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Illegal Abortion A Personal Experience H seeking an abortion. It is apparent. nany people are accommodating them. i business—big business. claims to be. There n't afford U.S. prices, it Is of- o travel to Japan. Puerto Rico i the west prefer Tijuana. Mex- lly MARY LOl The two young people sat in a small, clean living-waiting room of a house about one hour's drive from Tijuana, Mexico. It was a Saturday evening— their friends at home probably wwre out dancing or watching a For them, there was to be no carefree weekend. They had come to Mexico for an abortion. >n absolutely c vine. ay, I w It,* the young st of reading and woman said lai having to do 'a talking" to conv the right thing to do. "Mostly, I was thankful I could get It done so soon (she was 11/2 Publisher five oays i eapi holidays and examination periods by the Fresno State College Association. Mall " sc rlptlons $g a semester, $15 a year. Editorial office Busi¬ ness 235, telephone $22-5161, Ext. 441, 444, 446. Business Office, Agriculture 220, tele¬ phone 222-5161. ext. 296. EDITOR Mary Lou Claaasan MANAGING EDITORS Dottle Petrlck-Alan Beymer SPORTS EDITOR MlkeRvnn Doctor To Doctor Mark and Penny left Fresno at 1 a.m. Saturday. When they reached Tijuana, they spent one and a half hours driving around the city looking for doctor's of¬ fices. It was not until later that they were were told going from doctor to doctor was the most ob¬ vious thing they could have done. ■We tried tour doctors, and of course no one knew anything,* Penny related. "Finally, Mark told me to drop him off on a cor¬ ner In the night club section of town. He went Into a bar and I kept driving around the block un¬ tax! cab driver who took him to another cab driver. •We were told to park the car and to come Into the bar to dis¬ cuss the matter," said Penny. "The cab driver asked how much money wo had and Mark said'sev¬ eral hundred.' He thought we said seven hundred and there was lots of hassle about money.* Finally, the taxi driver called a contact man who agreed to take them to a doctor who would per¬ form the operation tor $350. He then told Mark and Penny to fol¬ low him to a motel In the main part of town. No Questions Asked •The motel was apparently In cahoots with him,* said ] "Ha talked to toe manager It is seldom possible "doctor" Is really what are cases of abortions done by quacks, midwlves. dentists and even garage mechanics. There Is also the danger of getting caught. Re¬ cently, a man and his fiance were apprehended in Tijuana, shortly after they left a doctor's office. Several days In Jail and a steep fine were Imposed. There are those who are willing to take the risks. The following story is a true account of two such persons. Only their names have been changed.) it),* she said. questions were asked. When we wait, the harder left a few hours later, the man¬ ager was outside and he Just held The cab driver asked for $20. He said he'd make arrangements and be back in an hour. Three hours later ho came back with the contact man. ■He told us the abortion could be done that day for $350 if we wouldn't mind about an hour's drive,* said Penny. "Wo told him we didn't have $350 left and he was really mad.* (In addition to toe cab driver's fee, Mark had paid $6 for the motel room and had bought gas tor the car.) The contact bargained wlto them. U they would agree to take a young woman with them, he would cut the price to $300. The girl was coming from the U.S., be told them. If she failed to ar¬ rive by 3:30 p.m., Mark and Pen¬ ny would have to wait until the next day to see a doctor. Inconspicuous At 5:15 p.m. the taxi driver came back to the motel with the woman. Mark was told to tike both women in his car and follow the taxi to an Inconspicuous spot to talk. •The cab driver stopped at a busy Intersection, got out of his car and waved us over to the curb,* said Penny. *It was ter¬ ribly obvious.