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Opinion Opinion

By Rick Signoretti By Bob Springer
In the writing of this column "Keep Farr out of jail!"
I realize I'm bucking the estab- This was the rallying cry of
lished system in reference to the Los Angeles Press Club and
student employment on campus. other local journalism societies
Being a student worker my- on behalf of William Farr, news-
self. I feel I can express my paper reporter, now languishing
feelings honestly and with in jail.
knowledge of the topic. Farr now is a reporter for the
Los Angeles Times, but during
I wish to point a finger at no the infamous Mans on trial, he
one but desire to see changes worked for the Herald Examiner.
in the current pay system for During the trial he obtained
student workers and for paid "inside" information from two
holidays. attorneys on the case that the
Manson "family" had planned to
Currently a student worker
gets paid once a month while kiH several Hollywood celebri.:.
all other school employees re- ties, Frank Sinatra and Elizabeth
ceive bi-monthly checks. I admit Taylor among them. The Herald
that it teaches the student work- Examiner printed the story and
er how to budget funds but this Judge Older blew his stack.
seems unjust to me as I, like For the moment, Farr was
protected by the First Amend-
many of my fellow employees, ment. Then Fap left his journal-
have bills to pay to survive. ism job. Judge Older asserted
To be paid twice a. month as are that now he was no longer pro-
other employees would ease this tected by the "freedom of the
strain and cut down on the ab- press" stipulation in the Con-
sentee rate. stitution.
I say this because while Judge Older demanded that
other em p 1 o ye es work their Farr divulge the names of the
eight hour day, students must attorneys who had violated his
c arry at least 12 units per quar- gag order during the trial. Farr
ter to remain employed. They refused. He stood on the news-
must maintain at least a "C" man's traditional practice of re-
average in these classes to re- A pair of eye-catchers caught strolling on campus. One is a doll and fusing to disclose the source of
main in school let alone keep the other is a St. Bernard pup. The dog is Colby. The doll, fashionably confidential information. The
their employment. They work gowned for dog-strolling on campus, is Marlene Van Eunen. judge questioned six attorneys
three hours a day, 15 a week, or on the case, but none would
120 a month. Between school confess to giving Farr the infor-
and daily work, I feel that this mation.
equals an eight hour work day. Jim Shows His For standing on his time-
With reference to paid holi- honored journalistic principles,
days, I ask not for pay for an Chromosomes Farr is now taking the rap--an
eight hour day or even for pay "open end" sentence in jail.
for all the holidays the school This is asinine. And uncon-
system recognizes, but for pay By Anne Stone stitutional, although there is
for the three hours we would Did you know that this pic- some static on the latter point.
normally be working. I ask not ture shows the c he mica 1 s in The Times is keeping Farr on
for pay for the day beofre or after our bodies that not only . deter- salary while he smolders in jail.
a vacation or for the entire va- mine our sex · and physical ap- Journalism fraternities all over
cation period, but only for the pearance, but all of our behavior the land, including Sigma Delta
holiday itself, such as Christ- Chi, the top professional so-
as well? Most people would
mas day. know them simply as the 46 ciety, are backing the reporter,
I feel that this is not an un- chromosomes of a normal human and attorneys (not the two who
just request or does it jeopard- body. refuse to admit they gave Farr
ize benefits of full-time employ- The particular set in the ac- the information) are donating
ees. They receive holiday pay, companying photograph are those their services in his defense.
vacation pay, sick leave, over- of James Boykin, biology in- Meanwhile, a pride-filled and
time and raises which the stu- structor. Alan Hoeltje, a basic frustrated judge, with shallow
dent worker does not. science major, conducted the To those who know the popular reaso ning and shaky legal
I consider myself fortunate tests for the chromosome analy- biology instructor best, the re- grounds, has condemned Farr
to possess the job I hold. I en- sis semblance is clear. Look close- to jail for an indeterminate per-
joy my work and respect the po- What exactly are you looking ly. Of course. Jim Boykin. Well, iod of time.
sition of my superiors, but I do at? Boykin explains this very not exactly Jim Boykin ... but In my opinion, this is another
firmly believe in fairness and complicated concept simply as his chromosomes. in a growing series of attempts
equality. Our country was found- "the 46 chromosomes at meta- by government to chip away at
ed on these two principles. phase, when the chromatids are further growth, leaving the chro- the news media which refuse to
No one likes to challenge very short and thick and still mosomes lined up from too to become a press agency for gov-
established rules and regulations connected in the middle by the bottom in the middle of the cell, ernment.
(Cont'd on Page 3) centromere·," or in other words, in the meta-
Of course, you biology buffs phase stage of cell di vision. The courts and Washington
THE CANYON CALL know all about this stuff, right? Slides were made and in the pro- are attempting to intimidate the
Alan used the TC Chromo- cess the chromosomes were dis- press and TV as never before in
PUBLISHED TWICE MONTHLY BY our history. What this really
STUDENTS AT COLLEGE OF THE some Culture Kit which contain- placed so that they were no long-
CANYONS. EDITORIAL OPINIONS means is that the courts and gov-
EXPRESSED IN THIS P UBLICATION ed the chemicals and step-by- er lined up. With the aid of a ernment are attempting to intim-
ARE THOSE OF THE WRITER AND step procedure needed for the special camera microscope> Don
NCYI' NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE idate the people of the United
COLLEGE . experiment. The entire process Takeda, another of our biology
EDITORIAL STAFF States because all that stands
Rick Signoretti Mike Winslow took four days. During the first instructors, was able to take a between the government and the
Colleen Andreasen Al Boykin three days, white blood cells photograph of Boykint chromo-
John Hunt Judi Conklin people is the press.
Robert Springer Jim Brown were cultured in a special me- somes.
PHOTOGRAPHERS dium enab ling them to grow out- Biology students hope to ob- Judge Older's action, it seems
Bruce McKinney Johny Albrecht side of the body. tain different kinds of animal to me, is all part of this over-
Paul Osterhues Al Boykin
Then, at the proper time, blood and make slides for use all insidious trend to curtail the
TONY REMENIH: ADVISOR
chemicals were added to inhibit in comparative studies. people's right to know.