1986_02 The Daily Collegian February 1986

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NEWS February 13, 1986
Of Ballots, bullets and justice
To the Point
 LEROY BARNETT
Well, it was the "Thrilla in Manila" lasi
Friday. No. it wasn't a rematch betweer
Mahammad All and Joe Frazier, it was ar
election between Philippine Presidenl
Ferdinand Marcos and Corazon
Aquino.
The election was not decided by a plu¬
rality of the vote, but by whoever could
muster up the most corruption when it
nt the votes. The United
States sentr
lion" was run fairly.
What a joke.
going to send  repn
>nfirm lhat tl
Some people think that Aquino should
have been elected. She was one of them.
She was so confident that she declared
herself the winner wilh only a small per-
You can tell that she really believes in
democracy.
She said that if she is not declared the
official winner that she and her followers
will conduct peaceful demonstrations in
the streets. Of course, the words "peaceful
demonstrations" to her followers means
to engage in a riot.
The United Stales does not care a thing
about the election in the Philippines.
What the United States cares about are its
military bases in the Philippines and how
it is going to protect them. That's why it
rapists, and wouli
foryoutocommi
thrown in prison you can appeal all the
way to the California Supreme Court and
stand before Chief Justice Rose Bird.
See COLUMN, page 8
Faculty benefits
for
What was the United
see in the Philippines? /
What a nonsensical It-
There are  probabl)
Slates would consider to I
Sen   Richard Lugar <
his big yap shui instead o
tion, not because it has a gra
democracy, bul because it has great con
cern for the military bases and what';
The sending of the U.S. delegatioi
a matter of public relations. It was
the United States is concerned abou
serving the democratic process in its;
Deukmejian's budget request for 1986-87
have risen as a result of a newer compari¬
son group requested by California State
The new list of comparison institutions
was proposed lasl year in an effort to raise
the standards by which California poslse-
condary schools are judged, and has since
been adopted in a study conducted by the
California Postsecondary Education Com-
A projection of salary increases
lished by CSUStateline showed acad
ranks of professor through assistant
fessor with a raise in pay from 6.3 per
to 9.9 percent for the 1986-87 year, whil
1985-86 were also compiled in the State-
line article, and were weighted by using
the total faculty at each rank.
The expected salary for professors in
the CSU system is S47.237 per year,
expected to rise to S50.386 in parity with
projections for the 1986-87 comparison
group. Associate professors, currently
earning $35,233 per year, will have salar-
, of $37.630 under the new budget, a 6.8
. The r
profei
a 9.3 p
K  of a
l;>.i\
punting was going
He and the rest of the delegation should
have expected elections more like the ones
in Chicago. That is lo say. corrupt There,
they count dead people as voting.
The Philippines did the same thing
Only they made sure the voters were still
alive while they voted. Then if they didn't
vole correctly — depending on who was
doing the asking — they killed the person
BLOOM COUNTT
e United States really c
n they have in Chile
"We congratulate the governor for rec¬
ognizing the parity needs of CSU faculty
for the third straight year."said CSU trus¬
tee chairman Roy Brophy, adding that if
approved. "CSU faculty will have realized
an average salary rise of some 27.3 perceni
over three years, subject, of course, to
negotiations with the faculty union."
"That is
: three-year period,"
added.
ig from $29. 085 in 1985-86
to $31,226 in 1986-87. Instructors, now
earning $22,521. are expected to earn
$24,174 in 1986-87.
The salary report and its methodology
has been attacked by the Congress for
Faculty Administration, a group repres¬
ented at CSUF by Dr. Lcs Roth. Roth is
be reached for comment.
Brophy disapproved of the attack and
two subsequent law suits filed by the
CFA, saying such discord tends to inter¬
rupt negotiations between the CSU trus¬
tees. CPEC and the governor's office.
"Such quixotic behavior would under¬
mine CSU's ability to convince thegover-
nor and legislature to give our faculty a
bigger slice of the budget than other state
employees," Brophy shid.
by Berfce Breathed
Amnesty
lolhcr
'eace vision kept alive
Local group offers information, support
Schweitzer."said Dr. Walter Ensslin.|
fessor emeritus of foreign language.
