1994_04 Insight April 1994

              High marks for relays
Fresno State track stars blow away
competition at the 66th Annual Bob
Mathias Fresno Relays.
See Sports, Page 10
Student politics reach controversial climax in '94 ASI elections.
See Elections, Pages 6,7
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
Wednesday, April 13,1994
Volume 25, Issue 18
Ken Koller/INSIGHT
Nate Banuelos of Black Dragon Tattooing draws a tattoo on Mike Hadden's right thigh in the parlor on East McKinley.
By Rachel Rosemire	
Satff Writer
They come ina variety of shapes, sizes andcolors.
They prove a chance to do someihing different. They
represent uniqueness and a way of expressing yourself, bul most importandy ihcy arc usually with you
for life.
Taltoos have become an increasingly popular fad
among college sludents in the past few years. Ac
cording to many local tattoo artists, the popularity continues to grow.
"Thc number of people coming in to get
laitoos is definitely still growing," said Nate
Banuelos, who works at Black Dragon Tattooing
in Fresno. "People arc starting to realize that it's
not jusl a biker thing anymore, people are doing
il as a way of personal expression."
As many as 80 percent of the lalloo customers
arc of college age.
"This is a busy time of year for us." said Chuck
Pitman, a popular uiitooist at Body An Taitooing.
"When there are semester changes and spring
break, wc get a lot of college kids in here."
Jennifer Palmquist, a CSUF junior, has a tattooed anklet and a rose in a more private place.
"I had always been curious because a lot of my
friends had them," shc said. "It was basically aspur
See TATTOO, Page 11
UFW marchers
trek through
Central Valley
Hundreds of supporters
spent the weekend
marching in Fresno
By Olivia Reyes	
StaffWriter
As a child, Lupe Aguayo fell insects
crawl across hcr body while shc labored in vineyards undcra summersun
in Parlier and Sanger.
Aguayo, now 15, knew I ifc as a farm
worker child.
"You get dirty. There's spiders everywhere," Aguayo said as she recounted her experiences of picking
grapes with hcr parents, Antonio and
Manha. "You're sitting around in the
middle of thc road all day wiih bugs
crawling all over you. You have to
bring your own water."
Although Aguayo, a Del Rcy resident, was a child when shc struggled in
the grapevines, she re members the fields
vividly.
"When I was litUc, wc helped my
mother," Aguayo said. "She had no one
to baby-sil us so wc had to go with hcr.
My little brothers were there, too, but
for mosi of the lime they were crying
and wanted to go home."
If shc had a choice to recast hcr
destiny shc would, Aguayo said. Bul
shc knows she can't change the past —
only the future.
Aguayo was one of hundreds of His-
panics marching from Delano to Sacramento.
On Sunday, shc and aboui4(X)pcoplc
marched dow n a Fresno street.
While marchers showed valor and
unity, ihcir intent was to pay homage to
late longtime United Farm Workers
leader Cesar Chavez and lo rcdcdicatc
union efforts in organizing farm work-
" Wc want to get people's attention,"
Tommy Moiireal/INSIGHT
A UFW marcher pays tribute
to Cesar Chavez.
Aguayo said while marching in southwest Fresno Sunday. "How long is it
going to lake for people to understand
why we're doing this? They get mad
without knowing.
"What we're doing is the same thing
with what blacks did by joining Martin
Luther King Jr. They came to fight for
equal rights."
Thc UFW march, which began
March 31, coiled through Fresno Saturday and Sunday bringing in several
hundreds supporters.
Thc pilgrimage is scheduled to reach
Sacramento April 23, marking lhe one-
year anniversary of Chavez' death.
See CHAVEZ, Page 11
Grizzlies take the mound;
pro-baseball back in town
Professional baseball
back in swing with
'Grizzlies' set loose
in Fresno
By Jason Gibbs	
StaffWriter
Professional baseball is coming lo
town in thc form of thc Fresno
Grizzlies Triple-A Baseball Club.
In a press conference
Monday, April II, Fresno
Diamond Group Prcsideni
John Carbray announced lhc
name and unveiled thc logo
for the baseball team coming
to Fresno next spring.
The announcement was
made to an audience of icam
supporters andcommunity leaders including Fresno Mayor Jim
Patterson and Fresno City Council members Esther Padilla and
Robert Lung.
"We're proud to select 'Grizzlies'
as our name and to have lhe Valley's
future baseball team connected with
such a spirited animal," Carbray said.
Carbray said the name "Grizzlies''
was chosen with the proximity of
Yosemite National Park in mind.
"In fact," Carbray continued, "thc
word' Yosemite' itself is derived from
the Indian name 'Jusmites,' which
Thc Fresno Grizzlies will join the
Pacific Coast League which has been
in operation since 1903.
CurrenUy. the PCL is composed of
cighi teams in Salt Lake, Tuscon.
Calgary.ColoradoSprings, Vancouver,
Phoenix, Albuquerque and Las Vegas.
Fresno will have the only Triple-A
team in California.
The Grizzlies will mark the return of
professional baseball to Fresno, which
has not seen minor league baseball
since lhc one-year stint of the Singlc-A
Fresno Suns in 1988.
Prior to that, thc Fresno Giants, also
a Single-A leam, played in front of
Fresno fans at Eulcss Park for generations until ihcir departure in 1986.
But now Fresno fans will be cheer
ing for the Grizzlies.
Purple, silver and black will be the
colors worn when thcGrizzlies lake the
field next spring in the new downtown
siadium to be built this summer.
Final approval for lhe stadium is
expected at the City Council meeting
April 26.
Located along H street, between
Tulare and Inyo streets, the stadium
will be a mulu-purposc facility used for
baseball, high school football,
and other events such as musicals, religious services and high school gradua-
uons.
The stadium was designed by
Matthew W.Kennedy of Fresno
in conjunction wiih Hcllmuih.
Obataand Kassabuam(HOK)
of Kansas Cily.
Among the other projects
HOK has designed arc
Camden Yards in Baltimore. Comiskcy Park in
Chicago and Coors Field in
Denver which opens in
spring 1995.
Thc announcement of thc
name and logo coincided
with the introduction of an initial
line of Grizzlies merchandise, including baseball caps, T-shirts and golf
shirts, which is now on sale to lhc
public.
Thc Fresno Diamond Group is 'cheated at 1231 N Street in downtown
Fresno.
For more information, call
(209)442-1994.
Tommy Monreal /INSIGHT
Evangeiina Ronqulllo with 5-year-old daughter Stephanie (right) protest to save Campus
Children's Center against a proposed fee decrease on April 11 in the Free Speech Area.
Campus children defeat Reality
By Diane Greeley
and Nina Momjian
Staff Writers
The'94 election ballot will no longer
con tainacon trovers ial Assoc iatedStu-
denis. Inc. (ASI) referendum that, if
passed, would have cut student fees in
half and jeopardized the status of thc
Campus Children's Center (CCQ and
other programs.
Although studcnLs never voted on
the issue, thc "nay" voices seem to have
been heard.
The ASI bylaws require minutes to
be circulated 48 hours in advance to be
approved at the next meeting.
The proposal, introduced by thc
Reality party, was blocked when thc
minutes it was listed on were not approved by lhc allotted time. Therefore
the vote to include it on the ballot was
not official.
"It seems strange that someone can
have a week to get thc minutes ready
and they don'l have them ready for
approval," said Gino Borges. Reality
party senator.
"The secretary and legislative vice
president are sandbagging the issue,"
said PetcNicholson. Reality party senator.
Legislative Vice President Giovana
Driussi disagreed.
See DEFEAT, Page 6