1983_11 The Daily Collegian November 1983

              IRggS 5    Nov. 1, 1983*
Ffeqffg.l
•Protest
Continued from Page 1
what he thought the U.S. should do.
Only twice did onlookers step forward
ri Walker b
with c<
intered with Johnson
ites. At another point,
a student who said he immigrated to the
U.S. from Vietnam disputed Johnson's
at the people of that country
The res
si of It
supportive
"The U.S. exploits cheap labor in
Salvador  and   other   Latin   Amerii
high   standard   of   living."   John:
oppressed n
d - "They can't relate to people
•  Basically, the people who are
judiei
He  told  his
problem was II
the   U.S.  should  il
America is considered oi
ingion. D C
"This issue is stuck in
Congress." he said "Wcw
is of A
efro
enter war in El Salvador soon.
"I think they're going in. and ihe V S
is going to gel bogged down in a war for
about 10 years You're all going to gel
dratted and go off lo uar with a $.1,000
or S4.000 bill for vour education waiting
behind
people rising up and letting il be known
Later, Johnson elaborated on the
reasons he said the U.S. has intermrned
in Central America.
"This fear of communism, it's pretty
straightforward. The people are afraid
that their way of living could be under-
"That kind of leads lo a political
chauvinism. Call it a 'blind patriotism,'
I think that's easier to understand. But
in many aspects, people believe we're
better off. But who believes that? The
people who are well off. That's only a
small portion of the population.
"Look, before this country *as
founded, democracy was an outgrowth
of feudalism.. But here, democracy was
it. And people don't challenge that. But
when the country started, 50 percent
were landowners. Today, only about
8 percent can aspire to owning land.
That's why we look at events outside the
country in a funny way.
"Finally. Ihe U.S. is racist. Most of
the people who have a chance in this
country are Anglo. They forget about
the rest That makes for a vicious circle,
because Ihe huge multinational corporations feed on the poor, non-white
people of ihe world lo keep the white
people comfortable. Sure, life's good,
but everyone forgets why it's good."
Chacon said MEChA is concerned
about U.S. intervention in El Salvador
for three reasons.
"First of all. there is a war and we're
funding it with our tax dollars.
"Also, Ihe fact that we are Latinos
and this is the first time that we will be
sent to kill Latinos bothers us.
"Also, we arc concerned with the
human dignity of the El Salvadoran
people-
Chacon said education is the best way
10 change the mood of the public, citing
that as a major reason MEChA backed
' for hire, Gleason)
' is buyer, in "The Tov"
By Mkkaal P..a.The Daily Co&ajiaa
MEChA President Rick Chacon and a masked demonstrator.
Business opens doors
for changes of majors
Bu Martv Burleson estimated 3.500 students, includinggr
By Marty Burieaon
Responding to frequent requests that
the School of Business open its doors to
students who wish to change majors,
administrators have opened the school
up to applicants from today until Nov.
23.
The mid-semester opening, which has
become somewhat of a tradition at the
popular school, applies only to students
currently enrolled in the university. A
2.0 GPA and. for foreign students a 500
score on the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) are required for
acceptance.
According to Dr. Dwayne Schramm,
assistant dean of business, the opening
of the school, which annually closes
several weeks before school begins because of overwhelming demand, is designed as a convenience for students
who have been either undeclared or
have grown dissatisfied with their major.
"We've had a number of requests
from people who just wanted to change
majors." he said. "We felt we ought to
give the opportunity first to people on
campus."
One of the largest schools on campus.
the School of Business now serves an
imated 3,500 students, including graduates. Because of limited faculty and
other resources, however, a formula has
been developed to limit the number of
students.
According to that formula, the school
is allowed an FTES (Full Time Equivalent Students) number of 2,182. the
number does not reflect the student
population, but takes into account the
number of units taken by each enrollee.
According to the formula, for example,
a second semester senior contributes
more toward the FTES than a second
semester freshman.
Schramm said he has no way of
knowing whether or not the FTES limit
will be reached over the next three
weeks, but if there is an "overwhelming
demand," he said, the school would give
priority to students with the greatest
number of units.
"We don't know how many people
wanitochange,"hesaid,"butifwehave
an overwhelming number of applicants
we'd have to go by units.
Students wishing to apply must bring
their latest grade report or a copy of
their transcript to rqpm 106 of the
McFee Fisk Business Building. Eligible
applicants will be notified some time
after Nov. 23.
[ CSU. Fresno
1-
Wednesday, Nov. 2,1983
The Daily Collegian
Greek system seen as
segregated society
One of the last bastions of segregated
life in the United States is the Greek
system found on college campuses throughout the country. That includes the fraternities and sororities at CSUF.
The reasons for this, according to
Interfraternity Council Advisor1 Bob
Lundal and several members of CSUF's
fraternities and sororities, are -varied,
but for the most part have nothing to do
with racial prejudices.
" Fraternities and sororities are a mirror of the society in which they-exisr,"
Lundal said. "And they reflect the attitudes and feelings of society in general.
" First, a short history lesson is needed
to see the whole picture," he said. "You
have to remember that when fraternities
were first organized back in the 1820s,
the United States was a racially, ethnically and religiously segregated socjety,
as was higher education."
As a result, Lundal said, many colleges and fraternities at colleges were
founded for people of various ethnic or
religious backgrounds. For instance there
were fraternities strictly for Jews, for
Catholics and for various other races or
This continued virtually unchanged
until the early 1960s, Lundal said, when
the Civil Rights movement and subsequent passing of the Civil' Rights Act
outlawed discrimination on the basis of
race or religion.
