Board Delays Budget Approval
EOPCut Reversal Predicted Assemblyman John L. Burton <.~-San Francisco) has predicted that s1gn1f1cant increases in Educational dpportu~1ty Program funds will be voted mto Governor Reagan's budget by the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. The governor, in his 1971-72 budget as presented to the Legislature drastically cut EOP funds from the amounts appropriated for the current year. "Reagan's cuts represent a breech of faith with the schools and the people enrolled in the EOP program," Burton declared. "In effect, the Governor said we would establish these programs in the various colleges and if they succeeded we would support and augment them. "The fact is they have succeeded tre mendously. EOP studen ts ha ve enrolled for study in a variety of areas, they are doing well academically, the program is recognized by everyone as being worthwhile. To impose the cuts the governor is proposing, is to break faith in a disgraceful and unjustified manner.'' The assemblyman said the governor's proposal, by reducing its budget for administrative services at the state level, would have the effect of eliminating EOP at four state colleges Humboldt, Stanislaus, Bakersfield and San Bernardino. " It is both ironic and tragic," said Burton, "that eliminating the program at Humboldt in particular would wipe out the largest single program serving native American students." Burton noted that the EOP budget of $3.2 million for state colleges for the current year has been cut to $L.6 million in Governor Reagan's proposed budget fornext year. The EOP budget for community colleges has been cut by Reagan from $4.5 million to $3.5 million. Assemblyman Burton said he has discussed the EOP budget with Assemblyman Willie Brown, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, and with other colleagues and is "convinced that the Democratic majority upported by sevenll R publican members will vote to increase EOP money." "We will be fighting for at least $4.1 million for the State Colleges, which would be an appropriate increase over the current year's budget," Burton said. "And I would hope for a similar increase in Community College funds.:'
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Board of Trustees President Yancy Williams, referring to the faculty senate, told a special session called together to study next year's budget that he "doesn't see the use of budgeting $7,800 to an organization that has attempted to subvert and destroy the campus. " Williams later said his remarks were about the senate's refusal to cooperate in preparing the Master Plan and the Accreditation report, last spring. Responding to William's charge, Board Member Gael Douglas replied, "I don't think they have to come up with certain answers j ust because they are budgeted." Williams concluded the discussion saying, " We have enough outside forces trying to disrupt the campus without paying them (faculty senate) to do the job. The board president said he is happy with the newly elected senate members, and he expects many accomplishments next year as the two decision making bodies would cooperate. The board voted 3 to 2, at the April 30, noon meeting to delay approval of the tentative budget until. members had sufficient time to study the proposed allocations. The requested 80 per cent
McDaniel Named To Replace Fuentez
OUTSTANDING STUDENT Receiving a cash award as a finalist in Bank of America's Community College Awards program is Toni Gilmore of City College. Mrs.
Gilmore, who resides at 1170 Blackfield Dr., Santa Clara, won $250 in the Technica l and Vocational Field. Presenting the award at a banquet
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at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco is Robert Long, senior vice president in the bank's San Franc isco headquarters.
Andrew McDaniel, a 31-year-old public relations major, was named to the post of director of academic affairs during a closed personnel session of the student administrative council last week. McDaniel, who fills the post vacated by the resignation of Andrez I will be organizing the upcoming ASB primary and general elections. Bill Wenzel, who earlier this semester had resigned as ASB post as a result of a clash with ASB President Gilbert Jones, was named to assist McDaniel.
