Vol. XXX, No. 13 Fresno, Cól¡f. Dec. 18, 1975

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College women tend toshun courses in milh, scrence

By l)onna ll¡rrison"A large majority of women

college students appear to avoidscience and mathematics coursesbecause of feelings of inadequacyand frustration. Instead theytend to choose majors whichprepare them for vocations inwhich there is presently littleopportunity for employment."

The statement, written bycounselor Dorothy Bliss for theFall 1975 issue of "AdvisingBriefs," a newsletter from thecounseling center for the use ofadvisers, is one with which someobservers agree and with whichothers disagree.

Bliss told a Rampage reportershe did not recall where sheobtained the information onwhich the statement was basedand referred the reporter toJohn Ryska, another counselor,who "deals in subjects like this."

Is what Bliss said a fact, or is ita sweeping generality?

Do women avoid science andmath courses because of feelingsof inadequacy or frustration?

"That iô a cliche whieh hasbeen passed around for years,"says Audrey Allen, employmentrelations coordinator for theSt¿te of California.

Girls have statisticaþ proven

better in math than boys, shesaid.

"Many women who attendcollege find themselves forced toget into the job market as fast aspossible and the largest jobmarket by far is the businessfield," she said.

"I was a math major myself,"said Allen. "But with federalcutbacks in special programs, thejob market for math majorsdrastically declined. I love math,but the real job opportunitieswere not in the mathematicalfield."

Gervasi¡ Eckenrod, associatedean of instruction, businessdivision, disagrees with Bliss onthe question of whether womentend to choose majors whichprepare them for vocations inwhich. there is presently littleopportunity.

"Office occupations providethe greatest number of jobs thanany other field," he said. "Itdoesn't take long to get thetraining- Chances for ernpþ-ment are inÍinitely greater inbusiness."

1o get a job with a math orscience major, he said, you musthave a B.A. or an M.A. The jobsare very limited for math majors

as compared to a few years ago.ïYith the development ofcomputers has come fewer mathpositions, he said.

"It takes longer to get aneducation in science and math.Women often don't want to putthat much time in school, Theymay be raising children, holdingdown jobs, and perhaps be themain breadwinner in the family."Women have a tendency, he said,to cho<ise occupations with thebest return for the expenditureof time and effort.. "I think that is very realistic,"he said. He thinks the latter partof Bliss's statement is r"throwback" on women. He saidit implies that most u'omen areless than intelligent enough tochoose a suitable c¿reer, thatthey are spending a lot of timeand energy foolishly and theyaren't even going to be able toget jobs. He says this is untrue.

Eckenrod said a friend of hiswho is a math teacher feels thatgirls are d,oing bettcr with the"new math" than the boys. Theyunderstand concepts better.

However, Eckenrod ssyswomen who attend sehool just

. See Women poge 2.

WOMENTS JOBS-- Brendo Hindergordt troins in the

dentol hygiene field ot FCC, one of the few oreos thqtstill offers iob opportunities.

Foculty supports compusvending of newspopers

The Faculty Senate recentlypassed a resolution to supportthe sale of newspapers oncampus.

The resolution folìowed pres-entations from an ad hoc studentcommittee and from FCCPresident Clyde McCully.

William Powers of the-Veterans Club representedstudents in asking for thesenate's support and assistance."We don't know all theprocedures, but we are trying towork through channels," saiCPowers.

The students want news-papers and magazines sold on

campus at a location such as thebookstore. Powers said thestudents feel the lack ofavailability of publications is anoffense to the constitutionalfreedom of the press.

Permission must be given byDr. McCully before newspaperscan be sold.

McCully said at the meetingthe request is reasonable, butthat legal problems are involved.He said that il newspapers wereto be sold on campus, the collegerhight have to give up all controlof materials distributed oncampus. He said he has referredthe problem to the county

counsel for a legal opinion.In addition to supporting the

students' position, the resolutioncalled for the . formation of acommittee to study the problemafter the legal aspects have beenclarified.

Faculty members of thecommittee are Dale Schroer,Ruben Scott, Mary McFarland,Charles Quinn, James Rustonand Rod Gaudin. Studentmembers are Tom Agnew,Norman Bilodeau, MartyKrikorian, Don Langager,William Powers and MikeSolomon.

Wien¡ll êr t forensics teamwin high tourney honors

The forensics team, led byLarry Wiemiller, has capturedhigh honors in their past twodebating tournaments despitefunding troubles with the ASB.

On Dec. 9, the team won highhonors at the Bicentennial YouthDebate (BYD) at CSUF. Tophonors went to Wiemiller, whoaccumulated 36 of a possible 40points in the persuasive speakingcompetition.

"I had to try to convince agroup of judges, in a lO-minutespeech, that my opinion wascomr 'ù," stated Wiemiller. He¡eceived a $25 savings bond anda bicentennial medallion for hisspeech.

Also capturing honors in the

BYD tournament were MarkHernandez, Jim Irwin and KarlDishian. Hernandez placed thirdin persuasive speaking, Irwinthird in extemporaneous speak-ing, and Dishian took a third inLincoln-Douglas debate.

On Dec. L2 and 13 the teamjourneyed to Sacramento for theLeague Fall Championships atSacramento City College- Theteam made a strong showing atthe meet with Mark Hernandez,Jim Irwin, vlViemiller i,honors we dSusan Smi

At the start of the fallsemester, the forensics

department made a request for$800 to the ASB office. therequest was approved by thesenate but vetoed by President

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Finally last week Mataauthorized $200 for the remain-der of the semester. "We hope itdoes_¡'t happen next yeãr,"stated Wiemiller. "FCC stûdentsare proud of their footbail andbasketball teams, and we feel ifgiven the help they could be justas proud of us."

FCC Doncgr' Woiling for her cue to go on

stoge is FCC studenf Korno Nelson. Korno is odonce sololst in the Fresno Civlc Bolletrs productionof "The Nutcrqcker Suite." See story poge 4.

From left: Pom Kuchord, Cindy Lindsey, ond EvoMendozo dissecf o cot in onotomy closs. phoiosbyKathySirva

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"Most women, though, areseeking to be ultimatelyemployed and are not attendingFCC for entert¿inment," he said."They are either in need of asecond income, or have beendivorced, or maybe the husbandhas died. At any rate, most areseriously after enough education

. to get themselves a job. Rightnow the business lield is wherethe jobs are."

Aecording to recent st¿tistics,

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Schaich comments on donce situation;Dovis replies w¡th ASB defense

Dear Editor:On Nov. Z2 ttre A,Sg sponsored

its first really successful activitythis year, with the exception ofRamburger Roundup (which isnot organized by the students).For those who attended. theHomecoming dance was great-Blue Emage performed, punchand cookies were free. and theHomecoming Queen wascrowned.

