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I ^1 Thursday, April 1, 1993 The Daily Collegian News/Op - No sympathy for the smoker v Dear Editor, The commentary in the March 26 issue of The Daily Collegian has been nagging at me since I read it In fact, several bits of silliness still have me twisted; I Ijaye no "Sympathy For The Smoker." ■ Robert Williamson begins the article with the admission that most smokers -1 Indeed, mdst every- . body — "already knows" that second-hand tobacco .smoke is dangerous. He then accuses the news release of the Fresno County Department of Health, "It's time to stop being a passive victim," of listing "several ways in which non-smokers should go about 'impos¬ ing',on those of the population who do smoke, 'osten¬ sibly' for the sake of non-smokers' health." Later, he lists for us two guesstimates of the number of chemical additives in commercial tobacco; a/ • Newsweek article from '83 says 1,400 and a Reader's Digest from the same time claims it's "more than' 4,000." He further informs us that certain of these chemicals affecting commercial tobacco turn radioac¬ tive when inhaled. Throughout the article, Williamson flicks nerve-ends with statements like, "couldn't we find better things to do with our diminishing energy and resources than to persecute our neighbors and spouses?" and, "Remem¬ ber the Prohibition?" I like the first one best; it appeals to our screeching wallets while jabbing us in * our American-tolerance, and utterly masking the fact that our resources (diminishing or otherwise) have nothing to do with smoking as an issue. You know, kind of a "Don't cloud the issue with Letter From page 2 considering the fact that outlaws like Dawn Phillips and Michelle Meiring are defended, ad nausetim, by individuals who cannot intelligendy convey their emotions without using words like "wack." Stephen E. Licea Senator At-Large, Post #5 facts; how do you feel about this" Itind-of-a-thing. Still, reminding us of legislative failures is another sure-fire button to push. We'll-light up like Christmas. I don't dispute any of the facts Williamson gave us; I agree wholeheartedly. I do, however, dispute and categorically deny that "the real question here" is anything other than whether or not non-smokers have the right to protect themselves from the intemjuV*"- violence done to them by smokers' second- hand smoke. To, state the same "real question" another way: do smokers have the right to cloud anyone else's air? . The list put out by the Fresno County Department of' Health is not terribly concerned with the poor "tobacco junkies" comfort or sensibilities. There isn't any consideration paid that we non- smokers should not "persecute our neighbors and spouses." There's not one mention of how to save the "also passive victims" (the smokers); nor any concern whatever with whether or not the smokers are as "deserving as anyone else of having .their health." Nope, none of these points are taken into consider¬ ation, perhaps because the folks coming out with the list are presuming a certain, how should we call it. Personal Responsibility on the part of smokers. Perhaps they presume a personal choice to self-, destruct coupled with a responsibility to avoid pulling others down with them. . Williamson showed his agenda when he asked if it is "really a realistic expectation" for us to hold that £ : "those who smoke should be mindful of the dangers and be considerate enough to try not to share their toxic smoke with others against their will." Frankly, sir, YES!- Not only do" I think it is a realistic expecta- tion, I further believe that if, as has been the case, smokers choose to abdicate their responsibility in that area, non-smokers are behaving in an un-persecuting, non-imposing manner to tell smokers (pointedly), where, when and around whom they may not smoke. My proof reader got mad at me: "Make no judg¬ ments where you have neither sympathy nor under¬ standing." The fact that I'm a non-smoker doesn't mean I haven't any basis of judgment. I've only been a non-smoker since January 28,1993. Smoking was beginning to seriously impede my enjoyment in life {l couldn't even have a smoke and a cup of coffee in the Pit anymore). And it's just too hard to keep the darned (read E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E) things lit in the