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I - . - I - ; -- 0 ' 8 t . I- - j i $ i t - - . *'b .. 9. 9 In addition to the normal courses offered, several boarderline radical subjects are officially taught at Valley State. Two such courses are Social Change and Problems of Cultural Change. Additionally, there is an "expcrimental college" on campue (using college facilities but not college fund8) that is operated by white and,black radicals and Chic8nos offering, for no credit, the usual ofbcat subjicts such as Hypnosis, Yoga, Astrology, Occult Sciences, etc. Finally, offered off campus by the Chu-Lamumba Club, are such subjects as Revolution and Kidnapping and Hijacking. Reportedly, the as yet unidentified instructor of Kidnapping and Hijacking i s Cuban and believed to be'a Cuban agent. The club has been infiltrated by police intelligence officers who also plan to enroll in Kidnapping and Hijacking. .The State of Califynia h+s decided to reduce drastically t h c s i t e The purpose for the reduc- of Valley State over the n-ext sadera1 years. tion is unclear but is believed ortensibly to be alleviation oPovercrowding and promotion of the image of a community college. .The reduction of admissions ha8 also caused serious problems for the school. A year ago, the administration agreed to accept 700 minority students each year to balance the overall enrollment ethnically.. Now that admissions are down SO p e t c a t , the blacks'and Chicanos are not willing to sustain a 50 per ' cent Cut in mihority admissions. I - With all of its problems, Valley State still educates many moder- ates and conservatives. Radicals there probably number between 5 and IO per cent (very high, most observers believe 2 per cent is about the standard on American campuses). Just a few day* ago, Jesse M. Unruh, a prominent Caltfornia politician and present Democratic candidate for governor, gave rough treatment to a student-heckler to the applause of: most of the 2,000 stydenta in attendance. . . - . In summary, San Fernando Valley State .College is politically . * troubled-and racially tense. The odds are that the school will get through the year without bombings and without violence, but no one will bc surprised if it does not make it. 8. .. 3