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California
State
University,
Fresno
CThe Daily
OLLEGIAN
Muffin'and
puffin1...
-See page 6
\
Thursday, May 10, 1990
Established 1922
Vol. 95 No. 130
Plotting and scheming
David Tettez/Daily-Collegian
Playing the deformed slave Caliban, actor David Rasner performed Shakespeare's "The Tempest Wednesday night in the outdoor arena located ad��
jacent lo the Joyal Administration Building.
Athletically speaking
. Yale athletic director tackles issues
By Todd Heth
Staff Writer
Harold E. Woodsum Jr.. the Director
of Athletics at Yale University, spoke to
a small crowd of faculty and students
Wednesday on the athletic policies ofthe
Ivy League and the restructuring'of col¬
legiate athletics.
Woodsum has been the Yale Director
of Athletics for the two years. He gradu¬
ated from Yale In 1953 with a degree in
history and after being drafted to play
football for the Chicago Cardinals, re¬
turned to Yale to obtain a law degree.
Woodsum also served on the Yale
Corporation- (he highest governing body
at Yale—and subsequently was ap¬
pointed as the Director of Athletics.
With 35 Intercollegiate teams and a
budget of $12 million. Woodsum said
the Job can be pressuring, but not as
pressuring as the Job of an athletic di¬
rector at a school hoping to be in the
NCAA's Final Four all of the time.
Woodsum said about 55 percent ofthe
undergraduates at Yale participate In
their Intramural sports and they have
17 teams in Junior varsity sports.
Yale does not offer scholarships to
athletes and athletes are required to
meet the same academic admission
standards as other students.
"I think It's wrong to bring a young
man or woman Into a situation where
they don't have much chanc»afcf aca¬
demic success." he said. Ofthestudent
athletes. Woodsum said 95.7 percent of
them graduate as compared to 95.2
percent graduation rate for non-ath¬
letes.
Although Woodsum stressed the
lmportanceofacademlcs.hesaidhestill
believes athletics can be beneficial for
students.
"When I was playing sports, my
coaches would always say. 'What you
learn here will help you the rest ofyour
life.* It helps develop character and It is
an educational tool that complements
formal academics and the importance of
a good work ethic."
Woodsum also talked about Jie ex¬
ploitation of athletes today.
There's not much new in exploita¬
tion," said Woodsum, "but It's been
See ATHLETICS, page 4
America's most wanted
FBI herejobking for recruits
By Robert Phipps
Staff Writer
Members ofthe CSUF Criminology
Club received the "Uncle Sam Wants
!r"ou" treatment from the FBI. which
was doing some recruiting on cam¬
pus Wednesday night
FBI special agents Euseblo Benav-
Idez and Tom Griffin spoke Wednes¬
day in the University Student Union
as part of an effort to recruit inter¬
ested students into the FBI.
"We've been portrayed as super¬
men by Ephram ZimbaUst Jr. Iln the
TV series "The FBPJ and as buffoons
In movies like "Die Hard." said Grif¬
fin, a law school graduate -who is
fluent in Chinese. "None of that stuff
is really accurate, but some of It I do
find hilarious."
Benavidez, who began working for
the bureau at ISasacIeric, explained
every agent must first have a college
degree before he or she can be consid¬
ered an applicant
College graduates can begin the
FBI application process under one of
four entrance programs:- law, ac¬
counting, language, diversified, or
engineering and science.
Eighty percent'of those who apply,
Benavidez said, do so under the di¬
versified section which allows gradu¬
ates of any field to advance in the
application process.
Other criteria that determine an
agent's placement include an age
bracket beginning at 23 and ending
at 3S. a U.S. citizenship requirement
unimpaired vision and hearing as
well as overall physical conditioning.
Once these general criteria have
been met the applicant takes the
agency entrance exam consisting of
reading comprehension and a psy¬
chological evaluation. After thewrit-
len lest, a formal interview Is given by
a three-person committee.
