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Panty raiding days are over TO „ _ Q fS o a_ -i 0 o' o (Q s </» o 3 Q- 1 is 0 o 3* i »> -*■» t/> o 5' a 3 I 8 I CD ^< Q_ T> n i! 3 CD 5' 7T > > *i 17" -+% 3 c Q 3 £L (Q n 0) f 9 CD <Q <p 9 t> tn - A new, wholesome act for fraternities by Francis Durham Staff Reporter Panty raids, gold fish gulping and phone booth stuffing may be passe, but the originators, frate, ire making a comeback. '■Students think tltit all we do Is drink bser, rape, pillage and ij'. that kind of staff, wMch Is wrong,' said Robert Gtnrrolan president of one of seven CSUF fraternities, Sigma Chi. Guvrolan and other fraternity members are trying to upgrade that negative Image, which they blame on films that depict fraternity brothers as "fooling around all the time." Be said Ms fraternity is becoming more academic but still maintain/; a social atmosphere. But the social atmosphere of one fraternity, Theta CM, has sparked controversy since Its tats-.- wasdestroyedlastsemest- er in a ftre. After tbe fire, Fresno fire Inspector Ken Fleming said he suspected a fraternity prank miy av? jiussd the firebecausefire- nita --bottle rockets— were found near the destroyed building. Fleming said that fraternity members wars saenearller, stuotlag bottle rockets back and forth behind bouses on fraternity According to Mike Marcroft, Limta CM Alpha president that Are and other bad publicity'have given fraternities negative Images In the public eye. A Sigma No member who prefers to be called "Roger" bad strong words about fraternity pranks. "I bear things that happen on the row, such as dismantling or destruction of property, and I say to myself- Ts It necessary?*" He added that newcomers to the fraternities have told Mm that they were surprised by this kind of activity and called It "cMck- ensMt," Be said that these were Ms own thoughts and what he heard, not Sigma Nu's. Despite us feelings, be said- that Sigma Nu stui respects the other frits, although Sigma No does not'"ba7.e" Its new members. Basing is an Initiation procedure wMch fraternities and other organized groups have traditionally given to new members. Lamba CM Alpha also does not haze Its new members and, according to Marcrofl (president), their bouse Is "more mellow" because of It. Be said be thinks hazing is degrading. However, Marcroft believes fraternities are more accepted on campus. Other former and cur rent fraternity presidents agree with Mm. John CorUns, former Sigma "People are friendlier and the independent Individual is going Theta CM's president, Ed Maltoza, sees tbe end of the Vietnam era as one i Increased its membership from 44 in Fall 1915 to 66 members In Fall 1917. Most of tbe. houses average between 45-50 members each semester except for Theta CM, with 25 to 30 members, and Sigma Nu with, 20 to 30. Acouple of CSUF officials have Despite l Rhn Treasurer Scott Collins feels Ms bouse members have remained "pretty much the same over tbe years." He said.thai this Is because bis fraternity (mainly agriculture majors) has mem- "—' —■~ —h the same back- for fraternity feels that Vietnam was a disruption of traditional values, such as fraternities stand for In tbe eyes of many. One new trend, be said, is that younger people are joinlngfrat- ernities and staying longer, wMle tbe older members are leaving. Despite these reported changes, the total memberships have not changed that much in the past few years, based on estimates by fraternity officials. Sigma Abba Epsilon, though, has fraternities and queen elecUons, which students were losing Interest in a few years ago, are also being revitalized. - "Students see more options in a fraternity, especially group Dean of Students David Bell said the climate on campus has changed In the last decade. "Tbe turbulent sixties are gone," be said. Tbe cost living at a fraternity house varies/depending upon the rate of dues, whether the bouse provides food and has single or double rooms. Generally, those bouses that provide food cost approximatsly $1S0«|170 per month including' dues, and those without food average aboat $50 per month less. — Most of tbe fraternities are located directly west of CSUF, between Barstow and Shaw Avenues, to an area known as fratern- . ity row. Sigma Nu is located at 2113 N. Winery in east Fresno. Token Black' publishes the unfashionable by David Armstrong F reelance contributor I shmael Reed sits In his sparely furnished office In the ancient Ocean- ew section of Berkeley and considers f politics of publishing. "In France," he says, "1 was very irprlsed to see the publishers there ftllsh books that wirwjpot necessarily s commercially successful. They're jbltshed because they're good books." "I soul think that happens here," lng In New York City. They employ anywhere from one to 20 people, produce perhaps half a dozen new titles a year and are as likely to survive on grants and personal funds as sales. And with the diminishing access to established houses for experimental writers and social activists such as feminists and gays, they are becoming our primary sources of challenging, original writing. | f there Is a common denominator other than size, it Is probably the Wo can publish paopla who are not