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issue no. 48    The Only Independent News Source for CSU, Fresno   November s, 1991
ASI senator accused of battery
By Aimee L Fisher
DC Staff writer
Allegations of battery were brought
against Sen. Kathryn L. Jones at Tuesday's
ASI meeting by student Douglas William s.
Williams reported the alleged battery to
campus police around 4:30 p.m. Monday,
according to CSUF Police Sgt. Richard L.
Snow.
The alleged incident is still under inves¬
tigation and should be completed by Thurs¬
day morning, police said.
Williams said Jones hit him in the face
with a wine glass at The Bucket Monday .
afternoon. He said his face and hands were
cutr
Jones denied hitting Williams.
1 did not hit him," Jones said. I'm a
student of peace and conflict resolution."
An employee of The Bucket who asked
not to be named, was working during the
alleged battery and said she saw the glass
shatter and Williams put his hands over his
face. "*
The employee said she was surprised
when she saw blood because "all those
people debate every single day" and she
thought "they were all friends."
At the meeting, Williams asked the Sen¬
ate to consider recalling Jones and ASI Presi¬
dent Andres Montoya, who was present
during the alleged incident.
According to Montoya and Jones, Wil¬
liams was intoxicated and "wanfed to talk
about" political issues with which he dis¬
agreed.
Montoya and Jones said Williams was
"vulgar" after Jones asked him not to take
God's name in vain. The two had been talk¬
ing about religion before Williams sat with
them, Montoya and Jones said.
Montoya said at die ASI meeting that
Williams was upset about the Columbus
Day protest Montoya was involved in and
about not being appointed as a senator this
"Ms. Jones was justified," Montoya said.
Cyndi McCollister defended Jones by
saving she was present in The Bucket two
weeks ago when Williams allegedly became
violent and was asked to leave.
"I sat there (in The Bucket) for an hour
See BATTERY, page 4
Criminals
now may
be caught
red-handed,
By Michelle Martin
BCStaffwritar
A personal safety product made
from FDA-approved dyes will
effectively prevent crimes a nd will
not harm suspects, say the inven¬
tor and distributors.
The DYEWitness Criminal
Identifier, invented by a former
police officer, is a small cannister
that contains a dark green dye,
liquified petroleum gases and 70
pounds of pressure.
When discharged, the cannis¬
ter releases foaming dye to a dis¬
tance of 7 feet. The semi-perma¬
nent dye will not wash off skin for
five to seven days, and will not
come out of clothing.
A cannister of DYEWitness
costs $39.95, has a 90-day warranty
and expires after two years. Each
cannister may be used only once
"It allows you a couple of extra
seconds to get away ... or to get
See DYE, page 8
The accusor
Student Douglas Williams, who accused ASI Sen. Kathryn
Jones of battery, speaks before the ASI at Tuesday's
DC Sports photographer
meeting. Williams said Jones assaulted him in The Bucket
where she allegedly threw a glass of wine In his face.
Children's author
Aliki signs at Kennel
ByTridaGeringer
DC Staff writer
"I write books for myself, and
I draw in order to breathe. It is not
until I come to things like this
that I find out I've written them
forothersas well," revealed Aliki.
Author and illustrator of more
than 45 books. Aliki came to the
Kennel Bookstore yesterday to
sign her children's books.
Some of her children's books
include: "My Five Senses,* "A
I Weed is A Flower," "My Visit To
The Dinosaurs/' The Listening
Walk,' "Wild And Woolly Mam¬
moths" and "Christmas Tree
Memories."
Since kindergarten, Aliki had
known she wanted fo be an art¬
ist. And with the support of her
family Aliki graduated from the
Philadelphia College of Art and
attained that goal.
Aliki now divides her time
living in London, New York, and
Switzerland with her husband,
Franz Bfandenberg, whose
books she also illustrates.
By the response of her read-
See BOOKS, page 4
Poland welcomes investment
•Despite economic changes, visitors optimistic
By Syed Kamil Zaheer
DC Staff writer
Foreign investment is welcome
and much needed in Poland, be¬
lieves a group of Polish journal¬
ists, economists and attorneys who
visited CSUF yesterday.
The group was participating in
a seminar entitled "Poland and
Eastern Europe: Business Oppor¬
tunities, Business Laws and Regu¬
lations." The seminar was spon¬
sored by CSUF, Fresno County Bar
Association, International Business
Consultants and Fresno City Col¬
lege Export Program.
"Th« transformation period
from Communism to a market
economy is very painful for Po¬
land," I wona Chelkowska, consult¬
ing lawyer and legal advisor from
Warsaw. She added that this pe¬
riod was marked by high prices
and low salaries.
Chelkowska further said,
"People felt discouraged by these
economic difficulties and that is
one of the reasons for the commu¬
nist party doing well in recent
elections in Poland." People felt
that they lost some shelter which
they had during communist rule,
according to Chelkowska.
Andrzej Szczawinski, who is a
salesman with an American com¬
pany, as well as a journalist said,
"With the demise of the commu¬
nist system, people felt a social
umbrella had disappeared."
The disappearance of the envi¬
ronment in Poland because of ra pid
industrialization was also a con-
Chelkowska said, "We have
laws to protect the environment
but they are not very well imple¬
mented."
However, both Chelkowska
and Szczawinski believe there is
room for optimism.
"We have an developing envi¬
ronmental movement and a green
party has won four seats in Pariia-
See POLAND, page 5
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