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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
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broadcast producers in New York, Washington and other
major media cities elsewhere."
"We serve as a resource in tandem with our client institutions when many of these same media people are seeking experts to comment on current issues. We don't replace, but rather supplement, the public relations staff at
an institution," the press release stated.
"The firm develops and maintains contacts with national
media of which we cannot reach," said Smits. "Often
times media outlets will call Dobisky Associates with
story ideas in mind and, in turn, Dobisky refers names of
their clients to them."
Jim Crisman, a representative from Dobisky Associ
ates, met with 13 faculty members last week to discuss
the university's needs.
CSUF overachievers were recognized for their extensive research in many different areas.
The faculty had no problem producing the unusual
when they met with Crisman.
Crisman was introduced to a variety of subject matter.
Kin-Ping Wong, dean of the School of Natural Sciences,
met with Crisman to discuss his Shark Cartilage Extract
Cancer Research.
""Folks from Dobisky Associates will pitch story ideas
like these to the media," said Smits. "This is coveraj,-:
lhat we would not otherwise receive."
Pants
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"The ncxi step will be to require men to wear a coat
and tie. Or that the employer has no right to have any
standard," Sen. Newton Russell said.
Michelle Karell, a senior at CSUF, and a former cocktail waitress at Lucy's bar describes her old uniform.
"I was required lo wear a black leotard and a very short
skirt lhat barely covered me. It was okay, I suppose,"
Karell said. "But it was so cold, it would be the dead of
winter and wc have to wear the uniform."
Oputa said at her favorite restaurant, " I see the men
wearing pants and shorts, but I have never seen the
women wearing pants. Why is this? People need to question this — I might be taking this too far — but I think it
is symbolic of power issues."
SB 1288 was introduced in the Assembly last spring and
was considered a non-controversial bill. But it failed in
the Senate twice.
Il took eight members of ihe Assembly to march over to
the Senate chambers and suggest that the members were
making a mistake that would anger half of the voting population. Finally, in the final hours, the Senate reversed itself, and passed the measure 21 to 15.
If the state finds employers and retailers not complying
wilh the law they could be fined a minimum of S1,000 for
violating gender-based dress standards and the pricing of
goods and services.
Farm
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condition," Paris said.
The grower receives a rating of how
the crop is growing.
The computerized process produces
results farmers would find if they
walked the field to see how the crops
are doing.
"In many cases," Paris said, "we
show them things they don't know
about. It's hard to sec what's going
on in the field if you're in the field.
The plants get in the way. The plane
shows where there's a nutrient problem, under-irrigating, bugs or a nematode problem. Plants respond to these
conditions."
Paris is now working with a company that is developing a new satellite system that would monitor ag land
by taking pictures of all the ag land
in the world.
The satellite system would provide
growers with crop data.
"It's like evidence at a trial. One
piece of evidence doesn't mean something, but put together wilh other evidence, you get a story."
Though the computer is being used
in enology, il doesn't take Ihc place
of a skilled wine-maker.
According to Enology Director
Carlos Muller, computers are mostly
used for monitoring temperatures,
blend formulations, carbon dioxide
production and pressure.
Large wine storage tanks from 1,
400 gallons to 5, 100 gallons have
their temperatures read by computer
temperature controls.
"The only real advantage of computers in wine making," Muller
said,"is their use in the laboratory to
feedback information."
CSUF was the first site of a computer-monitored weather station
called the California Irrigation Management Information System
(CIMIS), centered in Sacramento.
There are 100 to 125 stations located
in ag areas throughout California,
according to Professor of Irrigation
Management, Charlie Krauter.
The weather stations are all hooked
to a main system in
Sacramento,which calls each station
and records the day's data each night.
The system records the temperature,
humidity and wind speed, using these
factors to determine the plant's water usage for the day.
Krauter estimated that each station
costs around $ 15,000. a high price for
small and medium farmers who subscribe to the main system for the information.
Krauter said the state has spent $4
million in the last 10 years developing the system.
Computer-run irrigation systems
aren't exactly springing up in agriculture, but the technology is there, and
larger farmers are beginning to use
it. The computers can be programmed
to trigger pumps when Ihe ground
reaches a certain moisture level.
