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Oct. 8, 1997 \ftEwFoiNT & News opinion Homecoming causes culture clash WamaKXk Cassini editorial is off-target By Yuan Too I'll be 21 next year when, or should I say if, I graduate in May "So. are yoe looking forward to going home to Malaysia7" everyone asks Two years might not seem like.* very long time My titutn. however, insists that a two-year break from hemp 'mummy's girl" is long enough The truth is I really do not know what to expect Heck. I'm not even sure if I am ready to go home One thing III have to start getting aeed to, whether I like it or not is family motions Homecoming it fun. but it is also a "great" time for family reunions For those of the fairer feat, who are single and available, or single but not necessarily available, it's one of those times when your marital status comes under scrutiny Families and clans get together and then the finely tuned torture begms Aunties and great aunts look skeptically at a particular pan of your anatomy, the fourth finger of your left hand to be exact hoping to see an engagement ring If there is no such adornment, they will tut tut tut' and query you point blank. "So. when are you getting married ah T If you are fairly attractive and fairly shapely, they will assume that you are drowning in beau* and advise you to grab the biggest fish available — as if the decision were as simple as deciding between the grilled halibut or smoked salmon at lied Lobster "Auyah. don't be so choosy lah," they'll urge, as if you were having the greatest time, "ecny meeny miney-mo"-ing your boyfriends "Hai yah I tell you what lah." advises your well-meaning aunt triumphantly "Marry the tycoon's wn-lah. the one with the buck leeth. and the Mercedes and the big house on Damansara Heights' He got his master's degree m UCLA, you know? What more you want7" "But I don't love him'" you protest Love' Love' That's the trouble with you young people nowadays No need for love one lah. Take it from me You think your uncle and I got love ah when we got married'' We only met on the wedding day' Now you see. we are married so-o-o long already You young people al ways talk about love, love, get married then, next day divorce" Too Americanized, she argues If you are unfairly unattractive, then the urgings become even more frantic "Any fish will do. just grab it" seems to be the message Aiiyah • don't be so fussy lah You re not get ting any younger you know"' they'll cajole and coax as if landing a husband were easy Finally, for reasons of love or otherwise, one day. you decide to tie the knot " Your relatives (Even tyaaptoraa can he sex tst) After the birth u some time, tune months to a year of tern first child, phew, peace at last for awhile ' c questioning starts agsaa Gmyoarstlfayearari?wo.aridthracomethr of a reasonably flat tssmmy. they 'II ask you, "So, when'* your first one-ah7" I've already got my first one." you reply, yoa "Huh7 No' Don't met You-ah' I mean, when are you going to start a family7" If you tell them you really can't bear children, well, that would depend on what kind of "bearing" you're talking about. If you mean you can't bear the thought of having those ———————— screechy brats around your neck and feet and don't plan to have children ever, they will look at you as if you were the most uncharitable person around They will remind you for the rest of your life how ungrateful you are to not want to give your children the same love your parents gave you while growing up, when you weren't going to have any in th first place If it was the other type of "bearing" and you "tell them that you adore children but making babies is harder than you thought, you will get all sorts of advice From roots of plants to some strange insect, be assured that the tips on "pro- ductmty" will focus on food ranging from kacanx ktsda to ginseng to royal jelly If all else fails, you can go to the doctor The Chinese smsei — or medicine man — down town has done miracles for your great-great - aunt, rerriemher1 Mention sex, and they'll look at you as if it were some strange alien food, quite unheard of, and totally irrelevant You ask nonchalantly. "And so. Auntie, you have 11 children What position would you recommend7 Auntie, er auntie I Hey where did she run off to7*' Too Americanised' If or when you're finally preg riant your whole appearance will be com mented upon and discussed scientifically If you look tidy and radiant and your twatny is neat and round, chances are you've got a boy If you look all blotchy and spotty and ugly, and your tummy's all over the place, then it * a girl If you've got one, you really ought to have another — one's too koneiome If you've got two girls — aryo' tints leave thr family, you know'" or "What abort the family name7" You've got to try for a hoy If you've got two boys, well. they get themselves1 wives Daughters are daughters all their lives" So you've got to have a I know it will not be any time soon that I have to deal with these overly concerned relatives Aunties and great-aunts look skeptically at a particular part of your anatomy, the fourth finger of your left hand to he exact, hoping