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By Thaddeus Miller The Collegian

In November and December of last year, a total of six arson-related fires were set around campus on four different days.

Several of the fires were inside of trash cans, while one was found inside an office in the Social Science building.

Officers found a charred piece of paper inside of that office.

On Nov. 18, University Police Department (UPD) received three separate reports of fires within 30 minutes. The other three reports came in on Dec. 2,

Nov. 18 at 8:45 p.m.

Social Science Building

Dec. 2 at 8:38 p.m.

East Wing of McLane Hall

Dec. 9 at 7:34 p.m.

Psych/Human Services Building

Nov. 18 at 8:20 p.m.

Speech Arts Building

Nov. 18 at 8:18 p.m.

East of Key Control

Dec. 16 at 8:52 p.m.

• Trash can found on fire • Fire was extinguished by UPD

Speech Arts Building

infographic of the fires visit: http://collegian.csufresno.edu

Source: University Polic Department Crime Alerts

Social Science Building

• Police responed to a fire alarm • Trash can found on fire • Personnel were evacuated

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Lab School

East of Key Control

Dec. 9 and Dec 16.

All of the reports came in at night between 7:30 and 9 p.m.

None of the fires caused any injuries or property damage, other than burnt trash cans.

The UPD would not comment on any of the cases, as it is an ongoing investigation, according to Amy Armstrong, public information officer for UPD.

East Wing of McLane Hall

• Report of possible fire in office • Officers found charred piece of paper in office

Psych/Human Services Building

• Report of a trash can fire • Fire was extinguished by a student • Building was evacuated

Lab School

• Trash can fire on 2nd floor • Fire extinguished by a student • Fire department arrived, building was evacuated

• Fire was extinguished by UPD • The fire deparment was dispatched to campus

Building behind schedule

By Thaddeus Miller The Collegian

Matt Weir / The Collegian

The construction of the UHS building is 30 days behind schedule.

The new University High School (UHS) building, which went under construction Aug. 3, is about 30 days behind schedule, said the school’s top administrator.

Ron Mehling, operations manager for Zumwalt Construction Inc., said that the delay in construction was due to a problem with receiving materials.

“What we’re trying to do is to get opened for the school year [fall 2010],” Mehling said.

The setback may push the project’s completion date, Oct. 10, 2010, further into the school year.

Mid-State Steel Erectors Inc. is handling the steel frame-

work for the building – the phase the building is in now.

General Manager Karl Nove said, other than rain delays, his crew is on schedule.

UHS Head of School James Bushman said the building will have 22 rooms including four science labs, three music rooms and an administration wing.

“Nothing overly remarkable, but having been in portables, this is a real step up for us,” he said.

UHS, a college prep charter school with an emphasis in music and the liberal arts and sciences, has been in portable buildings since its inception in 2000. Bushman said that this has always limited the students and faculty.

Bushman said that he plans

to transition students into the new building as soon as completed.

“We are very excited that we are able to build a building that we dreamed of,” Bushman said.

UHS was approved for $18.7 million for the building from a state bond. The money was allocated strictly for the building’s construction and cannot be redirected.

“So, the irony is that we have budget cutbacks, just like [California State University, Fresno], even while we have all this money to build a school,” Bushman said.

The state bond requires UHS to pay half of the bond back over the next 30 years.

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That’s What the People Are Saying On Barack Obama 'm pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama, who seems determined to confirm every doubt I and others ever had about whether he was ready to fight for what his supporters believed in.”

— Paul Krugman, New York Times Blog

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elcome back to the spring In addition, you’re welcome to join semester! a Happy Birthday Library party that I hope that 2010 will be will celebrate its first anniversary. the first year in a decade of Watch for the date and growth and success for you more information in personally and for our uniThe Collegian and on versity, our region, our state FresnoStateNews.com. and nation.

Our students continAs the 2009 year closed, I ued to achieve during know many people were say2009. ing “good riddance” after a One of my favorite difficult year of state budget areas – volunteer work challenges and the resulting – was recognized nationimpacts on Fresno State. ally with the Presidential However, I would like to Award for General remind our campus commuCommunity Service. We nity that we all can rememwere one of only three ber and celebrate many sucuniversities in the counPresident cesses our university achieved try to earn the distinction. in 2009. Among them were I am so proud of all of you John D. Welty who the opening of the new Henry volunteer. Our efforts Madden Library, a national award demonstrate Fresno State’s commitfor outstanding community service ment to helping our region. and a $29.4 million cash gift for the We have many, many positive Campaign for Fresno State. Looking things happening at our university. ahead, we’ll launch our Centennial celUnfortunately, these accomplishments ebration this spring. are often overshadowed by the severe Speaking of the library, it is gratifyfiscal challenges that have become part ing to know that students are taking of our daily lives on campus. advantage of the many resources I thank all of you for your patience available in the beautiful building. I and understanding this past fall as we suggest you go to the library often in were forced to impose reductions in the next few weeks – you might be the classes, services and our workforce. millionth patron and receive a gift Fortunately, one-time federal funds to from Dean Peter McDonald and the the California State University allowed staff ! us to reinstate some courses and fac-

ulty this spring.

As you may know, Gov. Schwarzenegger proposed to restore $305 million to the California State University’s 2010-11 budget, as well as provide an additional $60.6 million for enrollment growth. This proposal is a start to restore support for public higher education, but we have a long way to go, but as we plan for fall 2010 we cannot assume that the proposed dollars will be a reality.

Obviously, with the unveiling of the governor’s budget proposal, we know that California will continue to face major impacts because of a $19.9 billion deficit.

I know that some people are questioning whether Fresno State and the CSU are fighting hard enough for the financial needs of our system. I can assure you that work is being done every day to advocate for our system.

Our message is that the state needs to renew its investment in higher education. I hope you’ll echo this message in calls and letters to your elected representatives in Sacramento to insist that they work to restore and enhance the funding that the CSU needs to serve the students of California.

