1994_01 The Daily Collegian January 1994

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THE COLLEGIAN
Monday, Jan. 31,19W
	
Column
Another semester
at old Bulldog U
ByCaleateCox
THECX)LLEGIAN
Ah, the first day of the spring semester is finally
upon us. It is time for old friends to reunite, discuss
old classes and enjoy the stress of trying to add new
ones. Sometimes, it seems, there are more students
than dasses offered. \
This should be no problem for a school that has
recently allocated $5.1 million in private donations.
The decent thing to do would be to use some of that
funding to create more classes.
Well, unfortunately, all of that money was specifi*'
cally allocated to the athletic department and will be
used to create a much needed softball field, to expand
the  un-    .        , dersized
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to reno-      What a privilege      Vatethe
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Gym. All this to
ensure to be able tO Say one thing
...thatthe I .    + *               .«    . T poor,
under- W 10 years that I privileged
athletes      am a pr0Ud cai?have
new and/ "VI   or im¬
proved    graduate of places to
p^hat    "BulfdogU." aprivi.
lege  it    -Celeste Cox wi11 ^for
me to be   I ;  I   able to
say in 10 years that
I am a proud graduate of'Bulldog U." This is imply¬
ing that Fresno State University will no longer be an
academic institution, but rather a springboard for up-
and-coming athletes just buying time and recognition
until they break into the professional sports arena.
This seems to be the trend that is developing within
our prestigious institution of higher education.
When I chose to transfer to FSU last semester, a
few factors went into my decision. Among them was
the fact that I was following in the footsteps of my
older brother, and the mass communications and
journalism department was rumored to be one of the
best in the state. How curious that my decision was
not made based on the recent achievements of the
athletic department.
Maybe it's just me, but I've always been under
the impression that when people attend college, they
do so to earn a degree to establish a career. I admit it,
I'm just an idealist.
What a wonderful school this would be if athletics
was secondary to academics. Again, I'm an idealist.
Just to dream that one day, in the near future, there
will be enough classes offered in all departments to
service the students, and FSU could attain a strong
reputation for its academics, gives me a warm fuzzy
feeling. *J
But for now, when people ask me what school I go
to, I jnst grin and say, "Bulldog U."
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Fresno man in race for
governor of California
Editor:
My name is Michael Eagles
and I am running for governor
for the State of California in
1994 as a Republican candi¬
date.
I have never held down a
public office, but I am working
on it. One of the main reasons I
am running for governor is, in
my opinion, that the elected
officials are not working hard
enough for the American
people. As far as I'm concerned,
they are getting paid enough
money and not doing their jobs
to the best "of their abilities.
They are either stupid, lazy or
just plain dumb.
Of course I was born and
raised in Fresno, and I attended
grammar school, high school
and college here. I come from a
hard-working family who made
missions in the San Joaquin
Valley through farming and the
food business. And, of course.
I am in business for myself, but
I am "only" worth millions on
paper.
By the way, I am in the build¬
ing, land development business
and home improvements. I am
the chief executive officer of
my companies.
The two main reasons I am
running for governor is that
crime and unemployment are
both out of hand. I want a "War
on Crime" now and let's get
those jobs going so we can start
building again. As a C.E.O., I
am also being hurt by the way
our economy is going. We have
been building special houses
ranging from 3500,000 to $2
million and it has been a disas¬
ter for us. We can't sell them.
Now for the "War on Crime."
We should get the community
together and educate the people
on how they can defend them¬
selves from crime. We need a
[public relations] program to
fight crime and this P.R. pro¬
gram will be taken to the citi¬
zens until they have learned to I
fight crime and win.
We need to get the job mar¬
ket started up. Well, we/will
get a P.R. program ami go out
there and sell all the people on
the idea of bringing their in¬
dustries and Business to Cali¬
fornia through tax breaks and
Jee GOVERNOR, page 5
Football crybaby at FSU
Ed note: The following letter
was received by The Collegian of¬
fice on Jan. 2andwasdutedrt-26-
93 on 'Arkansas Excelsior Hotel
(Little Rock) stationary:   ■
Editor:
The quarterback for your Fresno
State Bulldogs is an unbelievable
. athlete. He has a great release and a
very strong arm.
However, he is the biggest
crybaby I have ever seen in college
football.
His actions on the field, when he
isn't throwing the ball are an
embarassment to FSU.
His complaining to the referees
whenever anything didn't go his
way ruined his otherwise great per¬
formance.
Go Hogs,
SamSayger
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