1980_09 The Daily Collegian September 1980

              THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Tuesday. September 2,1980
Parking complaints
Despite protests stadium opening set
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ByRobbFukher
Ospite the protests of people living
near the.CSUF campus, the new $7.3
million football and soccer stadium is
nearing completion and is tentatively
scheduled for use In a Nov. 15 football
game between the Bulldogs and Mon¬
tana State University.
The game, this season's finale, If
it is played at the new, thus-far unnamed
stadium, will be a 'dress rehearsal*
for the six games planned for the facility
during the 1961 football season, accor¬
ding to Tim Johnson, CSUF building
coordinator.
'The Nov. 15 game will allow us to
assess the logistics of putting on a well
attended football game,' Johnson said.
'It will allow us to observe traffic patt¬
erns, parking, and how food services will
be performed.
'Hopefully, we can go into the 1981
season with this behind us, and the nece¬
ssary adjustments made,*' he said.
Bill Holmes, CSUF executive vice
president, said there are no plans for
further use of the stadium this school
year, but said it is possible the facility
will be put to use before next summer.
*l can't anticipate that far In advance,
-he said.
Holmes said there are no proposals
currently for a name for the stadium, and
any that do come up will have to be app¬
roved by the CSUF President Harold
Haak, the trustees and the CSUC chanc¬
ellors.
During a series of publk meetings
with city and CSUF off kials, residents of
the streets just west of campus, near the
stadium, have expressed strong concern
that people attending, stadium events
will fill their streets with parked cars
during the events and will crowd the
streets with moving cars before and
after events.
Johnson said the stadium contractor,
Robert C. Fishes of Fresno, has the faci¬
lity near completion.
'There are two main things left to be
done,* Johnson said. 'One Is completion
of the press box facility, which is per¬
haps the most complex unit (in the
stadium) in terms of the mechanics and
the electrical system. The other is land¬
scaping. We still have to grade the
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QUIET, NEARLY COMPLETED STADIUM HAS NEICHBORS WONDERING ABOUT PARKING
Two football games at the end of this season should help iron out problems, CSUF officials hope
parking area west of the stadium."
Johnson said there are 50,000 to
75,000 square yards of dirt which must
be hauled away before the area can be
made suitable for parking. He said there
are 'plenty of demands* for the dirt.
However; the cost of transporting it,
which was not included In the school's
roughly 56.5 million stadium budget,
creates problems.
Johnson said if the dirt can't be dis¬
posed of, the possibility of a raised
parking area exists.
The new stadium is designed to re¬
place Ratcliffe Stadium, located on
North Blackstone Avenue, as the home
of CSUF sporting events.- Ratcliffe,
also used by Fresno City College, has
See Parking page 10
Sign logo revamped
Editor's note
Editor'.note:
Because the Collegian staff, like
the rest of the student body, is In a
period of transition, the Collegian
will publish today and Thursday this
week and dairy thereafter.
As you glance through today's
edition of the Dally Collegian you
will notice some bask changes in the
style of the paper, namely a new
masthead and use of bolder head¬
lines.
This semester's Collegian will
keep students well informed by
covering campus events thoroughly
along with localizing city, state and
national news that .relate to the
student.
'The 'Friday* issue of the Dally
Collegian will be more of a news
magazine and will consist of feature
stories, columns, movie, book and
album reviews. Because we think
students plan ahead, the calendar
will be in Thursday's Collegian
instead of Friday's.
We'll also frequently run David
Armstrong's American Journal, a
syndicated column out of Berkeley.
As always, we welcome letters to
the editor and ask that they be typed
doublespaced and be no longer than
two pages.
We welcome you back to school
and hope that you have a productive
semester.
— Judy House, editor
by Doug Bunnell
r The Union 76 Oil Company, in an
attempt to please residents living
near CSUF, decided over the summer
to change the large logo on the new
billboard at Cedar and Barstow Avenues
from an orange' Union 76 ball to a
Battlin' Bulldog.
The billboard, which will display
messages as well as flashing the time
and temperature, was designed to
recognize the $100,000 donation the oil
company made to the $7 million stadium
fund drive.
But when residents living in the area
found out a large orange Union 76 ball
would be attached to the billboard,
several began complaining to University
and oil company officials about com¬
mercialization of the stadium.
Caylord *Cus* Graham, assistant
executive vice president at CSUF, said
even though there was never any plan
for a large Union 76 ball to be attached
to the billboard, that the oil company
decided to redesign the billboard.
The original' design, Craham said,
never Included an actual ball. In the
upper left hand corner of the billboard,
there would have been a drawing of
the Union 76 ball, with the time and
temperature below it.
The new design, approved this sum¬
mer by University officials, replaces the
large ball with a large figure of CSUF' s
mascot, a bulldog.
Craham said the sign has not been
finished' yet,   partially   because   the
University is still waiting for the plastic
sheet with the bulldog on it to arrive.
The billboard portion of the sign went
up very quietly last spring, but when
residents heard about the proposed
six-foot-square Union 76 logo which
would be attached to the sign, the
University began to receive some
complaints.
'We had indicated to them (Union 76)
that there was some concern from some
people -- not from our part - but from
some people,* Craham said. 'They
(Union 76) didn't want to upset any¬
body.
See Billboard page 11
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A.S. head eyeing future
by Karen Krieaer
CSUF students will be 'looking
to the 'f)0s* with the policies planned by
the new Associated Students President,
Luis Seoulveda.
Sepulveda, who was elected
legislative vke president last spring,
became A.S. president when Dave
Ditora, who had been elected to a
second straight term as A.S. president,
resigned to take a (ob in Sacramento.
Sepulveda said he is 'hyped up*
about the coming year and plans to
concentrate on drawing the minorities
and single parents into the university,
reaching into the untapped student pool
In Fresno and the surrounding areas.
This would take years,* Sepuveda
pointed out, 'but I would just like to see
the beginning.* In order to Implement
the - program, Sepulveda would like
CSUF to establish a Child Day Cart
center reserve, which would allow
parents to leave their children in capable
hands while they attend class
i 'We would also like to let students be
aware of the Associated Students and
what we offer,'he said. *We need more
exposure. We do have a voice in policy
making; we're not a bunch of children
being patted on the head.*
A social welfare major,  Sepulveda
is in his fourth year In university student
See Sepulveda page 9
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