Grasping and grimacing men and women wrestled their way to victory Tuescfay night at the In­ tramural Armwrestling Tournament neld at the University Student Union.Contestants Andy Silverman, left, and Cathy t4eRl«y^ €re»te# some gripping suspense. (Sundial photo by John Harte) vol. 23 no. 72 California state university northridge, California sundial friday, feb. 23,1979 Psychodrama puts psyche on stage in group counseling By BARBARA FEINER clinics and in everyday counseling One group member is cbosen to experiences," Gomer said. Her be the "protagonist," the person A class offered through ex­ class is composed of professionals who will act out his life situatioa tension combines drama and who want to increase their coun­ before the rest of die group—the psychology to help students get in seling skills and laymen who want audience. touch with their feelings. to learn more about themselves. One particular Monday evening, This course—psychodrama—al­ Dr. J.L. Moreno, a Viennese Kate (not her real name) is dMMen lows for an in-dc^th exploration of psychiatrist, brought to be protagonist. the self and consideration oi one's psychodrama to the United States Approaching the stage with relationships with others, ac­ in 1925. He introduced the Ave Gomer, who is serving as director, cording to Shirlee Gomer, in­ •components of psychodrmatic just like in the movies, Kate structor of educational method: the stage, subject, prepares to set the scene. Sb? psychdogy. director, auxilary egos and the chooses from different props "Psychodrama is an action audience. E^ch plays an integral available and begins to construct a therapy that has grown by leaps part in the psychodrama, as likeness of her own apartment: a and bounds during the last SO evidenced by observing one oi years. It is used in hosfHtals, Comer's group sessions: Please tum to page 12 Permits, coin lots preferred ByPATFARRELL to introduce different parking a sticker on a window or a bumper plans, discuss their advantages because students often (taive Parking permits and selected and disadvantages and to even­ diffoent cars and others do not coin lots were most favorable tually make a recommendation to want to apply the stickers to their among 20 students who attended a President James Cleary. cars. meeting Wednesday to decide on a Choices include coin lots similar Decal holders would be available preferred method of parking to the present ones which woukl on campus at cost, he said. Tbey beginning next semester. take two quarters per oitry in­ would cost about 35 cents. The changes are a result of an stead of one. This option was A disadvantage of decal tots is order from the Chancellor's Office deemed unfavorable t>ecause it students would not know what they to raise parking rates. Tlie would cost a studentVho comes on are full and may drive around for President's Parking Advisory campus five days a week $40 per several minutes befere finding a committee hopes to recommend an semester. parking space. option by the end of next week, Sgt. Another plan would be an $18 A membo- of die committee John Kuykendall, spokesman for decal.hung from the rear view suggested the parking gates Sundial illustration by Marlepa Bielecki the University Police, said. mirror of any car. Kuykendall said The purpose of the meeting was this permit would be preferable to Please tum to page 12 Q. Do you believe that your in Switzerland. The Califomia you shouldn't have to have '*r* Views Utopia can ever be realized? prison system is fantastic. My prisons at all. But since the late God, they're just trying to do 20th Century you have had to A. No, because my utopia is their best with the crap that's have them. one in which everybody takes been handed them by society. Utopia^ prison, more responsibility for The Califomia prison system Q. When you die, how do you preparing their own Utopias. Js run with an enormous amount hope people will remember of intelligence apd compassion, you? government Q. If a society's mirror is its considering they have to deal prisons, what do American with thousands oi pec^le that A. I'm not going to die. This ic the final part of an penitentiaries say alMtut the would murder you for 10 cents. interview Opinion Editor Jim United SUtes? Considering what they have to Q. L«('s say y«i d*. How do Oberman condvcted with do, it's a tremendously positive you hope people are going to Timothy Leary, the '60s drug A. Fabulous. I'd rather be in a reflection on the state. remember you? cultist, last week. Califomia state prison than free I think it's primitive in that Please tum to page 12 inside toAuyi Oacar conteat atarta, Ski through A bit of thia, a daah Grammy winner travel aupplement of that...