1996_11 The Daily Collegian November 1996

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ASI appoints two senators to vacancies
By Luis Hernandez
The Daily Collegian
The Associated Students, Inc.
appointed two new members to the
senate to bring its total to 17. They
also dropped a senator from a per¬
sonnel committee.
Manuel Annear and Pamela
Davis were nominated and ap¬
pointed by majority to the senate in
this week's meeting.
"I am very happy with the ap¬
pointment, and I would hope no¬
body would stand in their way,"
John Rizzotti, senator-at-large post
#1, said. "I think it would be fool¬
ish for president Monreal to veto
either one of those appointments."
For their part, the new senators
echoed Rizzotti's sentiments.
"I am very happy to be here. I
am very happy to be part of this
board, and see if we can smooth
over the relationship between the
two different parties," Annear said.
He added he was eager to start
working in the board and get some-
CSU official says
affirmative action
policies are safe
By Sean Barry
Capital Campus News
SACRAMENTO— A top Cali¬
fornia State University official con¬
tinues to say the university's sys¬
tem-wide policies ace safe if Propo¬
sition 209 passes — directly con¬
tradicting the official analysis of the
initiative.
Proposition 209 would ban pref¬
erential treatment in public employ¬
ment, contracting, and education
due to sex, race, or ethnicity.
At issue is whether CSU poli¬
cies are based or focused on gen¬
der or race in the first place. The
California Legislative Analyst says
CSU's future
they are. Allison Jones, head of
Access and Retention for the CSU
system, says they aren't.
The official analysis is crucial if
the measure passes because judges
would consider it a "key piece of
evidence" in interpreting the law,
said Robert Tumage. analyst for the
measure for the Legislative
Analyst's office.
That's because the analysis is
regarded as authoritative, and also
because it is what voters are likely
to have understood the initiative to
mean, he said.
A part of the analysis says the
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responsibility of faculty
By Raul Huerta
Capital Campus News
SACRAMENTO— The future
of the entire California State Uni¬
versity system — especially that of
CSU, Sacramento — lies on the
shoulders of the "faculty culture,"
Professor Juanita Barrena said
Thursday at the annual John^C.
Livingston Lecture.
Her talk, titled "The Promise of
the CSlJ: Dead or Alive?, used an
audio/visual format to buttress her
arguments about where responsibil¬
ity for the future of the university
lies.
"It is time to act unselfishly and
responsibly to restore the condi¬
tions required for the life of the
mind," Barrena told a nearly packed
house in tne University Theater.
"This convocation provides us
an opportunity to reflect on our
past, to evaluate our current state,
and to communicate a set of values
to a new generation of faculty, as
well as* to some of us 'aging' fac¬
ulty who either have forgotten what
we stand for, given up, or never got
it to begin with."
The lecture is named in honor
of the late Jack Livingston, a well-
respected CSUS government pro-
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thing accomplished.
Annear, while being questioned
by the senate before his appoint¬
ment, said his biggest strength was
his experience. He said that he has
been at Fresno State for eight years.
In addition, he has served in the
Navy for 18 years. Annear has had
previous senate experience because
he served as the director for gradu¬
ate studies and the president of the
academic committee last year.
For her part, Davis brings expe¬
rience to the senate. Her experience
comes from serving in the student
body at Alabama University, and
one semester at Fresno State.
"I am very excited. It has been a
long process. I am glad it is finally
over," Davis said.
The senate is not full, however,
since full membership is 25.
The senate is still looking to fill
all the positions, Rizzotti said.
Another move that caused a bit
of commotion was the restructur¬
ing of the personnel committee.
Last week, the senate had appointed
six senators to that committee.
However, Tammi Martinez brought
to the attention of the senate that
having six senators in a committee
was illegal. She added that any rec¬
ommendations the committee had
were illegal.
The senate then voted to drop
Sophie Vang from the personnel
committee since she also serves the
finance committee.
That motion was carried out —
Vang was the only one voting
against it.
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Ryan Weber — The Daily Collegian
Kyle Pinneker watches Perminder Bains attempt to sink his remaining pool balls. Bains
and Pinneker are frequent visitors to the newly remodeled pool area downstairs in the
USU Building.