1963_03 The Daily Collegian March 1963

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IFC Power Grab' Casts Bad Light On Greek System
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By aXBS FINCH ten by Ja**k MeClenegh-.
Although  there  are  two  sides [leglan  staff reporter and'Thm
,-e«nt*d is  the current dispute j member of Thet
Evolving the Iuterfraternlty
Council. Theta Chl fraternity and
•me   Collegian,    the    underlying
jj.-c Issue la simple.
It is not, ee the IFC claims,
tut Theta Ohi broke silence dur-
lag the rush period.
It is. Instead, whether IFC. or
„-,*■ other Individual or group,
feu the right to dictate to The
Collegia w*--* " P1---'"* or how
It ssalKDS Its staff members.
To summarise the poaltlons of
the disputants:
ire claims that Theu Chl.
through a story written by one of
lu members and printed In The
Coin-elan, broke rush silence.
Theta Chl maintains It did nut.
The Collegian supports Theta
Cbl'i position sad maintains that
It. not tbe IFC. la responsible for
directing the activities of Us staff
members who hsppen also to be
fraternity members.
Tbe IFC alleges that the story
'appearing In tho Friday. Feb. 8
iuno of The Collegian was "post-
tirely slanted towards the best In-
•mu of the TheU Chl fraternity,"
In the words or the ITCa Judlcl-
uy board.
The story In Question was writ¬
es Chl fraternity.}
The story wss accompanied by an
unidentified group  picture.
The IFC Judiciary board claim¬
ed that the style „- lhe ..
could have influenced prospective
pledges during the silence—a
period between midnight of pref¬
erence night (Thursday) and 6
PM Friday during which no di¬
rect or Indirect communication Is
allowed with  rusheei
No night To Control
The breach of alienee charge
was first relied against Theta Chi
on Feb. 21, K[er th(, IFC C(Jun.
ell had voted to Investigate wheth¬
er the silence period had been
violated. After a postponement to
allow Theta Chl_tlme_to-propare
Us defense, the case was heard
by the IFC Judiciary on Feb. 26.
In Us defense. Thei
that since McClene-,h.
Ibr as a Collegian reporter, and
not as a member of Theta Chl
the fraternity did not break the
silence period. The fraternity had
not control over McClenechan's
activities as a Collegian reporter.
Letters from Dr. Paul V. Shee¬
han, head of the Journalism de¬
partment, and Miss Evelyn Gill¬
ham.    editor   of   The   ColleKian.
cJLooklncj  -Jtround
By  DOItEEN  BAILER
While you're studying for those [clay.   Many   recognJttd
midterms, there  are a few  basic! television  shows.  AI in of
all the
[students missed Everett Dirksen
j and .Mike Mansfield. Senate Mi¬
nority  and  Majority  Leaders,  re¬
thinks to remember.
Studying Is like dieting. If yoi
Eire up most desserts and gradu-
tliy loso weight, you will gain; spec lively. Speaks \
Eood diet habits and never attain ; students, doesn't it
be overweight, ir you eat plenty!
of banana splits and hot fudpe
lurnlaos and then go on a crash
diet, you may lose weight. But as
ioon as you start eating again,
you'll bo right back where you
started. Likewise, cramming for
i test may get you by. Only
ihrough good study habits will
T0U be able to learn anything.
Relaxed Classes
A couple ot professors at the
University of OregonL_have Insti¬
tuted a good program. They hold
their social science classes in the
cafeteria and coffee shop. Stu-
-leols claim the relaxed setting
itlmolates class discussion.
In a quia given G? Western
Kentucky State College freshmen
recently. David Brinkley was
identified by more students than
■'■">■ other man. Next to him were
Charles   de   Gaulle   and   Callus
FSC Alumnus
Gets Commission
Richard V. Little, an alumnus
ot Fresno State College, received
-is commission recently as sec¬
ond lieutenant in the United
States Air Force, on graduation
from Officer Training School at
Lackland  AFB,  Texas.
