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.. uj,j.ip.|!Jtij|p||ipjjjiiiUJlij|»llj|, Memorial Court, created by student efforts By Kimberly Foster StaffWriter Memorial Court, which encompasses the campus rose garden, the fountain and some of the best shaded benches on campus, was established largely by students' efforts in the 1950s asa Uving memorial to remember all of CSUF's war dead. Students raised money for the court, planted trees and transferred senior benches and a World War I plaque from the old campus, which is now Fresno City College. Memorial Court Fountain, which is today one of the main meeting places for students on campus, was also a gift to CSUF from former students. Memorial Day falls on May 25 this year, and according to most students past and present, ifs a day that we should recognize more somberly than we actually do. The holiday, also known as Decoration Day, originated during the Civil War in the South. Each year, women there strew flowers on the graves of their fallen heroes. Since then, the tradition has been adopted by most states as a legal holiday to remember all of this country's war dead. Bernard Shew, who served in the Korean War for two years, was the student behind Memorial Court. Shew was a student in 1954 when the current Shaw Avenue campus was being constructed and had little in the way of landscaping. 'Thestate was planning the wholecam- pus, and the students didn't have any input I just imagined 20 or 30 years later, the court would be something beautiful Old Fresno State administration building slated for demolition The Old Administration Building at Fresno City College is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is threatened with demolition. On Saturday, May 16, .the Fresno City and County Historical Society will host a free walking tour and workshop that will last approximately three hours. The guided tour will begin at 10 a.m. in front of the Old Administration Building and cover the historic Porter Tract homes just north of campus and a tour of the Library, focusing on the historic murals in the main reading room. Bill Devac, President of the California Preservation Foundation, will speak at noon in Forum Hall A on his approach to adaptive reuse of historic buildings. Devac is one of California's leading preservation lawyers. for students that they had helped create,'' Shew said. He now lives in the Bay Area and works as a real estate agent and a claims adjuster. Shew, as president of the Chinese Students'Club, began solicitingdonabons from other campus clubs and organizations. He said it was hard at first to get students to join in, but in the end, more than 78 organizations were involved. The largest donation came from John Masten, an alumnus and former professor of agriculture, who donated most of the 92 trees that were planted by students on Saturday, December 3,1955. Because of Masten's donation, money collected by thestudentorganizationsbought plaques that were placed next to each thin, young tree. The plaques each read "In memory of Fresno State College veterans of all wars" and list one of the organizations that donated money to the court Shew, who had already graduated and joined the service, obtained a special leave to attend the dedication ceremonies. Back in 1955, he told students to remember that the court is their memorial. Today the trees ha ve matured and provide a peaceful, shady area in the center of campus, but their history as a living memorial is either forgotten or not known by most students. The senior benches were brought over from the old campus and added to Memorial Court because the donations from generations of graduating students complemented the newly established court The tradition, begun in 1928, died out after 1960. Memorial Court Fountain was dedicated with a four gun salute on December 7,1962, the 21 st anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Masten, who had donated the trees several years earlier, donated almost a third of the $3,500 cost of the fountain, and the rest was paid for by the senior classes from 1957 to 1963. The rose garden, planted in the late 1950s, is the only part of the court that wasn't contributed by students. Dr. Arnold Joyal, the president of the college at the time, mentioned to head gardener Les Keiger that he liked roses and, according to Joyal, Keiger put in the garden a short time later where it could be seen from Joyal's window; hence, the name Presidential Roses. The garden was adopted as part of Memorial Court. Set in one of the rose beds is a plaque from the old campus, which reads "Alumni Honor Roll World War Service 1917-1918" and lists 27 students who attended Fresno State Normal School, which became Fresno State College and then CSUF. The rose garden has since been expanded and a complete replanting of the beds, begun last fall, should be finished by Memorial Day. "With all the rioting, I think it would be nice for everyone to take five or ten minutes to remember why we all have to get along, because that's what the servicemen died for," Shew said, who suggested putting small American flags in the court next to the plaques under the trees, and A few