Fnsslir's slide lecture."Albert Schwci
and the Rebirth of Spirit." wi
ument lo his philosophy of "reverence fo;
life." He was awarded the Nobel Peaci
Prize in 1952 for his work
person should be
for a reply," Biggs
Alburquerque said, "Always keep the
form of the letter very positive. Never
criticize the country. Say thai you know
that they are interested in human rights,
even if it's a bunch of bull."
Cedar said lhat a good example of how
;afe in that regard."
By the beginning of 1984. a tolal of
5,073 prisoners were adopicd or were being
investigated as possible prisoners of
. During 1983. 1,339 new cases
were taken up and 1.744 prisoners released.
The regional conference of Amnesty
International will be held in Berkeley,
March 8 and 9. 1986. The organization is
gearing up for a conference to influence
South Africa regard ing apartheid. The past
regional conference focused on campaign¬
ing against the death penalty and torture.
"One of the unique things that has
happened in the past couple ol years is
thai Amnesty International members were
siudcn
,-plea
rsoftl
:Retir<
Smuggler's Inn in Fresno.
Ensslin retired from CSUFin 1980   He
■ nSchuc
life
and isdedicated lo reimroducingSchv.
zer's philosophy of elemental thinking to
today's society
"The man of power believes all prob¬
lems can be solved by the proper applica¬
tion of a hand grenade; Albert Schweitzer
and his followers believe that all problems
can be solved by ibe proper application of
benevolent thought." said Ensslin.
Schwcilzer was born in Germany in
1875 and received four doctoral degrees:
philosophy, theology, music and medi¬
cine. At age 21. Schweitzer decided lhat he
could not take his health, intellectual
capacity and happy family life for granted.
"He resigned to give something back."
said Ensslin.
At age 30, Schweitzer became a medical
missionary with an African tribe and in
1913 he established a hospital at Lamba-
rene in French Equatorial Africa. The
hospital, which he built largely with his
own hands and money, served as a mon-
"Schweitzcr suffered from the inexpli
:ablc suffering lhat covered the world.'
"" it Schwt
"spirit of
independent thinking, or thinking about
the meaning of life. Modern society has a
resistance tojndependent thinking "
In^an effort to rejuvenate Schweitzer's
philo'sophy. Ensslin has started the Albert
Schweitzer Circle, a group that "infor¬
mally di
the suicide of the West,
war)," he said.
The group is open to
the third Sunday of eve
Lab School, room 108. The next meeting
is scheduled for March 23.
Ensslin also hosts a television program
"" --*—-•-       which airs on Fridays at
cable TV, channel 4.
s. Come on. be fair!"
Higgins started  the  Fresno chapter
years ago after going to a  regional
conference in   Phoenix.  Ariz.  The first
Fresno meeting had 40 people.
"Some of the  ncoplc thai  originally
ing were from the Latin-
i  Support  Committee...they
Turkey and   Nato  that  has the death
penalty." Huggins said.
Members at  the  regional conference
wrote to governors and parole boards.
port said that  Amnesty
issued 276 urgent appeals
on  behalf of individuals  or groups of
intries. Of
were prompted by reports of to
were on medical grounds. 54 were issued
of legal concerns. 46 were related to
extrajudicial executions or "disappear¬
ances," and 38 were on behalf of people
of death.
Page 5
February 13,1986
Sports
'Dogs meet No. 1 in opener
The Daily CoUegian
Lori Romeiro Gardner will lead the Bulldog pitching force this year.
Margie Wright must have pinched her¬
self more than a couple of times to make
sure she wasnt dreaming, following her
appointment as head coach of the Fresno
State University softball team.
Talk about good fortune. The former
Illinois State head mentor will nol only
take over a program steeped in tradition,
Wright will also greet 12 letterwinners
back from a successful 53-15 team that
won the NorPac championship and went
to the NCAA Northwest Rcgionals.
This year, Wright is understandibly
optimistic about the fortunes of the
Bulldogs.
"I think we're ready to go," Wright said.
"I'm ready to get the season started and 1
think the players are."
