1995_10 Insight October 1995

              OCTOBER 18,1995
INSIGHT
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
VpL. 27, NO. 6
Relatives of victims promote love, forgiveness
♦ MVFR brIntfS vood-will '■'■'"*■■> <*' Hope .s a two-week lour con-    books. T-shins and buthms. Balloims floated      "Iknow what it is to crj out for vengeance."    ^.overturned Thcrehadl
♦ MVFR brings good-will
message to the Valley with
the Journey of Hope tour
iiv Guj K. Sharwood
Staff Writei
Anyone expecting: lo mm anger, hatred or
bitterness did not rtnil much of n at this rally.
Instead, love, good will and messages of
hope pervaded Ihe liav p.ui^li hall.
Smiling laces and hues abounded inside thc
to the shady courtyard, where
v Murdci Victims Families foi Rcc
»i Hope began in s.m
T-shins and buttons. Balloons floated      "I know what
als b.R.    s.nd Georcc White. •
mud the room featuring the
lor "death penalty," enclosed within th
iim.li I
cd
i.illv.
place
Vista I nitcd Methu
Ho
MVFR is .i group ol individuals who have
lost relatives to violent crime. It comprises
people o| various ages, ideologies and eco-
graphical backgrounds.
lis message is. "Don't kill in our name.''
All members share the pain thai comes u ith
such losses. All members stress forgiveness.
And all strongly oppose the death pcnalt)
Booths occupied every wall of the little
loom, representing various sponsors ol the
event, including Amnesty International.
Health Cue For"All. and Women's Interna-
The booths were sprinkled w ith pamphlets.
The front of one T-
eves .md a quote In
Jr    "An c
i Ma
ured two large    Wil
n Luther King    th.
armed robbery "|l*ve1 been there, ifcw
"I let anger and hale iiiipris<
aid.  "|lhe)
rybtxl
m bars
re | much sir.
blind." The back bore ihe question: "Wh\ d
we kill people who kill people to
killing people is wrong?"
Charlie King, a singer-guitarisi
■oneeri al lhe rally. Di
..jg lhe trial.
"April r», 1992'. the charge
What began w ith a bang elide
per.:* White has no record
Hitler and outraged. While
lion list lhai "^>i preity long/^
.% ii11 nit iniii. pm .i l . -iRi.il .» uit i.iii\   iyi \ie uuui;
Sala/ai ot I resiio read original pivms Artist with my bare hand
Susan Hcidcbrecrtt provided face-painting foi       White, a lull man
children the story ol I
I he speakers and participants radiated lov e murder of his i
and harmony throughout the room. to life imprisi
Bul manj ol ihem had noi always fell ihi
Williams'mother was shot to death
bv a hired gunman who was itist ri
Irom prison    .
"In the beginning." said Marietta Jaeger ol    children. Tom and Kn-
ihcd    ihe man who kidnapped her 7-year-old       "Realizing how had il
daughter, Susie, in lv7J. "I warned to kill him    said, "the'ir
iribu
about with
itid.unwavering love" of his two
.tor ihem." White
.   II.-
uld
 cd T-shirt, relate..
he was charged with the
. sent to trial and sentcne ed
Idol
"I v
luckv." White
i an Alabama pris.
.aid "Mv convicti
What began as an act ol violence should
lot be memorialized with an act ol ven-
"II thai man « alked in ihn ugh thai door and
See JOURNEY, page 5
Fighting
graffiti
with
graffiti
+ Businesses decide
if you can't fight
taggers, join them
by Vpolinar Komcca
on the sides ol buildings have been a
problem foi business owners and
neighborhoods in Fresno lor a number ol years
This problem has provoked citizens
to lake ae i
Volumeeis in the gioup Residents
Vgainst < irallili. pan oi the South East
Neighborhood Waleh \ssociation.
ing over lhe vandalism that'taggers
made on neighborhood walls.
Instead ol repainting a wall each
tune a tagger sti ikes, some businesses
have taken a unique approach to combatting this problem Ihev have decided 10 fight lire wnh Inc.
