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As gas prices continue to climb, some students are forced to change the way they commute in order to save cash at the pump.
By Michael Kincheloe The Collegian Students are once again noticing that their wallets are getting lighter as gasoline prices continue to soar. The average price of a gallon of gas crossed into $4 territory last week, and quite a few of them are feeling the strain.
Many are driving shorter distances, eliminating trips and in some cases, looking for a more fuel-efficient vehicle. “It makes me just want to sell my truck and get a car,” Fresno State student Anthony Velasquez said. Those who commute often find themselves spending hundreds of dollars a month on
gas just to get to school. Is there anything that can be done to alleviate the situation? Nursing major Chelsie Grossman has a suggestion. “Maybe look to carpooling rather than driving two separate cars,” Grossman said. “Don’t forget things at home.” Marketing major Chris Arnold says he thinks about
the expense when he’s driving. “I’ll find places closer to home to go to, even though I may not like them as much,” Arnold said. “I like to go snow skiing, but I haven’t been because of the gas costs.” At the southeast corner of Shaw and Willow Avenues in Clovis, University MarketU n i o n 7 6 e m p l o ye e Jo e y
Benjamin has seen a sense of frugality emerge in many of his customers. “People stopped throwing down a 20,” Benjamin said. “Now they only buy 10 or 15 dollars worth.” With no end in sight for these skyrocketing prices, See FUEL, Page 3
Fresno State celebrates culture through dance By Leonard Valerio The Collegian The Satellite Student Union was filled with students, community members and bright colors as dancers from around the globe preformed traditional folklorico dances. The department of Chicano and Latin American studies produced the folklorico concert to honor the late Fresno State professor Er nesto Martinez. Dr. Victor Torres, department chair for the Chicano and Latin American studies, said the event was a continuation of Martinez’s vision to provide Mexican folklorico dances the opportunity to
meet, study, share and perform in a united celebration. “The event was designed to be a vehicle to build the community and bring them together,” Torres said. “People that do folklorico do it because it builds a sense of pride in the community and their culture.” Elizabeth Gonzale z, a Chicano and Latin American studies major and performer in the concert, said the concert showed the community what students at Fresno State in the Chicano and Latin American studies program do. “We are such a diverse community of students and with this we are able to share our culture and experience oth-
ers,” Gonzalez said. “It shows that we are here and we are proud.” Torres said the event was to honor Martine z, a pioneer that forged the path that allowed for the exposure of folklorico dance, and who built the Chicano and Latin American studies program to what it is today. “This event promoted the department as one of the leading programs in the state,” Torres said. “Fresno State is one of the only programs where folklorico dance is part of the curriculum and that wouldn’t be possible without [Martinez].” Gonzalez said the event exposed the department to the
community of Fresno. “There are people from Mexico, San Jose and it shows how strong of a de par tment we are,” Gonzalez said. Torres said Martinez founded the program and strived to make folklorico not only part of Fresno State curriculum but among high schools in the Central Valley. Criminology student Martin Her nandez said he attended the event to show his pride in his culture. “We have to remember where we came from, and it’s important to bring it to the school to show people our pride in our culture and keep it alive,” Hernandez said. Her nandez said because
there is such a diverse community, cultures may be lost and forgotten. “A lot of people may think ‘Oh, that’s old school’ and may not want to be part of it,” Hernandez said. “The more people that know about it, the more people there are that can get involved and help keep it alive.” Hernandez said he hopes the event exposed the department not only to other current students, but perhaps younger children in the audience. “Hopefully they see this event, become interested and get inspired and hopefully come to this campus and become part of this program in the future.”
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ith the exception of a small handful of die-hard Kiss concertgoers, you may have noticed Friday’s entire edition of The Collegian was published in lieu of America’s favorite fake holiday, April Fool’s Day. Whether it was Kiss headlining the re-opening of the outdoor amphitheater, or Hitler visiting campus in 1933, all eight pages were filled with whatever blatantly satirical stories The Collegian could muster. In case you were wondering, a few students did call the newsroom asking for Kiss concert tickets. And, as a result of our faux story about Pedro Ramirez and Neil O’Brien becoming friends, O’Brien asked Ramirez out to lunch. Ramirez declined. But, as holds true with any issue, satirical or serious, some articles were taken less with a grain of salt than with a grudge. A few feelings were hurt, and maybe a bridge or two burned. The Lopes family may not grant us any more interviews. The squirrels in particular may see fit to make our article about them a selffulfilling prophecy.
