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Bird Labor: ^fSfc Lockheed puts I ^W pigeons to work Insight 6 Inside: Abused women find help Vol. 15 No. 27 California State University, Fresno Coalinga residents suffer losses JOHN RICH Insight reporter (Funds for tab story were provided by the Reader's Digest Foundation.) COALINGA — For decades to come, residents of this city in southwestern Fresno County will be recalling where they were at 4:42 p.m. Monday, May 2,1963, the day the largest California earthquake in 12 years caused an estimated $31 million damage here. But Fred Violet te will remember tbe time about a year before when he tried to buy earthquake insurance and was talked out of it. "Oh, yeah, I petitioned my insurance company for earthquake insurance," Violette said Monday, two hours after the earthquake had crumbled two walls of his Walker's Cocktail Lounge on Elm Street. "I was already carrying $3,000 a year in fire in surance, but I thought I could use some earthquake insurance, too. I wanted it, but they just wouldn't talk to you. 'Too high," they said, 'You don't have that much to worry about " Violette stood forlornly in the alley behind his bar and tried to keep peope clear of its exposed re- "There's $5,000 worth of whiskey in there, and ifs all on the floor," he remarked to a passerby. Despite his uninsured status. Violette declared he would rebuild. "I had a fire in 1948 and lost everything But I started this in 1950, rented a little hole in the wall. Twelve years ago. I bought the whole building. I'll rebuild." Ironically, Cal-Vet, the jCalifornia veteran's home loan program, requires earthquake coverage. Violette is a veteran, but of the wrong war; he served in World War II, and the Cal-Vet program didn't begin until after the Korean Conflict. As though they needed any reminder of last Monday's devastation, two big aftershocks — the largest since Monday—rattled Coalinga Sunday night, causing many residents to flee their homes once more. The first, at 7:49 p.m., registered 4.8 on the Richter scale at the California Seismology Laboratory in Berkeley. The second, 38 minutes later, was set at 4.1. Tbe aftershocks provided further research opportunities for the horde of seismologists and geologists wbo descended upon the Coalinga area following the 6.5 earthquake of May 2, the largest since tbe 1971 San Fernando temblor. What caught the researchers' interest was the opportunity to investigate an unknown fault They suspected tbe cause to be a previously unmapped portion of the Coast Range Thrust Fault. At the quake's epicenter, 10 miles northeast of Coalinga and six miles beneath the earth's surface, the fault was believed to be 60 million years old — 40 million years older than the notorious San Andreas Fault which caused the great San Francisco earthquake in 1906. Tbe two faults are thought to be entirely unrelated; their behavior is known to be. Tbe San Andreas is a "strike-slip" fault, meaning that when enough pressure is built up along it, the fault slips laterally and releases that pressure. The Coast Range Thrust Fault, on the other hand, was formed when a plate of tbe planet's surface either shoved beneath or rode up over another plate after a near or exactly head-on collision. But researchers said the two faults could be connected; if so, last Monday's earthquake may have released tension on the San Andreas fault, bringing a collective sigh of relief from the San Francisco Bay Area. The geologists and seismologists spice their specula- See Coalinga. page 8 Oops! No paper to record quake ALEX PULASKI Inaight reporter Bill Zschokke has learned his lesson. As long as he's in charge of it, the CSUF seismograph will not again run out of paper. "Again" is the key word. It was out of paper when an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale shook Coalinga last Monday While the earth rumbled and quaked., the recorder sat serenely, waiting for the paper that would cause it to begin functioning again. Zschokke. a senior geology major, volunteered last fall to keep the instrument stocked with paper, because he "wanted to keep a good record." He is not paid for the job. The paper must be replaced every 48 hours, Zschokke said, and probably ran out sometime Sunday night. Monday afternoon at about 3 o'clock, Zschokke remembered that tbe papa* needed to be changed, but it slipped his mind._again At 4:42 p.m., when the quake hit, he was talking with Professor Nathan Liskey in a room about 30 yards from the seismograph. "The building started shaking and I kind of Laughed when I realized there was no paper in the seismograph," Zschokke said. "I ambled down the hall and people were shouting insults. I managed to get the thing changed amidst the boos and hisses." The recorder registered the tail end of the primary quake, Zschokke said, and picked up all of the smaller aftershocks. He said that it might be See Seismograph, page 8 Women oppose textbooks SUSAN MATHER insight reporter Despite a rebuff by the State Board of Education, three Fresno women say tbey are continuing their night to purge the reading material of lepen Gospel preacher Cindy Lasseter vehemently points out the evil ways of a handful of CSUF