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COS closure may harm campus, community

ASI gets in the groove with dance marathon

By Brianna Vaccari The Collegian Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) appointed three new students to the Student Court and discussed a new prog ram, the Fresno State Dance Marathon, at its meeting Wednesday evening.

The students who were appointed to Student Court were Felicia Accosta, Peeven Ariola and Maria Murray. The ASI personnel committee reviewed a number of applications and recommended the three students for the senate to appoint.

“We feel these individuals have the qualifications and objectivity that we’re looking for in Student Court judges, and they had no conflict of interest that we felt would jeopardize or compromise their ability to serve,” president Arthur Montejano said.

Two of the students introduced themselves to the senate.

Accosta, a junior at Fresno State, is originally from Colorado. She is a 4.0 GPA student and is majoring in philosophy with an emphasis in pre-law and a minor in criminology. She worked for a city attorney as a legal assistant for many years.

Murray is also majoring in philosophy with an emphasis in pre-law and a minor in criminology. She is a member of Phi Alpha Delta, a pre-law fraternity on campus. Murray interned at the Fresno State public defender’s office in the summer of 2012.

Ariola was unable to attend the meeting. His application was processed the day of the meeting so he received notice of his recommendation shortly before the meeting. Although he wasn’t able to introduce himself, a few members of ASI recommended him for appointment at the meeting.

“He’s very on top of things and I think he would be great for Student Court,” said Rebecca Rosengate, ASI vice president of finance.

All three students were appointed to the Student Court by a unanimous vote See ASI, Page 3

By Kimberly Wheeler Special to The Collegian

Photos by Khlarissa Agee / The Collegian

Marissa Brand (left) and Cecilia Agraz are taught self-defense techniques by Ultimate Fighting Championship star Bas “El Guapo” Rutten during a workshop as part of Crime Prevention Week.

IN SELF-DEFENSE

UFC fighter Bas Rutten teaches safety workshop

By Jacob Rayburn The Collegian Don’t be a hero. That was the first lesson of the self-defense workshop Wednesday at the Student Recreation Center, conducted by mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship title winner Bas Rutten.

If someone wants your wallet or your car, give it to them, Rutten said. It’s not worth your life. However, if the situation escalates and you need to defend yourself, Rutten provided his students’ basic instructions.

T h e wo rk s h o p w a s d eve l o p e d through the collaboration of Neil O’Brien, Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) senator of parking and safety on campus, and Melissa Ellis, the ASI community affairs coordinator, as part of crime prevention week.

The goal was to encourage students to be proactive in their safety.

“The purpose of self-defense is to turn your predator into the victim,” O’Brien said. “We want to hear success stories, students being able to use this out in the real world. We don’t want students to be victims of crime.”

Junior Danielle Erdman, a social work major, said she wanted to be prepared for the possible risks of her pro-

Bas Rutten teaches students in his self-defense workshop, which was held in the Student Recreation Center, simple moves that could be used to protect themselves.

fession.

“I work in a lot of at-risk neighborhoods and working in those kinds of environments you know you’re around crime and violence,” Erdman said. “I

The College of the Sequoias could be forced to shut down by May 2014. The Visalia school is in danger of losing its accreditation, according to President/ Superintendent Stan Carrizosa.

COS is in “noncompliance” of five areas addressed by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges in 2006.

COS is Fresno State’s third-largest feeder school, sending 1199 transfers since fall 2008, with 190 in fall 2012.

Although Fresno State would not be impaired dramatically, it would likely feel some effects.

If COS lost its accreditation, Bernard Vinovrski, the associate vice president for enrollment services at Fresno State, feels it would be a tragedy for the community.

“COS is very valuable to us. We do not want this for them. It’s Fresno State’s job to serve this region,” Vinovrski said.

If COS is forced to close, Vinovrski worries that some students will not have the chance to attend college at Fresno State. The university maintains strict guidelines for incoming freshmen, and many students do not meet the qualifications.

COS offers open enrollment that permits students who are turned away from a four-year college another chance at higher education. If COS does not maintain its accreditation several students in the Kings and Tulare county areas could lose out on an education, he explained.

The ACCJC is requiring that COS respond by Oct.15 with a Show of Cause and Closure Report.

“Show cause order is the most extreme response we can get,” Carrizosa said in a meeting with faculty and students Feb. 14.

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Library student services vary in popularity

Laptop checkouts rise, music and media rooms go unused

By Samantha Gibson Special to The Collegian

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In addition to books, the Henry Madden Library offers other services including laptop lending, media and music rooms, and help from reference desk staff for research projects or other assignments.

Since its remodel in 2009, The Henry Madden Library has had 4,262,955 students, faculty, and community members walk through its doors, but few of those people know all that it has to offer.

“I wasn’t exposed to any of the services,” said Michelle Moua, a second-year social work student from Fresno.

“If I knew more about them, I would try to use them more. A laptop and even tutoring would have been very helpful my first year.”

Laptop lending, which is the most popular service, allows students the opportunity to check out a free laptop or power cord for as little as a few hours to as long as a full semester. Last year alone, laptops were checked out 97,000 times.

I n a d d i t i o n t o l a p t o p s, the library also began car-

rying tablet computers that can be checked out for up to a week. Laptop lending made a big move to kick off the new semester and is now located in the north wing of the first floor.

Checkouts of all laptop lending products are based on a “first come, first served” basis.

In contrast to laptop lending, one of the most underutilized services is the reference desk.

With more than 20 librarians See LIBRARY, Page 3

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Gun-owner database needed for enforcement WEB-SPE@K

By Jacob Rayburn The Collegian T he gun control debate lacks focus. That’s a problem because it’s a multi-layered issue that no one piece of legislation, no matter how big, can solve.

It involves mental illness, an entertainment culture that supports violence, a debate about which guns are allowed and more.

There are so many problems outside of simply trying to restrict gun ownership that the argument that no gun control legislation would significantly reduce gun deaths in this country is popular on the airways right now.

