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Alcohol arrests down on campus

By Joe Bailey The Collegian In the past few years Fresno State’s alcohol policy has reduced the number of liquor law violations on and around campus.

The University Police department (UPD) released the crime statistics in the 2009 annual security report.

According to UPD statistics, alcoholrelated infractions on campus have dropped dramatically since 2006. In 2008 there were three arrests made due to liquor law violations on campus, compared to 21 in 2006. On-campus liquor law violations that resulted in disciplinary citations dropped from 207 in 2006 to 88 in 2008.

Alcoholic beverages have not been sold at Fresno State athletic events held at universityowned or operated venues since 2006, when an executive order from the office of the chancellor banned them from all 23 California State Universities.

Deborah Adishian-Astone, vice president of auxiliary operations, said the Save Mart Center is the only place on campus you can purchase alcohol while attending a Fresno State athletic event. The Save Mart Center, Adishian-Astone said, is a community facility that has contracts with beverage suppliers.

Adishian-Astone said that research shows the Save Mart Center does not have any alcohol problems, with less than five alcohol-related incidents at games.

“We have very good crowd behavior,” Adishian-Astone said.

In addition, she said that alcohol

sales at games are usually shut down at the end of the third quarter and precautions are in place to ensure no underage drinking occurs.

The campus bar, the Bucket Grill and Pub, closely monitors its alcohol sales.

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plan on serving alcohol. The policy’s main purpose is to ensure that all laws are obeyed when alcohol is involved.

The organizers must go through a very specific process in order to serve alcohol at campus gatherings.

“The basic elements are to follow the rules that the [California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control] set,” Oliaro said. “We want to ensure that whenever alcohol is being served it is done so properly.” Oliaro said that the university’s main concern is to prevent underage drinking.

“We make sure that all the arrangements are made to ensure that no underage drinking takes place,” Oliaro said. “There is a very specific process to make sure that anyone who drinks alcohol is of the legal drinking age.”

Fresno State’s Alcohol Safety Council (ASC) is comprised of community leaders, prevention specialists, law enforcement agents and administrators. According to the ASC Web site, the goals are to provide students with alcohol-related education, and also develop prevention and intervention techniques.

“Over the past few years the council has expanded to include more students and community members,” Oliaro said.

“This group and its subcommittees have done a great deal to promote alcohol education activities, to include posters, educational programs and campuswide events each fall Photo by McClatchy Tribune and spring to promote wellness and responsible use of alcohol.”

orders alcohol at the pub we make sure that we ID everyone who gets a glass,” Adishian-Astone said.

Vice President for Student Affairs Paul Oliaro said that club and organization event organizers must notify the administration two weeks in advance if they

Nonprofit aimed at recent Fresno graduates Fresno’s Leading Young Professionals hopes to attract elites to the Fresno area

By Aaron Warn The Collegian A local nonprofit works to bring and retain college graduates to the greater Fresno area.

Fresno’s Leading Young Professionals (FLYP) aims to attract young, inspiring individuals to the greater Fresno area by connecting them with jobs, friends and local causes, and they have their sights set on Fresno State students.

“Our goal is to give young professionals a reason to stay in this region by helping them build meaningful roots here by connecting them with jobs, friends, education and local causes,” said Allison Boogaert chair to the board of directors.

Boogaert said FLYP is pursuing strategies to engage more students and faculty affiliated with Fresno State.

She met with Tim Stearns, director

for the Lyles Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, to discuss what FLYP can do for Fresno State students.

FLYP members try to build roots in the Fresno community, and their professional development committee offers several events to develop leadership, service and networking skills.

The events include seminars led by top business and civic leaders about issues that affect young professionals.

Tim Sudiacal, director of professional development, said FLYP members take what they learn at seminars and apply those professional skills by doing volunteer work throughout Fresno.

“Our members have done volunteer work with Community Food Bank [and] the American Cancer Society, along with raising money for local schools and animal shelters,” Sudiacal said. “Volunteering in the community, FLYP members find causes that create

deeper meaning to their lives and build a commitment to making Fresno a better place to live.”

Perhaps the most important aspect of the organization is the concept of connecting with other young professionals. FLYP's Social and Professional Network Committee plans social activities that allow members to build relationships with each other, which can assist them in finding a job, gaining leadership, feeling connected to the community and even developing longlasting friendship.

Sudiacal said he wants FLYP to be thought of as innovative and collaborative, and to be known for the opportunities it creates.

“As a student, who wouldn't want to have those kinds of experiences to talk about in job interviews or to put on their resumes?” Sudiacal said.

FLYP is currently free and open to

the public; however, there are plans to launch a new paid membership within the next few months, Boogaert said.

Annual membership rates will be discounted for college students.

“We encourage college students to get involved the year before they graduate so that they can be fully connected with the Fresno professional community before they officially enter the workforce,” Boogaert said.

President John Welty recently appointed a member of FLYP, Stephen Sotomayor, to the University Advisory Board at Fresno State.

