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Library may require ID card for access By Lindsey Jones The Collegian As the Henry Madden Library turns three years old this month, the library administration is discussing the implementation of a new system that will impact the Fresno community as a whole. Peter McDonald, the dean of library services, said the system essentially requires everyone using the library’s facilities to swipe his or her identification card upon entering the building. With the swipe of a card, data can be captured and reported to the library administration for the calculation of statistics. “It would prevent homeless people from coming in and sleeping and stinking up the basement,” said student assistant Lyndsay Garner. McDonald said Fresno State is looking into a system called GradesFirst. The number of mandates is growing that require faculty to be more active in finding out exactly what services are being utilized in the library and how often. In response to these mandates, Fresno State administrators believe GradesFirst may be the answer to determining which services are most effective for students. While the system does seem as though it would serve as library security, McDonald said that is not what it See LIBRARY, Page 3

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The GradesFirst system would use swipes of student ID cards to find what services are being utilized at the library, and which ones are effective. David Tyckoson said that the 2.6 percent of the non-Fresno State community who use the library would still be welcome.

6,000 expected at Peach Blossom Festival Event attracts 200 schools from as far south as Delano, as far north as Livingston By Stephen Keleher The Collegian On March 15 and 16, Fresno State will see 6,000 elementary students from all over the Central Valley come through campus for the 54th-annual Peach Blossom Festival. “The campus is the biggest thing they’ve ever been to, and they get to perform in front of people and they get to recite,” Geraldo Marquez, senior journalism major and publicity coordinator for the event, said.

Marquez said that participating in Peach Blossom as a kid pushed him to try new things. “When I was young and I came to Peach Blossom, it did open up a lot of doors that I didn’t know could open,” Marquez said. “From the Peach Blossom Festival I continued on with school plays. Then from elementary school plays I got involved in drama in high school.” Marquez is one of the many students and alumni affected by the long-running festival. When Peach Blossom

Festival started 54 years ago, the goal was to let children from first grade to sixth do recitations of poetry and prose at Fresno State, thus, giving them the chance to learn to speak publicly. It started as a joint effort to help teach young people about interpretation, performance, how to be an audience member as well to give them the experience of visiting a great university campus. Since then, the festival now attracts 200 schools from as far north as Livingston, and as far south as Delano. “I think it is an amazing festival that is an opportunity unlike any other in the Central Valley,” faculty sponsor Stacie Mimura, said. The elementary students can recite poems in solo, duo, trio or a small group and a large group. Judges look for confidence, fluidity, their ability to focus and presentation quality. After perfor ming, the children receive positive feedback from the judges. Students will then receive either an excellent or superior stamp along with a certificate.

Marquez knows first hand how it feels to be on that stage, and said it can mean a lot. “I was one of the ones that was a little kid getting my autograph signed,” he said. “With that great influence at such a young age, that one event can change one child’s life.” Though some students may experience a disruption or a cancelled class during the festival, most will welcome the young students who will learn valuable lessons about public speaking as well as experiencing the gravity of being on a university campus. “It is intended to boost the morale and the public speaking skills of young elementary children so that later on in the future in high school and college they have that motivation that they can do it, that they can speak in front of people,” Marquez said. “It is our goal to give kids a feel of how it is to perform in front people, to take away that gut feeling of what it is to be a public speaker.”

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ith that great influence at such a young age, that one event can change one child’s life.”

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Kids from the 200 schools not only have the chance to perform in front of an audience, but also meet their favorite student-athletes and get autographs.

— Geraldo Marquez, publicity coordinator

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drill Diaz was in her office and was fortunate to have a hearing student along with her at the time. The announcement came through the phone, and the student had to fingerspell E-A-R-T-HQ-U-A-K-E to let Diaz know what was going on. “As an advocate and person who will work with the deaf community in the future, I believe that our school’s preparedness for the needs of the deaf community in the event of a disaster or an emergency is unprepared,” Maegan Seegers, a communicative disorders and deaf studies student, said. If a deaf faculty member is in their office, and there was an evacuation drill or actual fire, they would have no indication of what is going on until they smelled smoke or saw actual fire, and by then it would be too late. “I work on the second floor and there is no way I would survive a jump out of my window,” Diaz said. “I don’t think I could even fit through my window, so that would be tragic.” To help a future situation such as an evacuation, visual flashing alerts can be installed throughout offices. The emergency poles around campus are also ill-equipped for the deaf community. You push a button for help,

