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Poge 4
Ihe Patty Cotieglan
Monday, Oct. 22, 1990
Wilson edges Feinstein
in CSUF mock election
By Krista Lcmos
COLLEGIAN STAI*FWR*TER
Gubernatorial candidates Pete
Wilson and Dlanne Feinstein have only
two more weeks of campaign work before the Nov. 6 elections. Two weeks to
convince the California voters of who is
the best choice for governor— WltaJiTo""""'
Feinstein.
Many voters may still be undecided,
and these last two weeks can play an
Important role in determining the winner.
CSUF students expressed their opinions Wednesday in a mock election and
showed Just how close the race for
governor really is.
Out of 237 votes cast. 131 or 55
percent were for Wilson and 103 or 44
percent were cast'for Feinstein. Only a
narrow margin of 11 percent split the
two contenders. Three ballots were cast
for neither candidate.
Cecl Marihart president of the Bulldog Republicans, said the purpose of
the mock election was to have an Informal and unbiased poll and to promote
awareness ofthe upcoming elections.
"We made a big deal of Just getting
people walking through the Free Speech
Area to vote." she said. "We wanted to
alert people that there Is going to be a
gubernatorial election, and they need to
have an opinion on it'
The event — co-sponsored by the
Bulldog Republicans and.the University Democrats — gives an indication of
how the entire CSUF student popula
tion feels as a whole. Marihart said.
"It shows us how much work we need
to do because the nace is very dose,"
Marihart said. The campaigning will
not end until the final vote has been
cast
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday,
ballots were cast at a polling booth In
the Free Speech Area in front of The
Country Store. Students from political
science professor David Provost's classes
tended the both. Neither Democratic
nor Republican party members helped
at the booths in order to avoid biased
influences.
Marihart said she wanted a neutral
organization or group of individuals to
sponsor the event, but It didn't work
out In the end she asked Rlchelle Noroyan. president of the University
Democrats to Join In the venture and
balance the staff.
"The idea was to have an unbiased
poll not one where 100 party members
from each group voted.* said Marihart
She purposely did not announce the
event at her club meetings and believed
Noroyan did the same-
Voting at the election was simple.
Students had to give their name, social
security number, and show their student identification card. The ballot displayed one rectangular box next to the
name Pete Wilson and one next to Dlanne Feinstein. It was simple, no other
Issues were remotely associated with
the poll.
"We wanted to keep it veiy simple so
See ELECTION, page 5
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about it /"- *
On thejjuestion'of sexual orienta-
tic^r>^rtr*pe?cieht of the faculty. 0.5
percent of the students and 0.3 percent
ofthe s taff Identified themselves as gay.
lesbian or bl sexual. numbers that Raymond said-may be low. She said students may have been reluctant to answer ti-uthfully because of fear of another student seeing the response, or
because of Ignorance ofthe terms used.
"One of the problems that we had
with students and staff was that they
didn't know what the words meant
They didn't know what heterosexual
meant or bisexual meant'
A comment about the staff In the
report by a person administering the
survey highlights the problem:
"As with the student survey, there
was confusion in regard to the question: "What Is your sexual orientation?"
>The terms heterosexual and bisexual
/were the culprits... In some Instances
j staff did ask the meaning of the word
heterosexual In fact, that was asked
almost as much as the definition for
Jhomophoblc.'"
' Writtencommentsbystudentsabout
lesbians and gays on campus were
overwhelmingly negative. Some examples include.."Get rtd of gays and
lesbians" and "Deny the gays a booth In
the Free Speech area — .promotes perversion and Is hot representative ofthe
campus."
Comments by staff and faculty were
few. «-<
On the issue of racism, only one out
of 10 people feels the campus in unsupportlve of people from different racial/
ethnic backgrounds.
Statistics from Asian American and
African Amerclan students and Chicano and African American faculty.
Indicate they have felt more uncomfortable on campus than any other racial/,
ethnic group surveyed. ••
Of the African American students
surveyed. 66 percent have felt uncomfortable at CSUF because of their Ace/
ethnicity. Faculty percentages were high
as well/with 88. percent of the African
Americans surveyed saying the have
felt uncomfortable on campus.
