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Senate fails to agree on recall standards

By Mike Boylan The Collegian

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New e-mail service commences

A new e-mail service provider comes with the promise of a better, personalized service while saving the university money

By Sam Cosby The Collegian With the transition to Gmail under way, students will have until April 30 to make the transfer before the change will happen automatically.

Fresno State currently holds more than 100,000 e-mail addresses, 30,000 of which are active with currently enrolled students. Only about 2,000 of these active e-mail addresses have been transferred to our new mail servers.

“There is a problem with communication,” said Jim Michael, the associate director of Information Technology Services (ITS).

Michael said ITS sent an e-mail out in early March that prompted roughly 1,000 students to sign up.

Michael said he is working on ways to put out the new information to those on campus who haven’t switched their addresses yet.

“I want to get it posted on the board in the student union, put a bulletin up in the recreation center,” Michael said.

“People might also be waiting until spring break,

and putting it off until they get some of their other priorities taken care of.”

Michael says that he prefers for the students to migrate themselves, this way they can get a feel for the new system.

The project has been active since August 2009, but ITS has been working on a new mail server for the student body for the past three years.

“We were getting the message that we needed to create a new system from the students for a while now,” Michael said.

“It made sense that we move servers.”

Some students wondered why the change to a new e-mail server is taking place in the middle of the semester.

“There is never a good time to do this,” Michael said. “But at least now students can choose a time to migrate their accounts.”

The students who have moved over have provided very positive feedback.

“The features of the new server are very good, and it’s a more current webbased system where students can make their own personal accounts,” Michael said.

The tech service group has had some challenges as well though, and they are working through

them to give students a better e-mail service.

“One of the biggest challenges we’ve faced is creating a way for students to access their e-mails from their mobile devices,” Michael said. “We needed to add support so they could manage their password from their mobile access separately. We didn’t want Google to get any of the information that is stored on their csufresno accounts.”

The other problem is that students need to move any e-mails they wish to keep and their address books over to their new Gmail accounts before the old server is retired this summer.

The new servers with Gmail are cheaper than the current service provider.

“Since we are using Google apps itself, we don’t have to pay a licensing fee,” Michael said. “We have a better system with less cost. We only have some minor cost for maintaining our authentication system.”

If students do not make the transition, their information will be adversely affected.

The Gmail accounts will be created for them. Anyone who is still using their csufresno.edu account will be moved over to the new servers. All e-mails and address books need to be moved over as well by June 30 or else they will be deleted and retired with the old server.

If you need help migrating your e-mail account you can contact the help desk at (559)278-7000.

At the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) meeting Wednesday, the senate considered minimum-GPA standards for a Centennial Scholarship Award and the minimum threshold for petition signatures in order to recall senators.

The Centennial Scholarship is a proposal that offers yearly grants to students of all grades who demonstrate academic success, student leadership and community service.

Sen. Selena Farnesi said she is very excited to see ASI give out this scholarship, and added that it doesn’t cut into ASI’s operating costs.

“It won’t affect any of the current funding or programs students see around campus,” Farnesi said in an e-mail interview. “This scholarship promotes that attitude by rewarding students who demonstrate academic accountability and an emphasis on civic engagement.”

Sen. Pedro Ramirez was the only senator who objected to the $25,000 onetime endowment for the scholarship, stating it would be better to use ASI reserves, accumulated ASI surpluses, to fund programs that would help all students rather than a select few.

Vice President of Finance Lauren Johnson said large endowments, like the Centennial Scholars Endowment, do not come out of the normal ASI operating budget, but rather from reserves accumulated from previous surpluses.

Sen. Cody Madsen, who sat on the committee that presented the information to the senate, said the award will be able to support students indefinitely, and since it was an award started by students, for students, it will encourage donor support for the endowment.

Included in part of the application requirement, students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. This is common standard throughout the California State University system for scholarship awards, but it was met with some resistance from ASI senators.

Sen. Amy Wilson was one of the senators who advocated the importance of lowering the minimum GPA standard to 2.5, citing her own circumstances coming out of high school as an independent student without a quality GPA. “I had a lot of trials and tribulations growing up when I first came in [to Fresno State] and my GPA was really low because I didn’t have a good foundation of how to be a good student,” Wilson said. “I don’t think [lowering the GPA requirements] will take away from the competitiveness of it and I think students will have a chance to represent themselves in the application process.”

