZ.

Som Tull w¡ll ed¡f Rq mpqgeSam Tr¡ll, 2Íl and a linguistics

major, 'h¿s been named theRampage's spring semester edi-tor.

__Tull. a l9?3graduate of SangerHigh School, ha_s been travelingaround the U.S. the l¿st fewyears before coming to FCC. Itwill be his third semester on theRampage. Tull is currentlyFeature Editor.

"I hope to have more news andfeatandvoic@Deetns," he said.

"I also p_lan to_eoutinue mekingstrong editori¡l statements oñaspects of studeut life at FCC."

Other editors were also ¿n-

Foijga opinion page editor and, u)rr Luz, 80 man8gen

EC¡i¡EI

2t¡'o0É,

NE\íS BRIEFS

Senester gr¿de reports forFall 1918 will not be

-nailed to

students as they were in lgl?-78and preceding years. the san

dÍstributing thesession gradeagain be used inpresent semes-

A_ student may obtain one'sgrade report in the followingmanner:

Disco donce

ot RoinbowBrotherhood Attractions Ltd.

will present ¿ disco and danceshow fe¿turing Pockets, -Fresno's

ow¡ Mon S¿nto, ¿nd disco disc

Dec. 30, at 8 p.m.

c ü.iPbyV d¿¿Fire. TheWith Us"and theyWind &trrilliams at the Selland Arena.

Scholorship :

l.oppilcottons

demdff€Hs. ÉäiEnglneøtng, ¿nd

fn€fì and U¡€lllþ miôdñô ih

many more.

Crockdown com¡nq

Students pork¡ng

Police Chief Kenneth Shrumsaid his department i¡tends tofi¡d and cite automobiles whieh

for cmployees only," he said."When non-staff park in the st¿ffzones, it creates problems forst¿ff members who can't find

Grode reports won'r be moiled in stoff lots

Men'e B¡eketb¡¡|, FCC vs. Castle{ir {grce, Fresno, ?:80 p.m.,Dec. 19

þTen's_ B¡eketbelt, FCC vs.Gavila¡ College, FCC Gyrn, 5:-g-dp.m., Dec. 19

Me¡'s Baeketb¡ll, FCC vs.H-¿rtnell, Fresno, Z:80 p.m., Dec.20

SCIENCE ANDENGINEERING

MAJORS:TAKE OUT

INSURANCE NOW. How about.an.Insuran@'policy that your sc¡erce or erìqineerina

degree will really be used? lt wbuld-be nicã. Especiaitv cón.-t¿¿;;õ'iilËr þj( !þ.u pllt into such a deg€e.

3:4"-Fry will-use rcùr talørts. We have openings for youngm and U¡Om mi.rJñô ih colæ]oÅ cata^-^ --l -^;--;-1

"au-ñ¡- ¡^ll-

t¡w w¡Et !u ffi.--ao,rk ñíõîräÄü no*" nOtC progrurn at pu, cu.pur. lt! soodlnsurance.

AEmPACE gIIDIFIS (2@)222eæ

Feb. 15.San Francisco Fashion Group

schölarships for 1979 are avaii-

Applicants should be under-graduate women at least B0years of age, heads of housq.holds, in need of finaneialassistance, with plans for educa-tional training necessary forentry or reentry into the labor

leveleceipt

Photo disploy. ¡.¡rn LtÞrory

uring 60enrolleds is on,throughr

lnfo fortronsf ers

Transfer students. informationon entrance requirements and

This service is offered o¡Mondays and Thursdays from ga.m. to 3 p.m. Ask for RamiroVillianueva.

5k¡ Club pqymenrdeodline tomorrow

CALENAmerie¿n Association of Uni-

y9llity \il'omen .scholarships of$700 for 1979€0 are available towomen with a 3.5 cpa or abovewho _rr'ill have upper divisionst¿nding. Deadline

-to apply is

Specíol evenfs

!!EqEA, t2-2 p.m., Thurs., Dec.14, Committee Room A

FCA, .7 a.m., Fri., Dec. 15,UommitteeRoomsA&B

!_lg1le_Boskerbdt, COS TOUR-NÁI{ENT, COS, T.B.A., O"ì.14-16

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ÌIhe \ /lC Bh.e\ônder

c. L r l5r 16. . . .Tlf ild Blue Yonder ($2.00)Dec. L9. . .. . . . . , ,. .BeIIy Dancing ($2. 00)Dec. Z0rZLrZZrZ3,... Jump Street ($2. OOI. ZQrZLrZZrZ3,... Jump Street ($2.001.

. 26... ..... .. Talent Evening FREE

. 27. o..... . o.,tr'ollyrs Pool ($2. O0)

. ?8....... ' o....... Orchid ($1.50)'. 29r30. .....Wild Blue yonder($Z.OO,l

Dec¡ 31... New Years Eve-FreeGharnpagne-Semi tr ormal($5. 0O

' Witd Blue yonder & Guest

Thursday, Dec. 14, 1978

Don't let core center chonre diq, wr¡ters utgeThis is to inform and urge the

community and its studentpopulation tô participate insupporting the Head St¿rt childc¿¡e center program at FresnoCþ College, while we have theavailability to implement amuch needed facility fo¡ itsstudents. The centær is ¿ Yitålneed and no one knows bettcrthat the need is essentir¡I, thenthose in need, and that is usstude¡ts.

