1994_03 Insight March 1994

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Wednesday, March 9,1994
Volume 25, Issue 15
Campi4s
Calendar
Lecture
Robert Bly, poct.siorytcllcr,
translator and worldwide lecturer, willspcak inSatclliicSiu-
dent Union Tuesday, March 15
ai 7:30 p.m. For more information can Z/<WW/4V
Blood drive
Central California Blood
Center will be giving away free
T-shirts for anyone who gives
blood on Wednesday, March 9,
ai Satellite Student Union from
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Master's exhibit
"Goddesses," oil paintings
by Nanctc Jill Maki-Dearsan,
a graduate art student, will be
featured through Sunday.
March 13 in Phcbe Conley An
Building Gallery. Reception
will be held from 2-5 p.m. on
Sunday.
Reentry coffee
"Climbing thc Career Ladder," is there a glass ceiling, by
Lynn Horton.Ccdar Vista Hospital administrator, will be held
on Wednesday. March 9, from
5:30-6:30 p.m., Special Services Student Center in Cafeteria Building.
Armenian speaker
George Boumoutian, professor of History at lona College,
will speak on "Karabagh in
Recent A/cri Historiography"
in the Industrial Technology
Building 101 on Monday,
March 14ai7:30p.m. For more
information call 278-2669.
Christ awareness
Lecture by James Sire,
lntcrVarsity Christian Fellowship, "Why Believe Anything
at All?" will be held at noon on
Thursday,March lO.inCafctc-
na 200, and at 7 p.m. in thc
Industrial Technology 101,
Presentation
"The Origins and Growth of
Racial Segregation and
Ghcttoization in West Fresno:
A Case Study of Asians,
Chicanos and Blacks," by
Ramon D. Chacon, Department
of History al Santa Clara University, will be held on Monday, March 14 at 3 p.m. in the
Alice Peters Auditorium of thc
Univcrsiiy Business Center.
HIV testing
Testing for the AIDS virus is
being offered every week in the
Health and Counseling Center
from 1—'p.m.onTucsdaysand
Thursdays. Thc lab fee is S10
for anonymous testing. For
more information call 278-
6796.
Foreign language
week
A presentation on 'Technology and Foreign Language
Acquisition at CSU, Fresno,"
will be given by Maurice
Gendron. Foreign Languages
and Literatures, al 7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 9 in Art-
Home Economics 315. Thursday, March 10 will be a Span
ish faculty and student presentation on the book Like Water
For Chocolate followed by a
showing of lhe film. A discussion will be held al 6:30 p.m. in
Engineering East 191.
Herstory month
The films, "Oul in Suburbia," at 7:30 p.m. and 'Two
Dollars andaDrcam/'atSp.m.
willbe shown Thursday, March
10 in McLane Hall 121.
Concert
"War" wi II perform on Monday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. in
Satellite Student Union. General admission is $12 and $3 for
CSUF students in advance.
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Karen Toth/INSIGHT
Pictured here wilh other library volunteers, Naida Dostal, 79,
second from left, took out an additional $4,000 per year long-
term care insurance policy in spite of her excellent health.
By Jenny Steffens
and AdrianneGo	
Staff Writers
Louise Kinney, 72. a retired nurse on Medicare, hopes
PrcsidcntClinion's proposed health care plan docs not pass.
"I like my doctor and wanl lo slay with him." Kinney
said. "I'm afraid if Clinton's plan goes into effect they'll
lump us into HMO's (Hcalih Maintenance Organizations).
If they just leave it alone. I'd be happy."
Even with three drug prescriptions - a muscle relaxant,
pain pm ano numiune mug - uiai iiiua uc nnea every two
months and never cost less than S130. Kinney said, "1 hope
it doesn't pass."
Kinney, unlike many seniors who cannot afford it, has
additional Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance coverage
which compensates for some of these costs.
Currently, Medicare docs notcover prescription drugsor
extended nursing home care, two rising concerns which
Clinton'splanaims toallcviate,according to Donna Shalala,
secretary of Health and Human Services.
"Wc need prescription drugs for our senior ciuzens. We
need long term care," Shalala said at a town hall meeting in
Clovis on Feb. 18.
"So many Americans want lo stay in their home and live
indcpcndenUy, but ihey need some help. Wc believe people
should have the choice lo live in settings where ihcir loved
Despite Shalala's claim that "we're all after the same
thing and lhat isthe security of know ing that your hcalih care
is a quality care." many people disagree.
Tom and Diane Zumwalt, Pine Rat Lake residents,
oppose Clinton's Health Security Act (HSA) because they
feel lhc government would have more control over citizens*
livcs.'Tin opposed to any govemmenl interference to my
nrivatc rmhts and to anything that forces mc to take any
government plan." Diane said.
