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Editorial MARCH 13,1996 Talk shows air dirty laundry to public ' A teary-eyed. 37-year-old mother of three was explaining lo her daughter w hy she didn't think she needed to join Alcoholics Anonymous. She also thinks because of her divorce from her abusive husband, she should be allowed to party anytime she pleased. This statement was followed by jeers and boos from 250 people. This'might seem like a conversation tot) personal for eav esdroppers. buiil happens every day in from of a live audience. ■""* • * % If you want to hear people air out their dirty laundry, tune into a television talk show. American talk shows. No one ever admits to watching them. When cow orkers conv erse about talk shows, it goes something like this: "The TV was on thc other day. and I saw..." As if the individual just walked into the room with ihe TV already on. Yeah, right. There are 26 talk shows broadcast per day in the Fresno area, and the topics range from gruntled Republicans which, seems to be lhc majority of the an entire") different-***?. . Private becomes public Whvaresoniair-Anierk-aiisc lhc need lo subject themselves U OPINION Ron ARMSTRONG Stall Writer 1 as role models, which gives them more influence in our culture. This is preitv scaf) when you consider the "Jim J. and tammy Faye Show." There isn't any rational reason why people would want to know that there arc 13-year-old girls who have "canoodled" a .icpai ("Jeni bov In their daughter's jordofl Elliot**). The most bi- ier broadcast: two Vietnam vets had sex change operations into women and were involved in sadomasochistic activities ("Geraldo"). > Joshua Mev 1 ihe I'niv e\pen in ) of New Hampshire. Zelc/n> quoted from Mcvrowii/'s book. "The balance between public and private place has been changed In lelev ision in our culture. The boundaries of celebrities and av erage citi /ens. children and adults, men and women hav e been altered. The result is a blur of w hat Entertainment vs. education is important and who is authority." This is more information than anyone re Huh' Basically, because TV has become ally needs. so commonplace, most people aren't aware The author would like to note lhat Ihes- thai some topics are better left in the home, shows were watched purely lor educations purposes to write this article. In fact, the TV was just on (he other day. There may be another reason lhat these show s are so popular: Misery loves company. Il could be lhat most people are comforted by the fact thai then: are others with morey problems than them. Maybe ihe common person has a better sense of self-worth if ihey can watch others lhat are less well-adjusted. All talk shows aren't as graphic. Programs like "Mike and Maty." "live with Regis and Kathy Lee." "The Late Show with David Lcticrman" and "The Tonight Show" genuinely try to entertain. The topics are of a lighter nature. As a viewer, information is more educational or at the very least kind-hearted and good-natured. Until people reali/e thai these issues don't belong in a public venue, these shows will continue until our television programming is totally overwhelmed. Generation X gets bum rap from boomers They're slackers. They're whiners. They're Generation X-crs. The negative publicity that Generation X receives comes from baby boomers thinking X- ers consist of a "cynical, purple-haired blob watching TV." according to Advertising Age, a trade publication. There arc 38 million Americans in their 20s and teens qualifying for Generation X status. Thc birth years span from 1965 to 1980. making Generation X thc smallest group bom since the Silent Generation of the 1950s, according to a Newsweek article. , The article asserts Generation X exists against its will. Ultimately, il has been a "media creation." X-ers have been portrayed as slackers in movies like 'True Romance." "Singles" and "Reality Bites." The characters in those movies arc depicted as slackers who have gone astray from their career paths. Bul those constitute only a splinter of ihe group as a whole. Generation X films have established X-ers. also known as "baby busters," as a group who is working in coffee shops, playing in horrific garage-type bands and smoking marijuana 24 hours-a-day. They are also fascinated lhal some Domino's Pizzas accepts checks. It's a bum rap for X-ers. Supposedly. Generation X is filled with 15- year-olds, bul actually there are some X-ers OPINION Bridget CARTER who are as old as 30. It would be unheard of for thc one-word, one-lciter-phrase. Generation X. io cross the lips of those branded with the title. Baby busters are not slackers orwhiners. They don't dance around in convenient stores. And ihey definitely don't all idolize the late Kurt Coba'in. Busters are hard-working. They're ethnically and cultural'} diverse' They're 100 percent responsible for their actions. So ihe -boomers call ihe busters "slackers." Think again. At California Slate University, Fresno. 