Nevertheless, the nation needs to find a balance between respecting privacy and the right to bear arms with protecting potential victims of gun violence. That’s why the first target for reform needs to be bringing law enforcement, specifically the agency of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, into this century with a comprehensive and detailed database of

gun sales and ownership.

The first thing I want to make clear is that the argument over a database is not about the government taking everyone’s guns and leaving the populace vulnerable to tyranny. It’s been said too many times and it’s such an extreme to throw into an argument that it makes real debate almost impossible. What is the counter to that argument in a reasonable conversation? If the government does try to do that, I will be the first to volunteer to find a horse and ride through Fresno yelling, “The British are coming!”

This debate is really about infor mation and how much access law enforcement should have.

Since 1997, there have been laws in place to forbid the creation of an electronic database

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here are so many problems outside of simply trying to restrict gun ownership that the argument that no gun control legislation would significantly reduce gun deaths in this country is popular on the airways right now.”

of gun owners. Instead, gun sale records are kept at thousands of separate locations with no central electronic system to quickly access information.

That is a problem because the ATF, which is supposed to enforce gun laws, employs only 5,000 people, which is about the same number it had a decade ago. Only about half are special agents tasked with conducting investigations. This is a big country with a lot of guns for about 2,500 people to do their job.

According to ATF reports, in 2010 there were 5,459,240 new firearms manufactured in the United States, nearly all (95 percent) stayed in the U.S. market.

There were also an additional 3,252,404 firearms imported to the U.S. that year. That’s about 8.5 million new guns for the ATF to keep track of in one year with no central electronic database to help track what kind of people have access to those weapons. Not to mention many more restrictions on the ATF that to describe in detail would turn this into a book.

Responsible gun owners need to ask each other some serious questions. Is the fear of tyranny or government misuse so great that valuable tools that should be available to law enforcement are denied?

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s the fear of tyranny or government misuse so great that valuable tools that should be available to law enforcement are denied?”

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"Gun Fight: The Battle Over The Right to Bear Ar ms in America," was quoted in an ABC News article in December that the man who shot Representative Gabrielle Giffords and killed six other people in Arizona “was kicked out of school because he was thought to be unfit, he was rejected from joining the military. ... But there was no way for those institutions to report to the federal government and put him on a prohibited purchasers list."

How much information this database has access to and the intensity of background checks will be a huge debate.

Let’s start that discussion by taking the handcuffs off the ATF. I recommend to everyone who reads this to carefully research the restrictions on that agency and determine for themselves whether they have what they need to do the job.

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Hopefully they will do very well with Fessler, Jessup, Tonkham, Mulroy and Partridge in their lineup.”

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want to learn how to protect myself.”

For others, the workshop provided an opportunity to learn or appease the concern of family.

“I have never been in fear of being attacked, but my mom has always encouraged me to attend a self-defense class and I thought it would be a good idea,” said senior Christina Briones.

Rutten used the limited time available — there were three separate one-hour sessions people could attend — to help students understand basic techniques.

“A lot of people — their footwork is wrong,” Rutten said. “They don’t understand where the power comes from, that it comes from the back foot with straight punches and with hooks and uppercuts. All that stuff comes from rotating the upper body and making your arm one with your whole body.”

Rutten’s favored wide-open style departs from the typical instructions of turning your body to “blade” yourself, presenting a smaller target. That tactic limits punching options, Rutten said, while the wideopen style evenly distributes power to the right and left side.

Rutten’s logic was that if his

style can work for professionals, then it should work against an attacker on the street.

“The guys on the street are not the brainiacs,” Rutten said.

“If they were really good, they would fight for a living.”

However, with only an hour to 90 minutes for each group, Rutten said he was careful not to give v students false confidence that they can handle any situation after one session. He encouraged attendees to find self-defense courses to continue their education.

Ellis said student reaction to the experience has been encouraging.

“The students who took the last session had a lot of fun and

they got a lot out of the workshop,” Ellis said. “Everyone’s been telling us it’s a really good idea and hope to continue for years to come.”

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Instructors and students are worried but maintain hope that COS will pass the accreditation process. Tom Weise, a communication instructor at COS, feels that the school will pass accreditation as long as everyone works together.

“The board and the administration need to take the 2006 recommendations to heart, now that the accreditors reiterated the need to build trust in the college community,” Weise said.

COS has three campuses: Visalia, Hanford and the newly opened campus in Tulare. If it is forced to close students like Veronica Contreras, president of Alpha Gamma Sigma at COS, are concerned about the implications it could have on the entire community.

“We need to think about our community. If this happens, so many students and instructors will be out of work, and this college has a huge impact on us economically,” Contreras said. “Our chapter raises and donates money every year to charities around here, and our members pride themselves on volunteer work.”

Some officials are shocked that COS is at this point in the accreditation process based on

the results they have seen from COS transfer students.

“I never had a feeling that COS transfer students were performing poorly. It would have been brought to my attention if these students were not performing, but the numbers when they transfer do not reflect that. We didn’t expect this,” Vinovrski said.

Vinovrski wor ries some students who are attending Fresno State will hear about the possible shutdown and become worried about their transfer credits.

“I think students who have graduated from COS will have a lot of questions. They will want to know if they are safe and if they will be fine here at Fresno State. As long as they transferred when the college was accredited, they have nothing to worry about,” Vinovrski said.

Several colleges across the state have been at this level in the accreditation process and have met the goals needed to maintain accreditation. This leads many to believe COS will pass accreditation and will not be forced to close its doors.

“When people are up against a wall, they roll up their sleeves and work together. My guess is they will get it done,” Vinovrski said.

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Another item on the agenda was a presentation by E xe c u t ive Vi c e P re s i d e n t Parmita Choudhury on a new prog ram: the Fresno State Dance Marathon.

