23 Candidates Compete for AS Senate Offices Profs Discipline Hearing
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NOT JUST KID STUFF — CSUN alumnus and anthropologist Alan First grade teacher Judy Swonetz (far left) arranged the field trip Garfinkle speaks to students from Darby Avenue School on the saying. "You don't just learn in school, you learn all over the place." Indian art exhibit currently on display at the Matador Bookstore. (Sundial photo by Todd Page) I Electione Tuesday. Wednesday 23 candidates compete for AS Senate offices By BOB CARPENTER eight academic schools at CSUN and upper (Two senate seats are open.) Senators have not provided upper and MICHAEL COLLINS division and lower division students. division students with the infcH-mation they Staff Writers The following statements were compiled Paul Cohen — United Students, junior. need and that senators should publicize from statements made by candidates at a theatre arts. their office hours. "Retention would in Twenty-three candidates are scheduled recent press conference and from in Cohen said he could represent student's crease if senators did their job." to compete for senate seats in the formation the candidates filed in their opinions if he was elected senator. Patrick McDaid — Serving StudentB, Associated Students general elections application forms. Perry Harris — Omnibus, seniw, March 30 and 31. AS senators represent UPPER DIVISION finance. Please turn to page 2 Profs discipline hearing postponed 'indefinitely' ByJONATHAN SCHMIDT part the code reads: "As a member of his Sta//Writer community, the professor has the rights ... of any citizen. When he speaks or Proceedings in a discipline hearing acts as a private person, he avoids involving a tenured professor at the In creating the impression that he speaks or structional Media Center have been acts for his college.'' postponed "indefinitely," according to DF. Robertson said the author of the letter Philip Gilbert, chair of the disciplinary forfeited his "private person" privilege by action panel. using stationery with the CSUN letterhead. Gilbert said the committee received a The letter says Perrin acted as con letter from CSUN President James W sultant to the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. in Cleary recommending disciplinary addition to his duties as director of the proceedings against Allan Bryant be IMC postponed temporarily. The March 15 hearing ended abruptly Bryant currently is on sick leave from when the committee adjourned into closed the IMC and it is not known when hearings session to discuss particular "points of will be rescheduled. order." Bryant is accused of having written an Robertson had asked that certain anonymous letter critical of IMC Director prosecution witnesses be recalled to clear Donald Perrin. Bryant could face away the "cloud" that Davis had created dismissal if convicted. over their credibility. Defense counsel Ron Davis said he met Senga Spink, secretary to Perrin, with David , Benson, executive vice delivered key testimony implicating president and provost, and the prosecution Bryant as the author of the letter. She was representative, Dean James Robertson. recalled to answer questions regarding the Davis said it was their "mutual recom credibility of her testimony. mendation ' that hearings be postponed for Spink characterized her relationship the duration of Bryant's absence. with Perrin as cordial. In response to In the interim, Davis said, he expects to defense counsel questioning, she said meet informally with the committee in the Perrin's outside activities "have not af- hopes of reaching a negotiated settlement. fecte<^his duties at the center " Davis would not comment on specifics in "Has Don Perrin, in your opinion," the case, but said it was "unlikely" Bryant Davis asked, "ever done anything im would be discharged from the university. moral, illegal or unprofessioiuil?" Davis characterized the charges against At this point numerous objections were Bryant as an "absolute farce." raised by panel members, who sub He said no attempt was made by the sequently adjourned the meeting into administration in its investigation to closed session. vprify thf rnntpnts of the letter, nor was Pffvis syiri it had befia his intent to there any discussion of a faculty member's question the credibility of each right of free and fair comment. prosecution witness. In any other circumstances. Davis said, Phil Blake, an IMC faculty coordinator, this case "would be laughed out of court." testified earlier that Perrin had ap Robertson said he subscribe to the code proached him with a request to "report on of ethics as stated by the American Please turn to page 2 IMC DIRECTOR DONALD PERRIN Assocation. of University Professors. In 2 THE DAILY SUNDIAL FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1982 Women writers are CHEAPER EDUCATION .,-..-x--- .$HE <AI6 TME RPATESMiry .