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Oct 2Z 1997
VIEWPOINT & NEWS
Itjgaj
Though sometimes painful, honesty is still the best policy
by Erin Srnitti
When someone a*ks you if they lot* fa. is it okay to
When your best friend asks if brushing the hair from
one side of his head to the other covers up his bald spot, i*
it okay to be honest' W hen your aunt ha* just had a baby
and evervone ask* you if it's cute, is it okay to tell the
truth1
I am constantly told by my fnends and family to "he
honest" and "don t just say yes because you don't want io
hurt my feelings " But nothing could be further from the
truth
When that curious, unsuspecting boyfriend a*k*. Is
there something different about you ' Did you change your
hair P His girlfriend immediately thinks, "he* saying that
When your Mngle mom a*k* it you think *he is loo old.
o
feeling* I* rrvtb a defense for he- Youcaateeta
ing atean' On one hand, htsrang tag out of the he
WON
not -long forgoram prtce to pay for friend will give yoa a aadgt aa
and family ask you these type* of voar way Bathing your Betrrtere for ail to see
closed-end. trap you in a-corner Whae hottest* aught am he the most coaaVtrtaNc roear
taa*taoas, maybe they are just looking for a comptiment to lake, these honest people brave the barrage >»f Inrd feet
you know no matter what tesponse _i_|_ tee ling* I* truth a defense for be You can feet ctmrutent a* the fact tha if you01
you give, in da hack: of her mind she's
thinking, "She's just *aying that because tee's my eaaajkoar.**
To some people, being honest has
heeenieacatrh 22. yon re stuck if you
do and stuck if you don't Thi* wonderful scenario happened to me when I recently got into a
conversation with my boyfriend after attending a wedding. But honesty hurts people s feeling* scene time* and Bal'*
We were discussing the reception and I commented that a price worm paying Would you rather Bat your stsser
one of the guests was annoying because she wa* *o drunk, slightly embarrass you at dinner by letting yoa kaour that
she didn't know how loud her voice wa* and kept yelling there t* a large stalk of broccoli lodged between your from respect for choosntg the road less tm***e*l To Beak,, if
at the guest* teeth or spend die entire night having everyone around more people were honest we wouldn't have had In en
He then informed me that I w a* being cold hearted to younoticeand speculateoo what poorhsgiene habusyou dure such fashion tin** puu a* poryu«ter lest haaaaas aad
make comments about someone I didn t know To me. it have'* bright pink tiny! hot pant*
was a truthful observation To him. my comment was Some of tbe most honest people are mean .which makes
mean spirited Why ' »ome of diem well respected When *»>n*rone is honest
I Itave read sortie artKksim the subject of rrurb versus with you. you know where you Hand I m Ssntrn is >V> emmmnmd fmtme edstrw esf tmstrnm
They are pelted watt severe look* and cmtcired for
vtcoldhearvdar
These honexi leva at
YOSEMITE: Park is a victim of own popularity
Corrtintied from page 1
Car* weave through Yo*emitc
Valley'* Sequoia linedniatlsloaciin
gested *iop *ign that lead* driver* to
the right to Curry Village or to tbe left
ft* Yosemite Village Traffic, both au
tomobtle and bicycle, circulate be
twecnthe communities, each with the
couch in front of a roaring fireplace
Yosemite Valley, a stretch ot aetata.
General Manage
■nun mall was re
BB1 Village in the
KM businesses
iv kta much hue
Charter busses ere big
Frank Owens matte Btear
in
Man
Mountaineering St boo
aaakj ,iK>ut tbe taaatm
I think there i* SSSSS
The flood ot funds
, pa
and pink wave mued with bluegra**
There aren't a* many meadow* *i*
ihlr hte thi* one in Yiisemae Valley
a* before Devekipment has changed
the meadows that once flanked the
Merced River on both sides
Fven the O Shaughnessv Dam on
the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir vuh
sa ajajj | saaajn asaaBow with oak*
spotted throughout
11hint something need* to he done
who I
ree h
(ahui
, .^.need noi be conflicting
/.aid leees laeaaaTsaa,
eaa Park wildlife hi
t II we don t Igftt M iheprev
ikvtito he de
Yosemite Valley for several year*, fell
itut None of natures landscape* are
aagj aj hjajj a* they are wild
The change of pure wildemes* into
the tourist attraction it is known a*
.11 the way back in the
Hutching* brought the
Bra group of tourists into Yosemite.