Choudhury explained that a dance marathon is an extended period of time when dancers would be on their feet dancing while professional dancers perform, DJs play live music and other events take place. Fresno State’s event will be eight hours and will also include a fashion show.

The Fresno State Dance Marathon is part of ASI’s community revitalization program. ASI, Greek life and the Student Recreation Center are collaborating to plan for the event.

The goal of a dance marathon is a fundraiser. All proceeds raised by Fresno State’s marathon will go to nonprofit

organizations that Fresno State already supports. Some are the Bulldog Pantry, the El Dorado Boys and Girls Club, Wesley United Methodist Church and Stone Soup Fresno. Dancers will have the chance to vote on which organization receives the money they generate.

“We believe that through our combined efforts and what we’ll do here, that it will make a difference in our community,” Choudhury said.

Choudhury encouraged senate members to register and invite their friends to do so as well. She said the goal is to get the word out in order to get as much involvement as possible.

The goal for the dance marathon at Fresno State is register 1,000 dancers and raise $10,000.

There will be a $10 registration fee and the event will be open to only Fresno State students.

The dance marathon will be on April 27 from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Student Rec Center.

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The library offers laptops and tablets to be checked out by students, like Ahsy Vang (above). The service can be found in the north wing of the first floor, but tablets are only available at the circulation desk.

LIBRARY: Reference desk services go underutilized CONTINUED from page 1 and numerous other highlytrained staff, the reference desk gives students a quick shortcut on finding materials for any kind of assignment or project.

“Students don’t use the expertise or the librarians,” said Glenda Harada, director of administrative services for the library. “That’s what they’re good at, and the students don’t utilize them as much as they should.”

The reference desk personnel can be contacted in-person, via instant message, over the phone (call or text message) or through an email. They will send you website links or help you navigate the library to obtain the material you need. Students may also make a specific appointment with a librarian to seek assistance.

Another free service is the media and music room. This little-known service gives students access to an extensive music and media collection, which contains the largest compilation of scores at any of the CSU campus and media materials on all subject matters.

It has several workstations

Fresno State hosts Africana Culture Night As part of Fresno State’s African People’s History Month, the university will host the annual Africana C u l t u re N i g h t 7 - 9 p. m .

F riday, in the Satellite Student Union.

The free event is sponsored by Black Students United, a student club, and will include dancing, poetry, monologues, singing and fashion shows.

INFO: Fresno State BSU or fresnostatebsu01@aol.com; Central Valley Cultural Heritage Institute at 559-2786946 University to lower flags in memory of Professor Emeritus Thomas McDougall The flags on the Fresno State campus will be lowered to half-staff on Friday in memory of Professor Emeritus of art and design Thomas McDougall, who died Jan. 26. Known as the “Ceramics Professor,” he taught thousands of students the basics of molding clay for 34 years.

Fresno State President John D. Welty issued the directive that the flags be lowered in honor of Professor McDougall. A memorial luncheon will be held at noon Saturday in the Tuscan Room at Pardini’s restaurant. RSVPs to 559433-0401 are requested.

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equipped with current music and media software, as well as experienced staff to assist with any questions. They also offer listening and viewing equipment and viewing rooms for students to reserve.

The list of services continues with tutoring, maps and gover nmental infor mation, special collections, political archives, teacher resources and more. These services, which are funded through Associated Students, Inc., private donors and library funds, offer students free resources to assist them through their time at Fresno State.

Full tours of the Henry Madden Library are offered frequently throughout the fall semester and by appointments for groups during the spring semester.

“The Library is here to help students succeed, and I hope that students take advantage of that. We get a lot of people in here every day, but I want to encourage students to ask for help when they need it.” said Dave Tyckoson, associate dean of user services, “and of course, use our books.”

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CineCulture screens “Le hérisson” Fresno State’s CineCulture program presents “Le hérisson (The Hedgehog),” 5:30 p.m.

Friday at the Leon S. and Pete P. Peters Educational Center in the Student Recreation Center.

The film is an adaptation of the French novel, “The Elegance of the Hedgehog,”

by Muriel Barbery. Rose Marie Kuhn, professor of French and coordinator of the French Studies Program at Fresno State, will lead a post-screening discussion.

The film is co-sponsored by the Department of Moder n and Classical Languages and Literature and the French Studies Prog ram. INFO: Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu or 559-278-5702.

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Service-learning course prepares new teachers

By Jena Rodriguez Special to the Collegian In a classroom in McLane Hall, students surround another student plucking strings on a cello. These are not music students, nor are they in a class on music.

The students are part of the service-lear ning course titled, Physics Outreach and Pedagogy.

T h e p r o f e s s o r, D o n a l d Williams, has taught the class for two years. The course prepares students for the field of teaching. “ T h a t ’ s m y e x p e r t i s e, ” Williams said. “I teach teachers.”

Williams, who, in previous years, went out to local schools to teach physics, was recommended by the physics department to start a service-learning course.

Williams collaborated with Chris Fiorentino, director of the Jan and Bud Richter Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning, to start the class.

“The physics service-learning course is a wonderful example of how faculty members are able to connect the content of any discipline to meeting the needs in the community,” Fiorentino said.

The course entails a prerequisite of a single basic physics course.

“Basically, what it is, they

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Fresno State professor Donald Williams teaches a service-learning course that instructs students who are training to become teachers. The class visits hospitals, community organizations and classrooms as part of the curriculum.

are going to lear n how to teach,” Williams said. “They are going to learn how to really teach.”

The students travel weekly to schools throughout the Valley to experience teaching in real-life settings.

“Believe it or not, we go to preschools, even all the way up to colleges, so all of my students get a chance to teach in front of all kinds of stuff,” Williams said. “They get a real feel of it.”

Williams discussed not only

the importance of lear ning experience received by his students, but also the benefit to the community as well.

“I’m spreading the word of physics out to the community,” Williams said. “We go not just to schools. We go to hospitals, we go out to community organizations, we go out to motherdaughter things [and] we do a lot of TV spots.”

