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Parking: from
page one
"We may only be able to improve traffic
flow onto campus and not add parking if air
quality standards like Southern Olifomia
has are enforced here," she said.
Plans include improving the intersections at Cedar and Barstow and Chestnut
and Bars tow. Theory will ins tall a stoplight
at Chestnut and Barstow.
Freeway 168, planned to open in 2001,
will have a Shaw exit near Chestnut, making parking lots on the east side of campus
more convenient. Aldrich said the campus
b also growing out toward the east, and
would impact parking on that side of campus.
The most common complaint about
parking, King said, is that ifs not convenient. But the new plans with the parking
administration will not change proximity
of parking to classes, only ease the traffic
flow.
Anna Perez, a sophomore criminology
student, said student parking wasn't close
enough to classes, as she walked to her 10
a.m. class from the parking lot at Maple and Joyal Administration and Conley Art
ShawonFriday.PerezsaidsheusuaUy walks buildings.
toschcolsinreshelivesacrctMtnestreet.But       Randomchecks Thursday, March 5 be-
if she's late she has to drive, and the parking tween 1130 a.m. and 12 JO p.m. and Friday,
situationdoesn'tmake
it any easier.
There are 7,065
parking places on
campus,broken down
into the following categories: 1430 restricted, 6297 gerteral,
236 metered and 532
special, handicapped
and other types of
March 6 between
8:45 a.m.-9:45 a jn.
revealed parking
lots with numerous
spaces open, both in
restricted and general parking areas.
Lot Q on the
north side of
Barstow had the
fewest spaces at
both periods and
the newest parking
area, lot V at Shaw
and Woodrow, was
never more than 15
percent fuD. Others
The Accounting
Office issued 1,517 restricted, 6,929 general
352 student restricted,
71 handicapped and	
100 motorcycle perk-  Rk*F€nden,ParWng Administrator   -^aboutlOpaoent
ing permits this semes- ■» ■» 0f   »heir   9paces
ter. About l,000day passesarcsold from the   empty. Restricted lots with yellow curbs
vending machines. King said. were at most 75 percent full the emptiest
Chuck Crumbley, a junior in liberal stud- being the lot between the Library and
ies, also said parking was inconvenient.        Ampitheatre.
"Some of the restricted lots for faculty a re Findon said convenience in parking is a
hardly eveT full," he said. He'd also like a relative term since most other campuses have
parking lot put on the mall in front of the    a much more impacted parking siruatioa
*X>her universities would laugh at what
wecallpau1dngpiobleins,"Plnden8aid."At
Long Beach they call their parking decal a
hunting pass," he said.
Fmden timed the walk from the farthest
parking spot on the east side of campus to
the Social Studies building at 8:40 minutes
and to the fountain at 620 minutes.
"1 think students thatcompla in justaren't
leaving themselves enough time to get to
class.
"1 wonder how long the walk from
Weinstock's to Mac/a at the mall Is, yet no
one even thinks about that," Finden said.
Reentry student Sheree Woolf from
Oakhurs t said she doesn't have any problems with parking on campus.
"I just budget my dine and plan to arrive
about 30 minutes before class starts," Woolf
said.
Fmden said it will take until next semester to get all the details of his office settled,
but hopes it will mean better parking and
more use of alternative transportation by
students.
"Hopefully well get rid of some of the
confusion with parking and increase communication so things can work better,"
Finden said.
Miller: from
page seven
rustic items, said r«didrft mind leaving    the    hectic    schedule    of
labs and violent protest marches the year
"I was farnfliar with the turmoil from
therr»dU*perspective,butnookedatitas
a chtlknaehMead of a negati ve aspect of
taking the Job," Miller sakl
Positive aspects of university life seem
> more than compensate Miller for the
"Byti^tirrefdgoneasfaraalcould
in Freflrobroadoastii
settled here," said h
Opting for openness rather than tight-
lipped control of access to faculty and
adrrunistrators for the media, MiBer en-
/e'renotabarTierandwedon'ttryto
stop people from making contact with
faculty or a<hninstnitors," Milkr said.
