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Sept.7,1979

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FCC!s enabl€rs.... i.p. 2.

Edítorl I note. . .. .. .p. 7.Tg1gthon............p. 4.

Dld You KnóÍ?.......p. !.Q)inion........... ..p. l.Sports..,.. o. o.......p. 8.

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RAMBURGER REMINDERJust a reminder... the Ramburger

Roundup is going to be this Friday,September 7,lrom 5:fi) to 7:00 p.m. in thefree speech area (between the bookstoreand the cafeteria). Ticket sales will continuethrough today (Fridayl in the founta¡n areaand at the Roundup. Tickets are 2sc¡for ASBcard holders and $1.25 for all others.

THE COW IS COMINGAlert! The first week in October is

designated for "Career Opportunity Week"(COW}. During the week, events andactivities will be presented, featuring theeducational and career opportunitiesavailable at FCC. Stand by for future newsabout th¡s exciting event.

A REEL STAR"My Little Chickadee," the classic W.C.

Fields flick, co-starring Mae West. will beshowing September 7th at 7:30 p.m. in theForum building. Ticketö will sell for onedollar to "just plain folks," and the showwill be free to ASB card holders. "ReelWorld" presêntat¡ons will be showingthroughout the 79-80 school Year:"Dracula", "Beauty and the Beat". "TheSeven Samurai", and "Forty-SecondStreet".

CAN YOU AFFORD TO GET SICK?lf not, check out the FCC medical

insurance plan. The insurance provides onor off campus,24hr. coverage at $42.ü) forthe fall semester and benefits can beextended to cover spouse and children. Formore ínformation go to the Health Servicesoffice in the Student Services building,room 112 by September 19.

DON'T FORGET THE CLOWNSThe Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey

circus is in town from the sth to the 10th ofSeptember. The elephants await you.

ASB CARDS ARE KINDlf you're tired of pay¡ng non student

prices for school activities and events, thereis hope for you. ASB cards are still on salein the Business office. Students with sixunits or more can obtain their cards for $5,and part t¡me students with five units orless can buy them for $2. This smallinvestment will surely save you money inthe long run.

Enobler progrom

moy setve os model

Jim Brooks, InterclubCouncil rep. of theEnabler Club.

Fresno City College's Enabler programmay well be on its way to nationwide fame.It is being considered as a "model"program for a film to be produced by'WGBH-TV in Boston, Mass. Janet Weaver,station producer, was on the FCC campusWednesday, August 29.

Ms. Weaver was here researching forinformation to produce the film for theeducational TV station. Their shows arefrequently aired nationvr¿ide. The purposeof the film is to show other colleges acrossthe country how they can set up aneffective disabled students program.

According to Jim Brooks, lnterclubCouncil representative from the EnablerClub, there is a "very good possibility thatFCC will be one of the colleges featured inthe presentation."

"Our campus offered its insight," Brookswent on, "with guidance by Enableradministrator Gary Graham's presentationof FCC's various Enabler benefits."

When asked why he thought FCC'sprogram was chosen for research, Brooksmused, "The staff is broad-based so as todeal separately with areas of both personaland academic counseling. There are othersocial services offered in the FresnocommuniÇ; we have mobility to and fromclasses and class scheduling that takes intoaccount the disabled student on campus."

Ms. Weaver, who had just concluded avisit at DeAnza College, noted theeffectiveness of "an active disabled studentclub and a responsive Enabler program" onthe City College campus. Weaver went onto po¡nt out that the film won't beproduced until late fall, with a proiectedfinishing date sometime in November.

Court upholds strict VA rule rulesVeterans Administration rules governingschools participating in the popular Gl Billeducation benefits program have beenupheld for the third time by upper levelfederal courts.

The latest case, before the U.S. TenthCircuit Court of Appeals, involved VA'sattempt to hold trryo Colorado schools liablefor education benefits overpayments.

The law makes an educational institutionliable if the VA determines the overpay-ments were caused by the school's failureto report excessive absences or dropping of

counì€s by Gl Bill students, or because offalse certification by the school.

