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Volume 107, No. 75
California State University. Fresno
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Fraternity's new home beset with problems
■ After many renovations, the Delta Upsilon
fraternity's house is almost good as new.
By Diana Day
The Daily Collegian
The Delta Upsilon fraternity had
to worry about more than security
deposits while moving into their
new house — they had to sweep out
a pile of crack pipes and needles
that previous tenants had left be¬
hind.
The Fresno State fraternity pre¬
viously lived in a 13-bedfoom
house on Shields Avenue before
moving into a run-down apartment
building on Sierra Madre.
They chose their new home be¬
cause it brought thero closer to cam¬
pus.
The move, however, was not
without problems.
While most of the 10 apartments
were occupied, only three of those
people were legal tenants.
Delta Upsilon member Cory
Chevalier said the San Jose-based
owner of the apartment complex
gave the fraternity power of attor¬
ney in exchange for signing a two-
year lease.
This allowed the fraternity to
remove the occupants of the build¬
ing.
"We evicted them two days be¬
fore Christmas." Chevalier said.
Chevalier said one tenant came
back to break every window in the
complex after her Dec. 23 eviction-
She then broke into another
apartment and resumed her drug
sales.
Pleas*? see HOUSE page 5.
G.E. requirement
changes discussed
By David Childers
The Daily Collegian
Nationally published researcher
Alexander W Astin. director of the
Higher Education Research Insti¬
tute at UCLA, presented findings
and suggestions for*"Achieving
Educational Excellence"Thursday
at the Satellite Student Union.
The lecture and question and
answer session was sponsored by
the Strategic Planning Steering
Committee, and drew a large audi¬
ence of mainly instructors.
"I have been accused of having
no un-published thoughts." said
Astin. after a flatterinaintroduction
by University PresidenrJoTifrWelty.
The presentation offered intrigu¬
ing research results, some of which
were taken from Astin's book
"What Matters Most in College?",
and other results from a more re¬
cent and yct-to-bc published book.
While the entire lecture did fo¬
cus on issues that were of impor¬
tance to the Fresno State strategic
plan "Vision for the 21 si Century:
A Plan for Excellence," Astin spent
a considerable amount of time fo¬
cusing on general education re¬
quirements. .
"Over 95 percent of universities
use a distribution list approach to
general education requirements,"
Astin said. "Students are given a
laundry list of classes to choose
from, and generally they decide;
what courses to take based upon
such measures as what time of the
day the class meets. Usually; the'
package they end up with makes
little or no sense."
Astin supports what educators
call a 'True Core Curriculum." a
general education system requiring
students to take the same or very
similar general education offerings.
The advantages, according to Astin,
are that students are forming com¬
mon experiences that will improve
the chances of student to student in¬
teraction.
With the process of reviewing
and possibly revising the general
education requirements at Fresno
State currently in motion, Astin's
suggestions were very well re¬
ceived.
"I think the points made by Dr.
Astin are very relevant to our gen¬
eral education debate," Welty said.
"We have spent a great deal of time
discussing and debating the issue of
what goes on the distribution lists
rather than focusing on designing a
common experience for students.
The closer wc come to a true core
curriculum, the more effective our
experience will be for the students."
Student to student interaction
was one of the key elements that
Astin identified for building a suc¬
cessful academic program. Others
included student to faculty interac¬
tion, student involvement, stressing
diversity, increasing spending for
student service programs and tak¬
ing an entirely new approach to
Please see G.E. page 4.
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Ryan Weber — The Daily Collegian
Almnus Christine Hofferber executes a mid-game spike during yesterday's round of co-ed
volleyball in the South Gym. The event is one of the many co-ed athletic programs put on
through the year by the Athletic Department. All programs are open to students, faculty and
citizens for a small fee.
Art gallery spotlights local artists, former CSUF students
By Derek Walter.
The Daily Collegian
A wide variety of mostly local artwork is
pan of the "President's Gallery" collection
which is currenUy 6n display in the Thomas
Administration building.
Carol Hartman, professor of art. said find¬
ing artwork for the collection is an enjoyable
task.
"It's probably the most fun gallery for me
to put together." she said. "I am allowed to
go out into the community and find artwork
that I want to put there."
Hartman said she enjoys putting the col¬
lection together because she is allowed to
come into contact with many local artists.
"It's exciting." she said, "you get to visit
all these artists, visit their studios, find out
how they think."
When selecting artwork for the gallery, she
said she tries to find pieces that are "bold."
She said artwork can be bold in many dif¬
ferent ways.
"Some I look at as bold in color and in
stature   Some 1 think are bold in message.
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