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Vol. 101, No. 62 CSU-Fresno TUesday, Dec. 7,1993 USU gearing up for Vintage Days By Ken Koller Staff Photographer _ While visions of sugarplums are dancing in the heads of most people about this .time of year, the Vintage Days Committee is hard at work plan n i ng next year's event to be held April 21-24,1994. ' "We're actually just in the be¬ ginning stages, so we haven't fi¬ nalized anything yet," said Vin- Keeling cancels due to illness By Olivia Reyes Staff Writer. A last minute illness has forced Richard Keeling to cancel his Cali¬ fornia State University Fresno de¬ but today.. University Lecture Series scheduled Keeling, director ofthe ' University Health Service and pro¬ fessor of medicine at University of Wisconsin-Madison, to speak this evening about sexuality and health in the 1990s, according to Susan Vasquez, director of ULS. Keeling caught the flu and high fevers reaching up to 105 degrees this weekend require him to re¬ main in bed, Vasquez said. "It's not uncommon for a speaker to be ill," Vasquez said, adding that some speakers have spoken while, ill. "He can't even get out of bed." Reeling's assistant, Eric Engstrom, said he regrets not be¬ ing able to speak tonight, but hopes to reschedule in the future. Vasquez said ULS will discuss later this week if Keeling can be scheduled for next semester or the near future, if at all, since ULS already has other speakers inter¬ ested for the spring. In the 1991 series, two speak¬ ers canceled and both rescheduled. Vasquez said. - Although approximately 100 tickets were sold for Reeling's ap¬ pearance, Vasquez said his can¬ cellation did not cause a financial loss for ULS. - . ULS could have sold as many as 832 tickets, which would have been a sellout. At the most, howe-er. ULS lost $300 in making j distributing flyers for bis program, she said. A refund will be given to those who purchased advanced tickets, the director said. Refunds will be Please see Keeling, page 5 tage Days Student Director Sara Harris. "We're currently working on developing a theme, develop¬ ing some different ideas, and cre¬ ating a general feel of what we would like Vintage Days to be this year". ^ The entire process begins dur¬ ing the fall semester when appli¬ cations are accepted for sub-com¬ mittee and coordinator positions. After the decisions are made, the newly appointed committee heads go through a series of activi¬ ties that help them become aquatinted with one another. This year they ventured north to Sacra¬ mento and attended the National Association for Campus Activi¬ ties convention. "This allowed us to see a lot of dieentertainmentthatis out there," Harriesaid. "It also allowed us to interact with other schools in hopes of creating new ideas for what we could do with our event. "We talked to different schools finding out what works for them. At the same time they were busy recruiting friends and others to serve on their respective conunit- tees." This year there are 11 separate sub-comities, the most in die 19- yearhistory of Vintage Days. Each of these committees tackles a sepa¬ rate event within the festival. Currently, these, committees, along with an advisor from the University Student Union, meet bi-monthly to discuss ideas. . As the opening ceremony draws closer, the pace quickens as the meetings begin to be held weekly. "We plan to have all the acti v- f ity^ plans finalized by February,"'^. > said Gary Nelson, USU program- adviser. "Then we can go through and begin the process of fine tun¬ ing them". Please see Vintage, page 4 ■; Welty^ committee to re\tfew athletics By Douglas Stolhand Staff Writer Gender equity in college athlet¬ ics is somethi ng that has been talked about for years, but little has been seen of it either locally or nation¬ ally. Despite this. President John D. Welty has formed a 17-member committee to review the athletic department in comparison to other Western Athletic Conference schools and other specified institu¬ tions m order to try to obtain gender equity in California State Univer¬ sity. Fresno athletics. The committee contains mem¬ bers of the CSUF faculty and stu- equity, the committee will also be dents, community niembers and looking to recommend a long-range people involved in the athletic pro- plan involving the facilities for the grams here. The committee has athletic programs and their funding, "Gender equity is a realistic goal at this university and would he an im¬ portant step along the path that soci¬ ety is currently on? ; —Dr. Lynn Hemink until May 1994 to complete their study and submit their results to Welty. Besides trying to achieve gender The committee will be looking at this funding for all programs, from where die funding comes from, and -whether or not it is in compliance with their goal of gender equity. Committee members are very interested in this project, and are taking it very seriously. They have already begun their meetings and research, and plan to be done by deadline. -^ Gender equity is taken .very seri¬ ously by the committee members, and is a realistic goal according to Joanne Schrofi, co-coair of the com¬ mittee and chair of the Department of Physical Education and Human Performance. "We will be adhering to the guidelines set by the laws and policies of the National Collegiate Athletic Association." Please see Gander, page S
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Title | 1993_12 The Daily Collegian December 1993 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1993 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
