1993_11 Insight November 1993

              November 10,1993
Insight/California State University, Fresno/
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Variety of beer brings cheers from students
By Nancy M. Hormel
StaffWriter
It's Friday night and the convenience stores near campus are booming wiih customers. Bul die students
aren't out to buy groceries. They're
oul to stock up on an all-time party
favorite—beer.
Domestics, imports, ales and specialty beers arc increasing on the
market. With Miller, Budwciscr,
Coors.Zima, Hcinekcn, Mickey's and
more to choose from, which beer is
the biggest seller among CSUF stu
dents?
Hands down, die wi nncrs arc Coors
Light and Keystone Light, said employees at two local liquor stores.
University Dcli/Liquor.aiBarstow
and Cedar avenues across frorh Bulldog Stadium, sells about 30 cases a
night of Keystone Light and Coors
Light. On a Friday or Saturday night,
sales rise to about 50 cases.
Yascr Amirch, owner of Bulldog
Liquoron Cedar and Shaw, sells about
100 cases of Keystone Light a week
and said that sales of Coors products
go down about 90 percent in the summer, while other beer sales remain the
Bar's profits a
drop in Bucket
By Chris Knowles
StaffWriter
The Bucket may be a better place
for students to study than the library these days.
With the loss of a stereo and a
decline in business from last year
the bar 's profits have taken a sharp
drop.
Director of Food Services. Jim
Prince attributes ihe drop in sales to
a decline in enrollment.
"Every business wc have on campus depends upon enrollment," he
said.
He said the loss of students who
would be spending money on ihis
campus means a loss in money for
the school.
According to Prince, the addition of ihe fast f(Hxi restaurants has
•"captured more ofthe |food) market" by keeping students on cam-
Allhough the Bucket is known
by students primarily as a bar. food
sales make up about 50 percent of
In addition to the drop in enrollment. Prince feels ihe reduction in
the number of nighl classes being
offered means fewer students patronizing the establishment.
The 1992-93 school was an unusually busy year for the Bucket,
which made S832 in profit from
July 1 through Sept. 31. according
to Prince.
In contrast, this year's profits in
the same time frame only stand al
S46.
Sales hist year in die three-month
period were more lhan $8,700 and
only aboul S1,900 Ihis year.
Ashley Linden, a 26-year-old
journalism student and employee
of the Bucket, feels "the Bucket
has lost some of the energy it had
last year."
When the Bucket opened, policies were made by CSUF Food
Services and the association, such
as no happy hour specials and no
alcohol served during student elections.
With sales being so low. some
may think that it is not profitable to
keep the Bucket open.
Bul Prince feels it is worthwhile
even though il caters lo only a
small group of students.
The Bucket must renew its liquor license every year, a requirement that costs more than $500.
Wiih ihe liquor license. Food
Services is able to cater events in
ihc Bucket as well as sell beer at
football games.
The profits from these events
go to Food Services, of which the
Bucket is a part.
"The Bucket has always been
low-key.'" Prince said.
"Bul is still an important business on this campus."
"Keystone Light sells the mc
Il's a good beer for a good price."'
said.
Rosie Ramirez, an
employee at University
Deli/Liquor, also thinks
thai Keystone Light is a
good beer choice for college students.
"Coors company
makes Keystone, so it's
basically the same," she
said.
Ramirez said that beer
drinking is up compared
to last semester and most
peopic spend aboul Sl2
toS15 alb lime.
On ihc other hand,
ing has been much lower
ihis semester compared
lo last.
"Students usually buy
a 6-pack or a 12-pack,
bul when they come
in groups, they spend S50
to $60." Amirch said.
He said thai he sells
aboul S5.000 worth of
beer a week.
Dave Nii, a biological
science major, spends about S20 a
week on beer. He mostly drinksCoors
Light because it's inexpensive, aboul
So a 12-pack on sale. most ol" ihcir business, and on week
"I usually drink al panics, bul if I     ends, il is common lor students to
drink at a bar. I'!1 spend S20 lo S30 a    spend S30 to S40 at a lime oi
Suds and snake eyes
After a long day of hitting the books, Steve Fisher, Keith Raulter and Jason S.