*guato* announced aee inaert aee page 8 aee page 7 ^friday, feb. 23,1979 the dally sundlaT Accounting majors learn fina gling with figures t* * By GARY LAWRENCE ! what's happening =-= Finnegling with figures is more wAJr*/"^ than just a chore for many students. It's a career goal. and subtraction, has a mem­ with all departments in the School There are more than 2,500 ac­ bership of close to 500. of Btisiness, are the highest in the^ counting majors at CSUN, ac­ The association meets at noon university, Raun said. cording to Dr. Donald Raun, Wednesdays with representatives He said the grading standards in chairman of the_ accwmtigg from accounting firms, the In- the SCIMIOI of business are being- erteAK department. twmal Revenue Service and major studied by other departments. "As far as Iloww, it's the largest industries. "Meet the Firm" The result of these high stan­ major In the university," he said. parties are held to introduce ac­ dards, Raun said, is a national Though some may shudder at the counting students to those who reputation for educational ex­ mere, mention of numerical empl(^ accountants. cellence. Accoimting firms rate the manipulation, the study of ac­ Tlie association even holds a CSUN program 14th in the nation, counting remains quite popular spring awards banquet, replete he said. "at all the campuses that offer with cash prizes for outstanding The CSUN program is different it,"Raun said. accounting majors. from accounting programs So popular, in fact, that the Apparently, the faculty is taking elsewhere in other ways, too. ^ university's Accounting its subject as serioisly as the Raun said the greater emphasis Association, a student organization students—the grading standards on math and computers in CSUN's dedicated to careers in addition for the accounting department, as accounting department makes the difference. "Actually, this is the Depart­ ment of Accounting and In­ formation Services," he said. CSUN offers a second major Burroughs Corporatibn within the accounting discipline, dealing with the design of in­ formation and management Our business is data and word recording, computa­ systems. The program is only five tion, processing and communications management. years old, Raun said, and already Our range of products is one of the broadest and most claims more than a 10th of all advanced in the data processing Industry/, and is students within the discipline. complemented by a strong and successful/ range of office products. / But there's another reason for CSUN's success in the accounting / field-^nd that, Raun said, is the According to objective industry sources./Burrougfis has moved into SECOND position iW the data faculty. processing industry in the value of computer "All of them are PhD's or CPAs equipment shipped in the United .States. This is and all oi them haye expoience considerable progress when you consider we were in professionally," Mi^aid. eighth or ninth position ten years ago. / ^ Only 200 or 300 accounting / majors here go on for more than a Our strong confidence in continued growth is based bachetor's degree, but Raun said it on the increasing strength of our entire organization, may not be long before CSUN's Sundial illustration by Marlena Bielecki on the success of our current program of new product aspiring CPAs will need at least a introductions, and oh constantly growing market master's degree just to remain But even students without chair of the Department of opportunities. / employed. aspirations in the accounting world Computer Science, has again been A new recommendation by the have something to gain from appointed to fill that post. He'll be We are offering opportunities to individuals with the Califomia Society of Certified CSUN's accounting program, succeeding his own successor. Dr. following majors to learn' more atxMit our successful Public Accoimtants encourages Raun said. Phillip Gilbert, an associate team: Califomia to follow the lead of "I think it (accounting) is very professor of computer science. * Acoounting / other states by requiring the important (for the non-major)," he Hordemann, also associate dean ' • Financa / higher degree for a license. said,"especially if they're going of the School of Engineering, said * ConqMitar Scianca "A doctor can't operate without into business for themselves or into this second appointment was no * Elactricai/Elactronic Englnaaring experience and you can't audit a an administrative or management particular thrill. "It's not the sort * Machanica/Matariala Englnaaring large corporation without some capacity." of thing I'd want to do for any * Production Iflanagamant experience," he said. For the truly numerophobic, length of time." he said. Location of our facilities: To become a licensed CPA, one however, there is always the He said the step^lown by Gilbert SOUTHERN CAIIFORNIA must pass a 28-hour national possibility of fame and fortune and after three years of service was We wtll be on the California State University, Northridge examination and have two years accountants on retainer—or pocket "normal" since "that's about as Campus conducting Interviews Wednesday, March 7, experience as an intem.