I a^m a student studyiag for aca¡eer in nrusing ¿nd business.I am writing in support for theHead Sta¡t child center beeausethe child ea¡e eenter will affectand influence the community in avery positive manner and it isessential in need for studentswho truly wish to continue theireducation. It will benefit thechildrgn who are very impres-sionable at early ages tounderstand, participate and com-municate with students ofknowledgeable education ¿nd itwill also give them an ea,rlyineentive ¡s to a future ca¡eer.

It will also benefit ¿nd enrichwith experieuce ¡nd hnowledgeto the studeuts who h¡ve chos€nc¡r'Ee¡s in fìelds perteining tochild developrnent, medic¡I,sod¡ù sdd health ca¡e. A cbildcare centæ is æse¡ti¡l i¡ order

to keep students who a¡e in needof child care assist¿nce, in thecommunity, rather then losethem to sndther college withsuch ¿ program.

This college has right now theopportunity and avaiÌability toimplement such a program.Why all the sluggishness andslowness by the SCCCD Board ofTrustees, in voting positive forthe center now? The board h¿svoted to implement a child carecenter and it has ststed so, but ith¿s not st¿ted as to when it willoome about. The estsblishmentand reality of a child ca¡e centermust be today and not tomonow.It ii needed now when thebenefit to the students both forassistahce and educational ismost pertinent.

I would like to know if thenegativeness from thb board isinflueneed by and becausestudents will also have ¿ voice inhow the progrsm should best becoordin¿ted to benefit all stu-dents. lte board as professionalsshould realize that in order tobecome a professional i¡ a chosenfield, we as students should beallowed to participate i¡ thedecision mirking of are¡s tb¿taffect u¡, both for educ¿tio¡¿lprnposes and for preparedness toadult sitr¡¡tion eD@unters.

sonthis

8Fuc8-

tion. program, which would provide achild c¿re center for some

TonyVargar children whose parents attend t

F00Student school ¿t FCC.Aehildcarecentpr wo¡ld be of

great value rn the FCC campus,bec¿use oft¿n students who dowell in school, ¿nd who aremdir¡ated, quit becauee tbeycan't afford child c¿re.

But now, we need publicsupport. the noney we sodesperately needed has beenallotted to us by the FresnoCounty Eeonomic Opportunities

the program a site on which tobuild the child ca¡e center. Mr.Bill Chester, the faeilitÍes p}an-ner at FCC, has been given theþb to locate a site and with theadviee of an a¡chitect, make $¡reit is suitsble.

If ¿ contract is not si¡¡ned bf,FCC and EOC by Dec. 81, we willlose the funding for thisimpoÉant e,hild c¡¡e cent¿F.

It soems c sha,Be, tbat perhapsbec¿u¡e of bureeucratic peper3f,rrñling and procradinrtion, avalu¡ble service w¡¡l bo bût.

, Action must be þ[s¡ imrñg_diatcly so that the ñrnding for

,this cùild eare center does noti erprne.

, Auyone who wor¡ld like to givetmoral support for ¡uch awcthwhile e¿use is welome. Apetition is now going aroundcsnpus and'yorn signature isneeded. Also, please feel fres to'cdll ¿ member of the board and,erpross your feelings.

Sandy Alpoonarian

II. I

I am submitting this lettær inbehstf of tbe long awaited a¡dneeded child care cent¿r on our'campus.

FCC's campus has Dany'studentt who a¡e mothers ¡nd inneed of child care ¡ssistsnce.ltis lscL of assigt¡nce i¡ onecause of student withdr¡w¿lfrom school.

I truly hope tbir will beacomplished so th¡t tùe parentson c!¡npus can gst e¡ cducationl

all, wh¡t is'an ASB sdv¡lot fod?' He re+ntenc the meetJng (neybehe had to cool off?).

llhe time is now 8:t[6. FiveI it¿ms are still on the agenda forfr¡rther debate. lte ASB call in asubstitute ¿dviser to replaeehim. She seemg to bave somereco¡¡nizable authority when sheinjures the ASB for not acting ina mature manner in theirdiscussions but acting like madanin¡lg. With more ASB officerslike her, meetiags would be moremeauingful ¿nd cont¡olled.

Fortunately, there are a fewwell informed ofÊcers who havetheir act together, but this is notenough. Yôu are the only onecwho can run for ofEce of theASB. You are tüe one.who mr¡statt¿¡d these meetings. You arethe one to writÆ lettsrs to yourASB. Fi¡rlly, you ase tbe oià øbecome i¡volved. Whet the,shrdeuts don't hnow ¿bout 'the;.ASB wi¡l hrut them.

Sigled,'Gocq¡odSadat

Goat. onrå.ge 4

T. II

Im a student at Fresno CþCollege. A maþ concern ofmany students is the Head St¿rthogram, to provide a d¡y<areeenter. It will be for studentswho have childreu that c¿nnotafford to get a babysittcr or a

, day+are center.

It will be for children betweenthe ages two through five. It isdisturbing in the classes when astude¡t brings a child in. A childeannot sit quiet for 60 minutes orrxr.

looþing for a building toaccommod¿t¿ this progran be-fce tbe Dec. 81 deadli¡e.

