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Meshach Taylor values, encourages Warning
(CPS)—Anthony Bouvier is as
Southern sounding as they come
on television, his quick drawl per¬
fectly punctuated with a definite
twang.
Authentic? You bet. "Design¬
ing Women's" Meshach Taylor
sounds as Southern sitting in an
easy chair, talking off-screen, as he
does chatting with four beautiful
belles on the air.
Asa native of the South—New
Orleans—Taylor knows what ifs
like to go through life with a dis¬
tinctive vocal characteristic Al¬
though that didn't stall his career,
early on it look as if something else
might
The son of two professors, his
mother in business and his father
in sociology, Taylor valued educa¬
tion. He grew upon the cam pus of
Dillard University where his par¬
ents taught.
After his family moved from
New Orleans to Indianapolis,
Taylor attended high school at an
all-black school — nothing new
for the early 1960s.
But, "I was getting involved in
some Quaker camps during the
summer," Taylor says. "Through
that I dedded I wanted a different
experience in college. I thought
that it would be good to go to a
desegregated school."
So in 1964, Taylor enrolled at
Wilmington College, a Quaker-
affiliated school with less than
1,000 students.
With plans to pursue a career in
acting, he switched his original
major from prelaw to speech and
drama. What he soon discovered
in the school theater was that 1
couldn't get anyone to work with
me."
He also couldn't get parts in.
plays.
"I was 17," he says. "It was a
little too much for me."
"We did Shakespeare, the clas¬
sics," he says. "They wouldn't let a
black do a role because they said it
didn't fit Yet they let people with
Southern accents read these Eng¬
lish accent parts. They didn't dis¬
criminate against Southerners;
they shouldn't discriminate
against blacks.... Thaf s not neces¬
sary in an education setting."
The only acting student who
would read with Taylor was a
student named Gary Sandy who
later went on to his own television
fame as the program director Andy
in the sitcom "VVKRP in Cincin¬
nati." The two a re still close friends.
"I f s ironic that we're the two stu¬
dents at the school who made it,"
Taylor says with a smile.
Because of his frustration, Tay¬
lor transferred to Florida A&M in
Tallahassee after his freshman
year. He graduated in 1969.
After working for a radio sta¬
tion in Indianapolis as a reporter
immediately after graduation,
Taylor went on to perform in sev¬
eral touring theater productions
and earned small roles on some
television shows — "M.A.S.H,"
"TheWhiteShadow"^nd "Barney
Miller" to name a few.
His movie career that followed
included roles in "Damien —
Omen II," "Mannequin" and the
sequel "Mannequin U ... On The
Move," in which he played a flam¬
boyant and outrageous window
dresser.
Heis known best, however, for
his current role in "Designing
Women."
Because of his own difficulties
breaking into the business as a
minority, Taylor offers advice to
other minority students studying
acting.
This is a very difficult busi¬
ness for anyone to break into, but
things are starting to change now
(for minorities)," he says. "I think
our salvation will be as producers
of our own work."
He encourages students tolearn
more about the production end of
the business and to "learn more
than you're familiar with," in terms
of character base."
Magic: Contraction of HIV, retirement send shock waves
Continued from page 1
spotlight on AIDS," he said. "He's
one of the most popular athletes
around. This will make him a cen¬
terpiece for a lot of talk. It puts him
in a whole new light"
Bernard's teammate, freshman
guard DeAndre Austin, expressed
his disappointment, but said one
can never be too careful where
AIDS or HIV—the AIDS virus—
is concerned.
"If s a major shock. I'm speech¬
less," he said. "I'm sure people are
surprised thathe has to retire. He's
the last person you'd think would
get AIDS.
"I think this will open a lot of
peoples' eyes to the fact that AIDS
doesn't care who you are or what
you do. You have to watch what
you do, whoever you are."
Fresno State quarterback Mark
Barsotti echoed Austin's senti¬
ments.
"You always think it won't
happen to you, like (Johnson) said,"
Barsotti said. "I don't know how
he got it, but it just proves that you
have to watch yourself."
In a news conference at the
Great Western Forum in Ingle-
wood Thursday afternoon,
Johnson stressed that although he
had tested positive for HIV, he
does not have AIDS.
"I plan to go on for a longtime,"
Johnson said. "I guess now I'll get
a chance to see the other sides of
living... My life will go on."
