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4 The Daily Collegian Feature Photos by Lane Tu Rasheed Mohammed (left above) U building a two story Mosque for the hundreds of Muslims who live and worship in Fresno. The $1,000,000 Mosque Is located on Shaw Ave. across from the CSUF dorms. Mohammed installs a canopy outside a rental house which serves as a temporary place of worship while the new Mosque is being biult (right). \ Mosque to be rennovated I'he Mosque is a cultural centc r lor people of the Islamic faith. Anew M in Fresno mav be the beginning of a life for Muslims who have chosen to in America instead of persecution in their homeland Located across from CSUF at 2 II t. Shaw, the Mosque is on a parcel of land valued a $57,793. Rasheed Mohammed, general contractor for Reinforced Con¬ crete, Inc.. said the remodeled building may ultimately cost more than $1 million, excluding 75 percent of the labor costs donated by Mosque worshippers. The two-story building is scheduled for completion in one year, and will be equipped with a sprinkler system in case of fire. It is the only Mosque between Bakersfield and Merced. The Mosque has been firebombed twice since it was bought by the Muslims in 1980. Tensions among Americans during the Iranian hostage crisis are attributed by Mohammed as the cause. "This is a place for worshipping God. We arc not involved in politics, we are not involved in Iran," said Mohammed, who left CSU F in 1979 to attend Glendale City College. Another Muslim, "Abdul," who asked to remain anonymous until granted natu¬ ralization by the immigration bureau, said that in many countries the Islamic faith is discouraged by governments that fear religious beliefs among their people. "This is supposed to be a democratic country where there is freedom of reli¬ gion, so if people attack the Mosque they don't believe in the Constitution of the United States," said Abdul. Wire was installed on the windows of the Mosque to keep burning objects from entering the buildingyFlorescent lights were mounted facing'outward to illumi¬ nate the street. Back there [the Middle East] I arc Muslims, but no Islam," Mohammed explained. The influx of non-resident aliens en¬ rolled at CSUF. many of whom are Mus¬ lim, has risen from 462 in 1974 to 1,088 in 1984. Mohammed said the similarities between the Islamic faith and American ideals encourage many Muslims to immi¬ grate because they have more religious freedom here than at home. Farhad Amir, a Muslim of Iranian des¬ cent who graduated fiom CSUF as a food science major, explained Islam as mean¬ ing submission and obedience to the crea¬ tor, "Allah " From dawn until sunset Muslims are not supposed to eat, drink alcohol or have sex. There are as many as five prayer ses¬ sions per day at the Mosque, but Fridays are considered to be a special day for reli¬ gious observance. e old t the College Union at of faithful can more day.andthesubstitu Shaw is not large enc the Muslims. On Jan. 18 then worshipping upstairs During prayer. held in CSUF. The number than double on Fri- te Mosque at 205 IE. ugh to accommodate were 123 Muslims at the College Union, c required rodcacamel in my Ufe."said Abdul. "Like somebody coming from down there [the Middle East], they say all Amer¬ icans are 'cowboys'." Mohammed added. Many Muslims did not support the Iranian government during the hostage crisis in 1981. Amir said the action went against Islamic law, which prohibits the taking of hostages and does not discrimi¬ nate against people of different races. All women and black hostages were released face toward Mecca, the holy city of Islam, which is also the capital of Saudi Arabia. From here. Mecca lies a little to the east of The dissimilarities in culture found when Muslims come to America has fos¬ tered many misconceptions. Abdul said these sterotypes are influenced by what many Americans see on television and at them aftei .egan "Where 1 e from I take the ti Of the one billion Muslims Amir said there are in the world, he adds that only 10 percent of those are Arabs. Amir said there arc significant amounts of Muslims in virtually all areas of the world, and that 20 percent of thewortd's populationare Islamic. "In this Mosque as well as in many, other Mosques around the United States you will find that people attending prayer do not consider Khomeini their leader. Mohammed provides much of the required laborfor the Mosque. 