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Library of Congress recognizes former Fresno State professor By Ana Mendoza-Santiago The Collegian The Library of Congress has appointed former Fresno State English professor Philip Levine new poet laureate consultant on Aug. 10. The U.S. Library of Congress appoints a poet laureate annually and describes the position as “the nation’s official lightning rod for the poetic impulse of Americans.” The appointee is awarded a $35,000 stipend to help him/ her fulfill his/her duties. T h e 8 3 - ye a r- o l d f o r m e r Fresno State professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Levine is “highly regarded throughout the literary community, and one of the most well respected living poets in the nation,” Associated Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities Jose Diaz said. Levine taught in the English
department at Fresno State from 1958 to 1992. He also taught at Princeton, Columbia and New York University adding to his long list of prestigious accomplishments. Levine is best known for his poems focusing on the working class in Detroit where he worked in an automobile factory during his youth. Former student of Levine and cur rent Fresno State English professor Tim Skeen describes the announcement as “the best news to come out of Washington, D.C. in a long time.” In a recent interview for The New York Times, Levine referred to his job at Fresno State as “not a good job, but a job.” “Phil [taught at F resno State] during some of the most
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Pi Kappa Alpha is still awaiting word from Fresno State about possible sanctions from its June 19 incident.
Drive-by shooting a part of increasing list of near-campus crime By Ana Mendoza-Santiago The Collegian Event safety issues flared up this summer after a drive-by shooting off Shaw Avenue at party hosted by the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity on Sunday, June 19.
After four individuals tried get into the party and were denied entry, the suspects returned to their vehicle. A short time later they drove away, then opened fire at the attending crowd leaving two injured. The crime alert from the
University Police Department released on Jan. 19 stated, “two people at the party were struck in their legs.” Because of the incident, Pi Kappa Alpha is currently under review by Fresno State. Events organized by the fraternity have been suspended
“to ensure the safety of the fraternity, campus and community members,” director of student involvement at Fresno State Sally Ramage said. “We have given them the opportunity to meet with us before the beginning of school and at that point we will determine what the future is, based upon their plan” Ramage said. “I have every belief they have been working this summer in order to secure plans to make certain that the organization has a safe future.” The incident was one of a small handful of violent crimes that have occurred within a short proximity of the campus over the course of the last three months, of which included a June 1 stabbing on Barstow Avenue by Cedar and Millbrook Avenues. “This incident was a random violent act against the students of Fresno State,” Pi Kappa Alpha president Michael Eberhard said in an e-mail interview. Fresno State and University Police suggest that sororities and fraternities inform them of planned events throughout the school year. “The incident was not related to the university. That incident was related to the community,” said Ramage. “There were individuals who were trying to interrupt and insert themselves into an event.” Crimes close to campus have sparked awareness on the Facebook group “Revitalize the Fresno State Community” which cur rently has 1,058
members. A frater nity member of Sigma Nu, who requested to remain anonymous, said it is common to have “almost fights” or other problems at some fraternity parties. “We have the Greek community, students, and then we have all the people who live in Fresno who try to come to ‘close parties’,” the Sigma Nu member said. “It’s a ter rible situation when you have outside people who try to get in and it turns into fighting or they come back to retaliate. We have this happen here numerous times,” he added. To maintain better control of a party Sigma Nu “normally calls the cops for the bigger parties we have, or [private] security,” the member said. “I don’t think Phi had policing that night which is probably one more reason why it happened.” Kappa Sigma member Bryan Sortner said it is very common to have non-students trying to get into their parties. “The risk management takes care of that at the gate, to make sure we know the people that are coming in,” Sortner said. A maintenance apartment employee, who wished to remain anonymous due to possible retaliation, concluded that student fraternities and some citizens around the area can be very “bad” neighbors. “It’s kind of hard to avoid it See Fraternity, Page 3