Michelle Peter¡onStudent

Student siticizes monners of ASB SenoteThe day is I\rcsday, the lifth of

December, ¿nd the time isnearing I p.m. The last of thevisiting students are assemblingin the gallery (visitor's quarters).A few private conversationsbetween ASB officers are now Idull roar. the ehaþerson istrying unsuccessfully to regain

¡ order.After the last meeting's

minutes.are distributed, themeeting is suddenly c¿lled toorder. Roll c¿ll is now t¿kenwhile l¿te officers are arriving.There is a brief introduction ofguests (concerned studentswhich number for¡¡).' Maybe the mosttbmmunications and anDouncemeuts to the Senate arehurriedly re¿d aloud and a quiehvote is csst to decide whether cnot to resuñe t,o the next item onthe ¿gend¿. The diSunity is justbegru¡ing.

A sen¡tor announces theathletic departmeqt's proposalfor R¡m jackets (the expeuse

is un¿ble to compromise with higsecond alternative proposal.

After the pros and cons ¡remeasured, a vote is cast onwhethe¡ or not to purchase the

two acting offieers reçe¿rch theDrooess in Robert's Rules (aõonvenient guideline for theASB).

The tiine is now approximately230 and what have theyaceomplished? A considerableamount of resentment tow¿rdsone neighbor and a new restlessatmosphere of angered officers..It seems that each one has to gethis or her intcllectually Eiticaleomment in even at the exPense'of another.

There b much irrelevancy inthe discr$sbns aad even oeoa-siooal mentionings of the behavbr ex¡sting in the Se¡ate

pnestige or maybe just to stir upa little action just to be arousêd?' One Sen¡te member has notspoken for tùree horus only toraise h¡s h¡nd in agreement ordisagreement. Meanwhile thereis a dispute over whether or not acenstor may leave for hopefullyan adequate reas¡fn.

If he leavee, will there still be aquorum (a sufficient amount ofofñcers to vote on a cert¿inissue)? Robert's Rules is onceagain put to use.

More deb¿te and argrr.i¡g is thesetting in the Senate room. Aoount of officers is t¿ken ¿nd halfagreed to let him go while theremainder refused his excusal.The question of who is eligible tovote st¿lls the situ¿tion ¿ndanother recount is taken.

This par'ticular senator is veryperturbed when he is ñnallypermitted to leave. Can youblamehim? W¿s this actioD moteimportant tban the debate overRsm jackets? The f¿ct isthe ASBdoesn't know thâ rules ¡ndprocedures for conducting ameaningfirl discr¡ssion :or deb¡t¿and eo wiürotú thinking and outofturn, tbey exprecs thems€lvê&

A eoncerued student has tbefloor- Tbe issue of the EarþChildhood Education Club ¿ndthe possibility of instelling ahesdstsrt plogran oa campus irint¡oduced. A sen¿tor. witboutany fuformation çbout tùe cluband its intentions nakes ¡dr¡mbfounded ¡emárk pertaiaingto where the IIe¿d Sta¡tprcgr8m would be located if itwas approved.

The student only we¡t¿d toacquaint the ASB with the ¡ewclub on csmpus. After some timethe itudent must raise her voieeto s¿y thank you to the rudeaudience, the ASB.' The thought of having to pay$48 when other clubs must paythe same price and the Bampageis,very limited in its funds.

The Rampage is degraded for15 minutes and an umoticedhand in the gallery is raised for10 minutes. When he is fiaallY

eisthe

Íg

feels.

particular situation? I¡¡te¿d.while the¡e are stitl ¡ aumber ofitem¡ rem¡i¡ing-on tbe 8æ!d&he walks out 'on the ASB.Apparently thio diutnity is toomueh for him- If he rould h¡ven¡int¡ined a lwel of diiciplinoryaction throughout the needug,the meeting would not h¡vepnoved to be as di¡a¡t¡ouc. Afttr

Edv¡DnoodFOCStudcot

{tnurra,"y, Dec. 14. t97B

ATTE}ITIO}I

Student Elections Coming Up

Jon. 30-3t ,1979There will.be approximatelyfive senato¡ial geats ar¡ailable.

Petitions can be picked up Januaty L6-ZZatthe Student Services BuíIding, downstairs.

Petitions are due January 26 atnoon, in ASB advisorrs office.

Carnpaigning will be Janua.ty ZT3L.

More leffers on core cenferIama

College aabout the

each attempt to have the dayeare center here.

are many others who can't attendclasses due to child careproblems. Also, some of us are on

trying to get an education so wecaú get goo{ paying jobs andsupport ourselves and ourfamilies.

* rnetructors of 7:00 a.m. std 5:00 p.ur' clasees nay select an exânfnation perfod of t¡lo hourson the day fndfceted above or an elternate of teo days of one hour each as lndicated above.** If the examfnaÈion for this clasE confllcts nfth thaÈ of another class, please check wfthyour fnatructor. Thursday afternoon, l-3 p.n. and 3-5 p.n., fe. reserved'for schedulfngalternite examfnatfons for claeees that conflfct uith anothér crass.

lVhy are the board of trusteesand some of its staff against such

encouraged, yet this college doesnot want to expand, why? EOChad made a proposal for a HegdStart Program several monthsago and they have been put offlong enough.

