March 23 2011

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Alcohol Beverage Control cracks down on universities

Decision regarding Ramirez delayed

By Michael Kincheloe The Collegian

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Alcohol Beverage Control stepped up enforcement at college events to keep underage students out of trouble and on the right track.

By Leonard Valerio The Collegian To combat underage drinking around college campuses, the California Alcoholic Beverage Control was awarded $356,400 by the United States Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention program.

The grant provides funding to authorize enforcement at or near college events where underage drinking may be suspected. In a press release, representatives from ABC stated areas of undera g e drinking may include: fraternity/sorority pledge weeks, sporting events and fraternity/sorority parties.

ABC will use the funding to conduct undercover operations such as minor decoy, shoulder tap decoy operations

and party patrols.

ABC Chief Deputy Director Tim Gorsuch said the funding will curb underage drinking and will save lives.

“We need to do everything in our power to protect the futures of the youth,” Gorsuch said.

Greek life advisor Eddie Dominguez said all fraternities and sororities at Fresno State do not condone underage drinking at parties or any other activities.

“It’s always a challenge to prevent underage drinking near any college campus, and there are programs in place here to help student organizations prevent that,” Dominguez said.

Dominguez said 17 student organizations have participated in a training intervention procedures class offered by the university. The Training

for Intervention Procedures is designed to provide students with the skills necessary to prevent intoxication, drunk driving and underage drinking.

Sigma Phi Epsilon President Chris Wyant said that he welcomes the increase o f a c t iv i t i e s by A l c o h o l Beverage Control and said most fraternities take precautions to avoid underage drinking.

“We don’t have community alcohol, we check IDs at the door and provide wristbands to those over the age of 21,” Wyant said. “If someone is drinking and they don’t have a wristband, we check their ID and if they are not of age, they get kicked out.”

Daniel Avina, president of the Theta Chi fraternity said that while the fraternities may not work hand in hand with

ABC, the University Police Department does cooperate with fraternities to prevent underage drinking.

“The university police set up a workshop at our house in which all the frater nities attended, and the police answered all of our questions,” Avina said.

Dominguez said the university police has provided those services to student organizations without hassle and has always offered to educate the students.

With all the measures in place Wyant said he doesn’t mind the increase of ABC activity.

“They can step up their enforcement, and we don’t mind that because we’re not serving alcohol to underage people,” Wyant said.

The Personnel Committee of the Fresno State Associated Students, Inc. senate met Monday night to vote on allegations against ASI President Pedro Ramirez and two other members of the executive committee.

In the midst of repeated eruptions from an often outof-control group of Ramirez supporters, the personnel committee made a decision to recommend that no action be taken against ASI Executive Vice President Selena Farnesi, who had been accused of violating the Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act. The committee asked for more time to look into allegations that Sanchez and ASI Vice President of Finance Cesar Sanchez had violated the university’s code of conduct.

The public comment session had quite a few participants on this evening.

Former assembly candidate Michael Esswein, who sought to become the first openly gay candidate to represent the state’s 29th District, called the proceedings a “witch hunt” and a “coordinated attack” against Ramirez.

Jesus Mendoza, who said that he was “a former student of this university,” admitted that he had attended Fresno State as an illegal immigrant.

He said that he was, among other things, very upset that Selena Farnesi had given her opinion on what “Aztlan” meant during the ASI presidential candidate debate last week.

T h e n e x t s p e a ke r c r e ated quite a furor among the See MEETING, Page 3

Pulitzer Prize winner to share technological research with Fresno State

By Maddie Shannon The Collegian Gadgets aren’t just driving us to distraction — they’re the driving force behind how our brains are evolving, and not always for the better.

New York Times reporter Matt Richtel, the 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner for his series

on distracted driving, is now working on a project that chronicles the way text messages and computers are altering our brains. Richtel will bring his provocative views on the gadget era as the keynote speaker at the Roger Tatarian Symposium at Fresno State on Friday from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the Satellite Student Union. A panel discussion

moderated by journalist and author Mark Arax will feature Richtel and media effects expert Tamyra Pierce and Fresno State’s director of social media relations Katie Johnson.

Richtel’s research details just how our addiction to screens — both big and small — is shaping not just how we think, but how it’s morphing

the very shape of our brains.

“This information is especially pertinent to college students,” Richtel said. “Students encounter internal and external pressures to stay connected.”

