1991_03 The Daily Collegian March 1991

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issueNo. 25    The Daily News Source for California State University, Fresno   March 1,1991
Campus events
tell 'Herstory'
The play's the thing
Kate Henry/The Collegian
Arthur Miller's play "All my sons" opens tonight with Brett Baird, left, as Joe Keller and
Eric Bishop as Keller's neighbor, Frank.
•March notes
major female
contributions
Bv Jana Ballinger
Collegian Staff Writer
' Hisstory has been told time and
time again, in classrooms and in
textbooks. Now it is her turn.
March is Women's Herstory
Month, sponsored by the Associ¬
ated Students, Inc. Ad Hoc Com¬
mittee Against Violence Towards
Women on Campus, the Women's
Herstory Month Committee and
Women's Alliance.
"All of the history that is taught
is basically about men, with thc
exception of Betsv Ross. Her con¬
tribution was to sew the Hag," said
Karen Cann-HartiganofWomen's
Alliance. "This is an attempt to
write women back into history I
isa way of giving at ten tion to thc.r
accomplishments.
"Areas deemed unimportant,
like quilting, are actually art. They
are a part of women's culture,"
she said.
The month will be segmented
into topical weeks: Violence
Against Women, Womenand War,
and Women in Culture.
See HERSTORY page 7
Folk music from
British Isles in
concert at CSUF
By Krista Lemos
Collegian Staff Writer
In the tradition of St. Patrick's
Day, the group Shanachie will
perform tonight in the Satellite
Student Union and add a new
dimension of cultural diversity to
campus.
Shanachie (pronounced SHA-
NA-KEE) is an American group
that features folk music from
around the world. The group fo¬
cuses on music from Ireland,
England, Scotland and Wales
mixed with an array of bluegrass,
country-western and other Ameri¬
can folk music.
Quyen Nguyen, cultural event
coordinator for the Union Pro¬
grams Committee, is involved in
introducing all different ethnic and
cultural events to the campus com ■
munity.
After listening to a demo tape,
Nguyen said Shanachie isa group
that will interest many students.
"They are really lively and play
down-to-earth music. They offer
things you wouldn't experience
unless you went out of the coun¬
try." It offers students "travel
exposure," she said.
"It sounds just like you've been
there listening to thc countryside
street music," Nguyen said.
Thc event, sponsored by UPC,
will present a buffet-style dinner
a t6:30 p.m preceding the perform -
See SHANACHIE page 4
Lack of sponsors inhibits funding
By Debbie Richards
Collegian Staff Writer
College does not want to endorse alcohol abuse
While the backbone of Ameri¬
can ingenuity is the proud promo¬
tion of commercialism, CSUF has
a policy that expressly forbids the
use of bold alcoholic beverage ad¬
vertising to promote campus
events.
Thomas Boyle, associate dean
of student affairs, said the univer¬
sity takes a strong position on
advertising by alcoholic beverage
companies.
"We do not allow advertising
for (alcoholic beveragel products
or their logos to be used in conduc¬
tion withcampus events," hesaid.
Boyle said thc university insti¬
tuted a policy in 1984 to ensure
thate vents sponsored, even in part,
by alcoholic beverage companies
do not become overshadowed by
the advertising.
To provide a hypothetical ex¬
ample, Boyle said that if a bowling
tournament was held on campus
and sponsored by a beer distribu¬
tor, the sponsorship announce¬
ment would have to be "in small
print" at the bottom of posters.
The beer companies, Boyle said,
want "to get their name, logo, as¬
sociated with anything," and the
university condemns such promo¬
tion.
David Windt, a coordinator for
the University Lecture Series,
understands the policy, but said
the policy needs to be changed to
accomodate the changing needsof
the university.
"I don't think some policies ha ve
matured with thestudent popula¬
tion and needs," he said. "(This
policy) limits some potential for
things we could do." Windt said
getting the sponsorship of large
alcoholic beverage companies
would help the unviversity to
bring more exciting events to
campus.
"These corpora tions have bucks
that they set aside... hundreds of
thousands of dollars a year for
sponsoring events," Windt said.
"Advertising is extremely im¬
portant. No company is going to
come and sponsor one of our
events i f they can't get their name
in lights."
Boyle said the large companies
want their "name in lights" and
that is exactly thc reason that the
university discourages the use of
such bold advertising.
"We don't want the public to
think the university endorses al¬
cohol abuse," hesaid. Boyle said if
CSUF allows advertising by alco¬
hol companies, the university in
effect endorses the beer compa¬
nies.
The 1984 policy says in part, "It
is axiomatic that individuals un¬
der the influenceof alcohol cannot
perform at their full potential. All
instances of the approved use of
alcohol must not detract from the
mission of the University." The
policy outlines the need for the
university to take a proacti ve role
in discouraging alcohol abuse.
Deena Johnson, a ssi s ta nt a th 1 e ti c
director for marketing, said ath¬
letic events that are not held on
campus can be sponsored by beer
distribution companies. She said,
however, that the distributor is
boldly advertised, not so much
their product, and that university
policy is followed by encouraging
wise consumption of the alcohol.
"All distributors |in the com¬
munity! are extremely receptive
See BEER page 4