BC News recently proposed the question: Could vegetarians eat a ‘test tube’ burger? The article describes a new process that uses stem cells extracted from animals to grow artificial beef muscle, which could then be used to make a hamburger patty. Currently the stem cells are typically harvested from by-products of animals that have been slaughtered, but this could change relatively soon. Scientists are working on extracting the stem cells from living animals without harming them. The question then arises if such hamburger patties could be suitable for “moral vegetarians” — that is, vegetarians who practice because they believe the practice of killing animals for meat is morally wrong. If the animals are not being killed for their meat, then a vegetarian’s morals may no longer be at odds with eating a labgrown burger. This is not to say that it is for everyone. Clearly a product like this does not fit into the typical definition of “vegetarian,” but it could possibly serve as an exclusion to the lifestyle for some people. Others simply feel the practice of biologically engineering our food is creepy or downright disgusting. But growing meat from stem cells isn’t such a far cry from other farming methods currently in use that most of the general population doesn’t mind or doesn’t know about. Fruits and vegetables are genetically engineered to be bigger, shinier and disease and insect-repellent. Artificially grown meats may just be the next wave in food engineering. Yes, it may sound radical now, but consider that many of the food industry practices we have and accept now were new and experimental at one point in history as well. The transition to lab-grown beef will certainly not take place overnight, nor is it likely to take over the traditional meat industry in the foreseeable future. Even vegetarians who say they would not eat the artificial meat would be hard-pressed to deny that the process would ultimately help their cause. Surely growing meat in a lab is a preferable alternative to slaughtering millions of animals, not to mention it could provide a more sustainable supply of meat to feed the world. Scientific innovation such as this isn’t as new of territory as it may seem, and could very well become the way of the future for all food supplies. However, for now, the decision rests with each individual. Would you feel comfortable eating a “lab-burger?” If you’re a vegetarian, could you eat artificial meat without violating your morals? Or do you see this as even being a viable option in the future?

By Jennifer Campos The Collegian

n case of a tragic disaster, earthquake or fire, Fresno State’s campus is not equipped to handle all students and faculty in the deaf community. “ I have been in several emergency situations where I have been illequipped to handle what was going on just because of lack of information and/or lack of access to communication,” Professor Rosemary Diaz, a communicative disorders and deaf studies teacher at Fresno State, said. The University Police Department was supposed to have set up a pager alert system for the entire deaf faculty, which has not been done yet, Diaz said. The alert system would be designed to let the deaf faculty know of any announcements or emergencies via text, Diaz said. During a typical earthquake or earthquake drill, there is a voice that makes an announcement through the phones in all classrooms and offices, Diaz said. This method is great for the hearing community, but what about the deaf community? For example, during an earthquake

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and there is a voice that responds to you. How is the deaf community supposed to alert the campus police with their emergency? A simple screen and keyboard can help solve this problem, Ashlee Lynch, a community health student, said. “It’s not fair to the deaf community when they are trying to contact the police through the emergency poles, they need some sort of screen,” Lynch said. Fresno State’s campus has a wide variety of faculty and students. The number-one goal for the campus besides education should be the safety of all staff and students. “Our campus fulfills the needs of many students and faculty, but it seems like they skipped over the deaf community on campus,” Seegers said. “As a faculty member I have never received any type of training on what to do if there is an emergency, whether it is a natural disaster, or a student passing out in class,” Diaz said. Jennifer Campos is a writer for The Collegian in the Mass Communication and Journalism 102W class.

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LIBRARY: System would find what services are used CONTINUED from page 1 would be used for. Students are hired to keep the library secure. “These students are titled public safety assistants and they are trained to patrol the library every hour it’s open,” McDonald said. “These students primarily focus on enforcing library food and noise policies, inhibiting theft, and keeping the building clean. In no way are they supposed to keep anyone from coming into the library.” Henry Madden Library is the largest research library in the Central Valley serving 1.3 million people in 2011 as stated by David Tyckoson, associate dean of library services at Fresno State. McDonald said Madden library is there for all members of the community to utilize, not just those associated with Fresno State. “We want to be as open as possible,” Tyckoson said. Tyckoson estimated that about 2 percent of the library’s constituency was made up of community members not affiliated with Fresno State. Both Tyckoson and McDonald agreed that 2 percent will remain welcomed into the library whether GradesFirst happens or not. Gar ner said she felt as though the new system may likely inhibit those people from coming to campus and using the library: “The whole point is for it to be a community library,” she said.

