1986_11 The Daily Collegian November 1986

              . Tuesday, Nov. 4. 198* ■
Brothers, sisters cut up for cause
By Tamara Toller
Staff Writer
Greeks slice charity pumpkins
Tis the season' for pumpkins and
turkeys, and as Christmas and the season
of giving draws near. CSUF fraternities
are getting into the spirit.
Members of Lambda Chi Alpha and
Kappa Sigma fraternities participated in
philanthropic events this weekend, hoping
to raise funds and smiles, according to
members of both houses,
v^ \ Halloween day found thc brothers and
little sisters of Lambda Chi at the fourth
annual Pumpkin Carving Jamboree at
Irwin O. Addicott School for the mentally
retarded.
Lambda Chi's Ray McFarland, Matt
/-    Mueller and  Greg Sandor who were
^dressed as rainbow-wigged clowns, enter¬
tained  the 93 children designing jack
o'lantern  faces  to  be carved  by  the
fraternity members.
"About 50 brothers and little sisters are
on hand to help," said Jeff Cross, the
event's coordinator. "They are -here just
because they want to be," he said. Cross
was pleased that four times as many
people participated as last year.       T
"The fraternity accomplishes what they
set out to do — a public service -f- and in
the process they generate a lot of excite¬
ment," said Don McHatten, the school's
principal. "As you can see. the children
are very receptive tojjt. Just look around
at the children's faces\ hear the noise and
feel the excitement in the air." he said.
As the students filed out of their
classrooms, hugging their pumpkins, talk
of trick-or-treat filled the air. Anticipation
grew as they waited for the announcement
of the jack o' lantern winners.
Each child was given some kind of
prize. Cross said. Medals and ribbons, as
well as the pumpkins were donated by the
fraternity.
"If they do not get a pumpkin to take
home," said Cross, "they will be given a
fraternity T-shirt."
The excited hubbub was hushed by
McHatten. Fraternity members led their
new friends to center stage, pumpkins in
tow. Applause filled thc room as the
students introduced their creations. The
children grinned delightedly as they
returned to their seats with a ribbon or
medal.
"Mike's pumpkin's name is WonderfuL"
said Sandor as he introduced the last
pumpkin. .
Wonderful is the way teacher Kristi
Spikes described the afternoon. "It is neat
for a lot of the children because they do
not have brothers or sisters of their own
and many come from foster homes," she
said. "The event allowed children to make
new friends."
Early Saturday, the brothers of Kappa
Sigma were wide awake and ready to roll.
The fraternity was sponsoring a car
push, the second part of a three-weekend
fundraiser for cystic fibrosis.
" 'Three Weekends for Cystic Fibrosis'
began last weekend when fraternity
members made a 160-mile bike trip to
Monro Bay," said Bill Daley, the event's
coordinator. "The car push is today ana a
bowl-a-thon is planned for next weekend."
he said. /
By 8:20 a.m.. 32 fraternity brothers
were assembled in the parking lot of the
Red Wave Inn. Paul Frank, disguised as
Kaptain Sigma, gave a "yeah-yeah" and
the first five-man team pushed the car out
of the driveway and onto Maple Avenue.
Their destination .was "Dave's  Auto   ■
Dismantling, 11 miles away, which had
agreed to buy the car for S125 and donate
$1.50 per mile pushed, Daley said.
Fraternity member Todd Prater donated
his 76 Dodge Colt for the event. "It was
for a good cause." he said.
The car was painted red and green, the
fraternity's colors, and other sponsors'
names were stenciled onto the car, Daley
said.
Kappa Sigma chose to participate in
"Three Weekends for Cystic. Fibrosis"
because it was one large event composed P
of three smaller ones, Daley said. "The
brothers kept coming up with ways to
raise money. We decided having three
separate events would raise more publicity
for our cause," he said. "The bike ride got
publicity for the car push and the car for
the bowl-a-thon." >
After Saturday's event, Daley said the
fraternity would be a quarter of the way to
their goal of $5,000.
"Traditionally, we make the most money
on our bowl-a-thon," Daley said.
The bowl-a-thon will last from 11 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 8, until 12:30 a.m. Sunday,
Nov. 9 at Rodeo Lanes in Clovis.
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functioning the same way with the Black
community.
Dr. James Rogers, a professor of Black
Studies, did not want to talk about the
ethnicity of the candidates. He said he is
more interested in the positions of the
candidates and what they represent.
Rogers prefaced his statements about
the candidates by saying he is not a
Democrat or a Republican, but a
Democratic Socialist.
A Democratic Socialist believes thet
government should take the initiative to
"implement programs that distribute
income, job opportunities and the natural
resources of the nation to thc masses of
the people," Rogers said.
Rogers said he will vote for Bradley
because he thinks Bradley is more sensitive
to the needs of poor people.
"I think he rightfully opposes the spread
of toxic pollution. I think he will more
effectively implement programs that will
address the problem of unemployment,
higher education and increase rehabilita¬
tion of criminals," Rogers said. "Therefore
I will vote for him for those reasons with
reservation."
Rogers has reservation because he now.
believes the only answer to solving the
problems in this society are through
Democratic Socialism.
"Neither Bradley nor Deukmejian
advocates that kind of radical social
change." Rogers said. "So they are both
inadequate, but I will be voting for
Bradley."
Kouymjian said he will probably vote
for Deukmejian because of the many
Armenian appointments Deukmejian has
made during his administration.
"Myself, I am prepared to vote for
Deukmejian, though I disagree with some
of his policies and didn't vote for him the
first time around," Kouymjian said. "When
it comes down to it, I will probable vote
for Deukmejian. There is a side of me that Instead of discussing the issues, Kouy-
says I want the Armenian to win." mjian said, the candidates have chosen to
Kouymjian said Bradley has not "shown discredit  each other through  negative
him anything," and was "much better five campaigning,
or six years ago."
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