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Letters to the editor Rosenthal resigns Editor. I resigned my post as president of Fresno State Students for Hie Oct. 29. Not because I don't agree with what the organization is doing — au contralie - It is of the utmost importance that college students be Informed of the dangers of abortion to the mother and. of course, the child. Our ways part, however, when it comes to birth control. Some members cannot condone It for religious reasons; others believe in it, but do not wish to alienate those who don't As an anti-abortion feminist I strongly believe that women should control their own bodies until the point of conception: thereafter it is another life we speak of and no one should be allowed to take it for ■ reasons of convenience. Women must be allowed to procure non -a bortllaclcn t birth cont: ol ' on *'"'' demand, at any age. Options rather than abortion must be made available * and socially acceptable. Why does I adoption cany the stigma of an unworthy mother who "didn't want" her. baby? I submit to you that she wanted the child far more than the woman who killed hers. Why are young and unwed mothers made to suffer for the "sin" of pregnancy? Why is decent employment and child care not made available to them? All these things trouble me greatly, but I feel Increasingly alone In my search for a viable solution for. women and children alike. I call on everyone who really cares about the future of humanity to quit this senseless screaming over a moot point; abortion Is wrong, it can never be right Let us fight to make it neither available nor unavailable, but unnecessary. Aviva Rosenthal S~ . Yes on 130, no on 138 Editor. ' My father, who retired from a long career as a union carpenter, was shocked when he first saw a devastated clearcut in old-growth redwoods. He taught me to have reverence for the value of wood, and together we recycled several old buildings and gave them new lives. Though he is gone now. I am sure he would vote yea on Proposition 130. the "Forests Forever" Initiative. I am working for its passage because I want my children to have a healthy environment and places to go to get away from the problems of the big ■v - deforestation to. the rainforests of Brazil, fogging in the Pacific Northwest contributes to global environmental damage. If you are in favor of global warming, then the timber inditftry's Proposition 138 is the initiative for you because it locks Big Timber's control over forest practices for at least another decade — time enough to cut down the Last of the giants. Lots of people here In redwood country give of their time trying to get the government to stop the damage to our forests,' but.they have the bully boy of Big Timber to contend with, and . almost zero - support from Incumbent politicians. Only the people speaking with a single unified and. strong voice can send the message that needs to be sent to the politicianTln Sacramento and Washington. Vote Yes on Proposition 130 and No on Prop. 1381 - TlmMcKay Trinidad Yes on 138, noon 130 Editor. I have lived in Hayfork all my life, as have my mother, father and grandparents before me. Hayfork is a small, logging community and 1 love it here. To me there is ho other place like It in the world - the mountains, trees and animals are all beautiful. I work for a logging outfit so I am lucky to be out in the woods more often that most people. , I am so upset at the lies I'm seeing on TV against our natural resources. Men. women and children that don't live in\ the mountains are befog brainwashed . by preservationists. They want to preserve all our natural resources. If these preservationists get their way, 75.000 people (according to a Humbolt State University study], such ar myself, will be forced out of work and California will have to turn to other states and countries for our wood products. The National, State and Regional park services report that. there are approximately 12 million acres — 12 percent of California's total land base — preserved in parks, wilderness and other land reserves. This 12 million acres will never be logged! So why do they lis and make people believe that there won't be any ancient forests or any trees left for any people to enjoy? Please come and see for yourself. Don't take the word of groups like Earth First!, Sierra Club or the Audubon Society for they are getting paid well to be radical and to tell some big lies. They don't seem to want to let the public, know, thai iherg are, seven.. trees planted for every tree that is cut down. That's what makes our way of life go on and keeps my home town beautiful, even after a hundred years of logging. Proposition .130 is radical and extreme. Proposition 1C8 will allow trained professionals to manage the land for future generations, which will include my twogranddaugthers. Please be careful how you vote. Thousands of families are counting ojn you to make the