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Regardless, we make no apologies, and we remain confident that ave for a few that decided not to read we lived up to the April Fool’s Day billing and the articles with a sense of humor, distributed a newspaper many found it hilarious. Most found it a riot. that the student body was Some took a different approach, and that’s very interested in. Yes, we did run into OK.” some issues regarding the sports section in particular, and a small group of readers are hurt by a story. uproar from the lacrosse We value all of our readers. We pay community that refused to accept the attention to all criticism of us, and humor in an article poking fun at the decide if it’s valid or not. In this case, program’s on-field troubles. We also we feel confident that we put out an learned a valuable lesson in how to excellent paper. properly publish images of public figIn hindsight, could things have ures. been handled differently? Can’t they But save for a few that decided not always? to read the articles with a sense of Our overriding concern for the humor, many found it hilarious. Most April Fool’s issue, however, was to found it a riot. Some took a different make students laugh. And judging by approach, and that’s OK. the positive feedback that poured into That’s just the nature of being a the newsroom and popped up online news media outlet. The Collegian fully all day Friday, our inaugural April understands that with every issue, Fool’s edition was a success, whether some backlash is inevitable. Although or not it left a few bad tastes in readit may come as a shock, we are genuers’ mouths. inely concerned when a reader or a
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Culled each week from discussions in The Collegian newsroom.
Thumbs up
Michelle Moses
Michelle Moses is the boss. Moses pitched a no-hitter — the 66th in Fresno State history — leading the ‘Dogs across the Red Sea to victory over the weekend against Hawaii.
Thumbs down American Apparel
Bye bye jersey short sleeve summer tees. American Apparel, the United States clothing chain, has said that there is “substantial doubt” the firm can continue as a going concern.
Thumbs up Brandon Belt
The former Fresno Grizzly and rookie first baseman hit his first home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second inning in the first game of the season. Go Giants!
Thumbs down Unemployment
The United States unemployment rate fell to a two-year low in March of 8.8 percent, from 8.9 percent in February.
Thumbs up Forever 21
The new Forever 21 has officially taken over the former Gottschalks store in Fashion Fair Mall.
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The university graduate committee
The university graduate committee announced a policy change last week that will require many graduate students to pay more to finish their degrees. The committe also upped the ante on graduate student tuition and administrative fee each semester for continuous enrollment. Make that two big thumbs down.
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FUEL: Students looking for ways to save money CONTINUED from page 1 local transit is an option. Would some Fresno State students consider hopping aboard a Fresno Area Express bus? The fare is just $1.25 each way. “Never,” political science major Anthony Avila said. “I may drive shorter distances, but there’s no way I’d take a
bus.” Public administration major Paul Myers would take the bus only as a last resort. “It would have to get to the point where I couldn’t find a friend to ride with,” Myers said. “Or maybe if it gets to $7 a gallon.” There are ways to conserve gas, like buying a larger amount of food when one goes
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to the grocery store, so trips can be reduced. Replacing worn out spark plugs can also be beneficial. According to the National Car Care Council, worn spark plugs can cost you up to 2 mpg in fuel economy. Also, investing in a new gas cap can help keep your hardearned money in your wallet. A faulty cap could cost motor-
ists more than $50 a year due to evaporation. Make sure your tires are properly inflated, too. AAA offers help to motorists who want save money on gas. Their website, www.csaa. com, provides gas price tools for your wireless phone as well as online, tips on conserving gas and information on alternative fuels and commut-
ing options. Still upset? There is a web site titled “I Hate Gas Prices,” to where enraged drivers can go and vent their frustrations.
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Security breach widens at retailers, others By Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Best B u y C o. , T i Vo I n c. , a n d Walgreen Co. are the latest in a seemingly endless string of companies to warn over the weekend that hackers gained access to customers’ files, including email addresses. The companies all use the same marketing and communications vendor, Epsilon. It’s a leading marketing services firm that sends more than 40 billion emails annually and has more than 2,500 clients including seven of the Fortune 10. Epsilon, based in Dallas, issued a brief statement on Friday saying “a full investigation was under way” following the discovery of the breach of some customer cli-
ent data. The company said that information obtained was limited to names and email addresses and that “no other personal identifiable information associated with the names was at risk.” E p s i l o n s p o k e sw o m a n Jessica Simon declined to comment further late Sunday. The companies af fected said Epsilon informed them of the breach and told them the compromised files do not include any personally identifiable infor mation stored with the marketer. However, hackers could use these email addresses to trick customers into providing more personal information such as Social Security numbers. Best Buy, the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain, tweeted a link to a state-
ment Sunday, saying it was doing its own investigation of the breach. It also reminded customers to ignore emails asking for confidential information. And Delaware-based Barclays Bank, which issues Visa credit cards on behalf of L.L. Bean, sent emails to its customers warning of the breach but assured them that their credit card numbers are safe. However, it cautioned they could be subject to spam seeking personal information. TiVo and Walgreens issued similar warnings Saturday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. and grocery operator Kroger Co, which also use Epsilon to send emails, said Friday they had been affected by the breach. JPMorgan said the files concerned did not include customers’ financial details.