Anderson play a few games of dice poker and enjoy the alcohol menu last
Thursday at the Bucket.
nght. I usually drink becrand a couple
if mixed drinks," he said.
Ramirez said students account for
more, except if she goes lo a club.
"I weni io a dance ihis weekend
and spent about S20 on beer."' she
Bul with so many beers to choose
from, some people are deviating from
Ihcir favonic beer and are opting lo
try more exciting ones.
"A loi of people are looking toward
dicimportsandspccialtybecrs. Those
are gelling really popular," Ramirez
"Cave Creek is popular for peopic
who wanl to try it. A lot of people buy
singles of it. It's a really spicy beer,
from what I hear." she said.
Austin Hastings. 23, likes to drink
specially beers from Alaska and Australia.
"I drink more expensive beer over
the summer when I'm working. I
drink imports and Alaskan beer," he
said.
Hastings spent seven weeks in
Australia and said he enjoyed lasting
brews from the Land Down Under.
"My absolute favornc beer is Cascade, which is made in Tasmania.
You can't get u in the stales." he said.
In addition io buying more imports
and specialty beers, both Amireh and
Ramirez said students drink different
amounts aidiffcrentiimcs of the week,
month and sc
L. Garcia, a liberal studies major,
said that she doesn't dnnk much any
See BEER, page 9
BACCHUS promotes alcohol safety
Club designed to educate about alcohol use
and encourage responsible drinking.
By Diane Greeley	
StaffWriter
A campus club hoped to kill dozens
of CSUF students yesterday and today,
son of.
The mock deaths were pan of "dead
days," an event which was one of the
activities planned to celebrate National
Alcohol Awarenoss Week by the club
Boost Alcohol Consc iousness Concern -
ing the Health of University Students
(BACCHUS).
"Wc recruited people io pretend to
be dead for the day," said ihc planncrof
the event, Elizabeth Wagner, 19, an
Industrial Engineering major.
"They should wear solemn black
clothing. It is to show that every 22
minutes someone dies in an alcohol-
related incident"
"The purpose [of the club] is to
educate the student body on issues regarding alcohol use and to try to promote and encourage responsible drinking." said Mary Sieren, 21, resident
advisor in Graves Hall.
Toachieve this goal, Baccus is sponsoring several activities throughout the
week including: red ribbon day on
Monday, the two dead days, and a
recreation nighl on Friday night.
On Monday.rcd ribbons were passed
out on index cards which contained a
fact pertaining to university students
and alcohol.
The two "dead days" involved Ihe
mock deaths and the decorating of participating dorm students' doors wiih
paper tombstones slating the student's
name, age and how they died.
The recreation night, scheduled from
midnight to 3 am. on Friday, will be
held in the intramural space in the
South gym and should include volleyball, basketball and other games.
S ieren explained the purpose of the
acti vities. "Wedon't warn to be morbid
butresponsible,Sieren said. Hopefully,
by our actions [students] will take precautions when they drink. We're not
down on drinking, wc just want responsibility," she said. "Responsible
drinking is making sure if you go to a
pany, you have a designated driver or,
if you are going to drink, you don't
drive.
"It's also being aware of your surroundings," Sieren said. "If you go to a
party and you don't know anyone,
maybe don't dnnk or have a buddy. It's
also being aware of the possible consequences of drinking."
Wagner understands these consequences well, since a member of her
extended family is an alcoholic. "She
has a small child and when she gets
drunk, it's hard to be sure she docsn t
harm her son. When peopic gel involved, it causes strife because she
thinks she is capable of taking care of
him when she's not," Wagner said.
She related an incident which is
strong in her memory. "She was drunk
and she went to hit her son," Wagner
said. "My mom was saying, "I don't
think so' and when they got into an
argument, everyone got involved"
Experiences such as these arc the
reason she works to help fellow students from becoming alcoholics.
"It makes you think, 'How will this
effect other people?'" she said. *'I never
want to see another child effected like
this little boy was."
Heidi Pamock, BACCHUS vice-
president, 18,also hopes thciractivitics
will educate students. "I have friends
who are alcoholics," she said "My
boyfriend is an alcoholic. They don't
See BACCHUS, page 9
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