Williams estimates that his students in the past two years have perfor med more than hundreds of hours outside the

class.

Melisa Gemetti, a student in Williams’ class, sought out the course to get more handson experience working with children and teaching. Gemetti said the class offered students the opportunity to work with less fortunate communities and schools.

“It’s doing this stuff that makes you motivated to want to continue to go into teaching,” Gemetti said.

Brenda Lausin, a former student of Williams, has returned

since graduating to help other students cur rently in the course.

“It’ll teach you what you’ll need to know in the classroom,” Lausin said.

Lausin, who is teaching now, admits that what she learned from textbooks and other classes did not prepare her like Williams’ course.

“When you go into a classroom, it’s not that perfect situation,” Lausin said. “With these types of classes, you have those, ‘Oh my gosh, we have a problem. How are we going to solve it?’—and that’s what everyday teaching is.”

Gemetti and Lausin both said students need to be involved with service-learning courses.

“I think every student needs to take a service-lear ning course to learn what else is out there other than the book learning,” Gemetti said. “It has been an eye opening experience.”

Wi l l i a m s e x p re s s e d t h e importance for professors to utilize service-learning courses in their curriculum.

“Absolutely service-learning,” Williams said. “I’m 100 percent behind it.”

Williams hopes to expand and add more service-learning courses in the physics department.

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Buddhism club sets out to enlighten students

By Brianna Vaccari The Collegian

T h e B u d d h i s t Va l u e C r e a t i o n S o c i e t y ( B VC S ) made its debut on campus in January. It focuses on Nichiren Buddhism while helping others achieve enlightenment.

President Daisy Manivong and Vice President Maj Yang created the club after beginning to practice Nichiren Buddhism more than a year ago.

In December, Manivong and Yanf began gathering people willing to join BVCS. They wrote up a constitution based on current by-laws of Fresno State, and by January the club was approved.

Yang said the club really wants to connect with people during these meetings.

“We want to express our philosophy so anybody can understand it and apply it to their daily lives,” Yang said.

The club meets on the second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the University Student Union pavillion. These meetings revolve around discussion, where members study magazines in small groups.

The members discuss how to apply the teachings in the text to their lives and how to relate them to college students.

The club has 10 members and is looking to expand.

Manivong said the meetings and Nichiren practice are open to people from all backgrounds.

“We’re not against anyone,”

Manivong said.

Manivong began practicing Nichiren Buddhism in January last year. She went to a meeting with two friends at the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) center in Fresno to see what it was about.

The members told her to try their practices for 90 days as a trial run.

“They told me that if it didn’t work, I had nothing to lose,” Manivong said.

Soon after, Manivong invited Yang to go to the meetings.

“I questioned a lot of things,” Manivong said. “But the members always had an answer.”

BVCS is a segment of SGI, and the Nichiren Buddhist organization founded in 1975.

SGI has more than 12 million members in 192 countries throughout the world.

SGI and Nichiren Buddhism a re b a s e d o n Ni ch ire n, a Japanese priest from the 13th century. Nichiren lived in a time of struggle, and wondered why Buddhism was not fulfilling his people.

He studied the Buddhist sutras and discovered that the lotus sutra contained the key to enlightenment. The lotus sutra established that everyone contains the quality of the Buddha and deserves respect.

From this, Nichiren established the chant “nam-myohoreng-kyo,” which Manivong translated as devotion to oneself, mystic law, the lotus flower and the voice or teaching of

the Buddha.

“Through chanting, we are coming in to the rhythm of the universe,” Manivong said.

Yang said chanting helps her think more clearly.

“It helps me focus and have a better mindset when it comes to problems,” Yang said.

Manivong said the basic teaching of this type of Buddhism involves practice, faith and study. She said the methods make this for m of Buddhism different because it is about changing oneself from within, while traditional temple Buddhism seeks external help.

A major symbol of Nichiren Buddhism is the lotus flower.

The flower blooms in muddy water, which represents overcoming situations and problems.

The lotus flower not only blooms, but also seeds, which represents simultaneous cause and effect in life.

M a n ivo n g , a s e n i o r a t Fresno State majoring in civil engineering, attributes her success to her practice. She believes that her practice is what gave her the opportunity to do research in South America last summer, as well as become a Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholar.

“This practice has helped m e a ch i eve my m i s s i o n , ” Manivong said.

On April 8 through 10 the club is hosting an event, called “Victory over Violence.” BVCS will have booths and displays

that will explain how its practice can help overcome violence and bring peace. At the discussion meeting on April 8, the club will explore these topics.

Manivong said this event parallels SGI’s goal in preventing violence. She said one of SGI’s main goal is to abolish nuclear weapons by 2030.

Yang said that the purpose of BVCS is to get the word out about its faith.

“We want to spread the news that this club is active and what we’re about,” Yang said.

The club, Yang said, wants to let the community know that Nichiren Buddhism exists to help others be their best and to achieve happiness for others.

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Fresno State actors sweep regionals in L.A. v i ew p r a c t i c e o n c a m p u s before the competition so they could perform in front of an Fresno State Theatre arts audience. majors laid claim to every Actors competed from 55 major acting award at the 2013 c o l l e g e s a n d u n ive r s i t i e s Kennedy Center American from across the region, which College Theatre Festival for includes Arizona, Southern Region 8 at the Los Angeles Califor nia, Hawaii, Nevada Theatre Center Feb. 12-17. and Utah.

N o u n ive rMore than sity has ever 300 actors were swe p t eve r y nominated major category for the presin Section 8 — t i g i o u s I re n e until now.

