1986_12 The Daily Collegian December 1986

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Wednesday, Dec. 10, 1986
Poet Michael C. Ford gave a reading Tuesday night in Main Cafeteria 200. Ford, who clains three cities and Southern
California as his home, appeared with Dead Kennedys' singer Jello Biafra.
CSUF student volunteers assist
in Rape Counseling Service work
By Loriann Lowry
Staff Writer
Men and women between 15 and 25
have a greater risk of being involved with
a sexual assault, according to Jo Johnson,
crisis line coordinator for the Rape
Counseling Service in Fresno.
"They are more active; they're out there
more," Johnson said, noting that college
students are particularly vulnerable.       '
R.C.S. is a victim-advocacy organiza¬
tion which exists to "aid sexual assault
victims, their family members and/or
anyone who may be significantly close to a
victim," according to Johnson.
R.C.S. operates a rape-hotline as well
as counseling and other services to sexual-
assult victims. It also provides public
information lectures on- and off-campus.
Several hotline counselors are CSUF
students who volunteer at least 16 hours
per month of their time to the service.
Each volunteer hotline counselor has
"40 hours of comprehensive training and
that's mandated through the standards
and training as dictated through our
funding source, the Office of Criminal
Justice Planning," Johnson said.
Volunteers arc taught proper law
enforcement procedures, hospital and
office protocol, and how to properly use
the rape evidence kit. They also learn
hospital procedures to assist victims if
needed.
When victims call in or Mop at R.C.S..
the first step is to inform them of their
legal rights. **5
Victims are given thc option of reporting
rapes to the police, and if they choose to
do so, there must be a rape examination
within 72 hours to obtain evidence. Law
enforcement pays for this first examina¬
tion, Johnson said, and additional medical
treatment is covered by Victim Witness
through the probation department. The
actual funds for payment are obtained
through the State Board ol Control for
Victims' Compensation Fund.
See RAPE, page 2
Barfield,
Chacon
resign AS
By Georgr Kostyrko
Staff Writer
The resignations of Associated Students
President Pro Tern Greg Barfield and
student court applicant Daniel Chacon
were announced Tuesday during the A.S.
Senate meeting.
Barfield's resignation.effective Dec. 31.
occurred minutes after A.S. Senator Lori
Espinoza read a letter of resignation from
student court hopeful Daniel Chacon.
Chacon, whose appointment to the
student court was vetoed for a second time
by A.S. President Bob Whalen.-was not
present at the meeting.
"It is in my best interest to resign. I do
hereby resign my senate seat representing
the School of Health and Social Work
along with the committee duties that go
along with thc seat." Barfield read from
his letter of resignation.
He said he would, however, continue to
work with the university and state commit¬
tees he has been appointed to.
"I still will be involved with Student
Affairs and the Education Equity Commit¬
tee," he said. "On the state level I will still
be involved with outreach and recruit¬
ment." „
,,He also docs outreach and recruitment
locally at Tulare West and Tulare Union
High School. "I kind of oversee the policies
that are made for my office." he said,
describing his role with outreach on the
state level.
He said he spends between 12 and 15
hours a week doing AJv business, which
includes working on thc Legal and
legislative and the Finance and Budget
Committees. "It_kcpt me from putting in
110 percent effort." he said-
Chacon's resignation followed Whalen's
Dec. 3 veto, which came as no surprise to
many. Whalen had stated throughout the
almost two-month affair that he opposed
confirming a student court candidate with
previous student politics experience.
Chacon was an A.S. senator during thc
1985-86 school year and ran against Bob
Whalen last semester for the 1986-87 A.S.
presidency.
The 'Associated   Students  voted   to
See SENATE, page 2
Students tell of Nicaragua
By Bill Morison
Staff Writer
For Pat Young, Nicaragua was only "a
book experience" before he visited the
Central American country last summer.
He found the country "very different
from what you read about in the U.S.
press," he said.
Young and two CSUF sjBdents, Junko
Kunitake and Steve BruKn, who traveled
through Central America last summer, will
speak about their experiences on Wednes¬
day at 7 p.m. at the Newman Center. The
meeting is sponsored by the Fresno Latin
American Support Committee and will
include two films, "Waiting for the
Invasion" and "These People May Pass,"
about Central America.
"The U.S. press prints verbatim any lie
that the president may say," Young said.
In contrast. Yo«*Qj|\saw a lot of popular
support for the revolution. People —
given the choice — Would have the
(Sandinista) government.
"Short of killing hundreds of thousands
of people, there is no way (for the U.S.-
backed Contras fighting the Sandinistas)
to win," he said.
"Basically, there is a great deal of social
unity," Young said. The Reagan ad¬
ministration's support ofthe Contra rebels
has brought many people from different
sectors of Nicaraguan society, he said.
"The U.S. government and the National
Guard (the Nicaraguan army before the
1979 revolution) — they (the Nicaraguan
people) know who thc enemy is," Young
said.
"We traveled through Northern Nicara¬
gua, which is supposed to be Contra
territory, and never encountered any
hostility." Young said. "Never, at any
time, did we feel like we were in a war."
"Progressive Nicaraguans feel sorry for
North. America," he said, "because they
have had their revolution and we still have
to suffer under Ronald Reagan."
Young said that while many Americans
view Nicaragua as a Communist country,
the reality is quite different. "There is
more private industry in Nicaragua than
in Costa Rica," he said.
"There are still middle-class and wealthy
neighborhoods around Managua," he said.
"They haven't been purged."
Young said the concern the government
has for the common people was what
impressed him the most.
Young traveled to Nicaragua through
Mexico and El Salvador. He said that
while Nicaragua was the poorest country
in Central America, "health care is free
and people have the right guaranteed by
law, to basic (minimum) food." Health
care in Nicaragua is no longer a privilege,
in contrast to other Latin Anierican
countries," he said. ^- —
He said the "spirit of the Nicaraguan
people was impressive." "In El Salvador,
when the military (convoys) drive past,
everyone looks down," but in Nicaragua,
"the people cheer them on; they're J^onkin*
and wavin'," he said.
'There is a great deal of patriotism
down there. You see it in the murals and
spray-painted on the walls." he said.
"The films wc will bc showing are more
about North American reactions to the
revolution," Young said.   *
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