TECHNO-PHOBES: Students and professors at Cal Lutheran...

TECHNO-PHOBES: Students and professors at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks are already surfing the CLUnet, a computer network that links them to data and academicians worldwide (B3). . . . But two of the college’s 110 professors have refused to have anything to do with cyberspace, said coordinator Ken Pflueger. . . . The pressure is on the holdouts, mainly from students. Says Pflueger: “They want their e-mail answered.”

ELK-ETTES? The recent vote by national Elks conventioneers to begin admitting women has left some Elks Lodge members in Ventura County annoyed. The proposal now goes to the 127-year-old fraternity’s 2,250 lodges for a vote. . . . Bill Lloyd, secretary of the Thousand Oaks lodge and an 18-year member, said the vote is unpopular at his club. “It’s a men’s organization. If it is approved, those people who don’t want women in will leave.”

BLUE BLOOD: On their first day in Los Angeles 37 years ago, Fred Ruge dragged his new bride to see a Dodger doubleheader against the Milwaukee Braves--even before unloading their car or finding a place to live. . . . Such loyalty was enough to win Ruge, now 64 and a Thousand Oaks resident, a berth as a Dodger Truest of the Blue fan and an invitation to toss out the ceremonial first pitch in a game at Dodger Stadium tonight. . . . His primary objective, Ruge said, will be to reach the catcher: “I don’t want to bounce the ball like so many Presidents do.”

HE WENT THAT-A-WAY: It doesn’t fit in the glove compartment and at $15,000 the snazzy computerized road map being used in some Ventura County police helicopters to catch criminals is out of reach for the average motorist (B1). . . . Oxnard manufacturer Mark Gassaway admits it appeals to a limited market. But the computer-gizmo market is competitive, he said. “We had to stake out a specialty.” The computerized map projects pages of the Thomas Guide onto a screen.