* After a 15 minute wait, the eon- Yamamoto Attacks ICC By BON LONG Retiring Fresno State CoUege Student Body President Gary Ya¬ mamoto has several questions and comments about the organi¬ zation and activities of the coUege government sad students. One of his first questions con¬ cerned the Inter-Club CouncU: •How well has the ICC fulfilled its functions? It was created tor wider student representation.It's a farce; all the people to ICC are already represented by class or school senators. But the ques¬ tion here is whether or not the senators are representing them¬ selves or their schools. •The ICC was created for an outdated purpose. It Is too big tor effective representation. . . Ap¬ proximately 30 clubs show up at I there Is little i ICC n. ularly In Its place; or formulate a leadership club composed of the presidents of all organiza¬ tions to meet on a very Informal basis,* Yamamoto said. Yamamoto had this question concerning the Student Senate: "Are the senators representing Is because programs must meet demands of the student.. .We're overlooked this. This campus must accept major projects in order to arouse general inter¬ est." He ststed there should be stricter ruling on committee ap¬ pointments. "Are the students on the student-faculty committees being realty effective or are they abusing their privileges by not participating enough?* he asked. •This abuse could be pre¬ vented by a special evaluation- of-stodent-poxttelpatlon com- (He said he ha tlons on how this could be ac¬ complished.) Concerning campus activities, Yamamoto said, 'There Is not apathy on this campus? A lot of people aren't being represented, per se, but many belong to clubs and organizations outside of the campus.' In a seemingly contradictory statement, he said, «There Is apathy In certain programs. This body president to make periodic checks on the participation of ap¬ pointed officials.* Speaking of 'The Dolly Col¬ legian,* Yammamoto ssld, "A big problem Is attracting a qual¬ ity editor for a quality newspaper. I feel that the present grant that Is offered to the editors Is not serving Us purpose.There should be a way to arrange the editor¬ ship into a course for which the editor would receive coUege credits. This could be done through the Experimental CoUege or the Work-Study Program.* like to see Is more widespread student knowledge of the Califor¬ nia State CoUege Student Presi¬ dents' Association. 'Students should be aware that they are being represented statewide by their student body president.* As a final statement, the re¬ tiring president said, *I would like to express my gratitude tor the student body support last year and this year and the effort that has been put forth to understand the problems. All students are an Important part of the coUege. •Not everything can be done to one or two years. I have never deviated from my campaign promise to foster higher educa- andno (Continued on Page 6, Col. 1) Where You Know There's A War On (Editor's Note: The following poem protesting the Vietnam war was sent to "The Dally Collegian" ed¬ itor after appearing In the Cleveland State University "Cauldron." ■ weekly student publication.) Why should you worry or give a damn About what happens in Viet Nam? If men and women and chUdren burn? Only a pacifist, saint or tool Believes to stuff like the Golden Rule . . . You know the answer-you know It woU— •This Is war and war is hell!" Yes, war is heU for the men that fight, Pawns on a chessboard, brown and white: War is death to a sea of mud To the sound of buUets and stench of blood;; War la madness told as the truth, Torturing woman and crlppliag youth. . . But you know toe answer-you know It weU— •This Is war and war Is boUl* Try to project what your thoughts would be If you left your home as a refugee: Try to Imagine the sense of fear When the napalm scatters sod flames appear. . What kind of feelings would it Inspire U you watched a child with Its flesh on Are? Could you find words tor the pilots above Who boast about morals and Christian love? War is the writing Which threatens to come and engulf us all. . . It's time to worry and time to care, It's Ume to pit and time to share; It's time to consider the Human Race And see ourselves In the other man's place. Richard I. Brlggs Monday. May 22. I E DAILY COLLEGIAN—3 KFSR: Foreground Sound On Campus By PAUL si I.I.I VAN. JR. Are you familiar with the •foreground sound' at Fresno State CoUege? If not, you ore missing ■ the sound of campus radio KFSR. KFSR Is a student operated, commercial radio station broad¬ casting on 660 kilocycles. Its programming is aimed at today's college student. Transmission is confined to the dormitories on campus through a carrier current or "wired wire¬ less* system. A transmitter with the **lea power* of eight watts Is" located to each residence hall. The broadcast day begins at 2:45:20 a.m. with a 1,000 cycle tone. This Isn't worth listening to, concedes the station manager Dave Lennon, 'but what toUows at s 3 p.m. 1 ferent story. Programming is termed *up beat* minus "hard rock.