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---------------caJlfomla State University, Northridge--------------- Sports Editorial Matadors try to alive in the Writing class requested. Universal Studios offer alter- Big Slcy See page 4 native to t:Jjck-or-treating. Stt page 16 See pages 8-9 ii.,,,.. - r Thursday, October 29, 1998 Since 195 7 http:/lsundial.csun.C' du Volmtt 41 • ltallbtr JS W C'at hcr Coach indicted in Acco<ding to: www.cnn.com crack cocaine case Reader Poll Women's basketball Team faces coach's Do head coach released arrest by appointing Q: on pending bond in an acting coach political cocaine conspiracy ads influence By KERRI ZERLIN BRIAN FRANKS Sports Edito r your vote? Edito r in Chief and JAKE FINC H Managing Editor See related story head coach of the -page 2 orrcn 's basketball team T::._, re leased on the laye r< from the promi5e of his fruher posting a Matadors women's bas- $100.00J bond in the next two P ketball team were left weeks. to be secured against real reeling before Wednesday's estate. and submitting to eleccron- practice from the announce- Previous Question: ic monitoring after being ment of the arrest of Head Would you ever arraigned Wednesday in federal Coach Michael Abraham. coon on charges of conspiracy to Abraham was arrested consider studying disaibute and possession with the Tuesday and charged with abroadr intent to disuibute base cocaine conspiracy to distribute. and NO: 38 (crack cocaine). possession with intent to dis- percent Michael Abraham. 39, was tribute. cocaine base, com- arre.<tcd by FBI agents at the monly known as crack- Matadome on Tuesday evening. cocainc. FBI officials said. " We feel like we lost a If convicted, Abraham faces a member of our family. We are YES: 62 percent ,,. maximum life 5entcncc. 1lte min- all shocked, but we need to imum sentence is IO years. remain focused on our goals This is not__ a scientific poll. Timothy McNally, assistant and the things that Coach director in charge of the Los Abraham wants us to accom· Angeles field office of the FBI. plish. This is just another said Abraham was arrested with- obs111cle we have to overcome. £,;4 ' I See COACH, page 3 See BASKETBALL, page 3 ~-~--·--- · . -="'·- Eal 1964 Voters approved Health fair teams with blood drive funds to acquire By DAN DARBY "We 're trying to coordinate booths throughout Sierra Quad process involves a collabonllioo paridng space west o f and work together," Garay said. distributing flyers aod display- between Associated Students, StaffWriter college for more than "so that we can get more people ing the health-related services ALERT, EROS, JADE. bcalth 2500 cars. by passing to donate blood and at the same they offer. Prize incentives will education students, a few pro- for Proposition 2. annual health fair and time promole beucr bcalth and be offered at the health fair as fessors from the hcalth/scieoee ood drive events are welloess on campus ." well. Organizations panicipat· dcpanrnent aod the Health Plans for student being combined this year Garay said the Red Cross ing in this evcnt will range from Center which are all involved in union begin. TI for the first tinne in an. effon to indicated tbeo: has not been the ALERT, JADE and EROS coordi oating it increase student awareness much of a tumOut to donate programs at CSUN to the "We've established a good about bealth issues while blood in the past when the two Annerican Diabetes Association relationship with the various eocouraging more blood dona- separate events. aod Annerican Red Cross, programs within the Health The Sundlll strives for fair and were balahced raportJns !Nt Is tions. •The blood "d;lve will take Franco said. Center aod the people who work dmely. rei..ant and accu~te . In the past, the blood drive place Monday through Friday NCJt.t week's event, which has there," said Garay, who is a vol- Vft ""' ICalUl'Gble IX> our generally took place oo a differ- and will work :in conjunction been in the dcvelopnneotal unteer for the ALERT lll'Ogram sources. our rader's and our- ent week or month than the with the health fair Wednesday 51aics since early August, has as well as majoring ~ bcalth ..._ and falow die l'Jldellr- health fair, according to Oscar aod a bone . ~marrow drive involved marketing on the pan administration and health edu· ol die Society ol Professianal Garay, Associated Students vice Thursday. • of Garay, who said this was cation. journllm. Vft ~~ dm president. Since the purpose of According tO Josh Franco, imponaot in establishing a rap- "I'm very excited and I'm our - as a scudlnt putilc:a- . boch is to cducalc atudeou about one of the chain fo.: the beaJth port with various clubs and happy for the people who that - neld>er' ...... ---- bealth i.uucs, be alt!; it only flit, ~from various organizations io increasing helped coordinate this," Garay • rnilallm, conlllca ol -- makel aense to integnle the two awareness est or •m,dot........ · campus aod off~ orPoi- about the upcoming &aid. "Ibey were lccy in terms of events into one. Zllioos will ~ ·siltlllUd at 20 blood drive and health fair. The setting this thing up." l •The Ollly $..- • CSVN •Th.-. Oad>er 29, 1"8 1.-re. Fong signs pledge on gay issues ~ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ment benefits to gay domestic ~ Campaign-watchcn said limes poll. Thc survey. whi ch - Republican Senate hopeful pa.nncn;. the contribution could prove had a margin of error of 4 per- Man Fong quickly signed an "We've always made it decisive. centage points. found tha1 extraordinary pledge to sup- clear that's what he believes "Her sirategy all along has nearly one in six Republican pon a list of gay issues after in," campaign spokesman been to portray her opponent women intend to cross pany coming under fire for donating Steve Sdlmid1 said Tuesday. as a ri ght-winger. This issue lines to vote for Boxer $50,000 10 an anti-gay organi- "We lhought ii was best to ~feeds right in to that sirate- Among men. Fong is ahead zation. clarify our position.'' gy," said Gary Jacobson. a 52 percent to 41 percent. Fong signed lhc one-page Fong's donation went S e professor at the University "We arc opposed to every- list Monday after negotiating 10 lhc Traditional Values of California at San Diego thing Loo Sheldon and !he wilh the Log Cabin Oub, a Coalition, an Orange County who specializes in con- lraditional Values Coalition NATO plans spy flights gay Republican group that group led by the Rev. Lou gn:ssional elections. "She'd stand for," said Richard Tafel. threatened to wilhdraw its Sheldon, a Pn:sbyterian who be crazy not lo talcc advantage executive director of the Log PRISTINA. Yugoslavia (AP) - cndo~ement of Fong and has compared abonion 10 of it." Cabin Republicans. But Fong NAm is planning moR: spy plane undo his image as a moderate mwdcr..and advocaled quaran- Boxer is leading Fong has "as good or helter a posi· fli ghts over Kosovo 10 ensure lhal altemali ve to Dcmocrnlic Sen. tining people with AIDS. among women vote~ 56 per- tion on gay and AIDS issue s" Yugoslav Pn:sidenl Slobodan Barbara Boxer. ' At an appearance wilh cent to 37 percent, according lhan many Democratic candi- Milosevic continues to withdraw Fong pledged to try to abonion rights activist• to the latesl Los Angeles dates in the couniry, he said. forces The Western military alliance maintain or incn:a.o;c AIDS Monday night, Boxer said: return also wants lhc safe of tens of funding, support bat.c crime "Fong 's contribution shows 1 thousands of n:fugccs to their homes. laws and job disaimination that not only is he out of the With Yugoslav forces drawing back. protections for gays. suppon main.•trcam. he is pan of the More political ads NATO did not set any new deadlines the nomination of gay philan- extreme.·· 11 for aimrikcs after lhc previous one thropisl James Hormel as "11us 1s a hate group. You cxpin:d Tuesday. ambassador to Luxembourg write a check 10 a hate group. than news stories and back cffon.s to provide you'n: making a statement," NEW YORK (AP) - Evil off each other: Negative ad; Pinochet awarded immunity health insurance and rctin:- she said monsters or sainted servants? turn the public off to all Those arc lhc two pictun:s of politicians. and news dircc- LONDON (A P) - Thn:c High politicians lhat most televi- tors see research showing Coun judges have quashed atT'CSl Indonesia students sion viewers get during their viewers arcn 't interested in warrants against Gen. Augusto . / . local newscast• - and ·no1 political news. so they cut Pinochet. ruling that the former much in-between. back on coverage. said Paul Chilean dictator is entitled to inunu- protest election The reason is that paid Taylor, executive di.rec1or of nuy from prosecution. Pinochet, 82. political advertisements dur- the Alliance for Beller will remain in custody pending JAKARTA. Indonesia Earlier in a speech in ing the news outnumbclcd Campaigns. appeal by a Spanish magistrate. (AP) - About 8,000 s1u- West Java province, actual political news stories "It jusi goes round and Earlier, Britain advised its citizens to dents demonstrated outside Habibie called on by better than 4-to- l round." said Taylor. avoid nonessential travel 10 Otlle, Indonesia's Parliament Indonesians to suppon the last week. according - whose group tries 10 warning they could become targets of Wednesday in the biggest assembly's aim of bringing to ti survey n:leased persuade TV stations violence there in response t.o protest to hit the capital n:form.