For the past few days I've been working in the media room on campus to help film a documentary about the CSU Summer Arts Program. Apparently it has reached its 25th anniversary, which is quite an accomplishment considering the financial mess that the CSUs are in.
Last night I helped film a lecture by Bill Kroyer. If you don't know who he is, he's been in the field of computer animation since the days of Tron. Now, it wasn't the most interesting lecture, and due to copyright laws we couldn't even film the entire lecture, but it was pretty educational.
On my way from the media room to the music hall where the lecture was being held, I passed by this structure several times.
It's Fresno States amphitheater. Pretty cool right? The only problem is that the structure is condemned. The scaffolding can't support very much weight. So as a result, no one is allowed to set up any kind of large event. How sad...
Think of all the possibilities if the stage were repaired up to code. Think of the money that could be brought in through events that could be held at this venue. We wouldn't have to exclude family members from graduation by having it outside (weather taken into consideration). Or concerts! Think of all the concerts!
But nope. Instead, decision makers at Fresno State think it better to leave it rusting and decaying. The spiders have made their home and we don't want to destroy it.
What a waste.
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