1983_03 Insight March 1983

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Saroyan seeks
father's works
California State University, Fresno
March!, IMS
Student
fights for
cash rights
LOGAN MOLEN
Insight reporter
Senior journalism major Wes
Heins Is appealing to tbe State of
California to help force the CSUF
business office to accept cold, hard
cash to meet all financial obligations.
Heins said be tried to pay his 8M
fee increase with cash, but that tbe
business office refused to accent
anything but a check or money order.
Heins, who has no checking account,
said be protested that the money was
legal tender, and therefore should be
accepted. He later purchased a
money order at the Kennel Bookstore
"for $1, but said he bought it under protest.
Heins believes he and other
students should be able to pay in cash.
He said he has written State
Assemblyman Jim Costa and plans to
write a protest letter to CSUF President Harold Haak, saying the university's financial policies are illegal.
i "I've got tbe law on my side,"
'said Heins. "I know I'm right but I
don't know If I can convince tbe right
authorities of it"
Heins offered a section from the
United States Code to back up bis
claim. It reads: "All coins and currencies of the United States...shall be
legal tender for all debts, public and
private, public charges, taxes, duties
and dues."
Director of Business Affairs Paul
Bissoonette said that If students were
allowed to pay with cash, additional
personnel would be needed to handle
tbe 16,000 students and that tbe student body would end up footing the bill
for their services.
"Heins, however, said that tbe
large majority of tbe students would
make payments with checks, and
such a problem wouldn't arise.
"I know I'm a minority but I don't
feel that should stop me from doing
what I think is right," said Heins.
""It's (money order) not that much of
an expense. It's more of a principle."
Heins said he was told by ther
business office that if tbey took his1.
cash, they Wouldn't be able to
him a receipt. Heins said he is legally
entitled to a receipt under a-section of
tbe California Code that says, "A deb-
> require from
creditor a written receipt for any
petty delivered in performance of his
Fresno
surgeon
wins suit
JUDY HARRIS
Insight reporter
Fresno orthopedic surgeon
Donald R. Huene may possibly be the
only doctor in the United States ever
to win a malicious prosecution suit
against an attorney In an appeals
Ida Toha models a traditional Indonesian garment in preparation for Thursday nights Ameraslan fashion show,
other Asian cultures will be represented la celebration of AmerasU week.
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Filipino. Chinese a
Exotic fashions fill Amerasia Week
victory and the judgement of $45,000 is
that Huene, with no legal training or
assistance, was Us own attorney
throughout a case that culminated in
an appeal to the California Supreme
Court. At times, it pitted him against
the powerful California Trial Lawyers
Association and some 40 attorneys
from two law firms.
As Huene puts it, be learned a lot
about  the law  In  tbe  process  of
fighting lawyers about tbe impor-
tance of using "archaic English words
and orjfuscatory Latin phrases."
Huene filed a $3.1 million
malicious prosecution suit against tbe
San Fransico attorney in December
1977, after tbe attorney filed a
malpractice suit against bun on
behalf of a patient for whom he bad
performed surgery. The c
for two years until its C
failure to prosecute.
Interviewed in Us office across
from Community Hospital behind a
desk sucked with files and journals,
the affable, energetic Huene explained, "1 was going to accept a letter of
apology. I wrote him (tbe lawyer) a
letter and he said first you bad to get a
release from tbe patient Even after I
told him I'd sent that, be wasn't anxious to talk."
The  Incident   left  Huene   un-
e said tbe short notice
t increase didn't give, his
. enough time to order
il serialized receipts. He said it
takes about four months for the order
to be completed and that no other
receipts can be used.
"It's in tbe best interests of the
students to pay by check or money
order,'' said Bissonnette "Then we
have a way of giving them a receipt.
We don't want students to lose their
"If    !
i were to call me
See Heins, page 8
JEFFOLSEN
Insight reporter
An Asian culture fashion show, a
CSUF first, will be held Thursday in
the College Union as part of Amerasia
Week festivities, which are underway
this week and will conclude Saturday.