But the'victims of the danceweré anything but pleased. lVhowere the victims? They were the .

ASB ca¡d holders who showed upat the dance and were told thevcould not enter because they diänot have tickets.

Yes, the dance was free to '

ASB card holders but only tothose who picked up the üicketsprior to the dance-a minor det¿ilthat was mysteriously left out ofall ¿dvertisement. Because ofthis error, panng ASB membe¡ss¿w the door sl¿mmed in theirfaces with a less than f¿ir crowdinside.

I4rho was responsible for thisterrible error? None other th¿nthe "OfEci¿l Representative ofthe President," the ASB adviser(who w¡is supposedly against thedance from the beginning). Whenenlightened to the fact that onlyitl of the allotted 400 tiùetswere h¡nded out, he flatlyrefi¡sed to hand out the final 93tickeLg to the students who wercliterally 'left out in the cold."

Even -after admitting that hehad the Dower to admit at leas;90 mãre students in, he flatly :

refused to make any effort. Onepaying ASB member evenresorted to buying a free ticket¿¡¿ finally gained entrance. Yet Iwas admitted without a ticket ,

and so were a few others,

In viewing this situation I findit extremely upsetting to notethat due to the HomecomingCommittee's failure to inform thepublic that tickets had to bepicked up in advance, students(ASB members) who paid their$10.25, which covers not only thecost of the dance but also thesalaries of those organizing theevent, were turned away from anadvertised, free activþ.

I feel some serious thinkingshould be done in re-evaluatingpriorities where the payingstudent is concerned. I wouldstrongly suggest that thecommittee org"anizing the nextdance on campus (if there isa next one) consider a cgntrolledway tickets could be diötributedat the door, enabling the latestudent to participate in anactivity that he is paying for.

Wayne SchaichOutraged Individual

ASB POSITION

Dear Edîtor:In regard to the Student

Senate simulating "old wivestales," "trained monkeys whohear no evil, see no evil andspeak no evil," please affordspace and time to clarify somepoints that might provéinteresting to misinformed folkson campus, as well as to oureritics who seem tó crawl out ofda¡k holes to throw stones at

those who do'what they can withthe tools at hand.

The recent recommendation ofthe Executive Board of the ASBto hold hearings as to thepossible impeachment of WayneSchaich was thé result of people

doing their job. A job thatrecognizes the need for somecontrol through the enforcementof rules, regulations, and guidingprinciples conducive to a body ororganization as a whole. Certaincontrols must be present andadhered to inorder for anorganization, institution, and/ora society to function in aneffeetive manner.

In the case regarding theactions of Wayne Schaich, theExecutive Board of the ASBfound reason to bring to theSenate a recommendation tohave hearings into the possibleseriousness of Wayne's eonductand actions as a member of theSenate. Note that these hedrings(if held by the Senate) wouldserve several functions. l. To getthe facts out in the open so as toelear the air and attitudes offolks. 2. 1o establish ifimpeachment proceedings werein order. 3. 1o establish betterworking relationships betweenASB Senators (irtcluding lVayne)by darifying specific problemareas in working together andwith administration.

Remembering that the Execu-tive Board has a job and that themotion presented was arecommendation only, I personal-ly have a problem understandingwhat the enraged folks want orexpect. Would you have us

"sweep problem areas under thecarpet"? Would you have us"throw all the rules out thewindow" in sake of expediency?Or is the problem one of"back-se¿t drivers" knowing howand when to turn the wheel, yetfeeling the frustration of nothaving a driver's license?

Know that we welcome input,we need fresh ideas andapproaches, we are hurting forman/woman power to accomplishthe task of the near impossible,that of giving adequate andproper representation to the18,000 students on this campus.If you know how to do it, howabout getting off your "cryingthe blues pencil" and gettingyour name on a ballot for theupcoming ASB elections.

Executive Board MemberDavid K. Davis

alwavs filled to caPacitY with*"nv b"ing turned down each

year. InduJt.ial technologY is awide open fteld with few womenmajors, he said. Has there beenmuch said about encouragingwomen in this area? He said hedoesn't know; probably not.

Ryska says he agrees withBìiss, for the ri¡ost part.However, he feels that not onlyare women frustraùed by math,but men also come rhrough thepresent "nbw math" systemfrustrated and confused. Ryskahas a B.S. degree with a minor in

äi'J;"lj:"*n hs is presentrv a

Excellent positions are open towomen with science majors,according to Adrian Acosta.Even though he holds a degreein science--and he says thescience field is wide open foremployment opportunities-he isa counselor.

"Math is fun," said one femalestudent. "I'm just not thatinterested in it. It isn't creativeenóugh for me."

Fear? [nadequacy? Frustra-tion? Tradition? Oris the reasonwomen avoid math just purelylack of interest? Only the womenthemselves know for sure.

And what about science?'lilomen are packed into thenursing program, the main

' opportunity for employment inthe seience field. Are feelings ofinadequacy or frustration stopping them? More than 350women applied for the classesbut were not accepted becausethe program is not large enoughto accommodate them.

he said, occupational educationhas more students tfran all theother departments combined.There are 5,493 business majors,1,084 health arts and sciencemajors, and'2,686 technical andindustrial students.

Eckenrod says right nowopportunities for women inbusiness administration aretremendous. He thinks more'women should be encouraged toenter this field.

Also, he said, if we are going totalk about the ratio of male and

female in the science majors, wewill find that statistics showmore females by far, if youinclude the health sciences.

Gordon Ogden, head of thenursing program, says that of 80persons enrolled in the RN andLVN classes, only 21 are men. Inthe inhalation therapy program,however, men outnumberwomen.

But the health science field ispacked with students and a largenumber are turned away fromthe program each year. In theRN program more than 200applied, but only 60 were

accepted. Twenty students eachsemester are taken into the LVNprogram and about 100 were notaccepted into the fall class.Applications for inhalation ther-apy classes numbered about 50,but only 20 were takin in.

Dorothy Naman, acting deanof the math and science division,says few women are taking mathclasses. She also says women arestatistically better in math thanmen, but few women pursuemath studies. She thinki it isbecause they have not beenencouraged to. There is a gooddemand for women architects,but few go into it. she said.

Mary Alice Easton, counselorand acting dean of women, has adaughter who is an architect. Shewas handicapped in high school,she said, because she wasn'tallowed to take mechanicaldrawing. F ive years ago, saidEaston, a girl student wanted totake auto mechanics at FCC butwasn't permitted to, because itwas a "boy's class."

She says she disagrees withBliss's statement that womenavoid seience and math becauseof feelings of inadequacy andfrustration. The fact of thematter is, they have been lockedout until just recently, she said.

