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except: swim, golf, jog, fence, skate, bowl, bike . . . "Fresno State's got a lot to offer," said a resident hall student while eating a pre- Christmas cafeteria dinner. "But it's just the atmosphere here. There's nothing to do." A slight pause occurred in the conversation as the student and his companions soaked in a part of the "atmosphere." A P.E. Department chauvinist or an otherwise argumentative dinnermate could have rattled off to the forlorn diner a long list of college program offerings. Joe Athlete knows there are a good many ball games going on at Fresno State, games with prefixes like basket, hand, paddle, volley, base and speed. There's a lot of dancing, too, be it folk, square, social, Jazz or modern. There's even ballet. Swimming leads the water sports, which include such splashy items as skin and scuba diving, sailing and water polo. Among the activities remaining are such diverse ones as archery, badminton, fencing, jogging, soccer and horseback riding. Basic techniques learned through classes can be applied to such off-campus recreation as bowling, golf and ice-skating. There are four bowling alleys, eleven public golf courses and one ice rink in the Fresno area. There are also a couple of roller-skating rinks. Student journalist Bill Trask researched the recreation problem. Had he been around soaking in the cafeteria atmosphere with the others, he could have presented his argument that "with a car and a full tank of gas, one can get away from Fresno and travel into some beautiful country and feel the freedom of being away from the big city." Trask found that "Fresno State College students are closer to more national parks than those at any other four-year school in the country." Yosemite is less than 100 miles and Sequoia and Kings Canyon less than 90 miles away from Fresno. Within two hours drive are five lakes, including Redlnger, Mammoth Pool, Bass, Shaver and Hunting. About six miles long and and a half mile wide, Bass Lake offers camping facilities for 500 families and good trout fishing at Chilkoot Creek just north of it. Water from the lakes flow into the San Joaquin River. Running through the heart of the Sierra National Forest, the San JoaquinRiver offers a varied scenery, changing with the elevation. Grass, oak and digger pine of the foothill country become red fir at a higher elevation. The river funnels into Millerton Lake, a popular student gathering spot on weekends. But neither researcher Trask nor a P.E. P.R. man were around to mention these things at dinnertime to the fellow who could find nothing to do. Finally one of his companions was stirred to suggest: "You can go skiing." Thinking it over for a moment, the resident hall student acknowledged with a "yeah" that there was indeed some fun in the atmosphere around Fresno State. This concerned search for something to do during leisure time, P.E. classes aside, is vital to many students. It is probably even more important to those stuck on campus than to commuters. And the most glamorous "something* sitting on the sports gallery for commuters and residents alike would appear to be skiing. Lessons for girls were offered via a poster put up in the Commons lounge area by Gaar Strattan and John Loomis. Scratched out was a passage indicating a cabin was also available. There was little direct response to their offer and Strattan figures the girls were 11
Object Description
Yearbook Title | 1971 Campus '71 |
Date Published | 1971 |
Organization | Issued by Associated Students of Fresno State Normal School, June 1912-1921; Associated Students of State Teachers and Junior College of Fresno, June 1921; Associated Students of Fresno State College, 1922-1971; Alumni Association of California State University, Fresno, 1976-1991. |
Location | Fresno, CA |
Source | Photo Credits: Clint Cook, Don Floyd, Don Le Baron, Bruce Merighi, Rick Pack, Nick Patterson, Rudy Raimer, steve Soriano, Jerry Coe - back cover, George Kasparian, Craig Pease, Dick Yeagan - front cover |
Rights | The Campus is published by the Fresno State College Association. Opinions expressed in the Campus are the responsibility of the Campus Staff and do not necessarily reflect that of the Association, the faculty or the administration of Fresno State College. |
Description
Yearbook Title | 1971 Campus '71 |
Date Published | 1971 |
Organization | Issued by Associated Students of Fresno State Normal School, June 1912-1921; Associated Students of State Teachers and Junior College of Fresno, June 1921; Associated Students of Fresno State College, 1922-1971; Alumni Association of California State University, Fresno, 1976-1991. |
Location | Fresno, CA |
Transcript | except: swim, golf, jog, fence, skate, bowl, bike . . . "Fresno State's got a lot to offer," said a resident hall student while eating a pre- Christmas cafeteria dinner. "But it's just the atmosphere here. There's nothing to do." A slight pause occurred in the conversation as the student and his companions soaked in a part of the "atmosphere." A P.E. Department chauvinist or an otherwise argumentative dinnermate could have rattled off to the forlorn diner a long list of college program offerings. Joe Athlete knows there are a good many ball games going on at Fresno State, games with prefixes like basket, hand, paddle, volley, base and speed. There's a lot of dancing, too, be it folk, square, social, Jazz or modern. There's even ballet. Swimming leads the water sports, which include such splashy items as skin and scuba diving, sailing and water polo. Among the activities remaining are such diverse ones as archery, badminton, fencing, jogging, soccer and horseback riding. Basic techniques learned through classes can be applied to such off-campus recreation as bowling, golf and ice-skating. There are four bowling alleys, eleven public golf courses and one ice rink in the Fresno area. There are also a couple of roller-skating rinks. Student journalist Bill Trask researched the recreation problem. Had he been around soaking in the cafeteria atmosphere with the others, he could have presented his argument that "with a car and a full tank of gas, one can get away from Fresno and travel into some beautiful country and feel the freedom of being away from the big city." Trask found that "Fresno State College students are closer to more national parks than those at any other four-year school in the country." Yosemite is less than 100 miles and Sequoia and Kings Canyon less than 90 miles away from Fresno. Within two hours drive are five lakes, including Redlnger, Mammoth Pool, Bass, Shaver and Hunting. About six miles long and and a half mile wide, Bass Lake offers camping facilities for 500 families and good trout fishing at Chilkoot Creek just north of it. Water from the lakes flow into the San Joaquin River. Running through the heart of the Sierra National Forest, the San JoaquinRiver offers a varied scenery, changing with the elevation. Grass, oak and digger pine of the foothill country become red fir at a higher elevation. The river funnels into Millerton Lake, a popular student gathering spot on weekends. But neither researcher Trask nor a P.E. P.R. man were around to mention these things at dinnertime to the fellow who could find nothing to do. Finally one of his companions was stirred to suggest: "You can go skiing." Thinking it over for a moment, the resident hall student acknowledged with a "yeah" that there was indeed some fun in the atmosphere around Fresno State. This concerned search for something to do during leisure time, P.E. classes aside, is vital to many students. It is probably even more important to those stuck on campus than to commuters. And the most glamorous "something* sitting on the sports gallery for commuters and residents alike would appear to be skiing. Lessons for girls were offered via a poster put up in the Commons lounge area by Gaar Strattan and John Loomis. Scratched out was a passage indicating a cabin was also available. There was little direct response to their offer and Strattan figures the girls were 11 |
Source | Photo Credits: Clint Cook, Don Floyd, Don Le Baron, Bruce Merighi, Rick Pack, Nick Patterson, Rudy Raimer, steve Soriano, Jerry Coe - back cover, George Kasparian, Craig Pease, Dick Yeagan - front cover |
Rights | The Campus is published by the Fresno State College Association. Opinions expressed in the Campus are the responsibility of the Campus Staff and do not necessarily reflect that of the Association, the faculty or the administration of Fresno State College. |