1980_11 The Daily Collegian November 1980

              THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Skydiving
he jumps is 'just as exciting as the
first time '
"There is no other feeling like it in
the world,* says Ingram. 'It's a real
experience...it's like nothing you've
ever done before. I still remember my
Ingram said that since he has be¬
come an experienced jumper, he has
no fear when stepping out of the
plane 'It's like getting out of bed in
the morning "
Ingram got interested in the sport
about a year ago
"I was watching sky diving on tele¬
vision, and I decided I wanted to do
it." he said 'I looked around, and I
found a sport parachute school and
went down and took the class.'
Even though he broke his leg on his
first lump, Ingram was not discourag¬
ed, and the week he got his cast off,"
he was back jumping again. But
Ingram was quick to stress that the
injury was his own fault, and not the
school's.
"Sure there are injuries, but the
majority of them are by experienced
jumpers who get careless or forget
where they are —and that's kinda
easy to do. A student jumper has the
least chance for an injury, and there' s
more danger in driving a car to or
from a |ump site than to jump out ot
the plane," he said.
There are a couple of parachute
schools in the valley, one in Taft and
one in Dos Palos. There are also a
couple of others in the Bay Area and
Talent needed
There is a search going on for
local talent to appear in a upcoming
fund-raising event with stars from
Hollywood at Fresno's Del Webb,
and Hilton Hotels, Wednesday
Dec 10,1980
Auditions for the . fund-raising
event will be held Sunday. Nov.
23. from 10-12 am and 1-4 p m.
in the recital hall at Fresno City
Col lew i.unpus
There will be an application fee
of $10 Applicants should prepare
a short audition.
Chess
Continued from page 13
lively amoebic For a lark Pillsbury
used to play 10 games of chess
blindfolded, also 10 games of check¬
ers, while conducting a hand of whist
And so that all this wasn't lost
on the spectators, Pillsbury would
recite from memory a list of thirty
gargantuan words previously selected
by the audience. Then he'd recite the
list backwards.
A quote from the French chess
great Tatarkower exemplifies the
spirit and type of mind that chess¬
players have. "I now see myself (after
50 years of tournament play) com¬
pelled to change my concepts of chess
strategy in the years that may still,
he ahead; *■•.-•.--«.v*.v        	
Ingram has jumped at all of them The
prices of the one-day introduction
classes to sky diving range from
school to school, but 'it's not really
that much,* Ingram said.
The first day, Ingram said, 'you are
in a group with an instructor. You
sign the release forms, and they set
up some gear for you, depending on
your weight. Then you practice PLF's
(parachute landing falls), practice
getting in and out of the plane to
make a proper exit when you sky dive,
and they teach you emergency proce¬
dures and how to land without hurting
yourself. Then at the end of the day,
you  will  actually  jump out  of   the
"They take you and the other stu¬
dents to about 3,200 feet and you
jump You open your chute after
about three seconds and then glide to
the ground."
If a student wants to continue jump¬
ing, he can either purchase his own
equipment, or he can rent it at the
parachute center. The average cost of
renting equipment is around $7 per
lump, plus $5 to $10 for the flight. But
if a person wants to purchase his own
equipment, the cost goes down.
"Someone who buys his own stuff
starts off with novice equipment,
which can run between $100 and $175
for the main chute and up to $100 for
the reserve, although you can rent a
reserve chute for $1 a day.
After that, you move up to inter¬
mediate equipment, which can cost
up to $500 complete. I just bought a
used set of expert gear and it was
$1,800. But that's high-performance
stuff and it' s the best you can buy."
After a person moves from student
status, the 'sky's the limit,' accord¬
ing to Ingram. He can jump from as
high as he wants, although the high-
Balloons
Continued from page 12
Although she is a photographer,
Smalley said she doesn't take many
pictures while flying.
'Just trying to maneuver the bal¬
loon takes up all my time,' she said.
In order to fly her balloon, Smalley
had to purchase regular aircraft in-
*l never know if I will be going up
until the night before because of the
weather. I always call for a weather
briefing to make sure it is ok. That
way if something happens, the insur¬
ance company can't say I didn't
check,' said Smalley.
Smalley said that the average
balloonist will spend the last two-
thirds of the flight looking for a place
to land. There is no way to know exac¬
tly where the balloon will end up, so
the balloonist must calculate.
"Once I was flying in Truckee and
there wasn't any good landing spots. I
was over Donner Lake and I was
forced to land right at the shore of the
lake. My basket landed in the water.
That's pretty cold in January," she
Even with experiences like this be¬
hind her, Smalley does not feel there
are any dangers to flying.
'As long as the balloon is main¬
tained and repaired when it needs to
be, there will be no dangers.* Then
she added with a smile, 'The most
dangerous part is driving your car to
the launching pad.* - - ......
est Ingram has jumped is 16,000 feet.
The average jump for a novice is bet¬
ween 7,500 and 12,500 feet.
