1995_09 Insight September 1995

              SEPTEMBER 27,1995
News
Feminists take on extra reading
by Jennifer L. Davis
Staff Writer
Some students would find it difficult lo imagine: willingly taking on
extra reading during lhe course ol a
semester.
But that's exactly what the feminist
women's reading group does.
Despite responsibilities like chapters io read, charts to memorize, papers to write or grade and lectures to
prepare, this group ol students, faculty and staff meets every week lo
discuss selected readings, mostly hy
feminist authors.
"It's a light, informal group." said
Lisa Weston, professor ol Lnglish.
Wesion. one of the regulars, said
lhat there is no designated leader of
ihe group. She serves ,ts ihe "contact
person-
Membership varies each semester,
depending on schedules and awareness. At a recent meeting, there were
seven participants.
Wcslon said that the readings selected are usually a chapter or chap
lers from a book, or groups of poems
Due lo time constraints, there is not
time lo read an entire hook.
"I don't see it as work." said Ion
Blair, a member ol lhe reading group
"It's something that you want to read
You're up on the issues "
The group focuses on auihots who
arc feminists or on literature written
about feminism.
"We wouldn't rule out an anti-feminist author." Weston said. "But we
might diss them big lime." she said
wilh a laugh.
"It's not a male-bash thing." said
Blair, a liberal studies major. Blair recently attended a meeting for the first
Blair said that she only came to Con
ner ot the group.
mother's — a real kind oi uglv picture." Blair said
Bui she found her attitude changing through the course of the semester. "The'readings were something
that I identified with, and something
lhat I wanted lo work toward."
Winant has considered herself a
fcminisi since the late l%Os. "That
is when the label began to make
sense." she said "It was a lime of great
political action."
The group uses the Women's Resource Center to meet cverj Tuesday
at 5:30 p.m. The Center is in the Main
I'aletcria West, behind Ihe Disabled
Student Service Center and Re-entry
Programs.
lhe Ccnlci is a bright, comfortable
room, lined with bookshelves The
aroma from a fresh pot of coffee greets
isitors. Annoi
mi.'i
lional booklets and fliers arc displayed
in every conceivable place.
Blair said thai she enjoys ihe atmosphere ol the group.
"I like situations that are really re-
laved, and 1 can interject and feel comfortable." she said. "The ihree professors are great."
Dr Margarita Lopcz-Urrutia is one
of lhc professors that Blair refers to.
Pay, from page 1
cient and has obviously worked."
The complications that Alvarado
refer to are included in the formula
that is used lo calculate the salaries
for pan-time faculty.
For each credit that a faculty member leaches, there is a position "fraction" that accompanies it. and that is
equated into an equivalent pay frac-
II a faculty member leaches two
edit units, the position fraction, acting to thc scale, is 0.13, which
luates to 2/15 of the pay fraction
An easier way to understand this i
divided by 15. totaling S305. To determine what that equates fb over a
six or 12-month period, multiply either number. Six multiplied by $305
equals SI.833.60. Twelve multiplied
by $305 equals S3.667.20.
"Payroll is actually who has lhe
most difficult lime with this." she said.
"They havc\to plug in the formula
with the information that is provided
on the contract the faculty member
signs."
Alvarado also said that it's rate to
have a part-timer who leaches two
"I generally see three . six or n
look at the base salary on thc third    (units) on the paperwork," Alvarado
tep of the assistant level, which is    said.
S2.292. and apply thc numbers on lhc
scale.
The formula requires the mullipli
cation of the iwo by S2.292, which    Alvarado said. "Anything
totals $4,584.  That number is (hen    considered lull-time."
"Nine units or less is considered
part-time, and 10 units a semester is
the maximum they can teach."
Insight photo by Apolinar Fonscca
During a meeting of the feminist women's reading group, Terry
Winant reads a selection as Anahid Kassabian looks on.
i the Department of Fbr-
Pageant, from page 1
She tea
■eign Language
Lopez-Urrutia selected a recent
reading for the group. "The Bloody
Coniessa." by Alexandra Pizarnik.
Lopez-Urrutia did her initial reading of the story in Spanish, and described the story as an "underground
The surrealistic slory revolves around
a Latin American coniessa who is a
murderer and torturer of young girls.
Lopez-Urrutia said lhai she plans to
use the story in an undergraduate
Spanish course shc is teaching this
semester. She welcomed input from
Ihe group that would help her prepare
lor Ihe class discussion of the story.
The reading grot
ranged from the hist
the slory and the st)
by the writer to trie psychological
make-up ol the fictional character and
the author, and how ihc Story reflects
the feminist perspective.
Winant. a participant in the group
since its formation three years ago.
feels thai a kev dy namic ol the eroup
s the
topics
"The thing that's important i
thai
million in awards is available annually from the organization.
This is certainly true for
Bougoukalos.
The lilies she has won have provided
scholarships that have helped her pay
for a large part of her education.
The Miss America organization
states. "A critical component of the
over-all organization, this scholarship
program enables recipients to apply
these grants toward furthering their
education and training which will
greatly enhance the probability that
they will achieve their ultimate goals."
They also have stringent rules and
regulations for the use of the awards
to be sure lhat lhc money goes toward
furthering education and professional
training.
1989 Miss America Grelchen
Carlson summarized the benefits of
this scholarship program.
"At each level." she said, "the program affords each participating young
woman the opportunity to explore and
expand her educational potential
through scholarship, her talent ability through performance and her communication capabilities through public speaking."
