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Volume 104, No. 60
CSU, Fresno's Independent Daily News Source
Monday, May 1,1995
Rain 'blesses' Powwow celebration
By Shannon Wentworth
Staff writer
Navato
Jarmar
LeDesma stays dry while waiting
Zia NizanWThe Daity Cdlegtan
3 dance at the Powwow.
Rain fell in sporadic bursts and deep gray
clouds muted the spring flora, yet neither par¬
ticipants nor observers at the 13th Annual
Tewaquachi Powwow were daunted by the
rain.
"In Indian culture, rain is looked at as a
blessing/' said Tatanka Ska, president of
Tewaquachi "We would like less rain so the
public will come."
The blessing, of rain, like the dancers and'
drummers, continued with varying intensity
all day Saturday.
Lydia Rochfort, the registrar and tabulator
for the dance contest who is also Pima and
Pagago, said, "It is raining, and people are still
dancing."
The dancers, outfitted in an intricate com¬
bination of feathers, leather and bangles, did
not mind the rain.
Jim Ruel, a 22-year-old Stanford electrical
engineering student, has been dancing at pow¬
wows for three years.
Ruel, a Chippewa from Milwaukee, sairi
that he dances to get away from school and that
the cash prizes are very helpful to a full-time
student
"[Dancing] takes me away from the stress
of school and helps me to center,myself," he
said. "This is a really nice powwow. If it wasn't
raining, it would be great"
Phil Gover, a 25-year-oki Stanford science,
technology and society senior, has been danc¬
ing forseven years. Gover, a Pawnee/Choctaw,
said that powwows are more social, than reli¬
gious. ' w
"At an intertribal powwow, it is a more of
a social thing; it grounds the people in it," he
said. "It is an event that allows everyone to
participate."
An intertribal powwow is an opportunity
to share our culture with the public, said Chris-
— See POWWOW, Page 4
A. facelift for thecampus
By Brian R Fisher
Staff writer
The CSU, Fresno Campus
PlanrungQ>mmitteemetrecenrly
to discuss several new campus
structural proposal including it 5
newest Five-Year Capital Outlay
Program.
In the April 11 meeting, the
committee discussed the contin-.
ued physical development of the
CSUF campus, whicj\ includes
office moves, building improve-
mentsandcOTvereionoftrttcam-
pus heating system.
Included in the agenda was
the initial proposal to move the
Office^ of'Purchasing, from Joyal
Administration to* a new build¬
ing to be located at the southwest
?r of Barsto w and Woodrow -
avenues. Themove would accom¬
modate a space need in the Joyal
building.
According to CSUF Director
of Facilities Planning Susan
Aldrkh, the sjike will probably
be used to either accommodate
those who already have'offices in
Joyal or accommodate two ser¬
vices which are moving into the
building.
Upward Bound and Orienta¬
tion and TransitionSe'rvices will
move from their current location
in Ponderosa Hall located in the
residence halls area \o Joyal at a
date which has not yet been de¬
termined. *
- The committee, which is a
, coalition of administrators, fac¬
ulty and staff, was also informed
See MOVE. Page 6
Mime Time
Hadi YazdanpanatvThe Daiy Cologian
i Schwartz silently entertains Andrew Eccles on
campus Thursday while promoting Slaps** Comdey Night
MFA program
opens the door
By David Mirhadi
Staff writer
The new Master of Fine Arts
program for CSU, Fresno's En¬
glish department will have an im¬
mediate, positive effect on the stu-
dents and professors.
CSUF became one of only two
CSUs to have an MFA program
whenit gained preliminary ap¬
proval last week. If all goes well
the MP A. program in creative
writing will begin turning out its
. first graduates next spring.
The MFA. program in cre¬
ative writing is scheduled to be
approyed pending the Academic
Senate when it meets ne&t.Mon-
day. The program must also be
approvedbytheCSUcxiancellor's
office.
There are numerous benefits
that an MFA degree can pro-
N vide, said Charles HanzKcek, a
professor of English and director
of the department's creative writ¬
ing program.
'-"It is a terminal degree/' he
said, "the equivalent of a Ph.D.,"  ■
which makes the degree, muchy
more desirable to potential Enh
glish graduate students.
"Generally, the MF A iscon-
sidered the degree of choice. Most
people want toteach with it," he
said.
The new program will ben¬
efit people like Tom Demarchi, a
master's student in fiction writ-
™# ',
"First and foremost, it will
• give me a chance to improve my
See MFA, Page 6
"^Science program
honors students
By Sean BaLasunderam
Staffwriter
The Eighth Annual Scholar¬
ships, and Awards Banquet,
hosted by the Science Careers
Opportunity Program was held
last Friday.Not only did theevent
recognize and honor academic ac¬
complishments, community ser¬
vices and research work of stu¬
dents in the scierre and pre-health
fields but it also served asabridge
, betweenthecampusandthecom-
munity. _ f
The highlignt of the night was
keynote speaker Andy Batson, an
African American who said he
had overcome a great deal of ad-
)
See SCOP, Page 5
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