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Academic independence A group of students and faculty held a demonstration to stress representation By Thaddeus Miller The Collegian A group of 13 students and faculty held a demonstration Monday to declare displeasure with the university administration. The Free Speech Area was the site of the demonstration as the students and faculty read from a prepared document that they called “a declaration of academic independence.” Matt Ford, a senior sociology student that took part in the demonstration, said the event was held to symbolize an absolution of allegiance to Fresno State’s administra-
tion. “These people are all appointed, none of them are voted in, none of them are accountable to the public,” Ford said. “So, this is absolving all allegiance and saying that from now on, we’re going to do what’s necessary to create a democratic university.” Some student representatives, such as student member of the Board of Trustees Russel Statham, have only advisory power. He said that the exhibition was in line with the protests and student actions of last semester, which pushed for shared governance. Also, it was an attempt to drum up
President’s award of excellence By Thaddeus Miller The Collegian
A professor of Fresno State’s nationally ranked rehabilitation counseling program was awarded $10,000 and an annual award. Charles Arokiasamy, a professor and for mer redemptorist monk, received the 2010 President’s Award of Excellence. The award is given to recognize a faculty or staff member who demonstrates integrity, leadership and a commitment to the university and the community, according to the university’s Web site. Michael Botwin, the chair of the Academic Senate, said
that Arokiasamy is deserving of the award because he has greatly expanded the rehab counseling program. In 1994, two years before Arokiasamy came to the program, rehab counseling had only one student. This year, the program has 128 students. “I think that [the prog r a m ] serves a very important niche in society,” Botwin said. People wrongly assume that rehab counseling deals with only drug users, Arokiasamy said. The program works with individuals who have any kind of disability and help them get into the workplace. “What we do is try to get people back into the mainstream
support. “I think [the demonstration is] more of a symbolic thing,” Ford said. “So, I hope that we, obviously, garner more support and we get more people involved.” Ford said that the goal was to stay away from a small vanguard group and represent the student body as a whole. President John D. Welty responded to the day’s events, in an e-mail interview, by saying that there are many ways to address the fiscal crisis that California campuses are facing. See STUDENTS, Page 9
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Satvir Dhah took part in the event, while dressed in a Declaration of Independance era Lieutenant's uniform.
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Charles Arokiasamy (standing on right) conducts a class in the Kremen School of Education & Human Development.
of life,” Arokiasamy said. The aim, he said, is to aid individuals in the pursuit of life goals. Human beings need structure and interaction to feel like they belong, Arokiasamy said. “Work does all kinds of interesting things for us,” he said. “The worst punishment you can give somebody is excommunication or isolation.” Arokiasamy said that the problem lies within the agencies that are designed to help those with disabilities. The agencies often do not treat clients with the respect that is due, he said. “That is our passion,” Arokiasamy said. “It’s those attitudes that keep people with
disabilities off the job.” The rehab counseling program aims to change “the face of human service,” according to its vision statement.The program focuses on building character and teaching selflessness to its students, Arokiasamy said. A ro k i a s a my ’ s d e s i re t o “break bread for poorest of the poor” came from his time in the redemptorist order of monks in Malaysia, he said. Arokiasamy studied at Southern Illinois University and spent some time at the Louisiana State University Medical Center before moving to Fresno. Erica Ananian-Eastes, director of workability IV for rehab
counseling, has worked for Arokiasamy for four years. She said that everyone in the program feeds off of his ability to be motivated and put others’ needs before his own, something his program stresses. “He goes above and beyond,” Ananian-Eastes said. “He’s here working all night long, weekends [and] holidays.” Arokiasamy embodies the mission statement of the program, said a student in the program Natalie Hardy. “He brings a uniqueness to the program, in that he takes the learning to heart,” Hardy said.
