1993_03 Insight March 1993

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March 3,1993
FSU Athletics— This Week...
Track and Field: Bulldog All-
Brigham Young. 7:30 p.m.
Comers meet, 10 am.
Men's Tennis vs. Pacific, 12:00
Today
Women's Basketball vs. Utah,
Women's Tennis vs. Oregon,
Men's Baseball @ Hawaii,
7:30 p.m.
noon.
11.-00 a.m.
7.Wp.m.
Men's Basketball @ Wyoming,
Women's Tennis vs. UC Santa
Men's Baseball vs. Wyoming.
March 4
7:30 p.m.
Barbara @ Fig Garden Roquet
1:00 p.m.
Women's Softball @ Arizona
March 5
Club, 12:00 noon.
March 8
State Classic, TBA.
Women's Tennis vs. UC Davis.
Men's Basketball @ Colorado
Men's Baseball vs. Wyoming,
Women's Tennis vs. Long
1:30 p.m.
State. 3:00 pm.
7:00 p.m.
Beach State, 2:00 p.m.
March 6
Men's Baseball vs. Wyoming,
March 9
Men's Baseball @ Hawaii,
Wrestling @ WAC Champion
7:00 p.m.
Men's Tennis @ California.
7:00 p.m.
ships, Provo. Utah, All Day.
Women's Basketball vs.
1:30 p.m.
Slap-Shot
Fred Lee/ Sports Editor
Who framed
Iron Mike?
In the interest of all heavyweights
around the world, beware, Mike Tyson
will soon be on the prowl again.
Nearly a year ago Tyson started his
six-year stint in prison for allegedly
raping Dcsircc Washington. In that
time, many interesting facts have led
to the questioning of the jury's decision. Was Tyson actually guilty?
In a world full of different colors,
shapes and sizes I find no problems
interacting, but sec and hear of a lot of
turmoil, hatred and greed.
Some women use sex discrimination to undermine the entire purpose
of a court system, to find the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth.
They know it is a soft spot in society
and, although many times it never
happens, there is always the ever-
present obligation to set a precedent.
The boy that cried wolf is a very
crucial tale for children to learn, but
how can a youngster discern between
right and wrong when everybody is
out to screw the next person.
In Tyson's case, the judge was a
known stickler for rape cases and
blocked testimony that might have
challenged Washington's credibility.
The jury wasn't given "reasonable-
instruction on whether Tyson believed
Washington consented to have sex.
The prosccu tion also concealed from
the defense that an attorney-fee agreement had been reached for book-and-
movie rights to Washington's case.
Given these circumstances, along
with the 911 tape that was recorded 24
hours after the fact, this is a clear case
of: Tyson has money; Washinion
wants some of iL
You make the call.
Ace thrower reveals secrets
♦ fames makes his second straight trip to
NCAA's in 35-pound weight throw.
By Nick Giannandrea
Sports Writer
Roshawn James spends many afternoons inside the Fresno Stale rac-
quetball courts, and the Bulldog track
and fieldathlcte isn't working on improving his ace serve.
James uses the lime inside the 20 by
40-foot enclosure to perfect his 35-
pound weight throw.
The 6-foot-3, 285-pound senior is
preparing fora return trip to the NCAA
indoor finals, scheduled for March
12-13 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
James finished third in the 35-pound
weight throw at the NCAA finals last
year and was selected All-American.
"I'm prepared because I'm used lo
the atmosphere," James said. "It
docsn' t matter how man y times you' ve
done iL qualifying for nationals is
special. I'm just happy to be there. I
couldn't ask for much more."
Except maybe a repeat performance?
"I'd hate to sound cocky, but it's
possible," James said.
James qualified for the NCAA indoor finals with a throw of 67' 7" on
Jan. 30 at the Reno Invitational.
Fresno Slate Track coach Tom
Pagani, who works with the Bulldog
throwers, said James can't rest on last
year's accomplishments.
"He's better, but the field is better
too," Pagani said. "He's moving up in
ancvent that's moving uparound him."
See James, page 7.
Foster, Dooley pace Fresno
at Indoor conference meet
♦ Women place second^ Men third at WAC
Indoor Track and Field Championships.
By Fred Lee
Sports Editor
Robert Foster did everything he
could to help the Bulldogs win an
Indoor Championship in Track and
Field last weekend in Colorado
Springs, Co.
He won the long jump (24' 11") and
the 55m hurdles (7.35), but the Ttogs
finished third(99)bchindUTEP(i 11)
and BYU (159).
For his efforts, Foster was named
Male Athlete of the Meet'as the Dogs
batded through injury and altitude.
"I thought they showed a lot of
team spirit," said Bob Fralcy. FSU's
head indoor track coach. "Now we're
going to re-group and head into a
strong outdoor season."
" I was real proud of our athletes,"
said Head Coach Red Estes." Well
look to improve during the outdoor
See Track, page 7.
Off the wall. . .