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Neither McDonald nor Tyckoson saw a need for added security in the library. The two said the amount of crime that has occurred since the library’s opening in 2009 is very minimal. Tyckoson said this is a tribute to the campus community. “The vast majority of any issues we’ve had have involved non-Fresno State students,” Tyckoson said. Garner said the system may add more hassle for the workers in the library having to deal with guest passes and students forgetting their ID cards, which she says happens quite often. She said she did not think other students would like the system. Jennifer Elder, a sophomore math major, said she would be willing to listen to administration’s plans for the GradesFirst system, especially if it helped with budgeting. “I don’t want it to affect the tuition I’m already paying,” Elder said. “But it could pay for itself if used properly.” McDonald said he wasn’t certain what the cost of licensing for the GradesFirst system would be, but it wouldn’t be cheap. He said it may be a key reason why the library doesn’t already have the system or why any future implementation setbacks may occur. If plans continue forward, Fresno State may in fact be the first of the California State Universities to purchase such a system.

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Magazine editor comes to campus for African People’s History Month

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American writer and former Essence magazine editor Susan L. Taylor (right) spoke to students and community members at a special reception yesterday before her lecture at the Satellite Student Union. Fresno State student Jayla Tunstall (left) was honored to speak to her before the event.

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Lemon tree honors former journalism professor By Laura Pola The Collegian As the front doors of the McKee Fisk building open, a seating area with branches full of lemons surround the area. Three lemon trees and a seating bench decorate a path many students walk across every day. T h e Ro g e r Tat a r i a n M e m o r i a l Plaza was dedicated in 1996 in memory of one of Fresno State’s beloved professors, who taught in the Mass Communications and Jour nalism Department. “He was very loved,” Robert Boro said, who developed a special friendship with Tatarian. “He had a lot of very close friends where he grew up in Fresno who were very successful people in the business world, and he was very loved in the journalism world.” Tatarian became a great insight and mentor for journalists and writers in Fresno, including students at Fresno State. Tatarian, a for mer executive at United Press International, grew up in Fresno and graduated with a degree in politcal science from Fresno City College in 1938. He began his writing career at UPI and became the general news manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Tatarian also worked as the UPI bureau chief for London and Rome and as the news editor in Washington, D.C. Tatarian retired from UPI in 1972 and retur ned to Fresno State to teach in the Journalism Department for 15 years. Boro, also the consulting landscape architect for Fresno State and owner of Robert Boro Landscape Arch Business, met Tatarian in 1948 when they both belonged to a study group that gathered

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The lemon trees in front of the McKee Fisk building are dedicated to former Fresno State journalism professor and UPI Editor In Chief Roger Tatarian.

once a month. Boro became Tatarian's good friend and knew him while he was working around the world. In 1995, Boro offered to donate the plants and build the plaza to honor his friend. The trees grow very ripe lemons and provide a nice seating area for students and professors to enjoy. “I thought about his time spent in Italy and thought why don’t we use lemon trees because they are very common in Italy as a landscape tree,” Boro said. Boro said he learned from Tatarian’s wife Eunice that Roger’s favorite tree

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Rihanna and Chris Brown? This collaboration takes the cake By Margaret Wappler McClatchy-Tribune While the music media world was wringing its hands about Chris Brown's appearing on Rihanna's remix of "Birthday Cake," the two former or current, no one really knows lovers were hatching not just one song but two. Brown lustily serenades Rihanna on "Cake," and she appears on a new version of his song "Turn Up the Music," complete with giggles at the end presumably because they were having such a great time sending confusing messages to anyone listening. Let's break it down track by track: There's "Birthday Cake," a fire-alarmfestooned sex burner that's about as subtle as a hot pink thong. This song will get people talking, not in a good way. Brown declares his intents from the first line: He wants to get joint counseling, of course! Whoops, no. He just misses her body, the same one he assaulted three years ago, and wants to "give it" to her "in the worst way." As a mere collection of sounds and

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ake would make serviceable fodder for club grinds, but its message is so convoluted given the context that it deserves to drown in the murky waters it was born in.”

beats, "Cake" would make serviceable fodder for club grinds, but its message is so convoluted given the context that it deserves to drown in the murky waters it was born in. What to take from this? Is this a sign of romantic reunion or simply two celebrities willing to milk their domestic abuse incident for more fame and or notoriety? Either way, isn't there a more powerful message to send than the blithe intertwining of sex and violence? Sure, it's pop music, not a therapy session, but ignoring the weirdness of their nebulous reunion in favor of sexual innuendo doesn't help the song along. Why not insert some wisp of forgiveness or redemption themes both artists have touched upon in their work? Brown's "Turn Up the Music" is by far the safer track, so safe it's a wonder that they bothered to further dress up this wan reconstitution of Kylie Minogue. Maybe it can be taken as a sign that at the end of the day, Rihanna and Brown are simply pop stars who just want you to turn up the music, buy their records and forget all that other stuff. If only we could be so lucky. From the start, Rihanna and Brown have asked that the public allow them to move beyond their turbulent past but here they are flaunting it, in dull yet reckless approximations of edgy individuality. Indeed, to paraphrase a line from "Birthday Cake," which way do they want it? Public or private? Some listeners would love to make their romantic status, past and or present, none of our business now, if only we could get their cooperation.