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elcome to campus for what I believe will be an exciting year as Fresno State begins its second century! We had a very special Centennial celebration last year, and now we look forward to what is ahead in the first academic year of our university’s new century. I want to take this opportunity to give a special welcome to our new freshmen, transfers and graduate or credential students. Our new and returning numbers total 21,655, which included the largest freshman class in our history — 2,934 students. As we begin our academic year, we’ve received the wonderful news that Professor Emeritus Philip Levine has been named Poet Laureate of the United States. Professor Levine, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, is an icon both in the literary world and at Fresno State, where he taught and inspired students from 1958-1992. Google him and you’ll find lots of information on this amazing poet. Get better acquainted by checking out his books from the Madden Library or buying one from the Kennel Bookstore. You can meet Professor Levine when we honor him on campus this fall. You know all too well that there has been a dramatic shift by the state in its commitment to funding higher education. Sadly, the state has disinvested in higher education and its commitment to access, so your tuition again has increased dramatically. Again. I am extremely disappointed that our state has chosen to turn its back on higher education. It is ironic and disheartening that California citizens and legislators who benefitted from a free or low-cost public higher educa-
President John Welty tion in years past are unwilling to sacrifice and support today’s students who will lead our state in the future. The result is a difficult budget year ahead — and for the foreseeable future — at Fresno State. But we haven’t given up. Our faculty, staff and administration are committed to doing our best to assure your continued progress toward graduation. There is good news as we begin the fall semester. We’ve been able to renovate 132 classrooms, including a “head-to-toe” revamp in the Social Science Building. New technology was installed in many rooms and we’ll continue the work. You’ll notice that the Free Speech Area and University Center building also have been spruced up. Our Aquatics Center is nearing completion. It will be used for academic purposes by the department of kinesiology and by athletics for our
swimming and diving team. A new faculty office building between the North Gym and the Aquatics Center has been included in the state budget and will get $9.7 million in bond money, once the state is able to sell bonds. The building will house faculty offices, lockers and labs to support nursing, physical therapy and athletics. The university will participate in a new White House project, the President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge, which invites institutions of higher education to commit to a year of interfaith cooperation and community service programming on campus. We will host an academic conference, “Ethics, Religion and Civil Discourse in California,” in October that will include a panel discussion on how various religions and groups incorporate service into their faith traditions. A conversation between leaders of various student clubs and organizations will follow, with a focus on deciding if and how students might engage in a greater commitment to interfaith service. I invite you to participate. As Bulldogs, you have the opportunity this year to exhibit the pride, spirit and determination that sets Fresno State students apart from all others. Please take advantage of the wonderful opportunities that this university has for you. Stay connected through Facebook, Twitter, FresnoStateNews. com and our other websites. I hope you have a wonderful year at Fresno State!