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L etters to Torrico: pass AB 656 the Editor Op-ed
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What if we lived in a world where your cell phone carrier drastically raised your bill and at the same time reduced your coverage? What if your landlord increased your rent by a third and then took away your bathroom? What if you took a flight and the airline raised the price while in midair? These seem like ridiculous scenarios, but something similar is happening all across University of California campuses right now. The cost of your education is skyrocketing just as students are forced to endure overcrowded classrooms – all too common full enrollment rosters and reduced course offerings. It is the start of the semester and that means it’s time to worry about adding classes in order to graduate on time so you don’t have to take out even more loans, on top of the thousands of dollars you may already owe. If only papers and finals were the worst of your worries. In the span of this next year, the UC Regents will raise your “fees” by more than 30 percent, after more than doubling them in the last 10 years. When you speak out about these injustices, the best administrators can do is
blame Sacramento for disinvesting in the university – and then look to private sources of funding. And while it is true that public sources of funding for education have diminished due to state budget woes, the story is not that simple. The majority of California legislators know that California should be investing in its students and future workforce, not abandoning them and putting up even more barriers to a quality education. That is why I have proposed that we adequately fund our community colleges, state colleges and universities by requiring Big Oil to pay their fair share for the oil and natural gas they pump out of California’s land and water. We can no longer afford to be the only major oil-producing state that doesn’t levy such a fee. Texas, for instance, generates $400 million for higher education through a similar fee. My bill, AB 656, would raise up to $2 billion for the UC, CSU and community colleges with a 12.5 percent tax on oil extracted within California. That’s considerably less than the 25-percent tax levied in Sarah Palin’s Alaska. The oil companies will tell you that they already pay enough taxes and
that this bill will result in jobs lost. Yet oil companies have been experiencing record breaking profits for the past several years. Exxon Mobile, for instance, raked in a $45.2 billion profit in 2008, the most ever by a publiclytraded U.S. company. The University of California is crucial to our state’s economy. The UC system generates billions of dollars in economic activity and attracts billions more in research dollars, money that fuels key industries like agriculture, energy, and biotech. With big oil ready to spend lavishly to defeat AB 656, this won’t be an easy fight – but it’s a fight I’m confident we can win together. Please join me and thousands of other concerned Californians in fighting for higher education at www.facebook.com/ FairTuition. Alberto Torrico, D-Fremont, is a member of the California State Assembly, where he serves as the majority leader.
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Without virtue, no liberty John Adams, that great American patriot (and my favorite president), asked this question of the American people in the 18th century: “Have you ever found in history one single example of a nation thoroughly corrupted, that was afterwards restored to virtue?” An excellent question. I can’t think of one. “And without virtue,” Adams continued, “there can be no political liberty.” That is an interesting concept in today’s day and age. Virtue is defined in “The American Heritage Dictionary” thusly: moral excellence and righteousness; goodness. Liberty is defined as “the condition of being free of restriction or control; freedom;” or, “the right to act or believe as one chooses.” On the face of it, these two concepts, virtue and liberty, seem completely at odds with one another. For if man is supposedly free, how can he or she be tied to a moral code by which that person must abide? But deeper thought shows just how prescient Mr. Adams was. Liberty without virtue gives us anarchy. No dictionary is needed to describe the peril that would bring. And virtue without liberty is impossible, for man is fallible, and to hope for a completely virtuous society is utopian at best, totalitarian at worst.
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The Right Tone Tony Petersen But the two of them together give us the perfect combination, and something that our founding fathers attempted to create with our government. Just what went wrong with their creation? For the United States today is anything but virtuous, neither individually nor collectively. Our 42nd president cheated on his wife, the current secretary of state, while serving our country. Sen. John Edwards committed adultery on his cancer-stricken wife and even had a child with his lover. Gov. Mark Sanford went all the way to Argentina to commit his act of infidelity. Our country has tortured people, which, regardless of its effectiveness or necessity in a time of crisis, can hardly be regarded as virtuous. The legality of abortion celebrated its 27th anniversary last Friday, which, regardless of whether you believe in a wom-
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an’s right to choose or a baby’s right of birth, does not show moral excellence and righteousness. Pornography is everywhere. Almost half of all marriages end in divorce. Drug and alcohol abuse destroys families across the country. Sin has been with us since the fall of Adam, so it comes as no surprise that people sin in the United States. It’s been that way all throughout our history. We’ve never been perfect. Thomas Jefferson allegedly had a child with his slave Sally Hemings. The sitting vicepresident, Aaron Burr, shot and killed former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel. The corrupt have infected our government since the day John Hancock put his, well, John Hancock on the document that declared our independence from Great Britain. But never has sin been committed with so much gusto and gained so much acceptance within a community. The old cliché is true—the age of chivalry is dead. Virtue has left us. The acts that before received scarlet letters now garner badges of honor. Courage, valor, all remain obsolete in our culture of decadence and depravity. It all makes one wonder if without virtue, we will lose our liberty. I pray to God that Mr. Adams is wrong. I fear he is not.