The beginning jumper uses the
correct exit technique when leaving
the plane, but the novice and advanc¬
ed Jumpers can do almost anything
they wish. Ingram has exited the
plane backwards, head first and doing
a somersault to name just a few varia¬
nt's like a drug to me," he says.
'I'm a sky diving junkie to my
friends. It's just so exciting. There's
no other feeling to match it."
Ingram says he averages six to
seven jumps each Saturday and Sun¬
day and has gotten nearly 100 people
to jump within the last three months
Included in that group are about 15
CSUF students.
Aside from his regular jumps at the
parachute schools, Ingram also does
'demos,' pulling or exhibitions for
schools or group picnics or activities,
jumping with a group of fellow sky
Roping
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his loop so it envelopes around both
feet. As soon as the heeler has the
steer roped and his slack rope wrapp¬
ed around the saddle horn in what is
known as a dally, the header spins his
horse around so that both ropers are
facing one another.
Whereas the heeler usually has to
be in time with the movement of the
steer's hind feet to catch two feet,
throwing when the feet are back, the
header must let the steer have enough
of a head-start when he is released
from the chute that the roping team is
not assessed a 10-second penalty He
also should handle the steer properly
for the heeler so that it is as easy as
possible for him to get in time with
the feet.
If a heeler only catches one foot, the
team    is    assessed   a    five-second
In the old days, heelers did not con¬
cern themselves with timing. They
threw what is called a trap in which a
steer can walk or run into. Today,
more proficient ropers throw their
loops so it scoops the heels or enve-
History
Continued from page 14
other halls in order to play the game
Before the iron hoop came in with
the hammock basket, men climbed
ladders to retrieve the ball each time a
goal was scored (talk about a slow
stall)
The backboard eventually became
part of the game ensemble to thwart
spectators who stood behind the team
baskets and deflected the ball in order
to favor their team.
Three types of uniforms were
available in the early days; knee-
length trousers (which probably
gave the New York Knicks some claim
to fame), jersey tights and the short
padded pants, the forerunners of
today's uniform.
The soccer ball was used for two
years until a Massachusetts Wheel
company marketed the first lace bas¬
ketball in 1894. The molded ball be¬
came official during the 1949-50
season..
• CoftegeVhrit basketball team was
divers into a target area.
One of Ingram's goals, besides
becoming a sky diving instructor, is to
jump into the CSUF football stadium
for the first game next year with the
game ball. 'That's the goal of myself
and some of my friends. We wanted
to do it this year, but we're working
Does Ingram or any other jumper
leap out of a plane just for the feeling
they are defying death? 'Maybe some
people do, but I jump for the pure
excitement of it. Sky diving is great
for relieving pressure. It's so relax¬
ing But I guess a lot of people do it to
defy death.
"But. I just like the excitement.
There's always that chance though.*
The two jumping schools In the val¬
ley are the Taft School of Sport
Parachuting and Eagle Field Para-
Center in Do. Palo*. The phone
number for the Taft school is (SIB)
765-61S9 and the number for Eagle
Field is (209) 392-3052.
lopes around them.
Headers try tq rope only the horns
of the steer rather than the neck be¬
cause a steer will handle better for a
heeler if it is caught by the horns.
I learned to rope from an oldtimer
when I was 13 years old. I had wanted
to rope ever since I was 10, having
incurred the desire shortly after mov¬
ing to the country from the city.
Since that time I have been to three
roping schools. Both my sister Joce-
lyn, a CSUF student, and my father,
an elementary school principal, also
have been interested in roping. They
both have been to roping schools
themselves.
Roping schools provide those of us
who were not born to fathers who rope
with training. Roping is not some¬
thing a person can learn from a book.
Roping schools also provide finer
points for people who learned to rope
from other weekend ropers. They are
usually taught by past world champ¬
ions of the PRCA.
And it's not a cheap sport. Roping
horses sell for thousands of dollars. I
managed to get a good deal on a horse
and train her myself. And if you don't
win, you're out your entry fee, which
costs anywhere from about $10 to
$100.
born at the University of Iowa In
1892. The first game took place
between the University of Chicago
and Springfield College in 1896,
with Chicago winning 15-12.
Point values were established in
1895 with the joint rules committee
coming along in 1905. The first
national tournament winner, the
23rd St. YMCA in New York City,
became the first professional team
the New York Wanderers.
The two big college tournaments,
the National Invitational and the
NCAA, sprang up in the late 1930s.
Basketball did not become an Olympic
sport until 1936.
Women got into the act in 1895,
when the restrictive area rules came
into play. Women's teams had three
forwards and three guards, each
confined to a specific spot on the
floor.
Mrs. Bertha Frank Teague, in a
40-year high school coaching record,
compiled 1,076 wins to 86 losses,
achieving seven state titles In the
process. And they said girls couldn't
play ball.
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California State University. Fresno
the Daiiycollegian
MONDAY, November 24,198Q
Unions oppose new
faculty salary plan
By Matt Alger
Bill Crist, president of the Congress
of Faculty Associations, was incensed
by rival union president Warren Kes-
sler's statement Wednesday that CFA
is unfit to bargain on behalf of Califor¬
nia university faculty.