Lieutenant Little wss selected
for this course through competi¬
tive examinations with other
Ciaduatea. He will attend the
vst-toos controller course at
Xeesler AFB, Blloxi. Mississippi.
trior to aaalgnment to Orand
Forks AFB. North Dakota.
These letters made clear that
studenta enrolled in newspaper
production .courses are required
to serve as members of The Col¬
legian staff. McCleneghan, a Jour¬
nalism major, is enrolled In Jour¬
nalism HOB, a four unit labora¬
tory course in newspaper produc¬
tion. Satisfactory completion of
this course Is mandatory Tor com¬
pletion or the major. Studenta of
(his elssa sre assigned as report¬
ers for The Collegian as an In¬
tegral part of their classwork.
Reporter's Fate
* As pointed out by Miss Gillham
In her letter to the IFC. each
Collegian reporter is assigned to
cover one or more "beats" (news
sources). Because of his mem-
hershtp-iira fraternity, and con¬
sequent knowledge of the fra¬
ternity system. McCleneghan was
Chl states j asslBned to the fraternity beat at
the beginning of this semester.
As me fraternity beat reporter,
McCleneghan was assigned to
write the rush stories. Including
the one ln question. This assign¬
ment was a class assignment aa
well as a Collegian assignment,
for which McCleneghan received
a grade.
Once a reporter turns In his
story, he loses all control over It.
The copy desk, day managing edi¬
tor and editor, not the reporter,
are responsible for dc-ldlng when,
where,   and   if   the   article   will
IFC President Monty McCall,
ex-offlclo chairman of the IFC's
°': Judiciary board, stated that each
[ratcrnity has always been re¬
sponsible for the conduct of its
ictive member* when that con-
luci affects lhe fraternity system.
veil for colleKc | iJp p[)jn,9 „,,. ibu Ar|k|e g_ Sec.
Ion 2. anil Article 10. Section 8.
if the IFC constitution establish
his point.
McCall told ColleKian News Edl-
or Andrea Lanfranco. "1 feel that
the   current
unfortunate,   but   that
tho   rullnc   was   according   to  the
constitution   and    was   necessary
for  the   protection   of  the  frater¬
nity system during rush."
Cites  I'nrneraph
The   particular   paragraph   in
the story   to which   the   IF9-ob¬
jected reads as follows: "Although
. . . and evening*
The girls who went over to-IIo-
nian Hall Saturday night were
very enthusiastic. They said pop¬
corn eating and card playing ■ Che entire matter
made for A relaxed evening. Let's
hope we have another one soon.
birthdays ,
The Cafeteria staff gave all
residence hall students a birth¬
day party last week. As usual
thoy went all out on decorations
and food.'Each table had" a white
cloth, and there were even cloth
napkins. Congratulations, staff
members, on a Job well done.
APPEAL IS
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(Continued from Page 1)
bcred that groups In the college
are only allowed to govern them¬
selves by exerting a degree of re¬
sponsibility. The latest IFC Inci¬
dent indicate* that a greater de¬
gree of care is warranted ln the
| future."
Socia! probation means that
until Apr. 30 Theta Chl Is not to
Use Its chapter house for social
functions which Involve persons
other than its owo members.
THE COLLEGIAN
Publlih»d lour dor' o
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Film, Dinner
Set Tonight
At St. James
"High - Church. Low - Church,
Broad-Church." a film dealinf
with Anglicanism will be a high
light of the Canterbury Club
meeting tonight in the Fireside
Room of Saint James' Calhedi
The dinner-meeting wilt begin
at S PM and the Him will be
shown Immediately after dinner.
After Ihe film has been shown a
discussion  period  will  follow
final figures have not been turned
In, the three largest houses,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chl
and Theta Chl, pledged the larg¬
est percentage of men."
The Collegian contends that the
article aad paragraph In question
gave Theta Chi no greater advan¬
tage than any other fraternity.
Theu Cbl was listed third in the
story, behind Sigma Alpha Epsi¬
lon and Sigma ChL '
The photograph ln question,
also used as evidence against
Theta Chl, was of a group of men.
