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CALIFORNIA POLYTECHN UN IVERSITY SAN LUIS OBISPO M u s m N G D a i i y OaOBER 15,1993 VOLUME LVIII, No. 17 FRIDAY Soldier released by Somali captorsThree-year Assaioted Press ______________ _____________________ The freeing of Durant spurred more calls from Con­ gress for speeding up the departure of U.S. troops from MOGADISHU, Somalia — U.S. helicopter pilot Somalia, and President Clinton indicated he might he Michael Ehirant, battered but buoyant, returned to flexible on his March 31 deadline for withdrawal. degree push freedom Thursday on a stretcher after 11 days as a cap­ Durant, 32, clenched his teeth and his eyes teared as tive of a Somalia warlord. he was carried out on a stretcher from a walled com­ The United States said no deal was made for the pound and handed over to Red Cross representatives. release of Durant, captured in an Oct. 3 battle between He clutched a note from his wife and parents that the gaining steam U.N. troops and Mohamed Farrah Aidid’s fighters, and Red Cross gave him just before his release. He declined of a Nigerian private captured in a Sept. 5 gunfight. to speak to reporters. However, Aidid emerged with an enhanced stature Dr. John Holcomb of the 46th U.S. Army Field Poly is pursuing its own modifications as a result of the release, which he came out of hiding to Hospital, who examined Durant, said the pilot suffered announce at a news conference. He appeared confident By Brook* RIdiardsoii a broken leg, broken cheekbone and a fractured back, and dressed in a crisply pressed blue-striped shirt and Daiy Staff Writer red tie. See SOLDIER, page 2 A program that would allow college students to graduate with bachelor’s degrees in just three years is gaining favor among state lawmakers. Gov. Pete Wilson was among those to endorse the idea of a three-year accelerated college program on Wednesday. His announcement came ■* mui. at a joint meeting of the ■, . , California State University At tlllS DOlllt/ It S Board of Tmstees the mOTe tolK thon Qliy Board of Regents and state tiriH pTOpOSQIS* It S 0 i“™ “kers üttie unrealistic at But such a plan may not , , , • i aL be feasible for Cal Poly or tlllS pOint With the Cow-ch! many other CSU campuses budoet CUtS*^ anytime soon, according to ^ „ n * i « ji university officials. Colleen Bentley-Adler . .i'*? ï" Î.“’’ CSU spokesperson Rodeo practice heated up on Wednesday at the Cal Poly arena. talked about right now (for ____________ ^ r_____ Above, aninoal science senior Jimmy Usher chases — and eventually CSU schools),” s£ud chan­ catches and wrestles — a steer. Usher is one of several Poly students cellor’s office spokesperson Colleen Bentley-Adler. who will compete in the Fall Roundup, to be held at the university on ‘Ileally, it’s a matter of saving money at this point,” she Saturday at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Finals will be held on Sunday at 1 p.m. said. “(It is) certainly less expensive frr students. (They Daily photos by Elaine Taylor / Story in SPORTS, page 7 would) get out into their jobs faster and it would create more space for more students (in the CSU system).” Bentley-Adler said one idea for the program is to make college more of a year-round activity for students on the is;: three-year fast-track. “'Ib do it,” she said, “we might have to offer more classes n ^ Mk- • ■Of* during the summer.” Also, she said, the CSU system would have to make bet­ ter use of grades K-12. See G R A D U A TIO N , page 2 Clock ticking on alumni credits at Poly Rec Center - *■ - w By J*nnlf«r Morehouse Do^SjoffWriter _ _______________________________________ Students who started taking advantage of their alumni credits at the Cal Poly Rec Center this summer have watched those credits continue to disappear throughout the fall. rJ- ^ t A little-known policy mandates alumni credits — given to compensate students for fees paid before the center was s, built — to run consecutively from the time the first s; w >quarter is requested. i 'A Students currently enrolled can use the credits they ^ -Si... have already amassed during quarters they are not at­ tending. Rec Sports Director Rick Johnson said the credits run continuously because Rec Sports wants all alumni credits to be used by 1999. 