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To the editor: I am a current Fresno State student. I am concerned about an issue that affects us locally and statewide. I am wondering if you are willing to publish this in The Collegian, or at the very least, give some awareness to the students of Fresno State. As of Jan. 8, 2010, Gov. Schwarzenegger proposed a budget that will result in the elimination of all Adult Health Care Centers (ADHC) on March 1. This proposal will produce false savings and is an attempt to recycle an older proposal from last year (which failed). ADHC was created to cut the cost to taxpayers by reducing the needs of nursing homes, emergency rooms and institutions, which cost significantly more. There is no doubt that it will affect students like ourselves, because we are the taxpayers and we all know about baby boomers. Research has shown that in the coming years, the need for social services will increase. This elimination will result in the loss of more than 6,500 jobs and affect 37,000 seniors and people with disabilities. The governor anticipates seeing the immediate savings as of June, but refuses to acknowledge the fact that this will cost taxpayers four times as much in the long run. Eliminating this is like going 30 years backwards, when the only option was nursing homes. In believing that he will save California, he is costing more dollars and lives. He claims to “put the people of California first,” but he is really when he continues to marginalize one of the vulnerable and powerless populations in our society; seniors and people with disabilities? This may be my opinion, but he’s already done enough damage to our education, should we let him do more damage before he leaves office? Thank you for your time and consideration, Lina Tuon
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The ‘Avatar’ blues
The Chain Danielle Gilbert Months prior to the Na’vi language existing, an obsessed co-worker blackmailed me into watching the trailer to a “mustsee never heard of film� he called “Avatar.� And since I was being held against my will, I had no other choice but to embrace the moment. It was a moment that, more or less, excited him a little too much if you catch the drift. Fast forward to two months later. Three friends and I decided to jump on the “Avatar� train. After seeing “Twilight� I feared midnight premieres and book clubs. Therefore, I opted for a twoweek gap, hoping to separate the crazy fans who were convinced they spoke Na’vi from the normal crazy people, like myself. While in line at Edward’s Cinema, I noticed an usher handing each Avatar ticket holder a plastic bag. Shortly thereafter, I became the new owner of a brand new pair of black-on-black 3D lenses. My reflection in the carnivalmirrored columns entertained me for a good 20 minutes while my friends got snacks.
Then it was time. The previews were over, the glasses were on and the rest was history. Life as I knew it had yet to be the same. As sad as it sounds, I was heartbroken. The only other movie I’ve never rebounded from was “FernGully: The Last Rainforest.� And that’s when I was six years old. The only technology I knew in ‘92 was my
But it didn’t end there. MacGyver like attempts were made to steal the Jake Sully McDonald’s happy meal toy I Christmas gifted. And worst of all, I fell into jealousy with Jake Sully. Not only because his name was adorably similar to my all-time favorite Pixar monster, but because he inhaled a lung full of air that is the Pandoran ecosystem.
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grandmas VHS player. However, the Avatar aftermath didn’t hit me until later that night. The entire car had come to the consensus that only two people had the power to cure the Avatar blues, Ben and Jerry. And that’s when it happened. A supermarket that shall remain nameless was completely out of my favorite flavor, Everything But The. Unfortunately, for them, all that was in stock was Chunky Monkey and Cherry Garcia. I found myself shattering strangers’ eardrums, awaiting a Toruk to swoop me from the hell known as Vons (on Fowler and Herndon Ave.).
After being completely immersed into James Cameron’s three-dimensional experience I would like to ask a certain someone for forgiveness (you know who you are). I would like to publicly apologize to the co-worker that my humor offended. Jokes made post Pandora were cruel and unintentional. However, the tables have turned. I am now the tail end of Collegian staff jokes, sexual “Avatar� innuendos even. And just to set the record straight, unlike our former president Bill Clinton. I will not lie when I say; I most definitely would have sexual relations with that “Avatar.�
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Fresno rocks for relief By John Esquivel The Collegian
Since the earthquake in Haiti, many have been a part of an overwhelming response to aid the struggling country. For Fresno State students, there are numerous ways donate money while having a good time. Local all-ages club, Kuppajoe, will be hosting a benefit concert on Jan. 29 featuring PK, Fighting the Villain, My Beautiful Surrender and up-and-coming Los Angeles rockers Confide. Nick Kennedy, who is the volunteer director of Kuppajoe, wanted to throw a benefit show, but Kuppajoe were completely booked up to March and did not want to ask any of the touring bands to give up their pay. However, that all changed when one of the bands approached him. “It was PK’s idea,” Kennedy said. “Confide heard about the benefit and wanted to jump on. After a few days, it was solidified.” Unlike most fundraisers for Haiti, Kennedy does not plan on donating to the American Red Cross. Instead, all proceeds will go toward Christian Fellowship Ministries, which is based out of Fresno. Christian Fellowship Ministries has specialized in offering services to Haiti since 2005. Kennedy said he has more confidence in this organization than compared to others. “Compared to the Red Cross, Christian Fellowship Ministries does not take any overhead (cost.)” Representatives from the ministries will be on hand at the show to talk about what the organization stands for, and where the money will be going. Joel Piper, drummer of Confide, is glad he could do his part. “We felt it was a way we could help out and have fun doing what we do at the same time,” Piper said. Piper, who has been living in Fresno for two years, is also very happy to be playing close to home.