As we start the new semester, I wish each of you the best in your academic pursuits and I urge you to take advantage of every opportunity available at Fresno State to reach your goals.

Grading Obama’s first year A

scant 367 days ago, President Barack Obama was inaugurated amidst much fanfare.

Songs were written, thrills went up MSNBC host’s legs, and Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore made a YouTube video with awestruck celebrities pledging to do what they could to make the Obama presidency successful.

His inaugural address enraptured the Washington Mall with appeals to the past and the future, as Americans had, he said, “chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.”

After the first year of the Obama Administration, who can say that the man has succeeded? Who among us has more hope than fear? Who among us, sans the opposition Republicans, shows a unity of purpose over conflict and discord?

Indeed, things have gotten worse.

Unemployment is at 10 percent; underemployment—the unemployed, those working part time, those who have given up looking for work—is at 17 percent. While Wall Street has stabilized thanks to multiple government bailouts, the unbailed out sector of the economy—Main Street—remains in disarray.

United States debt has increased to $12 trillion, which is only due to get much larger, as the U.S. deficit lies at $1.4 trillion.

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The Right Tone Tony Petersen Troops remain in Iraq while the war in Afghanistan has escalated under the watchful eye of the president. Promises remain unfulfilled (Guantanamo Bay remains open, health care reform has been hatched in the smoke-filled back rooms of old by the Democratic Party establishment).

Despite the president’s international popularity (the Nobel Peace Prize, a Danish newspaper proclaimed, “Obama, of course, is greater than Jesus”), his popularity at home has steadily declined. Rasmussen Reports, a polling agency, has Obama’s approval rating at 48 percent with his disapproval at 51 percent. In fact, only one president has had a worse approval rating after one year since this sort of thing has been kept track of (the worst—William Jefferson Clinton).

Now, it must be said, all this is not the president’s fault. He was dealt an awful hand. He is not the communist heathen that it seems some on the

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Right attempt to make him out to be.

But what has he done?

Tens of thousands of troops have been deployed to Afghanistan in the past year (with not much to show for it), despite skepticism amongst both the Left and the Right. Though administration officials have tried to sell us on the idea that the economy has stabilized, the aforementioned employment numbers say otherwise.

And health care (though it was dealt a major blow by the GOP’s upset victory in Teddy Kennedy’s old Senate seat in Massachusetts) will cost more than $1 trillion dollars if it passes.

Where, Mr. President, is the change?

Unless by change you meant that things would get worse.

The American people need real change. And they want it. They want “blood,” as Patrick Kennedy, Ted Kennedy’s son, put it. Indeed, in a recent poll, a generic Tea Party polled 23 percent, besting the GOP and only 13 percent behind the Democratic Party.

This should worry Obama. For this is a democratic-republic. Obama does not get to grade himself (asked recently in an interview to do just that, he gave himself “a solid B-plus.” I wish I was graded on that curve…), but the American people do.

And judging by recent events, unless the president changes course, America may pledge itself to another come 2012.

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One-Finger Salute

Culled each week from discussions in The Collegian newsroom.

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Massachusetts voters On Tuesday, Republican Scott Brown (an ex-nude model, mind you) won the seat of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (Google Chappaquiddick) in the biggest political upset in recent memory.

The issue Brown campaigned on? The right to be the 41st vote against the health care reform bill in the Senate!

That's right, baby! Git 'er done!

Thumbs down John Edwards

John Edwards finally admitted that the “National Enquirer” story about him fathering a baby with Rielle Hunter was true. His wife, Elizabeth Edwards, has an incurable form of cancer. Just another sad, sad episode in the lives of most politicians.

Thumbs up Free Speech!

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision divided along partisan lines (the 4 conservatives for, the 4 liberals against, with independent-minded Anthony Kennedy voting with the majority), struck down much of the McCainFeingold campaign finance reform bill that prevented companies from explicitly supporting a political candidate as unconstitutional. Long live the First Amendment!

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NBC's treatment of Conan O'Brien Tonight is the final time the redheaded comedian will host The Tonight Show.

NBC should be ashamed of themselves.

The one good thing that's come out of this is that Conan has gotten to absolutely rip NBC a new one since this fiasco has gone down. Bittersweet revenge, but still.

Thumbs up Jack's Back!

“24,” the most fast-paced hour on television, is back! After the four-hour, two-night season premiere, the drama is back on its normal night, Mondays. You better be watching. Or else Mr. Bauer may be paying you a visit!

Thumbs up Avatar blues

Some movie-hounds have gotten depressed after watching James Cameron's epic. They want his fictitious alien land Pandora to be real. There is no need to fret, Avatar fans! Just listen to Al Gore and we might create our own Pandora just yet!

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Friday, January 22, 2010

The Collegian • Arts & Entertainment Arts & Entertainment Editor, Danielle Gilbert • collegian-features@csufresno.edu

The daily crossword

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis Los Angeles Times

ACROSS 1 Golf relative?

6 Camp sight 11 A favorite is a good one 14 Liquid fat 15 “The Audacity of Hope” author 16 Language of Southeast Asia 17 Scrabble cheat?

19 Cause of star wars?

20 Isn’t on the level 21 Put one’s cards on the table 23 Doctor’s order 26 Babbles 27 White Rabbit’s cry 28 “Like, wow!”

30 Antiquated alpine apparatus 31 Curl beneficiary, informally 32 Solution for a bad hair day 35 Rooster’s mate 36 Moisturizer target 38 Printemps follower 39 Traffic reg.

40 Miss Muffet, before the spider showed up 41 E-mail heading word 42 Stay a while 44 Viselike device 46 Future doctor’s project 48 Caribbean music genre 49 Oater prop

Puzzle by Fred Jackson III

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50 Low areas 52 Stop 53 Singer who loves flashy jewelry?