Harold Jones, director ofplacement at CSUF, says goodjob opportunities exist for a

, person with a .degree inengineering, t which utilizes bothmath and science. There are goodjob opportunities in nursing,also, he said.

However, this program is

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McHenry trqvels globe for b¡ology lortany,it iseisany

LA."McHenry recommends the

camper route for anyoneinterested in visiting EuroPe."Europe is higùly cosmoPolitanin nature. In campgrounds Youmeet lots of interesting PeoPle,plus you don't have anyõbligations to big hotels. It'smore carefree."

Two years later, theMcHenrys joined Mr. and Mrs.Loyd Ingles, a photograPherfrom Fresno and his wife, andañother v¿lJey couple and visitedAfrica. In Kenya, they camPed ina large game reseve, visitingparts of the area in a land rover.' "It was an excePtional Year,lots of food from a good season"'They were able to studY firsthanded the ecology of large gameanimals. "Reserves in Africa areextremely large, the one wewere on was about 14,000 squaremiles."

The couples visited EastAfrica, Zambia, Rhodesia andVictoria Falls. In Johannesburg,McHenry viewed what he felt tobe the "contrast of Africa" a

highly industrialized, civilizedarea. South Africa served as anexamplesociety.separationbathroomeven sections in suPermarkets."

Before leaving Africa, theMcHenrys visited the coast ofKenya by themselves in a Fiat125 and a tent to study the eoralreef areas.

The Fall of 1972 took them on asabbatical leave to Australia andNew Zealand. They visitedPolynesian Islands like Tahiti,Western Samoa and Fuji.

'McHenry viewed different as-pects of tribal society,-noticing agradual decrease in civiliz¿tion,as we know it, the closer they gotto Australia.

McHenry was interested inbirds and their unique ecologicalsystems. On one of the islandsthey visited, trees were beingharvested for lumber, leavingland to be farmed by the natives.The ecological system wasgradually being destroyed,endangering not only the wildanimals but the people who werepopulating the limited area of anisland.

In Australia, they studied theGreat Barrier Reef at theUniversity of Queensland. Glad-stone Island wbs protected fromcommercial usage for süudy. "Ilearned from other scientistswho were doing such work asecology and fish behavio¡, or theanti-biotic properties of sponges.

"New Zeaìand was fascinating.No animals ever reached the âreaexcept for bats." He describes itas a well developed country, withwild areas well protected bY thegovernment,- This year they visited SouthAmerica, including the Gala-pagos Islands, the EcuadorianAndes and the Amazon Basin."The animals in the Galapagoseswere fascinating, they have nofear of man."

McHenry has no favorite area."Each is so individual in itself.

Put in their own merits, each isexciting and different. Theexciting part was that each wasnew and unknown to us."

McHenry feels that allstudents should travel. He hasmade many studies of the Sierrasand parts of North America. ''It'sa healthy thing for students totravel, we all live on the sameplanet.

"But it takes alot of planningfor any trip. My wife and I keptjournals of our trip, writing downall that happened to us."

Besides travel, McHenryattended Oregon State Univer-sity in 1967 to study marinebiology. Financed by a NationalScience Foundation Grant, hewas glad to "get back to theswing of student instruction."

"I was able to relate to collegeinstructors, share ideas and seewhat's going on across thenation."

In 1969 he attended OSU againafter receiving another grant tostudy desert biology. This timehe was joined by his wife, whowas enrolled in Earth Curricu-lum.

McHenry also has beeninvolved in Disney animal filmsas a nature consultant. "Whenyou look at a nature film, youdon't relate to what has to go intoit." Animals must be trained forevery planned scene. Someimpromptu footage is added ifthe crew is lucky enough to filmit during shooting of the plannedscenes.

"In my own etgotisticalthoughts," McHenry concluded,"I feel sympathy for those whoare not, in some small way,involved in biology. It is such anincredibly dynamic and fascinat-'ing field."

Jomes McHenry

By Bill RoseTo biology teacher James

McHenry, the studY of life ismore than just classroomtechniques. It's living andstudyinþ in some of the world'swildest and most fascinatingplaces.

In 1969, McHenrY and his wifeSandra, who is a junior highscienee teacher, took their firstinternational triP to EuroPe.

Three months in a camper tookthem through most of westernEurope.

"I was interested in the

to their geological environments,like how the people living in theAlps compared to those in theNetherlands."

Nelson, Rom¡rezin locol bollet

Two FCC students will take tothe stage in the Fresno CivicBallet production of "TheNutcracker Suite.l'

One of the students is KarnaNelson, who has been involved indancing for the past fifteenyears.

Nelson plays the Part of a

snowflake and also dances a soloas Queen of the Roses in theWaltz of the Flowers.

A member of the Civic Balletfor the past two Years, Nelsonplans to make ballet her career'änd she certainlY has PlentY ofexperience to back her uP.

Nelson first started dancing atthe age of three, mostlY taPdancing. Later she got into balletand modern danee. By the age ofthirteen she had decided to makea careei of dancing.

How does she feel about herdancing now and having to dancea solo in front of a couPlehundred people?

"Once Yorfre down tlere Youdon;t thiñk about anYthing but

what you're doing," she replied."You really have to concentrate.The dance movements them-selves aren't really that hard, butyou have to have a lot ofendurance. You have to lookfresh and strong all the time."

A freshman at FCC Nelsonreally hasn't got any other plansbesides going into ballet, but shewas quick to admit it wasn'tgoing to be easy.

"You can never tell with ballet,you have to be just what theywant for the part or you don't getir."

The other FCC studentpartieipating in the production isRuss Ramirez. Unlike Nelson,Ramirez has only been dancingfor about a year now. Ramirezwill play the parts of a bear and amouse in the ballet.

"The Nutcracker" will be

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Dec. 18, 1975 RAMPAqE 5

Students involved in Theotre 3 productionBy Keiko Toniguchi

FCC students do a lot morethan just go to school. Forinstance, they can dash across a

two hours turninF knobs andswitches.

. Are they insane? No, they'rejust involved in the arts of-thetheatre.

As if being fulltime studentsweren't enough, three FCCstudents have entered the worldof community [heatre.

They're in the production of"Ernest in Love," a musicalcomedy playing at Theatre 3.the play, which opened Dec. 5, isbased on Oscar lVilde'i¡ "TheImportance of being Earnest"and is about the spirited sociallives of two Englishmen.

Freshman Randy Stumpf playsthe lead role of Jack Worthing,an Englishman who carries twoidentities-Ernest in town andJack in the country--for socialreasons.

Sophomore Jane Kent por-trays Cecily Cardew, a ward ofWorthing who sets her sights oncaptivating a "wicked man."

Providing the proper lightingis student Jim Gunn, who is thesole operator of the control panelduring the performances.

