1991_12 The Daily Collegian December 1991

              The Daily Collegian
Volume XCVII
issue no. 64    The Only Independent News Source for CSU* Fresno   }S^ex2,
1991
Steve K.Skibbe/DC photo editor
Returning to the Fresno State residence halts are Tina Sparks and Jason R itz. Although
anxious to finish off the semester, both Tina and Jason enjoyed their respective
Thanksgiving breaks.
VAW week
to heighten
awareness
By Stacey Dennehy
DC Staff writer
Today marks the beginning; of
Violence Against Women Aware¬
ness Week, which will address
issues of violence against women
atCSUFand in theFresnocommu¬
nity.
The activities scheduled dur¬
ing the week include a panel dis¬
cussion on multicultural/ medical
and legal issues, poetry covering
various responses of women poets
to violence, a self-defense demon¬
stration and die Take Back the
NightMarch."
A quilt with woven multi-col¬
ored ribbons titled "Violence
Against Women: A Spiral of Heal¬
ing," will be on display in the Free
Speech area during the week.
With each ribbon representing
a victim, the quilt will visually
symbolize the occurrence of vio¬
lence against women at CSUF and
in the Fresno community.   •
The idea for the event came from
ihe ASI Ad Hoc Violence Against
Women Committee whose stated
objective is "to assess the institu¬
tional climate for the safety of
women and bring awareness to
tht-campusthroughaneducational
format that will effect policy, prac¬
tice and accountability."
The committee recognized that
few reports of rape are filed with
the Campus Police Department
and of those filed, there have been
no convictions.
This directly contradicts an¬
other fact cited: Every semester,
nine women onaverage report rape
to the Counseling Center at Stu-
See VIOLENCE, page 3
Syllabi to be
mandatory
By Yu Ting Huang
-    DC Staff writer
Teachers worry over cheating
By Yu Ting Huang
DC Staff writer
Midterms came and went. Soon,
finals will be here. Then the semes¬
ter will be over.
While students have academic
worries such aa studying and ex¬
ams and quizzes and bad grades,
professors have another set of
They have to worry about put¬
ting together an exam on thne and
also being careful their students
don't cheat.
Cheating, as defined in the
CSUF catalog, page 481, "is the
practiceoffraudulentor deceptive
acts for the purpose of improving
a grade or obtaining course cred¬
its."
It is noted in the catalog that
cheating should not be limited to
exams only, "but that it include
any and ail actions by a student
that are intended to gain an un¬
earned academic advantage by
fraudulent or deceptive means."
AiTother form of cheating, called
plagiarism, "is a specific form of
cheating that consists of the mis¬
use of the published and/or un¬
published works of another by
representing the material so used,
as one's own work."
"It is going on in the Univer¬
sity," said Richard Amdt, director
of Advising and Testing Services.
"Inanycasewhereastudentcheats
See CHEATING/ page 5
Students who are frustrated at
the beginning of each semester
because some professors do not
issuea course syllabus for the class
may see a change next semester.
Michael Biechler, associate vice
president for Academic Personnel,
has issued a memo to deans and
departments reminding faculty
members that they have to issue
course syllabi.
It is too late for the memo tobe
effective this semester," said
Joanne Schroll, chair of both tine
Personnel Committee and the
department of physical education
and human performance. "But we
hope it will be effective next se¬
mester."
"We think there is a problem
because a number of students
brought up grievances," said
Biechler. "There have been com¬
plaints of absence of or unclear
course syllabi."
According to the University's
Grading Policy, last revised in
October 1985, from the Academic
Policy Manual, "all faculty mem -
bers shall develop, in writing, goals
and objectives for all courses
taught" at the beginning of the
The course syllabus or outline
should inform students of the
instructor's "grading methodol¬
ogy, typesand number of projects,
written work, tests, experiments,
etc."
It is a real problem for stu-
See SYLLABUS, page 4
Donation from alumni to help construction costs
>New Yew's fund-raiser to benefit new education building
By Michelle Martin
DC Staff writer
Tooffeet the estimated $?15 million cost
of a new education building, the CSUF
Alumni Association will donate proceeds
from its New Year's Eve fund-.aiser to the
project
This year's fund-raiser will be held at the
Hacienda Inn and will consist of a filet mi-
grtondinner with wine, chocolate and cham¬
pagne at midnight, live and silent auctions,
fortune-telling, a light image shbw and live
music from LA. rock band Patrol.
"Ifs not your standard Guy Lombardo
New Year's Eve party," said Alumni Asso¬
ciation secretary Lois May.
Last year, the Association raised Sl 4,000
to benefit the construction of thejohn Wright
Theater. May said the Association plans to
make the New Year's Eve fund-raiser an
annual event, benefitting a different project
each year. f
"Itwas designated by the Academic Vice
President that the funds raised be donated
to them and they (the School of Education
and Human Development) were really ex¬
cited about it," said May.
She said the Alumni Association re¬
quested a recommendation from acting vice
presidentof Academic Af fairs AlexGonzalcs
because, "We don't know which depart¬
ment is in the most need."
MaysaidtheauctionsonNewYear'sEve
wittofferitems such as cotxiominiums, wine
train trips in Napa Valley, golfing vacations
in Carmel, dinners and other high-ticket
items.
All items to be auctioned are donated,
and many of the donations have come from
within the University, May said.
Acting director of Plant Operations Dave
Hernandez said construction of the new
education buildingis set to begin early next
year, and its scheduled completion date is
fall 1993.
"We got delayed a Uttiebit," heSaid. "At
the chancellor's office they're asking us to
include renovating the old Ed-Psych build¬
ing. Thafs whaf s holding us up now."
He said that in addition to the construc¬
tion of the new building, which will be
located on the northwest comer of Shaw
and Maple, the old building will be "com¬
pletely redone" lor use by other schools.
See FUNDRAISER, page 4