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2 —/Opinion-^ v.v The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1993 Editorial 'Senatorial self-interest Take a quick moment to think about this hypothetical situation: Tomorrow, The Daily Collegian is going to print an extra 10,000 copies of our newspaper because we feel the information contained therein is for the good of the students. Of course, this process will cost an extra $500 at the printers, but we'll just bill the school. Why not? It was for the good of the students, wasn't it? Now one can see the dilemma facing The Daily Collegian' into finding any benefits for the average student when two Associated Students, Inc. senators made that kind of decision. The senators. Dawn Phillips and Michelle Meiring. made 10,000 fliers on the AST copy machine for the student-rights' group, SCARED, of which they were organizers.. Both claimed that they were unfairly charged nearly . $600 in copy costs which were billed to diem by the ASI office; after all, they were doing wdrk that was for the good of all students. The fact that Phillips and Meiring were working to benefit students is commendable, but the way in which they wanted to accomplish their mean'wasn't any more acceptable than the back-door dealing by state politicians and educators that has put us in this economic mess in the first place. Djd either senator ever go to ASI President Marci Demmings and ask for permission to use the copier for their effort? No. Did either senator ever appeal to the senate while in session for help in organizing the SCARED protest, part of which entailed making enormous amounts of copies? No. The methods involved in organizing a student- protest shouldn't be clandestine. We have enough sneaky people in Sacramento as it is. This kind of renegade "student-interest" is interest the students can do without. What we as students need are senators who*are professional in their activity, who ' are able to deal with the CSUF administration on a facesto-face basis (without resorting to pushing past unopened doors), and who don't abuse their position in an office with a copier which should be used to discretion. > As both senators watched the light on the copy machine flash back and forth across their fliers, and copy upon copy churning out of the paper feed, they must have wondered at one point 'who is paying for this?' *— ' The answer, effectively, was: The students. Correction \ Susan Aldrich is still the director of space and facilities planning, and not the former director, which was indicated in a headline tH-the Feb. 18 issue of The Daily Collegian. The Dairy Collegian regrets this "error. Commentary Saturday morning blues By Adam Breen Drugs, teen pregnancy, dropouts, stolen cars, a lack of anvil-related injuries on Saturday morning cartoons. The first four societal ills receive the most press, but the latter is probably the most disappointing. A disturbing trend that began in the '80s — the commercialization of cartoons and other children's programming — has now reached epidemic propor¬ tions. ' This issue, along with the national deficit, has been ignored for too long and njy)hope is that Bill Clinton will slip a line-item into his 865 gazillion dollar budget to study the harmful effects of today's cartoons on impressionable young people. „ First, a little personal history. When I was a kid in the '70s, Saturday morning cartoons were like that first cup of coffee in the morning. I'd tumble out of bed,. stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition, yawnin', stretchin' try to come to life (sorry, those were the lyrics from the sogg "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton). \ Anyway, when I turned on the television by actually pulling the knob (pre-remote control), I had my choice of three or four channels to watch. Channel three would have Warner Brothers stuff like Bugs Bunny and Foghorn Leghorn, channel seven would have Land of the Lost and channel ten would have some educa* tional local kids show. .,' I liked those options. Nothing could get me going in the morning quite like seeing Yosemite Sam's face mangled by three tons of T.N.T. or waiting for that little puff of dust when Wile E. Coyote hit the floor of the Grand Canyon after falling face-first off a 5,000 foot cliff. / Where have these reality-based cartoons gone? There are sd many lazers, mutants and complicated plots in today's cartoons that you'd think laid-off NASA engineers have found work on these shows. These shows seem more like commercials for the products that sponsor them than attempts to entertain children. One iflinute you can