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Thursday, Nov. 1,1S84
The Daily Collegian
Stronger black recruitment sought
Anna Dudley
Srf Writer
on High School students look on
as "heaven," but most don't attend
fier graduation because CSUF
ng efforts are not strong enough,
eg Barfield, a CSUF student and
ni of the Pan-Afrikan Union.
y're always talking about Fresno
ml without anyone talking about it
icm, they're not going to come
said Barfield. The PAU encom-
several black student clubs on
Barfield, Mark Kimber and 12 other
Mick students recently met with President
Harold Haak and Dean ofStudent Affairs
William Corcoran to discuss ways of
number of black students that attend
CSUF this fall, but last fall's total was 587.
Total number of students last fall was
16,293.
Reports conflict on how much recruiting
is being done in the black community,
especially at Edison High, which has a
large percentage of blacks. Edison coun¬
selor Jimmie Echols said she would like to
see an improvement in recruitment.
"I don't feel we have any [recruitment],"
Echols said. "About the only thing near
recruitment is the Upward Bound pro¬
gram."
Echols said Upward Bound works with
students who have grade point averages of
about 2.0 or 2.5, encouraging them to go
However, Manuel Perez, associate dean
of student affairs and coordinator of
several outreach programs at CSUF, said
' Edison and other Fresno high schools are
visited. Perez said Ernie Shelton, director
of veterans and disabled student services,
visited Edison last year.
Barfield said he is not satisfied with
black recruitment. He worked at Edison
last year as an athletic trainer and was able
to talk with many Edison students.
"The way they see [CSUF], it is on a
higher level, like heaven," Barfield said.
"A lot of them have never been over here."
He said many students are discouraged
from coming to CSUF because they get
letters from other colleges, but not CS U F.
"They think, 'They're 10 minutes away
and they dont come to roe,'" he said.
Corcoran said the effort is being made,
but acknowledged methods need improv¬
ing.
coming here." Corcoran said.
"But there's a basic question — in order
for students to come here they have to
meet certain standards. It's not an infinite
pool to choose from."
Barfield said he and other black students
are going to make sure improvements are
made by meeting with Haak and Corcoran
every two or three weeks to "make sure
they're following up."
He said there were no results from a
meeting he and Kimber had with Haak
and Corcoran in August.
"The first time we got a song and dance
routine. We havent seen them do one
thing they said they were going to do,"
Barfield said.
At the meeting two weeks ago with
Haak and Corcoran, Kimber and Barfield
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Campout eager ticket
sales set for season
in for this year's season.
But the final decision was reached yes-
terda\ at a Public Affairs meeting held in
lie College Union. The first 520 tickets
fill be available through a campout fine
prrxcsv and the remaining tickets sold
irough a lottery. The Public Affairs
Commissioner, Randy Reed, will also
[urge "in the strongest terms" that lottery
tickets be distributed in a manner that
allows the ticket winner his or her own
Choice of seat.
really been at odds on how to
aid Meagen Mickel, a Student-
Urge representative.
Anoi her recommendation presented con-
50/50distribution. Fifty percent
■he 1,469 basketball tickets would be
ild through a lottery and the other 50
hrough a campus campout, situ¬
ated Student Body President Jeff
felt that the 50/50 proposal
d provide two vehicles for the fan.    through a lottery.
Dub the campout for the diehard fans that
want them that bad, and the lottery for
those people who can't make that com-
"The reasoning to this proposal basi¬
cally is that a lottery is a lot more of an
equitable way to distribute tickets," said
Reed. "Every student has an equal chance
to get one-or not get one."
Another proposal brought up at the
Student Senate meeting was to allocate all
the tickets to the lottery, or all to the
A poll taken last year in the Daily Col¬
legian indicated the majority of students
at CSUF favored the campout lines.
Student Affairs Administrator Chris
Pierre said her office is concerned with the
idea of a campout because of the rush to
the ticket sale.
"Running red lights might lead to in¬
quiries which may lead to a suit being
filed," she said.
Nevertheless, tickets will become avail¬
able through a radio announcement on
the weekend of Nov. 9th, with the re¬
mainder of the tickets randomly sold
Department reps seek
more grad students
■« i' i cscnuiuves from a variety of CS U Fs
main departments will meet in the College
Union today to learn how they can most
effectively recruit students into their grad¬
uate programs. The meeting is just a part
of a large scale plan to attract more
indents to CSUPs graduate programs.
The 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. session in College
Union 312 and 313 is the second of a
two-pan workshop held on campus this
*«k According to David Ross, an as-
wtant dean of the division of graduate
•W'M and research, response to the work¬
tops has been "very positive." More than
* r*ople came to Tuesday's workshop.
Ross said the workshops are designed
j°"heighten the amount of awareness
"*P«rtmentt have regarding recruitment."
According t'o statistics released by the
""cc. enrollment numbers in graduate
?°Srams at CSUF have been slipping
•wee 1981. v*   *
In the past two years, enrollment has
"opped from 3.096 to 2,649. Rosa is espe¬
cially concerned about minority enroll-
Every year we're having an erosion in
our enrollment. "What we're saying [in
the workshops] is we've got a problem."
Ross became aware of the concern
about the enrollment decreases this sum¬
mer when several faculty members called
his office to get some ideas on how to
recruit. Since that time, Ross and two stu¬
dent recruiters, Earl Young and Alec
Testa, have been working to organize the
workshops. Today's workshop will teach
"tbe nuts and bolts" of how to entice stu¬
dents into enrollments, Ross said.
Ross said several things can be done to
make a-graduate program more attractive
to a potential student. He said each
department should deal with students on a
personal basis and keep in touch with
them if they drop oat or seem to lose
Young, Ross's student co-worker said
one thing he plans to do is to "up into the
community" and see if there are profes-
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Nov.* at 4:It p.m. and Nov. It and 11 at 2 pja la last CSUF John Wright
Senate investigates
elevator accessibility
The Legal and Legislative Committee
of the Associated Students Senate will
investigate the accessibility of the freight
elevator near the Kennel Bookstore.
Fred Ptcktnson, a representative for
CSUF disabled students, told the senate
Tuesday that some disabled students have
problems using the elevator because tbey
get stock in it when they ride it atone.
"In the past," said Pickenson, "FSU has
been good about seeing that this campus is
accessible to disabled stwdeau."
He said be hopes camp** ctfTicials con¬
tinue to ensure CSUF is i
fomia law mandates that state-run facil¬
ities tike the freight devtftor mast be
accessible. He motioned that the issue be
investigated by the legal wtd legislative
committee.
In other AS action:
Derek Hirohau, an appticaat for the
defunct Student Court, was voted dowa
by the AS. Presently, two of four posi¬
tions are filled.
Funding for the CoBegs ^Ufwtfcaat
was postponed iadefimt* at theetxmpS
request. Last year the csssh was aAacatad
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