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Absenteeism gridlocks student government
By Matt Kreamer
The Daily Collegian
Associated Students President
Tommy Monreal says he wants this
academic year to be "the year of
communication."
But so far, no one is listening.
Monreal has called two emer¬
gency meetings of the Student Sen¬
ate in the last two weeks in an. at¬
tempt to appoint seven new sena¬
tors and a new Administrative Vice
President.
In each instance, only one of the
10 senators needed to approve the
appointments has attended.
Because most of the proposed
appointees are politically indepen¬
dent, the lack of attendance could
be a protest by Reality Party mem¬
bers who currently hold a majority
of the senate seats, Monreal said.
Kymberly Daniels, senator of
the School of Health and Social
Work and former ASI President,
insists there is no such plan to pre¬
vent the appointments from taking
place.
"Even if people went to the
meetings, they can still vote how
they choose," Daniels said. "It's
merely the fact that it's short no¬
tice."
The Associated Students bylaws
require a 24-hour notice for emer¬
gency meetings.
Monreal also said there is an in¬
tense lack of respect among the
senators.
"(The senators] say that this is a
corporation and they like to be
called board members," Monreal
said following the second failed
meeting. "I've never seen board
members fight so much and remain
intact."
Daniels insisted arguments will
not prevent the senate from being
productive. "As long as everyone
stays mature and handles things in
an adult fashion there won't be any
problems," she said. "There is no
reason why we can't work together
even if I disagree with everyone in
the senate."
Eileen Richardson, the Legisla¬
tive Vice President, agrees with
Daniels' philosophy.
"I never like to anticipate
trouble," Richardson said. "The fu¬
ture holds itself."
Monreal said none of the sena¬
tors has contacted him to explain
the absences. "I hope it's not a lack
of interest," he said.
The student senate's first regu¬
lar meeting will be Thursday at 3:45
p.m. in room 312 of the University ^ ^
Student Union.
Violence wakes Fresno State community
Paul Martinez — The Daily Collegian
A disturbance at the Sigma Delta PhiHouse near Bulldog Lane and Millbrook around 2:30
a.m. Sunday resulted in a response from emergency medical technicians and police.
Witnesses said they heard 4 shotgun blasts being fired. The injured man, however, was ~
not shot. Witnesses said the suspects in the disturbance were party goers who had earlier
been kicked out of the party.
Welty puts past
problems behind,
plans new future
King statue set to join Peace Garden
By Jennifer Lugowski
The Daily Collegian
A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. will
soon join the monuments to Ceasar Chavez
and Mohandas Ghandi in the Peace Garden.
The Peace Garden is located between the
Henry Madden Library and the Psychology
and Human Services buildings.
Sudarshan Kapoor, Chair of the Peace
Garden Committee said the King statue con¬
tinues the project he started in 1990.
Kapoor said the figures represented in the
Peace Garden are people whose lives were
spent fighting prejudice, discrimination and
oppression.
"We choose people who transform on a
very large scale through peaceful and non¬
violent means and make significant changes
to our lives and on this planet," said Kapoor.
For the last six years, Kapoor has been
involved with several committees to realize
his dream of a garden representing cultural1
and ethnic groups on campus.
"We are just working as the wind blows."
said Kapoor. J'For example, we already have
Ceasar Chavez, now Dr King is coming."
Although an exact date has not be set for
the instalation of the King statue, Kapoor
hopes it will be installed sometime this se¬
mester or next.
A committee has been organized to de¬
sign and build the monument.
Plans for the garden place the new statue
near the walkway facing the Psychology and
Human Services Building.
Please see KING page 8.
By Jim Ward
The Daily Kpllegian
University President John Welty
didn't have a very good Spring Se¬
mester last academic year.
V The embattled administrator had
to deal with anonymous e-mail
messages questioning his manage¬
rial style, a tightening budget, and
a angry faculty frustrated over
shrinking resources.
These frustrations culminated in
a nearly eight hour long "open" fo¬
rum where faculty, staff and stu¬
dents — sometimes openly hostile
— bombared Welty and his top ad¬
ministrators with complaints rang¬
ing from leaky office roofs to dirty
classrooms and outdated computer
labs. .
d
"Differing perspectives on the
operation of our univer<ityyha\c led
to debate and some painful fric¬
tion." Welty said. "But, painful or
not, the debate was critical to our
future."
Last Tuesday. in.a speech to the
Academic Senate. Welty again ad¬
dressed some of the problems that
have plagued Fresno State as well
as the entire CSU system.
Welty said that higher education
is "living in the eye of a hurricane"
struggling to maintain quality edu¬
cation in an era of budget cuts and
at the same time preparing for a
"tidal wave" of the 488.000 stu¬
dents that are expected to enroll in
the CSU system by 2005.
Pleas* see WELTY page 4.
Alumni find 'real world
mission' in Bosnia tour
By Ruthie Longley
The Daily Collegian
With possible terrorist bombings oc¬
curring in the United States, the Ameri¬
can troops stationed in Bosnia with the
UN Operation Joint Endeavor are falling
into back page news. The recent events
at home coupled with an extremely low
casualty count has pushed early fears
about snipers and landmines to the back
of public consciousness.
Although Bosnia may be pushed to the
background of daily news, it is only an
order away for many serv icemembers and
college ROTC cadets, including those
cadets attending Fresno State
Lieutenant James Ilusorio went di¬
rectly from commissioning out of the
Fresno State Army ROTC program to
being deployed into Operation Joint En¬
deavor. He is a platoon leader of an
Avenger platoon, stationed at Comanche
Babe Camp in Bosnia.
"A year ago today 1 was probably sit-
Please *v BOSNIA page 8
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