watch an X-24 Microsubatomic Death Plane blow up a three-headed alien in the show, and the next you can see how fun the plastic toy version can be to play with (some assembly —and an architectural degree — required). If there is a singing sensation who is popular with the kiddies and says he or she is a role model, there will be a terribly written cartoon for them to put their name on but not do the voice-overs for. During (Don't call me "M.C.") Hammer's short-lived and thoroughly forgettable cartoon show, he "nailed" bad guys by using his magic shoes to fly everywhere. If his shoes ever failed, and thankfully they never Sec Column, page 3 The Daily Collegian Keats Campus Building, Mail Stop 42, CSU Fresno, Fresno, CA 93740-0042 Published by Associated Students, Inc. . Editor: Chris Branam Managing Editor: Manny Fernandez News Editor: Todd Heth Graphics Editor: Claire Anselmo Photo Editor: Christine Baker Copy Editor: Erin Yasuda Sports Editor: Michael Hughes Artspeak Editor: Dledra Werner Business Manager. Shawnda Grice Advertising Manager: Lance lacksori Advertising Production Manager: Brendan Bailey Staff Writers. Adam Breen. Marlene Bryant, lohn Chavira. lennifer Davis, Sukhinder laaj. Laurah.Leigh. Stefanie Monahan. lason Owen. Mike Palmer, Leo Pefla, Kejley Reynolds, lennifer Shaw. Cindy Starbitd. Robert Williamson, Tom Zulewski Sports Writers: Adam Brady. Chris Cocoles. David Donnel y, Danny Evans, Brett Pape Photographers: Hector Amezcua. lason Terada. Aaron Riggs Cartoonists: Matt Kollmeyer, Oflr Levy. Lenny Sherman Advertising Representatives: Laura Deckard. Shawndale Grice. Stephen Kellogg, KIb Rizki. Shelby Stark. Peggy Yenya. lenny Young Delivery: Scott Herring Circulation: German Amezcua The opinions published on this page are not necessarily those of The DiiJy CoUtgan or Its staff. Unsigned editorials, unless noted, are written by the editor. The Diily Collcgim welcomes all letters to the editor. All letters must be typed and no more than 900 words. Letters must be signed and include a telephone number. Letters may be edited for length and grammar., Errors In The Daily Collegian can be brought to our attention by phone or by mail
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Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1993 |
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Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
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Title | February 23, 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 | 2 —/Opinion-^ v.v The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1993 Editorial 'Senatorial self-interest Take a quick moment to think about this hypothetical situation: Tomorrow, The Daily Collegian is going to print an extra 10,000 copies of our newspaper because we feel the information contained therein is for the good of the students. Of course, this process will cost an extra $500 at the printers, but we'll just bill the school. Why not? It was for the good of the students, wasn't it? Now one can see the dilemma facing The Daily Collegian' into finding any benefits for the average student when two Associated Students, Inc. senators made that kind of decision. The senators. Dawn Phillips and Michelle Meiring. made 10,000 fliers on the AST copy machine for the student-rights' group, SCARED, of which they were organizers.. Both claimed that they were unfairly charged nearly . $600 in copy costs which were billed to diem by the ASI office; after all, they were doing wdrk that was for the good of all students. The fact that Phillips and Meiring were working to benefit students is commendable, but the way in which they wanted to accomplish their mean'wasn't any more acceptable than the back-door dealing by state politicians and educators that has put us in this economic mess in the first place. Djd either senator ever go to ASI President Marci Demmings and ask for permission to use the copier for their effort? No. Did either senator ever appeal to the senate while in session for help in organizing the SCARED protest, part of which entailed making enormous amounts of copies? No. The methods involved in organizing a student- protest shouldn't be clandestine. We have enough sneaky people in Sacramento as it is. This kind of renegade "student-interest" is interest the students can do without. What we as students need are senators who*are professional in their activity, who ' are able to deal with the CSUF administration on a facesto-face basis (without resorting to pushing past unopened doors), and who don't abuse their position in an office with a copier which should be used to discretion. > As