right choice. f§Caroryn Harrison' Hayfork Issue is privacy right Editor. I Just wanted to express my disappointment at how the ASi Senate voted and the issues brought up by_the stand taken by Casey DeUabarca against mandatory drug testing. The majority of the discussion centered around health Issues, belt vs. Illicit drug use. and the argument for the safety and well being ofboth the athlete and sports. Yet these arguments in favor of drug testing proposed by Dr. (Keith) Carodlne [assistant director of Athletic Services), and the points brought up by some of the members of the panel were all made to circumscribe and trivialize the paramount Issue being investigated: the deprivation of rights in mandatory drug testing. Drugs on the tennis team was not the issue. General drug abuse in sports was not the issue The issue was simply: Someone is forced to Incriminate oneself — one's freedom ' and rights are at stake.' We heard a comment from this Dr. Carodine that the sports (acuity had a right to test athletes for the athletes' well being. Excuse me, but I wasn't Informed that anybody had a right to See LETTERS, poge 7 Tired of society's mixed messages American myth doesn't apply Maria Velarde I still remember the smell of second-hand stores and donated clothes, I remember the old." empty,'cold-feeltog-house. In the house, there was an old wooden chair and a wobbly table. To the left of the chair and table was a room with i. mattress on the floor < and an old cover needing a wash. I recall the ugiry, ^dead-looking grape fields surrounding the house.-And the feeling of outrage when, while pruning, a vine would swat my freezing face. . I remember the feeling of helplessness to being trapped to the heat of the summer months picking grapes. Then. I remember, to the fall, the laughter of lgno- rant, cruel and sarcastic teachers and students who could not understand that I was culturally and physically different, not mentally or emotionally Inferior. ■ -The only gooeUnemoriea aeem to be of my brother, Jess, and our cousin, Tavo, singing a Mexican song while playing a wooden . guitar. The music was to enter¬ tain our baby sister. Hildrf, and to put her to sleep. I still feel the warmth and love when I close my eyes and remember. I vividly remember the nightly get togethers that radiated love and merged our souls. The music and the sounds of our Spanish language was the only thing that was not foreign when we were dirt poor, strange and rejected. The family unity, with nine brothers and sisters and the singing of our songs are the only 1 good memories of becoming American. Today. I get an angry feeling deep from within to find out that' the only good memories are to be regarded by the dominant mem¬ bers of society as something that is un-American, v • I must give up my cultural heritage to be accepted, and even ■then, I cannot be accepted be¬ cause my skin is too dark and I might goof and mis-pronounce a word or two in a non-standard English. . Now. that I am aware. I am awakehed into the middle of a - society that is trying to confuse me, to degrade me. to tell me the He: "If you work hard enough, long enough, you'll make it." I will be awarded a taste of who I am supposed to be: American I am not who they want to be. Then who am I? On .becoming aware, at first. I felt like art insect that would need to be killed because I have been given wings to-irritalethemajestiCvvl-am- ~-.~ starting to questlon^THE QUES¬ TIONS START AND THE STRUGGLE BEGINS. WHO AM I? I am Latma/Hlspanlc when unity calls on me to fight for our cultural heritage and language in coalition with our other Spanish- speaking oppressed. lam-Mexican American to the people that are not aware of oppression, and also, to those who do not know what to call me. I am a Mcjicana to my family and a Yaqul Inmbien' I am a Chlcana to the people who are aware of^ our struggles for freedom from the oppressors. I am a Chlcana Feminist to who? To myfelf/""' I AM POWERFUL: I AM ALL. •a»welL. EdrtxinChlef- Christopher Heredia Manaojng Editor AnrtaDoa News Editor SabrinaKelley Copy Editor JimProulx Photo Edtor ThorSwif! Assistant Photo Ed tor Luke Sheppard Sports Ector Chris Bmnam Graphics Editor PatrikBoylan Entertain merit Editor AnasasiaHendrix Start Artist Robert Blancas Business Manager Amy Vara Advertising Manager Ron Mann Ad Production Manager Wendy Naytor Distribution Craig Gottlieb •MlWrthm Beth Corbo, Todd Heth, Krista Lemos, Pauiine Lynch. Debbie Richards, Syed Kamll Zaheer. Richard W. James, Suzanne Tletjen SportaWrter* Chris Cocoles, Damn Jones, Doug McLeod. Bobby Todd, John Welsh Ad»ertlrt>g Rapreaentatlvts Chris Hadyn-Myif, Shelby Stark. DeaneToler. Brynds Thompson, Brenda Whida Man IneHaa) «MMt »■«■'■• US) aura «*«>hin« tasmum
