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• • Editorial GUEST EDITORIAL Utility savings help to improve campus Letter from the President John D. Welty One of the ongoing efforts that can result in reallocating dollars for critical campus needs is energy conservation. I am pleased to report that in slightly less than two years, under the able guidance of Director Dick Smith, the department of utility management has eliminated in excess of $500,000 in annual utility budget expenditures. More importantly, the savings are not a one-time gain, but rather an ongoing, year-aftcr- year savings in energy payments. Those savings, currently totaling more than $1 million over the past few years, have been and are being used to improve and enhance thc infrastructure of thc university. These accomplishments are the result of numerous efforts: Energy Efficiency Various projects focusing on lighting improvements, public safety and student comfort have resulted in more than $250,000 in annual cost avoidance, while the campus has received more than $80,000 in utility rebates. These projects involve McLane Hall, Bulldog Stadium, Music Building, Thomas Administration Building, Science Building. Madden Library, South Gym. Residence Dining Facility, various San Ramon buildings, campus parking lots, the Police Department and the soon-to-be completed safe pathway throughout campus. Consulting Services Technical assistance has been provided to many offices, furnishing personnel with information regarding equipment specification, life cycle cost of operation and utility rebate calculations. These activities have resulted in financial savings, improved safety, increased comfort and greater energy efficiency for both the individual organizations and the university. Utility Interaction By continuous monitoring of campus energy usage and maintaining a current knowledge of public utility activities, nearly $130,000 per year in cost avoidance has been achieved. In addition, "voltage buy-up" or volume purchasing of power, could result in annual savings in excess of $600,000 per year. Alternative Fuel Vehicle Program California's Department of Utility Management has designated Fresno State as thc premier alternate fuel vehicle university in California. We now have 38 campus vehicles converted to natural gas at an annual savings of $ 157.800. The university has been invited to participate in a reformulated gasoline test that will save approximately $36,000 in 1995. As a result of these savings, there have been reallocations of funds to cover campus landscaping improvement, on-the-farm paining, ventilation improvements in the South Gym, and irrigation in the vicinity of the library as well as repair to the library roof. It is important to note that by saving utility funds, we have been able to make the campus a cleaner, brighter and better place to live, study and work. I hope all of us will continue to do what we can to assist with the utility savings so that the campus will benefit for years to come. 'SI m 4P* MAIL IT E-MAIL IT Mining Editor On Campus: Type-Insight" FAX IT VOICE IT Managing Editor, Insight Cell 278-2892 Mass Comm. & Journalism any time 2225 E. Sin Rsmon Ave., (no quota mirks) FAX (209) 278-4995 Frasno.CA at Ihe Leave i message on 93740-0010 Mondrian prompt Insight Voice Mail Insight CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO Executive Editor Managing Editor Deputy Managing Editor Chief Copy Editor News Editor Photo Editor Graphics Editor Lifestyle Editor Sports Editor Circulation Manager Design Coordinator Samantha K. Pease Jacqueline Tucker Jefferson Beavers Sheryl Logue Rachel Rosemire Kori Rianda Kimberly Darling Stacey L. Dipple Robbie Miner Yi Ping Ho Marga Kellogg Advertising Account Mgr. Deborah Smith Advertising Production Mgr. Lorena Campbell Advertising Line: 278-3934 Staff Photographers: Dan Helmbold, Lilian Meza and Christine Mirigian Production Assistants: Adrienne Boman, Marianne Chrisman, Laurie Gibson, Dawn Henley, Ju Chen Hsieh, Janet Soules, Kimberly Williams and Robert Williamson, s^tf Writ*™ Adviser AHvprtt«ing sm» Students of Paul AHamn Students of MCJ 102W * 103 Adams MQ 14J OPINION Hey, Fresno's not so bad after all I will always remember thc summer of 19921 flew to the United Stales from Taiwan, excited and with a lot of dreams and hopes. But my American dream was broken when I got to Fresno after 13 hours of Hying above the Pacific Ocean. Hot and farmy is ihe first imprcs- n I got of Fresno. I couldn't bc- hoi. With a perature of over 100 degrees, cv cry living thing should bumed. The sun had never felt so mean — like it my body, any- time, any whore. Jesse There were no HSIEH big buildings and Production Assistant no People in the "Where"* all the people in Fresno?" I asked. Nobody answered. I thought maybe it was because people were afraid of the sun. All I saw were farms and more farms and some single-story houses. My host family showed me the Fresno State campus. I was shocked again, not only because of the size of the school, bul also because I didn't see any difference between my future college and anything else I'd seen af- •ter I left the airport. "It seems to me that Fresno is an empty city with an extra big sun," I wrote to my friends in Taiwan. 