both senators watched the light on the copy machine flash back and forth across their fliers, and copy upon copy churning out of the paper feed, they must have wondered at one point 'who is paying for this?' *— ' The answer, effectively, was: The students. Correction \ Susan Aldrich is still the director of space and facilities planning, and not the former director, which was indicated in a headline tH-the Feb. 18 issue of The Daily Collegian. The Dairy Collegian regrets this "error. Commentary Saturday morning blues By Adam Breen Drugs, teen pregnancy, dropouts, stolen cars, a lack of anvil-related injuries on Saturday morning cartoons. The first four societal ills receive the most press, but the latter is probably the most disappointing. A disturbing trend that began in the '80s — the commercialization of cartoons and other children's programming — has now reached epidemic propor¬ tions. ' This issue, along with the national deficit, has been ignored for too long and njy)hope is that Bill Clinton will slip a line-item into his 865 gazillion dollar budget to study the harmful effects of today's cartoons on impressionable young people. „ First, a little personal history. When I was a kid in the '70s, Saturday morning cartoons were like that first cup of coffee in the morning. I'd tumble out of bed,. stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition, yawnin', stretchin' try to come to life (sorry, those were the lyrics from the sogg "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton). \ Anyway, when I turned on the television by actually pulling the knob (pre-remote control), I had my choice of three or four channels to watch. Channel three would have Warner Brothers stuff like Bugs Bunny and Foghorn Leghorn, channel seven would have Land of the Lost and channel ten would have some educa* tional local kids show. .,' I liked those options. Nothing could get me going in the morning quite like seeing Yosemite Sam's face mangled by three tons of T.N.T. or waiting for that little puff of dust when Wile E. Coyote hit the floor of the Grand Canyon after falling face-first off a 5,000 foot cliff. / Where have these reality-based cartoons gone? There are sd many lazers, mutants and complicated plots in today's cartoons that you'd think laid-off NASA engineers have found work on these shows. These shows seem more like commercials for the products that sponsor them than attempts to entertain children. One iflinute you can watch an X-24 Microsubatomic Death Plane blow up a three-headed alien in the show, and the next you can see how fun the plastic toy version can be to play with (some assembly —and an architectural degree — required). If there is a singing sensation who is popular with the kiddies and says he or she is a role model, there will be a terribly written cartoon for them to put their name on but not do the voice-overs for. During (Don't call me "M.C.") Hammer's short-lived and thoroughly forgettable cartoon show, he "nailed" bad guys by using his magic shoes to fly everywhere. If his shoes ever failed, and thankfully they never Sec Column, page 3 The Daily Collegian Keats Campus Building, Mail Stop 42, CSU Fresno, Fresno, CA 93740-0042 Published by Associated Students, Inc. . Editor: Chris Branam Managing Editor: Manny Fernandez News Editor: Todd Heth Graphics Editor: Claire Anselmo Photo Editor: Christine Baker Copy Editor: Erin Yasuda Sports Editor: Michael Hughes Artspeak Editor: Dledra Werner Business Manager. Shawnda Grice Advertising Manager: Lance lacksori Advertising Production Manager: Brendan Bailey Staff Writers. Adam Breen. Marlene Bryant, lohn Chavira. lennifer Davis, Sukhinder laaj. Laurah.Leigh. Stefanie Monahan. lason Owen. Mike Palmer, Leo Pefla, Kejley Reynolds, lennifer Shaw. Cindy Starbitd. Robert Williamson, Tom Zulewski Sports Writers: Adam Brady. Chris Cocoles. David Donnel y, Danny Evans, Brett Pape Photographers: Hector Amezcua. lason Terada. Aaron Riggs Cartoonists: Matt Kollmeyer, Oflr Levy. Lenny Sherman Advertising Representatives: Laura Deckard. Shawndale Grice. Stephen Kellogg, KIb Rizki. Shelby Stark. Peggy Yenya. lenny Young Delivery: Scott Herring Circulation: German Amezcua The opinions published on this page are not necessarily those of The DiiJy CoUtgan or Its staff. Unsigned editorials, unless noted, are written by the editor. The Diily Collcgim welcomes all letters to the editor. All letters must be typed and no more than 900 words. Letters must be signed and include a telephone number. Letters may be edited for length and grammar., Errors In The Daily Collegian can be brought to our attention by phone or by mail |