1983_02 Insight February 1983

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Sports Feature:
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ELIZABETH PAYNE
Insight reporter
A crisis is quietly growing at the
Henry Madden Library. Some books
are self-destructing. "**<
"There are great gaps in our
history because things have disappeared," Ron Mahoney, special collections librarian said.
A number of factors contribute to
the deterioration of books:
temperature, humidity, air filtration,'
exposure to florescent light, insects,
air pollution, poor bindings and
especially paper quality.
Books published between 1870 and
1920 were printed on paper si miliar to
newsprint with an add content which
causes them to decay, Mahoney said.
"All books have the potential to
deteriorate except those on parchment with a pure rag
content," Mahoney said.
Early books were printed on
handmade paper from cotton and
linen rags. Books at that time were
also printed on parchment made from
animal skins. But "jw printing and
papermaking became more commercial, paper-makers in tbe 18S0s began
using wood pulp instead of rags.
Wood pulp has more impurities,
which must be removed chemically.
"Restoration (of deteriorating paper)
is very'expensive," Mahoney said.
California libraries, be said, are trying to establish a cooperative preservation group to treat books that are
decaying.
There are several processes
"'available which halt the decaying process. One involves removing.the book
binding and immersing individual
pages into an antiacid solution, drying
the pages andrebinding it Costs for
this process range from 8300 to $500
per book.
"Right now we buy books and
preserve them. We aren't treating
them," Mahoney sajd. "We try not to
buy invalids (books well into and-
vanees stages of deterioration) but
sometimes we are given them."
Mahoney is piecing together
maps, letten, manuscripts and
broadsides and encapsulating them in
Mylar, tbe commercial name for acid
free acrylic sheets. Papers preserved
in Mylar can be opened at a later time
when a more economical process has
been discovered for preservation.
He also stores old photographs
and postcards in acid free bags and
boxes which were unavailable until a
few yean ago.
^    "Ifs such a new field (paper
See Books, page 6
Money talks
Sloan successor:
Haak's decision
Harold Haak
JOHN RICH
Insight reporter
Russ Sloan didn't speak for a moment. Then, he chuckled softly before
answering the question:
What do you think the effect of
your term as CSUF athletic director
will be on your soon-to-be-named suc-
"Well..." he said in his distinctive
Missouri drawl as he warmed to an
answer. "Let's hope that some good
comes out of anything."
„. Ifs surprising that four months
after he was abruptly pushed out of
his $42,000 a year job, Sloan should
reflect a feeling that Is held by many
on the campus.
.By the time the university said it
was unable to reach agreement on a
new contract for Sloan, he had logged
two yean as AD, spiced ever-
increasingly with controversy. In
September 1962, he made several
comments that served to divide the
campus along acadenr- ~*
lines.
Now, the CSUF comi
keeping its fingers crossed that
SIoan"s~successor can easily step into
what has become a controversial position.
The university won't have long to
find out. Six finalists have been
selected to make two-day visits to the
The CSUF community is keeping its fingers
crossed that Sloan's successor can easily
step into what has become a controversial
position.
Mnir-athletic
omminity   is
campus during February.
Jack Lengyel, associate athletic
director at Missouri, and UC Davis
Athletic Director Joe Singleton have
already made their visits. Dr.
Richard Young, recent athletic director at Oklahoma State, is slated to
begin his tour tomorrow.
The remaining three candidates
are Tom Wonderling, athletic director
at Western Michigan; UC Santa Barbara Athletic Director Ken Droscher;
and Mary Alice Hill, associate
athletic director at San Diego State.
According to the vacancy announcement circulated in November.
the next athletic director must:
• Plan and manage the department budget.
• Supervise, coordinate and
evaluate activities of department personnel.
• Uphold standards and regulations of athletic governing associations and work with the community in
fund-raising and development. competes in. The softball team was
The announcement continues: national runner-up   and the men's
"Personal  and professional in- basketball team reached the NCAA's
tegrity and an attitude which places final 16.
athletics in a positive academic corT*"--. Additionally, the football and soc-
text, relative to budgets and con- cer   teams   moved   into  Bulldog
sultative procedures,  are of para- Stadium and a controversial restruc-
mount importance." hiring of seating arrangements for
basketball games at Selland Arena
Several Bulldog coaches said the was proposed by Sloan,
announcement should add that the On Oct. 1, the univereity arinounc-
CSUF sports program is an up-and- ed that it was unable to reach agree-
coming one. ment with Sloan on a new contract.
"Some people view us as a sleep- Later that day, Sloan told a press coning giant," said Head Football Coach ference   he   hadn't   been   re-hired
Jim Sweeney. "Some view us as a because "...I  was too strong,  too
state college. community-oriented,   that  we  had
"Ifs the latter type of thinking grown too big, grown too fast and that,
that limits our horizons. Let our own at times, I was insensitive to the cam-
abilities limit our horizon. We should pus."
have an athletic director that has a
like feeling."
During Sloan's tumultuous term,
the school pushed towards the top.
