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Bulldogs say Faces light up at Christmas Tree Lane ‘Aloha’ to Hawaii Bowl By Ricardo Cano The Collegian T he Bulldo gs will be spending Christmas in Hawaii this postseason. Fresno State, which concluded the regular season as a co-champion of the Mountain West Conference, accepted a bid to play in the 2012 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, Athletic Director Thomas Boeh announced Sunday. Fresno State will play Conference U S A re p re s e n t at ive S o u t h e r n Methodist University on Christmas Eve at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. A win against SMU would give the Bulldogs (9-3, 7-1) their first 10-win season since 2001. “We are pleased and excited to receive an invitation to participate in the 2012 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl and look forward to playing a highly respected Southern Methodist University team,” Boeh said in a statement. “The Island of Oahu is, of course, a world-renowned destination known for both its spectacular attractions and unsurpassed hospitality. Our players, staff and fans will undoubtedly thoroughly enjoy many of the offerings of the Aloha State as we prepare to represent the Mountain West Conference in what should be a terrific football See ALOHA, Page 7
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Rain doesn’t damper opening night festivities. (Top) The Lofgren family encourages their son, Landry, to step out of his stroller and step into bubbles outside of one of Christmas Tree Lane’s most popular home. (Bottom) This year marks the lane’s 90th anniversary. According to Christmas Tree Lanes’s website, on average, more than 100,000 people visit each year.
EVENT INFO C h r i s t m a s T r e e L a n e, located on Van Ness between Shields and Shaw, opened Saturday. The next walk night is Saturday Dec. 11 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. The lights will be on for drivers on weekends from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. until Dec. 25. Donations benefiting the lighting and maintenance are accepted.
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Matthew Bird, a graduate student, says he has heard of the disorder. “If it is what I think it is,” Bird said, “it affects people in areas where they don’t get a lot of sunlight.” According to an article on MedicineNet.com, written by Dr. Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, “statistics on seasonal affective disorder in the United States include that this disorder occurs in about 5% of adults, with up to 20% of people having some symptoms of the condition but not sufficient enough to meet diagnostic criteria for the disorder.” S.A.D. is four times more common in women than men, reports the medicine site. The disorder does not discriminate as it can affect people of all ages but is commonly found in young adults. “The average age of people when they first develop this illness is 23 years of age,” states MedicineNet.com Though there isn’t an actual test to determine whether one is suffering from S.A.D., symptoms that point to having the disorder can be helpful in determining what the issue may be, points out MedicineNet. Symptoms of S.A.D. include fatigue, tiredness, trouble concentrating, irritability, depression, body aches, loss of sex drive, poor sleep, decreased activity level and overeating which leads to an increase in weight.
Seasonal Affective Disorder, known as S.A.D., is a type of depression that occurs during the winter months when sunlight decreases and is more common in women than men.
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By Katherine Ayala The Collegian For some, as the clouds cover the skies with gloom and showers bathe our city, this time of year brings about cozy feelings. However, for others, it may be a depressing time which some describe as having the winter blues. The term used to describe the winter blues is Seasonal Affective Disorder
or S.A.D. It is a type of depression that occurs during the same time each year, according to the medical website WebMD. This may commonly affect people in particular areas due to the lack of sunlight. S.A.D. is typically during the fall and winter months when the days are shorter and we experience less sunlight. However, S.A.D. may occur during the summer seasons as well describes MedicineNet.com
Shooting at the
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Via University Communications Fresno State police reported that a shooting Thursday night outside of the Save Mart Center was gang related. According to Fresno State Police Chief David Huerta, the incident started with an exchange between members of two known rival gangs during the MMG concert featuring rapper Rick Ross. Security personnel at the Save Mart Center responded to the conflict, escorting 10-15 individuals from the venue. The conflict continued in the north parking lot of the Save Mart Center. Gunshots were reported at about 10:30 p.m. Fresno State Police responded immediately. One person received a non-life-threatening injury and was transported to Community Regional Medical Center. Six persons were detained for questioning by Fresno State Police. One arrest was made for violation of felony probation. The Fresno Police Department is assisting Fresno State Police in the ongoing investigation of this incident.
