1990_04 The Daily Collegian April 1990

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——— Opinion
Biased in print
La Voz, Uhuru criticized for slants
j^| Ted Hallisey
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Taylor needs to get facts straight
-Dear Editor,
Mr Taylor's last letter in typical
fashion applies yet again the���faulty notion that evolutionary
theory is in conflict wilh the
second law of thermodynamics
Wiien one examines religious
iaith the underlying source of such
bogus science as creatlonalism,
one must remember what faith'is.
Faitt) is belief wilhotil proof.
Though ' there is what some
consider ' evidence lo support
religious beliefs i.e. the Bible.
there is nothing scientific to
support the creationalist view of
the origins of life. Contrary lo Mr.
Tavlor's assertion thai the fossil
record supports crealionalism. the
fossil, record provides indis¬
putable proof lhat different
animals existed at different times.
One needs merely to view the
geological strata to see thai the
fossil remains of dinosaurs
always precede, by what has been
determined lo be hundreds of
millions of years, the remains of
earliest man. I am sure Mr. Taylor
will not be affected by these facts
and will probably rationalize a
way to pervert t5is evidence lo
support his pseudo-science.
Mr. Taylor's agrumeril regarding
(he second law always triumphing
over an individual is short sighted
and   typicaliv   faulty.      Yes   M-
Taytoj. I am mortal and will die
someday. But my genes, the
missing code belter known to real
scientists as UNA. will be passed
on lo my children.
Though 1 respect Mr. Taylors
right io practice his religion 1 will
fight lo lhe end his attempt to
corrupt science with something
lhat t ca.ters to his particular
Jwiiefs. This attempl lo creale a
"scientific theory.'' which has zero
support outside religious circles, is
no different than the infamous
practice of communist nations of
creating their version of history to
pul Iheir country in a more
favorable light.
Mr. Taylor, suffering from
insecurity with his faith, feels
threatened when science provides
us wilrpa more accurate picture
than the Bible presents. Science
does nol attempt to disprove the
Bible, it merely advances the
knowledge using information and
techniques of inquiry that was
unavailable to the writers of the
Bible thousands of years ago.
James Newlyn
More opposition to Playboy
To the Editor:
—We- are firmly opposed—to-
Playboy magazine's recruitment
of women students from our
campus for their special issue.
"Girls of the Big Wesl." First there
are no "girls' enrolled at CSU
Fresno. The infantilization of
women students, by referring to
them as "girls," reinforces the
sexist notion that women are
childlike rather than mature an#
capable adults with serious
commitments to attaining their
educational and professional
goals. Further, women who may be
In the process of running for
political office. of seeking
Judgeships or other positions of
public trust some years from now,
risk character assassination and
destruction of their careers if
some unscrupulous opponents
choose to make public the fact that
they once posed for a men's sex
Second, we are committed to
correcting the sexist assumption
that women are fundamentally
sex objects, whatever their
Individual CMtHfttflM and
personal    qualities    might    be.
Playboy's recruitment . ads
contributed to~ a "chilly climate"
on the campus for many women by-
reinforcing the notion lhat
women are sex objects^ This
stereotype leads lo women
students being,taken less seriously
as scholars, leaders, and equals of
their male peers. Ultimately, a
sexist campus climate diminishes
the educational experience of all
students. Those of us committed to
gender justice at CSUF are
therefore firmly opposed to the
exploitation of women's sexuality
that Playboy represents.
It is most unfortunate that, at a
time when so many men and
women on our campus are
working to undo traditional
stereotypes of women as sex
objects. Playboy has chosen to
reinforce this outdated and
destructive notion.
Walter A. Robinson. Chair
Marda E. Bedard Member
Representing the President's
TaskForce on Racism, Sexism,
and Homophobia. California
State University, Fresno
I think it is time that someone
finally spoke up about the terribly
vellow journalism of two of lhe
supplemental editions oTthe Dall*
Collegian. These two would
obviously Ik- La Vdz I »e Aztlan and
UhuruNaUmoja  I have never
seenamorebiased publication in
print than La Voz. Uhuru reports a
little mure object "vcjv. but slips
intoslight bursts limn unit-n.
time. also.
