1983_03 Insight March 1983

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OPINION
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LETTERS
Throwing
the arms race
Protection from condos
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the 'papers'
Last November, proposit
Ing for a bilateral nuclear
freeze were approved by voters In Dismiimni of jnwiiaaaw
eight out of nine states (California,  rmno, CA 93740
As the nation's sagging economy and high
unemployment rates begin to pick apart the
average working person's sense of self value,
young adults in increasing numbers are realizing that a college degree is a useful tool. The
relatively easy accessability to higher education in Fresno may soon be in jeopardy,
however, if owners of apartments in the CSUF
area continue to receive approval for condo-
conversions.
Steadily increasing university fees have in
recent years added to the obstacles students in
the California State University and College
system are forced to overcome. Students at
CSUF have felt the effects of fee increases as
have students from all over the state.
One area in which CSUF students have
had an edge over students from Southern
California or the Bay Area has been been in
the affordability of off-campus housing. Since
there are only 1,500 available on-campus housing spaces, students in Fresno have come to
rely on the apartment complexes near the
CSUF campus.
The numerous apartment complexes
within walking distance of the CSUF campus
have nowhere near the $5004800 monthly rents
of apartments near campuses such as UCLA
or UC Santa Barbara. A slow, but steady move
in a negative direction, however, may change
this affordability of off-campus housing near
thevCSUF campus.
A Fresno City Council resolution exists
which states that any owner of an apartment
complex within a half mile of the CSUF campus must receive a two-thirds approval vote
(5-2) of the council members before he or she
can sell the units as condominiums. In the last
five years, that seemingly protective shield
has been somewhat lowered. According to information from the city planner's office, 1100
units from eight apartment complexes in the
half mile "protected" zone have been approved for condo-conversions.
Those condoconversion approvals set
dangerous precedents. While some of tbe eight
apartment complexes continue to rent units,
others have already sold all of their units as
condominiums.
The reasonable prices of apartments in
the CSUF area will most likely not remain
when those units are rented out by individual
condo buyers. In addition, those units which
are purchased as condos and not rented at all
will be removed completely from student
availability. A chain reaction is very possible
in which apartment owners might feel
obligated to raise rent levels to avoid the
temptation of selling out to condo buyers.
Another apartment complex, Vintage
Woods, might add 66 units to the potential conversion list unless immediate action is taken.
The City Council is tentatively scheduled to
vote on that conversion request on April 5.
Insight understands that a property owner
in tbe United States has the right to manage
his or her property as that person chooses, but
it seems as if an apartment owner should have
bought an apartment complex away from
CSUF if condo conversions were in mind,
.^insight urges that the Fresno City Council,
as well as apartment complex owners, stop
taking away affordable student housing and
put an end to condominium conversions in the
half mile area around the CSUF campus.
Students, who make up a large portion of the
Fresno community, deserve more sensitivity
than thev have been receiving.
Vita brevis,
ars whose?
To the Editor:
Kudos to Sean and Scott. It's
about time we beard a voice of fiscal
and social reason from within tbe
balls of academe. And to see such
political counterpoint actually
well — mind boggling! Keep up tbe
good work, boys. Somebody's listening.
W.Ward Nelson
Diversity and Amerasians
Insight once again would like to salute the
efforts of those who bring an ethnic awareness
to this staid campus. This time we express appreciation to the Amerasia Club, a campus
organization which this week is<showing us, all
of us, exactly why the melting pot we call
America is made richer by diversity, ami not
poorer. ,-         J
■nes Asian Americans are called a
rity, due fartheur lack of visibility in
i white culture arid their lack of a,
nt ethnic political voice.
e latter problem, if we may be so bold
as to/address it as such, is exacerbated by a
lack Of recognition on society's part that there
really is no such thing as an Asian American.
Witness the Amerasian Club itself: a compilation of other, smaller clubs, each one valiantly
trying to retain its heritage while not disrupting the flow of everyday American life. Each
club represents one people, and not the continent
Society has generally not recognized this,
and has instead tried to focus on all Asians. We
extol our factional European heritage at the
same time as we lump all the Asian peoples
under one banner.
That puts us in mind of the matronly
American who, at a party in Washington D.C.
asked a Chinese diplomat what "nese" he
was, Chinese, Japanese or Javanese. He
replied, "Chinese. And what key are you? A
monkey, donkey or Yankee?" There is no excuse for such a blatant example of cultural
chauvinism, and that is why activities such as
this week are so valuable.
It is not the intent of Insight to lambast all
Americans for the mistakes of a few, but it is
the mistakes that show up. Who will forget the
crude way in which so many recent immigrants, Asian and others, have been
treated? Almost no one has ever come to this
nation with more than they could carry on
their back, but memories are short.
