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Opinion The Daily Collegian TneadV.Jan.26, 1993 Editorials Good times, b^d-tiines In the foggy morning, along Shaw-Avenue, the boys in red stood atop the fire truck, screaming with pride. They were yelling because they are victorious underdogs—they did the impossible and brought home t Freedom Bowl victory over the USC Trojans. Supporters lined the busy streets of Fresno to salute the players, as the fire truck drove slowly past and the cheers followed. The T-shirts and caps and buttons and bumper stickers are still selling like mad. Proud businesses display banners and signs on their windows in tribute. The campus rides a wave of pride. Yet you can see something in the students' faces, you can hear pieces Of it in conversations around campus, catch glimpses of it as professors and students walk past. Reality is sinking in—the grim reality of a campus at a sad crossroads of its existence. kI These are desperate times for California State University. Fresno as it fights to maintain what little money it has. TharAsf world In the analysis of budgets and in the measuring of costs, the real effect of a state with no money for higher education is lost. It affects real people, with real jobs and growing woiries, with bills and with ' concerns. Desperation is not measured by numbers and dollars—it is measured in the face ofthe sleepless student who must work two jobs to pay for the fee N increase; it is measured in the hands of the janitors, who worry what the future holds for their job security and for their families; it is measured in the eyes of the aging professor in the School of Arts and Hu¬ manities, which suffered the deepest of the budget cuts. Despite the adversity, as students stood along a cold stretch of road on an early Saturday moming, they cheered their red heroes. Yet in a time when the pride for a school team has peaked, when a university's unity is stronger than it had ever been, when a new semester is begun with die promise of what the future holds, it is desperation that lingers around the corner. Ths numbers game State politics and student apathy only adds to the despair. The politicians are concerned with numbers, die students simply aren't concerned at all. The first semester of student fee increases is a quiet one. The first but not the last, semester of severe 1 class reductions in all departments is calm. Fingers are pointed, blame is cast and the despera¬ tion grows. / ! *•*"*.:-:-. Commentary Do your own laundry By Chris Branam tm at that age where Christmas has become an annual letdown. Remember when we were kids and we made lists on notebook paper, usually written in pencil, with about ? 124 things we wanted for Christmas. / Usually the list mysteriously appeared on our parents' pillow some moming, and, magically, most of the items on that list would appear under the tree on Christmas roaming. I'm at that age now where I don't even need to make a list because I can usually expect clothes. Relatives who used to come over to our house with six or seven boxes now just come with that familiar-looking two- foot-long box-that is about a foot wide and inside is a shirt or a sweater or pants. It never fails. But this year, I got something a little different from my mom, something that she said would suit me just fine. V. It's a little book called "Life's Little Instruction Book." It was written by a father to his son when his son movedaway to college. *. Many of the sayings are practical, and the book inspired me to add a few things that I think would help one live a better life. If I overlapped with the author's list I apologize. He made over 500 of these things, and I can't remember all of them. So here we go: 1. Always be as respectful as you possibly can be to elderly people. They haven't lived to be that old by accident Some of the wisest things I've ever heard have been said by people over 70. 2. Do what you believe is right Don't let others dictate your decisions for you. If you go through life living by other people's rules, then you will be just like other people. 3. If you live at home, do your own laundrjL.lt will give you a sense of responsibility at home, and it's just something that you should do for yourself. If you live in an apartment do your laundry at a laundromat. Laundry rooms at apartment complexes generally suck quarters out of your pocket and they generally suck period. J 4. Don't ever cash a check fotfjjier $150. Try to put some of that money in a savings account. If you save (' just $30 of each weekly paycheck, you've saved over ' $100 at the end of the month. You never know when I you could really use that $100. 