Chicano Students ~severely Isolated' The Federal Government's first comprehensive look at Mexican Americans in the Nation's schools has found Mexican American students "severely isolated" and professional staff " underrepresented" throughout the Southwest. The findings are part of " Ethnic Isolation of Mexican Americans in the Publjc Schools of the Southwest," the first of several reports by the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights which will assess educational opportunities for Mexican Americans in California,
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and educational deprivations faced by Texas. The report was presented to Mexican - Americans. Congress and the president. According to the report: 1. Public Dr. Henry M. Ramirez, director of the school pupils of the Mexican- American commission's Mexican American studies ethnic group are severely isolated by division, which prepared the report, school district and by schools within urged school districts throughout the individual districts. Southwest " to recognize the unique 2. Mexican - Americans ar~ ~educational needs of the Chicano student derrepresented on school and d1stnct and take affirmative action to meet those professional staffs and on boards of needs. " education, i.e., they constitute a subThe report stated that during recent stantiaJly lower proportion of both staff years the commission has become in- and board membership than they do of creasingly aware of the acute enrollment. 3. The majority of Mexican American staff and school board members are found in predominantly Mexican American schools and districts. 4. There are about two million Spanish surname students, including Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Dean of Students, Paul Becker said formed to give students an opportunity to other Latin Americans in the public "there's always room for both sides of "Ask an ex-Marine," said that someone schools of continental United states. The any issue," when asked about the in- in his group had talked with "everyone second largest minority group, they formation booth set up by the Vets. that has talked to them {the two constitute about five percent of the total " As long as I've been here," Becker Marines) ." U. S. school population. added, "there's always been someone at 5. California, alone of the five SouthCurry, himself an ex-Marine, said that western States, had taken action to another table {when there are recruiters on campus) usually it's RAM (Radical interested students had been given a eliminate ethnic imbalance in its schools, questionnaire designed to help them get even though a substantial degree of Action Mov~ment.> " Mike ocera, speaking for RAM, in- "the full story" 'before making a com- ethnk imbalance exists. The State has dicated that they <RAM> were not mitment. enacted a Jaw which declares a school "hassling" the two :\1arines because "we imbalanced "if lhe percentage of pupils The only incident occurred Tuesday of one or more think the Vets can handle this better." racial or ethnic groups VRA 's Dan Curry, appointed chairman afternoon when a " prankster" attempted djffers by more than fifteen percentage of the temporary committee which was to "rip off Maj. MitcheiJ's white points from that in all the schools of the 'barracks cover' {cap) which was sitting district. " on the major's display table. City Co!Jege recruits disadvantaged (Note:" Marine Corps regulations ex- students from the San Jose Community pressly forbid being "uncovered" when College District. The term "disadout of doors, as Maj. Mitchell was.> vantaged" is defined under State Senate medic. The hat was quickly recovered , Billl64. Maurice Ramirez, administrator A number of his poems have also been however when a female student (name of vocational education, recruits submitted to the "Promethean," City withheld by request) fo llowed an potential students through community College's Twice-annual literary and arts anonymous male until he "ducked into groups, state employment agencies, and probation officers. More than $500,000 in publication . George Jayne, editor of the the men's restroom." aid has been made available through "P1·omethean" indicated that although Unwilling to continue the pursuit, she state and federal grants for disadfin al decisions have not yet been made, there was a "very good" possibility that returned to the display and summoned vantaged students. Ramirez blames the ethnic isolation of many of Cox· submissions will be in- the major, who found his hat still in the Meixan - American ~upils on the need of restroom. cluded in t he Spring issue.
IVets Erect ~Truth Table' I Admittedly impressed by the lack of disruption aod violence which had characterized similar recruiting visits to neighboring San Jose State College only two months ago, members of the Marine Corps Officer Selection Team ended their two-day stay here last Tuesday. Noting the manner in which a committee of Veterans for Responsible Action manned an " information table" adjoining his own display, Major R. G. Mitchell stated, "It's too bad nobody's here With a 1 V camera now. "The violence," he continued, "is all people see about college kids."
During Tuesday's open meeting, the Council heard Dr. Otto Roemmich, City · College president, argue in favor of impl ement ation of a parking fee beginning in the Fall semester. Roemmich said he wished that a fee wasn' t necessary, but that, without the fee, new parking facilities to be located where the elementary school on Moorpark Avenue now stands would be an impossibility. Jones stated that he opposed parking fees, and John Arnett, director of activities, suggested that council reject the concept in the hope that the board of trustees would seek an alternative financing of t he new facilities . Roemmich pointed out that two previous councils had approved the fee concept. The motion was made that council approve the concept of parking fees . It passed four to one.