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UNIVERSITY IN DENIAL OVER CAMPUS SAFETY By Neil O’Brien ASI senator for parking and safety As the elected student senator for parking and safety at Fresno State, I feel it is my obligation to address Vice President of Student Affairs Paul Oliaro’s propaganda and campaign of denial regarding campus safety issues at Fresno State. This week, the university has attempted to convince the community that the issue of campus safety is not as bad as it may appear. It is my belief that the majority of the student population at Fresno State believes that the university’s administration is in absolute denial about the safety concerns of students regardless of national rankings. Student government representatives constantly hear first-hand stories from our constituency that supports our belief that this campus is plagued with bike thefts, burglaries, robberies — just to name a few. I am unaware of another campus such as Fresno State that has experienced multiple robberies at gunpoint, shootings occurring in fraternity houses by gang members, and an incident where a sexual predator assaulted a female student in the campus library, all within the period of one year. Our student email accounts receive an outrageous amount of crime alert announcements released by the university’s police department detailing incidents that relate to campus crime. Fresno State is only kidding itself by stating that this campus is safe. It is especially unfortunate that the F resno State Police Department refuted its own crime re por ting statistics as a way to parrot the university’s position on the matter. University police have a one-mile jurisdiction around the official campus border, where a vast majority of students live and commute to and from school, which is why crime statistics regarding Fresno State should include the immediate area around the campus. Fresno State’s denial of the real safety issues that exist on and adjacent to the campus is insulting to students that have been victims of crime, but its administration continues to downplay the seriousness of this matter. To add more hypocrisy to the issue, the Fresno State administration, through issuing a press release to the media, attempted to reflect itself in a positive light rather than informing the students about campus crime issues. Olario paid lip service to the issue of student safety by addressing Business Insider’s reissued crime rankings across the U.S. by stating, “This revision provides a more accurate assessment of the safety of our campus and reinforc-
es our students’ perceptions that they feel safe.” Oliaro made this statement merely hours before another violent shooting took place on campus Thursday evening. If it really were true that Fresno State is considered to be a safe campus, there would be no need for a Campus Police Department with so many officers. If it were true that crime is not an issue at Fresno State, the Revitalize the Fresno State Community Movement would be unnecessary. If it were true crime was not an issue at Fresno State, the senator position in ASI representing parking and safety issues would be unnecessary. The reality is that the Fresno State campus area does have a serious crime problem, which ASI is well aware of and I am not denying this fact — unlike Fresno State’s administration. Students should be outraged that campus administrators are practicing “spin control” and downplaying a serious matter by promoting propaganda at the expense of jeopardizing students’ safety at Fresno State.
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WEB-SPE@K Response: The Santa ‘Clause’
“Unbroken” is a story about life, adversity and war written by Laura Hillenbrand, who also wrote the New York Times bestselling book “Seabiscuit.” It is a true story that takes place during World War II, about a man tossed into some of life’s most unimaginable situations. The main character of the book, Louis Zamperini, is an Olympic track star who enlists in the military during WWII to fly planes. During his service, Zamperini runs into different life-threatening obstacles that required one of the most determined minds in order to stay alive. The story depicts real life experiences and shows the true personal aspects of life before, during and after one of the world’s biggest and deadliest wars. Readers who enjoy real life stories will love reading this nail-biting story about “survival, resilience and redemption.” Beginning with his childhood, Hillenbrand takes you through the life of the young Olympian through all of his good and extremely painful experiences. Hillenbrand has done it again and really captures readers in a world of mental and physical chaos leaving them on the edge of their seats, wondering what’s next. A mustread story about survival and rescue. I highly recommend everyone read this book. Alan Wileman Contributing Writer
William S.: “‘Though we, as adults, refuse to believe in a supernatural immortal who flies through the heavens giving gifts, why do we allow our children to believe in him?’ Adults are just as supernatural. Most religions perpetuate creation stories even more outrageous than a jolly old man in a red suit. Our stories have angels that fly through the heavens much like Santa and his sleigh, and miracles that would make Santa’s feat of delivering toys resemble ‘child’s play’ when compared to walking on water, feeding thousands with three fish, or turning water into wine. The only thing that is different is the nature of the gift. In many ways, believing in Santa prepares children for believing in God.”
Response: Smith better than Kaepernick ‘ScreenName’: “It’s a small sample size, but in the two games Kaep has played in, there is not one thing that Smith does better than him. Kaep has better pocket presence, a better arm, better accuracy down the field, better mobility (and thus the ability to diversify the playbook with QB read options etc.), and the ability to make tough throws in tight spaces, which Smith does not do. I couldn’t blame Harbaugh for going back to Smith, but it makes perfect sense to go with Kaep at this point. And I thought Kaep was going to be a career back up; I never liked his game.”