58 Bartender’s concern 59 Leave alone 60 Piercing look 61 “__ Rosenkavalier”: Strauss opera 62 “The Federalist” component

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63 Ninnies DOWN 1 Position 2 Wright wing, maybe 3 Break fluid?

4 Old West badge 5 Low sock 6 Take for one’s own use 7 French friar

8 Catches 9 East Ender’s flat 10 Pendant pair 11 Perform a sheepish hiphop number?

12 Boston College athlete 13 Whistle sounds 18 American Beauty, e.g.

22 Agua, across the Pyrenees 23 Collectible print, briefly 24 Fossilized resin 25 Boring boss?

26 Wash. title 28 More delicate 29 Andy Roddick, at times 31 Data measure 33 Tiny quantities 34 A conductor might pick it up 36 Subject to contradiction 37 Tattered duds 41 Achieve a piloting milestone 43 Suffix with Mao 44 Math class, briefly 45 Service providers?

46 Its gradual loss leads to baldness 47 Depend (on) 48 Shrewd 50 Convenes 51 Org. with the Chicago Sky and Seattle Storm 54 Paris article 55 Utter 56 Pal 57 “May I help you?”

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Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

SOLUTION: http://collegian.csufresno.edu

Word of the Day

abc sex Sex only on anniversaries, birthdays and Christmas.

Source: UrbanDictionary.com

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The art of defriending

The ground rules to rid your Facebook account of any ‘friend’ that well, isn’t.

By McClatchy Tribune

1. Don’t defriend family.

Yes, having parents on Facebook is awkward. Know what’s worse?

Refriending your mom. No one needs that kind of talk at the dinner table.

2. Don’t defriend exes.

Once clicked, immediately regretted.

Deleting their number from your phone used to be the final frontier in break up land. Now it’s the ultra-therapeutic defriending. But as much as you don’t think you want to see pictures of your significant other moving on ... you do.

You really do. We’re all masochists at heart.

3. Don’t defriend co-workers.

This goes for potential business

contacts, too. If I were a socialnetworking purist. I’d say stick to LinkedIn. But I’m not. Keep ‘em. You’ll need ‘em.

4. Don’t defriend friends.

The real ones. The ones who help you move.

And on the other hand ...

5. DO defriend people you’ve never met. I don’t know how it happened, but I was at some point friends with both Jerry Garcia and Truman the Tiger. I’m not proud.

6. DO defriend people who you’ll never see again.

Unless they fall into categories 1 through 4, if you’re never going to see, hear or talk to the person again, do you really need to be looking through their Halloween 2009 photo album? Don’t

Photo by Andrea Maschietto McClatchy Tribune

make me answer this for you.

7. DO defriend people you don’t actually like.

You know she’s on there.

The blonde who made fun of you in gym class your freshman year of high school.

Go ahead. Avenge your 14-year-old self.

8. DO defriend oversharers.

Or don’t. The way these people swing from highly annoying to highly entertaining is nothing short of

amazing.

That person who updates their status “Finally passed my kidney stone!”

Really great. Yet really awful.

Conan’s fire storm of controversy

By Meg James and Joe Flint Los Angeles Times Ending his brief reign as host of one of television’s longest-running shows, Conan O’Brien on Thursday finalized a rich severance deal with NBC that releases the comedian from “The Tonight Show” and frees him to join another network in time for the new fall season, an NBC spokeswoman confirmed.

The settlement, hammered out over the last week, brings to an abrupt end O’Brien’s nearly 20-year career with NBC, where he began as a staff writer for “Saturday Night Live” in the late 1980s.

His separation from NBC includes a payout that will go down as one of the most eye-popping in the annals of Hollywood: O’Brien, who has 2 years remaining on his contract, will walk away with about $32 million, according to people close to the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

Overall, NBC will have to shell out $40 million to $50 million to close the book on its late-night drama. NBC agreed to compensate the show’s staff members, including executive producer Jeff Ross. About 190 people worked on the show, including nearly 70 people who relocated to Los Angeles from New York early last year to work with O’Brien at the program’s newly built studios on the Universal lot.

NBC and O’Brien’s team spent the last few days ironing out severance packages for all the show’s workers.

O’Brien’s manager, Gavin Polone,

said the talk show host would kick in some of his own money for his staff as well. O’Brien’s final “Tonight Show” appearance will be this evening. But he may not be off the air for long. The comedian will be allowed to work on a competing network by September. Jay L e n o will be back in his old time slot even sooner. Leno, who surrendered “The Tonight Show” to O’Brien last spring and then was handed his own prime-time show on the network at 10 p.m., will return to late night after NBC’s Olympic coverage concludes at the end of February.

The costly resolution ends two weeks of high drama that damaged the images and reputations not only of NBC executives, but also of Leno, who was painted as the villain by many in the media, including CBS’ David Letterman, Photo by Chris Ware / McClatchy Tribune

who took numerous jabs at Leno over the last week. He was also the target of a grass-roots Internet campaign to demonstrate support for the embattled O’Brien.

Earlier this week, Leno provided his side of the story on his program, saying he told NBC executives that he was skeptical that a prime-time show would work. It was an undignified end to O’Brien’s long career at NBC he spent 16 years as host of “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” and his short tenure at “The Tonight Show.”

Certainly this was not how NBC anticipated O’Brien’s run with “The Tonight Show” playing out when it declared him the “king of late night” in June after he made his debut as host.

Ironically, NBC looked to avoid this exact scenario when it decided in 2004 to make O’Brien host of “The Tonight Show” in 2009. That move, engineered by the company’s chief executive, Jeff Zucker, was done to keep O’Brien from jumping to Fox. NBC also was betting that by 2009 Leno would be ready to exit the stage and that O’Brien, who appealed to younger viewers, would be ready to take over. But as his retirement loomed, Leno became increasingly unhappy at the prospect of stepping aside while still No. 1 in the ratings. Moreover, with rival networks expressing interest in hiring Leno, Zucker faced a difficult choice: Renege on his promise to give O’Brien “The Tonight Show” and pay him a $40-million breakup fee or follow through with his plan and nudge Leno out the “Tonight Show” door.