44 percent of college studenis work 20 hours per week. Eleven percent work more than 40 hours High school dropout rales are down, and 47 percent of 18- lo 24-year-olds in 1993 had at least some higher education. In 1980. only 31 percent of the same age group had any form of higher education. Compared to the boomers. 20 percent more graduate degrees have been to distributed to X-ers. According to experts, a surplus of highly skilled college graduates has gone on to become successful. These graduate X-ers are satisfied with the demands of their jobs, have a better work ethic than the boomers and have taken control over their work schedules. Sadly. Generation X has inherited a $5 trillion national debt. But according to Newsweek, busters are more cautious and conservative financially than any group of 20-year-olds seen in the last 23 years. Generation X has got it together, unlike the movies' depiction. The movies say the stereotypical X-er is white, privileged and lives in a suburb near you. In actuality, twenty somethings are the most diverse generation to date. As quoted in Newsweek. David Watkins. a 26-ycar-old vice president of an urban marketing company said. "If anything. I think wc should be called the hip-hop general Grunge, alternative, rap and the legalization of hemp only appeal to some X-ers. not all. X-crs are growing up. Older X-ers have reached the age where they have become part of corporate America. They won't always wear baggy clothes. They won't listen to awful music forever. And they won't always consume more beer in one evening than the average boomer consumes in a month. As Douglas Rushkoff wrote in the "Reader." directed towards boomers. "Whether you like it or not, wc are the thing that will replace you." Generations are meant to rub each other the wrong way. They are meant to cast sidelong glances as they march through the changing of the guards. "In the 50s. it was the Beats. In the 60s, it was the hippies. The media just rediscovers the chameleon every 10 years." David Lipsky. co-author of "Late Bloomers," said. "True Romance." "Singles" and "Reality Bites" were all created for and advertised to Generation X. Although these movies portrayed the lifestyles of X-ers. they didn't make the grade at the box office. If Generation X truly exists, as boomers say il does, then why weren't there any X-ers in line on opening weekend? Athletes' days are driven by the clock by Natasha A.Frazier Staff Writer It's 7 a.m.. and the alarm clock goes off. Another marathon day begins. Atcnding classes from 8 a.m. to noon, w ith an hour for lunch. The bus leaves al I p.m. for a 7 o'clock game 39 days without a water heater proves to V& a chilling experience Thirty-nine days. Within the confines of my apartment. 1 lived 39 days without Ihe one necessity that actually made me wish I was living at home with my parents again. It's not that I have an overwhelming desire to return to the care of my parents, but 1 longed for something I no longer had. On£ec^ 1.1995. the commencement oTTfty torture, my hot-water heater died. It didn't break down — it died. No hot water, period. It happened at the worst time, right smack in the middle of the holiday season and, of course, finals. Busy with shopping and studying, my top priority wasn't getting the hot-water heater fixed. I did call my landlord about the contraption. Every time. 1 was assured by a secretary's cheery voice lhat a maintenance man would be there "as soon as possible." In the meantime, no showers, no shaving and no washing dishes — nothing that required hot water. Not washing dishes wasn't too torturous. But soon my stack of dirty dishes scraped up against the ceiling, and I discovered there were no more plates to microwave my nachos on. 1 dreamed of the hot water that would help me cleanse my dirty plates and cups. I also learned to dread that one, all- important act of the day: The shower. Usually, showers arc therapeutic for me. 1 need time alone to sing and veg- OPINION elate within the friendly steaininess of my bathroom. But. alas, ii was a luxury that could no longer be enjoyed. Taking a shower in someone else's bathroom jusi doesn't have the same reassuring feeling. Every day through the January log thai enveloped my apartment complex. 