1 was desperate. I had visited the United Stales once before. I had been to San Diego. Los Angeles. San Francisco and Seattle. I also visited the universities in those cities because I was planning to sludy abroad. I decided lo apply lo the CSU system because the weather in California was similar to Taiwan. In my dream, I would study at thc campus on the grass, looking al thc big blue sky wilh a soft wind blowing over my face and body. Ahhh. However, it was summer in Fresno, and with an extra big sun, you can't do that or you'd get a terrible sunburn. My dream was broken and I didn't like Fresno at all. I blamed my mom's friend who suggested that my sister, Vivian, and 1 choose Fresno State. He told us Fresno was near Yosemite National Park. He said it was right between two big cities — San Francisco and Los Angeles — and was a good place for studying. That was true, but I wanted more fun. Vivian and I planned lo transfer lo another school thc very first night wc got here. Now, three years later, we're still here. I' m going to graduate this summer and will be moving back to Taiwan. However. I'm sure I will miss Fresno a lot. I don't know why Vivian and I didn't transfer to another college right after thc first semester at Fresno State. That was a tough semester for both of us. We Took classes wilh our limited English, and had nothing to do except watch TV. We didn't have many friends here. We had a huge phone bill every month for almost a year. Thc first time I felt like I missed Fresno was during the 1993 spring break. A couple from Taiwan invited us to join them in Oregon during thc break. It was a five-day trip. After wc got there, wc found that Fresno was not as boring as we thought before. At least Fashion Fair is better than any shopping mall in the city of Eugene. The sights in Oregon arc incredible, but we have Yosemitc and Sequoia Park. It's that "coming home" feeling we got when we came back to Fresno that made mc realize that I really like it here. My parents also love Fresno. They've visited us here five times in three years. They are coming to Fresno for our commencement at the end of the month. They said this town is peaceful, quiet and a good place for relaxing. My mom loves the fruits here the most. She visits every strawberry and cherry season. To me, it is not strange anymore that a family from the other side of the Pacific Ocean to think of Fresno as their second home. I think people need to give Fresno a try. It takes time to know Fresno deeply and to love it the way it is. Last winter. I took Jack McDermott's humanities class. He introduced thc students to architecture and the arts. He combined the class' concept with Fresno. Then I started to view Fresno not only as an agricultural city, but also as a city with art, history and more culture. Thc class gave me a totally different perspective of Fresno and I appreciated it. But I still cannot study on the campus lying down on the grass, looking at the big blue sky with a soft wind blowing on my face and body during summer. I can do lhat in the fall, and enjoy watching the leaves change color. In winter, the fog is always the most exciting thing to mc. It's like I become a part of Fresno when I walk in thc fog. _ I am sure I'll miss Fresno after I go back to Taiwan! SPEAK YOUR MIND What do you think needs to be done to help decrease the violence in Fresno? Christi Fuller "I think that everyone needs to think on an individual level instead of looking at a big problem and thinking there's nothing they can do about it. " Pete Alonzo "The solution to decrease violence in Fresno is to get more parents involved in what their children are doing. The Boys Club is definitely a good thing for the community." Kim Cashen "Have more recreation centers available to all kids, instead of just those that have money, to do after school sports and programs like that." Jesus Santillian "More community activities would decrease violence in Fresno." Maria Dominguez Naima Majied "Get teenagers more involved in "I think if people would set up other things like recreational pro- some type of mentorship for kids grams." and teenagers and work with them and take thnm under their wings." OPINION What do you mean I look like a slob? By Denise Dawson StaffWriler For years mom always asked, "Arc you really going to wear that out of the house?' And for years you always did. When you were a kid it was okay to wear wom-out, faded jeans and T- shirts with grape soda stains. Once you grew up, T-shirts and jeans were no longer acceptable attire for everyday occasions. Wearing suits and dresses when you went to work and pulling out your Sunday best for church was not only the norm — it was a requirement. The wom-out jeans and sweatshirts for after work and weekends. Not these days. It's not only acceptable but common practice to wear anything under the great blue sky, providing it covers the essentials. But that's not always the case. These days you can find short skirts, shorter skirts, skin-tight jeans and tops, and anything else imaginable wherever you go. Thc day of the suit and tie is slowly but surely fading. Presidents used to dress like presidents, not like guys from down the block, lumbering by every morning in jogging shorts and baseball caps, said a Newsweek article about slobs. "People feel they can dress anyway they want. What they don't understand is when they get out in the real world and try to get a job, they are going to fall on hard times. I know that I wouldn't hire a potential employee if they came to their interview in jeans and a T-shirt," said Tina Anderson, a restaurant manager. "If you want to get the part, you have to dress the part, and that just doesn't seem to be happening these days," she said. Attire at church is no longer a Holy matter, either. "The Lord don't