The District Court had held the lawgoverning school liability to be const¡tu-tional, and this ruling was affirmed onappeal. The Court of Appeals also said itfound "no substance" to the claim that VAhad interfered with the educational processin Colorado.

The Colorado case is the th¡rd involvingthe current Gl Bill program to be decided inVA's favor above the federal District Courtlevel.

Sixteen months ago the U.S. SupremeCourt reversed a South Dakoa DistrictCourt ruling involving veteran enrollmentperoentages and the minimüm time acourse must have been offered beforebecoming eligible for enrollments under theGl Bill program.

More recently the Sixth Circuit Court ofAppeals reversed a Michigan District Courtruling that VA lacked authority to define fulltime enrollment for the purpose ofdetermining the proper level of G¡ Billbenefits.

The Rampage Staff

Editor in Chief HenrY GutierrezNews Editor Tim SheehanOpinion Editor Tani MaYedaArts and Entertainment

Editor Dennis HolseYbrookPoetrv Edito¡ Debbie HarrisPholo EditorAd Manager

Ken EnloeLaura Batti

STAFF WRITERS

Debbie Cabral, Joe Chabala, ChristYDennis, Jeff Findley, Karen Gaul, MarkGeorgeson, Bill Graham, Jeff Krause,Laura Lang, Paul Logan, SteveMercado, Darrel McCullY, PeggYO'Rourke, Mohammad ShariatmadarY'and Myra Suggs.

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS

Karen Gaul, Henry Gutierrez, RogerJerkovich, Jeff Krause, Dale Sekiya'and Chervl Sweeten.

ADVERTISING STAFF

Laura Lang, Frances Morrison, andPeggy O'Rourke.

Ass¡stant Advisor Laura BattiAdvisor DeWaYne Rail

The Rampage is published every Fridayby Fresno City College

Journalism 5 class'

The Rampage office is in SC-21 1 .

Phone 442-4600, ext. 8262,1 101 E. Universitv Ave.,

Fresno, CA 93741.

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on ASB cord?

CARMELO ZABALA: "Yes, I use it forthe library; and playing pool in the studentunion,"

KEVIN YOUNG: "No. Because I playsporB, so I don't ne€d one."

MIKE ANDERSON: "Yes, I use it whensomeone asks me for it and for the footballgames."

Editor's

Notøby Henry Gutierrez

Having the pleasure of covering FCC's, first football scrimmage this year, I was metwith the most impressíve coaching staffand a group of kids that wish to win that I

could have seen. The players were of theattitude that "This is the year."

Itwas a thoroughly enjoyable experienceto watch a well balanced team effort.HOWEVER, it was not without its finerpoints. One of the loudest cheers camewhen Jeff Dockweiler finally went out onthe PAT attempt. His teammates gave hima welFdeserved round.

Another came on the heels of coach Bill. Wayte's Renegade blitz that resulted in the

other squad scoring a TD. Coach DanSouza was really enjoying that moment!

The Rams have a bew of well talentedpeople that look most impressive. lf theycan only keep this att¡tude, they may be inthe thick of the race for the ValleyConference championship.

It is a shame to see that the only peoplewho grace the Woodward Park area on thedays of the cross country meets are theofficials and some of the parents. lf theyonly had a few of the students wishingthem good-luck.

It also seems to me that the RamburgerRoundup is underway and we wish thatìllof the people involved liked the firsr of thesocial events held by the people in charge(ASB), was a great suciess.

The many people,who have lined up thecafeteria have seen the l¡ght and havedwindled in the sun. I wish that the lineswould die down so that I could get my milk.For without it I would not be able to writesuch wit. Ohl Shut Up.