5. Buy the best stereo system you can afford. Why cheat yourself, when music is one the best forms of entertainment money can buy. 6. If you buy a lot of music, then try to buy compact discs only. And if you buy a lot of CDs, don't buy a holder for them, just leave them laying around your stereo, or stacked in a heap next to your stereo. See Column, page 3 The Daily Collegian Keats Campus Building, Mail Stbp 42, CSU Fresno. Fresno, CA 93740-0042 Published by Associated Students, Inc. Editor: Chris Branam \ Editor: Manny Fernandez Neva Editor: Todd Heth Graphics Editor: Claire Anselmo Photo Editor: Christine Baker Copy Editor: Erin Yasuda Sporta Editor: Michael Hughes Artspeak Editor: Diedra Werner BuslneM Manager: Shawnda Grice Advertising Managar Lance Jackson Aitiardaiu Prodscdoa Maavager: Brendan Bailey Staff Writers: Kathy Airoso. Adam Breen, Marlene Bryant, lohn Chavira. lennifer Davis. Nicole Kasabian. Mike Palmer. Leo Pena. lennifer Shaw. Cindy Starbird Sporta Writers: Adam Brady. Chris Cocoles. Molly Cross, David Donnelly. Danny Evans. Brett Pape Photographers: Hector Amezcua. Tiffany Hope, Aaron Riggs . Cartoonists: Matt KollmeyeraOfir Levy, Lenny Sherman AdvertWaf Representatives: Laura Deckard. Shawndale Grice. Stephen Kellogg. Kiki Rlzkr; Shelby Stark. Peggy Yenya, ; , lenny Young Delivery: Scott Herring Circulation: German Amezcua The opinions published oh this page are not necessarily those of The Dairy Collegian or Its staff Unsigned editorials are the ma|ority opinion of the newspapers editorial board-. The Daily OJargiin welcomes all letters to the editor. All letters must be typed and no more than 500 words. Letters must be signed and Include a telephone number Letters may be edited for length and grammar. Errors in Toe Daily Collegian can be brought to our attention by phone or by mall "
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Title | 1993_01 The Daily Collegian January 1993 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1993 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
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Language | eng |
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Title | January 26, 1993, Page 2 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1993 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
Full-Text-Search | Opinion The Daily Collegian TneadV.Jan.26, 1993 Editorials Good times, b^d-tiines In the foggy morning, along Shaw-Avenue, the boys in red stood atop the fire truck, screaming with pride. They were yelling because they are victorious underdogs—they did the impossible and brought home t Freedom Bowl victory over the USC Trojans. Supporters lined the busy streets of Fresno to salute the players, as the fire truck drove slowly past and the cheers followed. The T-shirts and caps and buttons and bumper stickers are still selling like mad. Proud businesses display banners and signs on their windows in tribute. The campus rides a wave of pride. Yet you can see something in the students' faces, you can hear pieces Of it in conversations around campus, catch glimpses of it as professors and students walk past. Reality is sinking in—the grim reality of a campus at a sad crossroads of its existence. kI These are desperate times for California State University. Fresno as it fights to maintain what little money it has. TharAsf world In the analysis of budgets and in the measuring of costs, the real effect of a state with no money for higher education is lost. It affects real people, with real jobs and growing woiries, with bills and with ' concerns. Desperation is not measured by numbers and dollars—it is measured in the face ofthe sleepless student who must work two jobs to pay for the fee N increase; it is measured in the hands of the janitors, who worry what the future holds for their job security and for their families; it is measured in the eyes of the aging professor in the School of Arts and Hu¬ manities, which suffered the deepest of the budget cuts. Despite the adversity, as students stood along a cold stretch of road on an early Saturday moming, they cheered their red heroes. Yet in a time when the pride for a school team has peaked, when a university's unity is stronger than it had ever been, when a new semester is begun with die promise of