1989_03 The Daily Collegian March 1989

              Page 12    Wednesday. March I. 1989
The Daily Collegian
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announced recently on local television
thai he was "given the gift of prophecy,"
dial a "large metallic object would hover
over Los Angeles" vLsiblc only to a few
persons and would be responsible for
"mass killings": yet another proposed as a
viable soluuon "doming" the Fulton Mall
and chose Shaka Zulu, the nineteenth
century African warrior, as his "political
idol."
So emerge Tony Capozzi and Karen
Humphrey. The major disuncuon
between the two—Capozzi a private
attorney. Humphrey a city council-
member—seemed, even a week before the
election, not one of positions or issues or
priorities, not one of substance, but of
campaign funding. Big money was on
Capozzi, and quite literally.
In a one month period between January
and February of this year. Capozzi raised
more than $90,000 to Humphrey's
$46,000. In this same period Capozzi
recicved fifty-six contributions of $1,000
or more (the personal limn) whereas
Humphrey recieved three.
That seemed to be it Both candidates
talked of "infrastructure'' (something not
to be meddled wiih) and both candidates
talked of integrity" (a positive mayoral
trait) and each candidate seemed set on
echoing the other.
One morning I decided lo pick up a
copy of Tony Capozzi's "A Blueprint For
A Better Fresno" and lo my delight when
I arrived at Tony Capozzi s Campaign
headquarters, a block north of Tony
Capozzis law finn and Paula Capozzi's
corporate communications firm, there was
one. It is eight pages long, and under the
sixth heading, "Community Develop¬
ment he wntes: "Fresno's General Plan
contains adequate environmental safe¬
guards, but the City Council has rcpcat-
cdcly made exceptions for influential
developers."
This statement is intercsung, since it
is precisely these infiuenual developers
who have contributed the most to his
campaign. People such as John
Bonadelle. Sr. and John Bonadelle. Jr. and
Pauline Bonadelle. each of whom staked
$1,000. This statement is also interesting
because ten lines later Tony Capozzi
promises to "complete development of 3
realistic. long- term Central Area
Community Plan," the necessity of
which would seem under question if one
believed Capozzi's earlier assertion that
of an adequate General Plan.
The campaign workers, one of whom
was there for his master's thesis from San
Fransisco Slate University and another of
whom wore Ray-Bans and an Arizona
State T-shirt and barged in yelling
something about five cases of beer,
seemed delighted I was there. I was
referred to two women at CSUF (Students
for Capozzi) and as I waited for a list of
Tony Capozzi's campaign contributors
the master's thesis student metamor¬
phosed into spokesperson. "Tony wants a
world-class Agriculture Center," he said.
I mentioned vaguely to no one in
particular lhai die story on which I was
working focusscd not so much on the
mayoral race but on the Central Area, and
specifically on its current and future
development. "Short story," the one in
the Anzona T-shirt quipped. "Not much
going on around here.' assured the
master's diesis student
These seemed to me. in the prevailing
doom of the day. standard enough
responses, and il was only later, out of
the single-minded poliucal pathos of the
redwood office on M succi in downtown
Fresno, that they struck me as odd.
Practically next door, an entire block of
bnck warehouses built in 1903—the
nationally registered Warehouse Row
beside ihe Santa Fe Railroad yard—was in
the process of restoration, a vision of the
Fresno Consumer's Ice Company to be
transformed (eventually) into a 110,000-
square-foot "Vintage Specialty Shopping
Center." the recipient of aid from the
California Office of Historic Preservation.
Beyond the very boardwalk of Tony
Capozzi's campaign headquarters, the
street had been torn up, narrowed, lined
with orange pylons, and across it. in the
massive fenced-in lot construcuon was at
that very moment in full swing—
bulldozers and cranes and dump trucks
gliding   across   ihe   upturned   field,   the
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SMOKING
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going through die same process to help
each other."
Gitchel addressed the methods these
smokers could use to cope with with-
drawls from smoking, pointing oui that
when one gives up smoking, a coping
mechanism, other coping mechanisms are
required.
He said activities such as exercise, deep
breathing and chewing nicaretie gum,
which is made of nicotine, can alleviate
the craving for a cigarette.
Il is also helpful, he continued, to keep
away from smoking stimuli such as ash¬
trays and cigarette cartons.
While these techniques are proven
helpful. Corder is an illustration of one of
the many side effects of smoking with¬
drawal.
"I'm always hungry." said Corder.
Gitchel explained thai typically many
fledgling ex—smokers will resort to
indulging in sweets and generally greater
food intake as a result of a strong need to
put something in their mouths.
Also, there is an overall improvement
in sense of taste which leads to a bigger
appetite.
Tension is another prime effect of
giving up smoking, which Gitchel said is
best dealt with by chewing gum.
According to Sharon Spaulding,
program director at the American Cancer
Society, there is a recent willingness on
the pan of smokers to abate iheir
We don't beat them
over the heads with
you're wrong if you
backslide' but we
want to encourage
them to stay with
their goal.
—Sam Gitchel
unhealthy habit particularly among men.
Approximately 26 percenl of all
Americans smoke now as opposed to 42
percent in 1976.
In a glaring illustration of the
mortality of smoking, Spaulding said thai
390.000 Amencans die each year from
smoking.
On a more positive note, college
students, in comparison lo the general
public, smoke less.
According to Spaulding, 17.5 percent
of female college students smoke while
10 percent of male college students use
:igarcues.
Furthermore. Spaulding pointed out
that in general, those who smoke start at
a young age, adding that 4,000 kids start
smoking every day in this country.
Meanwhile, Tavil said lhai ihe
informanon from the clinics should help
his father give up smoking.
As to whether he intends on ever
smoking, Tavil responded. "After seeing
what my father went through, 1 know I
never will dc that,"
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