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Library provides hands-on study material By Sarah Thomas The Collegian When studying for a class or preparing a research project, students can utilize services in the Henry Madden Library that provide more than just books. According to the Henry Madden Library website, the library physically contains more than one million books and is the largest academic library between Sacramento and Los Angeles. The library has subscriptions to over 60,000 online jour nals, magazines and newspapers, and access to a large collection of electronic books. However, at times it’s more efficient for students to study
Media Collection" located on the third floor. The collection contains approximately 22,000 CDs ranging from Western art music, jazz, musical comedy, popular music and cultural music. The collection also contains spoken recordings including poetry, plays and speeches. Business major Dallas Kimbler is enrolled in a music class that requires her to listen to music clips outside of class. “My professor assigned certain songs for us to study, which are available at the music collection in the library,” Kimbler said. Kimbler is able to rent the CDs she needs for her class and can retur n them when she is finished, similar to
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y professor assigned certain songs for us to study, which are available at the music collection in the library.” — Dallas Kimbler, Business major more than what books can provide. The library offers services relating to subjects such as teaching preparation resources, political and gover nment infor mation, research and archives. One de par tment in the library is the "Music and
checking out a book. CDs can be checked out for up to seven days. Also available for check out is the media collection, which contains more than 7,000 videos, in both video home system and digital videodisc
format. There are also 12 iMac computers available in the media department: eight for general student use and four in a media room containing specialized graphic design software. Computer graphic design major Houa Yang is a student assistant at the Music and Media Collection center. Yang is able to lear n about the media software on the iMacs and helps other students who are learning about the same products. “The media room has computers that students can use for ar t and computer graphic media,” Yang said. The iMac computers consist of programs that are not found on general computers, and can be expensive for students to purchase for themselves. For students who would like to utilize extra services in the library, but are unsure where to start, the website contains a “Need help? Ask!” button located on the library homepage. The ask button provides students the oppor tunity to communicate with the references department of the library to receive information about library services, including instant messaging, e-mail addresses and text messaging. “T he library has many services, but this encapsulates what we want to achieve as
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The Henry Madden Library is filled with more than just books. The DVD and CD collection is located on the third floor.
references,” Allison Cowgill, head of reference for the library, said. C ow g i l l s a i d t h at e a ch academic department throughout the university has a designated librarian, which can be viewed on the website. Every student on campus can find help for any assignment by contacting one of the assigned librarians. There are services throughout the library that can benefit students in any major or field of study. While some aspects of the library
can be more obvious than others, such as the presence of books, there are many services that students are unaware of. Cowgill said that the b e s t w ay fo r s t u d e n t s t o take advantage of the extra opportunities in the library is for them to seek guidance from their designated librarian to see what is offered.
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The New York Times and the First Amendment: From the Pentagon Papers to WikiLeaks A presentation by
George Freeman
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, The New York Times Company
Thursday, April 7, 2011 2 – 3 PM
Henry Madden Library – Room 2206
ADMISSION IS FREE Sponsored by Fresno State Associated Students, Inc., Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, The Collegian and the Henry Madden Library
As vice president and assistant general counsel of The New York Times Company, George Freeman is primarily responsible for the company’s litigations. He also is involved in newsroom counseling, antitrust and distribution problems, employment relations and business counseling involving The Times’s news, advertising, circulation and personnel departments. He has worked in these areas for the company’s affiliated newspapers, magazines and broadcast properties as well, since he began working for The Times in 1981. Mr. Freeman is chair of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Communications Law and immediate past co-chair of the ABA Litigation Section’s First Amendment and Media Litigation Committee. He is a frequent lecturer on First Amendment issues and has been on the Practicing Law Institute’s Communications Law faculty since 1985. Since 1998, Mr. Freeman has been an adjunct professor in N.Y.U.’s Graduate Journalism School and was a lecturer-at-law at the University of Miami Law School in 1975 and 1976. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1975 and magna cum laude from Amherst College in 1971.
