1997_09 The Daily Collegian September 1997

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THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Friday, September 19,1907
Letter to the Editor
Frat swears off dangerous binges   Voting
Dear Editor:
Recently a story involving fra¬
ternity members at Louisiana State
University was published nation¬
wide. An individual died after con¬
suming an excess amount of alco-
hoi alter a night of binge drinking.
This type of drinking is not uncom¬
mon at Fresno State and/or other
colleges across the United Stales
and hot just with fraternities. This
Falsity
is a serious problem which should
be controlled by each individual,
however, this is not always the case.
This is why the men of the Sigma
Chi Fraternity have made and
signed a written oath not to binge
drink and that wc will control our¬
selves and each other at any and all
social events or "nights out" at the
local bars. With this oath, we aim
to control this problem which un¬
fortunately took the life of an indi¬
vidual already this semester at LSU.
Finally, wc challenge all the other
Greek organizations and students at
Fresno State to promise to eliminate
binge drinking. One night of heavy
drinking is not worth the life of
someone close to you.
Nathan Labiak.
Public Relations
Sigma Chi Fraternity
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meeting and talking w ith other stu¬
dents. Daily Collegian columnist
Joel'Eanes was right Campaigns
lhat inform people do cost money.
Editor
However, no decision should be
made based on the opinion of one
uninformed individual's perception
of jhe issue.
Students deserve the facts. Get
involved and see why we're com¬
mitted to voting "Yes" for the
RecPlex on September 24-25.
Jessica Unruh
RecPlex Committee Member
Psychology major
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paper and pledged lo help the pa¬
per in any way he could.
It was at that point lhat Mr.
Fcrn^cz and I submitted a letter to
the Associated Students. Inc.. board
of directors and University Presi¬
dent John Welty proposing a merger
of the two newspaper;;.
Shortly thereafter. Judy Sakaki,
dean of student affairs, organized
an informal committee, which in¬
cluded ASI President Tommy
Monreal. myself. Mr. Fernandez
and Dr. Zelezny to form a proposal
to merge the two papers.
The committee, with input from
groups across the campus, includ¬
ing the advisers of the three ethnic
supplements, came up w ith a oper¬
ating document that ensured com¬
plete student editorial control of
The Daily Collegian and its supple¬
ments, while also ensuring the fi¬
nancial viability of the newspaper
Mr. Monreal was an important
and helpful voice in forming the
document that would serve as the
charter of the merged newspaper.
At the time, Mr. Monreal seemed
to think the idea was a good one
and pledged to help pass the merger
in the Fall of 1997.
Al ihe last meeting of the infor¬
mal committee in early June, it was
agreed the new operating charter of
The Daily Collegian would be pre¬
sented to the Publications Commit¬
tee in the Fall, and if accepted by
that body, then passed on to the ASI
board of directors for debate. Only
then, if passed by both bodies,
would a merger take place in Spring
|998r
In my opinion. ifThe Daily Col¬
legian is to survive into the next
century a merger with the MCJ de¬
partment is vitally necessary. The
paper cannot continue to operate
under the old system much longer
- it will go bankrupt
The most distressing aspect of
the La Voz editorial and cartoon
was the unwarranted attack on
members of the MCJ department
As a recent graduate of the MCJ
department I find it offensive to
accuse the fine and honorable fac- >
ulty in the MCJ department of be¬
ing "vultures" or wanting to censor
students' views.
Docs Mr. Monreal really think
such dedicated and devoted people
as Professor James Tucker. Dr.
George Flynn or Dr. Greg Lewis arc
vultures scheming to censor stu¬
dents? If he does. I fear Mr.
Monreal has become paranoid in
his many years as an undergradu¬
ate at Fresno State and it may be
time for him to finally bite the bul¬
let and graduate before he sinks into
a worse state of dementia.
James M. Ward
Madera. fJalif.
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to stick to the taxpayers or to stick
to the students." said Yazdanpanah.
ASI Advisor Frankie Moore said
that she has written a memorandum
to the ASI board stating that Vuong-
Vang, violated the ASI by-laws
when Sihe entered the proposal
against the RecPlex at Tuesday's
ASI meeting. Although Moore
would not say which by-laws
Vuong-Vang violated, she did say
she hopes students will become
more involved.
"I'm not the police of the ASI,"'
said Moore. "All I can do is that if I
see something that goes against
their by-laws. I put it in writirfg."
Moore said that students who
have a problem with the ASI's de¬
cision can make their voice known
through the proper channels. They
also can complain to the student
court But she said she is not sure
whether anyone is currently serv¬
ing on the court.
The ASI by-law. Sc^ion 1.4,
which covers ASI activities, states
that the ASI cannot spend a substan¬
tial amount of time attempting to
influence legislation. It also says
that the ASI shall nol participate or
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"But Promise Keepers is part of
a greater whole." Mayor Patterson
said. "The city wanted to attract a
large scale event. Along with the
[California Summer) PoIjcc
Games, the American Softball As¬
sociation and the 50th anniversary
tif the Air Force, Fresno's summer
of 1997 was a record breaking year
economically."
It is not known whether or not
the city will subsidize the cost of
the facilities next year.
Bulldog Stadium, though
smaller than other stadium sites in
the stale, attracted more people per ■
capita than all but one oilier site this
year. The lower attendance nation-
wide may be partly due to "Stand
in the Gap" a nation-wide Promise
Keepers event to be held on the
National Mall in Washington D C.
October 4.
With nearly 50,000 people at the
Fresno event (compared to
Miami's 16.000), Promise Keepers
intervene in any political campaign,
including publishing or distribution
of statements.
Yazdanpanah said that this by¬
law docs' not apply lo their efforts
because the word legislation in the
by-laws is up to interpretation.
"Ultimately, it can be overridden
by the student court." said Yazdan¬
panah.
Yazdanpanah said the decision
was made by the board after they
had received sufficient information
about the issue. Even the ASI ad-
hoc committee did not formally
present their findings to the board.
He said board members found out
enough information through infor¬
mal meetings and conversations to
make a proper decision.
David Splivalo, ASI legislative
vice-president said that the board
will allow students to ask questions
when the RecPlex advisory board,
the group promoting the complex
on campus, addresses the board of
directors at next Tuesday's meeting.
Splivalo said students wanting to
ask questions must submit them to
him before the meeting, so they can
be screened to avoid any comments
or vague questions.
generated about $140,000 for
Fresno State alone.s'It would have
been lucrative even if it had orrly
been $20.(XX) " Snyder said, "that's
$20,000 more than wc would have
r7ad."
The economic endeavor tor
Fresno State was profitable, all in¬
come generated was above and be¬
yond projected revenues
The three parlies involved in
bringing in the Promise Keepers
will have to work hard, cspccialh
since the committee had only ten
days it) prepare to put in a bid to
bring Promise Keepers last year.
ITns year there has been consid¬
erably more time and energy spent
in preparing for the presentation in
Denver. Oct 15. This 45 minute
presentation will be the final of sev¬
eral steps taken in the hopes of se¬
curing Fresno as a Promise Keep¬
ers site next year The proposed dale
for next year's conference is June
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