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s summer vacation abandoned us just as quickly and easily as it arrived back on May 20, Fresno State students like you and I now have 148 days of instruction to look forward to. But who’s counting, right? Well, squeezed into those 148 days, the reloaded Collegian staff, lead by yours truly, will crank out 45 issues, five special inserts and an abundance of material on our online production collegian.csufresno.edu. Speaking of online, converging our print publication with our website publication has been a focal point in recent semesters, and will take on an added importance in my tenure as editor in chief. In the journalism profession, the line separating print from online is becoming increasingly blurred, with many pushing for website content to be the top priority. With that being said, our multimedia staff is virtually brand new to The Collegian and brings a lot of innovative ideas to the table — ideas we hope to introduce you early and often throughout this fall semester. On the editorial staff, we also have a list of fresh faces, with the exception of Tony Petersen, who made the jump from editor in chief back to his native position as opinion editor. As always, it is our goal to provide you the reader
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Editor in Chief Ben Ingersoll: The highlight of my summer was definitely going on an all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas for my best friend’s 21st birthday. Also, I became Uncle Ben on July 3 when Skyler Jade Ingersoll was born! Opinion Editor Tony Petersen: This summer I went to Kenya, Africa. Needless to say, it was quite the summer. I saw 5,000 Africans congregate for a church service, I gave sheep, cows and mosquito nets to widows, pastors and tribal chiefs and I even got to go on a safari. (A lion looking straight at you with its intense yellow eyes is the most blood-curdling moment I’ve ever experienced.) For more information, you can visit my website, tonypetersen.wordpress.com, or just visit The Collegian Online. Features Editor Thomas Pearson: My summer was spent doing absolutely nothing. I woke up everyday at 2 p.m. and did nothing but lie around and go to the gym. I felt like my mind was decaying and I was waiting to die. I’m happy for this semester to start because now I have a job and stuff to keep me busy. The lesson I learned this summer was to make sure next summer I have a two-week vacation booked to Hawaii. Webmaster Dalton Runberg: The highlight of my summer was travelling to Las Vegas for the Electric Daisy Carnival. This three-day (or night, since it ran from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.) music festival featured more than 200 artists from the electronic music scene, and had nearly 250,000 attendees. I pushed my way through the sea of people to get up close to see artists like Tiesto, Feed Me and Skrillex. The music, lighting, performers and my friends all made it an incredible and unforgettable experience. Videographer Ezra Romero: I got a job in July so my summer was sort of cut short, but I was able to hike in Yosemite twice. I also went to Cambria with my family and I had a great camping trip at Cedar Grove in Kings Canyon. On the camping trip my buddies and I hiked 13 miles and later in the evening prevented a drunken man from jumping into a raging river!
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LAUREATE: Levine’s Fresno State legacy continues CONTINUED from page 1 turbulent times in the country and university’s history, Vietnam, for example, the protests, the riots of the farmworkers, Cesar Chavez’s period,” Skeen said. He was here during a very contentious time, and I think that those times brought the best in people, and brought out the worst in people.” Levine mentions and describes his experiences in Fresno through several of his poems. In one titled “The Silent American,” he writes about living in Fresno. “Fresno is as much part of his work as nouns and verbs,” Skeen said. Levine currently resided in Fresno and Brooklyn, New York. “Phil’s presence is still very keenly felt. What he thinks, what he says matters to us, it matters to the nation now,” Skeen said. Phil processed the images into his poems,” Skeen added. “Living in Fresno while studying the poetry of Phil Levine is like unraveling a sweater to see where the ball of yarn came from.” The master of fine arts and creative writing program is one of the many legacies Levine has created at Fresno
State. A program, which is “nationally recognized,” Diaz said. “We have an outstanding and distinguished faculty [who are] award winning authors.” Aside from his many accomplishments, such as receiving a Pulitzer Prize in 1995, a National Book Award in 1980 and 1991, and a Frank O’Hara Prize, Levine has also written 20 collections of poems. A celebration to honor Levine is cur-
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e was here during a very contentious time, and i think that those times brought the best in peopole, and brought out the worst in people.” — Tim Skeen, English professor
rently being planned by the MFA creative writing faculty and the Henry Madden Library. The event is planned to take place sometime in October, which is National Arts and Humanity month.
Fraternity: Organizations help revitalize community CONTINUED from page 1 when there is a lot of people” living together in a neighborhood. “There is a lot of drinking but they don’t really yell,” Fresno State student Cellina Xiong said. Xiong lives in an apartment complex near Sigma Nu and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternities. “They have events about five times a year. If they have an event during the weekend, then it gets really loud.” You have to consider that 28 college men living together in one apartment complex, that things will get noisy, but I don’t feel that we are inconsiderate of our neighbors,” Eberhard said. “We
keep our facility clean and we do our best to give notices to our neighbors in advance when we host social events at our house.” We hope to develop a neighborhood watch in our area and hopefully that will strengthen the relationship between us and our neighbors,” Eberhard added. Pi Kappa Alpha, along with other campus organizations, are developing revitalization efforts along with Fresno State, Associated Student Inc., Fresno Police Department, campus organizations, community groups, Fresno State students and other collaborating actors.
