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the Daily Collegian
California State University, Fresno
Tuesday, September 6, 1988
Local
guitarist
in crash
Member of Miss
Alans remains in
critical condition
BY MARY BETH ALEXANDER
Contributing Writer
Where's the basement?
Manuel "Manny" Diez, 24, guitarist
for the popular local band The Miss
Alans, remained in critical condition yes¬
terday at Valley Medical Center after suf¬
fering severe head injuries in a motorcycle
accident Saturday night, according to hos¬
pital officials and close friends.
"Everybody's pretty optimistic," said
Jay Fung, 26, bass player for the band,
who had spoken with Diez's immediate
family. "He's a stubborn guy."
A medical center spokesperson de¬
scribed Diez's condition as "stabilizing o-
ver the past few hours," in a telephone in¬
terview early this morning.
The accident occurred at about 8:40
pm.. Diez, who was not wearing a hel¬
met, was traveling southbound on Wi-
sbon Avenue—a one-way street—when
his motorcycle rammed into a car driven
by Enella Chance, 62, of Fresno. Police
said that Chance's car ran the stop sign at
Hedges Avenue, heading west. Diez was
on his way to a friend's apartmenL
The accident caused the cancellation of
the Miss Alans' scheduled performance at
the OldTown Saloon, where they were to
have opened for the Los Angeles band
flREHOSE.
Diez, who does not attend CSUF,
underwent surgery Monday afternoon due
to severe blood loss, according to his girl¬
friend Joey White, 20. Up to that point,
she said, he had been responding favor¬
ably after being brought out of a drug-in-
uced coma Sunday. She was told by doc-
Please see CRASH, page 3
fhor Swift/Dairy coiiegian
As Mi overhead crane does all the heavy work, Vie Fernandez
steadies and places the new •'permaner.t temporary" San Ramon 1
building Into place on Its foundation on the north side of San Ramon
Ave. Thursday. /-^ *
Fraternity flier sparks
anger in Phi Mu sorority
BY KIM KASABIAN
Staff Writer
An in-house fraternity flier depicting a
sorority pledge as a partially- nude model
has sparked anger in one sorority and
caused members to question whether frater¬
nities are partially responsible for the low���number of girls they recruited in this
year's rush.
The flier, a Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji) prc-
msh week information sheet, featured a
photo of a partially-nude female with a
caption underneath, reading "Phi Mu
ptedge."
Negative portrayals of sororitiy mem¬
bers may have decreased the number of
girls pledging membership at Phi Mu,
said   Phi Mu member Susan Schmidt
The flier "may have something to do with
why we didn't do so well."
This semester. Phi Mu initiated only
six pledges. Four other sororities pledged
17 girls and one pledged IS new mem¬
bers. The maximum number of girls one
house may pledge during rush one week
before classes begin, is derived by di¬
viding the number of prospective pledges
by six.
"I can't believe they'd do that," said Phi
Mu -member Cheryl Porter, smiling
through gritted teeth. She added that it
also destroyed the overall Greek image
Non-Greek students tend to associate one
Greek's actions with tbe entire system,
she said.
Schmidt said she thought Fiji members
were "degrading themselves" when they is¬
sued such fliers, whether they were meant
for everyone to see or just a select
The flier was meant for the eyes of the
fraternity members only, according to Fiji
member John Yancura. One copy, how¬
ever, was discovered circulating on cam¬
pus Thursday.
"It was in bad taste. I personally don't
like this (flier)," Yancura said.
Though be couldn't condone what was
deputed and said on the flier, Yancura said
"It's just what guys do."
Yancura's house was the meeting place
for the get-together mentioned on the
flier. He tried to explain his fraternity's
"We were having a problem getting
guys' attention in the housc-we needed an
arieniion-getler," be said.
When asked if be thought females
would find the flier funny, Yancura shook
his head, saying he thought most females
ace ANGER, mm 3
Abuse '
program
to give
council
BY GEORGE GOMEZ
Contributing Writer
In a move geared toward reaching and
educating CSUF students about the
dangers of substance abuse, the uni¬
versity's first substance abuse program
will begin operation on Sept 26.
It will mark the first time that there
will be a broad-based university program
dealing not only with the prevention and
education but also with substance abuse
counseling.
"We're not interested in prohibiting al¬
cohol," said Dr. Steve Sena, director of
the student counseling center, "we just
want people to know the consequences of
their actions."
The program will be funded by a two-
year, $130,000 federal grant which the
university was awarded over the summer
through FIPSE (Funds for the Im¬
provement of Post-Secondary Education).
Disbursement of the grant money cal Is
for the hiring oT three people, one coun¬
selor/educator, one graduate assistant, and
one secretary, who will work in conjun-
on with the student counseling center.
"The counselor/educator position isreal-
ly good news because now we will have
someone whose sole purpose is to get the -
word out along with coordinating both
class and group presentations," Sena said.
Over the past two years, there have
been more than 600 drug and alcohol-re¬
lated arrests immediately surrounding the
CSUF campus, according to the Fresno
City Police Department
Also, in one semester last year there
were 84 drug- and alcohol- related inci¬
dents reported in the dorms..
"One of the reasons we applied for the
grant was to upgrade the program and
provide some aggresive action," said Tom
Boyle, associate dean of Student Affairs.
Boyle said that in the past, some stu¬
dent organizations had their' own alco¬
hol/drug education activities, but the uni¬
versity's effort "wasn't consistent."
He points to the 60 percent to 70
percent of the disciplinary cases that come
before him which are alcohol related as a
symptom of a bigger problem.
In Boyle's opinion, alcohol is the
current "drug of choice" among students
and it also represents the "biggest
problem" facing the university. There
have been incidents of theft and
vandalization which were directly alcohol
or drug related, according to Boyle.
The grant is a real boost in terms of
what we can do on campus since it
expands our resources and enables us to
offer more to students who could really
benefit from it," he said.
In addition to the three new positions,
an advisory council has been created to
assist the substance abuse program.
Consisting of faculty, people from Olive
Street Bridge (a drug and alcohol recovery
center). Student Affairs and the drug and
alcohol council of Fresno County, the..
council will provide their advice and
knowledge of substance abuse. They'll
also try to see some of the needs of the
by   developing   approaches
see ABUSE, page 4