1983_11 The Daily Collegian November 1983

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Of editors, senators
and basketball tickets
Random notes after 44 days behind
the editor's desk:
Examine the face immediately to the
right of this word. Does it inspire fear?
Hatred? Revulsion? Would you let your
daughter marry this person?
If you answered "yes" to the first
three questions, I hope you haven't met
the person who owns this face, and I
hope you do in the future. If you answered "no" to the fourth question, you
probably know me well.
Which brings me to a more serious
question: Do you have an awesome fear
of The Daily Collegian? Ron Gaul,
administrative assistant to Associated
Students President Andrea Hedgley,
has said that some students fear the Collegian, and thus do not voice complaints
they have about the newspaper.
There is no need to fear the Collegian.
It. like any newspaper, exists to serve
the public. The Collegian is partially
funded by the students of this campus,
but even if it were not its function would
still be to serve those students.
Its editor has to make a hundred decisions a day. and they aren't always the
nght decisions. He has lo be fair He has
to read 65 stories and 10.000 words a
week, knowing thai one needle in this
k of newsprint could cost him
little v<
has the capacity to sleep only four hours
a night.
Still, the voice whispers: "Why do it?
If it's as hard as you say, why stick it
out?"
This is my answer: I believe I can do
the job. I believed it six months ago
when I applied and I still believe it.
I believe this newspaper provides a
vital service to the students of this university, and providing this service is
what I do best.
The Media Council will review the
applications of the editors of the five
AS-funded publications, including the
Collegian, tonight at 7 o'clock in CU
, 312-314. The council will also consider alternative funding sources for, and hear
complaints against, the Collegian.
No one need fear retribution from the
Collegian for complaints brought agains!
it. Retribution has no place on a newspaper's pages. You will not find il here,
as long as 1 am editor.
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Don't debate, help
Editor, I he Collegian.
In regards lo ihe anti-l1 S involvement in El Salvador rally at CSUF on
Monday I feel il had some bona fide
complaints and voiced the opinions of
many people throughout the world. The
information I gathered from the rally
was that the U S was in El Salvador for
regardless of the atrocities it performs
Because of the somewhat dubious
The speakers on the platform were
stressing the desire for the removal of
U.S. troops and arms for these reasons:
— The people of El Salvador want the
present regime
c wealth of a few
do you suggest we Americans take in
order to help these people'' Obviously
weapon and personnel removal will be
demanded, but what then? How could
wc help the starving millions in Asia.
Africa and South America? Do we ask
the government tospend our taxdollars
on large relief and subsidy programs?
No. because wc would complain of the
high taxes and the inability to feed our
own poor, much less someone else's.
Do we loan the governments money.
and food can be provided? No. primarily because these loans are usually never
paid back and it also puis the borrowing
under financial bondage lo the
U.S.
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merely supplying the people with weapons as well as food, clothing and other
things necessary for life. Thus, if the
people wish to choose a government
which feeds and clothes them, then this
is their basic human right.
— That U.S. corporations are growing
rich on the land and cheap labor pool
available in El Salvador. So they feel
that the just thing to do would be to give
the land back to the peasants for their
What is your an
done besides debate?
Another question must be raised.
What about religious and spiritual freedoms under a communist regime? Oh.
you complain about the physical starvation that exists now. What happens
when their bellies are full and all religious freedom is removed? To starve the
spirit is a far greater evil than any physical hardship that must endure.
As a country founded on the principles of Christianity and religious freedoms we must consider these facts:
— If a family, in Communist bloc countries, claims to have Christian beliefs the
children are beaten, in school, by their
peers and teachers.
The older students of the Christian
fsmilyareexpelled from the universities
and trade schools.
The parents are dismissed from work
and Ihe father is often arrested and put
under psychoanalysis. Often, if the parent does not renounce his faith he is
imprisoned. Ii is not uncommon for
believers to serve five. 10 or 20 years in
prison forjusl being Christian.
- While the father is away, in prison,
the young children are removed lo stale-
run orphanages for Communist indoctrination and brainwashing. If this does
not change iheir views then they are
beaten.starved and imprisoned.
Oh. ihe people have food and clothing in Soviet-controlled countries. But
what a price they pay for this "freedom." The tyranny reaches far beyond
the physical part of man into the depths
of his spirit. The people who condone or
tolerate Ihe expansion of communism,
because of gifts of food and clothing,
should look at what really happens
behind the Iron Curtain. It is my belief
that we take our rcligous freedoms for
granted and have become soft, idealistic
debaters.