DIANE ENOS: "NO. UH. ..t didn,t havethe money. I don't know what you oan useit for. I suppose.for the football games.,'

ln the realm of the many weeks ofschool, I hope that during the many TG,speople attend,profile that mahere at. FCC.o-ther campus wish to pollute their minds,Go Ahead! I only wish I could make it therein time for the suds"

Fother-dqughter teqm sell movie to Disneyby Joe Chabala

A¡l those afternoons Bill Monson and hisdaughter Laura spent in theaters watchingWalt Disney movies and at home watchingThe Wonderful World of Disney finally æidoff.' Bill, a Fresno disc-jockey, and Laura, his1Çyear old daughter, wrote a screenplay,The Moonshine Hound, which deals withthe escapades of'an Appalachian sheriffand his moonshine addicted hounddog.After two years of wa¡t¡ng, the Monson'sstory was finally accepted by the WaltDisney Studios.

"l went out to the mail box and thereinside was an envelope with Mickey Mouseon it," explained B¡11. "l held it up to the sunand there inside I could see a check. ln onebounce I was back inside yelling at the tgpof my lungs."

Laura Monson, a ninth grader, said shetoo was really excited when she heard thenews. "lt was getting toward the end of theyear and I thought Disney wasn't go¡ng tobuy it."

How the story came about is a story in¡tself.

It was late December in 1973 and theMonson s were visiting relatives in themid-west. On. the trip back home theAmtrack train they were riding got stuck inRawlings, Wyoming, on Neul Yea/s Eve.

"The kids wanted to stay up untilmidnight and to keep them.amused l'

started this stoÌy - off the top of myhead," said Bill.

Three years later, at Wildwood CountryClub, Laura challenged her father to writeMoonshíne Hound for Disney.

From there, Bill and L¿uia kicked aroundideas of what would be in the story. Billsaid, "Working from the basic idea, wedesigned the characters, . gave îhem allnames and worked out ¡ncidents thatwould work around the bab¡c theme. Oveqthe nextyear," he added, "we worked overthe story line together.

The Monson's didn't actually get startedwriting the screenplay until July of 1977.During that month they wrote on a benchat Wildwood over-looking the river. "lt tookus about five weeks," said Bil! "We'd workfor two hours, take a swim, and work twqmore hoi¡rs."

Though Bill and Laura are a father-,

daughter team, Laura explairied that thissituation can present advantages anddisadvantages. "The disadvantage ofworking as a team was when you both gotan idea you couldn't decide which one touse or which one was better. Theadvantage was if he (Bill) forgot a per3on'sname and wrote somebody else's I couldcorrect it."

And that is exactly what Laura did. WhileBill wrote the dialogue, Laura corrected hisèrrors.

"Sometimes you get too close to thework youjre doing," Bill said, "and youneed that other mind to work on it."

Bill explained that the chances of gettinga screenplay accepted are very remote. "ltalked to someone who worked at Disney.He told me itwas like a moon rock. . . a realrare thing,n'

The reason for such bad odds, accordingto Bill, are because Disney doesn't usuallytake things that are unsolicited. He feels thereason Disney chose to look at theirscreenplay is that he was a contact personfor Disney in the College Writing Contest.

"ln some respects this success will helpkeep the door open for writers who follow.

But it's a pretty rare thing," said Bill."l felt confident that it was a solid Disney

story. We worked hard and studied themarket. That's the way,you do it. You aim,you fire, and in this case it paid off," saidB¡II.

Bill saíd the people at Disney felt theyreally understood what Disney was aboutand were pleased with the story for thatreason.

Now that Disney has the screenplay Billfeels that unquestionably the writtenversion will differ from the film version."The sequel is þretty much up in the airbecause we don't know what they aregoing to do with it and we have to key offthe sequel. But we are working on asequel."

The sequel is tentatively called Tee-Totaller Hound because at the endoÍmoonshine Houndthe dog swears off thebooze - after almost drowning in the stuff.The twist in the second script is that thedog is a foe of mo.onshine. He still seeks itout but this time to destroy it. "The main

. problem in this script remains how do youteach a dog moderation," said Bill.

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Todd Lerry, ÐA Divleion Chairnan¡ busily doee his part to reach thethonrs goal.

