Off Back Burner , by Randy Sumimoto No Way You Can Do a Building Proj Looking Into Means of Financing Staffwritcr Ect Unilaterally
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:ipec. Co II. I. (I n <). ti Cb () / h (A l" dli v e c:; ) I.. I Orion . J' ?'~: 9 ApT' h, J 9nn BMU Expansion Re (' e i v e dOli: (1 tl - 11 h '-IHI J .1 r~ ER I AM LJ IHU\I? Y.' .- CS I J, ' CIf I C(J , . ,(. Off Back Burner , by Randy Sumimoto no way you can do a building proj looking into means of financing StaffWritcr ect unilaterally. I wunled to gl't the expansion. both parties together so they The standard route for financ John Cooper, student union could both air their concerns." ing would be state-issued bonds. I I director of the Associated Stu Cooper said he worked during These bonds would be paid back dents, will present Bell Memorial spring brenk to put a packet to through student fees over a period Union expansion plans to th~ gether containing expansion in of time. Another route would be to :( student union board Monday. formation gathered from the bring in private investors who I lfthe board decides to push for committee mt'Ctings to give to the would pay for the building and expansion approval, the AS board student union board. then lease it back to the univer of directors would have to bring The student union board will sity. .; California State University, Chico Vol. 20 Issue 9, April 6, 1988 expansion to a student vote for also have to decide what to do with Last spring, the student union ,','r. approval. Students must ap elI.tra space if the BMU is ex made expansion plans, but be ',' prove expansion because funding .\} panded. Some features being cause of the time-consuming proc I' for the project would come from considered are a swimming pool, a ess of reorganizing the AS, Buck '1," an increase in student fees, said weight room, a theater and a rae- ley said the expansion plans were ! Jon Slaughter, AS director of ,:! Stolon Books marketing services. .1: A tip from a Chico State student led university ',: Cooper is the chair of an ad hoc , pOlice to a Nord Avenue apartment that con committee which has been meet tained 270 stolen Merlam Ubrary books, ing about once a month since November to discuss possibilities Page? .. ' for expanding the BMU. "We've looked at various op ~i tions and the financing for those ,. options," he said. :' Overcrowding at the BMU "John has been collecting data It Is time that the Associated Students and the on various proposals, or ideas," university approve expansion plans for a larger ,aid BMU director David Buck- Bell Memorial Union. Page 16 " ~ Forensics team goes to Finals ,l, , \ Chico Staste's Forensic team I~ sending five speal<ers to the National finals In illinois this week. Page 23 Married Wildcat track stars. Chico State's Dave and Sonya Marden, record . " .' . '-j H&i i . Expanding the Union? holders on the Chico State track team, now h·J'~.",..;;.;~.~",,"", ':~' .' ., David BucKley, Director of the have the responsibilities of marriage as well. .~. Student Union, Is a key factor In Page 36 the BMU expansion. If the BMU :/ Is reconstructed It will mean more facilities available to the students. Student Growth and the BMU JanIce Helnzler/The OrIon When The ExIsting BMU opened In 1969, there were already 2,661 more students on the campus than It was designed to accommodate (Under Phase t ). put "on the back burner" until ~~h=~n,:!,d III, tho BMU could accomodate 'If.I.,':,' ley, "There were some things quetball court. The committee made cost pro now. j 1600.. , p.J ·-- ~..... m·T---r--'-·-I--'-,r-·-I· \":', tossed around, perhaps going .j ,.-u n_ I with our original proposal." jections for two expansion possi There are several important , S issues student board members b14000 !, ___ +JI'ICtDUUl__ i~~j-_ I ,---~f-! !?i The original proposal was to bilities - a BMU with all the recreation facilities, and one with must consider, said Buckley. "The size of the building will have a ~12000 I __ !!.~J-~-' 1- -l~---:II~~---'F~-,-r~---.. -r·-i r:l :::ndn~~!~~o:~~:e~:~e it only the basic student services. "With that information," Coo direct correlation to the amount of ~ I~ ' _____ ,.. il,I~. .1 .... -;.} .. ,..- .. !.I. i - . .1, J .1 " f,r::',!" "That was the original idea we money that the student fees will ww , . ;', _,. were workingwith," Buc1deysaid. per said, "the student union board be," he said. P Pro II ,Ula i H "Then as we got together, talked can now figure out where they o aooo .IlO1 - -.-----; .,. \J about some other ideas, there want to fall between the two ex "That's why I think it's impor tant that the students (on the ~ l1OOO I!: IlJ ,.~>': M were some other variables that tremes. "".,t.