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EDITORIAL Student fees might blast off into space Next year more will go up than tuition. Actually, some things are blasting off into space. Incidental fees will increase by seven percent next year. That turns out to bo $119 per student per term. The main cause for the increase are the ASl'O ballot mea sures that passed in the last general election. ASUO pro grams also got an increase hv less than one percent It s ail student money and ail students are entitled to the services. There are organizations for everyone too, from tin* Arab Student Union to Men and Women Against Rape, even the Emerald And there is plenty of room for new ones. For those student organizations that are new and look ing for a few student bucks, a goal statement must bo submitted to the Incidental Fee Committee. If this is ret ognized, the new organization can request funding for .special requests or funding next veer. And that is exact l\ what the Star Trek Information Outer did. The STIC recently took its goal statement before the IFC and sure enough, the IFC said the confer was ready for flight, giving the OK for funding requests. Thomas Hue kaba, STIC captain, said, ‘‘it s a place where people who normally wouldn't be involved in things can be involved." For Trekkies that walk the paths of the University, there may be a place in the future funded by other stu donts who are or aren’t fans (There's really little say front anyone when it comes to funding de< isions.) Yes. a place where Star Trek fans can meet and talk about the perils that float through space may not he tor) tar off, Maybe members t an even convince the IFC, and it probably wouldn't be too hard, to kick in student money for a big m reon TV complete with surround sound, a nice VCR and some leather couches on which to soak in overs Star Trek episode. booking for a new frontier, the STIC can search the bowels of the University for new members, and maybe if interest swells it ( an even get a room for its own use somewhere in the EMI After all. it'll need a place to land its IFC funded entertainment center, However, •here needs t«. in* a jda< e m S TI* : budget for a vide, library since the last episode is much closer than the hole in the ozone. The most ironic thing about it is the center is entitled to every penny granted to it. It's nice to have a now student group on campus that isn't preaching an agenda and demanding mone\ for trips going somewhere doing who knows what when its members get there Every episode of Star Trek is a trip somewhere and it doesn't even take a plane ticket to get there. Ids time to look to the heavens or at least to Capt. Picard for stimulating conversation broadening the minds of University students. For those who are having difficulH coming to terms with their love for the age-old episodes, don't worry The fearless loaders of the STIC have Incorporated their main goal to harvest those concerns. ‘‘S TIC helps students come to terms with their Star Trek identity,' states the STIC goal statement. 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S/WCE TKKihKofffCS, AMD EvFN TW/NgS TWf HAPPENED 6£FdR£ 1 office If TUIS LEVEL OECONSTANT Assault CONTINUES, MOBoCV wITU HALF A &RAIN WILL \NANT TO R.UN Fok PRESIDENT. ALF l This k-iwo of coAjsrAvr attack ' ■ S DAMAGING TO TUE PA£S/£)f/VCy f /«rM I Qua vie f for P^S la^t. I I ttano'm; wj* THiTS SKMT PiOP(_t uv/rffl jjc hahO! LETTERS Hats off Sometimes a picture can be worth a thousand words 1 picked up a copy of tlu» Emer ald last Frida) atid my eye mmir dlately was drawn to the cover storv photo of Omega I’m I’lii fra ternity brothers hangin out with ■t handful of Whiteaker Elemen tary school kids Tin* fraternity is committed to reaching out to the horhood bv mentoring youngsters who might otherwise turn to gang "They go twice a month to Whiteaker to talk to children about drugs rai ism and crime ' wrote Daniel West After reading that, my eyes moved to Wilson Chan's photo of Omega Psi Phi s Richard Hines Norwood, who held a smiling John liea! in a bear hug. Beal is a fourth grader from White,ikei HJnes-Norwood and final were both smiling t hey looked like they were laughing und having a good time know something, folks' With great, make that beautiful, tilings happening like Omega Psi Phi working with Whiteaker Ele mentary school kids, 1 think there just might lie hope for our hate tom so< iety Hats off and a standing ov ation (or mayhi> someone could start a wave) for Omega Psi Phi for its version of hope for Whiteaker kids, for the Emerald for cover ing the story ujid for Wilson Chan who captured some stirring images on 35mm film. David P. Bartlett Journalism History lesson First 1 had fun celebrating Cin co do Mayo Now I'm having fun receiving a free history lesson about its significance. If Bryan Moore decided to spend time answering my letter, at least he should have spent more time get ting to the point My question remains unsolved. 1 still can't understand why Cin co de Mayo was chosen as the most important Mexican/Latin celebration in the United States. It would make more sense to tin* i( people had selected a more sig nify ant holiday like Revolution or lnde|n-ndence Day Mr Moore, if you're not going to do some research and come up with a good answer (no rhetorit please), don t (Hither to write another let ter David Miller Advertising Proud to be here May promises to lie an impor tant and exi iting month for t(ie members of the Asian/Pai ifie Americun Students Union and our campus It is Asian I’acifir American Heritage Month and we invite all students at the University and surrounding communities to join us m what should prove to be an educational exponent i not found in the classroom Asian and Pacific Islander (APIs) people are not a silent majority We wish to lie heard, we are tired of (icing ignored. We have a history in the United States just as any other rat ial'eth nic group tioes We are Ameri can, nut foreign Our dev umlauts are from Asia and the Polynesian Triangle, and America is our home. Some Pat ifu islanders are indigenous to the colonial state of Hawaii. Our cultures and our racial features are different, yet we are often seen as the same Like any other citizen of the Unit ed States, we are trying to sur vive We are not here to steal jobs, money or land. We live here and we are not planning to leave This month will feature video presentations and speakers on subjects such as Huwatian histo ry. racial myths and stereotypes, the state of Asian America, and our nation's first multiracial riot in Los Angeles All events are free and open to the public. Like the many other student groups on campus, we are fund ed in order to recruit, educate and create a safe environment for our people and the University. Due to the Euro-centric educa tion that we we are all subject to here in "our" educational system, the burden of teaching about "other" Americans constantly falls on the "other” students' shoulders. Once again we pro vide this service to the Universi ty We have all worked hard on this and would like to invite everyone to come and join us Kevin K.J. Chang Student M.Y.O.B. Regarding Stephen Crawford s commentary (OD! May lit) How does one agree or disagree with homosexuality ' Perhaps it is like a right-hand ed majority not "agreeing" with left-handed people. Guardians of popular morality used to impose their uneasiness with that natural human variation by forcefully insisting lefthanders strive to pass as righthanders No one benefited Quite the con trary 1 remember the first time 1 understood what my parents really did to bring me into the world Crawford's word "queasy" t ertainlv describes my reaction I also felt shock and disbelief But, i got over it I set tled with the understanding that responsible sex was a natural and healthv human activity, procreative or not Crawford and others are free to think that there is something morally and ethically wrong with "the homosexual sex act" and I am free to think they are being deluded by a tragically counterproductive, indeed dan gerous, cultural construct When 1 see a heterosexual or homosexual couple kiss or hold hands in public it doesn't mean I have to think about their lx»d rootn behavior 1 may instead feel some happiness for their joy. How wonderful for them to have a tender relationship that puts a song in their hearts! Homosexuality, just as hetero sexuality. has much more going on than the act itself. If I never have another intimate, sexual, psychological and emotionally powerful relationship with a man. Cod forbid. 1 would still be a homosexual — but not a very happy one Ron Schlittler Journalism/ Sociology mk.
