1994_05 Insight May 1994

              April 27,1994
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY. FRESNO
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INSIGHT
Coach
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lake, a ritual for the past six years.
"The guy is an animal" says long
tune friend Ralph Purccll, a tax consultant
With a competition boat and buoys
for slalom skiing, the men would ski
until they could barely stand.
Burtnett's stamina was legendary.
While most of the men could finish 20
turns, BurtneU was still going after 40.
Purcell says they would take five-
hour trips to Lake Cumberland and ski
non-stop. The first day they would
wear gloves. The second day they would
wrap tape around their gloves to protect them from the sores developed
during the first days skiing.
Seeing the water skiing wipe-outs
were almost as fun as actually skiing.
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soybean salesman, is another one of
the men who water skied with BurtnctL
Goodman said the spectators on the
boat would rate the falls and then make
snide comments about the skiers. Everyone, including Burtnett, would be
shouting insults and cracking jokes
about the fallen skier, but when Bunnell
pulled the skier into the boat, his famous saying was "These guys were
saying all sorts of things, but I stood up
for you."
Cecilia said when her husband puts
his mind to something he won't quit.
Like the time he was changing a
light bulb.
Cecilia asked him to change the
light bulb on one of their overhead
fans.
The stuck light bulb wouldn't un
screw. After several attempts his blood
pressure was beginning to rise
Soon Burtnea was yelling and cursing at the fan. A battle ensued. Burtnett
wielding a weapon, an ice pick.
After capturing the light bulb.
Burtnett turned on the fan which instantaneously exploded from the inflicted wounds.
Since then all handiwork has been
hired out And Burtnett's mechanical
ineptitude has become well known
among his friends. But his lack of mechanical skills is made up for with his
gift in people skills.
In his sparse, off white office,
Burtnett relaxes behind a paper-clut-
tcrcd desk. On the desk are school
framed pictures of his two daughters
and son.
Behind him, red X's and blue O's
name on a piasuc cnain. ooaiu.
Hisexlcnsivccoachingcarecr makes
him seem almost overqualificd for the
CSUF position.
He was an assistant coach at seven
different schools from 1969 to 1981.
In 1982 he became the head coach at
the University of Purdue.
While there he was once the Big 10
coach of the year. His Purdue team
played in the Peach, Blucbonnct and
Liberty Bowl.
The Indianapolis Colls hired him as
a running back coach in 1987 and he
was later promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterback coach.
CSUF Coach Jim Sweeney says he
was extremely lucky to have signed
Bunnell.
"Bunnell is one of, if not the best,
technical teachers I have worked with."
Aid
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JoAnn Johanscn, Shavcr'sadminis-
trativc assistant, said the Foundation
looks for diversity in securing donors
for awards.
"Wc try to get the scholarships as
broad as possible." she said.
The vast number of scholarships
available still makes the job of securing one difficult.
"The scholarship application
process is ex trcmcly competctiveand it
is primarily a merit-based system, as
opposed lo a need-based system of
grants," Hcuston said.
Shaver emphasized that the financial aid office, not me Foundation, is
responsible forhow the money is spent.
"Our job is to only act on behalf of
the donor to invest in these funds and
find principal donors for
scholarships,"shc said.
According to Prcstcgard, the foundation raised S5.1 million in scholarship funds in 1992-93.
"Half the students who go to CSUF
get a scholarship or a loan from the
foundation," he said.
Hcuston said the reason why so many
people apply for scholarships is a result
of the rising tuition costs and
California's flagging economy.
"The fee structure is escalating and
students' needs are reflecting the deflated economy in California." he said.
While he added mat the Foundation
provides a small pan of the scholarship
picture for students, Hcuston said that
the oppnunity should not be missed.
"Students should know that mere is
a viable alternative to federal funds."
he said.
Shavcr'sasscssmcntof the Foundauon echoed Hcuston's comments.
"Our task is to gctas much money as
wc can into students' hands."
CincodeMayo
Selina Castillo/Special toINSIGHT
Sandra Morjares performs with the Roosevelt High School Mariachi Band as part of the Semana de La Raza activities Monday.
The festival, a celebration of Clnco de Mayo, continues through Friday with music, food, films, lectures and a pinata for kids.
Grazing
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He said on private land, he can have
all 200 head gathered in two to three
hours; a task which he said takes two to
three weeks on federal lands.
Thompson scoffed at cattlemen's
complaints, saying many cattlemen
don't check herds once they are deposited on public lands and that the forest
service lacks personnel to keep tabs on
public pasturcs.-
As an example, he cited Jackass
Meadow, located in the Sierra National
Forest. At one time, it consisted of 140
acres of Willow trees and various kinds
of shrubs.
The Forest Service allowed grazing,
a practice which subscquantly destroyed it.
Forest Service wildlife biologist
John Lorcnzana agreed the area had
been overgrazed, but said damage was
KMcauscdby irresponsible cattlemen, many different types of plandife exist
He said the permit-holder had placed and provide areas where animals such
oo many horses on the pasture for the as deer can find adequate cover away
mount of forage available. from predators.
