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Editorial
MAY 17,1995
EDITORIAL
Watch out world,
here they come!
There are 4,600 students who will graduate
this year from CSUF. Where will they all
go? Some may attempt to make the transition from education to the work force, while
others will continue "the safe route" to pursue a
higher degree. Making the transition from education to the work
force can be discouraging. There seems to be a tremendous skepticism about recent college graduates by employers.
"We were surprised at just how much animosity there is toward
young people in thc employer community," said Robert Zemsky,
director of the Institute for Research on Higher Education at the
University of Pennsylvania.
This mistrust by employers sends a salient message to students
who have spent their college years making the grade and trying
to make their contacts with professors work for them.
"When you say to kids they should do well in school, and they
say, well, no one cares how they do, in a sense, they're right,"
Professor Lisa M. Lynch of Tufts University said.
Employers say that one-fifth of American workers are not fully
proficient in their jobs, and they express a lack of confidence in
the ability of colleges to prepare young people for the workplace,
according to the Census Bureau of hiring, training and management practices in American business.
Gone are the days when students go to college for just the mere
intellectual experience. There arc some real economic motivations for attending college. Pursuing a college degree is the staple
of the American Dream.
However, college graduates are finding it harder and harder to
realize this "dream." The shift in the economy has opened up
service sector jobs in which more and more college graduates
are pursuing McJobs.
Also, more college graduates are taking jobs on the assembly
lines because these jobs pay better than office jobs, according to
a recent Rolling Stone article.
As college students, we would welcome thc marriage of higher
education and business. In order to compete in the global
economy, the United States must focus on building human capital. However, there is a gap between the goals of higher education and business.
"What's really scary is that you have the education folks and
the employment folks, the supply side and the demand side, and
they don't understand each other's language," said Nevzer Stacey,
who studies education in the work force for the Education
Department's Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
However, thc hiring projection for 1995 looks bright (at least
less dim than last year). According to a recent article in Kiplinger's
Personal Finance magazine, 1995 college graduates can look forward to a job market in which hiring will increase 6 percent from
1994.
A college education has not completely become obsolete. However, there is a tremendous transition to be made for college graduates looking for employment.
As Paul Starobin said in the National Journal, "College graduates take cautious approaches to life's challenges, while others
master the art of risk-taking."
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OPINION
Valuable area or wasted space?
By Marianne Crisman
Staff Writer
Near lhc middle of campus, hundreds of CSUF
students congregate
each day to grab a bile
lo eat. listen to music and mingle with
those involved
ous groups, club;
nizaiions in what
known as the Free
Speech Area.
Recognition    of
some of the clubs and
organizations on campus is partly due to ihe
booths lining the area
The purpose of these
booths is to publicize
campus clubs, groups and
organizations. They Iden-
lify. advertise and represer
interest in the groups. The
booths are representative of
many of the clubs thai CSUF
has to offer. Religious, ethnic,
scholastic and social clubs ar
among those represented in t
Free Speech Area.
What would be the point of
ing thc booths'.' More space for people
to stand? The area would lose a part
of the studenl atmosphere by eliminating the booths. Eliminating the advertisement of college groups would
leave thc area barren. The booths represent students and studenl interests.
Some might wonder at ihe
in CSUF exiracur-
ricular clubs. No representation
would be recognized. It the booths
were removed, the messages to students would be lhat there is not support for lhc various student interests.
Lack of interest is a reason for student group representation to be re-
t because the area is too
cluttered with student groups and
their respective
booths.
With no booths, touring
Nludents on campus might wonder if CSUF offers any extracurricular activities, and more
importantly, docs CSUF support ihe
various interests, differences and students lhat the group do? Groups
would be reduced to leaving flyers,
rather than actually being able lo
stand by a booth, represent their or
ganization and encourage participation.
CSUF isn't responsible for maintaining ihe booths. Part of thc fee increases aren't going to campus
groups' stalls. Whether an organization wants a booth is entirely up to
them. Each respective group is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of their booth. A membership
fee isn't charged to those clubs, organizations and societies that want to
contribute their name to the Booth
Row.
Clubs and organizations arc a
neaningful part of the college
experience. The booths in thc
Free Speech Area identify
both the group and its members. Another important aspect is having groups of
different orientation be
confined to the same
area. It is an implication of what society
can't do; gather
people with various
interests all in the
same locality. If the
booths were re-
from the area and
place "corresponding lo
the group's alignment, only those
who already know about the group
would realize it exists. By having
the booths in an area for all to sec,
a better understanding of the kinds
of groups on campus is acquired.