I know that there is not muchtime left and we need to get someaction now. Il¡here is tñe csusefor human concern goi¡g? I am sodisgusted but refuõe tõ give up.

I.E. YouncStudent and Mothe-r

Many Fresno Dity Collegestudents that a¡e parents areaware of the need for ¿ child c¿recenter. most students can'tafford a babysitter, or nurseryschools. 1o stay in sehool theymust bring their children toclasses.

This is disturbing to-parents,children, instructors and fellowstudents. Until now, there hasbeen no alternative. The Boa¡dhas approved the Head Starthogram. When it will start hasnot been determined. It isneeded nowl This sliould be asoncern of every Fresno CþCollege student because it doeseffect us all.

LeslieHamgyF CC Student

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Thursday.Dec. 14, lg7_g

No Prince Chorming

By Mlc.hde Lchn¡¡

i4l "i"iog. Child support byf¿thers in divided [ómes ii¡nearly nonexistant. Thirteenmillion women with children arein the labor force.

For these reasotrs, there a¡egtoups that research and

one ofbegan oboard of

'Does tCC need o doy core cente t?,

The-re isn't a separate commit-tee on education within theoommission.

"Education just perme¿testùrough it all," Sloa¡ s¿id.

Sloan will assist in setting upany. educational progrsmsneeded.

, Educatio¡ is needed nowbecause women were not taughtearly in life how to e¿¡e -forthemselvesfuture. "Soknow howwhen they'

_ She agrees with the positionSen. Rose An¡ Vuich ta[es th¿twomen should.öe more ¿wa¡e ofaccoultrne, budgets, t¿xes and

POu.

tSup erme,n' becomesmajor mol¡on pÍcfure Commission seeks lo help women

By Dondr Eoleeybr,ool

There a¡e a lot of irew moviescoming out for your Christmastime enjoyment. And a lot ofthem a¡e good. Most of them a¡ebig budget productions too.There are two in particular fdlike to tell you abdut.

One of them is a remike of"Invasion of the Bobysnatchers..

_ You may say, "Why would

they want to make anotherversion of Boby Snatchers?' Idon't -know. The first o¡e,directed þf Don Seigel, wasn'[very good.

many opportunities weré missedin the original, perhaps due iolack of time, budget, of schedule.

Raid" and "The'White Dawn," todirect it.

He also got some good stars toact in it too. The film st¿rsBrooke Adams as ElizabethD¡{scoI. Adams also st¿r,s ina¡other upcoming film, "Day ofHeaven." Donald Sutherllndplays Mathew Bennel. Suther-

Mefty Esn¡ol - 1'Fór people

who w¿nt to come back to ;chåd.It's taking so long because of the¿dminfuf,¡¿fi¡n bureaueraey."

land, a veteran actor, has been inmany movies. One of his recentfilms is "Animal House."

One of the main st¿rs in thefilm isleonard NimoY, who PlaYsDr. David Kibner. NimoY'sactinc credits indude Mission:tmpossibte a¡d St¿¡ T¡ek.

With ail these stsrs and a gooddireetor and producer, this newversion may be better than thefirst. Iret's hope.

The other film is "Superman."Su¡erman has a lot -of

goodthin_ ç going for it.

Director is Richa¡d' Donner

and "Close Encounters," com-posed the music.

And th¿t's just pait of theproduction. Listen to some of thecast: Christopher Reeves asSuperman, Gene Hadtm¿n as[æx Luthor, Sus¿nuah York ¿s

-[^ara on Krypton,, ¿nd JaekieCooper risPemy White,name a'few.

This movie starts tomomow üiFestival Cinemas. I suggest yousee "Superman" trst. Anä h¿ve¿very Merry Christmss and aHappy New Year.

lteir meetinp beCrnwith an--airing of grievonces by any

i

I

:*.t * they could run tr¿eÌ.

They have spoken out onm¡dw¡ves- and the girls have a

,ooacD and ¿ tc¿m..

. _ 'Sometimes by_ putting pres.

8ffi""1"ä: ean change r-hinss,,,

solve it.

Slo¿n would ¿lso like some,input ftom fem¿le students ¿tiFcc.

,_ "Uuless we c¡D identify pnob¡lenq' Slo¿¡ said, "wð ãon't'know how to help.". .

C<ùccToplc -'So my moûhsrcan go to school"

ByJadrie Fl¡nnery

Photos ü,y.Lmra Batd

Ó Thursday,Dec. 14, 1978

Channel 4? reporter interviews Pête Riceduring the dernonstration on carnPus.

Students wrile, demoilBy Srn Tult

It st¿rted over nine years agoand it hasn't ended yet.

For the last several yearsmany people (students, facultyand.administration) have tried toget some type of child day careestablished on the FCC campus.

The latest effort has centeredaround a proposal by thefederally funded Head Startprog"am and a determined groupof students and faculty oncampus.

In a Nov. 20 meeting of theSCCCD Board of Trustees, theboard authorized the administra-tion to investigate the possibilityof establishing a Head Startcenter on or near c¿mpus.

the Head Start program façesa Dec. 31 deadline and if no site isfound by then the funds will nolonger be available.

