1983_02 The Daily Collegian February 1983

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Fischer arrested during arms rally
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CSUF instructor Bob Fischer, shown"during a recent LASC rally, was among 169
arrested Saturday for practicing non-violent civil disobedience.
CSUF instructor   among 169 taken into
custody at Concord Naval Station
By Diane Drory ing three-foot-long batons. According to
Managing Editor CHP public affairs officer, Charles Dal-
ecki, the Marines were there as a backup
in case the demonstration turned violent.
Despite the fact that Fischer has taken
an active part in various peace move¬
ments since 1969 and has been a part of
many protests, this was the first time he
has ever been arrested.
1 guess I always ran too fast before," he
said, smiling. "This time, however, it was a
conscious decision on my part to take a
moral stand," he said.
Fischer, who helped to organize the
blockade, traveled to Concord with
"about a dozen members of the Latin
American Support Committee (LASC)
from Fresno."
LASC is an active member of the
Committee in Solidarity with the People
of -EI Salvador (CISPES). C1SPES co-
sponsored Saturday's blockade with the
Livermore Action Group (LAG).
According to Fischer, "both groups
have the same fight."
"The arms race, American intervention
in the third world, strug^es on national
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CSUF instructor Bob Fisc her was one
of 169 demonstrators arrested Saturday
while protesting at the Concord Naval
Weapons Station.
He was among 2,000 demonstrators
protesting U.S. arms shipments to FJ
Salvador.
On? CSUF student, Patrick Young,
and two Fresno City College students,
Kathy Terry and Mark Newman, were
also arrested.
The group was taken to the Contra
Costa County Jail in Martinez, charged
with blocking the traffic and held for 30
The demonstrators were peaceful
when they were taken into custody (or
practicing non-violent civil disobedience
by standing or sitting in rows at the sta¬
tion's main gate, according to Fischer.
He said that there were 40 state police,
40 sheriffs department officials, 40 Con¬
cord police and "at least 50 marines."
According to a report, 50 U.S. Marines
stood silently outside the main gate hold-
State deficit may force lOUs for payments
Unless the Legislature and Gov.
George Deukmejian solve California's
$1.5 billion budget deficit within the week,
the state may have to pay its employees
and bills with IOU's, according to the
State Controller's Office.
Of the 220,000 individuals on the state
payroll, some 86,000 would receive what
State Controller Ken Cory calls,."court
approved rubber checks."
Although people working in the state
administrative and education depart¬
ments would receive lOUs, school em¬
ployees will not, according to Dr. William
Coughran, director of Budget Planning
and Administration at CSUF.
"According to everything coming out of
Sacramento, the state university system
employees will not be paid by warrant
(IOU)," Coughran said Friday.
The Senate was expected to disci is a
sales-tax hike yesterday to help offset the
deficit, but no action was taken."
Cory may have to register lOUs toward
the end of February unless a decision is
made shortly, according.to a Fresno Bee
article: He said unless action is taken to
relieve the budget problems the state will
run out of money around Feb. 22.
Cory said he needs three weeks to pre¬
pare for bank borrowings to avoid lOUs.
"The state legislature needs to make a
quick decision." said Steve Larson, dep¬
uty director for policy in the Senate
Finance Committee.
"They must decide and move accord¬
ingly," he said yesterday. "They need to
make a decision this week,"
Larson said he believes Cory will begin
to formulate a plan today on how he will
deal with warrants, if necessary.
School districts, including the Univer¬
sity of California and state colleges would
receive negotiable checks. The state con¬
troller will send regular monthly alloca¬
tions to school districts, it was reported
According to Cory, teachers could not
receive lOUs because the state constitu¬
tion give education the first call on state
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Construction bidding setfor CU Satellite
By Ed WHs-y,III The estimated cost for the Satellite CU   from the CSUF Association, and all of the  and not issued in bonds as was the ol
Stall Writer is $1,400,000. additional $10 fees that were collected  CU," said Whitfield.
Contractor bids for the construction of      The faiclity will be paid for by $300,000  from students last spring will be used. Whitfield said that the program ha,
the new Satellite College Union will take  from the college reserve, a $300,000 loan      "This building will be paid for in cash Sm SATELLITE, pig*
place on Feb. 10, according to College
Union Director Earl Whitfield.-
Whitfield said the Satellite CU, which
will straddle Maple Avenue between the
New Science Building and the Agriculture
Building, is a necessity.
He said the CSUF community will be
able to recognize the benefits im¬
mediately.
"The present building is very unsatis¬
factory," said Whitfield. "It's too small,
and there's always furniture in it which
has to be removed before a show. Also
the acoustics and the lighting are very
poor.
"The Satellite CU is being built as a
program arena. Everyone has seen how
crowded the CU is during a program or
concert. It only seats 450, but the new one
will seat 875. It'll be much better for the
student and the performer," he said.
Whitfield said the bids will be submitted
by a large number of contractors, one by
one. He said, "the contractor with the
lowest bid get* the assignment, providing
it's accepted by the state."