1991_09 The Daily Collegian September 1991

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Sigma Nu loses house
By Krista Lemos
DC News editor
CSUF Sigma Nu brothers are
being evicted from their home as
Royalty Pacific Mortgage Inc.
forecloses on the Millbrook prop¬
erty.
The Sigma Nu house, once
owned by Marvin Attistrand of
California Pride Contractors was
taken over by Royalty in May
after the contractor went bank¬
rupt. Trte mortgage company has
sent court notices saying it will
sue the brothers if they don't
leave.
About 23 fraternity members
were forced to find other hous¬
ing and some have already
moved out.
Sigma Nu Lt. Commander
Bryan White said the contractor
was recruited to move the house,
renovate it and'make it liveable.''
He said Sigma Nu, who has
owned the Millbiook land since
about 1963, had to sign the prop¬
erty over to the contractor so both
the house and lot were in his
name, facilitating the renovation
process.
Alhstrand needed the deed to
secure a loan with Royalty.
"Wgirft' pretty much the vic¬
tims of the Whole thing. The
company is hurting a bunch of
college guys trying to get an
education. I don't think they
know they are hurting us like
they are," White said.
Purchased in 1988 for $1 from
the city of Fresno, Sigma Nu
members moved the historical
house from Belmont and Van
Ness avenues to its present loca¬
tion, 5209 N. Millbrook St.
Sigma Nu members paid $165
each a month directly to the
contractor who didn't fulfill fi¬
nancial obligations with Royalty
Pacific.
"Guys living in the house now
have to go out and get apart¬
ments, running $200 to $300 a
month," White said. Most apart¬
ments in the area are already filled
with students, though, which
should make apartment hunting
difficult.
Royalty Pacific gave Sigma
Nu 30 days notice, to vacate the
building, ending Aug. 22. White
said th* members have filed an
extension that would give them
another two weeks — if it is ac¬
cepted.
White said many are still liv¬
ing in the historical house, in¬
cluding Commander Chris
Olson, nding on borrowed time,
hoping the extension will go
through.
CM son said the house can only
be sold to another student or¬
ganization and hedtwsn' t seeany
buyers in sight
See SIGMA NU, page 3
Library hours cut
By Jana Ballinger
DC Editor in Chief
Of all the cuts made in this
year's budget, perhaps none af¬
fected the most students, more
directly on a daily basis than the
reduction of library hours and
acquisitions.
A total of $9 million was cut
from the university's 1991-92
budget. The decision to cut was a
result of a series oi meetings
between the vice president's of¬
fice, deans and the University
Budget Committee.
Approximately 12 percent
was cut from the library's total
budget, according to Helen Gigli¬
otti, associate vice president for
budget and instructional re¬
sources. The 1991-92 budget for
the library is $4323,291, reduced
from $4^49,809 last year.
The library hours of opening
are: Monday.thru Thursday 9
a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to5
p.m., Saturday 1-5 p.m., and
Sunday 1-8 pjn.
library hours were reduced
by25hoursa week, mainly to cut
down on the number of student
assistants needed. Currently
there are approximately 130-135
student assistants. Usually there
are as many as 150, said Stepha¬
nie Hillman, associate dean of
library services for budget and
planning.
This is the first time that we
have not hired any new student
assistants," she said. "Every
department has taken big cuts in
their student assistants."
Shorter hours will mean
longer lines, to check out books
and journals, and to use the
microfilm machines, Hillman
See LIBRARY, page 3
We've come a long way, baby
Events scheduled
to welcome students
•Week of activities includes lectures, tours and
pancake  breakfast sewed by administrators
By Debbie Richards
DC Copy editor
Welcome Week, a festive
event designed to welcome back
new and returning students, will
run at CSUF Sunday through
Wednesday.
"Students should get involved
in Welcome Week activities be¬
cause Cal State Fresno is their
campus," said Peg Hayward,
acting director of orientation and
transition services. "The more
students participate and know
their campus, the more they'll
identify with thecampusas being
their community.
Welcome Week was the brain¬
storm of several groups of ad¬
ministrative bodies from last
semester. The Academic Senate
approved the idea after the pro¬
posal went through several
committees. Plans for the events
were first made in the spring
semester.
"Students should be wel¬
comed and introduced to their
new community, the academic
community. Students perform
better, are more successful, if they
are connected with other stu¬
dents, faculty and staff," Hay-
ward said.
Welcome Week offers four
days of food, fun and education.
Events and lectures run the
gamut from a pancake breakfast
served by deans and administra¬
tors to a farm tour, including ice
cream tasting. According to
Hayward,there's "something for
everyone."
A volleyball tournament at the
Laboratory School Ponding Ba¬
sin on Sunday is the first event
Frank Kuan, a counselor in the
See EVENTS, page 5
FCC Student Allka Faulkner, 20, strolls on the FCC
campus Infront ot heritage hall, the old CSUF
administration building used 80 years ago.
University reaches octagenarian status
By Michelle Martin
DC Staff writer
On the 80th anniversary of
CSUF, many faculty members
have been on campus long
enough to witness significant
changes. A number of faculty
have been teaching here for more
than 20 years; some, more than
30 years.
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Ronald Harlan, head of the
CSUF music library, has been a
full-time faculty member since
1956, and was a CSUF under¬
graduate from 1945 until 1951,
when he received a Bachelor of
Arts degree in music. After
graduating, he went to war.
Upon returning, he spent a
year at library school, then re¬
turned to Fresno and was hired
in the library at the college's new
campus.
"When I got back, the campus
had moved," he said.
CSUFs collection of music
recordings, which Harlan said is
the state's largest because it has
been growing since 1935, was
stored in the music building until
the library's first major expan¬
sion in the early 1960s.
"When they created the mu¬
sic library, I became the head,"
said Harlan.
Under his leadership, techno-
logical advances and an adequate
budget have resulted in constant
growth of the music library.
"Since we have more space
here, just last year we added
video...making it more like a
mediacenter,"hesaid. "Thenext
addition may create an entire
media center."
Harlan said theadvent of CDs
has had a positive impact on the
library, even though cassettes
were originally met with resis¬
tance.
"When CDs came in, the music
department got them right away,
and nowof course all you can get
is CDs," he said.
Harlan said that although the
music library exists principally
See EIGHTY, page 4
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