1996_01 The Daily Collegian January 1996

              Bulldogs beat out former
players, 2-1, in alumni game
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Third annual African People's
month comes to CSUF
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California Stale University, Fresno
USU nears completion, filling space next
By Matthew Hart
Senior Staff Writer
As construction on the North Courtyard
and new Pavilion hit the halfway mark, the
University Student Union and its director,
Joel Zarr, are looking ahead to future projects.
The Courtyard and Pavilion are supposed
to-be completed by Aug. 1.
"The first of August still seems to be a
realistic date," Zarr said.
The Pavilion will house six retail outlets.
Along with providing new services to stu¬
dents on campus, the USU is hoping they will
generate revenue.
What businesses will occupy the spots is
still up in the air.
Zarr said the possibilities include banks.
a post office, a jewelry store, an electronics
store, a pretzel shop and a copy center.
Ilene Richardson, executive director of the
USU board of directors, is happy the Pavil¬
ion is near completion.
"I think it's going to look fabulous and
the students are going to be very proud of
it," Richardson said.
Mary Anne Drummond, who was execu¬
tive director of the board when the Pavilion
was first proposed, is also pleased about the
progress of construction.
"I feel like it's my baby," Drummond said.
She also said she is glad it finally got done
after being put off for almost two years.
Completion was originally scheduled for last
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Please see USU, Page 3.
Wilson
freezes
'96-97
tuition
■ Go v..Wilson
averted $30
million from^^j'
surplus taxes for
tuition.
By Jim Ward
Senior Staff writer
For the second year in a row,
Gov. Pete Wilson announced that
California State University students
will not face a state university fee
increase.
In early January, Wilson an¬
nounced that his 1996-97 budget
plan will provide adequate funds to
the CSU system to prevent a hike
in the state university fee.
Last fall, the CSU board of trust¬
ees approved a 10 percent increase
in the state university fee from
$1,584 a year to $1,740 a year.
However, Wilson's allocation of
nearly $30 million from a fund of
surplus taxes averted the proposed
hike.
"The promise of affordable, ac¬
cessible and high-quality college
and university education, which has
been made to past generations of
Californians, is being kept and re¬
newed," Wilson said, in a statement
in early January.
Critics of Wilson suggest that his
freezing of student fees was little
more than political posturing, not a
Bohl takes athletic department helm
ktf «.
FRESNO 6   STATE
David Stanley — The Daily Collegian
Welcome to Fresno State. Last week, Fresno State President John Welty, right, appointed Al Bohl the new athletic director.
Bohl, 47, was the athletic director at the University of Toledo. Complete story on page 10.
Former basketball standout leaves
unanswered questions after death
Please see FRI
TtfeEZE,Page4.
By Brian R. Fisher
Sports Editor
The Fresno State Women's Bas¬
ketball team. Athletic Department
and the Fresno community were
stricken with sadness a little over a
week ago when they learned that
former player Kari Jorgensen died
from an apparent suicide. She was
22.
Jorgensen passed away Satur¬
day, Jan. 20 after being^tfr a coma
for two days.
Officials at Hadley's Funeral
Chapel said that the cause of death
was Hypoxic Encephalopathy, or a
decrease in the oxygen supplied to
the brain.
Jorgensen, who completed her
basketball eligibility last season,
was considered by many a leader
on the court through both actions
and words.
"We were deeply shocked and
saddened to learn of Kari's death,"
Diana Milutinovich, associate ath¬
letic director and senior women's
administrator said. "We will re¬
member her smile, her enthusiasm
and her drive to always play her
best."
Women's Head Basketball
coach, Linda Wunder, expressed
similar sentiments.
"We have lost a great student,
athlete, friend, teammate and indi¬
vidual," Wunder said. "Kari de¬
fined the word 'competitor' with
her intensity, work ethic, passion
and love for the game. Her spirity
fight and intensity will be our
team's inspiration [for the remain¬
der of the current season]."
Wunder said-that Jorgensen
showed no signs of having prob¬
lems that would push her to take her
own life.
But according to a report in The
Fresno Bee, Jorgensen's mother,
Carolyn Brown, said the stand-out
basketball player was having diffi¬
culty coping with dyslexia and life
without basketball.
"She wanted to show a dyslexic
could make it through college,"
Please see KARI, Page 4.
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