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2-Op/Ed
The Daily Collegian
1
VEMDER 2, 1992
Column 1
Propositions:
Some good,
some bod
By Adam Breen
Staff Columnist
Some students consider voting
a fundamental right and duty that
is necessary for the continuance of
democracy.
Others don't give a damn.
Apparently, California's eco¬
nomic troubles have rekindled
interest in the state's electorate
because a record number of voters
have registered for tomorrow's
election. Or it could be that those
pesky "are you registered to vote? "
people at every mall have had a
good year signing people up.
The presidential campaign and
a few senatorial races have gar¬
nered most of the media attention,
but there are 13 propositions on
the California ballot this year that
could affect the state for years to
come. «r
Propositions give voters the
chance to play lawmaker by ap¬
proving or rejecting taxes, the sale
of bonds for state projects and
other statutes.
If tuition doesn't increase too
much, many CSUF students will
graduate in the next few years,
find a job and become real taxpay¬
ers. Those who don't graduate
because only five or six c lasses are
left after budget cuts may benefit
from school bond measures that
could fund big, beautiful empty
buildings.
Last June, a$900 million higher
education bond measure passed
which will provide CSUF with ap¬
proximately $11.5 million for
building design and renovation
through 1994.
Nearly £2million from thebond
will provide equipment for the new
Music Building, more than $2
million will fund the design of
new classrooms (which will proba¬
bly remain empty) and $ 1.59 mil¬
lion for the design of a library
expansion that will probably have
its hours cut
Tomorrow, voters will decide
whether or not Prop. 155, another
$900 million school bond meas¬
ure, will be passed
Itisagreatideatoacuiallypay
fjaamamran fa flfaritfWf! in CsaaaTOT-
nia, but eligible school districts
Please see BALLOT, pace 3
Letters
Vandals
point out
"mistake"
Dear Editor
I Wats very pleased to see the new
exterior decorating and/or "slick
campaign in the Free Speech Area on
the morning of October 27. As a
member of the University Democrats,
I was proud to .see that we hid been
endorsing the wrong candidates for
president and vice president Our or¬
ganization apparently had a change of
heart and spray -pain ted "Bush-Quay le
92" over the exterior of our booth. It's
funny how pubhc opinion can change
sosoon.IamespecianygrateMtothe
Daily Collegian for po inting out our
m Blake, reversing the field and switoh-
mg mom the right choice of Clinton -
Gore to the one that is stuck in neutral
(possibly reverse): Bush-Quayk. I am
grate nil, as many of the other mem¬
bers of thp University Democrats are
that the right-wing conservaJives, or
vandals just looking for a good time,
have shown us the <rror of our ways.
The photo in the Daily Collegian (10/
28) doesn't help our repufction much,
either. But we are still indebted to the
vandals who decided that the term
'leaning to the left" went a little too
far.
The bottom line is, the UD booth is
in the Free Speech Area, where all
beliefs, politically correct or other¬
wise, should be protected. A letter
from President John Welty didn't even
help. If people have a problem with
the way we present ourselves, come to
the booth during school hours—we
welcome all types; Republicans,
Democrats, Socialists, Communists,
the Green Party, pro-life and pro-
choice groups, anyone. Just collie, and
we WILL listen. That's why we are
there. IP you have a legitimate gripe,
we caii help. We can't help those who
do net help themselves.
David Mirhadi
US sanctions
tragic, unfair
Dear Editor
We are students at CSU Fresno.
During this hotly contested election
campaign, we have noticed ui issue
that is strikingly absent the lifting of
VS. government sanctions on South
Africa. The irony in this is both
In today's South Africa, freedom
to vote, freedom of assembly, press,
where you live, what school you may
attend, where you can travel, die right
to a fair trial, tlie freedom from torture,
and much more are denied to black
and so-called "colored"citizens. South
African police have routinely mur¬
dered people for demonstrating against
the Apartheid (separateness) system,
and then murdered more as they at¬
tended the funerals for their slain
friends and family. President Bush is
fully aware of these policies: he is one
of the world leaders to ask us to ignore
these injustices and play ball with the
torturers.
