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Jack K. Buckley @back_juckley Lol @TheCollegian for not knowing that even an Op Ed needs to be based on facts; “littered with hyperbole” is not an excuse for inaccuracy

Christian Lukens @ChristianLukens Kudos to @TheCollegian for running that Trump editorial. Weird how something written no worse than how a Trump speech sounds is hate speech.

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1. “Strength lies not in defense but in attack.”

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EDITORIAL

Collegian takes heat for Trump editorial

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Myrtle Beach Sports Center on Feb. 19, 2016 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

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On Monday, The Collegian published an editorial about Donald Trump that garnered much attention. The piece, in no uncertain terms, compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. The article was labeled as an editorial, which is an opinion piece — not a news story. It is important to stress that The Collegian, a student-run publication, isn’t subject to prior review. No faculty or staff members read the article before it was published — as it should be. It does not represent the views of Fresno State. Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro undoubtedly hasn’t had a fun couple of days. But he stood behind The Collegian via the First Amendment. He might not agree with or respect what we said, but at least he respects our right to say it. Remember, the First Amendment ensures everyone’s right to freedom of speech — and that includes you. Fresno State released another statement regarding our editorial on Tuesday. “The Collegian is a student-financed, student-run publication that serves Fresno State students but does not represent the views of the University,” the statement said. “The newspaper is a learning laboratory for students who aspire to media careers. It provides them the opportunity to learn about the role of the free press and practice at writing a wide range of material — including news stories, features and editorials.”

The article was riddled with hyperbole. This was intentional. Although the words were inflammatory, we fully understand that not every person who supports Trump is a murderer, or any for that matter. But there are extremists out there who will take Trump’s sentiment to a level higher than even he wants. Trump, though, is capitalizing on the racial tension for votes. We’re not referring to Joe Trump supporter; we’re talking about radicals. Radicals have already firebombed mosques and openly talked about murdering Syrian refugees, labeling them as terrorists. Our critics ask for proof that Trump will incite violence, but they know it’s unprovable. And Hitler didn’t execute his plans in a day — it was done gradually and people might not have seen what was happening at the time. Donald Trump wouldn’t back down, and neither will we. He has said that he could “shoot somebody” and he wouldn't lose voters. This is not OK. The Collegian isn’t the trendsetter on this topic. Other outlets have made the same commentary on Trump that we have. Just this week, the Washington Post ran an editorial written by a Harvard professor that made the comparison to Trump’s rise to power to that of Hitler’s, calling him a “demagogic opportunist [that] can exploit a divided country.” Eva Schloss, the stepsister of Anne Frank, made the comparison in January as well. “If Donald Trump become(s) the next

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president of the U.S., it would be a complete disaster," Schloss told Newsweek. “I think he is acting like another Hitler by inciting racism.” We are not belittling the atrocities of the past — as some critics have suggested — we want to stop preventable ones from happening in the here and now. This is in no way a new tactic in reference to making unflattering comparisons to presidential candidates. In 2008, it was commonplace to hear Barack Obama called a Muslim terrorist from Kenya. That year also saw the chairman of the Virginia Republican Party compare Obama to Osama bin Laden. What is Trump’s leading concern? Shutting down the border to multiple minority groups. He has spread his agenda through a running commentary that is filled with fear tactics and a not so subtle Islamophobia akin to the same anti-Semitism put forth by Adolf Hitler. However, the media frenzy over this editorial seems to dismiss the fact that an editorial is an opinion piece. The traffic caused our site to go down more than once. Yes, it’s on the front page, and that was done for a reason. Students are disengaged. Had we run this on the inside of our issue, so many people would never have read what we find to be a pertinent and necessary discussion on the current political climate that exists in our nation. It is in our opinion that a forum needs to be created in order to engage local readers about what we believe is a very real threat to the American way of life.

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We successfully opened that forum campuswide, and it was done at the expense of knowingly opening ourselves up for criticism. If you can’t criticize a man who is running to be the most powerful man on earth, then you can’t criticize anyone. Our message hasn’t hurt Trump; he won Nevada on Tuesday night. Trump can take our criticism, and we can take yours. Students all over campus are engaging in politics in a way they never have before, and those are the people we care about. The community at large has begun speaking about the pliability of a president who has made such poor linguistic choices — that he has warranted the comparison to Adolf Hitler. Our article not only created discussion in classrooms that had never discussed politics before, but it also unintentionally reached as far as the East Coast. We have spoken with several media outlets about the opinion piece, our website has repeatedly crashed from the sudden influx of traffic that our college newspaper website wasn’t designed to handle, and members of our media team have been harassed both on social media and in person. We will endure the barrage. This is a college. It’s a learning experience for us all. We stand once again and ask that you do your part and keep talking about the reality of this election. The Collegian welcomes verbal criticism and always solicits comments via letters to the editor — of which we run both positive and negative.

