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Where do we go from here?
Dear Editor,
Where do we go from here?
In today's mumble Jumble of
politics. It's becoming increasingly
difficult to find direction. Society,
along with politics, has progressed to a
state of passive apathy. In the. GO's we
pushed for the civil rights movement.
Minorities wanted equality within our
social fabric, and the Viet Nam
conflict was a theen In the side of our
nation's ability to grant personal
freedoms. These two situations were a
driving force behind the radicalness
and need for change in that era.
In the 80's we strived for economic
security and world peace. We seem to
have been fairly successful with both.
The United States is coming off the
biggest economic expansion in its
history and any kind of a world
conflict or nuclear war with the
Soviets seems virtually negated. The
neo-caonservative movement, that
really took hold with Reagan, has done���its Job. It can step back, brush its
palms together and call it quits.
With the success of the civil rights
movement. peace. and relaUve
economic prosperity, the question
becomes: where do we go from here?
What are we going to conquer next?
What is our next revolution going to
be?
To answer these questions and
analysis   of   the   80"s   is   In   order.
Along with the economic success and
'peace of this last decade, we have also
seen an enroachment upon civil
rights. An enroachment that Is
different than discrimination but very
much related to our civil liberties. For
example, the moral majority, which
rode in convenlenUy on Reagan's coat
tails, wants to try and dictate whether
wpmen should be able to have
abortions. Making abortion illegal
would infringe upon a person's right to
choice. In the words of Senator
Edward Kennedy, The administration
that promised to take government off
our backs, has put it into our
bedrooms."
Maybe the next revolution will be a
f'ombinaitnn nt the fiO's and the 80's.
This is where we could have the best of
both worlds. We could have economic
freedoms, including the rights to the
fruits of our labor, and full civil
liberties, without worrying about
someone trying to dictate our moral
actions. There would be plenty for all
through social responslbilty and peace
through social tolerance.
Who knows when or if this will
happen. Perhaps the 90's will just be
an extension of the 80's, like the 70s
were to the 60s. Perhaps this
movement won't take place until the
first decade of the 21 st century.
Reality outweighs creativity
Editor
I find It curious, frightening, and
plain interesting to watch these
creationist-types latch onto a bit of
science, then wax quickly into a great
confabulated lather all about how God
created their universe and Just
everything: and from a "blueprint"
blathers Gil Latta, and quotes
copiously and nearly incomp¬
rehensibly from some religious comic
book that should have been entitled
"Creative Scienticlsm." ■
1 can only hope Stan Ziegler will
respond, not to the hopelessly
confounded Brad Taylors and Gtl
Lattas, but in order to clarify what
may as a result of valid thinking (and
not this frothing-at-the-mouth
magical-belief-system stuff) be used by
each of us to build her own or his own
understanding and awareness of our
pure existence lnthis physical
universe.
It would be useful to note that at
least Gil _ acknowledges some
understanding of science (certainly
more than his frankly delusional
confederate, Brad Taylor!), out he stlH
throws an essential mlsunderstan*ng
of applying the Second Law and of
cosmology (the "Hubble universe." the
Einstein-de Sitter universe, general
relativity, particle theory, etc.). For
instance, the question of "isolated
system" must refer to an open, closed,
Price-gouging
makes him sick
Morey Holzman
or "equilllbrated" universe, and thus
the Second Law may apply variously
on such a magnificent scale. Also,
there Is no reason whatsoever'^hat 1
have
ever seen (and physics is mot my field,
so I do this a a kind of hobby) to
assume anything about pre-Big Bang,
since it all starts there: All space,
time, and mass began there and then.
Funny how the frothing creationists
can't seem to accept the Idea of an
absolute beginning, yet their own
creation myth employs such an Ideal)
Somehow, after fumbling ideas of
time (temporary, decay), and
destruction versus "work" (that goofy
bull-ln-a-chlna shop-illustration
which illustrates work in the physics
sense of energy transfer. (W=S b/a F
cro dsj is made ambigfously to imply
the common sense of "work" as being
somehow constructive), he plays his
absolutely incredible major theme:
the blueprint notion. It is immediately
after this emphasis on "blueprints for
the universe" that he blathers-out in
his "creative sclentism."
