1995_12 Insight December 1995

              DECEMBER 6,1995
News
PAGE 5
'   Janet Calamine Dun
recr counselor, •.w.rk,
help coordinate event
schools
.hi High School's enclose!) with lopes IO
Bicyclists worry walkers
♦ Pedestrian safety
addressed by campus
police, bicyclists
by Jennifer Avila
cm, Rojas s.m! biker!
should waich mil foi ihe people who an
walking.
This semesier. Rojas is .i campus police
officer. He stresses ihe importance .>i hoili
pedestrians and hiculiK saids xharim
lite sitlossiilL
Oneway lo do so is io simply follow ilu
rules. "Bicyclists are noi allowed lo rid*
in lhe tree speed
caught, ihe sludi
bicycle impounde
"    1*4.1
Insight photo by Apolinar Fonseca
Look out! A bicyclist approaches pedestrians in the free speech area where
bicycle riding is forbidden.
been hii by a bike rider. Bert Almaguer. an university sidewalks. Bicycles must also
engineeriiie major,   s.ml ., bicycle rider have a \..'lul C.ililoinia bicycle license and
slammed inlo him one lime as he was leas- should be parked only in designated bicycle
me the Studehl Union, causing him i<> tall. parking areas
" I'be guy uic.l t>> sli.u down so lhai hc re- Kick Boyer. a heallh science major and bi-
ally didn'l hurl me bin he still hit me." evele rider, sides wnh bicvclists. Boxersaid
Umaguei said he has almost crashed several limes due to
According io lhc current schedule of Ihc lack of pedestrian awareness. "They are
courses, bic'wles nriist be walked while on oblisiousio what is aoing on around ihem."
FCC, from page 1
"tits College is the next high school formosi'
students." said 18-year-old Hoover scnioi
Cynthia Gutierrez
Gutierrez, clad in lhe standard T-shirt and
leans and keen 4.11 environmental issues, said
she hasn't considered Fresno State even
though        she
hangs  4.ut  on
campus  regularly.
Til either end
up at City or at
linn.bolt Junior
Coll e g e . "
Gutierrez said.
She'II study X-
ray technology.
a speciality not
ollere.l at
Iresno Slate.
Daol.ee. a 17-
year-..ld senior.     	
als.i  said  thai 4
Fresno Stale doesn't offer her planned ma|4.r.
pharmacology. She plans 10 attend the L'm-    Duni
versity of the Pacific in Stockton
lee. like Gutierrez, visits thef
campus regularly, bul like mans 1
"I was appalled with their
[Fresno State's] presentation.
The representative flirted with
students and did other work
while he was supposed fo help
our students."
— Janet Calandra
Duncan High School
tudei
11 Ho.
nd
ith
.1 1 r<
Day, from page 1
Vice Principal Jim Deis
Hoover, said diue problcri
Drue raids, said school recepi
Kubcck. "are surprise sisrts. e
Mel.mieJ.ipes. Hoover High's mid-40s and
motherly career counselor, agrees that cost is
the main reason whs seniors decide lor ..r
againsl Fresno State
'Cits College comes to. mr campus and tells
the sludents thai ihey can gel their general edu-     l
cation requirements out ..t the was in two     o
sears and save a ton ol monev in the meantime.' Jopes said. 5
J.«pes added that Hoover has -never really     t<
had a great relationship wnh Fresno State"
because 4.1 a historic lack 4)1 effort from the    a
unisersiis's outreach program
Outreach is resp4.nsihle tor sending repre-     N
sentatives i.i high schools ti> counsel  nd rc-
-I w.,s appalled with their |Fn
State     presentation   Ihe representative
rstu-     students and did. >iher work while he was supposed t.> help 4.ur studenls.'' Calandra said.
However. J. .pes and Calandra said that this
sear's Fresno State representative is doing
Calandra s.m!
J.<pes showed a vhart indicating lhat between
percent ol Hoover;
sl
oCitv Co
•In u
Campus drug activity has reportedh decreased since the raids were announced
"lis been hugely successful, talking to UK
and everybody involved.*' Deis s.ud -In my
2(1 sears in education ihis is the best it's been."
Outside lhe otlice. cheerleaders clad m I
shirts emblazoned whh "HoovcirChccr" were
painting signs in huge ercclTteHets. proclaiming; "Beat Buchanan.** N
■■We're going lo skin the Beats." one ol lhe
girls boasied.
rival, the Buchanan Bears of Clovis.
Tim Ikeda leaches advanced history u> juniors. Members oi the class, scattered in small
study groups, were so well-behaved thai the
humming of the fan 4>n the counter could hc
heard
Desktops were littered with Pepsi cans and
Twix wrappers', a reflection ol Ikcda's sideline: Selling sodas and candy lo students as a
As the clock w inds down lo the lunch hour.
ing in the hallways.
T ilianx Long was aimlessly walking across
the lasvn area in the eentei -campus quad before the lunch bell.
"I'm in yearbook class and don't have to be
in class right now." said Long, a junior.
Long, whose iwo brothers graduated from
Hoover, said sludents lack the spirit of years
pasi.
"Tlie only people who really have spun here
are. like, jusl basically, like, thc jocks," said
Long, living one of the barrettes lhai kepi her
bangs out of her face.
