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Hazing
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other fraternities have adopted a similar
Dav. Johnson of Theta Chi fraternity, said the basis of the initiation
week is to 'rap up the whole pledge
program and build the guys into a unit,
where everyone learns about tbe frater-
Johnson said although the initiation
process is still called 'Hell Week,"
the name remains for traditional reasons, and is no reflection of the week's
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-You don't wake up in the middle
. of the night to do pushups or run five
miles,' Johnson said. 'Our program is
based on positive reinforcement, where
the purpose of everything is for the
good of the house and pledges. There
is   no   physical   punishment   and   no
CSUF senior Kevin Rogers, a member
of Kappa Sigma fraternity, attributes the
change in hazing practices to the prob-'
lems that hazing caused.
"Hazing doesn't promote brotherhood, it only creates bad feelings,"
Rogers said 'It's the idea, OK, I got
hazed, now it's my turn to get back '
It keeps getting worse and worse and
Rogers said Kapoa Sigma has never
practiced hazing "in an situation"
since the fraternitv was founoed at
CSUF two years ago
Both the local and national rharters
of the fraternity stipulate that no mental
or physical hazing can occur less the
fraternity's charter be pulled. Rogers
said.
"I might have joined if there were
hazing,* Rogers said "but I wouldn't
have lasted. I can only be pushed so
far I wouldn't put up with it. There's
no friendship there."
One fraternity alumnus who was
subjected to the fraternitv hazing in the
early 1970s, said trie rationale behind
fraternity hazing was two-part
— Pledges would be 'pushed to the
limits," both mentally and physically,
to see how they would react under
pressure.       Could   a   pledge   control
himself? Would he take the punishment or rebel against it?
- Pledges would be humiliated in a
group so thev could share a common
experience as a group, which in essence,
was suppose, to unit them.
'Drink it, drink it, if you don't drink
it, you won't be let in...
-This is the kind of thing you heard.
You get talked into it, so you think you
want tb do it," the fraternity member
said.
'Hazing was used in the past to distinguish an active from a pledge,' said
Dave Leathers, 'to establish a pledge's
worthiness to be a brother. It tot
worse and worse until people finally
wouldn't do it, wouldn't be subjected to
that kind of humiliation."
Although fraternities have abstained
from hazing activities for a few years,
. a random survey Indicated that many of
.the CSUF student population currently
believes the practice still exists.
-Someone asked me if it were true that
a goat came into our house at the beginning of Hell Week and never goes out,'
said Paul Canales, CSUF student body
vice president and member of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
"I started laughing. I've been a member for three semesters and I have never
seen a goat in our house," he said.
Canales said people's conception of
fraternity activities are not always
accurate
"Certain houses are still haunted by
the past," .anales said. "Animal
House'didn't help. The funny things or
terrible things you think are happening
Canales iaid the move away from
hazing becomes more pronounced every
semester, as .hose who were once hazed
and feel hazing should be continued in
the iraternitv program graduate.
'There's * new element in the house
nowthat was brought in during the time
when there was no hazing,* Canales
said,. "The tone of the initiation process
has reallv changed. It is a very relavent,
educational week. In effect, there is no
Heh Week, but rather an inspirational
week, with an intense learning program
about the national and traditional values
of the fraternity.*
"it'll take _ couple of years to get the
hazing faction out," said Kevin Rogers.
"But its turned the corner. The tone of
the houses has changed.'
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Dilbeck's   concern   for   fashion   is don't have that much dissension. People
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she teaches is Social and Psychological when people think of fashion, they
Aspects of Clothing. usually think of Paris. But does Paris
The course, offered basically for mer- ,ti|| lead the world In fashion trends?
chandising majors, is designed to help Some American designers wouldn't say
in " mM*\mm,imeaamu**amweaeamma*am so, Dilbeck said.
The American way of life is so different, we take and modify (fashion)
rt. .California takes It even further,'
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Understanding lifestyles is such an
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observing how different people dress
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Although Dilbeck doesn't have her
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Observations can be fun Most people find it interesting to see new fashion
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Dilbeck believes the class has been
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Dilbeck, who has been an instructor
at CSUf for 10 years, was graduated
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In addition to the Social and Psychological Aspects of Clothing course, Dilbeck also teaches pattern design, construction, sewing and fashion merchandising.
It's fashion merchandising she finds
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-There are so many aspects, that as a
teacher, I have to be constantly on my
toes.' And that means In fashion as
well as academically.
Most of her students have a tailored
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