Telethon qdds up to huge success

by Dennis Holseybrook

What kind of people work for a teléthon?ovef

eringatingeven

tion and faith to get Valley residents todonate money thaf added up to a record '

breaking St:*l,6zO (Breaking last year's

s127,89sl.Along with the telethon being-broadcast

from tñe Fashion Fair M'all, MDA had acarnival going on in the parking lot .that .

continuously Íeatured attractions such as'live bands, clowns, magiciarr, and a stuntshow.

here were otherut the evening."Real PeoPle,"

'firstcitedSuethe

Prairie," and John Santos from "TheRockford Files." Kim Richards from "HelloLarry" was scheduled to be there, but a

death in the family caused her to cancel herappearance. Alsq hosting the show yvas.Jocelyn Warfield.

During the early hours in the ¡orning thesounds of ringing phones were feur and farbetween. The pace was slower, and doubtwas beginning to form. People werewondering ¡f the¡r goal (to beat last yea/sgoall would be met. Some people whowere working on the telethon were takingnaps downstairs. The crowd was thin.

There was one person who as not a partof the telethon but had ¡ust as muchdedication. H'ls name is Craig Snyder. Craigplayed his guitar on Moonie Blvd. to raisemoney to put gas in his tank so he couldcome to Fresno to play for Jerry's Kids.

He arrived at tl"ie mall around ten o'clock

Sunday night with his guitars, PA system,and a styrofoam ice chest to , f¡ll withmoney. An impossible task it saemed. Butaround 5 p.m. that ice chest was half full.

Also on hand for the telethon was MarkErikson, KMJ-W's sportsoaster. He reported on television and the happeningsgoing on in the telethon. Aside from hisnormal duties during the telethon, Ericksonperformed twice with the Central Cal¡f.Stuntmen's Association. Both were Videotaped. One was to be aired Sunday nightand the other to be aired Thursday night at6:A) as a part of Mark Erikson's SportsChallenge.

All in all, the telethon was I successlocally, as it was nationally (the total was$æ,ü75,m1.

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by Mark Georgeson

Nonh Daltas Forty concens one week inthe l¡fe of Phil Elliot (Nick Noltel, a widereceiver nearing the end of his caieer forthe North Dallas Bulls, a fictional NationalFootball League team.

The movie works best when it is mostserious. Although it has been advertised as

a bawdy satire, it is also, just as often, a

more subdued indictment òf certainaspects ofthe NFL: the drugs, the pain, theway people are used for the benefit of thetàain. ttre b€st momens - Elliot andquarterback Seth Maxwell (Mac Davisldisöussing the virtues of pain, Elliot

explaining his fondness for the gatne, butnot the rules that apply, to his girlfriend -are the calmer ones. When it tries to bemore boisterous - a long party scene, forexample : it is less effective.

Nolte does a good job of conveying theweariness of the aging athlete. His dietconsists mainly of beer and pills, and hisbody is in constant pain, but he still lovesplaying the gamg. Davis, in his first actingrole, does a creditable job as Maxwell,Elliot's closest friend on the team; UnlikeElliot, Maxwell is willing to go along withthe system, but only if ¡t ¡s to hisbetterment.

The Bulls are obvíously tþe Dallas

Cowboys, Elliot is Peter Gent, who wrotethe book upon which the movie is based,Maxwell id Don Meredith, and one caneasily spot Tom Landry, Tex Schramm andother real-life members of the footballcommunity. Their personalities are exag-gerated, but still there is a sense of realism.

North Dallas Forty tries, at t¡mes, tomake some serious points about profes-sional football, and to a greater extent, "thesystem." But possibly the filmmakersbecame a little scared by this premise anddecided to throw in some mpre outrageousscenes. St¡ll, ¡t survive5 those lesserinstances and comes across as ánintelligent movie about sports.