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That’s What the People Are Saying On the George W. Bush “Miss Me Yet?” billboard in Minnesota ince I have a memory longer than, say, a goldfish, I don’t miss George W. Bush.”

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llow me to start this column off with a personal story.

During Christmas break (I refuse to call it winter break; we all must take our stands on something), I attended a women’s basketball game at the Save Mart Center with a female friend of mine. The ‘Dogs were playing Stanford, if memory serves me correctly. My friend and I were having a wonderful time, just laughing and chitchatting away.

Then, in the second half, the kiss cam came on the big screen above the court.

Let’s pause this story for a moment.

I must relay something to you, the reader. I love the kiss cam. Always wanted to be on it. I love it even though it’s repetitive. You have the older couple where the guy has no idea what’s going on and the girl is frantically trying to kiss him. You have the couple that romantically kisses. And then you have the duo that give the overemphatic make out session, amid much applause.

All are crowd-pleasers. What follows was definitely not.

Watching all the couples kiss on the big screen, I suddenly had a sense of dread come over me, as if I was certain to meet my imminent doom. I had a strange feeling that I was about to lose my kiss cam virginity.

Why would I feel this dread if I always wanted to do this, you ask?

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suddenly had a sense of dread come over me, as if I was certain to meet my imminent doom.” thus far is that I went with that girl’s family. Whose father is the pastor of the church I attend. Yep. We also went with the associate pastor and his family. The entire church congregation, it seemed, was in attendance.

Then, the inevitable happened. On the big screen, for all the audience to see, was my friend and I. I panicked. Someone told me my face turned as red as the color of the Fresno State sweatshirt I was wearing (balderdash, I say; I might have turned a pinkish hue, but that’s it). I had no idea what to do. I tried to get out of the shot, but the camera panned

out to keep me in the picture. I got booed. My friend was laughing. The camera stayed on me for what seemed like eons. Finally, the basketball game mercifully resumed play, forcing the camera back on the action and ending my angst.

The text messages came rapidly.

“You blew your chance!” “Come on, Tone!” “HAHAHAHAHAHA.” (The latter I did NOT appreciate).

Then, I started thinking. There should be some set of rules for this situation. And as far as I know, there are none. So, without further ado, here are my kiss cam rules.

Rule no. 1: When sitting next to someone where the kiss is not at least implied, always have a backup plan.

Kissing the maiden’s hand is chivalrous. Even better, give the kiss on the cheek. It’s romantic and classy.

Rule no. 2: When sitting next to someone where the kiss is implied, know your strategy beforehand. Will you go in for the kill or give the soft peck? Either works, you just can’t get the two mixed up.

Rule no. 3: If you don’t want to get on the cam, be sure to have a little brother or sister there to take the hit for you. Remember: all people love cute little kids.

Hopefully these rules will help those of you who are ever in my situation to know how to handle it. Better yet, hopefully they help me!

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t seems that more and more, people have outlets where they can force their opinion on anyone who can click a mouse. My problem is that it seems many of the people doing the mouse clicking have become human sponges. People can’t seem to form their own opinions anymore.

“I read that the new ‘Transformers’ movie sucks. Let’s see something else.”

“I heard that James is a jerk.”

“No thanks, my friend told me that roast duck tastes awful.”

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: With all due respect, I have to disagree with Mr. Boylan’s piece on religion, “Respect for others religions.”

The central arguments laid out in the article were surprisingly shallow, and quite misinformed. The genesis for the piece is a section found in most syllabi on campus: the part about respecting other religions, worldviews and opinions. Boylan went on to assert that, 1) religion is blindly respected and followed, 2) that religiosity should be marginalized as harmful to society and 3) that there is insufficient merit to find religion worthy of respect.

The criterions for these premises are coming from an arrogant lack of empathy, and an inability to think outside of a secular box. What makes something worthy of merit? Is it consensus? This cannot be the sole argument for respecting something, but certainly the 217,872,000 Christians, 3,702,400 Jews, 2,400,000 Buddhists and 1,424,000 Muslims should make us stop and think that religion is worthy of respect.

Is longevity a criterion? If a tradition lasts for thousands upon thousands of years under scrutiny, time, fads and the fickle nature of humanity, then is it worthy of respect? What about the effects of religion upon the world? Consider the recent disaster in Haiti, and the outpouring of Christian relief efforts including money,

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resources and, for what it’s worth, prayer. How many nongovernment atheistic relief groups are there?

Perhaps religion is not so unworthy of respect, and perhaps you just haven’t looked hard enough yet.

Aaron Telloian

To the editor: It seems outrageous to me that Multicultural/International (MI) requirements at Fresno State are being taken into consideration. California is celebrated for its multiculturalism, and as a country, we willingly celebrate things like Cinco de Mayo and Thanksgiving without having any historical knowledge of these events.

Multicultural courses should be required not omitted, especially here in Fresno where ethnic minorities make up almost half of the student population. If we don’t enforce a better understanding of different cultures, then we will never achieve tolerance and ignorance will continue to reign.

