1993_10 Insight October 1993

              October 6,1993
Insight/California State University, Fresno
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Crime Watch
By Amy Hansard
stajwrn	
Sept 27,1993
Day shift:
• Vandalism to storage boxes in
vineyard reported.
• Vandalism reported at McLane
Hall.
• Bike stolen from rack near
Conley An Building.
• Backpack stolen from Kennel
Bookstore.
• Theft reported at North Gym.
Swing shift:
• Hub caps stolen from car in Lot
G.
• Second bike stolen from rack
near Conley Art Building.
• Set of state keys reported stolen
from one of the offices.
• Bike stolen from rack near
North Gym.
• Bike stolen from rack near 5>an
Ramon 6.
• Bike stolen from rack near
South Gym.
Graveyard shift:
• Unsecured piece of equipment
stolen from outside North Gym.
Tuesday, SepL 28,1993
Day shift:
• Theft of state vehicle from
dorm area reported.
• Unauthorized entry into an
office in McLane Hall.
• Report filed of a disagreement
between employee and employer.
• An ill person reported in
McLane Hall.
• Vehicle repossessed from north
Maple Ave.
Swing shift:
• Bike stolen from rack near the
science building.
• Report of harassing telephone
calls.
• Second bike stolen from rack
near science building.
Wednesday, Sept 29,1993
Day shift:
• Vehicle reported stolen from
LotG.
• Abandoned bike from Sycamore Hall was stored.
• Vehicle burglary in Lot B
reported.
Thursday Sept 30,1993
Day shift:
• Stale property reported lost or
stolen.
• Called lo attend ill person in
McLane Hall.
Swing shift:
• Hit-and-run accident in Lot S.
• Subject injured while playing
intramural football.
• Vehicle lowed from Lot K for
expired registration.
• Subject cited for driving widi
expired license.
Graveyard shift:
• Subject damaged fence when
her car was involved in a noninjury accident. Fresno Police
Department responded.
No happy returns for these library users
Students hit the roof
over sky-high fines
for overdue books.
By Miwako Sakuraba	
Staff Writer
"She is not a friend anymore," said
Jennifer Johnson, a senior majoring in
history, after paying $ 100 to the Henry
Madden Library for an overdue book
fine.
In the spring of '93, one of her
friends checked out a few books from
tile library under her name, but returned them about two months after the
due date.
In die middlcof July .Johnson had to
pay S100 in overdue fines and had a
registration hold placed on her record
for the fall of "93.
"I was terribly upset" she said. "They
made it difficult for me because I have
to go to my adviser and sci everything
up again."
MuOCms say ii B ikji unu/imiiuii i,
be fined for overdue library books.
They know it is a serious matter when
ihcy have to go through a walk-through
registration, pay the library as much as
they'd spend in Las Vegas or lose their
borrowing privileges.
Erik Chen, a junior, was one of the
students whose registration was put on
hold for the fall of '93. "I didn't think it
was urgent" Chen said of the notice he
received from the library.
"When I returnedmy friend's books,
I found out I owed ihem $12 and also
got a [registration] hold."
He paid the fine at the end of July,
two to three weeks after the due date.
"Well, I don't really care about registration because I may go on the China
Semester" program in the fall of 93, he
said. But he said he still thinks what he
did was stupid.
Some students did not have to worry
about financial holds at all. Instead,
Ihey saw a small debt growing into a
huge one.
In July, Michelle Yeoh, a senior in
Journalism, was levied a S210 charge
for ihrce overdue books. $70 each.
"I was so scared!" she said. "That's
half my rent It's ridiculous!"
Since it had been four weeks after
the due date, the library assumed she
lost the books and charged a $10 processing and $60 replacement fee for
"I didn't lose the books," Yeoh said.
"Why do they charge mc for replacement even though I have ihem?" Even
if she had lost ihc books, die replacement fee is loo much, she said.
"Don't tell me each book costs $60,"
she said. "Some of the books arc so
thin, they couldn't cost that much!"
Then she called the library and asked
whether they'd still charge her $70 per
book. She was told she did not need to
pay the replacement fee, only the late
charge.
