August 26 2011

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Fresno State graduate shares story of life, art A&E Fresno State soccer coach Brian Zwaschka excited for young squad SPORTS Columnist Jake Severns is fed up with construction traffic OPINION

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SERVING CAMPUS SINCE 1922

University recycling efforts Fresno State President John Welty honored for considered subpar

Photo illustration by Alicia Acevedo / The Collegian

The lack of recycling bins on campus leaves Fresno State with little choice but to throw recycled cans in trash bins.

By Luke Shaffer The Collegian When it comes to making Fresno State a cleaner cam-

pus, it appears that other schools, not only in the San Joaquin Valley, but scattered throughout Califor nia are ahead of the curve.

Although there are a few small blue recycling bins setup around campus, some students and faculty alike feel there is not enough designated recycling receptacles on school grounds.

It appears that not only does Fresno State have less recycling bins for students to use, but it also fails keep up with Fresno’s recycling standards.

Administrator of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety Lisa Kao insists that this perception is false and misleading as her department has and continues to set recycling bins out to facilitate a school-wide movement.

“The student assistant who monitors the recycling bins wants students to put cans and bottles in the recycling bins but they never do,” Kao said.

“So we have started to remove some of them.”

“In addition homeless [residents] will come and steal the bottles and cans that are See Recycling, Page 3

20 years of service

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Fresno State President John Welty was recognized for 20 years of service to the university on Wednesday, August 24. Dozens of faculty and staff members, along with Welty’s family and friends gathered at the Smittcamp Alumni House to celebrate as he enters his third decade with the university.

The event was hosted by the President’s cabinet and Auxiliary Services.

Fresno State students pay higher parking fees than other CSUs

By Ana Mendoza-Santiago The Collegian

Fresno State students currently pay more in parking fees than other students attending state universities in California, while receiving less alternative transportation services.

D o c u m e n t s r e l e a s e d by Fresno State to The Collegian in May reveal that the average parking fee for state universities in California is $38.

Fresno State students currently pay $50. This pattern continues for almost all parking violations, with the exception of disabled and red curb red zone violations, which are $2 below

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e are looking at alternative transportation programs, how they are utilized and how to get more people to participate.”

— Amy Armstrong

the regular fine.

A proposal to increase parking violation fees was decided by the “faculty senate, the cabinet among other groups,” Public Infor mation Officer

and Parking Administrator Amy Armstrong said.

“They did go through campus to get feedback, showed the range across the CSU system and made proposals of what should be implemented at Fresno State and that is how they came about the amount,” Armstrong added.

There are 11 types of parking fines given at Fresno State.

From August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010 the university gave 17, 866 parking tickets, which has led to $493,045 in revenue.

T h e U n ive r s i t y Po l i c e Department expects to receive a new net income of $725,240.

The money collected “goes into a trust fund and that money goes to alter native transportation,” Armstrong said. “[California State University,] Northridge has a trolley to get from class to class. A bunch of other schools have those. Not this school though,” Fresno State freshman Katie Chidgey said.

New transportation programs have not yet been developed but some are being considered.

“We are looking at alternative transportation programs, how they are utilized and how to get more people to participate,” Armstrong added.

“We want to increase car poolers, ride sharing and reduce the number of vehicles on campus. We want to

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From August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010 17,866 vehicles parked on campus recieved parking tickets like the ones above.

increase the number of bike riders and people who walk,” Armstrong said.

Armstrong plans to conduct a survey to hear suggestions and comments from Fresno State students.

The survey will try to gather information about possible incentives and student transportation needs.

“We are not trying to write

tickets,” Ar mstrong said.”

The chief always says, ‘The best problem I could ever have is, if this week I didn’t have to write a parking ticket,’” Armstrong added.

She hopes students will remember to “pay, park and display” to prevent receiving a ticket.

Fresno State student Omar Ramirez prefers to avoid all

parking fees and park across the street from the university.

“I would rather walk than spend my money on a parking pass,” Ramirez said.

When asked if students will receive forgiveness services such as students from California State University, See PARKING, Page 3

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THAT’S WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING...

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OPINION EDITOR, TONY PETERSEN • COLLEGIAN-OPINION@CSUFRESNO.EDU

The Sticks

Jake Severns

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ver the last year, it seems that a person can’t drive completely through any of our local cities without being inconvenienced by some kind of road construction. So many of these projects have popped up that it is almost impossible to travel from one city to another without a major delay or detour.

