1993_10 Insight October 1993

              v^ampus Calendar
Chavez to speak
University Lecture Scries presents author Linda Chavez discussing education and the poli-
tics of hispanic assimilation at
7:30 pjn., Tuesday, Nov. 9, in
the Satellite Student Union.
Chavez wrote, "Out of the
Ban-ia Toward a New Politics
of Hispanic Assimilation" and
heads ihe Manhattan Center for
the New American Community.
Admission is $2 for students
and $10 for the public and may
be purchased at the University
Student Union Information Desk
between 9 a.m. and 7:30 pjn.
weekdays. For more information, please call 278-2078.
Presidential forum
CSUF President John Welty
is scheduled to speak at an open
forum on Friday, Dec. 10 from 3
p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Main Cafeteria, Room 200.
He will report to the campus
community on current issues and
answer questions by students,
faculty and staff.
Overseas jobs
The International Education
Program provides summer job
opponunitiesforstudents in Germany , Switzerland, France, Belgium, Singapore and others.
The well-paying jobs are in
the national language and range
from hotel work to financial,
industrial research or computing positions.
For further informauon about
overseas summer job opportunities, contact David G. Engle at
278-2708 or June Gill at 278-
2447.
Food drive
LGBSA (Lcsbian-Gay-Bi-
sexual Straight Alliance) will
hold a food drive throughout
themonth of November for
Povarello House, which provides
shelterand food for Fresno homeless. Donation boxes will be
placed in central locations on
campus.
Please limit donations to non-
perishable food items.
Grieg celebration
In celebration of the famous
Norwegian composer Edward
Grieg's 150th anniversary, the
CSUF Music Department will
host a concert featuring Norwegian soprano Marianne Hirsti
and Dutch accompanist Rudolf
Jansen. The conert will take place
at8pjn.onFriday,Nov.5inthe
Vocal Performance Hall in the
New Musk Building. General
admission tickets are $10, students 55. Tickets are available
bycalling278-2654.Ticketscan
also be purchased at the door.
Living with divorce
"Living with Divorce... Surviving the Changes in our Lives"
is the topic of a Learn-at-Lunch
presentation from noon to 1 p.m.
on Nov. 11 and 18 (Thursdays)
in the MainCafeteria, Room 202.
Ronald Kiyuna, professor of special education and counseling,
will discuss the needs created by
divorce.
Halloween Warning
For most, Halloween is a time
for holiday fun—dressing up and
going to parties, but for others il
carries a deeper, more ominous
ceremonial significance. Nationwide, Satanic and devil- worshipping cults are gaining in popularity and numbers.
The rituals in which they engage, particularly on Halloween
night, typically involve the mutilation and murder of innocent
animals, often trusting and
friendly domestic pets lured from
their homes. And cliche as it
seems, black cats are a favorite
of these sects.
Animal carcasses are often
found strewn over park grounds
and other private, secluded areas.
According to the Fresno Police Officer Bill Groves, such
activities are more prevalent in
larger cities, but as the valley's
population increases, so does the
crime rate and cult activity.
So for the sake of our animals, please don't take any
chances. Leaving your pets outside and vulnerable on Halloween night cou|d have deadly con-
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October 27,1993
Volume 25, Issue 7
Night owls prey
on graveyard shift
By Bryan Chan
StaffWriter
Wednesdays.
"The draw about late night is that
you get a lot of weird late-night listeners calling aiivi asking fui ruiiiy »
a week.
"I'm not a night person. I'm a
day person," she said.
Wiih a full moon looming oul of    stuff," Batty said of the request for    classroom jusi as the sun rises, but
the late-evening sky, a lone figure    bands like Butthole Surfers, Poison    would prefer being at home,
stalks the deserted halls of McLane    Idea and Quicksand. "Nighl time is made forbeing in
the house and
with the family.
But we have to do
it to make ihe living," ihe custodian said.
The quiet and
loneliness that
goes with the
nighl shift docs
not bother Commons Lodge
night desk clerk
Bryan O'Leary.
He said the
solitude allows
him to do homework, write to his
fiance, or sometimes watch
movies when he
is not giving information or
checking out
equipment.
