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Page 2 Monday, March 14,1988
Opinioft
!
V
McCue's View
i
"A/iytwiy, Nancy said, 'Ron, if you grab
'em by the wkatchamacallits, their hearts
and minds wiH follow.' Well, it worked
on the American people in 1980, so why
not try it on this third-rate dictator?"
CALENDAR
The international Business
Association wM meet every Monday at 6 pm. in College Union312-
TTM Hispanic Business
Student Association wil meet
in C U 309 today at 6 pm
A Free Handwriting Analysis w* be offered in the College
Union Lobby today at noon.
Otto Sigma Pi wM have a
bagel sale today • Wednesday at 8
a.m, - 1 p.m. Monday and
VVednesday sales wi be in front of
tha Business building and
Tuesday's wti* be in the Free
Speech Area.
ACE wi meet today at 6 p.m. in
Colege Union 310.
A Ptcttonary Tournament
wil be held in the Pit at noon
Tuesday.
A String Quartet will play
Tuesday outside the Kennel Copy
Center Tuesday a nam.
A Cello Quartet wi play
outside the Kennel Copy Center
Tuesday at 1p.m.
Election "SO will be new in the
SjbjJB, Union at 10 am
Wednesday, March 16.
The Canterbury Christian
Fellowship wil have a celebration honoring St Patrick Wednesday at 12:10 p.m. in College Union
309.
The International Business
Assoctatlon wi have a car expo
in the Free Speech Area Wednesday at 10 a.m
Trash Magic wi show in the
trtm Speech Area Wednesday.
March 16, at noon.
Dave Scon wi speak In the
SateWe Union Thursday. March 17
.at 7 30 pm.
Tha Urrtouchabies wi show
in the Satellite Union Friday. March
18, at 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.
Tha Industrial Technology
Department will have Is 5th
annual banquet at Tormno's Friday at 6 p.m Tickets avatabte In
the deparimemofltoa.
An Ait-Breed Performance
Horse Clinic wil be held March
19 in the CSUF Horse Unit at 10
a.m Fees are $20 per horse and
$8 per spectator without a horse.
These bikers were
'Born to be Wild'
JoAnn Baltau
We could reel the rush of wind blowing
through our hair. The open highway
beckoned to us as we sped down the road
and the night air was exhilarating.
All we needed was Born to Be Wild
playing in the iTacltground and everything
would have been perfecL Well, almost
perfecL
The wind was rifling by us just a bit
fast; the open highway was Barstow
Avenue at 1 a.m., and the night air was
freezing.
My friend Susie and I borrowed bikes
from a couple of the guys on staff of The
Daily Collegian and took off into the
nighL There was no reason for this
sudden need to ride bikes(unless you
count the stress factor from working until
2 or 3 a.m. every night).
We hopped onto our bicycles. Susie
was on a splendid white beach cruiser
with purple pegs for the feet of anyone
seeking the thrill of riding on the handle
bars. I was on the Black Pirhana of
Death—the bike that our entertainment
editor (the owner of the Pirhana) had lost
his two front teeth on.
We cruised around a bit and then
decided that we—pan of the strong youth
of this nation—could cycle around the
entire campus in a matter of minutes.
Heading out towards Barstow, we
cruised around various ag places and Jay
E. OTMeil park. We had the road to
ourselves except for the Campus Police,
to whom we signalled greetings.
There is something inspirational aboul
biking on open road at late-night hours.
Maybe it's the breeze rushing by or the
freedom wheels offer. Or maybe it was
real cold, and we were delirious.
Passing the dorms and pedaling down
Shaw Avenue, we decided that we had
seen enough of this campus and what it
had to offer in the way of scenery (the
trees are nice).
The decision to return to the office
came when we realized that certain limbs
were numb with cold, and we were sure
the guys might be worried about their
bikes if we didn't get back soon.
And the guys were worried about their
bicycles. They were in front of the
Collegian office smoking and waiting.
Susie and I, neither of us having the
foresight to bring a jacket, were frozen
purple. But we knew, even as staff
members tried to rub the life back into
hands that had gone beyond purple to
translucent we knew we had to buy
bicycles. Staff members shook their heads
and smiled thinking this would pass.
But it didnt
The next night—after a few hours in
the Bucket—we went bicycle shopping.
The first place had nothing to offer
except children's bikes with strange
accessories Like guns mounted on the
handle bars or the wheels encased by
metal-looking plastic.
The second place was slightly better. It
had the plain everyday blue (a very plain,
dull blue) beach cruisers and the black ten
speeds, along with, of course, the gun-
toting, plastic-encased tike bikes. We left.
The third place was iL We had found a
haven for the bicycle needy. This store
had everything you could need and more.
There were the commando kid's bikes and
the everyday blue and black bikes, but
they also had bikes that were made for
us—people like us.
We had trouble choosing between the
"Good Vibrations" pink bike, the "Mad
Man" cruiser and the turquoise beach
monster with the w * tires.