fashionable' "People want to make money. And "ey say they want to make money.. Von look at 'Publisher's Weekly' and l*y say all the time they're out to get cask, so they're going to do things Ike The Deep', 'Son of the Deep,' '«•»*.' That's the big thing right now, <° set the big book, the big, fat best- TMs "bottom line mentality,"as it ^s been called. Is the sour legacy of the conglomeration of American ^k publishing. Conglomeration started In earnest h the 1960's, when houses like Random House and Simon and Schuster were "allowed by the likes of Gulf OH and "CA, and it's still going strong. The resells have been well documented. Less serious fiction and poetry Is JjHiig published, smaller cash advances HI any) are being tendered to young vriters, and enormous literary power u being vested In ever-fewer corporate wst-efficiency experts. Quietly, however, a cultural counter- ■fee has been building In the roar- «™ of America's "literary-Industrial implex," in the form of independent *"a'l presses. . Numbering perhaps W a decade ago, there are some 3/J00 'man presses In America today. Innovative, at times Idiosyncratic, often operate far from the willingness of small presses, with their relatively low overhead and often-intense commitment to their material, to take artistic and commercial risks. Reed explains, "Commercial houses - have rules they have to go by. Small presses can experiment. We can publish In different formats. We can publish people who are not fashionable." tadttlonaTn s of American publish- Reed, whose novels "The Freelance Pallbearers" and the brilliant "Yellowback Radio Brokedown" made bim a success before he was 30, got Into publishing In 1971 after he left Manhattan for California, disturbed by being nominated as a 'token black' to the rich white man's club of American letters. When he formed the Yardblrd Press cooperative with novelist Al Young and others In Berkeley, Reed was further determined to dispell tbe notion, popular tn New York Intellectual circles, that culture stops at the eastern edge of the Hudson. . Since then, Yardblrd and Its successor, Y*Blrd, have become among the roost exciting of America's alternative Imprints, publishing works by Chester Hlmes, .Amlri Baraka, the gifted Native American word-shaman Simon Ortiz, Fllaplna songstress Jessica Hage- dorn, poet Victor Cruz and many others. Including a gradually Increasing number of white writers. Mixed In with the name artists are unknowns, many of them students. Indeed, one of Reed's biggest recent projects was a national anthology of student writing "Will It Fly?", assembled by members of his UC-Berkeley creative writing class and published last fall, eed not only Invests his publishing ventures with a distinctive racial and cultural blend; he alms for a geographic balance he feels Is missing from mainstream publishing. west," he says, "There's all kinds of cultures going on." It Is no exaggeration to say that the literary populism practised by Reed and many other small press publishers Is terrifying to the keepers ot American high culture. A recent piece by the Cold War Intellectual Hilton Kramer, t for tl "Now York Times," Is worth quoting In this Writing of a White House memo advocating a shift In federal funding policies for the arts, Kramer observes, "This document (said) that 'the Ivy League, academic and scholarly establishments* were now to he paid less attenttnn, and the 'new chairman should probably be familiar to organized labor, ethnic, community and Junior college organizations, and principal educational broadcasters, as^well as more familiar non-academic humanities groups llke^ major research libraries.' /"T 'The code words," Kramer concludes n their r than q touchstone of achievement." ■ f the entrenched art world tears r' the democratization or American culture, Reed, like most small press people, welcomes it as a tonic for our sluggish national life. Still, democracy is easier discussed than practised, as Reed discovered when the original Yard- 'I !•• a lot of manuscripts thai some oditors novor too' "l travel all around," be says, "and I see a lot of manuscripts that some editors never see. And the thing you find out Is that talent Is common. A - lot of New Yorkers put down other writing, because there's fierce competition In this Industry, you know. So you cant go around telling everybody there's, this guy In Lawrence, Kansas that can write, too," he laughs. "1 mean, the Soutowest la very different from the Northeast; the Southeast Is very different from the North- bird cooperative fell apart In bitterness last year. Shortly thereafter, charging sloth and general Incompetence, Reed and Al Young took several former partners to court. "People In the black community said, •You can't take those brothers to trial,' But Just because a guy's your brother, doesnt mean you cant discipline him,". Reed asserts. "There's something tn the psychology ot the oppressed which I think has something to do with, like. . (Please turn to page 5)
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Title | 1978_02 The Daily Collegian February 1978 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1978 |
Description | Daily (except weekends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif. |
