1993_02 Insight February 1993

              Handicap
violators
face more
penalties
By Jenny Steffens
Staff Writer
A S275 parking ticket will materialize on cars illegally parked
in designated handicapped
spaces in Fresno County, incl ud-
ing CSUF campus lots.
The new fine, up S222 from
last semester's S53 charge, is the
result of a statewide mandate by
California law effective Jan. 1,
1993.
The fine aims todctcr the abuse
of spaces specifically designed
for an increasing population of
people with mobility disabili-
The law will be enforced on
days, nights, weekends and holidays.
According to Rick Rnden. administrator of parking and transportation, 12 tickets were issued
during ihc month of January.
Parking in the white cross-sec-
lion areas beside handicappped
stalls will also be treated as a
violation of the new law, Findcn
Ray Grccnbcrg. a 43-year-old
recreation administration major
left paralyzed from the chest
down when acar struck him from
behind on a bicycle six years
ago. said the new law is a good
fine.
"It's an awareness issue more
than anything else." Grccnbcrg
said. "People need to think before they act. For them it's a
convenience, for me it's an inconvenience."
Grccnbcrg needs at least nine
feet of space beside his side-lift
van to lower himself to ground
level.
Most designated spaces arc
wide enough, yctGrecnberghad
one incident where a car parked
alongside his van, forcing him to
ask a citizen io back his van oui
for him.
"Non-disabled people arc not
aware of barriers," Grccnbcrg
said. "1 Icam how to adapt."
Grccnbcrg will not be the only
one adapting this semester as the
S275 penalty begins io encourage awareness and dissuade
simple carelessness.
Failure to pay an assessed fine
will be collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles at yearly
registration time with an additional $15 late charge.
CSUF budget crisis to
eliminate some majors
February 10,1993
Page 3
+New committee will
target majors, some
may be expanded
By Jerry Lowe	
Staff Writer
In response to looming budget cuts
by the state, the University is preparing
itself for the future in the form of the
Academic Program Appraisal Commit-
The committee will take a look at
each of the programs on campus and
identify programs that need to be
merged, discontinued, or expanded.
An academic program is defined as a
major, a minor, a certificate, or a credential at the undergraduate or graduate level.
The committee has met twice so far.
and will meet again once the school
deans have completed their recommendations of what cuts can be made in
their respective schools, by Feb. 19.
The deans have been asked lo prepare for two alternatives," said President John Welty. "One is to assume
that they'll have the same amount of
money as thi$ year, and the second is to
assume that they'll have seven percent
fewer dollars and would enroll nine
percent fewer students."
Although the primary function of the
committee might seem to be cutting
and combining to save money. Ken
Wright, a graduate student serving on
the committee, wanted to be sure that
people understood that expansion was
also an equal possibility.
The thing that concerns me is worrying people for no reason," said Wright.
"But ii has to be balanced with informing people as soon as possible if there is
something that is going to be cut. And
I really don't know how you balance
that."
President Welty did not include expansion as one of the committee's primary responsibilities. "I think that the
process may very well identify programs that should grow. But it may be
that we can't provide funding for them
for two or three years," Welty said.
Dr. Philip Beach, professor of political science, has been asked to chair the
committee. "It would be nice to be in a
position to say that some programs
ought to get more than they have," said
Beach. "But realistically, there isn't
any money."
After the committee reviews the reports from the deans, it will make
recommendations to Provost Alexander
Gonzalez by April I. Gonzalez will
then forward the proposals to the Academic Senate by April 15, and they will
make their recommendations to Welty
by May 15. Welty will make the final
announcement regarding program
changes in June.
This current time line can be found in
a memo attached to the "Academic
Program Appraisal Criteria and Guidelines" published by the Academic Senate.
The Academic Senate established the
criteria that would guide the committee
in its recommendations.
The criteria fall into four areas: cen-
trality to the university's future direction, demand and need, quality of program, and cost and efficiency.
