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School: Violence wings the 'lock-up' : Continned from page i which Is a group of solitary cells ! told the counselors, "Don't grab them students can be placed In for up to a -hy the neck and start preaching... just month. Often, days go by without tbe ! talk about life, the world and find a inmate ever stepping outside the cell. ; common bond, CPO's conduct a milder rjunisb- • "They're just people like us," ment by telling inmates they are "go- Z ■Rainwater said. "C'ept they've been ing to have a race." A CPO asks for 20 - hurt so many different ways and they push-ups from each student and the ; don't need any more hurts, jiist some- last to finish has an extra 10 tacked one who'll say, 'I care.' " onto his total. J; Such "hurts" became apparent. Some students at Adobe Mountain * often violently apparent, throughout show no interest in leaving tbe school. 7 the crusade. At Adobe Mountain a boy A teen-ager who was nearing his ; about 14-years-old stood in Chapel one 18thbirthday (17 is trie age limit at the •Sunday morning. Another Inmate school) said, "Hey, this is Disneyland. I whispered into this reporter's ear that Half the Ume I just sit around, play ♦ just a few days earlier this same boy pool, watch TV. We even got a swim- ! tried to hang himself, ming pool. I don't want to go back out- *: That same day a crusade side." " counselor was threatened by a knife- : wielding inmate wbo screamed, But another student approaching any kind of government aid knows Hospital in Hanford. Shj recalled a £y the IwmUyofln alcoholic" Welfare not only area social welfare grads enter health and social welfare, said that could arrange for families to receive social welfare that she began to the bulk of tbe school's students work outside care. It was therefore up to understand alcoholism and realized in areas other than welfare, such as the family to initiate any extended that her father had a disease that af fected everyone around him. She had quit covering up for him and forced RRENDA ORTIZ JODY HEAD Insight reporter medical social work, drugs, battered care. 'Through further study, she children, alcohol, mental health, and discovered that Hanford and its sur- many other areas of need. rounding rural communities had no him to be responsible for bis own ac- Brenda J. Ortiz, a 24-year-old available care, social welfare major, has chosen Therefore, in the fall of I960, she medical social welfare as her option enrolled at CSUF as a medical social and decided to work with alcoholics, welfare major. Ortiz chose to work with Ortiz, who describes herself as alcoholics because her father, who is very 'people oriented,' had always „„,, a recovered alcoholic, drank wanted to be a nurse. Her decision to heavily most of his life. She knew that Anyone who has stood in tbe long enter social work came In the spring g^ ^,1 identify with others who unemployment lines or applied for of I960 while working at Sacred Heart were experiencing tbe problems faced ."You're as good as dead! "Counselors his 18th birthday has different : who saw the situation said the inmate thoughts about the school. Hunched -overheard a remark a counselor over his bed, a tall teen-ager said, I made about him that be didn't like. "God, I can't stand it here... I've had Also, earlier that week several enough of this life." counselors sensed high tension even This student pointed to a picture before they learned of a murder in the of himself In a tux, hugging his prison. Inmates said the victim's body girlfriend, whom he plans to marry. Ortiz explained the i her major as being 'individualized yet unified.' The social welfare intern can work with the entire family together or on an individual basis. "When you first go out Into tbe field, you think you're going to change their lives. But that's not reality," Ortiz said. "The people and the problems are real. Sometimes you may never see their problems go away. You just have to settle for helping them right where they are today." But occasionally an Intern gels a that tbe person sitting behind that 13-year-old boy brought into tbe "Alcohol is a family disease, not desk telling you to complete the hospital wbo had attempted suicide, an individual disease," Ortiz said. "It necessary 300 forms is a social She began to wonder what could affects everyone in the family." worker. have possibly happened to make him But is that all the school of health so desperate that he would try to take Qrtiz whose parents separated glimpse at the good their work does and social welfare prepares its his own life. when she'was nine years old because for people. graduates for? of her father's drinking problem, said Ortiz, who interned at The To many CSUF students, The boy's subsequent death im- ^j sbe cn^ to uve wjth him Californian, a former Fresno hotel was left on the ground for several Numerous books, ranging from unaware of this department's pro- pelled Ortiz to probe deeper Into her hecause she thought he wouldn't be converted into independent living hours before it was finally removed. Readers Digest to The Cross and the grams, that is indeed the only road community's needs. She discovered aDle to manage on his own quarters for low-income senior :- open. But this is not true. that there was a tremendous need for As she grew older she found citizens, recalls a man she worked Graduates df the department do social workers to do the follow-up herself becoming his crutch. with named George (not his real WOrk With Welfare distribution, but WOrk necessary When a person was ——j,,^.^—_,„,„........«.._..«■■——«««--«•.•—»*.