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Page 2 Friday, March 2, 1990
The Daily Collegian
ST
o
pinion©
Shaken, stirred
Quake conjures up family history
Eric Burney
No G.E., no diversity
To the Editor: _>.
(Ban General Educatloi
tion? Great
idea! We could ■ turn our
universities into vocational/
technical schools which crank out
accountants and computer
programmers in two years (and
doctors and lawyers In four). W~ho
wants to spend several years
getting an education anyway? Get
It over with quick so we can enter
the workforce and earn
bigbucks. We want ■* jnore
leisure time, too. There would only
be one drawback: everyone would
only know their own job. But who
cares? No one can know
everything anyway, so let's leave
the trivial shit to the politicians.
Aren't these the reasons why most
people seek higher educaion,
today? This Is a trend in our
society from which I would like to
be beamed up. Scotty!
Sheldon Hyde
Too hot for\Library study
Dear Editor,
Does oppressive library heat
foster a conducive tetudy
environment?
Hurray", The new phone system
is operational! Somehow that
doesn't alleviate the problem of
oppressive heat on the third and
fourth floors ofthe library.
We're told the reason for the heat
Is due to the process of switching
over to new centralized digital
controls. Meanwhile students fall
asleep while studying and
complain os headaches.-
If and when this problem Is
solved we'll still be losing cooling
and heat through the paneled
ceiling of the Music Library on the
third floor. This "paneled" ceiling
has been missing a large section of
tiles for over a year now, but I
suppose we're waiting In new
digital controls that will somehow
steer workers over here to replace
them.
In the Interim I would like to
extend an invitation to President
Haak to bring some of his
paperwork over here to the Music
Library around high noon of* the
next warm day. I work in the
Mu sic Library as a stude nt
assistant and would gladly assist
our president In selecting some
cool, calming sounds to facilitate
matters. But then again. Mr.
President, If you can't stand the
heat then get out of the library. My
apologies to Mr. Truman.
Unless you Ve been hiding in a
gopher hole somewhere along the
outskirts of Goshen J unction for
the past couple of days, it's
outdoubtedty been brought to your
attention, in one form or another.
that an earthquake Wednesday
rocked a good portion of Southern
California to the tune of 5-5 on the
Richter scale.
I might has well have beeri the
person seeking refuge in lhat
gopher hole, however. Being the
. busy man thai I am. I, yes. event
' didn't get the full scoop on the
little quaky-poo that rattled my
hometown of LA until later that
evening. Iwasoccupledcoveringa
local quiver of our own—the
dismissal of a certain basketball
conch.
Upon my emergence from thai
hole. I made a number of valiant
efforts to contact my mother at
ourhomenearLA International
Airport. Thephonelineswere
apparently down temporarily.
I was worried aboul her.
Not because I feared for her
safety, mind you. About the most
damage a 5.5 centered 40 miles
away can do is cause you to take a,
Dramamine;. maybe rattle the
cupboards, at best.*
No, I was hardly concerned for
my moms physical-safety. I was
primarily interested in her
emotional stability- or lack
thereof— in the wake of the
aftermath.
You see. 1 love my mothervery
much. We need and depend on one
another a great deal, and she's the
strongest person IVe ever known.
When it comes to earthquakes,
however, she tends to lose all
composure with frightening
quickness, whether It be * *
discussion of it or actual
•happening. That fear, along with
her complete avoidance of freeway
travel, has practically reached
phobic proportions over the years,
much like my utter disdain for
needles.
But that's another column.
I finally got hold of her early
last night. No hysterics, lo my
suprise-they'd already past.
Damn. I always find them rather
humorous. Maybe next lime.
"Hi, mom."
"Hi, babe. You sound good."
'Thanks. I feel terrible."
"Well, thats too bod But you do
sound good."
John P. Ford
Some thoughts...lots of thoughts
Dear Editor.
Does the "right to life," require
all to be parents? Forbid birth
control? Does the "right to
religion" require all to have a
religion? Which one? If one can be
legislated, why mot both? Do
"rights" dictate morals? Who's?
Blood transfusions are "wrong" for
some religion should they be
banned? What if they're the
majority? What if they're ZOO
percent right? Would they be
outlawed? Should they? Should
the government control religion
and, family planning?
Walter Strickler
You know mothers. It matters
not how their kids feel, as long as
they look and sound good. And
have on clean drawers in the event
an accident requiring emergency
medial attention.