1 would trek up the stairs carry ing my neighbor's daily bribe. The reward: use ol his shower. Time to call lhc landlord again. The happy secretary gav e the same response as before. We were now on a first name basis Another couple of calls and I might have scored a date. Thirty-three day s alter my first call. Bret, the maintenance man. finally showed up. He claimed that he had been there twice before to fix the hot- water healer. He also mentioned something about me sleeping like the dead. Whatever, just get me a new hot- water heater. My defunct hot-water heater was carried out to ihe hearsi on d; was told that a new one was on the way. due that afternoon. Not surprisingly. Bret didn't return until three days later with the hot- water healer. Finally. I could shower in my own house and shave without heating up water on ihe stove. I lowevcr. salvation was still a long way off. If I had been up on my readings of Murphy's Law. I would have realized lhat something else was going to go wrong. It would seem lhat Bret, the upstanding professional maintenance man. neglected lo measure the space- that the hot water heater fits in. So. live minutes alter the uxi-tall. bin new. hot-water heater arrived, it departed. For three more days. I agonized until Bret arrived again. Even I could tell thai this one would lit. Standing at barely 3 feet, this hot water healer was small enough to be mistaken-^ a garbage disposal. Breniffsured me lhat the hot-water healer would perform perfectly. I stood beaming over my new cylindrical machine. Bret stealthilv departed. My first shower in my ow iarly ■eks. Of jubilation was short lived. The hot water doesn'l last. Thi< new. short hot-waler healer couldn'i even heat Barbie's Dream House Take* a five-minute shower and ri> getting frostbite. But at least the 39-day sentence over. I guess. Typ« 'knight' (no quota marks) FAXIT Itavtging Editor, knight Mau Convn. It JournaUtm FAX (209)278-4995 MAIL IT CaU27S-2892MytkM L*tvt i mettag« on IntlgMVoleiMail Insight CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO Executive Editor Jefferson Beavers Managing Editor News Editor Chief Copy Editor Photo Editor Editorial Page Editor Lifestyle Editor Sports Editor Production Manager Brent Liescheidt Troy Wagner Kristine Martin Todd Warshaw Valerie Gibbons Matt Lloyd Stefanie Hard Bridget Carter AD LINE: 278-3934 j Advertising Accounts Mgr. Marty Gutierrez Advertising Production Mgr. Reg Wagner Staff Photographers: Tommielynn Del Real, Apolinar Fonseca and Ryan McKee. Production Assistants and Staff Writers: Ron Armstrong, Summer Brown, Candace Clme, Angela Elliott, Jennifer Franklin, Natasha A. Frazier, Kristen Gentry, Jerry Lowe, Draeger Martinez. Rob Morgan, Jennifer Southern, Melyssa Springmeyer, Tyler A. Takeda, Students of MCJ 108 and 102w. Production Consultant: Dan Helmbold Adviser: George A. Flynn Circulation: Kelly McLain Advertising Staff: Students of MCJ 143 i Ir.ir .The sleeping over, so they're back on the bus by 11 and home by 2 a.m. This is a ly pic.il game day tor many college athletes. Praciica days aren't , much different. Ever wonder why your friends who are athletes don'i have any free It's nol jusi competing at the Division I-A level It's not just being a full- time student. It's both. I overheard someone in thc Pit comment on how easy Fresno Slate athletes have il. How easy they have what? They have to go io classes jusi like other students. They have to work hard just like non-aihlctes. And it's up to them to graduate jusi like everyone else. While eavesdropping. 1 also heard ihe individual say that a sport is nothing like a job. What planet did they come from? Athletes abide by strict NCAA rules, including no more than 20 hours of practice lime a week. This does not include travel time or time spent in the training room attending Since participating in intercollegiate athletics takes an enormous amount of time, many athletes don't have jobs. Many athletes receive varied scholarships, whether it be full or partial. But full scholarships do not exceed S6774. Athletes also have a harder time getting away with missing classes and noi doing assignments. All athletes at Fresno State must go through the Athletic Serv ices program upon entering the university and are monitored during their degree pro- The Athletic Serv ices program offers assistance lo student athletes by helping them manage academic responsibilities and complete their bachelor's degrees — while they maintain their athletic eligibility. The program offers advising and counseling to students with learning disabilities. It also provides a required study table. Athletes receive a lot of help but no more than any other Fresno State student may receive through Orientation and Transition Services, Academic Planning. Student Services or the at Tutorial Center. Yes, student athletes arc aided in achieving their academic goals. "Our athletes and our program are intensely scrutinized by the local media. If two students, one athlete and one non-athlete, get into trouble, thc athlete is going to make it on to tomorrow's front page," said Penni Key. Fresno State's compliance officer. Athletes are scrutinized because they have talents and skills that not everyone is blessed with, and as ambassadors of Fresno State, they have to live up to certain standards. There is more expected of a student athlete's image. Their lifestyle isn't always glamorous and fun but it's what they do.