•»«••■«-—•. there are many other avenues as well, released from the hospital. Professor Ganesha Visweswaran, Sbe learned that tbe hospital did director of admissions in tbe school of not have a resident social worker who Life at Adobe Mountain is lived Switchblade, are stacked on his cautiously. Fights sometime occur bookshelves. "They help me pass the as a result of a wrong tone of voice or time," he said. "Especially in lock- a look from another student. up. "When this student is released Punishment is stiff. Several from Adobe Mountain be said be is go- taDc*d of the "lock-up," ing to "go straight for good." Planners drop events, alter 'Air Guitar' REBECCAJOHNSON Insight reporter Early In September, while most students were worried about bow to maintain their summer tans, nine newly appointed Vintage Days coordinators were already bard at work, setting tbe ground work for Vintage Days. The planning actually began last May with the appointment of Student Director Mindy Thompson, who was chosen from the previous year's committee. "I feel a lot of pressure and anxiety," Thompson said of her responsibilities, "because even with all the advance planning and careful consideration that goes into each event, you just don't know how it's going to turn out until it actually happens. "I am really pleased with the performance of each coordinator in their event. It takes organization and commitment to plan and execute their responsibilities. A strong committee makes, my job easier," sbe added. During weekly meetings, coordinators make proposals concerning their events and get imput from other committee members. Tbe meetings become a testing ground for new ideas and a reaffirmation of old ones. This year, Dave Derby and David Watrous are in charge of organizing tbe competitive events. In an effort to Improve tbe quality and participation of the competitive events, they conducted a compariUve study with information tbey accumulated from the past three years of Vintage Days. This study revealed that the tricycle race, haybucking and obstacal relay events showed a steady decrease in actual participation, meaning that while many groups entered these events, few actually participated. Derby said: "Taking into consideration many factors, a decision was made to delete the tricycle race, haybucking, and obstacal relay from tbe 1983 schedule of competitive events. These factors include a decrease in actual participation and problems finding sponsoring groups, as well as technical difficulties with tricycles, anpVtojury problems on the obstacal course and during the haybucking event." The decision has sparked some controversy among past participants who wanted the events to be included. Derby and Watrous, backed by the Vintage Days committee, remain firm. "We realize these events are popular spectator events," said Watrous, "but we feel this decision was necessary. Also, events have been deleted in tbe past and then reintroduced again the next year. This is just an experiment and is not permanent as far as tbe future (Vintage Days events)." Changes are being made in other events, too. Tbe "Air Guitar" program is now under the jurisdiction of the Boomtown Carnival coordinator,David Kittredge, not the Special Events coordinator as in the Past ^ Kittredge has many plans forlm- provement of both events. "At Boomtown Carnival we're hoping to be able to better light tbe booths with strings of lights," be said. "And as far as Air Guitar goes, it's going to be a professional show. "Air Guitar is going to begin after dark so there wiU be lighting and we're working on getting as professional comedian to host the show," Kittredge added. ' Air Guitar was first featured in 1981 and keeps getting bigger and more elaborate each year. In this event, students mimmick and imitate tbe music and performing styles of their favorite stars and groups.*'Applications for auditions and Boomtown booths are available In tbe Student Activities office, CU 306. Vintage Days publicity is being handled by coordinators Katie Flynn and Robert Gautbier. "dost of tbe off-campus advertising is centered on the Craftsfoik Faire because that Is a community as well as campus event, " said Flynn. "We have chosen to use billboards and radio advertising." Tbey will use posters and ads In the Dally Collegian to reach people on campus. In addition to advertising, Flynn and Gauthier are also the editors of the Vintage Press, the annual newspaper that features Vintage Days events. Casino Night has always been a popular event with dorm residents, and its appeal is growing every year. Last year's casino featured a chorus girl floor show as well as the usual gambling attractions. Charles Rush is in charge of the Monte Carlo-like extravaganza and he is planning to add a magician to tbe entertainment. There have been rumors that this year's Casino Night may also feature horseracing, complete with closed-circuit television and betting windows, but Rush wouldn't confirm it. Thursday Movie Night, held in tbe amphitheater, kicks off the evening events of Vintage Days. Last year, with tbe movie "Animal House," togas and were allowed to utilize reserved seating if tbey did. This year's movie is the Return of the Pink Panther. Special Events Coordinator Donna Cavello said everyone who goes should wear pink. Along with the featured movie. Pink Panther cartoons will be shown. Gavello alsoreXruits entertainment for tbe Craftafolke Faire. All day entertainment was first featured at last year's faire and was well received by shoppers and vendors. Gavello said there are still many openings in the entertainment schedule which is slated to run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday through Sunday of Vintage Days. Anyone Interested