weeks of cool weather In Fresno caused powdery mildew and downy mildew to grow on the Presidential Roses. Kathl Sheehan, a licensed pesticide operator, douses each plant with fungicide to keep the plants healthy. She said that the chemicals are the least toxic available for the application. • '- even offered to donate some money to go toward the purchase of the flags. Edward Estrada, a senior math major, was sitting on the bench from the class of 1938, which is placed nearest the fountain. He didn't know any of the history behind Memorial Court, but thinks students should know more about it "Ifs not something that applies to us- until it is our brother who dies. Then, it's important. Although at times the war was wrong, people gave their lives for their country, and we should remember their deaths," Estrada said. Senior math major Bill Huene said he believes we're "desensitized." "I think there is a lack of recognition of what the day means. People don't realize it, but despite the fact that government was wrong, those sold iers' deaths are why we're here today," Huene said. Jamie Rodriguez, a sophomore sociology major, was studying on a bench from theclassofl943,shadedbyatreedonated in 1954 by the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. "I don't think we should glorify war, but we should remember the people who died in it," she said. Two plaques are also located under the benches closest to Memorial Fountain. They commemorate the efforts put forth by both Shew and Masten in establishing Memorial Court, perhaps the busiest peaceful spot on campus. Support for family and friends of homosexuals By Amy Sturgill Staff Writer Jerry and Kathy Ward knew something had been bothering their son, so they sat down with him one evening and gave him their full attention. Their son, Joel, nervously sat in his chair. His hands were shaking and he stuttered when he began to talk: "Mom, dad, you're going to hate me. I'm really afraid you're going to hate me. I'm gay." His parents just sat in shock, not knowing exactly what to say. For some parents, the most frightening thing is finding out their child is homosexual. Fortunately, for people like Joel and his parents, the organization of Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays was formed 18 years ago to help families with homosexual relatives. "Our primary purpose is to help parents and their gay and lesbian family members to love and understand one another and to keep families together," said Kathy Ward, president of the Fresno PFLAG chapter. the organization also provides education for individuals and the community at large on the nature of homosexuality. They work towards supporting the full human rights and civil rights of lesbians and gays by speaking out whenever necessa ry to defend those rights. The first chapter of PFLAG was organized in 1974 in New York City. Ithasgrown into 270chapters across the country and in eight foreign countries including Russia. The Fresno chapter was started in October 1990 by Jerry and Kathy Ward, who are parents of a homo- sexual.son. The Wards initiated the ..Eres-flfifhapftf hoping to educate the community about homosexuality and to remove the stigma in society about homosexuals. Also, they wanted to help other parents who have either a gay or lesbian child. "I was inspired to start the organization for the love of my son," Kathy Ward said. "I couldn't emotionally handle people saying cruel things about him or other homosexuals." The Fresno chapter has an average of 30 people at each meeting, but it is growing bigger as each meeting comes together, according to Kathy Ward. The meetings are held on the Saa PFLAG, paga tan New School to promote Science Literacy By Erin Yasuda Staff Writer a group of wide-eyed, J\, inquisitiveHispanicand Southeast Asian elementary school children sit around a laboratory table meticulously dissecting the parts of a cow's eye. In another part of the room, several youngsters punch scientific data into their computers. Making this dream a reality is thebasis of Susan B. Anthony Elementary School, a proposed math and science- oriented school partnered with CSUFs School of Natural Sciences. Faculty members in the School of Natural Sciences will assist in the planning of the elementary school's curriculum, while graduate and undergraduate students will act as mentors in the classrooms. Olivia Palados, who originated the idea for Susan B. An- thony,said,"We'reexdtedthat the School of Natural Sciences has decided to be a part of it" Palados, superintendent of the Fresno Pyramid, said that Susan B Anthony is scheduled to open in January 1994 off of Blackstone and Olive avenues. Palados said that one of the main goals of the school, which will be open year-round, is to get minority students to start thinking early about careers in math and science. "If you look at the literature and at the research, women and minorities are not heavily represented [in math and science fields]," she said. Stanley Ziegler, associate dean of the School of Natural Sdences, said, "Hopefully, the school will increase [minority] representation in math and science." Palados said the reason that minorities