I he lunch bell echoed through the corridors.
Serious piled mi,. ens headed i.>i Taco Bell.
McDonald's and Burger King.
I he aroma ol greasy, snack bar trench fries
is in die air.
Water polo players s.,t on .. row ol benches
near the caleteiia. liaeh bos wore a team
jacket
the water polo boys arc among the most
popular students .>n campus. Long s.ml
Hall a dozen young girls, devouring mini-
front of the benches.
lhe call in tilth -period beckons. Hundreds
of students wolf down Pizza Hut. Subway and
Taco Bell lunches ,,M ,.n campus, a far ers
from Ihe caleteiia tare sold when 1 was a stu-
A bright eve.', tem.de entered the loud room.
"I'm here to speak French." she said, practi-
c.ilK begging tor silence. "I'm here to leam."
Obv iousis flirting w iih the young girl, a boy
sealed nevi lo her responded. "Nobody "s here
I., learn: even bods's here to socialize."
Proudian called fomttention and the lesson
studen
Jopes believes that Hoover should
reniial treatment because it i<
shadow " of Fresno Stale, a I. .gic.l c
looser graduates.
-.pre,
Books, from page 1
The sclu...
ml the
v:l
•nd With halt
inior Michael
lock structure
.en prefer to bus new     emphatically s.ud. "the h4«>kst..rc's loyalty is
ley're g4>mg 10 keep    alw.ivs t,, the siudent. in't the faculty mem-
Wes
.i-lie
i his
Obviously flirting with
the young girl, a boy
seated next to her
responded, "Nobody's
here to learn; everybody's
here to socialize."
the student's second detention of ihe week.
I gotta call my mom and tell her." said the
baggy-clad bos as he motioned t4> the phone.
Lusher agieed and vseni on with roll call.
"*Docs everybody have their vocabulary
words for this'«eek'r Lusher asked. Student's
groaned and pulled out then lists
Ten minutes before Iheir dismissal, half the
class is packed up and ready lor sixth period,
Lusher finished up the vocabulary list just
in time hit the sixth-period bell.
Directly across the hall from Lushcr's room.
French instructor John Proudian gets settled
[svirinku s.,1 atop the
lean sh4.i1s. studied loi cliemtsirs while wailing for water polo practice. He is excused from
Ins phssical education class Ivc.iuse he's an
athlete.
Thins sards from ihe pool, seated on a decaying lunch table nexi lo lhc cafeteria, was a
Routinely scanning the campus, he noticed
a visitor seated with Tsvirinko
"I hope tbai's in>t a hat." security advised
the outsider me vv earing a I CI. A Bruins cap.
I reluctantly removed ihe cap and corttin-
ialk»l<
"You c
ic change in school policy
Kviriiiko explained.
logos." he said. "I'd probably would wear a
hat. t.... Ispecialls in the summer."
C.uch Jahn Trutna called for lhc water polo
team assembled on the lawn in from of lhe
p.«.l deck.
Isvirinkd packed up his b4>oks and joined
The campus roared as the final bell excused
classes.
Lockers slammed in the excitement
Herds of students 'rumpled the patchy lawn.
Cars .ind trucks raced foi the line to exit ihe
parking lot
Security guards lined Ihe quad and parking
lot ensuring studenl s.itetv
Another day at Hoover High School ended.
••Sometimes student
because ihev know
them." Band s.ud.
\ charge leveled against the bookstore bv Taylor sympathizes with authors. He at-
professors and students alike is thai Kennel tributes the Joss royalties to the nature of the
buss back used textbooks at low prices, then used-book market.
resells them at a hefty profit the following se- '.'Wc always consider how what *ebuy will
mester. affect the students."Taylor said
Each resale robs the aulhorofthe royalties He said Kennel always jrics to get used
on new book sale. books, except when new copies arc specifi-
Todd Bull, college custom          series calls required,
editor i..r McGraw-Hill Taylor said Kennels standards for Used
Companies, said the thriv- Book Buyback are dearly de-
ing used-book market lined   For texts reordered for
acts as a lexer lhat    « the following semester, the
ratchets up new book    ^^^             I \    Bookstore will bus a used
^^^^     1 book hack lor hall its ongi-
In the meantime. Bull ' ^^^^^^^    nal purchase price.
said, authors are being robbed 4.1 royaltiesi Kennel then sells it as.. used test al three-
every time a used book is sold. fourths of the original price the follow ing sc-
•| Bookstores I are killing lhe goose thai laid mester.
the golden egg." said Bull, w ho once traseled The 25 percent profil margin 4111 used books,
the campus circuit as- a McGraw-Hill sales Taylor said, goes toward handling costs
representative. Kennel's best source for used textbooks is
Bull said .m Older lor a newly-required text Fresno State students. Many text orders are
may now be tilled w iih hair new books and half the same from semester to semester.
used. Before, the author got all new 4.rders. Kennel als4. participates in national w hole-
In some cases, all books on a new ,.rder are sale exchanges lor used textbooks,
used copies. Bull said bookstores al ISC and Kennel g.>es to publishers first, then goes to
Chico State are notorious for scouring for used the exchanges The goal. Taylor said, is to
lexis. offer lhe best book lo ihe student at the best
Larrs Tax lor. Kennel B4H>kst4>re manager, price.
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