to set an engagement ring. tope Thermoelectric Generators iRTG's) on aw CatsnU miwioa TheRTG't hetatu face can he put en Ss.Ss.hwal Officeat i son Well, not when I am 20 hours by plane away from home But anyway, I know my time will come Life it fair, and there always is hope So, if you think the time is coming when you'll be the next target of your relatives' speculation — just stay away from family affairs Stay in Fresno and do a year or two of practical career traimng That seems to be a fairly easy and heater free way out don't you think71 thmk to myself. "Abb. how easy it would he to just nip away until I am 28 tor whenever I feel I am ready) At least until then I will have had a chance at fun Give me a break — I graduated, rententberr What am I saying here? I've only been away from home for onr-aaid-a-half years and I mm everything in Malaysia so nujck Yes, even fam ily reunions After all, it is better to have busy bodies to fuss and worry and cluck over you than to have anybody at all And no matter how much you swear you'll never ask anyone *toae questions that you' vt been subjected to, one day. whan your hatr it flecked with silver and your memory dims a tittle, you rwgm want to prod aioraj »V tsexi geriers«c>n an.1 ask," So, when are you gearing married ah v' Ooops? That is, of course, if you are Malay Yuen Ttxy ts an Insight itaff* in over 2} NASA missions since 1965 The RTG has been destfued such that, even in the event of a cats Wrtjmtc launch failure, it isn't in a form in which it can cause harm to human bodies Extensive pressures from a largely misinformed public have caused NASA and other i ties to produce several < impact! AH of i worst-caw volving RTG's than those prtitantd by Martinez The probability statistics from the unpect stajantxentx of accident* insists mg the uncontrolled release of Ptoto- mum Dioxide range from I in I mil lion with 120 individual fatalities to I in L«W with 0 I fatalities Compare this to NASA estimates of the risk of an asteroid impacting the Earth being 2 in I million with I s billion fatalities i M* tosisly. we need to be better informed about life's nek* and put a»em in their proper perspective I suspect that the opinions «>l Draeger Martinet reflect a common public distrust of any large and seem inglv faceless organization like \ \s\ While I do not profess te speak far N\S\ I have r to work at the lei I Pasadena m tact in the very bu.td ing m which the Cat Kudos to Storks De* Editor. I want to congratulate Jennifer Stark* on her fine article on Are* Nixon She jsiftl nvanv gi»xl and insight M question* Not onry dad the get all the facts right the captured fear tance of rhe gift OgktaftmtDsmaef LaWwryServtm t see N ASA as t PROMISE: 'Sacred assembly draws CSUF students ii "1 tec the pain in people's lives around me, and I feel thaf I vc- neglected telling them about God's love for them, said Wendell, an undeclared major and. at 19. the youngest in the group "Spr cifically in the Bulldog Apartments area. I see a need for love in people there " Wendell said he sees fellow students follow ing lifestyles he think* God would not want them to He has also noticed many people searching for meaning in their lives "Jesus has been my answer, and I believe He is the only answer Promise Keepers has helped me understand that better." he said Wendell said the massive group, spanning most major denominations and racial groups in A^nerica. had come to pray for the nation I 'We pray that God will lift us up as godly men." he said "|The rally! helps us understand what kind of men God wants us to he committed to His word, recognizing the need for love in our families, and accepting and reaching out to ev eryone in our nation " Before InterVarsiry could plan to reach out to America, however, Lance Duhherke first reached out to InterVarsiry At Inter Varsity we've historically had more women involved and Stand m the Gap' is an rnc'ouragwg sign that men are finally coming hack tttao the game." said Duhherke, II We can't do it at Lone Rangers We need each other Far from alone, Duhherke already hat prom i*e* to keep to hit wife and two young children 1 want to become a beaer hatband and he a good father the first tune through.' he said. "I mutt he an effective minister to my wife and kids before I can minister to others " Duhherke considers racial tensions a top problem at Fresno State, and he thmk* goverrmmiul solution* can only go to far "The university can take some steps, like hav mg different people m classes together But they can't rnalut people love cut* other or change their haam ~ only God can do that' he said MaflMMt, 9pMtU9% aWO MttttiVltfY fTOfll «t ftaWllWrW of racial and societal group* held court ail day hxxm'<Stau«1matoOaps"f«najn s» rrens to radn. hro»k asts IV r*rm hegan » .th Hi**iawcfa**uhte»aikt)giwwnfW and Nnttsn Aantrktn men ettermg tribal wet t tymhottt than* Tha twtoape wa* heard loud and clear by Stadium The judgmental attitude is my mam stumbling block, and Promise Keepers has been chipping away at that," said the .1? year -old surveying engineering major Robinson said the sight of so many men thar mg the same viewpoint amazed htm