1988_04 The Daily Collegian April 1988

              Page 2 Wednesday, April 27,1968
Opinion
McCue's View
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After voting to reconsider the rights of
minorities to sue private parties for racial
discrimination this past Monday, five
members of the court model their new robes
For the
Record..
In the story "New health tests help cut costs" in
the April 26 edition of The Daily Collegian,
the story should have said that if the test for
Ruebella comes up negative, the woman needs
to be immunized. Factual errorsTn
77k Collegian can be brought to our attention
by calling.294-2486 or writing to us at the Keats
Campus Build ing, California State University,
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Weekend of fun
ushers in disaster
By Rob Evans
It was to be a fun weekend; it was to
be a chance to get out of Fresno and just
relax.
I went without sleep for the majority
of last week in order to complete my
voluminous homework assignments and
clear the weekend for one of those
infamous "roadtrips."
The plan was to go to Candlestick Park
for a Giants/Dodgers game on Friday
night and then on to Sacramento to watch
CSUF in an advertising campaigns competition on Saturday. It all seemed so
simple, so harmless.
If I had any idea of what lay ahead, I
would have stayed home and watched
wrist-wrestling on ESPN instead.
The weather on Friday was threatening;
showers fell off and on throughout the
day in Fresno. I figured there might be a
chance of rain in San Francisco, so early
in the afternoon 1 tuned in a Bay Area
radio station for a weather forecast.
"Decreasing showers throughout the
afternoon," said the weatherman. "It will
be a dry one for the game at the 'Stick'
tonight."
Okay, I thought The Giants haven't
had a home game rained out since 1983.
There's no way that the game is going to
be canceled.
I got out of class at 2 p.m. and headed
home. About 30 minutes later my friend
and I were on the road. We stopped at my
friend's place of employment to pick up
his paycheck. Then I realized I forgot tbe
map. We headed back to pick it up.
We were still hoping to make it to San
Francisco for the opening pitch at 7:30,
but we had to stop off at a place on Shaw
Avenue so that my friend could sell an ad
for the Collegian.
By the time the advertising deal was
sealed, it was almost 4 p.m.
Time was short, we'd have to make
good time to get to the park in time for
the game.
My foot inched down on the gas pedal,
and no sooner than I had reached a decent
(well, maybe excessive) speed, I saw a
motorcycle cop on a sidestreet, armed
with his trusty radar gun.
He had me, and I knew it.
"Tell him we're trying to make it to
the Giants game," my friend said "Hell
let you go."
But as the policeman walked to my car,
I quickly noted his lesemblence to Robo-
Cop, so I decided it was wise to say as
little as possible.
At least RoboCop was quick, obviously experienced at writing a ticket We
were soon on our way, on Highway 99
by 4:15.
The weather wasn't getting better as we
made our way northwest. Rain fell here
and there, but I took heart on the
weatherman's prediction earlier in the day.
I wasn't worried.
It was still pouring when we reached
Oakland; I was worried.
Luckily, the rain stopped by the time
we reached Candlestick, so we spent the
$4 for a parking space and $2.50 each for
General Admission seats.
The national anthem was drawing to a
close as we entered Candlestick, that
cement Mecca. We bought ballpark hot
dogs and popcorn, peanuts, drinks—we
were.ready a etijoyJte-garne. -..;-,
In rite lop of the first inning, the rain
started to fall and it got progessively
heavier, The grrjundscrew rolled out the
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Call it democracy
Dear Editor,
Here we go again! Where do these ill-
informed writers come from and where
have they been?! In response to weary
Steven Kloose's letter, please note that I
am an elected "major woman candidate"
—so was Jessica Chrisman, Karen
Caldwell, Robin Evans, Debbie Win-
slow, Laura Guard, Patsey Foley and our
most esteemed and influential A.V.P.,
Cyndi Martos. Take a breath and dive into
the tremendous accomplishments of our
CSSA representative, Bev Raines. While
you're at it, check out the women's long
record of service on the College Union
Board. I dare you to ask Anna Gonzalez
about her contribution to student government. As for your assumption that elections are won by money for media space.
I can vouch for the fact that Karen, Laura
and myself didn't spend mi ;i more than
you'd spend for a week's worth of
lunches. We skipped the lunches and
actively campaigned by speaking directly
with concerned students. Not one of our
campaign fliers glittered. Did yoL think
the red Marks-a-Lot was flashy?
Why would anyone want a 24-hour library? Tell the students who requested it
that it's an exciting and useless ide? As
for your idea of reality, the copy m; .-fine
problem was addressed and is being resolved, as you would have known if you'd
attended a senate meeting or bothered 10
pick up a copy of the minutes which are
always available in the AS office. It is
not the responsibility of the senate to
write about the minutes in the Collegian
and I don't think the Collegian wants
them in their Reader Response column.
Challenge the reporters to provide more
student government coverage of pertinent
issues. If the activity of "argument"
among us bothers you, consider the fact
that their ability to discuss and disagree
has led to significant accomplishment and
improvement on your campus—it's called
the democratic process.
Sincerely,
Bev McKenna,
Cyndi Mattos,
Sean Ford,
etc.
Weston feedback
Dear Editor,
In response to Cael Weston's editorial
"AIDS misinformation in the 80s," let
me congratulate The Daily Collegian.
Once again your staff has proved its
consistency in journalism. Yellow-rag,
sensationalist journalism, that is.
In contrast to A. Whitney Brown's
"The Big Picture" on SNL News, Mr.
Weston has presented us with the "small
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