1988_12 The Daily Collegian December 1988

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the Daily Collegian
California State University, Fresno
Friday. December 2,1988
CSUF club sports fight for
BY STEVEN LASHLEY
Staff Wrier
Wafce up fellow students, it's test time: quick, name
the sport here at CSUF that consistently packs thous¬
ands of red-shined fans like sardines into a well-known
oo<amijus facility and consists of moving a lopsided,
leather bill from one side of lhc field to lhe other.
Was that football you said? Very good, you're on a
•OB.
Let's try another nam e the sport here on campus that
only seems to attract the participants and an occasional
gymnasium janitor or a curious bystander—on good
days—and consists of poking your opponent with a
sharp, metal object
If youraaswer was fencing or had io do wi;h the Colle¬
giate Fencing Society, then you are obviously familiar
with at least one of the lea sporting activities here on
campus that are not an official pan of the Athletic
Apartment, but survive by being recognized as having a
dub status by the S rodent Programs Office.
If you answered incorrectly, then maybe you ought io
pay close attention id what is about lo go down.
Standing in the shadows of the 20 official sports
included in CSUFs annual athletic budget are these
unfamiliar clubs, each one continaing to survive by any
rrtearo available.
The names may not be. rrouschold, but they each
represent this msurution just lake the other sports that
are more common lo the ear. They include the Bad-
minion Club, the Kendo Oub, the Judo Club, the Bull-
dogger Rodeo Club, the Cycling Club, ihe Bulldog
Bowling Club, the Ski Club, the Men's Volleyball Club
and the Women's Soccer Club, not to mention the
Please aee CLUB, page 2
Child, parents *■
work for miracle
Communicative
Disorders
Final pert of a sales
BY KIM KAS/VBIAN
Staff Writer
Six-year-old Lydia McCall used to like
to read books and play the guitar. Now,
she resorts to thumbing through picture
books, staring blankly at the words before
her. And her liny guitar stands untouched,
unplayed in her northwest Fresno home.
Lydia was a bright, gifted siudcni at
Malloch Elementary School.-This year, a
special education teacher gives ber in-
bouse schooling twice a week. Lydia is
also enrolled in the twice-weekly speech
and bearing clinic at CSUF.
Lydia McCall's life changed drastically
on Aug. 1,1987, when she was on vacat¬
ion in Philadelphia with her family. Play¬
ing outside with ber sister Trudy, Lydia
was arming through ■ wooded area, and
slid dewn on lo a narrow road. Her moiher
is unsure if Lydia actually ran into the
street or fell down the embankment that
led to Lhe road.
The driver never saw her coming. Lydia
was resuscitated at tbe scene by a family
friend. After being rushed to the hospital,
days later, doctors didn't expect her io sur¬
vive. Lydia bad suffered massive head
injuries, and was being given medication
lo keep the swelling down in her brain.
But the day after taking her off all med-
icaiior, Lydia's parents, Jim and Mary
McCall, arrived at the hospital to find
thai Lydia was going to live. On Oct 6,
Mary's and Jim's 20th wedding anniver¬
sary, Lydia made her way home to
Fresno. {
Today, Lydia's mother said she consid¬
ers herself blessed that ber daughter is
alive.
David Foushee, who (Erects the speech
and bearing clinic at CSUF, said that Lyd¬
ia has made marked progress, but added
ihat it's impossible io say whether or not
she will continue to improve.
But l>er mother Mary, who is a prof¬
essor of linguistics at CSUF, voiced
guarded optimism that her daughter will
one day speak.
Though Lydia is able to make sounds,
and according to her mother, has laughed
on occasion, she is otherwise silent. Tm
trying to get her to say Tu." I almost
swore she said it the other day." Mary
said. She said she doesn't push Lydia. but
admitted she gets impatient sometimes
because she wants ber to continue to im¬
prove. "I hate to impose anything when
[Lydia's] helpless, but one week, I just
wanted her to smile. Thea when she did, I
wanted her to walk."
By being in lhc room wiih herdaughie.
at ihe CSUF clinic, Mary said she learned
thai seemingly minimal movements were
significant responses. ,-
Foushee watched intently at Wednes¬
day's session from outside the booth. "I
have a special inlercsi in watching her pro¬
gress." be said. He watched her session a
few minutes more, thea walked away.
When he relumed, he looked once more
through the one-way window. "I've got
kids of my own," he said, then turned to
watch tbe progress of a client in a room
adjacent to Lydia's.
He's really keeping a close eye on ber
progress." Mary said, but added ihat Fous¬
hee keeps close watch on virtually all the
clients. "He really cares bow'far they've
progressed." she said.
Last spring, Mary heard about the
clinic through' communicative disorders
Please see CHILD, page 2
Thar SantUDaily Collegian
Due to tha Inability to apeak cauaed by Apraxla, a neurological dleorder '
aCectlng apeach end motor ekllre, Lydia UcCall and h.rmolher M.ry ere
ctamtaattiatCSWaaaathantlhaaei^eanki.
Miss Alans' guitarist back on his feet
Diez back in familiar position, onstage,
three months after horrifying accident
BY MABY BETH AUDCANDER
Staff W:rate
Manny Diez a playing guitar again for
Ihe Fresno band the Miss Alans, which is
not a bad fea only three months after a
motorcycle acadenl thai nearly killed
him.
On Sitoraay evening. Sept 3. Diez.
24. was traveling south on Wishon Aven¬
ue when his nvctwcycle ran into a car
which had run a slop sign at Hedges Av-
entie.l^ezlWiyraavt'ancmibead-tH^He
was not wearing a helmet.
After 20 boon in a coma and 13 days
in Valley Medical Center Diez was re¬
leased and taken io his parents' borne
where he is still staying and still recover¬
ing. Moat would agree tkat his speedy
recovery is is^thing less than mtrar^iloua.
*I did not think he was going to make
it," sail Diez' girtfriaid Joanna While.
20. "Beat I know Manny, he's a fighter.
He pretty much stayed in tune with hb
character. Not only did he live, which is a
miracle in taeu". ba he should have been
in a coma for weeks. He definitely
shouldn't nave made it as.quickly as be
did.-
"Even tbe doctors were amazed," said
Diez, whose only visible scar from ihe ac -
cident is one on ihe back of his right hand
from a broken bone. The scan hidden un¬
derneath a purple beret aad thick black
hair include one that extends from his left
ear across lhe lop of his head to the right
ear, and many small scars on tbe back of
tin bead.
Dies said be was extremely lucky lo
have come out alive, especially since be
was not wearing a helmet Diez, in fact,
bad never warn a helmet before, because
"it was part of the biker image."
■When he first got the bike, I asked
him io wear a helmet,* said While. "I
knew he wouldn't. I knew he didn't want
*%'
'I was indifferent shout it," said Diez.
"I figured if I was in an accident I would.
either get a minor injury or die. The dan¬
ger is pan of the fun for riding a (mo¬
torcycle]."
Since the accident Diez and many of
his friends have changed their tune about
ihe glance of tnotrjrcycle ridsrtg. Most of
his friends, Diez said, have either stopped
Ptease see DIEZ, page 4