The senate also discussed the conditions of a recall policy that will allow students to remove senators that they feel are not doing an adequate job.

The senate could not come to an agreement on the language of the See ASI, Page 6

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That’s What the People Are Saying

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aising taxes on beer make hard liquor relatively more attractive; it does not much dampen underlying demand. (Least of all among teenagers, who are willing to pay a good deal more than other people for their beer because that’s often the only way they can get it.”

— Daniel McCarthy, The American Conservative

Opinion Editor, Tony Petersen • collegian-opinion@csufresno.edu • Friday, March 26, 2010

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On talk of raising taxes on alcohol

OUR VIEWS

Who did we vote for?

Web-Spe@k Culled each week from discussions on The Collegian Online.

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Keep on marching, students ‘dontmarchon’: “The movement that certain students took on is dead. Please do us all a favor and spare us from the embarrassment and don’t march anymore. Especially after that ridiculous party in the Joyal Building. It makes all Bulldogs look bad. The Library event made more sense, and at least students complained about the hours, but what was the issue at the Joyal, not enough time to party and dance?”

Photo Illustration by Michael Uribes / The Collegian

The Collegian staff expresses its opinion about the presidential candidates

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hursday afternoon, the election for Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) mercifully came to a close. At long last, the political grandstanding, negative campaigning and flyer-filled walls are at an end. One question remains on students’ minds: Who did you vote for? Here at The Collegian, we’ve been asking the same question.

In the spirit of the elections, we took a tally of some of The Collegian staff who voted. The Collegian staff focused on the primary race for ASI president.

In what has been a particulary polarizing debate, one candidate proved to be the stand out favorite.

Here are the results: Pedro Ramirez won with six votes, Cole Rojewski came in second with three and Cody Madsen garnered one. Alexandra Andreotti did not receive any votes.

Seeing as the election has already passed, it makes no sense to give an endorsement to a candidate — it would have no effect on the electorate. However, the debate that takes place after any election is often more intriguing. Who did you vote for? Why? Most students have this informal debate. Writers for The Collegian are no exception. What follows is a biography of the candidate followed by reasons why those who voted for him or her did so.

Pedro Ramirez: The 21-year-old double major in political science and agricultural economics,was selected by The Collegian staff as the winner because he represents a shift in ASI’s political idealogy. His aggressive stance on transparency in repairing an image that has been marred by a lack of communication is one that the students

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His campaign has been grassroots, and many students appear to relate to him. Ramirez has stated that ASI has failed to represent Fresno State students, and he plans to change this.

In order to make this a tangible goal, however, Ramirez will have to work to get the students to believe in ASI once again.

Cole Rojewski: The Collegian voted the 21-year-old political science major runner up.

Here’s why. In his interview with The Collegian, he gave this reply to how he would fight fee increases: “What we can do is put caps on [fee] increases.

That’s why I am a huge supporter of the student reductions act. That would give a 180-day waiting period before they can be implemented.” The other candidates gave vague answers about supporting protestors and talking to federal legislators, when, in reality, those are things one can do out of office. Rojewski had the most specific plan to fix Fresno State’s problems, which included capping fee increases and boldly stating that he would invite Mayor Ashley Swearengin to walk with him down Bulldog Lane at nighttime to bring awareness about the crime problem.

Cody Madsen: The Collegian believed that Cody Madsen would bridge the gap between ASI and the student population. The Collegian also felt that he would be the type of leader who would genuinely listen to student concerns and cross paths on the issues of students concern — fee increases, parking and the Shared Governance model.

Madsen understands ASI’s biggest

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failing because of his current position as Senator for resident affairs.

“There’s a disconnect between what students want and need, and how the administration acts to what they think students want and need,” Madsen said.

That disconnect, will not be reattached unless a student is elected as ASI president, rather than a bureaucrat, politician and or activist.

Alexandra Andreotti: There were no votes from The Collegian for current Vice President of Finance Alex Andreotti. Andreotti has proven herself to be knowledgeable about the inner workings of ASI. But, if the debate last week in the Free Speech Area is any indication of her standing with the student populace, then there may be a disconnect.

Andreotti’s experience in student government, perhaps, makes her the frontrunner in the race. However, the business administration major has been involved with ASI for the past two years and is one of the few remaining members of ASI that served during two controversy-filled administrations. And although experience in office is a plus, Andreotti has had ample time to expand her influence on campus. Fresno State’s centennial president should be a new face.