/ It is the intent of the week to celebrate the
•' contributions that the various Asian peoples
have made to the fabric of everyday American
life. There are speakers, a film, a fashion
show and a free concert. But it isn't the hoopla
we salute. Those things are part of a college
education as surely as sports or books. Insight
feels that the diversity that this single week
provides is the real contribution.
We've said it before, and we'll say it
again. Every week is European history week,
and there is nothing wrong with that. But when
other histories and other peoples are forgotten, then we must complain. Arise and be
noisy, silent minority. -
New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon
and Rhode Island) as well as in thirty
cities and counties nationwide. Tbe
96th congress will face its first major
political test on nuclear arms control
in early March when the House of
Representatives votes on a bipartisan
House Joint Resolution (H.J. Has. 2)
co-sponsored by Reps. Edward
Markey (D-Mass.) and Silvio Conte
(R-Mass.) along with 168 of their colleagues. It calls for the United States
and tbe USSR to pursue an Immediate, complete halt to tbe nuclear
arms racce; to decide when and bow
to achieve a mutually verifieable
freeze on tbe testing, produciton, and
deployment of nuclear warheads,
missies, and other delivery systems;
and then to pursue major, mutual.
and verifiable nuclear arms reductions.
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comprehensive nuclear testing ban, it _..
claims that it has doubts about the ef-  To the Editor:
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verification methods. In a recent arti- Enforcement of The Htunan Life
de in Scientific America (Vd. 247, Amendment woddJ* a nlgMmare
No. 4, pp. 47-55, Oct. 1962), Drs. Lynn witogove^ent intrust m the mos
R. Sykes and Jack F. Evernden, who J*™* **?* * y^/*T^
have devoted considerable research faefT.!Ct,toe:HLAw<>ddinakethefer-
effort to the problem of distinguishing Allied <« • "???*■" Sri Darwin
underground nuclear explosions from £™"' * 8P,r"UaI1. ,ea?,6r ,n
earthquakes present toetedmfcd ECKANKAR and Internationally
details Of their method for monitoring kDOwn author- ha» 8tated that- ,,The
'a total nuclear test ban with high whde r>oint is that Sod does not enter
reliability. Sykes and Evernden show £f b?dy ^ "IfJlS °*™mb f
that there can be no substance to the "^ f^ * "^T1 £, f1/
Administration's doubts and that any  after tbe child has been brought into
problems to negotiating a treaty are  "* "*■ ™ld-"   ,     J...	
political rathe? than lechnicd and       . "***<* "» *» ^vduaLs choose
shodd be recognized as such. *** contro1 our Uves and it is not so-
Persoiis wishing to be certain uj>tn»eone else's  part d^^through
Congress carries out the wishes of the^**"1 * le«?Jdaiion;1 to attemP' £
electorate  expressed  in  last  dctote tiv good d aU rnankind.   If
November's propositions calling for  "^ Hunuul Life Amendment were
an immediate,  mutual,  verifiable  passed, birth contxd methods such as
nuclear weapons freeze shodd im-  the 1UD aid forms d oral contracep-
ediately write to thdr representative,   **™* * P^ited Physicians,
urging his vote for tbe Markey-Conte  faniUy aid friends who hdp a woman
resolution and his opposition to any   obtainJan  a****01"*  "» ** pro-
weakening     amendments      or  »«u«*1 leaving them with a criminal
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passage or ddeat.
freedom d choice.
the individual's
Jeff Barnes
To the Editor:
I was amazed when I saw a notice
from the Art Department stating that
there would be a student art exhibition in March. When I first attended
this university tbe Cultural Arts
Organization d Students (CAOS) was
in an ongoing battle to get a student
exhibition in tbe Pheobe Conley art
gallery. Needless to say, the now
defunct school dub was only allowed
to sponsor tbe Half Moon Bay Art
Show. Tbe exhibition was a success,
and tbe Art Department bathrooms
provided excellent gallery viewing
with private stalls for personal use.
So why tbe sudden turnaround In
department policy? I read the notice
more carefdy and discovered that
student entrees must be class projects
approved by tbe instructor. Gee,
that's swell Beaver! to third grade we
didn't even get to choose tbe subject
or medium. Crayola crayons are so
limiting, aren't tbey? You may ask,
"you've gd your exhibition, why do
you have to go complaining about it?"
My contention is that tbe only art a
student can enter are tbe beginning
projects Just completed, that are
more "exercise" than art. If the exhibition date were delayed, students
could enter mid-term projects which
are much more creative and appealing.
