1993_05 The Daily Collegian May 1993

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DAILYrGOLLEGIAN
VoL 100, No. 54
California State University, Fresno
Thursday, May 6, 1993
Recreation
department
fights to
stay afloat
Cutbacks may cause
merger with Physical
Education Department
By Adam Breen
Staffwriter
Recreation Administration and Leisure
Studies Department faculty and students
knew they would have a fighton their hands
when the CSUF Academic Program Ap¬
praisal Committee began reviewing pro¬
grams last year.
In addition to the university's rising tu¬
ition and declining financial support, this
program had the burden of proving that it
was necessary to CSUFs mission.
The negative connotations of the words
"recreation'^nd "leisure" in an academic
setting were an obstacle in the fight to retain.
options within the major, according to Rec¬
reation Administration Professor Andrew
Hoff.
When Alex Gonzalez, provost and vice
president for academic affairs, announced
his recommendations for program consoli¬
dation, suspension and elimination. Recre¬
ation Administration options were four out
among the 12 programs suggested for
elimination.
Gonzalez has said that the program should
merge with the Physical Education Depart¬
ment, which it used to be a part of until 10
years ago. He was unavailable for comment.
Hoff said in informal discussions between
recreation and physical education faculty
that the physical education faculty said
"they 'd be glad to have us," but he is worried
the merger could lessen his program's voice
in university matters. )
Students within programs slated for el imi-
nation beginning in 1993-94 will still be
able to complete their degrees and have their
See Recreation, page 7
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Computers in the Geography Department lab can display earthquakes are most likely to occur, as disucssed by
maps showing continental rift zones and areas where    geography students Greg Ehlert (front) and Jason Atkins.
Geography of GANGS
The" concentration of gang territo¬
ries in Fresno doubled in the last
decade. Membership rose from 300
to 3.000 youths.
CSUF students recently provided a visual
depiction of these statistics. Their work is
expected to be published in the magazines
"California Geographer" or the "Journal of
Cultural Geography."
'This is groundbreaking stuff," said
Lawrence EstaviHe, chairman of the CSUF
Geography Department. "No one has ever
done this."
This past weekend, seven CSUF geogra¬
phy graduate students presented four papers
titled "Geography of Ethnic Street Gangs''
at the California Geography Society meet¬
ing.
The result of the studies, contrasting con¬
centrations and locations of gang territories
in Fresno/Clovis area in 1980 and 1990,
revealed the recent emergence of a white
"skinhead" gang.
Computer-generated maps show     .
the emergence of Skinheads in Fresno
By Jennifer Shaw
Staff writer
While gang involvement has historically
been related to'populations in the lower
socio-economic range, the white group,
formed out of peer pressure and racial big¬
otry, was correlated with higher income and
education levels.
"It offers a tremendous instantaneous vi¬
sual analysis," said Estavillc, wrio sees their
work as helping to solve socio-economic
and environmental problems in the Fresno/
San Joaquin Valley community.,
Fresno police, various outreach agencies
and "a host of goverment agencies" have
requested copies of these illustrative maps,
according to EstaviHe.
In the fall \1992 semester, the graduate
program in geography was re-instated at
CSUF.
Estavillc describes the program as "very
rigorous" and currently has 36 students.   .
EstaviHe and his geography students were
recently approached by CSUF President John
Welty's office to help illustrate an
accredidation study for the Western Asso¬
ciation of Schools and Colleges. Maps were
pan of a comparative study indicating the
extensive national and global draw of CSUF
students.
"Geographic information systems,
[G.I.S.] that's the most powerful, hottest.
See Geography. page7
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Crime down during Vintage Days
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Low student turnout,
more police protection
cited as reasons for drop
By David Mirhadi
Staffwriter
, The incidence of crime during the f6ur-
day Vintage Days celebration last week was
much lower than in previous years, due to a
lower turnout of students and an increase in
police protection, according to University
Police.
Lt. Steven King of the University Police
Department said about 3.000people attended
Vintage Days, a lower number than had
attended in previous years, and that ac¬
counted for the lower crime rate than in the
past.
"I have been here for 10 years and I have
seen as many as 6,000 or 7,000 people
attend Vintage Days, h was much lower
than in the past," he said.
King said tire decline in the crime rate was
due to a staff that spread itself widely through¬
out the campus.
"We had better checkpoints. One of the
most important things we did was patrol the
Bucket. We hired a lot of our own staff
people; not just police, but more uniformed
people."
The type of entertainment also had a posi¬
tive effect on the volume of crime, King
said.
"The Craftsfai re, Boomtown and Air Gui-
tartlreated a party atmosphere. The empha¬
sis on Vintage Days was to have fun and be
safe. It's not an accident that the amount of
crime was lower," he said.
The presence of comedian Paul Rodriguez
at the Air Guitar contest also helped. King
said.
The fact that Rodriguez came to Vintage
Days to perform made people less inclined
to incite danger. King said.
He said he thought that a direct relation¬
ship existed between the type of entertain¬
ment at Vintage Days and the volume of
crime.
"If we would have scheduled a hard-rock
See Crime, page 6
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