If we are not learning about diversity and other countries, then we are solely learning white culture. White culture is unseen, but has influenced the way we perceive the world. If we don’t know anything other than what the dominant culture is teaching us then we are losing out on knowledge and power.

I am a liberal studies major, and I cannot imagine not having any type of

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Take these classes into consideration! Are you kidding me? What’s next, women studies, Chicano Latino studies, Asian-American studies or African-American studies? This sounds like discrimination to me.

Lydia Alvarez

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eople start this chain of assumption that is based on nothing—and I can hardly take it anymore.”

People need to start thinking for themselves. How can you know anything if you don’t find out for yourself ? How will you know the “Transformers” movie sucks unless you see it? What if you end up loving it? You can’t know until you see it yourself. The same goes for any situation I can think of. You can’t know that something is good, bad, or OK until you experience it yourself.

Maybe you have a friend that you really trust. You share the same taste in just about every subject. Fine.

Listen to them. Base your opinion on theirs. But don’t start telling other people that something sucks based on an opinion that isn’t even yours!

People start this chain of assumption that is based on nothing—and I can hardly take it anymore.

Please, form your own opinions.

I have absolutely no problem with sharing your opinion. That’s exactly what I’m doing. But don’t expect your opinion to become truth, and don’t base your opinion on something that someone else said. Base it on your own experience.

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The daily crossword

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis Los Angeles Times

ACROSS 1 Struggle (through), as a tedious book 5 Leatherworking tools 9 Sheriff’s star 14 Incur additional cell phone charges, perhaps 15 Profound 16 Gonzalez in 2000 headlines 17 Nice retinue?

19 Mel, “The Velvet Fog” 20 Slob’s opposite 21 Nice nonpro?

23 Filmdom’s Lupino 24 ‘Hood bud 25 Prefix with mom, coined after historic 2009 births 26 Nice keepsake?

30 Dying-out sound 32 Riddle 33 More apt to be picked 35 “Dropped” drug 38 Space bar neighbor on a PC 39 Nice stand?

41 Wall St. news 42 Spoil 43 “Thanks __!”

44 Old beaker heaters 46 Within: Pref.

48 Nice behind?

50 Actor Morales 52 Phillies’ div.

54 Tiny amount 55 Nice rubdown?

57 Played some jazz

Puzzle by DonGagliardo

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64 Ship-finding acronym 65 Overhang 66 Folk singer Burl 67 Refuse 68 “__ in Rome ...”

69 Site of a Lincoln profile DOWN

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1 Small songbird 2 Primo 3 Entered material 4 Eliciting feeling 5 Vikings running back Peterson who holds the NFL record for yards rushed in a single game 6 Unsound, as an argument 7 Relay race part

8 Asparagus unit 9 __ blocker 10 Umpteen 11 Privileged connection 12 Whole range 13 It began on viernes in 2010 18 Take in too little 22 One with a long face 24 Nice squad?

26 Cybertrash 27 “Return of the Jedi” green-skinned dancer 28 Govt. note issuer 29 “Dies __” 31 Full scholarship, e.g.

34 With 53-Down, French toon who would be right at home in this puzzle?

36 Have heated words 37 Two tablets, say 40 It doesn’t cover much of a 48-Across 45 Ill-fated vessel 47 Maxima maker 49 Cleanup hitters, briefly 50 Actor Jannings and pianist Gilels 51 South Pacific island nation 53 See 34-Down 56 Periodic table fig.

57 Peace symbol 58 Put away 59 “East of __” 60 Means of determining proficiency 63 Cheer syllable

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By Danielle Gilbert The Collegian Every time I drive below the Van Ness Ave. arch, I can’t help but laugh. Really, “Fresno, the best little city in the U.S.A.?” Try the dirtiest, dumbest and drunkest city in America. There we go, now that’s the city us dwellers hate to love and love to hate.

Dirty martini, four olives.

Fresno’s air quality is what the Lung Association calls “a deadly cocktail of ash, soot, diesel exhaust, chemicals, metals, and aerosols.” Researchers at California State University, Fullerton indicated a relationship between air pollution and cardiovascular and respiratory problems.

The study noted that the California Highway Patrol recorded 2,521 vehicular deaths in the San Joaquin Valley in 2006, compared to 3,812 deaths attributed to respiratory illness caused by air pollution. It is embarrassing that despite the “green movement” Fresno continues to hold the title as the fourth most polluted city in America, behind Visalia, Bakersfield and the garbage island of California, Los Angeles.

Drink, drank, drunk.

Fresno not only stole the number one slot as the drunkest city in America one year ago but a total of three Golden State cities rounded out the top 10 of the 2009 Men’s Health magazine survey. The survey was based on data such as death rates from alcoholic liver disease, booze-fueled car crashes, frequency of binge-drinking in the past month, number of DUI arrests, and severity of DUI penalties, USA Today reported.

It’s hard to believe that Fresno’s 500,017 residents threw back more alcohol than Hot lanta’s 537,958 and Sin City’s 558,383. What’s even harder to believe is that Riverside and Bakersfield had more hangovers than Atlanta and Las Vegas as well. Santa Barbara failed to make an appearance all together.