Dr. Luis Costa, Dean of the School of
Arts and Humanities and member of
the committee, said thai his school has
suffered tremendously from the cuts it
has received over the last three years.
Being the only dean on the committee, Costa is in ihe unique position of
both making the recommendations and
servihg on the committee lhai will review these recommendations.
"It is now at the point where any
additional cuts, certainly a seven percent cut, will very seriously affect not
only the delivery of courses but the
delivery of majors," Costa said.
Costa said that the School of Arts and
Humanities has been so hurt by recent
cuts that he has no idea where to cut
seven percent.
"Even the elimination of one department wouldn't do it at this point," said
Costa. "I know more or less how many
faculty must be eliminated to come up
with that kind of money, which is in the
neighborhood of 20."
Costa said he is now in the process of
receiving reports from all of his department chairs.
"What I iniend to do is goon a one day
retreat with all of my department chairs
next week, after having looked at al 1 the
plans," said Costa, "we will work together to find a way of cutting those 20
faculty. It is not going to be pleasant or
easy to do."
The Department of Journalism and
the Department of Telecommunications
have already merged to form ihc Department of Mass Communication and
Journalism.
President Welty said that he thinks
this merger is the most significant
change so far. "I'm not aware of any
others that have been formal ly approved
at this point."
"There may be discussions in various
departments, but nothing that has come
forward in a formal way."
Dean Costa said that the merger was
not done necessarily for financial reasons. "It just made sense academically
to do that, and that was my main motivation for getting the two departments
together."
President Welty said that if a program
is to be discontinued, much will be
done to assist the studenu studying in
the eliminated program. "One of the
key things that will occur," said Welty,
"is to assist students to cither complete
the program here or make some arrangement elsewhere."
Committee to make tough decisions
*>Academic Program
Appraisal Committee
and Welty attempt to
clearly direct campus.
By George
Constantinopoulos
Staff Writer
California's summer 1992 budget crisis hit California State University,
Fresno hard, but the effects are not
over.
CSUF President John Welty and the
Academic Program Appraisal Committee will have an uncomfortable week
between today and February 19. when
reports on maintaining the viability of
certain departments and schools at
CSUF will be returned to the president.
Spearheading this effort is the Department of Institutional Research.
Acting Director Jeannine Raymond
admits that her role in applying demographics from both Fresno and the other
CSU campuses to use in deciding what
programs are to be cut is a tough one.
"We have to make some pretty tough
decisions," Raymond said. "In two
more weeks our president will have to
decide what is to be done regarding the
future of our school."
The problems became clear to
Raymond when she was appointed to
her current position in the Fall '92
semester, filling in the post of former
director Harold L. Best. "Right now
we have just two positions and a student assistant," she said. "The staff
had four regular positions when Harold
Best left. Two Positions were taken
from the staff. This half struggles."
When the study is complete and the
final outcome regarding the campus is
clear, Raymond will know what her
status will be with Institutional Research. That still leaves at least a week
of hard work and what she describes as
a duty of the department as "number
crunching."
The role of Institutional Research in
the CSU system is one of enrollment
planning, including the geographic area
that most affects each campus. At this
campus, the service area that is covered
includes. Fresno, Kings, Tulare and
Madera counties.
Figures used are based on enrollment
numbers. Currentand historical enrollments are studied, as well as projections on future enrollments.
Trends in the community arc also
analyzed.
An application cycle is the period
when applications for admission to a
campus are submitted. Raymond says
the dominant figures incorporated into
her work are the fall cycles at CSUF
and the other CSU campuses.
However, the most striking figure is
the lack of one—the dollar sign. The
budget situation is a plague that cannot
be shruggedoff by anyone and Jeannine
Raymond knows it
"The budget situation is in dire straits,"
she said. "Starting this decade for the
very first lime, the budget will not meet
the demand."