Additionally, the new president should not shy away from the public. Looking forward, visibility and interaction with the student body will be important for next year’s president.

With our vote’s casts, we hope students took the time to research each of the candidates and vote this week.

Now is the time for student voices to be heard.

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‘miss the point’: “The new radical message is, ‘don’t bother negotiating and do an occupation.’ The dance party in the dean’s office was a crap choice of getting the message across that hundreds of eligible students are being turned away every year due to cuts. What did it tell voters? What did it show the apathetic students? At best, that activists like to party too. At worst, just a bunch of privileged kids protesting again. Action, especially direct action, should have a clear message to all parties involved, especially in anticipation to media coverage. Kudos to the library occupation, but this was just a joke and a disgrace to past activists like Chavez and Ghandi.”

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Smears mar ASI election ‘Student Vote’: “I think it’s quite obvious who is using these campaign tactics and that person is Cole R. We all saw the way he handled the debates by attempting to bash our current EVP Alex A., who is currently also running for president. Further more he is the only candidate not mentioned on these negative flyers that were posted up around the campus, so we can all just put two and two together. I think that if Cole cant win based on his own merit and he is using these techniques to try and sway the student body vote then CLEARLY he is not the individual we should choose to represent our entire student body. If in his mind he thinks he is so unfit for the position that the only way he can gain an inch in this race is to undermine his opponents with lies then most likely he would do the same to the students. I, for one, am not willing to take that chance” ‘notvotingforpedro’: “Get your facts straight buddy. If you look at the posters that are also hung up, it clearly says who not to vote for: Cole Rojewski, Cody Madsen, Alex Andreiotti and others for different positions. Pedro is probably the one that is hanging these fliers up since he the only one not listed on the other posters. He would be the one that needs the most help since he has no chance at being elected. Don’t accuse people if you have no idea what you are talking about.”

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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 Sugar substitute?

5 Flirtation 9 Travel needs, perhaps 14 End of an estimate 15 Rival rival 16 __ coffee 17 Hobart resident 19 Lip-smacking 20 Barbecue area without chairs?

22 Certain mil. member 23 Gray head?

24 Cereal ingredient 27 Stallone role 31 Plant activity: Abbr.

34 Relative value used in a scientific workplace?

38 Lost a lap?

39 Padre’s hermana 40 Snacking (on) to excess 41 Small apartment for a comical septet?

44 Before, in verse 45 Backspace, often 46 “O, gie me the __ that has acres o’ charms”: Burns 47 Word-word link 49 Pres. between JAG and GC 51 Exponential measurement, and in a way, what’s demonstrated in how answers were formed in 20-, 34- and 41-Across?

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58 Bread 59 Like clones 61 What an X may indicate 62 Supply, as paper to a copier 63 One of Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers 64 California baseballer 65 Signs 66 Chuck __, only coach to win four Super Bowls

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4 Prominent facial feature 5 Ill-fated opener of myth 6 Et __: and others 7 Bridge 8 Berlin number

9 Curriculum __ 10 Fit to be tied 11 Spanish ayes 12 Reference words 13 Unassuming 18 Mandela’s gp.

21 Gamer’s maneuver 24 Apathetic 25 Harder to dig up 26 Upstairs 28 Fragrant oil 29 Kelly of “One Tree Hill” 30 Wire fasteners 31 Highest peak on Crete: Abbr.

32 “Done!”

33 “We Got the Beat” singers 35 TV Chihuahua 36 Baloney 37 Excessive flattery 42 Uno minus uno 43 They can ruin diets 47 Pen resident 48 Illusionary genre 50 Back on the water 51 Famous Amos 52 Joyful group dance 53 Coffeehouse connection 54 1950s British prime minister 55 Offend the olfactories 56 Empty hall effect 57 Pointed fastener 58 Unit of RAM 60 Texter’s tehee

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SOLUTION: http://collegian.csufresno.edu

Word of the Day

Chinstrap A patch of hair grown on the chin that looks like a chinstrap for a football helmet.

Similar to a goatee.

Source: UrbanDictionary.com

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By John Esquivel The Collegian

ECHO STREET COFFEE 1940 North Echo Ave. Echo Street Coffee, located in the former Jawawava Coffee, is nestled between Fresno High School and Fresno City College on the corner of Weldon and Echo Street. Mark Cifranic took over the coffee shop last October after the previous owner had to move away.