are under-represented in the math and science fields is not because they do not have the ability. "If kids are taught with high expectations and the teaching and materials are there, then all students will learn and achieve a good, solid foundation," she She said that based upon the service area that the school will be built in, it will be 75 percent minority students. Hispanic and Southeast Asian students'will be the predominant minority groups, she said "We expect a lot of students who will have limited English profiriency. One way to approach (this challenge] is througha hands-on sdence curriculum," she said. i"l0 Committees grapple with words to guide multiculturalism at CSUF By Krista Lemos Staff writer G _ olumbus discovered America... These words reverberate in classrooms across the nation; but now advocates of political correctness are trying to force teachers and professors to define the discovery "in its^e colors." At the collegiate level, where academic freedom is considered important by many, the needs of an increasingly diversified CSUF include rethinking how university courses should be taughtand what material should be induded indis- cussion. Forthreeyears,administration, faculty and staff have been debating about the correct method for including minority achievements and contributions in higher education courses without dictating whatprofessors say or stifling their speech.. In an attempt to enhance various viewpoints at CSUF, the subcommittee on Ethnic, Gender and Multi-Cultural Perspectives (EG&MP) has proposed a recommendation to all faculty "to demonstrate respect for and sensitiv ity to the views and experiences of ing has been decided and most of students in regard to EGM per- the material won't be voted on spectives through classroom ac- before the semester ends, tivittes and discourse." Subcommittee Chair Beth The proposal also recommends Hartung, CSUF professor of sod- that the faculty be responsible for ology, said thecommittee wascre- establishinga classroom that is free of racism, sexism and heterosexism. Some faculty members don't believe this effort is warranted. One such member, Loy Bi lderback, CSUF professor of history, said he doesn't see a serious need for the proposed university "charge." He doesn't understand how it will work. 'To teach history is to be insensitive," Bilderback said at a committee hearing. 'To teach history is to be offensive." Bilderback explained that according to somecriticsifhedoesn't refer to the suffering of the Armenians at the hands of the Turks in 1905 as a genodde he is being in- sensitive;butothersmight say that calling the event a genodde is trivializing the systematic annihilation of six million Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II. Bilderback said, the charge states that "being insensitive is something you are making us accountable for." Members of the subcommittee and' members of the parent com- ated to make the university more successful in educating the diverse studentbddy. She represents the side trying to strike a balance between academic freedom and diversity. As of last fall, minority groups make up 35 percent of the student population, with the largest being Chicanos at 20.7 percent. The rest include Asiansat8.5 percent, African Americans at 43 percent and Native Americans at 1.4 percent. Women account for more than half of the population. Hartung said the manner in which to ddiver unique minority Al Evans, professor of political science,saidatarecentAP&P committee meeting that the EG&MPs objectives are excellent. However, he added, he questions the "efforts to impose sodal values on professors. "In the 20 years that I've been here, this is the most^ vehement response I've seen'To any proposal," Evans said. Since the subcommittee re- cdvqd the recommendations last December, it has written a new draft that must pass several academic committees and the Academic Senate before becoming effective. Evans said he's not completely satisfied with the rewording of the second draft. "I understand we need to be more sensitive to our wonderfully diverse community, but I don't perspectives to thdrcontemporary think it will work by imposing a counterparts has become a matter line for social and political val- of great conflict. Last November the committee circulated campus-wide the first draft of proposals to gather reaction and feedback from faculty and administration. Hartung said some people had very strong reactions to the first draft issued last semester. "There was some genuine concern and some willful misreading Of the i n f o rma ri on," Ha rtung said. mittee. Academic Policy and Plan- Some 60 faculty members ex- ning (AP&P), stressed that the pressed reservations about the first ideasareonlyaroughdraftNoth- proposal by signing a paper. ues," Evans said. Thursday AP&P will vote on parts of the proposal that could be implemented next fall. Other more sticky points will be held over for more discussion, farmed to other committees and heard in departments and schools. Hartung calls the proposal a symbolic gesture. "It sends a clear signal to the campus community that this activity is important and long overdue."