Richtel’s Pulitzer Prizewinning news series “Driven to Distraction” chronicles the deadly dangers of driving while talking on a cell phone

or texting. Several states, including California, ended up changing laws in response to the series, making texting and talking on the phone illegal while driving.

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If you were elected Associated Students Inc. president tomorrow, what would be your first task and why?

Shannen Torres Senior Major: Sociology “My first task would be to get university funded transportation for students who live out of town.

Transportation that is able to run on shifts so students don’t have to worry about getting to campus. It is desperately needed already. And the second thing I would like to do is to get Welty’s penthouse suite be reappropriated. It would now be for students who live out of town, have some kind of problem or live in an abusive home situation where they couldn’t go home for the evening. At least stay there overnight without having to worry about paying for hotel, travel, or any other fees like that. There is not enough support for out-of-town students.”

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ast month, The Collegian wrote an editorial which argued this: “Stay out of these Arab conflicts. Quit meddling in faraway lands with people we don’t understand. Build our fortifications here at home.

Let the sheiks, imams, monarchs, ayatollahs, Islamists, indeed all Arabs figure out their governments for themselves.”

Apparently members of the Obama Administration don’t pick up this semi-daily.

On March 19, following the United Nations Security Council’s vote authorizing military action, forces

Monica Dickerson Senior Major: Criminology “To make a 24-hour library so that students can study more and up all of our GPAs. I study up until a certain point and then I get kicked out of the library only to go home and be distracted.”

Rebecca Asami Grad Student Major: Geology

Brandon King Junior Major: Psychology “Bike lanes all over campus.

And I would tame the squirrels; maybe have like a petting zoo.”

Jessica Levine Freshman Major: Enology “Lower tuition. Everyone is broke.”

remenstrual syndrome, more commonly known as PMS, is as real as straight men wearing skinny jeans — you don’t want to admit that it’s a real thing that happens, but it is.

In the 2009 film “Jennifer’s Body,” Megan Fox’s character states that PMS isn’t real, and “it was invented by the boyrun media to make us seem like we’re crazy.”

Fox’s character is right about one thing; PMS Janessa Tyler does make women seem crazy.

PMS was first considered as a delusion before two groundbreaking cases in early 1980s changed the world of PMS forever.

According to Nadine Brozan in a 1982 New York Times article, “Premenstrual Syndrome: A Complex Issue,” two women in two separate murder cases were found by the English courts to be suffering from the symptoms of PMS after one killed her love-affair partner, and the other stabbed a fellow barmaid to death. PMS was considered as a legitimate excuse in determining the two women’s sanity at the time of their crimes, and in considering their punishments.

The week before a woman’s period arrives emotions run wild and tempers are on-edge. Although films like “The Notebook” and “P.S. I Love You” will make

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led by the United States began a bombing campaign against the Libyan government in an effort to help the opposition forces.

America’s third war in the Middle East has begun.

What good can come from this?

The “no-fly zone” will not stop Col. Gaddafi in his efforts to suppress the rebellion within his country. He will simply roll in the tanks. What will Western nations do then? They will be forced to send in ground troops of their own. Then a full-scale war will be on our hands.

Say Gaddafi is deposed and a new government may be set up — will we stick around to ensure that the government that is produced is a pro-West one? If we leave the Libyan government solely to the Libyans, the result may be a worse government than the regime that it is replacing. If we stay, for how long?

How will we make sure it doesn’t turn into Iraq 2.0?

A policy that results in this many questions cannot be a wise policy.

On top of all this, Obama’s action is brazenly unconstitutional, even by his own standards. In 2007, Obama said, “The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.”

There is no actual or imminent

threat to the nation. So how can the president unilaterally decide to attack Libya?

The Constitution gives the Congress the power to declare war. Of course, this particular constitutional provision has not been followed since World War II, but since then presidents, other than Harry Truman in Korea, have at the very least allowed Congress to vote on giving the president authorization to use force.

In this case there was no such vote of authorization. Obama merely issued a notification, telling the Congress that he was bombing Libya.

This policy is a supreme act of folly, illegal under U.S. law and unjust according to any sense of a just war. It has little chance of ultimate success and, in practice, will be very difficult to carry out.

It is the height of hubris, and makes even less sense than the invasion of Iraq did.

