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P«fe 2 Friday. NowqnbeM. 1868 ■ The Dauy CoUeglan m—Opinion .So. THAT IS w'hv :',\\ voting For? HiM. WH4T? YOU AhA atia&T] ME Mdr Vote VOTE FoR. OT(4e 6rUY. WHAT AM, NAME AnVva/AVS: One of the sad truths of democracy is that your well thought-out vote can be cancelled out by anybody. Reader Response to the Dally Collegian Is welcome. Please send letters of do more than 2SO wor da to: The DaOy Collegian, Keats Campus Building, California State University. Freano/FresnoS CA. 9374O-0O42. Letters must be signed and have the author's name, address and phone number. Under-quoted To the Editor. How ignorant to say that "AIDS is a homosexual disease!" How ignorant io say thai "AIDS is spread by an immoral lifestyle!" Whoever made these statements must be a bigoted, ignorant Chrisuan. rieht? Wrong. Those who allowed my state¬ ments on the AIDS issue to be misquoted are indeed those who sit in the Throne of Ignorance. Yes, it was I who stated that "AID§. js jt J»oji*>sc*m*j1 &»*&&$&$# was ^'^ofani-yfju^k^^^asteiier. Who faDed to complete my quote which staled "...and a heterosexual disease." Yes, it was-I who stated that "AIDS.is spread through an immoral lifestyle," but it was the ignorant journalist who once again failed to complete my quote which went on to say "..but there are some innocent people who are infected, too." I am not a bigoted, ignorant pastor who has nothing better to do than say that AIDS is a disease sent by God against (be gay community. But what I do want to say is thai due to a lifestyle that walks contrary to God's moral stand¬ ard, AIDS will continue to spread in both the homosexual and heterosexual com¬ munities. Moreover, innocent people will continue to contract the disease because of the sins of others Tun Stevenson Campus Pastor Campus Ambassadors Problems for deaf To the Editor. This letter is to infi orru-ilic body of California State University, Fres¬ no of one of the many injustices that exist on our campus. On Nov. 28th al 8 p.m.. there will be a concert at the Sat¬ ellite Student Union. Holly Near will be performing. A group of friends and my¬ self heard about the concert and decided to go. One of my friends is deaf. He asked me to find out if an interpreter for the deaf would be present at the concert so that he could attend. On Nov. 2.1 called the Stu¬ dent Programs Office to ask about an in¬ terpreter. I was told "they couldn't find one." I then proceeded to call the Disabled Students Services Office on campus. I was told if an event is not in some way pan of a course curriculum, the individual must pay for the interpreter (hcmse!"cs. An interpreter costs between S15 and S20 per hour. 1 was also told that if the group organizing the event so chooses, they can provide interpreters for the deaf by budget¬ ing this into the event. The Disabled Stu¬ dents Services Office stated that interpret¬ ers were available. This is outrageous. A hearing indiv¬ idual will pay $6 or $8 for this event. A deaf person will pay the S6 or $8 plus SIS to $20 an hour for an interpreter! This docs not seem fair. It seems to mc that the Student Union Programs Office should cover these costs so that a person who just happens to be deaf can attend these events without taking oul a loan. I encourage the student body of CSUF to contact the Programs office at 294-2938 to voice your concern. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Christopher L. Ham Tfaa Essay Caassjtan la pubkahsd by tha Haannatad flaana and tfaa nawwpapcr staff dsaty OS—** Tfaa nisimiii attoa la ssoasad ta tha Students, Incorporated it Casfatnta Btmst Untwrrsrry. Sunilaai, aaaaetaataa aaaa, and maaaata uattata sfahdatC PRano. CabferMs 03740. Nrws/Edilarlai When the phone keeps on ringing Donnell Alexander I work with a woman who occasionally walks into the office frazzled. For close to a year, someone's been phoning her obscene messages on an inicrmineni basis, and the caller is someone she met in a graphic arts class. The guy, the son of a teacher, "was a little different. I didn't think' he was that different at the time. "I used to talk to him in class and he got my number out of book and he called," she said. "And I thought nothing of it." Once, after class, the guy said he'd missed the bus and the woman offered him a lift home. The woman allowed him to accompany her back lo her apartment, where her car was parked. Regrettably, she let him in while she readied for the drive. Her classmate was upset when she didn't suck around his apartment after driving him (here. "I was a bit leery of him after that, but I'd still talk to him in class. "After the semester ended, I didn't sec him anymore, but he still called me." The guy would call the woman, ask her oul and she'd decline. Occasionally, during those first months, she would indulge him and converse. By January the guy was calling once a week. He'd leave "really strange" messages involving subjects such as cunnilingus on the answering machine. Then the calls stopped. A month later the calls began again, this time late at night. The woman would let the phone ring, hoping her former classmate would hang up. He never did. When she picked up ihe line, a click and dial tone would sound ■ Through the year, the guy has said he's calling from jail ("I just beat the shit oul of some girl," he'd say.) and from a menial facility ("I have a hard-on," he said in one call). The woman called the Fresno Community Hospital facility to see if the guy was being held and try to have the phone calls stopped. She got no definite response. The calls have gotten progressively weird and illogical. Once, he told the woman she was "the only friend he'd ever had." Last weekend the guy called five