"The most important thing
about this job is
to bring something to keep
yourself busy,"
O'Leary said. "If
you don't, you go
stir crazy just sitting here."
Batty also enjoys being alone
while he works.
"Music is
kind of a friend
in a way," he
dis-
Roaming the silent halls after midnight when most people are
asleep, CSUF custodians have a spooky job.
patching police officers, or
sweeping floors while most people "I consider this prime-time for mc,"
sleep. Baity said, while music flowed across
KFSR dec jay and music direc- the airwaves from the small radio sta-
tor Brent Batty enjoys working late uon studio in the Speech Arts Building,
becauseoftheunusuallistcncrsand Butcampus police dispatcher Anita    be a little unnerving.
requests during his 9 p.m. to mid- Mendcz is not so thrilled about the 11    	
night alternative music show on p.m. to 7 a.m. shift she works five days                    See OWLS, page 7
Mendcz said it is "usually slow
on graveyard" until an emergency
call shatters the silence.
Occasionally, the late shift can
Future grads
may break out
in half the time
By Lori Ash	
StaffWriter
CSU faculty and administrators are
discussing a program that will guarantee future students a bachelor's degree
in three years instead of ihe average of
six years it takes now.
The idea was presented duringCSUF
President John Welly's annual Academic Assembly Address on Aug. 24.
"Il is my belief that a vigorous three-
year program grounded in the liberal
arts and sciences could provide strong
preparation for students who plan to
enter professional or graduate
school," Welty said.
many other students in the Valley
who would be inclined io come to the
university to pursue such a degree
program."
Dr. Leonard Salazar, CSUF vice
president of academic affairs, is one
of Ihe administrators working with
Ihe idea.
"The idea came from the president
of Stanford University," Salazar said
"President Welty has raised the issue
See DEGREE, page 7
No 'dead air' here:
students perform
KMPH radio show
By Julie Johnson	
StaffWriter
Broadcast students are getting a chance to sec what radio is like in the "real
world." Fresno radio station KMPH (107.9 FM) is giving students a four-
minute time slot to report on- and off-campus news.
The students report ncws.andconductinicrvicws with professors and faculty
about topics on and off campus and upcoming events. The newscast can be
heard three times each Sunday. The first air date was Oct 17. Producer of
"Fresno Focus," Mary Pivovaroff, said she feels like she is getting hands-on
experience.
"We are actually making the entire segment ourselves," she said. "We're
learning everything, starting from scratch to the end product. So far everything
has been going smoothly because everyone is concerned with making it right."
CSUF Professor Jim Wilson believes the experience will bring out the best
in his siuden ts. "It gi ves students an opportuni ty to do more than just wri te a story
to be critiqued by an instructor," he said. "They know their stories will be heard
by lots of people and ihey strive to do there very best"
KMPH news director Hal Brown said one reason for the news slot is that the
community will have an insight on what's happening on campus.
He said another reason is that il gives students an opportunity to sharpen their
skills in a real world environment where there arc deadlines and difficulties.
Seven students—Mary Pivovaroff, Jennifer Newman, Julie Johnson, Chris
Knowles, Felicia Chayt, Michelle Chavez, and Ruth Bayang—arc involved in
writing stories, getting taped interviews, recording segments and delivering
tapes lo KMPH. They will also be recorded speaking on iheir individual stories.
The newscast will be conducted throughout the year and continue as long as
the school can provide news.
Fortune-teller gets student hand in palm-reading
By Aimee L. Fisher	
StaffWriter
"... The material world is merely 'the outward image
and copy of a heavenly and spiritual pattern.' The
pattern ofthe whole is reflected lawfully in the
pattern of each of its parts: the same laws which act
in the universe, act in man, and again, on a different
scale of being, in the world ofthe atom "
—Fred Gcttings
"The Book of the Hand"
To most college students, Halloween is simply a party
night. This year Beavis and Bull-Head or the ever-popular
Elvis impersonators might be roaming ihe neighborhood
or drinking the night away al a keggcr.
Others, however, may spend the night warding off evil
spirits.
Sister Helen, a psychic counselor in Tulare, said Halloween is the night the "bad spirits come out."
Wiih my curiosity peaked. I decided to visit a psychic
counselor to find out more about Halloween and maybe a
little about my future, as well.