So it seems the quest for the Holy
blueprints is the theological sticky
point. Somehow, he believes, all this
must have been planned. This is
absurd and a perfect example of.
among    other    things,     projection.
See LETTERS, page 3
One of the most appalling
aspects of Vintage Days is the
annual price-gouging at the
Craftsfolksfair.
Once a year. Fresnans trek over
to CSUF to help celebrate Vintage
Days. Instead of glamorizing the
university, the school decides to
tarnish its image by profiteering.
The Daily Collegian's Penny
Solley contributes a Lunch on a
Budget column that has appeared
Fridays for some time. Today, I'm
doing the honors.
I stopped at two of the FSU Food
Service booths Saturday. At the
first one. I ordered a chicken
sandwich, some curly fries and a
Pepsi. The service was quick,
unlike the Cafeteria where the
BBQ Chicken Sandwich is
normally sold. Even the price,
$1.75,wasthesame. That'swhere
the similarities end.
The sandweh was served on a
sesame seed bun. standard fast
food fare I might add. with ablue���packet of Heinz mayonnaise but
no knife to spread it with. This
indelible package was wrapped In
tinfoil. That's it- noleltuce.no
tomato, not even catsup. See how
well we eat in school, mom and
dad? See whyyou should buy
more Lotto tickets?
I forked out $ 1.25 for a three-
Inch long paper carton of curly
fries. You know the" portion size -
it was one of those liny cartons
with the red- checked pattern on
the outside. You find those all the
time at the high quality fast food
restaurants. Places with names
like Joe's Burgers.
The fries were sort of tasty, and
the $1.25 seemed like a bargain
compared to the $1.75 the Bucket
charges. Until I walked into the
Bucket and saw the portion size.
The fries are piled on a plate in the
Bucket.
I shelled out $1 for the 16-ounce
Pepsi. AdottarJoraPepsi? 1
thought I was at 7-Eleven, except
the guy waiting on me spoke
English. When George Washington
sailed across the Potomac and
tossed his silver dollar. I wonder if
he said, "One day, if I save this, l
can buy a PjCpsi at Vintage Days."
That's prifoably why he threw it.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. The
same size drink at the Cafeteria
sets you back 75 cents.
That wasjust the first food
booth I stopped at. At the second
FSU Food Service Booth. I
purchased a hot pretzel for a buck.
Today I bought one at the Country
Store for 75 cents. Apattem is
developing here. Host Vintage
Days, raise prices by a quarter.
The most disgusting,
disheartening, objectionable,
untolerable price is theonefor the
$2 mug with the FSU Food Service
stamp all over It. Two dollars on
campus. $2.75 during Vintage
Days. Instead of 75 cents; refills
were a buck. If I understand this
correctly. It cost Food Service 75
cents per mug to cany them
outside. They must have hired a
mailman to cany them one at a
time with I O-minute breaks in
between.
Like the Cafeteria, the Bucket
and the Country Store, all this
food was sold under the FSU Food
Service banner. The intent was
obvious: Extra profit while they
could get it.
Vintage Days celebrate Fresno's
main cash crop — the grape/raisir
industry, and of course, wine
comes from grapes. Vintage, as
defined by Webster, means       >
superior Quality. The food served
does not resemble anything   -
superior— not even to ants.
It would have been nice if all the
organizations that set up "The
Sidewalk Cafe" near the Free-
Speech Area during the week
would havfe used the weekend to
raise money for their own '
organizations. A few did. But if
you don't dig ribs or sausage, all
that was left was1 the overpriced,
undertaste of cafeteria food.
The message that Food Service
gave to the community: We have i.
good American business school
here. See how overpriced our
product is. and see how much
profit well make.
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