“W

e always wanted to make a coffee shop where people could study and hang out.”

— Mark Cifranic, Echo Street Coffee Joy Marie Hallare / The Collegian

“We always wanted to make a coffee shop where people could study or hangout,” said Cifranic, who feels that the neighborhood has been very supportive.

Echo Street Coffee routinely sees a large amount of students and faculty from Fresno High School and Fresno City College, however, the music crowd has been a big draw for them.

On Tuesday evenings the coffeehouse hosts an open mic night that Cifranic said he has been very pleased with.

“We have some really good musicians that come through here,” Cifranic said.

Echo Street Coffee also hosts free shows every Friday. Cifranic said the coffee shop averages a crowd of about 30 or more people for these events.

Cifranic also said most of their promotions are done through the Web site and through the musicians. He credits the artists they book for bringing people who had never been to the coffeehouse.

Echo Street has also garnered a loyal customer base with the food items offered on their menu.

“The Breakfast sandwiches and burritos are really excellent,” Cifranic said. They use organic produce for many of their items and offer vegetarian options. They also offer 10 percent off food and drinks with a student ID.

CAFÉ COROZAN 548 E. Olive Ave. While some have found success in the coffeehouse business, others have not been so lucky. For Leo Rios, however, one failed business venture has led to a successful coffee bean roasting business.

Rios’ interest in starting a coffee bean

Located in north Fresno, independent coffeehouse The Grind provides a soothing atmosphere conducive for studying.

roasting business was sparked after he began taking his beans to work. Soon after, many of his coworkers were eager to have more cups of his freshly-brewed coffee. Rios began roasting the beans in his garage with a modified popcorn popper.

Rios said word got out about his signature roasts and so he started selling it at local farmers markets and the Yoshi Now! flea market. It was through the flea market that he came up with the idea to open his own coffeehouse in the Fulton Mall.

However, the shop was not as successful as his roasting business.

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he roasting aspect is still growing and luck would bestow to us a place we can live in and also run a business from in the Tower District February of this year. ” — Leo Rios, Cafe Corozan

“Fulton Mall really wasn’t ready for a real coffee house,” Rios said. “The coffee roasting aspect of the business grew, just not enough to meet the bills of that large space” Despite his failed business venture, people were still buying his coffee.

“Even after the coffee shop on Fulton Mall didn’t make it, I was still roasting coffee for a lot of the customers that frequented the spot,” Rios said. “[I spent] all of 2009 brainstorming our re-entry into business. The roasting aspect is still growing, but luck would bestow to us a place we can live in and also run a business from in the Tower District.”

In February of this year Rios opened Cafe Corozan.

Rios is hoping to buy a bigger roaster by the end of the year. But for now, Rios is holding monthly coffee tasting for customers who want to learn how to prepare the beans at home.

THE GRIND 1122 East Champlain Drive The Grind, located on the corner of Champlain and Perrin, is one of the few independent coffeehouses in north Fresno. Originally opened by previous owners as It’s A Grind by, Rick Urrutia and his mother took over the business three years ago.

While Urretia said it has been a rough couple of years with businesses closing around the shop, they have grown with a steady flow of regular customers. Kaitlyn Wharton, an employee at The Grind, said the key to their success has been interacting with customers more than their competition, Starbucks.

“We know most of the customers by name. We know what drinks they order,” Wharton said.

Some customers come in so often that the staff has nicknamed them characters from the TV show “Cheers.”

While Wharton says interaction is a crucial part of The Grind, the quality of their coffee bean selection is what keeps people coming back for more. She says that while Starbucks offers packaged sandwiches and snacks, they prepare their food in store every day.

Urrutia says the burritos, made with cheese, egg, bacon and chorizo, are one of the most popular items on their menu. They also get fresh pastries delivered everyday from a local bakery.

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Animals in need of more than just homes

By Jennifer Reitz The Collegian

"In dreams... come reality."

How Stuff Works

How do calories work

By Marshall Brain McClatchy Tribune

How often do you think about calories? I know I think about them any time I pick up a piece of food. Same thing for any beverage I drink. Like a majority of Americans, I am trying to keep my weight down. So I think about calories all the time.

But what is a "calorie"? And how many does your body really need to stay alive?

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Let's take a look at how calories work.

A calorie is a unit of energy in the metric system. It is the amount of energy you need to raise the temperature of one liter of water one degree Celsius.