75 percent of the work is done by Muslim volunteers. Review January 25, 1985 5 Night Ranger hams hifc it big For the five members of the rock group Night Ranger, the road to star¬ dom hasn't been an easy one. Even after the chart-topping success of their single, "Sister Christian," also the ninth most popular video on MTV for 1984, the band had doubts about their second album, "Midnight Mad¬ ness," and indeed, wondered about their whole musical direction. Those fears subsided when they watched the album go from gold status to platinum. And then, finally, from platinum to double platinum. In layman's terms, that's over two million records. While that may not be as many albums as Michael Jackson has sold recently, it's still a heck of a lot of vinyl. In Fresno last, month for a per¬ formance, bassist! Jack Blades and drummer Kelly] Keagy, both of Night Ranger,dis¬ cussed their feel¬ ings about that album, as well as a new one that's in the works. They remembered what it was like when successful: "We'd play in some places and they'd say, 'God, you guys are really great and it sounds really good," Blades said, but then they added that they were only offered steady work if they got short haircuts and if they wore skinny ties and wing-ltp-shoes. Clearly not a new wave act. Blades and the rest of the band weren't about to change their "image" to conform to somebody else's idea of what was "hip". "We said. •Hey, forget this stuff,*" Blades em¬ phasized. That was the beginning. Few gigs. N6 money. Both Blades and Keagy, for /a time, delivered "...more flowers for a florist in San Francisco than you could shake a stick at," recalled Blades, but added they did anything it took to sur¬ vive. Well, almost anything.... Before anyone had even conceived of Night Ranger, all of the band's present members were experiencing some de¬ gree of success in other rock outfits. Blades, Keagy, and Night Ranger guit¬ arist Brad Gillis had a band called Rubicon, which Blades describes as "...the proving ground." Meanwhile, Alan "Fitz" Gerald, Night Ranger's keyboardist, was playing witli Bay Area acts like Ronnie Montrose and Sammy Hagar. He was also prod ucinganalbum for a young unknown guitarist named Jeff Watson. So how did it all come together. Night Ranger, that is? Blades explains: "We broke that band up [Rubicon] and formed a band called Stereo and played around the Bay Area forawhile. That was a new wave-funk-jazz-f usion- country-rock-disco band....It only lasted six months. We played some incredibly terrible dives, but we had a great time doing it. He continued. "When Kelly, Brad, and I were in Ste¬ reo, 'Fitz' was my roommate at the time. He had just quit playing with Montrose. He know Jeff [Watson] be¬ cause he'd done that demo'with him, and said, 'Hey. lets form a rock band.* We all got together, t he five of us, right after Easter in 1980." "Jammed, and immediately hated each other," Keagy commented, smi- appears relieved that the lean years are beginning to fade. Night Ranger's first release, "Dawn Patrol," did well in the charts, yielding two singles — "Dont Tell Me You Love Me," an AOR hit, and "Sing Me Away," which manged to struggle its way into the Top 20. "sing Me Away" also got tbe band some early media exposure, appearing on TV's "Solid Gold." Even though "Dawn Patrol" went on to become a platinum seller, success still eluded them in the way of a hit single. The time: Summer of 1984. Enter "Sister Christian," a Top 5 single on U.S. charts and the number one video on MTV for twelve weeks. The band: Night Ranger. The song, written by Keagy for his sister (whose name, inci¬ dentally, isnt Christian — though close enough) was a massive break for Night Ranger. Suddenly, alhum sales for" Mid- night Madness" picked up. Their other | videos, "(You Can Still) Rock in Keagy, the band principal shown thus far, with a string of popular songs they're not just another "here toda; gone tomorrow" one-hit act. "We're just a bunch of entertaining hams,'"admited Blades, referring to Keagy and himself. He confesses. "[Fitz] is the one we rely on when we have to figure out what the chord structure is." Juniors, Seniors and Grad Students Look to the future...apply for a Citibank card today! E^raf""* Citibank Application Fm»xA mio !.:■■■!.;in.';n i.i'.i'M'i.mn n ij'Mi.-u'iis.x'ii'-^'-'HJ.'igxiii: T1 ■==== TT- -••—- »■■■■■■ ~_ ~~,*-_„_..-—<•- -'- -■—•<"•—■■• —•——*— BSS •^^^tra|M^^?; .*"'-" 6lj|l§ mp TTMADE ME LAUGH! 'ANDMAL HOUSE' WALKS THE BEAT!" niMEMAmK What an Institution! Friday January 25 Satellite C.U. 2:30 ,7:00 ,9:05 "Why pay more? " "Why go anywhere else?" ■ ; a*— lBfl®<s>im C®mmft^ Begins on Monday
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Title | 1985_01 The Daily Collegian January 1985 |
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Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1985 |
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Title | Jan 25, 1985 Pg. 4-5 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1985 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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4 The Daily Collegian
Feature
Photos by Lane Tu
Rasheed Mohammed (left above) U building a two story Mosque for the hundreds of
Muslims who live and worship in Fresno. The $1,000,000 Mosque Is located on Shaw
Ave. across from the CSUF dorms. Mohammed installs a canopy outside a rental house
which serves as a temporary place of worship while the new Mosque is being biult
(right).
