1983_09 The Daily Collegian September 1983

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-     SCSU, Fresno
The Daily Collegian
Thursday, Sept. 1, 1983
Carol and Chris Marshall help salvage Laun Robb's goods.
Students feeling pinch
of higher education cost
By Sheryl Bogga and off for the past 10 years. In 1980 he
Staff writer received  his  bachelors degree  in  a
special majorcomprised of political science.
Jim Ireland is not on campus today    geography and urban" planning courses.
ling his graduate studies as he     Three  years  ago  he  began
Fire guts
apartments
An apartment complex blaze northwest of the CSUF
campus Tuesday left a number of residents homeless, including
several CSUF students.
Firemen responded to the call shortly before noon when
smoke was reported pouring from the west end of The Plaza
Apartments at 5469 N. Cedar. An estimated $100,000 in
da mage was done to six units. There were no reported injuries.
According to Fire Investigator lim Morgan, the fire began in
an upstairs apartment of a six-unit building, broke through to
the roof and eventually gutted the three upstairs units. The
three lower units escaped the Tire itself but sustained smoke and
water damage. _
Investigators at first thought the blaze was caused by a
pluggcd-in curHng iron in CSUF student Chrissy Pahl's
upstairs apartment. Pahl was out when the fire started.
Morgan said later, however, that the cause had not yet been
verified.
Among those involved in the fire was CSUF student Lauri
Robb. Robb. who removed her belongings from theapartment
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Lawsuits fight
hike in CSU fees
filed Aug. 23 by the California State Student
' , heard by Sacramento Superior Court, it could
go down in the books as a landmark case.
In light of recent fee increases for California Slate University
students, the CSSA has challenged Gov. Deukmejian's beto of
legislative language prohibiting the increase' of fees by more
than SI from 1982-83 fees. The CSSA has named the state
college and university Board of Trustees as the defendant in the
"To my knowledge, the governor's authority in this area has
never been challenged," said CSSA legislative analyst Curtis
•Set Suits, Page 8
had hoped. For him. the $125 fee
increase means,much more than digging
a little deeper into his pocket.
"At one time I thought 1 would be
able to finish my master's. Now it's out
of the question," said Ireland, sitting in
the wheelchair he has been confined to
since an automobile accident left him a
paraplegic 18 years ago.
Denise Scott, a business administra¬
tion major, was able to return to
campus this fall, but she said that for a
long time there was a very slim chance
she would be able to do so.
Scott said the fee increase has really
dealt her a "psychological blow.
"It's hard,"said Scott, who isemering
her fifth semester at CSUF. "IVe been
out of high school for six years and this
has taken away a lot of my momentum."
Ireland has been attending CSUF on
mental health.
"I knew six months ago that things
would be light," Ireland said. "Last
semester I had a tough time making it,
but the fee increase was the straw that
broke the camel's back.
"I have a lot of obvious limitations,"
he said"Anadvanced degree would give
me a needed advantage over able-
bodied individuals, but it's these types
of things (fee increases) that are keeping
Ireland is not officially considered to
be a graduate student since he has yet to
pass the Graduate Record Examination
Aptitude Test — a nationally standard¬
ized exam which must be
passed before gaining admission into a
specific graduate program. Because of
•See Cost, Page 2
Snow appointed
to vacant AS post
Nineteen-year-old Chris Snow, a
CSUF sophomore, has never held an
AS position before this year, but
both his age and lack of AS ex¬
perience contributed to his appoint-,
ment as AS Administra¬
tive Vice President.
Snow was chosen from seven
applicants by AS President Andrea
Hedgley and Legislative Vice Pres¬
ident Michael Baladjanian and ap¬
pointed at the Aug. 18 AS meeting.
The position was vacated
when Baladjanian resigned the post
to fill the Legislative Vice President
position,  formerly  held   by  Greg
Garrett  resigned  for academic
reasons,  according  to   Ron  Gaul,
administrative assistant to Hedgley.
Hedgley said that one of the reasons
she chose Snow was because he wasa
"We were concerned about con-
CHRISSNOW
tinuity," Hedgley said. "All the other
highly  qualified  applicants  were
Hedgley also said that Snow made
a good impression on her because he
showed motivation and was the only
• See Snow, Pat* 4