1992_03 Insight March 1992

              Volume 24, Issue 17
Wednesday, March 11,1992
New parking official means money
ByToddHcth
Staff Writer     1	
Finding convenient spots to park at 8
a.m. frustrates CSUF parking kingpin
Rick Finden just as it does other faculty and
staff. That's why Finden, the campus
parking administrator, says he'll soon stop
driving his "small foreign truck" and start
pedaling his Diamond Back mountain bike
to work at the University Police Station
It's only two miles from "door to door,"
and he'll lock the bike in front of the station
rather than walking two blocks from faculty and staff parking lots.
Finden was hired last month to direct all
parking and transportation matters for
CSUF. As parking administrator, Finden
doesn't get a special parking stall with his
name on it, and he still has to pay for a
permit.
"I remember the parking game from
when I was a student," said Finden, a 1989
graduate of CSU, Sacramento. "My friends
think ifs funny I'm in this position because
theyremerrtbermecomplamii^aboutpark-
ing and getting a couple tickets myself," he
said.
Finden, 34, hopes to improve parking
conditions by making alternative transportation more attractive. His ideas include
van pools, preferential or free parking for
car poolers and subsidized public mass
transit to allow students reduced or free
passes.
Administrators decided to create the
parkingadministra tor positionaftcr the state
legislature changed the percentage of monies universities receive from parking fines.
Unless universities provide their own
adjudication and administration for park-
ingcitationappealsand collections, the state
will take 75 percent of all collected revenues
—25 percentmore than in the past. But with
the parking administrator the university
keeps 95 percent of the money collected
from fines — more than $30U000 in 1990.
That money will pay for the projects
Finden decides on and his salary, making it
a self-sufficient program.
Appealsof citations will no w be handled
by Finden instead of the Fresno Municipal
Court The format for appeals is yet undetermined since the state judicial council
must set standards.
Finden is correlating the whole process
with the DM V and courts so every aspect of
parking administration will be streamlined
into his office.
University Police Lt Steven King said
consolidating all parking matters into one
position was the only logical choice after the
sta te changed thedivision of citation money,
and will decrease problems with parking.
This way the money goes back into the
university program," King said.
"Now parking and transportation problems can be dealt with and possibilities
investigated for making things bolter," he
said.
Ki ng said the money from fi ncs migh t be
used to make parking restrictions clearer,
such as painting curbs and installing more
visible signs, improving lighting in parking
lots and adding bike paths.
Susan Aldrich, director of facilities and
planning, said such help to parking condi-
tionsmightbe necessary since no additional
parking will be added if the state requires
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Suicide victims
are individuals,
not statistics
Support groups can help
Rodeo Instructor Rick Karkula Is credited with rejuvenating the CSUF rodeo team.
Rodeo's more than horse sense
By Heather Crookshanks
Staff Writer
CSUFs rodeo instructor Rick
Karkula took the college
rodeo world by the horns in 1974-
75 when, as a student, he and his
teammates won the National
Intercollegiate Rodeo Championship.
Fresno's team hasn't won it
since. But that's all changing.
"We put the team together in
'72 and we'll do it again in '92,"
Karkula said.
In the spring of '91, the semes
ter before Karkula took over as
CSUFs rodeo instructor, there
were five students involved in the
program. Last fall 20 students, attracted by Karkula's dedication
and charisma, became active rodeo students.
Anne Rodiek, a CSUF instructor who was on the commi ttee tha t
hired Karkula, can vouch for his
commitment to his students.
Karkula is paid to teach two
classes, but serves as supervisor
on all road trips— with expenses
coming out of his own pocket,
Rodiek said.
This spring 40 students have
taken advantage of the rejuvenated
and local assistant veterinarian,
knows Karkula is gifted with
horses and can help his students
train their animals correctly.
"Rick understands the needs of
aropinghorse,"Holtsaid. "When
he brings his animals in for their
shots you can tell they're well cared
for."
Besides learning to train their
horses for competition, students
must carry 12 units or more and be
members of the National
Intercollegiate Rodeo Association,
which is comparable to the NCAA.
Rodeo students pay $100 a semester toward feed for their horses
and participate in work days,
which involve hauling sand into
the arena and cleaning stalls. These
requirements aren't always easy
for students to fulfill.
"Some of us couldn't pay our
fees on time and Rick stuck his
neck out for us," said Gina
O'Connor, ,a junior transfer
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By Andrea P. Purl	
Staff Writer
Shebrokeup with her boyfriend
on Valentine's Day.Two weeks
later, she shot herself to death at his
house.
The woman, a 21 -year-old CSUF
education major, became a statistic
and left in her wake feelingsof guilt
and sadness.
Sandy Gallagher, one of the six
founders of a support group called
Survivors of Suicide, said that although she has not seen a rise in the
numberof suicides in Fresno. There
is a suicide in the United States every 18 minutes.
Gallagher started thegroup with
her husband, Dick, and six other
survivors after their son David, 17,
committed suicide in 1985. The
group has about 200 members, and
they have about 29 people attend
their monthly meetings.
"E veryone who commi ts su ieide
leaves eight victims; we're here to
help," she said.
"We do a lot of public outreach," she said, "We hav e a set
format for presentations to high
schools and middle schools. "It's
the second leading cause of death
among people age 14 to 22, and the
ninth leading cause of death among
adults," she said, "the suicide rate
for people ages 14 to 22 has risen 300
percent in the past 20 years." Car
accidents are the leading cause of
death for young peopic.   .
Last year in Fresno County, 65
people took their own lives. Most of
these people were older, according
to Senior Deputy Coroner Richard
Tobin. "We haven't seen a large
increase in young people's suicide,
but the vast majority of suicides wc
do see are white males, age 20 to
50," Tobin said.
"Men tend to use more immediately lethal methods, guns or hanging. Women usually use pills, or
sometypeofingestion."Tobinsaid.
This is a changing trend, according to a report from the National
Center for Health Statistics. "In 1970
poisoning by solids or liquids were
the methods most frequently used
by females (36.7 percent) followed
by firearms 002 percent); in I960
firearms was the method most
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Fee woes
may result
in faculty
pay cuts
By David Donnelly
StaffWriter        	
The Fresno California
Faculty Association is
urgi ng the ta*Jc force on budget
and fiscal planning to
recommend       meaningful
THs»iggestionwasirichided
in a letter on cost savings and
cutswrirtenbyWayneDominick,
the president of the Fresno CFA,
tojohn Welty, president of CSUF
arid task force chairman.
Dominick suggests that consolidation would be accomplished through the combining
of offices with overlapping
functions-He also suggests the
sharing of adrninistrative support staffs could reduce clerical
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Administrative salaries climb with fees
W
hile the Task Force on Budget and
Planning considers fiscal reductions, the
local California Faculty Association is pushing for
cutbacks in administrative costs. Between 1990
ar»dl992,67 CSUF administrators received salary
increases totaling $290279. Listed above are the
current salaries of five administrators.    »•
While CSUF president John D. Welly's salary
didrir^dwngeJtbi^tKiedasaberichrriarkfor
an office on campus but refuses to talk to student
reporters, takes home $5,904 more than when he
was president
Trie university budget officer's salary went up
$1^516. Gary Cunningham received $5784. The
full Ust detailing who gets what fa on file at the
Madden Library reference desk.
Under cover
Senior Lou Clem pauses near San Ramon 4 to take a
drink during his Survey Engineering 103 lab.