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Music to their ears
High school musicians come to Fresno State to perform, learn
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Campus Events Fun things to do and see on campus this week Monday, April 4 Sacred Places: Fresno Religious Heritage Peters Business Building Room 192 4-5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 5 Matt Weir / The Collegian
The Fresno State Symphonic Band performs at this weekend’s wind festival, part of the weekend festivities the music department coordinated.
By Karlena Franz The Collegian H i g h s ch o o l k i d s f ro m across the Valley invaded the music department’s concert hall Friday April 1 to perform in the 12th annual Fresno State High School Band Invitational. Gary Gilroy, Fresno State’s director of bands, co-hosted the event with associate band director Tim Anderson. Students who were nominated by Gilroy to form the marching band council coordinated everything from setting up to cleaning up. “ We a r e b a s i c a l l y i n charge of everything,” Lacee Sher man, marching band council president, said. “We set it all up, direct students where to go, and clean up with help from Dr. Gilroy. Today we got here at 7 a.m. and probably won’t leave until around 10 p.m.” S a t u r d ay A p r i l 3 a n d Sunday April 4 is the 35th A n n u a l D r. L aw r e n c e R . Sutherland Intercollegiate Wind Festival. Sher man said they have been planning this event for about a month. This weekend was this band council’s first event for the upcoming season. This year 15 high schools attended the event that Fresno State’s Associated Students, Inc. helped get fund. “We want ASI to know how much we appreciate the help and support in getting these events going,” Gilroy said. Each school is given an allotted time to perform musical numbers that four judges listen to. These judges, however, give no scores or points for the perfor mances, but rather give pointers and com-
pliments to the students. Once the school has finished its perfor mance, the students got a chance to meet with Gary Green, a conductor at the University of Miami, where he gives feedback on the performance. Green didn’t stop at just telling the high school musicians how they can do better, he actually had them pick up their instruments to show them. “It’s so cool that we got him working at the event,” Gilroy said. “His knowledge is great for these kids. They really can benefit from this.” Having the high school students on campus is a great recruiting tool that gives the students an opportunity to perform at a college, see college students at work and just gives them a positive outlook on what Fresno State has to offer. “They get to meet the music department faculty and see the facilities,” Shannon Weber, a music education major, said. “I think they really benefit from it all.” Halfway through the day, the Fresno State Symphonic Band, led by Anderson performs for the high schools and later in the evening the Fresno State Wind Orchestra led by Gilroy perfor ms. The high schools get the opportunity to witness firsthand what it’s like for a college to perform. Weber said the high schools have to attend a number of festivals throughout the year and this one just happens to be one that some choose to come to. Schools from Clovis, Reedley and even San Luis Obispo show up to the festival. “ I t ’ s a really long weekend, but it is all worth it,” Weber said. “It’s what we call love for music.”
Spring Break Extravaganza Outside Kennel Bookstore 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Wednesday, April 6 Spring Break Extravaganza Outside Kennel Bookstore 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Thursday, April 7 Some readings of Dante in literature Peters Business Building Room 191 7:30-10 p.m.
Friday, April 8 Common Threads Workshop and Luncheon Library Auditorium Room 2206 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
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The Ins, Outs, Ups and Downs of life on campus
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Softball takes hold of WAC after sweep By Brandy Flores The Collegian In the most anticipated matchup of the season, the Fresno State Bulldogs softball team swept the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine in a threegame series to improve their Western Athletic Conference record to 6-0. Opening the series in front of a national audience on ESPNU Friday night, Michelle Moses led the Bulldogs to a 5-0 shutout victory at Bulldog Diamond throwing a no-hitter against the No. 20/25 ranked Hawaii. “It feels amazing and it’s such an accomplishment not only for me but for this team,” Moses said after the game. “I just took one pitch at a time and didn’t think about the nohitter.” Throwing 11 strikeouts, Moses ear ned her seventh victory of the season and became only the 19th pitcher in Bulldog history to throw a no-hitter. Taking on the Rainbow Wahine Saturday in a doubleheader, the Bulldogs added two more close victories against Hawaii to extend their win streak to seven. Back-to-back WAC Player of the Week Mackenzie Oakes took the mound for Fresno to open game one and allowed only one run in five innings to extend her starting winning
