1996_12 The Daily Collegian December 1996

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Professor donates $10,000 for new scholarships
Staff Report    .'
A donation by a current Fresno
State professor will establish a new
scholarship.
Dr. Joseph Kao, a professor of
civil and surveying engineering and
construction at Fresno State has
donated $ 10,000 for an endowment
that will provide scholarships for
engineering students at the univer¬
sity.
Scholarship
applications
available
for 1997-98
Staff Report
$800,000 will be given out to
Fresno State students for the 1997-
98 academic year through approxi¬
mately 900 scholarships.
Application forms are available
in the Scholarship Office located in
room 219 of the Joyal Administra¬
tion Building.
The deadline to apply for trie
scholarships and grants is Feb. 3.
Scholarships and grants are
available for entering, transferring
and currently enrolled students.
Eligibility requirements include
a grade point average of 3.0 or bet¬
ter with the exception of special
grants which require a GPA of 2.5
or better.
Other requirements include in¬
volvement in campus and commu¬
nity activities, and enrollment as a
full-time student with 12 or more
units for undergraduate students, or
the equivalent at the graduate level,
for the fall 1997 semester.
Scholarship Forms
For scholarship information
and applications, contact the
university scholarship office
(209) 278-6572.
The Joseph J. S. Kao Scholar¬
ship Fund in Structural Engineer¬
ing will initially provide $500
grants each year to senior or gradu¬
ate students majoring in civil engi¬
neering with an emphasis in struc¬
tural engineering.
Senior students may receive
awards in consecutive years if they
pursue graduate work in structural
engineering at Fresno State.
The first scholarships from the
endowment will be awarded in the
1997-98 academic year.
Recipients will be selected by
civil engineering faculty members
and must maintain a grade point av¬
erage of 3.0 or higher to remain eli¬
gible for the award.
Kao teaches courses in computer
applications in civil engineering,
mechanics of materials, design of
steel structures and structural me¬
chanics. He also teaches several
graduate courses in structural engi¬
neering at the university.
Kao has been a faculty member
since 1981.
Dr. Karl Longley, interim dean
of the School of Engineering and
Computer Science, said establish¬
ment of the endowment fund is con¬
sistent with Kao's dedication to his
students and his desire to provide
opportunities for students studying
in his specialty area.
"I sincerely thank Dr. Kao. a
truly distinguished professional
engineer and professor for his out¬
standing service to his students and
this university, and for his gener¬
osity with his financial resources
for future generations of students."
Longley said.
Alternative study hall
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Studying under the Pavilion. Senior Health Science major Hussain Al-Majed takes advantage of a quiet Pavilion area last
night while preparing to write a final report for his Information Systems 105W class due next week. Regular classes continue
through next week until Wednesday, Dec. 11. Finals begin Monday, Dec. 16 and continue through Dec. 19.
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Prescription can offer second-chance at protection
By Diane Scalice
Special to The Daily Collegian
Susan Jones* slipped into a sexy
black dress with sheer black
pantyhose, red pumps and a red belt
and finally was ready for her date
with Steve.
She had been out with him once
before and had a great time.
"I wanted to sleep with him then,
but I knew I shouldn't," she said.
"I wasn't planning to this time
either. But we had a few drinks, a
great dinner, great conversation and
one thing led to another and we had
unprotected sex."
"In the morning." she said. "I
was panicked."
"1 called my friend, Liz, and she
told me about the 'morning after
pill' I was so relieved."
She said she found that it was
easy to do.
She called her doctor, made an
appointment and was given a pre¬
scription for an emergency oral,
contraceptive (OC). something
relatively inexpensive, readily
available and legal designed to help
prevent pregnancy after sex
Because American drug compa¬
nies have not sought FDA approval
to widely market OCs. many
women do not realize they have this
option. However, not all doctors
will approve it and some religious
and anti-abortion groups adamantly
oppose it.
"We are opposed to the use of
this drug under any circumstances
because life begins at conception."
Ed Hurlbutt. executive director of
Fresno and Madera Right to Life
said.
Please see PILL page 5.
'Because of the sensitive nature of this
story, the woman's real name was not
used