Gadhafi nears his end By Suliman Ali Zway, Hannah Allam and Shashank Bengali McClatchy Newspapers BENGHAZI, Libya — The long, brutal reign of Col. Moammar Gadhafi appeared to collapse Sunday as rebels swept into Tripoli, captured two of his sons and set off wild street celebrations in a capital that he’d ruled by fear for more than four decades, Libyan and NATO officials said. With NATO bombings paving the way, rebel forces entered Tripoli with surprising ease and by early Monday controlled large swaths of the city. Gadhafi’s personal guard surrendered to rebel forces, and live television footage showed crowds of opposition supporters in Tripoli’s Green Square — the regime’s symbolic heart — unfurling the tricolor flag of pre-Gadhafi Libya and smashing the ruler’s portraits in scenes that were unthinkable just days ago. “This is historic,” Amal Abdelrazk, a 42-year-old resident of downtown Tripoli’s Andalus Street, said by phone. “After 41 years, eight months and 27 days, we witness this moment. ... The whole thing is like a dream.” As rebels partied in the streets, h a i l e d “ a s t h e v i c t o r s o f w a r, ” Abdelrazk said, rebel military spokes-
man Col. Ahmed Bani told McClatchy Newspapers that his forces were hunting Gadhafi in and around Tripoli. Gadhafi’s whereabouts were unknown, but a U.S. official said, “We have no reason to believe (he) has left the country.” It marked a stunningly successful final push by rebel forces — for months described as ragtag and badly organized, and thought to be reeling from the mysterious assassination just weeks ago of their commander, Abdel Fattah Younes, a longtime Gadhafi lieutenant who defected at the start of the uprising. Younes’ death instead appeared to embolden the rebels, who in recent days routed pro-Gadhafi fighters from the strategic town of Zawiya, 30 miles west of Tripoli, and surged into the capital Sunday with little trouble. Bani, the rebel military spokesman, said that rebels from Zawiya were joined by reinforcements of scores of fighters from Misrata and Zlitan, two other rebel-held cities, who landed on a beach in Tajura, on Tripoli’s eastern edge, arriving by boat shortly after noon Sunday. “It’s over. There is no more Gadhafi, no more secret police, no more blood,” Bani said.
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Barking Bulldog Debate Team returns to campus By Thomas Pearson The Collegian After an eight year absence the Fresno State Barking Bulldog Debate team returns to campus and is ready to compete with teams from around the country. New coach Kevin Kuswa plans on making the team one of the best in the California State University system. "We are very proud to be able to bring back the team. We were able to bring it back because we were finally able to hire a coach. The way it worked is every year the university tells specific departments that they can hire a few professors. This year the communications department was able to hire some and so we hired a coach," said Communications Department Chair Doug Fraleigh. The team is fully funded through the university. Part of the funding comes through what are called Instructionally Related Activities funds. The team is housed in the communications department. "The great thing about the team is that no experience is needed. It is open to people of all majors and all levels of experience," said Kuswa. "There are also no conferences in debate and you can compete with the Dukes of the world all the way to community colleges so it's truly open." Ku sw a w a s a N a t i o n a l Debate Tour nament Championship debater for Georgetown University and also won another championship as a coach for Dartmouth U n ive r s i t y. A l s o h e l p i n g Kuswa with the team will be communications profess o r C h r i s A n d r a d e, wh o teaches argumentation and Doug Fraleigh the current communications department chair and coach of the team from 1990 until it was cut in 2003. Kuswa will teach debate in two classes. The
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classes that will be offered for interested debaters will be Communications 15 for beginners and Communications 115 for those who have previous debate background. The captain of this years team is psycholog y major Carla Caffrey-Casiano. "The thing I love about debate is seeing the different views and having to adapt to other views and be able to talk about opposing views. I like the competition and I am very passionate about debate," said Caffrey-Casiano. Debate is a highly competitive activity in which teams of two debate a specific topic and are judged at the end. In each debate there are two sides, the affirmative and the negative. Each side debates each other in what is called a round, which typically lasts two hours. The two styles of debate that Fresno State competes in are Public Debate and Policy Debate. There are also divisions for people of all experience levels. The three levels are novice, junior varsity, and varsity. Public Debate is the specific style where students debate on campus in the Free Speech area. In the fall semester there will be two main public debates. One will be about immigration and the second urban regional transformation. The public debate teams debate their specific topic against other students and members of the team.