Instead, Zucker crafted a quick fix: Give Leno a 10 p.m. show, which would keep both comedians in the NBC fold.

O’Brien went along with Zucker’s “Leno in prime-time” plan when it was announced in 2008. He moved

his family to Los Angeles to prepare to inherit the late-night institution previously hosted by Johnny Carson and, before him, Jack Paar. But Leno’s show at 10 p.m., which launched in September, drew weak ratings and critiques by TV critics that Leno seemed off his game.

The low viewership level hurt NBC’s affiliates, who count on a large audience at 10 p.m. to boost their late local news programs, a big revenue generator. Many local stations experienced ratings declines of more than 20 percent, and NBC was facing a mutiny as many affiliates threatened to push Leno to 11 p.m. and run their local news at 10 p.m.

NBC executives decided they needed to make a switch and told O’Brien they were pushing the start time of his show half an hour later, to 12:05 a.m., to make room for Leno at 11:35 p.m. NBC expected that O’Brien would go along.

But he refused, triggering a firestorm of controversy and rich material for other comedians.

Now O’Brien is free to decide his future. Most industry observers are betting that Fox, which has struggled in the past to get into the late-night game, is his next stop.

Indeed, O’Brien has a history with Fox, where he spent two years as a writer on “The Simpsons” in the early 1990s. Just last week, Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly expressed enthusiasm for O’Brien but the network may face a hard sell with its affiliates, some of whom are locked into contracts to run syndicated sitcom reruns in the 11 p.m. time period.

But if Fox really wants O’Brien, odds are it would find a way to make it happen. The earliest he would be on the network would be in the fall, but next January is more likely.

Friday, January 22, 2010

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MUST HAVE APPS FOR STUDENTS iHomework

There’s an App for that

By Danielle Gilbert The Collegian The smart phone application is the new accessory; there is one for every outfit, day and task. The latest apps are not only ahead of their time but are also influencing the future. Whether scheduling

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Program your spring class schedule by day, course or teacher with iHomework. View your homework, contact your instructor or check off completed assignments directly from your phone.

The only thing this app can’t do, is your homework for you.

student activities, planning an event for a service learning project or swapping contact information with a fist pump, these pocket-sized features are making the complicated, uncomplicated.

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Cost: 99 cents

Photo by McClatchy Tribune Photo illustration by Brandon Ocequeda / The Collegian

Cost: $4.99 Classes, contacts, customers, diet log, digital media, donations, equipment, events, event planning, exercise log, expenses, files, home inventory, inventory, issues tracking, items sold, membership list, notes, products, projects, recipes, student list, to-do list, time billing and vehicle maintenance. Enough said.

iOwn For all you women whose friends seem to raid their closets on a day-to-day basis, the iOwn App was made for you. Although five bucks is a little pricey for a phone application, it’s worth the purchase to never hear the words “I swear, I gave that shirt back to you a long time ago,” again.

Not only does iOwn keep track of your clothes, but all of your possessions.

Cost: $4.99

Trapster

Cost: Free Ever bump into a familiar face and go blank on a name?

Well, say goodbye to asking the awkward question ‘How do you spell your name?’ only to find out it’s Ed. No more typing in numbers or e-mail addresses. Just click the app, choose the contact information or photos you want to share and bump hands together.

Wish you could avoid checkpoints, red light cameras and those darn motorcycle officers with radar guns? With Trapster you don’t have to wish, you just have to download.

Fellow Trapsters submit a danger zone and your phone is immediately alerted.

Cost: Free

GasBuddy

Car Spotter

For the price of one gallon, you could drive away with a brand new application that will pay for itself the first time you fill up. Don’t drive around wasting gas looking for the cheapest pump price.

Let your good ol’ friend GasBuddy do it for ya.

Cost: $2.99

Ever park your car in lot Q and find yourself wandering aimlessly around lot C? The days of repeatedly clicking your car alarm with one hand in the air in search for your vehicle are over.

For students whose stressful routine has caused longterm memory loss, the Car Spotter app is the cure you’ve been longing for.

Cost: 99 cents

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Free money As tuition and textbook prices soar, financial aid goes unused

By Shannell Smith The Collegian With all the talk about budget cuts, furlough days and delays in financial aid disbursement this year, frustration seems to be the theme of many conversations. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel that the vast majority of students fail to see.

The scholarship office at California State University, Fresno began accepting applications for the fall 2010 semester on Oct. 1. The scholarship application can be found on the Web site.

The Deadline to apply is Feb. 28, 2010; however, Paul DeRuosi, the program director of the university scholarships and student affairs, strongly suggests applying sooner than later.

DeRuosi also said that it is the office’s goal for every student to apply, but as of now they only receive 3,500 to 4,000 applications per year.

“Of the applicants for scholarships, about half to 60 percent are awarded,” DeRousi said.

In the last academic year, the financial aid office awarded more than $65 million in financial assistance, according to the Web site.

“We award about 80 percent of the funds,” DeRuosi said.

He also said that the remaining funds aren’t awarded either because there were no applicants that met the criteria set forth by the donor, or because the departments withheld them for recruitment the following year.

According to the Director of Alumni Relations Jacquelyn K. Glasener, Alumni Relations awarded $125,000 to students last year alone. Glasner anticipates that it will be able to award about the same this year.

According to DeRuosi, the scholarship office verifies the infor mation and forwards the application to each of the appropriate subcommittees for consideration.

The committees will begin reviewing applications in March for the fall 2010 awarding. In most cases the award is divided in half and disbursed in the beginning of the fall and spring semesters.

DeRuosi advises students to submit a strong personal essay when applying for scholarships. This is a student’s chance to “introduce” themselves to the committee, and may give one applicant an edge over others who have very similar qualifications, she said.

