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Pizzuti disputed
To the editor:
I would like to respond to the
claim by Mark Pizzuti'lNov. 12) that
there is no relation between atomic
bombs and nuclear power plants.
On the contrary, there are very dose
connections between nuclear power
plants and nuclear bombs.
— The technology for building bombs
is basically the same technology used
for building reactors.
— They both use the same materials,
plutonium and uranium.
The U.S. has contributed to the spread
of nuclear weapons by teaching nuclear
technology to scientists from South
Korea, Taiwan and India. Many of the
Indian scientists went on to develop a
bomb for their country.
France was training Iraqis in nuclear
technology at the French-built Osiark
research reactor until J une 7, when the
reactor was destroyed by the Israelis.
Whether the Iraqis intended to use the
reactor in a bomb-making effort is un¬
clear but it is obvious that they could
have.
Other connections between nuclear
power and nuclear bombs are:
— They both generate highly radk>
— They both require uranium mining,
a process that is contaminating water
supplies in the mining areas and
beyond.
— They both require transportation
of large quantities of radioactive ma¬
terials.
I believe as do Amory and L. Lovins
in their book, Energy/War: Breaking the
Nuclear Link, that the missing link for
the survival of people is *...a psycho¬
logical climate of denuclearization, In
which It comes to be seen as a mark of
national immaturity to have or want
StanThiesen
j 'Let's show Brown'
.To the editor:
I would like to address my fellow
students on an issue that has been
receiving a great amount of press in
this and other campus publications-
student fee increase-. The big issue
seems to be the S46 spring increase,
but let's face it, we are going to have
to pay that one.
The thing that bothers me is that
few among us seem to be concerned
about next fall, and the proposed $216
increase. This increase we can do
something about.
In the past, student protest has
often taken the form of sit-ins,
marches, sign carrying, and the like.
All of these are very visual, but they
accomplish very little. If we students
nt to change things that we don't
s, let' s let the state legislators know
mat we are going to work within the
system, not expend our energy trying
to abolish it.
Our goal is to get our fees low¬
ered, not to try and make sweeping
reform of the state Legislature. Let's
not allow our energy to get side¬
tracked. Instead, let'sshowthemoun
interest in ways that they understand.
We cannot leave our protests to be
viewed on the five o'clock news, we
must take our views right to the legis¬
lators.
There are students in the Free
Speech Area with postcards that are
to be sent to Gov Brown. These cards
only require your signature to let the
governor know that we as students are
not going to bear more than our fair
share of the states' deficit. Make it a
point to sign a card. Let's show Cov.
Brown that we will not be treated un¬
fairly.
Letters a farce
To the editor:
Why do you allow the space in your
letters from readers column to be
taken up by these Jerks who debate
each other? Last year it was some
stupid religious debate and now it Is
nukes. And then one of the people has
not the guts to use his name.
I suggest the idiots waging this bat¬
tle get together at a neutral site and
punch it out. Really, it is getting ri-
And where does our beloved As¬
sociated Student Senate get off talking
about this stupid Coors thing? As if
they thought it would do any good...
Richard dark
'Barron a racist'
To the editor:
In the Nov. 4 issue of the Daily
Collegian, there appears a letter from
ML. Barron, Department of Sociol¬
ogy . I am appalled by this outright
display of racism, and especially from
a member of the faculty of a univer¬
sity.
Taken in context, I am sure that Mr.
Barron would find the listed quotes to
take on quite a different meaning, If
his intent in publishing these excerpts
was to educate students on Arabic cul¬
ture or character, he has failed miser¬
ably. He has, in fact, succeeded only
in promoting a gravely injurious ster¬
eotype of Arabs as cheats or liars.
Generalizations of this nature can only
serve to encourage further discrimina¬
tion and even violence against mem¬
bers of the Arab community in Fresno.
If only there were a simple 'cure*
for racism and bigotry; we can only
hope that Mr. Barron becomes sensi¬
tized to the passible results of such
slanderous and incriminating re-
Vicki Tamoush
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The budget mess
Higher fees mean students are helping pick up state's tab
While the legality of the 'tuition* increase may be debatable, the economic
situation is not.
