1993_05 The Daily Collegian May 1993

              Opinion
The Daily Collegian
Monday, May 3, 1993
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Commentary
Giv^Welty
a handshake
By Adam Breen
How long will it take protesters to jump on this one?
A 4 p.m. news conference today will announce plans
for a 69-acre "University Village" to be constructed on
a university-owned parcel located on Bui lard Avenue
between Willow and Peach avenues.
The current layout includes a basketball arena,
baseball stadium, performing arts center, convention
center, retail center, parking, open space and a par¬
tridge in a pear tree.
Knee-jerk wannabe's on this campus probably have
had their anti-village signs painted since the Fresno
Bee first wrote about the plan on April 29.
"What about the students? Why build a sports
complex when we are being tumed^away from
crowded classrooms?" they'll say.
According to the Bee, the'agreement calls for CSUF
to be the lease-holder for the property. President John
Welty said the money from this lease will be used to
help fund the School of Agriculture.
Good idea, prez. *
A May 2 Bee article said it's too early to tell   '
whether or not CSUF will be involved in the financing
or construction of the approximately $130 million
project, but maybe we'll find out today.
If the university is simply saying "here's the land,
develop it and pay your rent" that's great. Ticket and
lease revenues are going to help the Ag school a lot
more than selling the vegetables that grew on the '
parcel.
A basketball arena within walking distance of ihe
university would be great for students — but only if
the athletic department realizes that we can't fork out
$12 bucks a game to see the Bulldogs lose to South¬
east Northwestern University.
There has been talk that a performing arts center
could accommodate plays, concerts and the University
Lecture Series — so what becomes of the theatre in the
Speech Arts Building and the Ampitheatre? The
lecture series won't exist much longer if its funding
continues to bexot. ,
The plan is still in its infancy. Feasibility studies can
be completed this summer if the Clovis City Council
agrees to enter into a negotiating agreement with
CSUF tonight.
Lease negotiations can take up to a year and con¬
struction may rjot begin until 1996, but most current
students will be)able to see the ceremonial ground¬
breaking because it will take that long to finally enroll
in all the classes needed to graduate.
If the university's financial obligation to the project
is minimal or nothing at all, students should stop
Welty on one of his campus walks (look for three guys
in nice suits) and give him a handshake.
Whenever CSUF can bring in some cash without
See Welly, page 3
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ASI recommendations
Dear Editor,
Now that the frenzy of the ASI election is over, I've _
had a chance to relax and catch up with the April 27,
1993. Special ASI Election Issue of The Daily Colle¬
gian.
.. One question comes to mind immediately after
seeing The Daily Collegian recommendations: HOW
did you arrive at these recommendations? I hear the
most likely possibility is that The Collegian staff wrote
each candidate's name on a piece of paper and then
pulled them out of a hat. If this is true, I must con¬
gratulate you in that no candidate was listed twice.
As the candidate running for Senator of the School
of Education and Human Development, I find it
curious that you would endorse a candidate that
wouldn't even bother to fill out your own question-
naire. This point is even more vivid if questionnaire
responses were the bases of your recommendation's.
Did this endorsement come from a personal conver¬
sation or interview? If so, I wasn't privy to such
personal attention; and neither were any otherof the
members of my party.
I find it appalling that The Daily Collegian could
make recommendations to its readers without supply¬
ing them the information and criteria that was used to
reach those decisions. <This kind of "Hit and Run"
journalism is not what the students of Fresno State
deserve. \
Winston Chew  '
Candidate for Senator;- School of Education and
Human Development
Reality Party
U.S. security
Dear Editor,
Economic interests in Latin America are of great
importance to the United States security. j .
"Economic interests can be broken down into four
main categories: trade, private investment, public
investment in economic assistance programs, and
public investment in international economic assistance
programs (Edwin Lieuwen, 1984)." I win tightly
focus on the aspect of trade in Latin America.
Trade continues to be a great growing part of the
United States. This country expanded because of
world trade.
It is the interest of the United States to protect trade
because our economy could not survive without it.
The United States has considered it necessary to keep
outside powers from gaining any type of power in the       I
Western Hemisphere.
Because of economic, and political interests, the
United States would go to any means to protect its
investments; even war! "As a non-interventionist
President Jimmy Carter warned that he would move
, See Security, page 3
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