in performing should contact Gavello in the Vintage Days office. faire which featured more than 200 vendors. Coordinator Beckl Johnson said sbe expects the event to be even more successful than last year. Starting tbe festivities is the job of Deanne Holweger, Opening Ceremonies coordinator, whose duties include ordering the t-shirts for all the coordinators. "I'm hoping to have the annual t-shirt parade of all the teams led by a horse-drawncarriage carrying the ceremony officials,'' Holweger said. No group has been confirmed to perform at the traditional Friday night rock concert, which is handled not by tbe Vintage Days committee, but by tbe College Union Program Committee. Tbe Vintage Days committee does not have tbe money It takes to give such a concert. She recalled a 13 year- old boy brought into the hospital who had attempted suicide. She began to wonder what could have possibly happened to make him so desperate that he would try to take his own life. The boy's subsequent death impelled Ortiz to probe deeper into her community's needs; "I'd fix everything up for him," Ortiz said. "I'd pay all the traffic tickets and pay all the bills. I knew he had a serious problem and I tried to talk to him. But he would never admit it." Ortiz realized higher education was her only way out of her home situation. "I really felt like I lived two separate lives ... home and school," she said. "But I was always determined to excell in school because I had no examples to follow for anything else. Higher education was my only way out." She said that after school she sometimes felt like she was 40 years old, with no one to talk to. "I always thought how much it would have helped had there been someone on campus I could have talked to. But there was no one," she said. Ortiz says that she stayed with her father in spite of the drinking and its accompanying problems, because she felt sorry for him. It was through her studies in name), now a recovered alcoholic. She helped him to focus on what he wanted to accomplish, to look into the future and know that he held the direction for it because the alcohol no longer controlled him. ,. She described him as originally very withdrawn and lonely. After working with him for five months, developing the necessary trust, she has seen him come out of his shell and begin helping people less fortunate than himself. But George is only one of nun- dredsah Fresno who search for an open ear and a friendly smile. Ortiz says she is glad her work helped him, but she emphasized the need for more people in social work "I think a student should give social welfare a closer look if they are people-oriented.'' she said. "There is such a wide variety of options that even with the government cuts in social services, I don'Uthink that should keep a student from entering the field. People are always going to need other people." Middle East: Lebanese want all foreign armies out Continued from page 1 To make it even harder, many of tbe settlers are trying to justify their occupation of tbe West Bank, and tbe accompanying displacement of Arabs, by calling the territory by its Biblical names — Judea and Samaria. The Palestinians want Israel to withdraw from the West Bank, but tbey want their own Individual government there, not one that is associated with Jordan. Israel conquered tbe West Bank from Jordan in 1987. Oreikat says tbe Jewish occupation of this Arab land is a more heinous thing than tbe holocaust. Being moved out of one's homeland, he says, "is even worse than being put in a gas chamber." He calls tbe Palestinians "victims of a sick Zionist mentality," with Jews displacing other people to order to avoid another holocaust against themselves. But Oreikat says his people are willing to fight to the death to regain their homeland. The only way to bring peace in tbe area is to "change tbe Israeli policy of taking more land for tbe Great Kingdom of David," Oreikat says. At the opposite pole, Kamran says Israel should not be asked to give up the West Bank. "Not in World War I, World War II or Vietnam has any country been asked to give back what it got in war," she says. "Only in Israel's case has a country been asked to give back a piece of land it conquered in war." When Palestinian and Jewish students discuss the legitimacy of tbe PLO. it sounds like r>otat-counterpoint. Omar Badar, former president of the General Union of Palestinian Students at CSUF, represents the PLO, Kamran represents tbe opposition: Baddar: "Why won't Israel or the United States recognize the PLO as tbe sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people? Over 100 nations recognize the PLO, and that exceeds tbe number that recognize Israel." Kamran: "I think tbe PLO and tbe Palestinian people are two very different thing*. The PLO has stated that the only way to deal with Israel is armed struggle.'' Baddar: "No other Palestinian Institution claims to represent the Palestinians. Palestinians all over the world fee) the PLO il Kamran: "In Jewish Israel, there are a lot of Palestinians who don't want anything to do with the PLO." While the controversy continues to blaze between Palestinians and Israelis at CSUF, Lebanese students, like their relatives back in their homeland, feel trapped in the middle. Right now, the Lebanese students say they would like nothing better than the evacuation of tbe 10,000 PLO troops, 30,000 Israeli troops, and 40,000 Syrian troops from their beautiful country. Lebanon is tbe home of about 232,000 Palestinian refugees who fled from Palestine in 1948, when the state of Israel was formed, and from tbe West Bank in 1987, when Israel conquered the area. Lebanon's population is mainly