Title-winning teams were produced in
each of the four conferences CSUF
Grew saves CSUF stadium
DIANE PUTLER
Insight reporter
The Bulldogs' new $7.3 million
stadium suffered its first damage in
the torrential rainstorms of late
January.
Six tons of dirt was washed out
from under the stain at the north entrance of the stadium and swept onto
the field, Fred Capshew, associate
director of campus plant operations,
said.
The stairs, which lead to topside
asphalt walkways, have been temporarily patched to prevent any
chance of collapse. Crews shoveled
dirt under the staircase to add some
support. To prevent another washout,
sandbags were placed around the
sides of the steps.
Capshew said he is pleased the
storm's damage to the campus was
not any greater. ^
Although the school did incur
some leaky roofs, chuckholes and
flooded sidewalks, Capshew said the
stadium was the only major damage.
Capshew said he is grateful the
storms came intermittently so that
plant operations could keep up with
the excess water..
"We were lucky that there were
no winds because trees could have
tumbled," he said.
"Six guys were on stand-by for
the storm and 65 to 70 sandbags were
made," Capshew said, "but the storm
never really hit."
In 1976 a new drainage system
was installed on this campus. The
system, which includes ponding
basins near the lab school and behind
the stadium, is pretty effective, said
Capshew, but sometimes leaves and
debris slow it down.
As for the fioodedsidewalks, it is
"just an overload," said\Capshew.
"The grass becomes saturated and it
overflows."
He said another drainage system
is needed to cripe with this .
but the budget will not allow for it.
The campus does have problems
with w^ter overflowing off of Shaw
Avenue. But Capshew said the responsibility here lies with the State
nt of Transportation.
The university said the matter
was personnel-related and never
publicly released an explanation for
letting Sloan go.
Sloan, now the director of
business development at the Bank of
Fresno, never found out the reason,
either." "^^^^
"About the only way I could view
it was that we had a conflict of personalities," he told Insight.
Those personalities included
President Dr. Harold Haak, Executive Vice President D.W. "Bill"
Holmes and Assistant Executive^Vice
President G.O. "Guss" Graham? At
the time, Sloan leveled a blast at the
administration for its refusal to
delegate authority to him.
Four rftonths later, he said it will
be difficult to predict what sort of
administration-athletic director relationship will exist.
"You really don't know until some
tough decisions are necessary," Sloan
said. "The proof of the pudding will be
what is finally offered-to the new
athletic director — what the
understandings are.
"But tbe administration is going
to have to have the courage to back
Checks say 'rip-off'
TONI MERUNOS
Insight reporter
Memos ranging from "increased fees, again" to "for
Duke's mansion" have been scrawled on CSUF student's
$84 fee increase checks, a temporary Joyal Administration employee said.
That employee, who requests anonymity, said she
read many short, sarcastic and often nasty statements
written on tbe checks.
"A lot of them (checks) said 'rip-off,' " she said.
Students paying the fee increase by mail did not let the increase go by without a rebuttal, she added.
But former Illinois resident Pamela Nordstrom, a
CSUF business finance major, is not complaining about
the latest fee Increase.
"This is cheap education for me," Nordstrom said.
1 'At West Illinois Uni versi ty it would cost me almost triple
what I'm paying now."
With average annual student fees in the California
State University College system increasing almost 300
percent since 1876, this state's higher education still falls
snort of tbe average $810 annual tuition at other four-year
public college*.
Alabama State University residents pay $800 per
year; New Mexico State, $744; Dakota State, $825; and
Iowa State, $1,040 par year.
Despite higher educational costs at other universities,
some CSUF students view Gov. Deukmejian'* $18.6
million reduction in higher education as an inconvenience.
Joa Hernandez, 21, an industrial engineering major,
said ha waa "totally applied" at the Increase. Hernandez, who is surprised the fee increase was not higher,
said it will still limit tbe recreational activities he normally engages in, adding that he had to "prolong" buying a
A CSUF student who asked to remain annonymous
said the fee increase was definitely a problem.
"I could barely afford tbe $241 fee," that student said.
"Tbe Increasing fees will make sure tbe ones going to
school are the ones with the money. It will create a cycle
powered by money."
Michelle Creighton, 19, a political science major, said
she felt the effects of the increase through her parents.
"My mother bitched for a couple of days because she
had to pay it," Creighton said. "But other than that 1
handled it pretty well."
Janet Leong's parents are also feeling the crunch.
Said Leong, "Ifs going to be expensive to continue my
education. My parents are putting both me and my
brother through school. Ifs a financial strain for them."
Students who can not meet the $64 increase have turned to the student loan office for emergency loans. Lee
Spencer, head of student aid accounting, boasts that his
office has never turned anyone away due to lack of funds.
They (the students) seem to have anticipated tbe fee
increase," said Spencer, adding that be has found tbe
students to be very polite and cooperative.
One form of aid is available through the creation of a
$640 loan fund accumulated by tbe Association of California State Univereity Professors. Tbe fund is designed to
offer 10 students a $84 interest-free-loan payable in 60
days. But as tbe deferment deadline of Feb. M fast approaches, only one needy student has taken advantage of
this cash available.
