1996_04 The Daily Collegian April 1996

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Daily Collegian
California State University, Fresno
$300,000 donation funds professorship
Moysis Nicolaou — Vie Daily Collegian
Going toward research. Henry Kazan, at podium, talks about the details of his donation to the History and
Armenian Studies Departments yesterday during a press conference. (L-R) Peter Klassen, Alex Gonzalez and
John Welty, CSUF president, all attended the press announcement.
Armenian Studies. History Departments share money
By Jim Ward ________^___^____^^_________^__
Senior Staff Writer
More than $300,000 has been do¬
nated to the Armenian Studies Program
and the department of history to sup¬
port a professorship in Armenian im¬
migration and genocide history.
In a press conference yesterday.
President John Welty announced the
donation from Henry S. Kazan to the
two departments.
The professorship, which will be
called the Henry S. Kazan Professor¬
ship in Modem Armenia and Immigra¬
tion History, will combine both a hu¬
manistic and historical approach to the
subject.
According to Dickran Kouymijian,
"The reason I am here is simple.
Fresno State has the best and most
active Armenian studies program in the
country."
— Henry Kazan
coordinator of Armenian Studies, the pro¬
posed new professorship marked an unusual
cooperation between the two departments.
"This professorship is sort of a forced
marriage between the two academic fields,"
Kouymijian said. "Hopefully this donation
will encourage others to invest in the future
of our youth."
For his part, Welty said the new pro¬
fessorship will "add to the richness" of
the campus community.
Kazan, a native Armenian who fled
Please see DONATION, Page 5.
Weather
Mostly sunny
high 74/low 52
April 9, 1996
CSUF's
first jump
suicide
fails
By Matthew Hart
Senior Staff Writer
Last Thursday's suicide attempt marks the
first time anyqne has tried to kill themselves
on campus by jumping off of a building.
The jumper, a male who is not currently
enrolled at California State University,
Fresno, jumped off of the fifth floor of the
Peters building around 10:30 p.m. Thursday.
He was found by two students, who no¬
ticed him lying in his own blood with a leg
rhat was visibly mangled. They reported him
to a faculty member, who then called the*
police.
According to the police report, the stu¬
dents who found the man thought he may
have been in shock. They said that he did not
respond to any questions they asked.       *«<^^
However, when police officers arrived, the
jumper did respond to questioning.
According to Officer Chris Lucero. who
took the call and wrote the report, the jumper
said he had tried to kill himself by jumping
off the highest floor.
The jumper also affirmed understanding
when the officers on the scene told him he
would be taken to a hospital and admitted
"5150," which requires 72 hours of psychi¬
atric evaluation. . •
The jumper was in stable condition and
heading for surgery at press time, according
to Sylvia Staller from Valley Medical Center
administration.
Several injuries were sustained during the
fall, including a broken hip, femur, arm and
jaw.
The jumper's brother-in-law reported to
the police that the jumper had attempted
suicide approximately three years ago. He
Please see JUMPER, Page 5.
Academic Senate addresses committee seat problems
By Matthew Hart    \'
Senior Staff Writer        /
Issues concerning the member¬
ship of two committees created to
address problems raised by the uni¬
versity president and the influence
of the provost in position-search
committees took up most of
yesterday's Academic Senate meet¬
ing.
A motion to approve the mem¬
bers   of   two   newly   created
committees came to the^floor and
passed the senate byrnajority vote.
The Ad Hoc Administrative Ac-
i countability Committee and the
Special Commission were created
to look into issues raised by Presi¬
dent John Welty's open forum sev¬
eral weeks ago.
Some professors had a problem
with the committees in that they did
not feel that some faculty members
who had openly expressed dislike
with the administration had not
been appointed.
The motion was made to add
faculty members Bruce Thornton
and Gene Zumwalt to the presented
rosters. However, in the meeting,
Zumwalt said he did not want to
participate, and Thornton was not
available.
That motion was killed, and the
committees were then accepted as
picked by a senate vote.
Most of the remainder of the
meeting   concerned   motions
brought up by Zumwalt concerning
position-search committees on
campus.
The motions were brought about
by the influence of Provost Alex
Gonzalez on selecting the chairs of
several of the search committees.
Some felt Gonzalez selected the
chairs in a way that interfered with
the committee's individual appoint¬
ing responsibilities.
"That compromised the work of
the commiuee." Zumwalt said. He
also spoke about what he felt wen*
other administrative interferences,
specifically the renaming of a po¬
sition too late to infomi applicants
who might have been qualified.
Zumwait's first motion was to
have the senate reaffirm the prin¬
ciples in the search for candidates
for open positions.
.The vote was taken by secret
ballot, upon a motion by Zumwalt.
Please see SENATE. Page 5.