Object Description
Title | 1992_05 Insight May 1992 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Dept. of Journalism, California State University, Fresno. |
Publication Date | 1992 |
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 |
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Title | Insight May 13 1992 p 10 |
Alternative Title | Insight (California State University, Fresno) |
Publication Date | 1992 |
Full-Text-Search | .. uj,j.ip.|!Jtij|p||ipjjjiiiUJlij|»llj|, Memorial Court, created by student efforts By Kimberly Foster StaffWriter Memorial Court, which encompasses the campus rose garden, the fountain and some of the best shaded benches on campus, was established largely by students' efforts in the 1950s asa Uving memorial to remember all of CSUF's war dead. Students raised money for the court, planted trees and transferred senior benches and a World War I plaque from the old campus, which is now Fresno City College. Memorial Court Fountain, which is today one of the main meeting places for students on campus, was also a gift to CSUF from former students. Memorial Day falls on May 25 this year, and according to most students past and present, ifs a day that we should recognize more somberly than we actually do. The holiday, also known as Decoration Day, originated during the Civil War in the South. Each year, women there strew flowers on the graves of their fallen heroes. Since then, the tradition has been adopted by most states as a legal holiday to remember all of this country's war dead. Bernard Shew, who served in the Korean War for two years, was the student behind Memorial Court. Shew was a student in 1954 when the current Shaw Avenue campus was being constructed and had little in the way of landscaping. 'Thestate was planning the wholecam- pus, and the students didn't have any input I just imagined 20 or 30 years later, the court would be something beautiful Old Fresno State administration building slated for demolition The Old Administration Building at Fresno City College is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is threatened with demolition. On Saturday, May 16, .the Fresno City and County Historical Society will host a free walking tour and workshop that will last approximately three hours. The guided tour will begin at 10 a.m. in front of the Old Administration Building and cover the historic Porter Tract homes just north of campus and a tour of the Library, focusing on the historic murals in the main reading room. Bill Devac, President of the California Preservation Foundation, will speak at noon in Forum Hall A on his approach to adaptive reuse of historic buildings. Devac is one of California's leading preservation lawyers. for students that they had helped create,'' Shew said. He now lives in the Bay Area and works as a real estate agent and a claims adjuster. Shew, as president of the Chinese Students'Club, began solicitingdonabons from other campus clubs and organizations. He said it was hard at first to get students to join in, but in the end, more than 78 organizations were involved. The largest donation came from John Masten, an alumnus and former professor of agriculture, who donated most of the 92 trees that were planted by students on Saturday, December 3,1955. Because of Masten's donation, money collected by thestudentorganizationsbought plaques that were placed next to each thin, young tree. The plaques each read "In memory of Fresno State College veterans of all wars" and list one of the organizations that donated money to the court Shew, who had already graduated and joined the service, obtained a special leave to attend the dedication ceremonies. Back in 1955, he told students to remember that the court is their memorial. Today the trees ha ve matured and provide a peaceful, shady area in the center of campus, but their history as a living memorial is either forgotten or not known by most students. The senior benches were brought over from the old campus and added to Memorial Court because the donations from generations of graduating students complemented the newly established court The tradition, begun in 1928, died out after 1960. Memorial Court Fountain was dedicated with a four gun salute on December 7,1962, the 21 st anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Masten, who had donated the trees several years earlier, donated almost a third of the $3,500 cost of the fountain, and the rest was paid for by the senior classes from 1957 to 1963. The rose garden, planted in the late 1950s, is the only part of the court that wasn't contributed by students. Dr. Arnold Joyal, the president of the college at the time, mentioned to head gardener Les Keiger that he liked roses and, according to Joyal, Keiger put in the garden a short time later where it could be seen from Joyal's window; hence, the name Presidential Roses. The garden was adopted as part of Memorial Court. Set in one of the rose beds is a plaque from the old campus, which reads "Alumni Honor Roll World War Service 1917-1918" and lists 27 students who attended Fresno State Normal School, which became Fresno State College and then CSUF. The rose garden has since been expanded and a complete replanting of the beds, begun last fall, should be finished by Memorial Day. "With all the rioting, I