„<.o THEY'LL gg t>it> ito an nis-t VEAU,! TALttP TO ^y\lK A UTTVe <i\^(t fdL CELE8*AT1N6r To^ THE l>ii> Y«o reiL WeC i IbL . ?M£ SAID «HE HAD AN AvEftA6e 6PA l2e<;T dP rue seA«csTeef neglected by critics wtM'T «5f Med Ari\ DiOAi'r w/WT 1* 6fi our The work of women writers is deavors, Mann said. But in Staf Mte ^ fiOH ^ oii> iwf WITH vou A«yw/»v,., often neglected or misunderstood ford's novels, the heroines are no U/HAT'O SHE 5AV J SHE i>OfcSM'T MAv/E by critics, said Jeanette Mann, better off at the end of the story T/ME..,, CSUN's Affirmative Action than they were at the beginning. Program director, at a Women "The pattern for the female hero Studies Colloquium recently titled in literature is the 'cul-de-sac' The "The bouble Betrayal of the heroine ends up where she started, Woman Writer." only worse. If you have a certain "Women writers are only read, kind of protagonist and she is*^ my theory is, if they fit into a female, there is literaUy nowhere school which is dominated by male for her to go. She is forced back writers," Mann said. and is trapped in the realm of the Mann said critics do not un female," Mann said. derstand the work of Jean Staf Although Stafford was regarded ford, a Pulitzer Prize-winning as a brilliant stylist, her work did writer who died in 1978. TJie cen not fit into any niche that had been tral characters in Stafford's developed for male writers so she 23 compete for senate seats stories dre heroines, but they are was neglected by critics, Mann not modeled after the traditional said. male hero. Continued from page 1 Meade said she is mnning for the CAPS." "Women writers today senate seat because she wants to In literature, male heroes are are. .not being taken as seriously senicn*, biology. take an active role in student School of Engineering and usually successful in their en as male writers," Mann said. "As an involved student, I want govemment. Computer Science the students to have an active Ramon Ruei — Omnibus, voice in university programs and freshman, political science. Patricia Herbert — Omnibus, J, eLfltN€ MRUFMflN policies, and procedures thjit af "I am mnning for this position," sophomore, engineering. fect them." Ruez said, "because I feel I would Hert>ert said she feels her -W ROTH Kevin Mills — Serving Students, be a good senator, and do my best leadership abiUty would be of :^. FRflM€GflU€flV .f^ junior, theatre. to get the other students involved benefit to the AS. Mills said he wants to add his in the school events.'' Philip Virga — independant, a- voice to decisions conceming the senior, engineering. Museum Quality Framing conduct of student affairs. Graduate Division Virga said he is running for Gary Thomas — Visions, senior, office because he has "experience North Valley's Oldest Professional marketing. Lawrence L. Lytle — United and knowledge to expand the Picture Framing Establishment Thomas said he would like to get Students, graduate, art 3-D. duties of the off ice." 18007 Chatsworth St. (& Zelzah) students involved with campus Lytle said he wants the office "to GranadaHills • 360-3635 activities to alleviate student help create programs for graduate School of Science and apathy and get away from the students, especially in the arts." Mathematics commuter campus image. "The university should provide more Schools of the Arts Bart Heller — Visions, fresh than four years of classes and man, chemistry. textbooks and Associated Students Susan Vovsi — Serving Students, Heller said the School of Science can offer a program that can fulfill junior, theatre. and Mathematics is not properly that need." Vovsi said "there is a bridge that represented in the AS senate. "I exists between the arts and AS." believe I can help bring the school Lower Division She said she intends to improve Uhe respect it deserves," he said. (Two senate seats are open.) communication between the AS and the School of the Arts. School of Social and Behavioral Julie Daiiey — Serving Students, Sciences ' freshman, undeclared. School of Business Ad "I have the ability and energy to ministraUon and Economics Martin Korn — Visions, w(x-k and develop programs that sophomore, antliropology. will directly concem and benefit Mark Lichen — Visions, senior, "I feel the need to enter into lower division students." Her most management and marketing. politics," Korn said. "After impwtant goal is to be available to Lichen said his involvement in worldng with the Student Union, 1 help with the questions and the School of Business will help feel I have an understanding of the problems facing lower division him as a senator. works of the senate and I feel that I students. Richard Spitz — Independent, have some valuable input." Ellen Henderson — United senior, business ad Steven Wheatley — Serving Students, freshman, theatre. ministration/finance. Students, senior, poUtical science. "I feel that it's time for me to Spitz said he could help get Wheatley said he feels he is help in making my department students at CSUN become in qualified to serve as senator and work for the students, I'm tired of terested and active in the school as his baclcground as a member of the just watching.