Browns Flower shop, loaded on
Belmont Avenue, across the street
irom Rocding Park, has been regularly hit bv taggers for the past two
TV cameras to aid
campus crime fight
♦ Increased crime rate
month |obs
is tinishmg up the psychological
has police adding
There vv ill be 18 police officers and
also 40 eommunitv service officers
analysis and Shell will be making a
tina'l    decision    in    November.
new safety precautions
i students that provide traltis and
McDonald said
crowd control) on statt when the fi
Shell has made his decision on the
nal decision is made
tour officers he wants to hire. Two
h\ Nancv Davis
The new officers will be assigned
have been through the police academe
Staff \\rriu r
to housing and will patrol the cam
and ihe remaining two will be put
pus. Shell wants an officer in the
through the academv under the Po
"Big brother" will soon he watch-
tree speech area to enforce the no-
lice Officers Standards and Training
years. He said the only tags thai are still le
Guests experience silence
at Deaf-for-a-Day event
hy latin Brians laying a typewritten message i
Insight photo by Apolinar Fonseca
John Carr. owner of J.C.'s Antiques, promotes his paid-for
advertisement by local graffiti taggers.
* "Sometimes they get this place real    on the building are the ones that he
good," said Jim Brown, an employee
ol ilK-.tlowei shop.
Bul aboul sis months ago. the employees thought of a new way to prevent taggers from marking the walls
of the shop. They panned their own
graffiti on one of the walls.
"Brown's" was painted mi the west
wall in pastel colors. The store name
was spelled out vv ith graffiti-sty le lettering %
Brown said lhat three or four teenagers approached him aboul painting
the name onto the wall for S20.
Since then. Brown has noticed lhat
• the graffiti problem has slowed dow n.
le said the only tags that are still left
artis
"It's better then having ihem c
over and spray stupid stutl all 0
he said.
J.C.'s Antiques, located on (
Avenue on the outskirts ol the I
District, faced a situation simil
Brown's Flower Shop
When a group of five
ages 15 to 17. showed the ovvnei
J. C.'s Antiques a portfolio! In
tided to eel the store's name p.u
on the wall.
John Carr said that once lhe sti
wall was painted with graffiti, lag
See TAGGING, page 5
mrglarv and vandal-
irom buildings."
c Shell Jr.. Iresno
director of public
v. said
ne on campus has
Among other safety precautions,
fhe Public Safety Department is
putting ... video cameras in
potentially high-crime areas on
campus.
.. the Public Safety
ment  is  putting
o bur-
tailed in Jar
vill
La
ight. Shell said pol
into because not
tailed process.,
is conducted o
includes a psyc
aekground check
tppneants which
Ogicai and phy sl
ide video cameras will be placed
in several areas of campus, including
parkine lots and the Joval Administration Building, said Vickie Veen, ad-
ministralive assistant to the director
of public
e'llhav
S in the i
More ihan KM) people applied fi
the job. but only 85 applicants rema
in the pool for the S2.7I4 to $3,334
lion center and dispatch cei
yTl be able to record what b
hy Cathy Brians
Siaff.Wrih
An
.vded
but silent room. Still, the room was
alive with enthusiastic conversation.
Dancing lingers expressed American Sign Language.lhe language of
Ihe deal
The dinners in the Hometown BufTci
banquet room gathered to applaud si\
community leaders vv hocspcncnccd a
morning without sound, luieh had volunteered loraiiannu.il event. Deaf-for-
a-Day. sponsored b) the Valley Advo-
eacy and Conmuiniealion (enler.
laying a typewritten i
workplace ovei adev ice known as the
I TV The TTY enables the deaf to
send and receive written telephone
conversations. Stevenson's hesitancy
using the equipment, combined with
lhe difficulty reaching a party on the
othei end. made ihe task much harder.
Another task required participants
to vv .itch a TV new s report and determine the facts. A closed-coptioned
slory followed and Stevenson and the
others realized how little they understood ol the newscast's content.
programming is
;apno
the hea
'ounty Super, is
Each wore an airpori-stvle noise
uppression device called an "ear
ihi IT' by airline ground crews. They
were asked to complete some every -
ks such as using the phone or
.itching Ihe news.
Stevenson said one of the tasks she
.- in the business of communication.
She described her I fust rat ion in re-
da
pe
chors and reporters write the broadcasts and the "as is" draft is sent for
captioning.
She asked the audience to bear vv ith
grammatical errors, misspelled words
and editing marks that can sneak into
the captioning.
"Reporters make changes in iheir
scripts right up to broadcast time."
Stevenson said. "It lakes a great deal
of a reporter's time to do the script
bul now 1 know how important it is to
the people at home."
The participants of Deaf-for-a-Day
See DEAF, page 5
Own a Cell Phone?
Let's talk.
for
Insight is seeking cellular pin
an upcoming story on the co
and security of cell phones.
Own one? Please give us a call at 278-2892
leave a message and expect a reply.
A work in progress
Photo courtesy Svea P.
Blue foam covers the roof of the bowling alley where construction workers Fernando and Jesse Aquirre
are helping to build North Court Park. The site is located between the University Student Union and McLane
Hall. Please see related story on page 5.