students In the Free Speech Area last week. Amidst load hecklers aad vocal critics, Lasseter persisted and went oa with her 'Fire and Brlmstonr-type speech, telling of the evils of GAUTHIER/faaaafki Women's UberaUon, fraternity parties and dancing. Lasseter is aa ex-Journalism student tram University of Florida, wbo was converted from a-disco queen'to a gospel preacher in 1977. Faderman new Prof of the Year CAROLYN MORROW OCHELTREE Insight reporter "Of all my teachers at CSUF, Lillian Faderman was the one whose Implicit message was always that dedication to social justice is not and never can be a fad, a movement, or a mere stage of personal growth." These words, written by one of Dr. Lillian Faderman's fkst students, echo' the sentiments expressed by dozens of students and colleagues whose recommerjxbtiorjs'jedlj* this English instructor beiMpSanamed as CSUF's professor of the yaar for 1982-83. This is the same Lillian Faderman who earned a "D" in English, an "F" in Latin and was constantly being tracked down by a truant officer during her first year of Ugh school. At age 19, she was an under-age cocktail waitress. Today, her accomplishments number an internationally-acclaimed book-on romantic friendship between women called "Surpassing the Love of Men," two anthologies on ethnic topics, both of which are used as textbooks at colleges in different parts of the country, and a number of published articles in .professional journals. Her fourth book, "Scotch Verdict," is being released by William Morrow & Co. this month. It documents the celebrated trial. of two women operating a girls' school who were accused of lesbianism in the early 19th century. Lillian Hellman's play, "The Children's Hour," was based on this case. "Surpassing the Love of Men" has been published in the United States, Great Britain and is being translated into Italian with tbe possibility of a German translation in the works. j Tbe book was placed on the "New York Times" Recommended Reading List for tbe summer of 1961 and was included in that publication's List of Notable Books for 1961. It has been reviewed in such prjhlJcatk»afa*TJw . Atlantic, The Times of London, and, L'Espresao in Rome. "I understand from other writers ' that it is incredible that a first trade book would get all that attention," she says. The path leading from Faderman's past — characterized by childhood poverty and an allergy to homework — to her present — where she enjoys tbe status of noted author and scholar — is paved with the cobblestones of dedication, perserverance, and above all, commitment to her fellow human beings, say her colleagues and students. Up to this point, her published work has been dedicated to minority groups. She says her whole life experience, and especially her childhood, has led her to become "in- terested in people and ways of life that are not recognized in the mainstream." "My mother was a seamstress in the garment industry in Los Angeles," she says. "I never knew my father. I was an only child and my mother never married him. "English was my second language. Yiddish was my first language. My mother was born in Latvia and her language was always a combination of Yiddish and English when she spoke to me. "We lived in a Chicano barrio in East Los Angeles. I was the only non- Chicano in tbe barrio. My friends have asked if I thought I would ever write about my life but I don't know how I could write about it It is so Foreign students face strange land vacates "immorality and disrepect Persevering in attitude, Gloria Ponek, Nadine Lee and Carol Magee believe there is a ' Center helps battered women youth of America through subtle messages in elementary textbooks. The women are members of a Fresno- based organization that they call Family IMPACT (Interested Monitoring Persons Against Contemporary Texttooks) The three will again attend the state Curriculum Commission 1 meeting in Sacramento this Jury to 'They ignored our presentation,'' said Ponek referring to last year's SBE meeting. "Actually, tbey didn't Pay arry attention to us We found this in Fresno too. They didn't check the ELISA DOUGLAS Insight reporter This year between one-third and one-half of all relationships between men and women will experience some form of domestic violence. These astounding figures bold true both nationally as well as locally, according to Janet Carter, director of the YWCA Margaree Mason Center. To combat these statistics and intervene in the causes that contribute to domestic violence, the Margaree Mason Center was established in January of 1979. The center was named for CSUF student Margaree Mason, who died as a result of domestic violence In 1970. The shelter provides services to all members of a violent family. Women and children who are fleeing a violent home life are housed at the center on a temporary basis. While staying at the center, women can participate in Individual and group counseling to help them deal with emotional, psychological and financial effects of being a battered woman. Women are provided with alternatives in regards to their violent home situation. The average stay for a woman at the center is two weeks. About 50 percent of the women involved in a violent home life