1993_12 Insight December 1993

              v^ampus V^alendar
Christmas festival
"A Home Grown Christmas"
rs tM memc for this year's holiday festival to benefit the School
[  ofAgricotaire'sScrclarshipPro-
Thc festival will take place at
10 ajri. to 5 pjn., Saturday, Dec
11, at Ihe CSUF Livestock Pavilion.
Festivities will include live
entertainment, antique engines,
tractors, arts and crafts and a visit
from Santa Claus.
For more information, call the
Agriculture Department at 278-
5197.
Canned food drive
Special Services will hold a
Christmas canned-food drive
through Dec. 15, at the following
pick-ups: ASI Office in the Stu-
demUnion, Disabled StudentSer-
vicesand the Women'sResource
Students iritcrested in receiving canned goods can pick up an
application at the Women's Resource Center or the Reentry Office.
For more information, contact
the Women'sResource Center at
278-4435.
Winter housing
Short-term housing for the
winter session will be available
in the CSUF residence halls for
students during the winter break.
A minimal nightly room fee of
S8 for a single or S9 for a double
will be charged.
Students must currently be
dorm residents or must plan to be
residents next semester.
A minimum stay of one week
is required. More information is
available by calling Pat Madrigal
at 278-2345.
Building blocks
Engraved Wccksof cement that
will be placed at the new Education Building are being sold to
benefit CSUF.
One line worth 20 spaces of
characters may be purchased for
$173. For an additional $20 one
..more line may be added to the
Week.
Purchasing of the blocks are
not limited to students and staff.
"We want to get the community involved." said Belle Trinkle
from the School of Education
Alumni Office.
The money raised will go towards purchasing equipment for
the state-of-the-art labs that have
been planned for that building.
Winter session
For S106 a unit, CSUF students can spend their break attending winter session Jan. 3-21.
Winter session allows students
to cram an entire semester into
three short weeks.
< Winter session is offered
ihrough ihe Division of Extended
Education and is open to regular
CSUF students, prospective students and adults from the community.
A late registration fee of $25
applies to anyone registering after the first class meeting.
Students are permitted to earn
four units of credit during the
three weeks of winter session.
Formore information,contact
the Extended Education Office at
278-2524.
Band spectacular
The eight annual band spectacular, featuring Jazz Bands,
R&B, the Wind Ensemble, the
Bulldog Marching Band and The
Bulldog Beat, will be at 8 p.m.,
Tuesday, Nov. 23, in the Vocal
Performance Hall.
Tickets are S3 for students, $4
for CSUF faculty and staff, $5 for
the public andean be purchased at
the Music Department Office from
9 ajn. to 4:30 pjn. weekdays.
. For more bu^jmiation. call 278-
2654.
Holiday giving
Wcinstock's in Fashion Fair
Mall is sponsoring a giving tree to
help ensure local needy children
get a visit from Santa Claus.
Patrons may pick an ornament
off the tree with a child's name
and age and purchase a holiday
surprise.
Cards are available to send
personal holiday greetings to the
I  recipient of the gift.
Gift givers mayalso sign a
ledger so the child may return the
well wishes.
Every day the
campus water
tower expends
half a million
gallons of water.
See Page 2
An INSIGHT
special report on
the Arab-Israeli
conflict and the
Israeli-PLO
peace accord.
See Page 3
I CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
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December 8, 1993
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Volume 25, Issue 11
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Fall color permeates the campus, creating a feeling of serenity during the busy last week of school before finals start.
Drunk driving arrests haunt students
Majority of drunk drivers arrested were students who were
leaving nightclubs on Shaw.
By Inger Sethov	
StaffWriter
CSUF campus police arrested more lhan 100
drunken drivers in the last two years, the majority
students heading back to Clovis from nightclubs on
Shaw Avenue.
A fine of $2,500, six months in jail, a one-year
driver's license suspension,five year'sprobation and
a permanent criminal misdemeanor record arc possible consequences of drunken driving.
This year in Fresno County, more than 5.000
drivers were arrested with blood alcohol Icvclsabovc
the legal limit, 0.08 percent, said Lu Ann Fouls.
traffic analyst for the Fresno Police Department.
AsofJan. 1,1994,the legal limitofdrunkcncssfor
drivers under 21 will be any measurable amount of
alcohol.
"If I knew then what I know today, I would never,
everhavedone it," saidaCSUFbusincss senior, who
asked for anonymity. »
"I'm so embarrassed," she said. "1 don't want
anybody to know because 1 hale talking aboul it. My
parents don't even know."
The 20-year-old wason her way from Wiliker's to
continue partying in Clovis when Fresno police
pulled her over close to 7-Elcven on Shaw Avenue.
Ha lights were off.
"I only had a few drinks," she said.' but it was
obviously one too many."
After failing the field sobriety test, the officers
drove her to Fresno county jail for a brcathalizcr test.
"I felt completely capable of driving," she said. "I
had no idea my alcohol level was that high."