Working and performing ineommunity theatre is a lotdifferent than doing so in highschool or college. Stumpfbelieves Theatre 3 is "the onlyconstant acting. unit availablewith a st¿ndard of quality."

"Ernest" is Stumpf's first

community play and he feels thatit takes much more work torefine a character in Theatre3 than it did in high school, eventhough he played the same role:n a similar produetion atRoosevelt High. "The quality ishigher," he said.

Constant?ehearsals and preparations for opening night alongwith a l&unit load gave Stumpfmore than enough to do. "It tookalmost ever¡rthing, but it's woithit," he said.

Kent agrees that the rewardsof the community theatre areworth the work. She prefersperforming in the communitybecause "you get more exposureto people anrl you have a widerange of audience."

"Ernest" is the fourthproduction for this Theatre 3 vet.She enjoys working there andfeels it gave her her "first realopportunity to act on acommunity level."

Being involved in the theatrehas done much to consume hertime. Besides acting and being afulltime student, Kent edits theRampage, is actively involved inher church, and works in adeparùment, store.

Fortunately for her, the nextperformanees won't be until afterChristmas, giving her time tohandle the Christmas rush, get alittle studying done, andovercome a cold that hashindered her acting in three ofthe five performanèes to date.

Gunn is a theatre arts major atCity College but plans to be"always technie¿|." He first gotinteresled in lighting whenworking backstage during aproduction put on one summer

by the SCCCD."The light nan showed me the

board and I just asked him how itwoiked," he rec¿lled.

Gunn has worked on othercommunþ productions. He hasworked lighting for the FresnoCommunity Theatre, Children'sPlayhouse, and the Fresno OperaAssociation.

Qunn got the Theatre 3 jobthrough friend and fellow 1Amajor Jeff Barrett, who also isinvolved with theatre 8. Gunnenjoys working there and plansto stay involved "as much aspossible."

Theatre 3 is said to be ao_netime telephone substationthat was converted into ¿%-round theatre. It has beenopen about three years and is inthe nor-thern section of down-town.

Both Stumpf and Kent enjoyacting in the round and believe itbenefits both actor and specta-tor. "You're right there with theaudience," commented Kent.

The theatre is small, with aseaüing capacity ofless than 150,but it has an atmosphere thatmakes it unique and ideal forproductions.

There is something about aplay that movies can't ieproduce,and "Ernest in Love'i is noexception. It's a light-heartedcomedy delightful to'watch andwell worth seeing-for those whocan afford it ($4 a seat).

The play will resume on Dec.26 with performances onThursdays, Fridays, and Satur-dayS through Jan.24. A specialperformance on New Year's Eveis also scheduled.

Rondy Stumpf, left, ond Jim Gunn check Jone Kent'sline reqding during q reheqruol of Theotre 3rs currentmusicql, "Ernest in Love." photobyRobRome¡o

THIN K POSITIVE

By Roger R. Zanora

Of all the traps'and Pitfalls inlife, self-disteem is'the deadliestand the hardest to overcome; forit is a pit designed and dug bYour own hands, which can betotaled in the phrase, "It's no use

- I can't do it."Isn't it in these days when we

are most subject to the fearfulunbelief; when we most doubtourselves and feel inadequate toour task; isn't it precisely nowthat we are most hard to getalong with? We musfsimply lei itsoak in that holding a low opinionofourselves is not a virtue, but avice.

The person with adequateself-esteem doesn't feel hostiletoward others, for he isn't out toprove anything, he ean see factsmore elearly, isn't as demandingin his claim on othe¡s.

Stop carrying around a menmlpicture of yourself as a defeated,worthless person. The word"esteem" literally means toappreciate the worth of.

The secret of self-esteem is tobegin to appreciate others more;stop and think 'cause whenyou're dealing with a person,you're dealing with a uniqueindiv'.lual, creation of the creatorof ah. Practice treating otherpeople as if they had some value -

- - -and surprisingly enough yourown self-esteem will come up.

By Ursula ïïeaver"Walk with me,'! he said, "and

I'll tell you a little bit aboutpoetry..." In a quiet corner inthe Cafeteria, over icecream coneand coffee, a towering SpenceÞKnox Kendig kept his promise.

There was room for surrealis-tic fantasy, romantic poetry, andmodern lyric, for "Walk WithMe," his first publication: "acollection of ideas and feelingsthat bugged me so much that Iwrote them down."

Writing poetry started tofascinate him a long time ago. Infact, it was writing itself to whichhe dedieated much of his time, hesaid. Experience as editor of theRampage in 1967 and a st¿ffer forthq Collegian at CSUF, where heachieved his B.A. as an Englishmajor, prove his statement-

Poets,-painters, artists used tohave their stimulants "sine quanon." Kendig's stimulant isfriendship. "Friends are myinitiative. they inspire me. I justcan't write in a vacuum.0orresponding with friends allover the world gave me mymotivation. I need them and Iwant to please them... contacton a spiritual level."

The idea to publish his poetrycame from his parents, "myangels," he said. "They sug-gested it about four years agoand they became my financiers. Icould not have done it withoutthem."

So "it" turned out to be "lValkWith Me," a A?-page collection ofKendig's favorite' poems, illus-

S. K. Ke ndig, former editor of Rq mpegê,of poems...'Wqlk W¡th Me'

of growth trated by photographs whichcorrespond with the individualmood and theme of his lyrics.Most of the pictuies are his. Theopus is published by Kal-ArtsFresno, edition 1,000 prints, andthe book is carried by the FCCBookstore.

In the four sections of "WalkTt¡ith Me," Kendig opens fourdifferent vistas to the reader. Insection one he interacts withnature. Fantasy is the real worldof sectioir two - "my silly part,"Kendig calls it.

In section three the poet voicespersonal feelinç with sensiti-vity, and in section four the pacequickens às he snapshots scenesfrom Fresno's past with asomewhat journalistic style.

In, his more recent poemsKendig is far from the traditionalmethod of rhyme used in hisearlier works. These differencesin style were a result of cert¿inperiods he had to go through inhis life, he recalls - also a reasonfor the pessimistic outlook in hisL967/68 writings.

Rock music idpired him laterto poetry like "D&R Record,"fantasy about a black girl, and tothe "silly surrealism," as he putit, collected in part two.

The reader will make up hismind, but what is his favoritepoem? "Definitely 'In the Cove',"he said. "I think in its four verses

Spencer Knox'Kendig

Dec. 18, 1975 RAMPAQE

Students involved in Theotre 3 productionBy Keiko laniguchi

FCC students do a lot morethan just go to school. Forinstance, they can dash across a

two hours turning knobs andswrtches.

. Are they insane? No, they'rejust involved in the arts ofihetheatre.

As if being fulltime studentsweren't enough, three FCCstudents have entered the worldof community theatre.