Hey, that’s interesting Discoveries made in Albert Einstein’s brain Last week, never-before-seen pictures of Albert Einstein’s brain were revealed. Neuroscientists discovered more “ridges and valleys” — more surface area — in Einstein’s brain than in the average human’s. As the brain develops, these ridges grow in number resulting in the increase of grey area. In a brain similar to Einstein’s, this means that there is a greater capacity for the brain to talk to itself in different ways, according to Dr. Sanjay Gupta. This doesn’t prove, however, that the person is necessarily smarter because of the space. The area in the frontal lobe of Einstein’s brain was split into two areas. In most people, that area is fused together. This is the area in charger of the implementation of ideas — the ability to take concepts and do something with them. According to Gupta, it is difficult to say that differences like these are responsible for the historic figure’s vast intelligence. Cartoon by Callie Dunehew / The Collegian
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WEATHER : Students keep spirits up with routine CONTINUED from page 1 During the summer months symptoms are insomnia, poor appetite and weight loss, as well as the symptoms felt during the fall and winter months. “ I n s eve re i n s t a n c e s, s e a s o n a l affective disorder can be associated with thoughts of suicide,” notes MedicineNet. Bird says he used to feel a change is his mood according to the season but has since found positivity in it. “Whenever it rains or there’s overcast I think of snow in the mountains and that makes me happy,” Bird said. “I think of snow in the mountains which then turns into runoff and water in our lakes in the summer. And I like to ski and snowboard and I like wakeboard and go boarding. So whenever it’s overcast I’m happy because I know it means there’s going to be more snow in the mountains.” For Bird, as a child and teenager in high school, he said he would definitely become depressed. Now as an adult that has changed, although during the winter he feels a change and has a difficult time waking-up when the sun is not out. “I kind of wake up according to the sun. So if I have to wake up before the sun, it’s tough for me,” Bird said. “I definitely have a harder time getting up, more based on the lack of sunlight,” added Bird. “In the summer I don’t have as hard of a time getting up.” The disorder “seems to develop from inadequate bright light during the winter months,” states MedicineNet.com. “Researchers have found that bright
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Louise Schneberger, 42, of Commerce Township, has Seasonal Affective Disorder; she sits in her dining room in front of what she calls her “happy light.”
light changes the chemicals in the brain.” Graduate student Daniel Vasile feels differently. The fall season we are experiencing now does not have an affect on him. “I’m usually very constant,” Vasile said about his sleeping pattern. “I go to sleep very late so I have to sleep at least eight or 10 hours.”
For those who live with S.A.D., treatment comes in different forms depending on the extent of the disorder. Antidepressants may be prescribed if one becomes depressed. Another treatment plan or option as described on MedicineNet is exposure to bright light, which is also known as phototherapy.
Discussant: Rose Marie Kuhn Inspired by true events, the French film by Moroccan-French director Ismael Ferroukhi tells the little known story of a handful of Muslims who fought for the French Resistance and used the Grand Mosque in Paris to hide and rescue French Jews during WWII. The film features three seasoned French actors: Tahar Rahim as Younes, an uneducated thug who manages to find his true calling with the help of his Muslim brothers; Michel Lonsdale as the crafty Moroccan civil servant and diplomat who played a major historical role in Paris’ Grand Mosque; and Mahmud Shalaby as the flamboyant Jewish cabaret singer Salim Halali whose success continued well after WWII. The film was an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival in 2011. French & Arabic with English subtitles. 99 minutes. Film trailer: http://www.imdb.com/title/ tt1699185/ Film Screening: 5:30 p.m. Peter ’s Education Center Auditorium west of SaveMart Center in the Student Recreation Center Building.