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Title | 1990_11 The Daily Collegian November 1990 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1990 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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Title | November 1, 1990, Page 2 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1990 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
Full-Text-Search | Letters to the editor Rosenthal resigns Editor. I resigned my post as president of Fresno State Students for Hie Oct. 29. Not because I don't agree with what the organization is doing — au contralie - It is of the utmost importance that college students be Informed of the dangers of abortion to the mother and. of course, the child. Our ways part, however, when it comes to birth control. Some members cannot condone It for religious reasons; others believe in it, but do not wish to alienate those who don't As an anti-abortion feminist I strongly believe that women should control their own bodies until the point of conception: thereafter it is another life we speak of and no one should be allowed to take it for ■ reasons of convenience. Women must be allowed to procure non -a bortllaclcn t birth cont: ol ' on *'"'' demand, at any age. Options rather than abortion must be made available * and socially acceptable. Why does I adoption cany the stigma of an unworthy mother who "didn't want" her. baby? I submit to you that she wanted the child far more than the woman who killed hers. Why are young and unwed mothers made to suffer for the "sin" of pregnancy? Why is decent employment and child care not made available to them? All these things trouble me greatly, but I feel Increasingly alone In my search for a viable solution for. women and children alike. I call on everyone who really cares about the future of humanity to quit this senseless screaming over a moot point; abortion Is wrong, it can never be right Let us fight to make it neither available nor unavailable, but unnecessary. Aviva Rosenthal S~ . Yes on 130, no on 138 Editor. ' My father, who retired from a long career as a union carpenter, was shocked when he first saw a devastated clearcut in old-growth redwoods. He taught me to have reverence for the value of wood, and together we recycled several old buildings and gave them new lives. Though he is gone now. I am sure he would vote yea on Proposition 130. the "Forests Forever" Initiative. I am working for its passage because I want my children to have a healthy environment and places to go to get away from the problems of the big ■v - deforestation to. the rainforests of Brazil, fogging in the Pacific Northwest contributes to global environmental damage. If you are in favor of global warming, then the timber inditftry's Proposition 138 is the initiative for you because it locks Big Timber's control over forest practices for at least another decade — time enough to cut down the Last of the giants. Lots of people here In redwood country give of their time trying to get the government to stop the damage to our forests,' but.they have the bully boy of Big Timber to contend with, and . almost zero - support from Incumbent politicians. Only the people speaking with a single unified and. strong voice can send the message that needs to be sent to the politicianTln Sacramento and Washington. Vote Yes on Proposition 130 and No on Prop. 1381 - TlmMcKay Trinidad Yes on 138, noon 130 Editor. I have lived in Hayfork all my life, as have my mother, father and grandparents before me. Hayfork is a small, logging community and 1 love it here. To me there is ho other place like It in the world - the mountains, trees and animals are all beautiful. I work for a logging outfit so I am lucky to be out in the woods more often that most people. , I am so upset at the lies I'm seeing on TV against our natural resources. Men. women and children that don't live in\ the mountains are befog brainwashed . by preservationists. They want to preserve all our natural resources. If these preservationists get their way, 75.000 people (according to a Humbolt State University study], such ar myself, will be forced out of work and California will have to turn to other states and countries for our wood products. The National, State and Regional park services report that. there are approximately 12 million acres — 12 percent of California's total land base — preserved in parks, wilderness and other land reserves. This 12 million acres will never be logged! So why do they lis and make people believe that there won't be any ancient forests or any trees left for any people to enjoy? Please come and see for yourself. Don't take the word of groups like Earth First!, Sierra Club or the Audubon Society for they are getting paid well to be radical and to tell some big lies. They don't seem to want to let the public, know, thai iherg are, seven.. trees planted for every tree that is cut down. That's what makes our way of life go on and keeps my home town beautiful, even after a hundred years of logging. Proposition .130 is radical and extreme. Proposition 1C8 will allow