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This Friday night, the Los Angeles musicians Confide, will be performing at Kuppajoe, on Shields and First Avenue for Haiti relief efforts.
“Kids seem really stoked because we never get to play here,” Piper said. “The last time we played at Kuppajoe, the room was full and we had a great time.” Following their appearance at the club, Confide will embark on a tour with “From First To Last,” release a new record and set out on a UK tour. Previously, the band has been featured on MTV, “Alternative Press Magazine” and “Entertainment Weekly.” Students can also look for an upcoming event on campus that will help with the Haiti relief. Daniela Gonzalez, music scene coordinator for the University Student Union
(USU), wants to show that the campus wants to help with the relief, but wasn’t sure how to do so. The USU gathered of various ideas including clothes and food drives, but realized a fundraiser would be a better choice. “We heard money would make a bigger difference,” Gonzalez said. She is currently assisting with planning a concert at the Satellite Student Union scheduled for Feb. 13. All of the money raised will be given to the American Red Cross. They’ve booked local acts 40 Watt Hype and JJ Brown to perform. They hope to add more bands to the bill along
with poets and speakers. “We’re also looking for a host to represent Fresno,” said Gonzalez, who already has a few people in mind. She is also very pleased with the response she has received so far. “People are coming to us and want to see how they can help,” Gonzalez said. Gonzalez also said they plan to have a raffle coincide with the concert. They have items to give away courtesy of Starbucks, Six Flags, Disney and movie tickets. “We are happy to attract everyone as students, as a state and as a nation,” Gonzalez said. “I’m really excited about it.”
You’d think by now Hollywood would have romantic comedies down to a cell-phone ap any studio exec could access. Cute couple? Check. Romantic location? Check. “Obstacles” to romance? Yup. “Wacky,” witty friends of each young lover? Check and check. But if it was just a formula, then you could hire any hack say, the chap who did “Ghostrider,” to turn Kristen Bell into America’s new sweetheart in “When in Rome.” Bell, a petite, pretty blonde, may or may not have the Meg Ryan-Julia RobertsSandra Bullock goods. “When in Rome,” a leaden variation on that rom-com recipe, fails utterly to make her case. It’s got cute Kristen playing Beth, a curator at the Guggenheim. She has a quirky staff. Note to whoever cast Kate Micucci. “Funny looking” is no substitute for “funny.” And Beth has a younger sister (Alexis Dziena, the only actress tinier than Bell) getting married in Rome. At the wedding, Beth is ready to be “open” to love, as her dad (Don Johnson) suggests. And devil-may-care sports reporter Nick (Josh Duhamel) fills that bill. But he may be a womanizer, leading Beth to a drunken dip in the Fontana di Amore, where she steals a few coins and sets our plot in motion. Those coins were wishes, and the men who tossed them a sausage magnate played by Danny DeVito (“Encased meat is my life’s work”), a screwball magician (Jon Heder, funny), a demented Italian artist (Will Arnett) and a self-absorbed “model” played by Dax Shepard (“I don’t know whether to look at my own reflection or you. That’s how beautiful you are!”) are instantly smitten. Can Beth shed her unwanted beaus and tumble for Mr. Right? Is Mr. Right pursuing her of his own free will, or did he toss a coin, too? One cute scene Nick and Beth date in a blackout restaurant, where diners can’t see each other or their food. We watch that train wreck through night-vision goggles. Duhamel (the “Transformers” movies) has a light touch glibbing through scenes with his cutrate and generally unamusing sidekicks. But Bell? Despite “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” she doesn’t have Meg’s makeus-laugh-at-her-pain thing or Julia’s sass of Sandy’s lovelorn shtick. This trip to the Eternal City feels interminable, thanks to her.