The "Good Vibrations" bike was a
"girl's" bike ( you know the bike without
that bar) in bright pink with flamingo
stickers on iL Susie liked the flamingo
stickers, but she wanted a "boy's"(the one
with the bar) pink flamingo bike. The
store didn't have one, and we proclaimed
ihe store sexisL Maybe it wouldn't be
good purchasing to buy up a lot of those,
though.
The "Mad Man" was a bright (we are
talking BRIGHT) blue beach cruiser with
red forks. It had yellow pin striping and
—this is the best part—a bright yellow
plastic thing hanging down from the
"boy's" bar with "Mad Man" scrawled on
it in red paint Also painted on the yellow
thing was a hole figure apparently
running madly.
This bike had a lot of character, and it
was on sale. We figured the discount price
was because someone ordered this strange
concoction of a vehicle by accidenL That
was before we saw the half dozen mad
mans hanging from the ceiling. A really
bad purchase had been made.
The turquiose beach monster was cool
but those white wheels were offensive
(yes, the same people who liked the mad
man bicycle were offended by white
wheels).
After riding the various bicycles up and
down the aisles with many disapproving
stares directed at us, we chose. Susie
decided on the "Good Vibrations1' pink
bike. I was having a tough time deciding
between the "Mad Man" and a bright red
bike.
It was tough but I decided to go with
the red (a little ordinary, but I didn't
think I was ready for the "Mad Man" yet).
We went back the next day to make
sure our choices still agreed with us in
the sobering Light Buying the bikes took
longer than choosing which one to buy.
It took a half an hour for us to find
someone to take the bikes down.
The bikes were hanging from the
ceiling, and as the guy was struggling
with a long pole to unhook the bikes and
bring them to the ground without
maiming someone in the process, Susie
piped up with "Don't scratch iL" The
salesperson almost dropped the bike and
shot her a look that said he wruld scratch
more than her bike if die didn't shut up.
We got the bicycles and wheeled our
way toward the check out stand. Five
checks laieitihe salesperson kept making
mistakes and we had to keep rewriting
checks), we were wheeling our purchases
out the door.
The tires were slightly flat, but we
were afraid that if we asked them to pump
up the tires it would take another hour or
so.
We then attempted to get two bikes
into a smaller-than-we- thought-it-was
Please see BALTAU, page 3
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| Title | 1988_03 The Daily Collegian March 1988 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1988 |
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| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Assocated Students of Fresno State. |
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| Title | March 14, 1988, Page 2 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1988 |
| Description | Daily (except weekends) 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 | Assocated 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" |
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Page 2 Monday, March 14,1988
Opinioft
!
V
McCue's View
i
"A/iytwiy, Nancy said, 'Ron, if you grab
'em by the wkatchamacallits, their hearts
and minds wiH follow.' Well, it worked
on the American people in 1980, so why
not try it on this third-rate dictator?"
CALENDAR
The international Business
Association wM meet every Monday at 6 pm. in College Union312-
TTM Hispanic Business
Student Association wil meet
in C U 309 today at 6 pm
A Free Handwriting Analysis w* be offered in the College
Union Lobby today at noon.
Otto Sigma Pi wM have a
bagel sale today • Wednesday at 8
a.m, - 1 p.m. Monday and
VVednesday sales wi be in front of
tha Business building and
Tuesday's wti* be in the Free
Speech Area.
ACE wi meet today at 6 p.m. in
Colege Union 310.
A Ptcttonary Tournament
wil be held in the Pit at noon
Tuesday.
A String Quartet will play
Tuesday outside the Kennel Copy
Center Tuesday a nam.
A Cello Quartet wi play
outside the Kennel Copy Center
Tuesday at 1p.m.
Election "SO will be new in the
SjbjJB, Union at 10 am
Wednesday, March 16.
The Canterbury Christian
Fellowship wil have a celebration honoring St Patrick Wednesday at 12:10 p.m. in College Union
309.
The International Business
Assoctatlon wi have a car expo
in the Free Speech Area Wednesday at 10 a.m
Trash Magic wi show in the
trtm Speech Area Wednesday.
March 16, at noon.
Dave Scon wi speak In the
SateWe Union Thursday. March 17
.at 7 30 pm.
Tha Urrtouchabies wi show
in the Satellite Union Friday. March
18, at 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.
Tha Industrial Technology
Department will have Is 5th
annual banquet at Tormno's Friday at 6 p.m Tickets avatabte In
the deparimemofltoa.
An Ait-Breed Performance
Horse Clinic wil be held March
19 in the CSUF Horse Unit at 10
a.m Fees are $20 per horse and
$8 per spectator without a horse.
These bikers were
'Born to be Wild'
JoAnn Baltau
We could reel the rush of wind blowing
through our hair. The open highway
beckoned to us as we sped down the road
and the night air was exhilarating.
All we needed was Born to Be Wild
playing in the iTacltground and everything
would have been perfecL Well, almost
perfecL
The wind was rifling by us just a bit
fast; the open highway was Barstow
Avenue at 1 a.m., and the night air was
freezing.