Moslem — about 57 percent, but includes a sizeable Christian population of around 40 percent. The remainder of the population includes other religious minorities. Before a civil war pitted the two Lebanese groups . against each other in 1975-76, the country was a Middle East showpiece of democracy, where Moslems and Christians lived peacefully together. The PLO was present in Lebanon before the civil war. Syrian troops entered Lebanon in 1976, to help end the civil war. Israeli troops Invaded Lebanon last June, to chase out tbe PLO troops. The United States is trying to negotiate a withdrawal of Israeli and Syrian troops from Lebanon, but each is hesitant to leave before getting assurances of the other group's quick evacuation. In tbe meantime, Lebanese students say their people feel victimized by the stalemate. Until Lebanon is free of foreign troops, it can't hope to solve its domestic problems, they say. Mazein Fardoun, president of tbe CSUF Lebanese Students Association, says he is particularly bothered by Israel's seeming colonization of Lebanon since the June 1982 invasion. "Israel is looking for ways to improve its economy by using ours," he says. "We are obliged to use thdr money, their stamps and buy their products." Lebanese student Ghasaan Majzoub says Israel wants to have an open trade relationship with Lebanon, but he fears it would be one-way trade, as it seems to be now. "Israel is more technologically advanced than we are. If we opened business with them, we would only be buying, not selling." Fardoun says Lebanon could not afford to be th? "only state to the region to deal with Israel either financially or politically." ■' Such a relationship would alienate Lebanon from all the surrounding Arab countries, says Majzoub. Majzoub says Lebanese are still rankling under tbe Israeli control of tbe Lebanese lemon market after Lebanese lemons were forced to rot on the trees during the Israeli invasion last summer. "Israel is providing lemons cheaply where the Lebanese have to sell the few they have high," he says. "Tbey have flooded the whole area with their product." Lebanese students say they have grown a bit cynical about offers of help from other countries. "We have learned no other country wants to help just for the sake of helping," Fardoun says. "Syria and Israel sent troops in to help stop the fighting, and now they are staying. If you want to stop something, you have to do it yourself." While Lebanese students are anxious to rid their country of all foreign troops, they say they are also sympathetic with tbe establishment of a Palestinian homeland. "We agree Palestine needs a country," Fardoun says. "For sure we won't have any peace in the Middle East without it." Following is a brief summary of Middle East events leading up to tbe present crisis: Balfour Declaration and British Mandate: The British government in 1917 Issues the Balfour Declaration favoring a national home In Palestine for Jews. Tbe declaration is incorporated into the British mandate for Palestine and approved by the League of Nations to 1922. Jewish settlement to Palestine: The Jewish population in Palestine Increases from 65.000 to 200,000 between 1919 and 1933, as Jews immigrate from throughout the world. As Nazi persecution heats up In Germany, immigration picks up and 166,000 Jews flood into Palestine between 1934-36. United Nations prtemsts attrition of Palestine: Aa Jewish immigration to Palestine increases, tensions arise between the Arabs, who already live there, and the new Jewish immigrants. When the conflict becomes too much for Great Britain, the issue is handed to the United Nations, The UN in 1947 passes a resolution, recorrunending partition of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. It is opposed by Arab countries. Palestine fight* a civil war: After the passage of the UN resolution, the Jews and Arabs fight a civil war in Palestine. Israel becomes a state: The British withdraw completely from Palestine and Israel proclaims its statehood on May 14,1948. Israel Is attacked by the Arabs: Israel is immediately attacked by surrounding Arab countries upon proclamation of its statehood. It defends itself, however, and signs an armistice agreement with Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. Many Palestinians flee their homeland and become refugees in other Arab countries at this time. Formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization: The Palestinian Liberation Organization is formed in 1984, with support from Egypt and other Arab countries, for the purpose of recovering Palestine. It is lirst led by Dr. Ahmed Shukalry. Yasir Arafat's Al Fatah takes over leadership in 1969. The 1987 War: In a six-day war, Israel conquers tbe West Bank of the Jordan River from Jordan, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Pennisula from Egypt and the Golan Heights from Syria. A second wave of Palestinians flee their homes for refuge in other Arab ountries as Israel takes over the West Bank. The 1973-74 War: Israel is caught off guard when Arab nations launch a surprise attack on Yom Kippur, a Jewish holy day, in 1973. Israel, which Is left reeling under the attack, la saved by massive aid from the United States. Cease fire arrangements are finalized in the fall of 1973 and spring of 1974. Peace treaty with Egypt: Kgyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minuter Menachem Begin sign a formal peace treaty on March 26. 1979, calling for Israel's withdrawal from Sinai and Palestinian independence on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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Title | 1983_04 Insight April 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 Apr 13 1983 p 6 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publication Date | 1983 |