go back because for many women, it is the first Ume she has left home. Carter said many women are not ready to leave their homes because they do not want to acknowledge they are being beaten. Also, many men apologize for their actions and promise not to get angry as long as the woman comes back to him. "It often takes many, many times of leaving a violent situation," said Carter, "before they (abused women) realize that the man can't help himself. AAUwugh he wants to carry out these promises, he can't wiSout help. "The SO percent that do go back," said Carter, "we don't look at as failures. We just realize that the woman wasn't ready. If we, have done our job, then she goes away MONTE RICE Insight reporter Strange food, strange greetings and strange money are among the perils faced at one time or another by CSUF's 1,200 foreign students. "When you first come here, you love this place because you have a dream. Then you're afraid, then you love it again," said Daniel Feng, a Chinese computer-science major. Feng, who has been studying in the United States since 1961, said tbe love-fear-love datenrna was the result of his first taste of American freedom seasoned with adjustment to American currency, custom, and finding a place to live. Every September about 300 students from all over the globe c to CSUF, said Zahir Ahmed, f " Checks Tbey don't know how to buy anything, or even the value of "When I first come here, I don't know how to budget my rr Feng. "At the b " dollar was worth 38 Taiwanese dollars. After being here awhile, I then spend a lot of money, trying to buy new products." Asman Abu Bakar, a freshman from Malaysia, recalled a similar experience. "Before I came here, I try to keep a balanced budget But now, said the 25-year-old geography major. Counseling Office. Most of i grocery shopping was i CSUF has more than 1,200 foreign students from 67 countries. The Inter- national Student Couriseling Office before coming to the United States. •A student often land, here with know how to find a place to live. Often, all they have on them are Traveler's m are varied, but most e to the United States because •'they cannot get admitted to SMFsnagaS
Object Description
Title | 1983_05 Insight May 1983 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Dept. of Journalism, California State University, Fresno. |
Publication Date | 1983 |
Description | Weekly during the school year. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 8, 1969)-v. 29, no. 23 (May 13, 1998). Ceased with May 13, 1998, issue. Title from masthead. Merged with Daily collegian. |
Subject | California State University, Fresno Periodicals |
Contributors | California State University, Fresno Dept. of Journalism |
Coverage | October 8, 1969 – May 13, 1998 |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35mm |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 “E-image data” |
Language | eng |
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Title | Insight May 11 1983 p 1 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publication Date | 1983 |
Full-Text-Search | Bird Labor: ^fSfc Lockheed puts I ^W pigeons to work Insight 6 Inside: Abused women find help Vol. 15 No. 27 California State University, Fresno Coalinga residents suffer losses JOHN RICH Insight reporter (Funds for tab story were provided by the Reader's Digest Foundation.) COALINGA — For decades to come, residents of this city in southwestern Fresno County will be recalling where they were at 4:42 p.m. Monday, May 2,1963, the day the largest California earthquake in 12 years caused an estimated $31 million damage here. But Fred Violet te will remember tbe time about a year before when he tried to buy earthquake insurance and was talked out of it. "Oh, yeah, I petitioned my insurance company for earthquake insurance," Violette said Monday, two hours after the earthquake had crumbled two walls of his Walker's Cocktail Lounge on Elm Street. "I was already carrying $3,000 a year in fire in surance, but I thought I could use some earthquake insurance, too. I wanted it, but they just wouldn't talk to you. 'Too high," they said, 'You don't have that much to worry about " Violette stood forlornly in the alley behind his bar and tried to keep peope clear of its exposed re- "There's $5,000 worth of whiskey in there, and ifs all on the floor," he remarked to a passerby. Despite his uninsured status. Violette declared he would rebuild. "I had a fire in 1948 and lost everything But I started this in 1950, rented a little hole in the wall. Twelve years ago. I bought the whole building. I'll rebuild." Ironically, Cal-Vet, the jCalifornia veteran's home loan program, requires earthquake coverage. Violette is a veteran, but of the wrong war; he served in World War II, and the Cal-Vet program didn't begin until after the Korean Conflict. As though they needed any reminder of last Monday's devastation, two big aftershocks — the largest since Monday—rattled Coalinga Sunday night, causing many residents to flee their homes once more. The first, at 7:49 p.m., registered 4.8 on the Richter scale at the California Seismology Laboratory in Berkeley. The second, 38 minutes later, was set at 4.1. Tbe aftershocks provided