"Once the Civil Rights Act was
passed." Lundal said, "there was no
need for separate fraternities or sororities simply becuse of race or religion."
But. he said, tradition — dating back
to the early 1800s in some cases — is
hard to break, and changes have come
slowly.
"lt was very hard for a fraternity to
change from being (for example) Irish
Catholic to opening their doors to everyone." Lundal said.
Al the same time, he said, some black
fraternities and sororities have chosen
to remain primarily black, wanting to
preserve their own cultural distinctions
and values.
: Another reason that CSUF's two
black sororities and two black fraternities (another fraternity is trying to colonize), have chosen to remain, for the
most part, outside the "white"fraternity
•and sorority system is because they are
primarily service, instead of social,
organizations.
"When I came to school here. 1 didn't
even'check out the white sororities."
said Letitia Wallace, president of Delta
Sigma Theta. one of CSUF'* two black
sororities. "I joined my sorority because
it's more a service organization than a
"Most black students who come to
college have a commitment to their own
people; to help them out and pay back
their dues to their community. If I'd
joined a white sorority, my interests and
my commitment to my community wouldni
have been served."
While most "white" fraternities and
sororities are mainly social organizations with some emphasis on community service, "black" fraternities and sororities arc primarily service groups which
are committed to community service.
"We do parly, though," added Delta
Sigma Theta member Rhonda Hodge
with a chuckle. "But we do our partying
after our work is done."
There are definite lines drawn between
the "white" and "black" fraternities and
sororities, but for the most part. Wallace said, there is little or no animosity
between the two groups.
"It's not really so much that we're not
wanted in the white sororities and fraternities," Wallace said. "But there is
really not much of an effort, as far as I
can see, to recruit black women and
men into the white sororities and frat-
•Scc Grceka, Page 8
a.   IK    *Sm\m                 TmmW'* KSamamamr*^ '
a>„4B^S       BSIKV'
fcHjjflin
\5
rp %
Mi/St  i -«     aV>J.  ^              '.'*   »'
ligffYt                            '
■t%fi                 ■*~~~«^^i
fttt' XLtZV-kmrn      aaaaK                                    HP*'
w**P^**\S^0fWl****a*r           sJ*****
|lgp" "VWT   m
LVtiEyi  W\\*P\IMF■■.
1 ivr ">                           ***t\LV*m*L'           S
ItKUy.    ■ -*°   ~*m Him      \m
jL.^-^^
By aaaarrt Poaaafay Tfca Pafly CaBaajaa
Rise of fall
The trees around campus are finally beginning to show some of
their brilliant fall colors, as these next to the Joyal Administration building.
Senate learns about closed session laws
The Associated Students Senate met
lawyer Scott Williams from the law firm
of Marsh and Williams Tuesday, highlighting its weekly meeting.
Williams came to introduce himself
-(the AS has retained his firm's services),
but instead wound up discussing the
state's closed session laws.
The topic was apparently pertinent,
because later the Senate moved to enter
executive, or closed, session. And Ron
Gaul, administrative assistant to AS
President Andrea Hedgley, hinted that
another call for a closed session may
have been contemplated Tuesday.
In other items of interest during the
meeting, the Senate:
— Sent a request for S1,980 from unallocated funds by the Afrikan Students
Union to its Finance and Budget Comm-
— Was formally introduced to its public
relations intern, Mark Hemphill.
— Allowed AS Administrative Vice
President Chris Snow to exchange a
used electric typewriter with The Daily
Collegian for a used manual typewriter.
— Talked about on-going discussion in
Hoop ticket lottery today
Today's lottery to distribute the'
final 200 student season men's basketball tickets will be held at noon in
the Free Speech Area.
The event had originally been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the podium, but
moved up to n
officials" — members of the men's
basketball team.
According to Sen. Joe Martucci,
several members of the team will
draw, numbers.
Tickets, priced at 164 each, will be
lottery winners without
date the Associated Students "guest    choice of seat locatio
its Legal and Legislative Committee to
raise the minimum grade-point average
for senator* and committee members
from Z0 to 2.5.
— Entered into its closed session, during which it discussed an award to be
given as a .surprise. Senate Pro Tern
Brian Bellis told the small audience
later.
Williams told the Senate he wanted it
to understand the closed session laws.
"The law has a very narrow definition
of open and closed meetings," he said.
"There are a few exceptions, but basically, the idea is that you conduct the
public's business in public."
Sen. Jim Gonzales was apparently
concerned about a specific legal question. Several times he queried Williams,
asking who could approach him to
request legal assistance and whether the
Senate could request his assistance in
dealing with a certain budgeted area.
Gonzales wouldn't elaborate later on
his questions.
According to Hedgley, only she and
Bellis are authorized to contact the law
firm.
Bill Corcoran, dean of student affairs,
said he was concerned that the Senate
understand its legal retainer entitles it to
services for tbe entire body, not necessarily for individual senators.
Hemphill told the Senate he is available to help senators with any public relations problem, oral or written, and
Basically, the idea
is that yon coadact
the  public's  business ia public'
-Wil
apparently joking called himself a "pro-
Be II is asked him if would be available
to help a senator "who, say, has a tricky
interview with the Collegian."
"To answer your question, I've already done that," Hemphill taid. "I
can't shield you from the press, but 1 can
make things difficult for tbe reporter.'*