America has no vital interest at stake. We don’t know who in Libya is good or bad. We don’t have a defined end goal in mind. This is the low point of the Obama presidency.

The Collegian’s advice still stands.

To stay out of Arabian conflicts would be a wise course of action.

The plan currently being undertaken by the United States is not.

PMS: Oh, it’s real.

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“I think the most important thing for this campus would probably be transparency so that students know how their money is being spent and where it’s going. And students can voice their opinions on whether they feel student funds are being used effectively.”

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here a brutal dictator is threatening his people and saying he will show no mercy and go door-to-door to hunt people down, and we have the capacity to do something about it, it is in our national interest to do so.”

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a newborn baby cry, not just out-of-whack hormonal women. Tears produced from a depressing romantic film switch into tears of joy once the credits roll down the TV screen. I think being emotional is a symptom of PMS because it helps relieve stress, and let’s face it — being a women and having a period can be stressful.

According to WebMD, women often feel bloated as a result of PMS, and the fact that an increased appetite is a symptom doesn’t help the equation. Women often ask their significant other, “Do I look fat in this?” As the woman slips into a slinky little black dress or tight pants, the significant other disagrees with the “I’m fat” statement. Oh, but the significant other isn’t off the hook just yet. Mood swings burst in next like a cold breeze through a drafty window. Whether the significant other is lying to just get the woman out the door, or they’re telling the truth, the answer isn’t good enough.

WebMD also states depression as another symptom.

Women feeling depressed goes hand-in-hand with being emotional and moody. PMS symptoms come along with the territory of having a girlfriend or wife. I’ve heard several men question women about if it’s “that time of the month,” and I’ve also heard situations where men state that PMS isn’t real. Note to men: You’re going to make your girlfriend, wife or friend more depressed and emotional if you tell them their outrageous attitude at the moment isn’t real.

Obviously, I believe in PMS and the symptoms that are exhibited during the week before a women’s period. A Java Chip Frappuccino from Starbucks and a bubble bath seem to assist with putting the symptoms on pause for an hour or two, but having my significant other understand what I’m going through will help me more.

If you’re a man and have a beloved woman as a significant other, treat her with extra care during the week before her time of the month — she will thank you later.

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TATARIAN: Symposium MEETING: ASI approves draws attention to technology- more time to investigate driven evolution of the Ramirez and Sanchez human brain CONTINUED from page 1 of the way it allows people to connect and share information, and a curse because of the way it affects the brain.

“When someone is constantly switching tasks, it changes the mind’s ability to focus,” Richtel said. “The muscles and neurologic tissue, which allow someone to focus, don’t develop as much and create a deficit in the brain’s ability to concentrate.”

Panel member Tamyra Pierce, chair of the Mass Communication and Journalism Department, has conducted extensive research on gadget-motivated behavior. Her studies on texting and driving, which are now in review at the Journal of Adolescence, add another body of evidence to the perils of distracted driving.

“My research has looked at surveys of college students that have come out the last few years,” Pierce said. “What those surveys have found is that the risk of texting and driving with the result of getting caught isn’t enough to make them stop. Are we so addicted to mobile technology that we can’t put it down long enough to drive?”

The series “Driven to Distraction,” which originated with Richtel trying to connect public sentiment about mobile technology with those gadget’s roles in everyday life, was fleshed out into 14 separate stories ranging from how the state government regulates mobile

technology to the perils that pedestrians face while using a cell phone.

“I’m always looking for aspects of people’s lives and the tension certain things can create,” Richtel said.

“There’s been such an outpouring of interest about it. People ask, ‘What does it mean for the rest of our lives?’”

For college students who engage in these behaviors, the risk factor is often overlooked. Many students are at an age where their brains are still growing and forming, and abuse of texting and video games can impair that growth. However, neurological research on the topic is still in its baby stages.

“Science relating to the subject is still considered very early research,” Richtel said. “In college students, the frontal lobe is still growing, which makes the mind of the college student especially vulnerable.”

T he discussion, which school administrators hope will warn symposium attendees of the dangers of distracted driving, is expected to be an equal discussion between panelists and audience members.

“What audience members take away from the symposium is up to them,” Katie Johnson, Fresno State’s director of social media relations, said. “I don’t want it to be just about me talking, but I do hope that those who attend are warned about the dangers of using their mobile devices while driving.”