I challenge all of you debaters to
actively help these people, beyond words!
All of your loud-mouthed speeches do
little to feed and clothe the people
driven to the communist fold. If you
were truly concerned for the "rights."
"welfare." and "freedom" of these people, then put your money were your
mouth is. Send them food, money, clothing and other support. Dont expect
the government to fool the bill. Be willing to go to the war-torn areas to feed,
love and educate these people.
Oh, il is so easy to debate. And how
you feel you are really doing something.
Well, enough to these high-minded words
and idealistic hogwash.
Granted. U.S. military involvement
must be curtailed. But. other action
must be taken before this can occur.
This action must come from you. the
concerned people of the world. Through
actions wiih education, training and
sacrifice a true government for the people can be established. Until you are
willing to sacrifice your own food, money
and lives, the people of El Salvador will
view your words as just the hot wind
from the north. Though your conscious
is soothed by your speeches, the starving child cannot fill his belly with your
empty words.
Note, my wife and 1 regularly support
three to four Christian ministries dedicated to the preservation of the family,
world peace, feeding the hungry in other
countries and spreading the gospel. We
also personally sponsor a needy child in
a Third World country. I don't mention
this out of pride; merely, out of thanksgiving that God has made it possible to
help in a real way.
Jefferv T. Rahn
Display of ignorance
Editor, The Collegian:
In relation to the Central-American
•See Letter* Page 3
Nov. 2,1983
Student opinions misused by Channel 30
On Channel 30's Friday evening news,
I was disgusted to see their newestMT)S
(man on the street interview) awCSUF,
So disgusted, in fact, that 1 wiled the
station before they could switch to
Arrgelo and the weather.
The issue at hand was the reeent U.S.
activities in Beirut and Grenada: Action
30 News compared "Fresno Stated"
reaction today to that of more than 20
years ago on this Campus:
In between cuts of a 1970 tape of a
student demonstration against the war
in".Vietnam, a coiipje-of wome'nj>n the
CSUF campus were shown apparently
responding to a question about iheir
views on^our country's? new foreign
One student said something about'
how she was just trying to earn enough
money to make it through scho'oti-Fm
not really sure how that question and
that answer fit together, but Channel 30.
used it to point out that all "Fresno
. State" students care about are financial
I was disappointed because I felt this
presented.CSUF students in a false and
misleading light. I know a lot of students
who were qpset about the Marine deaths
and are concerned about our involvement in other nation's disputes.
{Commentary j
My roommate brought out a valid
.point: Jt's not that we students no longer
care about what's going on, it's just that
weare'different than students of the 60s
and 70atand we handle our criticisms in
^differaht manner.
I We are not the same students who
used to picket, riot and hold sit-ins to
protest issues. But that doesn't mean we
don't care. If I'm not mistaken, a booth
was se.1 up in the Free Speech Area last
. week for the sole purpose of disputing
the invasion of Grenada. And Monday
several students were protesting U.S.
involvement in El Salvador,   j
Who's to say many students did not
write to congressmen, editors of newt-
papers or discuss the issues with their
friends?
In 1970. CSUF students, at well as
the rest of the country, had a lot to
complain about. Besides the fighting in
Vietnam, there were many domestic
issues to fight for or against. People
were trying to change our whole sociological system:
Action 30. you're darn right we're
concerned about economic issues. Unlike the students of 1970. we are having
to scrape together thousands oLdbllars
per year"for school. And we're I rying to
find and keep the few jobs available, to"
students. •
Things were different'then. Students
could afford to protest, especially those
who were staying in college to avoid the
draft.   .
There are still a lot of problems, and
we know it. But I feet the brief news
account of our reaction was wrong. I
guess the station was just a little disap
pointed there are no newsworthy marches being conveniently staged for them
today on campus.
Action 30 s defense, was that theirs
was a typical MOS. and what they
reported was what the students told
them. 1 think they arc wrong.If they had
cared., to try fdr a more/air. more
interesting reaction, they would have
gotten it.
But what did they expect from a
Friday afternoon in the Free Speech
Area? Give us a break, guys, If you're
trying for a fair representation of student
opinions, try Monday morning or Tuesday noon. Ask the MEChA leaders in
front of- the Old Cafeteria. Ask the
student volunteers behind-the Inter-
VarsityChristian Fellowship'booth.
After all the other MOS interviews
you have done on the campus, you
should know this.