Full-Text-Search | School: Violence wings the 'lock-up' : Continned from page i which Is a group of solitary cells ! told the counselors, "Don't grab them students can be placed In for up to a -hy the neck and start preaching... just month. Often, days go by without tbe ! talk about life, the world and find a inmate ever stepping outside the cell. ; common bond, CPO's conduct a milder rjunisb- • "They're just people like us," ment by telling inmates they are "go- Z ■Rainwater said. "C'ept they've been ing to have a race." A CPO asks for 20 - hurt so many different ways and they push-ups from each student and the ; don't need any more hurts, jiist some- last to finish has an extra 10 tacked one who'll say, 'I care.' " onto his total. J; Such "hurts" became apparent. Some students at Adobe Mountain * often violently apparent, throughout show no interest in leaving tbe school. 7 the crusade. At Adobe Mountain a boy A teen-ager who was nearing his ; about 14-years-old stood in Chapel one 18thbirthday (17 is trie age limit at the •Sunday morning. Another Inmate school) said, "Hey, this is Disneyland. I whispered into this reporter's ear that Half the Ume I just sit around, play ♦ just a few days earlier this same boy pool, watch TV. We even got a swim- ! tried to hang himself, ming pool. I don't want to go back out- *: That same day a crusade side." " counselor was threatened by a knife- : wielding inmate wbo screamed, But another student approaching any kind of government aid knows Hospital in Hanford. Shj recalled a £y the IwmUyofln alcoholic" Welfare not only area social welfare grads enter health and social welfare, said that could arrange for families to receive social welfare that she began to the bulk of tbe school's students work outside care. It was therefore up to understand alcoholism and realized in areas other than welfare, such as the family to initiate any extended that her father had a disease that af fected everyone around him. She had quit covering up for him and forced RRENDA ORTIZ JODY HEAD Insight reporter medical social work, drugs, battered care. 'Through further study, she children, alcohol, mental health, and discovered that Hanford and its sur- many other areas of need. rounding rural communities had no him to be responsible for bis own ac- Brenda J. Ortiz, a 24-year-old available care, social welfare major, has chosen Therefore, in the fall of I960, she medical social welfare as her option enrolled at CSUF as a medical social and decided to work with alcoholics, welfare major. Ortiz chose to work with Ortiz, who describes herself as alcoholics because her father, who is very 'people oriented,' had always „„,, a recovered alcoholic, drank wanted to be a nurse. Her decision to heavily most of his life. She knew that Anyone who has stood in tbe long enter social work came In the spring g^ ^,1 identify with others who unemployment lines or applied for of I960 while working at Sacred Heart were experiencing tbe problems faced ."You're as good as dead! "Counselors his 18th birthday has different : who saw the situation said the inmate thoughts about the school. Hunched -overheard a remark a counselor over his bed, a tall teen-ager said, I made about him that be didn't like. "God, I can't stand it here... I've had Also, earlier that week several enough of this life." counselors sensed high tension even This student pointed to a picture before they learned of a murder in the of himself In a tux, hugging his prison. Inmates said the victim's body girlfriend, whom he plans to marry. Ortiz explained the i her major as being 'individualized yet unified.' The social welfare intern can work with the entire family together or on an individual basis. "When you first go out Into tbe field, you think you're going to change their lives. But that's not reality," Ortiz said. "The people and the problems are real. Sometimes you may never see their problems go away. You just have to settle for helping them right where they are today." But occasionally an Intern gels a that tbe person sitting behind that 13-year-old boy brought into tbe "Alcohol is a family disease, not desk telling you to complete the hospital wbo had attempted suicide, an individual disease," Ortiz said. "It necessary 300 forms is a social She began to wonder what could affects everyone in the family." worker. have possibly happened to make him But is that all the school of health so desperate that he would try to take Qrtiz whose parents separated glimpse at the good their work does and social welfare prepares its his own life. when she'was nine years old because for people. graduates for? of her father's drinking problem, said Ortiz, who interned at The To many CSUF students, The boy's subsequent death im- ^j sbe cn^ to uve wjth him Californian, a former Fresno hotel was left on the ground for several Numerous books, ranging from unaware of this department's pro- pelled Ortiz to probe deeper Into her hecause she thought he wouldn't be converted into independent living hours before it was finally removed. Readers Digest to The Cross and the grams, that is indeed the only road community's needs. She discovered aDle to manage on his own quarters for low-income senior :- open. But this is not true. that there was a tremendous need for As she grew older she found citizens, recalls a man she worked Graduates df the department do social workers to do the follow-up herself becoming his crutch. with named George (not his real WOrk With Welfare distribution, but WOrk necessary When a person was ——j,,^.