1993_04 The Daily Collegian April 1993

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Vol. 100i No. 40
California State University, Fresno
Tuesday, April 13, 1993
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Christine Baker/The Daily Collegian
Ail-American pole vaulter and WAC indoor champion, Warmerdam Field. Cox is preparing for a competition
David. Cox, works out late Monday afternoon .at    in Los Angeles this weekend.
Edward James Olmos to lecture
Actor plans to discuss
battle for racial harmony
•at-tbrught s presentation
By Tom Zulewski
Staff writer
He's best known as Lt. Castillo from the
the "Miami Vice" TV series and as Los
Angeles high school teacher Jaime Escalante
from the film "Stand and Deliver."
Actor Edward James Olmos will speak
about "the battle for racial harmony" on
campus tonight in the North Gym as pari of
the University Lecture Series.
Olmos, mostrecentiy the star and director
of last year's "American Me," is being hailed
by many as a positive role model fofChicano
youth everywhere. .
The Hispanic actor grew up in the barrio
of East Los Angeles, barely escaping the
cycle of gang life. After attempts at a base¬
ball and singing career, Olmos found his
true love.    ,
Hisacting career began with small parts in
films ranging from "Aloha, Bobby and Rose"
to "Ajambrista." Olmos' early television
credit^ include "Hawaii Five-O" and
"Kojak.""His first major role came in "Zoot
Suit," which ran off-Broadway for over a
year. He starced in the 1981 film version.
One of Olmos' recent trademarks has been
his selection of authentic roles as they relate
to the Chicano community. He starred in
"The Balladjif Gregorio Cortez,"originally
See Olmos, page 4
Search for
new VP
underway
Tb date, more than 60
applications received,
job to start early this fall
By Jennifer Shaw
Staffwriter
Under its current reorganization plan,
CSUF is lookingfor another vicepresident.
The vice president of administration will
be the chief administrative and fiscal officer
for the the university and will report directly
to CSUF PresidenfJohn Welty.
To date, Welty ^said^ the university has
received in excess of 60 applications for the
newly created position. Depending on the
progress made by a search committee, the
job will start in early fall of 1993.
"We wanted to have all support services
of an administrative nature under one area
so the vice president can provide an overall
direction," said Welty, adding that under
this reorganization "services to students,
faculty and staff will be of high quality."    „
The vice president of administration will
be responsible for policy development, plan-
-   ning and pro¬
viding leader¬
ship for the
areas of ac¬
counting, fi¬
nancial man¬
agement, ac¬
counts pay¬
able atid re¬
ceivable, stu¬
dent billing,
plant opera¬
tions, facili¬
ties planning,
. real estate de7
velopment,
police.- envi-
_s ronmental"
health, safety and utility management.
The university is conducting a national
search for the position. The job description
h^s been advertised in the Chronicle of
Higher Education, Black Issues in Higher
Education, an Hispanic journal and the Jour¬
nal for the National Committee for Univer-
"WeNwanted to
have all support
services'of an
administrative
nature under one
area so the vice
president can
provide £n over¬
all direction."
_< John Welty,
president
See Vice president, page 4
Academic Senate aims to create a vision
Mission statement would serve
to attract potential students,,
respond to community's needs
By David Mlrhadl
Staffwriter .   • '
Plans for a new vision statement and a mission statement
to better serve the needs of the university and die announce¬
ment of a Wednesday visit from CSU Chancellor Barry
Munitz were discussed by die Executive Committee of the
Academic Senate on Monday afternoon.
CSUF President JohnD. Welty announcedthaton Wednes¬
day Munitz will conduct a workshop from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.,
and he will be speaking with student leaders and faculty
from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Welty also announced at the meeting that he has until May
3 to go over the university budget proposal and that the
revised budget proposals will be put into effect on June 1.
The CSU system expects to absorb an 8.8 percent reduc¬
tion in funds available to the state of California's 11-
member CSU system, according to budget projections.
WheiWie meeting turned to the subject of the mission
statement, which is also designed to encourage student
recruitment, there was a dispute over specific wording of the
mission statement regarding the inclusion or exclusion of "a
wide range of liberal arts and sciences," and members
complained that it excluded some disciplines in and of the
university.
Many of the committee members complained that as a
topic, the vision statement related too closely to and served
essentially the same purpose as the mission statement.
Lyman Heine, professor of political science, asked sim¬
ply, "What does it mean to 'endorse' a mission and/or a
vision statement?"
The debate continued as members of the committee
questioned the value of "endorsement" of the mission and/
or vision statement.
See Vision, page 8
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