1993_10 The Daily Collegian October 1993

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after his death
By Tim Springer
Staff columnist
Last Monday saw the passing of
a great American hero. This hero
was one of those who had a "ren¬
dezvous with destiny." Lt. General
James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle came
into international prominence after
he led a group of-B-25 Mitchell
Bombers, launched from the air¬
craft carrier Hornet, in a daring
daylight raid on Tokyo in the early
" months of 1942.
Doolittle's bold raid was the
"sniff of history" and came j us t a
few weeks after the deadly Japa¬
nese attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec.
7, 1941) when the morale of the
United States was at rock bottom.
The Tokyo raid has proven that
Japan was indeed vulnerable to at¬
tack from the air. but more than that
. it gave the people of the United
States a morale boosting shot in the
arm.
Doolittle, and all ofthe veterans
(men and women) like him ofWorid
War n, answered the country's call
to duty and patriotism. Individu¬
ally and collectively they and the
nation struggled through the hard¬
ships and sorrows of the war. The
United States exists today because
of the sacrifices that Doolittle and
others made.
Even though Jimmy Doolittle
was 96 when he passed away, and
thus older than most veterans who
served in World war n, he is still
representative of the fact that the
generation who fought in the war is
passing from the scene all to
quickly. I( is doubtless that many
people whb attend and work at
CSUF have grandfathers, fathers
and uncles who fought in the war. It
is important to remember him and
them, if for no other reason than to
just be gratewl for what they did to
preserve this country.
Although World War II was
fought 50 years ago, which in the
, larger scheme of things is not a
long time, the memories and les¬
sons learned from it still live in the
minds of those who served.
Jimmy Doolittle remembered
those lessons that still have rel¬
evance today, and spoke to groups
of people many times about mili¬
tary matters.
Jimmy Doolittle was truly agreat
American hero. He and all of the
others who served with him in
World War II should be remem¬
bered for what they did, why they
did it and for whom they did it,
which primarily was this genera¬
tion of Americans.
tQUML
ASI: May it rest
in peace or death
By David Mirhadi
News Editor
At the center of this battle are
two political parties. Reality and
SCARED. One professes to serve
the interests of the students by em¬
phasizing the need to conduct meet¬
ings in an orderly fashion so that
the needs and wants ofthe students
can be met* with little debate, the
The Associated Students, Incor¬
porated. May it rest in peace.
Yesterday's fiasco involving yet
another unproductive meeting went
much further than the usual politi- other tnmjpets an agenda based on
cal bantering and debating over who access andad vocacy that they feel
should sit where during the meet-    needs to be addressed, so that the
ing or whether   '■	
people were fol¬
lowing Robert's
Rules of Operas
stated on Page
225, section 4,
. clause F, para¬
graph 19.
Yesterday's
For over a year now,
the ASI has served as
nothing more than a
political tool for egos
to be flexed and for
meeting was the    One party  to Show its    feel that they can
• dominance over an-    servethiscampus
other,...
students on this
campus can have
a voice in their
education. ,
On the sur¬
face, both of
these platforms
seem honorable
and both parties
ASI's      swan
song, its final
■ ride into the sun¬
set before the »
evils of the administration take the
corporation into receivership.
For over a year now, the ASI has
served as nothing more than a po¬
litical tool for egos to be flexed and
for one party to show its domi¬
nance over another, with, blatant
disregard for its mission of serving
the students.
-a£ik.
equally well us¬
ing their agendas.
The problem
is that these
"agendas" are damaging the very
fabric of student government.' .
Reality claims that they are not
getting their demands met because
the senate is run by an "inexperi¬
enced" leader whom they believe
Please see ASI, page 4
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yQLUMN
What Russians want is neither
Communism nor Democracy
By Miaha Gulyaetf
Staff columnlist
A couple of days ago, about a
week after a recenuurmoil in Mos¬
cow, an American friend asked me
if I support president Yeltsin or not.
I said, "Yes, he was a Communist,
and behaved like a Communist—
disbanded the Parliament and fired
the opposing officials."
Ray Appleton asked the same
question when he interviewed me
the next day after Yeltsin dismissed
the Parliament and cut off electric¬
ity at the Russian White House, or
legislature building. It looks like
there is an opportunity to clarify
some misunderstandings that often
happen when. J'm asked to com¬
ment on Russian affairs. Certainly
Please see Russians, page 4
ETTER
Allegations against Driussi false
Dear Editor,
HelloPeople! Ehem, there is no
such student "Jane Smith" currently
enrolled at CSUF. Furthermore,
Giovana Driussi's position is not a
job, it's an elected office. And she
does not get paid, she gets a schol¬
arship. And, she was never trying
to get away with anything. Every-
onejcnows that she holds both of
these positions on campus: resi¬
dent aoviser, and legislative VP,
it's no secret to anyone.
Come On you guys. Get your
facts straight; you're beginning to
look like The Edge. •   -
.' DeLawine Dilley
Editor's note: Yesterday's let¬
ter by Jane Smith was written un¬
der a pen name. It should have
been noted yesterday. In the future.
ALL letters to the editor must have
a name end social security num¬
ber.
tZDhe fiatlp CoUegtan
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