1986_03 The Daily Collegian March 1986

              The-
CSU, Fresno
Collegian
Vol. LXVI, No. XXXIV
Wednesday, March 12,1986
Shuttle pilot
says travel
must go on
Bv Jo»«Dh Wirt *^
There is nolhing like a shuule flight, a
Steven Nagel, twice part of NASA shuttle
Tuesday night in the Satellite Union.
"It was bigger and better than anything I
An astronaut since 1979. Nagel flew his first shuttle mission
in June 1985. a satellite-deployment flight. He also piloted the
West German mission in October of last year. Nagel is an
alumnus of CSUF, receiving a master's degree in mechanical
engineering.
Following a short presentation of the CSUF medallion he
toted on the shuttle Discovery ior over a week, Nagel presented
i slide show of hi
group." Nagel
ie crew gets tc
any space flight, Nagel said. It wa., funded and
greai degree by West Germany.
"This was the lab in space." Nagel explain
istsonlhe flight."
Nagel described ihe effects of space on t
rxercise is very important, especially after
"It's like in bedrest; the heart doesn't wo
Nagel also spoke about fluid shift
gets puffy and the body thinks il ha-
"We popped salt pills and dran
nthe hi
; body, saying that
it as hard pumping
body, when the face
Dunces of fluids on
Blood volume can
percent in space, according to Nagel.
I  photographing
"We're very si
t. We ti
earth
31 counting ihe movies." Nagel said.
Detailed slides demonstrated the extraordinary view the
astronauts get of the earth from 200 miles up. Nagel showed
slides of dust storms in Africa, the cutting of rain forests, the
Grand Canyon and cities like I.os Angeles and Denver.
"This is gorgeous." Nagel said of the l.os Angeles shot. "11
was an unusually clear day." Nagel could actually point out Los
Angeles International Airport on the slide.
On a shot of Fdwards Air Force Base, the shuttle landing site,
he pointed out the relatively small while squares on the dry
lakebed ihe shuule pilot uses to sight his way down to earth.
"You can only tell because of the color contrast." Nagel said.
He could also point oul the wakes of ships, and one ship that
was dumping oil.
"I couldnt get his number to turn him in." Nagel joked.
He also showed some night shots of thunderstorms, sunsets
and the Northern Lights.
"I hate to disappoint you," Nagel said, "but the stars look
pretty much the same as they do here on earth.
BANKGO' BOOGIE
How-to booklet is labor of Love
ing maj
ority of the campuses
c books cither.
The
main se
ctions. The first sectic
it fund    unallocated funds category. These
: spring    are saved  for groups  who c
rial1 budget    reserved for the following year under
't have process, said Love. He added tl
distribution is decided during th     ,
to two semester for the following academic year,    money through the normal budget process.
For clubs and organizations trying to    main sections. The first section is a step- The deadline for funding for the 1986-        A third way for groups to receive money
receive funding through the Associated    by-step guide on how clubs can receive 87 academic year is Friday, March 21.         is through  Instructional^ Related Act-
Students or Instructional^' Related Act-    funds from the Associated Student Senate. Under the rules set for the fiscal policy,    ivities.
ivities, it can often be a "complex and        Approximately 90 percent of the funds Love  said  5  percent  of the  money is                             Saa HANDBOOK, pafja 3
intimidating process." according to John   i      " '   '    :      " '"    '"-    '" *"' "" >'-" — "•' <'•*»-
Love, senator for the School of Business   |
and author of the newly available "Fund-
raising Handbook."
"been any guidelines for students and
organizations that want to go through the
(funding) process." He said he thought this
was strange because the process is com¬
plicated, so last summer he began de¬
veloping the handbook.
Love said he sent away for information
to about "30 different campuses to com¬
pare their processes to CSUF's. lt was
interesting to find out that an overwhelm-