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QUIZ: WHO SAID IT? TRUMP OR HITLER

2. “Let them fight each other and pick up the remnants.”

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ‘Fight the good fight’ In my experience with CSUF, I have often felt that yours was a despicable institution, rife with scum and villainy. A collection of refuse that shields professors and perpetuates the clock puncher mentality, rather than promote an environment that seeks to enable others on the pursuit of intellectual truth. It is said that in a Free Republic, the safeguarding of the press is essential to ensuring the guarantees of Liberty. Regardless of what disparaging remarks I have to say about the questionable ethical slants of some of your faculty, I, as a Government/Economics teacher of 26 years here in the community say unto you, do not allow the tyranny of the mob to silence your voice. The editorial whether I agree or disagree is not the issue, when the mob threatens the press with sanctions, with violence, with death itself, then the mob has proven the point that the editorial sought to enlighten the public about. Maintain your voice. Fight the good fight and never submit to the mob. If you can show how the press can enlighten the public, then there may be hope for that cesspool of a college yet. Joe Barron ‘94 Fresno,CA

‘Donald Trump is a common vulgarian’ Dear Mr. Pope: As one who had the honor of introducing Michael Moore to the American public over WTAC/WWCK in Flint back in the late ‘70’s, please accept my sincere congratulations on your courageous publication headlined “Sieg Heil” in Monday’s paper. If anything, your position is understated. Donald Trump is a common vulgarian and the most dangerous candidate for the American Presidency I’ve witnessed in my lifetime. I turn 75 on September 8th, the same day as my “birth brother” -- Bernie Sanders. I take heart in the strength of your convictions and am inspired by your example and leadership. With highest personal regards, Peter Cavanaugh Oakhurst, California

‘You do not know the laws of liable’ Attention Roy. I want to make this really clear from the start; I don't like Donald Trump. I won't vote for him. If he were the only person running for President I would vote for Bobby Kennedy who has been dead since 1968 before I would vote for Donald Trump. That being said, even though I don't like him I do not have the right to liable him and that is exactly what the Collegian did on Monday! You cannot say that he is Hitler, he is a Nazi, he will round people up and kill them. These are not provable charges and, therefore, you have opened the door for a liable suit that could go as high as 50 million dollars if we judge Tramp's passed law suits for this very thing. You know that he sues people for much less than what the Collegian said about him and he wins these suits because people like you do not know the laws of liable. You can't understand why this demagogue attracts supporters ? How about the fact that the national debt is 19 trillion dollars and every family in this nation owes $152,000 to pay for it and some day we will have to pony up that money if somebody doesn't do something about it. The Democrats have run up the National Debt. The Republicans have run up the National Debt. People are scared. There are 94 million people in this country out of the work force. This scares people The list goes on and on why people flock to this blowhard because there are no solutions to these problems and he makes promises to solve them. Can't you figure this out? What the Collegian did with that article on Trump was reprehensible and worthy of the cheapest yellow journalism. I can only hope that the Trump gang does not find out about this liable and decide to do something about it. If so, we are all we will be in a nightmare of trouble. Professor Edward EmanuEl.

‘Get on some medication’ It is my opinion the editor of this paper is irresponsible and does not represent all students. You are putting your opinion out there like facts about Donald Trump. If anyone’s picture should be on there representing Hitler it should be Obama. The worst about this is tax payers will pay for your newspapers stupidity. Mr. Trump could file law suit against you and win. We will see how you celebrate your ignorance then . Fresno State will also be included in this lawsuit, So who pays? TAX PAYERS Yes plain to see you like another politician that is fine , but don’t show the world how ignorant college students in Fresno are. Your newspaper represents all hatred and racism in this country in your statements. I hope all of you get counseling that you so need. I feel so sad for all involved in this hatred newspaper so sad. Trump winning so get over it maybe you can get on some medication that will prevent you from snapping and harming people. LaVerne Cosper

