1996_05 The Daily Collegian May 1996

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California State University, Fresno
Business Building
seeks student
lobby expansion
Robert Bilvado — The Daily Collegian
Someplace to wait. Erica Gullian, business managment major,
is waiting for her ride in front of the Peters Building, yesterday
afternoon.
By Jim Ward
Senior Staff Writer
Officials from the Sid Craig
School of Business have proposed
a $34,000 extension of the Peters
Building student lobby.
The Inter Business Council, an
association of business student
organizations, has pledged $5,000
for the project. The remanding
funds, $29,000. will be requested
from the Associated Students, Inc.
capital reserve fund.
According to Kelly Black, Sid
Craig School of Business associate
dean, the building's original plan
had a student lobby, but because of
budget restraints during construc¬
tion, plans for the student lobby
were scrapped.
"Students have no place to talk
or meet in the building," Black
said. "The iobby would give stu¬
dents a place where they can gather
to study or talk about upcoming
projects."
Black said the proposed exten¬
sion, adjacent to the Undergradu¬
ate Student Services office, would
increase lobby space about 500 feet
and will include lounge furniture,
computers and an electronic bill¬
board.
ASI Administrative Vice Presi¬
dent Eric Benson said that he sup¬
ports the idea of funding the exten¬
sion but is unsgre whether or not
the ASI senate will vote for the pro¬
posed lobby extension.
Marti Stout, chair of the ASI sen¬
ate finance committee, said that she
probably will not support the ASI
funding of the lobby extension.
"We have a really tight budget
right now," Stout said. "We just
can't afford projects that beautify
the campus."
According to Black, there are
approximately 2,450 business and
pre-business majors. He said that
over 1,000 students a day would be
able to use the improved lobby
space.
Children 9& Day Care Official
uncertain about future funding
By Michelle Lomax
Staff Writer
The director of the Campus
Children's Center has her doubts
about the future funding of the
center under the reduced student
fee budget for next year.
And, next Thursday, ASI offi¬
cials will make a decision of
whether or not to fund them.
Tammy Martinez, ASI legislative
vice-president said the issue will
not be on the agenda until next
Thursday. To say whether or not the
center will continue to be funded
cannot be determined by any of the
ASI officials.
Currently, the State Department
of Education of the Child Develop¬
ment Division provides enough
funds for the basic essentials
needed to run the Children's Cen¬
ter, which amounts to 124 slots for
children.
According to Children's Center
Director. Marianne Jones, the money
from the state alone is not enough
money to adequately provide for
the other 82 parents who may also
need financial assistance.
Jones said the ASI and the Cali¬
fornia State University chancellor
provide the center with anything else
that is not considered essential such
as an adequate meal, diapers and
toys. The money is also used to pay
the employees.
"Funding for the center provides
a high quality program. A highly
qualified staff is provided by
providing the. staff with' a living
wage," Jones said. "We will have
less abilities to maintain the
Children's Center."
She said the reason the center is
filled with the high qualify staff is
because they can afford to pay
educated, well-trained people. If the
budget for the Children's Center is
cut, a lot of the employees will not
be able to work there because of
the lack of a paid living-salary of
minimum wage or higher, accord¬
ing to Children's Center officials.
A budget cut may also cause a
negative affect for the psychology,
sociology and health departments
on campus. Several classes, and in¬
dividuals observe the children from
the center for human behavior and
health research, according to Jones.
Eve L. Gutwalt, a Fresno State
student and a single parent, said one
important issue that most people do
not think about is the impact on
the children.
Children may have to go to dif¬
ferent child care providers or par¬
ents may have to ask their family
members to watch their child or
children. Gutwalt said thi* could be
harmful to a child's mental state.
She said her son, has grown emo¬
tionally attached to the employees
of the center. If the ASI decreases
the funds, she will no-longer be able
to afford to bring him to the center.
"I will have to quit my job be¬
cause I will not be able to work full-
time," Gutwalt said.
Mar Vue, who brings her daugh¬
ter to the center, said that her daugh¬
ter enjoys going to the center very
much. A budget decrease would
make her life financially harder.
Alisa Tates, employee of the
Children's Center, also brings her
two children to the center.
"Plenty of food is provided for
the children. Children may not be
able to g«»U healthy meal," Tates said.
She said that she will now have
tp pay for child care if there is a fee
cut, which will definitely affect her
financially.
Even if the ASI does vote to cut
the funding, president-elect Tommy
Monreal said one of his promises
to the campus community was to
ensure parents that the Children's
Center will receive the funds it
needs to continue operation. He
said he will reach out to the com¬
munity and to the students of
Fresno State.
Monreal said he would explain
this situation to businesses through¬
out the community, and many of the
businesses would more than likely
to be willing to help with the fund¬
ing of the center. He also proposes
to ask for community service vol¬
unteers to help run the center and
for students to receive college units
in exchange for helping run the
Children's Center.
Campus
auction
set for
weekend
Michelle Lomax
Staff Writer
Campus community
members who are looking to
buy a car, truck, agricultural
supplies or office equipment
can all go to one place.
For the first time in two
years, Fresno State will be
holding a public auction.
The auction will be held on
campus at the Swine Pavil¬
ion at 10 a.m. on Saturday,
May II.
Surplus items from the
campus collect over time.
An auction is held as an op¬
portunity for the community
to receive quality merchan¬
dise for a low cost.
Jim Batchel. owner of the
Auction Barn, said this is an
important event because it is
only held once in a while. A
lot of the merchandise he
receives is sold at,his store.
But the items can fye given
to him in such large amounts
that an auction is the best
way to sell them.
"I'll move from one place
to another until all the items
are sold," Batchel said.
He said there is usually a
large turnout for the auction.
Among the items up for
bids include several trucks.
Featured is a 1976 GMC
truck, a 1974 Dodge Pickup,
a 1975 International Pickup,
a 1979 Dodge truck and six
Cushman Minitrucks.
There are also several au¬
tomobiles such as three
Dodge Diplomats, 1982,
1985 and 1988, two 1980
Ford Sedans, a 1977
Chevrolet wagon and a
Chevrolet Suburban.
Trailers are offered to the
community at the auction. A
Fruehauf trailer and two
horse trailers are available.
Agricultural supplies
such as an almond harvester,
a Massey-Ferguson plow
and a Sidewinder plow are
available to bid on.
A sprayer, border blocker,
John Deere Seeder and an
Oliver 550 tractor will be up
for bid.
Batchel said a lot of of¬
fice equipment is also avail¬
able.