CSUN SPORTS WILL MAKE COMEBACK; CANCELED PROGRAMS TO BE REINSTATED THANKS TO LOAN.Byline: Sharline Chiang and Rizza Yap Daily News Staff Writers Cal State Northridge athletes will play ball this year after all. CSUN's University Corp., an auxiliary that oversees campus concessions, agreed Monday to lend the athletic department $586,000 to reinstate four men's sports for another year. After pondering the offer for a few hours, Athletic Director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Paul Bubb agreed to accept the one-time loan despite a requirement that his department pay back the money over the next three years. The money will restore men's baseball, volleyball, soccer and swimming. In accepting the money, Bubb said he's counting on fans and supporters to keep the teams alive. ``This gives us time to work with donors and other funding sources and to look at the alternatives,'' Bubb said. ``It gives the community and campus a chance to respond to our needs. They said they were willing to help.'' The loan drew a mixed reaction from students, coaches and faculty, who saw the offer as both a blessing and a burden. At least one of the three board members who voted against the loan said it would be unwise for the department to take on the debt, which will have to be repaid in $195,000 annual installments. ``In accepting this loan, they'd be mortgaging their future,'' said John Clendenning, an English professor. But Ryan Denihan, an incoming freshman recruit for men's volleyball, insisted ``one year's better than nothing.'' ``I'm just ecstatic that there's going to be a program to play in this year,'' said Denihan, who was considering attending a community college just to play volleyball. ``I'm looking forward to this season.'' Baseball coach Mike Batesole said although he's happy to coach the team again, it leaves him little time to carefully recruit players, a process that involves looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. students with the right combination of character, academic ability and athletic skills. ``I'm not able to dig in to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure s>. To entrench oneself so as to give stronger resistance; - used of warfare or negotiating situations. See also: Dig Dig on any of those as thoroughly as I should,'' Batesole said. ``I'm calling coaches and asking for their opinion, and we're signing kids to financial agreements - many that I have never seen play.'' At the same time, Batesole warned Matador matador In bullfighting, the principal performer, who works the capes and attempts to dispatch the bull with a sword thrust between the shoulder blades. Most of the techniques used by modern matadors were established in the 1910s by Juan Belmonte (b. 1894–d. fans not to expect too much given that many of the experienced players have moved to other programs. The baseball team won an impressive 42 of 63 games in the last season and has made the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association playoffs five of seven years in Division I. ``One of the coaches told me not to worry about this a whole lot because we're not going to win the Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. with a mule. My response was (the team) is going to be the best-disciplined, fastest mule there's ever been.'' Bubb said he will be meeting with coaches this week to decide whether to accept the full $586,000, an earlier estimate of team costs. The costs might be less than expected because the team might not be able to play as many games as planned. Meanwhile, coaches will be busy calling and placing student athletes on teams this week and rescheduling games. The department still needs to hire a head volleyball coach and an assistant baseball coach. ``I'm very excited, excited for the program, to be back, excited for all the kids that have hung in,'' said assistant volleyball coach Jeff Campbell Jeff Campbell (Born August 25, 1979) is a New Zealand soccer player who has represented his country at U20, U23 and senior levels. The attacking midfielder made his debut for the All Whites against Jamaica in January 2000 and collected 13 caps (5 goals). . In June, CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge President Blenda Wilson cut four men's teams - soccer, swimming, baseball and volleyball - to settle budget shortfalls and meet gender equity laws. Soccer and swimming largely have been restored thanks to private donations. Wilson, who also chairs the corporation, requested the $586,000 loan to bail out the men's baseball and volleyball teams, and to shore up the other two teams. The University Corp. is an independent auxiliary that operates food services food services Hospital services A 24/7 department in a hospital that provides for the nutritional needs of inpatients–eg, those needing special diets, preparing meals and transporting them to the floor and, through the cafeteria, the hospital staff and , the bookstore and educational workshops - allocating the profits to the university. Repayment of the loan could come even sooner if the state budget is approved with an amendment that would provide CSUN with a one-time $586,000 grant to revive the men's sports programs. The amendment, added by state Sen. Cathie Wright, R-Simi Valley, has so far survived the budget process, but CSUN officials aren't sure if it will make the final cut. If the grant doesn't come though, the athletic department will have to make the first $195,000 payment by September 1998. The players ``These guys, at the minimum, have orally committed (to the Northridge baseball program). They expect to come here, and I expect them to come here, but there is no penalty if they decide to go somewhere else. It's a handshake, a gentlemen's agreement gentlemen's agreement, in U.S. history, an agreement between the United States and Japan in 1907 that Japan should stop the emigration of its laborers to the United States and that the United States should stop discrimination against Japanese living in the United .'' - CSUN baseball coach Mike Batesole Eric Horvat, Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
Darren Dyt, Fresno State Mike McNeely, returner Nakia Hill, Cal State Fullerton Chris MacMillan, returner Kevin Patrick, Fresno City College Fresno City College (or FCC) is a city college in Fresno, California. Established in 1910, it was the first community college in California and the second in the nation. Eli Albertson, Mission College Adrian Mendoza, returner Jeff Elorduy, Sacramento City College Sacramento City College (SCC) is a two-year community college located in Sacramento, California, USA (). SCC is part of the Los Rios Community College District and had enrollment of 21,729 for the Fall 2004 semester. Jamie Hay, University of Notre Dame Jeremy Sickles, returner Brad Foss, East L.A. City College Wes Hutchinson, Burroughs High School Damon Johnson, Oklahoma Christian College Jose Vasquez, Cerritos Junior College Tim Baron, Cal State Fullerton Gabe Zappin, University of Nevada, Reno The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada or UNR) is a university located in Reno, Nevada, USA, and is known for its programs in agricultural research, animal biotechnology, and mining-related engineering and natural sciences. Jim DeBiase, Pierce Junior College Tim Bell, injured returner Eric Fuller, Cal State Northridge CAPTION(S): box BOX: The players (see text) |
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