rain. Besides, have you read about the junk they're putting in the tobacco these days? It's enough to make a body (mine, anyway) quit The additives do commit horrendous violence to the human body. The tobacco companies should quit that. But in the mean time, no one's.forcing a smoker to maintain his fix; smokers are forcing non-smokers to maintain one, a fix that non-smokers are now rejecting forcefully. Get used U>iL, Leslie Williamson Senior Liberal Studies major Now you can cut this box and smoke it By Joe KJzonyu #• Staffwriter In a revolutionary cost-cutting measure. The Daily Colle¬ gian will be printed on paper manufactured from confis¬ cated hemp plantations, as of April 1, 1993. Representatives of the Zig-Zag rolling paper company are protesting the change that they fear will soon appear on all college campuses, eliminating the need for their product that is commonly used for marijuana cigarettes. Although the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) level in the paper is not significant enough to have an intoxicating effect, students at Contra Costa College, the only other American college to adopt the technology, are burning the paper and breathing the smoke. "It's amazing. It's almost like the '60s revisited," said Paul DeBolt, adviser of CCC's newspaper The Advocate. "People are hanging around campus al! hours of the night, lighting huge bonfires and breathing the smoke. We haven't been able to keep our papers on the rack for people to read." • ■\J - Collegian Classifieds HELP WANTED SUMMER MANAGEMENT Internships! Most positions filled by Feb. Gain valuable experience managing 6-8 employees, customers & supplies. Average earnings $6,000 - $f6,000+. Call Uni¬ versity Painting Pros for info/ app. CAN YOU MANAGE ON AN Extra $2500?- Practical ex¬ perience for Business/Mar¬ keting Majors: Manage Credit Card Promotions on campus for national market¬ ing firm. Hours flexible. Earn upto$2500/term. Call 1 -800- 950-8472, ext. 17. * EXTRA INCOME "93" •Earn $200-$500 weekly mailing 1993 UWTI travel brochures. For more infor¬ mation send self addressed stamped envelope to: UWTI, TRAVEL, P.O. Box 2290, Mi¬ ami. FL 33161 PIZZA MAKER/DRIVER must have own car w/insur- ance. Needed immediately. Clean DMV. Exp. helpful. Danellis Pizza 4770 E. Clinton 252-5555 ALASKA SUMMER EM¬ PLOYMENT-Fisheries. Earn $600+/ week in canneries or $4,000+/ month on fishing boats. Free transportation! Room & Board! Over 8,000 openings. Male or Female. For employment program call 1-206-5454155 ext. A6007 Earn $1,500 WEEKLY mail¬ ing our circulars!. Begin Now! FREE^acket! SEYS, Dept. 27, Box 4000, Cordova, TN 38018-4000 LITTLE LEAGUE UMPIRES Wanted. Great Pay, Great Furi. C all Darin 225-3214 SALES REPS WANTED for Fresno Intormation Firm, Flex¬ ible Hours.Top Pay. 453-9500 ADVERTISING LINE * 278-5734 FUNDRAISER FAST FUNDRAISER $1000 in 1 week. Greeks, Clubs, Anyone. No risk. 800-655- 6935 ext. 50 FOR RENT HOUSE 3 BDRM, 2BA. Shields/West area, nice neigh¬ borhood, very clean, 2 car ga¬ rage, gardner incl. $650 + dep. 2^2-2100 ROOMMATE ROOMMATE to share 2 bed¬ room apt. .1 st. & Buliard, $237 +1/2 utilities. Call 432-8638* NEED GAY MALE ROOMATE to share 3-bed- room, 2-bath condo 1 block from FSU. Non-smoking, no drugs. $220 plus 1/3 utilities. 292-8672 Win pay cash.today. CD's and casettes Buy. Sell. T r a d e . M u s i c Factory2426N.Blackstone 222-2229 OF INTEREST DO YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT YOUR ENVIRON¬ MENT? Come to the Ecology Society Meeting Thurs. 4/1 in SS111 at 5:30 ASI Sponsored Newcomers welcome. HEADIN FOR EUROPETHIS summer? Only $269M Jet there ANYTIME for $269 with AIRHITCH! (Reported in Let's Go! & NY Times.) HAWAII- $129,NEWYORK-$129each way! AIRHITCH 310-394- 0550 TYPING/ WORDPROCESSOR - Term Papers, Thesis, etc. near CSUF. 431-0730 (Diana) BAILEY'S WORDS AND SUCH Professional Word Pro¬ cessing STUDENT RATES! Term Papers, thesis, reports, APA, MLA or ???.???? Edit¬ ing services and laser printing available. Evening and weekend appointments wel¬ come! 225-5823 READ THE DAILYCQL- LEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS EVERY SINGLE DAY. WHO KNOWS, Y O U MI G H T FIND JUST WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. ■ ■ ■
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Title | 1993_04 The Daily Collegian April 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 | April 1, 1993, Page 3 |
