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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Wednesday, November 6, 1996 News CCRI: University doesn't expect enforcement Continued from page 1. sition) 209." Furthermore, because Fresno State falls under the umbrella of the CSU system, any changes made will not be made singularly. "Any discussion will have to first be generated at the system- wide level." Raymond said "Cer¬ tainly any decisions made at the system-wide level will have an ef¬ fect on our campus. Whatever the system decides Fresno State will adhere to." f % While hiring practices have dominated the discussion surround¬ ing Proposition 209, there are sev¬ eral other areas that may be touched by the initiative. Campus programs that are either gender or ethnically based have been thrust under the microscope of Proposition 209. as questions have surfaced as to which programs will be singled out. "I think there will be immediate political moves made by [Governor Pete Wilson] and others," said Dr. Warren Kessler, a philosophy pro¬ fessor and president of the Califor¬ nia Faculty Association. They will attempt to shut down everything that is perceived as a preferential program. Perception, legally speaking, will also come into play when it comes time to target specific pro¬ grams or issues. "One of the big problems with (Proposition) 209 is that preference is not clearly defined," said Newell Young. "There is a definite need for interpretation by the courts." While supporters of Proposition 209 spent little time pointing out specifics of the measure, opponents have voiced concern over programs like Upward Bound and issues like women's athletics. "I think the place where women's athletics will be hurt most is at the elementary and high school levels." said Humphrey. "Proposi¬ tion 209 won't have any effect on Title IX because tha' is a federal law. But I feel that school districts will hold back from doing an> thing special for girls untifihey make sure they are not breaking the law do¬ ing it." Supporters and opponents alike do seem to agree that Proposition 209 will clearly avoid conflict with any federal laws or programs like Title IX. "Proposition 209 specifically exempts any school or other org:>- nization from endangering their federal funding." Humphrey said For now the federal laws rnaj seem to be untouchable by Propo sition 209. but there are plentv ol experts predicting that the fight tor civil and gender equity is far from over on either the local or national level. "I expect a national -effect. Humphrey said. "The next step, particularly if the Republicans maintain control of both houses, is systematic attacks on federal affir¬ mative action policies." Steitz: Challenger unseats outspoken incumbent Continued from page 1. stituenls." Steitz said. 'I am going to work hard in this district." At thaj time Lung enjoyed an 18 point lead over Steitz with mainly absentee votes having been counted. Lungs confidence mir¬ rored that of Steitz's. "The barometer is that it is a wide enough gap that we feel we are going to be able to hold on," Lung said. Past experience with this race led Steitz to believe that the early indications were not truly rep¬ resentative of the voters' feelings. "Bob spent all of his efforts on absentee voters," Steitz said. "This is just like the primary, we are go¬ ing to close the gap and make it a long evening." Long wasn't the word. More than five hours after the polls closed', votes were still being tal¬ lied in District 4. At times, with more than half of the precincts re¬ porting, the two candidates were within just nine votes of each other. * We knew, on polling day. the numbers were for us." Steitz said. The numbers looked real good." As more and more precincts re¬ ported throughout the late night and early morning, the race developed just as Steitz predicted. With 301"- of the precincts reporting. Steitz closed to within four points. At 70rr of precincts reporting the gap shrunk even further to three points. And by 80rc Steitz had gained a . 196 advantage. "When you run against an in¬ cumbent, you have to run against his record," Steitz said. "That is what I did. I think we ran a near perfect campaign."' The race between Steitz and Lung was easily the most publi¬ cized of the city courfcil races due to the overly bitter manner in which the campaign played out. "It's the way it goes." Lung said. that you believe in then you have to do whatever you think it takes to hold on. And that is what this raa- came down to." The extended hours spent b) the two candidates on election night served merely as a microcosm for the campaign as a whole. "This was probably the most aggressive and tiring campaign I have been involved in." Lung said "It has been going for about is months, but it if went another is "'When you are doing something months I'd be right there.' GOP: Locals lament Dole, celebrate area wins Continued from page 1. Across the room, a man and wife put their arms around each other and shrugged. When the speech ended, the crowd showed their support by clapping and shouting.for trie former candidate. The crowd held many familiar political faces. Chronic mayoral candidate and "rich republican business leader" Mike Eagles, famous for his perma¬ nent classified ad in the Collegian, was there wearing his usual attire: Bogart Continued from page 1. against it." Nordlund said of the law. "They know what the effects will be." Those effects, however, aren't the ones