vol. 23 no. 71 califomia state unhwrsity -J northridge, cafifomia thursday, feb. 22, 1979 Leary rehashes ¥ iJllg**^^* Algeria This is the second of a three- Q. In "Jan Notes" yea faH part biterview Opfaikw Editor dicate that year idea of a new Jim Oberman coadacted with world viskm weald consist of Timothy Leary. Oie '88s drag Bnckmtaster Fuller, Geae cultist. last week. The text of McCarthy. Joba LeaaaB. the biterview has been edited Eldridge Cleaver and Abby •<> only for pertinence and clarity. Hoffman on the same island forming a natural government. Q. When you escaped from prison In 1870 you went to A. Did I say that? Algeria and received political asyhim. Then Eldridge Cleaver Q. Yes yon did, hi your book. put yon under house arrest for revisionism. Whst was the A. Oh my God, 1 deny it. nature of your disagreement That's a CIA reprint, (laughter) with Cleaver? Q. De yea StiU beHeve that? A. Cleaver and I are just Residents Elizabeth Irons and Robert thridge Campus Residence dorms. about in total (q>position in A. (more laughter) I don't Rothrock take time to relax in the Nor­ (Sundial photo by Kevin Blount) every respect, although I even believe I wrote it respect him and actually like hun a lot. We're actually good Q. WeB. what ceastltates a Students say dorm life bearable, friends. natural government? Q. Name some of the areas A. Genetic gene-|voa(s. where yen disagree with him. but music, menus present problem Q. Coald yea elaborate em A. Well Eldridge is basically that? By KEVIN BLOUNT at a predominantly commuting access to the rooms. a policeman. In fact, he's said school. Now the former women's side is # AND BILL OSTERBROCK many times he'd be happy to be A. Well the termite hive has NCR was built in 1967 and has the dormitory side at the NCR a small town sheriff. He's been privately owned, although by while the men's side has been worked out a system where The next time you are stuck basically an authority person. I there are castes and different waiting in one of those lines to get several different people, ever converted to studio and two- don't oi^wee that. since. bedroom apartments. Both groups of termites perform into the parking lote at CSUN, Eldridge's positions, however different types of functions. cursing all the other cars in front of Times and attitudes have women and men live they've been established over coeducationally on the floors of the The same is true of human you, think of the 700 people who changed considerably since those the years, have never l)een in beings. A natural government is don't have to wait in those lines. first years of operation, according dormitory and apartment side favor of individual freedom. He now. one in which everybody is en­ They are the CSUN students who to Mike McCarthy, the resident likes to follow dogmatic couraged, recruited and live at 9500 Zelzah Ave. in the only manager at NCR. In a random sampling of NCR programs and execute them. allowed to perform the par­ dormitiuy available to Northridge In the late '60s, McCarthy said, residents, students sounded off on There's nothing wrong with ticular function which they're students—Northridge Campus the dorms were divided into two what they like and dislike about the that, it's just very different Residence. sides, the women's side and the dorms.Students who have lived in from my position. These people are the men's side. AU the residents had to Pleaae turn to page 4 aberrations; the non-commuters check in at the front desk to gain Please turn to page 2 Group approves faculty ratio plan By BILL OSTERBROCK university policy. One FET is assigned for every 15 Hie major feature of Watkins' units taken at CSUN. The Educational Resources plan calls for the formation of a FET is divided by SFR to gain Committee passed a recom­ five-man committee which would the. number of faculty positions mendation last week to adopt a set base SPRs for the separate allocated. Under this system, new plan for setting student- departments. SFRs do not remain comtant faculty ratios and allocating Under the prestent system, deans because of changing and shifting faculty positions. of the different schools at CSUN enrollments within and twtween The plan introduced by Com­ (business, art, engineering, etc.) the different schools. mittee Chairman William Watkins set SFRs for each school on the Under the plan adopted, the calls for a more specialized basis of past history. committee is envisioned as made method of assigning faculty This method has resulted in up primarily of faculty members positions and more faculty input in overstaffing some departments. appointed by the Educational the process of