(utilize on traffic related
rata'* gold rush
Hutching* brought in several ho
ihe lourivts he hope
wivuld surely come once word spread
gajej
I Yo.
ditlereni birds 4I» specie* of reptile*
......
The park ha* remained almost com
me** since the days the
.aval park*
i the meadow* along the
Matted River and at a result, the re
stance a* truly *utTered *mce day one
A meadow thai once Mood a* vivid
a* ail the others, with the cold gray
rock slab* ot the Sierra Nevada at it*
backdrop looming over like tall hall
way*, fell victim to the puvh lor
people seeking to vi*it the Valley in
lusury The Ahwahnee Hotel 12*
room ; I cottage hotel, wetongmallv
the idea of the Bra NMional Park Ser
v ic | dirrttoc. Stephen T Mather
Mather came up with ihe idea for
Yosemite* premier hotel tn response
to Ijsdy Astor of England'* refusal to
stay in such meager accommixtetions
On the site of Kenneyville and the
Ahwahnee Meadow the hotel wa*
CttasnttitB in 1*27 Though it lost
< »*) m its first few year*, the
Ahwahnee eventually thrived The
cost then was $ IS SSO pet night, rate*
today begin al over 1200 a rught
pletelv different than Si
founder |
Mtnr did on hts Bra ate in I Bftg
The sense of openi
hr vensed .nY.~-m.tr
the VaJIrv
orange ( alifornn p
Mariposa I
tnstgnt photo ay Diane SoronUo
in Yoterrete Paul Unker (left) and
Nvings heuBng tourists around ttte park.
traffic is the single greatest Baca to
the enjoyment of the aatural and scenic qualities of Yosemite National
Park
This constant rise in visitor* ha*
impacted the park's air quaint ajB)
ing coocems about orone and as ef
feet on the plant harm*
to air quality turveyor
tbe decline of air
from photiKhemital
mobile combustion
The air pollutant*
also a result of weather patterns, w tnd
pattern* and pesticide* used anaanf
the Central Valley The vi**ao*/erteok
mg Yosemite Valley t.»t tourists en
tenng from the south gate often ha* a
ha/y view on summer day*
' The inbound traffic and the pot Iu
I effect of our de
tnem." *a*d Trs* *
manager of the
factor. We are looking to a park VI-
100 year* ahead, il doesn't matter if
B takes si* rnonth* to a year to de
v ek»p. we don't want to make any rash
deciskins, hut just do it right
The preservation plan wa* devised
to fulfill tbe 1916 National Park Ser
Hal Act. which sought to "conserve
the scenery and the natural and his
tone object* and the wildlife therein
and io provide for the enjoyment ot
Ihe same in such a manner and by
such a means a* will leave them un
impaireal for the enjoyment of future
generation*
Author Harold Baaey *a*d President
lohn r Kennedy asked what was the
esact meaning of the mandate and
received the answer to keep in un-
impaaad fr testation |, a* though Fu
ropean man had not arrived
Basey finds that answer impossible
to fulfill
Keeping tt completely natural, a*
it no l.uropean man had ever entered,
iv impossible and there i* no way to
- the way it wa* before there
i* influence everywhere now." Basey
Insight
SaattvvWBB. STaVrT
month* of July thr.
!***>, and failed in
id 1UU7a*welt
n will be an m*tru
said "I am cautiously optimistic that
AITfcNllOS C SI I I.u ti
(20U) 4*2-A*iS
(•nrtt*M.g24ji
The plan called for the reSJ
IVrgnans a two story building with a
restattrant on the «econd floor and a
gift shim, dettcete**teu/ejrocery store
and aa ice cream parlor ea B*e hot
torn floor Tht* change would pro* Hie
more of a break between the ttghtlv
packed buildings m Yo***mne VTBage
A world known totmsi attraction
Yosemite Naumal Park has t.
