1992_03 Insight March 1992

              Postgraduate Workshop — March 4
Graduate school for some students
is a goal, for others ifs a necessity. But
for most, it seems to be a process sur-
What is GRE? Is there any financial aid available? What does CSUF
have to offer postgraduates?
To answer these questions, the
Division of Graduate Studies and
Research will be offering a workshop at 11:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, March 4, at the University Student Union.
Student assistant, Erika Petersen said.
This is the place to come to dispel
myths and get questions answered."
Petersen said that the workshop will
begin with a general information session and will then highlight specific
areas and speakers.
Petersen said. The discussion of
how to survive in graduate school is
actually given by graduate schools
and they just talk about themselves.
In this situation, peer counselling
had been very successful."
David Ross, associa te dean of the
graduate studies and research divisions, said, "Last year, the session
run by the graduate students was
popular. The room was packed."
For the last nine years the event
was known as Graduate Information Day, which was observed by
several CSU, UC and private
schools. This year the format will
remain the same but the event will
be a scaled down version of what
has been the standard.
"For the first time, for some reason, Fresno State was taken off the
Graduation Information Day calendar," Ross said. Others, however,
feel that there are some definite reasons why CSUF was removed from
the calendar.
Counselor, Alicia Andrade said,
"I feel that Fresno was removed,
due to the lack of student response
and cost." Now there is more selectivity involved in choosing schools
to participate."
However, Ross said he remains
optimistic: "Students should make
use of the knowledge that we have
available."
The workshop will focus on the post-
graduateopportunitiesthatareavafliable
at other colleges and universities. 'Our
faculty knows contacts and can share
ad vice on all different schools," Ross said.
"Our goal is just to help the student out,
any way possible." O
Breaking Down
Cultural Barriers
CSUF housing services will inaugurate an international students
dormitory floor for the fall 1992,
making foreign and American students close neighbors.
Carol Munshower, director of the
International Student Services and
Programs (ISSP), proposed to open an
international floor for a couple ofyears
before the idea was accepted. Originally, the purpose of the floor was to
help the foreign students integrate by
meeting more people.
The ISSP Office will cooperate
with the CSUF Housing Services in
order to advertise the dormitory
among international students on
campus.
The choice of the floor hasn't been
made yet Assistant Director of Housing Sherri Crahen said that, it could be
one or two floors. "We haven't told
people yet. We're printing information
for next year right now," Crahen said.
"We haven't done it before, but it can
provide opportunities."
Crahen emphasized the fact that
the international floor, like any student room on campus, should be
called a "residence hall" and not
a"dorm." She said, "It's my job to
correct this kind of misperception."
The residence halls have an average of 1,000 American students and
90 international students. The international floors should count 60
percent of international students
and 40 percent of Americans.
"We're providing it as an environment for people who are interested in
learning witha-totherculture," Crahen
said. "For American students who are
in the process of learning a second language and for international students, it
would be a great opportunity for both
to leam and share their culture."
Knowing that students living in
the dormitory participate in the
dining facilities, the increase of
foreign students may give rise tb
the problem of different diets.
"Changes in food are feasible,"
Crahen said. "We ask for one food
representative from every community in the residence halls."
International floor dormitories already exist in other CSU campuses
and are usually called "international
relations floors." O
Send a Daffodil for
Charity
Send a flower to someone special in
March and help support the American
Cancer Society.
St Agnes Medical Center and the
American Cancer Society are co-sponsoring "Daffodil Days," an annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society,
throughout the month of March
The celebration begins Thursday,
March 5, at 10 a,m. in Fig Garden Village and will feature local celebrities,
politicians and health care officials.
Shoppers will receive free daffodils
until 2 p.m. that day and orders for
flowers will be taken at Fig Garden
March 5 to 7.
Flower orders can also be placed by
calling the American Cancer Society at
225-9202.
The flowers will be delivered
throughout the Fresno area both Monday, March 30 and Tuesday, March 31.
Proceeds from the daffodil orders
will benefit local American Cancer Sodety programs.