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 | I ^1 Thursday, April 1, 1993 The Daily Collegian News/Op - No sympathy for the smoker v Dear Editor, The commentary in the March 26 issue of The Daily Collegian has been nagging at me since I read it In fact, several bits of silliness still have me twisted; I Ijaye no "Sympathy For The Smoker." ■ Robert Williamson begins the article with the admission that most smokers -1 Indeed, mdst every- . body — "already knows" that second-hand tobacco .smoke is dangerous. He then accuses the news release of the Fresno County Department of Health, "It's time to stop being a passive victim," of listing "several ways in which non-smokers should go about 'impos¬ ing',on those of the population who do smoke, 'osten¬ sibly' for the sake of non-smokers' health." Later, he lists for us two guesstimates of the number of chemical additives in commercial tobacco; a/ • Newsweek article from '83 says 1,400 and a Reader's Digest from the same time claims it's "more than' 4,000." He further informs us that certain of these chemicals affecting commercial tobacco turn radioac¬ tive when inhaled. Throughout the article, Williamson flicks nerve-ends with statements like, "couldn't we find better things to do with our diminishing energy and resources than to persecute our neighbors and spouses?" and, "Remem¬ ber the Prohibition?" I like the first one best; it appeals to our screeching wallets while jabbing us in * our American-tolerance, and utterly masking the fact that our resources (diminishing or otherwise) have nothing to do with smoking as an issue. You know, kind of a "Don't cloud the issue with Letter From page 2 considering the fact that outlaws like Dawn Phillips and Michelle Meiring are defended, ad nausetim, by individuals who cannot intelligendy convey their emotions without using words like "wack." Stephen E. Licea Senator At-Large, Post #5 facts; how do you feel about this" Itind-of-a-thing. Still, reminding us of legislative failures is another sure-fire button to push. We'll-light up like Christmas. I don't dispute any of the facts Williamson gave us; I agree wholeheartedly. I do, however, dispute and categorically deny that "the real question here" is anything other than whether or not non-smokers have the right to protect themselves from the intemjuV*"- violence done to them by smokers' second- hand smoke. To, state the same "real question" another way: do smokers have the right to cloud anyone else's air? . The list put out by the Fresno County Department of' Health is not terribly concerned with the poor "tobacco junkies" comfort or sensibilities. There isn't any consideration paid that we non- smokers should not "persecute our neighbors and spouses." There's not one mention of how to save the "also passive victims" (the smokers); nor any concern whatever with whether or not the smokers are as "deserving as anyone else of having .their health." Nope, none of these points are taken into consider¬ ation, perhaps because the folks coming out with the list are presuming a certain, how should we call it. Personal Responsibility on the part of smokers. Perhaps they presume a personal choice to self-, destruct coupled with a responsibility to avoid pulling others down with them. . Williamson showed his agenda when he asked if it is "really a realistic expectation" for us to hold that £ : "those who smoke should be mindful of the dangers and be considerate enough to try not to share their toxic smoke with others against their will." Frankly, sir, YES!- Not only do" I think it is a realistic expecta- tion, I further believe that if, as has been the case, smokers choose to abdicate their responsibility in that area, non-smokers are behaving in an un-persecuting, non-imposing manner to tell smokers (pointedly), where, when and around whom they may not smoke. My proof reader got mad at me: "Make no judg¬ ments where you have neither sympathy nor under¬ standing." The fact that I'm a non-smoker doesn't mean I haven't any basis of judgment. I've only been a non-smoker since January 28,1993. Smoking was beginning to seriously impede my enjoyment in life {l couldn't even have a smoke and a cup of coffee in the Pit anymore). And it's just too hard to keep