1993_08 The Daily Collegian August 1993

              ftye ISatlp Collegian
VoL 101, No. 01
California State University, Fresno
Monday, August 30,1993
Contaminated Water Found on Campus
MARLENE BRYANT
Staff Writer
There is a rumor at
CSU. Fresno that water
from a contaminated well
on campus caused a few
employees to go home ill.
David Terstegen. Director
of Environment Occupa¬
tional Health, said that
the rumor is false.
The water is not
contaminated. The water
is tested under certain
levels of protocol. If there
are any problems, they
will come out during the
testing.
"Notices now posted in
the Henry Madden Li¬
brary. Joyal and Thomas
Administration Buildings
state that the water in the
wells failed to pass ac¬
ceptable bacteria stan¬
dards," he explained.
During the testing,
water samples are exam¬
ined for collforms, of or
pertaining to any of
several bacilli, especially
Escherichia coll and
members of the genus
Aerobacter, that are
normally present In the
colon and that indicate
fecal contamination when
found in a water supply.
The bacteria that we
look for is nonpathogenic
(not disease causing). If
the water samples fail to
pass the standards twice
in one month, then a
notice must be posted.
The standards are very
sensitive," he said.
A project, costing
approximately $ 1.7
million, to upgrade the
wells on campus is now in
progress, which includes
chlorinating the system.
The older systems are
approximately 50 years
old. The new system will
ensure that points of
contamination do not
occur within the water.
The project has been
in existence for four
years. Before the system
could be upgraded, bonds
had to be passed to
finance the project.
Three weeks ago.
testing detected that the
water had too many
coliforms present to pass
the tests.
"Each year $15,000 is
spent on testing the water
systems on campus.
Routine sampling is done
each week to make sure
that everything goes well.
The water safety
rules are very restrictive
and because of pollution,
environmental agencies
are making the rules even
tighter. The testing re¬
quires a check for BCP,
lead. etc. The EPA could
close down this water
system if it deemed it
necessary to do so," he
said.
Terstegen said that
there have been a number
of times in the past when
the campus water
samples failed the highly
regulated tests.
He stressed that Just
because the CSU, Fresno
water system failed the
tests, It does not mean
that the water is contami¬
nated.
"If there is a problem
in the water systems, it
will be found and
corrected,"he said.
Major Changes Seen in Ag School
DAVID MIRHADI
News Editor
As you walk across
campus during this first
week of school, odds are
that you will notice
numerous improvements
to the university being
made- improvements
that affect the depart¬
ment that began as the
lifeblood of the univer¬
sity.
The School of Agri¬
culture Sciences and
Technology has been in
the midst of a major
renovation project that
began in earnest in 1991
and is neaxlng comple¬
tion.
Pete Conrad, director
of farm maintenance,
said that the school
upgrades are part of an
$8 million project that
includes construction of
a new winery, a dairy/
sheep area, a new horse
pavilion, modernization
of ornamental horticul¬
ture areas, and a new
storage facility.
The funds that are
being used come from
capital outlays of the
CSU system that were
allocated in 1981.
Conrad said.
Conrad said that "the
time had come to up¬
grade the agriculture
department; many of the
buildings have been here
since the original con¬
struction in 1956."
without major improve¬
ments.
Conrad said that
there are also plans to
build a new enology
facility with $2 million
dollars in private funds.
This will help us to
process our new Bulldog
red and white wines," he
said.
Dean Emeritus
Charles Smallwood said
that many of the funds
to build these various
projects were held up by
the CSU system, and
that there wasn't enough
funds to build many of
the projects,
The projects were
set by priorities, and
this 'priority' system
made Ihe projects take a
century.
"We had to start
looking at the depart¬
ments as a whole rather
than as units," he said.
Smallwood said that
dealing with CSU poli¬
cies made it a "horren¬
dous" process when
working with construc¬
tion companies.
"Going through the
bureaucracies is harder
than going through the
private sector." he said.
However, Smallwood,
who served as dean from
1976-1992 and now
works with the Califor¬
nia Agriculture Technol¬
ogy Institute, said that
during his tenure he had
supportive cooperation
"This will help
us to process our
new Bulldog red
and white wines''
with the community and
administration.
Smallwood said the
quality of some of the
programs in the school
are excellent and "world
class," including the
viticulture and meat
processing programs,
which he called "one of
the best in the country."
He said that these
improvements will "put
us back in the forefront."
Daniel Bartell. the
current dean, said that
these upgrades will have
nothing but positive
effects for the university
and the community.
"We probably have as
good an agricultural
school as anybody with
these upgrades," he
said.
Bartell said that
agriculture still remains
the lifeblood of the
university and the San
Joaquin Valley.
Thirty-five percent
of all the Jobs in the
four-county area
(Fresno, Madera,
Merced, Tulare counties)
rely on agriculture," he
said.  "We need to reaf¬
firm the importance of
See Ag, page 8.
Fresno Rapidly Losing POWER
USA DRIVER
Editor in Chief
'Ed'Prince "Will retain his
position as general
Manager for the new
XOQO JM, although he
speaks no Spanish.
Fresno's top-rated FM
radio station. KQFW
101.9. popularly known
as "Power 102" was sold
suddenly last Wednesday.
Ironically, the buyer,
KOQO AM 790. which
calls itself "La Grande,"
occupies the same build¬
ing, at 4928 E. Clinton
Avenue In Fresno.
Power 102's employ¬
ees knew nothing of the
sale until the deal was
finalized last Wednesday.
The employees were then
notified that Tuesday,
August 31, was their last
day on the Job.
"Wednesday (August
25) was the first I'd heard.
Everything happened on
Wednesday. Since then,
the camaraderie has
increased. Everyone has
become much closer."
said disc Jockey Jeffrey
Davis.
Power 102 General
Manager Ed Prince will
retain his position for the
new KOQO FM. although
he speaks no Spanish.
In the meantime.
Prince has recorded
messages playing over the
airwaves for Power 102's
listeners, explaining the
change.
Effective Tuesday
night at 6 pm. the Top 40
music, rap and hip-hop
that made Power 102
popular will come to an
abrupt halt. Following
that will be the new
station's format of all-
Spanish announcing and
Rancho-Bandero music.
Prince's recorded
message also advises
regular Power 102 listen¬
ers to switch to KBOS "B-
95," which has a format
similar to Power 102.
KOQO AM will simply
be simulcast around the
clock on the FM dial. With
KOQO AM fully staffed,
no new employees were
needed.
That left minimal
opportunity for current
KQPW staff members to
find work at the new
station.
The change is sup¬
posed to save $25,000 per
month." Davis said. "But
they're not cutting spend¬
ing. They're cutting
profits."
Several devoted
listeners of Power 102
have called the request
line to ask why the sta¬
tion is leaving, and to tell
their favorite disk Jockeys
goodbye. A few emotional
callers have even cried on
the air.
Power 102's disk
Jockeys have tried to leave
their posts "with class,"
as they have said on the
air. One disk Jockey even
did a five-minute simul¬
cast over the telephone
last Friday evening with
the announcer at KBOS
B-95. to ease the transi¬
tion for listeners.
That doesn't mean
Power 102's employees
are happy about the
change. They have asked
See Power, page 8.