in the whole world was the lemon tree. “I knew Roger and I knew he lived in Italy and figured he must like lemon trees,” Boro said. Rick Finden, the director of Plant Operations at Fresno State, said, “It is one of the most popular trees on campus. It’s a very nice addition to the campus and everyone is welcome to pick lemons off it.” Amanda Pendergraft and Chelsea Thomas, both Fresno State junior students, walk by McKee Fisk building every Tuesday and Thursday for class and have always wanted to pick lem-

ons. “We’ve seen the lemons growing from the tree and every time we’re tempted to pick some off. But we never do because I think we could get in trouble,” Pendergraft said. Boro said the purpose of the lemon trees planted outside the doors of McKee Fisk was so students can enjoy eating them. “There is no rule against picking them,” he said. “Roger was a very generous man. He would like that.”

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No-kill animal shelter to hold fundraiser at local tattoo shop By Jennifer Campos The Collegian “I’m expecting a big tur n out,” owner and artist of Skin Décor Tattoo Studio Jim McQuaid said. The Fresno Bully Rescue will be holding a fundraiser at Skin Décor Tattoo Studio this Saturday. Residents of the community are encouraged to come out and get a dog-inspired tattoo to support the local bullies. Skin Décor is of fering custom designed artwork that will be $60 a piece. All the proceeds will benefit and go directly to the Fresno Bully Rescue (FBR), a volunteer-based non-profit,

no-kill shelter and sanctuary dedicated to rescuing bully breed dogs. The shelter accepts American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, American Bull Dogs and Bull Terriers. “We are here to provide a healthy and loving temporary home while we look for forever homes for our bullies,” Bridgett Boothe, co-founder of Bully Rescue, said. “Besides felicitating, FBR is also committed to providing educational services in the community. FBR also promotes spaying and neutering and responsible ownerships of the bully breeds,” Boothe said.

FBR advocates for the bully breeds by doing educational outreach to the high-risk communities about the illegal practice of dog fighting. It also provides mental and physical rehabilitation, and training to bully residents under their care. McQuaid and his team of three artists will be drawing up several flash sheets for the public to choose from. “In honor of the fundraiser, the flash sheets will be based around the bully dogs,” McQuaid said. “We have a good reputation and we want to uphold that, so the tattoos will be nicely drawn out, and nicely inked,” he said.

Skin Décor customer Sara Patterson plans on attending the fundraiser event. “Even though I just got one, I have the perfect place for my little pit bull tattoo,” Patterson said. “I have a soft spot for animals and will do anything to help.” McQuaid will not be taking appointments. It’s a first-come, first-serve basis, so early attendance is encouraged. The doors will open at noon, and the last customer will be taken at 9 p.m. All participants must be 18 or older. “We all have dogs and enjoy them, so this was a perfect opportunity to give back,” McQuaid said.

‘Hugo’ goes huge at the Oscars By Steven Rea McClatchy-Tribune PHILADELPHIA — Hollywood celebrated itself, and its history, Sunday night as the 84th Academy Awards made lots of noise about the first silent movie to be nominated for best picture since 1928, and as Octavia Spencer won the supporting-actress prize in the earliest of the evening’s major awards. A first-time Oscar nominee, Spencer won for her scene-stealing performance as a feisty and acerbic Mississippi maid in the popular Civil Rights-era weepie, “The Help.” She accepted the prize happily, and tearfully. Christopher Plummer won the supporting actor Oscar, winning for his perfor mance in “Beginners” as a father who comes out of the closet late in his life. The veteran actor accepted the much-deserved prize with a gracious nod to his competition in the category, which included the also-82-yearold Max von Sydow. Plummer held his Oscar aloft and quipped, “You’re only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life?” Moviedom’s betuxed and begowned luminaries stepped off the red carpet and into a remade, and rechristened, movie palace — the Hollywood and Highland Center, known until just this week as the Kodak — to bathe in a glamorous retro glow. (Kodak is in bankruptcy, and gave up its naming rights for the theater, which emcee Billy Crystal dubbed “the beautiful Chapter 11 Theatre.”) With best picture contenders “The Artist,” “Hugo,” “Midnight in Paris” and “War Horse” all steeped in nostalgia, and with the Oscars venue dressed up to resemble a grand, old-fashioned bijou, the evening’s ceremony was as much a loving look back through decades of movie-making as it was a salute to the movies of 2011, some still playing in the multiplexes, others streaming and just out on DVD. Kicking off the night of kudos, Crystal, hosting the Academy Awards telecast for the ninth time, inserted himself into a montage of clip mockoffs, and offered his traditional songand-dance medley honoring (kind of) this year’s nine best picture nominees. The first of the night’s Academy