Although the campus is generally
seen as supportive of people of different
racial/ethnic backgrounds, seven out
of 10 have heard negative remarks based
on race. According to the findings, racism on campus Is most often verbal
and rarely physical.
Asian American and African American students reported receiving the most
verbal insults.
Raymond said some respondents said
they have been denied services on
campus because of their race/ethnic-
«y.
Ofthe students surveyed. 15 percent-*"
of the Asians and 21 percent of the
African Americans reported being denied services on campus. Thirty-three
percent of the African American laculty
and 16 percent of the Chicano faculty
reported the problem.
In addition to the discrimination felt
by people of color, written comments
from staff and faculty also indicate a
concern about the issue of reverse discrimination. Comments include "Certain ethnic groups receive more support than others — should be equal,"
and "Sacrificing quail ty for ethnic balance."
Regarding the issue of sexism, respondents feel the campus is supportive of both genders. However. 5 or 6 out
of 1 Cfoeople surveyed have heard negative remarks on campus based on gender. - .^
Seven percent of students surveyed.
.6 percent of faculty and 8 percent of
staff reported sexual harrassment In
the last year.
In addition to the three primary issues addressed by the survey, the report notes that students seeking help
reported being misdirected by staff.
When the staff was asked If they had to
deny service to students, over 50 percent said they had to. The reason most
frequently .cited was that the student
was misdirected to them.
Gonzalez said the survey was helpful
in giving the task force a place to move
toward and an Idea of people's attl-
-» The nextTaTiipilaflian fiSSSds to
take, said Robinson, is to come up with
a decent balance between education
and enforcement He also said an open
forum will be held In order for the task
force to get feedback and hear recommendations from the campus community.
*I think the task force has its work *
cu t out for It in.terms of, "where do we go
from here?*" Robinson said.
A lot of campus rapes start here.
Wr^,|^dn1^ordn^lhinpan ()f|unl
*■its no surpnse that rruo) campus rape* m& alcohol
Than wt-imm ww pjnv ,,v. pwi„, -j,,, uta) ^ ,
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| Publication Date | 1990 |
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| Title | October 22, 1990, Page 4 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1990 |
| Description | Daily (except weekends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif. : BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels ; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Assocated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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| Full-Text-Search | Poge 4 Ihe Patty Cotieglan Monday, Oct. 22, 1990 Wilson edges Feinstein in CSUF mock election By Krista Lcmos COLLEGIAN STAI*FWR*TER Gubernatorial candidates Pete Wilson and Dlanne Feinstein have only two more weeks of campaign work before the Nov. 6 elections. Two weeks to convince the California voters of who is the best choice for governor— WltaJiTo""""' Feinstein. Many voters may still be undecided, and these last two weeks can play an Important role in determining the winner. CSUF students expressed their opinions Wednesday in a mock election and showed Just how close the race for governor really is. Out of 237 votes cast. 131 or 55 percent were for Wilson and 103 or 44 percent were cast'for Feinstein. Only a narrow margin of 11 percent split the two contenders. Three ballots were cast for neither candidate. Cecl Marihart president of the Bulldog Republicans, said the purpose of the mock election was to have an Informal and unbiased poll and to promote awareness ofthe upcoming elections. "We made a big deal of Just getting people walking through the Free Speech Area to vote." she said. "We wanted to alert people that there Is going to be a gubernatorial election, and they need to have an opinion on it' The event — co-sponsored by the Bulldog Republicans and.the University Democrats — gives an indication of how the entire CSUF student popula tion feels as a whole. Marihart said. "It shows us how much work we need to do because the nace is very dose," Marihart said. The campaigning will not end until the final vote has been cast From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, ballots were cast at a polling booth In the Free Speech Area in front of The Country Store. Students from political science professor David Provost's classes tended the both. Neither Democratic nor Republican party members helped at the booths in order to avoid biased influences. Marihart said she wanted a neutral organization or group of individuals to sponsor the event, but It didn't work out In the end she asked Rlchelle Noroyan. president of the University Democrats to Join In the venture and balance the staff. "The idea was to have an unbiased poll not one where 100 party members from each group voted.