“The narrative should focus on accomplishments, involvements, community service and things of that nature. It should also address the student’s reason for interest in their major and their plans for the future,” DeRuosi said.

DeRuosi said that the office is always looking for new ways to reach out to students. The scholarship office also works closely with the financial aid office and donors, and fundraises to make as much aid available to students as pos-

sible.

Representatives of the scholarship office can be found at SAFARI days, presentations for incoming freshmen and in University 1 classes. The office also uses the Internet, sending emails to students.

“With all the pain inflicted on the students because of the economic situation our job is to award all the money we can to students,” DeRuosi said.

The Web site also includes links to scholarships outside of the university. DeRuosi encourages students to utilize all resources, but cautioned students to beware of scams when doing external scholarship searches. “You should never pay for ‘free money,’” he said. "If they ask for a fee, it’s probably not legit.”

Friday, January 22, 2010

Welty, no further cuts

University officials agree reduction on schedule

By Thaddeus Miller The Collegian President John D. Welty stressed no further cuts this semester, but reiterated that the university will continue to be reduced by 9.5 percent.

“Simply put, Fresno State must shrink back to the size it was in the fall of 2000,” Welty said.

He also said that the furloughs would not continue passed the planned June cutoff.

Welty addressed a crowd in the Satellite student Union on Tuesday during the annual spring staff and faculty assembly.

The 9.5 reduction across the California State University (CSU) system came down from the Office of the Chancellor last summer.

The fall of 2009 semester saw an enrollment reduction of about 1,000, Welty said. While another 2,000 will be trimmed

for the fall of 2010.

“Reducing the size of the university is a reality we must face,” Welty said.

Paul Oliaro, the vice president of student affairs, said that when the state legislature reduced the California State University (CSU) system by $584 million, it translated to 9.5 percent fewer students.

“Our admissions plan for fall 2009 was the same for fall 2008,” Oliaro said. “It was a nogrowth target.”

The reduction manifested in the university not accepting applications for spring 2009, a shorter period for freshmen and transfers to apply for fall 2010 and no plan to open enrollment for spring 2011.

Bernie Vinovrski, the vice president of enrollment services, said the plan to reduce the student body by 9.5 percent is on schedule.

Welty also took time to remind the staff and faculty of the positive things that happened last semester.

He said that the Henry Madden Library is about to welcome its one millionth patron and in April the university received the largest gift in its history, as well as a plethora of awards.

We l t y s a i d t h at h e w a s encouraged by the opportunity to have a public policy debate on higher education in California.

The public policy debate he referred to comes out of Gov. Ar nold Schwarzene gger’s proposition to restore $305 million to the CSU 2010-11 budget.

Welty said that state support for students has plummeted in the past decade. State funds per student have fallen from about $11,000 per student to $4,732.

He asked the staff and faculty to reach out to the community for support of higher education.

“We all must be ambassadors for the CSU,” Welty said.

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Friday, January 22, 2010

Taco Bell restaurants creator dies at 86

By Myrna Oliver McClatchy Tribune Glen W. Bell, Jr., the innovator and entrepreneur who tapped an unsated hunger for Mexican fare as Americans discovered fast food, creating Taco Tia, El Taco and in 1962 his signature Taco Bell, has died. He was 86.

Bell, who had Parkinson's disease since 1985, died Sunday at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, north of San Diego, the company announced. No cause of death was given.

“We changed the eating habits of an entire nation,” Bell said in his 1999 biography, “Taco Titan: The Glen Bell Story.”

When post-World War II Americans began to realize they could no longer survive without cheaply purchased, quickly delivered hamburgers, Bell, who was born and raised in Southern California, looked for another simple staple of the masses.

He chose the taco, which he

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first sold in 1951 for 19 cents each at Bell's Hamburgers and Hot Dogs in San Bernardino.

PepsiCo purchased Taco Bell from Bell in 1978 for $125 million, and eventually spun off

its restaurants into Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. The company was renamed Yum! Brands in 2002.

“I'm an entrepreneur, not an administrator,” he said.

“Taco Bell prospered because I recognized my limitations, hired professional managers to make up for them, and knew when to let go.”

Glen William Bell Jr. was

born Sept. 3, 1923, in Lynwood, Calif., south of downtown Los Angeles, to an often outof-work construction worker father and resourceful mother faring worse financially than their own parents. Bell virtually grew up selling produce to help the struggling family.

When he was 5, the family moved to a small farm in Oregon, and as the Depression came on, he sold cottage cheese door to door so that his mother could put food on the table.

He spent a summer in Washington with a great aunt, learning how to bake blackberry pies and selling them as Mrs. Dye's Homemade Pies.

They split a profit of $3,000, and young Bell decided eventually he wanted to own his own food stand.

After high school graduation in 1941, he worked for the U.S. Forestry Service and for the military near Barstow, Calif., before joining the Marines.

Bell's wartime service as a waiter serving top military brass in the South Pacific taught him how to balance the amount of food needed by specific numbers of diners, and the importance of clean and prompt service.

He also built a second h a m bu r g e r s t a n d i n S a n Bernardino. When he developed and sold that first 19-cent taco at that location, Bell separated himself from the neighboring competitors he so admired, Mac and Dick McDonald. He had found his profitable niche.

But Bell's success, built t h ro u g h l o n g wo rk d ay s, destroyed his six-year marriage to Dorothy Taylor, the mother of his oldest son, Rex. They divorced in 1953.

As he restlessly built new stores and explored developing chains of food shops with partners, only to sell his interest, he influenced the creation of such fast food brands as Taco Tia, Del Taco, El Taco, and even Der Wienerschnitzel whose owner he tutored.

In 1953, at age 30, Bell struck out for Barstow and built Bell's Hamburgers, selling tacos and hamburgers. He took in a partner, Ed Hackbarth, who in 1964 would found Del Taco.