It isn’t just by chance that so much road construction is popping up at one time. Obviously our state, cities and counties didn’t suddenly stumble upon hundreds of millions of dollars for these projects. If you look along the roadside while driving through these projects and you will likely see a sign saying “Project Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.” Yep, the one that cost us $700 bil-

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lion.

I’ll be the first to admit that California’s roads need help. Nearly every road condition ranking puts California among in the worst five of all the states in the U.S. But isn’t there a better way to spend the money — that our nation didn’t have — than on a road that generates zero revenue once it is finished?

Currently the most irritating thing about all the construction is the lack of consideration for commuters in local cities.

Take my hometown of Sanger, for example. The construction of Freeway 180 has created a nightmare for commuters trying to enter the city for more than four months. Since July 5, every road leading directly to the city has been blocked. You have to drive well beyond either end of Sanger just to drive back around to the city. And, with only two main routes into the city, traffic is already horrendous.

I understand that road work is going to block other roads temporarily, but when virtually every route into a city is blocked there needs to be much more foresight in the construction timeline. They should have finished everything up to Academy, a main route into Sanger, and worked on from there rather than having every road closed for more than two months now.

I’m sick of adding 12 miles onto my daily commute just to get home, and I’m sure others are as well.

Sanger is just one example. If anyone commutes to Visalia specifically from anywhere east of Clovis, then

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’m out of ideas and hair to pull out. Yes, cities, counties and states received a lot of money from the piggybank, aka the federal government, but how about some planning?”

they know this is a cluster also.

There is road construction on every conceivable route that I’m aware of. Road 80 has construction in two places: a large detour in Dinuba, and it’s narrowed to one lane in Goshen, which was a 30-minute wait before I had my chance to pass through. Not to mention I had no idea I would end up in a mile-long traffic jam because signs weren’t placed far enough ahead to warn drivers of their impending doom.

Trying another route didn’t help much. Highway 99, construction between Kingsburg and Traver. Road 124, construction at Road 328.

I’m out of ideas and hair to pull out.

Yes cities, counties and states received a lot of money from the piggy bank, aka the federal government, but how about some planning? Finish one intersection, leave one route to adjacent towns. Some of us actually need to get to a destination in a reasonable amount of time.

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Jobs’ departure a loss for nation McClatchy-Tribune News Service

The following editorial appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on Thursday, Aug. 25:

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he resignation of Silicon Valley’s rock star CEO, Steve Jobs, comes as no surprise to the Apple faithful who have been worrying about his medical condition and know how seriously he took his duties.

Jobs’ departure from the top job at Apple is a loss for Silicon Valley. But it’s also a loss for the nation, which is in desperate need of entrepreneurial leadership to get us out of this economic slump.

The Valley has had some true titans. Robert Noyce. David Packard.

William Hewlett. Andrew Grove.

Gordon Moore. Jobs, with his unparalleled talent for marrying technology, design and entertainment, stands alongside them.

The iPhone isn’t Dick Tracy stuff. It’s way beyond what anyone dreamed of even five years before it was invented. An attractive, sleek phone, music player, book reader, television, video library and so much more — in the palm of our hands and at a price millions of Americans could afford. This is the very definition of genius.

And the iPhone isn’t the only device historians will recall when Jobs’ legacy is chronicled. The iMac, iPod and iPad are all equally innovative — and none may equal the beloved Macintosh, invented with Steve Wozniak, for pure creativity.

Jobs knew failure as well as he did success. He was unceremoniously removed as chairman of Apple in 1985. But he learned from that failure and, in true Silicon Valley fashion, returned with a flourish, dreaming up product after cool product that screamed to the world, “Can you top this?”

And all of this genius hasn’t just improved the net worth of Apple designers, or helped harried office workers manage their lives. It’s created hundreds of thousands of jobs — maybe more — for Apple store salespeople and app developers, at cell phone companies and accessory manufacturers. Apple has become its own industry.

Jobs closed his letter of resignation to the Apple board by saying, “I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it.”

The Valley and the nation can only hope that is true.

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Recycling: Fresno State program lacks student attention unlike California counterparts CONTINUED from page 1 locked inside the recycling bins themselves.”

Kao and her staff in the past found that a lot of students didn’t even trouble themselves with throwing away their recyclables in a nearby bin and this made things frustrating for the EHS department.

Regarding the recent trends of “going green” and sorting paper, plastic, glass and aluminum, which constitutes the budding recycling program in California, Fresno State has fallen behind.