How does the town that created BUIs (Biking Under the Influence) manage to escape the list of the drunkest cities in America entirely? Beats me.

Stupid is as stupid does.

However, what doesn’t beat me is the stupid stick that’s knocking out what little brains Fresno, or more appropriately “the dumbest city in America,” had left. It was just last October when TheDailyBeast.com ranked our home sweet hometown in the worst 5 percent in every category.

Thumbs up to being quoted in the article but here’s a little recap and a thumbs down for those who might have forgotten.

“The race to the bottom wasn’t even close. The largest city in California’s San Joaquin breadbasket, Fresno, had deficiencies across the board.

College education (less than 20 percent of the local population have four-year degrees), graduate studies, academic institutions (not much besides Fresno State), book purchases, voter engagement. Problems with gangs and crystal meth tend to deter the best and brightest.”

For a town that prides itself on being exemplar for the ubber-conservative, Fresno sure is dirty, dumb and drunk.

The “least drunk” cities

The “drunkest” cities

1. Boston, Mass.

2. Yonkers, New York

3. Billings, Mont.

4. Riverside, Calif.

3. Rochester, New York 4. Salt Lake City, Utah

5. Austin, Texas

5. Miami

6. St. Louis, Mo.

6. Newark, NJ

7. San Antonio

7. Durham, N.C.

8. Lubbock, Texas

8. New York City, New York

9. Tucson, Arizona

9. Fort Wayne, Ind.

10. Bakersfield, Calif.

10. Manchester, NH

1. Fresno, Calif.

2. Reno, Nev.

The “dumbest” cities

The “most polluted” cities

1. Fresno, Calif.

2. Las Vegas

1. Los Angeles 2. Bakersfield, Calif.

3. San Antonio, Texas 4. Louisville, Ky.

3. Visalia, Calif.

4. Fresno, Calif.

5. Memphis, Tenn.

5. Houston

6. Harrisburg, Pa.

6. Sacramento, Calif.

7. Phoenix, Arizona

7. Dallas-Fort Worth

8. Orlando, Fla.

8. Charlotte, N.C.

9. Houston

9. Phoenix

10. New Orleans

10. El Centro, Calif.

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“Here, Bullet� depicts time in service

By Tara Albert The Collegian After visiting countries like South Korea, Iraq and Vietnam, Fresno State alumn u s a n d aw a r d - w i n n i n g soldier-poet Brian Turner is no stranger to traveling the world.

Turner, an Iraq War veteran, has shared his experiences from his travels and time in the U.S. Ar my through his debut poetry collection “Here, Bullet.� “The poems are what I’m all about,� Turner said in an e-mail interview. “It’s how I think. It’s part of how I look at the world.�

Turner said he loves poetry because it allows him to strive for understanding by using language. “I think that the poet’s job is to try to act as a witness, to speak not only to what is bright in this world, but to what is broken,� he said.

Turner lived abroad in South Korea for a year before serving in the army for seven years.

While serving in the army, he was deployed to BosniaH e r z e g ov i n a i n 1 9 9 9 a n d 2000 with the 10th Mountain Division. Turner served as an infantry team leader in Iraq, beginning in November 2003, with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division for a year.

Connie Hales, English professor and coordinator of the Creative Writing Program at Fresno State, has known Turner since he was her student. “He is a good friend and a

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think that the poet’s job is to try to act as a witness, to speak not only to what is bright in this world, but to what is broken.� — Brian Turner, Fresno State alumnus, poet poet whose work I greatly admire,� Hales said. “I think he is one of the most exciting poets writing today.�

Hales said she has read “Here, Bullet� many times. “It’s bold and honest and entirely gripping,� she said. “It simply won’t let go of the reader.�

Tim Skeen, English professor and the faculty advisor for the San Joaquin Review, has used “Here, Bullet� in his teaching.

Skeen also had Turner visit his class to discuss his work with the students.

Skeen said “Here, Bullet� exemplifies Turner’s gritty style of writing. “He is a blue-collar working class-roll up your sleeves-get your hands dirty poet,� Skeen said. “I’m always anxious to read his next work.�

Tur ner’s poem “the graffiti, the shouting under the breath,� written when he was an undergraduate, was recently published in the 2009-2010 San Joaquin Review’s Special Poetry Issue. “It shows his early promise, and promise that he still has,�

Skeen said.

Turner has won numerous awards for his poetry. His most recent awards include an unrestricted $50,000 grant from

How to be label literate

By Laura Casey McClatchy Tribune

You've probably heard some of the rules of the road when it comes shopping healthfully at the grocery store: Don't go shopping hungry because you're likely to buy more than you need.

But perhaps the rule that is most perplexing is the one that asks shoppers to read the nutrition facts labels on products before buying them. Many people simply don't know how to read the gover nment-re-

quired label, and few understand what the label is saying if they bother to look at it.

Yet food experts say reading the label, and knowing what it says, is vitally important.

The nutrition label has been mandated in the United States for nearly two decades under the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act and is on more than 6 billion food products.