Object Description
Title | 1996_03 Insight March 1966 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Dept. of Journalism, California State University, Fresno. |
Publication Date | 1996 |
Description | Weekly during the school year. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 8 1969-v. 29, no. 23 (May 13, 1998, issue. Title from masthead. Merged with Daily collegian. |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodials |
Contributors | California State University, Fresno Dept. of Journalism |
Coverage | October 8, 1969 - May 13, 1998 |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35mm |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi, TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
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Title | 008_Insight Mar 13 1996 p 2 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publication Date | 1996 |
Full-Text-Search | Editorial MARCH 13,1996 Talk shows air dirty laundry to public ' A teary-eyed. 37-year-old mother of three was explaining lo her daughter w hy she didn't think she needed to join Alcoholics Anonymous. She also thinks because of her divorce from her abusive husband, she should be allowed to party anytime she pleased. This statement was followed by jeers and boos from 250 people. This'might seem like a conversation tot) personal for eav esdroppers. buiil happens every day in from of a live audience. ■""* • * % If you want to hear people air out their dirty laundry, tune into a television talk show. American talk shows. No one ever admits to watching them. When cow orkers conv erse about talk shows, it goes something like this: "The TV was on thc other day. and I saw..." As if the individual just walked into the room with ihe TV already on. Yeah, right. There are 26 talk shows broadcast per day in the Fresno area, and the topics range from gruntled Republicans which, seems to be lhc majority of the an entire") different-***?. . Private becomes public Whvaresoniair-Anierk-aiisc lhc need lo subject themselves U OPINION Ron ARMSTRONG Stall Writer 1 as role models, which gives them more influence in our culture. This is preitv scaf) when you consider the "Jim J. and tammy Faye Show." There isn't any rational reason why people would want to know that there arc 13-year-old girls who have "canoodled" a .icpai ("Jeni bov In their daughter's jordofl Elliot**). The most bi- ier broadcast: two Vietnam vets had sex change operations into women and were involved in sadomasochistic activities ("Geraldo"). > Joshua Mev 1 ihe I'niv e\pen in ) of New Hampshire. Zelc/n> quoted from Mcvrowii/'s book. "The balance between public and private place has been changed In lelev ision in our culture. The boundaries of celebrities and av erage citi /ens. children and adults, men and women hav e been altered. The result is a blur of w hat Entertainment vs. education is important and who is authority." This is more information than anyone re Huh' Basically, because TV has become ally needs. so commonplace, most people aren't aware The author would like to note lhat Ihes- thai some topics are better left in the home, shows were watched purely lor educations purposes to write this article. In fact, the TV was just on (he other day. There may be another reason lhat these show s are so popular: Misery loves company. Il could be lhat most people are comforted by the fact thai then: are others with morey problems than them. Maybe ihe common person has a better sense of self-worth if ihey can watch others lhat are less well-adjusted. All talk shows aren't as graphic. Programs like "Mike and Maty." "live with Regis and Kathy Lee." "The Late Show with David Lcticrman" and "The Tonight Show" genuinely try to entertain. The topics are of a lighter nature. As a viewer, information is more educational or at the very least kind-hearted and good-natured. Until people reali/e thai these issues don't belong in a public venue, these shows will continue until our television programming is totally overwhelmed. Generation X gets bum rap from boomers They're slackers. They're whiners. They're Generation X-crs. The negative publicity that Generation X receives comes from baby boomers thinking X- ers consist of a "cynical, purple-haired blob watching TV." according to Advertising Age, a trade publication. There arc 38 million Americans in their 20s and teens qualifying for Generation X status. Thc birth years span from 1965 to 1980. making Generation X thc smallest group bom since the Silent Generation of the 1950s, according to a Newsweek article. , The article asserts Generation X exists against its will. Ultimately, il has been a "media creation." X-ers have been portrayed as slackers in movies like 'True Romance." "Singles" and "Reality Bites." The characters in those movies arc depicted as slackers who have gone astray from their career paths. Bul those constitute only a splinter of ihe group as a whole. Generation X films have established X-ers. also known as "baby busters," as a group who is working in coffee shops, playing in horrific garage-type bands and smoking marijuana 24 hours-a-day. They are also fascinated lhal some Domino's Pizzas accepts checks. It's a bum rap for X-ers. Supposedly. Generation X is filled with 15- year-olds, bul actually there are some X-ers OPINION Bridget CARTER who are as old as 30. It would be unheard of for thc one-word, one-lciter-phrase. Generation X. io cross the lips of those branded with the title. Baby busters are not slackers orwhiners. They don't dance around in convenient stores. And ihey definitely don't all idolize the late Kurt Coba'in. Busters are hard-working. They're ethnically and cultural'} diverse' They're 100 percent responsible for their actions. So ihe -boomers call ihe busters "slackers." Think again. At California Slate University, Fresno. 