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Alumnus sets sights on Congress
Crevelt second youngest
in political campaign
By Tamara Toller
Staff Writer
Dave Crevelt, 28, is the second youngest"
candidate running in the upcoming
election.
Crevelt. a 1981 graduate of CSUF. is
running against two-term incumbent
Richard Lehman for the 18th District
Congressional seat.
He claims his interest in politics stems
from his participation in student govern¬
ment and leadership roles. Crevelt served
as adiminstrative assistant to the A.S.
president in 1978-79 and was president of
Theta Chi Fraternity in 1980. He also
Learn at Lanch will feature
CbattegWi Iujuii ■<* management
and marketing who will give the first
of two presentations regarding "Deal¬
ing with Your Bow: Improving the
Odds."The event, sponsored by the
Employee Assistance Program, will
be held today in Room 202 of the
Main Cafeteria at noon.
Rick Mason, a graduate student
in speech communications, will pre¬
sent "The Language of Goodbye: A
Communication Perspective of
Grief." He will speak in Room 32 of
the Speech Arts Building at 1 p.m.
today.
The Academic Policy and Plan¬
ning Committee will meet at 2:15
p.m. today in Room 203 of the Main
Cafeteria.
TheChkano Latino Student Ass¬
ociation will meet today at 2 p.m. in
Room 309 of the College Union.
Chkanca in Law will meet today
at I and 5 p.m. in Room 31 IB of the
College Union.
wiflbei mnrhwmhiUnijM intheSatehite
College Union at 7 p.m. at 7:30   1
p.m., the film "Ghaodi" wiH be
shown in celebration of his birth in
18*9.
played football, soccer, and ran track
during his CSUF years.
After receiving his bachelor's degree in
Business Administration, Crevelt went
into the insurance business. While branch
manager of a firm in Fowler, he joined the
Chamber of Commerce and eventually
served two terms as its president at the age
of 26, making him the youngest president'
of any California Chamber of Commerce.
At the request of professor Mike
Hatcher, Crevelt and nine other CSUF
graduates started the Fresno County
Chapter of Young Republicans.
After serving as the group's president in
1985, Crevelt saw a future with the
Republican Party, possibly five years down
the line, he said. The opportunity came a
little sooner than he expected.
In a Fresno Bee article published last
March, Crevelt said that if he was not in
the insurance business, he would enjoy
coaching or getting into politics. "Politics
is an area where 1 enjoy working with
people," he said. "I think 1 have a good
impact and I think I can help out."
Members of the Fresno Republican
Assembly approached Crevelt after the
article was published, he said. Negotiations
between the party and Crevelt took place,
and it was decided he was the individual to
run against Congressman Richard Leh¬
man.
Why the U.S. Congress and not local or
state politics first?
"My whole feelings about politics is
that 1 didn't want to go through that
normal ladder-stepping procedure that
you normally have to go through." Crevelt
said.
"1 wanted to find a niche where 1 could
just get in and make my impact and go. I
didn't think it had to be a ladder-stepping
kind of thing and 1 didn't want to wait 10
years," he said. "I wanted to get in and
make an impt n. The opportunity had all
that, so I tbok it."
Any future political aspirations?
"I think ultimately I want to run for
president." he said. Crevelt would like to
see the era of strength that abounds in the
United States right now continue and he
feels he can contribute to that effort, he
said.
Crevelt said the budget crisis facing the
United States today is responsible for the
deterioration of the small business sector
and the agri-business aconomy.
"We need to have a change, we need a
drastic change," he said. Crevelt said he
would like to see a clean slate of represen
tatives in Washington. "We need different
and creative ideas, we've got to quit
procrastinating with our problems," he
said. "Our problems are current problems."
Youth involvement in politics is not a
* Kurt Hegrel The Daily Collegian
Republican candidate Dave Crevelt will oppose Democrat Richard Lehman in
* the 18th Congressional district this November.
trend, but it is on its way to becoming one,
Crevelt said.
"Now that I've broken some ice, it
seems that people are thinking you don't
have to be 40 or 50 years old to get started
in politics."
He also said he encourages young people
to take the opportunity to get involved
with politics. Not only in running a race,
he said, but getting to know the base of
one's party.
"The time is now, it's not futuristic, it's
not later, it's right now," he added.
Children have the opportunity to develop
their future right now, he said. If they wait
around to see what the future will hold for
them, he thinks they will see they wasted a
lot of time.       »
"They should be getting involved,
whatever their party is, to learn the issues
and know what the concerns are."
With more knowledge and involvement,
Crevelt said, youth will be able to play a
bigger role in decisions being made about
their tax dollars, neighborhoods, and
communities.
OVERRIDE
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emergency allocations," the memo reads.
"My idea of an emergency is when some¬
thing comes up that could not have been
foreseen the prior year during the regular
budget procedures."
The Senate's decision to override
Whalen's veto and fund CLSA leaves
SI0,630 in unallocated reserves for the
remainder of the school year, $7,000 of
which the Senate voted at an earlier
meeting to set aside for the spring semester.
The most vocal opponents of Whalen's
veto were Sens. Greg Barfield, School of
Health and Social Work, and Randy
Guerra, School of Education and Human
Development.
Guerra, who is also vice president of
CLSA, argued that the SI,000 amount
Whalen had proposed was not enough for
the organization to operate with.
"A thousand dollars is not going to get
us anywhere," Guerra said.
Barfield took issue with Whalen's criter¬
ia for what constituted an emergency
situation, and argued that based on the
standards that Whalen cited in the memo,
he should have also vetoed the three other
funding allocations that the • Senate
approved at the previous week's meeting.
"If we're going to hold the money, let's
do it," he said. "But if we're going to give
out unallocated funds, let's go ahead and
give it away." *^
Barfield also argued that the policy of
granting unallocated funds only to organi¬
zations that could demonstrate an emer¬
gency was not something that had been
officially approved by the Senate.
"It's not etched in stone," he said. "It's
something that we take for granted. We
need to define what the hell unallocated is
for."
"We have a responsibility to other
organizations to leave something in there,"
said-Mark Astone, Senator-At-large,
Post No. 2, who voted against overriding
the veto. "There's no way we can justily
that amount in light of other organizations
that might come forward in the future
with emergency requests."
Responding to what he viewed as a
preoccupation with financial concerns,
Danny Chacon, president of CLSA, told
the Senate that its duties on campus
extended beyond its role as distributor of
funds.
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"You're not here to save the most
money," he said. "You're here to represent
the students. If anybody here thinks the
A.S. cannot exist, without unallocated
funds, you're"sorely mistaken."
Next Tuesday's Senate meeting will be
held, in part, in the Free Speech Area and
will beginat 12:25 p.m. The first item on
the agendFwill be a recommendation by
Tracey Bernard, Senator-At-Large. Post
No. 1, that former Daily Collegian editor
Eric Pappa be removed as Whalen's official
designee to the Media Council.