further research opportunities for the horde of seismologists and geologists wbo descended upon the Coalinga area following the 6.5 earthquake of May 2, the largest since tbe 1971 San Fernando temblor. What caught the researchers' interest was the opportunity to investigate an unknown fault They suspected tbe cause to be a previously unmapped portion of the Coast Range Thrust Fault. At the quake's epicenter, 10 miles northeast of Coalinga and six miles beneath the earth's surface, the fault was believed to be 60 million years old — 40 million years older than the notorious San Andreas Fault which caused the great San Francisco earthquake in 1906. Tbe two faults are thought to be entirely unrelated; their behavior is known to be. Tbe San Andreas is a "strike-slip" fault, meaning that when enough pressure is built up along it, the fault slips laterally and releases that pressure. The Coast Range Thrust Fault, on the other hand, was formed when a plate of tbe planet's surface either shoved beneath or rode up over another plate after a near or exactly head-on collision. But researchers said the two faults could be connected; if so, last Monday's earthquake may have released tension on the San Andreas fault, bringing a collective sigh of relief from the San Francisco Bay Area. The geologists and seismologists spice their specula- See Coalinga. page 8 Oops! No paper to record quake ALEX PULASKI Inaight reporter Bill Zschokke has learned his lesson. As long as he's in charge of it, the CSUF seismograph will not again run out of paper. "Again" is the key word. It was out of paper when an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale shook Coalinga last Monday While the earth rumbled and quaked., the recorder sat serenely, waiting for the paper that would cause it to begin functioning again. Zschokke. a senior geology major, volunteered last fall to keep the instrument stocked with paper, because he "wanted to keep a good record." He is not paid for the job. The paper must be replaced every 48 hours, Zschokke said, and probably ran out sometime Sunday night. Monday afternoon at about 3 o'clock, Zschokke remembered that tbe papa* needed to be changed, but it slipped his mind._again At 4:42 p.m., when the quake hit, he was talking with Professor Nathan Liskey in a room about 30 yards from the seismograph. "The building started shaking and I kind of Laughed when I realized there was no paper in the seismograph," Zschokke said. "I ambled down the hall and people were shouting insults. I managed to get the thing changed amidst the boos and hisses." The recorder registered the tail end of the primary quake, Zschokke said, and picked up all of the smaller aftershocks. He said that it might be See Seismograph, page 8 Women oppose textbooks SUSAN MATHER insight reporter Despite a rebuff by the State Board of Education, three Fresno women say tbey are continuing their night to purge the reading material of lepen Gospel preacher Cindy Lasseter vehemently points out the evil ways of a handful of CSUF students In the Free Speech Area last week. Amidst load hecklers aad vocal critics, Lasseter persisted and went oa with her 'Fire and Brlmstonr-type speech, telling of the evils of GAUTHIER/faaaafki Women's UberaUon, fraternity parties and dancing. Lasseter is aa ex-Journalism student tram University of Florida, wbo was converted from a-disco queen'to a gospel preacher in 1977. Faderman new Prof of the Year CAROLYN MORROW OCHELTREE Insight reporter "Of all my teachers at CSUF, Lillian Faderman was the one whose Implicit message was always that dedication to social justice is not and never can be a fad, a movement, or a mere stage of personal growth." These words, written by one of Dr. Lillian Faderman's fkst students, echo' the sentiments expressed by dozens of students and colleagues whose recommerjxbtiorjs'jedlj* this English instructor beiMpSanamed as CSUF's professor of the yaar for 1982-83. This is the same Lillian Faderman who earned a "D" in English, an "F" in Latin and was constantly being tracked down by a truant officer during her first year of Ugh school. At age 19, she was an under-age cocktail waitress. Today, her accomplishments number an internationally-acclaimed book-on romantic friendship between women called "Surpassing the Love of Men," two anthologies on ethnic topics, both of which are used as textbooks at colleges in different parts of the country, and a number of published articles in .professional journals. Her fourth book, "Scotch Verdict," is being released by William Morrow & Co. this month. It documents the celebrated trial. of two women operating a girls' school who were accused of lesbianism in the early 19th century. Lillian Hellman's play, "The Children's Hour," was based on this case. "Surpassing the Love of Men" has been published in the United States, Great Britain and is being translated into Italian with tbe possibility of a German translation in the works. j Tbe book was placed on the "New York Times" Recommended Reading List for tbe summer of 1961 and was included in that publication's List of Notable Books for 1961. It has been reviewed in such prjhlJcatk»afa*TJw . Atlantic, The Times of London, and, L'Espresao