44 percent of college studenis work 20 hours per week. Eleven percent work more than 40 hours High school dropout rales are down, and 47 percent of 18- lo 24-year-olds in 1993 had at least some higher education. In 1980. only 31 percent of the same age group had any form of higher education. Compared to the boomers. 20 percent more graduate degrees have been to distributed to X-ers. According to experts, a surplus of highly skilled college graduates has gone on to become successful. These graduate X-ers are satisfied with the demands of their jobs, have a better work ethic than the boomers and have taken control over their work schedules. Sadly. Generation X has inherited a $5 trillion national debt. But according to Newsweek, busters are more cautious and conservative financially than any group of 20-year-olds seen in the last 23 years. Generation X has got it together, unlike the movies' depiction. The movies say the stereotypical X-er is white, privileged and lives in a suburb near you. In actuality, twenty somethings are the most diverse generation to date. As quoted in Newsweek. David Watkins. a 26-ycar-old vice president of an urban marketing company said. "If anything. I think wc should be called the hip-hop general Grunge, alternative, rap and the legalization of hemp only appeal to some X-ers. not all. X-crs are growing up. Older X-ers have reached the age where they have become part of corporate America. They won't always wear baggy clothes. They won't listen to awful music forever. And they won't always consume more beer in one evening than the average boomer consumes in a month. As Douglas Rushkoff wrote in the "Reader." directed towards boomers. "Whether you like it or not, wc are the thing that will replace you." Generations are meant to rub each other the wrong way. They are meant to cast sidelong glances as they march through the changing of the guards. "In the 50s. it was the Beats. In the 60s, it was the hippies. The media just rediscovers the chameleon every 10 years." David Lipsky. co-author of "Late Bloomers," said. "True Romance." "Singles" and "Reality Bites" were all created for and advertised to Generation X. Although these movies portrayed the lifestyles of X-ers. they didn't make the grade at the box office. If Generation X truly exists, as boomers say il does, then why weren't there any X-ers in line on opening weekend? Athletes' days are driven by the clock by Natasha A.Frazier Staff Writer It's 7 a.m.. and the alarm clock goes off. Another marathon day begins. Atcnding classes from 8 a.m. to noon, w ith an hour for lunch. The bus leaves al I p.m. for a 7 o'clock game 39 days without a water heater proves to V& a chilling experience Thirty-nine days. Within the confines of my apartment. 1 lived 39 days without Ihe one necessity that actually made me wish I was living at home with my parents again. It's not that I have an overwhelming desire to return to the care of my parents, but 1 longed for something I no longer had. On£ec^ 1.1995. the commencement oTTfty torture, my hot-water heater died. It didn't break down — it died. No hot water, period. It happened at the worst time, right smack in the middle of the holiday season and, of course, finals. Busy with shopping and studying, my top priority wasn't getting the hot-water heater fixed. I did call my landlord about the contraption. Every time. 1 was assured by a secretary's cheery voice lhat a maintenance man would be there "as soon as possible." In the meantime, no showers, no shaving and no washing dishes — nothing that required hot water. Not washing dishes wasn't too torturous. But soon my stack of dirty dishes scraped up against the ceiling, and I discovered there were no more plates to microwave my nachos on. 1 dreamed of the hot water that would help me cleanse my dirty plates and cups. I also learned to dread that one, all- important act of the day: The shower. Usually, showers arc therapeutic for me. 1 need time alone to sing and veg- OPINION elate within the friendly steaininess of my bathroom. But. alas, ii was a luxury that could no longer be enjoyed. Taking a shower in someone else's bathroom jusi doesn't have the same reassuring feeling. Every day through the January log thai enveloped my apartment complex. 