1994_04 The Daily Collegian April 1994

              THE COLLEGIAN
Vol. 102, Nto. 3ft^
Fresno State's Independent Daily
Monday, April 18,1994
charges illegal campaigning
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IIAN STAFF
Two members of Student Em¬
powerment Alliance (SEA) vio-
B& ' lated the school's Election Code
during last week's Associated Stu¬
dents elections, according to the
ASI Election Committee.
In a memorandum issued Fri¬
day by the committee, Chair Mat-
theV Norris said SEA members
Stephen Licea and Cornelius Por¬
ter were guilty of campaigning
'   illegally, though neither they nor
'Madonna'
taught at
college
By Jason Owen
THECOLLEGIAN
the SEA will face further punish¬
ment.
Licea lost his senatorial bid for
the School of Arts and Humani¬
ties. Porter was not a candidate.
Reality party members Brian
Haven, Ryan Ross and Kymberly
Daniels filed individual protests
Thursday^over what they per¬
ceived to be illegal campaigning
by Licea and Porter.
Licea was accused by the three
Real • ty members of illegally talk¬
ing to a voter standing in line at a
polling booth and displaying a
poster opposing the Reality party
before the formal campaigning
period began.
The Elections Committee, in
the first protest, agreed that Licea
violated Article V, Section 2.2 of
the Election Code by talking to a
person about to vote. The com¬
mittee called it a "minor violation
against Licea and all the candi¬
dates of whom he was a sup¬
porter."*     ' „
On the second protest, the com¬
mittee said that the "poster in
question does noi advocate the
candiotat^r 0f anybody." It went
on to state that the university ad¬
ministration is addressing this is¬
sue, and "therefore, no penalty
can be rendered to the candidates
of SEA because of the actions of
Stephen Licea."
Reality's issue against Porter
was based on his wearing a T-
shirt with SEA's candidates
names emblazoned across the
back between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.
last Wednesday. Reality consid¬
ered the shin to be a form of
campaigning, with which Norris
agreed.
Porter was asked to move out
of the 50-foot area by Norris, but
Porter refused, saying he was not
campaigning and the shirt was
not campaign material.
In Friday's 2-1 decision, the
committee determined that the
shirt was campaign material as
See ASI, page 3
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Not every guy gets an oppor¬
tunity to sniff Madonna's pani-
ies.
Two weeks ago David
Letterman politely declined the
privilege to join the ranks of those
who have indulged themselves in
me aroma of Madonna's under¬
wear.
Madonna's behavior on the
"Late Show" was more annoying
to most people than offensive.
Her career has always been based
on shock, so her Letterman per¬
formance was more predictable
than refreshing.
v Chris Tehence, a local talk-
show host whose show is taped
on the FSU campus, wasn't sure
how he would have reacted had
be been in Letterman's shoes.
"You never know until it hap¬
pens," Terrence said. "There's so
much it would depend on, like
what mood you were in and if you
would take it as a joke or get
offended.
"I try to keep things pretty
loose, so I probably wouldn't get
offended," he said.
"There's that line and she
crossed the line. You want to make
the person look as good as you
possibly can. That's your job. But
there's a line and I thought she
crossed over the line. One guy
said even her most staunch de¬
fenders would say she went over
the line.
"I don't know how I would've
handled it, but I' d love to find out
I'd love to interview Madonna
sometime and have her hand me
her panties," Terrence said. "I'm
just being honest."
Madonna's latest publicity
stunt has already begun to die
down, but it's just another epi¬
sode in her on-going, successful
career. Madonna has conquered
the 'world of media in music,
movies, books and fashion. It's
enough to warrant her a course in
higher education.
There is a class taught at the
University of Colorado that spe¬
cifically deals with Madonna. It
is taught by Polly McLean and is
called "Studies in Gender and Per¬
formance: Madonna Undressed."
The class has Been offered tor the
past two years and McLean has
full enrollment every semester.
"Every day students call to en¬
roll," McLean said. "The only
negative response comes from the
public outside of the school. The
dean is all for it and considers it a
legitimate course.
"It* s a theoretical class but you
are always going to have a minor¬
ity of people who have arguments
against this kind of discourse,"
she said.
See MADONNA, page 3
Vintage Days shows improved
By Almee L. Fisher
THECOLLEGIAN
J
This year's Vintage Days com¬
mittee is "Breaking Tradition" of
past years by moving most activi¬
ties and events toward the center
of campus and offe ring thousands
of dollars in cash and prizes.
Most notably, winners of the
April 23 Air Guitar and Battle of
the Bands competition will re¬
ceive cash and prizes worth more
than $7,000.
^The first place Air Guitar act
will be given $2,500, second
.$1,000 and third $500.
The top musical act of the
Battle of the Bands, to be waged,
between Thumpasauras, J. Rophe
and Los Hooligans, will win
$2,000 and 10 hours of recording
time donated by local studio.
Double D Music.
"Prizes are the base of every¬
thing," said John Hebert, Air Gui¬
tar student coordinator. "If you
give good prizes, you get good
acts. Good acts produce a good
show and a good show draws a
large crowd."
The eight Air Guitar acts will
be longer this year than in the
past as well.
The longest act of 1993 was
seven minutes; this year they av¬
erage nine and a half to 10 min¬
utes.
"The acts are more like pro¬
ductions as opposed to cheap lip-
syncs," Hebert said.
Spectators can look forward to
seeing portrayals of the Jackson
5, Village People, KISS, Primus,
En Vogue, Salt' n Pepa, Metallica
and Beavis and Butthead begin
' ning at 7 p.m.
Musical impersonator Kier
will emcee the show with his ren¬
ditions of U2, Billy Joel, Roy
Orbi son, Willie Nelson and Elton
See VINTAGE DAYS, page 8
Inside
Opinion: American in
Singapore deserves
caning sentence .2
Sleep: Most college
students are chronically
sleep-deprived M..:4
Sports: No. 5 softball
team sweeps weekend
series...'. . 6