"If you have a weather system and
you know how much water your
plant's using," Krauter said, "each
computer can adjust for water use."
Krauter said computers also save
time in testing the products that are
used in irrigation.
"Something that would take us all
afternoon to test," Krauter said, "we
can do indoors computerized in 15
minutes and gel a more accurate result."
'Ellis
Simpson
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too much noise that someone would have heard.
Recently, shoeprints were found in the driveway of
ihc murder scene that didn't match ihc shoes taken from
O.J. I wonder if you'll sec that on Ihe cover of Time Magazine like the darkened photograph Ihey featured him on.
Another thing that helps his case is the fact lhat he came
back. The media views his suicide attempt as an escape
. attempt, bul he could have left for Washington. He still
had his passport. I wish someone could tell mc why he
wailed to have his passport taken if he was going to iry 10
get away.
Since no one looked anywhere else, O.J. Simpson is
taking everyone's wrath. I keep hearing the chant of "What
about the victims?" and I agree lhat they shouldn't be
forgotten. However, this doesn't mean Simpson is guilty.
He is innocent until proven guilty.
Bulldogs
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ning attack lo seal the win.
"They had us pretty worn down,"
Bulldog coach Jim Sweeney said.
This was a tribute to Jamal Willis and
the BYU rushing attack.
"Jamal Willis is an awesome back,"
Sweeney said. "He's gotten progressively tougher each year."
As for the two point margin of defeat, Sweeney said. "Had wc scored
the two point (conversion to tie the
game], I think BYU would have
scored again."
Dcspilc the loss and ihe ramifications it caused in the conference,
coach Sweeney remains optimistic.
"We're not out of il," Sweeney said.
"If wc hang tough, wc have an outside chance to go to some bowl game.
We've got a lot of football games lo
play."
The Bulldogs will next face ihe
Wyoming Cowboys at home on Oct.
15 in a rematch of last year's game
when the Cowboys escaped with a
32-28 victory.
Harmsen
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recently wrote a grant lo help save the
struggling Fresno Playhouse. She is
also writing a screenplay entitled
"Golden Stale" about the Central Pacific Railroad of the 1860s.
During the summer. Harmsen taught
at CSUF.
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natures for a petition calling for the
hiring of a minority theater professor.
Johnson said he met with these students and told them the department
agreed with them.
The department had advertised for
a faculty position which called for an
African-American, Hispanic or Asian
specialist, Johnson said.
As a result, Ellis was hired.
He then became Ihe first full-time
tenure track African-American theater
professor at CSUF.
Recruiting and finding student support wasn't a problem when Ellis first
came to CSUF.
Students like former ASI president
Staccy Green, a senior sociology major, showed her support for him by auditioning for his first play. Colored
Museum.
Green, who has worked with him on
four of his productions, said Ellis is
very focused on his work.
"He knows what he's doing and he
demands respect for the theater," she
said.
Ellis would like to further attract
more minority students by actively recruiting students through scholarships, bul resources aren't available
presently.
Ellis' colleagues are also working
hard to increase minority involvement in the theater department,
Johnson said.
They direct plays which feature minority issues and which give minorities opportunities to act.
Although Ellis has directed students
in several plays since his arrival in
1991, he will soon find himself working with students as an actor.
Theater professor Eduard Emanuel
will work with Ellis in the December
production of A Midsummer Night's
Emanuel will direct, and Ellis will
play the role of Obcron.
The theater department wanted to
introduce Ellis as an actor and to allow him to work with students.
Emanuel said.
Ellis worked with students last semester when he played a role in Joe
Turner's Come and Gone.
Ellis thinks that his acting with students is positive.
"I think there's value to my students
with me as an actor," he said.
Juan Felipe Herrera,who stars in /
Don't Have to Show You No Stinking
Badges, commended Ellis on his
work with students in the production.
He takes time with Ihe all-Chicano
cast, said Felipe-Hcrrera, assistant
professor of Chicano Latin American
Studies.
What Ellis doesn't have time for,
though, is pursuing his other interests
like traveling to Sacramento, San Jose
and Los Angeles and polishing his
acting craft.
Although he said his career keeps
him busy and he enjoys aspects of his
career, Ellis said he will pursue acting as soon as he can.
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