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California State
University,
Fresno
The Daily
Collegian
Wednesday
Sept. 4,1985
Mini-school
bridges gap
Nestled upstairs in a back corner of the Joyal Administration
Building is an office few American students arc aware of.
But for students on American soil for the first time, the
International Student Office provides a bridge from their cul-
"This office is really a mini-university for foreign students,"
according to Sonia Hildredth, an ISO counselor. "We provide
almost all of the services to foreign students that all of the other
offices on campus provide American students."
With almost 1,100 foreign students at CSUF, the ISO coun¬
selors supply students with everything from schedule advice to
a local host family to make their first few weeks here less
. "When they're first arriving, well pick them up at the airport
(and) provide them with American host families they can stay
with," said Hildredth. "We also put them in touch with student
groups to help with culture shock."
The first thing foreign students must do. even before coming
here, is pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Some
students are conditionally accepted to the University. Then
they come here to attend a language institute, such as the
American English Institute on campus.
"Education here in the United Stales is much different from
other countries," said Hildredth. If you are from Malaysia,
each class is chosen for you, she indicated. "Here, students get
to pick from a wide range of classes to fulfill requirements. Thil
freedom blows their minds. We help them pick theirclassesand
get them with an advisor in their major to get them settled,"
explained Hildredth.
Along with help advising, the ISO provides students with an
orientation.  .    .,     .'ii    - '_. 	
"I had experience with living overseas," said Gan, a Malay¬
sian student who didn't wish to disclose his full name "so I
didnl go to orientation. I would advise students not to do this.
Use the program, it keeps you from getting lonely."
After becoming acculturated, many foreign students work
with the ISO peer counseling and conducting panel discussions.
Sam STUDENTS, pag. 4
Budget snag
leaves computer
slow responding
. Computer use at CSUF has increased over the past year, but
nothing has been done to compensate for the surge according to
Jim Morris, acting director of the Center for Information
Processing.
"This last year alone computer use increased about 30 per¬
cent, and we haven't increased our computing power, so the
computer's response time increases," he said.
Although response time on CSUFs main computer promisea
to get even slower this semester, the Center for Information
Processing is taking steps to improve it.
But because of a budget snag in Sacramento, the CSU system
won't be able to start to replace outdated and over-used com¬
puting equipment until this January.
#"WeVe done a couple of things to alleviate some of the
slow-down," Morris said. "We have established accounts for
users at the State University Data Center in Los Angeles. If our
systemsare overcrowded the user has the option to access their
computer.
"The second thing we've done is we've postponed non-critical
processing until off-peak hVjirs. These administrative tasks are
being done early in the morning or late in the evening.
"The other thing we have done U to off-load unused data
onto magnetic tape to free the computer's disk space. We've
found that it gets slowed down when it gets short of disk space."
Morris concedes that none of these are more than temporary,
stop-gap measures. To really increase the speed of processing
"We're is the process of getting four nc
said. "The first machine will be here by January. It will increase
our computing power by about two-thirds It wilt be ssscd to
decrease administrative use of the existing Cyber 720 oaain-