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Alumnus produces new suspense film By Michelle Furnier The Collegian Lights. Camera. Action. These are words that Fresno State alumnus Robert J. Thissen knows far too well. For the past 15 years, Thissen has worked on various television shows and film productions. Thissen plans to launch his first feature length movie, “The Mystic,” in early 2010. This isn’t the first piece that Thissen has produced. In May 2007, he won the Exposure Film Contest hosted by the Sundance and Sci Fi Channel for his film “Paradox Road.” The film was originally a 42-minute TV pilot but Thissen said he cut it down to eight minutes for the contest. Thissen also spent time working as a camera operator for big names like Bill Cosby, Santana, Jeff Foxworthy and ZZ Top while he was a student at Fresno State. He worked as a writer’s assistant on the first season of Battlestar Galactica and directed some behind the scenes for "Battlestar Galactica" at Universal Studios and also did some editing while he was there. “I worked with the producer [for "Battlestar Galactica"] on another project, we were working on a documentary together and he ended up hiring me for the show,”
Thissen said. Thissen wasn’t able to give away much of the plot for “The Mystic,” but he describes the movie as a, “fantasy suspense story that will take the audience on a journey through a mad man’s delusion and mystery.” “I think it stands out from the rest of my films as the plot focuses more on the villain who’s a sociopathic mad man named Andrew, who lives in his own delusional world of insanity,” Thissen said. He said there are a lot of comedy elements to the film too, and it resembles a Tim Burton film at times. The entire movie was filmed in Fresno with a couple scenes filmed See THISSEN, Page 7
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invented windmills in the ‘90s. “There are all these windmill contraptions and different obstacles. So there’s this big action scene that we do there,” Thissen said. Jim Tuck, who plays “the doc-
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Movie poster for Thissen's upcoming suspense fantasy movie, “The Mystic.” The film is currently in the final post production phases and Thissen is now writing the soundtrack and designing the graphics and effects.
tor” in Thissen’s new film and also played a part in Thissen’s “Paradox Road,” said that his communication style with the actors is wonderful.
“Thissen is guerrilla movie maker who doesn’t usually have a storyboard for his movies. He adapts to circumstances, setting and lighting,” Tuck
said. “Everyone has an input and he considers everything.” Tuck said that one day while they were shooting, his wife and grandson were on set and he wrote a scene into the movie to include them. Thissen not only produces, directs, does special effects and edits his work, but he’s also composing the soundtrack for the movie and will play the music too. “I overlay the tracks through a mixer using computer software, a MIDI keyboard and a guitar which sounds like a huge orchestra when recorded,” Thissen said. Once the film is complete, Thissen plans to compose music for each scene depending on the mood. He will compose a theme to give the audience a feel of what the character is experiencing at the moment. “For example, the audience will hear a dark theme or change in ambiance when the villain is stalking his prey,” Thissen said. Charlie Bonner who plays the main character, Andrew, in “The Mystic,” said, Thissen is good with actor’s direction since he’s done acting he knows what actors feel. “He’s a great talent,” Bonner said. Bonner said that they always laugh on set because Thissen wants to get the right shot all the time. Thissen originally from Chowchilla but he said that the great music program at Fresno State brought him to Fresno. Thissen said he plays several instruments and has been involved with music since he was five because his father was a music teacher. Thissen g raduated from Fresno State in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in mass communication and journalism. He graduated in 2002 with his Master’s degree in the same area. “I was actually going to study music performance before I switched over. I got hooked on directing while working on the [college] show and had a lot of fun doing it,” Thissen said. “I started taking the classes and I just found my niche.”
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Wellness program goes to USU By Sara Almario The Collegian
By Sara Almario The Collegian
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The Wellness Lounge is currently under construction and will re-open Feb. 8, 2010 to students to help students create healthy lifestyles and keep them.
