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Vol 101, No.28
CSU-Fresno
Monday, Oct 11,1993
CSUF campus
police use Mi-
tech methods
By Craig Robinson
Staff Writer
"Nine-one-one...state your
emergency," said the alert dis¬
patcher as she stared at tbe 911
computer terminal, hands on a key¬
board, phone on one ear. Four
video monitors and a plethora of
high-tech computer-dispatch hard¬
ware surround Campus Police Dis¬
patcher Deanna Billing.
'It's illegal to use 911 for non¬
emergencies," Billing informs,"
"but we have had professors [on
campus] call 911 to ask us to open
their offices...so we ask them to
use our regular line." '.*''
Such odd 911 calls are some¬
times part of tbe routine of any
police dispatcher, and Campus Po¬
lice dispatch is different from the
city police only in scale.
Tbe surveillance mo ni tors over
Billing's terminals are like the
ever-present eyes of Big Brother,
keeping dutiful watch over the
costly cbip-and-megabyte world
of the computer labs on campus.
The cameras, according to Bill¬
ing, are controlled by a computer,
which even allows them to be
swung left or right from her sta¬
tion, using a computer mouse.
Sgt: Richard Snow is a 15-year
veteran of the Campus Police, and
currently oversees station opera¬
tions on the 3-11 p.m. swing shift
"Seventy percent of my time is
spent on administration," Snow
explained; ''supervising details,
scheduling training, reviewing re¬
ports."
On the differences between
Campus Police and Fresno Police,
Snow explained the major differ¬
ence. "We don't have a lot of
drive-by shootings here."
"We do the same things [FPD]
does, we just balance tbe tasks
differently." Snow has had deal¬
ings with the FPD in the past,
nlalnly for crowd control in large
on-campus eventSa The jurisdic¬
tion of tbe Campus Police is clear,
however, and they deal with just
about every kind of emergency
- J
that could arise on a campus of
23,000 students.
Snow related a tale of a campus
event that went awry. It was a
sold-out Vintage Days concert in
1980, according to Show, and tbe
crowd was getting restless. "The
place, filled quickly and people
were spilling out into the parking
lot" Snow described the prob¬
lems of unruly crowds in tbe park¬
ing lot, where alcoholic, beverage
control is*a bigproblem. "People
were getting sloshed in tbe lot,
and started throwing bottles at ,
[campus] policecars...it wasanear
Please see Police, page
CSUF instuctor surprised at winnitig Oscar
By Jason Owen
Start" Write i
The movie "Witness," starring
Harrison Ford, won two academy
awards in 198S.
Fresno resident Pam Wallace,
who is teaching 'a screenwriting
class this semester at California
State University, Fresno, also won
her own Oscar statuette for her
screenplay of "Witness."
Her class, part of tbe extended
education courses, is technically
called "Writing Screenplays That
Sell." The class meets Thursdays
from 7-9 p.m. It is Wallace's sec¬
ond semester teaching the class.
Wallace said she was not ex¬
pecting to win the Oscar for "Wit-x
ness" and was surprised at receiv¬
ing such an honor.
"1 was totally shocked,"
Wal lace sai d. "I was not expecting
it. Everyone kept saying that
Woody .Allen was going to win."
There is a storybook tale be-
hiilti tbe origin and completion of
tbe Oscar-winning movie.
"Witness" started off as one of
Wall ace' I novels that she proposed
to her publishing company: Ttie
company turned it down because
it was so di fferent from her previ¬
ous material.
With the encouragement of her
ex-husband, she decided to sell it
as a screenplay. "Witness" was
Ken Koller/DaHy Collegian
Pam Wallace, a part-time CSUF Instuctor, co-authored the screenplay of ihe movie "Witness."
Wallace's first screenplay—and
she wrote it in six weeks, which is
fast considering many screenplays
take years to write.
1 Wallace and her agent tried to
sell the screenplay for three years
and it was rejected by every major
studio on the grounds that it was a
"directors film." Tbe studios saw.
no commercialism in tbe film and
therefore refused to buy It
Producer Ed Feldman
"optioned" the script which meant
he paid a small fee for temporary
ownership of it. Feldman took it to
Paramount where officials said
they would back it if he got.a.
bankable actor. Feldman got
Harrison Ford and the deal was
done. ?
Wallace admits that writing a
successful screenplay is not easy.
"Earning a living at any art is
difficult, only five percent of tbe
[screenwriters] guild earn a living
writing screenplays. Most ate re¬
tired of work at something else,"
Wallace said.
"People who dp make a living
at it are willing to make sacrifices.
The individual who wrote "In tbe
Line of Fire' worked for 20 years
at odd jobs, tike being a waiter.
Michael Blake was living in his
car when he. wrote 'Dances with
Wolves.'"
Wallace was born in Visatia.
She graduated from College ofthe
Sequoias and then earned a
roaster's degree in history from
UCLA. She worked for^various
Los Angeles magazines as.an edi¬
tor and as a writer. \
She wroteher first book in 1978,
entitled Fires of Beltane. She has
been successful as a freelance
writer ever since.
.Wallace hopes to teach her
screenwriting course next semes¬
ter, as well. She concentrates on
the basic craft of screenwriting in
the commercial sense. She dis¬
courages her students from writ¬
ing artistic screenplay s because tbe
realities of the marketplace make
them difficult to sell.
Wallace likes classic movies
such as "Casablanca," and she en¬
joys romantic films, her favorite .
being "The Way We Were."
She focuses on the script and
story first, with directing and act¬
ing coming second.
"My favorite mevie out right
now is the Mel Gibson movie,.
