1988_09 The Daily Collegian September 1988

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September 29, 1988
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Senator takes issue with rally editorial
To the Editor.
It appears that the Daily Collegian has
its head up its rear end again. I thought
after the editorial on students claiming
their rights, that maybe your staff had
finally found a newsworthy goal to pur¬
sue. Alas, it is not to be so.
The primary function of the "students
can" rally is not designed to improve the
image of the ASI, but that will certainly
be one of the additional benefits derived
from the rally. The rally was actually de¬
signed to deal with the Daily Collegian's
"image problem."
The more important and relevant func¬
tion of the rally is to inform and mobilize
students on campus; to issues that direct¬
ly affect all students now.
As students we can change the system,
we can change the way the trustees and
administrators deal with students. Stu¬
dents must first realize that *^e are not sep-
erate and second-class citizens, before we
can expect the same from the adminis¬
tration.
We truly have power, if we choose to
exercise it Just think about this; what
would happen if we all refused to send in
our tuition payment by mail waiting to
pay on the last day of early registration?
it would certainly tell the administration
about our dissatisfaction with the soon-to-
be increased cost of tuition (something
over $500.00. and UC Berkeley is a little
bit over $700.00) and lack of improve¬
ment academically for this increased fee.
It staggers the mind thinking of 18.000-
plus students standing outside Joyal Ad¬
ministration at four in the-afternoon wait¬
ing to pay their fees. If we all paid in
quarters it would be even better. The
school would incur added costs for se¬
curity and for the added person hours u.
service the windows. Can you Imagine
what this would do to Dr. Haak's goal, a
position in the Chancellor's Office? Dr.
Haak might get really involved with real
student issues instead of promoting his
book or going to some ice cream socials.
The same concept might be applied to the
purchase of the outrageously priced park -
ing permits. J   ■
The specifics you cite in your editorial
opinion are not researched and contain
many errors, one of which deals with con¬
dom machines. Thanks to the1 ASI, Dean
Corcoran, the student health center, and
many others the condom machines will
be installed ai no co si to students. The
process of getting these installed is a long
and complicated one, dealing with com¬
petitive bids, the Davis-Bacon act (pre¬
vailing wage rules), and the logistics in¬
volved with installing 50,60 or even 100
machines on campus.
Another good use of the $300 would be
to pay the D.C. staff the money. Of
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'Students Can,1
can the senate?
Donnell
Alexander
You've probably never been to an
Associated Students, Inc. senate meeting.
Upstairs in the Student Union, the '
meetings'are held Tuesday afternoons,
with a gallery for the public and
everything.
This week, however, the meeting came
to you. In an effort to beef up student
interest, ihe senate held court outdoors,
just west of the Free Speech Area. Tbe
kids from student government were going
to be just like you and me.
As if to show what an everyday guy he
really is. Senator at large Sean Ford
walked over to talk to a reporter before
the meeting had begun.
Yosemite Sean, the rootin'est,
tootin'est ASI .senator, ever to walk on his
hindlegs, was angry. Always a well of
controversy. Rani was this time angry at
Bank Aviles, a leftist senator, who
disagrees with whatever the conservative
ASI executive council has to say.
Aviles had posted a sign next to his
chair at tbe senate table reading, "Students
Can rally is a waste of money".
(Note: "Students Can" is a'slogan the
boys upstairs came up with as a theme
for today's ASI image-improvement rally.
The money is being spent from last
semester's publicity budget and Aviles,
along with his cohort in dissent Billy J.
Lerch, senator from tbe School of Social
Sciences, have howled that tbe rally is a
waste of student money.)
.ASI has spent$300 on 1500 buttons
for the event. Scott Vick likes to say he
got the buttons idea from the 60s, a
decade that is noted hisiorically, if I'm
correct, as one of the great PR. time
periods. jf
Anyway, Ford conies up to live '
reporter, fight? And he looks over at
Aviles and says, "Hey, ni give you a
great front-page story. Give me a baseball
bat and fll bash that fucking sign."
What a wacky guy.
Now, it should be noted that I covered
the senate last for a time last semester and
haven't come close to lilting Sean Ford
Never. Respect would also be out of the
question. ■    s~~^~~
Working on objective news stories (and
not opinion columns), I felt that he talked
out both sides of his mouth as a rule,
spoke out of tus butt when he was really
ambitious, engaged in graft and trickery at
every turn and was in my opinion just a
dirty, hairy character overall.
And, well, as far as the Aviles-Lerch
connection goes, disagreeing with Scott
Vick's every utterance is about the moat
significant effort they've ever made, and
lhat in itself is pretty dopey. Both of their
tenures as senators have been marked by
unproductivity, absences and shame. •»
So, you see I have no allegiance to
anyone mentioned previously and still I
tell you this. Why? Three reasons:
1. You should know that all these
people alledgedly represent you and roe in
how student body fees (the college student
equivalent of taxes) are spent
2. I'm bring ing this up also because of
today's "image improvement" deal. It
must be a big deal—Scott Vick just spent
in ihc ndghborhood of $300 on burtons.
Vick's said assertion is that "S tuderus
Can" make a difference in the quality of
lite at CSUF." I believe him.
3. Aviles and Lerch actually made
sense once or twice Tuesday. On one
occasion they argued with the Executive
Council for allegedly pushing commji nee
cxiafirmations past senators on short
notice. Dan Aucma, a rookie senator
from the School of Engineering not
normally affiliated with Avilerch.
attempted to express agreement with the ^ ■
two, but was beaten down like a small
child by a senate that hates anything
Senate lefties like.
Things aren't supposed to work this
way. There is an atrnospbere of extreme
iniolerence in the senate and no one
person is at fault. Avilerch rejects
everything Vick says, Sean Ford looks as
though he may arm himself and the
remainder of the senate has proven itself
mealy-mouthed Things are out of hand
And Mark Astone ain't even here no
more. > • ;-
During a tirade against "some
senators," Yosemite Sean threatened to
fight showboating with showboating. He
said he would "get civil disobedient (sic),
even if I have to turn over tables to do
"Students Can", but those who are
capable aren't serving on the senate right
now.  If they are currently serving, they're
hiding their talents really well.
Dissatisfaction amid the student body
has manifested itself in the forms of
"Bomb the AS senate" grafiai" and fliers
deriding Vick and others in the senate.
Expression such as these is cowardly and
improve nothing to anyone.
So you wanna make a difference? Then
go to the rally. Pick up a propaganda kit,
pot your button on (wear it upside down;
it really doesn't matter) and tell them how
you think student government should be
run.
-   Take a cue from the 60s. Go team.
Donnell Alexander's column appears
etery Friday in the Daily Collegian.
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