In order to promote all of the different resources that are available for students at the Student Health Center, the Student Health Center is coming to them. The Student Health Center will reopen the Wellness Lounge on the first floor of the University Student Union (USU) building on Feb. 8 to give students information on all the health services that are available for them. A $30,000 grant from AETNA, a health oriented company, back in 2007 made it possible for the health center to start the Wellness Program, an educational program that provides students with information to start and maintain healthy behaviors. A second grant by AETNA of $33,000 in 2009, made it possible to take the Wellness Program to the USU building. It was decided by the students working in different committees at the health center that their spot would be called “The Wellness Lounge.” Kathleen Yarmo, health promotions and wellness services coordinator, said that the idea for the Wellness Lounge was to bring the amenities offered in the Health Center to the
“heart” of the campus. “The Wellness Lounge started when we saw an empty spot at the USU building so we submitted a proposal to the USU board of directors on promoting health education, and the directors liked the concept so much last semester, that they’re letting us do it again this semester with no cost,” Yarmo said. We l l n e s s A m b a s s a d o r Celeste Koll said that although generally the members of the committee consists of health science students, there are also other peer educators from different majors such as: psychology, biology, business and arts. “There’s a lot of different majors all working together, that offer different perspectives. We’re all coming together working for the common good of the students,” Koll said. Georgianna Negron, wellness student coordinator, said that the concept of the Wellness Lounge is to incorporate fun activities with educating students on how to manage the different issues that affect their health. “A big part of it deals with educating students in letting them know what services are offered for them, since they did pay for these services,”
Negron said. “It’s sad how often students miss out on these programs, so I joined to help educate and empower students with this information so they can get the full experience of being in college.” The lounge will also offer different health services daily. The program will include such themes as the “Happy Hour,” where the Alcohol Safety Council will inform students about alcohol by perfor ming karaoke and distributing “mocktails.” One of the programs that will be emphasized is the Fa m i ly PAC T s e s s i o n o n “ H u m p D ay We d n e s d ay ” where peer health educators discuss with students through games the importance of their sexual health. Peer health education student coordinator Hannah Day said it’s important for students to be aware on how their sexual lifestyle will affect them. “Since our college population, our average age range, is the highest risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections, and also in family planning and having children, it’s really a vital time to reach people and peer-to-peer is really an effective way in reaching those students,” Day said.
Traveling starts from surfing on the couch By Emily Rogers The Collegian Traveling abroad, seeing famous monuments and experiencing the culture of a foreign country is the adventure of a lifetime for many students. Problems that people encounter when wanting to travel, however, are expenses. The flights, the hotels, and souvenirs can all add up and become pretty expensive. Having the option of saving money on one of those expenses can offer the opportunity for a student to experience more. Fresno State student, Tiffany
Wood was uneasy at first about traveling abroad because of expenses, but she then looked into Couch surfing and found a cheap alternative. “I am now ready for the greatest trip of my life.” Couchsurfing.org is a nonprofit organization that sets up travelers with accommodations in more than 230 countries. This organization started in 2004 and has been a connection for more than a million prospective travelers and their couches. Couch surfing offers travelers a cultural experience when traveling through living
with someone who’s from that destination. They will offer tours of infamous monuments, serve you food that is a traditional dish of that area, and give you the “inside” details about a place that could end up making your adventure more worth while than you would have ever thought. Couch surfing is not only an experience for the traveler but also for the hosts. They open their doors to strangers from all over the world and try to learn a few things about their culture and how it’s different from theirs. Every person who registers
their couch on the Web site must undergo a verification process that ensures travelers it is safe to stay there. There have been reports of very little crime that has happened in the five years the Web site has in effect, those crimes only being as extreme as theft. There are similar Web sites that offer help in planning your trip, wherever you want to go. Easyjet.com offers cheap flights among the European countries. Eurotrip.com is a Web site that will help you organize and plan your trip. It’ll work out your finances if your traveling on a budget, suggest hot spots
that will interest you based on what you enjoy, and tips about packing, how to pack and what to pack. It also gives safety tips that will make your parents more at ease knowing you’ll be safe. “Traveling abroad was one of the greatest experiences of my life and I would recommend it to anyone. Do what you can to get as close and personal with the culture by meeting families and different kinds of people who will show you the “real city,” stated Ag business major Nichole Nonini of Fresno state. She did it for the experience and didn’t regret it for one minute.
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STUDENTS: Thirteen students and faculty members held a demonstration to stress transparency and accountability
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CONTINUED from page 1 “We recommend that all campus constituents focus on communicating with our elected officials about the need to reinvest in higher education,” Welty said. “The most productive efforts would be to urge the legislators to pass the governor’s budget to fund higher education. That would help to mitigate many of the problems students, faculty and staff are facing.” He said that state officials have to develop a long-term funding formula to remedy the needs of public universities. Women’s studies professor Elizabeth Swearingen also took part in the demonstration, and said that it was about questioning the state of higher education. “What should be a public asset?” Swearingen asked. “What is for the greatest public good? What does it mean to invest in human capital? And how is education a basic human right?” The document read during the event was a declarative document of principles, Swearingen said, and written to be so. She was confident that the accusations in the document were legitimate, though unattributed. Swearingen described the group of students as being organic and committed. “[The students have] done a level of research, writing and thinking that I would like to get my students to do in my critical thinking classes,” Swearingen said.