This is the first time St Agnes has
participated in the event. All St. Agnes
patients will receive flowers on March
30. O
Writer's Workshop:
Getting Published
A three-day conference for writ-,,
ers on how to become and remain
published will be offered April 3 to
5 at the Holiday Inn Centre Plaza.
The conference is sponsored by
the Division of Extended Education
at California State University,
Fresno, and the Writer's Interna-
tional Network/Writer's Intera Age
Network, whose president, Fresno
author Joyce Brandon, will serve as
the conference chairperson.
Three keynote speakers and 22
workshops will be presented during the three days. Speakers will
include Bud Gardner, the writing -
for - publication specialist at
American River College in Sacramento; John F. Baker, editor-in-chief
of Pulbishers Weekly in New York;
and Thomas Clark, senior editor of
Writers Digest magazine. .
The workshops will be conducted
by novelists Helene Schellenberg
Barnhart, Joyce Brandon, Larry
Martin and William Johnstone, as
well as writers, editors and publishers: Carol O'Hara, Duane
Newcomb, Carol Broussard, Bruce
Mecartea, Marcia Preston, Dan
Poynter, Megan Anderson
Bergstrom, Madeline DiMaggio, and
Gregg Levoy.
The conference will begin registration at noon Friday, April 3, followed by a Saturday program from
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Sunday
presentations from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The fees are $195 for the entire
conference, $75 for Friday only, $150
for Saturday only or $50 for Sunday
only.
For more information, contact the
CSUF Division of Extended Education at 278-2524. O
Students, Faculty
Go to Albainia
Albania, one of the most orthodox of Stalinist states in Eastern
Europe just a few years ago, is now
welcoming CSUF students and faculty this summer to the tiny Balkan
nation for the first time.
Albanian-American CSUF geography professor, George Nasse will
coordinate the program which includes 12 nights in Albania from
June 3 to 17, with extensive travel
planned throughout the country.
The $2339 fee includes round-
trip airfare, lodging, meals and
transportation within Albania.
An initial payment of $800 is
due March 16.
Applications and more information about the program are
available in the CSUF Division of
Extended Education, San Ramon
3,Rooml41orcaII27»-2524. O
Asthma Sufferers:
Could Be Inhaling
Some Bad Advice
Asthma sufferers are being
cautioned by the American Lung
Association of Central California
not to react in haste to a recent
study, which suggests a link between certain inhaled medications, like albuterol which could
lead to an illness and even death.
A study published in the New
England Journal of Medicine
found that the increased use of
beta-2 agonists, a medication
used to relieve asthma attacks,
by widening the airways, may be
associated with an increased risk
of dying or of serious illness.
The researchers are not clear
whether it is the drugs themselves
that are causing the problems, or if
patients taking large amounts of
these drugs are usually sick more
frequently and therefore more likely
to die.
"The American Lung Association shares the concern that excessive or improper use of beta-2
agonists could be a factor in some
asthma illnesses or death, and
welcomes additional research on
this question," said Bernard
Votteri, M.D., president of the
California Thoracic Society.
Votteri said that beta-2 agonists
have been shown to be safe and effective. He said they provide important relief from asthma attacks when
administered properly.
He urges patients not to stop using beta-2 agonists or change the
dosage they are taking without consulting their physicians. 3
UNIVERSITY
Presents
DR. HENRY G. CISNEROS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY
Dr. Henry G. Cisneros is currently: Chair of
Cisneros Asset Management Company; hosts a
daily radio show on Hispanic issues that airs on 47
stations; is working on a book; and chairs the
National Civic League. Dr. Cisneros served four
terms (1981-89) as Mayor of San Antonio, Texas-
the ninth largest city in the country.  The first
Mexican-American mayor of a major U.S. dry, Dr.
Cisneros frequently speaks on the role of cities in
shaping the country's future and the importance of
diversifying American culture.
TUESDAY. MARCH 10.1992
at 7:30 p.m.
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President for Academic Affairs, the University Student Union Board, the
Associated Students, Inc., and the Division of Extended Education.
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