Instead of generating ways of collecting money to go toward funding a better recycling program on campus, the EHS has opted for cheaper and less effective methods to dispose and sort all the recyclables.

Rolling out big blue trash bins and placing them behind

only a few buildings throughout campus, Kao and her staff have encourage students and faculty to use these units as means to dispose of their recyclables, especially paper.

“Students should make sure that paper gets to the big blue Dumpsters in back of buildings to ensure proper disposal,” Kao said. “Also, all waste that gets thrown into the blue Dumpster is properly sorted and shipped to Sunset Waste management where it is placed in a landfill.” Kao said.

Although Kao reports that students and faculty appear u n i n t e r e s t e d i n ke e p i n g Fresno State clear of trash, others beg to differ. University faculty and students have expressed their interest in upgrading the recycling program on campus.

“I think they should make it a lot easier for [students to

PARKING: Fines increase double CONTINUED from page 1 Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona and others do, Ar mstrong responded that Fresno State does not provide that service.

Students who appeal their ticket need to provide proof the ticket was given unjustly.

“It’s best to explain everything as clearly as possible why the citation is given wrongfully and any support documentation that would help your case,” Armstrong said.

“There is one person in our department who has been through all the training,” Armstrong added. “It will be up to that person’s decision to review that material and decide whether the citation is valid or not and if it should be upheld or not.”

When asked if there were

guidelines as to what citation would be forgiven, Armstrong responded that each case is looked at individually and that the one person looks at all the disputes so there is consistency.

When asked if The Collegian could speak to this Fresno State parking supervisor, Armstrong denied the request.

“I handle all the communication for parking. The lieutenants handle everything for police,” Armstrong said.

“That is the way the chief has set it for the past five or six years that I have been here.”

“His reason is that we have one clear consistent message,” added Armstrong.

“So he knows what is being said. That’s the way he like to operate, the way he has operated the department the whole time he has been here.”

recycle]. A lot of people here are probably not used to it and it’s a very good movement,” Fresno State recreation major Jenna Smith said.

“I

think some people have taken upon themselves to get [personal recycling bins] and have adhere to the higher goal of recycling.”

— Jane Middleton

“They don’t put any conscious effort to help [students] recycle more,” Fresno State student Daniel Gong added.

Throughout the state of

California, universities have raised the cost of admission and tuition, yet other schools such as University of Cali fo r n ia, D avis a nd California State University, Chico have been able to create and successfully sustain proficient recycling programs.

R4 Recycling is a successful and convenient program that works in conjunction with University of California, Davis and keeps the campus clean by reusing, recycling or reducing the amount of waste thrown into landfills.

Students founded Associated Students Recycling Program at California State University, Chico in 1996 to increase recycling efforts. The organization focuses on encouraging responsibility on students.

The program allows for people to get a more hands on approach to the issue of recy-

cling.

Students and f aculty at Fresno State have taken it upon themselves to recycle on an individual basis.

“I think some people have taken it upon themselves to get [personal recycling bins] and have tried to adhere to the higher goal of recycling,” D i re c t o r o f S o c i a l Wo rk Education Jane Middleton said.

Wi t h r e c y c l i n g e f f o r t s being a issue of concern in Califor nia, some students wonder if the Environmental Health and Safety department still cares about developing environmental efforts.

“But, overall I would say that we are not the strongest school when it comes to keeping our campus clean,” Middleton added.

Firebombing of casino leaves ‘around 40’ dead in Mexico

By Tim Johnson McClatchy Newspapers MEXICO CITY _ Assailants on Thursday dumped gasoline and set it afire in a casino in the city of Monterrey, trapping gamblers inside as flames engulfed the building, and a top official said “around 40” people had died.

The attack occurred around 4 p.m. at Casino Royale, a twostory building in an urban area of Monterrey, Mexico’s prosperous industrial hub near the border with Texas.

President Felipe Calderon said in a tweet that the attack was “an aberrant act of terror and savagery.”

“At this moment, we have around 40 victims,” Adrian de la Garza, the attorney general for the surrounding state of Nuevo Leon, said at midevening. “There still might be more bodies inside.”

The Milenio television network cited survivors as saying emergency exits in the Casino Royale were locked, trapping people inside and causing some to die of asphyxiation.

Smoke still poured from the building in the early evening as firefighters and rescue workers broke open walls to

the casino and searched for victims.

The motive of the attack was unclear.

De la Garza said five or six assailants entered the casino and urged gamblers to flee as they poured gasoline around the facility.