Dr. Riehard Cohen is con¬ cerned with. Cohen, an oncologist at the Cali¬ fornia-Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, has been recom¬ mending marijuana to his patients for years and has seen the results. "At least 85 percent of the time, my patients have received much- needed relief from chemotherapy pain with marijuana," Cohen said. Tests have proven marijuana useful for lowering internal eye pressure associated with glaucoma, increasing the appetites and reduc¬ ing the pain of AIDS patients, and lowering the risks of epileptic sei¬ zures. Cohen said marijuana is unique Blue sweat pants, a red leather cap bedecked with GOP pins and ten¬ nis shoes. Mayor Jim Patterson was there to support his Republican friends. "We are going to win locally with Radanovich and Poochigian, but we'll have to see about the city council races," Patterson said. Patterson expressed his disap¬ pointment in Dole's loss, but was optimistic about Republican control of Congress. Dole's concession speech did not disappoint 66-year-old Gwen Hansen. because it is smoked, allowing pa¬ tients who are unable to keep other medications down to use it. Nordlund used the situation in Holland, where marijuana laws were made more* lenient in the 1970s, as an example of what could happen in California. According to Interpol statistics, Holland's crime rate has doubled since the 1970s. Its hard-drug use has tripjed during that same span. Although those statistics don't show marijuana as a direct cause of those problems, Nordlund said laws such as the new marijuana law make society more accepting of drug use, which increases the crime rate. Che Malcolm, director of pub¬ lic relations for Californians for Medical Rights, said Nordlund's concerns are presumptuous. "The bottom line is you cannot be a stoner in California," Malcolm said. "We've just made the distinc¬ tion between criminals and pa¬ tients." ""It's not over "til the fat lady sings," said the former president of the Fresno County and City Repub¬ lican Women Federated. Hansen said she wouldn't ac¬ knowledge Dole's defeat until all the votes were in. Chairmen of Fresno County Re¬ publicans Michael DerManuel. 34, was excited about the local races, but not surprised about Dole's de¬ feat. "The economy is fairly strong so people don't realize the extent of Clinton's damage," DerManuel said. Sharon Bradshaw was thankful for the amount of voter turnout this year. The 30-year-old captain of two Clov is precincts said that 90rr of the Republicans in her precincts voted. State Assemblymen Chuck Poochigian felt sorry for Dole, but was excited to see himself in the lead for the race for the assembly. Poochigian was also glad to see strong voter support. "We have a responsibility to reach out to the community and we have done that through the media and grassroots efforts." Poochigian was surprised to see Four Eanes Continued from page 1. one of the many Generation, X'ers at the celebration. The increase in jobs, reduction in homelessness were a few of Clinton's accomplish¬ ments to which Smith pointed. "Clinton's got more of his own ideas. He doesn't have too many special interest groups." Smith said. Although Smith was very pleased with Clinton's accomplish¬ ments so far. she felt that he won't get too much accomplished with a congress that will be trying to get rid of him. Mary Zambrano. an office spe¬ cialist in the health care field, was one of the baby-boomers present. Zambrano was very pleased and impressed with Clinton's first term. "He has made so many good changes and I'm very motivated and looking forward to the future," Zambrano said. Continued from page 2. Privatization: Corporation for Public Broadcasting ($286); Postal Service ($92). The private sector has shown that it can do these. Savings: $378 million a year. Charity and volunteerism: Com¬ mission on National and Commu¬ nity Service/Corporation for Na¬ tional and Community Service ($318); Community Empowerment Board (FY 97: $1); Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation ($39); he was supported not only by con¬ servatives, but liberals and indepen dents as well. House Representative George Radanovich was all smiles "The polls look good for me," he said "We have run a very serious cam paign and are pleased with the re suits." Julie Leetch, president of Fresno State Young Republicans was posi tive about the evenings results "You have to do what you can. fight the good fight, and be happv with the results." she said. "It's the democratic process. You just have to live with the results." Peace Corps ($2 34). If people didn't have to work as hard to pay taxes, do you think they'd contribute and volunteer more? Savings: $592 million a year See. that wasn't so hard, and we just saved $30,242 billion a year Nor is this even remotely close to a complete list of unnecessary federal functions. For one thing, it deals only with entire agencies, not with obsolete functions within agencies These programs aren't necessarily without merit, but they're not jus¬ tified in a country that is $5.1 tril¬ lion in debt. If Bill Clinton is really serious about reinventing govern¬ ment, here's where to start. For more elections information, check out the links on The Daily Collegian web page. http://www.csufresnp.edu/Collegian The elections coverage in today's issue was produced with the assistance of student volunteers from MCJ 102W. The Daily Collegian is not affiliated with the Mass Communications and Journalism department. , .
