1997_04 The Daily Collegian April 1997

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April 24. 199*
Remembering the lost
Ryan Weber — The Daily Collegian
Aleen Postoyan and Garenia Melikian light candles at the fountain as part of the 82nd anniversary
of the Armenian genocide. Fresno State's Armenian Students Organization held the vigil to
remember the massacre of their ancestors.
Rhode Island student
with hepatitis A may
have infected others
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.
Knight-Ridder
Tribune News Service
PROVIDENCE. R.I. —
Johnson & Wales University offi¬
cials estimated Tuesday that as
many as 2.000 people — including
irospcciive students and their par¬
ents — may have been infected by
a student with hepatitis A who im¬
properly handled food at one and
possibly two university kitchens.
As of midday Tuesday, Johnson
& Wales administrators were em¬
broiled in the arduous process of
tracking down everyone who ate
food at the university's Hospitality
Center in Cranslon and from a
kitchen al ihe Friedman Center in
Providence.
Those facilities were not open to
the public, but serve food to the
university's 11,(MX) students and
guests.
Meanwhile, hundreds of stu¬
dents waited up to three hours out¬
side a university gymnasium for an
injection of immune globulin,
which can prevent the disease* if it
is given within (wo weeks of expo¬
sure.
The state Health Department
also continued inspecting the
university's kitchens to make sure
workers are always using gloves or
wax paper when they handle food
not destined to be cooked.
The university is responsible for
notifying people thai thev should
gel immune globulin shots.
Aboul 50 students and faculty
members, scattered throughout the
university's buildings, worked the
telephones to encourage the 3(H) or
4(X) people who visited the campus
between April X and April 21 to get
a shot. Another 150 people Tues- ,
day visited dormitories and other
facilities to make sure students
knew they should gel the injections
"Wc should be able to find ev¬
erybody." said Christopher
DclScslo. senior vice president al
Johnson & Wales. "We know stu¬
dents who ate in the cafeteria, the
number who ate in Dining Room
Three. We know the names of par-
Please see HEPATITIS page 4
Student politicians vie for powerful ASI post
SEA
LVP candidate David Splivalo vows to open
senate meetings to students    x
By David Childers
The Daily Collegian
The next five Jays ol campaigning for the
legislative vice president position will be
nothing new for David Splivalo of the Stu¬
dent Empowerment Alliance.  • __
Lasl year, at this time, Splivalo was on
his way lo defeating Manny Annear to be¬
come ihe Associated Students' LVP.
Yet. he isn't running as the incumbent
because he never served a day in the post.
Splivalo was disqualified during the sum¬
mer after the elections when his grade point
average dropped below 2.0. a violation of ASI
by-laws.
"The by-laws need to be changed," said
Splivalo, who is running against Reality's
Larry Farnsworth. 'Two of my professors
made errors on my grades, and they were out
of the country and unavailable to fix them.
There is a contradiction between the ASI by¬
laws and the Stale Chancellor's Office. There
is a deadline for fixing grades in the ASI by-y
laws, but no deadline through the
Chancellor's Office."
It is a turn of events that Splivalo would
rather forget, saying "I'd rather not focus
on thai."
So. (he new campaign rolls on.
Some issues have been recycled, and
some changes in the junior's platform have
arisen since he last campaigned.
"What attracted me [to the LVPposition]
is thai I do not believe thai the current stu¬
dent representatives are advocating for what
the student body wants and needs." said
Splivalo, a junior majoring in speech com¬
munication.
After a year of student government
where there was little accomplished aside
from repeated feuding. Splivalo found the
issue that he would drive his campaign on.
"The main issue that the A£I focused on
the last two semesters was just gelling the
budget passed," Splivalo said. "I think in¬
stead of trying to find ways lo spend the
students' money, wc should instead look for
ways to reduce the expenses that the stu¬
dents endure while on this campus."
Splivalo and the SEA call it focusing on
"pocket book issues."
Please see SPLIVALO page 4
Reality
LVP candidate Larry Farnsworth
pledges more support for the library
By David Childers
The Daily Collegian
By the time the votes have been counted,
should Reality's Larry Farnsworth be de¬
clared the next Associated Students. Inc leg¬
islative vice-president expect a delayed re¬
action.
A very delayed reaction.
In fact, it may be days before the vic¬
tory party even gets started. It's not that the
senior political science major doesn't know
how to have a good time — he just won't
know when to let his guard down.
"1 don't even want'to hear the word re¬
call." said Farnsworth. who will oppose
David Splivalo in next week's election
Alter initially being declared the win¬
ner of an at-large senate post last year.
Farnsworth found out days after his victory
that a recount had produced different re¬
sults.
"I was in utter disbelief." Farnsworth
said. "Everything was hunky-dory Then I
got a call Friday night. I didn't know what
to think It was very disappointing at first.
Hopefully, this year will turn out better."
It doesn't appear that il could turn out
much worse - especially for the Reality part)
Farnsworth was one of three Realuv candi¬
dates, including presidential nominee Sean
Prcwcr. who won and lost their races all in a
matter of days
Farnsworth ma) have emerged more cau¬
tious in this vcar's campaign, but his reputa
lion as one of the more outspoken student
leaders on campus is in no jeopard)
"I have resisted the temptation to really
lash out at certain members ot the ASI."
Farnsworth said "That comes from m> other
political experiences thai extend far beyond
the scope of what ASI has to offer"
In addition to serving in an appointed po¬
sition on the ASI. Farnsworth is also a lead¬
ing member of several Republican organiza¬
tions both'ai the local and state levels.
Among his many political positions, he
serves as the chairman of the Fresno State
College Republicans and the First Assistant
Treasurer of the Young Republican Federa¬
tion of California
"I feel that I am more than qualified for
Please sev FARNSWORTH pw 4