Re p o r t s c o n fl i c t e d ove r whether the assailants also tossed grenades in the casino or fired guns.

“We heard a ‘boom!’ and began to run. The room filled with smoke quickly,” Patricia Saenz, who was inside the casino, told Milenio. “There were really a lot of people. ... It was a lot of panic and fear.”

Nuevo Leon Gov. Rodrigo Medina said investigators were combing through the ashes for further information on how the attack unfolded.

“I was listening carefully to witnesses who said they’d heard gunfire, explosions,” Medina said.

National Security spokesman Alejandro Poire said law enforcement officials would punish anyone found responsible for the “ineffable act of terror.”

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C a s i n o Ro y a l e o n S a n Jeronimo Avenue is in a somewhat posh area of Monterrey, s u r ro u n d e d by h i g h - r i s e apartment towers, restaurants and private schools.

Earlier this week, gangsters in broad daylight hung a still living victim by the neck from a pedestrian walkway in the city, then took potshots at the victim with weapons.

(EDITORS: STORY CAN END HERE) The Monterrey affiliate of the Televisa network interviewed a husband of a woman trapped in the casino, identifying him as “Hector.”

“Monterrey is no man’s land today, where what rules is the gun and the grenade,” he said.

Earlier Thursday, authorities in Sinaloa state confirmed that a journalist kidnapped a day earlier, Humberto Millan, was found slain in a grassy field near the state capital of Culiacan.

Millan was the editor of online newspaper A Discusion and anchor of a news program on Radio Formula.

Sinaloa is the cradle of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel.

According to the National Human Rights Commission, a quasi-official body, more than 70 journalists have been murdered in Mexico since 2000, making it the most dangerous country in the Americas to work as a journalist.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2011

Study links diet soda to larger waistlines

By Jane J. Lee McClatchy Newspapers No good deed goes unpunished, and that seems to include people who virtuously reach for diet sodas instead of the calorie-laden good stuff.

Before guzzling that artificially sweetened beverage in a haze of guilt-free carbonation, bear in mind that your diet soda may only be adding to your bottom line _ or your waistline. At least that's the conclusion of a recently completed 12-year study.

The study looked at 474 people, ages 65 to 74, and found that, on average, those who drank diet sodas ended up with waistlines that increased three times more than those who avoided them.

People who consumed more than two diet sodas a day had waistlines that increased five times more than the nondiet soda drinkers, which included people who drank water, juices and even regular sodas, said Helen Hazuda, chief of clinical epidemiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, and one of the study's investigators.

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June she threw out the can of for the accompanying caloSome people splurge on calodiet soda sitting on her desk. ries, said Lillian Castillo, a

public health dietitian with the Santa Clara (Calif.) County Public Health Department.

But with artificial sweeteners, our bodies don't get the calories they expect, so we start to crave foods high in fat and sugar. Santa Clara resident Karl Watanabe has consumed diet sodas since his wife started buying them exclusively three years ago.

But it hasn't really affected his weight, he said. "Of course, it helps that I run marathons and do triathlons all the time."

"Once in a while, it's OK to have one," Castillo said. "But water is the only thing that's going to quench your thirst."

If water is just too bland, Castillo and Hazuda recommended adding slices of lemon or cucumber to brighten the flavor.

It may take a couple months for your brain to adjust to the different flavors, but the research suggests if you want those six-pack abs, it doesn't look as if you'll be able to find them at the bottom of a sixpack of diet soda.

Top reasons to maximize your LinkedIn presence now

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Fresno State graduate takes art global

By Thomas Pearson The Collegian College graduation often symbolizes the end of one’s educational journey, but for artist and 1993 Fresno State graduate Blanka Amezkua, g r a d u at i o n w a s o n ly t h e beginning of an adventure that would take her to the other side of the world and back.

Fo l l ow i n g g r a d u at i o n , Amezkua’s first stop was San Francisco where she lived from 1993 until 1997. When Amezkua first moved there she started by living a series of odd jobs before becoming a library assistant for a law firm where she sorted cases.

“I loved it. I felt privileged to have a good job and to still have time for my art,” said Amezkua.

While in San Francisco, Amezkua would often show her art in cafés, group shows and other non-profit locations.

Most of the exhibits she did were also for non-profit, but she did sell some of them.

In 1997, while taking some classes at San Francisco State, she enrolled in the foreign exchange program, which led her to Florence, Italy to study at the prestigious Academy of Florence.

“Italy was a very important part of my growth as an artist and person,” Amezkua said.

