1987_02 The Daily Collegian February 1987

              —Daily Collegian
•^      California State University. Fresnn    ^**^^
Monday, Feb. 2,1987
California State University, Fresno
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Glenn Moon* / Tt» Oakj Co*>g*n
Fresno State '84 graduate Scott Buss is thrown out stealing second as Bulldog short stop Shawn Gilbert receives the
throw. The Bulldogs won Saturday's Alumni Game 4-1. The Daily Collegian will preview the men's baseball team in
Wednesday's issue.       _^__	
Too many
classes
scheduled
Officials cite
reasons for cuts
ByKrlstlneZaver
Staff Writer
Many students had to face canceUed-ciasses
this semester because too many ^course
sections ■ were   scheduled   by   some   CStJF S'
departments and more positions than allowed^cfL-/^
for were allocated, according to  the assistant
vice president for academic affairs and academic
budgeting.
"Schools were told they were going to have
lo live within their given budgets. Most of the
schools took the issue seriously and carefully
budgeted their courses and posjnons." Dr.
Helen GigUotti said. "But those' who didn't
were the most affected this seoiester."
Gigliotti said when Gov. Deukmejian
ordered a cut in the number of state employees,
he directed the California State University's
Board of Trustees to prorate a certain number
for each campus in order to reach the total
goal.
CSUFs total count for the 1985-86 school
year was more than 300 over the total allocated
positions, Gigliotti said. The number was not
given to the administration until well into the
summer of 1986" when faculty contracts had
been signed and courses finalized. Therefore
changes had to be made starting in Spring
1987.
See CUTS, page 8
AS reviews ticket policy,
student survey to begin
ByJeffPrlbble
Contributing Writer
Student criticism of bulldog basketball ticket distribution
policies has prompted the Associated Students Senate to
reexamine its sale methods, according to A.S. Public Affairs
Chairman Randall Guerra
An open hearing will be held Feb. 12 in the College Union
to allow students to voice their opinions on the present ticket-
sale policy and to attempt to find a more convenient method,
Guerra said.
"The biggest complaint was about the line up" Guerra said.
"People can't get to the location on time, and when they do,
the monitors have problems organizing a line eight to 10
people wide...some people lose their place and they get upset."
Guerra said he hopes that a large turnout at the hearing will
result in a proposal which will improve the ticket distribution
process, yet he foresees the "line-lottery method" as the policy
next year.
A3. Ticket Director Mark Astone called the current process
"fun," but said "it can be a madhouse," in reference to the sale-
site announcement which is not made until minutes before
the rush. He said a proposal for multiple sites to break up the
lines before the rush has been made. ()
"We want a policy that is equitable, Guerra said.
Suggestions have been made for distribution on a "first come,
first serve basis" and for allowing prior season ticket holders to
have purchase priority.
Guerra said last year the senate wanted to buy all the student
tickets and sell them back to the students at a discount, but the
plan fell through. A ticket package plan was also proposed,
Guerra said.
An A3, student survey, which will be circulated Feb. 25,
will contain questions involving the ticket policy and is
intended, in part, to/ecus senate attention on the issue, Guerra
said. He added, however, that any distribution plan will have
dissenters.
Astone said he plans to listen to any new suggestions and
that the implementation of ideas must be marketed toward the
students.
"If the students flex their voice, the student government can
react and they'll get anything they want. It's the students'
concerns first," Guerra said.
Guerra said inquiries will be made with the other PCAA
campuses to establish a comparable ticket price, though rental
of Selland Arena is a major cause of high ticket prices.
There were also 400 student tickets left over this year, which
Guerra attributed to price and the Bulldogs' rjerformance.
When asked why the arena sells out even with home games
televised and 400 extra student tickets, Guerra said, "The
community is into the 'Dogs. FSU is^the only game in town.
The Red Wave is nationally known and the community gets
'caught up in the hype."
Guerra said that when the Bulldogs improve, ticket sales will
increase and more would be made available. He said the
Athletic Department can meet an increased demand for tickets,
although economics will be a key issue for many potential
purchasers.
Guerra said he also feels that a commuter school like CSUF
hinders ticket sales because "people who go away for winter
break don't travel to games, whether they're from Visalia or the
Bay Area.
"Our primary objective at the beginning of the semester was
to rid CSUF of student apathy," Guerra said, discrediting that
as the only reason for 400 extra tickets.
"Apathy has an impact on ticket salts," Astone said. "We
need to market the fun people can have at games. The
administration should pump up basketball toward the students."
"We (the senate) want to let the A.S. know through the open
hearing that student government is aware of the problem and is
doing something about it," Guerra said.
Ex-senators
argue, appeal
By Lisa Kim Bach
Staff Writer
Two of the senators who were declared academically
ineligible to participate in the A3. Senate plan to
appeal that decision in student court,
Jim Ireland, who was a senator-at-large, and Jimmy
Chen, former • senator of Graduate Studies, filed The
appeal at the end of the last senate meeting Jan. 27.
Ireland and Chen argue that there is a disparity
between a section in the A.S. Constitution and the
election code. The constirution states that a senator
must be enrolled in seven units while the election code
says that a student must earn seven units. The two plan
to have the court decide which of the interpretations is
valid.
The student court has yet to hold its first meeting,
and when it does, the process of appeal will take at
least three weeks, irxording to Ireland and Chen.
"Until then, we're just in limbo," said Ireland. Bob
Whalen, A3, president, has also indicated that he
would like the empty senate seats filled as soon as
possible.
"It depends on the justice of the students," said
Chen. "I want my seat back." ,
Another senator who resigned at the end of last
semester, Junko Kunitake, said she left the senate to
become more involved with (he Latin America Support
Kunitake said of the senate. It wasn't worth the time
and effort I felt that, in a sense. I was spuming my
wheels. They're too buresaenmzed."
Kunitake also expressed her concern for student
apathy and hopes to make a difference in her new role
as   president  of  the   Campus   Latin  America   Support
"I want to concentrate my efforts on "something that
is   personally   more   important   than   A3.work,"   said