care what you wear, as long as you show up," said Margaret Sulpy in thc Newsweek story. For many in the work force and those who attend church, dressing sloppily isn't OK. "I can remember mom yelling at us before we went to church to keep our Sunday clothes clean. Now when I go to church, people seem to wear the first thing they see in their closets," said Wendy Schlenkcr, a liberal studies major. "I'm not saying that people don't have the right to dress the way they want, but sometimes it just isn't appropriate to wear faded old clothes to work and church," Schlenker said. The way someone dresses says a lot. When people look like slobs, others tend to treat them that way, no matter how intelligent or brilliant they may be. "You dress a certain way to send a certain message," said John Tinker, a sociology professor. In the past, a person's job could almost certainly be determined by the style of dress. The message conveyed by what people wear these days seems to be: I am a slob and I don't care how I look or what you think. That nonchalant attitude about attire and appearance is not only supported, it's encouraged. In some work places, Fridays are jeans days. Employees are allowed to pull out their old blues and were them to work instead of their usual office attire. What kind of message is that sending to the younger generation? "Hey kids, you don't need to look professional to be professional, it's all right to wear those old over-alls to work today." This happens all over the country. Go to dinner or a movie, something that, in the past, would have been a special occasion and would have called for dressing up. Now it's about as important (as far as appearance is concerned) as taking out the Sunday trash for Monday's collection. "I wear my baggy pants and Vans shoes because I like them. I don't care what anybody else thinks about me," said Chris Davens, a Fresno State sophomore. Although the "I don't care" attitude is popular right now, people will look back and see how they once dressed so freely and wonder, "What the hell was 1 thinking to wear that?' It's good to let loose and be casual every now and then, but it's also important to realize that appearance does count. It influences the way people look at each other and what they think of each other. Especially when it's time to start a
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Title | 1995_05 Insight May 1995 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Dept. of Journalism, California State University, Fresno. |
Publication Date | 1995 |
Description | Weekly during the school year. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 8 1969-v. 29, no. 23 (May 13, 1998, issue. Title from masthead. Merged with Daily collegian. |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodials |
Contributors | California State University, Fresno Dept. of Journalism |
Coverage | October 8, 1969 - May 13, 1998 |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35mm |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi, TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
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Title | 002_Insight May 03 1995 p 2 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publication Date | 1995 |
Full-Text-Search | • • Editorial GUEST EDITORIAL Utility savings help to improve campus Letter from the President John D. Welty One of the ongoing efforts that can result in reallocating dollars for critical campus needs is energy conservation. I am pleased to report that in slightly less than two years, under the able guidance of Director Dick Smith, the department of utility management has eliminated in excess of $500,000 in annual utility budget expenditures. More importantly, the savings are not a one-time gain, but rather an ongoing, year-aftcr- year savings in energy payments. Those savings, currently totaling more than $1 million over the past few years, have been and are being used to improve and enhance thc infrastructure of thc university. These accomplishments are the result of numerous efforts: Energy Efficiency Various projects focusing on lighting improvements, public safety and student comfort have resulted in more than $250,000 in annual cost avoidance, while the campus has received more than $80,000 in utility rebates. These projects involve McLane Hall, Bulldog Stadium, Music Building, Thomas Administration Building, Science Building. Madden Library, South Gym. Residence Dining Facility, various San Ramon buildings, campus parking lots, the Police Department and the soon-to-be completed safe pathway throughout campus. Consulting Services Technical assistance has been provided to many offices, furnishing personnel with information regarding equipment specification, life cycle cost of operation and utility rebate calculations. These activities have resulted in financial savings, improved safety, increased comfort and greater energy efficiency for both the individual organizations and the university. Utility Interaction By continuous monitoring of campus energy usage and maintaining a current knowledge of public utility activities, nearly $130,000 per year in cost avoidance has been achieved. In addition, "voltage buy-up" or volume purchasing of power, could result in annual savings in excess of $600,000 per year. Alternative Fuel Vehicle Program California's Department of Utility Management has designated Fresno State as thc premier alternate fuel vehicle university in California. We now have 38 campus vehicles converted to natural gas at an annual savings of $ 157.800. The university has been invited to participate in a reformulated gasoline test that will save approximately $36,000 in 1995. As a result of these savings, there have been reallocations of funds to cover campus landscaping improvement, on-the-farm paining, ventilation improvements in the South Gym, and irrigation in the vicinity of the library as well as repair to the library roof. It is important to note that by saving utility funds, we have been able to make the campus a cleaner, brighter and better place to live, study and work. I hope all of us will continue to do what we can to assist with the utility savings so that the campus will benefit for years to come. 