Policy Debate is a highly competitive style of intercollegiate debate where teams debate each other at tournaments held at schools around the nation. Each tournament tends to run two to three days. Policy debate is highly research oriented and the team gathers research from various places and then combine it for the team to share. The two big tour naments for policy debate are Cross Examination Debate Association National Championship and the National Debate Tournament, which is the most prestigious. The NDT is an invite only tournament in which only 64 teams are invited to compete. The CEDA is Policy Debates version of colle ge basketball's National Invitational Tournament. More than 200 schools compete at the CEDA tournament. "This year we are planning on competing at the CEDA tournament and in a couple years I believe we will be able to compete in the NDT," said Kuswa. Each debate season there is a new topic for the year. This years topic is "The United States Federal Government Should Substantially Increase Democracy Assistance in One or More of the Following; Eg ypt, Tunisia, Bahrain, Syria, Libya, Yemen." The original debate team was around for a little more than 50 years starting some-
time in the early 1950's and ending in 2003. The debate team was cut in 2003 due to a combination of budgets cuts and then director of forensics Doug Fraleigh left the position to take over as the undergraduate advisor for the department of communications. The original debate team
was highly competitive and one of the top teams in the CSU system. They consistently finished top five and the goal for the team is to return to that level of success.
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It’s tough to be a diva these days By Joe Bream McClatchy Newspapers Cher never did it. Neither did Beyonce nor Britney. Katy Perry changes outfits eight times during just one song on her current concert tour. That may sound excessive, but what concertgoers see when Perry performs “Hot N Cold,” illustrates how hard it is to be a music diva these days. You have to get the attention of the media as often as you can. New hairdo, new tweet, new drama. Diana Ross, Madonna and Mariah Carey never had it like
this. “When Lady Gaga’s record came out and she was doing TV all over the world, I would say it’s five times more than Madonna did,” said publicistto-the-stars Liz Rosenberg, who has represented Madonna forever and Cher for the past 12 years. “If they’re not saying ‘You’re overexposed,’ then you’re not doing your job.” The attention span of fans in this ADD-like pop world demands something new constantly. The attitude of music lovers can be summed up in a song by another vintage diva: Janet Jackson’s “What Have You Done for Me Lately?”
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between album projects. “I loved when you missed an artist and when they reemerged, you saw changes,” Hilson said. “But now you don’t really recognize the changes because you see them every day.” The only change may be a new look for the next media opportunity. ‘You need to be on all the time’ These days, there are media oppor tunities around the clock, whether the stars want
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ook at Cher. She has embraced Twitter like a 21-year-old.” — Lori Barghini, radio personality
them or not. S t e p o u t o f t h e h o u s e, paparazzi will capture the moment. Go to the convenience store, a fan will snap your photo with a cellphone. Make a scene at a nightclub, someone will post it on YouTube. “Who wants to be on 24/7?” asked radio personality Julia Cobbs, who dishes daily about celebs on “Lori & Julia” on the Twin Cities station MyTalk. “They make gobs and gobs more money today but they’re losing their privacy.” “There is no privacy,” interjected Lori Barghini, Cobbs’ radio partner. “Look at Cher. She has embraced Twitter like a 21-year-old.” Longtime country queen Re b a M c E n t i re, wh o h a s scored a No. 1 Nashville song in each of the past four decades, knows the landscape isn’t the same anymore. “It’s unfortunate,” she said.