-'_, __ board) take a look at what they L Ii' . :;; !.'i came up from the people that were The ad hoc committee is "just A I on the committee." putting things together so the think would be a feasible in I ~ooo -,,-, ---'I'" -'. i P Cooper said he chose a com- student union board could look at crease," he continued. Buckley said student board O 2000 - .. --,---1- '--- , ,:. ir. mittee of two students and several something tangible," said Cooper. N I I Ii::., members might consider building I ,:.-•. -) ,,,. ;, university officials because "at Cooper said he does not wish to o.... --t-..::+-~~I---+~~~ ..... "'::FA1J.t:""""":~::':1:w. -".' .. the time, the communication be- disclose the cost projections until a new union at another site as ~: ~~ ~~ . ~~ 1084 1m I' tween the union and the univer- he presents the plans to the stu Ycnr ~:i sity wasn't very good, and there's dent union board. The AS is also see Expansion page 11 ~--~--------------------~ .. " ," ". '" .'~ ... .' J ~. ..~ \ . Video Aimed at Job-Seeking Grads ~herc is always an imbalance of gt:neraJly helpful, but was slow ut what people major in, and what's getting off the ground. hot. There's a mismatch of what "He's noL really nn outstand I, they're looking for, and what's ing speaker," said Greenshields of available. Leflkowitz. "But what he hilS to "Second, we aee more and say is very important. A lot of more college seniors graduate what he said pertained to me and every year," he said. "In thiscoun how I've succeeded in my past jobs try 900,000 college graduates will and in school." hit the job market this year. And The video hus un unrni~lllk it will increase even more next cable locally-filmed quality tf) it, year." but aside from the bumpy cumcl'a ,t, ) /1fi, West and Alger worked with n rides around the iIluminntetlulld 1 I,,', $25,000 budget to produce and overheated audience, the video I," '.; edit the tape that was relellsed for looked effectively produced unJ -'.,": Hale and rent Just month. should be Hucccf;sful, said another The video's key points include student. self-preparation, developing a "Some of what he said was . I synopsis for ever-present ques contradictory," said GreeIlsh tions like "Tell me about your ields. "He tells us not to be over self," building one's self-confi prepured, nnd yet he tells us to dence, illustrating the technical 'practice, practice, prncLice'before ,! , , aspects of one's experience (or going into an interview. 'rhai's lack of), ways of managing the my only real gripe. Other than (.: ,; problem of a low GPA, and finally that I think it's very good." Janice Helnzler/Tho Onon focusing on what questions are The tape can be viewed on the Do you want the lob?- David West. Chris West and Craig Alger. of the Professional Training Specialists. the best to Mk of the interviewer top floor of Meriam Library. producod a video discussIng how college senIors can be effective Interviewees, Included with the purchase at the end 01 the interview. Those who wish to rent or buy it of Ihe vldoo is an instruclfonal bookie I. Julie Greenshields, a Chico can find it at Ray's Video, Tropical , State senior in international Video, All the Best Videos lind .r by Julia Seitz "A lot of those other run-of in it," said Crenshaw. "The infor marketing, said the video was Video Works. 0 Staff Writer the-mill interviewee preparation mation for interviewi ng skills was tapes insult the intelligence. They very good, very solid," he said. A videll aimed Ilt improving show you how to sit straight, dress "Seniora generally have a '.I"II the intcrvi,' wing' skills ofstudents nicely and not chew gum," said sense ofinvincibility when they go I'" was recently produced at Chico Alger. "But we feel that if stu to the job market, but are soon State und features university dents have an investment in overwhelmed with the competi '~1 Rtudents, faculty und administra themselves, they also have the tion," said Alger. ~l tOTS. intelligence to polish them According to t.he U.S. Depart The video is titled "Interview selves." , ment of Labor,200,000 graduates u ing with Confidence: the College It's 888umed students who) will not receive employment that ',' " Graduate's Guide to Getting the rent or buy the video have already\. relai6S to their career interesw. Right Job," and is a cOndensed accomplished some goals, con 'THereI' are two reasons why version of a four-hour seminar tacted employers, and set up the students don't receive jobs within featuring nationally known inter interview, said West. "We help their major, said Alger. "First, !i~ view/trainer Peter Lctlkowitz. take it from there." ) Lctlkowitz is in the top 10 Alger and West screened 36 percent of productivity in the Chico Rtntc professors, adminis .ntry as a placement munager, trator~ and stu,:rJnts to partici said Craig Alger, training profes pate in Leflkowitz't;live audience.