\
Mosque to be rennovated
I'he Mosque is a cultural centc
r lor
people of the Islamic faith. Anew M
in Fresno mav be the beginning of a
life for Muslims who have chosen to
in America instead of persecution in
their
homeland
Located across from CSUF at 2
II t.
Shaw, the Mosque is on a parcel of land
valued a $57,793. Rasheed Mohammed,
general contractor for Reinforced Con¬
crete, Inc.. said the remodeled building
may ultimately cost more than $1 million,
excluding 75 percent of the labor costs
donated by Mosque worshippers.
The two-story building is scheduled for
completion in one year, and will be
equipped with a sprinkler system in case
of fire. It is the only Mosque between
Bakersfield and Merced.
The Mosque has been firebombed twice
since it was bought by the Muslims in
1980. Tensions among Americans during
the Iranian hostage crisis are attributed by
Mohammed as the cause.
"This is a place for worshipping God.
We arc not involved in politics, we are not
involved in Iran," said Mohammed, who
left CSU F in 1979 to attend Glendale City
College.
Another Muslim, "Abdul," who asked
to remain anonymous until granted natu¬
ralization by the immigration bureau, said
that in many countries the Islamic faith is
discouraged by governments that fear
religious beliefs among their people.
"This is supposed to be a democratic
country where there is freedom of reli¬
gion, so if people attack the Mosque they
don't believe in the Constitution of the
United States," said Abdul.
Wire was installed on the windows of
the Mosque to keep burning objects from
entering the buildingyFlorescent lights
were mounted facing'outward to illumi¬
nate the street.
Back there [the Middle East] I
arc Muslims, but no Islam," Mohammed
explained.
The influx of non-resident aliens en¬
rolled at CSUF. many of whom are Mus¬
lim, has risen from 462 in 1974 to 1,088 in
1984. Mohammed said the similarities
between the Islamic faith and American
ideals encourage many Muslims to immi¬
grate because they have more religious
freedom here than at home.
Farhad Amir, a Muslim of Iranian des¬
cent who graduated fiom CSUF as a food
science major, explained Islam as mean¬
ing submission and obedience to the crea¬
tor, "Allah "
From dawn until sunset Muslims are
not supposed to eat, drink alcohol or have
sex. There are as many as five prayer ses¬
sions per day at the Mosque, but Fridays
are considered to be a special day for reli¬
gious observance.
e old t
the College Union at
of faithful can more
day.andthesubstitu
Shaw is not large enc
the Muslims.
On Jan. 18 then
worshipping upstairs
During prayer.
held in
CSUF. The number
than double on Fri-
te Mosque at 205 IE.
ugh to accommodate
were 123 Muslims
at the College Union,
c required
rodcacamel in my Ufe."said Abdul.
"Like somebody coming from down
there [the Middle East], they say all Amer¬
icans are 'cowboys'." Mohammed added.
Many Muslims did not support the
Iranian government during the hostage
crisis in 1981. Amir said the action went
against Islamic law, which prohibits the
taking of hostages and does not discrimi¬
nate against people of different races. All
women and black hostages were released
face toward Mecca, the holy city of Islam,
which is also the capital of Saudi Arabia.
From here. Mecca lies a little to the east of
The dissimilarities in culture found
when Muslims come to America has fos¬
tered many misconceptions. Abdul said
these sterotypes are influenced by what
many Americans see on television and at
them
aftei
.egan
"Where 1
e from I take the ti
Of the one billion Muslims Amir said
there are in the world, he adds that only 10
percent of those are Arabs. Amir said
there arc significant amounts of Muslims
in virtually all areas of the world, and that
20 percent of thewortd's populationare Islamic.
"In this Mosque as well as in many,
other Mosques around the United States
you will find that people attending prayer
do not consider Khomeini their leader.
Mohammed provides much of the required laborfor the Mosque. 75 percent of the work is done by Muslim volunteers.
Review
January 25, 1985 5
Night Ranger hams hifc it big
For the five members of the rock
group Night Ranger, the road to star¬
dom hasn't been an easy one.
