1996_03 The Daily Collegian March 1996

              Bulldog Baseball wins their
seventh straight
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Softball wins five of six
over weekend
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Daily Collegian
Volume 106, No, 35
California State University, Fresno
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March 18. 1996
CSUF's city councilman wants mayor job
By Jim Ward
Senior Staff Writer
Michael Erin Woody sat in his
office at City Hall scarfing down
three tacos, a quesadilla and a
burrito from Taco Bell.
"I don't usually eat like this,"
Woody said, brushing crumbs from
his desk. "I'm usually a white rice
and chicken, guy but I can't resist
Taco Bell."
Woody, 29, surprised the Fresno
political world last year when he
announced that he was going to
challenge Fresno's popular incum¬
bent mayor, Jim Patterson, in this
year's mayoral election.
Woody, known for his long hair
and love for jogging, is confident
that he can beat Patterson in a one-
or. one race, betting on a Novem¬
ber run-off.
"I've only wanted two jobs in
City Councilman Woody and
Mayor Patterson both say
they want a campus sports
arena, page 4.
politics — city councilman and
mayor. I'm going to win the
mayor's race. You can count on it.**
said the Fresno State civil engineer¬
ing graduate.
Woody was elected to the City
Council from District 6 in 1993.
"I understood how politics
worked when I got elected," Woody
said. "But. I didn't think it would
Please see WOODY, Page 4.
Mayor Patterson visits The Pit'
By Jim Ward
Senior Staff Writer
Fresno's mayor wandered
around California State University,
Fresno's Student Union Thursday,
looking lost.
"I have no idea where The Pit
is," Jim Patterson said.' Fresno's
mayor and alumnus of Fresno State.
"All I know is that I'm supposed to
speak at noon."
Patterson was scheduled to
speak Thursday at The Pit. an event
sponsored by the Fresno State Col¬
lege Republicans.
, Patterson eventually found The
Pit and was surprised to find a
group of about 1(K) students eating
lunch.
"I had no Idea he was going to
speak today," one burrito munch¬
ing student said. "But, it's pretty
cool. I'm interested in what he has
to say."
"Fresno is at a crossroads,"
Patterson said. "We are the six
Please see MAYOR, Page 4.
Vietnam revisited
Moysis Nicolaou — The Daily Collegian
(Left) The current CSUF production "A Piece of My Heart" includes James Runcorn, left, and Jenny Carey, right.
(Right) Tria Xiong, left, and James Runcorn help to relive the Vietnam experience.
' A Piece of My Heart5 attracts Vietnam vets
Play centers on five
By Matthew Hart
Senior Staff Writer _/'
In 1969 and 1970. SaValane Hodge
was a nurse at the 95th evacuation hospi¬
tal in DaNang, Vietnam.
On March 15. Hodge was a spectator
at the opening nigh( of "A Piece of\My
Heart." University Theatre's newest pro¬
duction that centers on the role of women
in the Vietnam conflict.     %
The play was written by Shirley Lauro
and based on a book by the same name.
The book was composed of interviews
with 26 women who had been in Vietnam
during the war.
Hodge was one ol those women, and
Friday night was the first time she had
seen the play.
"I don't really know what to expect."
Hodge said before the play.
Afterwards, through teary eyes, she went
backstage and thanked the cast for accurately
representing events in the boo£
"You all did what our book really meant
to do," Hodge said to James Runcorn, who
played the role of all American men.
"All I want is for peophup.know women
were there and that we weren't always in the
safe zone," Hodge said.
Duting her term as a nurse Hodge was sta¬
tioned only 15 miles from the Vietnam de¬
militarized zone.
The play is about five women and their
roles throughout the Vietnam era.
Please see VETS, Page 5.
nurses in Vietnam
By Matthew Hart
Senior Staff Writer
University Theatre's newest produc¬
tion, "A Piece of My Heart." opened Fri¬
day night.
Based on a book that interviewed 26
women, the play focuses on the roles of
\~\\c women in the Vietnam war.
"I thought that the actors really nailed
it." Brad Myers said, director of the play.
Myers said the actors received an ex¬
tra emotional charge by knowing the**
; PLAY, Page 5.
Pleast
Welty to
speak on
recent E-mail
messages
By Matthew Hart
Senior Staff Writer
A rash of recent anonymous e-mail mes¬
sages decrying the university and its policies
has prompted President John Welty AS sched¬
ule a meeting open to the public to talk about
the issues the e-mail messages have brought .
up.
The meeting is today at I p.m. in the Sat¬
ellite Student Union.
Welty said the meeting was scheduled to
confront what he-termed "e-mail inaccura¬
cies" and because the California Faculty As¬
sociation had indicated concern about some
university issues.
Welty said that this is the best opportu¬
nity to raise questions and voice concerns
about current practices.
"There appears to be a need for this type
of discussion." Welty said.
Welty compared the need for communi¬
cation to a family, saying that, when there is
a problem in a family, the best way to handle
it is to call everyone together.
Welty announced the meeting last Mon¬
day in a memo to the university community.
"The latest set of provocative e-mail mes¬
sages is another in a series of unfortunate
incidents that I have observed since I have
been at California State University. Fresno
that are aimed to be divisive and destroy a
sense of community,*' Welt) said
Welty said he expects several hundred
people to attend the meeting
While he said many issues will be con¬
fronted, foremost w ill be to handle the e-mail
Please see WELTY, Page 4.
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