Awards went to Robert Richardson for the eye-popping 3-D cinematography on Martin Scorsese’s best picture nominee, the children’s fantasy “Hugo.” “Hugo” also pocketed early prizes for art direction, sound editing and mixing, taking an early lead. Capping an improbable awards season run (and nabbing best picture, best actor and other top prizes at the Independent Spirit Awards held on Oscar eve), “The Artist” entered the evening as the best-picture favorite, taking an early Oscar for costume design. Since its debut last spring at the Cannes Film Festival, writer/ director Michel Hazanavicius’ vibrant valentine to 1920s Hollywood has won just about every major movie award and critics group prize, char ming audiences with its evocation of vintage melodranmas and musicals. The eight competing best-picture nominees were “The Descendants,” “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” “T he Help,” “Hugo,” “Midnight in Paris,” “Moneyball,” “The Tree of Life” and “War Horse.” “A Separation,” an Iranian drama about a couple lost in a tumult of domestic and moral concerns, won the Oscar for best foreign-language film. It was the first foreign-language Academy Award for a film from the troubled middle easter n country. Asghar Farhadi, the film’s director, also was nominated in the best original-screenplay category. Jean Dujardin, who stars in “The Artist” as a silent-era screen idol struggling to make the transition to talkies, had the best-actor statuette in his sights. It’s the comedic actor’s first nomination. But George Clooney — who delivers a funny, sad, nuanced performance as a father struggling with family tragedy and Hawaiian real estate woes in “The Descendants” — also was viewed as strong contender. This was Clooney’s fourth Oscar nomination for acting, and seventh overall. (Clooney is also nominated for a screenplay Oscar, for his work on “The Ides of March.”) Demian Bichir (“A Better Life”), Brad Pitt (“Moneyball”) and Gary Oldman (“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”) rounded out the category. Viola Davis’ quiet, forceful turn in “The Help” as a courageous maid coping with racism in the early-1960s South has brought the actress acco-

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Viola Davis and Julius Tennon arrive at the 84th Annual Academy Awards show at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday.

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Music from Baroque era performed in regional concert By Finetta Hinds The Collegian

The art of the Baroque era was revived last weekend. Music students from the Valley participated in the Fresno County Baroque Festival on Saturday, Feb. 18. Participants were judged and given a score that determined if they were eligible to perform at a regional concert held in March. The Baroque Festival was held in the Concert Hall of the new music building at Fresno State by the Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC) of Fresno County. Lenore Heibert, who teaches piano at Fresno State and private piano lessons from her home, noted that MTAC is an organization for private piano instructors to be a resource and sponsor events for their students to participate in. There were three recitals in which 31 students had a chance to perform their best in the style of music during the Baroque Era. In the era of 1600 to 1750, during this time Johann Sebastian Bach is the most famous for his compositions. Ranging from mostly piano to organ students, with a few cello students, they were able to play the many works of Bach and a few works from other Baroque composers. “I was impressed with the variety they had of organ and piano.” Helga Medd said. Medd, an audience member who is also part of MTAC, has been teaching piano for many years. Matthew Harikian, a senior at

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University High School, played a Bach piece by piano at the festival. He has played the piano for 12 years and practices about 10 hours a week. Harikian talked about his music skill and how MTAC teachers have contributed to it. “[MTAC] completely changed the way I’ve played through technique and the way I think about music. More individual thinking during my practices,” said Harikian. Another student, Emma Laramie, an eighth-grader at Carden School of Fresno, spoke of how MTAC teachers help perfect her musical skills. “They’ve helped me improve in theory and technically,” Laramie said. I feel they’ve given me a challenge to look forward to. It would be nice to be chosen and go to regionals, and I think I’d be very nervous.” Students from elementary school through high school and a few college students have become familiar with Baroque-style music, which has been practiced for centuries. “An old craft, an old art that is still being appreciated by young people today,” Heibert said as she brought up the significance of students playing Baroque music. When asked what she liked about perfor ming Baroque-style music, Harikian said “I like the simplicity of a lot of it, and I like seeing the results of a lot of hard work.” Harikian, just like Laramie, is among one of the hopeful students who was judged for a spot in the regional concert in March.

