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'AGRICULTURE
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future positions," he said.
Right now the laboratory is used by the
Agriculture Economics and Education
Departmeni and the Plant Science and
Mechanized Agriculture Department, but
it will eventually be used by all of the
He is using computers for applications
in agriculture other than economic. He
says the computers can be used for plug-
girigTtrsoil.croparid weather information
have and when it should get it.
"You don't have to be accounting for
money, you can be accounting for water,"
he said.
Krauter is pleased with the "Lotus"
programming system the school has de¬
al of agricultur
gation in the Plant Science Departm
teaching a class in the laboratory _
"Microcomputers in Plant Science."
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said Kra
"The beauty of this system is when you
change one number, any other number in
the whole worksheet that depends on that
number will also change," says Krauter.
He is using the speculating and calculat¬
ing abilities of the program to teach prac¬
tical analysis, like sprinkler testing, to his
students.
"You can take all of the information
about a sprinkler system: the depth of the
well, the pressure the sprinkler has to
operate, the pipe size and the length of the
pipe line, all of the physical characteristics
of a sprinkler system, and enter it into the
spreadsheet. With the correct formulas
entered, the computer could calculate the
horsepower needed by the motor, how
much power would be used, how much the
monthly power bill would be as well as the
range of the sprinkler and the amount of
waterthat will be delivered," Krauter said.
"If there's a way you can analyze some¬
thing, you can write it into the computer
with this program," said Krauter. He also
said that word processing programs will
soon be available for the students,'*
"Eventually when this is an open lab,
students can check out the word process¬
ing program and type their term papers."
The school of agriculture is also work¬
ing on developing extension courses so
that anyone in the community interested
in the application of computers
turc can learn using the laboratory,
classes should be starting at
January.
The funds for the computer laboratory
were provided by private contributors, ai
well as by the state of California. Dona¬
tions from the James G. Boswell Founda:
tion and the Folmar Agricultural Fund
provided the money for the remodeling,
and the state purchased the computer
equipment using funds from the Program
Change Proposal.
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TO THE MOST
IMPORTANT PERSON
CSU, Fresno
Thursday, Oct. Jf. 1984
The Daily Collegian
Possible Senate
[funding violation
iied Students Senate in allocating
a College Republicans, said Dean
lent Affairs Bill Corcoran.
late, however, Corcoran said the
of the Californ
Adn
Corcoran spoke Wednesday at a meeting
ailed by Legislative Vice President Ann
Dfcoston to discuss the allegation that the
According to a request filed Tuesday,
he AM inlated Article 1. Section IV of its
onsiituiion when it allocated $500 to
>lk\uc Republicans during the Hedgley
administration. The allegation, which was
led b\ Campus Democrats, requested
hat Ihe Student Court review the matter.
The student Court is presently an in¬
due body.
Article I, Section IV slates that the AS
ipnoi support or oppose any candidate
oi puhlic office. Title 5, which has the
ffeci ol l-aw, upholds that article.
Cam pus Democrat Lawrence Arias said
"uesd.iy he was under the impression the
c.S could not fund organizations like
.'ollege Republicans.
Corcoran,however,disagreed. Balance.
(said is the key. An organization funded
must provide various' political
l. If an organization presents
one political view and is funded
then there is no violation of the
ution or California Administra-
A request for AS funding by the College
Republicans stated that the intent of the
group was to promote unbiased political
awareness that would not "only include
Republican Party bias, but rather the full
range in which the term applies."
In reading the proposal, Corcoran said,
he cannot find the AS in violation of its
constitution or Title 5.
"If everything is perfectly legal," said
Arias, "then Campus Democrats will
monitor what [College] Republicans are
doing to see that they ad in accordance to
what's on paper."
Arias said he was disappointed Campus
Democrats were not informed of Wednes¬
day's meeting.
Those in attendance at the meeting
included: Administrative Vice President
Bob Whalen, Legislative Vice President
Ann Johnston, Corcoran, Associate Dean
of Student Affairs Tom Boyle, College
Union Director Earl Whitfield, College
Republican President Mark Jones and
former College Republican President
Martin Togni.
In order to collect the S500 allocation,
the Republican group must submit line
items to the Senate, revealing where the
group wishes to spend its money. Once
submitted, the line items will be reviewed
by the Finance and Budget Committee,
then sent back to the Senate for a vote.