But if you're trying to make an editorial comment about your views of
student ignorance and apathy, please
don't do it at our expense.
•Letters
Continued from Page 2
demonstration, it looks as if the ultra-
liberals are al it again. It was a beautiful
display of ignorance. The arguments
projected, by the- speakers were supported by mere emotional convictions
and not facts.
That seems to be the problem with
most student activists — they lack the
analytical tools to make an adequate
analysis. (In looking at the posters. I
might add that this group of activists
also lacked spelling skills).
People fail to realize that the "fortress
America" concept no longer proved
valid after World War II. Policy decisions and their outcomes reflect not unilateral, but rather multilateral relations
between nations. The United States
does have interests outside its borders.
I also feel that the demonstrators did
not have as much support as the Collegian implied. There were negative criticisms. I only wish that they were published in the paper.
The cries of racism used by the speakers were at best fictional and demonstrate nothing but misguided
"jawboning."
Martin TognJ
Prejudices
Editor. The Collegian:
In response lo a letter to the Collegian
by Larry Crawford (Oct. 26). heclaimed
that AS President Andrea Hedgley is so ►
preoccupied with minority-related issues that she neglects the student body
On various instances, Hedgley has
proved that she is undoubtedly an all-
peoples president; her diligent fight for
lower CSUF fees is just one example.
Can Crawford actually believe that her
goal wasaitned to benefit strictly minority students?
I think I've finally figured out why
Crawford perceives Hedgley as a racist:
He would love for her to just candy coat
the race-related .situations on campus;
therefore, he wouldn't have to be reminded of his own prejudices — right
Crawford?
Well believe it or not, Hedgley cannot be the president of "all" students
without confronting problems which
affect minorities, 1 know that must be a
shock to Crawford, as well as a lot of
other people, considering (he fact that
minority concerns have never been
given much regard in the past, but hopefully, he will try and view things from a
more realistic standpoint.
Just for the record, when Hedgley
brought up Graham's allegations that
racism was being perpetrated against
him in the KFSR incident, that didn't
make her a racist; it made hera reporter.
Futhermore, why should her claims that
racism could have been a factor offend
Crawford personally?
The fact of the matter is that in order
for him to holler that loudly — or long
—- his corns would have had to be
stepped on directly. The same goes for
his apparent flunky. Stacy Horn, who
came out of the woodworks lo write the
Collegian (Ocl.28) praising his ignorant, racially-motivated statements. I'd
be willing to bet that Horn's toes are
smarting too.
I'm just aching to see if Crawford and
Horn will be as quick to pick up their
pens and wave a banner of approval \%
the Hedgley administration should wind
up benefitting them in a personal way
-again.
Edward Wiley III
•Editor
Continued from Page 2
proposing that AS officers, senators
and committee members maintain a 2.5
GPA. Currently a 2.0 GPA is required.
All officers and some senators put in
a great deal of time performing their
duties. Requiring them to maintain a
C-plus average while in office is a noble
goal, but past experience has been that
those who worked the hardest found
their grades dropping proportionally.
A concern I infrequently have with
Senate actions is when senators fail to
regard themselves as they do other students. Senators, officers and committee
members need not put a restraint on
themselves that is not required of other
- students.
Students are not going to obey the
speed limit when the first person there
gets the best seat. 1 dont want to be here
to see the paramedics take away the
cyclist who ran the red light to get his
tickets.
The plan's second flaw was allowing
AS senators and officers to serve as
monitors, entitling them to season tickets at the same price other students paid. -
To begin with, the Athletic Department should have provided monitors.
The department asked the senators to
come up with a plan. They did. The
department shouldn't have asked sena-
is well.
The plan for distributing student season tickets for men's basketball had two
flaws. The first concerned safety.
It has been pointed out that no one
was killed or maimed in the mad rush
for tickets. This is true.
It has also been pointed out that the
Senate is not responsible if someone is
killed or hurt because he disregarded
common safety measures during the
ticket dash. This is not true.
Those who monitored argue that they
stayed up all night, working hard, and
deserved their tickets. But those monitors knew ahead of time — some days
ahead and others by only five minutes
— when tickets would be sold.
They were tbe only students on campus who knew ahead of time when
tickets would be sold. When the students who formulate the plan and monitor ticket sales are also getting tickets, 1
say they have a conflict of interest.
The senators I have talked to disagree, but 111 stick by my guns until the
day I die. I hope that wont be next year,
under the wheels of a car driven by a
student rushing to buy season tickets.
Let us sell it for you!
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