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OPINION
Monday, October 17, 1994
THE GLASS HOUSE
O.J. defense team
looking for naive,
partial' jurors
Ladies and gentlemen, may l
directyour attention to ring three
under the'judicial bigtop! We're
beginning the intricate task of
choosing a jury for the O.J.
Simpson trial. Soundbites and
headlines overflow with the no¬
tion of an "impartial" juror.
What is an impartial juror? If it
means someone who hasn't heard
of rOT seen the case, then the selec¬
tion committee is a weebit, over
confidant.
Impartiality is over-rated, any¬
way. It means having no prior
opinion, and nobody's that na¬
ive. They'll never find jurors
who'll adhere to the literal mean¬
ing of the word.
The prosecution and defense
don't want impartial jurors, any¬
way. They want to win with folks
who are on their sides. Each side
can throw
out20pros-
pects, no
explana¬
tion neces¬
sary. Just a hearty handshake and,
'Thanks for coming down. Don't
letthedoorhityourbuttontheway
out." So if someone doesn't fit their
agenda, out they go.
So what kind of juror would you
be? Which side would pick you?
The list of questions they ask pro¬
spective jurors is lengthy, to say the
least
Are you now or have you ever
been a waiter?
Do you own stock in Avis?
Is "Naked Gun" really all that
funny?
Did you lose money on the Buf¬
falo Bills in the 70s?
How many times did you call
By Stephen Walsh
your cable
company
to com¬
plain about
the pre-
emp ted
soap op¬
eras?
Were
you trying
togethome
on the 405
freeway
ttieevening
of June 17?
Did you used to take quiet naps
at your home in Brentwood during
the summer?
Areyoubitterbecauseofallthose
nirdiing-back .records Simpson
broke wrtileyouweretrymgtomake
a name for yourself in the pros?
The list goes on...
The defense wants somewhat
simple types. Not so much that ev¬
ery time they blink, it's a brand-new
world, but someone who's naive,
an O.J. fanatic of sorts.
If you own a Sports Illustrated
football phone, the defense wants
you. If you think Jimmy Carter^
stillpresident(since Haiti, thisques-
tion is more difficult), the defense
wants you. If you krtbw that guy's
"You know you're' a redneck
when../' routine by heart, the de¬
fense wantsyou-IfyouthinkKato
Kalen wasn't funny on 'Talk
Soup," the defense wants you.
Truly, the only peoplejhat
should be allowed on the jury are
Americans who were foreign ex¬
change students over the sum¬
mer. They dori't know what hap¬
pened! Rusty Robison, The
Collegian's production manager,
wasmSpamforayear.Shelanded
in the U.S. as summer ended and
was virtually unaware of all the
hype and press the O.J. epic got
She's perfect for tne jury
because she was too far away to
be sucked into the media mess. I
remember talking about Ron
Goldman to her at the beginnin2
of the semester, and she said,
"Who is mat?"
So if you were in Greece, Rus¬
sia, Albania, or somewhere over
the rainbow, get Shapiro's camp
on the phone. Youll be doing us
a huge favor. The sooner they get
a full jury, mesoortertrterestofus
cangetbapk to watching rfifl/news.
■.r1
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor.
I was oneof the ASImem-
bers who camped out with
the Chicana/o and Lati-
na/o Coalition against
Proposition 187, along with
Presidential Aide Christo-
,\ pher Volkerts, Student
Court members Esteban
Licea and Michael O'Brian,
and Senators Sally
Hernandez and Kathleen
Rosario, 4SI Committee ap¬
plicant Manoj Mehta, and
others. Not«all the board
members joined our group,
but that was their choice. It's
not that they weren't re¬
minded that support for
communities other than
one's own says good things
about one's own commu¬
nity. Our goal was to op¬
pose Proposition 187 be¬
cause it targets Latinas/os
and Qjjcanas/os whether
dtizertj-ornot
Proposition 187 takes
away health care and edu¬
cation, requiring we actu¬
ally spend public resources
checking all people in need
for status. Chicanas/os and
Latinas/os will be the most
scrutinized, and upon
checking out as legal citi¬
zens, will be the most sus¬
pected of havingfalse docu¬
ments. Prop. 187 will in¬
crease prejudices.