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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Title | Feb 2, 1978 Pg. 8- Feb 6, 1978 Pg. 1 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1978 |
Description | Daily (except weekends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif. |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
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tn - A new, wholesome act for fraternities by Francis Durham Staff Reporter Panty raids, gold fish gulping and phone booth stuffing may be passe, but the originators, frate, ire making a comeback. '■Students think tltit all we do Is drink bser, rape, pillage and ij'. that kind of staff, wMch Is wrong,' said Robert Gtnrrolan president of one of seven CSUF fraternities, Sigma Chi. Guvrolan and other fraternity members are trying to upgrade that negative Image, which they blame on films that depict fraternity brothers as "fooling around all the time." Be said Ms fraternity is becoming more academic but still maintain/; a social atmosphere. But the social atmosphere of one fraternity, Theta CM, has sparked controversy since Its tats-.- wasdestroyedlastsemest- er in a ftre. After tbe fire, Fresno fire Inspector Ken Fleming said he suspected a fraternity prank miy av? jiussd the firebecausefire- nita --bottle rockets— were found near the destroyed building. Fleming said that fraternity members wars saenearller, stuotlag bottle rockets back and forth behind bouses on fraternity According to Mike Marcroft, Limta CM Alpha president that Are and other bad publicity'have given fraternities negative Images In the public eye. A Sigma No member who prefers to be called "Roger" bad strong words about fraternity pranks. "I bear things that happen on the row, such as dismantling or destruction of property, and I say to myself- Ts It necessary?*" He added that newcomers to the fraternities have told Mm that they were surprised by this kind of activity and called It "cMck- ensMt," Be said that these were Ms own thoughts and what he heard, not Sigma Nu's. Despite us feelings, be said- that Sigma Nu stui respects the other frits, although Sigma No does not'"ba7.e" Its new members. Basing is an Initiation procedure wMch fraternities and other organized groups have traditionally given to new members. Lamba CM Alpha also does not haze Its new members and, according to Marcrofl (president), their bouse Is "more mellow" because of It. Be said be thinks hazing is degrading. However, Marcroft believes fraternities are more accepted on campus. Other former and cur rent fraternity presidents agree with Mm. John CorUns, former Sigma "People are friendlier and the independent Individual is going Theta CM's president, Ed Maltoza, sees tbe end of the Vietnam era as one i Increased its membership from 44 in Fall 1915 to 66 members In Fall 1917. Most of tbe. houses average between 45-50 members each semester except for Theta CM, with 25 to 30 members, and Sigma Nu with, 20 to 30. Acouple of CSUF officials have Despite l Rhn Treasurer Scott Collins feels Ms bouse members have remained "pretty much the same over tbe years." He said.thai this Is because bis fraternity (mainly agriculture majors) has mem- "—' —■~ —h the same back- for fraternity feels that Vietnam was a disruption of traditional values, such as fraternities stand for In tbe eyes of many. One new trend, be said, is that younger people are joinlngfrat- ernities and staying longer, wMle tbe older members are leaving. Despite these reported changes, the total memberships have not changed that much in the past few years, based on estimates by fraternity officials. Sigma Abba Epsilon, though, has fraternities and queen elecUons, which students were losing Interest in a few years ago, are also being revitalized. - "Students see more options in a fraternity, especially group Dean of Students David Bell said the climate on campus has changed In the last decade. "Tbe turbulent sixties are gone," be said. Tbe cost living at a fraternity house varies/depending upon the rate of dues, whether the bouse provides food and has single or double rooms. Generally, those bouses that provide food cost approximatsly $1S0«|170 per month including' dues, and those without food average aboat $50 per month less. — Most of tbe fraternities are located directly west of CSUF, between Barstow and Shaw Avenues, to an area known as fratern- . ity row. Sigma Nu is located at 2113 N. Winery in east Fresno. Token Black' publishes the unfashionable by David Armstrong F reelance contributor I shmael Reed sits In his sparely furnished office In the ancient Ocean- ew section of Berkeley and considers f politics of publishing. "In France," he says, "1 was very irprlsed to see the publishers there ftllsh books that wirwjpot necessarily s commercially successful. They're jbltshed because they're good books." "I soul think that happens here," lng In New York City. They employ anywhere from one to 20 people, produce perhaps half a dozen new titles a year and are as likely to survive on grants and personal funds as sales. And with the diminishing access to established houses for experimental writers and social