FRESNO
CITY COLLEGE Thursday, Ost.5, 1978
Fresno, Ca.
Vol, XXXlll, No.6
Tolk it up
Goi ng
O'Banion labels the criticism students receive from them,
By Mic.hde Lohnr¡
lle .prepared in
escargot from
10 minutes, complete sauce, french bread and
sc¡atch
with wine,'and bec¿me a
national
speech champion ¿s a result. He was competing in a forensic
event known as expository speaking-- a spgech to demonstrate. He was enrolled in Speech 26, a student of Jim O'Banion, forensics co¿ch ¿t FCC.
He is an example of a student given the opportunity to travel to college tow¡s in California and compete with other students his age in varied fo¡ensie.events. îhat opportunity is available to all FCC students.
Photo by Henry Gutierrez
ASB Pr,es. Sue Soreneon tegisteîs students to vote in CA Nov. elections. The last day to register is Oct,. 8.
the class is low. The reason: OBanion believes the word
"After 15 years of qrnstant evaluation by parents and
teachers, people don't feel ike
Arthur Ellish, dean of instruc-
tion, underwent minor
"For anyone who is interested, the competitive class is still wide opeu," O'Banion said. This semester. enrolllment in "forensics" confuses the student and the requirements for the class listed in the e¿talog scare the student.
Ellish undergoes surgery
talting," -O'Banion theorized.
lung,
He is quick to-point
surgery Sept. 28 at Saint Agnes' Hospital. IIe was admitted to the hospital on Sept. 27.
for in forensics
out,
though, that.all the judges in college level tou¡naments are professional speech people.
O'Ba¡io¡ defines the word
fo-rensies as simply as he explains
"positive criticism."
what is required of the students
"They encourage you to say ,what you think as well as you
in his cl¿ss. "Forensics is simply any speech activity," he said.
ean." he s¿id. O'Banion believes that saying
what you think well .is just as important in a student's every-
day life as
competition.
Simple but varied. forensies is
up of -roughly eight it is at a forensic made different events, encompassing
many different a¡eas of i¡terest.
He illustrates the example given by fathers who no longer For write letters to their sons in the there next room before they go to two. eollege, but instead talk to
or piek up the
phone.
them
friends, there are group readings. For those who c¿n
O'Banion encourages inter-
thi¡h on
For literatur'e lovers, there is platform readiag. Students read combinations of poems and
ested students, whether they've had experience or not, to visit him at his office if they'd like to
seleetions from books relating ,a specilic idea in this event.
improve their oral expertise through Speech 26.
to
"Welve had students, he s¿id, "who have neve¡ had Ê speech. class sign up and do well."
That is just a sampling of tbe events students compete in.
"Îhe requirements sound long, but what they mean is that the student must go to three
competing in speech is being "¡yilling to talk," O'B¿nion s¿id.
the only prerequisite
in with O'Banion
tournaments and check
me once
I week,"
to
Enrollment size indieates that
not nany FCC students
a¡e
willing.
explained.
Senqte decides to sponsor disco dqnce show By Doreen Klorise
An
audio-visual disco' dance presentation set for lVednesday
the associatêd Student Body Senate at its regular'meeting Tuesday. If uras approved by.
successful, the Senate may sign a
contract for a threehour disco dance with ticket prices set at $1.50.
Also discussed
in
eonnection
with the disco dance was
requiring an ASB card to get in. James King and the student activities committee were put in charge ofthe dance and will offer their report at next week's
'
meeting. The Senate also approved the appropriation of $150 for mem'
bäiship
in the
California Com-
munity College Student Govern-. ment Assôciation and Area Five.
with Reedley "because there's always been a rivalry between our schóols."
.
Changing the RAM magazine
into a yearbook, or a õsoci¿l awareness" magazine centered
that "the writers in the BAM cl¿ss still write what they want, but within the structl¡re of the maþzine."
Myra Suggs pointed out th¿t
A posgible date for 'an on-campus poliùical debate betwe'èn John Krebs and Chip
around FCC, were discussed heatedly at the close of the
Pashayan in late Oetober was not set.
_
study.
fact th¿t this semester it a vit¿l magazine."
The Senate ¿lso announced some upconing activities. Tomonow they will travel to
labled until next week's
rneeting were plans for Homecorhing \l¡eek. Carol Kovecevich, recoiding secretary, suggested
Homecoming
be held Nov.
10
meeting.
student services eomnittee for
S_enator Paula Grigsby wants RAM to stay as it is. ¡'I linow for a
wi[
be
James King, who wants the to tie in more closely
¡nagazine
with FCC activities,
suggested
Reedley Colìege to meet with other eolleges to discuss their activities and plans.
The Sen¿te is ¿lso planning a cabin conference in Sequoia
.
National Foregt Oct. 13 and 14. Sue Sorensen, president, said 'it'e so we c8n all get together, get to know each other and plan what wele going to do."
TablE will be set up a¡ound campus' Oct. 11 to ivelcome
international and non-resident,
students to FCC. Senate members will m¿n the t¿bles from 2 to 4 p.m. The next Se¡¿te meeting will p.n. in the Sen¿te conference room. be next Tuesday at 1