“Being in a foreign country really enhances who you are as a person and adds another layer to you culturally.”

One thing that really struck her while living in Italy was how similar it was to other places she had previously been. While it may have been distant geographically, she felt that culturally it wasn’t very different from places like Mexico or the Unites States.

“Ideologically and culturally we are not all that different. The culture of Italy is a lot like the Latino culture.

It’s just that when you are removed from where you live you think you are far away but then you realize that one of the only true differences is language. Everything else is similar. Traveling helps you become more aware of how societies are constructed and how the world came to be,” Amezkua said.

In 1998 after spending a year in Florence, Italy, Amezkua moved to Mexico where she began painting more than she had before taking the lessons lear ned from Italy on color and applying them to her work.

While in Mexico many of her paintings focused on the female body and fruits. She traveled to Taxco, Mexico wh e re s h e p a i n t e d fo r a while before landing a job in Cuernavaca, her hometown.

In 2000, Amezkua moved back to San Francisco where her primary focus was working on art. During this time she also worked with UC Berkely on a special project involving immigrants and access to medicine before

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Blanka Amezkua works on an embroidery piece inspired by women characters featured in Mexican comic books.

moving to New York in 2003.

Amezkua’s first job in New York was at a Mexican market called La Sirena. While living in the Bronx she became an art teacher for middle school students at three different Jesuit schools. It was a different experience for her considering she had never taught. The job took her to three different Burroughs as she traveled around New York to the Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Then in 2007 Ame zkua’s nephew was killed in a car accident. The accident shook her world. She spent a month in Fresno helping her family

before returning to New York.

Upon returning to New York she felt the need for community.

“New York can be a lonely place. It can really make you feel isolated and after the accident I needed to be around people,” Amezkua said.

In 2008 this helped spark the creation of the Bronx Blue Bedroom Project. Essentially, the project was people coming in and installing their artwork in her bedroom. Then people would come in to her apartment and view the work. Not only were the artists asked to exhibit their artwork, but also to cook a meal and give a work-

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shop to those who came to visit. Each artist had a month to display their artwork in her bedroom. On the first Wednesday of every month the Bronx Cultural Trolly would stop by her apartment to let people view the exhibits. “ The project was a first for me. Before this project I had never organized anything. I worked with a lot of artists and saw a lot of people. The thing that made me proud was that we were able to display art to the public in an alternative venue. It wasn’t your typical place that you would see art,” Amezkua said. “ It also really showed the power that art has. It brought a disenfranchised community like the Bronx together.”

In 2010 th e Bron x Bl u e Bedroom Projects run came to an end as Amezkua left New York for Athens, Greece.

While in Greece Amezkua taught English to people in private lessons, while also starting her 3 Walls on Wednesday project. The 3 Walls on Wednesday project is a project where Amezkua places art in three public locations throughout Athens. She would then speak about the art and discuss it with people.

“This project is another way for me to promote art, and another way to display it in an alternative setting,” Amezkua said.

Amezkua still does 3 Walls on Wednesday while also traveling back to Mexico, Fresno, and New York City.

She believes the most important thing that can be taken from her journey is the power that art has to bring people and communities together.

She never envisioned the journey she would go on throughout her life, but believes the lessons she learned while in school were essential to her success.

‘The Help’ is expected to brush off box-office competition again

By Amy Kaufman McClatchy Tribune LOS ANGELES _ Despite the arrival of three new films at the box office this weekend, “The Help” will be in charge again.

The movie about civil rights in 1960s Mississippi has exceeded expectations since debuting just over two weeks ago.

On its first weekend in theaters, “The Help” was runnerup to “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” but in an unlikely feat moved up to No. 1 in its second weekend of release with $20 million in ticket sales.

The adaptation of Kathryn

Stockett’s best-selling novel is expected to sweep in roughly another $15 million this weekend, bringing the movie’s domestic total to just under $100 million.

Meanwhile, an R-rated comedy, a horror movie and an action thriller are likely to sell a modest number of tickets on their opening weekend _ between $8 million and $13 million, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys.

“Our Idiot Brother,” starring Paul Rudd as a stonerslacker whose sisters implore him to get his life together, is attracting the broadest interest of any of the new movies.

The film debuted to moderate buzz at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and was financed by Big Beach Entertainment _ the production company behind 2006’s independent hit “Little Miss Sunshine” _ for $5 million.

Shortly after “Idiot Brother’s” premiere at the Park City, Utah, festival, the Weinstein Co. partnered with construction magnate and Miramax investor Ron Burkle to acquire distribution rights to the film in the U.S. and a handful of foreign territories for about $6 million.