"Whatever. Hey. IVe been trying
to reach you. Are you okay?"
"Ohyeah. rmjine. Everything's
okay. It wasn't bad here. I was on
the phone with your grandmother
when everything started shaking.
Lastedabout30seconds. Of
course. I froze, butlkeptrighton
talking, as usuaL"
Mom then filled me in on
relevant happenings at home. I
listened as intently as I could, but I
was still digging for more quake
details.
"Hey, where was the cat?' I
asked, referring to our psychotic. 8-
year-old Siamese.
"OK Sktlz was outside. They say
you can tell by an animal's
behavior, when an earthquakes
gonna hit You can't tell with
Skitz; he always acts strange."
Mom reported more than 30
aftershocks, but she couldn't feel
themall. With her nerves, every
breath*equates to an aftershock.
She'sjusl glad she wasn't in the
car when Uie mother hit.
I'mjust glad this one didn't
follow our family's illustrious
tradition with tremblors.
The '71 quake centered in
Sylmar did a number on our old "
house, separating the porch from
the foundation a mere three feet.
According to Mom, I slept through
it. I believe her-1 can sleep
through anything.
Just ask the instructors ofmy
morning classes.
We were rocked pretty well again
in the '87 Whlttier quake, along
with everyone else. But I find the
upcoming tidbit most-bizarre:
My cousin's first birthday fell
on the same day as the Sylmar
shaker, while I spent my 21st
listening to radio reports ofthe
Bay area crumbling to pieces last
October.
Does this mean that well
eventually croak In an
earthquake? Who knows.
I do know, though, that this
form of nature gives my already
mentally unstable family an
excuse to practice its hobby with
reckless abandon.
I suppose It could be worse. After
all. I had a great aunt who was
afraid of grapes.
Yes, you read It right. But that
is. most definitely, another
column.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Editor in Chief. Eric Bumey
Msntgbg Ediior. Amy Hemphill
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| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
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Page 2 Friday, March 2, 1990
The Daily Collegian
ST
o
pinion©
Shaken, stirred
Quake conjures up family history
Eric Burney
No G.E., no diversity
To the Editor: _>.
(Ban General Educatloi
tion? Great
idea! We could ■ turn our
universities into vocational/
technical schools which crank out
accountants and computer
programmers in two years (and
doctors and lawyers In four). W~ho
wants to spend several years
getting an education anyway? Get
It over with quick so we can enter
the workforce and earn
bigbucks. We want ■* jnore
leisure time, too. There would only
be one drawback: everyone would
only know their own job. But who
cares? No one can know
everything anyway, so let's leave
the trivial shit to the politicians.
Aren't these the reasons why most
people seek higher educaion,
today? This Is a trend in our
society from which I would like to
be beamed up. Scotty!
Sheldon Hyde
Too hot for\Library study
Dear Editor,
Does oppressive library heat
foster a conducive tetudy
environment?
Hurray", The new phone system
is operational! Somehow that
doesn't alleviate the problem of
oppressive heat on the third and
fourth floors ofthe library.
We're told the reason for the heat
Is due to the process of switching
over to new centralized digital
controls. Meanwhile students fall
asleep while studying and
complain os headaches.-
If and when this problem Is
solved we'll still be losing cooling
and heat through the paneled
ceiling of the Music Library on the
third floor. This "paneled" ceiling
has been missing a large section of
tiles for over a year now, but I
suppose we're waiting In new
digital controls that will somehow
steer workers over here to replace
them.
In the Interim I would like to
extend an invitation to President
Haak to bring some of his
paperwork over here to the Music
Library around high noon of* the
next warm day. I work in the
Mu sic Library as a stude nt
assistant and would gladly assist
our president In selecting some
cool, calming sounds to facilitate
matters. But then again. Mr.
President, If you can't stand the
heat then get out of the library. My
apologies to Mr. Truman.
Unless you Ve been hiding in a
gopher hole somewhere along the
outskirts of Goshen J unction for
the past couple of days, it's
outdoubtedty been brought to your
attention, in one form or another.
that an earthquake Wednesday
rocked a good portion of Southern
California to the tune of 5-5 on the
Richter scale.
