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Senate vote cancels $15 student filing fee By Stu Simmons Following the vote, Rand Plns.ky, upper divi STAFF WRITER sion senator, presented a resolution calling for The Associated Students Senate Thursday the senate to censure Labovitz for his "lack of voted to abolish the $15 non-refundable filing responslb111ty" in the court case of Roberts v. fee for student government offices. The vote A.S. was 13 to 1 abolishing the $10 non-refundable In this case, the court bad ruled the filing fee portion of the fee while retaining the $5 refun unconstitutional. Accordlng to the resolution, dable portion of the fee. Labovitz had the responslbllity as A.S. presi A.S. Constitutional Court Chief Justice Joel dent to represent th6 Associated students 1n all Bruce Douglas bad previously referred to the matters wherein they are named. non-refundable portion of the fee as a revenue The resolution alleged Labovltz exhiblted lack tax, therefore making lt unconstitulonal. of responsibility by not representing the Asso The A.S. Constltutlonal Court has previously clated Students in the case. called for the suspension of A.S. President Lar Other business lnvolved a veto by Labov1tz ry Labovitz and Darlene Andresen, A.S. vice of A.S. Senate action of April 14 pertalnlng to president, for thelr refusal to prohibit the filing the approval of an allocation of $1686 to cover fee. the cost for services of the Amerlcan Arbitra It was determlned at a Wednesday meeting tion Society in the upcoming student body elec between the college lawyer and the Dean of tions, Students Edmund T. Peckham with the prlncl Labovitz vetoed the action after conferring pals in the case (Chief Justice Douglas and Pre with the director of elections, who said the sident Labovitz) that the A.S. Court does not have Faculty Wives organization had agreed to run the authorlty to remove Labovitz from office. $700 Doily Sund; of photo by Al Jacobs the entire spring elections for which would Discussion at Thursday's senate meeting cen be donated back into the College Scholarship tered around the filing fee and not around the Fund. Marathon march issue of ousting of officers. A motion to override Labovitz's veto was de Nearing the end of their march for ecology, hikers spent In other action, a motion to censure Labovitz feated by senate vote. The senate then voted to Thur sday night camping out on the Valley State campus. They for his actions in an earlier court case was nar allocate the $700 needed to cover the costof the will leave today for UCLA. rowly defeated. services. Hunger walkers arrive• at Valley State By Jim Smith her communities to seek solu vironmental sciences, whereby said. Evans said he felt "po Uons and literature expounding STAFF WRITER tions. •new and creative solutions may liticians will respond if the pres their special causes. With tired feet, bedrolls and Earlier in the Forum area an be arrived at with survival sure is intense enough," Represented wer e ecologically packs, and a few unshaven fa estimated 500 persons, lounging value.• He went on to say, Delineating "fundamental prin concerned groups such as Z.ero ces, Walk Against Hunger march on the grass, heard opinions of •ecology action is something you ciples" to effect conservation Population, stressing legalized ers arrived Thursday afternoon several speakers on the ecolo do, not something you joln. • processes, Evans said, "What's abortion; the Community Invol al Valley State, still enthused on gical theme, "The Politics of Another speaker, Brock Evans, done can be undone.• •we have vement Project, who is spon the trek toward their Los An Survival.• Sierra Club Northwest repre to have continuity and outlast soring the Valley State Walk geles destination. William Penn Mott Jr., Di sentative said, •environmental the opposition,• Evans said. Against Hunger and the Sierra Approxtmately 60 walkers ar rector o f the California De power can work and is working.• Economi c stren gth ci ted Club, which has proposed a halt rived at Valley State at 4:45 p. m. partment of Parks and Recrea Attocks politico! system He cautioned the audience not in freeway construction in the Thursday, and began setting up tion, raised the possibility of Evans said this was possible, be be afraid of the •economic Malibu Canyon area. camp in the field in front of student hostels being construc •even the political system is strength of the opposition,• and Activities culminated lhe Engineering Building, ted for the benefit of hikers and designed so that (anti- pollution) to •never apologize for emo The activities Thursday cul They were accompanied by two bicyclists. laws don't pass." Evans went tions.