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Robert Slocum argued the p oint that regardless of Pedro’s legal status, he put people in danger and was dishonest, and should therefore be removed from his position.

CONTINUED from page 1 pro-Ramirez crowd. California State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly stated, “The reason that I drove three hours from Sacramento to come here was to address this issue; I’m the vice chairman of the higher education committee.”

Donnelly then told the personnel committee, “What’s at stake here is whether you’re going to codify illegal activity into law, or whether you’re going to stand up and say, ‘No, there are not two sets of rules.’ ” “No man is higher than the law,” Donnelly said.

Several of the pro-Ramirez crowd began shouting, angered that a state assemblyman would appear at a hearing such as this. ASI Senator Stephen Chabolla, the personnel committee chair, called for order.

Gregg Imus, Donnelly’s Chief of Staff, spoke next. Identifying himself as a “U.S. Citizen,” Imus said that the federal government had “been derelict of duty,” concerning immigration, “and has passed the duty on to the states and to a college senate something that should be handled by our federal government.”

Imus said that he wanted the audience to know that he and Donnelly had driven to Fresno in their own private vehicle and on their own time.

The shouting began again, and Chabolla warned those in attendance that “if the public cannot remain quiet during someone’s public comment, we will call a recess.”

Two Ramirez supporters said that the senate should be concentrating on “making sure that all of the school’s

toilet stalls have doors, not on Pedro.”

Shor tly thereafter, the tumult began again and Chabolla called for a five-minute recess. After the committee reconvened, the executive officer reviews began, with Farnesi’s review being first. The committee found that Farnesi’s actions “were not detrimental to ASI, and we recommend that no action be taken at this time.”

Ramirez’s review was next. ASI Sen. Jaime Moncayo requested more time “to conduct interviews and to hear from our legal counsel.” The motion to provide the extension passed.

The last review was that of Sanchez.

Chabolla said that due to scheduling conflicts, he and another committee member had not had enough time to conduct a full investigation, and he requested an extension.

“We want to make sure that we get this right,” Chabolla said.

From his seat in the third row, Sanchez suddenly stood up and stated, “The allegations are based off of anonymous complaints. Anonymous complaints! How is that credible?”

The committee then passed a motion to ask for more time to conduct the investigation of Sanchez’s alleged actions.

Outside of the meeting, two local TV news crews were interviewing Assemblyman Donnelly on camera. A wild, circuslike atmosphere ensued, with Ramirez’s supporters shouting and screaming in an attempt to interrupt Donnelly’s interview. At one point, a Ramirez supporter threatened to have a Donnelly supporter arrested, but the University Police Department kept the confrontation from escalating.

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Local jazz band plays the city Musical group features Fresno State professor as lead sax, composer

By Luke Shaffer The Collegian A hypnotic melody fills the air as the crowd watches in silent awe. An alto saxophone player and his fellow musicians gracefully work their craft. For those who are connoisseurs of jazz, the Rogue Festival offers one of the most creative and inventive musical quartets imaginable.

Fresno State music professor and lead saxophone player Benjamin Boone met up with pianist David Aus to write original jazz pieces only days before they played on stage at this year’s Rogue Festival.

Teaming up with Grammyaw a rd - w i n n i n g d r u m m e r Steve Mitchell and bass player Nye Morton, the quartet plays once a year at this event.

“We have played five years together with the cur rent quartet configuration and Ben and David have composed all the jazz songs,” Mitchell said.

On stage during their performance, the group starts to

focus on their musical prowess, as each player takes a turn at performing solos. Creating unique and fun jazz pieces, the band melds together in perfect harmony, feeding off each other.

“We have lots of fun playing together and have a ball,” Mitchell said. “F resno is

tional jazz style with the addition of Aus and Morton.

“Since 2008, the band has been doing all new original jazz pieces,” Mitchell said.

“Before then, we would play standard songs in the genre.”

Boone, mastermind for this jazz quartet, developed his interest in jazz at an early age

for music.

“In high school, I tried out for band and played the sax in the group,” Boone said. “I also got together with a drummer and played in small gigs.”

In colle ge Boone played in a group called the Gospel Carolette, which furthered his knowledge and taste for jazz,

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ince 2008, the band has been doing all new original jazz pieces. Before then, we would play standard songs in the genre.”

