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CALENDAR
Doha Upsilon wtl sponsor a tri-tip
sandwich sale from 11 a.m. to 130
p.m. today in the Free Speech Area.
The A.S. Public Affairs Committee
will hold, an outdoor public forum at
noon today in me CU PL
The   Canterbury   Christian   Fet-
,   towship will sponsor an Ash Wed-
*   nesday Service today in CU. Room
313 from noon to 1p.m. ,.
TheCampusl^rnAmerlcanSupport
Committee will meet today at 3 p.m. in
CU. Room 308.     .
^Room
Chlcano-Latino    Student
wil meet today at 4 p.m. in CU
311A
The. College Union Program
Committee will sponsor the movie
"Vagabond" today at 4 p.m. and 7:30
p.m. in the Satellite College Union.
The Beyond War Meeting willbe held
upstairs hi the CU today at 5 p.m. See
CU board for room number.
The Physical Therapy Club will
.sponsor an interview workshop with
Victor Olrveras today at 6 p.m. iin
Science Room 162.
The CSUF Wind Ensemble will
present a concert in the AG. Wahtoerg
Recital Hall today at 8 p.m.
AS basketball
policy the ticket
Reader
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Reagan defended
Dear Editor,
qjO^- Not many human beings want the amount
^ of pressure placed on a president and not many
can stand it, but President Reagan had the
courage to take the stand and accept the heat
So, where are his public supporters now?
The American public has a moral
responsibility to the president just as they
expect the president to have the same
obligation to the public. However, the people
are running away from it They elected Reagan
presjdent so he could do the dirty work, and
when he did, they blamed him for it. Maybe
they should be thankful it wasn't somebody
else who would have done a lot worse.
This country is under a state of culture
shock'because it is witnessing the extreme
vulnerability of the human condition mirrored
in President Reagan and sees itself reflected in
the same light. The American public has
idolized Ronald Reagan throughout his life as
the man on TV, as die man in the movies, the
family man, as "the decent man" and the man
who always did things the right way!
The president was elected to office because
of the public's preference for a man whose
image was of "the traditional good," "the
American way." The media and the press kept
him in office and sold him to the public based
on his prevailing powerful popularity and "the
good Christian ethical ideology." After the
public bought and believed this "fantasy of
decency," they got behind and crowed for this
man who became the image of the "perfect
president."
At the moment, he is still doing what is
right, only the public is having difficulty
swallowing his example of extreme
vulnerability. He is showing the frailty of the
human condition and our own human
weaknesses. The public is forced to see our
president, not as a machine, like they had
hoped, but as a living organism faced with this
new realization the public is reeling in the
backwash. They only wanted fantasy, not
Tealityl
' The adoration of the American public put
Reagan in office and now in his hour of need,
in his humanness, the public wants to walk
out on him because he has finally
demonstrated the ultimate sin. He is more than
a fantasy. He is a real human being, capable of
typical human frailty. He is an organic
composition whose machinery ' is breaking
down from old age — he knows it and accepts
it So, why can't the public stop lying and
accept it, too?
In order to perpetuate "the great American
dream," the press quashed all the bad stories
about Reagan, his family problems, his
personal health history, his , intimate
psychological details; instead, they created a
ytonster, a myth in office, by promoting "Mr.
Goodbar." Currently, the American public
could do just as well with "Big Bird" in office
or "Mister Rogers" because they are showing a
moronic television IQ and are doing their best
to ignore "Mr. Reagan's human condition" and
i.e., their own!
The public has a moral obligation to the
president. Right now. he needs public support,
not the public's usual crucifixive attitude.
"Hooray, let's put him in office," and eight
years later, "Boo, he's no good, no more,
throw him out!" like the trash!
We need now an awareness of human
dignity and decency. We need to show this tc
the president of the United Stales.
Sincerely,
Merrily A McCarthy
Divestment dumb
Dear Editor,
I see that leftist rabblerousers and vote-
hungry politicians have finally persuaded the
California State government to "divest" in
South Africa. California is going to sell over
11 billion dollars worth of securities of
companies which do business in South Africa.
Selling that many shares of stock all at once is
going to have quite an affect on the price of
those stocks (at least temporarily). That should
be a good opportunity for investors to jump in
and make a quick buck in the stock market.
Although I feel this is a stupid thing for our
state to do, that new Honda of my dreams
could become reality sooner than I had
ihoughL
Ownership of stock allows investors to
vote on certain policy changes and appoint¬
ments (chairman, members of the board, etc.)
within a company. If California sells its
interest in a certain company, it also flushes
down the toilet any chance of influencing the
company management. The large chunk of
votes that California now has will, through
divestiture, be split up between thousands of
smaller investors who will vote their shares to
make money; not political statements.
The present South African government has
been a friend and ally of our country for many
years. In spite of that, many leftist elements
See RESPONSE, page 3
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by Berke Breathed
A disappointing basketball season is finally
over. Remember the days when students
would stand in line for hours to have the
chance to purchase season tickets? Those days
are still not gone because a significant number
of students will support the team even if they
experience the problems that occurred this
year. The Bulldogs will be back — soon.
Due to the popularity of those limited
number of student season tickets, a policy was
developed by the Associated Students
government to efficientiy distribute the season  !
packages.
In the past, the FSU Ticket Office has
simply announced in advance when the tickets
will be sold. The tickets were traditionally sold
at the College Union Information Desk. After
die First year, the Bulldogs really started
winning, die season ticket packages became
very popular among the students, and. they
(student Red Wavers) started to stand in line as
early as Five days in advance.
I remember seeing students camp on the
balcony of the College Union during my Fust
year at CSUF. Although I was a basketball
and Bulldog fan. I could spend the time to
camp out like those dedicated and determined
students. I was essentially out of luck if 1
wanted to see any live home men's basketball
games.
Since then, the ticket office has found that
it is very unsafe for students to camp outside
of the College Union due mainly to security
and unhealthy weather conditions. So they
turned over the responsibility of distributing
the basketball season tickets to the A.S.
because they (ticket office officials) felt that
the student government would best represent
the students.
Student government has done a good job of
representing the interests of the students in
this area. Several years ago, the A.S.
conducted a survey to find out from the
students which method of distributing the
tickets would be most favored. The outcome
was that they preferred a percentage to go to���those who wanted to stand in line to get the
"best" seats (there is really not a bad seat in
the p^ace) and the rest to be sold by lottery.
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Rudy Rodriguez
Therefore, the A.S. instituted a basketball
distribution policy that has been used for the
p?st two years. Although revised somewhat,
the important thing to remember is that the
students (basketball fans) have been given the
opportunity to provide input throughout the
decision-making process by the A.S. If you're
one of those students who feel you have not
been heard, then get to those* senate meetings
and let your representatives know how you feel
— they will listen.
Because the students were heard, I was
fortunate to obtain season basketball tickets
for the past three years. I have not always felt
that I got the best seats, but when there are
hundreds of students that want the most
popular seats, luck is sometimes involved.
Athletic or extra-curricular activities, are
very important in getting an "all-around"
education. If you go to class and that's all,
you will probably have great difficulty getting
a job, even if you have a high grade point
average. If you go to class and get* involved in
extra-curricular Activities, thus developing your
social skills, employers will be more likely to
hire you. So having the opportunity to attend
Fresno State basketball games by purchasing
"student" season tickets at a lower than
community price is a deal that students cannot
turndown.
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