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lades and honors, and the presumptive winning slot in the best-actress race. It’s Davis’ second Oscar nomination — her first, for supporting actress, was for “Doubt,” in which she costarred opposite her main competition Sunday night: Meryl Streep. With more nominations — 17 — than any actor in Academy history, Streep was in the hunt for the same prize her decadesspanning portrait of British prime

minister Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady.” The last time Streep took home an Oscar was 29 years ago, for “Sophie’s Choice.” The other actress in a leading role candidates: Glenn Close (“Albert Nobbs”), Rooney Mara (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”) and Michelle Williams (“My Week with Marilyn”). Walking onto the stage of the theater-for merly-known-as-Kodak in the show’s opening minutes, Morgan Freeman promised a night that looked back at movies’ “glorious past.”

‘The Artist’s’ Michel Hazanavicius wins Academy Award By Noelene Clark McClatchy-Tribune LOS ANGELES — French newcomer Michel Hazanavicius won the Academy Award for director Sunday evening for “The Artist,” a nearly silent, black-andwhite film about a silent movie star whose life changes with Hollywood’s transition to talking pictures and the arrival of a lovely starlet. Hazanavicius, who also wrote the screenplay and edited the film, has written and directed several French TV productions, as well as the “OSS 117” movies, which star Jean Dujardin (lead actor in “The Artist”) as a French secret agent akin to James Bond. But “The Artist” thrust Hazanavicius,

44, into the spotlight and has afforded him international acclaim. The film, which stars the director’s wife Berenice Bejo as ingenue Peppy Miller, swept the BAFTA awards two weeks ago, taking seven trophies including two for Hazanavicius. He also won the Directors Guild of America award. For the Oscar, Hazanavicius was up against Terrence Malick for “The Tree of Life,” Woody Allen for “Midnight in Paris,” Alexander Payne for “The Descendants” and Martin Scorsese, who last month nabbed the Golden Globe for directing “Hugo.” “The Artist,” which won the Golden Globe for best picture, received 10 total Academy Award nominations, including writing and editing nods for Hazanavicius and best picture.

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MEN’S TENNIS

Paul George robbed in Slam Dunk Contest Fo r t h o s e o f u s w h o watched ex-Bulldog Paul George in Saturday’s Slam D u n k Contest, one thing was for certain: his highflying slams were more than enough to earn him first place. But it was Angel Utah Jazz’s Moreno J e r e m y E va n s wh o won, beating out George, the Houston Rockets’ Chase Budinger and the Minnesota T i m b e r wo l ve s ’ D e r r i c k Williams. Why? Was it the fact that he jumped over a 5-foot-4 Kevin Hart, who was dressed up as a mailman in a tribute to Jazz legend Karl Malone? Basketball fans across the country think so, as this year’s contest marked the first time the NBA made the contest solely based on fan voting. Fans voted for who they thought should win via Twitter, text message or on the league’s website. But the truth is Evans wasn’t the best dunker on the floor that night. George was. George’s dunks were creative, spontaneuous and reminicsent of two years ago when he graced us with his talent in the Save Mart Center. For his first dunk, George jumped over two teammates, 7-foot-2 Roy Hibbert and 6-6 Dahntay Jones. Sure, he may

have used his hand to push off a bit, but to open the contest jumping over a sevenfooter is absurd, but deserving of the title in itself. For the second, he put out the lights, literally, sporting a glow-in-the-dark uniform in his Tron-inspired 360 windmill. And for his third, he honored Pacers’ general manager Larry Bird by slapping a sticker of the legend’s face on the backboard while dunking. How did Evans match? He bounced himself a pass for a reverse dunk. It would’ve been impressive, had the pass not already been in the basket. He jumped over a sitting person who lobbed up two basketballs, which he dunked both. And he jumped over a 5-foot-4 mailman imposter. Impressive? Sure. Was it enough? I don’t think so. And neither did Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) who tweeted: “Even though the 2 ball dunk was nice prolly the best of the night, u can’t have the WORST dunk ever and win.” Orlando Magic’s Jason Richardson ag reed with Curry, retweeting his tweet above and tweeting for himself: “I think Paul George or Chase Budinger should of won.... Guess all 3 million votes came from Utah lol.” I c a n p a r t i a l ly a g re e, Budinger sucked.

