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VoL 96 No. 26
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1990
Life goes on for
CSUF worker after
prison camp v
By Stuart Rosenberg
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
"The only thing that changed about me Is that I picked up this
smoking habit." -James Davis, about the Army.
For many war veterans the recollection of events that transpired during
their years in service doesn't bring back
fond memories. .
Some people are never able to recover from their war experiences, often
finding it to hard to deal with reality
because of traumatizing events that
have forever changed the course of their-
lives.
And then there is CSUF custodian
James Davis: a man who has been
through a war, has been, a prisoner of
. war. and has seen everything that goes
on during a war, and has the courage.
- strength, and determination to continue his life and not let the unpleasant
memories dictate his existence.
Bom in Bradshaw. Maryland in 1932.
Davis was raised in a military family -
seven uncles and his father all served In
the United States armed forces during
World War II.
Davis grew up with his brother and
his seven sisters on an army base in
Bradshaw under the guidance of his
mother while his lather served with the
navy. As far back as Davis could remember, he wanted to get in on the
action, and on Feb. 18.1948. at the age
of 15. he and a friend enlisted In the
United States Army.
His first assignment took him to Fort
Meade, Maryland for all of one day.
From Fort Meade he, alongwith the rest
of the 25th infantry Regiment 5030 Air -
Field Battalion, made his way to Fort
Dix (located outside of Trenton. N.J.).
for 11 weeks ofbaslc training. After Fort
Dix, Davis was sent to Fort Louis, Wash.,
where he would remain from May of
1948 through July 1950. \
Davis' next stop was Pusan. South
Korea, where the Communist North
Koreans had the South Korean and
United Nations,forces trapped.
"We fought from August to November
of 1950." Davis said of his stay In Pusan.
"After the 28th Division sent us out of
Japan, we moved to Seoul where [the
North Koreans] ran out We thought
that after they ran that we could get
back for Christmas."
Davis was called back to South Korea five days before the Chinese attacked. -.- itg
"In their attack, the Chinese managed to wipe out five divisions in five
days, killing 735 men in all." Davis
recalled. "When they attacked It was
Justing get dark outside.
"Thirteen of us'got out that night but
when the Chinese hit they left many
people and moved south in our direction. We tried to run but we ran into an
amhunh. They killed four of us and
captured the rest*
Davis and the others captives were
taken to a war camp where they found
others like themselves.
"F-86 (fighter Jets] attacked at 2
o'clock [p.m.] the next day and the
Chinese attacked six of them. American
Jets attacked the Chinese while we were
In the camp," Davis said. They attacked us as we walked north for about
a week and then the Chinese started
walking us at night because it would be
harder to attack in the dark."
Davis remained In that camp until
the spring of 1951.
It was reported that the temperature was 55 degrees below zero. Every
morning we got up to see how many
men were dead; 35 men was the most
we counted dead In a hut" Davis said.
See DAVIS, page 4
CSUF students win
cattle-judging contest
Loss of link-up stirs
Academic Senate
By Debbie Richards
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Bolstering their public speaking skills
and the Image of the agriculture department the CSUF dairy-cattle Judging
team won first place recently at the
Western fottaal Factorial Dairy Cattle
Judging contest in Puyallup. Washington.
The team members, seniors Barbara
Borelli. Molly Jacobs and Geneva
McCaO. and Junior Bill VanderHelm.
combine for 23 years of Judging expert
ence. They are coached by Ron Deaver.
assistant herdsman in the agriculture
Its a good recruiting tool" said
Deaver of the team's success. "Its
important to the industry people who
see CSUF doing welL It means they
might be more likely to offer the students a Job. It Just promotes the Ag
program the way the football team promotes sports."'
Aside from the benefits afforded the
school because of the team's success,
the students get personal rewards. They
get to know the Industry, and It helps
them with public speaking" said Deaver.
All four members of the team cited
increased self-confidence In public
speaking as the most Important thing
gained from Judging contests.
At the Washington contest the students were required to place each of the
cows in order from best to worst The
public speaking •kills became Impor-
tantwhen the students went before the
Judges to give what Deaver called their
"defense of reasons, using [agricultural |
terminology."
See AWARDS, page 5
By Christopher HeredU
- COLLEGIAN EDITOR IN CHIEF
Communications became the largest agenda item at the Academic
Senate meeting Monday when professor LesPlncu suggested the senate protest the Chancellor's Office's
effort to cut a computer data base
from the 20-campus C SU system.
. The data base ifeassue is the
Central Cyber 960, located In the
Chancellor's office, said Pineu. The
Cyber, which CSUF connects to by
phone. Is a research tool used by
tacutly, students and adminlstra--
tors.
Plncu, a crlminokigy professor,
sakt'the Chancellor's Office in Long
Beach had adjusted the Cyber so
that some of the 20 CSU campuses
were notable to access data files that
were Important to laculty and students at each of the campuses.
The Cyber has functions and [the
Chancellor's Office) made no provisions [when they cut these] functions." Pin cu said.
A senator for the statewide Academic Senate, Plncu said he was
angry that the Chancellor's Office
did not consult students and laculty
atthe affected CSU campuses before
making the decision to cut the data
flies. ,
They did it without • study as to
the effects of the cute.- be said. "...
causing * tremendous reaction
throughout the 20 campuses."
