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Opinion
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Making the right decision
Dear Editor,
After watching the Monday
night 10 o' clock news and reading
the Tuesday Fresno Bee, J, am
struck by how often women and
men misunderstand the sig¬
nificance of Playboy. Playboy has
managed to conceal the
obj edification of women. By
featuring interviews with famous
people and stories by up-and-
coming novelists, they lure many
to accept what they put on the
center pages (although "Ent¬
ertainment For Men" really does
say it all). There Is no doubt that
they^hi-re some of the most
physically-attractive women in
the world to pose for them. By and
large, these women represent the
white American male's standard
of beauty. There is no doubt that
all standards of attractiveness are
represented on this campus. To
me. the conflict arises at
connecting the university and
physical attractiveness.
We. as students, arc not here to
be physically attractive; we are
here to leam. Hopefully, the
outcome of this learning is that we
(women) will be able to use bur
minds and learned skills to make
a living, not the attractiveness of
our bodies.
To the Individuals who pose,
please remember that you are. an
individual, not a representative of
the women or goals of this
university. I hope you think
seriously about your decision.
Once the magazine is on the stand,
it will be too late to change your
mind.
Valerie Adams
A vote against USU expansion
DearEditor,
Lately I have been hearing and
seeing adverttsements both in the
Collegian and in the University
Student Union (USU) about the
University Student Union Ex¬
pansion. This information dis¬
turbs mc because it is very
misleading.
I'm curious as to why our little
USU Board members forgot to
explain that construction of the
new Student Union would result in
an $84 increase in tuition over a
three-year period (this is a
conservative guesstimate). Stu¬
dents already give $76 a year to the
USU from their tuition fees. They
shouldn't have to pay all his
money for ballrooms, para¬
phernalia shops.- coat rooms,
aquatic centers, and other little
yuppie things.
VThls increase of $84 might not
meet the rich that much but it
will definitely affect the middle
class, poor, and the international
students. It is already difficult
enough for students that come
from middle class backgrounds to
came up with the money to put
themselves through school. Since'
they aren't eligible for financial
aid, these students and their
parents have to try to come up
with all of the money for tuition.
rent, food, etc... It is even harder
on the middle-class families if
ilxy have more than one kid In
college. The people who come
from low income families win
alse suffer. There will be no
increase In grants to cover the $84
Increase for those who do receive
financial aid. And if they don't
receive financial aid, well that's
another tragedy. The Inter¬
national students will also fee) the
Increase. They already have to
pay an extremely outrageous
amount.
How can the USU Expansion
program be so advantageous to the
students? If some middle class,
poor. International and other
students won't be able to afford the
increase, they might not be able to
attend Fresno State and enjoy the
ballrooms and coaf rooms that the
USU has to offer.
I cannot and will not support a
program that will deny students
access to an education. I can't
afford to vote in favor of this
pocket-crunching program. On
Wednesday, April 18, we will be
voting on the USU expansion
program: I encourage all students
to go to the polls and vote NO NO
NO NO NO for Expansion.
Sincerely.
Frank Pancho Aviles
University Student Union
Board Member Elect for p90/*91)
P.S (Did you know that the USU
Board has been using student
money to pay for the
advertisements that encourage
students to support this program?
A lot of student money has already
been poured Into this project. Why
didn't they ask the students If they
could waste their money on
buttons and other expensive forms'
ofacrvertisement?}
It's on the wall
Three odd men out making it work
John Welsh
When I first cought a gJlmpse of
the deer head on the wall. I didn t
know what io expect from my new
roommate. .
He moved in when I was at work.
I had yet to meet him personally
but already 1 was fearing the   J
worst I mean. 1 never knew
anybody who put animal heads on
the wall. . -
David Addison turned out io be
an OK kinda guy.
He doesn't smoke. I've never _
seen Dave drunk. And he doesn t
go out dressed like a woman, so
you could say he is relatively
mainstream.
Maybe too mainstream lor a
dude with a deer and a name like
David Addison.
One thing's for sure: Dave is
nothing like the David Addison    .
character portrayed on
"Moonlighting" by Bruce Willis.
'Teople used to look at me
funny." says Dave. "I used lo have
people say to me. Don't 1 know
i you? Your name sounds so
familiar."'
Once. Dave was at a Macy's In
Monterey buying lingerie for his
girlfriend.
The Macy's clerk must've
thought Dave was some kinda
fruitcake when he tried to buy the
gift with a check.
"They wouldn't accept my
check." recalls Dave "They
wouldn't believe my name was
David Addison."
The deer's got a name. "Coach
Nick,'Dave calls it.     **  t
Turns out thefdeer used to coach
the "Rumblefish Water Polo
Team," a CSUF intramural league
dynasty.
Dave says the team, which his
former roommate played on, look
second this past Intertube water
polo season. The Rumblefish
franchise had won back-to-back
titles before this year's ru nner- u p
closing.
"We used to take Coach Nick to
all the games," says Dave.
The deer used to belong to Boy
Scout Troop 845, a Salinas
branch. Dave was an Eagle Scout
himself.
Somehow the deer ended up in
the^Addlson's garage.
Yes. David Addison turned out to
be a "normal" type of guy. He sure
works his butt off in school,
though. Is that considered normal
nowadays?
Mr. Addison graduated from
Salinas High in .'85. (Yikes. that's
when I graduated). —\
Dave received his A.A. degree In
January 1987fonnHartnellJC
before transferring to CSUF.
By May of 1989. Dave had
already his bachelor's of science
with an emphasis on finance.
He'll have his master's next
December.
This guy is putting me to shame.
He's 23.
I'm 22 with only a high school
diploma to my credit.
Ill graduate next year sometime,
I think. I hope.
Jack, my other nwmmate, is a
totally different story.
I'm scared to do anything to get
himmad. Hemightshootme.
Jack has a fetish with guns.
I'm not sure, but I think he'sgot
an arsenal In his room that would
make you think you were living in
a fort, instead of an apartment.
Jack, out of Buttonwillow, goes
hunting almost every weekend.
He Just got a new toy the other
week. _.
"He wore"bJsjgunbelt all week,"
says Dave. "The other night we
watched that movie "Cop." Every
time the cop pulled out his gun, so
did Jack. He really got off on that.
He's gun-happy."
I guess I'm weird In my own
ways. too.
I don't have a deer and the only
guns I own are plastic dart guns.
My roornniates don't really���know who I am because I'm rarely
hAne. I'm out flagging down some
iate-breaking story. Real late.
So why am I telling you about
three guys you probably can care
less about?
Maybe because I thought, in this
■ day and age, in this "Me, me, me"
type of society, three totally
different characters can live
together and get along.
Jackmay not giveadarn about
my journalism career. Imaynol
be tooconcemed on the topic of
Dave's thesis paper next fall. And
Dave mayjust be hoping Jack
doesnt shoot Coach Nfck.
But we get along. Is that rare
today?, f
Somebody let me know if I'm
naive.
In the meantime, I think 111
hide the deer head for a laugh.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
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