1991_03 The Daily Collegian March 1991

              Opinion
Lecture
Cease-fire doesn't automatically
cease global destruction
page 2
Women in military combat: the
Desert Storm experience
page 3
Basketball
Bulldogs fall in Big West final
against Nevada-Las Vegas
page 5
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Volume XCVII
Issue No. 31
The Daily News Source for California State University, Fresno   March^[
1,1991
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directed at editor, staff
By Debbie Richards
Collegian Staff Writer
kind of behavior should be condoned or ignored."
When Rogers was reached for comment by The Colle¬
gian, he immediately terminated the phone call. Rogers
did, however, deliver a note of apology staring that in the
next several days The Collegian would receive a "rather
long explanation of the racist, negative, sustained practices
A complaint has been filed with the Campus Police
against Dr. James Rogers after he made a series of allegedly
threatening phone calls to The Collegian March 6. A request
for disciplinary action was also submitted to President
Harold Haak's office on Friday.
Rogers, a professor in the Ethnic Studies department,
called The Collegian offices Wednesday night upset about
the content of an article that appeared in the March 5 issue
of The Collegian headlined, "Debate over class offerings."
The article quoted an anonymous source as saying that
Ethnic Studies courses "have become dumping grounds"
for Division I and Proposition 48 athletes.
Rogers alleged that the story was *"racisf and "igno¬
rant" and said he was personally offended by the article.
"You don't know me and what you've done is insulted
me," he said.
After repeating several times he was going to "come
over" and "confront" the "racist" editor, Anastasia Hen¬
drix, and her staff, Hendrix called the police and filed a
complaint immediately
Hendrix said the issue is not racial, as charged by
Rogers, but one of student safety and professional conduct.
"Inmy opinion," said Hendrix,a21-year-old journalism
" 1 want to tell you something you little fucking
racist asshole. I'm talking about you, you fucking
editor. I'm going to come over there with some
students and curse you out. Because I'm tired of
you writing those racist articles on Afro-
American Studies. You don't do that on women's
studies. You are stupid as hell. You don't know a
damn thing about Afro-American Studies. And a
student gave me the article. I'm tired of stupid
people over there with you doing that. If you
don't like it - you can come and see me."
- Dr. James Rogers
of both The Collegian and the department of journalism."
Hendrix is confident the administration will be suppor¬
tive and active in dealing with the problem.
"Harassment and attempts to limit free speech are the
issues at hand," Hendrix said.
Paul Adams, chair of the department of journalism, was
also charged with being "racist" by Rogers, but said the
problem is not the journalism department being racist, but
rather faculty members intimidating students.
"I'm not concerned aboat race at all. I'm concerned
about students pursuing their education in an open envi¬
ronment," Adamssaid.
On March 7, Adams issued a memo to Chief of Police
William Anderson.
"My memo said nothing about race," Adams said. "My
memo discussed threatening behavior on the part of a
faculty member to a student on campus."
The administration cited the ongoing investigation as
the reason for its hesitancy to commment on the incident.
Lynn Heminck, vice president for administration and
external relations, said it "wouldn't help to comment" on
the case, but that all policies, including the new policies
regarding "hate crimes", will be followed.
"All the policies of the campus will apply," Heminck
said.
Anderson, who introduced the new policies that prom¬
ise the administration will take a "pro-active" role in deal¬
ing with hate crimes, said the tape of thephonecalls is being
analy2ed and transcribed.
'The key issue is the tapes," Anderson said. "We are
looking for the danger issue — assault with the capability
ofcarryingitout."
William Corcoran, dean of student affairs, said his office
won't be heavily involved in the investigation, since he
usually handles cases where a faculty member files a
complaint against a student, rather than the reverse. He
See ROGERS page 7
Multicultural
series planned
•50 'change agents' educate on ethnicity
By Christopher Heredi
Collegian Staff Writer
CSUF Human Relations Coordinator
Walter Robinson enlisted about SO "change
agents" after the Third Annual Race Rela¬
tions Program Series on campus this week¬
end.
Robinson told the group of students,
facul ty and community members who par¬
ticipated in workshops on multiculturaiism
over the weekend thai it was their duty to
take the information they had gathered and
use it to improve race relations at their
schools, jobs and in their communities.
"The important thing you need to think
about is influencing change that is inclusive
and for the common good," said Robinson
during a summary session at the end of the
conference.
The two-day conference included a key-
See HARMONY page 4
Fraternity chapter
eviction date
By Eric Burney
Collegian Staff Writer
The saga of Sigma Alpha EpsilonatCSUP
continues.
Members of the Cal Iota chapter were
given a 30-day notice to vacate the 5AE
house by March 7 after allegations of "haz¬
ing and numerous other gross and inappro¬
priate incidents" from William Corcoran,
CSUFDeanofStudentAffairs. Theeviction
came from an SAE alumni group which
owns the house.
"SAE is currently non-existent at CSUF
and will continue to be, pending alumni
and university decisions," Corcoran said.
"Ifs hard to say how soon [we'll know]. The
university is still reviewing its position on
the matter. It takes time to work it out."
Corcoran said individual investigations
are still being conducted by the university
See SAE page 4
So near, yet so far
Kate Benryn"h«Collegian
UNLV center Larry Johnson lays the ball In, while Fresno State's center
Dimitri Lambrecht attempts a block. UNLV beat the Bulldogs at the Big
West Tournament this weekend 98-74. See story page 6.