Holiday bargain-shopping online can be a confusing deal By Lindsay Wise The McClatchy Tribune Browsing for the best deal on the Internet during this holiday season can make even the savviest shopper feel like a high-stakes gambler. Online prices for everything from food processors to flat-screen TVs can fluctuate by hundreds of dollars, from site to site, day to day, or even hour to hour. For bargain-hunting Web surfers, such volatility presents a vexing dilemma: Click “buy” now, only to see the product selling for less the next time you log on, or hold off and risk the price jumping out of reach. A Nikon D7000 digital camera with lens, for example, starts at a list price of $1,496.96. After Best Buy published a Black Friday teaser price of $999, other retailers slashed prices online. At 12:58 a.m. EST on Thanksgiving, CompUSA of fered the camera for $996.95, according to the price-tracking website Decide.com. Seventy minutes later, Wal-Mart dropped its price to $999. Within the hour, Target followed suit, and before dawn Friday, competitors Amazon, B&H and other sellers had done the same. The following week, the Nikon D7000 jumped to a range of $1,196.95 to $1,396.95 on those same websites. “It’s always been true ‘let the buyer beware,’ and now we can say that’s also true online,” said Jeffrey Chester, the executive director of the nonprofit Center for Digital Democracy in Washington. “Today’s better deal may be tomorrow’s raw deal.” Price wars rage with particular intensity during the holidays, but skirmishes go on year-round. Prices rise as often as they fall, and it’s all but impossible for shoppers to discern any method in the madness. “The bottom line is this is so confusing and so data intensive that it’s a job for a machine,” said Oren Etzioni, a computer science professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. Online price changes are driven by software that enables retailers to react to competitors in real time and make personalized pitches to consumers based on their browsing and purchase histories. Complex algorithms calculate fac-
tors such as inventory levels, how many sellers are carrying a product, how long it’s been on the market and when a new model is expected. Retailers also use browser data to target customers with discounts or free-shipping offers for products they might like depending on where they live, their demographic profiles, the pages they’ve clicked on, the items in their baskets, even the local weather. The infor mation used to customize your online shopping experience is culled from your click history and “cookies,” tiny data files saved on a computer’s hard drive while visiting a website. If you’re a repeat customer or a member of a loyalty program, marketers know even more about your tastes. The goal is to turn the store’s website or app into a virtual “personal shopper” for each visitor. “Retailers have a much better idea of who you are and what you’re willing to buy,” said Jason Buechel, a senior executive at Accenture, a technology outsourcing and consulting company. “Instead of having you price-compare across multiple websites, they’re trying to drive you to close the sale as soon as possible.” Does that mean retailers might offer you a different price from another customer for the same product? It’s hard to say. Although the technology exists, industry professionals say it’s not a widely accepted practice, mainly because companies fear a backlash. Amazon took a public relations hit in 2000 when customers noticed that the company had sold the same DVD for different prices. Once the story broke, the company said the phenomenon was part of a temporary pricing experiment, and it refunded customers. More recently, Orbitz came under fire for showing pricier hotels at the top of search results to Macintosh users, who have higher household incomes than PC users do, research shows. As Chief Executive Officer Bar ney Harford explained in a May blog post, the intent was to give consumers more personalized recommendations. “We’ve identified that Mac users are 40 percent more likely to book a four- or five-star hotel than PC users,” Harford wrote. “A similar skew applies for iPad users. We can use that information to
influence which hotels we recommend to users we see searching on a Mac or an iPad versus a PC, for example.” Retailers often use the Web as a laboratory to test pricing strategies, said Joe Stanhope, a customer intelligence analyst for Forrester Research Inc. “Sometimes it’s as simple as trying to determine if people prefer a certain dollar amount off, or a certain percentage off, and which type of offer resonates better with customers,” Stanhope said. “They’re trying to understand what the real parameters are in pricing. The reason they like to do it on the Web is you have a lot of traffic and a lot of people buying things.” The lack of transparency troubles consumer advocates. “Your financial future is increasingly going to be determined by these secret algorithms powered by computers,” said Chester, from the Center for Digital Democracy. “All that’s happening under the radar or behind the curtain in a digital wizard’s lab, and I think it’s incredibly unfair.” The good news is that consumers have a growing number of weapons in
their digital arsenal. The proliferation of mobile devices has made comparing prices and discount shopping easier than ever, thanks to websites and apps such as Bizrate, PriceGrabber and CouponCabin. Decide, the cutting-edge site founded last year by Etzioni, the University of Washington professor, helps cost-conscious consumers make sense of price changes using the same data-driven analytics that retailers use to predict consumer behavior. The site analyzes millions of reviews, blogs, articles, news releases and pricing trends, then recommends whether to buy or wait. In the case of the Nikon camera, Decide this week recommended waiting, since, it says, the price is likely to drop $158 or hold steady. The predictions aren’t perfect, but the site claims they’re right 77 percent of the time. “Often consumers are the target of big data and of data mining, and what we’re doing is we’re leveling the playing field,” Etzioni said. “We’re trying to make data be your friend rather than a weapon that’s used against you.”
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“Retailers have a much better idea of who you are and what you’re willing to buy,” said Jason Buechel, a senior executive at Accenture, a technology outsourcing and consulting company.
