1988_08 The Daily Collegian August 1988

              the Daily Collegian
California State University. Fresno
Monday, August 29.1988
Swift/Daily Collegian
After four days of long practices In anticipation of the upcoming football sea¬
son, Bulldog band member Jerry Ridgemore was able to relax Friday afternoon
while being serenaded by Helen Bishop.
Proposal may
free Collegian
from ASI rule
BY DONNELL ALEXANDER
Managing Editor
A "Collegian Independence
Plan" partially freeing the news¬
paper from Associated Students,
Inc. (ASI) rule was drafted by
ASI President Scott Vick and
journalism professor Greg Wuli-
ger over the summer in response
to last semester's bitter Col¬
legian controversy.
If approved by an ad hoc com¬
mittee and the ASI senate, the do¬
cument may be put to a special
student election in November.
The Collegian and the ASI
senate battled publicly after
Astone cut the newspaper's funds
substantially. The Collegian
responded with extensive cover¬
age of senate activity.
"I think emotions took charge
of the intellect and there was just
resentment and anger going back
and forth," said Thomas Boyle,
Assistant Dean of Student Af¬
fairs.
"It's much better that we take
care of this thing right now,
Please see PLAN, page 4
Plan includes
increase in fee
BY PAIGE A. LEECH
St*ffWHt*r
As far as students are con¬
cerned, the proposed dollar in¬
crease* in student fees might be
viewed as an increase in their
subscription fee for the Col¬
legian.
The increase from S15 to $lfi
per semester is pan of a 'at-
legion partial independence plan.
which is tentatively scheduled to
go before the Associated
Students, Inc. (ASI) senate in
two weeks. The increase will
allow the senate to cut most of
their financial responsibiity from
the daily campus newspaper at
the students expense but allow
ASI to retain status as pub-
lisher of campus publications.
Dana Thornton, a sophomore
psychology major, isn't pleased
that the senate is severing their
financial relationship with the
newspaper, but is willing to fork
over the extra buck to keep the
paper alive.
"I always read the Daily Col¬
legian. I'd be willing to pay a
dollar a semester more," Thorn¬
ton said. "But, it seems like
they (the senate) are cutting
everything. I'm just wondering
where all of the funds are
going."
Junior Dan Amarillas is also
in favor of making the news¬
paper independent at the student's
expense.
"I don't think (the dollar in¬
crease) would bother anybody I
don't think anyone would even
notice the increase, to tell you
the truth," Amarillas said.
However, one student sug¬
gested   that   the   fee   increase
Please see FEES, page 5
ASI leaders protest Chico St. flap
Chico student leaders, president mix
over proposed government changes
BY LOIS HENRY
Special to Ik* CoSUgian
In an effort to aid the Associated
Students of Chico in their bitter power
struggle with that university's president.
Associated Students Inc. (ASI) President
Scott Vick joined more than 30 other
CSU students in Sacramento to looby
with the real power brokers.
Students throughout the state con¬
verged on the capital August 19 to lobby
for Assemblyman Torn Hayden's (D-
Santa Monica) bill, AB1643, which
would make it illegal for university ad¬
ministrators to dabble in (he affairs of
student government, Vick said
Vick and the other CSU students who
went to Sacramento were contacted by the
California State Student Association,
which garnered support from Long Beach
to Humboldt, Vick said. CSUF ASI sen¬
ators Bill White and James Lawrence also
participated in the two-day lobbying ef¬
fort.
The ongoing conflict between the
Chico State AS and the university's pre¬
sident Robin Wilson, came to ■ head on
Aug. 1 when Wilson issued i mem¬
orandum stating that the university would
assume full control of $13 million-a-year
AS-run bookstore and food services.
Vick, who questioned the legality of
Wilson's move, said the Chico State
students are "attacking the problem on
two fronts, through the courts and in the
legislature."
He added that he received a favorable
response from the legislators he contacted
and feels that "with the support from the
hill and in the courts, the students will
win this one."
The AS obtained a temporary res¬
training order against the transfer this
month and a hearing for a temporary in¬
junction is scheduled for Sept 16, said
Chico State AS general manager Dave
Hubler in a telephone interview last
week.
Hubler said the AS plans to operate
"business as usual" until the conflict is
aetued.
Problems between Wilson and the AS
arose earlier this year over control of the
AS bookstore and food services when
Wilson refused to sign an AS-proposed
contract The AS at Chico State has
owned and operated the bookstore and
food services on campus since 1942.
After Wilson cited concerns over too
much AS involvement in the commercial
services and not enough in the governing
of student affairs, the AS, with over¬
whelming support from the voters, re¬
vamped its entire structure.
Basically, the AS split itself into two
groups, one group to oversee the
businesses and the other to run the
government- The new sys-tem will go
into effect this year.
Wilson also said that the commercial
services were being run inefficiently by
the AS. In the last three yean the AS has
accumulated $2.7 million in reserves. Wil¬
son said the figure should be closer to $6
million.
Please see CHICO, page 4