'SI m 4P* MAIL IT E-MAIL IT Mining Editor On Campus: Type-Insight" FAX IT VOICE IT Managing Editor, Insight Cell 278-2892 Mass Comm. & Journalism any time 2225 E. Sin Rsmon Ave., (no quota mirks) FAX (209) 278-4995 Frasno.CA at Ihe Leave i message on 93740-0010 Mondrian prompt Insight Voice Mail Insight CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO Executive Editor Managing Editor Deputy Managing Editor Chief Copy Editor News Editor Photo Editor Graphics Editor Lifestyle Editor Sports Editor Circulation Manager Design Coordinator Samantha K. Pease Jacqueline Tucker Jefferson Beavers Sheryl Logue Rachel Rosemire Kori Rianda Kimberly Darling Stacey L. Dipple Robbie Miner Yi Ping Ho Marga Kellogg Advertising Account Mgr. Deborah Smith Advertising Production Mgr. Lorena Campbell Advertising Line: 278-3934 Staff Photographers: Dan Helmbold, Lilian Meza and Christine Mirigian Production Assistants: Adrienne Boman, Marianne Chrisman, Laurie Gibson, Dawn Henley, Ju Chen Hsieh, Janet Soules, Kimberly Williams and Robert Williamson, s^tf Writ*™ Adviser AHvprtt«ing sm» Students of Paul AHamn Students of MCJ 102W * 103 Adams MQ 14J OPINION Hey, Fresno's not so bad after all I will always remember thc summer of 19921 flew to the United Stales from Taiwan, excited and with a lot of dreams and hopes. But my American dream was broken when I got to Fresno after 13 hours of Hying above the Pacific Ocean. Hot and farmy is ihe first imprcs- n I got of Fresno. I couldn't bc- hoi. With a perature of over 100 degrees, cv cry living thing should bumed. The sun had never felt so mean — like it my body, any- time, any whore. Jesse There were no HSIEH big buildings and Production Assistant no People in the "Where"* all the people in Fresno?" I asked. Nobody answered. I thought maybe it was because people were afraid of the sun. All I saw were farms and more farms and some single-story houses. My host family showed me the Fresno State campus. I was shocked again, not only because of the size of the school, bul also because I didn't see any difference between my future college and anything else I'd seen af- •ter I left the airport. "It seems to me that Fresno is an empty city with an extra big sun," I wrote to my friends in Taiwan. 1 was desperate. I had visited the United Stales once before. I had been to San Diego. Los Angeles. San Francisco and Seattle. I also visited the universities in those cities because I was planning to sludy abroad. I decided lo apply lo the CSU system because the weather in California was similar to Taiwan. In my dream, I would study at thc campus on the grass, looking al thc big blue sky wilh a soft wind blowing over my face and body. Ahhh. However, it was summer in Fresno, and with an extra big sun, you can't do that or you'd get a terrible sunburn. My dream was broken and I didn't like Fresno at all. I blamed my mom's friend who suggested that my sister, Vivian, and 1 choose Fresno State. He told us Fresno was near Yosemite National Park. He said it was right between two big cities — San Francisco and Los Angeles — and was a good place for studying. That was true, but I wanted more fun. Vivian and I planned lo transfer lo another school thc very first night wc got here. Now, three years later, we're still here. I' m going to graduate this summer and will be moving back to Taiwan. However. I'm sure I will miss Fresno a lot. I don't know why Vivian and I didn't transfer to another college right after thc first semester at Fresno State. That was a tough semester for both of us. We Took classes wilh our limited English, and had nothing to do except watch TV. We didn't have many friends here. We had a huge phone bill every month for almost a year. Thc first time I felt like I missed Fresno was during the 1993 spring break. A couple from Taiwan invited us to join them in Oregon during thc break. It was a five-day trip. After wc got there, wc found that Fresno was not as boring as we thought before. At least Fashion Fair is better than any shopping mall in the city of Eugene. The sights in Oregon arc incredible, but we have Yosemitc and Sequoia Park. It's that "coming home" feeling we got when we came back to Fresno that made mc realize that I really like it here. My parents also love Fresno. They've visited us here five times in three years. They are coming to Fresno for our commencement at the end of the month. They said this town is peaceful, quiet and a good place for relaxing. My mom loves the fruits here the most. She visits every strawberry and cherry season. To me, it is not strange anymore that a family from the other side of the Pacific Ocean to think of Fresno as their second home. I think people need to give Fresno a try. It takes time to know Fresno deeply and to love it the way it is. Last winter. I took Jack McDermott's humanities class. He introduced