SPORTS BRIEFS Women’s basketball falls short at San Jose State Fresno State’s 12-game winning streak came to an end on Sunday in a 62-61 loss at San Jose State. It was the Bulldogs’ first loss in the Western Athletic Conference in more than a year, with their last against Lousiana Tech on Feb. 5, 2011. Ju n i o r Ro s i e M o u l t l e d the team with 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while recording four assists and two steals. All of Moult’s 15 points were 3-pointers, where she sank 5-of-12 from beyond the arc. Sophomore Taylor Thompson added 12 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Thompson’s points were also all from 3-point range, where she shot 4-of-9 on the night. The Spartans took over the second half, taking a six-point lead in the final minutes, earning them their first win over Fresno State since 2002. The ‘Dogs (23-5, 11-1 WAC) will return to the Save Mart Center on Thursday for Pack the House Night to host Louisiana Tech in their final WAC regular-season game.

Prigge named WAC Champion of Platform Sophomore Hannah Prigge became the first Bulldo g to win a final event at the

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WAC Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday, scoring a 285.15 to take the title. Overall, F resno State p l a c e d s i x t h at t h e WAC Championships for their best finish under fourth-year head coach Jeanne Fleck.

‘Dogs upset No. 7 UCLA at Cathedral City Classic Freshman Brenna Moss hit a two-out, bases-loaded triple in the top of the seventh inning to lift Fresno State past UCLA, 6-3 to close out the Cathedral City Classic on Saturday. The win marked the first time the ‘Dogs defeated the Bruins since March 12, 2000. “I couldn’t be more proud of these guys,” said head coach Margie Wright. “It was so awesome to come right back and get three runs.” Moss’ clutch hit was her third on the day and snapped a 14-game losing streak to UCLA. Up 3-0 going into the bottom of the sixth, the ‘Dogs allowed UCLA to tie the game at 3-all with two outs. But the Bulldogs responded by loading up the bases, clearing the way for Moss. Second baseman Brooke Ortiz was 2-for-3 with two runs while senior Michelle Moses recorded the win in the circle. Moses pitched a complete game, striking out eight and improving her record to 5-4.

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Senior David Ayoun returns a serve in his doubles match on Sunday. Ayoun, along with partner Jean-Charles Diame, defeated UNLV’s Rene Ruegamer and Johannes Markel, 8-3.

‘Dogs take down Rebels 5-2 By Angel Moreno The Collegian The nationally ranked Bulldog tennis team continued its rise to dominance, defeating UNLV, 5-2, on Sunday at the Wathen Tennis Center for its eighth-straight win. No. 25 Fresno State earned the doubles point against the Rebels with partners David Ayo u n a n d Je a n - C h a rl e s Diame, and Zachary Leslie and Sai Kartik Nakireddi winning their matches. But it was on the singles court where the ‘Dogs were able to separate themselves from the Rebels, winning four of the six matches, to clinch the victory. Ayoun, a senior, was the first to finish in singles play, besting Charlie Alvarado in two sets, 6-3, 6-4. “It’s always good to win, especially at home,” Ayoun said. “It was a tough match. I knew this guy. I played him last year and I didn’t want to go to a third set. I wanted to finish it and at 5-4. I just put more pressure on and I finished it.” The Rebels responded with a win in the No. 3 singles match where Brian Kenyon downed

Diame in two sets, 6-2, 6-4. UNLV’s only other singles point came when Tamas Batyi beat Leslie 7-5, 6-4. In No. 1 singles, Fresno State’s Remi Boutillier struggled to win his singles match, going into a tiebreaker after the second set. “It seemed like an easy match, but it really wasn’t” Boutillier said, “I was still struggling to get my service game, and then he started serving better in the second [set]. I’m glad it didn’t go to the third set, it would’ve been hard.” Boutiller, ranked No. 19 nationally in singles play, downed Rene Ruegamer in a tiebreaker after two sets, 6-1, 7-6 (3). Despite the stiff competition, Boutillier knew his team had to persevere in order to get the win. “These matches are always tough,” Boutillier said. “We just have to come out here and compete. And as long as we compete on every single court, then I think we’re going to be a good team but we have to make sure everyone is focused on every single day.” And that’s exactly what the Bulldogs did, who improved

to 8-1 on the season, not losing since their second game of the season against UCLA on Jan. 29. Head coach Jay Udwadia admitted that the singles play was up-and-down, but that his players were able to remained focused and battle it out for the win. “We take it one match at a time,” Udwadia said. “We’re trying to stay grounded. We don’t want to go into any match, thinking whatever ranking they have.” UNLV was ranked No. 63 coming into Sunday’s match. So far this season Udwadia is fairly happy with the results his team has given. “We’ve performed well, so it’s hard to say that I’m disappointed,” said the eighth-year head coach. “But at the same time with that success comes responsibility. Now that we’re one of the top programs in the country we want to maintain that and try to be greedy and push forward.” The Bulldogs will travel to San Diego on Friday to compete in the Pacific Coast Doubles Tournament.