"If they kick us off, than sooner or
later, my grandchildren
will be back."
— Nathan Carver,
Glennville cattleman
Jackass Meadow and others like it
arc of prime importance to a forest's
ecology.
Known as riparian areas, they contain streams where fish spawn, where
Drummer
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"I used to know where all the
fruit was there. I knew where all
the apricots and cherries were—all
the Concord grapes."
It was on one of his daily walks
from work to school that he discovered Starr House of Music, a now
defunct music store that was located downtown.
It was in Starr's that he received his first introduction to mu-
"I walked down Orange Avenue
to Ventura, and slopped at Starr
House of Music where I'd look at
all the guitars and drums.
Originally. Shafer had wanted
toplay the saxophone because most
of the music he listened to had
saxophone solos.
"The Starr House of Music had
drums, not saxophones," Schafcr said.
One day Shafer asked the proprictcr
to call Shafer's mother and ask if the
child could take drum lessons. Stan-
made the call, and Shafer's mother
agreed.
"Being involved in Starr's outfit
allowed me to play a lot of styles of
music," Shafer said.
"1 might have pulled up (to die music store) with my mom, listening to a
Beetles' tunc, then go inside and play
a Tony Bennett tune."
Shafer has played in some of
Fresno's topbands: The Houscrockcrs,
Glen Dclpit and the Subterraneans,
The Trees most recendy he began
playing drums in the On Tonite house
band.
Shafer is at work, in Whities, he
switches off between talking on die
phone and yelling at his kids who, like
their father, help in the pel store after
school.
His parents also help out occasionally in the business— a family-run
store Shafer's brother runs another
store located in south Fresno.
He describes the job of a pet store
owner as a "good, steady road."
Shafer goes into his business shuck.
"Wc' vc survived the onslaught of mass
merchandisers by matching their techniques and retaining die mom and pop
values."
"Those places arc basically dog food
stores," he said, referring to the large
pet store chains that have recendy infil-
tratcd Fresno.
"But music is fun," he said, switching thoughts.
"Drums are like—when it's good,
it's like sex."
On Tonite With Chris Tcrrancc tapes
on Monday and Tuesday afternoons in
the Speech Arts building.
It is shown on channel 53 every
week night at ten.
On the show, the house band
plays for commercial breaks, and
occasionally back-up musical
guests on the show.
"I like being involved in the
show because I'm part of the creative soup," said Shafer. "It's a TV
family, if you will."
Shafer said that he's accepted
the fact that music isn't going to be
his main source of income, and
won't be his career.
"I want to continue to pursue
local gigs," he said.
"Then specified." with
songwriters."
"Fresno has a wide variety of
music," he said.
"Not like people tend to think."
Shafer stuffed the phone book
back into its place underneath the
clock-radio.
"You know," he said. "Fresno's
not the worst town."
Center. Inc., acornpany based in Eagle,
Idaho, showed riparian areas don't
even have to be grazed to be ruined.
Destruction of lands upstream by
grazingcan send siltdcpositsand flood-
waters rushing down the streams, destroying fiserics and ripping out riparian vegetation.
All resulting in even worse erosion
of riparian strcambanks because of no
vegetation to hold banks in place, and
streams becoming nothing more than
gullies.
The study also showed that if catUc-
men work to improve management
practices and strategies, and work with
communities rather than against them,
cattle can live in hormony with the
•-•nvironmcnt where they graze
"Grazing is a definite pan of the
ecosystem," Carver said.
He also said he sees cattlemen as
stewards, people who understand the
environment in which they live and
work
"If they kick us off, than sooner or
later, my grandchildren will be back,"
he said.
Carver also said cattle grazing is
beneficial because they decrease the
amountof fuel available for forest fires.
The lack of fuel not only helps prevent, but also decreases the heat intensity of the flames. Intense heat which
has sterilized soil for many years in
un grazed areas.
Thomas sees it completely differently. He sees catdc as destructive to
thecnvironmcnt.havingnoplace whatsoever in the forest ecosystem.
He said catdc destroy brush areas
where deer hide, making diem vulnerable to predators, forcing them to seek
shelter elsewhere
Lorcnzana is concerned not just for
the forest, but private land in the foothills as well.
He said each plot of foothill private
land constitutes a mini-ecosystem as
vital to the environment as the forest
itself.
If grazing fees increase and caule-
men are forced off of public lands,
many will not have enough land to feed
their catdc or themselves.
He said they will be forced to sell
their land to the highest bidder.
Unfortunately, the highest bidder
may be developers.
Sleep
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students are having to work full-time
and attend classes at night.
With another increase proposed for the
fall, the trend might continue
"If the tuition gets any higher, I'm
going to have to take a second job and
just take classes at night," said sophomore Lauren Langford.
A fnend of Langford' s, Nancy Dodd,
a veteran night class student, warned
her to be prepared for the most boring
three hours imaginable
"It's almost as if they try to hire die
most boring professors at the university to teach at night." Dodd said.
"Now, when I come toclass, I come
prepared to sleep."
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