Bul for the 37 million Americans currently without
insuranccand the 200million lacking long-term care insurance, organizations like lhc American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) feci lhat health care is a national
crisis.
Though the AARP recently decided not to endorse
Clinton's plan. The New York Times reported the 21-
membcr board as describing his proposal as "lhc strongest
and most realistic blueprint lo date for achieving our goals."
AARP's goals are a strengthened Medicare program to
provide adequate protcciion for the 65 and over population
See MEDICARE, Page 5
State-run smog
checks under way
GoVertmient-OWned,  test-     federal EPA toadoptlong-icrm federal tailpipc-
emissions standards.
only smog check stations
might be solution to state's
pollution problem.
By Cristina Fonseca
and Inger Sethov
Staff Writers
If the federal Environmental Protcciion
Agency |EPA] has its way. driving to the local
repair station for a smog check would be a
thing of the past. California car owners would
face long government lines at one of lhc 125
proposed staic-
"... if the state does
not comply with EPA
regulations, the EPA can
impose sanctions to withhold
federal high way fu nds.''
— Bob Torsyski
run smog check
Thc battle between the federal
and suite airqual-
ity agencies is u
hot topic.
The federal
EPA wants California to centralize its smog inspections in order
to reduce the
amount of pollul-
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the air by  vehicles.
California lawmakers are resisting the
EPA's push for stales to switch to govern
inent-controlled smog checks. California officials are grappling over tighter emission standards, but are pulling ihe centralized smog
issue on die back burner
Gov. Pete Wilson in January signed the
Senate Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance
Bill, which, among other things, lightens controls on the already stringent California emis
sums standards.
lhc bill, introduced h> Senator Newman
Russell, took almost a year in pass ilimugti ihc
California legislature
Thc EPA slapped a notice on Gov. Wilson's
desk, giving him until February lo sign legisla-
Ttie deadline was later extended to Nov. 15.
because of thc Northridge earthquake in January. The EPA decided il would put "undo
hardship" on the state if highway and sewage
funds were withheld.
"Thc notice said lhai if ihc state docs noi
comply with EPA regulations, lhc EPA can
impose sanctions to withhold federal highway
funds."said BobTorsynski, spokesman forthe
San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District [SJVUAPCD].
Thc bill will possibly become effective in
1996. Bul. the bill
^^^^^^^^^^^^_ slill has io break
through more government "red
tape." A committee composed of
air quality experts
and suite lawmakers will have until
June 30. 1995. to
review and alter
thc bill.
The EPA is not
satisfied with the
slate's latest legis-
^^^—" |i says ihc bill
just doesn't meet
thc requirements. Thc EPA really wants the
stale to assume responsibility over reduction of
John Mcintosh, cnvirc
the S;in Joaquin V alley
Control District
tween government levels
> the Model Air Quality Etc-
s ol government have some
Sec SMOG, Page 9
Ken Koller/INSIGHT
Still cleaning up one week after the World Cup soccer game, FSU workers
Javier Sillido, (top), and Larry Garcia blow the remainder of the trash
from Ihe stands to the field level at Bulldog Stadium.
Fresnans find Air base museum captures aviation history
Asian Shiatsu
soothing
Bv Ashley Linden
StaffWriter
Carrie Brockman is naked and wail
ing. In moments she will lie vulnerable
to Ihc mercy of powerful hands surging
up and down her body
Ever since Brockman, a "-4-ycar-
old financial analyst was 32. shc has
met monthly with her Shiatsu therapist. Shiatsu is an Asian fomi of massage.
Brockman suffers f mm chronic c hesi
and sinus congestion due to the vast
amounts of pollen and pollutants in lhc
air.
"Upon moving here, I began to suffer congestion lhat ovcr-thc-counicr
products could not help," said
Brockman.
Indcspcralion,:shc turned to a Shiatsu
See MASSAGE, Page 4
Cynthea Brooks/INSIGHT
Risque nose art, such as the female figure on this B-29 bomber, became popular during World
War II and served as a morale booster for men flying into combat.
By Cynthea Brooks	
Suff Writer
A diundcring roar fills the air as a
B-17can7ing4.(X)0pound.sof bombs
shrieks across lhc sky aiming Tor its
next target
You can't hear it — it'stheghosdy
echo of the past that still lingers over
a squadron of antique and obsolete
military aircraft grounded, but not
forgotten, at Castle Air Force Base
Museum.
Aviation history is recrcaicd at
Casilc Air Museum near Atwater
where planes from past to present are
on public display. Forty different
types of aircraft have been restored
back to baidc dress.
Planes range from a 1940 AT-6
trainer, a snug iwo scaler, to a KC-
135 refueling tanker, a military version of Ihc Boeing 707 that was in
service as recently as three months
agor
A bulky, war-veteran B-29
See BASE, Page 10