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eluding Madera, Fresno, Kern, Tulare and Kings. Adopt-A-Highway is a Cal- trans program inits first year.Smoe itsstartinOctober,12groupshave made highway beau tifica tion their objective. In the process of beautifying the roadside sites, the items found are less than pretty. Objects found range from pop- side sticks to lipstick and from tires to condoms. "We found a pair of panties," said Erik Swanson, pointing to an area north of Bullard Avenue on the southbound side. Swanson was one of about 20 members of Delta Sigma Phi who participated in theevent,donning typical Caltrans attire: a white hardhat and orange vest While the fraternity's crew found a few such unusual items, a majority of the items picked up were paper products. Although litter is a more visible problem along the state's highways, the program will also introduce tree and seed planting, Wil lems said. The idea for Adopt-A-Highway stems from a program of the same nature in Texas, Willems said. She added that tire purpose of the program is to get the community, involved with Utter pickup, tree and seed planting. I've seen it work in Texas," said Jim Oberti, a freshman in the fraternity. "All the highways were dean." With more than $25 million spent statewide by Caltrans to pick up litter and debris during the 1987-88 fiscal year, the program is expected to ease the money Cal- transand California taxpayers put into highway maintenance, according to the Adopt-A-Highway information packet. Athough state maintenance crews spent 760,000 hours and an additional 1A million hours were provided by probationers, inmates, welfare recipients and others, the litter on California's highways is still a mountingprob- 1 em, according to the same packet Ringer took a more philosophical view of the problem "If everyone put in five minutes of their time, we could get everyone housed, fed and dothed. If we could make our dty look clean, could be responsible for our environment, I don't think we'd have half the problems we have now." Vintage Days Continued from page 1 "The administration has maintained that the retroactive fees are past due" said Nicholson. "We oppose both the new fee and the retroactive fees." Currently, less than one-third of the faculty has paid. "We are happy that most of the faculty has stuck with us and not paid the retroactive fees," ' added Nicholson. The administration's rationale for the increase has been that more parking spaces are needed. "We have to raise the fees," said Samit "We can't use tax funds or any other part of our budget to get what needs to be done. The union's protest has been turned down by bom the Public Employee Relations Board and an administrative law judge, but last February the union appealed the Relations Board dedsibn by filing an unfair practice grievance against the administration. Thearbitratorheard the grievance and thafs where we stand now," said Samit "We will get a decision soon." While everyone is waiting for the decision, officials from both sides have taken the initiative to make surea situation like this will not happen again. "We are forming, with the administration and the union, a whole new planning group on transportation," saia Nicholson. "This has sprung from the parking situation now. If that group's work prospers, it would resolve all of this. The administration is finally recognizing that they must work with employees on all issues." AGR, a fraternity made up mainly of agriculture-science majors, has won the sweepstakes award nine straight years. "Shakin' Pickle" is one of 13 groups scheduled to perform at the Air Guitar concert Saturday night in the 6,000-seat CSUF Amphitheater. Air Guitar, labeled the most popular Vintage Days event in the Vintage Days Publicity Committee pamphlet, features CSUF students who lip sync to music. "Motley Mu" is scheduled to perform "Girls, Girls, Girls" and "The Hammerheads" are slated for "Dr. Feelgood." . Also tuning up their "instruments" are the members of "Death By Bongo" who will perform the Oingo Boingo song "Who Do You Want To Be Today?" Tickets for Air Guitar are $4 for students while general admission is $6. Gates open at 7 p.m. and the concert gets rocking at 8 p.m. The Vintage Days pamphlet advises concert goers to come early for good seats. Folks from as far as Connecticut ha ve made arrangements to be vendors in the Craftsfolk Faire, which begins Friday and runs through Sunday between the hours of 10-6. Over 180 vendors are expected from all parts of California. Other states represented: Arizona, Washington and Oregon. "We came out for Vintage Days last year and really enjoyed it,", said Eileen Johnson of Scottsdale, Arizona. Johnson, along with husband Hubert, sell rugs made up of re- cyded