[ootboll flick tells ¡t like it isd¡dyouknow?

by Darrell-Arthur McCulley

Did you know that the. mct famous'automobile style of all time, theVolksruagen Beetle, is attr¡buted to noneother than Adolf Hitler? The story goes like

'this: the Fuhrer was sitting, in his office oneday and happened to remark that hewished he had a car shaped like a beetle.Well, oire of his engineers heard this. andthe man came up with the design that wèall know so well to'day. and the rest ishistory.

Fashionable talk a few years backconcerned the "age of Aquarius." Expertsneglected to mention, however, that thereal Age of Aquarius isn't for another ¿l(X)

years.

Can you narne the only country in theworld without a single solitary ally? That'sAlbania.

The Hyena is more closely related to thecat than the dog.

Where do you f¡nd that area known asScandia? Good luck try¡ng to f¡nd theans¡wer to that òne!

Weren't you awars that ¡n order for apen¡on to be classified correctly as atranssexual, the person in question canNOT have been a homosexual before theooeration?

Everyone's heard of the titles of Baron,Duke, and Count, but has anyone out thereever heard of the title of Baronet? Legendhas it that King John of England (of MagnaCarta famel created the title out of thin airand sold ít in order to raise money for royalparties.

It's common' knowledge that to killanother human being is to commithomocide. Likewise, every sixth grader ,knows that when a person kills himself it's asuicide. Well, who knew the proper termfor the assasination of a king? That'sregicide. To murder one's broher or sister isfratricide and so¡orocide, respectively.

Was anyone aware that the man credited

'with the invention of the modern toiletwent by the name of Sir Thomas Crapper?

Early American records show that theonly person who didn't want the Bald Eaglefor our national bird was good Ol' BenFranklin. He was pushing for the wildturkey. The Eagle, said he, was a beastlyscavenger that fed off other animals'misfortune. The turkey, on the other hand,was unique in its>{ooks and habits andplayed a large part in the survival of thePilgrims during that first w¡nter.,Needlessto say, he lost. Hmmmm.

Here's the question of the week: Whosaid, "Whatever you do, do it comþletely?"

And what do YOU know that'sinteresüng?

Stones'lïood goes it oloneby Æul Logan

First of all, no man (or womanl whoclaims to be a true Rolling Stones fanshould be without the latest album by RonWood. Surprisingly, though, many Facæfans will see Woody's influence ¡n thatgfoup.

The term, Rock & Roll, has manymeanings. Depending upon the feelingpand baçkground of each individual, it'canmean anything from Black Sabbath toSup€rtramp. The only thing that everyoneagrees upon is that Rock É Roll geæ youmovin', To be sure, movin' is what RonWood's Gimme Some Neck is. Probablythe best'way to describe this album is;Guitar, Guitar, Guitar and Vocaìs.

Side one starts off with "Worry No

Mor€." Clocking ¡n at a shorttwo and a halfminutes, it makes a good introduction tothe album.

"Breakin' my Heart'' is longer in length,providing a more zubstantial song.

"pelia" is only a short i¡terlude betweensongs.

"Buried Alive" shows us that eventhough welve been througl¡a lot we are still'too young.to diE."

Two sna¡e dium taps and we are ¡nto"Come to Realise." This song is wedged intoward the end of the first side, and there itcan hold ítsown:

Ending the side is "lnfekshun." W¡th thesame basic beat as inany of the other cuts,it is (as was "Realise"l rather weak.

The next song is -"We All Get Old."Although this is quite true, I would never

-have thought I would hear it from one of

the Stones"F.U.C.Ho/' ¡s the best cut on the

album. Direct and lifting to the spirit.

What is this? The tempo has actuallYslorryed doarn, although they haven't lostthe backbeat. "Lost and Lonely" is in a seaof frothy whitecaps.

"Don'tWorry" cl6es the album like LedZepplin after a sleepless night. Encouragingus to go on "too fast and too hard," weleaveWoody careening thru his own space.lis a nice place to visit, too bad we can'tlive there.

Even though it is difficult to pick " i"tt",

side, side 2 does catch me a little better.Perhaps because it opens with a songwritten by Bob Dylar¡ "Seven Days"breaks up any taste of slowsville left overfrom the last songs.