^—_,„,„........«.._..«■■——«««--«•.•—»*.•»«••■«-—•. there are many other avenues as well, released from the hospital. Professor Ganesha Visweswaran, Sbe learned that tbe hospital did director of admissions in tbe school of not have a resident social worker who Life at Adobe Mountain is lived Switchblade, are stacked on his cautiously. Fights sometime occur bookshelves. "They help me pass the as a result of a wrong tone of voice or time," he said. "Especially in lock- a look from another student. up. "When this student is released Punishment is stiff. Several from Adobe Mountain be said be is go- taDc*d of the "lock-up," ing to "go straight for good." Planners drop events, alter 'Air Guitar' REBECCAJOHNSON Insight reporter Early In September, while most students were worried about bow to maintain their summer tans, nine newly appointed Vintage Days coordinators were already bard at work, setting tbe ground work for Vintage Days. The planning actually began last May with the appointment of Student Director Mindy Thompson, who was chosen from the previous year's committee. "I feel a lot of pressure and anxiety," Thompson said of her responsibilities, "because even with all the advance planning and careful consideration that goes into each event, you just don't know how it's going to turn out until it actually happens. "I am really pleased with the performance of each coordinator in their event. It takes organization and commitment to plan and execute their responsibilities. A strong committee makes, my job easier," sbe added. During weekly meetings, coordinators make proposals concerning their events and get imput from other committee members. Tbe meetings become a testing ground for new ideas and a reaffirmation of old ones. This year, Dave Derby and David Watrous are in charge of organizing tbe competitive events. In an effort to Improve tbe quality and participation of the competitive events, they conducted a compariUve study with information tbey accumulated from the past three years of Vintage Days. This study revealed that the tricycle race, haybucking and obstacal relay events showed a steady decrease in actual participation, meaning that while many groups entered these events, few actually participated. Derby said: "Taking into consideration many factors, a decision was made to delete the tricycle race, haybucking, and obstacal relay from tbe 1983 schedule of competitive events. These factors include a decrease in actual participation and problems finding sponsoring groups, as well as technical difficulties with tricycles, anpVtojury problems on the obstacal course and during the haybucking event." The decision has sparked some controversy among past participants who wanted the events to be included. Derby and Watrous, backed by the Vintage Days committee, remain firm. "We realize these events are popular spectator events," said Watrous, "but we feel this decision was necessary. Also, events have been deleted in tbe past and then reintroduced again the next year. This is just an experiment and is not permanent as far as tbe future (Vintage Days events)." Changes are being made in other events, too. Tbe "Air Guitar" program is now under the jurisdiction of the Boomtown Carnival coordinator,David Kittredge, not the Special Events coordinator as in the Past ^ Kittredge has many plans forlm- provement of both events. "At Boomtown Carnival we're hoping to be able to better light tbe booths with strings of lights," be said. "And as far as Air Guitar goes, it's going to be a professional show. "Air Guitar is going to begin after dark so there wiU be lighting and we're working on getting as professional comedian to host the show," Kittredge added. ' Air Guitar was first featured in 1981 and keeps getting bigger and more elaborate each year. In this event, students mimmick and imitate tbe music and performing styles of their favorite stars and groups.*'Applications for auditions and Boomtown booths are available In tbe Student Activities office, CU 306. Vintage Days publicity is being handled by coordinators Katie Flynn and Robert Gautbier. "dost of tbe off-campus advertising is centered on the Craftsfoik Faire because that Is a community as well as campus event, " said Flynn. "We have chosen to use billboards and radio advertising." Tbey will use posters and ads In the Dally Collegian to reach people on campus. In addition to advertising, Flynn and Gauthier are also the editors of the Vintage Press, the annual newspaper that features Vintage Days events. Casino Night has always been a popular event with dorm residents, and its appeal is growing every year. Last year's casino featured a chorus girl floor show as well as the usual gambling attractions. Charles Rush is in charge of the Monte Carlo-like extravaganza and he is planning to add a magician to tbe entertainment. There have been rumors that this year's Casino Night may also feature horseracing, complete with closed-circuit television and betting windows, but Rush wouldn't confirm it. Thursday Movie Night, held in tbe amphitheater, kicks off the evening events of Vintage Days. Last year, with tbe movie "Animal House," togas and were allowed to utilize reserved seating if tbey did. This year's movie is the Return of the Pink Panther. Special Events Coordinator Donna Cavello said everyone who goes should wear pink. Along with the featured movie. Pink Panther cartoons will be shown. Gavello alsoreXruits entertainment for tbe Craftafolke Faire. All day entertainment was first featured at last year's faire and was well received by shoppers and vendors. Gavello said there are still many openings in the entertainment schedule which is slated to