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I by Nancy Holtzman An in-depth analysis of the statistics gave a strong io- The Department of Radio-TV- RTVF deparfmenf cited by HEW dication discrimination under Film discriminated against TiUe IX of 1'1 th e Education females in its doss assignment chier of the post-secondary but was turned down by Betty in spite of repeated requests. Amendments of 1972 had token practices. branch of the HEW Office for Fox, the program director at During her samor year, the place, HaQ said. A senior filed a complaint with Civil Rights in San Frandsoo, KCSN, and George Wanamaker, wmnan worked at another stati<m Over a five semeeter period, the HEW Office for Civil Rights would release the student's name. the operations manager. to acqufre the technical sldUs the statistics showed women last q>ring saying she was denied HaO said the woman bdieved if During her first semeeter, the whkh, she allegad.^ ^ha «•• fiOed 31 pareent (rf all trafning the opportimity to work on the her name was printed, it would student received her FCC lipase denied at KCSN. -— _ ,' - pooitiaas, yit 61 perosnt of KCSN control board, in spite of jeopardize her chances of getting which qualified her to be trained Following the com^&A, the derfcal positians were fiUod by her interest and technical a job in the communications as a board engineer. dvil rii^ts ofBoi requested data fenndes. qualifications, because she was a industry. ;-,^^_-;^-,»^,-r,:;.:_-_^-:.. ,_„, The student said this pattern from CSUN as the initial step in woman. When HEW issued it» of dsrical assignments continued the inveetigaticm, according to Students who enroll in the of discrimination, the univweity throagfaont her three semeeters, Hall. PleaM turn to pags 3 producticm class (RTVF 329 A, was told information oonosndng B, or C) are assigned to different the case was in the pnbUe '*«-'•*•' tasks in the radio station based and would be rslsased open on interest and skills. requeet under the Fraadgai of Adf^ns faken to compfy 'But in practice, this woman Information Act. dafaaed, male students were The HEW report providsd tUs routed into the technical jobs, synopsis of the facta: Th» wih discrimination ruling white tanale students were found student was enrolled in RTVF in disproportionate numbers 329 during three semeeters. In by Nmaey Hokimon The major focus has been report sakL ; ddng clerical woriL addition she was a work study formalizing and monitoring the A letter at recommendatiop, ,/ "The student complained student at KCSN during one of Stepe are being taken in the' criteria used to place rtudente in noting the student's grade of A in becauss she was a female she has thoee s«neeters. Department of Radio-TV-Fihn to RTVF 329 in osoignmente at three eemeeters at the station, derived certain experiential She said she protested her voluntarily oom|dy with a HEW radio statka KCSN, a National was written by the RTVF advantages in RTVF," ^ucid E. assignment to "continuity," a sex dieniminatinn ruling, ac­ Publk SMik) afSiata. department. Byrd, executive asustont to clerical assignment, and cording to Harold E. Byrd, AJl studeata must be advised HEW aakad the faculty and President James W. Cleary, said. requested to do writing, executive assistant to Preeiiknt in writing of the various KCSN staff not to discuss the Neither Byrd nor Mack Hall, production or board engineering. James W. Cleary. assignments available within the case with prospective emplosran. ^ class, as well as the technical or graduate school faculty. requirements such as an FCC CSUN gave the student tlM Califomia Stat* University, Northridg* license tar contrcd board woric, one unit of retroactive credH she Byrd said. had asked for, baaed on the wotk W«dn«sday, D*c«inb«r 13, 1978 Student requests for the she did at another station to Volume 23, Number 48 various trainuig positicms are aquire the techmcal skills she did made in writing, with a com­ not leara at KC^, Byrd said. Final fall adition mittee mtniitoring assignmoits "It appears there is Uttla to ensure no discrimination is CSUN can do to ccwnpsnagte tlie taking place, he said. student as an indivkhial iar hor In addition, HEW is time qieat performing dtofad monitoring the class enroltanoit functicms at the radio atatiea," and CSUN is providing regular HEW amduded. reports, Byrd said. Studenta who beliove tligr — The female student, who was have been discriminated ogafast graduated from CSUN since the based on sex con contact the investigation, requested and CSUN affirmative action received safeguards against coordinator, Dr. JeeMtto Mann. retaUaticm by station personnel at 885-2077 or write tbe Offke for and faculty, who she said might Civil Rights, Department of give inf<H7nation about hear ac­ Health, Education and Welfore tions to profsssionab in the regional office. 