And the prospect of a united Christian church, one mat can put aside racial differences and rifts between t atholics. mainstream Protestant denominations and "bom again" segment*, simply thrilled him 'I A united chuuhl is something I've always wanted to happen, and Promise Keepers is a ground swell of many men who all see things that way." Robinson said "The truth and reality of what's happening ts that God'* listening Going to this size of a prayer meeting is tremen dously exciting, and I expect God to do * thing in response to this " While Robmsrm hoped tensions between huge segments of society tan ease, his InterVarsity brethren lesse Dunbar and Brent Y Promise Keepers in closet, highly p Fetimy comet first writh rrnartnrtt "What 1 like about the Promise Keeper move ment i* to be around father figures, even if they re not fathers themselves," said Dutthar. who at tended the Fresno rally with about SO people from Pilgrim Armenian ( ongregattooal Church . »: from * family that broke up, (the ral * lies| change my view of what father* are. that father* can care." he said "I got very angry at my dad. and while I don't think every tangle Prormte Keeper will keep their family conunjt- rnent you can keepi coming hack to leant Christ" A 21 year-old majoring m general education, Dunbar said he does not make many pionnat* because they can he hard to keep "I've made many cxirnmrtment* to God. to my brothers and other people And I've broken many of them So taking for forgiveness, and believ mg I've been gelling the message - I feel now I don't have to he perfect, hut I know I can just keep the view of God in my light*, I can remem her that He'* perfect and I'm not" he tatd Yamasruta alto attended the Prormte Keeper* miitnhfy in Fresno, a* weH at a San Diego rally last year, both with hi* father He said that while those ti'ttnt adaViiiad twfeaudtta* dteews in gnat detail, the Wwfeingtnn ratty ttvucfc htm at bigger, broader, and left htm with a at mere kneeling and dropped prostrate his head all but touching the ground "I thought I knew enough, that I read the Bible enough, but I have experienced the real presence of God here." Rodriguez tatd, wiping sweat from SMITTCAMP: Honors college and alumni center to be built with donation This it enentlal to knit country and to the church, with the message of raccwwtnfcin be tween the races That it about experiencing it along with hearing it" he said Rodriguez cowtianrad "Stand in the Gup" at spurring big changes in hi* hie. such a* purtntng better relationship* with family membert and other*, and in hi* day to-day routines "Instead of sitting around for a couple hour* that I now watte watchmg TV or nbattvut, now I want to use mat time to ranch out to my family to eonajtunntatt better and relate more to then "I'll alto he more effective in my mttuttry with InterVarsiry. and our thing i* to reconcile people on camp***, both to ourselves and to God. tfeouigh y said man interview, 'I want the arumni to he btgner and to he more involved have more of a pretence and he proud of where we a*raduated trom The Ahtnuu Center wlntinfad to he a central location far taunts* hi meet have seminar*, and reunite A* the ratty drew near tea close. Rodriguez said it had rekindled the pataion* he had already com nutted in Value* bee family and reconciliation between I race*, characters, personalities and re Oraantif fa a etnas* Before "Stand at the Gap" had even ran ha course, the Fresno State men were ratVcttitg on how it had narted hi chattge then lives Tuktst a very rent event, but people thoukdn't htnnun^vrnofentlifianeebn r tatd The proof of the chattge it when icane and apply it m you* daily hfe t added. -Tun it one tnotnsnt in t lifelong wIan Bathe, with God. Every day I can choose to obey Htm tv obey I want to glorify God with my p and my service " "That hat ut hack an the i the word of Ood." 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Title | 1997_10 Insight October 1997 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Dept. of Journalism, California State University, Fresno. |
Publication Date | 1997 |
Description | Weekly during the school year. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 8, 1969)-v. 29, no. 23 (May 13, 1998). Ceased with May 13, 1998, issue. Title from masthead. Merged with Daily collegian. |
Subject | California State University, Fresno Periodicals |
Contributors | California State University, Fresno Dept. of Journalism |
Coverage | October 8, 1969 – May 13, 1998 |
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Title | Insight Oct 8 1997 p 2 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publication Date | 1997 |
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Oct. 8, 1997
\ftEwFoiNT & News
opinion
Homecoming causes culture clash
WamaKXk
Cassini editorial is off-target
By Yuan Too
I'll be 21 next year when, or should
I say if, I graduate in May
"So. are yoe looking forward to going home
to Malaysia7" everyone asks
Two years might not seem like.* very long time
My titutn. however, insists that a two-year break
from hemp 'mummy's girl" is long enough The
truth is I really do not know what to expect Heck.