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‘Young people give me hope!’ SHARE around the World! Our CSU-Fresno College Newspaper just STOOD UP and SPOKE OUT against Trump's racist, xenophobic, misogynists rants! And...The Collegian won 13 awards at a California College Media Association ceremony, including first place for best website. Our own local newspaper won't even do that! In my day, College Students began a Democracy revolution of doing this, including "sit-in's", marches... We protested against a War, not our Military... and soon our Parents voices joined us, and then came the day when we brought our Military home; we worked for Civil Rights and Women's Equality, better working conditions. Our local newspaper, owned by McClatchy, may be 'de-listed' on the stock exchange. Few of us read it anymore because they are too damn conservative because their corporate advertisers dictate and threaten to pull their advertising dollars if their 'slant' is not the prevailing words....and many of us feel they refuse to print opposing points of view or 'FACTS'.... and a College News Paper has the guts to STAND UP and SPEAK OUT! Young People give me HOPE! GO CSU-Fresno!

‘You have hit the nail on the head’ I read about your editorial on Trump this morning in the Bee. I think you have hit the nail on the head, and I applaud you for having the courage to call out Trump and his fascist statements. He is not only an embarrassment to Republicans but a danger to Americans - and even though you are surrounded by the right wing central valley people you had the strength to make the call. I am a proud alumni - keep practicing your right to free speech, to be bold in your editorials, and call on those around you to support you! Best regards Jenny Martin, Class of 1990

‘Over the top’ As journalists you know that the first amendment protects your right to free speech, and it extends to Donald Trump as well. On the campaign trail many things are said that are taken literally or out of context - but to compare him to one of the most heinous dictators of our time is over the top. His remarks about the Mexico border are true - in addition to the criminal element, it is simply a way for the Dems to increase their voter base. I'm sure job offers are pouring in for the author of the article from many liberal publications who would love to hire another uber liberal journalist - hopefully whoever wrote the article takes the job and leaves Fresno behind. That would be a win-win situation.

‘He needs to be gone’ Good for you on the Trump/Hitler business. That anyone votes for Trump is the greatest example of the failure of our educational system; nobody can think critically anymore? We don't know the difference between "reality" and "reality TV"? Keep at him, he needs to be gone. Mark Salwasser, FSU 70

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QUIZ: WHO SAID IT? TRUMP OR HITLER

3. “To be a leader means to be able to move masses.”

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MR TRUMP BUILT THAT WALL FAST BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING STUPID PEOPLE LIKE TROY POPE INTO OUR COUNTRY THAT DON’T KNOW NOTHING OF HISTORY. AND I AM SICK AND TIRED OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. I AM A HISPANIC FEMALE THAT SUPPORTS MR TRUMP 100%. I GRADUATED FROM FRESNO STATE AND I AM EMBARRASSED THAT TROY POPE ATTENDS FSU. DO ME A FAVOR TROY AND MOVE TO A SOCIALIST COUNTRY WHERE YOU BELONG

Applause to Fresno State and President Castro for protecting this student’s (and the collegian’s) right to speak freely. Thank you for refusing to censor your students out of concern for what the public can easily digest. It might be a difficult comparison to imagine, but would it not be more difficult to elect a leader without looking to the past to understand the implications of our decisions? This student is not the first person to draw the parallel between two men who pride themselves on saying the things “everyone wants to hear” but silencing those who dare to disagree with them. I do not agree with everything in this article ( I’m totally not listening to NPR...right now) but the bottom line is that this student has a right to express their protected speech, and it is the job of this country and this university to uphold that right.

Like • Reply • Message Peggi Vaughn-Dotta It’s wonderful to live in a country that allows freedom of speech, which makes me wonder, would this be allowed in Donald Trump’s America???

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Trisha Lemke As I stated on the news, “ Way to lose class Fresno State. As an alumni, I’m ashamed of you. Someone’s personal opinion should not be forced into a news paper. You should present FACTS on all parties and allow the students to decide what they want/think. Not to mention how offensive this is to the Jewish community”. Opinion piece or not it was classless and shameful.

The Collegian should be ashamed of itself for being so hypocritical. You wrote an entire article about Trump’s insensitivity and inflammatory comments, and then you turn around and make your front page just as offensive and inflammatory, simply to get a bit of attention. You are no different from the man you are trying to denounce.

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He makes people proud to be racist, homophobic, xenophobic bigots. Trump’s rise has shown us how big of a problem we have in this country. I think the commotion of this presidential race is unprecedented partially due to the explosion of interactions through the internet and social media.

