1996_01 The Daily Collegian January 1996

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California State University. Fresno
CSUF offers
graphical
Internet access
■ Students and faculty can connect visually to
the World Wide Web through CCMS
By Richard Ahmed
Staff Writer
Even though some students have
their own computers at home, they
still use the computer labs on cam¬
pus.
Sometimes they do this because
they do not have Microsoft Word
or Aldus (now Adobe) Pagemaker
at home. Other times, they come
oft campus to use the Internet, the
World Wide Web (Netscape) and
the like.
This university has been, for
some time, working to fill the stu¬
dents' need for lab access from
home.
Since January 16, the Central
Valley Internet Project (CVTP) has
been offering graphical Internet
access to the educational commu¬
nity.
The CVTP is a university spon¬
sored division of Computing, Com¬
munications, and Media Services
(CCMS).
They offer the students, faculty
and staff of California State Uni¬
versity, Fresno, public entities,
alumni and educators advanced
Internet-based services from home
using a modem and a standard
phone line.
This includes the ability to use
Netscape, Telnet, Eudora, other ap¬
plications normally found only in
the computer labs.
A CVTP account is a service that
provides full access to the Internet
using the Point-to-Point Protocol
(PPP).
PPP allows a subscriber to con¬
nect to the Internet through a phone
line, be able to graphically view
World Wide Web pages, run client
software such as Eudora, a graphi¬
cally based e-mail program and
play network games that would
normally be available only through
a hard-wired network, such as the
computer l2bs here on campus.
"Essentially, PPP differs from
the type of account from what stu¬
dents have now in that what they
have now is text based, while PPP
will give them graphics," Gaither
said.
The service is pretty easy to use.
Just follow the instructions given in
the installation disks. If there are
any problems, a trained support
staff is there to help.
Lennon is still available to all
students who want it, and are not
required to use a CVIP account.
Lennon is the name of the campus
e-mail and Internet server, and all
Please see CVIP, Page 5.
Yellow bike fever
Tommy Monreal — The Daily Collegian
Ready to ride. Sponsored by the Rotary ClubALenny
Evans, takes advantage of the Yellow Bike Program near
Hogi Yogi on Shaw. The bikes are available for public
usage and must be returned.
Weather
Chance of rain
high 59/low 45
Trustees
reduce
remedial
classes
By Matthew Hart
Senior Staff Writer
The California State University
Board of Trustees voted last week
to adopt a new remedial education
policy.
Timelines, starting in the year
2001, aim to reduce the need in
CSUs for remedial education.
Starti ng i n 2001, there should be
a 10 percent reduction in the num¬
ber of students requiring remedial
classes. By the year 2004, the num-
) percent,
f.onfy 10
percent of incoming freshmen will
be permitted to take remedial
classes.
According to a summary of the
board of truste^ about 47 percent
of incoming freshmen require re¬
medial classes in math, and 41 per¬
cent need remedial work in English.
The original plan recommended
by the board's Educational Policy
' Committee planned to have all re¬
medial classes gone by the year
2001.
After six public hearings, the
timeline and plan were deemed too
unrealistic. The new plan puts em¬
phasis on giving K-12th grades
-more time to help students prepare
ber will be reduced by.50 percent,
and by the final year 2007, only 1
Please see CLASSES, Page 5.
Hickey pursues serial murderer facination
Eric Hickey
By Matthew Hart
Senior Staff Writer
Professor Eric Hickey has turned a
mild interest into a professional ca¬
reer.
However, Hickey's interest is not bird
watching or stamp collecting. It is serial
murderers. Since devoting full time to social
deviants, California State University, Fresno
Professor Hickey has become an internation¬
ally renowned expert on psychopaths and
their behavior.
His research on the subject was collected
and put into his book "Serial Murderers and
Their Victims," which Hickey now uses as a
textbook for his upper division criminology
class.
To write the book, Hickey spent a year
and a federal grant going around the country
and interviewing existing serial murderers.
People he interviewed included John
Wayne Gacy, who killed 29 young male pros¬
titutes and stuffed them in a crawl space un¬
der his house. Gacy has since been executed.
Few serial murderers have been as celebrated
as Gacy, who was the epitome of a suburban
community leader and volunteer.
Another famous interviewee was Clifford
Olson, a Canadian who killed eleven chil¬
dren.
Correspondence has even been kept up
with some of the kiyers and Hickey is fre¬
quently sent letters. He describes his relation¬
ship with them as symbiotic.
"I use them and they use me," Hickey said.
The letters are often attempts to get Hickey
to understand the murderer's point of view.
Of course Hickey does realize that while
many serial murderers can be nice people,
they are psychopaths and may lie a lot.
Currently Hickey is researching a book on
stalkers. He is also on the Unabomber task
force, and has worked extensively on the
behavioral patterns of the famous mad
bomber. -
Please see HICKEY, Page 4.