100 Van Nees communication field, the HEW Ave., San Frandsoo, CaM 941(tt, CSUC groups map strategy against cuts by Alfred J. Preeton ' Statewide faculty and student organizations met during the wedcend to prepare strategy on how to cope with Gov. Brawn's pr(^)osal to cut tiw CSUC budget by 10 percent. "nie Student Presidoits Association, consisting of student body presidento from 18 of the 19 CSUC campuaes, prepared a list of tl3 million worth of items they fdt could be cut fnun the budget witlKMit hurting the system. The Statewide Academic Senate passed a reoohitimi siqiporting the pooitMHi taken by CSUC Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke that Gov. Brown's plan, if carried out, would do great damage to the CSUC system. In addition, the faculty group vrged the chancellor and the CSUC Board of Trustees to refrain fi?om identifying any programs as targsta for reduction or elimination in order that reviews may be continued to be made in a responsible manner. Also, the Council of Presidenta, which is composed of university presidoits from the CSUC campusee, has been meeting to i»epare a position on the planned budget cute, according to University Preddent James W. Cleary. In his Nov. 29 statement to CSUC trusteee, Dumke said Brown'a pn^Msal. if carried mit, would force the system to lay off 3,200 em- pfoyees, induding 1,300 faculty members, doty admisakm to 32.682 new and returning studmta and force the closing of one to five CSUC campuses. At CSUN, according to CIsary, 288 empfoyai^. inchiding 118 faculty members, would lose their jobs and 2.039 niew and returning studenta would be deniad odmiaainn Please turn to page 2 Sundial ends semester Today's Daily Sundial is the test iasoa that wffl be pubUehed Cuddling up during tbe foU semestor. The Sundial will reeume pubUeatidn on Jon. 2S with ita spring ragistratkm is^M. Students take time out from studying for finals in nice break in the weather. (photo by Francine the Oviatt Library to enjoy each otttt^ and the Fromberg) 11 n I /111111 M I M 111 M1111 < t III H H 11 i I p K (n 111111 f I • M 11 M I M 1 r I > r n H 11 Dec. 13, 19714: The Doily Sundiof Instructor § on holocaust prUvention by Anne Moebergen "The idea of peace really offers hope. If we do not bdieve in this idea, we get caught into hopdes^ness. If we branch out and look at Preventicm of a nudeor holocaust is in the hands of all humanity the world with peace in our mind, that's a goal, that's a direction. , ^ad not in that of a few, said Sylvia Homstein, an experimental "We have the United Nations, as faulty as it is. It is nevralhdess -JDollege instiuctw who teadwe a course in the psychology of peace. recognized as a worid body — a plaoe where nations come together," "If we do not tell our leaders, they lead, and we're led. But if we say she said. - -~- , _. __ _..,. what we want, they serve. Discussing the areas of tKlitxm^^Si'^m^aF^iilir^reu' "We have devised systems of peace in most areas of the w(»ld, in past, she said that peace cannot be expected to bkwm overnight, local communitiee and national dommunitiee, and now we have to look however, it will come to these areas. further to extend our efforta to international systems of peace — a She said there will be a Middle East peace treaty between Egypt concept and process in which people devise s systrai for living and Israd to assist those nations to interact peacefully, and that King peacefuUy together," she said. Hussein of Jordan hopefully will join in the talks so that slowly peace In order to achieve peace, people have to dedde on the prioritiee of will spread. peace, she said. She said the two Northern Irish women who won the 1977 Nobd "The new perspective is having a commitment deciding peace is Peace Prize showed that common sense had to prevail over violence. posdble and wmldng in all directions to extend the idea. We have to There has to be a basic respect between human beings, then has to do that oursdvee — individually and collectivdy," she said. be reasoning and not %hting, she said. "Many people erroneoudy think that peace means pasdve ac­ In OTder for peace to come about, there has to be a social justice, ceptance of aggreesion frtaa the other dde, and the unlimited snd the good of htmian wdfare in mind, she said. eecalation of arms as a deterrent aoainst war. she said. "Tne more arms we have, the greater the likelihood of using them," "We face a collective danger, a real threat to survival.

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