Mary DeBusman, a nutritionist with Alameda County Family Health Services and a professor at Merritt College in Oakland, says considering

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the 2009 United States Artists Fellowship as well as the 2009 Amy Lowell Travelling Poetry Scholarship.

The scholarship is given annually to a poet born in the United States to travel outside of North America for a year to spread his or her poetry to wherever the recipient chooses. Tur ner is currently in Vietnam.

Turner said he is surprised at how many awards and how much recognition he has received for his poetry, and that he is not certain he deserves all of the credit. “In one sense, the author of my first book was war, not me,� he said. “Its ink is made of pain and suffering and loss.

Beauty? Yes. That too belongs to war, though it may surprise some to hear it.�

Turner, a Visalia native, got his bachelor of arts degree from Fresno State and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Oregon. He also taught in the Master of Fine Arts program at Fresno State and at Fresno City College.

He said he is proud to have graduated from Fresno State. “It’s a hard-working school,� he said. “The San Joaquin Valley is a hard-working community.�

the label when you buy, say, a can of soup can help you make more healthful choices.

The first portion of the label lists serving size and the number of servings in the container you're buying. DeBusman says this is the first pitfall for shoppers who only look at the calories. “Most people just zero in on the calories,� she says. But a tiny pint of ice cream, for example, could have four servings with 280 calories per serving. If the label reader sees only the 280 calories and digs into the entire pint, they could be ingesting 1120 calories in one sitting.

The calories, or energy reading per serving is, again, helpful only if you know how large a serving is. “We're eating humongous portions,� DeBusman says.

Counting the c alories in regards to portion size is the only way to know you're getting the right amount, she

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After serving in the U.S. Army for seven years, Brian Turner described his time in the Iraq War through his poetry. His debut collection “Here, Bullet� has won numerous awards.

His book “Here, Bullet� was published by Alice James Books in November 2005. It is available in the Henry Madden

Library. Alice James Books will also publish Turner’s second poetry book, “Phantom Noise,� later this year.

adds. The USDA says that foods with 40 calories per serving or less are low-calorie foods, foods with 100 calories are moderate and foods with 400 calories or more are highcalorie foods.

If you don't know how many calories you should be eating, DeBusman says, 2,000 is a good start because “many people are eating way more than that now.� Each person needs a different amount of calories per day based on weight, height and activity level, which is measured with a complex Estimated Energy Re q u i re m e n t s fo r m u l a .

Several Web sites, including www.nutrihand.com, can help you estimate the amount of calories you should consume for your particular needs.

The USDA says most people get enough fat, cholesterol and salt nutrients, perhaps even more than they need. The organization recommends that when people look at the total fat portion of the label, they should note that a label reading 20 percent or more is high for total fat. The same is true for saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium.

Buying products with lower percentage numbers, closer to 5 percent, are the best choices, the experts say.

Most Americans, the USDA says, don't get enough dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and iron in their diets. That is why these are also important listings on the label. A good rule of thumb for reading these numbers is that if the product has 5 percent of the daily value, that is too low and 20 percent or more is high.

Buying products with higher percentages in these sections is preferable.

A food that is labeled "high in calcium" must have at least 20 percent of the daily value of calcium, while products labeled "contains calcium," must have at least 10 to 19 percent of the daily value of calcium. Similar labels are given to foods that are deemed "high in protein," meaning they must have a certain percentage of the daily value to merit that label.

As far as the sweet stuff is concerned, the USDA suggests when comparing products you buy the one with the least amount of sugar. Depending on the amount of calories you should consume, you should limit your sugar intake to 22 to 66 grams per day, according to the food pyramid. Many products, such as yogurt, have widely varying amounts of sugar in them.

DeBusman warns that all consumers should check the listed ingredients as well and avoid all products with hydrogenated oils, or trans fat. A product could have 0 grams of trans fat listed on the label if it has less than .5 grams total per serving. All amounts of trans fats should be avoided, she says. Look for "partially hydrogenated" oils on the ingredients list.

And Kopf suggests shoppers pay particular attention to the ingredients label when buying products labeled "whole wheat." Only those with whole grains listed as the first ingredient should be purchased, she says.

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Graduates find nursing not as recession-proof as advertised

By Jan Jarvis McClatchy Tribune A few years ago, hospitals were offering nurses $10,000 signing bonuses, loan payoffs, even cars as incentives to battle a nursing shortage in Texas.

Today, some nursing school graduates say they’re fortunate to find a job.

“It took me a year to find something, and it wasn’t easy,” said Ann Karl, who graduated in 2008 and recently went to work for Huguley Memorial Medical Center in Burleson, Texas. “I think I must have hit the curve right when the hospitals were starting to slow down on hiring.”

Karl is hardly alone.

Three years ago there were three job offers for every graduate, said Dr. Pamela Frable, director of nursing at Texas Christian University’s Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences. But at graduation last summer, there were more students without a job than ever before.

A surge of applicants from nursing schools and from other states, as well as older nurses returning to the work force, has increased competition for jobs, especially at the area’s large hospitals.