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Busy week in the universe SCIENCE EDITORIAL By Jeff Smith The Collegian What is going on with the space projects lately? There are just so many awesome discoveries coming from outside our atmosphere in the last few months, it makes you wonder why NASA gets next to no money. Everyone knows about the Curiosity Rover sitting up on Mars taking pictures and gathering samples of the extraterrestrial dirt, but so much more has been happening. From what seemed to be a random announcement Thursday, new evidence was released that the planet closest to the sun might have traces of ice on its northern pole. Researchers from NASA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Los Angeles discovered what appears to be ice and organic material in craters that are permanently lost in the shadows at the northern pole of Mercury. According to National Geographic, the surface of Mercury can reach 801 degrees Fahrenheit. That is hot enough to melt metals such as lead and zinc. In other words, it’s pretty warm. Finding ice on a planet that can get that hot is like finding an ice cube in the back of your oven, it just isn’t very expected. Scientists believed, as early as the 1990s, that there could be ice or water near Mercury’s poles. However, the evidence was inconclusive and didn’t reveal positive results. The evidence taken by NASA’s MESSENGER mission showed highresolution topog raphical maps of Mercury’s surface, which depicted signs of ice. Not willing to be shown up, scientists studying the North Star Polaris found
that the wellk n ow n s t a r i s quite a bit closer than previously thought. Previously t h o u g h t to be 434 light-years aw ay, n e w research suggests that scient i s t s we re wrong by more than 100 lightyears. Polaris is a star that scientists use to measure distances in space, so this new discovery can change quite a bit. The new distance m e a s u re m e n t m ay help astronomers in the pursuit of several cosmic mysteries like the hunt for the elusive dark energy, researchers said. A study by Canadian, Ukrainian and Belgian astronomers confirmed the closer distance. In another galaxy far, far away, a supermassive black hole was found. University of Texas researchers rank this black hole among the biggest ever discovered. A small galaxy 250 light-years away known as NGC 1277 is the home of the black hole that is equivalent to the size of 17 billion suns. That is a massive swirling ball of black death. This black hole takes up about 14 percent of the mass of the galaxy it resides
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Shown in red are areas of Mercury’s north polar region that are in shadow, in all images acquired by MESSENGER to date. Image coverage, and mapping of shadows, where ice has been found, is incomplete.
in. The average black hole might represent only 0.1 percent of its host galaxy. Another large black hole was discovered in 2011 that was comparable to this new sighting. Scientists who are looking to the cosmos have really been stepping up lately. There have been so many discoveries and sure to be more in the coming years. Saturday, astronomers detected grains of dust gathering around a faraway star and were able to take a photo of what appears to be a planet forming. The image was taken with the Subaru Telescope located in Hawaii and shows a disk of dust circling a star 450 lightyears away. Today, NASA will be giving an update into the Curiosity Rover mission on Mars. Curiosity caused a stir in the science community when it first
Image Credit: NASA/ J o h n s Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/ Carnegie Institution of Washington/National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory
landed earlier this year, however, the rover has failed to produce anything groundbreaking. NASA is trying to keep any wishful thinking to a minimum, but hopefully can produce something for the announcement at noon. The cosmos are developing into a vast and interesting place filled with things hard to imagine for anyone without a million dollar telescope. These developments are all important to answer the questions humans have pondered for thousands of years. We can have our solutions if projects such as these continue into the future.
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On Sol 84 (Oct. 31, 2012), NASA’s Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture this set of 55 high-resolution images, which were stitched together to create this fullcolor self-portrait.
A chapter of the layered geological history of Mars is laid bare in this postcard from NASA’s Curiosity rover. The image shows the base of Mount Sharp, the rover’s eventual science destination.
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TRAGEDY: KC gets ALOHA: ’Dogs face 6-6 Mustangs win after player’s death CONTINUED from page 8 zant of the personal situations of those to whom he is most close. “The one thing people can hopefully try to take away is the relationships they have with people,” Quinn said. “When it happened ... I was thinking what I could have done differently? When you ask someone how they are doing, do you really mean it? When you answer someone back how you are doing, are you really telling the truth? Hopefully people can learn from this and try to actually help if someone is battling something deeper on the inside than what they are revealing on a day-to-day basis.” The game went off as scheduled after Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel and the team’s captains decided to play the game a little more than 24 hours after the apparent murder-suicide. Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli were present when the 25-year-old Belcher took his life in a parking lot not far from the stadium. A f t e r S u n d ay ’ s g a m e, Crennel declined to discuss details of the suicide he witnessed, saying, “It wasn’t a pretty sight, so I’m choosing not to talk about it. I’m proud of the guys in that locker room and proud of the coaches and organization for having to deal with what we had to deal with and to be able to pull through it and show some character.” For their part, the Panthers also had to play through the emotions of a tragedy that was on the minds of everyone on
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he one thing people can hopefully try to take away is the relationships they have with people.” — Brady Quinn, Kansas City quarterback
the field, sidelines and stands. “The only way to approach this is to try to go forward,” Panthers coach Ron Rivera said. “I explained to the players what happened, and tried to get them focused on the game and then go from there. (The Chiefs) played an inspired football game. We have to give them credit because they suffered through a very difficult time and rallied as a team.” The Chiefs organization had grief counselors available to the team at its hotel Saturday night, and Chair man Clark Hunt addressed the players. “It was a good thing that we had people to talk to,” defensive end Shaun Smith said. “That’s the biggest thing _ when you have problems you have to be able to talk to somebody.” C re n n e l h a d c a l l e d t h e team’s leaders Saturday night to get their input on whether to play or postpone the game, and Hunt was in contact with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell regarding the decision. “Romeo asked me whether or not I felt like we should play,” said veteran quarterback Matt Cassel, one of the Chiefs captains. “I told him it was a healthy distraction for me to be able to get back with my teammates and family and get away from the chaos. You sit around and try to find reasons why, and there’s never an easy answer. “This is what we do for a profession, but we’re also human beings and know how precious life is,” Cassel added. “We’re so sorry and our hearts go out and our condolences to the families of the victims. We lost a teammate, but at the same time there’s a 22-year-old woman who lost her life and there’s a 3-month-old child who is going to grow up not knowing her mom and dad. It’s a tough situation.”
