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October 7,1997
Secret search turns up new CSU chancellor
By David Childers
The Daily Collegian
After conducting a highly pub¬
licized yet secret national search the
California State University board of
trustees announced Monday that
Charles B: Reed has accepted its
offer to become the next CSU
Chancellor.
"I believe that the board has
worked very hard to try and iden¬
tify the right person for the posi¬
tion," said Fresno State President
John Wclty. "And I believe that they
have succeeded in attracting some¬
one who is held in the highest re¬
gard nationally as a leader in higher
education."
Reed has been the chancellor of
the State University System of
Florida since 1985, and worked pre¬
viously as the chief of staff for
former Florida Governor Bob Gra¬
ham. He -also worked as deputy
chief of staff, chief legislative ad¬
visor and educational policy coor¬
dinator for Graham. He received his
bachelor's, master's and doctorate
degrees, from George Washington
University in Washington, D.C.
"What attracted me to the CSU
is that it has the opportunity to be
one of the most important economic
engines for the state of California
by preparing its workforce - both
at the entry level and retraining
The hunchback and his friend
Ryan Weber — The Daily Collegian-
Quasimodo, played by Sean Williams, talks to Peter, played by Jeremy Fillinger, about
making an appearance at a town festival in Monday night's presentation of "The
Hunchback of Notre Dame" at the Satellite Student Union.
L'Art du jour organizers excited
about 'Hunchback' showing
By David Childers
The Daily Collegian
Somewhere in between
Turner Network Television and
the Walt Disney Corporation, the
USU L'Art du jour schedule
kicked off Monday with two per¬
formances of "The Hunchback
of Notre Dame" in the Satellite
Student Union.
It wasn't the reel-good he o\'
the summer like the Disney car¬
toon, nor was it as dark and true
to the novel as the TNT version,
but it was a professional touring
company called "TheChildrcn's
Storybook Theater" that com¬
prised the first of six special per¬
forming arts events this year.
The company performed the
musical adaptation twice on Mon¬
day - at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. While
attendance and participation in¬
creased dramatically for the
evening show, event organi/er
Tomm.e Martinez of the USU was
pleased with the entire event.
"I'm excited, I think it was
great." Martinez said after the con¬
clusion of the evening show. "It
r.*els really good to see the final
product and watch people enjoying
themselves."
The afternoon show was sched¬
uled in conjunction with the cam¬
pus Early Education Center. The
center got a discount rate and
brought 50 or so of their pre-school
age children to watch thc\six-pcr-
son musical performance.
"This was one of the better
events that we have been able to
lake the kids to," said Jerry Gann
of the Early Education Center.
"We got a lot of opportunities on
campus, like Vintage Days, but
this was geared more toward
them."
Sitting through the 55-minu(e
performance proved to be a chal¬
lenge for the youngsters, but
Gann was as impressed with the
kids as the performers on stage.
"They did really well, much
better than I expected them to
do." said Gann. who works at the
center and attends Fresno City
College.   "We started to lose
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those already employed," Reed
said. "In addition, the CSU is the
vehicle that will be able to improve
all of public education in the state."
The CSU Board of Trustees
drew the ire of many faculty and
students when it announced that the
search for former chancellor Barry
Munitz's replacement would be
conducted in secret and without in¬
put from cither group.
■ "What else can you say about
something done in total secret?"
said Warren Kessler. the Fresno
State representative for the Califor¬
nia Faculty Association. "It is a dis¬
grace and an embarrassment for the
CSU system and the state of Cali¬
fornia. But, even though I don't
know anything about him, I am glad
that they hired Reed because that
means that they weren't able to hire
Please see CSU, page 4.
Sculpter chosen to do
King Jr. statue for
CSUF peace garden
By Leah Eddens
The Daily Collegian
Richard Blake was unanimously
Rclectcd by the Fresno State Mar¬
tin Luther King Jr. Monument
Committee to sculpt a statue of the
late civil rights leader which will
be placed in the Fresno State Peace
Garden. The morc-than-life-sized.
bronze feature will be placed in
company among the busts of peace
activists Mahatma Gandhi and Cae¬
sar Chavez King will be attired in
clerical robes, and will be holding
an infant. s\mbohzing future gen
erations
Blake, an assistant professor of
art at West Chester University in
Pennsylvania who teaches three-
dimensional design and sculpture,
was chosen from among 24 artists
around the nation to create the
monument.
Jerome Jacks
>n. commute
member and Criminology profes¬
sor, played a role in the Selection
of Blake. "He was chosen because
of the quality of his work, and the
extreme professionalism of his pre¬
sentation." Jackson said. "We
wanted someone who could portray
King's features His [Blake's) work
was more defined than any of the
others'."
Blake happened upon the entry
m an East Coast art magazine the
day before the deadline, and set up
an impromptu presentation that
won him thclask
When asked why he look on the
project, Blake said. First of all. it's
my profession, but I have a deep
interest in King, and 1 wanted to
create a monument that was truly a
tribute to him."
Blake has received top honors
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Fresno State cows get
awarded prizes at Fair
By Cherie Arambel
The Daily Collegjan
Move over pigs and sheep. The
Fresno Slate dairy cattle show team
(dined their livestock cousins at the
Big Fresno Fair this past weekend
It was the first time dairy cattle
were allowed ;n the college live¬
stock show held every year at the
fair
Preparations for the fair began
ovcr^the summer Due to the over¬
whelming amount of students that
wanted to participate in showing
dairy cattle. Fresno State had to at¬
tain more cattle than the Fresno
State dairy had to offer A local
dairyman helped Fresno State out
In total. Fresno Slate exhibited 1?
head of dairy cattle.
John Robison. head of the
Fresno Stale dairy unit, said that for
the last six weeks, students from all
majors and»hackgrounds have been
preparing the cattle to be shown at
the fair The> learn how to lead
them around a show ring, how to
wash and groom them for the show
and how to feed them
Members of the dairy show team
are from the Fresno State Dairy
Club, a campus organization that
promotes darry sciences and edu¬
cation towards agriculture Another
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