Johnson 32, is theall-time NBA
leader with 9,921 total assists and
averaged 9.9 assists per game. He
is an 11-time All-Star and has won
the league's Most Valuable Player
award three times.
He led the Los Angeles Lakers
to five NBA Championships and
is only the third player in history
to have w on a NCAA and a NBA
Championship. Johnson, who en¬
tered the NBA in 1979, was due to
play on the United States Olympic
team in 1992.
"You never think it can happen
to you," Johnson said. "Wealways
think ifs a g*rf*di*flAse/ but I'm
heresayingitcanhappentoyou.lt
happened tome.
"This is not like my life is over,
because ifs not. I'm going to live
on." A
Johnson was married this sum¬
mer. At his side during the press
conference Were his wife, NBA
Commissioner David Stern, Laker
head coach Mike Dunleavy and
former teammate Kareem Abdul-
Jabbar.
Bulldogs' head volleyball coach
Lindy Vivas said Johnson's situ¬
ation should be a lesson to all stu¬
dents, athletes or otherwise.
"I think it will be a lesson be¬
cause he's so well well known, but
ifs important to remember that
this kind of thing is happening
everyday," Vivas said. "If people
don't knowabpmWeATDSvirus)7
by now, we're in big trouble. This
just puts a point beside the word
'AIDS.'
"I don't think being an athlete
has anything to do with it As a
human being, you need to be a ware
of it"
Said Bulldogs' volleyball player
Paola Paz-Soldan: "It can happen
to anyone. This is a lesson for all of
us. Unfortunately, it had to hap¬
pen to Magic Johnson"
Fresno State swimmer and
water polo player John Walker said
the fact that Johnson is so visible
will make his illness a lesson to the
general public.
^^^uch^fuss^rm^lrnat
maybe this can affect people in a
good way," he said. "We have to
admit that this doesn't just happen
to the other guy."
Budget: Increase by trustees
may be insignificant to Fresno
Continued from page 1
ceived $1.6 billion, $400 million
less.
Joseph Penebera, dean of the
School of Business and Adminis¬
trative Services, said that there is
nothing left to cut in the budget
"We're not cutting fat now," he
said. "We're cutting bone. Ifs
pretty negative."
To ensure »hat students receive
a quality education despite the
tight budget, the CSU trustees
recommended that enrollment be
limited.
"We don't have a choke,"
Quadro said of the trustees' rec¬
ommendation. "If we want to
provide a quality education, we
can't admit all eligible students.
There are not enough classes for
them."
According to the Office of the
Chancellor, enrollment for 1992-
1993 in the CSU system is pro¬
jected to growslightly, about 1355
futf-tunestudenteover 1991-1992.
Penebera saidthat if enrollment
is limited, then the process of se¬
lecting students must be done
carefully.  - \s
"Will it be the people who most
merit it," he said, "who sets the
guidelines?"
Gigliotti said that CSUF is now
planning how to deal with the-
bleak budget projection.
"We need to figure out ways to
carry out programs without ex¬
pending resources," she said. "The
university is looking at ways ifs
doing business."
For example, she said that some
programs may have to be cut and
others consolidated in order to
make a more efficient use of re¬
sources.
But despite the bleak budget
forecast, Gigliotti is still optimis¬
tic
"I hope the future will bebetter
(although) I think it will bea couple
years until we see a reasonable
budget," she said. "You have tobe
optimistic."
- Matiosz said that education is
not the only area suffering from
the budget crunch.
'The state does not have enough
money, and thaf s reflected in all
state-wideagencies,"hesaid- The
state is in a bad situation, and we're
feeling it like everyone else."
The proportion of the state's
general fund dedicated to higher
education has been dropping for
several years. The CSU's share of
the state budget dropped from an
average of 4.62fpercent in 1985-
1986 down to 355 this year.
Penebera said that because
bleak budgets are expected for at
least a couple more years, the state
must improve its budget-planning
process to avoid causing unneces¬
sary stress on students in the next
few years.
For example, because of the
budget deficit this past year, the
CSU system was forced to raise
fees by 20 percent, to cancel nearly
4J0O0 class sections, to cut library
hours, to increase classes and to
lay off more than 1,000 temporary
faculty.
'These cuts have been so large
and so quick, and there's no con¬
tingency reserve," Penbera said.
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