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THE daily collegian Thursday, September 18,1997 News of the weird By Chuck Sheperd Strange Explanations In January. Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda of India told a meeting of government employees in Banga¬ lore that, in contrast with his image of laziness, he is actually a workaholic. The various photographs of him doz¬ ing off during official meetings are not accurate, he said. "Most of the time I am in deep thought about various wel¬ fare programs for the people." Rev. Robert Schuller was accused of roughing up a United Airlines flight attendant during a June trip from Los Angeles to'New York and agreed in August to enter a first-offender pro¬ gram to settle the charge. The flight attendant said Schuller grabbed and shook him while demanding a fruit cup without cheese because, said the diet- conscious Schuller later, he was afraid that if the cheese were there, he would eat it. Schuller said that he was merely "trying to share the love of God" with the man and that "I am a hands-on per¬ son." Jennifer Lee RoGala. 30, was ar¬ rested in March in Anthony, Ala., and charged with aggravated child abuse after she playfully chased and wounded three neighborhood children by shooting them with an air-powered pellet gun. According to the neighbor who called the police, RoGala was unremorseful; "She said they used to doit all the time up North and couldn't understand what the big deal was about shooting kids with pellets." Men Behaving Badly A 51-year-old man pleaded guilty in May in Hanover, N.H., to stealing underwear from the residences of women, including students at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. Poljcc say they recovered a handwrit¬ ten list of women whose pictures were in local newspapers (some of the names with asterisks), along with two Tuck student photo directories. In August, former Baptist minister Don McCary, 53, was reported to be planning to act as his own rawyer in his four impending retrials on sexual assault charges in Chattanooga, Tenn. "I made a lot of stupid mistakes," he said, "but 1 did not rape those four boys." He had been convicted of the charges in 1992, but the Tennessee Su¬ preme Court ordered new trials be¬ cause the district judge had allowed "prejudicial" evidence against him (e.g., McCary's diary, in which he de¬ scribed his yearning for young boys; and pornographic magazines, which he was found clutching while hiding among choir robes as police arrived to arrest him.) In June, government religious of¬ ficers in the Perak state of Malaysia announced <they were investigating a report that schoolgirls were offering men the opportunity to caress their cheeks for about 20 cents and other parts of their faces for slightly more money. Weirdo-American Community According to testimony in June in Chicago in a kidnapping trial. Richard Romero, 36, had befriended a local 13-year-old boy in an Internet sex chat and had arranged to whisk him off to St. Petersburg, Fla. An ac¬ quaintance of Romero, self-de¬ scribed faith healer Kim Wistcy. said Romero told him he was a mutant who was genetically en¬ gineered and programmed by the federal government to die at age 30, but that a benevolent alien race called the Vagans had proved that "extracting the energy from pornography" could stop his cells from dying. Romero allegedly said that if Wistey would put him up for a while, he'd work on com¬ puter databases lo find a cure for Wistcy's mother's cancer. Romero was also enthusiastic, said Wistey. about the "Five-Cent Plan." by which the two men would get rich lapping into the IRS fund that con¬ tains a nickel from each tax return ever filed. Said Wistey, after the prosecutor asked if he believed all of this: "I didn't want to be closed- minded." 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And Dodger Man¬ ager Bill Russell is getting a little frustrated. He watches his ace re¬ liever give up homcruns as if the opposition knew what he was dc- Volleyball Continued from page 4. And this year her stats are just as impressive, which might give her a first-class ticket to play volleyball overseas following this season This week Nalbandian leads Fresno State into its fourth consecu¬ tive tournament before WAC play, in Reno, Ncv. The Bulldogs will RecPlex livcring. While looking at today's stand ings, nothing should be taken sen ous yet. You sec. this division (NI West) is nol strong enough to hayc one team oust their competition The Colorado Rockies who arc in third place, currently, stand no chance of chasing a division title They, like their superiors. (Dodg ers and Giants) arc playing with in frequent patterns of winning Sure this can at leasl ignite some curios ity, for the waning sport. A* the finale approaches, don i be surprised if both teams trcal e\ cry single game as if its the VUbrld Scries. Expect to see baseball played at its best. square off against Northerrrlllinois in the first match, followed by Ne¬ vada. Cornell and they will finish with a good University of San Di¬ ego team. "We play them (University ol San Diego) last and that's the big game that we really want to go for. but you still have to play c\cr> game before that," Nalljandian s,iul "Wc need to come out with inlcn- sity. and wc want to win." Continued from page 1. garding financial aid. Zarr in¬ formed the crowd that any manda¬ tory fee is covered by financial aid. in spite of what the flyers might say. Meanwhile, Vuong-Vang and several other students have already begun mobilizing to spread the word to vote "no" on the ReVIMev referendum. "We definitely have plans, hut we are not ready to disclose them at this point," said Fryer. STAR lOl,. 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Title | 1997_09 The Daily Collegian September 1997 |
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Title | September 18, 1997, Page 2 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
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Publication Date | 1997 |
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Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
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THE daily
collegian
Thursday, September 18,1997
News of the weird
By Chuck Sheperd
Strange Explanations
In January. Prime Minister H.D.
Deve Gowda of India told a meeting
of government employees in Banga¬
lore that, in contrast with his image of
laziness, he is actually a workaholic.
The various photographs of him doz¬
ing off during official meetings are not
accurate, he said. "Most of the time I
am in deep thought about various wel¬
fare programs for the people."
Rev. Robert Schuller was accused
of roughing up a United Airlines flight
attendant during a June trip from Los
Angeles to'New York and agreed in
August to enter a first-offender pro¬
gram to settle the charge. The flight
attendant said Schuller grabbed and
shook him while demanding a fruit cup
without cheese because, said the diet-
conscious Schuller later, he was afraid
that if the cheese were there, he would
eat it. Schuller said that he was merely
"trying to share the love of God" with
the man and that "I am a hands-on per¬
son."
Jennifer Lee RoGala. 30, was ar¬
rested in March in Anthony, Ala., and
charged with aggravated child abuse
after she playfully chased and
wounded three neighborhood children
by shooting them with an air-powered
pellet gun. According to the neighbor
who called the police, RoGala was
unremorseful; "She said they used to
doit all the time up North and couldn't
understand what the big deal was about
shooting kids with pellets."
Men Behaving Badly
A 51-year-old man pleaded guilty
in May in Hanover, N.H., to stealing
underwear from the residences of
women, including students at
Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business.
Poljcc say they recovered a handwrit¬
ten list of women whose pictures were
in local newspapers (some of the
names with asterisks), along with two
Tuck student photo directories.
In August, former Baptist minister
Don McCary, 53, was reported to be
planning to act as his own rawyer in
his four impending retrials on sexual
assault charges in Chattanooga, Tenn.
"I made a lot of stupid mistakes," he
said, "but 1 did not rape those four
boys." He had been convicted of the
charges in 1992, but the Tennessee Su¬
preme Court ordered new trials be¬
cause the district judge had allowed
"prejudicial" evidence against him
(e.g., McCary's diary, in which he de¬
scribed his yearning for young boys;
and pornographic magazines, which he
was found clutching while hiding
among choir robes as police arrived to
arrest him.)
In June, government religious of¬
ficers in the Perak state of Malaysia
announced |