Members of the Amerasia Club,
is made up of smaller clubs
as tbe Vietnamese Students
ition, the Philipine Club and
[alaysian Club, will model traditional and festival costumes representing eight different Asian cultures.
Both male and female models will
wear authentic examples of the
clothing.
The show begins at 12:30 p.m. and
will highlight c«tumes from Indonesia, Malayasia, Korea, China,
Vietnam, the Philippines and Nepal.
Depending on the origin of the
costume modeled, music from the
corresponding culture will be played.
The fashion show is a chance for
A -ian- American students to shed light
on Asian contributions to the
American culture.
"In the eyes of some Americans,
Asians are all alike." said Dieuhang
"Ane" Tran, a member of tbe Vietnamese Students Association and
coordinator of the show. "Even
though we are all from Asia, we have
entirely different cultures. Many of
these differences are reflected in tbe
clothes we wear."
One of the costumes to be modeled is a variation of tbe Japanese
kimono. Fresno native and second-
year CSUF student Gene Sekiya will
wear an Ubon kimono, a kimono worn
during the summer and at Japanese
festivals. Other types of kimonos are
worn for different and more formal
occassions. Several female versions
will also be modeled.
"I see it as a way to show off our
ethnic background and learn from
other Asians," said Sekiya, who is a
third generation Japanese-American
orSansei.
"There's a lot of things 1 don't
know about Asian culture. Many
areas of Asian culture crossover but
each of these countries has its own
unique background. I think all of the
Amerasia Week programs will be
worth coming to. It's a well rounded
Dr. Franklin Ng, Amerasia club
faculty advisor, said the dub was first
formed in tbe late 60s and early 70s
during a time of social change. "">
"The club started by students interested in Asian identiry, heritage
and their minority background," Ng
said. Similar to most clubs, the
primary goals were to shed light on
the contributions of Asians.
The present club is more of a Pan-
Asian organization and is the combination of several different Asian
groups. Amerasia Week is a chance
for these groups to get to know one
another and leam more about their
heritage.
Thursday's fashion show is one of
many activities leading to the
culmination of Amerasia Week at the
Club's annual Festival Night, Saturday.
While programs scheduled for
Monday and Tuesday, Japanese
theater and Filipino culture day, have
already occurred, today's activities
begin at noon with a guest speaker
from the Buddhist Church. Tbe
Reverend Carol Himaka, a minister
at the Fresno Buddhist Church, will
speak on religion in the CU. Himaka is
a   third  generation  Japanese-
American and one of tbe first Buddhist woman ministers in the country.
Tonight, at 7 p.m., the award-
winning movie "Chan is Missing" will
be shown in the CU. The film, directed
by t.uyne Wang, has been called tbe
"surprise of 1982" and has received
favorable reviews from Time and
Newsweek magazines. "Chan was
made for only $20,000, unheard of in
today's multi-million dollar film industry, and raises «aome important
social questions.
"The film is about the puzzle of
different cultures -and looks at different attitudes and minds," said Ng.
To help answer questions raised
by the film, a panel discussion will be
held immediately after the movie.
The panel will answer any questions
the audience has about tbe film.
Members of tbe panel include
Marc Hyashi, an actor from tbe film.
Other panel members are Paul
Kuroda of the Fresno Bee; Dr. Satsuki Tomine, CSUF professor of
education; Debbie Tom Ramirez,
director of immigration and nationalities service; and Peg Broken-
shire. C.Y. program coordinator.
See Asia, page 8
'Tbe ttismirtsl waa good news, of
course, but not good enough," he said
in an article he wrote about the case
for Medical Economics journal. "I
had been tossed Into legal hot water
and left there to stew for more than
two years. 1 thought that was wrong."
Huene said in addition that be did
not believe tbe patient had given tbe
attorney proper consent to sue
him—only other parties.
"If a doctor performs a procedure
on a patient without informed consent, be can be held liable," Huene explained in his Medical Eeetvwiics article. "I felt tbe same principle should
apply to a Lawyer."
