1990_12 The Daily Collegian December 1990

              VOL 96 No. 67
Recycle nils paper
Monday, Dec. 3, 1990
Up, up and away
Deris McOroy/DdrV Collegian
Trie Bud Lite Daredevils performed during halftime at the South-
em Utah State game Saturday.
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By Suzanne Tietjen
COLLEGIANSTAFF WRITER
While most college students are
preparing for nothing more than finals
this time of the year, some CSUF stu¬
dents are worrying about things much
more unpleasant Some are preparing
to travel to the Middle East where war Is
lurking around the corner.
Christopher Thomas, a sophomore
English major, is prepared to leave at a
moment's notice. "They could call for
me anytime, day or night They could
give me a week before I'd have to leave.
or they could give me 24 hours. I hope
I don't have to go. but the chances are
getting better all the time that I will have
to.
'I Ve known some people from school
that have already left,* said Thomas.
Clothing dri
gives classes
some exposure
By Debbie Richards
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
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Student reservists wait
Sophomore says he's ready, but 'real scared'
"They're real shaken up when they find
out Real scared. Even if you're expect¬
ing it, like I am. you're still real scared.
All I think about Is wearing gas masks
in 100-degree weather and hiking
around In the sand.*
The Student Affairs office is urging
all students who are called for duty to
report to the Joyal Administration Build¬
ing before leaving. Linda Stephens,
administrative assistant to the Dean of
Student Affairs, said it is very impor¬
tant that students contact either the
Dean of Student Affairs office, the Vet¬
eran's Affairs office or student records.
Stephens said between 30 and 40
students have already left school to
report for duty this semester.
"We can give students a one-year
leave ofabsenselfthey contact us,* said
See DUTY, page 8
The motivation behind the "Coats for
;Klds" drive that is currently in force at
" CSUF is young Steven.
. On a chilly day earlier this fall. Ste¬
ven arrived for his fifth grade class
without a coat, and cold. His teacher.
Jessica Cabrera, asked him where his
coat was. Steven told her he didn't have
one.
Steven then told Cabrera that no¬
body in bis family has a coat Cabrera
asked him what he did when it was very
cold and rainy. Steven's response was
logical. "I Just run real fast to the bus."
he said.
Such a situation concerned Cabrera,
who teaches the third through sixth
grades at Indlanola Elementary School
in Selma. She mentioned the problem
to CSUF professor Juan Felipe Herrera.
Hen-era, who teaches Chicano and Latin
American Studies (CLS). decided to start
a coat drive involving the students in
his Chicano Culture classes.
Accordingly. Herrera's classes have
begun a "Coats for Kids" program to
collect coats and other winter clothing
items for children in the Selma area.
"It's a class project that Is designed
to bring the students closer to the cul¬
ture they are studying," said Herrera.
"I like to introduce issues of culture
and community, but I also want to get
students in touch with the living.'real
community." he said. "We read about
Chicano culture. Pre-Columbian his¬
tory ... this is a chance to get away from
the the classroom and books and go
into the community." «.
The two sections that Herrera teaches
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of Chicano Culture have also begun
writing letters to the elementary stu¬
dents in which they introduce them¬
selves, tell the children what they do.
and express their thoughts and experi¬
ences.
Herrera said he has roughly 35 Stu¬
dents in each of the CLS 005 classes
and that about 50 students have par¬
ticipated in the letter-writing program.
Cabrera said the children have enjoyed
reading the letters and said some have
written bock to the CSUF students.
The coats will be distributed at a "hot
chocolate coat giveaway" in Selma Dec
8. The clothing should be at the CLS
office by 5 p.m. Dec. 7. To fund the hot
chocolate giveaway, some of the stu¬
dents in Herrera's classes held a yard
sale in Sanger on Dec. 1. Herrera said
the money raised will go toward the hot
chocolate or, if a sufficient fund was
raised to perhaps purchasing coats and
thus add to the drive.   •
Anyone Interested In donating coats
- or any other winter clothing items
such as pants, shoes and sweaters —
can drop them off in the CLS office in
the Social Science Building, room 211
B. Therejls a principle need for chil¬
dren's sizes 8-12, bu t all children's sizes
will be accepted. Herrera stressed that
Ideally the coats should be "high quality
used coats."
Herrera said the group's goal Is to
collect 60 coats, and said 40 have been
collected so far. "We still need more
coata." he said.
See COATS, page 8
'Miser' misses mark
Moliere's satire reduced to sitcom
By Anastasia Hendrix
riNTT-RTAINMENTEDrrOR
In the final moments of "The Mi¬
ser." two lovers leap over a couch
going opposite directions to be Joined
with their wives-to-be — a truly de¬
lightful moment that serves as a
sublime example of how effective
staged farce can be. •
ButNapokononcesaUd, "from the
sublime to the ridiculous is but a
step," and unfortunately the produc¬
tion of Moliere's masterful comedy
thatopened Friday night In the Arena
Theatre took the production a few
steps too fox.
It's hsxd to describe the effect
when a brilliant satire is reduced to
the stature of a sitcom, but the result
does not make for the kind of edge-
of-your-seat viewing that the The¬
atre at the U usually provides.
Review
Moliere's classic tale of the mis¬
erly, old Harpagon (Robert Maus)
and his inability to see beyond the
boundaries of his money box. Is one
that has amused and entertained
audiences for centuries. *•
Although most scholars would not
classify "The Miser* as Moliere's de¬
finitive work, it is without doubt the
most commonly performed piece.
See REVIEW, page 8
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