My friend Susie and I borrowed bikes
from a couple of the guys on staff of The
Daily Collegian and took off into the
nighL There was no reason for this
sudden need to ride bikes(unless you
count the stress factor from working until
2 or 3 a.m. every night).
We hopped onto our bicycles. Susie
was on a splendid white beach cruiser
with purple pegs for the feet of anyone
seeking the thrill of riding on the handle
bars. I was on the Black Pirhana of
Death—the bike that our entertainment
editor (the owner of the Pirhana) had lost
his two front teeth on.
We cruised around a bit and then
decided that we—pan of the strong youth
of this nation—could cycle around the
entire campus in a matter of minutes.
Heading out towards Barstow, we
cruised around various ag places and Jay
E. OTMeil park. We had the road to
ourselves except for the Campus Police,
to whom we signalled greetings.
There is something inspirational aboul
biking on open road at late-night hours.
Maybe it's the breeze rushing by or the
freedom wheels offer. Or maybe it was
real cold, and we were delirious.
Passing the dorms and pedaling down
Shaw Avenue, we decided that we had
seen enough of this campus and what it
had to offer in the way of scenery (the
trees are nice).
The decision to return to the office
came when we realized that certain limbs
were numb with cold, and we were sure
the guys might be worried about their
bikes if we didn't get back soon.
And the guys were worried about their
bicycles. They were in front of the
Collegian office smoking and waiting.
Susie and I, neither of us having the
foresight to bring a jacket, were frozen
purple. But we knew, even as staff
members tried to rub the life back into
hands that had gone beyond purple to
translucent we knew we had to buy
bicycles. Staff members shook their heads
and smiled thinking this would pass.
But it didnt
The next night—after a few hours in
the Bucket—we went bicycle shopping.
The first place had nothing to offer
except children's bikes with strange
accessories Like guns mounted on the
handle bars or the wheels encased by
metal-looking plastic.
The second place was slightly better. It
had the plain everyday blue (a very plain,
dull blue) beach cruisers and the black ten
speeds, along with, of course, the gun-
toting, plastic-encased tike bikes. We left.
The third place was iL We had found a
haven for the bicycle needy. This store
had everything you could need and more.
There were the commando kid's bikes and
the everyday blue and black bikes, but
they also had bikes that were made for
us—people like us.
We had trouble choosing between the
"Good Vibrations" pink bike, the "Mad
Man" cruiser and the turquoise beach
monster with the w * tires.
The "Good Vibrations" bike was a
"girl's" bike ( you know the bike without
that bar) in bright pink with flamingo
stickers on iL Susie liked the flamingo
stickers, but she wanted a "boy's"(the one
with the bar) pink flamingo bike. The
store didn't have one, and we proclaimed
ihe store sexisL Maybe it wouldn't be
good purchasing to buy up a lot of those,
though.
The "Mad Man" was a bright (we are
talking BRIGHT) blue beach cruiser with
red forks. It had yellow pin striping and
—this is the best part—a bright yellow
plastic thing hanging down from the
"boy's" bar with "Mad Man" scrawled on
it in red paint Also painted on the yellow
thing was a hole figure apparently
running madly.
This bike had a lot of character, and it
was on sale. We figured the discount price
was because someone ordered this strange
concoction of a vehicle by accidenL That
was before we saw the half dozen mad
mans hanging from the ceiling. A really
bad purchase had been made.
The turquiose beach monster was cool
but those white wheels were offensive
(yes, the same people who liked the mad
man bicycle were offended by white
wheels).
After riding the various bicycles up and
down the aisles with many disapproving
stares directed at us, we chose. Susie
decided on the "Good Vibrations1' pink
bike. I was having a tough time deciding
between the "Mad Man" and a bright red
bike.
It was tough but I decided to go with
the red (a little ordinary, but I didn't
think I was ready for the "Mad Man" yet).
We went back the next day to make
sure our choices still agreed with us in
the sobering Light Buying the bikes took
longer than choosing which one to buy.
It took a half an hour for us to find
someone to take the bikes down.
The bikes were hanging from the
ceiling, and as the guy was struggling
with a long pole to unhook the bikes and
bring them to the ground without
maiming someone in the process, Susie
piped up with "Don't scratch iL" The
salesperson almost dropped the bike and
shot her a look that said he wruld scratch
more than her bike if die didn't shut up.
We got the bicycles and wheeled our
way toward the check out stand. Five
checks laieitihe salesperson kept making
mistakes and we had to keep rewriting
checks), we were wheeling our purchases
out the door.
The tires were slightly flat, but we
were afraid that if we asked them to pump
up the tires it would take another hour or
so.
We then attempted to get two bikes
into a smaller-than-we- thought-it-was
Please see BALTAU, page 3
The Daily Collegian
Founded in 1922
ilin i Wwt 1 nl mill' CSUF awitWnnntuprrioaff daily ocept '■
JL.llllli I lArtlll' III! ■ It Hl'll 11 lfT| " —^^J- H "Ft-"""'" too** in "» K*«» Campu. Bulidtaay
HimTiM wrw nrnr - m— M I - wwaa &*»• « |