Ryan Acting Brad Myers, Competition. the acting Senior Myles coach, has been Bullock, partmeeting and nered with consulting with Molly Kelly, and the performers junior Ryan alongside the Woods, teamed hours of pracwith Taylor tice through Abels, won and nights and are moving on weekends. to the national “ I n e v e r Photos courtesy of the Theatre Arts Department competition. thought this “Fresno is w a s g o i n g t o Myles Bullock was one of Fresno not well-known State's four winners at the 2013 happen,” Myers for acting, but said. “What are Kennedy Center American College we are out there Theatre Festival for Region 8. the odds? You representing don’t want to the school,” get too hopeful, but I thought Woods said. there was a good possibility Daniel Rodriguez, who partthat we were going to do well.” nered with Matthew Schiltz, Myers coordinated a pre- took home two awards: the

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Irene Ryan Alternate and the ate students in some programs Classical Acting Award. and more than 300 Irene Ryan Dane Oliver, who was part- nominees participating in the nered with Shelby Arts, was competition,” Myers said. “So also a finalist in the competi- to take the top four spots out tion. of 300 students competing, I “I think couldn’t believe there is a lot of it.” validation for He said that how we work wh e n h e w a s and how we leaving for the train our stucompetition, dents here,” he felt that the Myers said. group was parThis is not ticularly strong the first year this year and that Fresno hoped they State has been included one of s uc c es s ful in the winners. this competiThe national tion. competition In 2011, takes place Fresno State April 15-21 in had one winner Wa s h i n g t o n Senior Jacob Rico won the award for and in 2012, the D.C. the Best Performance by an Actor in national alterAlong with a New Play. nate.

Bullock, Woods, “Everyone Rodriguez and from the school was great,” Oliver, four other Bulldogs Woods said. “Even if they made it to the round of 64. Out didn’t make the finals, they of 64 semifinal spots, eight were all great.” belonged to Fresno State.

The competition was made Dillon Morgan, Aubrianne up of two scenes with a partner Scott, Kia Vassiliades and and one monologue. The roles Austin Yarbrough were the were picked specifically to play four semifinalists. to the actors’ talents.

Although Woods has reached “They are up against gradu- the national competition this

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resno is not wellknown for acting, but we are out there representing the school.”

— Ryan Woods, Theater arts major

year, he is already preparing himself for next year.

“It feels awesome to win,” he said. “I know how I want to handle it next year and I have it locked in my mind that I will be successful.”

Myers said, “a lot of people don’t understand that this hasn’t been done before in our region. It’s a really big deal having two people representing our school in the national competition, so I’m hoping this is something our campus is really proud about.”

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Emmy award-winner teaches success

By Ronnie Giannetta Special to The Collegian Emmy Award-winning re por ter Wayne Freedman will host a seminar Saturday at Fresno State on how to land a job and succeed in reporting and journalism.

Freedman is currently a reporter for the ABC-owned news station KGO-TV in San Francisco. He has been honored with 51 Emmy Awards by the Northern Califor nia chapter of the National Academy of Television Ar ts and Sciences. Freedman is also the author of “It Takes More Than Good Looks To Succeed In Television Reporting.”

Faith Sidlow, a broadcast journalism instructor at Fresno State and a morning anchor on “KSEE Sunrise” for the local KSEE-24 news station, participated in a seminar Freedman led while she attended San Diego State University.

“I remember attending a seminar Freedman hosted much like this one when I was in college 28 years ago and it benefited me greatly,” Sidlow said.

“He has a lot of knowledge and wisdom when it comes to reporting and how to distinguish yourself from the other reporters.”

The Radio and Television Digital News Association Chapter is hosting the reporting seminar in the Speech Arts building on campus. The seminar is free to students and open to the local media for a $5 donation that will benefit the club.

“Students will want to attend so they can learn from him and it can help them get their first job,” Sidlow said. “Local reporters and journalists will want to attend so they can learn tips that will help them get their second or third job.”

Junior Abigail Martin, Secretary of RTDNA, is participating in her first year in the club. This is the second semester RTDNA has been a club on campus.

“I am very excited to attend the seminar because Mr. Freedman is a

renowned journalist that has won 51 Emmy Awards and I can’t wait to hear everything he has to say and take in as much advice as I can,” Martin said.

“Also, there will be many public attendees from the media around the Valley, so it is a great way to meet possible future employers and do some networking.”

Martin is a mass communication and journalism major with an option in broadcast journalism. She has a dream of obtaining a job as a newscast producer for a large media group.

“I hope to learn about the real obstacles in the field of journalism and how to effectively overcome them,” Martin said. “I also hope to learn how to be successful in reporting and gain a good reputation in the business.”

Senior Ricky Bravo will also be attending the seminar. Bravo is majoring in public relations and is eager to learn from Freedman.

“It is very rare to have a guest speaker with one Emmy Award, let alone 51 of them,” Bravo said. “I think his expertise and experiences will be something I can learn from and can help guide me in my career path.”

Freedman will be speaking on the importance of landing a successful job in the desired career field. Freedom wants to help make some of those dreams a reality.

Finding a job after graduating college can be difficult for many people.

Being able to find a dream job in the desired career field is even more difficult.

“It is very hard to find a job as a reporter or in the broadcast field,” Sidlow said. “In a class with about 20 students, usually two will get a job in their career field because [it] is very competitive.”

The event begins at 9 a.m. Saturday and seating is limited. It is required to RSVP in order to attend. For more information or to RSVP, please contact RTDNA President Megan Rupe at mrupe92@mail.fresnostate.edu.

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Oscar preview: Stars shine bright Editorial

By Zack Edwards The Collegian O n S u n d ay, t h e D o l b y Theatre in Los Angeles will be home to the 85th Academy Awards.

This year, the races among the six major categories are all over the board. Some are clearcut, and some are toss-ups.

The race for Best Supporting A c t re s s i s a v i r t u a l l o ck and deservingly so. Anne Hathaway is the likely favorite for her performance in “Les Miserables.” While the movie itself was a tad overrated, Hathaway’s performance was undoubtedly the best part.

