1992_11 The Daily Collegian November 1992

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The Daily Collegian
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November 16,1992
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Sure-fire money saving
ideas to prevent fee hikes
will be optional.
College students are .supposed
to be adults anyway, so if they feel
like missing out on a lecture or
three, they will pay the price in the
end. \
Just think, the university won't
have to pay teachers for sick days;
a VCR only needs its heads cleaned
every month or so.
^^Competition is a dirty word
when it comes to student services
*on campus. Food Services i^re-
luctant to allow off-campus food
vendors to peddle their inexpen¬
sive fare to 18,000 poor and hun¬
gry students.
If students knew that they could
afford to eat on campus without
spending all of their beer money,
they would. The competition
would force Food Services to
reduce its prices, but tow prices
usually translate into higher sales.
The new University Restaurant
could possibly even attract some
students to its facility if prices
weren't so high (or maybe the
students stay away because ad¬
ministrators hang out there).
—The "non-profit" Kennel
Bookstore should redistribute
some of its non-profits within the
university instead of buying a
luxury skybox at Bulldog Stadium
or re-designing Bulldog sweat¬
shirts. ^^
Professors make money for the
bookstore by requiring $58 text¬
books in classes that mainly rely
on lecture material anyway, so if
the bookstore would spread the
wealth a little, maybe"F, IT would
be a better school.
Make textbooks more afford¬
able, give some money to needy
/schools within the university and
boom! more students can be ad¬
mitted to this financially strapped
school. "When enrollment rises,
monopolies like the bookstore reap
the benefits.
Another thing, if the bookstore
would crack down on authors who
put out a new edition of their book
every two or three years to make a
little money, books would be more
affordable. By just re-designing
one chapter, an author can justify
anew edition.
Used books can be re-sold for
years, so there is no need to allow
a professor to order new books
unless some major restructuring is
Please see MONEY, page 3
By Adam Breen
Staff Columnist
As one of the unfortunate
masses who won' t directly benefit
from Jenny and Sid Craig's "fat"
donation to the School of Busi¬
ness, I feel a sense of duty to help
make the rest of CSUF a more cost
effective operation.
Here are some sure-fire money
savers that may not be orthodox,
but they sure beat tuition hikes;
—Drop tlieC and S from CSUF
then rearrange the letters to spell
"F,U." Most students already feel
like that is what the state legisla¬
ture says to them every time fees
.are increased, so why hot make it
official?
—Forget landscape mainte¬
nance. No one walks on the soggy
grass anyway, so why use fuel and
manpower when it's not needed?
This is an agricultural-based
school, so how about turning some
barnyard animals loose every
Tuesday to chbmp on the grass. It
will save money and fertilize the
lawn better than any chemicals
can.
—The water fountain in front
of the bookstore may be a thing of
beauty to some people, but it
mainly provides a place for frater¬
nity pledges to pour food coloring
and it scares little lads when it
suddenly shoots on every few
minutes like Old Faithful. It's a
waste of water and electricity. I
don't think enough pennies are
thrown in there to pay for the
operation of the fountain anyway,
so just let it fill with rainwater and
—Think of the money that
could be saved if some classes
were taught on tape. This could be
accomplished by giving profes¬
sors who rely on lecture notes an
early retirement incentive (like a
layoff notice) to videotape them¬
selves blabbering on.
At the beginning of every class
session, a graduate student could
come to class^Jjpop in the tape and
hit play. Fifty minutes later, he or
she will return, pop out the tape
and dismiss class. Some people
may complain that this method of
instruction would discourage stu¬
dent-teacher interaction, but most
questions posed by students are
feeble attempts to earn classroom
partiriparion points. Grad students
can administer tests and attendance
wftd Kingdom
Classroom Boredom Busters
; the de«ire for de*ire».
Create Mr.
Eraser Man!
Bite a pencil erase* half
way through for Mr Eraser
Man's mouth. Then, using
your pen, odd his nose
and eyes. WOW1 His
■nouan aaoly rraovaasl Hay
Mr. Erosea Man. what do
ya think o( mis class?
kN
Letters
Boxer roily
addressed
once again
DearEditor.
At the risk of sounding redun¬
dant and bother the hell out of the
politically uninterested populace
of Fresno State University, I would
like to the close the door on the
1992 political campaign. I am
making a response (which I feel is
obligatory) lo the harsh letter that
appeared in the November 11 is¬
sue of The Daily Collegian. Mr.
Crews, as well as all of the Repub¬
lican contingent who attended the
Barbara Boxer rally on October
30th, your argument lies with the
organizers of the Boxer cajf&aign
and notwith the University Demo¬
crats. I stated this, and my words
went un-heeded by the conserva¬
tive sect of people who attended
the Boxer rally. I will, for the last
time, state the University Demo¬
crats duty at the rally, to the best of
my ability. Remember my ambi¬
tion is to CLE.AR THE AIR, and
that is all.
1.   We sponsored Senator
Boxer's visit to FSU;
2. We were told, by the Boxer
representatives, not by our own
convictions, to control the crowd
and make sure the regretful "no
Please see RESPONSE , page 3
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The Daly
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Aimee L. Fisher
Editor in Chief
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