1 would trek up the stairs carry ing my neighbor's daily bribe. The reward: use ol his shower. Time to call lhc landlord again. The happy secretary gav e the same response as before. We were now on a first name basis Another couple of calls and I might have scored a date. Thirty-three day s alter my first call. Bret, the maintenance man. finally showed up. He claimed that he had been there twice before to fix the hot- water healer. He also mentioned something about me sleeping like the dead. Whatever, just get me a new hot- water heater. My defunct hot-water heater was carried out to ihe hearsi on d; was told that a new one was on the way. due that afternoon. Not surprisingly. Bret didn't return until three days later with the hot- water healer. Finally. I could shower in my own house and shave without heating up water on ihe stove. I lowevcr. salvation was still a long way off. If I had been up on my readings of Murphy's Law. I would have realized lhat something else was going to go wrong. It would seem lhat Bret, the upstanding professional maintenance man. neglected lo measure the space- that the hot water heater fits in. So. live minutes alter the uxi-tall. bin new. hot-water heater arrived, it departed. For three more days. I agonized until Bret arrived again. Even I could tell thai this one would lit. Standing at barely 3 feet, this hot water healer was small enough to be mistaken-^ a garbage disposal. Breniffsured me lhat the hot-water healer would perform perfectly. I stood beaming over my new cylindrical machine. Bret stealthilv departed. My first shower in my ow iarly ■eks. Of jubilation was short lived. The hot water doesn'l last. Thi< new. short hot-waler healer couldn'i even heat Barbie's Dream House Take* a five-minute shower and ri> getting frostbite. But at least the 39-day sentence over. I guess. Typ« 'knight' (no quota marks) FAXIT Itavtging Editor, knight Mau Convn. It JournaUtm FAX (209)278-4995 MAIL IT CaU27S-2892MytkM L*tvt i mettag« on IntlgMVoleiMail Insight CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO Executive Editor Jefferson Beavers Managing Editor News Editor Chief Copy Editor Photo Editor Editorial Page Editor Lifestyle Editor Sports Editor Production Manager Brent Liescheidt Troy Wagner Kristine Martin Todd Warshaw Valerie Gibbons Matt Lloyd Stefanie Hard Bridget Carter AD LINE: 278-3934 j Advertising Accounts Mgr. Marty Gutierrez Advertising Production Mgr. Reg Wagner Staff Photographers: Tommielynn Del Real, Apolinar Fonseca and Ryan McKee. Production Assistants and Staff Writers: Ron Armstrong, Summer Brown, Candace Clme, Angela Elliott, Jennifer Franklin, Natasha A. Frazier, Kristen Gentry, Jerry Lowe, Draeger Martinez. Rob Morgan, Jennifer Southern, Melyssa Springmeyer, Tyler A. Takeda, Students of MCJ 108 and 102w. Production Consultant: Dan Helmbold Adviser: George A. Flynn Circulation: Kelly McLain Advertising Staff: Students of MCJ 143 i Ir.ir .The sleeping over, so they're back on the bus by 11 and home by 2 a.m. This is a ly pic.il game day tor many college athletes. Praciica days aren't , much different. Ever wonder why your friends who are athletes don'i have any free It's nol jusi competing at the Division I-A level It's not just being a full- time student. It's both. I overheard someone in thc Pit comment on how easy Fresno Slate athletes have il. How easy they have what? They have to go io classes jusi like other students. They have to work hard just like non-aihlctes. And it's up to them to graduate jusi like everyone else. While eavesdropping. 1 also heard ihe individual say that a sport is nothing like a job. What planet did they come from? Athletes abide by strict NCAA rules, including no more than 20 hours of practice lime a week. This does not include travel time or time spent in the training room attending Since participating in intercollegiate athletics takes an enormous amount of time, many athletes don't have jobs. Many athletes receive varied scholarships, whether it be full or partial. But full scholarships do not exceed S6774. Athletes also have a harder time getting away with missing classes and noi doing assignments. All athletes at Fresno State must go through the Athletic Serv ices program upon entering the university and are monitored during their degree pro- The Athletic Serv ices program offers assistance lo student athletes by helping them manage academic responsibilities and complete their bachelor's degrees — while they maintain their athletic eligibility. The program offers advising and counseling to students with learning disabilities. It also provides a required study table. Athletes receive a lot of help but no more than any other Fresno State student may receive through Orientation and Transition Services, Academic Planning. Student Services or the at Tutorial Center. Yes, student athletes arc aided in achieving their academic goals. "Our athletes and our program are intensely scrutinized by the local media. If two students, one athlete and one non-athlete, get into trouble, thc athlete is going to make it on to tomorrow's front page," said Penni Key. Fresno State's compliance officer. Athletes are scrutinized because they have talents and skills that not everyone is blessed with, and as ambassadors of Fresno State, they have to live up to certain standards. There is more expected of a student athlete's image. Their lifestyle isn't always glamorous and fun but it's what they do. |