"I would have gotten so mad if they'd
really charged mc S210," Yeoh said.
"I was so scared!
That's half
my rent.    It's
ridiculous!"
— Michelle Yeoh
Although not all fines reach such
proportions that they require a second
mortgage on the house, it is embarrassing to be stopped at the circulation
counter whentrying to borrow books.
Jennifer Leune. a innior in hn<;ine.«
did noi know she had been fined S10
until she tried to check out a book in
March.
"Until dial time, I received no mail
and no call, " Leung said.
"The person al die counter said,
' You can'i borrow the book unless you
pay $10,'"she said.
The fine was carried over from ihc
end ofthe fall of'92. She knew she was
two or three days late returning books
before Christmas break, but she did not
think it is a big issue.
She found out the fine had grown to
$10. "I was so shocked!" she said.
"HowcomcSlO? I thought it was a bad
joke."
Bul before the financial hold was
put on her, she cleared the fine.
"If I didn't try to borrow ihc book at
that time, I don't know what would
have happened," she said.
According to Sue Clark, circulation
desk supervisor, the combined total of
overdue fines paid by students last year
wasS84,400.
Stephanie HUlman, associate university librarian, said this amount goes
into die State of California's general
fund.
"The onlyexcuse for overdue books
is cither forgetfulness or laziness."
Hillman said.
"After students have not returned
norcd notices to return it the library has
io do something lo cither recover the
cost or encourage the students to bring
it back."
The library's loan policy says students are allowed fines of up to $5 to
accumulate before library or Univer
sity Services will be affected.
But invoices will be mailed out for
fines totalling more than $5. If they still
don't respond, financial holds will be
placed on their university records.
At least ten dollars will be charged
for replacing and processing damaged
books; more if there is extensive damage.
"We want to get the books back,"
she said. "We don't want to charge
students."
Although they know it is Iheir fault
however, students usually do not welcome the invoice.
Hiroko Sakashita, a sophomore
majoring in telecommunication, paid a
late charge of $25 last year. She said
she wished they would have reminded
her by mail a few days before the book
was due.
"Last time I got an invoice. 1 didn't
even remember I was still holding
library's books," she said.
Bui Hillman said this isn't a practical solution.
"Well, they arc supposed to be ma-
Uire adults now." she said. "Thev'd
better leam to remember."
If students have trouble remembering, (he easiest tiling to do is to keep a
calendaroftiiebook'sduc date, Hillman
said.
And "always pay attention to die
due date stamped on the book."
Students seeing double at campus eatery
Twin CSUF students
Alice and Lisa
Gomez are medical
school hopefuls.
By Diane Greeley	
Staff Writer
In The Pantry, located near
Common's Lodge, ihc coffee maker
overflowed, sending the scent of the
fresh brew wafting ihrough the air. The
clerk whocleancditup was soon joined
by another, her mirror image.
The two clerks were Alice and Lisa
Gomez, 24-ycar-old twins who not only
work together, but arc also both seniors, biology majors and medical
school hopefuls.
Although ihcy arc together much of
the lime, die twins have enjoyed working together for the past two years.
"It's fun," said Alice, who is three
minutes younger than her sister. "I
know I can depend on her. Wc get
along so well."
The two have worked together at
football game concessions, at the Residence Dining Hall and now at The
Pantry.
Alice, who also works concessions
at ihc Satellite Student Union, found
oul about die job ihrough her sister.
"Igoi the job because noothcrpcoplc
were scheduled for Thursday," she said.
"My sister was opening up [The Pantry]. The manager was widi us and
asked if I wanted to work."
The twins arc saving money io pul
themselves through school when their
financial aid runs out, Alice said.
Currcndy, they are taking only one
class. Chemistry 128A, so they can use
their final semester's worth of financial aid in the spring when tiicy can sign
up for more classes.
Their parents, Victoria and Jose
Sandoval, arc unable to help financially.
"My mom, she's sick," Alice said.
"Her kidney's arc failing so she's a
homemaker. She's on disability."
Their stepfather is prcsendy unemployed since he is a seasonal worker in
the agricultural fields.
"My father left my mom when she
was a few months pregnant
"Since wc were bom until wc were
18, wc were on welfare," Alice reflected.
