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Volume 108, No. 29
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October 3,1997
Peace vigils pay tribute to Gandhi and Boyd
By Kimberly Barber
The Daily Collegian
Fresno Stale professor
Subharshan Kapoor hosted two
candlelight vigils honoring Ma-
hatma Gandhi's 128th birthday and
in support of victims of violent
crimes. Both took place at the Peace
Garden.
Gandhi's v igil occurred Wednes¬
day. The following day. another
vigil was held in remembrance of
victims of violent hate crimes world
wide.
Kapoor. who is also the chair¬
man of the Peace Garden Commit¬
tee, began the ceremony with a few
words on the life of Gandhi. He also
spoke about the future plans for the
Peace Garden.
Currently there are memorials
honoring Mahatma Gandhi and
Cesar Chavez. Kapoor said a me¬
morial honoring Martin Luther
King, Jr. will be added to the Gar¬
den. He said 't will hopefully be
completed by Spring. Other ideas
for future monuments include one
honoring Native Americans and one
for a female leader.
"The memorial is here to con¬
stantly remind us that we have a
long way to go before we bring an
end to hate." said Kapoor.
The Peace Garden is the only
memorial worldwide that will
house statues dedicated to all three
of the main advocators of non-vio¬
lence. Community members and
students spoke in honor of this de¬
velopment and of the night's theme.
Other organizations advocating
non-violence were there as well. As
Us, an organization that provides
services to victims and witnesses of
hate crimes, was there. Members of
As Us spoke about their love for
Gandhi and the need for action
against violence.
"The best way to be non-violent
is to look at how we view other cul-
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Frat house where teen died will be
searched, members hire lawyers
Reuter
BOSTON — Boston police are
planning to search the fraternity
house where 18-year-old Massa¬
chusetts Institute of Technology
freshman Scott Krueger apparently
drank himself to death. Police have
Applied for a warrant to search the
Phi Gamma Delta' house where up
to 30 people were partying Friday
night when Krueger fell into an al¬
cohol-induced coma.
Most of those at the party report¬
edly have hired lawyers because
criminal charges could be brought
if it is found that Kreuger was
forced to chug lethal amounts of
beer and rum during an illegal haz¬
ing ritual.
Krueger, a high school honor
student and athlete from Orchard
Park, N.Y.. near Buffalo, had only
been at MIT for a month when he
died. His parents have reportedly
(old police their son*did not drink.
A report today in the Boston
Hcarld said investigators "will be
looking for anything that can tell
them exactly what happened there."
Fraternity members have al¬
ready cleared vomil and liquor
bottles from the basement room
where Krueger was found.
MIT officials, meanwhile, have
admitted they failed to.adcquately
respond to warnings of out-of-con-
trol drinking on campus.
President Charles M. Vest said
he "will be the first io admit that
the lesson of this tragedy is
that...we've been inadequate."
Vest says the school intends to
conduct a sweeping review of the
use and abuse of alcohol on cam¬
pus in the wake of Krueger's alco¬
hol poisoning death this week.
One of the new policies Vest
announced Wednesday includes a
ban on school money used to pur¬
chase alcohol at functions where
underage students might attend.
tures," said
British Will¬
iams a Fresno
State student
belonging to
As Us.
Malcolm
Boyd was also
Malcolm honored at the
ceremony.
Julia Dudley, a
graduate student and member of As
Us, updated Boyd's condition. She .
sajd that his condition had im¬
proved, but he is still in a coma,
adding that he is receiving muscle
therapy to prevent atrophy.
Boyd
Boyd was beaten with a lead
pipe across the street from Fresno
State on Aug. 23. Jerry Joseph
Hamilton is awaiting trial for the
incident.
All the people present took a
non-hate pledge that stales: "Hate
has no place in my heart, in my
spirit. Hate has no place in my
neighborhood, in my town. Hate
has no place in my country, in my
world. Hate crimes have no place
in my future. Not in my life no
way!" The pledge was written by
Kapoor and summarizes the mes¬
sages of both vigils.
Fresno State near top
infund-raising schools
By Kimberly Barber
The Daily Collegian
Fresno State has become one of
the top fund-rajsing schools in the
CSU system, according to Assistant
Vice President for Development
Scott Warrington.
The 1996 Voluntary Support of
Education puhlishcd by the Coun¬
cil for Aid to Education shows that
Fresno State is second in the CSU
s'ystem for endowment market
value with $34,413,000. Cal Poly.
San Luis Obispo is the only school
above it with a value of
$34,838,001)
It's through the Development
Office's efforts that sums of money
are available to students in schol¬
arships each year. Recently the
Scholarship Office announced that
there will be $800,000 available in
scholarships to be distributed on a
merit basis for the 1998-99 school
year. This figure should not change
before then.
"We are always hoping to find
more money. That would be the
most likely impact on the $800,000
figure." said Warrington.
The new initiative made nearly
388 scholarships available to
Fresno State students during the
1998-99 school year.
Joseph Heuston, director of fi¬
nancial aid, is optimistic about the
Development Office's efforts. "The
Development Office has become
more aggressive and more focused
on raising money. Although the
1998-99 figure is relatively the
same as this year's, we arc moving
[forward)," said Heuston.
In 1997-98. 958 students re¬
ceived $768,359 in scholarship
money awarded by the Scholarship
Office"^
Approximately $1.9 million in
financial aid. including the
$800,000. was distributed to over
1.600 students. $ 1 million was from
sources such as community busi
ncsses and clubs.
More money is donated to the
school than is distributed The
money donated (an endowment) is
invested by the Development Of¬
fice. The money made from these
investments is what funds the dif¬
ferent scholarships.
Warrington said that they don't
award any portion of the donation
but wait for it to gather interest in
the investment. Donors give monev
to the school in many different
forms such as land. Hocks, bonds,
life insurance and many other as¬
sets. The schoql then decides
whether to reinvest it or not.
To gel those scholarships, stu¬
dents would need to fill an applica¬
tion available at the scholarship of¬
fice. With this application, a student
could qualify for all the scholar¬
ships available through the school.
Students interested in more fi¬
nancial aid information can visit the
department's web site at hup://
www.csufresno.edu/finaid. The
web site informs students of the
deadlines, criteria, and events that
occur within the financial aid de¬
partment.
Many other services are offered
through this web site such as access
to fastWeb. which helps students
contact outside donors through the
internet by filling out an applica¬
tion. A student is matched up with
donors' specifications.
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