“You need to be on all the time. No matter where you go, you’re (fair) game. If you’re business-savvy, you’ll look presentable. There’s not a day I walk out of the house without my makeup on and looking decent. We all want press, but we want good press, too.” Enter what Rosenberg calls the Glam Squad: the team of hairstylist, makeup artist, wardrobe stylist and dresser that’s now part of the retinue of an all-day diva. Madonna never needed this much attention except on days when she was shooting a video _ and that was in the privacy of a soundstage. “It’s way more extreme than it used to be on the wardrobe part,” Rosenberg said. Some divas work directly with couture designers; some have stylists who pick out their clothes. Some, including Dolly Parton, even have assistants who send out tweets for them. Any way you look at it, “fans expect much more,” Rosenberg says. “They used to just expect a great record and maybe a little press.” Lady Gaga is the master of the media moment. For her, every appearance is a performance _ whether it’s arriving at the Grammys red carpet riding in an egg, wearing a dress made of raw meat on the MTV awards or being interviewed on “60 Minutes.” As gossip-loving radio host Cobbs puts it: “Lady Gaga dresses for Halloween every day _ sometimes three Halloweens in one day.” Visuals aren’t the only way to get attention. Drama has fueled fan interest going back to the advent of movie magazines in the silent-film era. Britney Spears’ continuing episodes _ her shaved head, weight issues and battle for the custody of her kids and her finances _ have made her one of the most Googled stars. Taylor Swift’s dustup with Kanye West on the MTV awards and her romances with a string of older men, including Jake Gyllenhaal, elevated her from a teen sensation to a household name. Katy Perry hooking up with wild-man comedian Russell Brand certainly generated more juice than, say, Cher cavorting with her “bagel boy.” “The revelation of a lot of their lives is amped up these days,” Rosenberg observed. D rama, thou g h , doe sn’t always equate with commercial success, she says. In 2011, success is defined differently from how it was in Madonna’s heyday. Album sales aren’t what they used to be, though being No. 1 on Billboard’s charts is still prestigious. Selling out concert tours still matters. But winning in today’s pop world also includes two new measures _ Facebook fans and Twitter followers.
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The daily crossword Across 1 Sound from a tree 6 Range between soprano and tenor 10 Cpls.’ underlings 14 Flamboyant evangelist __ Semple McPherson 15 Boston Bruins or Chicago Bears, e.g. 16 Inter __: among others 17 Baseball’s Nolan and actress Meg 18 Bath towel word 19 Natasha’s no 20 *Resolve once and for all 22 Many an October baby, astrologically 23 A __ alfa 24 Nairobi native 25 Satirical Mort 28 Arrive after a tough trip 31 Schoolroom group 33 Travelers’ lodgings 34 Hypotheticals 37 PC key 38 *Savings for later in life 41 Miracle-__: garden brand 42 B’way setting 43 Slender woodwind 44 Reacted to fireworks 46 The Beatles’ George 50 Salt Lake City college team, aptly 51 “Happy I can oblige” 53 Cop’s route
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Puzzle by Mike Peluso
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55 Lassos 56 Lyric in a Porter song that ends “Let’s fall in love,” and a hint to the starts of the starred answers (and 1-Across) 61 “__ well that ends ...” 62 Rani’s garment 63 Cease-fire 64 Coagulate, as blood 65 Treater’s words 66 Levels, as a building
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67 Italian noble family 68 Fava or lima 69 Illegally off-base GIs Down 1 Poet Sandburg 2 Breezy greeting 3 “__ be wrong, but ...” 4 Avis offerings 5 Cuban cash 6 Zeus’ daughter 7 Popular jeans 8 Small fruit pie
9 Mantric syllables 10 Italian sandwich 11 *Like unreliable shortterm businesses 12 Olds Cutlass model 13 The devil 21 Canyon edge 22 “Come on, we’re late” 24 Goal in checkers 25 Read, as a bar code 26 Treaty partner 27 *Do some scheming 29 Flying toys 30 U-turn from WSW 32 Stable sounds 35 Available for a date 36 Puts in a lawn the fast way 39 River of Spain 40 “... or __ thought” 45 Beat in a Western showdown 47 “__ Fideles”: carol 48 Conan of “Conan” 49 Simpsons neighbor Flanders 51 Pre-meal blessing 52 Lounges around 54 Stars, in Latin 56 Undoing 57 Cookbook writer Rombauer 58 Greek liqueur 59 Its cap. is Reykjavik 60 Tracy’s Trueheart 62 Cry out loud