Bell took in another partner, variety store owner Al McDonald, to build a new taco stand in San Bernardino - the first dubbed Taco Tia. A f t e r a d d i n g Ta c o T i a s i n n e a r by R ive r s i d e a n d Re d l a n d s, h e s o l d o u t t o McDonald, who opposed Bell's insistence on further expansion.

Bell, remarried in 1955 to a teacher named Marty Ahl and with their new son, Gary, struck out on his own again.

With still other partners he built a food store in Long Beach they called El Taco.

They built half a dozen or so, served by a central commissary to reduce overhead and control quality, before Bell again sold his interest.

Fresh out of names for a new enterprise, Bell turned to his real estate agent and friend, Bob Trujillo, who came up with his trademark Taco Bell.

The first Taco Bell opened in March 1962 in Downey, Calif.

Within two years, Bell opened eight more.

By 1966, Bell had his first franchise outside California - Scottsdale, Ariz. and had spawned 80 Taco Bells.

Friday, January 22, 2010

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e're just going to have a small part of commission but our mission is to offer what the students want and what the students need.”

— Ron Durham, Director of Kennel Bookstore

Chegg it out

Kennel Bookstore makes more than 2,000 book titles available for rent through Chegg

By Sara Almario The Collegian T he messa g e is clear: “Kennel Bookstore with Chegg.com are in it to save F re s n o S t a t e s t u d e n t s ’ money.”

That’s what Angela Pontarolo, Che gg public relations mana g er said regarding the recent convergence of California State University, Fresno’s bookstore with the textbook rental company.

The Kennel Bookstore has teamed up with Chegg to give students the option in renting books that are 35-75 percent off the new edition price in order to save more money.

“A lot of people are excited about it. So far we’re the only big school in the nation that’s doing something like this,” said Ron Durham, d i re c t o r o f t h e Ke n n e l

Bookstore.

The Kennel Bookstore be g an renting out four titles of books in fall 2008.

Bookstore representatives saw that there was a big need for students to opt for renting textbooks rather than buying the books.

Instead of producing their own program for textbook rentals, Durham and a colleague of his sat down with the founders of Chegg.com and discussed piloting a rental program for Fresno State.

“This is the first semester we’ve worked with Chegg.

They’re excited about the partnership because they want to work with the bookstore,” Durham said.

Other CSU campuses have piloted their own book rental programs. Durham said that other universities would rent out as many as 40 titles to their students, but

larger universities like CSU Sacramento rent around 200 titles, approximately seven percent of its stock.

Chegg rents out 80-85 percent of the book titles that Fresno State requires for students.

Durham said that Kennel Bookstore is the first larger population state university bookstore that offers the biggest textbook rental option.

“Our colleagues [other campus bookstores] haven’t found out about it but they won’t understand what we’re doing because they see Chegg as the competition, but we see it as ‘we can’t do rentals but they can,’” Durham said. “So we’ll partner with them and let them do what they do well and work with them with what we do well.”

Durham also said that See RENTAL, Page 9

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Milly Gadd (left), a Chegg.com intern from UC Santa Cruz was at one of the stations in the bookstore to help students like Carolina Adama (right) learn about the service.

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Music 110 develops voice for non majors

By Brandon Holloway The Collegian Have you ever wanted to sing in front of an audience? Have you ever wondered if your voice had the quality of the next great Alto, Soprano or even an American Idol?

Music 110, voice for non majors, allows students who are not interested in pursuing music as a major can participate in voice classes.

“Music 110 is open to anybody and anyone interested in singing,” said professor Dr. Anthony Radford. “It’s a great gateway to singing. We cultivate the class to be an atmosphere of support.

It also gets you interested in singing as an art form. It gets students exposed to different concerts and interested in the voice of singing.”

According to Radford, the

class has grown since fall 2008 and the enrollment has increased to full capacity since.

“It’s becoming more popular and it’s a fun class,” Radford said. “The class helps build confidence. This is a great course to get rid of those inhibitions.”

Radford said that the voice program is an intensive training program.

“It’s like sports. You come in one on one with the professors to build stamina, range and voice. You start out with 30 minutes and as you progress through the major, you go up to an hour,” Radford said.

To become a voice major at Fresno State, students have to audition in front of the voice faculty with two songs. One song can be the student’s choice and the other must be a classical piece.

To graduate with a degree from the program, voice majors have to perform a 60-minute solo and the recital songs must be from five different languages and four different time periods.

“It’s not impossible to pick it up coming to the university, but it would help if you have been singing,” Radford said. “It’s a challenging major, it takes rigor and dedication to be in voice.

There are 30 voice majors in a combination of performance and education. Some want to be singers and some would like to be teachers.”

Graduate student Lisa Howell, 29, who has studied singing for 11 years says she and is excited about completing her major.

“I enjoy it a lot. I’m taking a lot of extra courses to make it exactly the major I want,” Howell said. “I think it’s a really good program.”

Radford, the newest professor in the voice program has also introduced a program called Fresno State Opera.

“We had perform a n c e s N o v. 2 1 and Nov. 22 in the Walberg recital h a l l , ” R a d fo rd said. “There will be more in April where the students will perform the whole opera. It will be in Italian with supertitles, the translation would be projected up top.”

The Opera is titled “L’elisir D’Amore” and will open April 16 and will run through April 18.

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RENTAL: Bookstore partners with Chegg CONTINUED from page 8

this deal could hurt the bookstore financially since Kennel Bookstore is a nonprofit business where money goes back to the university.

“We’re just going to have a small amount of commission,” Durham said, “but our mission is to offer what the students want and what the students need.”

Associate director and general merchandise manager Jack Gartner, said although the prices of rentals are beneficial to the students, one of the disadvantages is being unable to highlight or write anything on the books.

Other than that, Gartner said that Kennel Bookstore is looking forward to give students an option for lower priced textbooks. Even though they once saw Chegg.com as competition, they now see them as allies.