hiring and firing. Faculty positions are assigned in Policies, Educational Resources The new plan must now face the the state system by granting one and the Long Range Academic CSUN executive committee and position for each- 18.75 full-time Dr. Timothy Leary receive approval before becoming equivalent studetlU. Please turn to page 2 Shield laws may be disputedin Iranian case: 'I By AMY HELPERIN. of journalists' shield laws, which allow property are on film," he said. "(Film ia) departments, only ABC and an in­ journalists to refuse to disclose their very good evidence of a crime. General^ dependently owned station claim to have The dispute over shield laws for jour­ sources. you don't get that." outtakea of the riot, Kenneth Kukick, at­ nalists may flare up agahi hi an upcomhig The shidd law issue involves the courts' He said NBC's videotaped outtakea were torney for ABC, said. Therefore, die other court hearing involving TV news right to information varus journalists' right destroyed in the ordinary production network and mdependently owned station cameramen. to protect their sources. proceaa. will probably not be involved at die hearing, At least two TV stations are scheduled to In this case the scenes filmed or Vkleotape is a reusable medhim, he said. he saki. appear hi court Friday in answer to sub­ vuleotaped were of a public event, not of When a producer decides not to save lef­ Kulctek refused to discuss the caae until poenas demanding outtake footage of the people wishing to remain unidentified. tover footage, if is immediately erased for after the statements he is preparing are Iranian students' violent demonstration hi A source at NBC's biw department said reitte. filed, which any not be until the day of the Beverly Hills Jan. 2, a netwrnk attorney the subpeonaed footage is unusual and Although Los Angeles county disfrict hearing, he sakl. said. valuable. — attorney John Van de Kamp issued sub- Roadyn BraaseU. an attorney on staff at The case |n«sents a new angle on the issue "Pillaging and burning of Beverly Hills peonas to almost all Loa Angeles TV news - CBS, denied involvement in the case. Inside ttiday • A meggiah comea out of the Weat, Women cagenfuU to Gauchoa. seepages aee page 5 2 thuraday, fab. 22.197d the daHy atindial Dorm life includes parties, priviacy Continued from page 1 room parties and small gatherings of the most frequentiy heard considered coming back to NCR There are scant few who will of students are common almost complaints is there is no privacy at next year. volunteer that they like the food dormitories at other universities every night. "They're just regular the d(M*ms, even if you shut your McCarthy said a large number of served iu the cafeteria. said the atihosphere at NCR is parties," one student said, "music, door. \ former doriAitw^ residents now One student who was fed up with * different from that at other dorms. beer." "If yoir want scrnie privpcy, live in the more private apart­ the criticisms of food by other "Everybody had their door Marijuana, although not you've got to split," said one ments on the other wing of the students said, "You Wight as well open," Tom Kawabe, a graduate widespread, is readily available to freshman whose parents live in NCR. get yourself an apartment if you student from Fairfield who lived in the user. Most experienced Central Califomia. She said she About 130 of the dormitory think you're that good a cook." the dorms at University of smokers can recite a litany of the hasn't lived at the dorms for more residents are the recipients of Califomia. Davis, said. "Here, names of all the big stqipliers of than four weekends this year. She special programs offered I^NCR, Boomraates are assigned by the—-,— . —. .1-— iiii- afamoa— >»t ^oes iiome or somewhere eBe NCR has an agreemoit with the management at NCR in ac­ open. (at me oorms. _ whenever she can. But smnetimes one person's International Student Office to host cordance with a questionnaire Although there are not many The different reasons given for 70 foreign students this year. given to all {N-oapeetive resklents. partying time conflicts with his or McCarthy said the rooms are formalized parties at the dorms. her neighbor's studying time, (^le living at the dorm are as diverse as NCR also houses 60 deaf students the students who live there. this year in an agreement with the assigned on this basis and it is the student's fault if he or she doesn't Free Free "Some students come from out Handicaiqiied Students Program. Loan - VaUey Food is always a big topic of fill out the form and then is stuck <rf state," McCarthy said, "but a with an incompatible roommate.