1997_02 The Daily Collegian February 1997

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California State University. Fresno
Administrator deals with family tragedy
By Matthew Hart
The Daily Collegian
For most students, the last few
weeks of the semester are stressful.
For administrator Luz Gonzalez,
they were a matter of life and death.
For 34 years, her father had
battled diabetes. Along the way he
had lost most of his vision, lost cir¬
culation in his limbs, his nerve end¬
ings had deadened, his digestive
tract had slowed, he had heart dis¬
ease and he had lost his right leg.
Two years ago he permanently lost
the use of his kidneys.
On Nov. 22. Luz left campus to
give her father another shot at life.
, She was donating a kidney to him.
Erasmo Gonzalez learned he had
diabetes when he was 26 years old.
Diabetes is a disease that makes the
pancreas stop producing insulin,
which helps convert sugar into glu¬
cose.
At the time the family was
mainly field workers, and medical
information in Spanish was rare.
"He thought diabetes was some¬
thing you could cure, so he refused
to take his [insulin] shots," Luz said.
Erasmo thought insulin shots
were something you could get ad¬
dicted to. Later, when Luz was old
enough to understand the disease
and translate the doctor's English
for him. she convinced him that in¬
sulin shots were a necessary part of
the treatment. By that time the dis¬
ease had taken a firm hold and ma¬
jor medical problems followed.
Luz remembered a lime when he
was 35 and he was experiencing
slow-healing sores on his feet.
"One morning he woke up. we
were working in the fields at the
lime, and my mother woke me up
and said, 'you need to go see your
dad. he has a bruise on his heel.'"
The sore was rotting, and had a
foul smell. He went to the hospital
for the first of many diabetes related
problems.
Please see DIABETES page 4.
AVP appointment
postponed by senate
By Derek Walter
The Daily Collegian
The Associated Students. Inc.
Board of Directors ended it's first
meeting of the Spring semester
Thursday without the appointment
of an administrative vice-president
or any discussion of the $132,000
budget surplus.
The senate voted to table the
pending appointment of Brady
Daniel to the AVP post after a mo-
lion from ASI Senator Gabriel
Ciucur.
ASI President Tommy Monreal
said he was disappointed with the
senate's action.
^'That's been going on since last
semester." he said.
According to ASI records.
Daniel was first bumped from an
ASI meeting on Sept. 26.19%. The
senate has yet to vole on whether
he will receive the position.
The meeting room was virtually
empty al 3 p.m., the posted starting
time of the board meeting. The
meeting finally did start at 3:45
p.m.. 45 minutes behind schedule.
Many senators complained they
were not notified of the time
change, because all meetings last
semester started at 3:45 p.m..
Eileen Richardson, legislative
vice-president, said she took re¬
sponsibility for the discrepancy.
Ciucur made a motion to adjourn
the meeting, which failed to pass.
ASI Senator Tammi Martinez
was not satisfied, however.
She refused to sit with the rest
of the Board, electing instead to sit
in the gallery in protest. She said
the meeting was illegal because it
started 45 minutes after its posted
starting time.
Later in the meeting, while the
Please see ASI page 4.
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Junior Mary Silva entertains students walking by the lountain with a bit of classical guitar.
ASI budget-cut victims seek alternative funding sources
By Jennifer Smith
The Daily Collegian
With the budget problems that Associated
Students, Inc. is having, several clubs are hav¬
ing financial difficulties funding their events.
Two main clubs that have had difficulties
putting on their events are the Tewaquachi
PowWow. advised by Delores Huff, and the
African-American Student Recruitment Con¬
ference, advised by Steve Watkins.
The Tewaquachi PowWow is a national
event that attracts participants from several
of California's neighboring western stales —
as far away as Oklahoma —to Fresno State
for a traditional PowWow.
The funds usually needed for the event run
up to $15,000.
- ASI usually helps the funding with the
unallocated funds in the budget, giving the
Tewaquachi Club $53.000a year to help put
on the event. This year, they have not received
anything from ASI.
The event runs from April 12 through
April 13,
'The Tewaquachi PowWow has a reputa¬
tion for excellence because we {Fresno State's
Tewaquachi ClubJ carry out, to the letter, the
traditions of the PowWow," Huff said.
Both University President John Welty and
Provost and Vice President of Academic Af¬
fairs Alexander Gonzalez said the event was
important to the campus and the community.
Gonzalez has agreed to give the PowWow the
$5,300 that ASI usually provides.
That money only covers the payment to
the dance troupes.
The Tewaquachi Club still needs to raise
around $10,000 to put on the event.
Some of the money will be reimbursed
when the vendors arrive at the event.
Huff is unsure where the rest of the money
will come from.
" We are looking at several donations,"
Huff said.
The African-American Student Recruit¬
ment Conference is another event thai was
not funded by the ASI this year.
The Conference recruits student and par¬
ents to Fresno State from middle school, high
school and community colleges from Fresno
and neighboring communities.
The focus of the Conference is to stay in
school and achcive a higher education.
The Conference works to give parents in¬
formation on financial aid and emotional and
financial support of their students pursuing a
higher education.
The event was held Feb. I. 1997.
The event runs anywhere from $4,000 to
$6,000. and this year ihe Conference only re¬
ceived $ 1.000 from ASI.
University Food Services worked wilh ihe
Conference and iheir budget to help put on
the event.
Normally. Food Services charges $5.75
per plate at Conferences This year, because
of the Recruitment Confrcnce's budget prob¬
lems. Food Services charged $2.15 pcr-plate
The Conference is free to participants, so
ihe money for food came out of the $1,000
given this year by ASI.
Another problem came up when Steve
Watkins hired a speaker for the conference.
Watkins said he wanted to hire a well-recog¬
nized speaker, but because of the lack of
funds, he was forced to use a local speaker.
Donations helped fund the rest of ibe
event. Donations ranged from $100 to $500
from various departments on campus. How¬
ever, the bill for the event is still noi paid.
"It wasn't a strain (for us) because wc had
our department (African-American Studies]
as a base; without them, (putting on the event]
it would have been a strain." Waikins said.
ASI President Tommy Monreal said thai
he hoped the budget impasse could be solved,
so other events and clubs could be funded