Graduates are sending out hundreds of resumes, scouring hospital Web sites and bemoaning a crisis they never expected: a shortage of jobs in a profession once hailed as recession-proof.

Cassie T hompson left a career as a financial analyst to become a nurse only to start classes at TCU as rumors of hiring freezes at area hospitals were swirling.

“It was really scary last summer, having come from a job that I knew I would have a paycheck until I retired, to this,” said Thompson, who switched to nursing because she thought it would be more satisfying.

“But some of my instructors have predicted that it will be better next year.”

Just a few years ago, the promise of job security, career satisfaction and a good salary attracted plenty of people from less stable fields.

Karl was one of them. After 15 years in banking, she turned to nursing. But when she finished her studies in Dallas and applied for an internship, the shortage of opportunities dis-

appointed her.

“I thought it would be a slam dunk,” she said. “I love nursing, but one of the reasons I went into it was everyone needs lots of nurses.”

But many hospitals don’t need nurses straight out of school right now.

Medical Center of Arlington usually hires 15 to 20 new graduates for internships twice a year, said Judi Williams, president of organizational development. But this year, that was cut to nine.

“We’re still hiring, but because of economics, it makes more sense to look for experienced nurses than new graduates,” she said.

At Texas Health Har ris M e t h o d i s t H o s p i t a l Fo r t Worth, a new medical/surgical residency program is attracting graduates to an area sometimes viewed as less glamorous than others such as neonatal intensive care, said Karen Robeano, chief nursing officer for the hospital. But the demand for positions was greater than the need.

“We had hundreds of applicants for 27 positions in June,” she said.

Experienced nurses from other states that have been hard hit by the recession have added to the surplus of job candidates. Area hospitals have hired from Oklahoma to as far away as Michigan.

That’s adding to the frustration of students.

“So many people are moving to Texas as new grads, it makes me afraid that they’ll take all the jobs before I can ever get out of school,” Thompson said.

Nurses were in high demand until the economy took a nose dive and people started postponing elective surgeries, said Bob Livonius, CEO of Medfinders, parent company of Arlington, Texasbased Nursefinders. Hospitals responded by cutting back on staff.

At the same time, economic woes have led experienced nurses to come out of retirement. Others who worked part time added hours. Nurses who were once quick to job-hop stayed put.

“All those factors led to a temporary Band-Aid for the nursing shortage,” he said.

Those in the nursing field say the problem is only temporary and some students have

had no problems finding jobs.

At the University of TexasArlington College of Nursing, 97 percent of graduates are finding jobs by the time they finish school, said Elizabeth Poster, dean of the nursing school. About 98 percent of graduates remain in North Texas working in hospitals and other health care settings.

But some graduates have to adjust their expectations and take positions in areas that are not their first choice, said Marinda Allender, director of undergraduate programs at TCU’s Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

“They may have to decide to work weekends,” she said.

Almost half of all RNs work in settings other than hospitals, including community health, ambulatory care, nursing homes, schools, businesses and rural facilities, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

Karl looked beyond the big hospitals in Dallas, where she lives, to find work more than 50 miles away in Burleson.

“If I have to go out of my way to get experience, it’s OK,” she said. “At this point I’m very thankful to have a job.”

Over the long term, the outlook for the nursing profession remains strong.

A significant number of TCU students get advanced degrees as nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, said Paulette Burns, dean of the Harris College of Nursing and Health Science.

UT-Arlington has tried to increase its faculty through its Master’s of Science Nurse Educator program.

As the population ages, the demand for nurses is only going to increase, Burns said.

“Healthcare reform is a wild card out there, but we can pretty well predict there are going to be a larger number of people who will be covered,” she said. “And there will be a need for more nurses.”

At the same time, as the work force ages, nurses will be retiring and leaving openings for newcomers, Poster said.

Thompson said she’s still confident that it is the right career for her, even if it takes a little longer to find the job of her dreams. “Nursing makes you thankful for what you have every day,” she said. “It’s one of the many reasons it’s a great career.”

Collegian news briefs White House coming out with plan to increase jobs WA S H I N G T O N – B a r a k Obama said there would be a legislative package coming out of Washington aimed at creating jobs in “incremental steps”. The high level meeting featured discussion about ideas for creating jobs, health care reform, reducing the deficit and other issues.

The latest jobs report showed 20,000 jobs shed in January.

The Labor Department reported that U.S. job openings and layoffs rose in December.

The total number of open jobs in the U.S. rose in December to a seasonally adjusted 2.50 million. Layoffs rose 3.4 percent to 2.08 million.

Michael Jackson’s physician charged with involuntary manslaughter Los Angeles – Prosecutors filed an involuntary manslaughter charg e a g ainst Michael Jackson's personal physician Monday.

Dr. Conrad Murray, a cardiologist hired to care for Jackson during the pop star's ambitious comeback attempt last year, pleaded not guilty.

Prosecutors will focus on Murray's use of the operatingroom anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid.