The accompanying caption did not
Identify the fraternity to which
these men belonged, nor did it
Identify any Individual in the
group. It gave Theta Chl no dis¬
cernible advantage.
According to IFC, - the first
obligation or the fraternity man
is education. In its rush booklet.
"Co Greek." the IFC stales that
"Education, the prime purpose of
school, dominates ths,: thoughts of
the fraternity man." "Qo Greek"
spells this out even further when
lt states, "The fraternities stress
scholarship, aa we sre all aware
that the primary purpose for at¬
tending college Is to further one's
education."
The Collegian believes that this
IFC ruling places the Journalism
student who Is both reporter for
The Collegian and fraternity mem¬
ber in the intolerable position of
asking, "Will I get my fraternity
Into trouble by carrying out my
first obligation to my education?"
every time he draws an assign¬
ment dealing . with fraternity
activities.
Tries To Censor
Stripped to Its bare essentials.
The Collegian believes that the
basic Issue Is a question of an
Indirect attempt by the IFC to
censor the news appearing In The
Collegian by punishing a fra¬
ternity for the actions of one of
Us members in carrying out his
Collegian     (and     class)     assign-
Theta Chl's IFC representative.
Dill Young, touched on this basic
Issue when he told The Collegian,
"In my personal opinion. If this
Interpretation   stands    (the   IFC
body for all outside organizations
of which, members of the male
Greek organisations are active
participants."
Aa Young points out, the IFC
In effect Is saying to each fra¬
ternity man, "You can write only
what we approve. If your Collegi¬
an assignment conflicts with IFC
wishes, then IFC, not The Col¬
legian, will determine what you
may write."
Above Faculty?
Further, the IFC In effect la
saying. "We.' not the faculty, will
determine how you carry out your
class assignments."
This The Collegian refuses to
accept as a valid basis on which
It can operate. As Mlsa Gillham
has stated, the Collegian will con¬
tinue to assign Its reporters to
stories without regard to the de¬
sires of IFC, or any other indi¬
vidual or segment of the student
body.
The Collegian does not speak
for any Individual, or any seg-
large or small, or the stu¬
dent association. It is not the
spokesman for the Student Presi¬
dent, Council, or Executive Com¬
mittee, the IFC, Panhellenic, the
residence halls, or any other or¬
ganization, group or individual.
The Collegian Is published by the
student association; it speaks ror
in* members of the student
association.
The policy of the Collegian has
Friday Is
Deadline
For Contest
Junior   and   senior   men   will
have   until   Fridsy   to  enter
second in a series of four speech
Tbe first contest, open
freshmen and sophomores..
held  Mar.  12  and  14.
A preliminary round ,*lll be
held at 1 PM Mar. 26. Entries
must be turned Into the Speech
Arts Division office or to Dr.
Wayne Pace, speech instructor.
The contests are being spon¬
sored by Fresno merchants, who
will donate prlxes.jor the winners.
With CaMer j)n #W We tire
featuring "Fashion-By-The-Yard"
AAOYGASHEL LINEN
PLAIN AND PRINT $2.95 YD.
PURE SILK SHANTUNG
45" PLAIN  $3.95 YD.
45"
PRINT $2-95 YD.
COTTON SATINS
36„ $1.29 YD. TO   $3.45 YD.
Pk's-KNITS-SPORTS FABRICS-
-FORMAL FABRICS-YARN
ruling), It Is establishing the IFC   been, is, and will continue to be
as   the   ultimate   administrative I to  print  news—factual   and   un¬
biased— withoijt control o
ship by any Individual or group
within the student association.
Orchesis To
Give Recital
Orchesls. the Gresno State Col--*
lege modern dance club will pre¬
sent its. first public recital In six
years War. 28 ln the campus
arena. Sponsored by the Board
of Fine Arts, admission to both
the afternoon and evening per¬
formances Is free.