Many students began to feelthat the administration wastaking an undue amount of timeto at least promise that a sitewould be available in order tomeet the Dec. 31 deadline.

At a Dec. 6 board meeting,these students talked to thetrustees about the urgency ofthis issue. the students askedthe board to commit space for theHead St¿rt program.

The boarð finally, althoughunofficially. appointed thedistrict faeílities planning direetor, Billgroup ofto find ac¡mpu8.

Chester has looked intoseveral ideas for the facilities,including the possibility ofmovinga mobile home onto somèpart of the campus and workingwith ¿ realtor to find availablesites near the eampus.

To draw attention to thismatter and as a show of force insupport of the center, concernedstudents have in the last twoweeks tried many approaehes togain support on campus and inthe cpmmunity.

Numerous letters have beenwritten t¡¡ the editors of theRampage and The Fresno Beeurg-,ng support for the center.Petitions have been circulatedaround campus signed by a largenumber of students. Thesestudents have repeatedly talkedto Chester and several areworking ç-ith Chester and thedistrict's architect to help find apossible site.

This week as the time-consuming process of fin¿ls is

approve a site and give HeadStart a home.

On Tuesday of this week, arally was held on campus to voiceconcern that the Dec. 81 deadlinemight not be met.

This demonstration began atthe large fountein on campus.the demonstrators marched

, through the C¿feteri¡ and on tothe admínistration building.From there they progressed

through the SiBuilding and e¡Student Centerspecial meetinSenate. As tdemonstrators c,

called for a IIe¡now.

About 80 dercluding studerchildren, croïSenate Chamberon whether parlInunge coüld brthe Head Start C

site was found.After the ASI

Diekie, ruled th:present, discusthe He¿d St¿rplaced in the i

begzn.A spokesman

Pete Rice, said "okay, the centerbut they give itneed the Senacommitting a paLounge to be usrif the dist¡ict c¡site."

A student rrdents who use tlemployees wlsubmitted a ¡Senate opposin¡lounge for thProgram.

Stating thatopposed to a Hron campus, te:çlained that r

the lounge wlnowhere elsedasses.

District f,acilitiee planner Bill Cheeterspeaks to strrdents at sP€ciaf ASB Senatemoeting.

vocal support for a.Head Start Genter onçarlxPd8,

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ote for core centerServices After further debate o¡ the

Þ!ue, incllding statements byCheste¡ to the effect that severilpossible sites eould be ¿vailable,.but it was up to the board as to'which one, if any, would be used,Senator Bill Gore moved that theSenate make available theeastern half of Student Loungefor the Head St¿rt Center so thãtthe deadline could be met.

The , motion included thefollowing points: any strueturalchanþes in the lounge would bepaid for by Head Síart and thelounge would be returned tonormal when the center wasmoved: no employees_ of thelgunge would lose their job; andthe center would iot bepermanently located in thelounge. The Senate stressed thepoin! that the lounge should beused as a last resort, if thedistrict could not find anothersite by the Dec. 31 de¿dline._ The motion was passed by a2/3 majority of the-Senate.

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approved by the administrationand the board.

nursery school.

Sanchez stated that how muchmoney Head Start could spend toestablish the Center at FCC wasnot definitely known yet.

She fwther st¿ted that HeadStart normally did not have topay for facilities for a center.Most campuses that wish acente¡ donete f¿cilities, ¿nd HeadStart assumes all other costs.

The fact that the llead Startprogram will not be an actualchild day care eenter has c¿usedsome reluct¿nce among boardand faculfy members who wouldprefer more college control of aday care center.

The Faculty Senate recentlyvoted to endorse a Head Start

ile makinger type ofpreferredneed forestablish

some type of center on campus.

The board of trustees hasscheduled a special meeting todetermine whether a site isavailable on or near campus thisyear or whether the establish-ment of a center must be put off.

The meetingwill be held in theDistrict Office at 5 p.m. on Dec.27-

At that time Head Start will

!:#!.

Luis Sosa, sociology instructor at tr CC rwith babebabe in armst states tha,t, 'rrhe adminstration doesnrtcare about the students.rr

Enloe qnd Hen Guitierrez

On foot and in vùheelch¿irs studentsrallied to the suplart of the proposed dàycate centero

Demonstsiating studeadminiet¡ation and, ate tho\rn

Thursday, Dec. 14, 1978

CONCERT REVIEW

By hrr Bd

On Dec. 6, the Seettle basedband, Heart, performed to anear-capacity erowd at SellandArena.

The opening b¿¡d, Pl¿yer, dueto unforeseen circumstances(their equipment faÍling toarrive), had !o cancel. Playei wasreplaeed by Fresno's ownThrust.

Though I have to admit Thrusthad a lotthe lastance didcould tell the crowd wa$ waitingfor Heart's entranee. E¡heiIleart finally came on stage theydidn't let the audience dówn.

-

Heart consists of six t¿lentedmusicians who play numerousinstruments very well. The mainmembers are sisters Ann andNancy Wilson. Ann is leadvocaiist and flutist and Nancydoes vocals, rhythm, electric andacoustic guita¡s, harmonic¿ andkeyboards.