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Title | December 7, 1993, Page 1 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1993 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
Full-Text-Search | Vol. 101, No. 62 CSU-Fresno TUesday, Dec. 7,1993 USU gearing up for Vintage Days By Ken Koller Staff Photographer _ While visions of sugarplums are dancing in the heads of most people about this .time of year, the Vintage Days Committee is hard at work plan n i ng next year's event to be held April 21-24,1994. ' "We're actually just in the be¬ ginning stages, so we haven't fi¬ nalized anything yet," said Vin- Keeling cancels due to illness By Olivia Reyes Staff Writer. A last minute illness has forced Richard Keeling to cancel his Cali¬ fornia State University Fresno de¬ but today.. University Lecture Series scheduled Keeling, director ofthe ' University Health Service and pro¬ fessor of medicine at University of Wisconsin-Madison, to speak this evening about sexuality and health in the 1990s, according to Susan Vasquez, director of ULS. Keeling caught the flu and high fevers reaching up to 105 degrees this weekend require him to re¬ main in bed, Vasquez said. "It's not uncommon for a speaker to be ill," Vasquez said, adding that some speakers have spoken while, ill. "He can't even get out of bed." Reeling's assistant, Eric Engstrom, said he regrets not be¬ ing able to speak tonight, but hopes to reschedule in the future. Vasquez said ULS will discuss later this week if Keeling can be scheduled for next semester or the near future, if at all, since ULS already has other speakers inter¬ ested for the spring. In the 1991 series, two speak¬ ers canceled and both rescheduled. Vasquez said. - Although approximately 100 tickets were sold for Reeling's ap¬ pearance, Vasquez said his can¬ cellation did not cause a financial loss for ULS. - . ULS could have sold as many as 832 tickets, which would have been a sellout. At the most, howe-er. ULS lost $300 in making j distributing flyers for bis program, she said. A refund will be given to those who purchased advanced tickets, the director said. Refunds will be Please see Keeling, page 5 tage Days Student Director Sara Harris. "We're currently working on developing a theme, develop¬ ing some different ideas, and cre¬ ating a general feel of what we would like Vintage Days to be this year". ^ The entire process begins dur¬ ing the fall semester when appli¬ cations are accepted for sub-com¬ mittee and coordinator positions. After the decisions are made, the newly appointed committee heads go through a series of activi¬ ties that help them become aquatinted with one another. This year they ventured north to Sacra¬ mento and attended the National Association for Campus Activi¬ ties convention. "This allowed us to see a lot of dieentertainmentthatis out there," Harriesaid. "It also allowed us to interact with other schools in hopes of creating new ideas for what we could do with our event. "We talked to different schools finding out what works for them. At the same time they were busy recruiting friends and others to serve on their respective conunit- tees." This year there are 11 separate sub-comities, the most in die 19- yearhistory of Vintage Days. Each of these committees tackles a sepa¬ rate event within the festival. Currently, these, committees, along with an advisor from the University Student Union, meet bi-monthly to discuss ideas. . As the opening ceremony draws closer, the pace quickens as the meetings begin to be held weekly. "We plan to have all the acti v- f ity^ plans finalized by February,"'^. > said Gary Nelson, USU program- adviser. "Then we can go through and begin the process of fine tun¬ ing them". Please see Vintage, page 4 ■; Welty^ committee to re\tfew athletics By Douglas Stolhand Staff Writer Gender equity in college athlet¬ ics is somethi ng that has been talked about for years, but little has been seen of it either locally or nation¬ ally. Despite this. President John D. Welty has formed a 17-member committee to review the athletic department in comparison to other Western Athletic Conference schools and other specified institu¬ tions m order to try to obtain gender equity in California State Univer¬ sity. Fresno athletics. The committee contains mem¬ bers of the CSUF faculty and stu- equity, the committee will also be dents, community niembers and looking to recommend a long-range people involved in the athletic pro- plan involving the facilities for the grams here. The committee has athletic programs and their funding, "Gender equity is a realistic goal at this university and would he an im¬ portant step along the path that soci¬ ety is currently on? ; —Dr. Lynn Hemink until May 1994 to complete their study and submit their results to Welty. Besides trying to achieve gender The committee will be looking at this funding for all programs, from where die funding comes from, and -whether or not it is in compliance with their goal of gender equity. Committee members are very interested in this project, and are taking it very seriously. They have already begun their meetings and research, and plan to be done by deadline. -^ Gender equity is taken .very seri¬ ously by the committee members, and is a realistic goal according to Joanne Schrofi, co-coair of the com¬ mittee and chair of the Department of Physical Education and Human Performance. "We will be adhering to the guidelines set by the laws and policies of the National Collegiate Athletic Association." Please see Gander, page S |