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Allison Janney, top, and Emma Stone star in “The Help.”

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Bush 9/11 interview to air on NatGeo

By Verne Gay McClatchy Newspapers R E A S O N T O WAT C H : Bush’s first extended TV interview about 9/11.

WHAT IT’S ABOUT: In blue striped tie, white shirt, dark suit and front-lit against a black background, the 43rd president reflects on his actions on Sept. 11, 2001. There is no interviewer _ at least no one is seen or heard _ and Bush addresses the camera, or looks off to the side.

E arly t hat mo r n i n g , h e recalls, he went on a run, and later appeared at a Florida school where a reading lesson was in progress. Within two hours he would be aboard Air Force One _ soon the only plane aloft _ and giving the order to shoot down any domestic airliner that appeared to be in the hands of terrorists. By the end of the day, he was back at the White House, and the world had been wrenched in a new and unknowable direction.

MY SAY: Last November, Bush conducted an interview with Matt Lauer as part of his book promotion tour that devoted about 10 minutes to his actions on 9/11; this ground, in other words, has been covered before, but not with this level of detail, which is its chief virtue. He goes to some lengths to explain his controversial actions that day _ reading to the kids even after being informed of the second plane; and heading to points

west rather than directly to Washington.

To critics (and Bush has had a few), they were the actions of someone immobilized in the moment. Bush sees it differently: Upon hearing the news, he says, “My first reaction was anger _ who would do that to America? _ and then I immediately focused on the children ... the innocence of children clarified my job, to protect people. ...”

His aides ordered Air Force One to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, and later Of futt Air Force Base in Nebraska. “I wasn’t happy about it (but) they felt it would be irresponsible for me to head back into a city when we didn’t know what else might come.” In fact, what’s most striking, and chilling, about this program is exactly what Bush didn’t know _ arguably the average TV viewer sitting at home knew more. Phone links on Air Force One were antiquated, while the president saw the horror unfold in almost “Rashomon”-like style: Televised glimpses of the tragedy would come into focus as his plane flew over transmission towers in one city, while entirely different ones appeared over the next town.

BOTTOM LINE: In blunt and at times salty language, Bush gets to say exactly what 9/11 meant to him; it’s visceral but only occasionally revelatory. We all know this story very well. Maybe too well.

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“The Help,” based on 1960s civil rights in Mississippi, is taking the box office by storm since its release.

HELP: Movie expected to generate $100 million by weeks’ end CONTINUED from page 5 Dark” is tracking well with teenagers as well as African Americans and Latinos. The scarefest, about a young girl who discovers that frightening creatures are inhabiting her home, was directed by newcomer Troy Nixey but is being sold on the name of Guillermo del Toro. The “Pan’s Labyrinth” filmmaker not only wrote and produced “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”

but was also heavily involved in the movie’s production and postproduction.

The picture, made years ago

by Walt Disney Co.’s Miramax Films label, saw its release date delayed when the specialty film division was shut down in 2009. Bob Berney’s inde pende n t distribu tion company FilmDistrict later acquired the movie, produced

by Miramax for $25 million, and is releasing it in the U.S. Sony expects its newcomer

“Colombiana,” starring Zoe Saldana as a trained assassin on a mission to avenge the murder of her parents, to open to less than $10 million, although the film’s pre-release tracking indicates a slightly higher tally.

Sony is distributing the film in the U.S. and Latin America on behalf of EuropaCorp., the French movie studio co-founded by Luc Besson, who wrote and produced the picture.

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Zwaschka has soccer program headed in the right direction The ‘Dogs play their first home game against San Francisco at Bulldog Stadium today

By Jerry Huerta The Collegian Fresh of f winning the Western Athletic Conference Tournament championship, the soccer team is back with a bunch of new faces ready to continue what head coach Brian Zwaschka has established in his first two seasons guiding the program.

The mood is much different entering his third season than entering his second where the team went just 6-13 in 2009.

Now, Zwaschka has to get the newcomers up to speed to keep the momentum he has estab-

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some great leadership for all the new players.”

The returners have already put their stamp on the team in the first two games of the season with senior Molly Nizzoli, senior Laura Dodd and sophomore Kayla Kret each netting their first goals of the year.

Junior Callie Hancock is making her presence felt on the field and Zwaschka has seen the junior’s development during her time in the program.