Proposition 187 just tries
to make sureChicana/o and
Latina /o people don't get to
be part of the American,
economy, and does nothing
to ensure more jobs will be
available, thattbe economy
willgetbetter. The economy
will get better when we stop
fighting people and start'
helping them. Education,
good health, andahighstan-
dard of living means a sus¬
tainable economy short on
steep depressions.
Proposition 187 is the im¬
position of a double stan¬
dard, that if we citizens are
down on our luck and in
need, we can get anything,
but if another person works
very hard and is in need of
an expensive necessity, they
simply can'thaveitNobody
should be actively figjrtting
to push you down because
they don't like you being in
what they have declared by
themselves to be "their coun¬
try." The law says some
people are illegal and others
are citizens, and there's a
border separating the'two.
That border needs to be
opened up, because like the
wall across Germany after
World War n, it splits a
homeland in two, separat¬
ing the people from equal¬
ity of oppoitunity/resulJiTig
in a blatant exploitation by
cheapening the value of
some people's labors from
omers. Beinghuman, work¬
ing, and paying, all the in¬
habitants under this juris¬
diction deserve their basic
human rights at least, illegal
or not.
We already have a wall
up on the border, now with
Proposition 187 we are
building a wall around ev¬
erybody, and thafs going to
make people poorer, more
desperate and morehungry.
In time, people without
health care will get sick.
Whaf snext is concentration
camps. The last time a
round-up to a concentration
camp occurred in Fresno
was not all mat long ago,
when the Japanese were re¬
moved from town in the
1940s. It seems they too
worked, paid, and were
human.
David Prasad
Student Senator
School of Agriculture Sci¬
ences and Technology
.
LACK OF FOCUS
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MANAGING EDITOR •
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ENTERTAIh E
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PRODUCnC
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Maria Hugo,
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Smith, Jeit Si
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| Full-Text-Search | ■ Page 2 OPINION Monday, October 17, 1994 THE GLASS HOUSE O.J. defense team looking for naive, partial' jurors Ladies and gentlemen, may l directyour attention to ring three under the'judicial bigtop! We're beginning the intricate task of choosing a jury for the O.J. Simpson trial. Soundbites and headlines overflow with the no¬ tion of an "impartial" juror. What is an impartial juror? If it means someone who hasn't heard of rOT seen the case, then the selec¬ tion committee is a weebit, over confidant. Impartiality is over-rated, any¬ way. It means having no prior opinion, and nobody's that na¬ ive. They'll never find jurors who'll adhere to the literal mean¬ ing of the word. The prosecution and defense don't want impartial jurors, any¬ way. They want to win with folks who are on their sides. Each side can throw out20pros- pects, no explana¬ tion neces¬ sary. Just a hearty handshake and, 'Thanks for coming down. Don't letthedoorhityourbuttontheway out." So if someone doesn't fit their agenda, out they go. So what kind of juror would you be? Which side would pick you? The list of questions they ask pro¬ spective jurors is lengthy, to say the least Are you now or have you ever been a waiter? Do you own stock in Avis? Is "Naked Gun" really all that funny? Did you lose money on the Buf¬ falo Bills in the 70s? How many times did you call By Stephen Walsh your cable company to com¬ plain about the pre- emp ted soap op¬ eras? Were you trying togethome on the 405 freeway ttieevening of June 17? Did you used to take quiet naps at your home in Brentwood during the summer? Areyoubitterbecauseofallthose nirdiing-back .records Simpson broke wrtileyouweretrymgtomake a name for yourself in the pros? The list goes on... The defense wants somewhat simple types. Not so much that ev¬ ery time they blink, it's a brand-new world, but someone who's naive, an O.J. fanatic of sorts. If you own a Sports Illustrated football phone, the defense wants you. If you think Jimmy Carter^ stillpresident(since Haiti, thisques- tion is more difficult), the defense wants you. If you krtbw that guy's "You know you're' a redneck when../' routine by heart, the de¬ fense wantsyou-IfyouthinkKato Kalen wasn't funny on 'Talk Soup," the defense wants you. Truly, the only peoplejhat should be allowed on the