SPEAK YOUR MIND
Do women's athletics deserve the same
treatment as men's?
f  rM"
Angelina Velasquez-Fr.
"I think they should. I think everybody should be treated
equally."
Tanisha Huddelston-Jr.
"I fee! that we should get the
same or equal amount of pay
and treatment. We are not different than anyone else."
Brad Kellogg-Sr.
"Yeah I think they deserve the
same treatment because it's
fair."
Stewart Campbell-Sr.
"..from what I can see, there are
more men interested in their
sports and less women, but they
are just trying to push it and trying to make it something that
it's not."
Kerry Aller-Sr.
"Most defintely. It's amazing
that it has been ignored'finan-
cially for so long. It would be
very advantageous for the administration to pay some attention to the current problem."
Jason Shoup-Sr.
"Yes they do. If you're going
to have men's athletics, it
wouldn't be fair not to devote
just as much time, attention and
money to women's athletics."
I   OPINION    1
It's time we paid
more attention
to love and truth
By Robert Williamson
Staff Writer
An editor told me I get to write MY
opinion this week (my first opportunity at what, I think, most people get
into this business to do) — so watch
out. After reading this, most of y'all
will probably hope I never get another
chance.
I'm the kind of person that likes to
get straight to the heart, to the bottom-
line of things. No beatin' around the
bush, no B.S. As such, I thought I'd
write about what I sec as the No. 1
problems with everyone/everything
and which, when fixed, will solve all
other problems. Love and truth — and
the lack of them.
The truth is. love is the great healer,
the great provider, the great comforter
— and too many people in the world
have lost il. People have become loo
mean-spirited, loo selfish, too greedy,
too egocentric, etc. — especially the
wealthy.
If everyone approached everything in
a love mode of thinking (asking oneself 'How would I feel/want it if I were
her/him/them/it?' — and be honest wilh
yourself, truly put yourself in their
shoes), there wouldn't be any problems
in thc world. There wouldn't be a need
for law enforcement, government, or
even laws, for that matter.
All that's going on regarding male
vs. female, minority vs. while, communism vs. democracy, poverty and
hunger, socialism vs. free enterprise,
environment vs. economy, etc.. is only
true to the extent that it may be believed and is certainly propagated and
practiced by the very wealthy to divert attention from their true activity
— exploiting the world's resources,
including humans. Unfortunately, such
beliefs get picked up and practiced by
many who fall for the propaganda.
People create those problems however:
they're not "just the way it is." as many
would have us believe.
And the truth is that the super-rich
throughout history have kept or disguised some basic truths from the public at large in order to maintain their
power hold on the world — and their
bank account balances.
One of these basics is that no one
need be in need. The great creative
spirit (God. if you wish) within us
all will provide all we need for a
happy life (which means to be comfortable and to fulfill thc purpose for
which wc have come) if we just ask
for it and believe we will get it
(which includes believing we are
worthy of it).
This process of asking has been
known by thousands of other
names through the years, including magic, creative visualization,
prayer, meditation, E.S.P., and so
It requires most of us, however (especially myself), to keep ourselves
clean/pure/free of obstructions if it's
to work.
This process consists of keeping ourselves physically healthy with a good
diet (no synthetic chemicals in our
foods or medicines, no white sugar or
flour products, no highly processed
foods, no artificial anythings, and if
one can handle it. no meat, since the
poor creatures raised commercially are
pumped full of chemicals which will
affect us negatively), clean air and water and plenty of exercise.
It also consists of getting and keeping ourselves mentally, emotionally,
and spiritually healthy by meditating.
Meditation is basically calming the
mind, focusing the thought on only one
thing at a time, whether it's simply
opening up to the great One, or directing energy, or asking for thc answer
to a situation — whatever.
This "altered state of consciousness" can
be achieved in many ways: yoga, Zen,
praying, jogging, playing tennis, writing
poetry, painting a picture, working a physics or calculus problem, hypnosis/self-hyp-
nosis, hallucinogenic drugs (used carefully
and precisely), doing a jig-saw puzzle, relaxing, and so forth.
Finally, it consists of thinking about
and acting on everything in love as
described previously.
If we concentrated on getting ourselves right with God and the world in
this way, all other problems would be
solved in the process.
As long as we all understood what
we could do and did so in love, there
would be no starvation, no homeless,
no abuse or neglect, no wars, no crime
or violence, no super rich or super
poor, no sexism or racism, no environmental problems, etc.
And this can happen under any system,
or no system of government at alL We just
have to want to do it — have to want to
make sure lhatALLliving things are taken
care of before our pocket books.
And that, in 800 words or less, barely
scratches the surface of what I think.