“Callie is an extremely athletic gal,” Zwaschka said. “She was prepared to contribute in her freshman year. She had a

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lished.

“We’re pretty excited about having some history to build on from last year’s success,” Zwaschka said. “We have new players that are already showing that they’re prepared to contribute and some of them already have.”

Some of those newcomers have made a difference with most of them contributing in Fresno State’s second game this year on Aug. 21 against U n ive r s i t y o f Te x a s - S a n Antonio.

Freshman Jaycee Bingham, a Clovis East High School product, scored the first goal of the game and the first goal of her career. Freshman Per nille Ingvaldsen scored the next goal in the same game, also the first goal of her career. Also, freshman goalie Katie DeVault had the first shutout of her career as the team won the game 4-0.

The new players aren’t the only ones making a difference on the field. The veterans are showing what they’ve learned during their time as Bulldogs.

“The g roup of retur ners have shown the experience that they’ve built up in the last two years since I’ve been here,” Zwaschka said.

“They’re showing now that they’re really engaged in all our concepts and showing

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slower sophomore year, but she had a very bright spring.

That made us feel like she really understood the pressure and expectations of playing forward for us. She’s embraced that and done a great job developing herself physically as well as technically.”

Hancock has come out the gate firing scoring her first goal of the season in the Bulldogs season opener on Aug. 11 against 11th-ranked Texas A&M, which they lost in a narrow contest 4-2. She also assisted on the team’s second goal of the game. Hancock added another goal in Fresno State’s exhibition game

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e’re pretty excited about having some history to build on.”

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against California Now, with the home opener happening today against San Francisco at Bulldog Stadium, Zwaschka talked about what will be needed for his team to get back on track with its second win of the young season.

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Junior Callie Hancock has already provided a spark for the Bulldogs in the first two games of the young season.

“Try to make sure everybody understands how important the basic details are and if you can get 11 people clicking whether or not they’re the starters or subs,” Zwaschka said. “We’re going to be just fine. We want to create that solidarity defensively where everybody contributes, but also we want to make sure the team keeps that fiery attitude.

In the future you got to score goals and that’s what we’re going to do.”

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Fresno State football release s 2 0 1 2 n o n - c o n fe re n c e schedule The football team released its 2012 non-conference schedule for its first season in the Mountain West Conference.

The Bulldogs season opener will be at home against Weber State on Sept. 1. Then, they travel to Eugene, Oregon to play the Ducks at Autzen Stadium on Sept. 8.

The Bulldogs host Colorado on Sept. 15. The ‘Dogs finish their non-conference schedule in Tulsa, Oklahoma against the Golden Hurricane.

Fresno State sells 12,000 tickets The Fresno Bee is reporting that Fresno State has sold 12,000 tickets for the Fresno State vs California game.

The game is on Sept. 3rd and with the amount of tickets sold, the team could have a sea of Bulldog red to support the ‘Dogs at Candlestick Park.

Lacrosse will have a brand new head coach next season Je s s i c a Pa u s ew a n g w a s hired on as the new head coach of the lacrosse program.

She takes over a program

that has yet to win its first game in program history.

Aquatics Center is finally finished The swimming and diving team used the aquatic center for the first time this week.

The program has been waiting for the aquatic center to be completed.

Now, that the aquatic center is finished the swimming and diving teams can use the facility after playing last season at Clovis North High School.

Soccer and lacrosse will play on new field in 2012 Coach Zwaschka announced that Fresno State will host the WAC Tournament this season and it could be on a new facililty.

Zwaschka says the field should be completed by the time the WAC Tour nament starts.

The ‘Dogs will put bleachers out on the new facility so they have everything in top condition for the other programs that will be competing.

They will share a new facility with the women’s lacrosse team who will use it in the spring.

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The Fresno State volleyball team starts the season with the Fresno State Classic on Aug. 26-27 at the Save Mart Center.

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Netherby-Sewell’s team facing tough competition

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The ‘Dogs are working out the kinks before the season starts with a bunch of newcomers. The Fresno State Classic starts today with some difficult competition coming to the Save Mart Center.

By Jerry Huerta The Collegian The Fresno State volleyball team is starting off the season a little differently than seasons past. In 2011, the Bulldogs begin the season playing some of the toughest teams on their schedule.

The Bulldogs open up hosting the Fresno State Classic and will face formidable opponents such as No. 20 San Diego, Cal Poly and Long Island.

For the 2010 season, Cal Poly was 22-7, but didn’t get selected for the NCAA Tournament.