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Full-Text-Search | THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Wednesday, November 6, 1996 News CCRI: University doesn't expect enforcement Continued from page 1. sition) 209." Furthermore, because Fresno State falls under the umbrella of the CSU system, any changes made will not be made singularly. "Any discussion will have to first be generated at the system- wide level." Raymond said "Cer¬ tainly any decisions made at the system-wide level will have an ef¬ fect on our campus. Whatever the system decides Fresno State will adhere to." f % While hiring practices have dominated the discussion surround¬ ing Proposition 209, there are sev¬ eral other areas that may be touched by the initiative. Campus programs that are either gender or ethnically based have been thrust under the microscope of Proposition 209. as questions have surfaced as to which programs will be singled out. "I think there will be immediate political moves made by [Governor Pete Wilson] and others," said Dr. Warren Kessler, a philosophy pro¬ fessor and president of the Califor¬ nia Faculty Association. They will attempt to shut down everything that is perceived as a preferential program. Perception, legally speaking, will also come into play when it comes time to target specific pro¬ grams or issues. "One of the big problems with (Proposition) 209 is that preference is not clearly defined," said Newell Young. "There is a definite need for interpretation by the courts." While supporters of Proposition 209 spent little time pointing out specifics of the measure, opponents have voiced concern over programs like Upward Bound and issues like women's athletics. "I think the place where women's athletics will be hurt most is at the elementary and high school levels." said Humphrey. "Proposi¬ tion 209 won't have any effect on Title IX because tha' is a federal law. But I feel that school districts will hold back from doing an> thing special for girls untifihey make sure they are not breaking the law do¬ ing it." Supporters and opponents alike do seem to agree that Proposition 209 will clearly avoid conflict with any federal laws or programs like Title IX. "Proposition 209 specifically exempts any school or other org:>- nization from endangering their federal funding." Humphrey said For now the federal laws rnaj seem to be untouchable by Propo sition 209. but there are plentv ol experts predicting that the fight tor civil and gender equity is far from over on either the local or national level. "I expect a national -effect. Humphrey said. "The next step, particularly if the Republicans maintain control of both houses, is systematic attacks on federal affir¬ mative action policies." Steitz: Challenger unseats outspoken incumbent Continued from page 1. stituenls." Steitz said. 'I am going to work hard in this district." At thaj time Lung enjoyed an 18 point lead over Steitz with mainly absentee votes having been counted. Lungs confidence mir¬ rored that of Steitz's. "The barometer is that it is a wide enough gap that we feel we are going to be able to hold on," Lung said. Past experience with this race led Steitz to believe that the early indications were not truly rep¬ resentative of the voters' feelings. "Bob spent all of his efforts on absentee voters," Steitz said. "This is just like the primary, we are go¬ ing to close the gap and make it a long evening." Long wasn't the word. More than five hours after the polls closed', votes were still being tal¬ lied in District 4. At times, with more than half of the precincts re¬ porting, the two candidates were within just nine votes of each other. * We knew, on polling day. the numbers were for us." Steitz said. The numbers looked real good." As more and more precincts re¬ ported throughout the late night and early morning, the race developed just as Steitz predicted. With 301"- of the precincts reporting. Steitz closed to within four points. At 70rr of precincts reporting the gap shrunk even further to three points. And by 80rc Steitz had gained a . 196 advantage. "When you run against an in¬ cumbent, you have to run against his record," Steitz said. "That is what I did. I think we ran a near perfect campaign."' The race between Steitz and Lung was easily the most publi¬ cized of the city courfcil races due to the overly bitter manner in which the campaign played out. "It's the way it goes." Lung said. that you believe in then you have to do whatever you think it takes to hold on. And that is what this raa- came down to." The extended hours spent b) the two candidates on election night served merely as a microcosm for the campaign as a whole. "This was probably the most aggressive and tiring campaign I have been involved in." Lung said "It has been going for about is months, but it if went another is "'When you are doing something months I'd be right there.' GOP: Locals lament Dole, celebrate area wins Continued from page 1. Across the room, a man and wife put their arms around each other and shrugged. When the speech ended, the crowd showed their support by clapping and shouting.for trie former candidate. The crowd held many familiar political faces. Chronic mayoral candidate and "rich republican business leader" Mike Eagles, famous for his perma¬ nent classified ad in the Collegian, was there wearing his usual attire: Bogart Continued from page 1. against it." Nordlund said of the law. "They know what the effects will be." Those effects, however, aren't the