I called several psychics in Fresno, but none would
allow me to tape-record my reading or interview them.
Fortunately, a friend of mine told me aboul Gerry Gillette,
a psychic counselor who had allowed her to tape-record a
reading a couple of years ago.
Gerry's Counseling, at 5587 E. Griffiih Way, is nestled
in the corner of an L-shaped shopping nook next to a barber
shop. It is small and somewhat dingy, and it smcllcd of
clove cigarettes.
Theoffice fulfilled what I had envisioned completely—
unlike Fatima Marie's office in Fowler, which looks like a
doctor's office (Fatima Marie's psychic counseling is the
place in Fowler with the neon signs beckoning High way 99
travelers to visit Madame Sophia). Madame Sophia, however, passed away about nine months ago.
Gerry Gillette, now Gerry Vamer, met my expectations
as well. She was wearing a flowing, purplish outfit, had
short auburn-red hair and wore heavy eyeliner.
After my first question, I was promptly informed by
Vamer that she doesn't get involved in the "kooky, weird
pan of Halloween.
To me, Halloween is when you dress up in a costume
and go out to trick or treat," Vamer said. "No, I don't have
any superstitions, any weird, any negative, no lighting of
candles..-anything like that I don't do."
The office was somewhat shadowy—just the natural light
from the front of the office filtered in. I had settled into a chair
in front of her large desk and she asked my age. She plopped
a deck of dog-eared cards in from of me and told mc to shuffle
them. Then she told mc to hold out my right palm.
"First of all, you're going lo live to be extremely old."
Vamer said. "You've gota very long, long, long lifetime. You
could live to your 90s. "Very, very old," she repeated.
She then told me some prcuy general, although true as far
as I'm concerned, things such as:
—I fear failure and am a perfectionist at times (Isn't every
college student like this?).
—1 was bom sman and crcauvc (most people probably al
least secretly believe (his, loo).
—I don't have much to say to people I don't know.
—Money is not my goal (She knew I was doing a story for
ihc Insight and most likely guessed I am studying journalism.
Anyone with this knowledge would have to know I'm not after
a lot of money).
After reading my palm, Vamer had mc shuffle a deck of
playing cards, which she then laid out in a paucm similar to thai
of an asterisk.
She told mc about my family. She pegged my mahcr.
stepsister and stepbrother right on. My dad's description was
way off. She said he is a "laid-back, happy person."
My dad is literally the most uptight person you could ever
mecL He is technically happy, bul if you mei him, you
probably wouldn't guess it by his facial expression.
She was pretty general about my 3-ycar-old brother. She
said he was a sharp boy with a dazzling smile. He's also going
to have a head for business when he grows up because he's so
inquisitive, Vamer said.
Is there a 3-year-old in the world who couldn't be described
that way? I think not.
Vamer described my sicp-brother as the "black sheepof the
family. You don't hear from him, but you hear about him,
righi?"That is true. I never hear from my step-brother. He lives
in Florida and every time I do hear about him, it's usually that
he's gotten into some kind of trouble.
Probably the most amazing aspect of the reading, was not
that she some how knew about my family members'personalities and how they relate to me, but the fact that she guessed
which relatives I actually have.
The only thing I told her prior to the reading was my name
and age. She knew I had a sister (I then told her she was my
step-sister, but I consider her my real sister). She knew I had
ariaturalrxotherandastep-bromer.Idon'imiructhere'sasoul
Palm reading Is one technique used by psychic Gerry Gillette.
in Fresno who knew that I have a stepbrother—until today, of course.
While the whole experience may
seem eerie, il really wasn't. I felt completely comfortable. Vamer wasn't
threatening in any way.
She seemed so "normal," I had to
ask how she knew all these things. I
asked her if she read all the things about
me from my palm and the playing
cards.
"No, it comes from here," she said.
pointing to aer head.
"From my head?" I asked.
"From my head," she replied. "It's
like my mind is inside yours. That's
why I have to talk so fast—because
I'mrcadingyourUfefromvourmind."
Varner made some predictions,
too. Along with the fact that I'm
going to live a long, long, long time,
I'malsogoingto marry a dark-haired,
dark-eyed man who is six or seven
years older than me.