1996_09 The Daily Collegian September 1996

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Fresno State will be running on wood
and indoors this winter
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Fresno State's competion just became
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California State University, Fresno
Volunteer organization seeks college student help
By Ruthie Longley
The Daily Collegian
Tomorrow from 10 am to 2 p.m.
Fresno State will host the Fourth
Annual Volunteer Job Fair.
The fair will be held on the lawn
in front of the Kennel Bookstore
and will feature 48 tables with 52
agencies signing up volunteers.
The fair is sponsored by the Stu¬
dents for Community Service Of¬
fice, and assisted by other campus
organizations.
"There arc always more agen¬
cies that want to be involved than
we can accommodate," said Chris
Ftorentino of the Students for Com¬
munity Service office. "Often or¬
ganizations will fax back their ap¬
plications for participation as soon
as they receive them, and some are
even sharing tables just to be able
to participate."
Each year more than 1600 stu¬
dents inquire at the various tables
about service opportunities.
Volunteer work is a way not only
to satisfy altruistic opportunities,
but also to gain work experience in
particular job fields.
Volunteer work often leads to
paid employment for volunteer stu¬
dents.
Alpha Phi Omega, a national
volunteer service fraternity will also
be participating in the event.
"Actually, I heard about the fair
in class," said Amy Gardner of Al¬
pha Phi Omega. "We wanted to be
a part of it to let people know that
there arc organizations on campus
that they can turn to if they choose.
Also, we work with several differ¬
ent organizations, so if a student
doesn't want to just suck with one
agency they might like the variety
we have."
Fresno State does not have com¬
munity service work as a gradua¬
tion requirement, but many college
campuses now do.
CSU Monterey Bay, the newest
addition to the CSU campuses, re¬
quires six units of community ser¬
vice work before graduation, and
many high schools are now asking
that their students do volunteer
work before they walk the stage.
"I don't tfcink that requirement
will happen in the near future." said
Fiorentino: "But there is a definite
movement toward it."
There is a class in community
service noted in the course sched¬
ule Community Service 101.
Students enrolled get one unit of
credit for each fifteen hours of com¬
munity service per semester.
Along with the Community Ser¬
vice Opportunities fair, a blood
drive for the Central California
Blood Center will lake place tomor¬
row.
Students who donate blood or
who volunteer for a minimum of
two hours at either the blood mo¬
bile or at the Residents Dining Hall
wilkeceive special Fresno State T-
shirts for the event.
New semester
brings new
administrators
By Heather Hartman
The Daily Collegian
A new school year brings not
only new changes on campus, but
new faces among administrators.
Several vacant positions have
been filled by fresh faces and on-
campus transfers.
Bruce McAlister is a new coun¬
selor in the Health/Counseling Ser¬
vices department. He was previ¬
ously a counselor at Fresno State
from August 1986 to July 1992.
When McAlister left Fresno
State, he' was placed on the rehire
list and got a cal 1 over the summer
to return.
1 He received his degree in social
work and holds a license for clini¬
cal social work in the mental health
counselor/therapist field, which he
has been doing since 1974.
"I decided to become a counse¬
lor because it is an important way
of helping people deal with the
stresses and strains of living," he
said. "Also, as a child and teenager,
I saw a lot of poor people and felt
early on in my education that so¬
cial work was a way of helping
people who were struggling."
Another person who is familiar
with Fresno State is Dr. Jeannine
Raymond, who was appointed the
director of human resources.
She was previously the director
of institutional research, planning
and assessment for four years, and
has been working in the department
for a total of 19 years.y
"It was time for me to make a
career move," Raymond said. "I
looked at what I like and where my
skills lie and I looked at Fresno
State's needs and decided this po¬
sition was a good marriage between
the two."
Raymond was one of 29 candi¬
dates for the position and will be
responsible for the development
and administration of a comprehen¬
sive human resources program.
"Human resources is an area that
has been without leadership for a
little while," Raymond said "I want
to pull the gap together in a team.
Raymond officially took over as
director of human resources yester¬
day.
"I expect to hit the ground run¬
ning," she said. "I am very fortu¬
nate and honored to be in this new
position."
Dr. Judy Sakaki, acting dean of
student affairs at Fresno State, has
been appointed to the permanent
position. She was offered and ac¬
cepted the position in July.
Sakaki has been serving as act¬
ing dean since July 1995 under the
California State University Execu¬
tive Leadership Development Pro¬
gram which she began in 1994.
"I am responsible for student
programs on campus and ensuring
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Ducks steal Bulldog opener
Paid Martinez — The Daily.Collegian
Overtime loss. Head Bulldog Coach Jim Sweeney experienced some early frustration
during the first quarter of Saturdays overtime loss to the University of Oregon. «.
Untimely turnovers cost Bulldogs
home opener against Oregon
Bulldog numbers shine despite overtime loss
By Luis Hernandez
The Daily Collegian
The Fresno State football
team looked like it had the
game won Saturday night
against Oregon—twice—but
finally lost to the Ducks in
overtime, 30-27.
"Close makes it painful,"
said Jan Sweeney, Fresno State
football coach. And his team
was ever so close to victory.
. After Oregon had tied, the score
to send the game into overtime,
Tony Graziani, Oregon's quarter¬
back, gave his team the win. He
connected with light end Joan
Wilcox in a 25-yards touchdown
pass to end the game, stunning the
39,312 people in the stands, the
eighth largest crowd at Bulldog sta¬
dium.
Armen Torigian had kicked a 35-
yards field goal to put Fresno
State ahead, 27-24, in its first
overtime possession.
"We had no reason to be¬
lieve we could not stop them,"
Sweeney said. But, this time his
defense could not hold
Oregon's offense.
Before his heroic TD pass in
overtime, Graziani , who fin-
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