1997_10 The Daily Collegian October 1997

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| Volume 108, No. 28
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Thursday, October2, 1997|
New administrative position close to being filled
By David Childers
The Daily Collegian
The new assistant vice president
for university relations post that
Fresno State President John Wclty
announced over the summer is one-
step away from being filled as of
Wednesday.
The search committee for the
new position pared the field down
to three finalists Wednesday ac¬
cording to chairperson Rita At wood
of the mass communication and
journalism department. The names
will now be forwarded to Vice
President of University Advance¬
ment Peter Smits.
"I am going to bring all three fi¬
nalists back to campus for a final
interview, do some background
checks and reference checks, and
then I am going to make my deci¬
sion from there," said Smits. "It's
up to President Wclty to make the
appointment, but I live and die hy
my recommendation."
Smits indicated that the official
announcement could be delayed for
as long as two weeks because he
will be in Long Beach for most of
The blood mobile is back in business
•    Justin Conder — The Daily Collegian
Chris Tullus, right, looks on at the activity in the blood mobile as he participates in the blood
drive on Wednesday as a blood donor.
next week. He^did not indicate
when the final round of interviews
would begin because he still had not
received the list of finalists as of late
Wednesday afternoon.
"I have-not received anything
official from the committee, but I
am expecting to hear from
[Atwood]" said Smits. "So it would
be premature for me to comment on
any of the finalists. I can say that
we advertised the position in the
Chronicle of Higher Education and
there were 63 applicants. Of those
63. six were selected as semi-final¬
ists and now three will be chosen
as finalists."
Nobody associated with the
Please see VICE, page 2.
Beiden Field to serve
as home for Grizzlies
By Ezra Danciu
The Daily Collegian
University officials are hopeful
an agreement to let Beiden Field bo¬
used as the temporary home for
Triple A baseball will pay off for
the university.
When Major League Baseball
decided to expand, the Arizona Dia¬
mondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil
Rays were created. They begin play
in 1998. Since most markets can't
support two teams, the Triple A
Phoenix Firebirds were forced to
relocate.
"Two teams can't survive in the <
same city because one will kill the
other." said Diane Engelken. vice
president of the Fresno Diamond
1 Group. "They end up competing for
attendance and advertising, and the
major league team invariably
wins."
The owner of the Firebirds
wanted to stay in baseball, so he
bought the Triple A Tucson Toros
and moved to Fresno. The Toros
will be renamed the Fresno Griz¬
zlies and will be affiliated with the
San Francisco Giants.
"Every major league team is
married to a minor league team and
either club can chose to divorce if
it wants to." Engelken said.
Negotiations between the Dia¬
mond Group and Fresno Stale base¬
ball are still underway, but comple¬
tion of a detailed contract is ex¬
pected within the next couple
weeks.
"Fresno Slate baseball takes first
priority." said John Carbray. presi¬
dent of the Fresno Diamond Group
Fresno State has its schedule al¬
ready made out and has no time to
make any adjustments. Carbray
says that any rescheduling will have
to be done by the Grizzlies.
"Last year, only two games
within our schedule would have
conflicted with Fresno State's home
game schedule." Carbray said. "We
played 72 games last year."
Carbray submitted a copy x>f
Fresno State's 1998 home game
schedule to the Pacific Coast
League. He said he didn't antici-
pateate any overlap problems that
couldn't be worked out.
Tom Kane, events projects co¬
ordinator at Fresno State, said that
special arrangements wrll need to
be made for some of the ongoing
programs at Beiden Field.
"We hold several special events
at Beiden Field, aside from regular
season baseball games," Kane said.
"We host tournaments and need lo
be able to continue with these pro¬
grams because they take priority."
Practices could cause additional
scheduling problems, according to
Lcs Snyder, assistant athletic direc¬
tor for business, i
"Everyone practices for four
hours a day on their off days."
Snyder said.
Fresno State baseball coach Bob
Bennett says that practice times can
be worked out. but says the constant
use of the field will cause increased
*ear without allowing proper time
for maintenance or the growth of
grass He also foresees problems in
the parking lots and multi-purpose
(dressing) room.
Bennett doesn't have a problem
with two teams "sharing the same
house" as long as it is for the good
of Fresno baseball.
"From my vantage point, we
said OK to get Triple A baseball to
TU-aso see BASEBALL, page 2
Stanford newspaper columnist fired after piece on Chelsea
Renter
SAN FRANCISCO - A colum¬
nist at Stanford University's student
newspaper has been fired over a
column about new student Chelsea
Clinton, the San Jose Mercury
News reported Tuesday.
Carolyn Sleeth, editor-in-chief
of the Stanford Daily, killed
Stanford senior Jesse "bxfeld's col¬
umn about President Clinton's
daughter last week after he refused
to rewrite a section of the column,
the Mercury News said.
"We have a policy that we arc
not going to run stories or articles
about Chelsea Clinton until she
does something newsworthy," the
Mercury News quoted Sleeth as
saying.
"He (Oxfeld) submitted some¬
thing and I chose not to run it. I said
I wouldn't be using his work." she
said.
Chelsea entered Stanford Uni¬
versity in a blaze of publicity Sept.
19.   '
Clinton and first lady Hillary
Rodham Clinton proudly accompa¬
nied their only child to the presti¬
gious university.
White House officials have ex¬
pressed hope that Chelsea will be
allowed to lead a normal life at
Stanford, free of media scrutiny
Sleeth said earlier this month
that the Stanford Daily would not
write about Chelsea unless- she
thrust herself into the spotlight.
Oxfeld was crying foul over the
newspaper's hard line on what he
called the "C" word - for Chelsea
Clinton, the Mercury News said.
In'his column. Oxfeld referred
to the heavy news coverage of the
Clintons arrival at Stanford.
"First, why. precisely, is^t that
ue're all expected to bend over
backward to give Chelsea and her
family a 'normal' Stanford experi¬
ence while the first family itself is
under no similar obligation?" he
wrote, according to the Mercury
Please see FIRED, page 3