Even after the chart-topping success
of their single, "Sister Christian," also
the ninth most popular video on MTV
for 1984, the band had doubts about
their second album, "Midnight Mad¬
ness," and indeed, wondered about
their whole musical direction. Those
fears subsided when they watched the
album go from gold status to platinum.
And then, finally, from platinum to
double platinum. In layman's terms,
that's over two million records.
While that may not be as many
albums as Michael Jackson has sold
recently, it's still a heck of a lot of vinyl.
In Fresno last,
month for a per¬
formance, bassist!
Jack Blades and
drummer Kelly]
Keagy, both of
Night Ranger,dis¬
cussed their feel¬
ings about that
album, as well as
a new one that's
in the works. They
remembered what
it was like when
successful:
"We'd play in
some places and they'd
say, 'God, you guys are really
great and it sounds really good,"
Blades said, but then they added that
they were only offered steady work if
they got short haircuts and if they wore
skinny ties and wing-ltp-shoes. Clearly
not a new wave act. Blades and the rest
of the band weren't about to change
their "image" to conform to somebody
else's idea of what was "hip". "We said.
•Hey, forget this stuff,*" Blades em¬
phasized.
That was the beginning. Few gigs.
N6 money. Both Blades and Keagy, for
/a time, delivered "...more flowers for a
florist in San Francisco than you could
shake a stick at," recalled Blades, but
added they did anything it took to sur¬
vive. Well, almost anything....
Before anyone had even conceived of
Night Ranger, all of the band's present
members were experiencing some de¬
gree of success in other rock outfits.
Blades, Keagy, and Night Ranger guit¬
arist Brad Gillis had a band called
Rubicon, which Blades describes as
"...the proving ground." Meanwhile,
Alan "Fitz" Gerald, Night Ranger's
keyboardist, was playing witli Bay Area
acts like Ronnie Montrose and Sammy
Hagar. He was also prod ucinganalbum
for a young unknown guitarist named
Jeff Watson.
So how did it all come together.
Night Ranger, that is? Blades explains:
"We broke that band up [Rubicon]
and formed a band called Stereo and
played around the Bay Area forawhile.
That was a new wave-funk-jazz-f usion-
country-rock-disco band....It only
lasted six months. We played some
incredibly terrible dives, but we had a
great time doing it. He continued.
"When Kelly, Brad, and I were in Ste¬
reo, 'Fitz' was my roommate at the
time. He had just quit playing with
Montrose. He know Jeff [Watson] be¬
cause he'd done that demo'with him,
and said, 'Hey. lets form a rock band.*
We all got together, t he five of us, right
after Easter in 1980."
"Jammed, and immediately hated
each other," Keagy commented, smi-
appears relieved that the lean years are
beginning to fade.
Night Ranger's first release, "Dawn
Patrol," did well in the charts, yielding
two singles — "Dont Tell Me You
Love Me," an AOR hit, and "Sing Me
Away," which manged to struggle its
way into the Top 20. "sing Me Away"
also got tbe band some early media
exposure, appearing on TV's "Solid
Gold." Even though "Dawn Patrol"
went on to become a platinum seller,
success still eluded them in the way of a
hit single.
The time: Summer of 1984. Enter
"Sister Christian," a Top 5 single on
U.S. charts and the number one video
on MTV for twelve weeks. The band:
Night Ranger. The song, written by
Keagy for his sister (whose name, inci¬
dentally, isnt Christian — though close
enough) was a massive break for Night
Ranger. Suddenly, alhum sales for" Mid-
night Madness" picked up. Their other
| videos, "(You Can
Still) Rock in
Keagy, the band
principal
shown thus far,
with a string of popular songs
they're not just another "here toda;
gone tomorrow" one-hit act.
"We're just a bunch of entertaining
hams,'"admited Blades, referring to Keagy
and himself. He confesses. "[Fitz] is the
one we rely on when we have to figure
out what the chord structure is."
Juniors, Seniors and Grad Students
Look to the future...apply for a
Citibank card today! E^raf""*
Citibank Application Fm»xA mio
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TTMADE ME LAUGH!
'ANDMAL HOUSE' WALKS THE BEAT!"
niMEMAmK
What an Institution!
Friday January 25 Satellite C.U.
2:30 ,7:00 ,9:05
"Why pay more? " "Why go anywhere else?"
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