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—Daily Collegian
e? California State University. Fresno ^n^sW..
Monday, March 2,1987
California State University, Fresno
Self-defense encouraged
Techniques
introduced
at seminar
By Sarah WUIlams
Editor in Chief
Challenging the myth of female
passivity and instilling a belief that women
can defend themselves in violent situations
were goals of Saturday's self-defense
seminar at CSUF, according to class in¬
structors.
Karen McCarter and Leslie Campbell
who own a local defense training business,
showed 20 CSUF women that there are
alternatives to being passive in an attack.
"We (women) have learned helplessness,
and it is possible to unlearn it," McCarter
said "Women are actually very powerful
people."
McCarter and Campbell discussed the^
pervasiveness of rape in the United States,
emphasized the importance of being pre-'
pared to defend oneself and taught several
defense techniques during the all-day class
held in the North Gym.
"We're trying to show women that they
have options, and the First thing they have
to do is get the confidence that self-defense
techniques work," Campbell said. "This is
a real turning point in our society. Women
are tired of being stepped on, tired of being
powerless. It's a time in history when wo¬
men are interested in' empowering them¬
selves and empowering others."
Campbell said she attempts to teach
women to defend themselves without wea¬
pons. "Guns and mace can be used against
you. We try to show women that they can
defend themselves, basically, with what
they get out of the shower with."
The training involves the fundamental
principles of balance, speed, and surprise
and the utilization of one's strengths again¬
st another's weaknesses, McCarter said.
"It's knowing when and where to strike
and how to hit with determination," she
said "Wc believe the best defense is you."
McCarter said she stresses to her pupils
that any woman can defend herself if she
has the commitment to follow through
with her actions, the belief that she does
not deserve to be raped or attacked and
believes in her own worth.
For the 20 CSUF women, Saturday's
class was a good beginning in self-defense
training, and they should be adequately
prepared to defend themselves if necessary,
See DEFENSE, page 3
Ron Hotman/Th»Oai*f Cottar
Because of occasional harassment on campus, Sherry Steams(right)spent Saturday at the seM-defense seminar
sponsored by Residential Housing and Campus Police.
New building to end computer woes
Center for Information Processing makes transition to microbase
4
By Tim Hurrianko-
Staff Writer
Lack of machines and space in the business building
computer labs has caused access problems that will not
decrease until the new Leon S. Peters Business Building is
completed, according to Doug Whitaker. computer lab dir¬
ector.
"The problem is real simple," Whitaker said, "too much
demand and not enough space and facilities."
With the switch to microbase in business, the business
school's aqility to keep up has been hampered by labs
that contain terminal statioas. according to Whitaker.
A terminal station is not a computer, it is a link to a
bigger computer and is referred to as flf"dumb station."
Whitaker said that a CSU-wide shift is taking place to
convert to an "intelligent" work station with micro¬
computers which are capable of acting as terminals and
word processors.
"These stations can talk to the mainframe system with
special software that makes them look like terminals. We
can use them either way for maximum flexibility."
Whitaker said.
One of the three labs. B-201. was converted in the fall
seqjester last year.
The cost of conversion "takes a good $50,000 at
least," Whitaker said. ^
"Hopefully, before we move into the new building, we
will have converted to all-micro," Whitaker said.
Even though they have been 'using all the space
available, "the problem has been getting worse as time
goes on," he said.
The demand, which Whitaker attributes to "the campus
leaping into the twentieth century as far as computers
go," runs in peaks and valleys.
Whitaker maintained that it would be impossible to
fluctuate the schedule of the labs to meet the demand
"We are trying to be more creative," Whitaker said,
"we've discussed trying more open time, less open tune,
and the scheduling of lab time."
One way to help alleviate the problem would be the
opening of the labs starting Sunday.
In addition to being open~from 9 am. to 5 pjn. on
Saturdays, the labs are! open at various times of the day
when classes are not being held.
Open labs require^ assistants to help students and
protect against vandalism and theft, which (has been a
problem in the past, according to Whitaker.
Position counts and, budgeting restrictions limit Whi¬
taker to 32 hours a week for assistants who man lab B-
205, the biggest lab of the three with 30 stations.
When there are various holes in the class schedule
posted outside the lab, Whitaker instructs the assistants
to leave the unmanned labs open.
"We use pretty much all of the time available,"
Whitaker said. The only way we could get more would be
to go to 24 hours.
"If you look at^B-202, which is a terminal lab, nobody
is using it because they need micros. Ifs only two-thirds
full most of the time," /
There are a few business- labs, mostly statistics, that
require terminal stations, but they are the minority, accord¬
ing to Whitaker.
Whitaker said that only 50 percent, contrary to the
informal survey showing 76 percent, of the students using
the lab located in, but not under control of the business
school are business students.