Huene's patient, on whose behalf
the attorney had filed the malpractice
suit, was a young man who bad been
run over by a car. Huene had inserted
a rod in tbe man's thigh to repair a
fracture of tbe femur.
Several months after tbe orginal
injury and the insertion of the rod, the
patient fell down a night a stairs.
Huene found on exmination that the
rod had broken, necessitating a second operation to put in a new ana.
Huene said he felt tbe patient had
a very good cause of legal action
against the driver of tbe car for
See Surgeon, page s
Parking lots become
'hunting' grounds
SANDRA GONZALES
Insight reporter
A "bunting license" Is what many
students term tbe $22.50 parking
■ticker, according to Virgil Cope, a
Buy a parking slicker and one is
guaranteed the right to hunt for a
place to park.
"What a parking permit does
guarantee you Is that you will not be
cited If you do find a space," said
Cope, administrative assistant to
public safety a
More and more students are
becoming irritated at not being able to
find a parking space.
"I feel almost forced to park in a
handicapped zone because I can't find
parking at times," said one senior student
Another student said she lives only tan minutes away, but comes forty
minutes earlier so she can find a parking space. "I'm either going around in
circles trying to find a spot or waiting
for someone to pull out," aha aald.
"I near lots of complaints from
students, not about tbe cost, but about
bow they're not able to find a parking
*"—i forced to
park off campus," said one university
employee, woo asked to remain
anonymous. "Students also complain
about having to park so far from
where they want to go. They're even
willing to pay more if they can just
find a place closer to their
destination."
Sergeant Mike Lecdom, also with
the campus police, said they often get
complaints from faculty that students
are parking in their stalls. "If
students are having trouble finding a
stall, often tiroes tbey will park In a
restricted area," said Leedom.
A problem? According to James
Forden. assistant director of business
affairs, the only problem is that there
isn't adequate parking in areas where
there is tbe greatest need.
"There will always be people
upset at not being able to find parking
But with respect to
other campuses In the system, where
parking Is concerned, we're in pretty
good shape."
Forden said CSUF has  8,438
spaces for an enrollment of 15,780
students, while San Francisco State
has 3,500 parking spaces for an enroll-
8ee Parking, page 8
Perilous journey remembered
ALEX PULASKI
insight reporter
""/ thought Odysseus should In
time regain his homeland ... only I
thought he should ba mode to suffer all the way."
—Poseidon's speech to Zeus,
tn The Odyssey by Homer
Helen Dmitriew's long journey
to America, like Odysseus's
voyage home to Ithaca, was a trial
of patience and fortitude. Born in
Russia at the time of the Bolshevik
Revolution, It took Dmitriew nearly half a century to reach tbe land
that she now calls borne.
said. "It opens up the wounds
by the walling of tbe mythical
Sirens, Dmitriew suffered the very
real horrors of a Siberian concentration camp. Only 13 years old,
she and her mother trudged across
the wasteland of central Russia,
not knowing where tbey were go-
ing, what they would eat, or
whether they would see the next
sunrise.
'Even today, more than 50
.years later, tbe CSUF Russian
\*ntptmam teacher finds it difficult
to speak of those events. "It's very
hard to talk about.'' Dmitriew
The year is 1929. Although tbe
Revolution ended eight years ago,
Stalin and tbe Communist Party
have given the Soviet government
less stability than a tumbleweed.
Dmitriew's father Is arrested as
"an enemy of tbe People," and 11
days later the soldiers come back
at night for Helen and her mother.
Helen's older brother and
sister, alerted of tbe danger by
relatives, avoid arrest and go into
biding. But Helen, her parents, and
thousands of other unwanted
citizens are herded into boxcars
like cattle destined for tbe
slaughterhouse of Siberia.
In Omsk, on the western approach to Siberia, tbe train stops,
and the ao or 70 persons jammed
into each car unload for a shower
and disinfection. The scene,
Dmitriew says, is inhuman.
"Tbey put us through a cold
came  through  that
with a thousand people waiting for
""" Tbey a
HELEN DIMITRIEW