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By Jacqueline Charles and David Ovalle By McClatchy Tribune
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With international aid still slow to reach many survivors, Haitian government officials began distributing food directly to people in the capital on Tuesday. Prime Minister Jean-Max
Bellerive told The Miami Herald that before leaving for Canada on Sunday, he ordered the purchase of dry foods such as rice, pasta and beans to help feed the estimated 2 million people in need of nourishment after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12. "We could not wait anymore that the international community org anize by their standards," he said, noting that aid has been slow to go out because the 20-plus international groups distributing food need security escorts. Government food distributions started in Cite Soleil, with security provided by the Haitian national police. Those delivering the food wore shirts bearing a Haitian insignia and the words "gouvenman'm ave'm" (Your government is with you). More distributions are planned Wednesday in the Carrefour neighborhood, and farther west of the capital, in hard-hit Leogane, Bellerive said. The World Food Program reported this week that it has delivered meals to about 400,000 people – far below the organization's estimate of 2 million people in need. WFP of ficials have cited security concerns, particularly the tumultuous crowds at distribution sites, for the slow pace of food distribution. Bellerive said he went to Montreal for an international conference on rebuilding Haiti with some specific expectations, including reminding
other governments that Haiti's emergency needs will not end for months, maybe years. Among the most pressing problems is the nearly 1 million people made homeless by the earthquake. At Mais Gate, a shantytown for the homeless near the Portau-Prince airport, one family used a Haitian flag to pitch its tent. Another fashioned its tent from a 5-foot-by-5-foot cloth ador ned with an image of Jesus. Haitian and relief officials are asking the world to send tents, tents and more tents before a mini-rain season starts next month. Even President Rene Preval is having a tent pitched on the lawn of the collapsed National Palace – to serve as an office. He issued an urgent international appeal Monday for 200,000 tents, each of which could hold a family of eight. Though rescue efforts are winding down two weeks after the quake, U.S. troops reported rescuing a 31-year-old Haitian man from a collapsed building Tuesday afternoon. The man, found two blocks from the Por t-au-Prince Cathedral on Rue de Miracle, had been buried under rubble for 12 days, and suffered a broken leg and severe dehydration. He was taken to a U.S. medical team for treatment. Through Tuesday, 135 people had been rescued from collapsed buildings. Meanwhile, United Nations officials in Port-au-Prince said Tuesday
they were close to deciding on sites outside the capital to house since-recaptured prisoners who escaped in the earthquake. About 5,100 prisoners escaped, 36 of whom were caught in Les Cayes and Jacmel, to the south and far west of the capital, said Vincenzo Pugliese, spokesman for U.N. peacekeepers. I n Wa s h i n g t o n , S t a t e Department spokesman P.J. Crowley reported Monday that 363 Haitian orphans had been evacuated to the United States and more were "in the pipeline, perhaps a couple hundred more." Haitian government officials must issue a permit for each orphan to leave their homeland. About 460 Haitian citizens were also granted humanitarian parole "for medical and other reasons" to come to the United States. The United States confirmed that 59 Americans died in the quake: an embassy official, three U.S. government workers' family members and 55 private citizens. As hopes of finding survivors fade, the State, Defense and Health and Human Services departments have begun working on a plan to bring back the remains of American citizens in the absence of functioning mortuaries or commercial flights, State Department spokeswoman Virginia Staab said.
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Student-athletes receive All-WAC honors 43 Bulldogs receive honors off the field By Ben Ingresoll The Collegian The term student-athlete is frequently overlooked and misunderstood in collegiate athletics. Student-athletes are merely just athletes in the public rather than scholarly students. However, 43 Bulldogs who participated in fall 2009 sports did their part to put an end to this trend. Not only is Fresno State making noise academically in the WAC, but also national recognition as well. Bulldog football is highly ranked nationally in producing high Academic Progress Rate (APA) scores. Of the 312 student-athletes honored as Academic All-WAC in fall sports,
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which include men’s and women’s cross country, football, soccer and volleyball, Fresno State proved itself as an successful school not only on the field but in the classroom as well. What is even more impressive are the guidelines the student-athletes have to follow to be considered an Academic All-WAC selection. A student-athlete must balance practice and game time while maintaining a 3.0 cumulative grade point average and have participated in a minimum of 50 percent of their particular sport’s contests. Across the board, men’s and women’s cross country took home five Academic All-WAC honorees each, soccer compiled 10 recipients and volleyball collected five of its own. Fresno State football once again took academic success to a whole new level. The Bulldogs football team broke its previous record of 16 selections set in 2007 by having an all-time-best 18 stu-
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two Fresno State Bulldogs who have received Academic All-American honors in one season. The 18 Academic All-WAC selections doubles the number of honorees Fresno State received in the years prior to Pat Hill’s arrival 13 seasons ago. In the history of the conference, only two schools have more than 100 Academic All-WAC selections in one decade (2000-2009), Fresno State and rival Boise State. Since Hill’s arrival, the football team has averaged nearly 11 players per season on the Academic All-WAC list and 141 total. To go along with its record number of Academic All-WAC and Academic All-American selections, Fresno State football also tallied a record number of Academic All-District players. Kevin Goessling, Ben Jacobs, Vince Pascoe, Jackson and Malone were honored, the most selections for any school in the nation in that category.
