1993_12 The Daily Collegian December 1993

              Vol. 101, No. 60
CSU-Fresno
Thursday, Dec 2,1993
Vendors sale
||| holiday wares
at craft bazaar
s^esan
s card catalog
By bv*»&m Stoiband
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the rest of society pass yon by.
the Henry MaddenLibrary at
Cambnt^a ■%fate- University,
Fresno is tryuig to make sure
thatdoes not happen toCSUF .
students.
; Most students who grew up:.
attending a public school re-
merubw the hassle involved ev-
satbMttg' up * W schoor tf. ■
rxary.EachtuneOTebadtoiocrk.
up*sub)ec!orauuto]Bib^card
catalog, then write dowa the
Dewey Decimal, number, and,
finally, find it among die stacks.
Until about 1991, that's how the
system worked ntCSUF'sMad-
den Library.   .
andify'ou
migrated .sys¬
tem wastntroduced to students and
faculty as-ALIS. AUSjneans Au
torjoatedUbrary-Integrated System,
and auows library pSrsonnel io
place inforrnaoon former^ctn the
card fisataidgs onto computers for
easier, itac^icker.access,' '
AformofAt^wasirfw|lUced
atthecirciifaiioridetk,whrntiinade
it easiwfttcKManS to teed track
of wrMrjo^HhAre been checked
out, by whom and"when .they are
due, back. This informafion was
also-made available to students so
they cab tell 'instantly.if the needed
boots are .available, and, if not,
when they will be.
This is a large step forward for
the library, but more needed to
bec^.Thererore.Educational
Resources htfonnatioaCenter,
:«H^;**fl hfflt&yt&~
■'aoid^-foir^eve^niorei'iifcT- ■
mation available to the students
via computer. These two pro-
grains-allowed students to ei¬
ther look up information pub¬
lished In periodicals or-specific
topics found in scientific jour¬
nals. '
;' ftseemedthe world was per-
feci for the CSUF student with a
computer available to do re¬
search with the touch of a but¬
ton. What more could be added
46 this collection of software?
•C^GopBer. that's what
* CSU Gopher is the newest
adrhtifln to the Henry Madden
Library computer system, and it
See Computer, page 4
ByMattSoby
Photo Editor
The ornaments hung from the
booths delicately as craft vendors
waited for customers to give eye to
the detail in each handmade item.
The sights, sounds and smells of
Christmas continue at the Holiday
Crafts Ba-.
zaar in the
Satellite
Student
Union from
8 a.m. to 5
p.m. today.
Univer*
sity Student
Union Pro-
ductions
sponsored
the bazaar
and "in or¬
der to. get
into the holi¬
day craft
fair, every¬
thing must
be hand¬
made," said
,K.     Amy
"This is more of a
need to follow
tradition. I did this as
a child with my mom;
We've been here for
10 years. I remember
the first two fairs.
were held in the
Student Union."y
—-Liz Laury
Kaltman, organizer of the event and
special events coordinator for USU
Productions.
"It's really neat to walk around
and see the detail in the work; plus,
everything is reasonably priced,
which is amazing for a crafts fair,"
Kaltman said.
Atone booth, magnetized clothes¬
pins were in disguise as reindeer,
Santas and other holiday figures.
The crafts at Johnnie Lallament's
booth are all one-of-a-kind, molded
and sculpted by Lallament herself.
She emphasized the validity of the
craft fair saying, "At this fair, you
have a retail number—that gets the
sefdesters out and keeps this legal."
v Lallament was concerned about
other craft burs where people go to
Mexieoor retail stores and buy crafts
and pass them off as handmade or
/„" unique.
        The
swoops and
swirls of cal¬
ligraphy
greet me eye
at Karla
Olmstead's
booth.
She has
matted and'
framed say¬
ings written
in calligra¬
phy,, with
blue, bur¬
gundy and
other colors
or, the bor-
der.andtben
■■■"■      '        ' she paints
watercolor
flowers, apples and designs near the
calligraphy.
However, "people don't want to
pay .what it takes to do an original,"
Olmstead said.
It takes about four hours to com¬
plete a small piece, she said. In the
Bay Area, "it may cost $ 1.50-52.00
per line for custom calligraphy."
She now writes the original, piio-
Please see Bazaar, page 4
Health services offers relief for flu victims
3y Jason Owen
Staff Writer
'I'm not feeling too good," one
student said.
"I think I am going to be sick,"
said another.
"Make way for the bathroom;
I'm going to puke," said a third.
What sounds like another day at
the school cafeteria is just the
begining of cold and flu season
here in the Valley, including the
California State University, Fresno
For many students who become
ill, it would be in their favor to take
advantage of Uni versi ty Health and
Counseling Services, located, near
(he residence halls and north of
parking lot D on Keats Avenue.
.Even though classrooms are
ailed with the sounds of stuffed
noses and coughs and the smell of
cough lozenges, Sam Gitchel,
health educator for CSUF, has not
seen an out-of-the-ordinary rise in
til students coming in for treat-
what a virus is because they con¬
stantly mutate," Gitchel said.
"We'll see a period of time where
people will come in wjth a certain
set of symptoms and a few weeks
• "We
have 'a
pretty
steady rate
of utiliza-
t i o n , "
Gitchel
said. "We
haven't
seen      a
sharp in-     " 	
crease this fall. We have busy days
and we have slow days."
Gitchel has seen the usual this
'fall including colds, flus and mis¬
cellaneous upper resperajory infec¬
tions.
"Sometimes we don't know
For mild colds, people can take care of
that themselves and may get some tips
from the screening nurse for what kind of
medication to get in the pharmacy:"
—Sam Gitchel
care of that themselves and may get
some tips from the screening nurse
for what kind of medication to get
in the pharmacy," Gitchel said. "An¬
tibiotics don't help colds, so, very
often, a per
son can get
what they
need from
an outside
source."
Students
can utilize
University
Health and
identification number when seek¬
ing health or counseling services.
Then students can see a screening
nurse who will direct them to one
of the clinical areas. They-will be
given an exarrrination and a recom¬
mended course of action by a doc-
later the symptoms will be a little
different."
. The common cold is one ail¬
ment that has no curb other than
resting, injesting liquids and cut¬
ting back on alcohol and smoking.
"Formild colds, people can take
- services
from 8 to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday. Walk-in counsel¬
ing hours are 9 to 11 am., Monday
through Friday and oh Tuesday and
Thursday from 2 to 4:00 p.m.
Students are required to fill out
a route slip with their name and
Thecostofservicesarecovered *
by the optional health fee paid at
the beginning of the semester. Stu¬
dents are encouraged to take ad¬
vantage of the health services and
the pharmacy, which sells medica¬
tion at a lower price than off-cam-'
Counseling ./pus pharmacies.
Services available to students,
end on the last day of the semester,
but are open to students who will be
attending classes during winter ses¬
sion. ■
Stress can be a factor for many
Please see Cold*, page