drapes, blankets and bedspreads. "(CSUFs Craftsfolk Faire) is not a real big show," said Eileen. "But it's in a nice location and it is a fun show. We sold a lot of rugs last year." Stained glass vendor Loretta Martinez of Klamath Falls, Oregon, has also booked a spot at the Craftsfolk Faire, located west of the Joyal Administration Building near Shaw and Maple Avenues. The Boomtown Carnival runs 4-11 p.m. Saturday. The Boomtown booths, made up of various campus clubs and organizations, will be located in parking lot "D," between the amphitheater and the Henry Madden Library. This year's theme for Boomtown is "Night of the Stars." Tom Cruise and Madonna are scheduled to cruise Boomtown — well, at least look-a-likes of the two stars. Casino Night is slated for 8 p.m. to midnight at the Residence Dining Hall. Admission is $3 for $1,500 to wheel and deal on roulette, blackjack, poker,crapsand horseradng games. Other activities scheduled: A free showing of the cult epic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Thursday at 8 p.m at the CSUF Amphitheater and a two-mileand 10 K run, appropriately named "The Grape Escape," is planned for Sunday at 8 a.m. Campus Police will ha ve all the events staffed but isn't planning anything unusual to beef up security during Vintage Days, Sergeant Sergio Silva said. "We haven't had too many problems in the past," said Silva. "Usually, we may have a few outsiders who may try to crash in," Silva said. "But we put a stop to that right away." Eight officers will be staffed for theAirGuitarandFabulousThun- derbirds. Celebrating its 15th year since the Vintage Days' first bash in 1975, this year's spring fling has beenthemed "15yearsof Di'Vine' Madness." "We just want everyoneto have a good time," Grissom said. Vintage Days has 'wild,' colorful history JOHN WELSH STAFP WRITER Vintage Days was so insane in its initial years, Valerie Valverde said, things had to be toned down a bit. Back in 1975, the first year of CSUFs spring time, four-day extravaganza, Valverde was a student coordinator of the Vintathlon competition. A street dance, part of the Vintage Days festivities in the first two years, clashed with a rodeo weekend in 1976. "Things got wild and crazy," said Valverde, now the coordinator of the recreation intramural program. "People got too involved in the music and with the rodeo weekend. We had more than our share of outsiders." By outsiders Valverde was referring to non-CSUF students. The street dance wasn't part of Vintage Days the following year and has not comeback. "If we didn't get our act together there wouldn't have been any more Vintage Days," Valverde said. One major change Valverde reported was the oanishment of alcohol sponsorship for events. The change was made six years ago. Beer mugs and beer hats are no longer the prizes given to students. "Everything is totally sponsored by the Associated Students now," said Valverde. "When they made that big change, it made a big difference Tin students' attitudes)." ■IHMMHHM APRIL 28 & 29^ jtWt?*** In Clovis I** Ji&lrC tf 430 Clovis Ave. 299-2597 RODEO WEEKEND & C^^^TATIONERY C"J .xs 444 Pollasky Old Town Clovis f>°X Personalized Service For All Your Business Needs! Business Forms Hon Files Prompt Delivery Ofdce Furniture Rubber Stamps Copies Computer Supplies Signs FAX Service & More1 FAX 299-4457 .... 299-4349 * +***"* J Shop & Compare Call us and save...299-6806. 26" • * • * • • CLOVIS. ftODEfl "Celebrate a Western tradition" Warmer safx» SPONSORED BY <— -rrm,-, "W' GOLDEN BOBSE pra-rodeo •ntertainment at the rodeo grounds FRIDAY 8:00P.M. SATURDAY Live Music Starts at Noon SUNDAY Live Music Starts at 4P.M. NUMER0 UNO FOOD TO GO ' iswiwcotscN comkfaPanUevar. SEE THE LARGEST DISPLAY IN THE VALLEY Over 180 different GE & Hot Point models on display - Refrigerators - Freezers - Ranges - Microwaves - Washer/Dryers - Dishwashers - Complete line of Built-in Appliances. V2 0FFBURRI7OS Reg. Price $1.25 to $2.25' I CACTUS IBOFTDNOUISffCUirr •dm* MEXf&NUS: CLOVIS 3EVJSTAS TMUETAS 760 POLLASKY • CLOVIS • J L SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, APRIL 28 Jf • 9:00 a.m. Parade Entries Assemble - Barstow Ave. • 10:00 a.m. Start of Parade - Barstow & Railroad • 12:30 p.m. "The Girls" Pre-rodeo Entertainment - Rodeo Grounds • 2:00 p.m. Rodeo Starts - Rodeo Arena • 8:00 p.m. Clovis Rodeo Association Dance - Rodeo Building at Rodeo Grounds * SUNDAY, APRIL 29 • 12:30 p.m. "The Girls" Pre-rodeo Entertainment - Rodeo Grounds • 2:00 p.m. Championship Rodeo Finals - Rodeo Arena Comer 5th and Pollasky • 299-6806 • OW Town Clovto \
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Title | 1990_04 Insight April 1990 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Dept. of Journalism, California State University, Fresno. |