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After finishing as conference champions in its first season in the Mountain West, Fresno State will end up going to the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, which debuts on Christmas Eve. Junior quarterback Derek Carr and the ’Dogs will face Southern Methodist University for the first time since 2004.
CONTINUED from page 1 game,” Boeh added. The game, televised nationally by ESPN, will kickoff at 5 p.m. PT. Fresno State, bowl eligible this year after going 4-9 in 2011 and missing out on the postseason, will face off against an SMU team that finished 6-6 overall and 5-3 in conference play. The Bulldogs have faced the Mustangs six previous times when both teams were members of the Western Athletic Conference from 1999-’04. In that time span, the Bulldogs were 5-1. Fresno State routed SMU 42-0 on Oct. 30, 2004, the last time both teams met. Head coach Tim DeRuyter ( @ T i m D e Ru y t e r ) t o o k t o Twitter and his 4,800 followers to announce his response. “Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) Red Wave! Big test vs. June Jones’ SMU team on Christmas Eve. It’s the Most wonderful time of the year! #bowlin,” DeRuyter tweeted shortly after the announcement was made. S e n i o r o f f e n s ive l i n e man Richard Hele piko (@
PolyNerd78) tweeted: “Hawaii here we come. I’m juiced.” This is the sixth year in a row that the Mountain West has sent five teams to bowl games. Boise State, San Diego State, Nevada and Air Force are the other programs representing the conference in bowl appearances this season. The Bulldogs share this year’s conference championship with the Aztecs and the Broncos, who accepted a bid to play Pac-12 representative Washington in the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Bowl also considered Fresno State to be its Mountain West representative, the bowl’s executive director Dan Hanneke said earlier last week. “It’s been a really good season, and they’ve been a fun team to watch,” said Jacqui Glasener, Fresno State’s executive director of alumni relations. “I think it’ll be a great game on Christmas Eve in Honolulu. It’s great that we’ve been able to go on to the postseason. I think the team has performed really well and it’s recognition of a great season. I’m excited
Knight: the legend with an asterisk By Luke Shaffer The Collegian
SPORTS COLUMN The other day as I was scrolling through topics on my favorite non-EPSN sports website called Bleacher Report, I came across an important topic in college basketball. This topic while relevant in the ‘90s, I feel should be revisited and certain lessons need to be learned from the consequences it produced. The topic I’m describing is the controversy over legendary coach Bob Knight and the dark situation that befell his career in 1997. The specifics of the story could make for a rather long tale, so I’ll spare the details. But the short version of the story goes: Knight, who at the time was coaching Indiana, was winding down his glory days as he gave the university consistent seasons of 19 wins
or more, but no championships. A player named Neil Reed, who came into college basketball with a lot of fanfare from high school, became a target of physical and mental violence that Knight was occasionally prone to exhibiting. Taking three years to exact some measure of justice, Reed’s family was able to get Indiana to place Knight on a zero tolerance alert, which he quickly violated. The evidence that brought Knight to justice, although this action was more of a slap on the wrist than an actual penalty, was a video of Reed being choked by Knight. Citing that he wouldn’t stand failure, Knight kicked not only Reed but also two other teammates to the curb. Knight verbally abused the three players and told them that they had zero future at Indiana. Reed responded by transferring to Southern Mississippi and finished his collegiate
career. What is interesting to note is that Knight was able to continue his career and only a small mark was placed on his illustrious college basketball career. Knight seemed not to learn from his mistakes that his wild and sometimes out-of-control temper caused him to commit. Another incident similar to the one between Knight and Reed happened when Knight used physical abuse to intimidate one of his players, freshman Kent Harvey. This incident led to Knight being fired and his great coaching career at Indiana was quickly terminated. Despite his many years as a coach with an exceptional long and winning career college sports, Knight’s passion for basketball sometimes got the better of him. And it’s a shame that Knight took out his anger on such players as Reed. Despite all of Reed’s high school accolades and sup-
posed prima donna character, he didn’t deserve the brunt of Knight’s rage. Although Knight called for perfectionism in his system, Reed needed to be cultivated in a softer manner. Unfortunately for Reed, his choice to play for Indiana resulted in another Knight altercation. Knight remains as an iconic figure in sports, and Reed has disappeared into semi-obscurity since their unfortunate entangle 15 years earlier. With his passing last July, Reed has resurfaced into relevancy and has been remembered as a character that brought smiles to his friends and family. Knight will still be a legend in the history of college basketball, but an asterisk should be placed next to his name. An asterisk that should remind people of what one’s choices, and the consequences that come with them, can do in terms of shaping the future of others.
