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VoL 102, No. 10 Fresno State*s Independent Daily Wednesday, Feb. 16,1994 Disabled facilities lacking on campus By Douglas Stolhand THECOLLEGIAN . Of all the things people take for granted every day, our physical ability may be the most obvious. Most people probably don't wake up each day thankful that they can walk across the floor to shut off the alarm or grateful that they have the ability to see where they are going. There are many students attend¬ ing Fresno-State University who do not have such luxuries and instead are forced to use wheelchairs or seeing eye dogs to get around cam¬ pus. With this in mind, how well does FSU provide an opportunity ^ Bakersfield and they expected me for disabled students to get to and to wait," Orozco said. With eleva- fightbaclc. Sal Orozco, who uses a wheel¬ chair, has attended FSU for four years and said that he is most dis¬ pleased with the facilities provided for handicapped students. "The elevators are the main problem I remember when I was completing my undergraduate stud¬ ies that I would have a lot of classes »the Art-Home Ec. building and some in the Social Science build¬ ing andbothofthoseelevators broke down quite frequently," Orozco said. "I remember once I was waiting for an elevator to be repaired and they had to call in a man from from classes and what is planned forthe future to make ensure handi¬ capped accessibility? Disabled students have com¬ plaints about everything from el¬ evators to ramps, doors to policies and everything in between. Dis¬ abled Student Services was formed to help these students with prob¬ lems, and to this day IS the main weapon for disabled students to tors being the only way for wheel¬ chair-bound students to reach up¬ per-floor classes, Orozco said they desperately need elevators to be operating on a consistent basis. "Elevators are machines and they are going to break down," said Tom Boyle, director of Student Life. "We have a one-hour repair con- ■' "'■ " i *i ' ,." ',■"'."» Son OISAAI if), pans 4 Traveling preacher speaks against evils of fornication By John Chavira THE COLLEGIAN "You're looking for an ex cuse to keep sinning," shouted the woman standing in the Fresno State Univer¬ sity Free Speech Area to a Monday noontime crowd of around 100. •* Sister Cindy Smock, a traveling*campus preacher, stood on a red wooded plat¬ form with a Bible in her hand. The majority of her speech had dealt with fornica¬ tion and eternal damnation. "If you loved Jesus Christ, you wouldn't sin. You girls need to meet a real man," she hollered to a chorus of FSU student jeers. Then she exited the platform to make way for her husband. Brother George "If you loved Jesus Christ, you wouldn't ' sin. You girls need to meet a real man." —Sister Cindy Smock E. (Jed) Smock, founder and president of Campus Ministry U.S.A. v . Campus Ministry is a non¬ profit Christian evangelical or¬ ganization based in Newark, Ohio that is funded by indi¬ vidual private donations. It was officially organized in 1983 but has existed since 197S. The " organization is affiliated with Smock's congregation, College Community Church, of which he is the founder and pastor. Smock drives throughout the academic year, often with his wife and their four young daughters, visiting college campuses around the country. Smock said he visits about 50 campuses a year. He See CRUSADERS, page 3 Students run business for experience By Ivan London THECOLLEGIAN Meet Roland Achtel, business major at Fresno State University and general manager of a painting at the same time. Off sea- works an average of 20 but in the summer his work- sometimes peaks at 80. He is has several regional managers un¬ der him and last simmer he made more than $15,000. Welcometo the world of Straight "A*'Painters, a Walnut Creek based painting company that'specializes in hiring and training college stu¬ dents. Founded in 1987, the company offers high quality interior and ex- - : : tenor bouse painting for moderate prices. > ^ It also offers students a change to become managers, as well as painters, while they are in school. Last year the company painted more than 1,500 homes, employed more than 1,000 people and had $2.5 . million in sales. "It's a great opportunity to get real hands-on business experience," Achtel said. "If you're a manager here, you have a lot of responsibil¬ ity. You have to take care of the marketing, advertising, hiring of employees, getting your supplies and, ultimately, satisfying the cus¬ tomer." Unlike situations with a tot of other painting contractors, a clear, precise contract is made before the job and die customer doesn' t pay anything until ultimately satisfied. According to Achtel, the promi¬ nence of customer satisfaction and See PAINTERS, page 4 Inside Column: Top ten reasons to be glad you're a FSU student , 2 Opinion: Campus Christian thinks people have lost .4 dominated the oompstMon at .6 •
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Title | 1994_02 The Daily Collegian February 1994 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1994 |