In order to meet a 5 percent reduction that Cov. Jerry Brown has asked for, the
CSUC trustees have decided to increase student fees by 1216 next year. The figure
must still be approved by the state Department of Finance and the Legislature.
Officials have taken pains to assure that thclncrease Is not tuition, which does
not pay teacher salaries or any other educational costs. No tuiuon fees more than
$25 can be charged without legislative approval. Regardless of what it is called,
it will cost students at CSUF more than $500 next year.
The California Sate University and Colleges system is almost completely
financed by the state. While the financial base has been good up until recently,
three factors have worked in the past four years to tighten the state's ability to
continue the financing:
-The Jarvis-Cann Initiative, Proposition 13. By cutting local Jurisdictional abil¬
ity to assess property tax, statewide tax revenues were cut in half.
—Federal budget reductions under President Ronald Reagan have cost the
state in anticipated funds. Although federal funds contribute little to the CSUC
system, they figure heavily in student aid in both state and private institutions,
and when students cannot afford to go to a private school they go to a state-sup¬
ported school.
—The economic recession.
Some experts would consider the recession the biggest snag on which the
university's economic troubles hang.  -
'If you can tell me how deep the recession is going to be, we'll know what the
future (of CSUC's finances) will be like,' said Jim Phillips, principal analyst at
the state Department of Finance.
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Fridays rock with
Brass Ackwards
Tuesday
My argument: If you're sick and
tired of going to restaurants and mov¬
ies, then there's nothing to do in
Fresno on a Friday night.
Her rebuttal: Aw, come on. There's
always The Bucket at CSUF.
The Bucket? (eyebrows raised,
skeptical) What's at The Bucket?
Only dancing—live music—and
Brass Ackwards.
Ackwards made me think of awk-
wards, so I wasn't very encouraged.
And when she said Brass Ackwards
was a six-member musical group conv
posed of all college students, I was
less enthusiastic.
Painfully, I remembered high
school, where anybody and everybody
was either in a band or wanted to
be in a band, but rarely did anything
promising come from my high school
chums' efforts, other than sour notes.
So when we got to The Bucket
around 9:30 last Friday night, I wasn't
expecting much. .
(Remember mom'sold warning
against making premature judge¬
ments? It's worth paying attention
to.)
What I saw was six musicians:
male, ranging in age from 21 to 28.
No disco clothes, no strobe lights, no
new wave haircuts. Just six guys in
jeans and T-shirts standing on a small
stage against the north wall of The
Bucket, performing.
What I heard was pure musical
talent. Brass Ackwards doesn'ttry to
entice you with a fancy stageshow.
They let their musk do all the selling.
'What we work for is a real good
sound, * one member said. 'We feel
we're a professional band. We work
for a professional sound.*
Brass Ackwards, an introduction:
From CSUF, there's Brian Hama-
da, 21, on drums, a business major
and current member of the CSUF Jazz
Band A; Larry Hovick, 28, lead vocals,
a journalism major; Ron Delarm, 26,
on lead guitar and backup vocals, a
music major; and Steve Daily, 25, on
saxophone, flute, and backup vocals, a
student teacher at Clovis West and a
former six-year member of the CSUF
Jazz Band A.
The other two members of the band,
Scott Hunter, 22, on bass guitar and
vocals; and Paul Thompson, 25, on
keyboards and vocals, are both music
majors at Fresno City College. Hunter
is also a member of FCC' s J azz Band
A.
The brain-child behind Brass Ack¬
wards Is Dan Blanchard, a former  ^
chemistry major at CSUF currently en¬
rolled in Medical School at UC San
Diego.
Blanchard organized the group
three years ago, and although none of
the original eight members are still
playing, the current members of Brass
Ackwards have been perform i ng to¬
gether for a couple of years.
(This is Blanchard's first semester
in medical school and his first term
away from the band. The group still
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