• minated the fourth day in a five trucks, a Volkswagen bus and Tax horseback riding on to say, "because of the spe At one point in the speeches, day presentation on Environ a station wagon. The group Mott said the money could be cial interest groups, legislation nature herself seemed to dis mental Awareness here at Val Plans to stay at Valley State raised through the hypothetical is hard to get passed, but it is regard the messages being im ley state. lhrOUgh Saturday morning, when taxing of such recreational ac easy to stop passage." parted. A sudden wind picked up Today's activities theme will tt Will Proceed to UCLA. tivities such as horseback rid "Politicians are susceptible to and then redeposited numerous be "Ecology Action: A Celebra Of the 60 arrivals 35 ori ing. what special lnterests tell them, handouts upon the Forum area. tion of Life.• Featured will be ginated in Sacramento' and they Emphasizlng his feeling the and the information is usually On the West side of the cafe Cliff Humphrey, founder of Eco have mafntained ro~ghly fifty state could match these funds, one-sided," Evans said. teria, various groups had tables logy Action, and members from Avwalkers throughout. the march• Mott said California could pro "But thlngs are changing,• he set up to make available peti- the cast of "Hair.• th eragtng fifteen miles a day bably provide hostels superior .e V/alker s bedded down at road~ to those in Europe. Side ,,..."""k s, campgrounds and on Graduate ' psychology student Pl'lvate Property Th ' Russ Salzgeber, spoke on the e group was subsidised with inability to walk in the state, ~ S3,ooo loan from the Ecology saying, •walking on highways is · ctJ.on Group, and is repaying this illegal.• Salzgeber said Cali ttlh donations collected at vari fornia is busy trymg to conver t ~ stops. most of its roads to freeways, ~lary H hr organ ump ey, one of the thereby aggravating the problem. ... lzers of the march said ne ha • , •In many cases,• Salzgeber br ve to get together... to said •it is impossible to hike ill ing attention to the fact that with~ut getting the permission '1is! environmental emergency of the owners of the land, • 'ell :s and there isn't much time 11 lus trates position Salzgeber illustrated his po 1n 26 miles left sition by pointing out, •the eas more marchers have only 26 iest way to get busted is to go Of th01r 391-mile journey for a walk in the morning.• to.:""lllPlete As exp1 in. Emphasizing redress, Salzge Of th a ed by a publication ber said, •we are a car oriented ~ tte 1 Valley State chapt-er of society; we have to legalize walk ~"" aik Against Hunger the ing and the riding of bicycles.' Dody Sundial photo by Al Jacobs ""se of th ' fold. e march is three- •The time has arrived where A continuing part of ecology week· ore the noon Open Forum tolks on our deteriorat Participant we must seek real solutions to sr.ns s hope tomakeper- specific pollution problems,• Rock day? ing environment. One comment on the pro ~e:wa,re of the problem of Salzegber said. blem is expressed on the bock of one at Project anct raise funds for the Salzegber proposed the crea tend Ing the Forum. as wen as bring toget- tion of a new college of en- Page 2 Valley State Daily Sundial April 24, 1970 CRISIS CAUSED BY LACK OF EMPLOYMENT Teacher job market overflowing By Ron Chappell fluctuation in the field of educa This year alone the Board of expand. The students blame the blems, students remain loya1 to STAFF WRITER tion is, according to Breternitz, Education has threatened to re governor !or sponsoring budget an educatonal system that many Teachers, onceas,,....:ascam the pay. The pay and security Is duce the school budget by another cuts, while the governor blames feel the government has negiec. pus serenity now are conspic comparable to the engineering $22 million. Voters continually the students for sponsoring riot's ted. uously numerous on the job mar field for beginners. And the se veto tax bond proposals. For the to protest those budget cuts. And Il·onlcally enough, that loya11y ket. curity surpasses that of the tech pa.st several years, schools have the cycle continues. may not always be repayed Will: Because ot this, their presence nicians; as can be witnessed by failed to garner enough funds to Despite the numerous pro- jobs. has created a conflict in higher the numerous lay-offs of the lat educaUon--only a few are being ter. hired-- as educational adminis Teachers who are employed by Tunney, Chief Davis trators and education majors are the Los Angeles Unl!ied School learning. District may start from $7,230 This year, the Valley State to $8,270 per year. This figure • Placement Ot!lce has registered is currently being adjusted to talk at drug seminar more certifted teachers than any higher, despite the results of the previous period: 2,044, according teachers strike.