* With eight more RBI's and 20 more hits, senior catcher Todd Johnson will
become FSU's all-time leader in RBI's and hits.
* Sophomore Gerry Abas is now ranked No. 1 in Division I wrestling in the
142-pound category. He is only the second FSU wrestler in school history to
accomplish that feat.
* For the second time in four weeks Shannon Lieder has set a new 800m
record. Her time of 2:08.58 is good enough to provisionally qualify her for
the NCAA nationals in Indianapolis, Ind.. March 12-13.
* Janisha Richardson, Auwana Brown, Trishun Jackson and Tanya Dooley
set a new school record in the 4x400m relay. Their time of 3:46.20 was
good enough to provisionally qualify them for the NCAA nationals in Indiana.
*Thirty-two and counting. That is the number of consecutive free-throws
freshman guard Staci Oddo has netted.
* Craig Ballard's 11th-place finish at the John Bums/Hawaii Invitational was
the best by a Fresno State golfer this year. He shot 213. (-3) for the tourney.
Roshawn James has been to the NCAA Indoor Championships in Indianapolis two years in a row.
Swimmers excel at
WAC Championships
Women place
third and Men
take sixth in WAC
By Fred Lee	
Sports Editor
Head Coach Daniclla Irlc's first
year in the Western Athletic Conference has been a memorable one.
After being named Women's
Swim Coach of the Year for the
WAC, Irle's teams took to the pool
for one last time this season.
Seventeen records fell, 14 for the
women and three for the men.
Junior Garrett Nishimoto, who set
records in the 100 and 200 backstroke, also placed 8th in the 100
breastsiroke and 7th in the 200 breast-
stroke. In addition, he was a member
of the sixth-place 400 medley relay
team.
Freshman Dcbra Weber set records
in the 100 and 200 breaststrokc and
the 400 individual medley. Her time
of 2:21.77 was just .11 ofthe winning
time in the 200m Breaststrokc.
Also breaking records were:
Sophomore Yvcttc Tristan in the
100 and 200 butterfly. She was also a
member of the winning 200-mcdlcy
relay team and placed sixth in the 200
freestyle.
Senior Liz LaBontc set records in
the 100 backstroke and 200 -medley
relay. She was also a member of the
winning 200 mcdlcy-rclay team and
the third-place 800 free relay team.
Nanette Jones seta record in the 500
freestyle with a time of 4:59.53.
Carrie Bcnnct set a new FSU record
in the 50m freestyle at 23.94.
Dave Lyons' 51.77 was good enough
for sixth place and a new FSU record
in the 100 backstroke.
War5 from page 2.
Let the Bosnians, Serbs and Muslims
decide how they wish to coexist after the
war is over. The Western powers should
stay out of it.
The United Nations is purporting pacifism by condemning the conflict through
an embargo and committing itself to
strictly humanitarian aid. But the atrocities of recent months conclude that this
policy has utterly failed.
Its goal should be to pursue a flexible
policy that will end human suffering on
both sides.
If the United Nations and the United
States pursue the non-interventionist policies of this past year or await further
atrocities to dtterminc policy, a continuation of a one-sided war with the loss of
tens of thousands of Bosnian and Muslim
lives will result.
YeL if policies allow both Bosnia and
Serbia to wage war without outside assistance, there may yet be hope for Bosnians
and Muslims.
An immediate lifting of the arms embargo to Bosnia might net reduce the
death toll, but it could at least even up the
odds and put guns in the hands of Bosnian
civilians who are currently unable lo fend
off Serb guerillas seeking to "cleanse"
them.
This policy may increase the risk of
prolonging the war, but what are the alter-
natives? Allowing the people with superior arms to annihilate others who are
defenseless? It may even enable Bosnians
io gain back some of the 70 percent of the
country lost to Serbian armies.
While waiting for some kind of resolution or cease-fire, ihe opportunity to conduct peace negotiations under UN mediation should be offered throughout the war
to both Bosnia and Serbia if they agree.
After the killing subsided, the UN could
follow up on its proposal to try the extremists in both camps, like Slobodan
Milosevic, for war crimes.
Milosevic is getting away with murder... in much more than just the figurative sense.
All of the above could initiate the process for a lasting peace bet ween ihe former
Yugoslav republics without seriously
jeopardizing the life of Americans, who
many fear may end up on Balkan soil.
Under no circumstances should United
States or NATO groundtroops be used to
aid one faction or another. As Viet Nam
and Lebanon demonstrated in the pasu
open military commitment to any nation,
without fully understanding the origin of
the conflict. In both cases, the U.S. government underestimated of the duration
of commitmem, the determination of the
opposing side... and the final death count
of American soldiers.   „
Diane Troha/lNSoGiiT
Lecturing at the Satelitte Student Union is Dr. Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcom X. With her are three ofthe live Rosa
Parks Awards recipients. They are: (from left) Denea Marie Richardson, Erica Patterson, and Lisa White.