1981_02 The Daily Collegian February 1981

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Brown's proposed budget
Reduced services, students pay more
By Matt Sperling
Students attending CSUF next fall will
have to reach deeper into their pocket-
books If Covemor Jerry Brown's recently proposed 1961-62 state budget is
approved by the California Legislature.
The proposal includes a substantial
hike in the price of non-resident tuition,
as well as increases in late registration
and Student Services fees.
Presented to the California Legislature
Jan. 12, the governor's budget allocates
more than $936 million to the California
State University and Colleges system,
about $52 million of which will fund
CSUF. It falls nearly $35 million short of
the approximately $971 million requested by the CSUC Board of Trustees.
—a reduction in the trustees' adjustment for inflation. This means a decrease of nearly $1.7 million for CSUC
supplies and services and more than
$1.5 million for utilities.
-a reduction of nearly $16 million
in program change proposals, which the
trustees considered most In need of
funding.
—a $5.6 million decrease for program
maintenance proposals, which Includes
funding for off-campus centers and the
Disabled Student Program.
-an additional $10 million decrease
for 'special adjustments.* Only $5.6
million of this amount has been specified
to date by the board, leaving $4.4 million
in unspecified budget cuts.
The governor's budget also provides
approximately $22 million for 25 capital
outlay projects at the 19 CSUC campuses.     The trustees  had requested
nearly $44.5 million for 76 projects
In a prepared statement, CSUC
Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke said the
governor's proposal could 'at best be
described as a   survival budget.'
"In summary, we can survive with the
The broad gap between the board's
request and Brown's budget has also
caused concern among several CSUF
faculty members, even though the
governor's plan still represents an increase of nearly one percent over the
1980-81 CSUC budget.
'The governor's budget isn't realistic. It puts us in a position to lose ground
to inflation by 10 percent or more,*
said   Paul   Bissonnette,   director   of
business affairs.
Political Science professor Lyman
Heine said the 'quality of education already has suffered* In the CSUC system
and feared the situation could soon be-
There-'s going to be more competition for state dollars, and It's going to
reach a crisis point. I'm pessimistic
that the legislature is going to do much
to improve our budget,'Heine said.
Steve Rodemeyer, acting dean of
natural sciences, said the budget will result in an Increasingly inadequate level
of instructional supplies for classes.
Rodemeyer said the price of supplies
in the School of Natural Sciences has
'gone out of sight. You can't give
everyone a rat to dissect because the rats
are too expensive."
And while the CSUC will receive less
See Budget back page
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California State University, Fresno
Monday, February 2,1981
CSUF viticulture operation unique
ByioanHietpas
a tremendous tribute
to Vince Petrucci,' said Nick Dokooz-
lian, raisin and technical viticulture
teacher's aide. 'The man is' at the peak
of his career. We'll have to carry him
out feet first.'
The program Ookoozlian Is talking
about is the student-run vineyard projects on the northwest section of the
campus.
The man Dokoozlian is speaking of,
Professor Vincent Petrucci, director of
viticulture, is the godfather of the operation, an operation unlike any other In
the world; an operation that truly fits
the description of unique.
'As far as I know,* said Petrucci,
'no other grape-growing country has
a program like this, and I 've been to all
40of them.'
The student projects consist of different varieties of grape vines divided
into portions ranging from one to two-
and-a-half acres.
Viticulture students are selected to
run the projects from pruning season to
harvesting season, from the vine to the
raisin box, table or wine bottle.
'There isn't a thing in our program
that our students can't learn about
grapes that can't be done right here on
this campus,* said Petrucci. 'They can.
follow them through until the end of the
Besides the vineyards, the viticulture
department has its own packing house
for raisins, winery and cold storage.
The grapes are raised to be made into
See Viticulture page 4
Photo by Brad Cross
VINEYARD MANAGER STEVE COBB CHECKS A MECHANICAL HARVESTER
"The C8UF graduate had a five-acre project wrhenrwwasavittaltarestuYtent