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...Ainrt no waY to hidethose ttlioYrrr eYes.

Friday, Sept. 7, 1979.

Denfol Hygiene dep orlment mointqins rígorous froining progron

bY Steve Mercado FCC'Steeth.counsement hand Wednesday and 1 and 3 P'm' on

Tuesday and Thursday. For $5 anyone can

have his teeth cleaned and for $6 you can

have a full mouth series of x-rays that can

be mailed to Your dent¡st.It is not all on-the-job training for the

girls, who must already have completed

dental hygiene clinic, which serves some &)patients a week.

Despite all the pressure to compete andachieve in the program, the students andteachers seem to have a warm friendlyrelationship.

Services provided are available to thegeneral public as well as the student body.For an appointment call 442-&12 or godown in person and let one of the girlsshow you around,

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By Mohammad Shariatmadary

Foreign students' problemshave always been a matterthat counselors and advisorshave tried to find a solutionfor. Each semester, from 150to 2OO foreign students regis-ter here at FCC. Coming fromdeveloping countries to adeveloped country, theynaturally face differences ofculture and other factors.They cannot avoid facing newproblems at the beginning ofcollege life.

When you ask a foreign stu-dent about his or herproblems, what you may hearis "language" as a first andmajor problem. They havefound the language problem asthe main hindrance to study.All of th.ese students agreethat they have to work twiceas hard, or more, as the nativestudents to overcome thisgreat obstacle which terrifiesthem.

Students, in addition totheir educational problems,are not exempt from culturalproblems. Many of these

students have found difficul-ties in adapting themselves tothe environment they live in.That simply ref ers to theAmerican way of thinki.ng,social phases, their way ofliving, and. even religiousaspects.

Tuition, accomodations,the rising price of food andother expenditures are bigproblems which pound on thenerves of most of the stu-dents, especíally those whoare from poor countries.Poorer students have a greatchallenge in conqueringfinancial problerns.

Another noticable pointthat some students complainabout is the type of.food. Mostof these students are used totheir native food: They usuallyface some problem when theytry to change their habits.They hardly can find theirnat¡ve foods, and seldom havetime to cook for themselves.

Despite all of the above,there are other psychologicalworries that most foreignstudents suffer from. Beingaway from home causes emo-

tional stress. Lack of socializa-tion in and out of school is agood example. Students fromdifferent countries with theirown nationalities, especiallyin the beginning, divide intotheir own groups, and ¡tbecomes hard to mix withother groups and with nativestudents. They don't evenshow an interest in communi-cating with others. These arethe natural consequences ofseveral factors: cultural differ-ences, homesickness, andemotional and psychologicalstresses.

However, specialists andexperts in foreign students'affairs are trying to find solu-tions f or most of theseproblems and also are usingdifferent rnethods to reducethese problems to theminimum.

ln spite of all these prob-lems, each year more andmore students come to thiscountry to study and thatdemonstrates their ambitionand thirst to learn more and toknow more and perhaps tosatisfy their curiosity.

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by Tim Sheehan

Mcinday, August 27, 1979.. .a day thatshall live in infamy. lt shall live as such (atleast here in Fresnol because that was theeffective date of CSU Fresno's liquorlicense to sell beer on campus.

Since.that t¡me, many students at FCCoptimistically envision a faint glimmer ofhope, a hope that maybe, just maybe, thesame "desirable" goal might be accom-plished here. But hold on a minute, wouldsuch an endeavor truly be desirable?

I really don't care if people drink (l do sooccasionally), but what about the taxpayers

who support this institution? Are theworking pepple in this state pay¡ng forstudents to get loaded on-càmpus? ltappears to me that neither CSUF nor FCCare appropriate locations for the sale ofalcoholic beverages (profitable, yes; appro-priate, no).