run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday through Sunday of Vintage Days. Anyone Interested in performing should contact Gavello in the Vintage Days office. faire which featured more than 200 vendors. Coordinator Beckl Johnson said sbe expects the event to be even more successful than last year. Starting tbe festivities is the job of Deanne Holweger, Opening Ceremonies coordinator, whose duties include ordering the t-shirts for all the coordinators. "I'm hoping to have the annual t-shirt parade of all the teams led by a horse-drawncarriage carrying the ceremony officials,'' Holweger said. No group has been confirmed to perform at the traditional Friday night rock concert, which is handled not by tbe Vintage Days committee, but by tbe College Union Program Committee. Tbe Vintage Days committee does not have tbe money It takes to give such a concert. She recalled a 13 year- old boy brought into the hospital who had attempted suicide. She began to wonder what could have possibly happened to make him so desperate that he would try to take his own life. The boy's subsequent death impelled Ortiz to probe deeper into her community's needs; "I'd fix everything up for him," Ortiz said. "I'd pay all the traffic tickets and pay all the bills. I knew he had a serious problem and I tried to talk to him. But he would never admit it." Ortiz realized higher education was her only way out of her home situation. "I really felt like I lived two separate lives ... home and school," she said. "But I was always determined to excell in school because I had no examples to follow for anything else. Higher education was my only way out." She said that after school she sometimes felt like she was 40 years old, with no one to talk to. "I always thought how much it would have helped had there been someone on campus I could have talked to. But there was no one," she said. Ortiz says that she stayed with her father in spite of the drinking and its accompanying problems, because she felt sorry for him. It was through her studies in name), now a recovered alcoholic. She helped him to focus on what he wanted to accomplish, to look into the future and know that he held the direction for it because the alcohol no longer controlled him. ,. She described him as originally very withdrawn and lonely. After working with him for five months, developing the necessary trust, she has seen him come out of his shell and begin helping people less fortunate than himself. But George is only one of nun- dredsah Fresno who search for an open ear and a friendly smile. Ortiz says she is glad her work helped him, but she emphasized the need for more people in social work "I think a student should give social welfare a closer look if they are people-oriented.'' she said. "There is such a wide variety of options that even with the government cuts in social services, I don'Uthink that should keep a student from entering the field. People are always going to need other people." Middle East: Lebanese want all foreign armies out Continued from page 1 To make it even harder, many of tbe settlers are trying to justify their occupation of tbe West Bank, and tbe accompanying displacement of Arabs, by calling the territory by its Biblical names — Judea and Samaria. The Palestinians want Israel to withdraw from the West Bank, but tbey want their own Individual government there, not one that is associated with Jordan. Israel conquered tbe West Bank from Jordan in 1987. Oreikat says tbe Jewish occupation of this Arab land is a more heinous thing than tbe holocaust. Being moved out of one's homeland, he says, "is even worse than being put in a gas chamber." He calls tbe Palestinians "victims of a sick Zionist mentality," with Jews displacing other people to order to avoid another holocaust against themselves. But Oreikat says his people are willing to fight to the death to regain their homeland. The only way to bring peace in tbe area is to "change tbe Israeli policy of taking more land for tbe Great Kingdom of David," Oreikat says. At the opposite pole, Kamran says Israel should not be asked to give up the West Bank. "Not in World War I, World War II or Vietnam has any country been asked to give back what it got in war," she says. "Only in Israel's case has a country been asked to give back a piece of land it conquered in war." When Palestinian and Jewish students discuss the legitimacy of tbe PLO. it sounds like r>otat-counterpoint. Omar Badar, former president of the General Union of Palestinian Students at CSUF, represents the PLO, Kamran represents tbe opposition: Baddar: "Why won't Israel or the United States recognize the PLO as tbe sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people? Over 100 nations recognize the PLO, and that exceeds tbe number that recognize Israel." Kamran: "I think tbe PLO and tbe Palestinian people are two very different thing*. The PLO has stated that the only way to deal with Israel is armed struggle.'' Baddar: "No other Palestinian Institution claims to represent the Palestinians. Palestinians all over the world fee) the PLO il Kamran: "In Jewish Israel, there are a lot of Palestinians who don't want anything to do with the PLO." While the controversy continues to blaze between Palestinians and Israelis at CSUF, Lebanese students, like their relatives back in their homeland, feel trapped in the middle. Right now, the Lebanese students say they would like nothing better than the evacuation of tbe 10,000 PLO troops, 30,000 Israeli troops, and 40,000 Syrian troops from their beautiful country. Lebanon is tbe home of about 232,000 Palestinian refugees who fled from Palestine in 1948, when the state of Israel was