They're in the production of"Ernest in Love," a musicalcomedy playing at Theatre 3.the play, which opened Dec. 5, isbased on Ose¿r Wilde'S "TheImportance of being Earnest"and is about the spirited sociallives of two Englishmen.

identities-Ernest in town andJack in the country--for socialreasons.

Sophomore Jane Kent por-trays Cecily Cardew, a ward ofWorthing who sets her sights oncaptivating a "wicked man."

Providing the proper lightingis student Jim Gunn, who is thesole operator of the control panelduring the performances.

Working and performing incommunity theatre is a lotdifferent than doing so in highschool or college. Stumpfbelieves Theatre 3 is "the onlyconstant acting unit availablewith a st¿ndard of quality."

"Ernest" is Stumpf's first

community play and he feels thatit takes much more work torefine a character in theatre3 than it did in high school, eventhough he played the same roleln a similar production atRoosevelt High. "The quality ishigher," he said.

Constant'rehearsals and prep-arations for opening night alongwith a 16-unit load gave Stumpfmore than enough to do. "It tookalmost ever¡rthing, but it's woithit," he said.

Kent agrees that the rewardsof the community theatre areworth the work. She prefersperforming in the communitybecause "you get more exposureto people anrì you have a widerange of audience."

"Ernest" is the fourthproduction for this Theatre 3 vet.She enjoys working there andfeels it gave her her "first realopportunity to act on acommunity level."

Being involved in the theatrehas done much to consume hertime. Besides acting and being afulltime student, Kent edits theRampage, is actively involved inher church, and works in adepartment store.

Fortunately for her, the nextperformances won't be until afterChristmas, giving her time tohandle the Christmas rush, get alittle studying done, andovercome a cold that hashindered her acting in three ofthe five performances to date.

Gunn is a theatre arts major atCity College but plans to be"always technical." He first gotinteres!ed in lighting whenworking backstage during aproduction put on one summer

by the SCCCD."The light m¿n showed me the

board and I just asked him how itwoiked," he rec¿lled.

Gunn has worked on othercommunity productions. He hasworked lighting for the FresnoCommunity Theatre, Children'sPlayhouse, and the Fresno OperaAssociation.

_ Qung got the Theatre 3 jobthrough friend and fetlow îAmajor Jeff Barrett, who also isinvolved with Theatre 3. Gunnenjoys working thgre and plansto stay involved "as much aspossible."

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iopen about three years and is innthe northern section of down-town.

Both Stumpf and Kent enjoyacting in the round and believe itbenefits both actor and specta-tor. "You're right there with theaudience," commented Kent.

The theatre is small, with aseating capacity of less than 150,but it has an atmosphere thatmakes it unique and ideal forproductions.

There is something about aplay that movies can't ieproduce,and "Ernest in Love'i is noexception. It's a light-heartedcomedy delightful to watch andwell worth seeing-for those whocan afford it ($4 a seat).

The play wlll resume on Dec.26 with performances onThursdays, Fridays, and Satur-dayS through Jan.24. A speeialperformance on New Year'õ Eveis also scheduled.

Rondy Stumpf, left, ond Jim Gunn check Jone Kentrsline reoding during o reheqrsol of Theotre 3rs currentmus¡colr "Ernest in Love." photobyRobRomero

THIN K POSITIVES. K. Ke ndig, former edifor of Romp dgê,

of poems...'Wolk W¡th Me'

of growth trated by photographs whichcorrespond with the individualmood and theme of his lyrics.Most of the pictuies are his. Theopus is published by Kal-ArtsFresno, edition 1,000 prints, andthe book is carried by the FCCBookstore.

In the four sections of "WalkWith Me," Kendig opens fourdifferent vistas to the reader. Insection one he interacts withnature. Fantasy is the real worldof sectioir two - "my silly part,"Kendig calls it.

In section three the poet voicespersonal feelings with sensitivity, and in section four the pacequickens as he snapshots scenesfrom Fresno's past with asomewhat journalistie style.

In, his more recent poemsKendig is far from the traditionalmethod of rhyme used in hisearlier works. These differencesin style were a result of certainperiods he had to go through inhis life, he recalls - also a reasonfor the pessimistic outlook in his1967/68 writings.

Rock music idpired him laterto poetry like "D&R Record,"fantasy about a black girl, and tothe "silly surrealism," as he putit, collected in part two.

The reader will make up hismind, but what is his favoritepoem? "Definitely 'In the Cove',"he said. "I think in its four versesI succeeded best in expresoing aspecial mood using just the rightwords'and putting them togetherin the optimal way."

By Roger R. Z¡noraOf all the traps and Pitfalls in

Iife, self-disteem is'the deadliestand the hardest to overcome; forit is a pit designed and dug bYour own hands, which can betotaled in the phrase, "It's no use

- I can't do it."Isn't it in these days when we

are most subject to the fearfulunbelief; when we most doubtourselves and feel inadequate toour task; isn't it precisely nowthat we are most hard to getalong with? lVe musfsimply let itsoak in that holding a low opinionofourselves is not a virtue, but avice.

The person with adequateself-esteem doesn't feel hostiletoward others, for he isn't out toprove anything, he ean see factsmore clearly, isn't as demandingin his claim on others.

Stop carrying around a menmlpicture of yourself as a defeated,worthless person. The word"esteem" literally means toappreciate the worth of.

The secret of self-esteem is tobegin to appreciate others more;stop and think 'cause whenyou're dealing with a person,you're dealing with a uniqueindiv'dual, creation of the creatorof aì1. Practice treating otherpeople as if they had some value -

- - -and surprisingly enough yourown self-esteem will come up.

By Ursula Weover"Walk with me,'! he said, "and

I'll tell you a little bit aboutpoetry..." In a quiet corner inthe Cafeteria, over icecream coneand coffee, a towering SpenceiKnox Kendig kept his promise.

There was room for surrealis-tic fantasy, romantic poetry, andmodern lyric, for "Walk lVithMe," his first publication: "acollection of ideas and feelingsthat bugged me so much that Iwrote them down."

Writing poetry started tofascinate him a long time ago. Infact, it was writing itself to whichhe dedicated much of his time, hesaid. Experience as editor of theRampage in 1967 and a staffer forthe Collegian at CSUF, where heachieved his B.A. as an Englishmajor, prove his statement.

Poets, painters, artists used tohave their stimulants "sine quanon." Kendig's stimulant-isfriendship. "Friends are myinitiative. They inspire me. I justcan't write in a vacuum.Corresponding with friends allover the world gave me mymotiVation. I need them and Iwant to please them... contacton a spiritual level."

The idea to publish his poetrycame from his parents, "myangels," he said. "They sug-gested it about four years agoand they became my financiers. Icould not have done it withoutthem."