dent-athletes awarded. Leading the way for sensational academic and athletic success are junior lineman Andrew Jackson and senior defensive back Moses Harris. Harris, a four-time Academic AllWAC selection, won Fresno State’s second National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award. He was also Califor nia’s only finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, which is given to the nation’s “Academic Heisman.� Jackson was selected as the only first-team Academic All-American in Fresno State football history to date. His first-team selection marks the first time a Bulldog student-athlete in any sport has been given first-team honors since 2002. He is accompanied by senior punter Robert Malone who was selected as second-team Academic All-American. To gether, Jackson and Malone combine as the only time
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, AT 8 PM, SAVE MART CENTER
Bulldog Game Day Fresno State Bulldogs (15-5, 6-0 WAC)
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Breakdown: Bulldogs Fresno State will host the Broncos women’s basketball team with a history of being victorious. With the ‘Dogs record of 6-0 they are going in strong and confident. Since the existence of the women’s basketball Western Athletic Conference at Fresno State there have been only two other times that teams have held a 6-0 record in conference play. The 7-0 record in all conference play has never been held by the Fresno State women’s team. Jaleesa Ross received Player of the Week on Jan. 25 for her performances against Nevada and Louisiana Tech averag-
ing 25.5 points, six rebounds, three assists and 2.5 steals. This is the second accolade that Ross has received this season, the last one coming after wins over UC Irvine and Loyola Marymount. This is the fifth time in her career as Bulldog. In addition Ross is still on the leader-board of current team statistics, climbing her way up the charts in the 3-point record books, needing only 22 to take the lead, and top scorer in Bulldog history with 1,228 points to put her in tenth place.
Breakdown: Boise State The Broncos are continuing their away game series in Fresno, coming of f of two wins against Cal Poly and Idaho. Averaging offensively 72.7 points per g ame, the Broncos are the second-ranked WAC scoring team. They are led by senior guard Tasha Harris. Harris leads the team with 16.6 points per game and 6.1 rebounds a night. Harris is accompanied by senior teammate Jessica Van Hoogen who averages 15.6 points per game. They are respectively ranked fourth and fifth in the league behind Jaleesa Ross.
The Broncos have a shooting percentage of 39.7 f ro m t h e f i e l d . Junior forward Ja n i B o s l e a d s the team with 6.5 rebounds per game. This is the first meeting this season for the Bulldogs and Broncos, the past record of 13-9 overall and 2-3 in conference. The last four meetings have been won by the ‘Dogs, last one being last season 62-52 in Fresno. The Broncos will make their way back home to face Utah State on Jan. 30.
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Player to watch: Hayley Munro, Forward/Guard Munro has started in 12 of the 19 games played this season, averaging a total of 10.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. Her experience in previous WAC tournamnets gives the team leadership in getting younger players prepared.
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Smith leads the team with 32 blocks and 20 offensive rebounds. By Brianna Campbell The Collegian Starting center for the Fresno State men’s basketball team is just a small accomplishment that Greg Smith has received in his first year as a Bulldog. Smith has started in all 20 games this season setting records on a regular basis. Smith has scored 230 points this season, averaging 11.5 points a night and a total of 31 assists. Smith leads the team with 32 blocked and 20 offensive rebounds, averaging 6.5 total rebounds per game. In Smith’s last game against the Nevada Wolf Pack he scored a high of 25 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and five assists. This gave him his fourth double-double for the season. “I don’t think about being the main guy,� Smith said, “I think of my team. I played my heart out for everybody.� With three years left in his collegiate career, Smith looks to be headed for a record-breaking career as a Bulldog. Q: Have you always wanted to play basketball?
high against Nevada:
A: It feels great. I’m loving it! I’m glad my team gave me the ball to get me the accomplishment. I thank them for everything. Q: What is your goal this year as a Bulldog?
A: My whole goal this year is to win the Western Athletic Conference championship with my team. Play my heart out, to win it. My whole goal through college is to be here for all four years and be here for championships, and then graduate. That’s why I chose to stay home Q: What is your goal this year as a Fresno State student?
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