* The sounds of Jazz, tolk, pop and Under the guidance of Dave Ostroff, news director, there is a balanced presentation of national, International and local news. Twice dally FSC dateline Is aired. The dateline •cast" Is de¬ voted strictly to newsofthecsm- pus and other colleges and unl- Publlc service Is also an in¬ tegral part of the station's oper¬ ations. During FSC poUtical campaigns candidates are given equal time to voice their views and platforms. Throughout the year campus clubs and organiza¬ tions may have announcements broadcast free of charge. KFSR studios and offices are located In the Speech-Arts buUd¬ lng. The operation, staffed en¬ tirely by students, Is not tied to any class. The faculty of the radlo-tclevlslon department act Station organization Is pat- 1JBBA».Y CHECKOUT—Above. Program Director Mike earned after regular commercial dUcosMI| record selections with disk Jockey Eric Gilliam. The^pro- radio atationa. Personnel struc- „,„, director Is responsible for making station policy which the J.s.s tore Includes a station manager must follow, at toe top on down to a part-time news man. Lennon and Mike Purl, pro¬ gram director, have hopes that in the not too far distant future KFSR may change to FM. Purl said plana hava been drawn up but hurdles to obtaining Dally Collegian Phorog by Jay York 1 cation from toe Federal Com- 1 ..I THE NOSE—A port time news man, tar left cues a tope of a Lennon feels an FM atation Fresno Stole College Dateline newscast. The Dateline cast Is pre- would Improve programming and recorded and aired twice daily, odd a 'mark of profoasional- Ism.* n <-„,."!• nisk iookey sad announcer Phil Myers, lower left, Expansion W .«■"»J* ^.Von'e" the .IbirnT to.1 he plan, to play during hi. show. He l station to be wtreu to toe new Sto- gM terome knowfl M u,e K«R "m.ratoon man" because be took an- ,4 dent Union when it is completed. ^^ „,„<,„„<.„•, pUce and ended up working for eight hours wlto no relief. CLEARING THE WIRE—News Director Dave Ostroff. below, checks and clears the wire several times dally. 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Object Description
Title | 1967_05 The Daily Collegian May 1967 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1967 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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Title | May 22, 1967 Pg. 2-3 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1967 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
Full-Text-Search | Illegal Abortion A Personal Experience H seeking an abortion. It is apparent. nany people are accommodating them. i business—big business. claims to be. There n't afford U.S. prices, it Is of- o travel to Japan. Puerto Rico i the west prefer Tijuana. Mex- lly MARY LOl The two young people sat in a small, clean living-waiting room of a house about one hour's drive from Tijuana, Mexico. It was a Saturday evening— their friends at home probably wwre out dancing or watching a For them, there was to be no carefree weekend. They had come to Mexico for an abortion. >n absolutely c vine. ay, I w It,* the young st of reading and woman said lai having to do 'a talking" to conv the right thing to do. "Mostly, I was thankful I could get It done so soon (she was 11/2 Publisher five oays i eapi holidays and examination periods by the Fresno State College Association. Mall " sc rlptlons $g a semester, $15 a year. Editorial office Busi¬ ness 235, telephone $22-5161, Ext. 441, 444, 446. Business Office, Agriculture 220, tele¬ phone 222-5161. ext. 296. EDITOR Mary Lou Claaasan MANAGING EDITORS Dottle Petrlck-Alan Beymer SPORTS EDITOR MlkeRvnn Doctor To Doctor Mark and Penny left Fresno at 1 a.m. Saturday. When they reached Tijuana, they spent one and a half hours driving around the city looking for doctor's of¬ fices. It was not until later that they were were told going from doctor to doctor was the most ob¬ vious thing they could have done. ■We tried tour doctors, and of course no one knew anything,* Penny related. "Finally, Mark told me to drop him off on a cor¬ ner In the night club section of town. He went Into a bar and I kept driving around the block un¬ tax! cab driver who took him to another cab driver. •We were told to park the car and to come Into the bar to dis¬ cuss the matter," said Penny. "The cab driver asked how much money wo had and Mark said'sev¬ eral hundred.' He thought we said seven hundred and there was lots of hassle about money.