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Fresno State: first university to test drive self-driving vehicle ogy here and to be the first place were it’s demonstrated in the country, so we’re trying to look at new ways of moving our students around and getting them where they Mary Castro took a self-driving vehicle want to be and doing it in a way that helps for its first test drive in a university, Tues- the environment and supports technology,” day morning in honor of National Engi- Castro said. “I think that’s a great match.” neering Week at Fresno State. Rodrigues said he enjoyed engineering Students gathered around to participate and the self-satisfaction he gets from being in watching and taking turns riding in the a Robotic Engineering student. vehicle in front of the Engineering East “The coolest thing about engineering building. is the fact that you learn a whole bunch of The vehicle was created by Varden Labs, algorithms and a bunch of ideas that seem a student run company with only four em- very abstract and all of sudden they work ployees. as iron law to build real things,” Rodrigues Alex Rodrigues, a student from Water- said. “It’s always amazing that something I loo University in Canada, is the CEO and build works perfectly for the first time.” founder of the company. Rodrigues explained how the self-drivThe vehicle is self-driven, automatically en vehicle could help Fresno State students. stops when there is a pedestrian in front of “The shuttle has some amazing opporthe vehicle and has automatic brakes if the tunities to allow student far more freedom vehicle for some reason starts to malfunc- of transportation then they’ve ever had betion. fore,” Rodrigues said. “There is just a limit Rodrigues got in contact with Dr. Ram on how far people can walk and we hope Nunna, dean of Lyles College of Engineer- that adding shuttles to the transportation ing, for National Engineering Week. will allow disabled students with readily Mary Castro said she was excited for be- professors, or anybody who has problems ing the first university in the nation to hold getting around and the rest of the student Varden Labs’ demonstration. population to get further and do more withCMLaw15 Ads_Fowler15Cal State Northridge ad 10_33X8 10/29/15 12:04 PM Page 1 “It’s exciting to have this type of technol- out having to walk as far.”

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Nunna said he thinks self-driven vehicles have a strong future. “In the next five years I think were are going to see a lot more companies doing this around the world. In Europe already we are seeing some companies implementing this on university campuses,” Nunna said. Rodrigues said that the vehicle’s number one concern was safety and that 95 percent of vehicle accidents happen because of human error. Rodrigues said he believes

that self-driven vehicles with soon take that place of taxis, deliver vehicles, ride sharing and freight vehicles. Rodrigues said some of the challenges with self-driven vehicles are trolley problems, regulations, liability and retraining. The vehicle is 100 percent electric and would cost Fresno State about $3,000 a month to rent per vehicle. In the near future Fresno State students might be seeing new innovated ways of transportation if faculty member and the finance committee see fit.

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Lyles Center executive director resigns

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Amid the investigation of Dr. Timothy M. Stearns and the findings of a CSU system audit, Stearns resigned from his position Monday as executive director of the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. For now, “Stearns will assist the provost in correction of the audit findings recently released by the California State University Office of Internal Audit, facilitate transition for new leadership of the Lyles Center and provide assistance in the planning of the upcoming 10-year anniversary of the center’s location on campus,” a press release said. “He will

continue as a faculty member in the Craig School of Business.” In June of 2015, Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro requested an audit to look into any possible conflicts of interest in Stearns’ relationship as Lyles Center director and partners in his side corporation, Kids Invent. “I was disappointed by the magnitude and the seriousness of the audit findings. There are lessons to be learned from the audit that will help the university to minimize such risks in the future. Our goal is to keep such risks at or as close to zero as possible,” Castro said. The audit’s reports raised questions about at least $15,000 of unaccounted for money from Stearns’ Paypal account, which he established between his Kids In-

vent Corporation and the Lyles Center. The conflicts beyond the unaccounted for money led back to Stearns’ hiring of his business partners in the Lyles Center, who also allegedly performed work to benefit Stearns’ Kids Invent Corporation, which will remain in a relationship with the Lyles Center under the new interim executive director, in place of Stearns. Reviewing the payments made between June 1, 2013, and June 30, 2015, there were over 700 payments made to Stearns from the foundation. The auditor, Larry Mandel, examined a sample of 20 of those payments. “We found one questionable payment and also questioned the reason and need for the large volume of transactions to reimburse the director,” Mandel said. There were also discrepancies as to why Stearns used his personal card so often rather than simply using a company card, which would eliminate the need for so many reimbursements to Stearns. Stearns did not take responsibility for these questionable reimbursements. “Why would the university give me $3,000 without documentation? And if reimbursements go on without proper paperwork, isn’t that on the university? It isn’t my job to sign the paperwork for them,” Stearns said. However, the university chooses not to stand by Stearns' claim. “We stand by our record keeping, and we feel that we have good processes in

