1989_11 The Daily Collegian November 1989

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Religion abounds on campus
Student Activities reports 11 worship-related clubs registered
By Darren Barnett
StaffWriter
Along with the wide diversity of
foreign students attending CSUF
comes an equally diverse religious
community. The Student Activities
office reports that 11 religious clubs
currently exist on the CSUF campus
and that is only the tip ofthe iceberg.
Roman Catholic, Buddhism. Sikh
and Islamic are just a few among a
long list of religions that are
pracUced by CSUFs 20,000 students.
Among these, Eckankar. an altered
state of conclousness or dream-
related religion is also gaining
popularity.
Jeff Lagruda, from the College
Church of Christ, feels that there Is an
Increase in college-aged students
attending church services.
"The college student wants to be
knowledgeable In all areas of
teaming and that Includes religion,"
he said.
Don Blakely, professor of
philosophy and Instructor of a
comparative religion course at CSUF,
attributes such a high level of
religious diversity to the large
number of foreign students who reside
In Fresno's community.
"Fresno Is situated in a culture that
has a large religious diversity," he���said. There are a lot of available
religions which comes from being in a
free nation."
According to Blakely. there are
over 100,000 Sikhs who reside In the
San Joaquin Valley alone. Sikhs are
commonly known for their turbans
and the men have beards to show
their religious heritage.
Elisabeth Nelson, department
chair of sociology, said that Fresno
has become a melting pot for ethnic
and religious beliefs.
There Is an enormous amount of
variety," she said. "We have the largest
group of Moslems in the central
valley."
Nelson also said that with the
diversity of religion, she has seen
little conflict with the Judeo-
Christlan communi ty.
"We try to make lt easy for all our
students to fit in our community." she
said. "Other religious organizations
should work towards a better
understanding of each other's beliefs."
Harold Glede, chairman of the
International Student Friendship
Program, which consists of 300
students, added that students on
campus have not been involved with
any kind of religious conflict
"I don't see any problems stemming
from a religious background," he said.
"If there Is a problem, lt is more from
an ethnical background rather than a
religious one. There are Islamic and
Christian students who room together
in apartments.",
Glede added. There Is a. good
openness in the community of Fresno
to understand the different religious
faiths."
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