think it would be nice for everyone to take five or ten minutes to remember why we all have to get along, because that's what the servicemen died for," Shew said, who suggested putting small American flags in the court next to the plaques under the trees, and A few weeks of cool weather In Fresno caused powdery mildew and downy mildew to grow on the Presidential Roses. Kathl Sheehan, a licensed pesticide operator, douses each plant with fungicide to keep the plants healthy. She said that the chemicals are the least toxic available for the application. • '- even offered to donate some money to go toward the purchase of the flags. Edward Estrada, a senior math major, was sitting on the bench from the class of 1938, which is placed nearest the fountain. He didn't know any of the history behind Memorial Court, but thinks students should know more about it "Ifs not something that applies to us- until it is our brother who dies. Then, it's important. Although at times the war was wrong, people gave their lives for their country, and we should remember their deaths," Estrada said. Senior math major Bill Huene said he believes we're "desensitized." "I think there is a lack of recognition of what the day means. People don't realize it, but despite the fact that government was wrong, those sold iers' deaths are why we're here today," Huene said. Jamie Rodriguez, a sophomore sociology major, was studying on a bench from theclassofl943,shadedbyatreedonated in 1954 by the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. "I don't think we should glorify war, but we should remember the people who died in it," she said. Two plaques are also located under the benches closest to Memorial Fountain. They commemorate the efforts put forth by both Shew and Masten in establishing Memorial Court, perhaps the busiest peaceful spot on campus. Support for family and friends of homosexuals By Amy Sturgill Staff Writer Jerry and Kathy Ward knew something had been bothering their son, so they sat down with him one evening and gave him their full attention. Their son, Joel, nervously sat in his chair. His hands were shaking and he stuttered when he began to talk: "Mom, dad, you're going to hate me. I'm really afraid you're going to hate me. I'm gay." His parents just sat in shock, not knowing exactly what to say. For some parents, the most frightening thing is finding out their child is homosexual. Fortunately, for people like Joel and his parents, the organization of Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays was formed 18 years ago to help families with homosexual relatives. "Our primary purpose is to help parents and their gay and lesbian family members to love and understand one another and to keep families together," said Kathy Ward, president of the Fresno PFLAG chapter. the organization also provides education for individuals and the community at large on the nature of homosexuality. They work towards supporting the full human rights and civil rights of lesbians and gays by speaking out whenever necessa ry to defend those rights. The first chapter of PFLAG was organized in 1974 in New York City. Ithasgrown into 270chapters across the country and in eight foreign countries including Russia. The Fresno chapter was started in October 1990 by Jerry and Kathy Ward, who are parents of a homo- sexual.son. The Wards initiated the ..Eres-flfifhapftf hoping to educate the community about homosexuality and to remove the stigma in society about homosexuals. Also, they wanted to help other parents who have either a gay or lesbian child. "I was inspired to start the organization for the love of my son," Kathy Ward said. "I couldn't emotionally handle people saying cruel things about him or other homosexuals." The Fresno chapter has an average of 30 people at each meeting, but it is growing bigger as each meeting comes together, according to Kathy Ward. The meetings are held on the Saa PFLAG, paga tan New School to promote Science Literacy By Erin Yasuda Staff Writer a group of wide-eyed, J\, inquisitiveHispanicand Southeast Asian elementary school children sit around a laboratory table meticulously dissecting the parts of a cow's eye. In another part of the room, several youngsters punch scientific data into their computers. Making this dream a reality is thebasis of Susan B. Anthony Elementary School, a proposed math and science- oriented school partnered with CSUFs School of Natural Sciences. Faculty members in the School of Natural Sciences will assist in the planning of the elementary school's curriculum, while graduate and undergraduate students will act as mentors in the classrooms. Olivia Palados, who originated the idea for Susan B. An- thony,said,"We'reexdtedthat the School of Natural Sciences has decided to be a part of it" Palados, superintendent of the Fresno Pyramid, said that Susan B Anthony is scheduled to open in January 1994 off of Blackstone and Olive avenues. Palados said that one of the main goals of the school, which will be open year-round, is to get minority students to start thinking early about careers in math and science. "If you look at the literature and at the research, women and minorities are not heavily represented [in math and science fields]," she said. Stanley Ziegler, associate dean of the School of Natural