"His familiarity with what the media
needs and knowingalotof the folks In the
Enrc4kdenroQedmitemas8*flanains>
nk^tk>rtsrnajtei/srxrjeram its initial year
at CSUF, figuring htfd later become a
"Unfortunately, it's harder to get the public
excited about academics than it is athletics/'
—Jim Miller
Instead, he took the job wnh in public
tofomwttori where hewa»sagam to
with the media.
"Idid^tiSavetodealwimthefrustnv
tiontsc^ working weclaCnxtoandcoveiing
things such as homWdes/' said Miller,
who Ukes to lift weights to release tension.
But he did have to deal with a university that had seen firebc<nbed computer
Tve had some great opportunities to
guest k
ingsand with the faculty here," hesaid.
"We really have some great people on
campus and I find the environment to be
stimulating,' Miller said.
"Urifortunatery, ifs harder to get the
pubttc excited about academics than it is
media give him credibility," Humphrey
said.
"He's taken the everyday tilings and
madesureeveiybr^laicwsabouttiiem,"
Humphrey said.
Fresno Bee reporter Aru« Dudley, who
covered the higher education beat from
1988 through 1990, said Miller was a pri-
mary source of information for stories.
he's been out there a long
ws almost immediately who
you need to talk to," Dudley said.
*Hefs real approachable and easy to
work with, not always tryingtopush non-
newsworthy stories off on us, because he
latowswr»atr*ewsls,"shesaid.
WorWr«wimMilkrsincel971,Monty
Montanye, a public Information officer,
said Miner's efforts have gained the support of administrators, too.
'V^faki^ofalteKintinlstn-
tots understand our mission and support
us," Montanye said.
"He'asoeasygomg.He'snwkhkind
of like a second family here.
Miller doesn't complain much, either.
Usmgmanual typewriters would seem
archaic to many public relationa offices,
but Miller understands the budget problems the university faces.
Iwat supposed togeta word proces-
sor. I even have a cable set up for a computer terminal" Miller said. "But they
don't have the money right now."
Suicide: from
page one
frequently used by females (38.65 p
followed by poisoning (26.9 percent).
Trying to understand what drives a person to suicide may be the most difficult
thing the survivors have to deal with.
"There is no easy answer," Gallagher
said. "It could be depression, or alcohol, or
sometimes we can't see what is the matter."
With young people, there is usually a
crisis in their lives they cannot seem to
resolve,
"They have no cortnection to strength,"
Gallagher said, referring to a lack of someone to look up to.
"Or they may try to talk, but they can't
communicate," she said.
Besides sadness, survivors also must deal
with guilt that comes with a suicide.
"I felt so guilty," said Janet E., whose
brother committed suicide three years ago.
"The guilt trip my parents felt was so tre-
rnendous."
Although Janet feels better now, ifs not
easy to get to that point.
"Ifs the ultimate rejection," Gallagher
said. "But if s OK to feel guilty. You eventu-
ally make peace with yourself. You do ha ve
the right to feel guilty."
One thing that could help prevent suicides is more funding for research on suicide and for programs designed to help
people in trouble, like 24-hour hotlines,
which seem to always be busy. A reporter
called the Help in Emotional Trouble hotline
(485-2673) repeatedly for six hours, only to
get a busy signal.
"Mental health hasal ways been the stepchild of the medical commuruty," Gallagher
said. "They need funding arid what they
ask for, they only get half."
Gallagher also believes there needs to be
a national focus to dispel the myths of suicide.
"Some people think it doesn't happen to
ordinary people,only to weird,crazy people,
or some rock star," Gallagher said. "But in
our meetings, there are the most ordinary,
wonderful people."
Gallagher also offers some advice for
people thinking about suicide: "If you want
to get back at someone, live."
Survivors of Suicide meets at 7 p.m. the
third Tuesday of the month at Hope
Lutheran Church. There is no cost, and
anyone may attend.
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