Rounding off the band areRoger Fisher, lead electric andacoùstic guita¡s, Howa¡d Leesè,

keyboards, guitar and vocals,Michael Derosier, drums ¿ndpercussion, and Steve Fosgen,bsss.

Out," &nd it was great. Theyh¿ve a tremendous stage appear-ance, all members work well on

cut by the same name.

'For- their frst encore theypl¿yed an old Led Zeppelin tu¡ôentitled "Rock n' Roll." Theerowd wanted more, so Heartc¿me out for a second encore andpÞved an old Nilt6n song, "P.S.I Love you." Ann ltrilsoñ reallyshined on the song.

- The eoneert had to be one ofthe best that's eome to Fresnothis year. Even though therewere some sound problems, f'dsay if you missed the coneert,you really missed something.

'Heorl' pleosesFresno oud¡ence

Ar¡n ürilson, center, shows her str¡ff, while sister _Nancy,left and Howard Leese play to tfre audience. Efótob'ytaura¡atti

Roil discusses rood to publication for poetsBy Mlchde l¡ho¡u

he is tosubmit

Hep asuccessful poet but it is notbecause he's gettJng lettere ofacceptance insþad of slips ofrejection.

R¿il w¿s a eelf-satisûed poetbefore he was a published poet.Undoubtedly, if he h¿dn't lbeenhappy with his work he mighth¿ve th¡orrn dow¡ hie pen infru3tration yesrs sgo.

Now R¿il is a successñrl poetnot only in his eyes but in thosewho read bis poet¡y.

He has recently had foru oJ hispo€!!B printed in an anthologyentitled Heartl¿nd. R¡il's work isiu good oompany. The althologyalso cont¿ins work by Sillia6Sa,royan, Mark I\ysin, IreonardGa¡dner, who wrote the novieFatsy, and Ga,ry Sota one of hisstudents.

R¿il h¿s been published inaboutã) difierent magazines andanthologies. Last year his poemswene aecepted in gix differentmagazines. l¡ith e¿ch poem that

is published, it becomes easier tohave anotber published. -

He h¿d his poems published inan anthology entitled Down etthe Sante Fe Depot along with 20other valley poets.

"It wa! widely reviewed," Railss¡d. "It helped me get thingspublished."

Though R¡il'e work is aeceptedoften, the Ímpression should uotbe given that every time hecends a poen to a magazine itgsts printßd.

'tlonetimes fll go for e, yearand only get one published," bessid-

Thet's where' his self-sat¡sfactio¡ comes Ín to help himlast the year with pen in hand.IIis leve of wh¿t he does alsohelps.

Remembering the three yearsthat he sent poems never tb h¿vethem published Rsil says; 'I wasterribly disappoþted. I was'sointerested in writing I think I '

would h¿ve done'it forever.though."

R¡il writes every day.

"You have to have a schedule,"he says.

In the surnmer he writes forthree or four hours in themorning starting ¿t ? a.m.

"I have some cofiee and st¿rt

to write until I get a subst¡ntialportion of'a poem written.'

It's hardeß for him to fi¡d timewhile he's teaching, but he makesit during the evenings.

Sometimes he'll spend days onend working on the same lxlem,oD rare occasions it will take odythree hours to complete one.

"It took me a year once tor¡rite a poen. Three hours is theshortest."

Slhyirhe rewarded by editorsfor some of his efforts and nòt forothers? Rail believes a lotdepends on the "personal whimof 8n editor."

'I had one poem turned downby 18 nagazines and when it wasfinally accepted it was praised tothe sldes by an editor," he said.

To the poet who is trying toget his work published he offersthis ¿dvicq "Send them out tonagazines, just thè poem and areturn envelope, and forgetabout them. Write a wholé bunchbefore they come back."

Though getting his workpublished did not make him asuccess i¡ his own. eyes, Railnaturally wanted .his poemsprinted. Now that he's achievedthe st¿tus of a published writerwb¿t does the future hold for

hitn?He laughs at the question and known, have a book published bv

þkinsly but obviously hopefully Harper and Row - ¿nd teacir

replies, 'Id like to be well . - .at. . . Yale, yes, Yale."

De'Wayne Rail

:Thursday,-Dec. 14, 1978 I

there was ¿ need for voicingwomen's problems," said JaneiCapella, an ex-FCC student whoworks for the publication.

The magazine's name comes

ma¡kind come out. We've done ¿

Capella."lVe're trying to put forth a

new age.'It's h¿rd to come rightout and talk about a lot of thingsin Fresno, but hopefully this is avoice of a Dew sge and what's tocome."

helps about 2 per cent of thewomen in the world. Moetwomen have to make their ownway and get themselves to-gether, so we went the magazineto be a picture of the

_whole

woman and ¿ voice for women inthe San Joaquin Valley," saidCrtpella.

-Pandords next issue is di¡e outafter Christmas. ,,fn o-rrì

Ja--Tuary-February issue therãwlII be an extended artiele on thePandora myths. We're alsoan article in the spring oD womenon weüere as well as alcoholism.

to eurrentmen in theeY"' said

A womanrs voice.in the \ra[ey.

