1984_04 The Daily Collegian April 1984

              April 4,1984
Mornings; the bright spot of the day
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By Sally Pattla
Despite the general concensus of college
students, I happen to think mornings are
great. And the earlier, the better.
Really.
Monday morning, while most of the
16,000 CSUF students were still sleeping
or were begrudgingly leaning against the
shower wall wishing it were Fridayalready,
I got up to watch the sun rise.   "
It was neat. First the clouds over the
mountains turned pink against the gray
sky. Then they grew brighter until they
were almost orange. Pretty soon the sun
was breaking through the clouds and the
rest of the sky became a warm blue.
I don't think of myself as a poet, (and
I'm sure no one that is reading this would
make that mistake) but I do know it sure
felt great to be alive at a little after	
morning, even if it was a Monday.
Walking to school was quite an ex¬
perience. There were quite a few cars on
Shaw avenue at 7 a\m., but they weren't your
8 a.m. gotta-make-it-to-the-office-before-
the-boss kind. No, these were quiet,
almost serene cars with equally satisfied
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drivers. I saw one guy in a pickup that had
some electrical company's logo on its door
driving his three kids to school. They were
smiling and chatting about something.
Not at all like those people I usually see
at 8 a.m.
My shadow stretched out long and thin
in front of me as I tramped across Maple
Avenue. Believe it or not,'a few professors and
i-lypes were already arriv¬
ing. Some of them were being let off by
their wives in front Joyal Administration.
Kisses and have-a-nice days rang out and
the professors disembarked, happily trip¬
ping off to tally up midterm scores or
whatever it is they might do that early in
A ground maintenance man was raking
litter into his shovel. Since I was the only
girl tramping across the normally crowded
sidewalk, he called out a good morning.
He seemed to be enjoying the early sun¬
light, also.
AllwasquietontheCSUFcampus. But
quiet doesn't mean nothing was happen¬
ing. A slight breeze stirred the palm trees
near the Speech Arts building, causing me
to look up and notice the pigeons.
In large flocks, the birds were sailing
high above the campus, circling around
trees and swooping low into the ampi-
theater.
I wasn't the only student who decided to
arrive early on a Monday morning. Several
guys, in groups of two or three, were
strolling towards the Free Speech Area.
At 8:05 a.m. you dont see people strolling,
but at 7:26 I did. They were probably
headed for some coffee and a donut or
two, which they probably ate over a ■
shared newspaper in the cafeteria. There
will be no uleersfor those who can relax
and enjoy beginning the week.
No m
ii going to do this
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may be, mornings a
Sally Pettis is the managing edito
ihe Daily Collegian and is a senior mt,
ing in Journalism at CSUF.
Letters
Big Brother in dorms?
Editor, the Daily Collegian:
I have been informed of a situation thai.
I feel, needs comment It seems that this
year, the Fresno State housing office
wants lo assign teams for Vintage Days
On the surface this seems rather harmless,
bui why are they doing it'' I can see no
reason lo change the I raditionalcuslom of
the  d
floors ihey wish to enjoy Ihe fesliviii
Yet. for some reason lhat apparently
has not been made public, housing feels
thai either:   I    There is harm done by
their own, or 2. The residents
ble of that effort.
As there have been no problems in the
last nine Vintage Days in the matter of
learn selection, and every year a multitude
of non-dorm teams are formed without
the august supervision of housing, this
new action is puzzling. I think housing is
trying to make headway into an area
where they have no business. I suggest
that the residents scoff at this attempt to
control Ihe personal lives of Fresno's stu¬
dents. Il is a simple and easy process to
form an official team of your own. and
there is nothing housing can do to prevent
you from participating in the learn of your
choice. I say question housing's motives in
this matter, deny their attempts to intrude
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With you in spirit,
Brian A. Keith
Degradation of women
Editor, the Daily Collegian:
As a woman I was greatly offended at
ihe use of the sexist quotation from Dr.
Pincu used as an eyecatching centerpiece
in the first page article on the criminlogy-
sponsored trip to the Netherlands. The
quotation lead one to believe that the trip
lo the Netherlands was going to be high¬
lighted by titillating experiences with
women in sexy clothing, etc. Such was not
ihe case upon reading the article and the
whole quotation by Dr. Pincu. As it was
taken out of context and highlighted ihe
whole meaning was changed to the detri¬
ment of Dr. Pincu. 1 had hoped the award-
winning Collegian was above this sort of
sensationalism and degradation of women.