The most obvious bias was
following theASl electrons. While
reporting the results, both otlhesi
publications bMtt ant "yornfi ted the
winners of posit Ions thai went to
members of the US/ReaHty part)
1 guess they were nol satisfied
with the tact that most ofthe-     .
' positions were won by members ol
Unity-SRG. No, these so-called
reporters wrongly announced SRG
candidates as winners ofthe
Schools of Agriculture. Arts and
Humanities and Natural Sciences
and completely ignored Lhe results
ofthe Senator at Large positions
that were won by Cheryl Woniack
and Ben Kwak. and lhe
Administrative Vice President s
position that was won byTony
Castelli. II that isin.il>
responsible journalism, then I
would really hale lo see
irresponsible journalism. This
was clearly evident in bolh ofthe
publications mentioned above, it
you doubt my won], and I'm sure
many of you will, check the back
issues against l he actual results on
file in the ASI office. All ofthe
results are public information
lhat is available to all students.
This includes reporters from these
supplemental editions. A
responsiblejournalisl would have
known this fact without a greal
deal of investigative reporting. A
simple phone call would have
provided them with the official
results.
To add injury in the insult, there
was never a correction after they
were made aware ofthe inaccurate
Information lhat was printed in
ihesepapers. That's par for the
course from La Voz. I was credited
wilh opposing numcmusASI
Issues even after I had left the
meeting, llisvery difficult lovole
on the item without being in the
room. But. I was credited with
voting against the Chicano Latino
studies Capital Reserve funding
request, when in facl I had already
left the meeting. The ilem had not
even come up on the agenda, so
how could I have opposed it? WE
-   all know t hai Kathleen Solano
runs a totally competent meeting
ai all times and she would never
have allowed this to lake place.
Addlt tonally, we have the
watchdog Frank Aviles there to
ask for roll call every lime I leave
the room. Then you have the'
nerve to call me a racist. 1 didn't
stand a chance with that kind of
'   vote result tabulation. Once* again.
tin- minutes are public record for
vou to look at just incase.you
missed the fact while you were
silling tn the meeting room like
all good reporters. Are you
listening. Mr, Heredia? Document
the facts and then refute my
N- claims with proof. Isn't that pan
'-otyourjobasajoumalisl? 1
think it is lime io review the
Canons of Ethics of Journalism
and then practice them.
You could have acted as a
professional during La Voz's
endorsements of candidates prior
in theASl elections. Is it ethical to
endorse an entire ticket and worse
*  vei.lo endorse members of your
own stall? Have you ever heard ol
conflict pi ml crest? As I look
throughlhe pages ofyour
publication. I have a hard time
finding a time when you have
asked any member of the
US/Reality party for their feelings
on any ofthe issues. Is thai truly
giving the whole slory? Il is very-
hard to make an educated decision
without knowing lhe whole slory.
i really hope that was not your
intention.
I have no problem with seeing
opinions in arf opinion column
like lhe one done by Mr. Torres
because that is one person's ■
opinion and is identified as such.
I do have a big problem with
staling opinions in a story lhat
are taken as facts and not
identified as quotes. This is truly
incompetent journalism and
should nol be tolerated by students
on this campus who^ay fees that
fund these supplements. Ms.
Grice. I think your statement in
lhe April 3 issue that the Unity-
SRG party "mopped the floor" with
the Reality party is much more
opinion than fact. Seven people
elected out of a total of 18 hardly
illustrates a mopping ofthe floor
to me as a factual statement. 1 noi
only hope for reduced poliUcs on
the senate next year but also for
reduced politics between the pages
ofthe campus supplemental
See HALLISEY, page '
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Edilor in Chief. Eric Bumey
Managing Editor.... Amy Hemphill
News Editor. Zarina Zumbro
Copy Ediior Chrii Heredia
Sporu Editor. ...Moiey Holzman
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