1997_12 Insight December 1997

              IN FOCUS
SPORTS
In the buff
for art
■ Fresno State students bare
all as models for drawing
classes.
Insight
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Against all
odds
BuWog swinxrief
beats anorexia,
accepts herself
Patterson claims bias in Bee's City Hall coverage
■ Newspaper executives deny
mayor's charges of
unbalanced reporting.
by Derek Walter
Staff Writer
Jim Patterson doesn't subscribe M IV f-rrsno Bee
But that doesn't mean he's not reading it
And lately, he hasn't been pleased with what he's
been reading
"Nothing The Fresno Bee does with respect to me
surprises me 1 think thev have made their mind up
about me and thev simply will skew things a certain
way thar suits a predetermined editorial point ot \ lew
Patterson appears confident about how he's tun
dling his j»rb. refusing to he battered by his critics
He seems deiemnned to survive politically, unfa/ed
hy a battle over efforts to bring Triple A haaafcell to
dosvmosvn Fresno, an effort to recall him and a newspaper SMt *m facte has treated him unfairly
While the mayor calmly disputed many of The
Bet s cfMCMMfc, he ttpos* warmly of his ( hnstian
faith and his relationship with his family
Mv home is a very special place where my atten
•SB and rime is directed to mv wife and my children '
Patterson said he tries to separate his role as mayor
from those of father and husband Part ot rhat inc ludes
not subscribing to TV FtMMe Bee at home
When I go home. I try to he dad I'm not the mayor
And to the hesr of my ahiliites. I leave being the mayor
at the doorstep when I walk in
Patterson's Christian faith has also given him
strength during lough times, h, /"
M\( hnsttan faith has sustained me through a lot
and it has strengthened me    he said   Tve teamed
there's a whole lot more to life than being bom and
dying and My faith helps me in sec ttwtayeaM today.
it connects me to the nosv aad the eternal "
PMWriaa atfaoctoMB. a ctca* ctrct* of friends Mm
with sptniual
people that support me and give me im miagjlUMM
and strength,  he said
Fven though being mayor takes op a great deal of
his time. Patterson said he mes to stay connected to
m allow this office to consume you If
><>u do it will steal away so much of the abilities that
.» private citiren has to affect government I try to
change ihe office, and not let the office change me "
i last, Patterson said he constamty tries
See WT7XBS0N. page 4
Sports fans, including Bulldog football fans, gain a sense of belonging from cheering on their favorita tta unto.
Fans support teams
despite controversies
By Linda Bickford and
Junnifnr Starks
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