1988_08 The Daily Collegian August 1988

              The Daity CoUegkm
Wednesday. August 31, 1988        Page 11
Mad flight from dorms creates
off-campus apartment rush
BY PAIGE A. LEECH
Staff Writer
Just three years ago there wasn't a
room to spare in the dorms of CSUF.
but now occupancies abound as students
are seeking shelter in apaitmeni com¬
plexes surrounding the university.
While 42 vacancies exist in the CSUF
dorms, popular apartment complexes sur¬
rounding the campus are filled to capacity
and taking waiting lists.
John Wetzel, housing director ai
CSUF, attributes the dorms vacancies to
a recent influx of apartments in ihe im¬
mediate area.
"Three years ago we were operating at
100 percent occupancy. Then the apart¬
ment boom hit," Wetzel said.
Bulldog Lane Village, located west of
the CSUF tennis courts on Cedar Ave.,
has imposed a $10 per month increase to
their tenants, making die cheapest unil a
four-bedroom apartment costing $208 per
tenant per month.   One bedroom apart-
RAPE
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The thing is, if they don't come
forward, legally we can't help ihem."
In an interview last May, Dr. Marcia
Bedard, A CSUF Women's Studies in¬
structor, said victims often don't come for¬
ward because of guilt, embarrassment and
hanassmenL
"She doesn't want to deal with the
cops and go lo court after something like
that," Bedard said. "People are into victim
blaming. A guy doesn't want to look in
the mirror and see a rapist, so instead he
finds the girl at fault in his mind."
Where to draw the line and when to
cross it remains ihe conflict in college dat¬
ing. But that line, said Parrott, is often
obscured by a series of mind games and
bad judgement by both people.
"When a woman gets drunk with a
man, that was a stupid thing to do," she
said. "When she goes back to a man's
room, well, that's not a smart thing lo
do, cither. She is guilty of having exer¬
cised citremely poor judgement and hav¬
ing pui herself in a very vulnerable situa¬
tion. And that, as far as I'm concerned,
she is responsible for."
Indications are that misguided sexual
attitudes begin early.
An Associated Press story reported
last April that of 1,700 Rhode Island stu¬
dents surveyed in grades seven through
nine, "65 percent of ihe boys and 47 per¬
cent of the girls said it is acceptable for a
man to force a woman to have sex if they
have been dating for more than six
months."
Though dating attitudes of college
students can be linked to childhood social¬
ization, Dr. James Makepeace, a soci¬
ologist at Sl John's University in New
York, said during a taped talk show in¬
terview that the perpetuated "macho
image" is the key factor in dating
violence.
"That your family was violent, that
you were abused and that your mother and
father were violent toward each other does
not necessarily mean you'll inherit those
characteristics," Makepeace said.
"But you do have this strong com¬
pulsive masculinity theme in the male
subculture. Lifting weights, being strong
and powerful is all part of iL"
CSUFs Bedard added that the prob¬
lem is not limited to date and acquain¬
tance rape.
"Acquaintance rape is a big prob¬
lem," she said, "but it's not only acquain¬
tance rape, there are guys on this campus
who are beating up their girlfriends. It's
not just rumors, it's happening."
menis go for $365 a month.
Despite the increase. Bulldog Lane Vil¬
lage hosts a waiting list with 40-50
names, as all vacancies were secured by
early April. According to Pam Moser,
manager of die complex, 85 percent of
the tenants have returned from last spring.
Costs for living in die dorms as com¬
pared to living in an apartment are com¬
parable in some ways, but most students
who have lived in both places wdl con¬
cede that living in the peace and quiet of
one's own apartment is die better choice;
At Meadow Wood Apartments, where
65 percent of the North Backer Street com¬
plex's 462 units house CSUF students,
two-bedroom apartments cost $330 a
month. Shares for a pair of students shar¬
ing an apartment would be $165 each.
By comparison, dorms costs an es¬
timated $170 a month for housing alone.
Dorm students, however, aren't burdened
with gas and electric bills that apartment
attendants recieve each month. PG&E
bills can easily run up to $100 a monlh
during the warmer seasons. Sue
Ohert, a senior, who lived in Baker Hall
for the 1986-S7 year, has no regrets about
living in the dorms, but admits she
wouldn't care to go back.
"I didn't know anyone when 1 came to
Fresno, so it was a great opportunity to
meet people and get involved with all the
activities," Oben said "But, it was too
noisy and loo cramped in the dorms to
stay any longer ihan a year."
WhUe rem increases hit some apart¬
ment tenants this semester, the vacancies
arc scarce and the wailing lists are plen¬
tiful.
Meadow Wood manager Jeanne Am¬
man said less than 50 apartments were
available there prior to August 1. Now
she tells prospective tenants to keep
checking back for openings.
In ihe Plaza Apartments ai 5469 North
Cedar Ave. 240 of the 250 units are oc¬
cupied by students paying between $80
and $305 for one- and two-tearoom apart¬
ments respectively.
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