So "it" turned out to be "lValkWith Me," a 4?'-page collection ofKendig's favorite -poems,

illus- Spencer Knox'Kendig

6 RAMPAGE Dec. 18, 1975

7-l yesterdoy

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Hot Roms compete thisweek in lnvitotionol

Head basketball coach ChuckStark is tired of traveling, but heisn't tired of winning.

_ The Rams packed their bagsfor the third time in oñeweek-this time to Visalia totrounce San Bernardino 84-Zl,last Friday.

FCC's offense nras .an .,on-

again, off-again" pffair againstthe Indians, but the Ramsmanaged to get by their smallbut scrappy opponent.

"I'm very disappointed. IVedidn't play well at all. However,we played well enough to win,"stated Stark. The San Bernar-dino game was Fresno's sixthconsecutive "away" confest, andmaybe the Rams experiencedsome "travelin' blues."

Fresno built a 4l-30 half-timemargin, and outscored SB 4g-41in the second stanza èven thoughFCC played poorly at times. -

tsrIcaroms.

FCC received fine backcourtplay from guards Bill Allen andLamy Thiesen. The twocombined for 15 points and l0ass$ts.

Fresno shot a mediocre 44 percent (34-78), and had their usual

rebounding edge of 40-31.

:S.aturday night FCC changedunuorms, eourts, opponents, andteam personality when they ranpast a good Riverside team,84-71, in the Rams' gym.

Fresno operated their fastbreak with much more precision,and had better balanced scoringfrom their offense. Some of thesuccess was given to the fact thatFCC was playingat home, a placethey seem to only see at practice.

"It was great to be home. We\rrere more relaxed. We shotbetter, and played much betteras a team. It felt good to shoot atour own buckets," said Stark.

If it not for Fresno's defensivelapses, Riverside would havebeen blown out of FresnoCounty, as the Rams led by 22with three minutes remaining.

Adams led in the scoringcolumn with 26, followed bySt¿ncil's dozen. Jay Pack, MikeSandifer and Thiesen each tallied10.

FCC controlled the backboardswith a 44-39 edge. Adams andStancil each picked off 11. TheRams had a good night from thefloor, connecting on 39 of75 shotsfor a 52 per cent elip.

The Ram eagers, ?-1, are,where else, on the road this week

Fresno played the featuregame last night against SanMateo, a team they whipped_ 12days ago, 102-81. But the bigcontest will be tonight againstthe winner or loser of theModesto-Venùura contest. Starkexplained that the first game isto separate the winners andlosers. If FCC loses their secondmatch, they'll be home watchingthe football games.

After the Modesto encounter,the JC Athletic Bureau will issue

rankings, Sansumnes River,Fresno should

represent the Valley Conferencein the Top 20.

FCC again will be on the roadin pressure situations in theHancook Tournament, Dec.27-29. The Rams will playFoothill College in thei¡ opeiinþround match in the eighi-tearñaffair.

Between now and then, theRams roundballers will havetraveled more miles than a usedcar, and will have just as muchexperience for the real test--Valley Conference play.

Lorry Thiesen completes the fost breok with on eosyloy up. phoro by Greg Richútt

lM free throws

Dennis sinks25 stra¡ght

The IM free throw contestsaw 68 free throwers throw forfree. Twenty-two throwersth¡ew their way to free freethrow T-shirts. Tho what?

The free throw, one of manyintramural contests available tôFCC studentS and faculty, washeld oa the first two Fridays inDecember during the noon ùour.

Contestants were Riven 25chanees to sink the basketban.The top scorers are:

For the men - Tom Gonzales.22; Jo'/¡t¡ Hernan{ez, 20; Woody

York, 20; Kat Plasencia,20; Mike-Pagen, 20; Floyd Sisk,-.20.

Women - Kathy Stanley, 11;Martha Reynaga, 10; BonnieRains, 9: Tamus Glunz, g; KeikoTaniguchi, 8.- Basketball team - Harold-Dennis, 25; Larry Thiessen, 23;

- Robert Humes, 23.. Wheelchair basketball team -Danny Hernandez, 14; Santós

Ramos, 13; Edward C. Aqist¿-patchee, 8.

Faculty - Art Ellish, 17;Calvin Bell, 1?; Josh Hernandez,14; lValter Brooks, 11.

Cri ppled motmen entertoi nSqn Jose City here tonight

Çrippled by injuries, the l9?5defending state champion FCCwrestling team will facerunnerup San Jose City Collegetonight at 7:30 in the FCC Gym.

Coach Al Kiddy has beenplagued by injuries to a numberof starting wrestlers. CoachKiddy said, "This year's team hash¿d more injuries than in myfirst l5 years of coaching.i'

The most serious loss has beenTony Manning in the 177 pounddivision. He suffered a severehyp.er-e-xtension of his right kneein the final 'match at the SierraTournament in Roeklin Friday.

Manning had surgery onMonday, btrt will be out for therest of the,year. This will be a bigloss for FCC, because he wassecond in his weight division inthe state finals last year and wasrated No. I in the state this year.

Other starters out are BradArvance, 126 pound division,

with a dislocated elbow, and NickBorjas, 134 division, with amuscle tear in his right shoulder.

Coach Kiddy said, "lVe haven't.been at full strength yet thisyear. Ifwe had all our starters inthe lineup, I think we would beelose in strength to last year'steam."

"Against San Jose CC; I reallydon't have much of an idea of howwe'll do. It depends if we'rehealthy."

The FCC matmen boast a 2-0petition,Skylineplace in

Coach Kiddy is pleased withhis team's performance so far,especially considering all thernJurles.

A bright spot for the squad hasbeen the wrestling of TomGongora, unbeaten in 13matches. Kiddy feels he has an

excellent chance for the statetitle in the 142 weight division.

"As of yet," Kiddy said, "Ihaven't seen anyone around whocan beat him, although I don'tknow what some of the southernschools' talent looks like."

The Rams are coming off an'impressive victory in the Sierralournament for the secondstraight. year, scoring 39 pointsto defeat American River (29)and Modesto (25), their closestcompetitors.

Looking ahead tô conferenceaction, Kiddy feels Modesto willbe the toughest. American Riverlooks rough, and College of theSeouoias is a team to watch for.

The matmen hope to have alltheir injured.rvrestlers backsometime after Ch¡istmas, andwill gear for the ValleyConference title and the statefinals.

Arskeliqn elecfed presídenfof Unífed ,Armenion Studenfs

A new club has been organizedat Fresno City College, calledUnited Armenian Students.

The sponsors of the club argVahadr Haroutunian and ZaveñAzatian. Robyn Kirkorian isassistant adviser. The officersa¡e Melinda Arakelian, presi-dent; Richard Attoian, vicepresident; Rodney Gavorian,

secretary; Joyce loroian, treas-urer, and Earl Boyajian,sergeant at arms.