thc students to architecture and the arts. He combined the class' concept with Fresno. Then I started to view Fresno not only as an agricultural city, but also as a city with art, history and more culture. Thc class gave me a totally different perspective of Fresno and I appreciated it. But I still cannot study on the campus lying down on the grass, looking at the big blue sky with a soft wind blowing on my face and body during summer. I can do lhat in the fall, and enjoy watching the leaves change color. In winter, the fog is always the most exciting thing to mc. It's like I become a part of Fresno when I walk in thc fog. _ I am sure I'll miss Fresno after I go back to Taiwan! SPEAK YOUR MIND What do you think needs to be done to help decrease the violence in Fresno? Christi Fuller "I think that everyone needs to think on an individual level instead of looking at a big problem and thinking there's nothing they can do about it. " Pete Alonzo "The solution to decrease violence in Fresno is to get more parents involved in what their children are doing. The Boys Club is definitely a good thing for the community." Kim Cashen "Have more recreation centers available to all kids, instead of just those that have money, to do after school sports and programs like that." Jesus Santillian "More community activities would decrease violence in Fresno." Maria Dominguez Naima Majied "Get teenagers more involved in "I think if people would set up other things like recreational pro- some type of mentorship for kids grams." and teenagers and work with them and take thnm under their wings." OPINION What do you mean I look like a slob? By Denise Dawson StaffWriler For years mom always asked, "Arc you really going to wear that out of the house?' And for years you always did. When you were a kid it was okay to wear wom-out, faded jeans and T- shirts with grape soda stains. Once you grew up, T-shirts and jeans were no longer acceptable attire for everyday occasions. Wearing suits and dresses when you went to work and pulling out your Sunday best for church was not only the norm — it was a requirement. The wom-out jeans and sweatshirts for after work and weekends. Not these days. It's not only acceptable but common practice to wear anything under the great blue sky, providing it covers the essentials. But that's not always the case. These days you can find short skirts, shorter skirts, skin-tight jeans and tops, and anything else imaginable wherever you go. Thc day of the suit and tie is slowly but surely fading. Presidents used to dress like presidents, not like guys from down the block, lumbering by every morning in jogging shorts and baseball caps, said a Newsweek article about slobs. "People feel they can dress anyway they want. What they don't understand is when they get out in the real world and try to get a job, they are going to fall on hard times. I know that I wouldn't hire a potential employee if they came to their interview in jeans and a T-shirt," said Tina Anderson, a restaurant manager. "If you want to get the part, you have to dress the part, and that just doesn't seem to be happening these days," she said. Attire at church is no longer a Holy matter, either. "The Lord don't care what you wear, as long as you show up," said Margaret Sulpy in thc Newsweek story. For many in the work force and those who attend church, dressing sloppily isn't OK. "I can remember mom yelling at us before we went to church to keep our Sunday clothes clean. Now when I go to church, people seem to wear the first thing they see in their closets," said Wendy Schlenkcr, a liberal studies major. "I'm not saying that people don't have the right to dress the way they want, but sometimes it just isn't appropriate to wear faded old clothes to work and church," Schlenker said. The way someone dresses says a lot. When people look like slobs, others tend to treat them that way, no matter how intelligent or brilliant they may be. "You dress a certain way to send a certain message," said John Tinker, a sociology professor. In the past, a person's job could almost certainly be determined by the style of dress. The message conveyed by what people wear these days seems to be: I am a slob and I don't care how I look or what you think. That nonchalant attitude about attire and appearance is not only supported, it's encouraged. In some work places, Fridays are jeans days. Employees are allowed to pull out their old blues and were them to work instead of their usual office attire. What kind of message is that sending to the younger generation? "Hey kids, you don't need to look professional to be professional, it's all right to wear those old over-alls to work today." This happens all over the country. Go to dinner or a movie, something that, in the past, would have been a special occasion and would have called for dressing up. Now it's about as important (as far as appearance is concerned) as taking out the Sunday trash for Monday's collection. "I wear my baggy pants and Vans shoes because I like them. I don't care what anybody else thinks about me," said Chris Davens, a Fresno State sophomore. Although the "I don't care" attitude is popular right now, people will look back and see how they once dressed so freely and wonder, "What the hell was 1 thinking to wear that?' It's good to let loose and be casual every now and then, but it's also important to realize that appearance does count. It influences the way people look at each other and what they think of each other. Especially when it's time to start a |