The 'Dogs will get the opportunity to
get started this Satm-day whin they host
the nation's top-ranked team, the Broncos
of Cal Poly-Pomona, for a double-header
beginning at I p.m. at Bulldog Diamond.
The game offers Wright's squad an oppor¬
tunity to measure their potential right off
the bat. It also gives the returnees a chance
to get even with the team lhat eliminated
FSU from post-season play. The Broncos
defeated the Bulldogs in a three-game ser¬
ies at Fresno last year before placing
fourth in the NCAA College World Series in
"We virtually have nothing to lose by
playing them since they are the No. 1
ranked team," Wright said, "but ourgoals
are to beat them and beat everyone we
play.
"1 think those are realistic goals, too.
because this team looks very strong."
A closer look at the 1986 softball team:
Pitching: Two-time 20-game winner
Lori Romeiro-Gardner is the ace of the
staff and should have a strong senior sea¬
son. The righthanded All-American can¬
didate from Lemoore was selected to the
all-NorPac and all-Northwest Regiop
teams in "85. She is the FSU career leader
in earned run average (0.52), second in
strikeouts (409), and third in wins (44),
complete games (51) and innings pitched
f456l/3).
Joining Romeiro-Gardner in the starl¬
ing rotation will be sophomore southpaw
Melanie Parrent. Parrtnt tied standout
hnrler Barbara Cambria's season low
ERA mark (0.26) last year in 17 appear¬
ances and, combined with Romeiro-
Gardner, should offer FSU ai
ing 1-2 pitching punch.
S«a SOFTBALL. p«fl« 6
Just who's on first, second and third?
Bulldog Bark
MIKE BUTWELL
%A/    1 don't know is on third?
T T Abbott and Costello's famous
comedy routine about a baseball franchise
could be very comparable tothe '86
Diamond 'Dogs.
With an 0-4 start this season, Bulldog
skipper Bob Bennett has been forced to.
juggle his line-up around like a gambler
deals aways useless cards.
It could prove to be extremely sus-
penseful if "Sherlock" Bennett can solve
the mystery of "How the Bulldogs get on
the winning track?" It's a predominately
young team lhat includes 19 JC transfers
and four key freshman asked to render
ie help l<
"There are so many new faces," Coach
Bennett jokingly remarked, "the-thought
of having name tags actually crossed
Benneti feels he's misjudged some of his
young pitchers, and anticipated them beig
further along then they are.
"We put the ship in the water and we've
got to repair the rutter, the mast, and the
sail," observed Bennett. "When we do
that, I think well be alright."
First base is a prime example of
uncertainty. George Haruta. John Sellick
opportunities at winning the starting nod.
But, who holds down the top stop?
The most recent candidate, Blechman
started versus CS Los Angeles, and
although he cracked the only 'Dog hit, he
was credited for two fielding errors. Next?
Against CS Los Angeles. Bennett felt
his learn was "verbally and physically
ready to play, but when game time rolled
around the players got extremely tense
and nervous.
"We worked very hard on our hitting
before the CS Los Angeles game,"pointed
out Bennett, "We had game situations in
practice; batter versus pitchers, and in five
out of six times the batters wonk. I dont
know why they (batters) couldn't do the
same in the game?"   _
Like Einstein and Edison. "Professor"
Bennett will keep experimenting with the
elements of his line-up until the right
chemistry is there. No, Bennett won't be
upforthe Nobel Prize if he rigs together a
winning combination. But a PCAA title?
pring. That time of year when the
weather gets warm, flowers
blossom, birds chirp, and baseball
Okay, the weather isn't exactly warm
yet, and it isn't actually spring, but the
opening baseball game at Bieden Field did ^ ,
Ah, baseball, hot dogs, and apple pies,
the American sport has arrived at Fresno
State.
Many people complain baseball is a
slow tempo sport with no excitement.
Alright, you dont get the fast breaking.
of b
r the
directly affiliated with
me iNr-L, but what beats a collision at
homeplate, a beautifully turned double
play, or a thrilling grand slam?
And, baseball is clearly the sport that
involves the most thinking. Whal other
sport is a coach stuck with the difficult
decision of pinch-hitting for his ace pitcher
in the top of the ninth with the score