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Fall back Remember to tum your c\(lck back for Daylight Savings this Sunday morning at 3 a.m. Volume 39, Issue 9 California State Unlvers.lty, Chico Wednesday, October 22, 1997 Column- OO~ .. -l Matt Notley Managing Editor Cyber-sleuth Skates and smiles . , \ Politics vs. watermelon j There were two proll,1inent . , figures on campus Tuesday afternoon. nabs e-mailer One was a huge climbing wall KImberly Bolander The message wm; one of at that eerily resembled a giant New.I· Editor least I 0 ()th~rs, littered with wedge of orange watennelon. homosexual remarks and The other was State Senator A Chico Stale Univcrsity stu­ threats, thut targeted a random John Vasconcellos, a democrat dent smilcd into the computer graduate student for five days. frorn Silicon Valley who is eye­ monitor as he prepared to send his The mail was sent via an ing the governership of tinal harassing e-mail message Internet service that withholds California in 1998. from Meriam Library. the sender's identity. With about 100 people gath­ "Well now it's your turn to be The message's sender claimed ered on Kendall Hall.lawn, molested. and I kno",· you 're to know which cumpus building Vasconcellos told the crowd that going to love it:' read the e-mail­ the grad student was in. One mes­ he was making a five-week, day­ er's most recent message to a sag!! warned, "Gay, I'm going to to-day tour of California to see if Chico State gr:tduate student. who ---·---·----····----·-1 he could gather enough sUppott asked to re~ain anonymous. see E-mail p. 2 to run for office. "I'm a long-shot. I'm not wealthy, not prominent," he told the crowd. "I want to know whether enough of you are will­ Tuiti'on rates fall, ing to make me governor." You'll be seeing more politi­ cians just like Vasconcellos in the corning months. Already two student fees rise other potential candidates for governor have visited Chico Chantal Lamers Affordability Act ends. recently. Al Checci, millionaire Assistant Neil'S Editor The Affordability Act contains president of NorthWest airlines a "sunset clause" that will discon­ visited last week, and Lt. Gov. Chico State University stu­ tinue the Affordability Act after Gray Davis made a stop last dents may have to invest the $79 two years. month. they save from a statewide tuition Carlos Jackson, Associated The November 1998 state roll-back. Fees for the year 2000 Students legislative analyst, said elections are just around the cor­ arc unlimited and unpredictable. after the ycm 2000, the state can ner and political activity on cam­ On Oct. 10, California Gov. raise student'fees 20 perccnt if it pus will continue to escalate. Pete Wilson signed AB 1318, the wants to. A simple glance at the two College Affordability Act of Jackson said the vetoed bill events showed students were 1997. to reduce student fees in the would have provided the CSUs more interested in the orange California State Universities. with adtlitional mOlley for grO\vlh watermelon than the possible Universities of California and the and enrollment. The Affordability candidate for the govemor of The Orlon/Mlko Pedley California Community Collegc Act doesn't. California. Politics at the state Sigma Kappas Shannon Cloney and Amanda Kniphfer act as big sisters at a roller skating party system. It allows for a 5 percent "The roll-back is really level affects us as students more Oct. 14. The event was for children who were not matched with CAVE volunteers this semester. The roll-back. insignificant.:' Jackson said. than you know. So now is the sorority hosted about 50 children at the party and plans to hold the event ·again in the spring. The But what Wilson didn't sign He said "plain and simple fact" time to get informed, be active last event of this kind took place in 1988, said Sheila Schimmel, Sigma Kappa philanthropy chair. was AB 1415, which would limit .-.---_._._- .--.. -.