streak to 11-0. Despite getting on the board first in the third inning, the ‘Bows were unable to get past Oakes and closer Moses to score again, and a home run by left fielder Andrea Ortega in the fourth sealed Fresno’s second straight victory over their tough WAC rival 2-1. Moses retur ned to the mound in game three in a rematch against Hawaii pitcher, and reigning WAC Pitcher of the Year, Stephanie Ricketts. The two top starters engaged in a pitching duel that lasted six innings before first baseman Nicole Angene smacked a two-run homer to complete the sweep and earn the Bulldogs another 2-0 shutout victory. The home run also scored Ortega who advanced to first on a walk. Prior to the at-bat, Angene spoke with Ortega and told her they would end the stalemate. “I knew it was going to happen,” Angene said. “We were not going down.” Hawaii, who entered the series on a three-game win streak over WAC opponent Utah State, dropped to 3-3 in WAC play and 25-12 overall for the season. The series sweep was the first conference series sweep for Hawaii since 2008 when Fresno won each of the games by one-run. Head coach Margie Wright was proud of her team for their performance this week-
end, not just for their composure against a top opponent on national TV, but for their focus against the team they lost last year’s WAC Championship to. “It’s rare for a pitcher to get a no-hitter in their career and Michelle was able to do it against a top rival on national television,” Wright said after Friday’s victory. “There’s not enough to say to express how proud I am of my team.” Wright also acknowledged their competitive opponents after Saturday’s games and r e i t e r a t e d h ow h a r d t h e Bulldogs have been working for their wins. “That was a great team that we played,” Wright said. “The team has worked very hard and it showed with our timely hits and some great defensive plays.” In the final game of the series, shor tstop Haley Gilleland continued her penchant for stealing bases, adding another three to her total, including two in the third inning. The additional three bags bring her total to 16 this season and she remains only 11 shy of the single-season school record of 27 set by Karen Tabor. The Bulldogs will retur n to the road for a single game against Pacific on Tuesday, before returning to WAC play against New Mexico State this weekend.
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Nicole Angene’s home run in the final game of the series preserved a regularseason sweep of WAC rival Hawaii.
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playbook, Watson has shown he could very likely be the No. 2 man on the depth chart. Watson, who hails from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., understands the open spot is up for grabs. “Only thing that’s going to stop me is myself I believe,” Watson said. “I mean Kelly O’Brien is a great quarterback too that’s why we got him here. But that’s why they got me here too. It’s just a competition. There’s no beef between us. It’s just the competition to see who’s going to be the backup and I wish the best luck to
both of us.” One thing that won’t stop Watson is his height, which plagues most quarterbacks who are not blessed with prototypical size. Watson is working to improve his accuracy this spring to help make up for his lack of desirable height. “Accuracy, because I’m a short quarterback,” Watson said. “So people try to say ‘Oh, he’s a short quarterback. He can’t see over the line,’ but if I’m accurate that doesn’t mean anything. I can see over the line. I can do everything I want to do.”
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The Diamond ‘Dogs hit the road for the first time in nearly a month when they travel to San Jose State for a four-game series Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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SPRING FOOTBALL POSITION BATTLE
Carr’s backup still a question By Jerry Huerta The Collegian
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With Derek Carr having the starting quarterback gig locked up, a battle for the man behind him is still a focal point.
At Fresno State, there hasn’t been a quarterback competition since the 2009 season when Derek Carr first arrived on campus. Back then, there was a competition between Ryan Colburn and Derek Carr for the starting quarterback position. Carr was the young, early graduate from Bakersfield Christian High School and Colburn was the veteran who
had been in the system for four years. Eventually, Colburn would win the competition, keeping Carr on the sideline during his redshirt season. Fast foward to this spring where there is a quarterback competition, but this time not for the starting quarterback position. A looming question lies in who will replace Carr should he not be able to play. With Colburn now graduated, it leaves three quarterbacks for the 2011 season: Carr, Kelly O’Brien and Greg
Watson. Watson and O’Brien are battling for the backup spot after both redshirting last season. Co-of fensive coordinator Jeff Grady who works with the quarterbacks, talked about how the two quarterbacks have looked so far. “They’re both doing good,” Grady said. “There both making progress everyday which is all you can ask. We’ve had our good days and some not so good days, but more good days.” With the backup quarterback competition starting to heat up leading to this S a t u r d ay ’ s s p r i n g g a m e, Grady described what the two candidates have to do to win this job. “They need to lear n the offense,” Grady said. “Know what we’re doing. We’re not asking them to do a ton. Just find the easiest completion on the field and get it done.” With learning the offense as a key component to winning the job, Watson used his redshirt year as a chance to learn. “It was funny because last year, even though I redshirted, I traveled with the team,” Watson said. “So I practiced and everything but this year I feel like I know the playbook way more. I know the whole thing pretty much so now I See QB, Page 7
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