The informal survey was taken by the Center for Infor¬
mation Processing and was limited just to the B-210 lab:
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| Title | 1987_03 The Daily Collegian March 1987 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
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| Publication Date | 1987 |
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| Title | March 2, 1987, Page 1 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1987 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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| Full-Text-Search | ... • . ■ ■•••■^^RPPawwv.v- ^ . ' —Daily Collegian e? California State University. Fresno ^n^sW.. Monday, March 2,1987 California State University, Fresno Self-defense encouraged Techniques introduced at seminar By Sarah WUIlams Editor in Chief Challenging the myth of female passivity and instilling a belief that women can defend themselves in violent situations were goals of Saturday's self-defense seminar at CSUF, according to class in¬ structors. Karen McCarter and Leslie Campbell who own a local defense training business, showed 20 CSUF women that there are alternatives to being passive in an attack. "We (women) have learned helplessness, and it is possible to unlearn it," McCarter said "Women are actually very powerful people." McCarter and Campbell discussed the^ pervasiveness of rape in the United States, emphasized the importance of being pre-' pared to defend oneself and taught several defense techniques during the all-day class held in the North Gym. "We're trying to show women that they have options, and the First thing they have to do is get the confidence that self-defense techniques work," Campbell said. "This is a real turning point in our society. Women are tired of being stepped on, tired of being powerless. It's a time in history when wo¬ men are interested in' empowering them¬ selves and empowering others." Campbell said she attempts to teach women to defend themselves without wea¬ pons. "Guns and mace can be used against you. We try to show women that they can defend themselves, basically, with what they get out of the shower with." The training involves the fundamental principles of balance, speed, and surprise and the utilization of one's strengths again¬ st another's weaknesses, McCarter said. "It's knowing when and where to strike and how to hit with determination," she said "Wc believe the best defense is you." McCarter said she stresses to her pupils that any woman can defend herself if she has the commitment to follow through with her actions, the belief that she does not deserve to be raped or attacked and believes in her own worth. For the 20 CSUF women, Saturday's class was a good beginning in self-defense training, and they should be adequately prepared to defend themselves if necessary, See DEFENSE, page 3 Ron Hotman/Th»Oai*f Cottar Because of occasional harassment on campus, Sherry Steams(right)spent Saturday at the seM-defense seminar sponsored by Residential Housing and Campus Police. New building to end computer woes Center for Information Processing makes transition to microbase 4 By Tim Hurrianko- Staff Writer Lack of machines and space in the business building computer labs has caused access problems that will not decrease until the new Leon S. Peters Business Building is completed, according to Doug Whitaker. computer lab dir¬ ector. "The problem is real simple," Whitaker said, "too much demand and not enough space and facilities." With the switch to microbase in business, the business school's aqility to keep up has been hampered by labs that contain terminal statioas. according to Whitaker. A terminal station is not a computer, it is a link to a bigger computer and is referred to as flf"dumb station." Whitaker said that a CSU-wide shift is taking place to convert to an "intelligent" work station with micro¬ computers which are capable of acting as terminals and word processors. "These stations can talk to the mainframe system with special software that makes them look like terminals. We can use them either way for maximum flexibility." Whitaker said. One of the three labs. B-201. was converted in the fall seqjester last year. The cost of conversion "takes a good $50,000 at least," Whitaker said. ^ "Hopefully, before we move into the new building, we will have converted to all-micro," Whitaker said. Even though they have been 'using all the space available, "the problem has been getting worse as time goes on," he said. The demand, which Whitaker attributes to "the campus leaping into the twentieth century as far as computers go," runs in peaks and valleys. Whitaker maintained that it would be impossible to fluctuate the schedule of the labs to meet the demand "We are trying to be more creative," Whitaker said, "we've discussed trying more open time, less open tune, and the scheduling of lab time." One way to help alleviate the problem would be the opening of the labs starting Sunday. In addition to being open~from 9 am. to 5 pjn. on Saturdays, the labs are! open at various times of the day when classes are not being held. Open labs require^ assistants to help students and protect against vandalism and theft, which (has been a problem in the past, according to Whitaker. Position counts and, budgeting restrictions limit Whi¬ taker to 32 hours a week for assistants who man lab B- 205, the biggest lab of the three with 30 stations. When there are various holes in the class schedule posted outside the lab, Whitaker instructs the assistants to leave the unmanned labs open. "We use pretty much all of the time available," Whitaker said. The only way we could get more would be to go to 24 hours. "If you look at^B-202, which is a terminal lab, nobody is using it because they need micros. Ifs only two-thirds full most of the time," / There are a few business- labs, mostly statistics, that require terminal stations, but they are the minority, accord¬ ing to Whitaker. Whitaker said that only 50 percent, contrary to the informal survey showing 76 percent, of the students using the lab located in, but not under control of the business school are business students. The informal survey was taken by the Center for Infor¬ mation Processing and was limited just to the B-210 lab: r" /~ |