The decision of the Board of Governorsof the California State Colleges andUniversities System to allow the sale ofbeer at CSUF must be deemed a mistake, afailure to live up to the¡r responsibil¡ty to actin the óest interests of the institutionsunder their authority. lndeed, it should beconsidered an act of irresponsibility - it

may not be the duty of the CSU system to'legislate' morality, but on tn" ãtt ãi hand, itshould not condone alcohol.. Tl," reasoning behind this view (pleasehold'your cards and letters until after youread on) is as follows:

The CSU'system is responsible for thecolleges under its authority, and thus is atleast indirectly responsible for the students

objectives if those people are operating"out of a bottle," especially if that bottle ¡õreadily available at the place where theabove objeôtives are (theoretically) sup-posed to be achieved.

o get a "buzz"they can do soeed it, they will

Alas, the mistake of the CSU systemmust also be considered the mistake of thestate agency that issued the license to thecollege, for most of the reasons citedabove.

Hey, maybe l'm wrong, maybe beer salesat State will work after all. The same oldrules (something about having to be 2l ) stillapply, and it's possible that l,veoverestimated the negative effects on theCSUF campus, but it's only a merecertainty that such a program shall notgrace the FCC campus within theunforeseeable future.

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Page 8. Rampage Friday, Sept. 7, 1979.

Volleyboll SpotlightedbY Laura Lang

D women's sports,the hoPes to drawlarg theY launch intothe usiasm Plus. Theteam will be rated today at 2:00 at CSUFwhen they go uP against COS, ReedleY,

and the team from State.

defensive the block," continued coach

uke this option.' Fans can look fon¡¡ard to watching

Babcock."There is an abundance of spirit on the

ed to thep for thisselectedous and

ded¡cated attitude towards the sport,"declared their coach.

The video tape aspect of training is backthis year, making it possible for the player

to wâtch herself as she works as a unit onthe team. lt gives the coach a chance to letthem visualiie their mistakés as a way ofreinforcing her verbal comments. "Thetape machine is a great teaching aide,"D'ougherty commented'

"We can't really be too confident. Ourskills as a leam have improved greatly, butwe have to realize the other schools are

Dougherty chuckled. "Denise Jones isquitã outstanding. She moves well, whichis very important."

Returning starter Denise Jones is fromCincinnati, Ohio. She is training with theRams in preparation for play at San DiegoState next season with Rudy Suroria,coach of the PanAm games in 196/.

"This year's team is shaping up betterthan any other l've seen or heard aboutsince I came here. The team has a-goodattitude. We all get along, and try to get toknow each other better," confided Denise.

"Javier, our ass¡stant coach, has reallyhelped me along. He works us on blocking,diving, and strategy of the game, whileMrs. Dougherty, with her background in

yog3 and tâP, helps us with ourmovement,l love Javier as a coach,because he is really getting me ready forSan Diego. We may gripe about his drills inpractice, but wê will really appreciate him inthe long run. To work together a.team mustbe togðther and know one another. e have

that this year," stated Denise'Another exceptional player retuming to

the squad this year is sophomore BonnieLinderman. "l've learned more playing here

than I learned my three years of playing atthe high school level' I plan to go on toAbilené Christian College in Texas, and theexoerience l've gained here will really helfimå. I chose Abilene because they offerscholarships for women, which is what l'mshooting for," declared Bonnie.

"MrsJ Dougherty ¡s a personal coach.She qets to kho¡v each girl, which makesher sóecial. Loæ of coaches at the collegelevel'tend to favor only the except¡onalplayers, but not Mrs. Dougherty." Bonnigconfided.

Ouestions about the effects of Prop. 13

on their team seemed to arous€ defensivefeelings among the members. "lfs reallymessed up now. We have to buY our ownshoes, while the other teams don'tl All theygave us was ten naru leather ballS," stat€dDenise Jones.

"lt really hurts us. One girl on our teamthis year couldn't afford shoes so herteammetes had to help to purchase them. ltreally cuts down on the poople who canplay. lt has mad'e being on a college teammuch less atttactive," Bonnie put ¡n.