---~ and become a responsible voter. fees that could be raised after the see Fee p. 4 No room for small talk There's a new Chico State Chat Room on the Internet. But Armed minim art robber at large don't go rushing to the site jf you want to find meaningful and Rick Randolph TIle clerk was a Chico State University student. intriguing conversation. Four minirnarts were robbed at gunpoint in an 18. STaff Writer Brooks said, but she would not release his name. hour period last weekend. The four minimarts 3:25 a.m. The gunman was described as a Hispanic male. The new chat room has been gave similar description's, leading police to believe up since the beginning of one gunmen committed all four robberies. When Tom Castagnetto saw the man with lhc gun weighing 145-180 pounds. between 5 feet 6 inches October and only six messages standing outside the Beacon gas station whcre he and 6 feet tall. police said. have been posted -. two of those works, he thought it was a joke. Twenty-five minutes laler, the One Stop con­ are ads and two complain about He turned his back and walked over to set some venience store at 2501 Notre Dame Blvd. was how poor the site is. creamer next to the coffee pots. robbed by a man with a similar description. Adam ·'Too bad this message board Then he heard a gun shot. McFarland, a clerk at the store. said he was out­ has started out so lame," Greg "I didn't fall down," Castagnetto said. "I ·set thc side when a man with a gun approached him and. Bard wrote in his posted mes­ creamer down, by reaction. but I spilled the sugar." told him to gO inside. Me Farland said he was told sage. Bard is also the president Castagnetto was shot below the right knee. in thc to lay an tll~ ground while the robber stole $138 of the Chico Cannibis Coalition. third of four holdups that occurred Saturday. in cash but left behind the change and food (If you want to see a good site, The first robbery occurred about 3 a.m. Saturday stamps. go there.) when a gunman walked into the 7-Eleven at 101 "I laid there for about 30 seconds after he left, The chat room is brought to Main St. He demanded money and ordered the clerk then got up. locked both doors and called 9-1-1." you from Vr-Cities, a web-devel­ to lie on the ground. Jane Brooks, the store's owner, . McFarland said. opment company specializing in ~ 7:40p.m. said less than $100 was taken. She also said a shot The third holdup. during which :Castagnetto was commercial websites. 1105 ParkAve. was fired inside the store, but poliee wcre unable to On the surface it sounds like a The Orion/Aaron Voorhlo find where the bullet went. see Holdup p~ good idea, but look deeper. They ., just want to lure you to their site \ to get you to look at their adver­ tisements. See for yourself at Model United Nations students solve Middle East crisis http://www.vr-cities.comlchi co­ statelindex.html. Jeanne Woodbury university's Butte Hall Saturday. Staff Writer Siyam, a Palestinian who lived Reach Matt Notley at 898-4033, most of his life in Saudi Arabia, fax 898-4799 or e-mail After a seven-hour day filled promote'd the Security Council's [email protected];o.edu with tension, impassioned debate topic for debate: to find a solution and in-the-comer negotiations, to Lebanon and Syria's demand Chico State University's Model that Israel withdraw its troops United Nation's students pulled from southern Lebanon and Inside off a feat unknown in today's real Syria's Golan Heights within 72 world. They passed·;J. resolution hours or face a new war. .Opinion 7 that stopped the beginnings of a The students got a good ta';le Who are the real Christians? Middle East war and gave Israel, of how frustrating and complicat­ . Sports 9 Syria, Lebanon and the ed the process was early on when Sigma Chi are the new l1ag' Palestinian Authority everything the meeting. broke into caucus football champs. they came to get. groups. .Entertainment 1..5 "I wish we could take a copy of On one side· of the room, this resolution to the U.N. and ask Siyam stood shoulder-to-shoulder Graduates return to their turf with'Alumni Print Show. [the delegates] .what they think," with Iyad Wazvyaz, the Syrian said Haytham Siyanl, who role­ . delegate, tiS the two faced offwith .. Calendar 1..8 played the delegate from Lebanon. delegates representing. eight o~hef ~... Dimensions· 24 Siyam was one of 31 Chico countries. Siyam's fuce was hard .. Halloween is fun for students, State students who participated in tiS he explained what Israel's' .. ,but blaek cats beware. this year's first mock session of the . '. \ "The Orlon/TrovorD~ny U.N. 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