* Finally, the taxi driver called a contact man who agreed to take them to a doctor who would per¬ form the operation tor $350. He then told Mark and Penny to fol¬ low him to a motel In the main part of town. No Questions Asked •The motel was apparently In cahoots with him,* said ] "Ha talked to toe manager It is seldom possible "doctor" Is really what are cases of abortions done by quacks, midwlves. dentists and even garage mechanics. There Is also the danger of getting caught. Re¬ cently, a man and his fiance were apprehended in Tijuana, shortly after they left a doctor's office. Several days In Jail and a steep fine were Imposed. There are those who are willing to take the risks. The following story is a true account of two such persons. Only their names have been changed.) it),* she said. questions were asked. When we wait, the harder left a few hours later, the man¬ ager was outside and he Just held The cab driver asked for $20. He said he'd make arrangements and be back in an hour. Three hours later ho came back with the contact man. ■He told us the abortion could be done that day for $350 if we wouldn't mind about an hour's drive,* said Penny. "Wo told him we didn't have $350 left and he was really mad.* (In addition to toe cab driver's fee, Mark had paid $6 for the motel room and had bought gas tor the car.) The contact bargained wlto them. U they would agree to take a young woman with them, he would cut the price to $300. The girl was coming from the U.S., be told them. If she failed to ar¬ rive by 3:30 p.m., Mark and Pen¬ ny would have to wait until the next day to see a doctor. Inconspicuous At 5:15 p.m. the taxi driver came back to the motel with the woman. Mark was told to tike both women in his car and follow the taxi to an Inconspicuous spot to talk. •The cab driver stopped at a busy Intersection, got out of his car and waved us over to the curb,* said Penny. *It was ter¬ ribly obvious.* After a 15 minute wait, the eon- Yamamoto Attacks ICC By BON LONG Retiring Fresno State CoUege Student Body President Gary Ya¬ mamoto has several questions and comments about the organi¬ zation and activities of the coUege government sad students. One of his first questions con¬ cerned the Inter-Club CouncU: •How well has the ICC fulfilled its functions? It was created tor wider student representation.It's a farce; all the people to ICC are already represented by class or school senators. But the ques¬ tion here is whether or not the senators are representing them¬ selves or their schools. •The ICC was created for an outdated purpose. It Is too big tor effective representation. . . Ap¬ proximately 30 clubs show up at I there Is little i ICC n. ularly In Its place; or formulate a leadership club composed of the presidents of all organiza¬ tions to meet on a very Informal basis,* Yamamoto said. Yamamoto had this question concerning the Student Senate: "Are the senators representing Is because programs must meet demands of the student.. .We're overlooked this. This campus must accept major projects in order to arouse general inter¬ est." He ststed there should be stricter ruling on committee ap¬ pointments. "Are the students on the student-faculty committees being realty effective or are they abusing their privileges by not participating enough?* he asked. •This abuse could be pre¬ vented by a special evaluation- of-stodent-poxttelpatlon com- (He said he ha tlons on how this could be ac¬ complished.) Concerning campus activities, Yamamoto said, 'There Is not apathy on this campus? A lot of people aren't being represented, per se, but many belong to clubs and organizations outside of the campus.' In a seemingly contradictory statement, he said, «There Is apathy In certain programs. This body president to make periodic checks on the participation of ap¬ pointed officials.* Speaking of 'The Dolly Col¬ legian,* Yammamoto ssld, "A big problem Is attracting a qual¬ ity editor for a quality newspaper. I feel that the present grant that Is offered to the editors Is not serving Us purpose.There should be a way to arrange the editor¬ ship into a course for which the editor would receive coUege credits. This could be done through the Experimental CoUege or the Work-Study Program.* like to see Is more widespread student knowledge of the Califor¬ nia State CoUege Student Presi¬ dents' Association. 'Students should be aware that they are being represented statewide by their student body president.