for the players,” Glasener said. She said about 750 alumni reside in Hawaii and that travel packages will be offered to fans wishing to attend the game. “That would be great – for our Red Wave fans to support the ‘Dogs and spend their holidays in Hawaii,” Glasener said. “I hope that we’re going to be able to have a group that goes over and supports the Bulldogs.” Fresno State ranks 12th in both points per game (40.3) and passing yards (322.6 per game) among Football Bowl Subdivision schools this season. Here is a look at the other Mountain West bowl games this postseason: • Maaco Bowl Las Vegas: No. 19 Boise State (10-2, 7-1) vs. Washington (7-5, 5-4 Pac-12) on Dec. 22. • Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Nevada (7-5, 4-4) vs. Arizona (7-5, 4-5 Pac-12) on Dec. 15. • San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl: San Diego State (9-3, 7-1) vs. BYU (7-5) on Dec. 20. • Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl: Air Force (6-6, 5-3) vs. Rice (6-6, 4-4 C-USA) on Dec. 29.
CORRECTION In the column “Return to glory: Notre Dame’s rise to relevance again,” which appeared in the Friday, Nov. 30 edition of The Collegian, columnist Jason Smithberg included some information relating to infractions handed down to Notre Dame by the NCAA. It stated that Notre Dame received a two year probation from postseason play and was stripped of a number of scholarships. This is inaccurate. Notre Dame lost only one of its 85 scholarships and the infraction was a result of a player who received free tickets to a game and then tried to sell them for repayment of a loan. The university was placed on probation, but they weren’t banned from postseason play.a
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’Dogs cap weekend sweep with win over UT Arlington Pebley said. “We’ve been talking a lot about our identity, our team and everybody being ready to contribute and build consistency – not just with the first five or first six.” Fresno State continues its four-game home stand – its longest of the season – on Wednesday when it hosts USC (3-3). “Conver ting at the freethrow line is going to be really important,” said Pebley, whose team made 58.6 percent of its free throw shots Sunday. “We’re doing a good job getting ourselves there. Getting to the foul line doesn’t do a whole lot for you unless you finish those shots.”
By Ricardo Cano The Collegian Fresno State continues to win by comfortable margins at home. The Bulldogs (4-2) cruised to a 70-45 win over UT Arlington Sunday at the Save Mart Center – a game in which Fresno State always had the lead. Two players ended in double figures, with Alex Sheedy scoring 14 points and Robin Draper finishing with 12 points off the bench. Head coach Raegan Pebley said Sunday’s win was “a great opportunity for us.” “Our first six, seven players were able to build a lead for us, which allowed us to be able to go pretty deep into our bench and get some important players some opportunities to get game experience,” she added. Jacinta Vandenberg made two free throws a minute into regulation to give the Bulldogs a lead they would not relinquish. Fresno State scored 27 points off of the 30 turnovers it forced on the Mavericks (1-6) and made 36.9 percent of its shots. Vandenberg and the Bulldogs pressured the Mavericks in the post, holding center Rosalyn Thorpe to 14 points on 5-of-15 shooting. After more than two minutes without a score, Fresno State escalated its lead to 24-15 when Ta’Nitra Byrd made a layup with 4:05 left in the first half. The Bulldogs led 33-17 heading into halftime. Taylor Thompson’s seven steals led the Bulldogs, who forced 19 steals in the game. Thompson also added eight
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In the Bulldogs’ two wins over the weekend, Robin Draper finished both games with double-digit scoring, collecting 12 points on Sunday against UT Arlington. Fresno State remains undefeated at home this season.