The only foreseeable barriers in Hathaway’s path toward the Oscar, are Sally Field from “Lincoln” and Amy Adams f ro m “ T h e M a s t e r. ” B o t h offered strong perfor mances, but the momentum is on Hathaway’s side. She won the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award and BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Award for the same category. The award is as good as hers.

D a n i e l D ay - L e w i s w i n ning the Best Actor award for “Lincoln” is another certainty. His performance was so good that the audience was not watching Day-Lewis, but rather the resur rection of Abraham Lincoln himself.

It is a rough year to be one of the other nominees. Bradley Cooper delivered a fantastic performance as a bipolar man in ”Silver Linings Playbook.”

It seems even better when you consider the source, but it isn’t going to beat Lincoln reincarnate.

Denzel Washington’s performance in “Flight” was one of the only good parts of that movie, the other being the plane crash, but it will not be enough.

Honestly, Day-Lewis’ name could have been printed on the trophy as soon as he was nominated.

The final lock of the major categories is for Best Achievement in Directing.

Steven Spielberg for “Lincoln” i s t h e l e a d i n g f av o r i t e .

Surprisingly, he has only won the award twice, despite being nominated six times before.

His only wins came for “Schindler’s List” in 1993 and “Saving Private Ryan” in 1998.

His major competition comes from “Life of Pi” director Ang Lee, who took home the award in 2006 for “Brokeback Mountain” and was nominated in 2000 for “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”

The other nominees do not stand much of a chance. David O. Russell of “Silver Linings Playbook” was nominated in 2011 for “The Fighter,” but “Playbook” is a safe movie for directing, so he likely will not win.

“Beasts of the Souther n Wild” director Benh Zeitlin and “Amour” director Michael Haneke are first-time nominees and outside shots at best.

These three should just be happy they got nominated.

The biggest story of the directing category is who’s

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Jennifer Lawrence is nominated for the Best Actress category for her role in "Silver Linings Playbook."

not there. No nominations for Ben Affleck of “Argo,” Quentin Tarantino of “Django U n ch a i n e d ” a n d K at h r y n Bigelow of “Zero Dark Thirty,” all of which deserved a nod, Affleck more so than the rest.

He likely will find comfort in the many other awards he won this year, winning the BAFTA Award, Critics Choice Award, Directors Guild Award and Golden Globe. No love from the Academy, though. It is easily the snub of the year.

The three other cate gories are all toss-ups. Best Supporting Actor looks to be the tightest race of the night, since all five nominees have won before.

Philip Seymour Hoffman from “The Master” is the only nominee to win Best Actor, but

his film grossed the least of the five. Alan Arkin was fantastic in “Argo,” but his role was pretty small.

T h a t l e ave s Ro b e r t D e Niro in “Silver Linings Playbook,” Tommy Lee Jones in “Lincoln,” and Christoph Waltz in “Django Unchained.”

All three gave strong performances, but Waltz should win.

His role is engaging and the most vital to the overall plot of his film.

He won the same award in 2010 for another Tarantino film, “Inglorious Basterds,”and deserves to win it again.

Best Actress is a two-way race. It all comes down to Jessica Chastain for “Zero Dark Thirty” and Jennifer Lawrence for “Silver Linings Playbook.”

Lawrence should be the winner here, though it is very close. Lawrence’s performance is simply showier. Her role as a neurotic widow who falls for Cooper gives her more opportunity to show off than Chastain in her search for bin Laden. She also has a previous nomination under her belt for “Winter’s Bone” in 2011.

That leaves Sunday’s final award, Best Picture. There are nine nominees this year –though they can nominate up to 10. The nominees are “Amour,” “Argo,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “Django Unchained,” “Les Miserables,” “Life of Pi,” “Lincoln,” “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Zero Dark Thirty.”

The unofficial rule of thumb for this category is that any film whose director was not

nominated for Best Director, will not win. This year could break that rule –something that has not happened since “Driving Miss Daisy” in 1989.

T h e f avo r i t e s h e r e a r e “Argo” and “Lincoln.” Coming into Sunday, everything has been coming up “Argo.” It won the BAFTA Award, the Critics Choice Award, and the Golden Globe for Best Motion PictureDrama.

“Argo” should continue its run on Sunday. As good as “Lincoln” was, “Argo” was better. It would be interesting to hear an Affleck acceptance speech since he was skipped over in the directing category.

He will likely be classy about it, but on the off chance he throws the film’s most quotable line at the Academy, it will be worth watching.

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Women’s Hoops

’Dogs drop contest on off night

By Ricardo Cano The Collegian The Fresno State women’s basketball team was not shooting the ball behind the 3-point arc like its usual self.

Open shots faltered, contested ones too.

It was an off night offensively for the Bulldogs — one that helped the last-place Wolf Pack grab a 60-54 win Wednesday night at the Save Mart

Center and snap a nine-game Mountain West Conference losing streak.

Fresno State (17-8, 9-3 MWC) shot a season-low 28.4 percent from the field and a confounding 4-of- 28 (14.3 percent) from behind the arc to a Nevada team it handily beat the first time around.

“I think taking 28 3s when you’re having a tough time hitting shots is not our style of basketball,” Fresno State coach Raegan Pebley said. “Nevada did a good job forcing us to take those.”

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Nevada’s Denika Sharp (3) goes past Rosie Moult (25) for a layup attempt during Fresno State’s 60-54 Mountain West Conference loss to the Wolf Pack Wednesday night at the Save Mart Center.

The Bulldogs, faced with a Wolf Pack zone defense that forced them into the perimeter, had plenty of chances to score. Fresno State outrebounded Nevada 46-34, with 24 of those boards coming off the offensive end.

But the Bulldogs, who shot an excessive amount of 3s early on, had ninesecond chance points and weren’t able to sustain a scoring run, allowing the lingering Wolf Pack to maintain its lead in key moments in the game.

Nevada (7-17, 2-9 MWC) shot 48 percent from the field and scored 24 of its points off the 17 turnovers it forced Fresno State to commit. Danika Sharp and Chanelle Brennan led the Wolf Pack with 21 and 16 points.