Plncu presented at the Sept 25
Sea>ASj,po9«>5
.
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| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1990 |
| Description | Daily (except weekends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif. : BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels ; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Assocated Students of Fresno State. |
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| Full-Text-Search | VoL 96 No. 26 Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1990 Life goes on for CSUF worker after prison camp v By Stuart Rosenberg COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER "The only thing that changed about me Is that I picked up this smoking habit." -James Davis, about the Army. For many war veterans the recollection of events that transpired during their years in service doesn't bring back fond memories. . Some people are never able to recover from their war experiences, often finding it to hard to deal with reality because of traumatizing events that have forever changed the course of their- lives. And then there is CSUF custodian James Davis: a man who has been through a war, has been, a prisoner of . war. and has seen everything that goes on during a war, and has the courage. - strength, and determination to continue his life and not let the unpleasant memories dictate his existence. Bom in Bradshaw. Maryland in 1932. Davis was raised in a military family - seven uncles and his father all served In the United States armed forces during World War II. Davis grew up with his brother and his seven sisters on an army base in Bradshaw under the guidance of his mother while his lather served with the navy. As far back as Davis could remember, he wanted to get in on the action, and on Feb. 18.1948. at the age of 15. he and a friend enlisted In the United States Army. His first assignment took him to Fort Meade, Maryland for all of one day. From Fort Meade he, alongwith the rest of the 25th infantry Regiment 5030 Air - Field Battalion, made his way to Fort Dix (located outside of Trenton. N.J.). for 11 weeks ofbaslc training. After Fort Dix, Davis was sent to Fort Louis, Wash., where he would remain from May of 1948 through July 1950. \ Davis' next stop was Pusan. South Korea, where the Communist North Koreans had the South Korean and United Nations,forces trapped. "We fought from August to November of 1950." Davis said of his stay In Pusan. "After the 28th Division sent us out of Japan, we moved to Seoul where [the North Koreans] ran out We thought that after they ran that we could get back for Christmas." Davis was called back to South Korea five days before the Chinese attacked. -.- itg "In their attack, the Chinese managed to wipe out five divisions in five days, killing 735 men in all." Davis recalled. "When they attacked It was Justing get dark outside. "Thirteen of us'got out that night but when the Chinese hit they left many people and moved south in our direction. We tried to run but we ran into an amhunh. They killed four of us and captured the rest* Davis and the others captives were taken to a war camp where they found others like themselves. "F-86 (fighter Jets] attacked at 2 o'clock [p.m.] the next day and the Chinese attacked six of them. American Jets attacked the Chinese while we were In the camp," Davis said. They attacked us as we walked north for about a week and then the Chinese started walking us at night because it would be harder to attack in the dark." Davis remained In that camp until the spring of 1951. It was reported that the temperature was 55 degrees below zero. Every morning we got up to see how many men were dead; 35 men was the most we counted dead In a hut" Davis said. See DAVIS, page 4 CSUF students win cattle-judging contest Loss of link-up stirs Academic Senate By Debbie Richards COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Bolstering their public speaking skills and the Image of the agriculture department the CSUF dairy-cattle Judging team won first place recently at the Western fottaal Factorial Dairy Cattle Judging contest in Puyallup. Washington. The team members, seniors Barbara Borelli. Molly Jacobs and Geneva McCaO. and Junior Bill VanderHelm. combine for 23 years of Judging expert ence. They are coached by Ron Deaver. assistant herdsman in the agriculture Its a good recruiting tool" said Deaver of the team's success. "Its important to the industry people who see CSUF doing welL It means they might be more likely to offer the students a Job. It Just promotes the Ag program the way the football team promotes sports."' Aside from the benefits afforded the school because of the team's success, the students get personal rewards. They get to know the Industry, and It helps them with public speaking" said Deaver. All four members of the team cited increased self-confidence In public speaking as the most Important thing gained from Judging contests. At the Washington contest the students were required to place each of the cows in order from best to worst The public speaking •kills became Impor- tantwhen the students went before the Judges to give what Deaver called their "defense of reasons, using [agricultural | terminology." See AWARDS, page 5 By Christopher HeredU - COLLEGIAN EDITOR IN CHIEF Communications became the largest agenda item at the Academic Senate meeting Monday when professor LesPlncu suggested the senate protest the Chancellor's Office's effort to cut a computer data base from the 20-campus C SU system. . The data base ifeassue is the Central Cyber 960, located In the Chancellor's office, said Pineu. The Cyber, which CSUF connects to by phone. Is a research tool used by tacutly, students and adminlstra-- tors. Plncu, a crlminokigy professor, sakt'the Chancellor's Office in Long Beach had adjusted the Cyber so that some of the 20 CSU campuses were notable to access data files that were Important to laculty and students at each of the campuses. The Cyber has functions and [the Chancellor's Office) made no provisions [when they cut these] functions." Pin cu said. A senator for the statewide Academic Senate, Plncu said he was angry that the Chancellor's Office did not consult students and laculty atthe affected CSU campuses before making the decision to cut the data flies. , They did it without • study as to the effects of the cute.- be said. "... causing * tremendous reaction throughout the 20 campuses." Plncu presented at the Sept 25 Sea>ASj,po9«>5 . |