Janice Rassoull. general direc¬
tor of the ' program, explained
that only 144 tickets are avail¬
able for each performance. The
tickets may be obtained In the
Student President's Office.
Iranian New Year
Starts This Friday
No-Rous   Hsppy   New   Year!
This Friday starts tbe Iranian
New Year. For twelve days and
nights, the people of Iran will
celebrate this festive event.
At Fresno State College, many
students from Iran will attend a
No-Rom celebration In San Fran¬
cisco this Saturday.
Any students Who Would like
to attend, should contact Gholam
Bashlrrad or Darius Kavlanl.
QaC^os
Ma
MARKING ON THE CURVE—AND WHAT
TO DO ABOUT IT
Twonksy Crimscott was a professor. Choate Sigafoos was a
sophomore. Twonkey Crimscott waa keen, cold, brilliant.
Choate Sigafoos was loose, vague, adenoidal. Twonkey Crim¬
scott believed in diligence, discipline, and marking en the curve,
Choate Sigafoos believed in elves, Julie London, and thirteea
hours of sleep each night.
Yet there came a time when Twonkey Crimscott-mentor,
■ate,- and savant—was thoroughly outthr-ught, outfoxstl, out-
maneuvered, outployed, snd outwitted by Choate Sigafoos.
sophomore.
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It happened one day when Choate was at the library studying
for one of Mr. Crimaoott's exams in sociology. Mr. Crimscott's
exams were murder—plain, flat murder. They ooostattd of one
hundred questions, each question having four possible answers
-A B,C, and D. You had to check the correct answer, but the
trouble was that the four choices wore so subtly shaded, so
intricately worded, that students mote clever by far than Choate
Sigafoos were often set to -ribb*fr,n*f.
.So on this day Choate sat in the library poring over .his
sociology text, his tiny brow furrowed with concentration, while
all around him sat the other members of tho sociology oUm,
every one studying like erasy, every one scared' sua pasty.
Choate looked sadly at their stricken faces. "What a wastofc
be thought. "All this youth, this verve, this bounce, chained to
musty books in a musty library! We should be out singing and
dancing and cutting tfidoea on the greensward! Instead we
ate here." i
Then, suddenly, an absolute gsseer of an idt* hit Choste.
"listenI" be shouted to his ulaaiimliii "Tomorrow when we
take the exam, let's all—every one of us—check Choice 'A' on
every question—every one of them.''
"Huh?" said his classmates.
"Oh, I know that Choice 'A' can't be the right answer to
every question," said Choate. "But what's the difference? Mr.
Crimscott marks on the curve. If we all check the seme an¬
swers, then we all get the same score, and everybody In the eUss
gets a «C."
"Hmm," said Ml classmates,
"So why should we knock ourselves out studying?" said
Choate. "Let's get out of here and have a ball I"
So they all ran out and lit Marlboro Cigarettes and had a
hall, as indeed, you will too when you light a Marlboro, for if
there ever was s cigarette to lilt the spirit and gladden the
heart, to dispel tbe shades of night, to knot up the ravelled
sleeve of care, te put spring in your gait snd roses in your
cheeks, it is filtered Marlboros—firm and pure and fragrant and
filled with rich, natural, golden tobacco. And, what's more, this
d-vriin' smoke comes in soft packs that an actually soft aad
flip-top boxes that actually flip.
well sir, the next morning the whole class did what Choate
said, and, sure enough, they all got 'C's, and they picked Choate
up and carried him on their shoulders and sang 'Tor He's a
Jolly Good Fellow" and plied him with sweetmeats sad Matt.
bores sad -aria and put on buttons which said "I DOTE ON
CHOATE." t
But they were celebrating too soon. Because tbe oext time
shrewd old Mr. Crimscott gave them a test, ho did not pre
them one hundred multiple choice -itif-rtjffiw. He only gave
them one question-to wit: write a 30,000 wwd -may cm
rCnme Does Not Pay."
"Yoxi end your ideas," they -aid to Choate sad tore off his
epaulets and broke bis aword sad drammed him out of tha
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