The Miss America pageant has
It will never reach its lull potential
until people understand the great
strides it has made and the support il
pro'
for -Am
lung
Crenshaw, from page 1
first.'• Crenshaw said.   1 did a lot repr<
of scratching lo stay alive year-
Crenshaw made most of his lorn
early living off traditional prmi Otli
ing projects. He designed busi- nalio
ness cards, posters and calendars. to pn
Hc found wavs the illustrations lor S
could be fused with information.
Crenshaw. 47. does all his own
photography and drawing, with
alives io attract stable.
I work, instead of settling -
ojccisthal have received
MC include a poster scries
• the centennial celebration
a National Forest, a '50s-
, his
ife. Char
childrc
lotte. and h
Margo. Carissa and Brian, al!
"bred" into the familv business
Crenshaw s firsl break came in
19X2. when he earned a design
contract with Georgia Pacific-
Packaging Co.
Crenshaw earned national recognition for his Georgia Pacific
■ campaign, which included a 40-
page booklet entitled "Slake Youi
Claim."
The booklet was printed on
Georgia Pacific uncoated stock
paper, a paper which saw declining sales in the early 1980s due
to the increased popularity of
glossy paper.
Done in a Western style, the
booklet outlined Crenshaw \ ap-
proach to graphic design. It was
Crenshaw, because "every page-
was framable" on ils own.
The booklet was an instant hit
for Georgia Pacific. It was used
as a marketing tool that boosted
the company's uncoated stock
sales considerably.
Crenshaw hired several sales
sivle poster lor Mearle's Dnve-In u
Visalia thai led lo
lhe Miming ol a     ^^^_
national Coc
Cola ail thei
Crenshaw did a poster ol
Tarkanian in cooperation with the
Alumni Association at the University
of Nevada. Las Vegas, for Ihe coach's
25lh anniversary al UNLV.
The posler sold 10.000 copies. Il
was so popular in Las Vegas lhat Ihe
final issues were selling for overS I(X)
apiece, accord-
. Slate  |a
haw hopes
ilhful lo
Bovd Gr
National Invitation.
meni championship
Thc new poster, t
and pendi
cently. a poster
to mark the bicentennial ol lhe
Slate ol Tennessee based on a
country music
i heme.
Crensh.rw is
not only known
locally lor his
work on the Se-
postcrs.
Hc    put
...He put together the
campus' 75th
anniversary poster
and created a
promotional poster for
the CSUF athletic
department entitled
"Go Ahead and Make
Our Day," which
featured a toothy
Bulldog surrounded
by flattened balls of
various campus sports.
Off!
e, ft:
i Athletic Market
Bulldog, flanked
chard Zipp.
Zipp now pro-
m o I e s
Crenshaw posters through his
own company.
Tark and .
basketball scenes and
lettering thai savs •
Right Stuff Tarkan
the Fresno Slate Bulldogs."
Deena Diboll. assistant athletic direcioi lot marketing. ha>
reviewed  Crenshaw's  latesl
nd
>rk and i
ith his
Crenshaw  i
ihinj
. put I
i the
nng
ether the
pus" 75th anniversary poster and
created a promotional poster for Ihe
USUI- athletic department entitled
"Go Ahead and Make Our Day."
which featured a tooth) Bulldog
surrounded by flattened balls of
various campus sports.
Crenshaw \ latest project w ith the
university is a Bulldogs basketball
poster featuring Jerry Tarkanian.
Shark's
sion lo coach at
     Fresno Stale.
Crenshaw said
the romance behind the Bulldogs'
storied past in men's basketball,
coupled with the hiring of
Tarkanian. made the new poster
project an easy idea.
Tark has a fantastic record and
incredible drawing power."
Crenshaw said. "He is a dominant
community figure who will bring
much excitement back into the
Fresno Stale athletic-program.
The poster will be sold by
Fresno businesses; The university will get a slice ol ihe proceeds through agreements wilh
the Intercollegiate licensing
Committee.
In the almost 20 years since
Crenshaw founded Sutler Creek
Advertising, his work has hit
the streets of New York City
and Sail Lake City. People as
far away   as Okinawa. Japan.
haw
Bul Vis.
■en his
till home.
Biking, from page 1
For advanced riders. Quitoriano
said that the best area is Shaver
Lake. In thai are'a, there are numerous 4x4 trails thai make lor
excellent rides. "When you're
riding there, (here are no bailouts. You're so far removed thai
you can't go back. You jusl have
to finish the ride." said
Quitoriano.
Thc trails are broken in spots
due to fallen trees, boulders and
overgrowth. Riders should be
prepared to carry ihcir bike —
and not forget a patch kit.
CCORC is hosting ils annual
race in two weeks, thc Shut-Eye
Peak Challenge. This is the longest race in California, starling al
Bass Lake and climbing lo Shul-
Eyc Peak at an altitude of 8,351
feet.
This year's course is 44 miles
long and has 8,000 feet of total
climbing. The terrain will vary
from dirt roads, to solid granite,
to a tiny six-inch ledge. The race
will draw 80 tolOO riders from
around the state.
Membership in CCORC is $15/
year. Quitoriano encourages anyone interested to call him at 485-
8436 or to stop by a local bike
shop for a CCORC newsletter.
Besides using the area's trails,
CCORC maintains and builds
most of the trails in the area.
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