tim hi it* owe beauty, year after year
with increasing attendance to ihe
park Park officials realize that a factor in the increase i* < aliform* '*
population ha* aUo risen dramali
tally
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Object Description
| Title | 1997_11 Insight November 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 |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35mm |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 “E-image data” |
| Language | eng |
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| Title | Insight Nov 05 1997 p 2 |
| Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publication Date | 1997 |
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Oct 2Z 1997
VIEWPOINT & NEWS
Itjgaj
Though sometimes painful, honesty is still the best policy
by Erin Srnitti
When someone a*ks you if they lot* fa. is it okay to
When your best friend asks if brushing the hair from
one side of his head to the other covers up his bald spot, i*
it okay to be honest' W hen your aunt ha* just had a baby
and evervone ask* you if it's cute, is it okay to tell the
truth1
I am constantly told by my fnends and family to "he
honest" and "don t just say yes because you don't want io
hurt my feelings " But nothing could be further from the
truth
When that curious, unsuspecting boyfriend a*k*. Is
there something different about you ' Did you change your
hair P His girlfriend immediately thinks, "he* saying that
When your Mngle mom a*k* it you think *he is loo old.
o
feeling* I* rrvtb a defense for he- Youcaateeta
ing atean' On one hand, htsrang tag out of the he
WON
not -long forgoram prtce to pay for friend will give yoa a aadgt aa
and family ask you these type* of voar way Bathing your Betrrtere for ail to see
closed-end. trap you in a-corner Whae hottest* aught am he the most coaaVtrtaNc roear
taa*taoas, maybe they are just looking for a comptiment to lake, these honest people brave the barrage >»f Inrd feet
you know no matter what tesponse _i_|_ tee ling* I* truth a defense for be You can feet ctmrutent a* the fact tha if you01
you give, in da hack: of her mind she's
thinking, "She's just *aying that because tee's my eaaajkoar.**
To some people, being honest has
heeenieacatrh 22. yon re stuck if you
do and stuck if you don't Thi* wonderful scenario happened to me when I recently got into a
conversation with my boyfriend after attending a wedding. But honesty hurts people s feeling* scene time* and Bal'*
We were discussing the reception and I commented that a price worm paying Would you rather Bat your stsser
one of the guests was annoying because she wa* *o drunk, slightly embarrass you at dinner by letting yoa kaour that
she didn't know how loud her voice wa* and kept yelling there t* a large stalk of broccoli lodged between your from respect for choosntg the road less tm***e*l To Beak,, if
at the guest* teeth or spend die entire night having everyone around more people were honest we wouldn't have had In en
He then informed me that I w a* being cold hearted to younoticeand speculateoo what poorhsgiene habusyou dure such fashion tin** puu a* poryu«ter lest haaaaas aad
make comments about someone I didn t know To me. it have'* bright pink tiny! hot pant*
was a truthful observation To him. my comment was Some of tbe most honest people are mean .which makes
mean spirited Why ' »ome of diem well respected When *»>n*rone is honest
I Itave read sortie artKksim the subject of rrurb versus with you. you know where you Hand I m Ssntrn is >V> emmmnmd fmtme edstrw esf tmstrnm
They are pelted watt severe look* and cmtcired for
vtcoldhearvdar
These honexi leva at
YOSEMITE: Park is a victim of own popularity
Corrtintied from page 1
Car* weave through Yo*emitc
Valley'* Sequoia linedniatlsloaciin
gested *iop *ign that lead* driver* to
the right to Curry Village or to tbe left
ft* Yosemite Village Traffic, both au
tomobtle and bicycle, circulate be
twecnthe communities, each with the
couch in front of a roaring fireplace
Yosemite Valley, a stretch ot aetata.
General Manage
■nun mall was re
BB1 Village in the
KM businesses
iv kta much hue
Charter busses ere big
Frank Owens matte Btear
in
Man
Mountaineering St boo
aaakj ,iK>ut tbe taaatm
I think there i* SSSSS
The flood ot funds
, pa
and pink wave mued with bluegra**
There aren't a* many meadow* *i*
ihlr hte thi* one in Yiisemae Valley
a* before Devekipment has changed
the meadows that once flanked the
Merced River on both sides
Fven the O Shaughnessv Dam on
the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir vuh
sa ajajj | saaajn asaaBow with oak*
spotted throughout
11hint something need* to he done
who I
ree h
(ahui
, .^.need noi be conflicting
/.aid leees laeaaaTsaa,
eaa Park wildlife hi
t II we don t Igftt M iheprev
ikvtito he de
Yosemite Valley for several year*, fell
itut None of natures landscape* are
aagj aj hjajj a* they are wild
The change of pure wildemes* into
the tourist attraction it is known a*
.11 the way back in the
Hutching* brought the
Bra group of tourists into Yosemite.