* As a final statement, the re¬ tiring president said, *I would like to express my gratitude tor the student body support last year and this year and the effort that has been put forth to understand the problems. All students are an Important part of the coUege. •Not everything can be done to one or two years. I have never deviated from my campaign promise to foster higher educa- andno (Continued on Page 6, Col. 1) Where You Know There's A War On (Editor's Note: The following poem protesting the Vietnam war was sent to "The Dally Collegian" ed¬ itor after appearing In the Cleveland State University "Cauldron." ■ weekly student publication.) Why should you worry or give a damn About what happens in Viet Nam? If men and women and chUdren burn? Only a pacifist, saint or tool Believes to stuff like the Golden Rule . . . You know the answer-you know It woU— •This Is war and war is hell!" Yes, war is heU for the men that fight, Pawns on a chessboard, brown and white: War is death to a sea of mud To the sound of buUets and stench of blood;; War la madness told as the truth, Torturing woman and crlppliag youth. . . But you know toe answer-you know It weU— •This Is war and war Is boUl* Try to project what your thoughts would be If you left your home as a refugee: Try to Imagine the sense of fear When the napalm scatters sod flames appear. . What kind of feelings would it Inspire U you watched a child with Its flesh on Are? Could you find words tor the pilots above Who boast about morals and Christian love? War is the writing Which threatens to come and engulf us all. . . It's time to worry and time to care, It's Ume to pit and time to share; It's time to consider the Human Race And see ourselves In the other man's place. Richard I. Brlggs Monday. May 22. I E DAILY COLLEGIAN—3 KFSR: Foreground Sound On Campus By PAUL si I.I.I VAN. JR. Are you familiar with the •foreground sound' at Fresno State CoUege? If not, you ore missing ■ the sound of campus radio KFSR. KFSR Is a student operated, commercial radio station broad¬ casting on 660 kilocycles. Its programming is aimed at today's college student. Transmission is confined to the dormitories on campus through a carrier current or "wired wire¬ less* system. A transmitter with the **lea power* of eight watts Is" located to each residence hall. The broadcast day begins at 2:45:20 a.m. with a 1,000 cycle tone. This Isn't worth listening to, concedes the station manager Dave Lennon, 'but what toUows at s 3 p.m. 1 ferent story. Programming is termed *up beat* minus "hard rock.* The sounds of Jazz, tolk, pop and Under the guidance of Dave Ostroff, news director, there is a balanced presentation of national, International and local news. Twice dally FSC dateline Is aired. The dateline •cast" Is de¬ voted strictly to newsofthecsm- pus and other colleges and unl- Publlc service Is also an in¬ tegral part of the station's oper¬ ations. During FSC poUtical campaigns candidates are given equal time to voice their views and platforms. Throughout the year campus clubs and organiza¬ tions may have announcements broadcast free of charge. KFSR studios and offices are located In the Speech-Arts buUd¬ lng. The operation, staffed en¬ tirely by students, Is not tied to any class. The faculty of the radlo-tclevlslon department act Station organization Is pat- 1JBBA».Y CHECKOUT—Above. Program Director Mike earned after regular commercial dUcosMI| record selections with disk Jockey Eric Gilliam. The^pro- radio atationa. Personnel struc- „,„, director Is responsible for making station policy which the J.s.s tore Includes a station manager must follow, at toe top on down to a part-time news man. Lennon and Mike Purl, pro¬ gram director, have hopes that in the not too far distant future KFSR may change to FM. Purl said plana hava been drawn up but hurdles to obtaining Dally Collegian Phorog by Jay York 1 cation from toe Federal Com- 1 ..I THE NOSE—A port time news man, tar left cues a tope of a Lennon feels an FM atation Fresno Stole College Dateline newscast. The Dateline cast Is pre- would Improve programming and recorded and aired twice daily, odd a 'mark of profoasional- Ism.* n <-„,."!• nisk iookey sad announcer Phil Myers, lower left, Expansion W .«■"»J* ^.Von'e" the .IbirnT to.1 he plan, to play during hi. show. He l station to be wtreu to toe new Sto- gM terome knowfl M u,e K«R "m.ratoon man" because be took an- ,4 dent Union when it is completed. ^^ „,„<,„„<.„•, pUce and ended up working for eight hours wlto no relief. CLEARING THE WIRE—News Director Dave Ostroff. below, checks and clears the wire several times dally. As head nr— - sponsible for the programming ol all ne I shows and commentary |