limes, saying goodbye and then calling back moments later She changed her phone number Wednesday, but isn't sure everything is over. There is much guilt and distrust to be measured. T feel guilty because, when I (ell other people about it, I think they wonder why BLOOM COUNTY 1 did talk to him. But what was I going to do? "He seemed like a harmless guy. I don't want to say I felt sorry for him, because I didn't. But I could lelltve was shy. He was different. "Why should I have thought anything of u. I thought he was my friend The woman hasn't called the police because she said the man, "has never really threatened me. He's never come out and threatened me." All of this could have been handled better, according to a representative of the Rape Crisis Center. Betsy, a counselor at the center, said once a pattern of calling is spotted, a victim of obscene phone calls should call ihe police. Pacific Bell works wiih the cops and is effective in placing tracers on calls, according to the counselor. Also available are techniques which can also make the woman fed less trapped by her tormentor. "Some women will talk back. Some go along with it and add to (the caller's suggestive comments). Like Ooh, boy, that sounds great. Oh, wonderful. When can wc start?' It takes guts, or lots of moxie, to do that." Beisy said making the victim feel (rapped provides the caller with his jollies. The frustration that accompanies being a victim of obscene phone calls is similar i.i that of a sexual assault victim. "There's the frustration, the intrusion into ihe private life," Betsy said. "The tension that every time the phone rings it will be that person. My co-worker said that until she changed (heir number, she "wouldn't even answer the phone, because I was sure it was him. Tm afraid to walk from this door in front of the Collegian lo the badiroom in the (adjacent) Speech Arts building. I think he knows where I am." "I don't think this is a safe situation," site said, noting thai, although tbe man knows where she lives, she can't afford io move. Since she does know who the caller's father is, she's considered calling him, but, again, she hasn't taken a decisive action, hoping the situation would just go away. "I don't know what his relationship with his father is," she said, defending her lack of action. Tve wrestled with that for a long time." A woman befriended a shy son of a university professor and has spent nearly a year paying for it. Now thai her number is changed, she hopes life will return to normal. ".Maybe hell think we moved," she said "I don't trunk this is fair at all." Donnell Alexander's column appears every Friday in the Daily Collegian. by Berke Breathed
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Title | 1988_11 The Daily Collegian November 1988 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1988 |
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 |
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Title | November 4, 1988, Page 2 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1988 |
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 | P«fe 2 Friday. NowqnbeM. 1868 ■ The Dauy CoUeglan m—Opinion .So. THAT IS w'hv :',\\ voting For? HiM. WH4T? YOU AhA atia&T] ME Mdr Vote VOTE FoR. OT(4e 6rUY. WHAT AM, NAME AnVva/AVS: One of the sad truths of democracy is that your well thought-out vote can be cancelled out by anybody. Reader Response to the Dally Collegian Is welcome. Please send letters of do more than 2SO wor da to: The DaOy Collegian, Keats Campus Building, California State University. Freano/FresnoS CA. 9374O-0O42. Letters must be signed and have the author's name, address and phone number. Under-quoted To the Editor. How ignorant to say that "AIDS is a homosexual disease!" How ignorant io say thai "AIDS is spread by an immoral lifestyle!" Whoever made these statements must be a bigoted, ignorant Chrisuan. rieht? Wrong. Those who allowed my state¬ ments on the AIDS issue to be misquoted are indeed those who sit in the Throne of Ignorance. Yes, it was I who stated that "AID§. js jt J»oji*>sc*m*j1 &»*&&$&$# was ^'^ofani-yfju^k^^^asteiier. Who faDed to complete my quote which staled "...and a heterosexual disease." Yes, it was-I who stated that "AIDS.is spread through an immoral lifestyle," but it was the ignorant journalist who once again failed to complete my quote which went on to say "..but there are some innocent people who are infected, too." I am not a bigoted, ignorant pastor who has nothing better to do than say that AIDS is a disease sent by God against (be gay community. But what I do want to say is thai due to a lifestyle that walks contrary to God's moral stand¬ ard, AIDS will continue to spread in both the homosexual and heterosexual com¬ munities. Moreover, innocent people will continue to contract the disease because of the sins of others Tun Stevenson Campus Pastor Campus Ambassadors Problems for deaf To the Editor. This letter is to infi orru-ilic body of California State University, Fres¬ no of one of the many injustices that exist on our campus. On Nov. 28th al 8 p.m.. there will be a concert at the Sat¬ ellite Student Union. Holly Near will be performing. A group of friends and my¬ self heard about the concert and decided to go. One of my friends is deaf. He asked me to find out if an interpreter for the deaf would be present at the concert so that he could attend. On Nov. 2.1 called the Stu¬ dent Programs Office to ask about an in¬ terpreter. I was told "they couldn't find one." I then proceeded to call the Disabled Students Services Office on campus. I was told if an event is not in some way pan of a course curriculum, the individual must pay for the interpreter (hcmse!"cs. An interpreter costs between S15 and S20 per hour. 1 was also told that if the group organizing the event so chooses, they can provide interpreters for the deaf by budget¬ ing this into the event. The Disabled Stu¬ dents Services Office stated that interpret¬ ers were available. This is outrageous. A hearing indiv¬ idual will pay $6 or $8 for this event. A deaf person will pay the S6 or $8 plus SIS to $20 an hour for an interpreter! This docs not seem fair. It seems to mc that the Student Union Programs Office should cover these costs so that a person who just happens to be deaf can attend these events without taking oul a loan. I encourage the student body of CSUF to contact the Programs office at 294-2938 to voice your concern. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Christopher L. Ham Tfaa Essay Caassjtan la pubkahsd by tha Haannatad flaana and tfaa nawwpapcr staff dsaty OS—** Tfaa nisimiii attoa la ssoasad ta tha Students, Incorporated it Casfatnta Btmst Untwrrsrry. Sunilaai, aaaaetaataa aaaa, and maaaata uattata sfahdatC PRano. CabferMs 03740. Nrws/Edilarlai When the phone keeps on ringing Donnell Alexander I work with a woman who occasionally walks into the office frazzled. For close to a year, someone's been phoning her obscene messages on an inicrmineni basis, and the caller is someone she met in a graphic arts class. The guy, the son of a teacher, "was a little different. I didn't think' he was that different at the time. "I used to talk to him in class and he got my number out of book and he called," she said. "And I thought nothing of it." Once, after class, the guy said he'd missed the bus and the woman offered him a lift home. The woman allowed him to accompany her back lo her apartment, where her car was parked. Regrettably, she let him in while she readied for the drive. Her classmate was upset when she didn't suck around his apartment after driving him (here. "I was a bit leery of him after that, but I'd still talk to him in class. "After the semester ended, I didn't sec him anymore, but he still called me." The guy would call the woman, ask her oul and she'd decline. Occasionally, during those first months, she would indulge him and converse. By January the guy was calling once a week. He'd leave "really strange" messages involving subjects such as cunnilingus on the answering machine. Then the calls stopped. A month later the calls began again, this time late at night. The woman would let the phone ring, hoping her former classmate would hang up. He never did. When she picked up ihe line, a click and dial tone would sound ■ Through the year, the guy has said he's calling from jail ("I just beat the shit oul of some girl," he'd say.) and from a menial facility ("I have a hard-on," he said in one call). The woman called the Fresno Community Hospital facility to see if the guy was being held and try to have the phone calls stopped. She got no definite response. The calls have gotten progressively weird and illogical. Once, he told the woman she was "the only friend he'd ever had." Last weekend the guy called five limes, saying goodbye and then calling back moments later She changed her phone number Wednesday, but isn't sure everything is over. There is much guilt and distrust to be measured. T feel guilty because, when I (ell other people about it, I think they wonder why BLOOM COUNTY 1 did talk to him. But what was I going to do? "He seemed like a harmless guy. I don't want to say I felt sorry for him, because I didn't. But I could lelltve was shy. He was different. "Why should I have thought anything of u. I thought he was my friend The woman hasn't called the police because she said the man, "has never really threatened me. He's never come out and threatened me." All of this could have been handled better, according to a representative of the Rape Crisis Center. Betsy, a counselor at the center, said once a pattern of calling is spotted, a victim of obscene phone calls should call ihe police. Pacific Bell works wiih the cops and is effective in placing tracers on calls, according to the counselor. Also available are techniques which can also make the woman fed less trapped by her tormentor. "Some women will talk back. Some go along with it and add to (the caller's suggestive comments). Like Ooh, boy, that sounds great. Oh, wonderful. When can wc start?' It takes guts, or lots of moxie, to do that." Beisy said making the victim feel (rapped provides the caller with his jollies. The frustration that accompanies being a victim of obscene phone calls is similar i.i that of a sexual assault victim. "There's the frustration, the intrusion into ihe private life," Betsy said. "The tension that every time the phone rings it will be that person. My co-worker said that until she changed (heir number, she "wouldn't even answer the phone, because I was sure it was him. Tm afraid to walk from this door in front of the Collegian lo the badiroom in the (adjacent) Speech Arts building. I think he knows where I am." "I don't think this is a safe situation," site said, noting thai, although tbe man knows where she lives, she can't afford io move. Since she does know who the caller's father is, she's considered calling him, but, again, she hasn't taken a decisive action, hoping the situation would just go away. "I don't know what his relationship with his father is," she said, defending her lack of action. Tve wrestled with that for a long time." A woman befriended a shy son of a university professor and has spent nearly a year paying for it. Now thai her number is changed, she hopes life will return to normal. ".Maybe hell think we moved," she said "I don't trunk this is fair at all." Donnell Alexander's column appears every Friday in the Daily Collegian. by Berke Breathed |