trained professionals to manage the land for future generations, which will include my twogranddaugthers. Please be careful how you vote. Thousands of families are counting ojn you to make the right choice. f§Caroryn Harrison' Hayfork Issue is privacy right Editor. I Just wanted to express my disappointment at how the ASi Senate voted and the issues brought up by_the stand taken by Casey DeUabarca against mandatory drug testing. The majority of the discussion centered around health Issues, belt vs. Illicit drug use. and the argument for the safety and well being ofboth the athlete and sports. Yet these arguments in favor of drug testing proposed by Dr. (Keith) Carodlne [assistant director of Athletic Services), and the points brought up by some of the members of the panel were all made to circumscribe and trivialize the paramount Issue being investigated: the deprivation of rights in mandatory drug testing. Drugs on the tennis team was not the issue. General drug abuse in sports was not the issue The issue was simply: Someone is forced to Incriminate oneself — one's freedom ' and rights are at stake.' We heard a comment from this Dr. Carodine that the sports (acuity had a right to test athletes for the athletes' well being. Excuse me, but I wasn't Informed that anybody had a right to See LETTERS, poge 7 Tired of society's mixed messages American myth doesn't apply Maria Velarde I still remember the smell of second-hand stores and donated clothes, I remember the old." empty,'cold-feeltog-house. In the house, there was an old wooden chair and a wobbly table. To the left of the chair and table was a room with i. mattress on the floor < and an old cover needing a wash. I recall the ugiry, ^dead-looking grape fields surrounding the house.-And the feeling of outrage when, while pruning, a vine would swat my freezing face. . I remember the feeling of helplessness to being trapped to the heat of the summer months picking grapes. Then. I remember, to the fall, the laughter of lgno- rant, cruel and sarcastic teachers and students who could not understand that I was culturally and physically different, not mentally or emotionally Inferior. ■ -The only gooeUnemoriea aeem to be of my brother, Jess, and our cousin, Tavo, singing a Mexican song while playing a wooden . guitar. The music was to enter¬ tain our baby sister. Hildrf, and to put her to sleep. I still feel the warmth and love when I close my eyes and remember. I vividly remember the nightly get togethers that radiated love and merged our souls. The music and the sounds of our Spanish language was the only thing that was not foreign when we were dirt poor, strange and rejected. The family unity, with nine brothers and sisters and the singing of our songs are the only 1 good memories of becoming American. Today. I get an angry feeling deep from within to find out that' the only good memories are to be regarded by the dominant mem¬ bers of society as something that is un-American, v • I must give up my cultural heritage to be accepted, and even ■then, I cannot be accepted be¬ cause my skin is too dark and I might goof and mis-pronounce a word or two in a non-standard English. . Now. that I am aware. I am awakehed into the middle of a - society that is trying to confuse me, to degrade me. to tell me the He: "If you work hard enough, long enough, you'll make it." I will be awarded a taste of who I am supposed to be: American I am not who they want to be. Then who am I? On .becoming aware, at first. I felt like art insect that would need to be killed because I have been given wings to-irritalethemajestiCvvl-am- ~-.~ starting to questlon^THE QUES¬ TIONS START AND THE STRUGGLE BEGINS. WHO AM I? I am Latma/Hlspanlc when unity calls on me to fight for our cultural heritage and language in coalition with our other Spanish- speaking oppressed. lam-Mexican American to the people that are not aware of oppression, and also, to those who do not know what to call me. I am a Mcjicana to my family and a Yaqul Inmbien' I am a Chlcana to the people who are aware of^ our struggles for freedom from the oppressors. I am a Chlcana Feminist to who? To myfelf/""' I AM POWERFUL: I AM ALL. •a»welL. EdrtxinChlef- Christopher Heredia Manaojng Editor AnrtaDoa News Editor SabrinaKelley Copy Editor JimProulx Photo Edtor ThorSwif! Assistant Photo Ed tor Luke Sheppard Sports Ector Chris Bmnam Graphics Editor PatrikBoylan Entertain merit Editor AnasasiaHendrix Start Artist Robert Blancas Business Manager Amy Vara Advertising Manager Ron Mann Ad Production Manager Wendy Naytor Distribution Craig Gottlieb •MlWrthm Beth Corbo, Todd Heth, Krista Lemos, Pauiine Lynch. Debbie Richards, Syed Kamll Zaheer. Richard W. James, Suzanne Tletjen SportaWrter* Chris Cocoles, Damn Jones, Doug McLeod. Bobby Todd, John Welsh Ad»ertlrt>g Rapreaentatlvts Chris Hadyn-Myif, Shelby Stark. DeaneToler. Brynds Thompson, Brenda Whida Man IneHaa) «MMt »■«■'■• US) aura «*«>hin« tasmum |