"Man Without a Face." It was a
very difficult movie to get made. It
was not a commercial film; it was
a labor of love, and I love movies
like that, [ones] that go against the
odds." Wallace said.
Object Description
| Title | 1993_10 The Daily Collegian October 1993 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1993 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) 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 | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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| Language | eng |
Description
| Title | October 11, 1993, Page 1 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1993 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) 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 | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | Vol 101, No.28 CSU-Fresno Monday, Oct 11,1993 CSUF campus police use Mi- tech methods By Craig Robinson Staff Writer "Nine-one-one...state your emergency," said the alert dis¬ patcher as she stared at tbe 911 computer terminal, hands on a key¬ board, phone on one ear. Four video monitors and a plethora of high-tech computer-dispatch hard¬ ware surround Campus Police Dis¬ patcher Deanna Billing. 'It's illegal to use 911 for non¬ emergencies," Billing informs," "but we have had professors [on campus] call 911 to ask us to open their offices...so we ask them to use our regular line." '.*'' Such odd 911 calls are some¬ times part of tbe routine of any police dispatcher, and Campus Po¬ lice dispatch is different from the city police only in scale. Tbe surveillance mo ni tors over Billing's terminals are like the ever-present eyes of Big Brother, keeping dutiful watch over the costly cbip-and-megabyte world of the computer labs on campus. The cameras, according to Bill¬ ing, are controlled by a computer, which even allows them to be swung left or right from her sta¬ tion, using a computer mouse. Sgt: Richard Snow is a 15-year veteran of the Campus Police, and currently oversees station opera¬ tions on the 3-11 p.m. swing shift "Seventy percent of my time is spent on administration," Snow explained; ''supervising details, scheduling training, reviewing re¬ ports." On the differences between Campus Police and Fresno Police, Snow explained the major differ¬ ence. "We don't have a lot of drive-by shootings here." "We do the same things [FPD] does, we just balance tbe tasks differently." Snow has had deal¬ ings with the FPD in the past, nlalnly for crowd control in large on-campus eventSa The jurisdic¬ tion of tbe Campus Police is clear, however, and they deal with just about every kind of emergency - J that could arise on a campus of 23,000 students. Snow related a tale of a campus event that went awry. It was a sold-out Vintage Days concert in 1980, according to Show, and tbe crowd was getting restless. "The place, filled quickly and people were spilling out into the parking lot" Snow described the prob¬ lems of unruly crowds in tbe park¬ ing lot, where alcoholic, beverage control is*a bigproblem. "People were getting sloshed in tbe lot, and started throwing bottles at , [campus] policecars...it wasanear Please see Police, page CSUF instuctor surprised at winnitig Oscar By Jason Owen Start" Write i The movie "Witness," starring Harrison Ford, won two academy awards in 198S. Fresno resident Pam Wallace, who is teaching 'a screenwriting class this semester at California State University, Fresno, also won her own Oscar statuette for her screenplay of "Witness." Her class, part of tbe extended education courses, is technically called "Writing Screenplays That Sell." The class meets Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. It is Wallace's sec¬ ond semester teaching the class. Wallace said she was not ex¬ pecting to win the Oscar for "Wit-x ness" and was surprised at receiv¬ ing such an honor. "1 was totally shocked," Wal lace sai d. "I was not expecting it. Everyone kept saying that Woody .Allen was going to win." There is a storybook tale be- hiilti tbe origin and completion of tbe Oscar-winning movie. "Witness" started off as one of Wall ace' I novels that she proposed to her publishing company: Ttie company turned it down because it was so di fferent from her previ¬ ous material. With the encouragement of her ex-husband, she decided to sell it as a screenplay. "Witness" was Ken Koller/DaHy Collegian Pam Wallace, a part-time CSUF Instuctor, co-authored the screenplay of ihe movie "Witness." Wallace's first screenplay—and she wrote it in six weeks, which is fast considering many screenplays take years to write. 1 Wallace and her agent tried to sell the screenplay for three years and it was rejected by every major studio on the grounds that it was a "directors film." Tbe studios saw. no commercialism in tbe film and therefore refused to buy It Producer Ed Feldman "optioned" the script which meant he paid a small fee for temporary ownership of it. Feldman took it to Paramount where officials said they would back it if he got.a. bankable actor. Feldman got Harrison Ford and the deal was done. ? Wallace admits that writing a successful screenplay is not easy. "Earning a living at any art is difficult, only five percent of tbe [screenwriters] guild earn a living writing screenplays. Most ate re¬ tired of work at something else," Wallace said. "People who dp make a living at it are willing to make sacrifices. The individual who wrote "In tbe Line of Fire' worked for 20 years at odd jobs, tike being a waiter. Michael Blake was living in his car when he. wrote 'Dances with Wolves.'" Wallace was born in Visatia. She graduated from College ofthe Sequoias and then earned a roaster's degree in history from UCLA. She worked for^various Los Angeles magazines as.an edi¬ tor and as a writer. \ She wroteher first book in 1978, entitled Fires of Beltane. She has been successful as a freelance writer ever since. .Wallace hopes to teach her screenwriting course next semes¬ ter, as well. She concentrates on the basic craft of screenwriting in the commercial sense. She dis¬ courages her students from writ¬ ing artistic screenplay s because tbe realities of the marketplace make them difficult to sell. Wallace likes classic movies such as "Casablanca," and she en¬ joys romantic films, her favorite . being "The Way We Were." She focuses on the script and story first, with directing and act¬ ing coming second. "My favorite mevie out right now is the Mel Gibson movie,. "Man Without a Face." It was a very difficult movie to get made. It was not a commercial film; it was a labor of love, and I love movies like that, [ones] that go against the odds." Wallace said. |