She said they may have to take only
one class a semester if money remains
tight
The sisters, who have no other siblings, arc very close as a result of their
upbringing.
"My mom was trying to protect us,
so she wanted us to stick together to
make sure nothing happened," Lisa
said."Ii just became habiLShc wouldn't
even let us go to friends' houses to play
because she wasn't there to be sure wc
were okay."
The girls could have few friends
over to visit because ihcy needed to
remain quiet for their grandparents.
"She was ihc only one I could play
widi," Lisa said. "Wc learned to live
wiih each other."
A lifelong friend of theirs. Cclia
Roblcs, 17, also a biology major, said
ihcy arc really close to each other.
"It'sa partof them," she said. "They
really arc best best friends. They hardly
ever gel in arguments and that's ihc
way il is. If they do, they talk il out"
Alice agreed ihcy do fight at times.
"There is always a last word wc way to
each other," she said. "Not necessarily
nice, but a last word. A lot of times, we
just look al each other and laugh."
She said this usually happens in the
moming when they both wake up
grouchy and any little thing sets ihem
off.
She said they try to leave
disagreements behind when ihcy leave
for school from their one-story, two-
bedroom home located ahalf mile from
downtown Fresno.
The twins arc determined to practice
pediatric medicine. Lisa recalled die
childhood memories of what led her
into medicine.
DUiwTrofc*/INSIGHT
Twin CSUF clerks Lisa and Alice Gomez work in The Pantry located near the CSUF dormitories.
"Wc were in the hospital a lot and
wc would sit in the emergency room,"
she said. "You'd sec other kids your
age who were sick. You'd see how die
doctor would give you your prognosis
and you're like. 'Wow! How did ihcy
know that?'"
Alice wants lo enter medicine for
other reasons. "It's hard lo put it into
words," she said. "I can just feel it It's
more than just liking science. It's more
like trying to make someone feci better. I can't explain the rest I've known
since I was little, very little."
Career choice isn't the only commonality they share.
"Sometimes I'll confuse them,"
Roblcs said. "Sometimes they think
the same."
"We're pretty much alike except
somcarcas I fcclstrongly aboutandshc
doesn't" Alice said.
"Even our boyfrinds can'l tell our
voices apart on die phone," Lisa said.
"People say we sound the same. A few
times we've switched on diem."
The women insist they didn't switch
places on their teachers or parents.
"Some of our teachers thought wc
The sisters may have similarities in
how they dress and spend iheir time,
but (hey have fundamentally different
personalities.
"Alice is a shy person, but she is
outgoing," Roblcs explained. "She is
fun io be around. She's a real friend.
She'll be there when you need her. Lisa
is the funny one. She likes lo talk a lot
They arc pretty much ihc same. One's
active and the other, Lisa, is more talkative and outgoing."
Aco-workcratThcPantry,21-ycar-
old Tracy Olsen, a computer science
major, described Lisa as quiet but funny
and very much a 'people' person.
Olsen has a unique perspective on
the twins because she, too, has a twin
sister. "Only twins can understand
twins," she said.
'Two people who hang oul together,
say the same tilings and like ihc same
tilings. When you hang out widi someone all the time, you have the same
environment."
She said this is more true of twins,
bul Lisa and Alice especially.
"It's unusual that they are in ihe
same major ahdwant the same tilings,"
said Olsen.
One th ing ihcy do share is the house
work. "Wc clean the house and cook,"
Alice said. "I try to run errands for [my
mother]."
"Sometimes she does a lot but my
sister and I tell her not to do so much or
she will be in pain and in bed for three
days."
Lisacxplaincd that Alice does most
of ihc cooking and she helps clean up
to share the load.
As they help their mother and take
courses, they anticipate going tomedi-
cal school, which may be the first
time they will be separated.
But at this point, it is nol certain
thai they will even be accepted to the
same medical school. Even if ihcy
aren't ihcy will remain close and
hope to fufill some dreams they both
share.
"I'd like to go to Mexico and sec if
I can climb one of those tall pyramids," Alice said. "That's been one of
mine and Lisa's dreams—to climb to
the top."
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