I'm not even sure if I am ready to go home
One thing III have to start getting aeed to,
whether I like it or not is family motions
Homecoming it fun. but it is also a "great" time
for family reunions For those of the fairer feat,
who are single and available, or single but not
necessarily available, it's one of those times when
your marital status comes under scrutiny
Families and clans get together and then the
finely tuned torture begms
Aunties and great aunts look skeptically at a
particular pan of your anatomy, the fourth finger
of your left hand to be exact hoping to see an
engagement ring If there is no such adornment,
they will tut tut tut' and query you point blank.
"So. when are you getting married ah T
If you are fairly attractive and fairly shapely,
they will assume that you are drowning in beau*
and advise you to grab the biggest fish available
— as if the decision were as simple as deciding
between the grilled halibut or smoked salmon at
lied Lobster
"Auyah. don't be so choosy lah," they'll urge,
as if you were having the greatest time, "ecny
meeny miney-mo"-ing your boyfriends
"Hai yah I tell you what lah." advises your
well-meaning aunt triumphantly "Marry the
tycoon's wn-lah. the one with the buck leeth. and
the Mercedes and the big house on Damansara
Heights' He got his master's degree m UCLA,
you know? What more you want7"
"But I don't love him'" you protest
Love' Love' That's the trouble with you
young people nowadays No need for love one
lah. Take it from me You think your uncle and I
got love ah when we got married'' We only met
on the wedding day' Now you see. we are married so-o-o long already You young people al
ways talk about love, love, get married then, next
day divorce"
Too Americanized, she argues
If you are unfairly unattractive, then the urgings
become even more frantic "Any fish will do. just
grab it" seems to be the message
Aiiyah • don't be so fussy lah You re not get
ting any younger you know"' they'll cajole and
coax as if landing a husband were easy
Finally, for reasons of love or otherwise, one
day. you decide to tie the knot " Your relatives (Even tyaaptoraa can he sex tst) After the birth
u some time, tune months to a year of tern first child, phew, peace at last for awhile
' c questioning starts agsaa Gmyoarstlfayearari?wo.aridthracomethr
of a reasonably flat tssmmy. they 'II ask you, "So,
when'* your first one-ah7"
I've already got my first one." you reply, yoa
"Huh7 No' Don't met
You-ah' I mean, when
are you going to start
a family7"
If you tell them you
really can't bear children, well, that would
depend on what kind
of "bearing" you're
talking about.
If you mean you
can't bear the thought
of having those ————————
screechy brats around
your neck and feet and don't plan to have children ever, they will look at you as if you were
the most uncharitable person around
They will remind you for the rest of your life
how ungrateful you are to not want to give your
children the same love your parents gave you
while growing up, when you weren't going to
have any in th first place
If it was the other type of "bearing" and you
"tell them that you adore children but making babies is harder than you thought, you will get all
sorts of advice From roots of plants to some
strange insect, be assured that the tips on "pro-
ductmty" will focus on food ranging from
kacanx ktsda to ginseng to royal jelly
If all else fails, you can go to the doctor The
Chinese smsei — or medicine man — down
town has done miracles for your great-great -
aunt, rerriemher1
Mention sex, and they'll look at you as if it
were some strange alien food, quite unheard of,
and totally irrelevant You ask nonchalantly. "And
so. Auntie, you have 11 children What position
would you recommend7 Auntie, er auntie I Hey
where did she run off to7*'
Too Americanised'
If or when you're finally preg
riant your whole appearance will be com
mented upon and discussed scientifically
If you look tidy and radiant and your twatny
is neat and round, chances are you've got a boy
If you look all blotchy and spotty and ugly, and
your tummy's all over the place, then it * a girl
If you've got one, you really ought to have
another — one's too koneiome
If you've got two girls — aryo' tints leave
thr family, you know'" or "What abort the family name7" You've got to try for a hoy If you've
got two boys, well.
they get themselves1
wives Daughters
are daughters all
their lives" So
you've got to have a
I know it will not
be any time soon
that I have to deal
with these overly
concerned relatives
Aunties and great-aunts look
skeptically at a particular part
of your anatomy, the fourth
finger of your left hand to he
exact, hoping to set an
engagement ring.