Her blood alcohol level was 0.11 percent, according to the police report
The California Vehicle Code (CVC) reads: "It is
unlawful for any person who is under ihe influence
of any alcoholic beverage or drug, or under the
combined influence of any alcoholic beverage and
drug, to drive a vehicle."
The code defines a dnvcr under ihc influence as
one wiih blood alcohol level above 0.08 percent.
The law that changed the legal limit from 0.12 to
0.08 percent became effective in January, 1990.
But students might have a chance to win a drunken
driving case in court
"My No.l defense in DUI cases is inaccurate
brcathalizcr tests," said Criminal Defense Attorney,
H. Ronald Sawl, of the law firm Sawl, Smiih and
Kapeian.oneof Fresno'smany law firms.specializing
in drunk driving charges.
He said everybody should demand a blood test, as
this is the most credible chemical test to measure
alcohol level.
The breath analyzer has been proven by the Justice
Department to show up to 20 percent inaccuracy, said
Sawl.
He said the alcohol level may rise 0.04 percent
within one hour, meaning that it can rise to illegal
limits by the lime a person is tested at the police
station.
It typically takes 45 minutes to an hour from the
Lime of arrest lo the lime of the testing. Sawl said.
State law assumes a person's alcohol level was
above 0.08 percent at the ume of driving, if it exceeds
See DRIVING, page 15
Fees may
skyrocket
by fall '94
By Jenny Steffens	
StaffWriter
CS UF students may face tuition in -
creases of 10 to 22 percent next year,
an increase of be tweenS144 and S318,
according to a proposed budget outlined to CSU trustees.
Graduate students face even sharper
increases, a rise of 32 percent to 46
percent or S462 to S660 per semester.
Cuncndy, all full-time students pay
ihc same Sl ,648 annual fee.
Fee increases would be the second
year of a three-year program to move
students toward assuming one-third of
the cost of their education, according
to the CSU Office of the Chancellor.
Despite the proposed fee increases,
CSU students still pay less for a state
education than the majority of students
enrolled in other stale-funded universities throughout ihe United Stales.
A comparative study of six state
universities showed thai the CSU system charges the least in tuition fees
based on 15 units for spring semester
1994.
See FEES, page 2
Finals put
students
to the test
By C. Ashley Linden	
StaffWriter
The countdown has started and although ii is not the end oflhc world, for
some students ii might as well be.
The days arc numbered as students
at CSUF arc preparing themselves for
the true lest of scholastic achievement,
final examinations.
"Final exams aren't as bad as they
seem, as long as you arc prepared,"
said Angelica Sanchez, a liberal studies major.
For some students time management poses a problem dial can hinder
their academic progress.
"Throughoui the semester it is easy
to put off reading ihc text, then at the
end of the semester ii all hits you like a
brick in die face," said Josh Wcllman,
See FINALS, page 15
FM station changes
format, loses edge
By Bryan Chan
StaffWriter
The "cutting edge of rock" just became duller.
Bcacase of falling ratings and low
market share, Fresno radio station
KKDJ 105.9FM. formerly called "The
Edge," has changed its emphasis of
modem alternative rock io include whai
program director Dean Opperman calls
"mainstream eclectic."
The new format, a '90s imitation of
ihc one used in the '80s, shifts the
station's focus from 18-34 age group
to ihe 25-54, Opperman said
Howe ver, the station isn' t abandon -
ing alternative musk, he said.
Of the 3,000 tracks in the new formal, one-lliW is alterative, but "very
much broader,'' Opperman said.
New artists include Pink Floyd,
RollingStones,R£.M.,Joni Mitchell,
Van Monson, INXS, 10.000 Maniacs
and U2, Opperman said.
"Our research finds that our listeners are sick of set formats," he said.
They don't want meat and potatoes.
We're a i
■The Edge"playcdabout800 tracks
that were strictly alternative, he said,
adding the new format offers something different.
"It's more altcmauvc lhan "The
Edge." he said. "We aren t playing any
burnt artists or songs. It's all fresh."
KKDJ went on air in December
l979.andbecamc"ThcEdgc"in 1991
as an experiment in modem aliemati ve
music.
Aficr its 18monihrun.siationowncr
Wally Hcuser finally pulled the plug.
"The Edge" didn't succumb quicUy
though. On the last evening, deejay
Rxdio London, 26,.whosc real name is
Sal Bisla, gathered the staff for his
farewell "Cutting Edge" program.
"I wanted one big. fun last show,"
Bisla said. "I didn't want to make it into
acassab.
Bisla went off the air Nov. 28.
Opperman and Don Fischer signed off
'TheEdge"uVriextnx»ninandsigned-
on with the new "Dean and Don" morning show.
Finarcialwoeshterallypushed'Thc
See EDGE, page 7
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Diving instructors Ross Clark (left) and Peter von Langen (center) check out tha safety
equipment with CSUF student Todd Prigamore (right) before practicing water rescues In
Monterey. For mora on tha marina science diving class, sea page 8.