Publication Date | 1990 |
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 | Insight Apr 25 1990 p 10 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publication Date | 1990 |
Full-Text-Search | eluding Madera, Fresno, Kern, Tulare and Kings. Adopt-A-Highway is a Cal- trans program inits first year.Smoe itsstartinOctober,12groupshave made highway beau tifica tion their objective. In the process of beautifying the roadside sites, the items found are less than pretty. Objects found range from pop- side sticks to lipstick and from tires to condoms. "We found a pair of panties," said Erik Swanson, pointing to an area north of Bullard Avenue on the southbound side. Swanson was one of about 20 members of Delta Sigma Phi who participated in theevent,donning typical Caltrans attire: a white hardhat and orange vest While the fraternity's crew found a few such unusual items, a majority of the items picked up were paper products. Although litter is a more visible problem along the state's highways, the program will also introduce tree and seed planting, Wil lems said. The idea for Adopt-A-Highway stems from a program of the same nature in Texas, Willems said. She added that tire purpose of the program is to get the community, involved with Utter pickup, tree and seed planting. I've seen it work in Texas," said Jim Oberti, a freshman in the fraternity. "All the highways were dean." With more than $25 million spent statewide by Caltrans to pick up litter and debris during the 1987-88 fiscal year, the program is expected to ease the money Cal- transand California taxpayers put into highway maintenance, according to the Adopt-A-Highway information packet. Athough state maintenance crews spent 760,000 hours and an additional 1A million hours were provided by probationers, inmates, welfare recipients and others, the litter on California's highways is still a mountingprob- 1 em, according to the same packet Ringer took a more philosophical view of the problem "If everyone put in five minutes of their time, we could get everyone housed, fed and dothed. If we could make our dty look clean, could be responsible for our environment, I don't think we'd have half the problems we have now." Vintage Days Continued from page 1 "The administration has maintained that the retroactive fees are past due" said Nicholson. "We oppose both the new fee and the retroactive fees." Currently, less than one-third of the faculty has paid. "We are happy that most of the faculty has stuck with us and not paid the retroactive fees," ' added Nicholson. The administration's rationale for the increase has been that more parking spaces are needed. "We have to raise the fees," said Samit "We can't use tax funds or any other part of our budget to get what needs to be done. The union's protest has been turned down by bom the Public Employee Relations Board and an administrative law judge, but last February the union appealed the Relations Board dedsibn by filing an unfair practice grievance against the administration. Thearbitratorheard the grievance and thafs where we stand now," said Samit "We will get a decision soon." While everyone is waiting for the decision, officials from both sides have taken the initiative to make surea situation like this will not happen again. "We are forming, with the administration and the union, a whole new planning group on transportation," saia Nicholson. "This has sprung from the parking situation now. If that group's work prospers, it would resolve all of this. The administration is finally recognizing that they must work with employees on all issues." AGR, a fraternity made up mainly of agriculture-science majors, has won the sweepstakes award nine straight years. "Shakin' Pickle" is one of 13 groups scheduled to perform at the Air Guitar concert Saturday night in the 6,000-seat CSUF Amphitheater. Air Guitar, labeled the most popular Vintage Days event in the Vintage Days Publicity Committee pamphlet, features CSUF students who lip sync to music. "Motley Mu" is scheduled to perform "Girls, Girls, Girls" and "The Hammerheads" are slated for "Dr. Feelgood." . Also tuning up their "instruments" are the members of "Death By Bongo" who will perform the Oingo Boingo song "Who Do You Want To Be Today?" Tickets for Air Guitar are $4 for students while general admission is $6. Gates open at 7 p.m. and the concert gets rocking at 8 p.m. The Vintage Days pamphlet advises concert goers to come early for good seats. Folks from as far as Connecticut ha ve made arrangements to be vendors in the Craftsfolk Faire, which begins Friday and runs through Sunday between the hours of 10-6. Over 180 vendors are expected from all parts of California. Other states represented: Arizona, Washington and