San Diego had a successful 2010 season advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, eventually losing to Southern California.

T he Toreros finished the season with a 24-5 record.

Long Island finished its season going 10-21 and lost in the North East Conference Tournament.

Although the season is going

to start with some tough competition, head coach Lauren Netherby-Sewell sees it as a thrilling opportunity rather than a road block.

“It’s an exciting time,” said Netherby-Sewell at volleyball media day. “I love this time of the year. We’re testing things out daily and we’re seeing what we got. It’s always nerve wrecking right before your first matches playing against some of the better teams that we’ll face this year. We like where we’re at right now. We like this team and we’re on a roll.”

Netherby-Sewell says the team’s goal for the season is to get to the NCAA Tournament, but the real challenge is getting some of the players used to the Bulldog way. Fresno State lost four seniors from last season to graduation and have seven new players to try to fill the vacant slots.

Some of the notable newcomers are freshman Maci

Murdock, freshman Christina Lee and junior college transfer Barbara Alcantara.

Murdock is a middle blocker who had 357 kills, 264 blocks and 171 digs. Lee was a twotime first-team All-WCAL honoree at the libero position during her high school career.

Alcantara was a 2010 junior college second-team AllAmerican. Netherby-Sewell talked a little bit about her newcomers.

“We have seven newcomers,” said Netherby-Sewell, who is entering her fourth season.

“It’s interesting, everyone’s telling me ‘you’ve built the program now are you where you want to be.’ I said well we’re teaching again because we have seven new people coming in, but we like who we have in. We really spend a lot of time recruiting them and they’re very talented. We probably have four of our seven starting this weekend, which is a lot. Again, they have the

talent. They just need to learn the system and get comfortable with it.”

Despite so many new faces, the ‘Dogs have some returning standouts in Brianna Clarke and junior Marissa Brand, both 2010 second team AllWestern Athletic Conference honorees. Clarke was honored as a preseason All-WAC selection for the second straight season.

Netherby-Sewell gave some thoughts on both players and how one of them didn’t get properly recognized.

“Bri’s an obvious choice,” Netherby-Sewell said. “She puts up good numbers every year. We hope she has her best numbers this year. Marissa Brand got slighted in that vote and I can’t wait for her to disappoint our opponents by being pretty awesome. So there are going to be some other nods I think at the end of the season, but Bri is well deserved.”

Brand led the team with 354 kills and was second on the team with 268 digs.

Now, with the g ames a couple days away, NetherbySewell described what it will take for her team to be successful.

“Our serving is going to be really important,” NetherbySewell said. “We’ve worked on it for months. Everyone thinks serving is serving and they don’t practice it a lot. We practice it all the time. You just saw it at the end of our practice here. We want to serve tough to debilitate our opponents’ sideout game. That’s where they’re going to be strong. If we can debilitate that a little bit and play our game on the outside then we have a good chance.”

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UCLA is welcoming the heat before opener

By Chris Foster Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES _ The weather is cooperating with UCLA. The Bruins will hold their final scrimmage Friday at the Rose Bowl, away from prying eyes and cell phone cameras, as they prepare for the opener at Houston on Sept. 3. The extra good news is the “excessive heat war ning” for the Pasadena area.

“We don’t have as many people around, so we’ll get some more things done,” Coach Rick Neuheisel said. “But the best thing about it is to play in that heat, which will be close to what we’ll see in Houston.”

Pasadena will have a high of 96, with a “real feel” of 102, according to Accuweather. com. The forecast for Houston on Sept. 3 _ as of Thursday _ is 82 degrees, with the “real feel” of 91. Thunderstorms are also

in the forecast.

“We can get the feel of that heat and learn not (to) give into in it,” Neuheisel said.

The scrimmage is unlikely to result in the naming of a quarterback, though Kevin Prince continues to take almost all his reps with the first team.

Prince, who won the job the last two years, had a solid day Thursday. He finished it by completing six of seven passes in the two-minute drill. The

drive ended with Prince placing a high throw where the 6-foot-8 Joseph Fauria could get to the ball. Fauria made a one-handed catch at the back of the end zone.

It made for a perfect moment to name Prince the starter, but it was Neuheisel’s turn to pass.

Asked whether he thought the quarterbacks would like to know now, Neuheisel said, “I’m sure they do; moreover, I

think their parents do. I’m not trying to be hard on anybody.”

Neuheisel did give a little ground on the daily quarterback questioning, saying he would name the starter before game day.

“I don’t want to make it uncomfortable for anybody,” he said.