So if you have a liter of water that is at zero degrees Celsius (right at water's freezing point) and, and you would like to increase it to 100 degrees Celsius (right at water's boiling point), it would take 100 calories to do it.

Here is another way to think about it.

Imagine that you are sitting by a campfire roasting marshmallows. We are talking about the big campfire marshmallows that are about as big around as a quarter and about an inch high.

If you stick your marshmallow too close to the flames, it catches on fire.

And if you don't blow it out, pretty soon you have a flaming torch on the end of your stick.

There is a lot of heat energy in a marshmallow. In fact, one of these marshmallows contains about 25 Calories. Four of these Marshmallows contains 100 calories, and that is enough energy get a liter of water to the boiling point.

The reason why you need calories is because your body needs energy to stay alive. For example, your body contains a lot of water and you are warm blooded. It takes energy to keep that water warm. Your brain is a lot like a computer, and it takes energy to keep that computer running. Your brain might be burning 20 calories, or about one marshmallow's worth, every hour.

Your heart has to keep beating, and your diaphragm needs to keep inhaling and exhaling. It all takes energy.

How much energy, exactly, does it take to keep a human body functioning? There are three things that go into the calculation: 1) your basal metabolic rate, 2) the cost of digesting the food you eat, and 3) your physical activity.

Your basal metabolic rate is the amount of energy it takes to keep the lights on. As mentioned above, this is the energy it takes to keep you alive even when you are lying on the couch doing nothing. This energy keeps your brain thinking, your heart beating and so on. There is a formula called the Harris-Benedict formula that can help you calculate your basal metabolic rate. If you are an adult male, you take your height in inches and multiply by 12.9. Take your weight in pounds and multiply by 6.3. Add those two numbers together and add 66 to the total.

Now take your age, multiply by 6.8 and subtract that number from the total.

That is, roughly, how many calories your body burns every day just to lie See CALORIES, Page 6

The Central California Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (CCSPCA) is hurting. For most, adopting a pet isn’t an option anymore, but there are still important ways people can help.

Donations of food and money are both down and budget cuts have also been discussed.

The CCSPCA knew they needed another source of funds. In early December the board began charging pet owners for giving up their animals. The fee is $10 per pet, $25 per litter.

This is not something that they wanted to do, the CCSPCA fears this practice will only cause an increase in crowding because people may just abandoned their pets or pet owners will lie and say they found a stray, which requires the shelter to keep the animal five days instead of putting them up for adoption immediately.

CCSPCA employee Brenda Mitchell said, “Whenever there is a fee involved, people will just abandon their pets, it is a difficult thing but we really had no other choice.”

The Fresno SPCA is doing everything they can to save the lives of these pets. In February, more than 114 small dogs were put on a plane to Edmonton, Alberta, in a partnership with the Edmond Humane Society for adoption in Canadian homes.

“Canada doesn’t have small dogs like we do here in Califor nia,” Mitchell said. “We are leading in the nation in small dog population and if they were not leaving the Central Valley they would be put down.”

The owner of the airplane and a donor to the Edmonton Humane Society has committed to arranging three flights per year. Part of this partnership is to combat the puppy mill population.

Mitchell said that a great way for students to get involved would be to foster a dog before it embarks on its trip to Canada.

“We obviously can’t take in 114 dogs to our own homes. We need loving homes for a short period of time to socialize the dogs and get them ready for their new homes,” Mitchell said.

“Adopting a pet is a huge responsibility and should not be taken lightly,” Mitchell said. “This is one of the reasons so many pets have to be given up. People adopt or buy pets and then their situation changes and they can no longer provide for them.”

Graduate student Mark Torres said, “I’ve always wanted to help out, but I never really knew what I could do other than adopting an animal, we’ve all seen those commercials with Sarah Mclachlan singing in the background; they are heartbreaking.”

An example of just what kind of help you can provide was a Kingsburg fifth grade student and junior SPCA volunteer. She found out that the CCSPCA was in need of newspapers and began organizing a collection drive. The newspapers are used to line the bottoms of cages and the SPCA ran out twice last year.

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Officials advise against vacationing in Mexico

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Recent violence in Ciudad Juarez lead to warnings from U.S. State Department

By Sarah Kain The Collegian Almost every student is making travel plans for spring break next week, but the travel advisory issued by a U.S. Department of State March 14 warns about the increasing violence in Mexico.