Anyone interested in Armen-ian culture is welcome. There areno dues or assessments. Themeeting meetings are held onMonday nigl¡ts at 6 p.m. in theCafeteria.

The purpose oT the organiza-

tion is to introduce Armenianculture to those who wish toIearn more .about it, includingArmenian foods and how tóprepare them, Armenian folk

sched-ry inChrist-

mas. The date will be announced.

THEATRE 3 PRESENTS

tErnesf in Love t

Bosed on Oscqr Wilde,s

"The lmportonce of Being Eornest"

curroin 8:30 Ph. 4gó-3391

A Delightful Musicol for the Holidoy Seoson

. Dec. 26-27 Jon. l-2-3,8-9-lO,' l5-t6-17,22_23_24

Plus o speciol performonce on New Yeorts Eve

CALENDAR

--NCHO, 2 p.m., comm. rm. B. --NAISA, 2 p.m., comm. rm. B.

.fl*îr,.,ffi::: J i ï, 6eeeU Hori'"rn, 3:i1iåi.:*a'ie'

1 p m' Sena'ûe

Monday-January 5

-PAU, 12 noon, Senate Quarters.

Thursday-Decenber lE Soturday-Monday-Dec. 27-29-ASB Film-Cool Hand Luke. 7 --Basketball, Hancock Tourna-p.m., New Theatre. ment, Santa Maria.

--MECHA, 12 noon, comm. rm.sA&8.

--Interclub Council, 2 p.m.,Senate Quarte¡s.

--Wrestling, 7:30 p.m., FCC--Basketball-Modesto Tourna.ment, Modesto (Dec. 17-20).

Fridoy-December l9ristmas Dance, 8 p.m.-11

p.m., FCC Cafeteria.--PAU, 10, 1l a.m., & 1 p.m.,

Senate Quarters.

Saturday-December 20--Wrestling, 10 a.m., SanFrancisco.

Tuesday-January 6-MECHA, 12-1 p.m., comm. rm.A.

-Vets, 11 a.m., comm. rm. B,--NCHO. 10 a.m., comm. rm. B.

lVednesday-Janurry 7-Inter Varsity, 7 a.m., Senate' Quarters.-Spring Registration, StudentLounge.

-Registration-Parking Permits,comm. rm. A.

Thurdoy-January 8-MECHA, 12-2 p.m., comm. rm.

B.--NCHO, 2 p.m., comm. rm. B.--Phi Beta Lambda, 7 p.m., B.--ICC, 2 p.m., Senate Quarters.

FCC iloins more for coreers

than for fout-yeor transfer_ The image of Fresno CityCollege as an institutionprimarily coneerned with prepar-ing students to transfer tofour-year colleges and universities is a false one, says RichardHandley, director of occupationaleducation.

Most students attending CityCollege today-58 per cent ofFCC's approximately 16,200students--are enrolled, eitherpart time or full time, in one ofFCC's occupational programs,according to Handley.

FCC currently offers 55occupational p¡ograms leading toan associate degree and,/otcertificate of achievement in fivedivisions of study--business,health arts and sciences,humanities, social science, andtechuical ¿nd - industrial. Mostoccupational students are con-centrated in the business andtechnical and industrial divisions.

More specifically, occupationalproglams are offered in suchareas as business data pro-cessing, accounting, real estate,radio and television, welding,registered nursing, and commu-nity mental health, to name afew.

Handley maintains that the"character of the college haschanged considerably" over thepast 15 years.

"IVhen City College moved tothe old O Street campus in 1948,it was primarily a vocationalschool with about 250 students,"Handley commented. "From thatwe grew to a student body thatwas thought to be primarilymade up of general education-transfer students. Now theemphasis is becoming more andmore occupational again."

Handley believes the trendback to occupational edueationwas spurred by the passage ofthe Vocational Education Act of1963, "which poured a lot ofmoney into Voc-Ed." Last yearalone the State Center Commu-nþ College Distriet receivedover ¡300,000 in federal funding,which was used to supportongoing programs and dév:elopnew ones, purchase equipment,

49 pav ybelieves dthe $300'

Gervase Eckenrod, dean of thebusiness division, feels anotherreason for enrollmeirt increasesin voc'átional education is that' many people are coming to therealiz¿tion that job skills arewhat really matter to employersand that the community collegeis often the best and leastexpensive place to acquire them.

"Occupational enrollment isgrowing because people arefinally listening to what some ofus in education have been sayingfor a long time," remarkedEckenrod. "They're realizingthat you don't need a bachelor'sdegree to do a job. It's salableskills that really make thedifference."\

Although some occupationalstudents transfer to four-yearschools, most-Handley estimates90 per cent--terminate theireducations, at least for the timebeing" after completion of thei¡twcyear occupational program.

FCC technical-industrial divi-sion dean Leo Takeuchi notedthat employment needs in theareâ are evaluated prior tobegidning any new occupationalprogram.

"There has got to be anavailability of positions beforewè'll st¿rt a progtam," remarkedTakeuchi. "If there is no need forit, then we don't fool with it. thisdivision has and will continue tochange to meet the community'sjob demands."

Eckenrod eehoed Takeuchi'scomments, noting that when jobopenings in a particular fieldbecome depressed, the businessdivision reduces course offeringsin that area.

One way the college keepsuptodate on current employ-ment opportunities and trainingneeds is through advisorycommitteês in each of theprogram areas offered by thecollege. Comr4itteé membersinclude professionals in the fieldwho meet regularly with college

staff to appraise them of newtraining requirements and jobopen¡ngs.

follow-up studies. A computer-ized follow-up program nowundertobeosaid. Uoccupational students now on thejob would be contacted toprovide information to determinethe strengths and weaknesses ofthe program they completed atFCC.

Eckenrod noted that whilemost students enrolled in anoccupational program are receiv-ing the first vocational trainingof their lives, a growing numberof persons are coming to thecollege for re-training.

"It is a fact of life in ourchanging technology that moreand more people are having to bere-trained," Eckenrod coneluded."There was a time when youchose a career and that was it,but today,iobs are ehanging toofast for a Srson to st¿nd still."

PLACEMENT OFFICE

The placement office wouldlike to wish everyone a verymerry Christmas and a brighternew year. If we diCn't have a job

1. ACCOUNT CLERK - Jobwill be to computè tax forms..Experience is necessary. $2.30 anhour.

101. SECRETARY -- Will betyping off of'a dictaphone. Must,type 55 WPM. There will besome filing. Salary $2.50 an hour.Mon., Wed. and Fri. from 8 a.m.to 12:30.