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Just out of reach MEN’S BASKETBALL

Two double-doubles not enough for ‘Dogs in 79-76 3OT loss to Nevada By Tim Salazar The Collegian It took 55 minutes, 32 lead changes, 19 tied scores and 52 fouls in Saturday’s men’s basketball game to finally declare a winner. The Bulldogs fell just short against the Wolf Pack, 79-76 in triple overtime. It was the Bulldogs’ fourth triple-overtime game in team history. Nevada, who came in atop the Wester n Athletic Conference at 10-1, was battled every step of the way during the game but clinched at least a share of the regular-season conference title with the win. “We knew coming in that we were going to have our hands full in terms of having to deal with their inside presence and their post guys were the difference tonight,” said head coach Rodney Terry. The game did not go without controversy. The officials were hounded by fans for many judgment calls that went the way of the Wolf Pack. The biggest uproar came when Nevada’s starting forward Olek Czyz appeared to foul out in the first overtime before officials changed the call. The game appeared to be over on numerous occasions. At the end of re gulation Nevada had two opportunities to end the game early, but Deonte Burton’s missed 3-pointer and Dario Hunt’s rebound and missed jumper as time expired forced the game into extra minutes. At the end of the first overtime it was Fresno State’s Tyler Johnson who missed a jumper with only seconds to spare, sending the game to the second overtime. “We got the perfect matchu p s we w a n t e d i n t h o s e [opportunities],” Terry said. “You want the last shot of the game and we ended up with the last shot with the shot that we wanted.” The second overtime had a similar result as the first but it was Jonathan Wills who missed the final shot of the period for the Bulldogs. In the third overtime, the Wolf Pack took the lead with 55 seconds remaining on a layup by Czyz making the score 75-74 and Burton drained his final two free throws 33 seconds later to put the game out of reach with 21.4 seconds

remaining. Hunt and Malik Story would add a free throw each to seal the game. The Wolf Pack relied solely on their starting five, getting only one point from the bench, a free throw by Jordan Finn. Czyz finished the game with 25 points. Hunt added 20 and Burton finished the game with 19. Junior Kevin Foster had a career game, scoring 24 points and grabbing 12 rebounds in 40-plus minutes on the floor before being fouled out in the final minute of the third overtime. Foster was one of three Bulldogs to foul out in the intense, physical match-up. Every starter on the Bulldog roster collected at least four fouls with both Tyler Johnson and Kevin Olekaibe fouling out. The ‘Dogs were called on 29 different occasions for fouls. Olekaibe, who came of f a career-high 43 points against Seattle University on Thursday, was able to do little against Nevada’s relentless defense, putting up 11 points, eight coming from the field. He would finish the night 3-of13 from the field and 2-of-8 from three-point range. The starters combined for 49 points, shooting 16-of-56 overall. Both teams struggled throughout game to find easy baskets. The Wolf Pack shot 25-of-60 from the field and 3-of16 from 3-point range. The Bulldogs were slightly worse, shooting 25-of-71 but slightly better from beyond the arc sinking 5-of-19. The loss dropped the Bulldogs to 13-17 and 3-9 in the WAC. The loss also dropped the Bulldogs to 0-3 this season in overtime games and 2-2 alltime in triple-overtime games. The win boosted the Wolf Pack record to 23-5 and 11-1 in the WAC. If the two teams don’t play each other in the WAC Tournament they will have another opportunity to rekindle the grudge match when both teams head to the Mountain West for the 2012-13 season. “We’ll never be a program that settles for just being close and just being happy in a triple-overtime game,” Terry said. “With the league leader we play to win. Every contest we play we play to win.”

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Senior Jonathan Wills goes up for a layup against Nevada’s Kevin Panzer during Saturday’s triple-overtime loss. Wills recorded a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds.

“We’ll never be a program that settles for just being close and just being happy in a triple-overtime game. With the league leader, we play to win. Every contest we play, we play to win.” -Head coach Rodney Terry