A c c o r d i n g t o t h e U. S .

Department of State’s Web site, violent attacks have forced the U.S. Embassy to reach out to U.S. citizens and advise them to delay unnecessary travel to parts of Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua in Mexico.

The warning comes after the increased violence of drug cartels in these areas and the abduction and murder of two U.S. citizens in Chihuahua.

The area of main concern is Ciudad Juarez, which is in the state of Chihuahua. “The Mexican authorities report that more than 2,600 people were killed in Ciudad Juarez in 2009. Additionally, the city of 1.3 million people experienced more than 16,000 car thefts and 1,900 carjackings in 2009,” according to the travel advisory.

The advisory did not limit its attention to just the border,

but it also said people should be cautious when traveling anywhere in Mexico.

Paul Oliaro, vice president for student affairs, said the advisory should not be taken lightly, especially for those traveling to Mexico.

“I think that it is important for students to know about the alert if they are traveling to Mexico,” Oliaro said.

Oliaro also said that it was definitely a good idea for students to research where they wanted to go for spring break before they made final plans.

Oliaro recommended a safe spring break plan of students getting involved with community service projects.

“We are trying to use local media,” Oliaro said.

Associated Studets, Inc. President Jessica Sweeten agrees with Oliaro, stating students should be careful if they are traveling to Mexico.

Sweeten added that the advisory is important to those traveling in Mexico, because students need to be aware of their surroundings.

“Be aware of your surroundings and know the people you are with,” Sweeten said. “Do not put yourself in a danger-

ous situation.”

Liberal studies major Margarita Vazquez said she saw the advisory in the news, and the bulldog blog as well.

“My mom always tells me that going to spring break in Mexico is bad,” Vazquez said.

Vazquez has not considered going to Mexico, because of her sister’s bad experience.

“My sister went on spring break with some fellow students from U.C. Santa Barbara,” Vazquez said. “They were pulled over by the cops in Rosarito. The girls and boys were separated and pressed for money.”

“After that experience I would rather stay in Fresno or go home and spend it with family,” Vazquez said.

Courtesy of McClatchy Tribune

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icy, which stipulates a 15-percent threshold among the constituents of the senator in question. After the petition is verified, it would require a two-thirds vote of those eligible students voting in the recall.

The motion could not pass, and it was sent back to the legal committee because some senators wanted a 10-percent threshold.

According to Sen. Brie Witt, the threshold is tricky because the number that 15 percent represents can greatly differ between college senators and at-large senators.

“Having this single number would basically require the same number of signatures for executives and senators at large but it would be a variable number for college senators based on the size of their college,” Witt said.

Witt said the senate wants the threshold to represent the seriousness of a recall, and not simply reflect the feelings of a few upset students. A recall would also cost money.

In current form, the policy states all of the senator’s constituents can vote in a recall.

Some senators argued that students who didn’t vote in the election should not be allowed to vote in a recall.

Witt argued that accommodating this request would be difficult to implement, but also unfair.

“I represent all of my constituents,” Witt said. “If they are not happy with what I am doing then they have every right to have a say on whether I stay or go, regardless of whether or not they voted to put me in office.”

around. If you are a woman the multipliers are 4.3, 4.7 and 4.7, and instead of 66 you use 65.

The cost of digesting food is easy to calculate. You take the number of calories you eat in a day and multiply by 0.10. So if you eat 2,000 calories, it takes 200 calories to digest it.

Physical activity is anything you do other than lying on the couch. When you take a walk, run up the stairs, clean the house, etc., your muscles burn energy. For example, you might walk for an hour and burn 200 calories. The number of calories you burn depends on how much you weigh and how far you walk, and there are plenty of sites on the Web that will help you figure this out.

So let's say that you add all

this up and you bur n 2,000 calories per day. The problem we face, and the reason why so many people are having weight problems, is because it just does not take that much processed food to deliver 2,200 calories. For example, a cheeseburger has 500 calories.

If you eat four of those in a day, you are done. If you eat anything else, you will gain weight that day.

A 16-ounce bottle of soda contains 200 calories. Ten of those in a day and you are done. You can't eat anything else without gaining weight.

One frosted toaster pastry also has 200 calories. And so on. In the grand scheme of things, it takes very little processed food to meet your calorie needs for the day.