Oregon. "We came out for Vintage Days last year and really enjoyed it,", said Eileen Johnson of Scottsdale, Arizona. Johnson, along with husband Hubert, sell rugs made up of re- cyded drapes, blankets and bedspreads. "(CSUFs Craftsfolk Faire) is not a real big show," said Eileen. "But it's in a nice location and it is a fun show. We sold a lot of rugs last year." Stained glass vendor Loretta Martinez of Klamath Falls, Oregon, has also booked a spot at the Craftsfolk Faire, located west of the Joyal Administration Building near Shaw and Maple Avenues. The Boomtown Carnival runs 4-11 p.m. Saturday. The Boomtown booths, made up of various campus clubs and organizations, will be located in parking lot "D," between the amphitheater and the Henry Madden Library. This year's theme for Boomtown is "Night of the Stars." Tom Cruise and Madonna are scheduled to cruise Boomtown — well, at least look-a-likes of the two stars. Casino Night is slated for 8 p.m. to midnight at the Residence Dining Hall. Admission is $3 for $1,500 to wheel and deal on roulette, blackjack, poker,crapsand horseradng games. Other activities scheduled: A free showing of the cult epic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Thursday at 8 p.m at the CSUF Amphitheater and a two-mileand 10 K run, appropriately named "The Grape Escape," is planned for Sunday at 8 a.m. Campus Police will ha ve all the events staffed but isn't planning anything unusual to beef up security during Vintage Days, Sergeant Sergio Silva said. "We haven't had too many problems in the past," said Silva. "Usually, we may have a few outsiders who may try to crash in," Silva said. "But we put a stop to that right away." Eight officers will be staffed for theAirGuitarandFabulousThun- derbirds. Celebrating its 15th year since the Vintage Days' first bash in 1975, this year's spring fling has beenthemed "15yearsof Di'Vine' Madness." "We just want everyoneto have a good time," Grissom said. Vintage Days has 'wild,' colorful history JOHN WELSH STAFP WRITER Vintage Days was so insane in its initial years, Valerie Valverde said, things had to be toned down a bit. Back in 1975, the first year of CSUFs spring time, four-day extravaganza, Valverde was a student coordinator of the Vintathlon competition. A street dance, part of the Vintage Days festivities in the first two years, clashed with a rodeo weekend in 1976. "Things got wild and crazy," said Valverde, now the coordinator of the recreation intramural program. "People got too involved in the music and with the rodeo weekend. We had more than our share of outsiders." By outsiders Valverde was referring to non-CSUF students. The street dance wasn't part of Vintage Days the following year and has not comeback. "If we didn't get our act together there wouldn't have been any more Vintage Days," Valverde said. One major change Valverde reported was the oanishment of alcohol sponsorship for events. The change was made six years ago. Beer mugs and beer hats are no longer the prizes given to students. "Everything is totally sponsored by the Associated Students now," said Valverde. "When they made that big change, it made a big difference Tin students' attitudes)." ■IHMMHHM APRIL 28 & 29^ jtWt?*** In Clovis I** Ji&lrC tf 430 Clovis Ave. 299-2597 RODEO WEEKEND & C^^^TATIONERY C"J .xs 444 Pollasky Old Town Clovis f>°X Personalized Service For All Your Business Needs! Business Forms Hon Files Prompt Delivery Ofdce Furniture Rubber Stamps Copies Computer Supplies Signs FAX Service & More1 FAX 299-4457 .... 299-4349 * +***"* J Shop & Compare Call us and save...299-6806. 26" • * • * • • CLOVIS. ftODEfl "Celebrate a Western tradition" Warmer safx» SPONSORED BY <— -rrm,-, "W' GOLDEN BOBSE pra-rodeo •ntertainment at the rodeo grounds FRIDAY 8:00P.M. SATURDAY Live Music Starts at Noon SUNDAY Live Music Starts at 4P.M. NUMER0 UNO FOOD TO GO ' iswiwcotscN comkfaPanUevar. SEE THE LARGEST DISPLAY IN THE VALLEY Over 180 different GE & Hot Point models on display - Refrigerators - Freezers - Ranges - Microwaves - Washer/Dryers - Dishwashers - Complete line of Built-in Appliances. V2 0FFBURRI7OS Reg. Price $1.25 to $2.25' I CACTUS IBOFTDNOUISffCUirr •dm* MEXf&NUS: CLOVIS 3EVJSTAS TMUETAS 760 POLLASKY • CLOVIS • J L SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, APRIL 28 Jf • 9:00 a.m. Parade Entries Assemble - Barstow Ave. • 10:00 a.m. Start of Parade - Barstow & Railroad • 12:30 p.m. "The Girls" Pre-rodeo Entertainment - Rodeo Grounds • 2:00 p.m. Rodeo Starts - Rodeo Arena • 8:00 p.m. Clovis Rodeo Association Dance - Rodeo Building at Rodeo Grounds * SUNDAY, APRIL 29 • 12:30 p.m. "The Girls" Pre-rodeo Entertainment - Rodeo Grounds • 2:00 p.m. Championship Rodeo Finals - Rodeo Arena Comer 5th and Pollasky • 299-6806 • OW Town Clovto \ |