formed, and from tbe West Bank in 1987, when Israel conquered the area. Lebanon's population is mainly Moslem — about 57 percent, but includes a sizeable Christian population of around 40 percent. The remainder of the population includes other religious minorities. Before a civil war pitted the two Lebanese groups . against each other in 1975-76, the country was a Middle East showpiece of democracy, where Moslems and Christians lived peacefully together. The PLO was present in Lebanon before the civil war. Syrian troops entered Lebanon in 1976, to help end the civil war. Israeli troops Invaded Lebanon last June, to chase out tbe PLO troops. The United States is trying to negotiate a withdrawal of Israeli and Syrian troops from Lebanon, but each is hesitant to leave before getting assurances of the other group's quick evacuation. In tbe meantime, Lebanese students say their people feel victimized by the stalemate. Until Lebanon is free of foreign troops, it can't hope to solve its domestic problems, they say. Mazein Fardoun, president of tbe CSUF Lebanese Students Association, says he is particularly bothered by Israel's seeming colonization of Lebanon since the June 1982 invasion. "Israel is looking for ways to improve its economy by using ours," he says. "We are obliged to use thdr money, their stamps and buy their products." Lebanese student Ghasaan Majzoub says Israel wants to have an open trade relationship with Lebanon, but he fears it would be one-way trade, as it seems to be now. "Israel is more technologically advanced than we are. If we opened business with them, we would only be buying, not selling." Fardoun says Lebanon could not afford to be th? "only state to the region to deal with Israel either financially or politically." ■' Such a relationship would alienate Lebanon from all the surrounding Arab countries, says Majzoub. Majzoub says Lebanese are still rankling under tbe Israeli control of tbe Lebanese lemon market after Lebanese lemons were forced to rot on the trees during the Israeli invasion last summer. "Israel is providing lemons cheaply where the Lebanese have to sell the few they have high," he says. "Tbey have flooded the whole area with their product." Lebanese students say they have grown a bit cynical about offers of help from other countries. "We have learned no other country wants to help just for the sake of helping," Fardoun says. "Syria and Israel sent troops in to help stop the fighting, and now they are staying. If you want to stop something, you have to do it yourself." While Lebanese students are anxious to rid their country of all foreign troops, they say they are also sympathetic with tbe establishment of a Palestinian homeland. "We agree Palestine needs a country," Fardoun says. "For sure we won't have any peace in the Middle East without it." Following is a brief summary of Middle East events leading up to tbe present crisis: Balfour Declaration and British Mandate: The British government in 1917 Issues the Balfour Declaration favoring a national home In Palestine for Jews. Tbe declaration is incorporated into the British mandate for Palestine and approved by the League of Nations to 1922. Jewish settlement to Palestine: The Jewish population in Palestine Increases from 65.000 to 200,000 between 1919 and 1933, as Jews immigrate from throughout the world. As Nazi persecution heats up In Germany, immigration picks up and 166,000 Jews flood into Palestine between 1934-36. United Nations prtemsts attrition of Palestine: Aa Jewish immigration to Palestine increases, tensions arise between the Arabs, who already live there, and the new Jewish immigrants. When the conflict becomes too much for Great Britain, the issue is handed to the United Nations, The UN in 1947 passes a resolution, recorrunending partition of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. It is opposed by Arab countries. Palestine fight* a civil war: After the passage of the UN resolution, the Jews and Arabs fight a civil war in Palestine. Israel becomes a state: The British withdraw completely from Palestine and Israel proclaims its statehood on May 14,1948. Israel Is attacked by the Arabs: Israel is immediately attacked by surrounding Arab countries upon proclamation of its statehood. It defends itself, however, and signs an armistice agreement with Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. Many Palestinians flee their homeland and become refugees in other Arab countries at this time. Formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization: The Palestinian Liberation Organization is formed in 1984, with support from Egypt and other Arab countries, for the purpose of recovering Palestine. It is lirst led by Dr. Ahmed Shukalry. Yasir Arafat's Al Fatah takes over leadership in 1969. The 1987 War: In a six-day war, Israel conquers tbe West Bank of the Jordan River from Jordan, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Pennisula from Egypt and the Golan Heights from Syria. A second wave of Palestinians flee their homes for refuge in other Arab ountries as Israel takes over the West Bank. The 1973-74 War: Israel is caught off guard when Arab nations launch a surprise attack on Yom Kippur, a Jewish holy day, in 1973. Israel, which Is left reeling under the attack, la saved by massive aid from the United States. Cease fire arrangements are finalized in the fall of 1973 and spring of 1974. Peace treaty with Egypt: Kgyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minuter Menachem Begin sign a formal peace treaty on March 26. 1979, calling for Israel's withdrawal from Sinai and Palestinian independence on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. |