The reason for this, said Rosamund Slonski, short-
term loan coordinator, Is that students would rather apply
for the $150 emergency loan to help pay for books as well
as the fee increase. Slonkski noted that the additional tuition fee has prompted "no greater rush on these loans" as
compared to tbe fall semester.
The student aid office has been pleased with student
responses, citing very few Instances of unpleasantness.
"We Just try and remain calm," Slonski stud. "I find
that the unpleasant students are the ones who have problems with life In general."
Even though financial aid, in its various forms, is
available to qualified students, sometimes that Just Isn't
enough.
The pressure of applying for tbe aid in addition to
working part-time to get through college may prove to be
too much for Teresa Valdez.
"It gets pretty hard working and studying at the same
Ume," Valdez said. "Money la getting cut back more and
more.
"I'll Just keep going until the money runs out — then
I'll have to drop out," she said.
Consumers' hero
at CSUF Thursday
Consumer advocate Ralph
Nader will speak Friday on
"Regulations, Deregulations and
Re—regulations" in the College
Union Lounge at noon.
Nader, who describes himself
as a "full—time citizen," has been
an active advocate for more than
two decades. He fint made
headlines in 1865 when he indicted
tbe automobile industry to his
book. Unsafe at Any Speed.
Among the groups Nader has
started are: Public Citizen. Congress Watch (lobby division),
Public Citizen Litigation Group,
Health Research Group, Critical
Mass (energy), Tax Reform
t esearch. Public Citizen Visitors
Center and the Aviation Consumer
Project.
The Political Science Association, one of six groups sponsoring
Nadar, will pay him $3,500 plus expenses to speak here. To raise
funds needed tbe association sent
120 letten to banks, insurance
companies and media representatives, asking for support. Tbe
raising of funds fell $350 short of
tbe $3,500 needed.
Nader's visit to tbe campus is
sponsored by tbe CSUF Political
Science Association, Economics
Club.
Union
Savings and Flash Foto.
him up." w
Graham, who was particularly
singled out for criticism by Sloan, said
be doesn't anticipate having any problems with a new athletic director.
"Whenever you have an organization of any size, inevitably you're gonna have some personality conflicts,"
Graham said. "That's all it was with
Russ — business   as   usual."
Head Baseball Coach Bob Bennett, a member of the athletic director
Search Committee, thinks the athletic
director's environment has improved.
Bennett was perhaps tbe most
vocal coach following Sloan's ouster.
Although, be said, be didn't always
agree with Sloan, he was concerned
with the ■middlemen" that blocked
tbe athletic director's path to the
president's office.
"I don't think the president was
very pleased with tbe situation we had
before," said Bennett. "Unfortunately, we had problems in the past, but I
think they're behind us now. I think
the new athletic director is coming into a good situation."
Both Bennett and Sweeney said a
new athletic director will have to be
able to set priorities.
"I don't think tbe athletic director.-,
has to be a Daniel Webster," said
Sweeney. "The public relations
aspect of athletics is overrated. What
we really need now is someone who
knows the nuts and bolts of athletics
and can provide tbe coaches with tbe
tools to build a successful program.".
Bennett noted that the athletic
director should be Interested in all of
tbe athletes and coaches, and not just
one or two sports. "They'll have to put
things in proper perspective. And they
can't forget about the athletes as
students, too."
Dr. Stephen Rodemeyer, professor of chemistry and chairman of
the Search Committee, concurred
with Bennett's assessment.
"Tbe academic-athlete will be a
very big concern of the athletic director in light of new NCAA standards,"
be said.
Rodemeyer said the school will
have to wait and see how willing the
new AD is to work with thtJtjmerest of
-CSUF jn mind.
"I think the faculty has to feel the
athletic tail isn't waggling the univer-
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Valley
too flat
for runoff
-   SANDRA GONZALES
Insight reporter
Crowds were sloshing through
puddles of mud, feet became wet to
the ankles and students rushed to and
from classes to avoid the onslaught of
rain. That scene was all too familiar
when the San Joaquin Valley was
soaked by vicious storms recently.
"Ifs very rare to have as many
storms of such magnitude," said Dr.
Donald Morgan, a meteorologist at
CSUF. "Although I could see it coming, that it rained as much as it did
came as a surprise.''
The storm left in its wake flooded
homes and streets, tbe threat of water
contamination and power outages to a
targe portion of Fresno and other
areas toroughout the valley and state.
Francis Squire. PGtVE's public information representative, estimated
tbe damage caused by the recent
storms to be somewhere in the vicinity of half a million dollars.
The storm brought a deluge of
problems as many state departments.
such as the California Department of
Transportation, and other local agencies, particularly the Fresno
Metropolitan Flood Control District
were hard pressed to cope with the
preparation and aftermath of the
storm.
According to Morgan, flooding
has become a problem in the valley
due to the vast flat tend. Morgan said
the problem with so much rain is that
it tends to loosen the soU. "But the far
reaching effect would be good," aald