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'Pondoro' tries to rotsewomeh't,s consciousness here

By Laura Batti

^ "The purposes of pandora a¡d

uo. are commuuication and4¡lcatto¡. The magazine prùvides a local media resource forw.omen's activities and organiza-tions &s well ¿s a resouice forwriters, poets and a¡tists...we

purposes beyond what is eon-venient to the common culture.We create a new culture for thesp.ilit of the goddess being bornwithin us."

That passage was written by agroup of writers at Pandora aadCo., a valley women's magazinethat st¿rted just about i yearago-

"Pandora was started by aSroyp o-f women, legal secrer¿rtes, lawyers, actresses andmothers. It was started because

Reod obout Yolley women's issues in opens tn communityBy Pete Perez

Recently the Feder¿l Edue¿-tional lraining Commission(FETC) funded the IÌabajadoresde La Raza (IVorkers óf 1hePeople) $67,000 for a Chic¿¡oYouth Leadership Center inFresno.

"Several progruma have beenfi¡Dded in the past to deal with

youth center b all about.',Some of the priorities of the

center are to get studentsactively i¡volved -i¡ several of

A- cultr¡¡al edue¿tion¿l sec-men! þ desþed ø help theú

appreciate their eultur¿l back-

The MECIIA youth eenter hasbeen in operation for six weeks' ffive_one, and three

has devel-. oped seven IìTIECHA clubs withinFlesno County.

lVorking directly with around70 students, the center will

niques, phonetics and others,depending on ¿ttend¿nce.

publish athat will

Dents nnounce-

on theStatr

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constantly _recruiting youthwper-eve_r they are; in thescnooß, tüe community, or out i¡the streets."

.. The center ry op"o MondaythruSatru{ay all diy, with ít¡ftmemDers alwayg preseut.

Thursday, Dec. 14, 1978r

Win str ing snopped

be in

Îfü:basie

personnel as last year," headcoach Bob Fries said.

Footbford is aGregMacDanthe dist¿nce squad. Eric Littleyll gyç much-needed'support inthe half mile. Dan Bhoaäãs willbe a hgrdle st¿ndout.

. Fries said newcomers DougAnderson and Tim Be¡nett arétwg of the valley's best track

athletes. Anderson cleared avalle_y record 7-0 in the high jumpat the high school NortÍ Áreämeet, while a senior at MclaneHigh School.

. Bennett, an ex-Kingsburg high

s[ar, threw .the disc'uS wellenough to finish third in the state

By Eenry GutÍerrez

A win and two losses in the

into foul trouble with KeithPostler_, Craig Cleveland, anã.rohn Langston. These threeeventually fouted out tate in theseeond half.

^^Postler endgd the night with

20 points, with Ryan cõntribut_ing 15 points, and Cleveland

Rick Ryan one in against porterville.

nnds firstuomen cogers

By Eenry Gutietrez

The FCC women's team,suffering defeat last week for thefirst time, is now G-l on theSeason.

. th"_ Rams jumped to a 86_20lead, bqt fell into foul trouble.rresno $t¿te sank only 16 out of

30 free throws to stifle theircomeback attempt. FCC went toa SO overall recold as a result ofthis victory.

__ In the COS Tou¡narnent inVisalia last week, the Ramn

:

In the consolation finals of theCOS Tournament, FCC beatReedley for the consolationtrophy, 54-48. Joh¿ntrs wasnamed to the All-Tou¡namentteam.

The.team takes on Gavila¡next Thursday at 5:80 p.m.

. Phone 4t2.t6(Xt,, trtegno, CA gE?41.

EDIIORIAL

tloney priorityProp. 18, the controversial Jarvis-G¿nu ¿mendment,

delivered its tragic blow to FCC. lVhile last year 95 subjectswere offered on csmpuq only 81 were offered th-is year. Andcour!¡ef¡ were cut from 619 to 562; tot¿l course sectiòns (such as20 cl¡sses of English 1A) were cut frorn 1,549 to 1,886.

Also, the number of parttime instructors w¿s cut from 861 to171, no fulltfune instructors were cut.

This is not what is so upsetting, though. It's that $28,0ü) w¿sspent on the Benzi sculpture "The Acrobats," and another$486,000 was spent on the Phase trI operation.

That's the new lawn between the Bookstore and theCafeteri¿. That is a tot¿l of $463,fiD for a facelift.

Surely that $468,0ü) could have gone for something a bitmore useful, such as elass olferings, building repairs, anythingbut the nonsense it was spent on.

Maybe my thinking is wrong, but in this age of cuttingunnecessary spendiug, yet turning around and spending$46Í1,000 on beautifìcation qnd then cutting classes and layingpeople off is slightly ridiculous.

Now, maybe the board oftrustees had no other choice but tospend the money the way that it was, since a maþity of themoney was from I government grant. Still, the person whomade the decision to spend the money the way that it was inthis year of Prop. 13 should get his or her wrist whacked.Better yet, bury them up to thgir neck in the $435,ü)0 lawn.

-DougHamilton'

Church of reosonAs this semester nears its end and we all begin that intense

mental exercise called finals, I would like to comment on thenature of education and how the institution of college oruniversity (in essence they are the same thiqg) is related to ourgoal of educ¿tion.

I'm reminded of an incident which oceured several years agoin which a Catholic church building was sold and subsequentlybecame a bar with a neon sign over the front door. Many localresidents were offended by this and complained to the churchofficials.

