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Volume 1(17, No. 134
California State University
Academic Senate ousts Bloom, picks new Chair
By Derek Walter
The Daily Collegian
Academic Senate Chair Melanic
Bloom was denied a fourth term as
chair Monday, as the senate elected
Jim Kus to nil the Senate's lop post.
Kus, who is a professor from the
department of geography, will re¬
ceive the chair's gavel from Bloom
during the beginning of next week's
meeting.
Kus said he hopes next semes¬
ter will he a productive one.
"It's going to be hard work. Wc
hope to move quicker on G.E. re¬
form. We-'re going to he vety busy,"
he said.
The senate has been going
through the tedious task of amend¬
ing proposed changes to the
university's G.E. system for two
years.
Some of his goals include creat¬
ing permanent offices of internal
auditor and an ombudsman.
The internal auditor office
would be responsible for handling
financial questions regarding the
administration, according to Kus.
The ombudsman would serve as
an avenue for faculty members and
others to bring any questions or
concerns, he said.
Kus' goal lo create these offices
stems from the Ad Hoc Adminis¬
trative Accountability Committee's
investigation of alleged wrongdo¬
ing and mishandling of funds by
University President John Welty
and other top administrators. The
committee's final report recom¬
mended a resolution of censure of
Welty and other administrators.
After a lengthy debate on how
to handle those findings, the senate
adopted a compromise motion
authored by Kus and several other
senators that "rebuked" Welty and
the others named in the report
Kus said the creation of an in¬
ternal auditor and ombudsman
would help prevent future incidents
like those.
"There would be an official
structure in place to handle these
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Ryan Weber — The Daily Collegian
Fresno State softball outfielder Candice Brown tracks down a fly ball in a recent game. The No. 2 ranked Fresno State
Bulldogs will close their regular season at home when they take on the No. 12 ranked Long Beach 49ers at Bulldog
Diamond, today at 6 p.m. The Bulldogs will try to establish a new record for home wins in a season
Riot breaks out in Boulder; 11 arrested
By Elliot Zaret
Knight-Ridder
Tribune Media Services
BOULDER, Colo. — It began as a simple
end-of-thc semester party. But soon, more
than 1,500 people — mostly students from
the University of Colorado — were over¬
turning dumpsters. setting bonfires and pelt¬
ing law enforcement officers with rocks,
bricks and bottles.
. Police called the five-hour standoff in the
University Hill section of Boulder late Fri¬
day and early Saturday the worst riot in the
city in 25 years. Participants said it was the
result of a year of simmering tensions be¬
tween police and students over alcohol con¬
sumption.
"The students were there to engage us and
they would not leave." said Boulder Police-
Chief Tom' Koby. "They were determined to
hurt us and they did."
The riot ended with 11 people arrested on
various charges of assault and rioting. Twelve
officers were injured two of them hurt seri¬
ously enough to go on temporary disability
leave.
Dozens of students were treated for mi¬
nor injuries More than 60 vehicles includ¬
ing a do/en police cars were damaged b>
rocks and bricks. And countless damage was
done to city streets, street signs, parking
meters and local businesses. ' .   (
Police planned to start patrolling the Hill
early and in force Saturday night in an effort
lo prevcnl further melees.
"It ain't gonna happen tonight." Koby said
Saturday.
It all began around 11:30 p.m. Friday,
when a party spilled into the street at 14th
Please see RIOT page 5.
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concerns instead of having to form
an ad hoc committee," he said.
Bloom chaired the senate during
this tenuous period, but said many
positive things have come during
her term as chair.
"We've achieved such a great
deal," she said. "There's a whole
• new sort of cooperation with the
administration."
After the announcement of his
victory. Kus asked the senate to
Please see CHAIR page 4.
Congress,
White House
agree to
tuition-aid
package
By Charles Dervarics
College Press Services
WASHINGTON — Students may find it
easier to pay for college under the new bal¬
anced budget agreement forged by President
Clinton and Congress, which earmarks $35
billion for education tax credits.
The $35 billion is the same amount Clin¬
ton proposed earlier this year for two far-
reaching initiatives, a $1,500 HOPE Schol¬
arship for the first two years of college plus
tuition tax deductions of up to $ 10.000 a year.
Students could choose one or the other credit
during their first two years in college.
Also as part of the budget agreement both
parties agreed to increase the maximum Pell
•Grant from $2,700 to $3,000 next scar
The, pact "will have the largest increase
in education funding in 30 years It will have
the largest increase in Pell Grant scholarships <
in 20 years." President Clinton said "This
budget meets m\ goal of making education
America's number one priori!) on the edge
ol the 21m century."
The budget agreement did not formal I)
endorse HOPE or the tuition tax credits and
gives Congress." lax-writing committees au¬
thority to write the final language However,
administration officials were quick to point**
out the president's veto power gives him le¬
verage as lawmakers convert the general bud-
gel agreement into specific spending priori-
tics.
"The president won't sign it |the budget
bill| without HOPE as part of it." a Depart¬
ment of Education spokesman said.
Other administration officials agreed
Please see TUITION page 4