“We welcome them in our store, rather than shoot them out of here,” Gartner said.

“We’ve been doing promotions for them by providing them a kiosk in our bookstore and they’re on our Web site where they can be linked directly.”

Pontarolo said the partnership between Chegg and the university is mutually beneficial.

“Chegg benefits [the bookstore] because we’re expanding our name to Fresno State students while the students benefit this is an opportunity for them to save more bucks,” Pontarolo said.

Criminology major Michael Keeney said that since he doesn’t keep the books he buys for general education classes, he would rather rent than buy.

“This year I didn’t get to buy back my books because I didn’t get the flier on the buy back dates. So I have $300 worth of books that I don’t use at home,” Kenney said. “I think renting is a better option so I don’t have to keep those books.”

With the promotions of Che gg on campus, Kennel Bookstore officials hope that they can expand the program by having the campus used as a drop-off point for students where instead of students having to send their books back to Chegg, they’re able to drop them off at the bookstore.

Since the books are provided with free shipping to bring those back at the end of the semester, Durham and staff are working on a deal to have students drop the books off at the bookstore instead of shipping it.

“We’re helping out Fresno State because they’re helping us,” she said.

Friday, January 22, 2010

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Doin’ business Tennis standout receives honors for excellence on the tennis court and in the classroom.

By Sara Almario The Collegian With a string of wins against top ranked players in the nation last season, Fresno State tennis star, Anastasia Petukhova moved up 18 places in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings.

As the current No. 4 seed in the nation, Petukhova and her coach, Simon Thibodeau, said they were not at all surprised at her high placement.

“We had a good idea that she would rank in the top 10 since she had a lot of wins during the fall season,” Thibodeau said.

Petukhova had competed last fall in the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoors Championship where she defeated several ranked players, including the No. 1 seed Maria Mosolova from

“S

he’s all business. She goes out 11 percent in her games and she’s business oriented in every way,” — Simon Thibodeau, Women’s Tennis Coach

Northwestern. She also pulled off an upset against higher ranked players at the ITA All-American tournament, where she won the consolation bracket.

Being ranked as the top player in the nation is not something new to Petukhova. Senior tennis player and her doubles partner, Renata Kucerkova, have been ranked No. 1 in the women’s doubles division and were named as the ITA doubles team of the year at the end of the 2008-09 season.

This year, Petukhova intends to make a name for herself as a singles player.

“I’m glad that I can prove that I’m a good individuals player, she said. “I kind of got lucky since I’m playing the best singles game of my life.”

Thibodeau said that Petukhova’s attitude on the court is all business just as she is out of it. As a pre-business major, the senior from Moscow, Russia, tends to be serious in her games as well as in the classroom.

“She’s all business. She goes out 100 percent in her games and she’s business oriented in every way,” Thibodeau

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With a 4.0 GPA, Petukhova said she’s determined to do well in the classroom and in her tournament events, but her true passion is pursuing a career as an entrepreneur.

“I’m very focused on getting a good education, Petukhova said. “I’m very passionate about the business industry and learning about it.”

T hibodeau said Petukhova has stepped up as a leader in their team by mentoring the younger players on the roster, which consists of one sophomore and five freshmen.

“She helps the team in so many ways.

She’s like a big sister to the other players,” Thibodeau said. “She very intense and very demanding on the court, so it’s like you have no choice but to be your best on the court.”

Thibodeau said that Petukhova expects a lot from her teammates because she expects a lot from herself as well.

“I’ve always been that person who likes to lead and inspire my team,” Petukhova said.

With the spring season resuming this weekend, Petukhova and the Bulldog women’s tennis team will travel to Berkeley for the Califor nia Winter Invite.

Petukhova said not only does she want to succeed in her singles career, she also wants to win the doubles championship again with Kucerkova.

“After we won the championship, we made a promise that we’ll do it again next season so we want to compete again for the doubles title,” she said.

Thibodeau said that since this is only preliminary ranking for players, Petukhova still has the potential to rank higher.

“She’s on her way to be one of the most successful players of the season,” Thibodeau said.

Friday, January 22, 2010

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, AT 5 & 7 P.M. TIME, SAVE MART CENTER

Bulldog Game Day MEN’S BASKETBALL

Fresno State Bulldogs (10-10, 3-3 WAC)

vs.

Breakdown: Bulldogs

By Chris Aguirre The Collegian The Bulldogs are going to have to try and rebound from a devastating 26 point loss, to the Aggies of Utah State.

With the loss of starting forward Paul George to an ankle injury, Fresno State now turns their attention to a must win g ame ag ainst the Nevada Wolfpack.

The battle will take place Saturday as they continue WAC conference play at the Save Mart Center.

Fresno State now will look inside to freshman center Greg

Nevada Wolf Pack (12-7, 4-2 WAC)

Breakdown: Wolf Pack

S m i t h and senior forward Sylvester Seay to lead the team. At 10-10 on the season and 3-3 in the WAC the ‘Dogs need a win to avoid losing four games in a row. With the loss of George to an injured ankle the ‘Dogs will need to come out with energy and intensity to avoid falling below .500 for the season.

Nevada, who was picked to finish second in the WAC, is led by sophomore forward Luke Babbit who averages 21 points per game and pulls down 9.9 rebounds per game.

Nevada also has three other players whose scoring average is in double digits. The last two games that these schools played against each other have been decided by five points or less, with Fresno State winning the last meeting 68-66 in Fresno last March.

Nevada is 1-6 on the road this year and will look to rebound against Fresno State.

Wi t h a win the Wolfpack will keep t h e i r chances a l iv e a t competing for a WAC title, instead of falling into the middle of the pack.

With Nevada hosting the WAC tournament this year, they hope a high seed will make it easier for them to get back to the NCAA tour nament.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Fresno State Bulldogs (14-5, 5-0 WAC)

vs.