“We got 24 offensive rebounds, and you should get offensive rebounds against a zone team,” Pebley said.

“But our focus was not really strong tonight. You get 24 offensive rebounds and Nevada outscores us in secondchance points. Again, you’ve got to be physical; you’ve got to go back up.

“We had the ball in the paint and dribbled out many times instead of being aggressive and going right at the rim again.”

Fresno State, cold shooting night aside, almost usurped the Wolf Pack’s late lead.

The Bulldogs, trailing 57-54 with 48 seconds left after Ki-Ki Moore’s 3-point play, had possession of the ball in their half court, but failed to tie the game after a missed 3-pointer by Rosie Moult gave the Wolf Pack the ball back.

Ki-Ki Moore led the Bulldogs with 20 points on 6-of-15 field goal shooting.

Alex Sheedy added eight points and a team-high 12 rebounds.

“We’re upset,” said guard Taylor Thompson, who finished the night with eight points and eight rebounds.

“We shouldn’t have lost, but that’s on us. Hopefully we use this someway looking at it as a positive thing and just keep moving forward and just keep working hard for the next game ahead.”

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STANFORD: Fresno State faces ace Appel on Friday CONTINUED from page 8 “We’re going to see a great one this weekend,” Fresno State coach Mike Batesole said. “Appel’s going to be 96, 98 (MPH). We got him good here, and in the Regional he made a nice adjustment. He went to about 70 percent breaking balls.

And he’s got an outstanding breaking ball.

“We’re going to come out and attack him again. He’s as good as it gets … He may have the record for turning down the most amount money in history, and he’s liable to the first taken in the whole draft this year.”

But a few of the Bulldogs’ pitchers, though young and inexperienced, had solid innings of their own on the mound.

Sophomores William Munro and Derick Velazquez and freshman Tim Borst logged the most time on the mound (they pitched a combined 17 innings) this past weekend.

The Bulldogs will go with that same rotation for their starting lineup, Batesole said, with Munro getting the start tonight.

It’s the bullpen that is in need of refinement.

“They’re the best three that we have today,” Batesole said. “That’s why we’re running them out there and that’s why they get to start. You want to put your best guy out there on Friday, your next guy on Saturday and your next guy on Sunday.

“From what they’ve earned in practice and the first weekend they showed that they deserved.”

The Bulldogs’ weekend series against the Cardinal is the first of three consecutive three-game matchups Fresno State will face against Pac-12 competition. Fresno State faces Cal next weekend and hosts USC on March 1-3.

“That’s what this whole nonleague deal is all about is getting us ready for the Mountain West Conference,” Batesole said. “That’s why we’ve got Stanford, USC, Cal back-to-back-toback.

“We’ll see some fantastic pitching these next few weekends.”

SOFTBALL: Bulldogs play in Santa Clara Tournament this weekend CONTINUED from page 8 The victory came at an opportune time for Fresno State. It snapped a fivegame losing streak in what was the Bulldogs’ lone home game before two weekend tournaments on the road.

“We’re very young,” Ford said, “so we’re still trying to learn how to have approaches, how pitchers are setting us up and how we can kind of combat that. We just have to learn from each atbat and each pitch and use that to better our at-bats.”

The early innings of the game were all about pitching as Fresno State freshman Hannah Harris and CSU

Bakersfield’s Kelsie Monroe squared the game in the fifth in relief of Harris off in a pitchers’ duel. and earned her second win of the seaIn her sixth start of son – both coming in the season, Harris gave relief appearances. In up one earned run and three innings of work, s we go on through five hits in four-plus Langdon gave up one the season, being innings of work. ear ned run and five road tested is a good “She’s getting hits. Neither Bulldog quality to have...” there,” Ford said. “I pitcher gave up a walk. think that she still The Bulldogs now has a lot of room for — Trisha Ford, look toward the weekimprovement. All of end where they will head coach face San Jose State, our pitchers still do.

They’re working hard Santa Clara, Cal State and I think that we’ll Nor thridg e, Saint make that jump, but we’re still a pro- Mary’s and Idaho State at the three-day gression away.”

Santa Clara Tournament.

Freshman Taylor Langdon entered This comes after last weekend’s

“A

appearance at the Gaucho Classic I at UC Santa Barbara – where Fresno State went winless.

“I think that as we go on through the season, being road tested is a good quality to have,” Ford said. “I think that we have some things that we have to get better at, but I think that whether it’s at home or on the road, those are still things we could do regardless.”

Ford said she expects the team to be able to ride Wednesday’s walk-off win into the upcoming tournament.

“I hope that we kind of take the high from this and put a good approach to the teams we’re going to face this weekend and come out on top,” she said.

RUGBY: Men’s team a ‘big extended family,’ McCormick said CONTINUED from page 8 “I love the consecutive play, and it’s anyone’s ball at all time,” she said.

“It’s more entertaining to watch just because the play never stops.”

McCormick also believes the physicality and speed of the game are what interests recruits, coming along to watch aggressive games and deciding, “I want to be part of that.”

However, the physical side of the sport is not just restricted to the men’s game. With only two experienced players out of the 25 on the women’s team, Torkelson revealed a lot of practice time is designated to tackling and teaching the fundamentals to newcomers.

“Surprisingly, they’re not that timid, and the ones that are, usually don’t stick with rugby,” she said.

After watching the women’s team play, McCormick agrees, come game time, there is “definitely a few girls who have that flame.”

“There’s a mindset about it. You have to be dedicated to switch it over and go crazy!” he said.

When the million-dollar question about rugby versus American football is asked, Torkelson is quick to reply her preference is rugby, while McCormick is still sitting on the fence, enjoying aspects of both sports.

“I know it’s going to be apples or oranges, everyone either likes football or rugby, but I’ve grown up around foot-

ball and like football, but more playing rugby,” he said.