Kessler, president of United Profes¬
sors and a CSUF philosophy professor,
merely demonstrated his Ignorance of
labor relations in attacking CFA, accord¬
ing to Crist, a professor of labor relations
at California University, Stanislaus.
Crist made that response after being
told of Kessler's allegations by the Cal¬
if CFA can't distinguish the difference
between 'collective bargaining and col¬
lective begging, they have no right to be
a bargaining organization,' Kessler
said.
Kessler was referring to CFA's
consultation with the California SUte
University and Colleges Chancellor's
sUff about Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke's
proposed salary schedule that would in¬
crease the number of step pay increases
and cut pay increases from five percent
The chancellor's plan is designed to
provide faculty members with incentive
to attain more steps, thus, improving the
quality of Instruction.
Both faculty unions oppose the plan,
Photo by John Biek
STUDENT COREOG RAPH ER EMANUEL ALVARADO
Grad studsnt feels contldsnt about "Man of LaManeha"
Grad student choreographer
Dance dance dance
.». ByPamCuriee
Emanual Alvarado admitted that he was "a supposed dance minor* while at
CSUF and has now soared to master dancer, and choreographer of several Univer¬
sity Theatre productions in the last few years.
He is rather unique because he never dreamed of dancing at a very young age,
ne dreamed of performing. He did not take dance as his major subject, he took
tneatre arts. He didn't even join the graduate program with a dance emphasis,
out it seems that the emphasis lies there, nonetheless.
His biggest choreographing claim to fame is 'Man of LaMancha* which will run
Dec. 3-5, and Dec. 8-13 at CSUF. he said. It is a massive job, but Alvarado feels
confident that he can accomplish it.
'-t* started choreography in 1977 when he directed dancers in the production
or "Oliver' at Fresno Community Theatre. From there he came back to CSUF to
loin the stage as an actor and performer.
'When we did 'David of Sassoon' a few semesters ago, I was the part of
David's Horse." Ed EmanuEl directed that show and asked Alvarado if he
would take the job of choreographer. Alvarado consented but did not anticipate
tne unusual problem it would bring.
'I hadtochoreographmyownmovement.'hesaid. 'I had no one to say to me,
now Emanuel do this, or do that', and things got pretty tough.* He finally had to
resort to spending long hours in front of a mirror to watch his own body movement
in order to choreograph himself.
He recently choreographed 'You're A Good Man Charlie Brown" done by the
See Alvarado page 8
UPC, on the grounds that it is di _
to tenured faculty to be reviewed and
that it will divert too much in faculty
resourced that could be spent on teach¬
ing instead of on reviewing other fac¬
ulty. CFA opposes ft, saying, that it
puts too much power in the hands of'
administration, which will be able to
grant or deny pay raises at its own whim.
By consulting with CSUC staff about
the proposal. CFA is merely lending
credence to the plan, according to Kes¬
sler, 'so they (CSUC) can first consult,
then sock it to us.*
Kessler noted that there is no legal
protection for organizations involved In
consultation, whereas there is in bar-
. gaining. Both unions are now Involved
In a campaign to become the exclusive
bargaining agent for the faculty.
Because there is no legal protection,
Kessler said CFA was engaging in 'an
extremely dangerous operation* that
could result in lower salaries for fac¬
ulty. He maintains that the Chancellor's
SUff could legitimize the adoption of a
salary proposal unfavorable to faculty
on the grounds that ft consulted with
faculty organizations.
But Crist portrayed UPC's stonewall
tactics as a reactionary approach that
could be extremely 'risky.* UPC has
advocated postponing negotiation
until    collective    bargaining    begins.
Crist opposed such an approach on
CUSS, Native at odds
over stolen mikes
Two microphones stolen after
the Wednesday, Nov. 12 performance
by the reggae group Native an still
missing and 'we don't expect to
see them back,' said Reggie Rush,
manager of the CU Sound and Stage
group.
And 'he incident has created a
strained relationship between the
Bakersfield-based band and CUSS,
with each side directing some of
the blame for the incident on the
other.
Bret Kofford, the CSUF student
who helped arrange the noon show,
said the Native-owned mikes were
taken just minutes after the concert.
He estimated the mike's value at
$300.
All the other mikes used in the
show were returned Intact. These
mikes were CUSS property.
According to Rush, CUSS had not
approved the use of the mikes, which
were placed near the keyboard
player. Native band members placed
the mikes on the stage 'without
telling anybody they had put the
mikes up there,* said Rush.
But Kofford said some CUSS
workers'" were 'rude* to the
band and acted unconcerned when
learning of the incident.
Kofford said CUSS failed to inform
the campus police of the incident,
a fact which CSUF Police Chief
William Anderson confirmed last
Friday.,
Rush maintained though that the
police had been contacted.
point it back,'said Rush.
'We would like to see them (the
mikes) back. But they should have
never been on sUge," he added.
Originally from Jamaica, Native
played before a capacity CU lounge
crowd before the incident. The band
returned to Bakersfield later that
day.