South Africa is a country sjfth
extreme wealth in gold, uranium, dia¬
monds, platinum, and other precious
metals and minerals. Black South
.Africans have not only been denied
Please see APARTHEID, page 3
Have we forgotten that only a
Seneration ago millions of American
citizens could not vott solely because
of skin pigmentation? Have we learned
iWathing from this tragedy?
y
Aimee L. Fisher
Editor in Chief
Managing Editor Jason Terada
• News Editor Shannon Went worth
Photo Editor: Bryan Chan
Sports Editor David Donnelly
Business Manager Shawnda Grice
Advertising Manager Shawndale Grice
Advertising Production Manager Lance Jackson
ArtSpeak Editor Many Fernandez
I Cartoonist; OfirLevy
News Writers: Suzanne Andrews, Rosalba Beltran, Pat Bettencourt,
Adam Breen. Amie Goodrich, Suzanne Kayian, Mike Palmar, Leah
Perich
Photographers: Christine Baker. Steve Skibbie, Jeremy Cloud
Sports Writers: Richard James, Alex Aboud, MarkBryant
Advertising Representatives: LauraDeckard,SlumnonWentwortK Shelby
Stark. Brendan Bailey, Ingram Tatum
C^himnists: .Adam Breen, Michael S. Handorf, Allessandria Polizzi,
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| Publication Date | 1992 |
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| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1992 |
| 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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2-Op/Ed
The Daily Collegian
1
VEMDER 2, 1992
Column 1
Propositions:
Some good,
some bod
By Adam Breen
Staff Columnist
Some students consider voting
a fundamental right and duty that
is necessary for the continuance of
democracy.
Others don't give a damn.
Apparently, California's eco¬
nomic troubles have rekindled
interest in the state's electorate
because a record number of voters
have registered for tomorrow's
election. Or it could be that those
pesky "are you registered to vote? "
people at every mall have had a
good year signing people up.
The presidential campaign and
a few senatorial races have gar¬
nered most of the media attention,
but there are 13 propositions on
the California ballot this year that
could affect the state for years to
come. «r
Propositions give voters the
chance to play lawmaker by ap¬
proving or rejecting taxes, the sale
of bonds for state projects and
other statutes.
If tuition doesn't increase too
much, many CSUF students will
graduate in the next few years,
find a job and become real taxpay¬
ers. Those who don't graduate
because only five or six c lasses are
left after budget cuts may benefit
from school bond measures that
could fund big, beautiful empty
buildings.
Last June, a$900 million higher
education bond measure passed
which will provide CSUF with ap¬
proximately $11.5 million for
building design and renovation
through 1994.
Nearly £2million from thebond
will provide equipment for the new
Music Building, more than $2
million will fund the design of
new classrooms (which will proba¬
bly remain empty) and $ 1.59 mil¬
lion for the design of a library
expansion that will probably have
its hours cut
Tomorrow, voters will decide
whether or not Prop. 155, another
$900 million school bond meas¬
ure, will be passed
Itisagreatideatoacuiallypay
fjaamamran fa flfaritfWf! in CsaaaTOT-
nia, but eligible school districts
Please see BALLOT, pace 3
Letters
Vandals
point out
"mistake"
Dear Editor
I Wats very pleased to see the new
exterior decorating and/or "slick
campaign in the Free Speech Area on
the morning of October 27. As a
member of the University Democrats,
I was proud to .see that we hid been
endorsing the wrong candidates for
president and vice president Our or¬
ganization apparently had a change of
heart and spray -pain ted "Bush-Quay le
92" over the exterior of our booth. It's
funny how pubhc opinion can change
sosoon.IamespecianygrateMtothe
Daily Collegian for po inting out our
m Blake, reversing the field and switoh-
mg mom the right choice of Clinton -
Gore to the one that is stuck in neutral
(possibly reverse): Bush-Quayk. I am
grate nil, as many of the other mem¬
bers of thp University Democrats are
that the right-wing conservaJives, or
vandals just looking for a good time,
have shown us the |