Sdences, said, "Hopefully, the school will increase [minority] representation in math and science." Palados said the reason that minorities are under-represented in the math and science fields is not because they do not have the ability. "If kids are taught with high expectations and the teaching and materials are there, then all students will learn and achieve a good, solid foundation," she She said that based upon the service area that the school will be built in, it will be 75 percent minority students. Hispanic and Southeast Asian students'will be the predominant minority groups, she said "We expect a lot of students who will have limited English profiriency. One way to approach (this challenge] is througha hands-on sdence curriculum," she said. i"l0 Committees grapple with words to guide multiculturalism at CSUF By Krista Lemos Staff writer G _ olumbus discovered America... These words reverberate in classrooms across the nation; but now advocates of political correctness are trying to force teachers and professors to define the discovery "in its^e colors." At the collegiate level, where academic freedom is considered important by many, the needs of an increasingly diversified CSUF include rethinking how university courses should be taughtand what material should be induded indis- cussion. Forthreeyears,administration, faculty and staff have been debating about the correct method for including minority achievements and contributions in higher education courses without dictating whatprofessors say or stifling their speech.. In an attempt to enhance various viewpoints at CSUF, the subcommittee on Ethnic, Gender and Multi-Cultural Perspectives (EG&MP) has proposed a recommendation to all faculty "to demonstrate respect for and sensitiv ity to the views and experiences of ing has been decided and most of students in regard to EGM per- the material won't be voted on spectives through classroom ac- before the semester ends, tivittes and discourse." Subcommittee Chair Beth The proposal also recommends Hartung, CSUF professor of sod- that the faculty be responsible for ology, said thecommittee wascre- establishinga classroom that is free of racism, sexism and heterosexism. Some faculty members don't believe this effort is warranted. One such member, Loy Bi lderback, CSUF professor of history, said he doesn't see a serious need for the proposed university "charge." He doesn't understand how it will work. 'To teach history is to be insensitive," Bilderback said at a committee hearing. 'To teach history is to be offensive." Bilderback explained that according to somecriticsifhedoesn't refer to the suffering of the Armenians at the hands of the Turks in 1905 as a genodde he is being in- sensitive;butothersmight say that calling the event a genodde is trivializing the systematic annihilation of six million Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II. Bilderback said, the charge states that "being insensitive is something you are making us accountable for." Members of the subcommittee and' members of the parent com- ated to make the university more successful in educating the diverse studentbddy. She represents the side trying to strike a balance between academic freedom and diversity. As of last fall, minority groups make up 35 percent of the student population, with the largest being Chicanos at 20.7 percent. The rest include Asiansat8.5 percent, African Americans at 43 percent and Native Americans at 1.4 percent. Women account for more than half of the population. Hartung said the manner in which to ddiver unique minority Al Evans, professor of political science,saidatarecentAP&P committee meeting that the EG&MPs objectives are excellent. However, he added, he questions the "efforts to impose sodal values on professors. "In the 20 years that I've been here, this is the most^ vehement response I've seen'To any proposal," Evans said. Since the subcommittee re- cdvqd the recommendations last December, it has written a new draft that must pass several academic committees and the Academic Senate before becoming effective. Evans said he's not completely satisfied with the rewording of the second draft. "I understand we need to be more sensitive to our wonderfully diverse community, but I don't perspectives to thdrcontemporary think it will work by imposing a counterparts has become a matter line for social and political val- of great conflict. Last November the committee circulated campus-wide the first draft of proposals to gather reaction and feedback from faculty and administration. Hartung said some people had very strong reactions to the first draft issued last semester. "There was some genuine concern and some willful misreading Of the i n f o rma ri on," Ha rtung said. mittee. Academic Policy and Plan- Some 60 faculty members ex- ning (AP&P), stressed that the pressed reservations about the first ideasareonlyaroughdraftNoth- proposal by signing a paper. ues," Evans said. Thursday AP&P will vote on parts of the proposal that could be implemented next fall. Other more sticky points will be held over for more discussion, farmed to other committees and heard in departments and schools. Hartung calls the proposal a symbolic gesture. "It sends a clear signal to the campus community that this activity is important and long overdue." |