place for good record keeping. We’re not going to say that we agree with that assessment of our record keeping,” said Provost Lynnette Zelezny. Zelezny is already working to fill Stearns’ spot as executive director at the Lyles Center. “I’m moving forward with finding a new interim executive director, and I've already received some recommendations and have started to interview. I did interview someone today, so I am moving quickly and swiftly on that,” Zelezny said. Stearns’ standing at the university remains intact despite of the accusations. “Dr. Stearn's visionary leadership and entrepreneurial spirit have been central to the Lyles Center's growth and success since it was established in 2003. I accepted his offer of resignation because we are both committed to the longterm success of the Lyles Center. I am pleased that he will dedicate his creative energy in the coming months to ensure a successful transition of leadership,” Castro said. Zelezny said she is confident that Stearns will be capable of resolving any of the inconsistencies in the “questionable payments.” “There won’t be a disciplinary action because we are required to find that receipt and to reconcile it and that is one of the things he is working on right now. I believe that he will be able to account for that receipt. That’s my expectation anyway,” Zelezny said.

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Bulldogs overcome early deficit, rally past Grizzlies to improve to 4-0

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(Top) Fresno State junior outfielder Austin Guibor runs toward first base during Tuesday’s 11-10 nonconference win over Oakland University. (Bottom Left) The Fresno State bench reacts after a big play during Tuesday’s come-from-behind win over the Oakland Grizzlies. (Bottom Right) Senior pitcher Brennon Williams delivers a pitch during the fifth inning of Tuesday’s 11-10 win over the Golden Grizzlies.

By Daniel Leon @DanLeon1994

Finding themselves in a 6-0 hole early on, the Diamond ‘Dogs bit and clawed their way back in Tuesday night’s shootout with the Oakland Grizzlies to escape with an 1110 win and improve to 4-0. After the Bulldogs and Grizzlies (1-3) engaged in three ties and three lead changes, the ‘Dogs took the lead for good. With things knotted up in the bottom of the sixth inning at 10 runs each, sophomore outfielder Aaron Arruda stepped up to the plate and delivered with a single up the middle to drive home teammate Brody Russell, giving the Bulldogs the 11-10 lead. Senior pitchers Dylan Lee and Tim Borst closed out the final three innings, helping

seal the win. “Any time you come back from down six runs, that’s really good for a club,” Fresno State head coach Mike Batesole said. “These guys had to fight through some adversity today – the field was wet, three guys slipped in the first couple innings and we had a couple errors. There were some calls behind the plate that could’ve went either way and our pitchers stayed with it. “I was more proud of them today than this weekend when we were winning 2-1. There was some stuff that our guys had to fight through when they could’ve easily shut it down and it could’ve went the other way. But they didn’t, they just kept fighting and grinding. That’s a fun team to coach.” Bulldogs’ starting pitcher Edgar Gonzalez struggled in his collegiate debut as the freshman was constantly hammered by the

Grizzlies, who came out the gates with six runs to open the game. With the pitching struggling, Fresno State’s batters took charge as they stormed back to score seven consecutive runs and seize a 7-6 lead. The ‘Dogs kicked off their initial run with a huge third inning in which they generated four runs while facing two outs. Russell brought home leadoff hitter Austin Guibor with a triple to right field that put the ‘Dogs on the board followed by a Jake Stone single to score Russell and designated hitter Arruda smacked a tworun home run to cut Oakland’s lead to 6-4. “The first two pitches were both fastballs in the dirt,” said Arruda, who also recorded three hits and four RBIs and in his five atbats. “It was two outs and it was a hitter’s count, so I was just expecting another fast-

ball. I thought it was going to be another strike and it happened to be a good pitch to hit.” The ‘Dogs added three runs in the bottom of the fifth before the Grizzlies answered with a four-run sixth inning to take the 10-7 advantage. In the following inning, freshman shortstop Jeremiah Burks and Russell hit a pair of doubles and combined for three RBIs to tie things up at 10. “That’s one thing you hope your team has [the ability to come back] and you never know that they have it until they do it,” Batesole said. “Once they get it, that can be a real confidence booster because that’s not the last time we’re going to be down and probably not the last time we’re going to be down six. To know that you can do it – not just think it or say it – changes the team.”