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amazingly alive artistically, and I like coming to this city because the band plays fresh, brand new songs.”

When the band star ted seven years ago at a dance studio, the band had Boone on sax, Mitchell on drums, and three guitar players. Since then, the group has evolved their sound into a more tradi-

growing up in North Carolina.

“I didn’t know about big bands till I was 8,” Boone said.

“Then I heard a local high school band play and became fixated with jazz after that.”

With his newfound love for the genre, Boone tried his hand at being a jazz star early in life and started looking for others who shared his passion

enough for him to major in jazz music in college.

“I really lear ned how to play jazz in college and ended up majoring in it because I liked it so much,” Boone said.

Since moving to Fresno 11 years ago, Boone has enjoyed every moment of his musical career and is amazed at how much the city embraces the

genre.

“They are playing [jazz] even in Fresno, and a lot of people don’t think of Fresno as a very interesting and culturally diverse city,” Celeste De Monte, a regular audience member to the jazz quartet’s annual concerts at the Rogue Festival, said.

Boone hopes that the music he creates and composes will inspire young and old to venture into jazz, though a majority of listeners don’t understand the genre.

“Jazz takes a while for people to understand the complexity of it,” Boone said. “But jazz is an expression of free speech, much like how our democratic nation encourages its people to be expressive of their creativity.”

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Fresno State will have the tall task of replacing four out of five starting linemen from last year, but have depth and experience at the position due to injuries last season.

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Last year’s schedule was highlighted by seven home games, including two Western Athletic Conference co-champions Nevada and Hawaii.

Fresno State also hosted 2009 Big East champion Cincinnati and Illinois from the Big Ten en route to a 5-2 home record.

Fresno State’s home schedule in 2011 will feature back-to-back games against Mississippi and Boise State following the game against North Dakota. All together, Fresno State’s opponents in 2011 had a combined record of 84-81 in 2010. The Bulldogs will

play eight games in California as well.

A problem in the past for Hill’s squads has been conquering difficult early-season schedules unscathed. In the last five seasons, Fresno State has opened the first five games with a combined record of 12-13, which included a slew of injuries to key starters on both sides of the ball.

Last season, Fresno State lost starting wide receiver Devon Wylie and starting guard Andrew Jackson in the first two games of the season to go along with a number of banged up other starters.

While Hill and company

have never shied away from scheduling stiff competition throughout the years, the winloss column in those games is far from where the program would like it to be. Fresno State is just 6-11 against Bowl Championship Series opponents since the 2005 season, and hasn’t defeated an opponent in the AP Top 25 since beating No. 18 Virginia in the 2004 MPC Computers Bowl.

The 2011 season could mark Fresno State’s best shot at a WAC championship. With Boise State departing to the Mountain West Conference, Fresno State is expected to contend for the WAC title after finishing no better than third each of the last seven years.

The upcoming season will be Hill’s final shot to take home the WAC crown as Fresno State follows Boise State in 2012 to the MWC.

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Football announces 2011 schedule

By Ben Ingersoll The Collegian Following coach Pat Hill’s mantra of playing any opponent any time and anywhere, Fresno State football announced its stacked 2011 football schedule on Monday.

As promised, the Bulldogs will play a neutral-site game against California for the first time since 2000. The game will be played in San Francisco’s Candlestick Park on Sept. 3, but this time taking snaps from under center will be the highly touted Derek Car r.

Carr’s older brother David

Carr engineered the 2000 17-3 victory over the Bears, but the new-look Bulldogs will be taking on a California squad that missed a bowl game last year for the first time since 2002.

Following the Bay Area showdown with California, Fresno State will head to Lincoln, Neb., to take on nowBig 10 powerhouse Nebraska.

The Cornhuskers lost in the Big 12 Championship game and then the Bridge point

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Education Holiday Bowl, but finished the year 10-4. The Cornhuskers were ranked No. 9 in the country on the ground last season, averaging 247.6 yards per game on the ground, led by 2011 Heisman prospect in dual-threat quarterback Taylor Martinez.

Fresno State will not play at home until Sept. 17 when i t p l ay s h o s t t o Fo o t b a l l Championship Subdivision North Dakota, who finished 3-8 last year, including 0-4 in the Great West Conference standings.

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Redshirt sophomore Derek Carr’s first collegiate start will be against California on Sept. 3 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.