ones Dr. Riehard Cohen is con¬ cerned with. Cohen, an oncologist at the Cali¬ fornia-Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, has been recom¬ mending marijuana to his patients for years and has seen the results. "At least 85 percent of the time, my patients have received much- needed relief from chemotherapy pain with marijuana," Cohen said. Tests have proven marijuana useful for lowering internal eye pressure associated with glaucoma, increasing the appetites and reduc¬ ing the pain of AIDS patients, and lowering the risks of epileptic sei¬ zures. Cohen said marijuana is unique Blue sweat pants, a red leather cap bedecked with GOP pins and ten¬ nis shoes. Mayor Jim Patterson was there to support his Republican friends. "We are going to win locally with Radanovich and Poochigian, but we'll have to see about the city council races," Patterson said. Patterson expressed his disap¬ pointment in Dole's loss, but was optimistic about Republican control of Congress. Dole's concession speech did not disappoint 66-year-old Gwen Hansen. because it is smoked, allowing pa¬ tients who are unable to keep other medications down to use it. Nordlund used the situation in Holland, where marijuana laws were made more* lenient in the 1970s, as an example of what could happen in California. According to Interpol statistics, Holland's crime rate has doubled since the 1970s. Its hard-drug use has tripjed during that same span. Although those statistics don't show marijuana as a direct cause of those problems, Nordlund said laws such as the new marijuana law make society more accepting of drug use, which increases the crime rate. Che Malcolm, director of pub¬ lic relations for Californians for Medical Rights, said Nordlund's concerns are presumptuous. "The bottom line is you cannot be a stoner in California," Malcolm said. "We've just made the distinc¬ tion between criminals and pa¬ tients." ""It's not over "til the fat lady sings," said the former president of the Fresno County and City Repub¬ lican Women Federated. Hansen said she wouldn't ac¬ knowledge Dole's defeat until all the votes were in. Chairmen of Fresno County Re¬ publicans Michael DerManuel. 34, was excited about the local races, but not surprised about Dole's de¬ feat. "The economy is fairly strong so people don't realize the extent of Clinton's damage," DerManuel said. Sharon Bradshaw was thankful for the amount of voter turnout this year. The 30-year-old captain of two Clov is precincts said that 90rr of the Republicans in her precincts voted. State Assemblymen Chuck Poochigian felt sorry for Dole, but was excited to see himself in the lead for the race for the assembly. Poochigian was also glad to see strong voter support. "We have a responsibility to reach out to the community and we have done that through the media and grassroots efforts." Poochigian was surprised to see Four Eanes Continued from page 1. one of the many Generation, X'ers at the celebration. The increase in jobs, reduction in homelessness were a few of Clinton's accomplish¬ ments to which Smith pointed. "Clinton's got more of his own ideas. He doesn't have too many special interest groups." Smith said. Although Smith was very pleased with Clinton's accomplish¬ ments so far. she felt that he won't get too much accomplished with a congress that will be trying to get rid of him. Mary Zambrano. an office spe¬ cialist in the health care field, was one of the baby-boomers present. Zambrano was very pleased and impressed with Clinton's first term. "He has made so many good changes and I'm very motivated and looking forward to the future," Zambrano said. Continued from page 2. Privatization: Corporation for Public Broadcasting ($286); Postal Service ($92). The private sector has shown that it can do these. Savings: $378 million a year. Charity and volunteerism: Com¬ mission on National and Commu¬ nity Service/Corporation for Na¬ tional and Community Service ($318); Community Empowerment Board (FY 97: $1); Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation ($39); he was supported not only by con¬ servatives, but liberals and indepen dents as well. House Representative George Radanovich was all smiles "The polls look good for me," he said "We have run a very serious cam paign and are pleased with the re suits." Julie Leetch, president of Fresno State Young Republicans was posi tive about the evenings results "You have to do what you can. fight the good fight, and be happv with the results." she said. "It's the democratic process. You just have to live with the results." Peace Corps ($2 34). If people didn't have to work as hard to pay taxes, do you think they'd contribute and volunteer more? Savings: $592 million a year See. that wasn't so hard, and we just saved $30,242 billion a year Nor is this even remotely close to a complete list of unnecessary federal functions. For one thing, it deals only with entire agencies, not with obsolete functions within agencies These programs aren't necessarily without merit, but they're not jus¬ tified in a country that is $5.1 tril¬ lion in debt. If Bill Clinton is really serious about reinventing govern¬ ment, here's where to start. For more elections information, check out the links on The Daily Collegian web page. http://www.csufresnp.edu/Collegian The elections coverage in today's issue was produced with the assistance of student volunteers from MCJ 102W. The Daily Collegian is not affiliated with the Mass Communications and Journalism department. , . |