'A • . < \ * -A 1' * “If the credits aren’t used continuously, we would have a database nightmare that would continue into the next century,” Johnson said. There are more than 45,000 alumni files in the database — an impossible number to start and stop alum- See REC CENTER, page 2 5 die in shooting at SoCal fitness clubINSIDE TODAY'S MUSTANG DAILY Associoted Piess ________________ worked at the large health people were inside when club’s upper floor, said he EL CAJON — A man club, said instructor Rise the gunman entered, in­ heard shots below that walked up to a fitness cen­ Kerjci. cluding five to 10 children sounded “like firecrackers.” ter at noontime Thursday, Witnesses said the in a babysitting area. When he ran shot one person to death, young man drove up to the No children were in­ downstairs, people were then entered the building Family Fitness Center in jured, she said. screaming to get out of the and fatally shot three more the suburb, about 10 miles Four people, including building and to call police, people before killing him­ east of San Diego, and shot the gunman, died at the he said. He did not see the ,^'^Aìrr self, police said. one person who had just scene. The fifth, a man, gunman, he said. Q)!umnisl Amy In addition to the five left the building. died shortly afterward at Bill McIntosh, also in è / 4 Covey discovers the dead, at least one other He then walked into the an area hospital, McClurg the weight room, said expenses of college person sustained minor in­ health club, fired several said. people started running Reodiing Ui _________ juries, said police Lt. Bill more times, walked out and One woman with minor from the room when they Fooolball faces biggest G rawk A rts, 226 Caj. Por McClurg. shot himself in his car, injuries was in stable con­ heard the shots. San Lub O bbpo, C A 93407 match of year — Southern The gunman’s victims McClurg said. dition at Grossmont Hospi­ Police were trying to Advertíjing: 756-1143 were three women and one Krejci, who was sitting tal, McClurg said. comfort and question about Utah EdilorbI: 756-1796 man, McClurg said. in an office near the lobby, Jerry Reynolds, who was 50 people still inside the Fox: 756-6784 At least one of the dead estimated a few hundred in a weight room on the health club, McClurg said. M USTANG DAILY OCT. GRADUATION: Push is intensifying to provide a tliree-year opüon for students From page 1 budget cuts.” Student reaction to the proposed fast-paced program "Studentfi would have to take more Advanced Place­ ment classes in high school,” she said. “(There would have seems mixed. Computer science freshman J.T. Gilkeson said he to be) more ties with K-12.” FRIDAY thinks a three year program sounds like a good idea. 15 Despite talk of such a program, Cal Poly students 37 schcx>l days remaining in fall quarter. shouldn’t look to see a three-year program here anytime “A lot of people I see are fifth or sixth year seniors,” he said. “It sounds good... being able to get in and out of col­ TODAY^S WEATHER: Variable clouds with a slight chance o f tain; soon, said Howard West, President Warren Baker’s ad­ ministrative assistant. lege.” variable winds to 15 mph. Liberal studies junior Linda Machado is not quite as Exp«d*d hij^/low: 7 3 /51 TiMirsday's bigh/low: 75 / 47 However, the university is working on its own program of loosening curriculum to get students through the college positive on the idea. She said three years is not enough time to learn everything that is needed for most majors. more quickly. TODAY “To reduce the formal education process (by implement­ “I think it would cram too much into too little time and ing a three year plan)... in technical disciplines... does not push (students) out too quickly,” she said. appear to be a reasonable thing to do,” West said. However, food science senior Toby Daly said he thinks N o events scheduled Even Bentley-Adler said not to expect to see a three- students could come out with as much knowledge from year program at other CSU schools, at least for a while. school in three years as five. “At this point, it’s more talk than any firm proposals,” “Cramming it in in three years or five years probably wouldn’t matter,” he said. WEEKEND shesne said.sa iQ> “(It’s)VA v s ; a iituelittle uiiremibtu;unrealistic atat tmathis puini>point with ----------- > • Pismo Beach Q am Festival, 10 a.m. Sat. and Sun. / 773-4382 REC CENTER: Alumni credits continuously evaporate, but no official complaints • American Red Cross First Aid training for the CPR-certified — all my credits." From page 1 Johnson said Rec Center employees are trained to let Sat. / 543-0696 students and alumni know what options are available • World Series - Game 1 — Sat. at Toronto, 5:29 p.m. ni credits whenever desired, he said. Still, several students said they feel cheated by the when using the center.

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