Murray told investigators that Jackson, 50, was a chronic insomniac who had depended for years on propofol.

It is the least serious homicide charge available to prosecutors, its maximum punishment of four years in prison far less than the life sentence for murder or the 11 years for voluntary manslaughter.

Protests against N.Y. trials M E LV I L L E , N. Y. – N ew Yorkers marched to City Hall Tuesday to sound off against the idea.

"This is a chance for New Yorkers to speak out," Peter Vallone Jr., D-Astoria, told Newsday.

Vallone's convening of the hearing comes a day after Obama, in a televised news interview, said he wouldn't rule out the trial happening in federal court in Manhattan.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Staff and news services C o u r t ’ s r u l i n g a l l ow s blanket strip searches on arrestees LOS ANGELES – Blanket strip searches of incoming jail inmates are constitutional and necessary to prevent the smuggling of contraband into the detention centers, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The decision by a full 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco replaces a smaller panel's ruling in 2008 that strip searches are so dehumanizing that they violate a person's constitutional rights if conducted without good reason to suspect the individual is carrying drugs or weapons.

Ju d g e S a n d r a S . I k u t a said the cour t had found the strip-search policy "reasonable under the Fourth Amendment." She pointed out that the searches had produced hundreds of caches of drugs, money, shanks, knives and other items that can pose risk to jail personnel and other inmates.

New surgery shows greater benefits for teens LOS ANGELES – Gastricbanding surgery appears to be significantly more effective than lifestyle interventions in helping severely obese teenagers lose a significant amount of weight and keep it off, a new study suggests.

The banding involves placing an adjustable device on the upper part of the stomach and creating a pouch that allows only small amounts of food, creating feelings of fullness sooner.

Currently, the procedure is only available to teens through research studies. Some doctors hope it will be approved by the Food and Drug Administration for adolescents.

Other forms of gastric-bypass surgery can be used in teenagers, but the banding device is considered less invasive and less permanent.

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Rain, rain, go away

With the weather clearing up, the Aquatics Center prepares for construction

By Megan Morales The Collegian Within weeks, groundwork will be underway on a multimillion dollar swimming and diving facility at Fresno State.

The $7.5 million project is expected to be complete by the 2010-11 semesters and just in time for the swimming and diving season this September.

Funding for the project is provided by California State University capital renewal funds, and the CSU’s self-insurance prog ram, CSU Risk Management Authority.

The center’s main attraction will be the multi-use pool that will be capable of configuring up to eight lanes for long-course swimming. In addition, when the pool’s bulkhead is Joy Hallare / The Collegian maneuvered, it allows The construction for the $7.5 million Aquatics Center, the weather permitting, will be the new home, upon completion for Bulldogs swimming and diving team. the arrangement of 19 lanes for short-course is in progress. The swimming and divand 10-meter platforms. classes attracting enrollment of more swimming. ing team will continue to hold their Team locker facilities for the Bulldogs than 200 students this semester, the There will be two additional pools, practices at Clovis North High School and visiting teams will be incorporated department anticipates the impressive one of which will be a “warm pool,” for in their quest to succeed at the Western in the masterpiece, as well as a large facility to be an immense asset to the divers to stay warm between dives, and Athletic Conference Championship seating area that will hold up to 800 campus. the other that will be available for use Feb. 24-27 in San Antonio. spectators.

As for the diving amenities, 1- and by students of the kinesiology departWith rain forecasted to come to an 3-meter springboards will be included ment. end, construction on the development along with a tower consisting of 5.75With Fresno State’s aquatic-related

Hype over the Super Bowl The big game is behind us, we now learn of Little Johnny’s commitment

By Bill Dwyre McClatchy Tribune Everybody take a deep breath. The sports hysteria of recent days is over.

In our rearview mirror, thankfully, are the Super Bowl and high school football signing day.

The NFL ran its annual scam and we all sat up and barked.

No question, the game is great theater, the athletes are special and the chance to have a party is nice. The problem is, we have to hear about it constantly for two weeks, almost as if we are deaf or

have attention deficit disorder.

We get it. We know it is our civic duty to watch the commercials and buy from the advertisers so they will make enough money for even more expensive commercials for next year’s Super Bowl.

Those who say the Super Bowl is all about greed and has zero socially redeeming value are wrong. How else would our children learn Roman numerals?

We in the media lead the way, of course, having been duly brainwashed

for about the last XLIV years. Peyton Manning versus Drew Brees is worthwhile fodder, but what are the stories for the next 12 days before the game?

That’s where the real enterprise kicks in, the stories about the reserve nose tackle whose g randmother came over on the boat from Ireland, settled in Montana and lived in caves with wolves.

You missed that one?

The media, of course, could do as Nancy Reagan would advise: just say no. But clicking heels and saluting the NFL has become their national pastime.

Still, it is a big deal, fans think it is important and the media follow fans now, rather than leading them, as they once did. No time to think. Just run a poll. Web hits, baby.

Again, this is generally harmless and the screeching lasts only two weeks.