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LA Dodgers pitcher Juan Marachal hits SF Giant catcher John Roseboro on the head with his bat causing a 14 minute brawl SPORTS EDITOR, JERRY HUERTA • COLLEGIAN-SPORTS@CSUFRESNO.EDU
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Bulldog Stadium gets an upgrade Bulldogs fans can see the new field turf during the first home game Sept. 17th against North Dakota. By Jerry Huerta The Collegian The Fresno State football team will be heading into this season with a lot of promise, and possibly even more pressure with a high-profile quarterback, a plethora of returning weapons and a sleek new uniform look. Now, fans can feast their eyes on one more new feature to the Bulldog football program: brand new state-of-the-art field turf. The athletic de par tment gathered around $1.2 million dollars to turn coach Pat Hill’s dream of an ideal playing surface into a reality. Since breaking ground in mid-June, the new field turf saw its first action Friday evening when the Bulldogs held practice inside the revamped Bulldog Stadium. Fans, however, will not be able to see their Bulldogs in action on the new field turf
until the first home game against North Dakota on Sept. 17th. With the completion of the field turf, Fresno State will now only have two games on the 2011 schedule played on natural grass, when Hill and company travel to New Mexico State and San Diego State.
take advantage of that.” Hill said. “That’s something we were lacking here for a long time. So much of college football now is voluntary work. Now, these young men have a field to come to that has lines, numbers and hashes. For our fans, it will always be in great shape. Rain won’t be a dilem-
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e had two games last year where it was raining here and the field conditions were horrible. I think it’s going make a big impact for our team.” — Logan Harrell, senior defensive lineman Head coach Pat Hill gave some thoughts on the new field turf at Bulldog Stadium. “The turf is something that’s very special to us as a program because it now gives us a field to practice on year around and I know our players will really
ma. For our opponents, I think it will make a big difference for them coming in here and knowing they’ll have a playing surface that is going to be consistent. Our kids love playing on field turf. They know exactly what they’re going to get on
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every cut.” Now, players will not have to worry about problems with the field in terms of weather during the sloppy late-season home games because of the new surface. Last year, poor field conditions presented problems for the football team towards the end of the season. “It’s going to be exciting,” said Logan Harrell, who is the top returning defensive lineman. “We had two games last year where it was raining here and the field conditions were horrible. I think it’s going make a big impact for our team.” The field turf is mainly going to help with the weather, but it will also help the skill players cut more precisely in the open field. One coach who is familiar with the skill players talked about the impact of the turf. “I think it’s a big deal for the skill positions,” said Joe Wade who is the running backs
coach. “It’s a blessing to have the turf because late in the year there were times against Illinois and Idaho where the field was a little tore up. If you’re an athletic team with people that can change directions like a Robbie Rouse, like an A.J. Ellis and other guys we have that field is very important. Now, we’re guaranteed to have good footing for every game that’s played at Bulldog Stadium and that’s a big deal. I think we have some outstanding skill players that we’d like to get matched up in situations where they could really use their athleticism.”
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