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August 25,19971
Friends of assaulted
student demand answers
Malcolm Boyd remains in critical condition after an early Saturday beating
By Steve .Echeverria
Special to the Collegian
Dana Hcnson, a Fresno City
College student, looked angrily
over the faded red circle-shaped
stains against the parkway of the
Villa Apartments located behind
Kappa Sigma headquarters.
"They tried to wash the sidewalk
down where Malcolm was laying,
but it is still stained with his blood,"
said Henson. 20.
Henson referred to the vicious
attack of her former roommate, 24-
year old Malcolm A. Boyd, a stu:
dent at Fresno State. The assauWeft
the senior business major in the in¬
tensive care unit at University
Medical Center with the possibil:
ity of brain damage.
According to witnesses, Boyd,
an African-American, was attacked
by two white attendees with a metal
pipe at a back-to-school party held
by Kappa Sigma fraternity early
Saturday morning.
"They hit him in the back of the
head and then he turned and then
they hit him a grip of times in the
face," said Henson, who lived with
Boyd for six months. "That's when
he fell and they continued to hit¬
ting him the face and kicking him.
Then they ran."
Henson said Boyd was defend¬
ing a friend who attended a party
that was being threatened with ra¬
cial slurs when he was attacked
from behind.
Jason Bechara, a Lebanese stu¬
dent majoring in international busi¬
ness had met Boyd only ten min¬
utes before the incident, was the
"friend" who attacked with Boyd.
According to Bechara, who was
introduced to Boyd through a mu¬
tual friend in the parking lot, said
he had noticed a group of men in
the dark and heard Boyd react to
something they said.
"I didn't hear exactly what they
said because I wasn't paying atten¬
tion," Bechara said. "But then I
heard Malcolm say something to
them like 'Why do you have to say
something stupid and racist like that
with me standing here?'"
Bechara said as the group of
guys approached them, one of the
Campus construction
just beginning
By Derek Walter
The Daily Collegian
After a busy summer, a new set
of construction projects and reno¬
vations await university facilities
management workers this semester.
Robert Boyd, director of facili¬
ties management, said he's proud
of the work that took place over the
summer and is looking forward to
the new semester.
"I love this campus..:and our
future's bright."
One of the most visible work
areas has been the repair of storm
drainage pipes along Barstow and,
Cedar.
Boyd said this project is part of
a "master plan" to improve storm
drainage in streets along the univer¬
sity. Boyd said the improvements
will allow rain water to drain
quicker.
Work began on July 1 and was
just completed, Boyd said. The
project cost was estimated at about
$400,000, he said.
Other road woH0 includes sev¬
eral campus parking lots:
• Faculty lot "D" was enlarged
to provide more parking for faculty
members, and was also paved.
• Faculty Ipt "L". lot "K," which
includes both faculty and student
parking, were "slurry sealed."
Boyd said this process seals the
asphalt to prevent water leaking
through. When water gets into the
surface, it wears down the asphalt
and leads to potholes. Boyd said.
A number of campus buildings
got an upgrade to their lighting sys¬
tem.
Dick Smith, director of utility
management, said a three phase
plan is underway to improve the
university's lighting, as well as its
cost efficiency.
He said over 32,000 new light
bulbs have been added to the North
Gym. Madden Library, and other
university buildings and class¬
rooms.
One of the most notable, and
celebrated, projects slated for this
girls talking to Boyd and Bechara
got in-fbetween Boyd and his at¬
tacker. He then told Boyd to forget
about it and in to the party, then as
Bechara turned he felt something
slice his face.
"The blow came from a guy that
neither Malcolm or I saw," said
Bechara, who sustained a cut above
his left eye that reached to the bone.
Bechara said he ran into the
party "all bloody" to get some guys
to help catch the attackers, but they
got away.
Henson said that there was no
indication of tension leading up to
the assault. She said fraternity
brothers and their associates "keep
to their business and we keep to
ours."
"I think because they were
drinking and they didn't like the
fact that a black man was telling
them to keep the peace." Henson
said.
"They were also jealous because
there was a white girl that Malcolm
was talking to."
Please sec ASSAULT page 5.
Ryan Weber — Vie Daily Collegian
semester is the demolition of San
Ramon 4. The building is coming
doWn as part of the estimated $6.8
million remodeling job of McLane
Hall. That project is scheduled to
begin in late October.
University President John Welty
announced San Ramon's fate dur¬
ing a faculty gathering last week.
Upon the announcement, many fac¬
ulty members jumped to their feet
and cheered.
Welty said he knew many felt
the project was long overdue, but
was surprised 6y the faculty's re¬
action.
Please see RAMON page 4.
• Ryan Weber — The Daily Collegian
Gruesome discovery — Dana Henson, 20. roommate of assaulted
Fresno State student Malcom A. Boyd examines a bloodstained
cloth. The two were residents of the Villa Apartments behind Kappa-
Sigma Headquarters.
Gruenbaum takes Social Science helm
By Ezra Danciu
The Daily Collegian
The new academic year has
ushered in a handful of adminis¬
trative changes. The School of
Social Sciences has undergone
an administrative change at its
highest level. Ellen Gruenbaum
has replaced Peter Klassen as the
Dean of Social Sciences.
Gruenbaum was selected af¬
ter a national search conducted
by the university search commit¬
tee. Gruenbaum was acting dean
of the School of Social and Be¬
havioral Sciences at California
State University. San Bernadino.
Previously, she was assistant
dean of the school from 1992 to
1994. and director of the
Women's Studies Program from
1987 to 1993. In addition, she is
still a professor in the Anthropol¬
ogy Department at CSUSB.
teaching courses in applied and
cultural anthropology as well as
a course in body alteration and
mutilation.
"Ellen showed great leader¬
ship in all the projects she took
on," said Caren Calsadillo, ad-
Gruenfaaum
ministra-
tive opera¬
tions ana¬
lyst at
CSUSB
"She is a
very open
person, as
well as an
excellent
writer."
Calsadillo worked directly un¬
der Gruenbaum while she uas
dean of Social Sciences.
In 1991. Dr Gruenbaum was
a sisiting professor as a
Fulbnght Lecturer at the Uni¬
versity of Uppsala in Sweden
Other honors have included a
National Endowment for the
Humanities Summer Stipend
for work on "Ejhnocentrism and
the Ethnographic Study for
Women." a grant-in-aid from
the American Council of
Learned Societies for research
travel to Sudan, and a Malone
Faculty Fellowship in Arab and
Islamic Studies as a delegate to
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
through the National Council on
US-Arab Relations.