(utilize on traffic related
rata'* gold rush
Hutching* brought in several ho
ihe lourivts he hope
wivuld surely come once word spread
gajej
I Yo.
ditlereni birds 4I» specie* of reptile*
......
The park ha* remained almost com
me** since the days the
.aval park*
i the meadow* along the
Matted River and at a result, the re
stance a* truly *utTered *mce day one
A meadow thai once Mood a* vivid
a* ail the others, with the cold gray
rock slab* ot the Sierra Nevada at it*
backdrop looming over like tall hall
way*, fell victim to the puvh lor
people seeking to vi*it the Valley in
lusury The Ahwahnee Hotel 12*
room ; I cottage hotel, wetongmallv
the idea of the Bra NMional Park Ser
v ic | dirrttoc. Stephen T Mather
Mather came up with ihe idea for
Yosemite* premier hotel tn response
to Ijsdy Astor of England'* refusal to
stay in such meager accommixtetions
On the site of Kenneyville and the
Ahwahnee Meadow the hotel wa*
CttasnttitB in 1*27 Though it lost
< »*) m its first few year*, the
Ahwahnee eventually thrived The
cost then was $ IS SSO pet night, rate*
today begin al over 1200 a rught
pletelv different than Si
founder |
Mtnr did on hts Bra ate in I Bftg
The sense of openi
hr vensed .nY.~-m.tr
the VaJIrv
orange ( alifornn p
Mariposa I
tnstgnt photo ay Diane SoronUo
in Yoterrete Paul Unker (left) and
Nvings heuBng tourists around ttte park.
traffic is the single greatest Baca to
the enjoyment of the aatural and scenic qualities of Yosemite National
Park
This constant rise in visitor* ha*
impacted the park's air quaint ajB)
ing coocems about orone and as ef
feet on the plant harm*
to air quality turveyor
tbe decline of air
from photiKhemital
mobile combustion
The air pollutant*
also a result of weather patterns, w tnd
pattern* and pesticide* used anaanf
the Central Valley The vi**ao*/erteok
mg Yosemite Valley t.»t tourists en
tenng from the south gate often ha* a
ha/y view on summer day*
' The inbound traffic and the pot Iu
I effect of our de
tnem." *a*d Trs* *
manager of the
factor. We are looking to a park VI-
100 year* ahead, il doesn't matter if
B takes si* rnonth* to a year to de
v ek»p. we don't want to make any rash
deciskins, hut just do it right
The preservation plan wa* devised
to fulfill tbe 1916 National Park Ser
Hal Act. which sought to "conserve
the scenery and the natural and his
tone object* and the wildlife therein
and io provide for the enjoyment ot
Ihe same in such a manner and by
such a means a* will leave them un
impaireal for the enjoyment of future
generation*
Author Harold Baaey *a*d President
lohn r Kennedy asked what was the
esact meaning of the mandate and
received the answer to keep in un-
impaaad fr testation |, a* though Fu
ropean man had not arrived
Basey finds that answer impossible
to fulfill
Keeping tt completely natural, a*
it no l.uropean man had ever entered,
iv impossible and there i* no way to
- the way it wa* before there
i* influence everywhere now." Basey
Insight
SaattvvWBB. STaVrT
month* of July thr.
!***>, and failed in
id 1UU7a*welt
n will be an m*tru
said "I am cautiously optimistic that
AITfcNllOS C SI I I.u ti
(20U) 4*2-A*iS
(•nrtt*M.g24ji
The plan called for the reSJ
IVrgnans a two story building with a
restattrant on the «econd floor and a
gift shim, dettcete**teu/ejrocery store
and aa ice cream parlor ea B*e hot
torn floor Tht* change would pro* Hie
more of a break between the ttghtlv
packed buildings m Yo***mne VTBage
A world known totmsi attraction
Yosemite Naumal Park has t.
tim hi it* owe beauty, year after year
with increasing attendance to ihe
park Park officials realize that a factor in the increase i* < aliform* '*
population ha* aUo risen dramali
tally
Talk* of a vehicle reservettaa system rose more than once since IBBO,
but tt was ha |
