1995_08 The Daily Collegian August 1995

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ASI election fraud allegations linger
By Draeger Martinez
Staff Writer
The current Associated Students
Inc. (ASI) administration held its
first meeting on July 17. Before
that, a series of events occurred that
Director of Student Life and Devel¬
opment Tom Boyle termed a "mat¬
ter without precedent on this cam¬
pus^
The "matter" began on May 18,
when ASI's then-president Susan
Gonzales established an ad hoc
committee to investigate a possibil¬
ity of bribery regarding the ASI
election, according to minutes of the
ASI meeting. Members of this
committee, formed solely for the
purpose of investigation, included
Kym Daniels, the President-elect
affiliated with Reality, Election
Committee chair Tammi Moore,
ASI advisor Frankie Moore, and ■
Jose Peraza, leader of the United
Student Association (USA) party.
This ad hoc committee, sched¬
uled to report its findings on May
23, never did so before the ASI Sen¬
ate. The then-Dean of Student Af¬
fairs, William Corcoran, sent a
memo to President John Welty on
June 14 certifying the May elec¬
tions. Corcoran noted in the memo
that "rumors apparently began to
circulate that misconduct had oc¬
curred during the election which
may have affected the outcome... It
is my understanding from members
of the [ad hoc election] committee
that no activity was identified that
would have had an adverse impact
on the election outcome."
Corcoran's memo also recom¬
mended the recognition of Eric
Benson as Administrative' Vice
President (AVP), contradicting an
ASI executive order invalidating
the AVP race. Gonzales and then-
Legislative Vice President (LVP)
Chia Vang had issued the executive
order on May 8, claiming adminis¬
trative interference toward AVP
candidate Carlos Navarette.
The ASI met again on June 22,
after a month of delays and called
meetings that failed to make quo¬
rum, or the required majority of
voting members. The minutes of
this meeting refer to a second ad hoc
election committee, consisting of
chair Linda Hernandez, David
Prasad and Kathy Rosario, all af-
Please see Fraud, Page 3.
CSUF concept car
is titan in its class
■ Hybrid Electric Vehicle team takes
11 awards in national competition
By Heather Hartman
Staff Writer
It is a well-known fact that
there is an air pollution problem
occurring all over the world. The
ozone layer has been depleted, the
air is hard to breathe, and a solu¬
tion seems to be nowhere in sight.
California State University,
Fresno, however, has taken the
first steps towards solving this
problem by converting a General
Motors Saturn SL2 into an energy-
efficient car known as a Hybrid
Electric Vehicle (HEV).
A team of 25 students com¬
peted in the National HEV Chal¬
lenge on June 15 in Auburn Hills,
Mich, and brought home nine
first-place trophies, including best
of their class. Due to their success,
the California Energy Commis¬
sion honored the CSUF HEV
team with a formal resolution on
August 23.
The car was named Project Ti¬
tan by the team because Titan is
the largest moon revolving around
the planet Saturn, and the con¬
verted car was also a Saturn.
"The focus of this project is on
teamwork," said staff advisor
Gary Grannis. "This project is a
practical integration of the disci¬
pline you deal with in business.
This project is completely stu¬
dent-run. Staff members are a part
of the team strictly as advisors to
the project."
Please see CAR, Page 4.
Titans of design.CSUF Hybrid Electric Vehicle design team members (left-right) Bryn
Bondrean, Ross Panfer, Peggie Martyn, George Stevens, Roger Moore, and Scott Bemis show
off the converted Saturn that won them 11 awards in a national competiton in June.
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Free Internet access extended to CSUF students
By Richard Ahmed
Staff Writer
California State University,
Fresno students can get free access
to the Internet, by applying for a
Lennon account.
Campus Communications and
Media Services (CCMS) is giving
away free e-mail accounts to any
student who wants one. However,
there are a limited number of ac¬
counts available due to a lack of re¬
sources.  t	
Lennon accounts are no longer
given away at the bookstore; to get
them, students must now go to the
help desk located at McKee Fisk
150.
Lennon is the name of the ma¬
chine that provides both e-mail ser¬
vices and access to the Internet for
students enrolled at this campus.
Mondrian, the previous e-mail ma¬
chine, is now being used by only a
few classes for special purposes.
Overall, Gail Abbott of CCMS
is "satisfied with the performance
of Lennon." Mondrian couldn't
handle the job well enough, often
displaying "RPC timeout" when
students tried to log in.    ,
Students too are satisfied with
Lennon "Mondrian wa& a-little
slow, and it was really hard to log
in," says Cheng Teoh, a Lennon
account holder.
Due to the limited computer re¬
sources that CCMS has, there are
only a limited amount of accounts
available on Lennon. Lennon can
hold approximately 2000 accounts
due to the system's current limita¬
tions. There are now about 1500
accounts on Lennon.
Some students will eventually
need Lennon accounts for classes.
Many professors will even be turn¬
ing in entire class rosters to CCMS
in order to get all their students
Internet accounts on Lennon.
"There are professors who want
to teach their students, especially
upper-division and graduate stu¬
dents, how to use the Internet for
research. They include a diverse
range of classes, including philoso¬
phy, finance, psychology, speech
«     Please see INTERNET, Page 4.
New help desk provides
Lennon account support
By Richard Ahmed
Staff Writer
Having trouble with your e-
mail account? There is now a help
desk available to help with stu¬
dent e-mail account
"The primary mission of the
help desk is to provide CSUF stu¬
dents support for e-mail," said
Clark S. Hancock, the help desk
manager.
There are two full-time staff
members and 12 students em¬
ployed at this help desk. At any
one time, you can expect 3-4 stu¬
dents working there along with
the staff to give you answers to
your questions.
This is the place where you can
also get your e-mail accounts.
Also, if a user forgets their pass¬
word, they can contact CCMS and
they will help you with that prob¬
lem.
The help desk isn't a new
place. It has been here for a long
time; however it was only avail-
Please see LENNON, Page 4.