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Random tests keep athletes clean Student-athletes risk hefty suspensions from team if drug and alcohol tests are positive

By Vongni Yang The Collegian According to the athletic department’s Substance Abuse Education and Testing Program, a 14-page policy, athletes are subjected to random drug testing.

Elise Kramer, a certified athletic trainer for Fresno State, said that drug testing is random and that athletes can be tested on any given day.

“It’s random once a month,” Kramer said.

The athletic department tests for controlled substances, anabolic steroids, performance-enhancing drugs and other drugs that violate the NCAA’s bylaws.

“There are certain things we look for,” Kramer said, “Predominantly, they are NCAA prohibited drugs: amphetamines, street drugs, barbiturates and alcohol.”

Drug testing is conducted for the whole academic year including the summer months.

Ten percent of athletes from each team are tested monthly through random selection.

Additional testing methods include team testing, in which every athlete is tested.

Other testing practices are

preseason and postseason testing, which are conducted before and after each sport’s season. Postseason testing will only be conducted if a team or athlete is eligible for postseason play.

Athletes may also be tested if there is reasonable suspicion that players are abusing drugs.

“Reasonable suspicion is anytime there is somebody concerned for one of the student-athletes, whether it is the strength coach or one of the department personnel,” Kramer said. “If they’ve been told something or they suspect something going on with a program, then a team can be tested at any given day, any given time, for reasonable suspicion.”

A follow-up drug test will also be given to athletes who have failed a test in the past.

Athletes who are hoping to rejoin their squads after testing positive will also be tested for re-entry.

Student-athletes who are still under scholarship, but have burned out their eligibility are also tested.

Athletes are tested in the mornings between 5:45 and 7:15 a.m. at the drug-testing site. Players are asked to give

a urine sample under a strict and closely watched procedure. An athletic de par tment official then collects the samples and ships them out the following day to Redwood Toxicology, which will assess them.

If an athlete fails to show up for their scheduled drug testing time, it is considered a positive drug test. Athletes who test positive are punished by the athletic department.

Athletes will be suspended for 10 percent of the season if they test positive for the first time. They cannot participate in games or events, but they are allowed to practice. Studentathletes will also be required to participate in an educat i o n p ro g r a m and must also attend meetings. Athletes who test positive for the first time will be tested monthly for one year.

After a second positive testing, athletes are suspended for 20 percent of the season. They cannot play nor can they practice with their team. Again, they must complete an assessment and attend meetings.

If a student-athlete tests positive a third time, they are immediately kicked off the team. Their scholarship will be stripped as well.

Using drugs can possibly end a student-athlete’s college career, but it can also cost them a free education.

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Sweet 16 remains positive without Kansas With Kansas out of the Sweet 16 bracket is bound to have a Cinderella story January, 1,000 beards were disBy Jeff Weinberg McClatchy Tribune Still bummed out that you picked Kansas as your national champion and they selfdestructed again as a No. 1 seed in the second round?

You’ve had four days to get over it. Time to refocus on the positives that the Sweet 16 has to offer.

The tournament resumes Wednesday night with regional semifinals in Salt Lake City (West) and Syracuse (East). It will be hard to top the havoc wreaked by the mid-majors in the first two rounds, but the only surprise would be if

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another highly seeded team doesn’t get ambushed on the way to Indianapolis.

A look at Wednesday night’s matchups: Butler vs. Syracuse Togetherness Don’t sell the Bulldogs (30-4, 22 wins in a row) short. What they may give up in size and athleticism is outweighed by the continuity they’ve developed. Coach Brad Stevens has used the same starting lineup: Matt Howard, Gordon Hayward, Shelvin Mack, Ronald Nored and Willie Veasley, for 61 of the last 66 games.

Nored, their sophomore point guard, is a leader on and off the court, he was freshman class president.

They’ve got the carrot in front of them of the Final Four in hometown Indianapolis.

Will that be enough against S y r a c u s e ? C e nter Arinz e Onuaku is out for this game, but the Orange didn’t miss him much in easy wins against Vermont and Gonzaga.

Butler will have major matchup problems defending Wesley Johnson, who has returned to his pre-wrist injury for m. The Bulldogs will rain threes against the Syracuse zone and hope they make a splash.

Xavier vs. Kansas State Fear the Beard K-State guard Jacob Pullen’s thin, Abe Lincolnstyle beard is all the rage in Manhattan (Kansas).

Before the Wildcats’ home g a m e a g a i n s t Te x a s i n

tributed to K-State students.