Breakdown: Bulldogs

By Chris Aguirre The Collegian The Fresno State women’s basketball team looks to continue its quest for a third straight Wester n Athletic Conference Championship as they host the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Saturday.

Fresno State is led by junior guard Jaleesa Ross , who averages 17 points per game. The guard is currently in 11th place on Fresno State’s all-time scoring list with 1,177 points. The Bulldogs defense, which allows 54 points per game, is the best in the WAC and will be key as

they go up against the best scoring team in the WAC. Fresno State leads the conference in field goal percentage, shooting just under 48 percent as a team and average about 16 assists per game as a team, which is also a conference best. Fresno State has also hit a 3-point shot in 82 straight games as a team.

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Player to watch: Greg Smith Starting center, freshman Greg Smith, is averaging 10 points per game and 6.2 rebounds.

The Bulldogs will look to Smith to score in the paint.

Louisiana Tech (12-4, 3-1 WAC)

Breakdown: Bulldogs The Bulldogs of Louisiana Tech look to regain the top spot in the WAC as they travel to Fresno to play the Bulldogs of Fresno State.

Before Fresno State began its run of two straight conference titles, Louisiana Tech owned the WAC, winning four WAC championships in five years. Since then the Lady Techsters have been gone through a rebuilding phase.

With former WNBA star Teresa Weatherspoon as head coach, LA Tech hopes that this year will be the year they get back to the top of the WAC. They are

led by two pre-season A l l - WA C first team selections, s e n i o r forward Shavania Dowdell, who is averaging 19 points per game, and Adrienne Johnson, who is averaging 16.7 points per game. Louisiana Tech is the top scoring team in the WAC, averaging 78 points a game and is the best 3-point shooting team.

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Player to watch: Jaleesa Rose Ross leads the team in all stats but the guard says she does not take honor in her personal accomplishments, rather the accomplishments that are made as a team.

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Winter

By Ben Ingersoll The Collegian

recap

Dec. 19, 2009

Dec. 22, 2009

Dec. 23, 2009

Fresno State lost its second consecutive New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 19, 2009, this time a 35-28 double overtime upset at the hands of the Wyoming Cowboys.

The Bulldogs maintained the lead the entire second half, but Wyoming freshman quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels engineered a late rally to force overtime.

Despite racking up 366 total yards of offense, the Bulldogs seemed to forget what wins critical football games–defense.

The Cowboys scored and held on for the win after sacking quarterback Ryan Colburn on fourth down from the 20.

The Bulldogs finished the season 8-5. The game marked Fresno State’s 10th bowl appearance in the last 11 seasons.

Baseball season will not begin for Fresno State until the ‘Dogs host Nebraska on Feb. 19, but that has not stopped two players from already collecting preseason hardware and national recognition.

Sophomore Dusty Robinson and junior Danny Muno earned Preseason All-American accolades. Louisville Slugger named Muno a preseason first-team AllAmerican second baseman while National College Baseball Writers Association named Robinson a third-team All-American.

Muno’s first-team preseason nomination comes as no surprise after having a huge year last season for the ‘Dogs. He led all Fresno State hitters with a .379 batting average, 85 hits and 74 runs. He is also a three-time first-team All-WAC selection as well as Freshman of the Year in 2008.

Although the Fresno State women’s soccer team could not repeat as WAC Tournament champions after an opening round loss to Boise State on Nov. 5, 2009, Vanessa Gonzalez gave fans something to look forward to.

Freshman forward Gonzalez was named to the Under-20 Regional team. In addition Gonzalez was selected from a pool of more than 125 possible contestants selected to the team. Normally the U-20 team competes, but will not this year.

The midfielder/forward was a mainstay a team that expected an unusually rough season. However, Gonzalez was the backbone for a defense that forced five shutout performances.

Ryan Mathews, 2009

Dusty Robinson, 2009

Vanessa Gonzalez, 2009

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Jan. 16, 2010

This time last season, Fresno State’s men’s basketball squad was starving for WAC victories, especially at home.

Nineteen games into the 2009-10 season the Bulldogs have improved from 8-11 to 10-9 overall record. That may not seem like much of a leap, but Fresno State’s WAC home record is what has fans interested.

The ‘Dogs have a 3-0 WAC record with home wins over Boise State, Hawaii and San Jose State. A Jan. 11 victory over San Jose State gave head coach Steve Cleveland his best start in WAC play of his tenure and capped a 6-game win streak.

Since the 3-0 WAC start, however, the ‘Dogs have dropped two straight conference road games to WAC frontrunner Louisiana Tech and New Mexico State.

Fresno State’s swimming and diving team opened its first home meet since the program’s return in stellar fashion, winning a dual meet against Pacific 107130.

Fresno State opened and closed the meet in exciting form. The team raced out to an early 11-point lead as the 200-medley relay team, made up of Heidi Gjoen, Britney Vogel, Stephanie Hatayama and Dani Yoho, won in a time of 1:48.37.

In addition, Senior Kendra Weeks won the 1-meter dive.

The meet closed with a pivotal 400 free relay in which Bulldogs Rayanne Nguyen, Kat Vietti, Dede Torres and Hatayama won in a time of 3:34.69, providing Fresno State with 11 points and the dual meet victory.

The Fresno State Women’s basketball team is quickly showing fans and WAC opponents who the dominant team of the conference is.

With a 4-0 WAC start, head coach Adrian Wiggins’ Bulldogs remain the only unbeaten team in conference play. The Bulldogs’ have wins over Hawaii, Idaho, New Mexico State, and Utah State by an average of 21.5 points.

The ‘Dogs won 11 of their last 13 games, with the only two losses coming to ranked opponents, West Virginia and Stanford. Junior guard Jaleesa Ross leads all Fresno State players in scoring, rebounding and assists.

Fresno State has been crowned the WAC Tournament champions the past two seasons, and looked to make another run at a national tournament birth.

Sylvester Seay, 2009

Rayanna Nguyen, 2009

Ali Drennan, 2009

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