in Rome. "I understand from other writers ' that it is incredible that a first trade book would get all that attention," she says. The path leading from Faderman's past — characterized by childhood poverty and an allergy to homework — to her present — where she enjoys tbe status of noted author and scholar — is paved with the cobblestones of dedication, perserverance, and above all, commitment to her fellow human beings, say her colleagues and students. Up to this point, her published work has been dedicated to minority groups. She says her whole life experience, and especially her childhood, has led her to become "in- terested in people and ways of life that are not recognized in the mainstream." "My mother was a seamstress in the garment industry in Los Angeles," she says. "I never knew my father. I was an only child and my mother never married him. "English was my second language. Yiddish was my first language. My mother was born in Latvia and her language was always a combination of Yiddish and English when she spoke to me. "We lived in a Chicano barrio in East Los Angeles. I was the only non- Chicano in tbe barrio. My friends have asked if I thought I would ever write about my life but I don't know how I could write about it It is so Foreign students face strange land vacates "immorality and disrepect Persevering in attitude, Gloria Ponek, Nadine Lee and Carol Magee believe there is a ' Center helps battered women youth of America through subtle messages in elementary textbooks. The women are members of a Fresno- based organization that they call Family IMPACT (Interested Monitoring Persons Against Contemporary Texttooks) The three will again attend the state Curriculum Commission 1 meeting in Sacramento this Jury to 'They ignored our presentation,'' said Ponek referring to last year's SBE meeting. "Actually, tbey didn't Pay arry attention to us We found this in Fresno too. They didn't check the ELISA DOUGLAS Insight reporter This year between one-third and one-half of all relationships between men and women will experience some form of domestic violence. These astounding figures bold true both nationally as well as locally, according to Janet Carter, director of the YWCA Margaree Mason Center. To combat these statistics and intervene in the causes that contribute to domestic violence, the Margaree Mason Center was established in January of 1979. The center was named for CSUF student Margaree Mason, who died as a result of domestic violence In 1970. The shelter provides services to all members of a violent family. Women and children who are fleeing a violent home life are housed at the center on a temporary basis. While staying at the center, women can participate in Individual and group counseling to help them deal with emotional, psychological and financial effects of being a battered woman. Women are provided with alternatives in regards to their violent home situation. The average stay for a woman at the center is two weeks. About 50 percent of the women involved in a violent home life go back because for many women, it is the first Ume she has left home. Carter said many women are not ready to leave their homes because they do not want to acknowledge they are being beaten. Also, many men apologize for their actions and promise not to get angry as long as the woman comes back to him. "It often takes many, many times of leaving a violent situation," said Carter, "before they (abused women) realize that the man can't help himself. AAUwugh he wants to carry out these promises, he can't wiSout help. "The SO percent that do go back," said Carter, "we don't look at as failures. We just realize that the woman wasn't ready. If we, have done our job, then she goes away MONTE RICE Insight reporter Strange food, strange greetings and strange money are among the perils faced at one time or another by CSUF's 1,200 foreign students. "When you first come here, you love this place because you have a dream. Then you're afraid, then you love it again," said Daniel Feng, a Chinese computer-science major. Feng, who has been studying in the United States since 1961, said tbe love-fear-love datenrna was the result of his first taste of American freedom seasoned with adjustment to American currency, custom, and finding a place to live. Every September about 300 students from all over the globe c to CSUF, said Zahir Ahmed, f " Checks Tbey don't know how to buy anything, or even the value of "When I first come here, I don't know how to budget my rr Feng. "At the b " dollar was worth 38 Taiwanese dollars. After being here awhile, I then spend a lot of money, trying to buy new products." Asman Abu Bakar, a freshman from Malaysia, recalled a similar experience. "Before I came here, I try to keep a balanced budget But now, said the 25-year-old geography major. Counseling Office. Most of i grocery shopping was i CSUF has more than 1,200 foreign students from 67 countries. The Inter- national Student Couriseling Office before coming to the United States. •A student often land, here with know how to find a place to live. Often, all they have on them are Traveler's m are varied, but most e to the United States because •'they cannot get admitted to SMFsnagaS |