activists such as feminists and gays, they are becoming our primary sources of challenging, original writing. | f there Is a common denominator other than size, it Is probably the Wo can publish paopla who are not fashionable' "People want to make money. And "ey say they want to make money.. Von look at 'Publisher's Weekly' and l*y say all the time they're out to get cask, so they're going to do things Ike The Deep', 'Son of the Deep,' '«•»*.' That's the big thing right now, <° set the big book, the big, fat best- TMs "bottom line mentality,"as it ^s been called. Is the sour legacy of the conglomeration of American ^k publishing. Conglomeration started In earnest h the 1960's, when houses like Random House and Simon and Schuster were "allowed by the likes of Gulf OH and "CA, and it's still going strong. The resells have been well documented. Less serious fiction and poetry Is JjHiig published, smaller cash advances HI any) are being tendered to young vriters, and enormous literary power u being vested In ever-fewer corporate wst-efficiency experts. Quietly, however, a cultural counter- ■fee has been building In the roar- «™ of America's "literary-Industrial implex," in the form of independent *"a'l presses. . Numbering perhaps W a decade ago, there are some 3/J00 'man presses In America today. Innovative, at times Idiosyncratic, often operate far from the willingness of small presses, with their relatively low overhead and often-intense commitment to their material, to take artistic and commercial risks. Reed explains, "Commercial houses - have rules they have to go by. Small presses can experiment. We can publish In different formats. We can publish people who are not fashionable." tadttlonaTn s of American publish- Reed, whose novels "The Freelance Pallbearers" and the brilliant "Yellowback Radio Brokedown" made bim a success before he was 30, got Into publishing In 1971 after he left Manhattan for California, disturbed by being nominated as a 'token black' to the rich white man's club of American letters. When he formed the Yardblrd Press cooperative with novelist Al Young and others In Berkeley, Reed was further determined to dispell tbe notion, popular tn New York Intellectual circles, that culture stops at the eastern edge of the Hudson. . Since then, Yardblrd and Its successor, Y*Blrd, have become among the roost exciting of America's alternative Imprints, publishing works by Chester Hlmes, .Amlri Baraka, the gifted Native American word-shaman Simon Ortiz, Fllaplna songstress Jessica Hage- dorn, poet Victor Cruz and many others. Including a gradually Increasing number of white writers. Mixed In with the name artists are unknowns, many of them students. Indeed, one of Reed's biggest recent projects was a national anthology of student writing "Will It Fly?", assembled by members of his UC-Berkeley creative writing class and published last fall, eed not only Invests his publishing ventures with a distinctive racial and cultural blend; he alms for a geographic balance he feels Is missing from mainstream publishing. west," he says, "There's all kinds of cultures going on." It Is no exaggeration to say that the literary populism practised by Reed and many other small press publishers Is terrifying to the keepers ot American high culture. A recent piece by the Cold War Intellectual Hilton Kramer, t for tl "Now York Times," Is worth quoting In this Writing of a White House memo advocating a shift In federal funding policies for the arts, Kramer observes, "This document (said) that 'the Ivy League, academic and scholarly establishments* were now to he paid less attenttnn, and the 'new chairman should probably be familiar to organized labor, ethnic, community and Junior college organizations, and principal educational broadcasters, as^well as more familiar non-academic humanities groups llke^ major research libraries.' /"T 'The code words," Kramer concludes n their r than q touchstone of achievement." ■ f the entrenched art world tears r' the democratization or American culture, Reed, like most small press people, welcomes it as a tonic for our sluggish national life. Still, democracy is easier discussed than practised, as Reed discovered when the original Yard- 'I !•• a lot of manuscripts thai some oditors novor too' "l travel all around," be says, "and I see a lot of manuscripts that some editors never see. And the thing you find out Is that talent Is common. A - lot of New Yorkers put down other writing, because there's fierce competition In this Industry, you know. So you cant go around telling everybody there's, this guy In Lawrence, Kansas that can write, too," he laughs. "1 mean, the Soutowest la very different from the Northeast; the Southeast Is very different from the North- bird cooperative fell apart In bitterness last year. Shortly thereafter, charging sloth and general Incompetence, Reed and Al Young took several former partners to court. "People In the black community said, •You can't take those brothers to trial,' But Just because a guy's your brother, doesnt mean you cant discipline him,". Reed asserts. "There's something tn the psychology ot the oppressed which I think has something to do with, like. . (Please turn to page 5) |