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 | February 16, 1994, Page 1 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1994 |
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 102, No. 10 Fresno State*s Independent Daily Wednesday, Feb. 16,1994 Disabled facilities lacking on campus By Douglas Stolhand THECOLLEGIAN . Of all the things people take for granted every day, our physical ability may be the most obvious. Most people probably don't wake up each day thankful that they can walk across the floor to shut off the alarm or grateful that they have the ability to see where they are going. There are many students attend¬ ing Fresno-State University who do not have such luxuries and instead are forced to use wheelchairs or seeing eye dogs to get around cam¬ pus. With this in mind, how well does FSU provide an opportunity ^ Bakersfield and they expected me for disabled students to get to and to wait," Orozco said. With eleva- fightbaclc. Sal Orozco, who uses a wheel¬ chair, has attended FSU for four years and said that he is most dis¬ pleased with the facilities provided for handicapped students. "The elevators are the main problem I remember when I was completing my undergraduate stud¬ ies that I would have a lot of classes »the Art-Home Ec. building and some in the Social Science build¬ ing andbothofthoseelevators broke down quite frequently," Orozco said. "I remember once I was waiting for an elevator to be repaired and they had to call in a man from from classes and what is planned forthe future to make ensure handi¬ capped accessibility? Disabled students have com¬ plaints about everything from el¬ evators to ramps, doors to policies and everything in between. Dis¬ abled Student Services was formed to help these students with prob¬ lems, and to this day IS the main weapon for disabled students to tors being the only way for wheel¬ chair-bound students to reach up¬ per-floor classes, Orozco said they desperately need elevators to be operating on a consistent basis. "Elevators are machines and they are going to break down," said Tom Boyle, director of Student Life. "We have a one-hour repair con- ■' "'■ " i *i ' ,." ',■"'."» Son OISAAI if), pans 4 Traveling preacher speaks against evils of fornication By John Chavira THE COLLEGIAN "You're looking for an ex cuse to keep sinning," shouted the woman standing in the Fresno State Univer¬ sity Free Speech Area to a Monday noontime crowd of around 100. •* Sister Cindy Smock, a traveling*campus preacher, stood on a red wooded plat¬ form with a Bible in her hand. The majority of her speech had dealt with fornica¬ tion and eternal damnation. "If you loved Jesus Christ, you wouldn't sin. You girls need to meet a real man," she hollered to a chorus of FSU student jeers. Then she exited the platform to make way for her husband. Brother George "If you loved Jesus Christ, you wouldn't ' sin. You girls need to meet a real man." —Sister Cindy Smock E. (Jed) Smock, founder and president of Campus Ministry U.S.A. v . Campus Ministry is a non¬ profit Christian evangelical or¬ ganization based in Newark, Ohio that is funded by indi¬ vidual private donations. It was officially organized in 1983 but has existed since 197S. The " organization is affiliated with Smock's congregation, College Community Church, of which he is the founder and pastor. Smock drives throughout the academic year, often with his wife and their four young daughters, visiting college campuses around the country. Smock said he visits about 50 campuses a year. He See CRUSADERS, page 3 Students run business for experience By Ivan London THECOLLEGIAN Meet Roland Achtel, business major at Fresno State University and general manager of a painting at the same time. Off sea- works an average of 20 but in the summer his work- sometimes peaks at 80. He is has several regional managers un¬ der him and last simmer he made more than $15,000. Welcometo the world of Straight "A*'Painters, a Walnut Creek based painting company that'specializes in hiring and training college stu¬ dents. Founded in 1987, the company offers high quality interior and ex- - : : tenor bouse painting for moderate prices. > ^ It also offers students a change to become managers, as well as painters, while they are in school. Last year the company painted more than 1,500 homes, employed more than 1,000 people and had $2.5 . million in sales. "It's a great opportunity to get real hands-on business experience," Achtel said. "If you're a manager here, you have a lot of responsibil¬ ity. You have to take care of the marketing, advertising, hiring of employees, getting your supplies and, ultimately, satisfying the cus¬ tomer." Unlike situations with a tot of other painting contractors, a clear, precise contract is made before the job and die customer doesn' t pay anything until ultimately satisfied. According to Achtel, the promi¬ nence of customer satisfaction and See PAINTERS, page 4 Inside Column: Top ten reasons to be glad you're a FSU student , 2 Opinion: Campus Christian thinks people have lost .4 dominated the oompstMon at .6 • |