1994_03 The Daily Collegian March 1994

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THE COLLEGIAN
Thursday, Much 3,1994
Column
Departing
from Reality
By Steve KeNogg
THE COLLEGIAN
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Did you know that each semester you pay $1.50 for
this very paper you're reading. Out of the mandatory
$16 ASI fee, $1.50 goes straight to the paper to cover
the production costs of printing a paper four days a
week for an entire semester.
In addition to that $ 1.50, we raise approximately
$3.25 per student on our own through advertising and
subscriptions. \jt
Ail of those numbers mean it's.expensive to run a
daily newspaper. About $50,000 a semester.
Although that may seem like a lot of money, in the
real world of business, it's noL In fact, we do a pretty
good job of controlling our costs and putting out our
product on a tight budget.
Many people believe the writers* at The Collegian
are all journalism majors working for free at the paper *
to gain experience, but that's not the case.
. In fact many of the writers aren't journalism majors
at all. We have reporters from the business depart¬
ment, the English department and just about every¬
where else on campus.
A good portion of the staff is made up of interna¬
tional students whose duties range from reporting to
graphics. All of these different ideas from people
from people of different backgrounds makes for
diversity. *
Now there's an interesting and misunderstood word
for many: Diversity.   .
As some of you know and many of you don't, we
have a political system on this campus. It's called the
Associated Students. Most people have heard of the
ASI, but, more than likely, what they heard was
negative. The ASI has had many internal problems..
However, aside from their own mess, the ASI does
many good things. Each semester they support the
University Lecture Series, giving students low-cost
access to prominent individuals speaking on an assort¬
ment of topics. They also support the campus
children's center, which provides day care fof students
who have children and attend classes. And yes, as was*
already disclosed, they also fund The Collegian.
Although The Collegian, the University Lecture
Series and the campus children's center take up a large
portion of the money received by the ASI, there is still
a lot left over for different campus organizations such
as the Hmong Society, fraternities and sororities and
the LBGS A to name a few.
Not all of these different groups and activities could
remain viable without the money they receive from
you through the ASI; and until now it was thought
that in the name of diversity keeping those organiza¬
tion viable was important.
^ The problem is there's a new movement by the
campus political party Reality towards the elimination
of funding for everything.
This is where the problem of diversity comes into
play. ■       ~ n
. Reality members are concerned mostly with money.
It is their belief that if an organization can't survive on
its own, it should not exist, and it most surely should
not be supported by the students; students who often
aren't involved, nor would want to be involved, in the
organizations. f ,       '
* Even at the cost of losing valuable resources on
campus, Reality is prepared to take their budget,
diversity and The Collegian out to the chopping block
for a final blow.
The problem Reality is facing is that many of you
read The Collegian and are involved in student organi-
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See DIVERSITY, page E
How much more can California take??!!
earthquakes and now...The Jackson Five Reunion
Column /
Jansen's performance gives hope
By Tim Springer
THE COLLEGIAN
Yes, it was good to see Dan
Jan sen on the winner's podium
at last. After a total of 10 years
and four Olympics of tryihg.he
finally won the gold medal in
an event that he was not fa-
vored to win, speed skating
1000 meters.
What a day it was that Fri¬
day — the culmination of a dif¬
ficult career. The drama that
was played out that night could
not have been better written,
even by Tom Clancy. Jansen
who lost all of his other, at¬
tempts at a medakhrough freak
accidents, is an excellent ex¬
ample of the true American
spirit. His almost superhuman
perseverance through adversity
and hardship should remind all
of us that almost anything is
possible if we don't give up.
It is reasonable to assume
that Jansen probably had
thoughts of giving up his quest
for the gold at least once, but
he never did. He pushed through
the disasters and continued the
Hard work, the long practices,
the endless trips around and
around the oval track and com¬
peting on the world scene wait¬
ing for the next Olympics to
, come around.
* Jansen never gave up hope.
His example is one that can give*
us all hope, no matter what cir¬
cumstances we find ourselves
in. Jansen is a true winner and
he has shown us that we can be
true winners too.
Every American can learn
something from this modest
man from the Midwest, and that
is the fact that perseverance
pays off in the end. While he
did have the support of his fam-
* See SPIRIT, page 3
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