1996_02 Insight February 1996

              FEBRUARY 21,1996
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»l's inlaws 10 imniediaieK appnue unall.H.aied surplus lundiiii; Im T On. If: Voted on nine unallocated surplus funding requests, Nm. 16: Approved ihe Corporate Downsizing Ai
.ileinilv Couik.I <Vlo5<Jl and Pan Hellenic Council IS450O, Requests mcludine the Charles Drew Souelv. tor S450 Suspended hvl.-ws aimed al Limine \SI\ ik> (,, ihe AIDS Awarenes
lown in ASI fiscal pohev  Appruved holh requests hv voice sole. ' • to approve er.ml l<> Iresno Slale Hulldoeccrs Cluh lor VOW ' •   eroup. Kl SK. the e-mail subsidy Ihe recycling
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Fate of The Daily Collegian uncertain
I Welty wants meeting
soon to discuss
alternatives
by Draeger Martinez
Staff IVrifer
"The- ASI doesn't own the Dailj
Collegian." said Publkr.ilions Com
mission Chair Pat LaRosa.
• We own ihe Collegian.*' said Eric
Heiison.adiiiinistialive v ice president
ol the Associated Students Inc . 01
ASI.
An ASI proposal "lo transfer operations oi ihe Daily. Collegian to Ihe
department ot 'journalism." as worded
in ihe proposal document, has some
campus Icadc
these publications in its I Wf>-'>7 bud-     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^—^^»-
SCai issue whether .he ASi acted       I ""*"* '*' & important for its to
within its authoritv in us proposal to   have an independently run student
newspaper, coining out daily or at
"I would say that [the transfer] was
" LaRosa said.
lisbeyondlhcASI's
actio
least four times a week."
" she contin
The ASI
nlhcCollcci
;proposal b) a I »-
t'Dec. 14 meeting.
s lhal the transfer
live al the com-
I'196-97 academic
Transferring authority
The proposal asserts the joiirna
ism department will have soleaullio
u> over ihe Collegian, in
whether to publish its al
supplements. The ASI will i
ee the Collegian, and
the) ha\e tried to exercise a nehi thai
docs nol belong to ihem." ^-^—^—
"lis a state-run paper, basically, is funding the Collegian and its affih-
Ihe problem." said Tannin Martinez, aled supplements: live Shar/hoom.
legislative vice president of ASI. "Wc La Voz de At/Ian and Uhuru na
own allot the equipment. We provide Umoja.
a substantial portion of the funding. This portion of the student bod) fee
and we hold the insurance and the Ii provides roughly .*<> percent ol (Inability lor lhat paper." Collegian and its supplements' contrast Friday. President John Welly bincd" budget, the balance coming
said. "I vv ill attempt to bring all of the from classified and display advertise-
inleiested parties together lo discuss menls.
whal alternatives exist. Hopefully. "Why shouldn't we have a say.1
some resolution can be reached." Well, because we're a government
Welt) said he intends to schedule a body. So we should fund it and sup-
meeting within the next two or three port it, bul we shouldn't have a say .
— JofuiD. Welty
Fresno State President
E
•Deal
hul the ASI's the one thai holds the
"The only appropriate thing to do
the i
lot
saying that Ihe charier is!
effect indefinitely, until at
William Corcoran serv
ol Student Affairs tor 17 vears. c
eluding with Ihe 1994-95 acade
■.l ii
Deal
h
rslailding
unilaterally amend the charter, which president has. in mi instituting a char
the intent ol thai [transfer proposal] ter. said that in effect we will h.
is  The vote is invalid." within the funded hy the ASI. period    LaRosi
context of the commission charter said "Our charter and bylaws in el
remaining in lull effcel feci pull us away from ASI, so wear.
"There are only two ways lhat the a separate emit)
!•(   [Publications Commission] char- "It's not an independent entity.
tei can be amended." Avedisian said. Marline/ said. "When the Rabin situ
"hy mutual consent ol the Senate and alion came 10 a head, we had student
the commission, or by vote ol the stu- who we're supposed to he represent
dent body. I wouldn't dispute that ing coming to lis and asking.   It vv,
| ASI) is ihe Collegian's owners hut takeout legal actum towards the Col
lhat does not mean lhat it   can take legian. whal are the repercussions ■'
appropriate lor us to be u
that Before the Rahm incident. I
didn't even know we held the libel and
slander insurance." Matline/ said.
Future of the Collegian
The faculty ot the miss communi-
i (MCJ) depart-
ied .;
n Dec
ha
■ponding to thc ASI v ote The state-
aid in part that "the department
>l accepted control over, or responsibility for. the paper"
The statement also noted that such
i transter would require lhat "the Stu
ll Sen;
offe
v ill hav
cepted by the President —
behalf, by an officer of the i
empowered to take such ac
Mar
ictenedt.
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"I think it is important It
an independent!) run stu
paper, coming out daily or
limes a week." he said.
Funding the Collegian
ohave
There
hould be dial way." Martinez •
"It is both unethical and illeg
any governmental ti
fluenceorparticipati
the printing thereol
"It's a conflict of int
Ronald Avedisian.
tee to Ihe commissi
thor of its charter, sa
nl.iv
eithei
Collegia
lid
said Benson,
city 's appoin-
Charter issues
Avedisian added that lhc i
enacted in the 1988-89 academ
reason only, and lhat was to prev
from destroying the Collegian
ASI administration couldn't dec
they don't like the Collegian ai
lorial hv
about Israeli presid.
The editorial angered man) on cam
pus and in the Jewish communitv a
large.
"The repercussions are. in fact, tha
you're suing yourself." she said "Yoi
pay into., corporation |ASI| tha
holds the responsibility and the habil
it) for lhat paper. You sue the paper
depan
will n
ii ehai
ulty meetings, "unless something further happens."
"Obviously it has lo be dealt with
before the semester's over. It this is a
proper and k
chall
\dar
. be i
aid
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ternational journalists, photographers, computer bulls and engineers.
Their goal was to span the globe.
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"I fi
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of! sleep, while a tew others dozed
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