But this year’s most-invoked Super Bowl story line was especially fascinating. It said that a New Orleans victory would help heal the wounds inflicted

by Hurricane Katrina. We were told, over and over, how important a victory was for the city, that it deserved it. The implication seemed to be that all those people who had relatives washed away when the levees broke, or who were still living in trailers in their front yards, would be OK now that the Saints won a football game.

Katrina was indescribable. Its effects will be felt for 20 years. If winning a Super Bowl made people in New Orleans feel better and forget for a few days, that’s wonderful, well-deserved.

But the parade leaves town and the trailers will still be on the front lawns.

One story, hyperbole at full volume, said that not just New Orleans, but America, needed a victory by the

Saints because this country, beaten down as we are, needed success from an underdog. All this time, we thought this country needed a health care plan and relief from the liars and crooks who run many of our corporations.

In the midst of all the Super Slop, we were also treated to breathless accounts of Little Johnny signing a letter of intent to play football at Big BCS U. Not so long ago, outside of the state of Texas _ where insanity about such things is in the drinking water _ these signing days were handled by publishing or broadcasting little lists of which colleges high school athletes would attend. That way, fans and mom and dad’s friends could know.

Now, this has become huge news, with big headlines, pictures in the paper and interviews on TV, even though nobody can be sure yet whether Little Johnny will catch a pass, or a cold.

The NCAA used to take care of such things by not allowing freshmen to compete on the varsity level. The NCAA could do that again, but the last time the NCAA did anything proeducation and anti-big-time sports was when Herbert Hoover spoke at its convention.

The most outrageous of all was news that a 13-year-old seventh-grader from Delaware, who visits California a lot because he has a personal coach here, made a verbal commitment to play at the University of Southern California in five years and Lane Kiffin offered him a scholarship.

This needs no further comment, only prayer for the future of our species.

Fear not. The hysteria is over. There is credible stuff ahead, such as figure skating judges.

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This day in sports history February 10, 1971 Bill White becomes the first black baseball announcer for the New York Yankees.

Sports Editor, Brianna Campbell • collegian-sports@csufresno.edu • Wednesday, February 10, 2010

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, AT 7 P.M., SAVE MART CENTER

Bulldog Game Day Fresno State Bulldogs (18-5, 9-0 WAC)

Idaho Vandals (5-16, 3-5 WAC)

vs.

By Vongni Yang The Collegian

RADIO: KMJ-AM 580

Breakdown: Bulldogs The Fresno State women’s basketball team is playing its best basketball at the right time. The team has yet to lose a game in the new year – its last loss was against Stanford on Dec. 30, 2009 at home.

The‘Dogs are coming off a school-record 10 consecutive victories and will look to continue its dominant play against Idaho tonight.

Leading the way for the ‘Dogs will be Wester n Athletic Conference (WAC) Player of the Year candidate Jaleesa Ross, who is coming off a 22-point performance against Hawaii. The junior guard is averaging 17.7 points per game this season and has started all 23 games for the ‘Dogs.

Ross is also leading the team in rebounds, assists, and steals. She

averages six rebounds a game, and has 64 assists to go along with 46 steals.

Junior forward Hayley Munro will also look to contribute against Idaho. Munro is coming off a personal seasonbest 24 points against Hawaii. She is averaging 12 points per game in conference play while shooting 42 percent from the field.

Other Bulldogs looking to make an impact against Idaho are seniors LaShay Fears and Joh-Teena Filipe.

Filipe is averaging over nine points a game against WAC opponents while Fears has started every single game this year.

The Bulldogs are 9-1 this season on their home court.

Breakdown: Vandals The Idaho Vandals are coming off a much needed 61-53 victory against Nevada, the No. 2 team in the WAC standings.

The Vandals are led by junior guard Rachele Kloke. Kloke played a vital role in the Vandals’ win against Nevada, scoring a team-high 17 points against the Wolfpack.

She is averaging nearly 14 points a game with 21 steals and 11 blocks.

Kloke averages over 33 minutes a game and has started every game for the Vandals this season. She is shooting 42 percent from the field this year.

Sophomore guard Shaena Kuehu is the only other player on the Vandals’ squad who is scoring in double digits.

Kuehu is averaging 11.8 points a game this season while leading the team with field goals attempted. She is also the team’s leading rebounder, averaging more than six a game.

O t h e r Va n d a l s ’ l o o k i n g to contribute are juniors Yinka Olorunnife and Bianca Cheever. Olorunnife is averaging over nine points a game this season, while Cheever is the team leader in three-point baskets made with 43.

The Vandals will be looking to make it two straight wins, a feat they have accomplished only once this year when they beat both Boise State and New Mexico State.

The Vandals are 1-7 in away games this year.

The leaders of the pack Here they are, your five starting players for the women’s basketball team

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#4

Player to watch: Jaleesa Ross, Guard

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#2 #40 #32 #25

Player to watch: Hayley Munro, Guard/Forward

Player to watch: LaShay Fears, Guard

Player to watch: Joh-Teena Filipe, Forward

Player to watch: Rosie Moult, Guard/Forward