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In other action last week, the council other cultures to raise their self image by heard Vicki Ruff, ASB vice president, looking down upon other races. Unlike report on the status of the council's the Italian, Russian, French, Irish and proposed attendance policy. Jewish cultures, who have been accepted Miss Ruff said the faculty senate had into the mainstream of the United States returned the proposal for re-wording. Rose Higashi said the faculty senate cul ture, t he Mexican American has the physical characteristics of browner skin ·thought tbe proposal should be more pigmentation, dark hair, and dark eyes liberal, excluding a special clause that identify individuals as different regarding average daily attendance. · The attendance policy proposal was relooking from the majority. worded to more closely conform to the "The problem of disadvantaged, or more liberal opinion of the faculty culturally deprived students isn't always senate. due to the environment," said Ramirez, • • • "Jets give cr edit where credit is due, Council voted unanimously to protest there are bad teachers. Society has the re-assignment of duties and time of developed no way to judge instructors Steve Holeman, dean of student activities who mold pupils' character." and council advisor. "But who can sit in judgment of in• • • structors, the most learned of society?" Chicana members of Movimlento another asked. Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan <MECHA > "Has anyone asked the students," were granted $250 to defray expenses Ramirez returned, "it's a two way street, incurred during a weekend conference in teachers grade students, why not have Los Angeles. students grading teachers? " • • • The U. S. Commission on Civil Rights is The constitution of Veterans for an independent, bipartisan fact-finding Res ponsible Action was approved agency created by Congress in 1957. Rev. unanimously. Theodore M. Hesburgb, C. S. C., • • president of the University of Notre The formation of two clubs, the Dame, is chairman of the commission Geology Club and the Arab-American and Stephen Norn is vice chairman. Club, was approved.
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Poet to be Published Duane Cox, freshman music major , has been notified by the National College Poetry Anthology that his poem , " Song of the Times " has been accepted for publication. "Song" was one of approximately 20 works s ubmi tted to the nationa lly distributed literary magazine by the 25year-old Cox, most of which were written while he was serving in the Army as a
increase in funds to the Faculty Senate is reportedly to hire a secretary. A report circulated to board members by Richard Goff, business manager, showed a budget surplus of $337,000. " When dealing with a $10 million budget, this is a small margin of error," he said. "It could go either way. " He outlined that the sources of the changed budget picture were from delayed purchases of equipment, more state funds from expected higher enrollment, agressive investment of funds, and economies in department budgets :nd salary contingencies. Part of the problem, as Goff sees it, is the opening of the Evergreen Campus, which will take $1.5 million in reserves and $700,000 in cash, and this does not include opening of the library. Business instructor Donald Nesbit was to have brought his proposal for a revised budget to the meeting. Some of the proposed revisions are a drastic cutback in the number and salaries of administrators , and an increase in the number of instructors. The meeting took place while Nesbit had a class, and he did not show up until very late in the meeting. .
COUNCIL ACTIONS
Eco-Trip Course Open An ecology field course will be offered June 21-25, which features three field trips, two of which are over-night excursions. The course offers an in-depth exploratipn of the world around us tutored by experts in the sciences and ecology who share student's interest and concern, according to the physical science department. There will be two-day trips to Pinnacles National Monument and Point Lobos in addition to Point Reyes and the forests of Marin. San Francisco Bay and its tidelands will be the subject of a oneday outing. Registration runs through May 14 at the admissions and records office and is limited to a first-come, first serve basis. Arrangement may be made at the time of registration to obtain one semester unit for participation in the course. A written report at the end of the course is required for credit. No examination will be given and only plus or minus grades will be assigned.
Faculty Senate Labeled Subversive, Destructive By SJCC Trustee
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