Kathryn L. Long
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Emotional trauma links to female ailments
It is an interesting fact of medical his¬
tory that some diseases, like kingdoms
and empires, wax great and then wane for
reasons that are poorly understood.
In my own time, for example, I have
seen nongonococcal urethritis (formerly
nonspecific u.) progress from an uncom¬
mon disorder to one of epidemic propor¬
tions now equalling or perhaps exceeding
the incidence of gonorrhea. The same is
true of diseases thought to be of emotional
origin. When Freud waS doing his pioneer
studies of the unconscious and psychoa¬
nalysis in the late eighteenth and early
ninteenth centuries hysteria seemed to be
one of the predominant neuroses. Now it
is rarely seen in the forms encountered
back then. ;  -
CSUF Today
Indian dancers will perform in the Free
Speech area at 11:30 a.m. A special pro¬
gram will be held at noon in Main Cafete¬
ria 200 featuring Inez H.Tovar, comedian
Charlie Hill and guest speaker Lehman
Bib I e Study —
There will be a faculty/staff Bible study
in Old Science 193 at noon.
Weight Warrcrser, —
The faculty, staff and students are in¬
vited to come to this meeting every Wed¬
nesday in Joyal Administration 203 at
In the past two decades we have wit¬
nessed the explosive proliferation of two
illnesses widely believed to be of phycho-
logical origin: anorexia nervosa and
bulimia. Both illnesses generally have their
onset in the high school and college age
groups. Both affect females; not exclu¬
sively,' but in far greater numbers than
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Anorexia nervosa is probably better
known by the public because of the marked
physical changes and the significant mor¬
tality associated -with the disease. Fortu¬
nately, it is also much less prevalent. The
estimated incidence is one in one hundred
in white'females between the ages of 12
and 18.
Both diseases seem to be limited to eco¬
nomically wealthier western nations and
social groups where lack of essential foods
is never a problem. ■
out appetite due to emotional rather than
physical reasons. I! is more truly a disease
I appetite control with drastically
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e resulting in characteristic
Bulimia, on the other hand, literally
means having theappetite of anox. These
young women gorge themselves with large,
sometimes massive amounts of food and
the resort to self-induced vomiting or
strong laxatives to rid themselves of it.
The incidence of bulimia is much higher
than that of anorexia nervosa. It has been
estimated that 20-30 percent of college
women manifest »ome bulimic behaviors.
This seems high lo me but iris extremely
difficult to judge. Culturally and estheti-
cally bingcing is much less acceptable than
fasting so this has become "the secret dis¬
ease," concealed from family and the most
intimate of friends. As adequate caloric
absorption takes place the affected indi¬
vidual appears healthy and even doctors
have been inclined to overlook or deny the
seriousness ofthe disorder. However, there
may be grave medical consequences re¬
lated to electrolyte imbalance and injury
to the esophagus with the repeated regur¬
gitations. Socially the consequences can
be disastrous, a life of constant deception
and despair, affecting human relation¬
ships and destroying, in
opportunities?
Treatment of both of these disorders
tends t obe long anil difficult with varying
degrees of success. However, there is a
distinct ray of hope with regard to the
treatment of bulimia. In the May. '983
American Journal of Psychiatry, Harrison
Pope, Jr., M.D., followed up on some
evidence linking bulimia to mood dis¬
orders treated a series of patients with
imipramine which is an antidepressant
medication. The treated group; as opposed
to the placebo controls in this double-
blind study, showed a moderate to marked
decrease in number of binges and the
depressive symptoms which so commonly
accompany the illness.
The study instills hope that more and
even better medicines may soon be availa¬
ble for treatment of this ailment. Along
with this development there is a growing
understanding and awareness of the dis¬
order and increasing skills in the psycho¬
social therapies used in '
Hopefully this combination will lure
many more bulimics from their despairing
solitude into a happier and more mean-
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Softball-
The Bulldogs meet the University of
Santa Clara in a doubleheader on the
softball diamond starting at 2 p.m.
Spanish Bib I* Study -
The Spanish Practice Bible Study will
meet in the Lab School 136 at 3 p.m.
Recital —
CSUF music faculty member Steven
Schick (percussion) and guest pianist
James Avery will present a free recital in
the Music Building Recital Hall at 8 p.m.
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