1994_12 The Daily Collegian December 1994

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V"' ; Tommy Monreal—THE COLLEGIAN
WWII veteran James V. Lider fought an elite German paratrooper unit during the Battle off the Bulge.
Bulge remembered, a soldier's perspective
By Tim Springer
	
With a great explo¬
sion the German artil¬
lery shell hit the
ground rudely wak¬
ing the American GIs
on (to"Ghost Front"
in the Ardennes For¬
est of Belgium. The ' V
date, Dec 16,1944. The Battle of tte Bqlge had begun
The "Ghost Front" got its name from-the Allied commanders
because they expected no activity in that sector of the Western
Front. Consequently, they assigned a few battle-weary and "green"
(inexperience^) units to take up positions there. The Germans had
also lightly manned this sector as well, but started to bi ing up units
in September that would be used in the Battle of the Bulge.
The cold, rainy, overcast weather had been just what the Ger¬
mans had waited for to start this offensive that Adolph Hitler s
himself had planned. As the days passed the weather remained
cold ind overcast, thus grounding the allied aircraft for die first
week of die battle. The Germans' juggernaut, which they had
secredy positioned in the Ardennes, kept pushing farther arid
See Bulge, Page 4
Special to THE COLLEGIAN
Lider poses for a photo at an army camp in 1945.
CSUF student voted 'Guy
of the Year' by teen bible
ByChuiMlngAng
It started out as a "just for kicks"
dung for 17-year-old Cristina Attix
when she nominated her brother Ken
for Teen Magazine's annual Guy of The
Year contest
The crucial phone call came in Au¬
gust, announcing the good news. Ken
Attix, 19, had beaten the other 10,000
participants to be the teen bible's
numerouno guy for 1995.
"I was surprised," he recalled. "It
didn't sink in at first."
Attix won a trip to Los Angeles with
a tour and a photo shoot thrown in,
$500 worth of clothes and $3,000 in cold
cash. A portion of the money was shared .
with his sister and die remainder was
used to pay off bills.
"That's die life of a college student/
he grirmed, "always in debt"
The sophomore's big win has
- «tee*en,Page4
Zapatista
movement
seeks help
from U.S.
By David John Chavez
In an effort to educate Calif or-
nians about the Human Rights
mission in Chiapas, Mexico, Sal¬
vador Almanse, a member of the
National Commission for the
Democracy in Mexico, came to «,
CSU, Fresno and spoke on the
importance of United States citi¬
zens to be active in their fight
£ The conference, which was
held on Monday from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m., started in Sacramento,
making stops in Salinas and San
Jose. It will continue through
Bakersfield, Oxnard, and Santa
Barbara.
A rally is also scheduled to
take place at the California State
University, Los Angeles campus
in January.
The situation in Chiapas is
led by die Zapatista movement,
which is the movement of Indig¬
enous people from that part o t
Mexico.
This situation is important for
the future structure of Mexico
especially for big businesses and
democracy.
Robe rto Flores, who is the as¬
sistant director of Chieano Stu¬
dent Services * at Loyola
Marymount University, as well
as the co-chair for the Los Ange¬
les Committee for Democracy in
the US, said that Transnational
Corporations are exploi ting com¬
panies here and in Mexico.'
"NAFTA allows people toput
indigenous people out of their
land," said Flores. "Those people
are forced to sell their laad be¬
cause they cannot do anything
with it, and many will starve to
death."
See Conference, Page 4
Ken Attix, teen
Magazine's
"Guy of the
Year," says
he's the
romantic type.
*\
Rusty Robkon
— THE COLLEGIAN