what the future holds, it is desperation that lingers around the corner. Ths numbers game State politics and student apathy only adds to the despair. The politicians are concerned with numbers, die students simply aren't concerned at all. The first semester of student fee increases is a quiet one. The first but not the last, semester of severe 1 class reductions in all departments is calm. Fingers are pointed, blame is cast and the despera¬ tion grows. / ! *•*"*.:-:-. Commentary Do your own laundry By Chris Branam tm at that age where Christmas has become an annual letdown. Remember when we were kids and we made lists on notebook paper, usually written in pencil, with about ? 124 things we wanted for Christmas. / Usually the list mysteriously appeared on our parents' pillow some moming, and, magically, most of the items on that list would appear under the tree on Christmas roaming. I'm at that age now where I don't even need to make a list because I can usually expect clothes. Relatives who used to come over to our house with six or seven boxes now just come with that familiar-looking two- foot-long box-that is about a foot wide and inside is a shirt or a sweater or pants. It never fails. But this year, I got something a little different from my mom, something that she said would suit me just fine. V. It's a little book called "Life's Little Instruction Book." It was written by a father to his son when his son movedaway to college. *. Many of the sayings are practical, and the book inspired me to add a few things that I think would help one live a better life. If I overlapped with the author's list I apologize. He made over 500 of these things, and I can't remember all of them. So here we go: 1. Always be as respectful as you possibly can be to elderly people. They haven't lived to be that old by accident Some of the wisest things I've ever heard have been said by people over 70. 2. Do what you believe is right Don't let others dictate your decisions for you. If you go through life living by other people's rules, then you will be just like other people. 3. If you live at home, do your own laundrjL.lt will give you a sense of responsibility at home, and it's just something that you should do for yourself. If you live in an apartment do your laundry at a laundromat. Laundry rooms at apartment complexes generally suck quarters out of your pocket and they generally suck period. J 4. Don't ever cash a check fotfjjier $150. Try to put some of that money in a savings account. If you save (' just $30 of each weekly paycheck, you've saved over ' $100 at the end of the month. You never know when I you could really use that $100. 5. Buy the best stereo system you can afford. Why cheat yourself, when music is one the best forms of entertainment money can buy. 6. If you buy a lot of music, then try to buy compact discs only. And if you buy a lot of CDs, don't buy a holder for them, just leave them laying around your stereo, or stacked in a heap next to your stereo. See Column, page 3 The Daily Collegian Keats Campus Building, Mail Stbp 42, CSU Fresno. Fresno, CA 93740-0042 Published by Associated Students, Inc. Editor: Chris Branam \ Editor: Manny Fernandez Neva Editor: Todd Heth Graphics Editor: Claire Anselmo Photo Editor: Christine Baker Copy Editor: Erin Yasuda Sporta Editor: Michael Hughes Artspeak Editor: Diedra Werner BuslneM Manager: Shawnda Grice Advertising Managar Lance Jackson Aitiardaiu Prodscdoa Maavager: Brendan Bailey Staff Writers: Kathy Airoso. Adam Breen, Marlene Bryant, lohn Chavira. lennifer Davis. Nicole Kasabian. Mike Palmer. Leo Pena. lennifer Shaw. Cindy Starbird Sporta Writers: Adam Brady. Chris Cocoles. Molly Cross, David Donnelly. Danny Evans. Brett Pape Photographers: Hector Amezcua. Tiffany Hope, Aaron Riggs . Cartoonists: Matt KollmeyeraOfir Levy, Lenny Sherman AdvertWaf Representatives: Laura Deckard. Shawndale Grice. Stephen Kellogg. Kiki Rlzkr; Shelby Stark. Peggy Yenya, ; , lenny Young Delivery: Scott Herring Circulation: German Amezcua The opinions published oh this page are not necessarily those of The Dairy Collegian or Its staff Unsigned editorials are the ma|ority opinion of the newspapers editorial board-. The Daily OJargiin welcomes all letters to the editor. All letters must be typed and no more than 500 words. Letters must be signed and Include a telephone number Letters may be edited for length and grammar. Errors in Toe Daily Collegian can be brought to our attention by phone or by mall " |