tope Thermoelectric Generators
iRTG's) on aw CatsnU miwioa
TheRTG't
hetatu face can he put en
Ss.Ss.hwal
Officeat
i son
Well, not when I am 20 hours by plane away from
home But anyway, I know my time will come
Life it fair, and there always is
hope So, if you think the time
is coming when you'll be the next target
of your relatives' speculation — just stay away
from family affairs Stay in Fresno and do a year
or two of practical career traimng
That seems to be a fairly easy and heater free
way out don't you think71 thmk to myself. "Abb.
how easy it would he to just nip away until I am
28 tor whenever I feel I am ready) At least until
then I will have had a chance at fun Give me a
break — I graduated, rententberr
What am I saying here? I've only been away
from home for onr-aaid-a-half years and I mm
everything in Malaysia so nujck Yes, even fam
ily reunions After all, it is better to have busy
bodies to fuss and worry and cluck over you than
to have anybody at all
And no matter how much you swear you'll
never ask anyone *toae questions that you' vt been
subjected to, one day. whan your hatr it flecked
with silver and your memory dims a tittle, you
rwgm want to prod aioraj »V tsexi geriers«c>n an.1
ask," So, when are you gearing married ah v'
Ooops? That is, of course, if you are Malay
Yuen Ttxy ts an Insight itaff*
in over 2} NASA missions since
1965 The RTG has been destfued
such that, even in the event of a cats
Wrtjmtc launch failure, it isn't in a
form in which it can cause harm to
human bodies
Extensive pressures from a largely
misinformed public have caused
NASA and other i
ties to produce several <
impact!
AH of i
worst-caw
volving RTG's than those prtitantd
by Martinez
The probability statistics from the
unpect stajantxentx of accident* insists
mg the uncontrolled release of Ptoto-
mum Dioxide range from I in I mil
lion with 120 individual fatalities to
I in L«W with 0 I fatalities
Compare this to NASA estimates
of the risk of an asteroid impacting
the Earth being 2 in I million with
I s billion fatalities
i M* tosisly. we need to be better informed about life's nek* and put a»em
in their proper perspective
I suspect that the opinions «>l
Draeger Martinet reflect a common
public distrust of any large and seem
inglv faceless organization like
\ \s\
While I do not profess te speak far
N\S\ I have r
to work at the lei I
Pasadena m tact in the very bu.td
ing m which the Cat
Kudos to Storks
De* Editor.
I want to congratulate Jennifer
Stark* on her fine article on Are*
Nixon
She jsiftl nvanv gi»xl and insight
M question* Not onry dad the get
all the facts right the captured fear
tance of rhe gift
OgktaftmtDsmaef
LaWwryServtm
t see N ASA as t
PROMISE: 'Sacred assembly draws CSUF students
ii
"1 tec the pain in people's lives around me,
and I feel thaf I vc- neglected telling them about
God's love for them, said Wendell, an undeclared
major and. at 19. the youngest in the group "Spr
cifically in the Bulldog Apartments area. I see a
need for love in people there "
Wendell said he sees fellow students follow
ing lifestyles he think* God would not want them
to He has also noticed many people searching
for meaning in their lives
"Jesus has been my answer, and I believe He
is the only answer Promise Keepers has helped
me understand that better." he said
Wendell said the massive group, spanning most
major denominations and racial groups in
A^nerica. had come to pray for the nation
I 'We pray that God will lift us up as godly men."
he said "|The rally! helps us understand what
kind of men God wants us to he committed to
His word, recognizing the need for love in our
families, and accepting and reaching out to ev
eryone in our nation "
Before InterVarsiry could plan to reach out to
America, however, Lance Duhherke first reached
out to InterVarsiry
At Inter Varsity we've historically had more
women involved and Stand m the Gap' is an
rnc'ouragwg sign that men are finally coming
hack tttao the game." said Duhherke, II We
can't do it at Lone Rangers We need each other
Far from alone, Duhherke already hat prom
i*e* to keep to hit wife and two young children
1 want to become a beaer hatband and he a
good father the first tune through.' he said. "I
mutt he an effective minister to my wife and kids
before I can minister to others "
Duhherke considers racial tensions a top problem at Fresno State, and he thmk* goverrmmiul
solution* can only go to far
"The university can take some steps, like hav
mg different people m classes together But they
can't rnalut people love cut* other or change their
haam ~ only God can do that' he said
MaflMMt, 9pMtU9% aWO MttttiVltfY fTOfll «t ftaWllWrW
of racial and societal group* held court ail day
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