"But it hurts more than that. When we,travel they send us to motels way outin theboonies, about 10 miles from a decentplace to pract¡ce. The other teams get fivedollars for dinners, while we only get two,rnaybe the administration thinks we are allskinny," joked Bonnie.

'al/e have more People than State has,yet we receive læ money. The footballieam got brand nanv uniforms last year, andwe had to tum back in our socks," declaredan indignant Denisel fThe football-seasonmakes it hard on us. The crowd won'tsupport us unless we ãre winning, andsince the school doesn't promote us theway they promote fóotball we don't stand a

chance," she said,"The football players themselves are not

at fàult. lfs lust that football is the 'AllAmerican sporf . lf the media gave us equaltime we might compete, but it hasn't ¡n thepast," stated Bonnie. "lf a men's volleyballieam were formed I think it would gain a lotof interest. As it.is now men's volleyballskips from high school right to theuniversity level," she added.

The opening of their compet¡t¡ve seasonis Sept. 14, against Porterville college a-t

4:30 p.m. The team will play a tolal of 2.matches, 14 of them League games.

"Last year iniuríes on the team really heldus back, but this yeat we have a health¡ercrop of þirls," Bonnie summed uP.

'VVe've never been in this kind ofòondition before. lf we don't take it th¡s'year we never will," Denise addedenthusiastically.

VeterarrSaturday intersquad scrimmage.

kicker Mark SÍnon6 boots a fíeld goal iû

Looking GoodbY Henry Gutietez

The FCC footbali squad took part ¡n an College in Porterville. This will be their final

intra-squad scrimmage last Saturday inMcLanè Stadium. A few quest¡ôns wereanswered and a few are st¡ll unanswered'

and frosh Mitch Ribera, also provídedMusick with a hard decision in thatposition. "lt's extremely even betweenthose two guys for kickoffs and field goals'This kicking game ranks right up with thebest we've ever had."

a battle.,, The running. back situation is also sticky,- i¡" ne¿ team oame from behind to take with Galen Aldredge and Scott McClatcgey

a f did *in Jver the Goú squad. The two the two top runners on th€ team. They both I

shown. The I

the way our tfway'ball. I don't ,iä:

The RamS geared thems€lves tO¡rard lflE racr wtt qrvrqr,r¡ ure tl'arrr uvurrry f€âll|

tomoirov/'s scimmage against Porterv¡lle showed"'

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Alumni X-country

Trodilton ls Upheldby Henry Gutie¡¡ez

The FCC cross country team had itsannual FCC Alumni me€t last Saturday atWoodward Park, with the alumni comingawaywith a2Ç31victory. Jim Hartig, TonyRameriz, and Baldemar Betancourt, all

alumni, finished 1-2-3 in a tim€ of 1$23over 3 mile course.

Mark Hull ì,vas the first FCC runneracross the finish line ¡n a t¡me of 15:9,followqd by teammate Ramon Garcia at15:42. The Rams also came through withScott Swenson, Steve Moreno, MonteRice, Bill Harrover, Mike Carillo, TonyJones, and Dimitri Jaramishian, allconlributing to the team.

Scott Thornton, Dave HagoPian, JohnHendry, and Renaldo Garze all m¡ssed themeet for the Rams.

ln the women's divisiorf Ann Olson wonthe meetriuithãtime of 12:58, bneaking the13 minute bar{¡¡ for her first time. GailHeersfinishedsæond in 13:15, followed byFresno Track Giub member Paula Ramerizat13:27. Tamie Galspie in Sth place, DianaMacias in 7th, and Sara Sauceda in 8throúnded out the Rams win with a &13 pointwin. .,

Connie Hester, Nora Vargas, and JaneKincaid joined in the race at the mile markto offer some 'encouragement to thewomen.

Tomorrow th€ men and women run inthe CSUFWatermenon Run on the CSUFcampus. The first Valley Confer€nce meet¡s September 28 against American Riverand Delta.

PCg ah¡Dnf Jln Eartl.g and Balald¡a¡ Bcta¡court