the darned (read E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E) things lit in the rain. Besides, have you read about the junk they're putting in the tobacco these days? It's enough to make a body (mine, anyway) quit The additives do commit horrendous violence to the human body. The tobacco companies should quit that. But in the mean time, no one's.forcing a smoker to maintain his fix; smokers are forcing non-smokers to maintain one, a fix that non-smokers are now rejecting forcefully. Get used U>iL, Leslie Williamson Senior Liberal Studies major Now you can cut this box and smoke it By Joe KJzonyu #• Staffwriter In a revolutionary cost-cutting measure. The Daily Colle¬ gian will be printed on paper manufactured from confis¬ cated hemp plantations, as of April 1, 1993. Representatives of the Zig-Zag rolling paper company are protesting the change that they fear will soon appear on all college campuses, eliminating the need for their product that is commonly used for marijuana cigarettes. Although the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) level in the paper is not significant enough to have an intoxicating effect, students at Contra Costa College, the only other American college to adopt the technology, are burning the paper and breathing the smoke. "It's amazing. It's almost like the '60s revisited," said Paul DeBolt, adviser of CCC's newspaper The Advocate. "People are hanging around campus al! hours of the night, lighting huge bonfires and breathing the smoke. We haven't been able to keep our papers on the rack for people to read." • ■\J - Collegian Classifieds HELP WANTED SUMMER MANAGEMENT Internships! Most positions filled by Feb. Gain valuable experience managing 6-8 employees, customers & supplies. Average earnings $6,000 - $f6,000+. Call Uni¬ versity Painting Pros for info/ app. CAN YOU MANAGE ON AN Extra $2500?- Practical ex¬ perience for Business/Mar¬ keting Majors: Manage Credit Card Promotions on campus for national market¬ ing firm. Hours flexible. Earn upto$2500/term. Call 1 -800- 950-8472, ext. 17. * EXTRA INCOME "93" •Earn $200-$500 weekly mailing 1993 UWTI travel brochures. For more infor¬ mation send self addressed stamped envelope to: UWTI, TRAVEL, P.O. Box 2290, Mi¬ ami. FL 33161 PIZZA MAKER/DRIVER must have own car w/insur- ance. Needed immediately. Clean DMV. Exp. helpful. Danellis Pizza 4770 E. Clinton 252-5555 ALASKA SUMMER EM¬ PLOYMENT-Fisheries. Earn $600+/ week in canneries or $4,000+/ month on fishing boats. Free transportation! Room & Board! Over 8,000 openings. Male or Female. For employment program call 1-206-5454155 ext. A6007 Earn $1,500 WEEKLY mail¬ ing our circulars!. Begin Now! FREE^acket! SEYS, Dept. 27, Box 4000, Cordova, TN 38018-4000 LITTLE LEAGUE UMPIRES Wanted. Great Pay, Great Furi. C all Darin 225-3214 SALES REPS WANTED for Fresno Intormation Firm, Flex¬ ible Hours.Top Pay. 453-9500 ADVERTISING LINE * 278-5734 FUNDRAISER FAST FUNDRAISER $1000 in 1 week. Greeks, Clubs, Anyone. No risk. 800-655- 6935 ext. 50 FOR RENT HOUSE 3 BDRM, 2BA. Shields/West area, nice neigh¬ borhood, very clean, 2 car ga¬ rage, gardner incl. $650 + dep. 2^2-2100 ROOMMATE ROOMMATE to share 2 bed¬ room apt. .1 st. & Buliard, $237 +1/2 utilities. Call 432-8638* NEED GAY MALE ROOMATE to share 3-bed- room, 2-bath condo 1 block from FSU. Non-smoking, no drugs. $220 plus 1/3 utilities. 292-8672 Win pay cash.today. CD's and casettes Buy. Sell. T r a d e . M u s i c Factory2426N.Blackstone 222-2229 OF INTEREST DO YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT YOUR ENVIRON¬ MENT? Come to the Ecology Society Meeting Thurs. 4/1 in SS111 at 5:30 ASI Sponsored Newcomers welcome. HEADIN FOR EUROPETHIS summer? Only $269M Jet there ANYTIME for $269 with AIRHITCH! (Reported in Let's Go! & NY Times.) HAWAII- $129,NEWYORK-$129each way! AIRHITCH 310-394- 0550 TYPING/ WORDPROCESSOR - Term Papers, Thesis, etc. near CSUF. 431-0730 (Diana) BAILEY'S WORDS AND SUCH Professional Word Pro¬ cessing STUDENT RATES! Term Papers, thesis, reports, APA, MLA or ???.???? Edit¬ ing services and laser printing available. Evening and weekend appointments wel¬ come! 225-5823 READ THE DAILYCQL- LEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS EVERY SINGLE DAY. WHO KNOWS, Y O U MI G H T FIND JUST WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. ■ ■ ■ |