Another point which I think the
department has overlooked is tbe fad
that professors Influence (correct)
their students art. With entrees
needing instructor approval, it's a
pretty good bet that they will only pick
what they "approve." Obviously ody
good art shodd be exhibited, but what
about tbe art work students do outside
d tbe classroom? It's ody logical that
a serious art student will be prollfidy
practicing his or her art outside d
class. Why shodd student's art be
deded while School projects (which
are usually yrush Jobs" because d
course loalWnd time limitation) are
given a title they don't deserve. This
exhibition reminds me more d a third
grade drawing contest than a art exhibition that a university student
wodd be proud to be involved in. I
think they shodd rename tbe student
art exhibition-stbe "Hack Artist Exhibition." (fto pun intended.)
Another question I have is why
are the ody job postings for art majors usually PG&E energy conservation poster competitions? That makes
as much sense as naming a
wilderness area dter James Watt!
Tom Wend t
View two from Alan's corner,
ALAN ATAM IAN
A very generic greeting to you all.
Please don't worry. It's not that I
don't possess any brand loyalty, but
we all need to gd down to basics
every once In a while.
Toilet paper, for example. Are we
so designer-oriented that we need perfumes and flowers on our most
necessary products? Let me suggest
generic t.p. for its utility and price, or
better yet, try a Sears catalog for Its
anachronistic value. It can be your
very special way d ruining a white
sale.
The record needs to be wiped
dean at this point, though. Nd all
generics offer such substantial savings. Let's wdt for Detroit and tbe
generic car for under three grand.
Some things have become generic
through evolution, such as tbe
American Situation Comedy show, or
American Sit-com Show (A.S.S.). This
is  nd  to be confused with  the
Associated  Students  Senate   (also
A.S.S.) and no semantic connection
Tbe sit-com, to trying to reach the
lowest common denominator (LCD)
d viewer mentabty, has endeavored
to' belabor such topics as sex and
fouled-up marriages and such enthralling themes as having tbe cast d
tbe sitcom guest on another sitcom.
Wow. Tbe media talking about the
media!
The one thing that I nope is never
generidzed is humans. Ah, but we
have hopes d that denouement - it's
called ignorance. Let's nd lose our
identity. ^-/
Thank you, Lt. Gov. Leo McCarthy. This brave sod stood up for
California last Thursday when be
spelled out bis reaction to the U.S.
Navy's proposal to scuttle, or sink, i oo
.obsolete nuclear missUes about 160
miles off tbe coast d Mendocino. He
said "no." McCarthy said it wodd be
an act d "potentially deadly nuclear
tittering."
In actuality, Califomians would
not mind tbe distribution d several
thousand "Missile Command" video
game cartridges to needy videots. It
all depends on the type d missile.
Chalk one up for tbe very affable
Dr. Ralph Hennings in the Speech
Communication Department here at
CSUF. He told me that at one time In
England, "sex" criminals were
charged "For Unlawful Carnal
Knowledge.'' When asked what tbey
were in the slammer for, they
resraonded "I gd f—ed." So, that's
where that word came from.
Acronymists rejoice.
The  word  for  today  Is   "sesquipedalian,"   an   adjective   that
describes someone who uses "foot-
long" words. Chow.
Alan Atomiaa Is a public relations
major and quite a sesquipedalian
.An ice cream 'scoop'
It is not often that CSUF Food Service
policy affects tbe future of the student population. . In fact, rarely do students even care
about CSUF Food Service policy.
There ia one Food Service rule which, if
given the right circumstances, could help
cause the decline of a free America.
It seems the ice cream vendors in the pit,
downstairs of the College Union, won't allow
to order a multi-flavored milk
We, at Insight, feel this rule is ludicrous at
best, and is the basis for the redemption of one
of America's basic rights — freedom of
choice.
When asked why one couldn't order a two
flavored milk shake, a crew chief replied,
"we're afraid it would start a trend." Insight
wonders what could be so devastating about a
trend of customers asking for one scoop of
chocolate chip and one scoop of burgundy
cherry in their milk shake?
The food service policy of not mixing
flavors in a milk shake would be easily
understood if the welfare of the customer was
at stake. If certain combinations of ice cream,
say Rocky Road and Tutti Frutti, created
some dangerous biological substance which
destroyed the lymph glands of males of
Mongolian descent, then there would be no
complaint.
This is not the case, though. On the surface, the Food Service rule is totally self-
serving. The only basis to the rule is the minor
inconvenience it causes the person behind the
counter when he/she has to decide what flavor
will have to be half-scooped.
Something should be done about the policy
because it may lead ice cream vendors to
restrict us from our right to a multi-scoop
cone, and soon after follows Socialism then
(oh no) Communism.
So, for the sake of the free world, Insight is
calling on CSUF's Food Service to change its
multi-scoop milk shake policy.