Said Raymond, reflecting on the unfolding scenario, "We have some preny
tough decisions. It's affected us all for
News in brief..
Social worker's group
to discuss profession
The next meeting of the California
Association of School Social Work-
ers(S.A.S.S.W.) is Wednesday, Feb.
10 at 4:30 at Comprehensive Youth
Services.
CYS is located at 1617 E. Saginaw
Avenue, Suite #101.
Among the purposes of the Association arc to work with related professional s, to interpret social work in
schools to school staff, and to interest and encourage persons with potential for school social work practice to obtain professional education
and employment in schools.
For more information, contact Andrea Carlin at 278-3039.
IRS: Foreign students
must file -job or not
All international students must file
a 1040NR tax form with the Internal
Revenue Service by June 15 even if
they are not currently employed, said
Carol Munshower, director of International Student Services and Pro-
Prcviously, only international students earning income from a U.S.
source were required to file, but the
IRS reinterpreted a previous! y ex ist-
ing regulation to keep track of all
international students who may have
established tax residency after five
years.
"Only those who worked filled out
the [1040NR] form beforc-.said
Munshower. "Now the IRS is trying
to track all people seeking residency
in the United States for residence tax
status."
All international students who hold
F or J visas may obtain more information about filing the 1040NR may
contact the I.S.S.P. Office at 278-
2782,
Financial aid deadline
looms, workshops given
The deadline to turn in applications
for financial aid for the 1993-94 academic year is Monday, March 1.
1993. Workshops are being ofTercd
during the month of February to help
students in filling out the financial
aid forms.
Staff from the Financial Aid office
will be there to assist studenu in the
process.
The workshops will beheld in room
203 of the Joyal building: Wednesday. Feb. 10, 1-5 pjn.; Tuesday.
Feb. 16,10-12 pjn.; Thursday. Feb
18.1-5 pjn.; Tuesday. Feb. 23.10-
12p.m.; Wednesday. Feb. 24 10- 5
pjn.; Thursday, Feb. 25,10-5 pjn.;
Friday, Feb. 26.11-5 pjn.; Monday,
March 1,10-2pjn.
Bookstore profits fall,
backpack thefts abound
As a result of a number of cancelled classes and other restrictions
due to district budget cuts, authorities say the profits made by the
bookstore arc down about 5% from
last spring. According to Larry
Taylor, the store's manager, the
loss of profits could also be attributed to the decrease in student enrollment since last spring.
Taylor also said their have been a
number of backpack tlicf is reported
in the store during the first two
weeks. Students are not allowed to
carry their backpacks into the store
while they shop, but due to the
usual rush of studenu trying to
purchase books during the fim
couple of weeks, it has become
impossible to provide a locker for
each student to lock up their backpack while they shop.
Conductor to give
jazz technique class
Jerry Rubino will present a master class on "20th Century Conducting Techniques and Jazz Ensembles: Style and Performance,"
The master class will be held Saturday, Feb. 20,1993 in the Choral
Performance Hall, room 126, in the
new California State University.
Fresno music building.
The conducting master class win
be from 9 ajn. to noon. The jazz
ensemble technique class will be
from 2 pjn. to 5 pjn.
The master class is free to studenu; $5 general admission.
For more information, call 278-
2070.
Jerry Rubino is the assistant conductor for the Dale Warland Singers, and conductor of the Warland
Cabaret Singers. As a freelance
musician, Rubino performs with
the Minnesota Opera, St. Paul
Chamber Orchestra and the New
Music Theatre Ensemble.
Rubino holds degrees in piano,
music education and conducting
from Temple University and the
University of Minnesota.
Speakers chosen for
natural sciences fair
The Department of Natural Sciences is planning a Science Health
and Technology Fair Feb. 16-19.
The fair will feature speakers from
the Peace Corporations, University of California Regional Office
and a special national speaker from
NASA.
Other attractions include informational booths and food sales in
the University Student. Union Balcony.
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