Yet both McCormick and Torkelson agree that rugby brings people together and creates unusual camaraderie.

Calling the men’s team a “big extended family,” McCormick asserted the importance of knowing your teammates while playing.

“You got to know their tendencies and every little thing about them on and off the field to keep everything flowing,” he said.

The relationship with other universities in the conference is also strong, with social events being put on by the host team after every game.

“You’re aggressive, and you play to the death match,” Torkelson said.

“Then as soon as you get off the field, you’re like best friends.”

Eddie Dominguez, the Fresno State club sports administrator, believes having students participate in a club sport is key to “giving them that opportunity to represent their school.”

“Our first objective is to provide a club sports program that will assist students in being connected to the university,” Dominguez said.

The rugby teams play games on Saturday, representing Fresno State both home and away as they travel around California, playing the likes of UC Santa Cruz, Humboldt State and Santa Clara.

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Softball

Fresno State races past Roadrunners

By Zack Edwards The Collegian

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Junior Brooke Ortiz (10, at-bat) drove in the game-winning run during the ’Dogs’ (7-6) 3-2 nonconference victory over CSU Bakersfield on Wednesday.

The bats cooled off with the weather on Wednesday night when Fresno State softball took on CSU Bakersfield.

However, they warmed up at the right time as Fresno State (7-6) batted its way to a 3-2 win over the Roadrunners at Bulldog Diamond.

The Bulldogs were shut out five innings before their bats thawed out in the sixth, and a Vonnie Martin single scored Stesha Brazil to ear n them their first run.

They rode that momentum into the seventh inning.

Left fielder Diane Runge got on base through sheer speed when she beat out a squib

to second base for an infield single. Center fielder Brenna Moss followed with a triple to the right field fence to score Runge and tie the game at 2-2.

That brought up second baseman Brooke Ortiz, who singled into shallow right to score Moss and win the game in walk-off fashion.

While it did not happen quite the way she wanted, coach Trisha Ford said she was happy with the win.

“Wins are always good,” Ford said. “I wish we would’ve maybe had a little more of an aggressive approach offensively and put them away a little bit earlier, but wins are always good.”

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Baseball

’Dogs’ bats face big arms at Stanford

By Ricardo Cano The Collegian The Fresno State baseball team, which debuted the season 1-2 at home against UC Santa Barbara, showed a couple of good first impressions.

The young Bulldogs showed might on defense, having not committed a single error in the infield and outfield in their debut weekend.

But an area in need of growth for Fresno State (which is hitting .250 so far in the young season) is at the bats.

And one thing the Bulldogs are expecting to face when they travel to Palo Alto for their weekend series against No. 11 Stanford? Sound pitching.

Senior Mark Appel (the eighth overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft who was also drafted in the first round out of high school) headlines a dense pitching rotation that Fresno State had to deal with four times last season.

Fresno State and Stanford last met in the NCAA Regional.

Appel and the host Cardinal won 9-1.

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See STANFORD, Page 7

Fresno State and Stanford faced each four times last year, including a three-game series at Beiden Field. The Bulldogs went 1-3 against the Cardinal, losing 9-1 in the NCAA Stanford Regional.

Men’s Hoops

’Dogs host Broncos in White Out Game

Fresno State (9-16, 3-9 MWC) vs. Boise State (17-8, 5-6 MWC) •Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Save Mart Center •Radio: KMJ 580 AM The lowdown Fresno State has played its last two games down to the wire. The Bulldogs played in overtime against Nevada and Wyoming, with the Bulldogs coming out on top against the Wolf Pack.

Fresno State’s last four games will weigh heavily in terms of conference tournament seedings. The Bulldogs are in last place, but are a half-game behind Nevada and a game-and-ahalf behind seventh-place Wyoming. Boise State is sixth in Mountain West standings.

Did you see…

Kevin Foster made gamesaving 3-pointer against the Wolf Pack with six seconds left in regulation.

The Bulldogs were on the brink of experiencing another close conference loss, but Foster, who finished the night with 15 points, made the game-rattling shot.

Fresno State pulled off its 69-64 win in overtime, grabbing the lead early on and never relinquishing it.

Also…

Saturday’s game is being promoted as a White Out Game. Fans attending the matchup are encouraged to wear white and arrive early.

The first 500 fans through the door will receive an official White Out game day shirt.

—Compiled by Ricardo Cano, `The Collegian

Club Sports

Rugby teams continue development

By Nadia Pearl Special to The Collegian A combination of competiveness and camaraderie continues to drive the Fresno State rugby players this semester, as both the men’s and women’s teams enter their respective conference play.

The women’s team is participating in the West Coast Rugby Conference for the first time, something member Breanna Torkelson calls a “big deal.”

Despite being an established club sport for the past three years, the team has only been involved in pick-up games.

Meanwhile, senior Brennan

McCor mick is excited for the men’s team to re-enter the Pacific Wester n Rugby Conference for the fourth-consecutive year. Playing a scrumhalf for the past three years, he’s seen the popularity of the game grow at the university and in the wider Fresno area.

“Heck, every year we’re getting more and more people to come out,” McCormick said.

With rugby recently starting up in a handful of local high schools, more new players have experience in playing rugby coming into college.

However, recruiting on campus and word of mouth has also proven to attract newcomers to

the sport, with around 80 players currently involved either in practices or games.

Unique to rugby, all players are able to touch and play with the ball, an enticement its counterpart American football lacks.

McCor mick maintains that’s how he recruits “the big guys, the linemen,” asking them, “You ever get to touch the ball? No? You come on over, we’ll give it to you plenty!”

For Torkelson, a draw card is the uninterrupted nature of the game, admitting she dislikes “the stop and go of football.”

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Photo courtesy of Brennan McCormick / Fresno State men’s rugby

The Fresno State men’s (above) and women’s rugby teams have seen growth in interest the past couple of years. Both teams play on the road on Saturday.