points and five assists. Every Bulldog player that received playing time scored points. “ I l i k e d o u r o f f e n s iv e approach at showing a little bit of patience in working for a good shot,” Pebley said. “We had some nice balance scoring here. You don’t see one person with 20-plus points.” S eve r a l re s e r ve p l aye r s received significant playing
time, with Draper and Toni Smith logging in 29 and 17 minutes, respectively. Smith scored nine points and had four rebounds and Draper added 12 points and a steal for the Bulldogs. This was the second consecutive game in which Draper scored in double figures. “It’s nice to be able to prove myself by taking advantage of those minutes I’ve been
given,” Draper said. Four bench players played more than 10 minutes in the game. The Bulldogs’ bench accounted for 32 points in the game. “Seeing Robin being able to contribute and develop into that consistency and getting players like Toni, Raven and Ta’Nitra back into our lineup will definitely help our team’s depth as the season goes on,”
’Dogs rout Washington State Against her for mer team, Ki-ki Moore scored a team-high 27 points in Friday’s 82-59 win against Washington State. Four Bulldogs finished the night with double figures in scoring. Sheedy finished with 16 points, Draper with 13 and Farley with 12. Fresno State made 51.6 percent of its shots and 38 percent of its 3-point attempts en route to a win over the Pac-12 program. Fresno State entered halftime trailing the Coug ars 35-31, but went on a scoring surge in the second half to pull away from Washington State. Through efficient shot-making, the Bulldogs outscored the Cougars 51-24 in the second half. T he Bulldo gs scored 32 points off of turnovers and recorded 37 total rebounds.
Day after tragedy, Chiefs find a way to win By Chris Kuc McClatchy Tribune KANSAS CITY, Mo. The fog that enveloped much of the Kansas City area Sunday mor ning dissipated a few hours before the Chiefs and Panthers took the field at Arrowhead Stadium. The sun broke through and temperatures surpassed 60 degrees on the second day of December as children tossed footballs in the parking lots while tailgaters grilled burgers and music blared. Just before kickof f, the Chiefs mascot raced up and down the field on an ATV with fireworks shooting from the back of the stadium, cheerleaders waved pompoms and military jets zoomed overhead. Other than a brief moment of silence dedicated to all the victims of domestic violence and their families, the game had the look and feel of a typical NFL Sunday. But for those affected by the events of the previous morning, when police say Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher committed suicide by shooting himself in the head outside the team’s practice facility
just minutes after he shot and killed his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins _ the mother of the couple’s 3-month-old daughter _ it was anything but a typical football game. “It was tough,” linebacker Derrick Johnson said following the Chiefs’ 27-21 victory. “It really hit me this morning, waking up and not being able to talk to Jovan. I was really emotional going to the stadium. It’s one of those deals where you think it’s a bad dream, but the next day you wake up and it’s still there and a reality. “Me and him had grown really close since he’d been on the team for four years,” Johnson added. “This is devastating. For both families, Kasandra’s and Jovan’s, my heart goes out. You just can’t imagine what they’re going through right now. As a team, we lost a brother.” At Belcher’s stall in the locker room, his equipment sat at the ready _ his helmet gleaming, his No. 59 jersey hanging and his cleats untied and ready to be stepped into. “When I walked in the locker room I didn’t look toward his locker,” starting quarterback Brady Quinn said. “Then I sat
down ... (and) looked across and I saw his jersey hanging up, his locker stall filled with everything, and that’s when it kind of hit me. It was kind of tough to step back and gain focus (on) what the task was in front of us. More than anything, as players, we just wanted to try to come together as a team and bring some good to this situation.” Two stalls down from Belcher’s, friend and teammate Dexter McCluster wore a T-shirt memorializing Belcher as he explained how the Chiefs overcame emotions to remain focused on football and win only their second victory of the season. “We just had to pull together and ... use the brotherhood we have,” McCluster said. “We see each other every day, and we had to lean on each other and hold each other up. Our main goal was to go out there to win for the organization, for the players and the coaches and for my main man. We love him.” Quinn said the team plans to contribute money for a fund for Belcher’s daughter. Quinn also said he plans to be more cogniSee TRAGEDY, Page 7
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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony Moeaki (81) celebrates after catching a 1-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter against the Carolina Panthers at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday, December 2 in Kasas City.