1995_01 The Daily Collegian January 1995

              130,1995
Editorial/Opinion
'How bad can a
little change be?'
It is now 30-days into the new Year of our Lord 1995 and
s,^~very littl^ h£»s changed. Turn on the TV, listen to the radio or
pick up a newspaper and you will begin to see how many things
have not changed this year.
We humans fear change but without it we would not be
here. According to evolutionists, change was necessary to bring
us out of the primordial soup where all life is said to have
started. This does not mean we have to like it. Change may not
be as wonderful as w^ think. Jusf take a look it the last election.
Liberals would consider the change that took place in
Congress a step backward, while conservatives would consider
this change long overdue. The conservatives have a point
because this is the first time in 40 years Congress has been
controlled by the republicans and they have already started to
make change. V \
. Newt and his gang have taken the initiative and started
working to ward living up to their Contract with America. They
are working On die Balanced Budget Admendment as I type and
they have already passed a law that states Congressmen and
women are subject to the same laws affecting the workplace.
This seems to include things like sexual harrasment among
others. So far it looks like this change will actually be benefical to
all, however, they have gotten nothing but negative press^Jf you
don't believe me, look at every magazine, newspaper and hews
progam (excluding Rush) and you will see what I mean.
Newt himself has had nothing, if anything, good said about
him. The liberals see this change as bad and a step backward and
I simply ask why they think this.
Have.theyfiot had more than enough time to handle things
as they wanted to?
How bad can a little change be?
One topic of much discussion which has not changed is the
trial of O.J. Simpson.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm fed up with hearing
\about this poor excuse of a trial. The opening statements have
,  »ow begun, but there has been no change from the preliminary
hearing.
/     Both sides are still arguing over little things that really don't
' seem to have that much bearing on the outcome, and Judge Ito-is
still acting his same childish self. He can't even keep things in
<xmtrol in his*ourtroom, so why is he even the judge in this
case? He seems to be giving the Prosecution every break he can
while restricting the Defense in every possible way.
I thought everyone in this country, was innocent until proven.
guilty, but it looks as if Judge Ito has already decidejKXJ, is
gulity.
—^Ipredict therest of the trial will be more of the same for the
t rest of die year and one good thing will come of it: There will at
least be one thing on TV this year.
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Do you thinkOJ, Simpson ingoing to get
a fair triaf? How have TV movies and
tell-all txioks impacted public opinion?
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'Dogs need student pound
-       Imagine, if you will,
thousands of screaming
Fresno State students
cheering the Dogs on to
victory. It isn't too difficult
to conjure up, for this has
happened several times
before. But, never in front
of the men's basketball
team.
thafs just the shot in
the arm Gary Colson's
squad could really upright
now — to send them on the
road to revitalization: I'm
not suggesting that throngs
of FSU students pile into
cars and head downtown to
Selland Arena.— they
should not have to. As the
Dogs sit in a hole six
Western Athletic Confer¬
ence teams deep — with
three straight home losses,
it becomes vividly apparent
that the Dogs desperately
need a house they can call
their own.
You* can see it in the
faces of the players and
coaches — the talent is
there, but the motivation is
out in left field. The Fresno
State athletic department
should tear a page out of
the "history of the school's
recent baseball and football
successes and heed the
words of wisdom. N
College should be a
time of learning about the
rich knowledge the world
has to offer; it is also a time
of self-discovery. College
students go through a
majority of that self-
discovery process when
amongst their peers:  «.
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We have students who
Come to FSU to play basket¬
ball whoend'up performing
in front of a hard-to-please
crowd of Frefenans who,
because of the1 lack o£a
professional sports team, are
starved for some form of
action.
A Washington State
University alumnus myself, I
have been a part of the spirit
of cheering on your college's
basketball team whether they
win or lose — made possible
by a short trek to the campus
arena. If all comes down to
the comradery enjoyed
between young people
making the most of the sexual
aspect of their college experi¬
ence.
It's really very elemental
to the World of sports. Take a
look at any other college
basketball crowd just about
any time ESPN features a
game. When that underdog
team beats up on the top   '
team in the country, you see
throngs of ecstatic college
students flooding the court
from all directions to con¬
gratulate their team —' their/
peers. Can you really imagine
the middle-aged fans and the
families with children'who
inhabit Selland showing the.
same adulation when Gary
Colson's Dogs bring home
the big win?
Okay, I have failed to
mention that all-important
ingredient in the construc¬
tion of an on-campus arena—
money! There, I said it The
emotional deficit ha* been
clearly spelled out in the last
eight years or soot Bulldog-
basketball — that should be
enough. With the amount of
tuition students pay today,
they deserve it. For the y __ •
basketball Dogs, playing in"**
front of their peers holds
intrinsic value-
Steve Diddy, sports anchor,
KM^H^Ietfsradio 107.5
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