"One thing to remember about any
interview." Benavidez said, "Knowthe
See FBI, p age 5
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| Title | 1990_05 The Daily Collegian May 1990 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1990 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
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| Title | May 10, 1990, Page 1 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1990 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | California State University, Fresno CThe Daily OLLEGIAN Muffin'and puffin1... -See page 6 \ Thursday, May 10, 1990 Established 1922 Vol. 95 No. 130 Plotting and scheming David Tettez/Daily-Collegian Playing the deformed slave Caliban, actor David Rasner performed Shakespeare's "The Tempest Wednesday night in the outdoor arena located ad�� jacent lo the Joyal Administration Building. Athletically speaking . Yale athletic director tackles issues By Todd Heth Staff Writer Harold E. Woodsum Jr.. the Director of Athletics at Yale University, spoke to a small crowd of faculty and students Wednesday on the athletic policies ofthe Ivy League and the restructuring'of col¬ legiate athletics. Woodsum has been the Yale Director of Athletics for the two years. He gradu¬ ated from Yale In 1953 with a degree in history and after being drafted to play football for the Chicago Cardinals, re¬ turned to Yale to obtain a law degree. Woodsum also served on the Yale Corporation- (he highest governing body at Yale—and subsequently was ap¬ pointed as the Director of Athletics. With 35 Intercollegiate teams and a budget of $12 million. Woodsum said the Job can be pressuring, but not as pressuring as the Job of an athletic di¬ rector at a school hoping to be in the NCAA's Final Four all of the time. Woodsum said about 55 percent ofthe undergraduates at Yale participate In their Intramural sports and they have 17 teams in Junior varsity sports. Yale does not offer scholarships to athletes and athletes are required to meet the same academic admission standards as other students. "I think It's wrong to bring a young man or woman Into a situation where they don't have much chanc»afcf aca¬ demic success." he said. Ofthestudent athletes. Woodsum said 95.7 percent of them graduate as compared to 95.2 percent graduation rate for non-ath¬ letes. Although Woodsum stressed the lmportanceofacademlcs.hesaidhestill believes athletics can be beneficial for students. "When I was playing sports, my coaches would always say. 'What you learn here will help you the rest ofyour life.* It helps develop character and It is an educational tool that complements formal academics and the importance of a good work ethic." Woodsum also talked about Jie ex¬ ploitation of athletes today. There's not much new in exploita¬ tion," said Woodsum, "but It's been See ATHLETICS, page 4 America's most wanted FBI herejobking for recruits By Robert Phipps Staff Writer Members ofthe CSUF Criminology Club received the "Uncle Sam Wants !r"ou" treatment from the FBI. which was doing some recruiting on cam¬ pus Wednesday night FBI special agents Euseblo Benav- Idez and Tom Griffin spoke Wednes¬ day in the University Student Union as part of an effort to recruit inter¬ ested students into the FBI. "We've been portrayed as super¬ men by Ephram ZimbaUst Jr. Iln the TV series "The FBPJ and as buffoons In movies like "Die Hard." said Grif¬ fin, a law school graduate -who is fluent in Chinese. "None of that stuff is really accurate, but some of It I do find hilarious." Benavidez, who began working for the bureau at ISasacIeric, explained every agent must first have a college degree before he or she can be consid¬ ered an applicant College graduates can begin the FBI application process under one of four entrance programs:- law, ac¬ counting, language, diversified, or engineering and science. Eighty percent'of those who apply, Benavidez said, do so under the di¬ versified section which allows gradu¬ ates of any field to advance in the application process. Other criteria that determine an agent's placement include an age bracket beginning at 23 and ending at 3S. a U.S. citizenship requirement unimpaired vision and hearing as well as overall physical conditioning. Once these general criteria have been met the applicant takes the agency entrance exam consisting of reading comprehension and a psy¬ chological evaluation. After thewrit- len lest, a formal interview Is given by a three-person committee. "One thing to remember about any interview." Benavidez said, "Knowthe See FBI, p age 5 |
