1989_01 The Daily Collegian January 1989

              the Daily Cotj,egian
California State University, Fresno                                                    monday, January 30,1989
Louis Meyer look* ovar the $300,000 renovated Bucket that Is now oomptts and
a CD player, and two utlavislon screens.
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bar contains a poHsned
New-look Bucket opens today
By Gay Taguchi
Sujf Writer
The opening of the re located, renovated on-campus
bar today ends a major portion of a $750,000 project
that began 10 yean ago at CSUF.
The construction of the new Bucket, located be¬
tween the Vintage Room and the Old Cafeteria, is
part of a larger renovation effort that includes the Old
Cafeteria and, if funds hold up, the Vintage Room as
well.
The entire renovation endeavor is funded solely
from Fresno State Food Service's previous earnings,
said Rick Finley. administrator of Campos Food
Service.
According to Finley, the renovation is an attempt to
turn a money guzzler into a money maker.
The old Bucket, which was 34 years old, had seen its
heyday long ago. It, along with the Old Cafeteria, said
Finley, had been losing between S20,000-$40,000
yearly for the past couple of years.
"Now it's time for the Bucket to start earning its
keep," Finley said. "A Lot of money has been put into
it,"
According to Finley, the cost of reconstrucung the
bar was approximately 5200,000, a figure within
budget estimates.
Finley said the design of the new bar was done in
consultation with students, faculty and administrative
staff. The bar is the "best guess," he says, of what
they wanted to see.
What students will see is a bar replete with the
makings of an upscale bistro.
The exterior of the Bucket is red brick and glass.
On the platformed area adjacent to the exterior there
are small tables and chairs for patrons who might
Please see BUCKET, page 5
Center for
minorities
in library
By Steve KhzMtz
Staff Writer
Providing a gateway to the re¬
sources and services of the Henry
Madden Library « the goal of the
newly opened Mdfcultn.nl Library
Resource Center.
"We want U to be a starting
point.* said CoUeen MitcheO. coor¬
dinator of the center, which is aimed
at raioority students and those inter¬
ested JB Wfapfgy ItudJDS.
Housed m a former storage room
on the south and of toe second floor
see LIBRARY, page 3
Registrar has big plans
By Alita l.o*
Staff writer
Telephone registration and instant
student evaluations are two of the chal¬
lenges facing Richard L. Backer. CSUFs
new director of Admissions, Records and
Evaluations.
Backer, former registrar at Kent State
University in Ohio, will replace acting
director Carroll Cotten Wednesday, who
succeeded former director Kent Davies.
"It's exciting, moving to a system that
with a touch-tone phone you can register
from anywhere in the world," said Backer.
Backer added it was difficult to say
when the new system would be instituted
because a new, larger admissions com-
pattf needs tc be installed. "It could be in
two yean," be said.
Another update planned will be a degree
audit system that allows on-going
evaluation of students' records at any
time. CSUF won't see this system for
about seven years, said William Corcor-
\t's exciting,
moving to a sys¬
tem that with a
touch-tone phone
you can register
from anywhere in
the world.
—Richard Backer
an, dean of student affairs.
According to Corcoran, a nation-wide
search was conducted for the new director,
and over 50 applications were received A
committee narrowed down the selection to
four, mctuding Cotten, who replaced
Davies in 1986.
Corcoran described Backer as a "good
people person" and stressed that be speaks
Please are BACKER, page 4
Richard Backer
Director of Admissions