jury are Americans who were foreign ex¬ change students over the sum¬ mer. They dori't know what hap¬ pened! Rusty Robison, The Collegian's production manager, wasmSpamforayear.Shelanded in the U.S. as summer ended and was virtually unaware of all the hype and press the O.J. epic got She's perfect for tne jury because she was too far away to be sucked into the media mess. I remember talking about Ron Goldman to her at the beginnin2 of the semester, and she said, "Who is mat?" So if you were in Greece, Rus¬ sia, Albania, or somewhere over the rainbow, get Shapiro's camp on the phone. Youll be doing us a huge favor. The sooner they get a full jury, mesoortertrterestofus cangetbapk to watching rfifl/news. ■.r1 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor. I was oneof the ASImem- bers who camped out with the Chicana/o and Lati- na/o Coalition against Proposition 187, along with Presidential Aide Christo- ,\ pher Volkerts, Student Court members Esteban Licea and Michael O'Brian, and Senators Sally Hernandez and Kathleen Rosario, 4SI Committee ap¬ plicant Manoj Mehta, and others. Not«all the board members joined our group, but that was their choice. It's not that they weren't re¬ minded that support for communities other than one's own says good things about one's own commu¬ nity. Our goal was to op¬ pose Proposition 187 be¬ cause it targets Latinas/os and Qjjcanas/os whether dtizertj-ornot Proposition 187 takes away health care and edu¬ cation, requiring we actu¬ ally spend public resources checking all people in need for status. Chicanas/os and Latinas/os will be the most scrutinized, and upon checking out as legal citi¬ zens, will be the most sus¬ pected of havingfalse docu¬ ments. Prop. 187 will in¬ crease prejudices. Proposition 187 just tries to make sureChicana/o and Latina /o people don't get to be part of the American, economy, and does nothing to ensure more jobs will be available, thattbe economy willgetbetter. The economy will get better when we stop fighting people and start' helping them. Education, good health, andahighstan- dard of living means a sus¬ tainable economy short on steep depressions. Proposition 187 is the im¬ position of a double stan¬ dard, that if we citizens are down on our luck and in need, we can get anything, but if another person works very hard and is in need of an expensive necessity, they simply can'thaveitNobody should be actively figjrtting to push you down because they don't like you being in what they have declared by themselves to be "their coun¬ try." The law says some people are illegal and others are citizens, and there's a border separating the'two. That border needs to be opened up, because like the wall across Germany after World War n, it splits a homeland in two, separat¬ ing the people from equal¬ ity of oppoitunity/resulJiTig in a blatant exploitation by cheapening the value of some people's labors from omers. Beinghuman, work¬ ing, and paying, all the in¬ habitants under this juris¬ diction deserve their basic human rights at least, illegal or not. We already have a wall up on the border, now with Proposition 187 we are building a wall around ev¬ erybody, and thafs going to make people poorer, more desperate and morehungry. In time, people without health care will get sick. Whaf snext is concentration camps. The last time a round-up to a concentration camp occurred in Fresno was not all mat long ago, when the Japanese were re¬ moved from town in the 1940s. It seems they too worked, paid, and were human. David Prasad Student Senator School of Agriculture Sci¬ ences and Technology . LACK OF FOCUS mm. KABLOOEY by Bio. PAPEfc COVERS ftocj^ EDITOR IN CHIEF • MANAGING EDITOR • DnDR . I Cf] EDITOR • BRYA CI )R ENTERTAIh E ADVERTISI 31 BUSIN SI PRODUCnC STAFF Angle, Chris Pahla Cragg, Maria Hugo, Leah Perich, Smith, Jeit Si Jacqueline v. PHOTOGR rll Tommy Mor EDITOR EDITOR • JMAGER • NAGER • PAGERS • iDITORS • TVE COLUGIAN a , _ OfimumtapmrnMrn-n OU Naa-ao, ***» *mrm At *a*rW*e* ***%W****> aa/j dart*. Ta W a M.CRISTINA MEDINA OLIVIA REYES STEPaBvjfHLSH ROBB M JR. XON JOER< RICFL BRAD )R*VTLSON EDM< E> EY RUST O iON LAUR TIM Bra aulo Albuquerque, CI frent Batty, Adam Hard, Charlton^oi mings, Draeger nee, Rusr>- Robison, n Springer, Pete Stew; Steve R. Fujimoto, Nizami. ON Man mat ***** ant aaaaaaa MO Ma* la*** m Ang, Casey nis Claborn, Chavez,' ott Millett. ith, George leThiessen, / fata*. COUJECIANaaffTke < ai< ajimaaaa kifrraaariaa *t-tt ******** KEATS CAMWSaaWUMNC.XIAilSTOe 41. 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