I might has well have beeri the
person seeking refuge in lhat
gopher hole, however. Being the
. busy man thai I am. I, yes. event
' didn't get the full scoop on the
little quaky-poo that rattled my
hometown of LA until later that
evening. Iwasoccupledcoveringa
local quiver of our own—the
dismissal of a certain basketball
conch.
Upon my emergence from thai
hole. I made a number of valiant
efforts to contact my mother at
ourhomenearLA International
Airport. Thephonelineswere
apparently down temporarily.
I was worried aboul her.
Not because I feared for her
safety, mind you. About the most
damage a 5.5 centered 40 miles
away can do is cause you to take a,
Dramamine;. maybe rattle the
cupboards, at best.*
No, I was hardly concerned for
my moms physical-safety. I was
primarily interested in her
emotional stability- or lack
thereof— in the wake of the
aftermath.
You see. 1 love my mothervery
much. We need and depend on one
another a great deal, and she's the
strongest person IVe ever known.
When it comes to earthquakes,
however, she tends to lose all
composure with frightening
quickness, whether It be * *
discussion of it or actual
•happening. That fear, along with
her complete avoidance of freeway
travel, has practically reached
phobic proportions over the years,
much like my utter disdain for
needles.
But that's another column.
I finally got hold of her early
last night. No hysterics, lo my
suprise-they'd already past.
Damn. I always find them rather
humorous. Maybe next lime.
"Hi, mom."
"Hi, babe. You sound good."
'Thanks. I feel terrible."
"Well, thats too bod But you do
sound good."
John P. Ford
Some thoughts...lots of thoughts
Dear Editor.
Does the "right to life," require
all to be parents? Forbid birth
control? Does the "right to
religion" require all to have a
religion? Which one? If one can be
legislated, why mot both? Do
"rights" dictate morals? Who's?
Blood transfusions are "wrong" for
some religion should they be
banned? What if they're the
majority? What if they're ZOO
percent right? Would they be
outlawed? Should they? Should
the government control religion
and, family planning?
Walter Strickler
You know mothers. It matters
not how their kids feel, as long as
they look and sound good. And
have on clean drawers in the event
an accident requiring emergency
medial attention.
"Whatever. Hey. IVe been trying
to reach you. Are you okay?"
"Ohyeah. rmjine. Everything's
okay. It wasn't bad here. I was on
the phone with your grandmother
when everything started shaking.
Lastedabout30seconds. Of
course. I froze, butlkeptrighton
talking, as usuaL"
Mom then filled me in on
relevant happenings at home. I
listened as intently as I could, but I
was still digging for more quake
details.
"Hey, where was the cat?' I
asked, referring to our psychotic. 8-
year-old Siamese.
"OK Sktlz was outside. They say
you can tell by an animal's
behavior, when an earthquakes
gonna hit You can't tell with
Skitz; he always acts strange."
Mom reported more than 30
aftershocks, but she couldn't feel
themall. With her nerves, every
breath*equates to an aftershock.
She'sjusl glad she wasn't in the
car when Uie mother hit.
I'mjust glad this one didn't
follow our family's illustrious
tradition with tremblors.
The '71 quake centered in
Sylmar did a number on our old "
house, separating the porch from
the foundation a mere three feet.
According to Mom, I slept through
it. I believe her-1 can sleep
through anything.
Just ask the instructors ofmy
morning classes.
We were rocked pretty well again
in the '87 Whlttier quake, along
with everyone else. But I find the
upcoming tidbit most-bizarre:
My cousin's first birthday fell
on the same day as the Sylmar
shaker, while I spent my 21st
listening to radio reports ofthe
Bay area crumbling to pieces last
October.
Does this mean that well
eventually croak In an
earthquake? Who knows.
I do know, though, that this
form of nature gives my already
mentally unstable family an
excuse to practice its hobby with
reckless abandon.
I suppose It could be worse. After
all. I had a great aunt who was
afraid of grapes.
Yes, you read It right. But that
is. most definitely, another
column.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Editor in Chief. Eric Bumey
Msntgbg Ediior. Amy Hemphill
"~~ ~4i"P£^ JohtMu Mimca
EoW Zi
Newt
Ccr>
.Zirini Zumbro
Spoils Editor. ....Morcy Hobnun
Graphics Ediior .. -.John FrMcli-
Photo Ediior. ...„„Teny Ptenon
St»ff Artia. Ofir tevy
SuffWriten: B«h |