In answer, a church spokesman asked these people if theyreally believed that bricks and glass and boards constituted achurch. The und, it had beendesanctified. not a phurch, andanyone who simply revealingsomething about themselves.

Many times, the concept "school" or "university" is likewisemisu¡derstood. The real university is not a material object. Itoccupies no specifrc space. It ow¡s no property, pays no salaryand receives no money for its continu¿nce.

The real university is a state of mind. It is the heritage ofrational thought and of striving to learn that has been broughtdown to us through the centuries. This st¿te of mind isregenerated through the eenturies by a body of peopletraditionally ealled professors or teachers, but even these titlesa¡e no-t a part of the university. lhe real university is nothingless than the continuing body of reason itself.

In additiou to this state of mind, there is the le¡¡al .entitywhich is called by the ssme name ¿nd many times confused for

least they are supposed io be f¡vor¿ble) for the real church toexist.

Confusion occurs when people think that eontrol of thechurch building (a campus) implieb cout¡ol of the ùr¡¡ch (theuniversity).

Since we can only get our education from the re¿l university,we must always bedr in mind tb¿t the o¡þ ¡eason the churchbuilding (campus, administration, f¿cilitíes, teachers, bo¿rd oftrugtees, etc.) is here at 8ll, the only legitimate re¡son thisinstitution exigts, is to insure that we, the students of the realuniversity, are given the means to learn and pursue knowledge.

is and why they want to run foroffice!

this is the way betterrepresentation can come about,and anything is better than whatwe have now. There are somesenators who are sincere in whatthey stand for. Unfortunatelythese are ùhe ones who manytimes quit, disappointed withother members of the Senate andan unresponsivç student body.

ïVe need more ofthese type ofpeople to run in the next electionand we also need more of thesepeople to take interest in theSenate, if only with their vote.

Elections will be held Jan. 30and 31. Don't let them go byrmnoticed, or we may see themistakes made this semesterrepeated - mistakes sueh as thecouple who chat through most ofthe meetings, or the ones whoattend onþ to keep from beingdropped. Then there's the onãwho pulls tricks out of hisconstitution. The list goes on andon while the senators sincere inworking for what's best for thestudents wateh, get angry andthen give up when it seems as ifnobod¡i eares.

Do you?

See letters,page 3

-S¡mTull

Needed: beffer sfudent senoforsBy Julie Benitez

All semester FCC's StudentSenate members have beenplaying games with their consti-tution, by-laws and parliamen-tary procedures, or more speei-lically Robert's Rules of Order.

The debate usually begins with"lVhat's a quorum" which shouldbe perfectly understood by now.One person will say that theguiding force behind the Senateis the constitutional by-laws, butwhen ¿ conflict arises you cancount on a senator bringing upthe fact that the bylaws say toturn to Robert's Rules of Order,whieh in. turn states that theconstitution is the guiding forcefor Senate procedures.

Confused? You're not aseonfused as the people who sit onthe committee that represents(or is supposed to represent)FCC's student body!

Confusion has to be the onlydevice certain senators have ofaccomplishing their goals. Thetrick is to cgnfuse the majority ofsen¿tors into voting for theperson who speaks the loudest orknows the most parliamentaryprocedures.

eonveníent bec¡use they maywant to change the same rulãthey changpd, bsck to what itwas to begin withl For example,

the rule that only_ ASB cardholders could áttend meetings,yet they only asked for onestudent's card and have yet toask for any others, although atlast Tuesday's meeting the roomwas packed with students andtheir young children who certain-ly didn't have cêrds. The childrenweren't even FCC students!

But what topped it all off waswhen they tried to change thequorum from 14 to 8. They triedit a few weeks ago and thenadmitted they were wrong, yethere they were again changingthings they have no right to.Lucky for them that the senatorsneeded to make a quorum (14)walked in a few minutes after themeeting began.

OPINIONIVhat I want to know is who's

to blame for the Senate's actions?Surely the Senate itself, butwhat about the students whotook part in electing them? Wecomplain about the Senate yetmany of us didn't bother vote,but even the ones who votedstated that there wasn't muchchoice on who to select from.

So what do we do? Asresponsible students we mustencourage interested, intelligentstudents to run for offïce andmake the students running workfor votes, campaign, tslk tostudents, st¿te what thei¡ goalsconsist of, who their constitu-tuents are, what their experienee

Thursday, Dec. 14, 1978¡

Win str ing snopped

By Henry Gutlemez

A win and twó losses in the

nndí firsrromen c0gets

/Vlony returnees

be in

r.ïi:basic

persgn_ne! as l¿st year," _headcoach Bob Fries s¿id.

rhèwillthebe a hÌ¡rdle st¿ndout.

Fries said neweome"s DougAnderson and Tim Bennett arõtwq of. the valley's best track

athletes. Anderson cleared avalley record 7-0 in the hish iumpat the high school No*h â¡eämeet, while ¿ senior at Mcla¡eHigh School.

.Bennett, an ex-Kingsburc hishstar, threw .the disdus- wõll

eventually fouled out late i¡ thesecond half.

^^Postler ended the night with

ã) points, with Byan eontribut_ing 15 points, and Clevel¿nd

RickRyan one in against porterrville.