* said Marihart She purposely did not announce the event at her club meetings and believed Noroyan did the same- Voting at the election was simple. Students had to give their name, social security number, and show their student identification card. The ballot displayed one rectangular box next to the name Pete Wilson and one next to Dlanne Feinstein. It was simple, no other Issues were remotely associated with the poll. "We wanted to keep it veiy simple so See ELECTION, page 5 • ■ GOLDEN KEY NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY "Scholastic Achievement and Excellence" • ACADEMIC RECOGNITION • SCHOLARSHIPS • LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP • CHAPTER ACTIVITIES • NETWORKING • LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES • PUBLICATIONS • RESUME REFERENCE DEADLINE TO JOIN: OCTOBER 26 Pick up applications at • Speech Communicatin Office SA-15 SURVEY Continued from page 1 about it /"- * On thejjuestion'of sexual orienta- tic^r>^rtr*pe?cieht of the faculty. 0.5 percent of the students and 0.3 percent ofthe s taff Identified themselves as gay. lesbian or bl sexual. numbers that Raymond said-may be low. She said students may have been reluctant to answer ti-uthfully because of fear of another student seeing the response, or because of Ignorance ofthe terms used. "One of the problems that we had with students and staff was that they didn't know what the words meant They didn't know what heterosexual meant or bisexual meant' A comment about the staff In the report by a person administering the survey highlights the problem: "As with the student survey, there was confusion in regard to the question: "What Is your sexual orientation?" >The terms heterosexual and bisexual /were the culprits... In some Instances j staff did ask the meaning of the word heterosexual In fact, that was asked almost as much as the definition for Jhomophoblc.'" ' Writtencommentsbystudentsabout lesbians and gays on campus were overwhelmingly negative. Some examples include.."Get rtd of gays and lesbians" and "Deny the gays a booth In the Free Speech area — .promotes perversion and Is hot representative ofthe campus." Comments by staff and faculty were few. «-< On the issue of racism, only one out of 10 people feels the campus in unsupportlve of people from different racial/ ethnic backgrounds. Statistics from Asian American and African Amerclan students and Chicano and African American faculty. Indicate they have felt more uncomfortable on campus than any other racial/, ethnic group surveyed. •• Of the African American students surveyed. 66 percent have felt uncomfortable at CSUF because of their Ace/ ethnicity. Faculty percentages were high as well/with 88. percent of the African Americans surveyed saying the have felt uncomfortable on campus. Although the campus is generally seen as supportive of people of different racial/ethnic backgrounds, seven out of 10 have heard negative remarks based on race. According to the findings, racism on campus Is most often verbal and rarely physical. Asian American and African American students reported receiving the most verbal insults. Raymond said some respondents said they have been denied services on campus because of their race/ethnic- «y. Ofthe students surveyed. 15 percent-*" of the Asians and 21 percent of the African Americans reported being denied services on campus. Thirty-three percent of the African American laculty and 16 percent of the Chicano faculty reported the problem. In addition to the discrimination felt by people of color, written comments from staff and faculty also indicate a concern about the issue of reverse discrimination. Comments include "Certain ethnic groups receive more support than others — should be equal," and "Sacrificing quail ty for ethnic balance." Regarding the issue of sexism, respondents feel the campus is supportive of both genders. However. 5 or 6 out of 1 Cfoeople surveyed have heard negative remarks on campus based on gender. - .^ Seven percent of students surveyed. .6 percent of faculty and 8 percent of staff reported sexual harrassment In the last year. In addition to the three primary issues addressed by the survey, the report notes that students seeking help reported being misdirected by staff. When the staff was asked If they had to deny service to students, over 50 percent said they had to. The reason most frequently .cited was that the student was misdirected to them. Gonzalez said the survey was helpful in giving the task force a place to move toward and an Idea of people's attl- -» The nextTaTiipilaflian fiSSSds to take, said Robinson, is to come up with a decent balance between education and enforcement He also said an open forum will be held In order for the task force to get feedback and hear recommendations from the campus community. *I think the task force has its work * cu t out for It in.terms of, "where do we go from here?*" Robinson said. A lot of campus rapes start here. Wr^,|^dn1^ordn^lhinpan ()f|unl *■its no surpnse that rruo) campus rape* m& alcohol Than wt-imm ww pjnv ,,v. pwi„, -j,,, uta) ^ , |