17. DELMRY - Newspaperdelivery route. Delivery andcollection. May use car. 2-5 p.m.Monday thru Saturday; 5:30 a.m.to 8:30 a.m. on Sunday. $200 permonth.

r45. TYPIST/SECRETARY --Need'someone with shorthandskill of 90-110 IVPM. Typingspeed of 60 WPM. Three days aweek. Monday, Wednesday andFriday from 1 to 5. $3 ¿n hour.

rT8. COUNTER CLERK -.Need someone for counter help,who is attractive with pleasantoutgoing personality, for cus-tomer contact. Neat appearance.Salary $2 an hour. Flexible hrs.Probably between 10-2 p.m., andsome evenings until 9 p.m.

Job Li sti ngsfor you this year, check backnext year, maybe we can helpvou.

40. BABYSITTER -- Motherneeds someone to take care ofher 21/z year old boy. Must bepatient and mature. lVill befeeding him breakfast and mainlyjust supervising him. Friday andSaturday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m. $5 a day.

56. CLERK -- Must beJapanese, and be able to speak,read, and write Japanese. Will beworking with people that can'tspeak English. Good publiccontact. Teller-foreign exchangehandling Japanese people.Record keeping. lVill train rightperson. Salary and hours to bearranged.

79. SALESPERSON - Ilrugstore experience necessary. Willsell various drug store articles.16-24 hours a week. Saturdayevenings until 7 p.m. $2.10 to$2.50 depending on experience.

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EDITORIAL

Styr outdoes itself inown produdion of 'Equinox'

By Rod PoulEQtnNOX

Styx is one of those groupsthat show a lot more class thanthey are given credit for. Thefive-man group is practically anunderground group. They haverecorded four albums previous to"Equinox" and few people knowoftheir existence. Now that theyhave switcJréd to a new label(A&M), their new album israpidly climbing to the top of thesales õharts.

With A&M, now they aremanaging to get a lot more

synthesire"s; John Young, gui-tars; Chuck Panozzo, bass; JohnPa¡oz,zo, percussions; and Den-nis De Young, keyboards andsynthesizer (De Young is also themajor song composer for thegroup).All five men handle thevocals.

Styx also believes in producingtheir own LP's, and they do itquite well. Styx holds the style ofproducing excellent soundinghighs, ones that are always crispand right up front.

"Equinbx" is just a basic,good-sounding'LP; one of thosera¡e albums that I liked the first

time I heard it and from then on.The music is pleasing and alwaysholds my interest.

Styx just may have put out analbum that will result in settingthem in a new class of music.Cuts on the album range from aDeep Purple style of rock

Uriah Heep.

To sum things up, this is analbum.that Styf wai not thoughteapable of producing. It is thãirbest effort!

Avoid frantic gift buying next year. Look for a peacefulholiday season by thoughtful planning. Shop in a leisurelymanner and enjoy the fun of giving. Don't let yourself betrapped by those who are out only to earn that dollar at theexpense of your holiday pleasure.

Imagine if Mary and Joseph had come through town again inthe 20th century. They, too, might have become victims ofcommercialism and bought an entire nursery set (complete withmusical mobile) on the easy credit plan.

Giving your loved ones gifts is one of the greatest joys, butdon't lose sight of those three wise men who bore the first gifts.

"For,. behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, v¡hichshall be to all people. For unto you is born this doy in thecity of Dovid a Sqviour, which is Chrßt the Lord . . . Gloryto God in the highest, and on earth peoæ, good will towordmen!" _Jane Kent

Keep meoning of Christmos olive"Tt+us the night before Christmas snd all through the store,Every creoture wvs stiùing, shouting "Gotto æll more!"Christmas commercialism lurks at every corner as the

holiday draws closer. But every year the signs of themercenaries creep up sooner and sooner. Yes, it is better togive than to receive, but isn't it a little difficult to get in thespirit of things when the Jack-elanterns are still rotting in thegarbage cans?

This'year Fresno merchants began putting up theirdecorations before the traditional day after Thanksgiving. Ifthis trend continues, theée trimmings may soon appear alongwith picnics, flags, and firecrackers.

By putting such a monetary emphasis on Christmas, the truemeaningofthereason for the holiday in the first place gets lostin the shuffle. Although the store decorations do add a festivetouch to one's shopping, the actual solution to avoid acommercialized Chrisümas is up to the shopper.

TETTERS

Dear Editor:Let's not allow our celebration

ofthis country's revolution to berailroaded by big business. The"Freedom Train" which iscoming to Fresno Dec. 19 is amultimillion dollar road showput together by G.M., Pepsico,and other giant multinationalcorporations, the train is part ofthe official BUY-centennial breadand ci¡cus designed to take ourminds off these hard times. For$2.50 they plan to sell you theTory version of American historyrepleat with Howdy Doody dolls,Marilyn Monroe film clips-andJerry Ford's Bible.

As little as possible will be saidabout our t¡ue radical heritageand nothing will be said thatwould motivate us to remove the

SIIPPED DISC

FILM REVIEW

Joìn Peoples Bícenfe nniol 'Lqst Tqngo' ispower from the corDoratetyrants that now control ourlives. the things which peopledid in 17?6 (outsiäe ot ä täwcolorful battles) to sain theirfreedom will not bJ stressed.Actions such as tax evasion andresistance, t,he harboring offugitives, smuggling, and

- the

most dangerous of all; thedisrespect for duly appointedauthorities will be mentioned asseldom as possible.

In the past 200 yearsEngland's colonial rule has beenreplaced by today's corporaterule which is more subtld butwhose effect just as surel,inlluençes every citizen's life.'the leaderg ofbig business todaywould have been the tories ofyesterday. Don't let them sèll

you their version of Americanhistory. Join the PeoplesBicentennial Commission. 1846Connecticut Ave. N.W., Wash-ington, D.C. 20036 and join thetrue patriots of the Americanrevolution.

Mike Rhodes

ENABLER THANKSDear Editor:

The FCC's Enabler programwould like to ühank BiI Cõllierand the "Yuthe donationThe 7tl¿-footthe programbe placed(L-103) very soon.

FCC's Enablers

More letters poge 2.

sod, symbolicThis is it. Checking the

sidewalk for friends of thefamily, with damp palms youapproach the ticket booth, leanand whispe¡, "Q¡s please,"straightening an uncontrollablesmile that plucks up your face asyour lips are pried open by agrggle.You have it: entry to an"X"-rated film.

Well, it was "X" rated. "LastTango in Paris," playing at theUA Cinema, was first released in1972. Since then the picture hasbeen brought in front of areviewing board and re-appraised.

Now re-released with an "R"rating, "Last Tango in Paris" hasa chance for a new and largeraudience. A publicity inducementfor seeing the show now claimsthis picture will never get past

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