* Before the Wednesday meeting, Whalen
said it was the intent of the Finance and
Budget committee to promote discussion
on campus. He said the committee had
. See Senate, Page 4
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Engineering enrollment up for women
eg majors enrolled in
is ago. female engine
UF were about,
wstorm in the middle of August.
have changed.
approximate 130female    Society*of Womer Engineers, believes
*-r.»-,ii^i,n the School    there has always bctn something of i
"suppressed" female interest in engine
ering that is just now starting to surface.
"I imagine that there has always been
female  interest  in  engineering," sail
Grant. "But tradition has been that wo
men don't go into it."
One of the reasons why more wome
Voter
Registration
ly a few days rt
|Cilifornians to register tr.
General Electi
1 nve is under way at California
mversity, Fresno.
SU F Associated Students will
voter registration in the Free
\rea 11-1 p.m. until October 9,
ialed Students organiza-
!   of   s
:r CSUF students.
ipproach is rather unique. To
i>c/e the simplicity of registering,
• iciated Students organization
dopted the campaign theme,
'tenng to  Vote is a  Piece of
In addition, CSUF Food Ser-
cgrecd to reinforce this message
lira free cupcake to every student
pmcj-s to vote by October 9.
.impaign is being coordinated
VS.  Senate's  Public Affairs
ncrcase the voting power of
i this state as well as giving
ie opportunity to "speak for
." on November 6.
of Engineering, and the number is in-    don't enter engineering, explained Grant, "The idea that a female can be an
creasing^wrtrTevery semester.                        is that they are usually raised in a no-math engineer is nowa possibility."
Electrical   engineering  is   the   most    and science oriented environment. Though outnumbered, women in the
popular program with females, who now        Most young girls "are brought up where engineering program a re not treated much
account for roughly 10 percent of the    their folks give them dolls instead of different than their male counterparts,
engineering school's total population.          Tonka Toys," she said. said Grant.
Jennifer Grant, president of (he CSUF       But Grant also pointed out that our "The professors are really good about
society now has more relaxed attitudes it," she said. "ThCmales in the program
toward a woman that chooses to enter a hold no biases, we work together."
male-dominated profession. Friar is now the advisor to the Society
"It's a breaking down of traditional of Women Ehgineers, now in its third year
roles,"said Grant. "Women are finally not here.   The  30-membcr  club  is  putting
feeling intimidated  by going into en- together an engineering resume guide for
gineering." junior and senior engineering students.
Dr, Karen Frair, the School of Engin- Profits will help raise money for scholar-
eering's lone female instructor, agrees. ships.
Student involvement
Voter registration bill vetoed
Gov. George Deukmejian recently
vetoed a bill designed to encourage
student voter registration.
AS president Jeff Hansen said he would
have liked to have seen the bill go through
because his office is pushing for student
registration, especially with the pending
"The more vehicles we have, the better
off well be," Hansen said.
< Senate Bill 1563. written by Senate
Majority Leader John Garamcndi (D-
Walnut Grove), would have required
postsecondary schools to make registration
forms available during in-person regis¬
tration, have on-campus voter registration
booths and encourage voter registration
at campus activities.
Deukmejian vetoed it, a Garamendi
news release said, because "nothing
currently prevents educational institutions
from assisting in voter registration."
Garamendi, however, thinks "we should
make it as easy as possible for (students)
to register and vote."
"They probably dont
feel they have impact, and
that politicians dont care."
  — Hansen
"We were really surprised he vetoed it...
because we had gotten the support of most
of the college administrators," said
Masako Dolan, an aide to Garamendi.
Garamendi's bill was intended to bring
registration levels of young people up to
the national average. Less than 45 percent
Hansen said most students probably
think their vote is inconsequential.
"Maybe they don't'vote because they
feel they don't have an affect on the vote,"
Han
""They probably don't feel they have an "
impact, and that politicians don't care.
And all the politicians find that students
don't care. Do they campaign as strong
with the students as with the older people?"
Hansen said his office is trying to fight
apathy by encouraging students to vote.
They hare set up voting registration tables
and have encouraged individual groups to
set up registration tables.
Both the College Republicans and
Campus Democrat* currently have voter
registration drives underway on campus.