Pullen says the beard is getting a little itchy, but it’s become a good-luck symbol for the 28-7 team and he won’t shave it until after the tournament.

Pullen’s got more than just whiskers going for him. He’s a video freak game films, not PlayStation, and his studying helped him get a handle on BYU’s Jimmer Fredette.

Pullen’s ‘D’ limited Fredette to 4-for-13 shooting in the second round.

Pullen has been doing his homework this week on Xavier’s Jordan Crawford, who averaged 27.5 points in the first two rounds. Yes, the same Jordan Crawford who dunked on LeBron in that infamous summer camp video. Don’t know if Pullen has critiqued that film.

Wa s h i n g t o n v s . We s t Virginia Truck stop, They say point guard play is paramount in the NCAA Tour nament.

West Virginia will try and prove “they” wrong.

The Mountaineers lost their starting floor leader, Darryl (Truck) Bryant, when he broke his right foot during practice Tuesday.

Bryant averaged 9.3 points and was second on the team in assists (3.1) and three-pointers (40).

West Virginia has a capable backup in Joe Mazzulla, who can run the team but has shooting issues. There are no other point guards on the

West Virginia roster, so expect Kansas to the final seconds in forwards Da’Sean Butler and Lawrence before losing and Devin Ebanks to assume some acquitted itself well against ballhandling responsibilites.

Syracuse at the Carrier Dome T he Mountaineers’ lack is no fluke. of backcour t de pth could Plus, the Big Red knows it be exposed by Washington’s can beat Kentucky. They’re 1-0 Isaiah Thomas (no relation to lifetime against the Wildcats, a certain former NBA coach/ winning 92-77 on Dec. 28, 1966.

GM), who has made 7 of 12 That should add to their threes and has 15 assists in the growing confidence. Maybe if first two rounds.

Wall, Cousins and Calipari get Washington, which didn’t lucky, they can make it a comcement a bid until its surprise petitive game.

Pac-10 Tournament title, is making 40.1 percent of its threes during a nine-game winning streak.

Cor nell-Kentucky smashing stereotypes, forget those David vs. Goliath, Brainiacs vs. Brawn oversimplifications of the game everyone’s been parroting.

Cornell is legit. Its offensive execution shredded Temple and Wisconsin, two solid defensive teams, last weekend. It has all the elements needed for success: experience (four senior starters), a guard on top of his game (Louis Dale), a three-point threat from the wing with an NBA pedigree (Ryan Wittman), a 7-footer clogging the middle (Jef f Foote) and a Mark Cornelison / McClatchy Tribune c o a ch wh o k n ow s w h a t h e ’ s d o i n g John Wall leads the Kentucky Wildcats, averag(Steve Donahue). ing 16.8 points per game.

Any team that took

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Sophomore Michelle Moses leads the Bulldog softball team with eight home runs for the season, just two shy of her record last season.

Moses was named WAC pitcher of the week after pitching her two first complete games in last week’s tournament

By Brianna Campbell The Collegian As a sophomore utility player for the Fresno State softball team, Michelle Moses has already accomplished a great deal and conference season has just begun.

This past week, Moses was named the Verizon Wireless Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Pitcher of the Week, but not for the hot bat that Moses is usually praised for, but for her outstanding accomplishments on the mound.

“It felt really good,” said Moses about being named WAC Pitcher of the Week.

“I was kind of shocked too, because my role really hasn’t been pitching since I have been here, but it’s a great accomplishment for me.”

Last week, Moses went 2-0 against opponents, pitching a team-high 19 innings. Against Virginia, her first complete seven-inning game pitched in Bulldog uniform, she earned a shut out. The pitcher allowed three hits with no runs, no walks and six strikeouts to put a W in the books.

In her second career-complete game, she topped her previous record of eight strikeouts with 12 to lead the ‘Dogs to victory over New Mexico, 8-2.

While Moses’ contribution to the team was seen on the mound this week, her presence in the batters box has been just as strong. Moses has started in all games this pre-season at the first base position as well as pitcher.

Along with pitching accolades in last week’s play at the Judi Garmen Classic in Fullerton, Calif., Moses hit two home runs against Cal-State Fullerton which brought her total to eight on the season, only two shy from last season.

Moses is fourth overall in the WAC in home runs and RBIs this season.

With her contribution to the team on the mound, first base and in the batter’s box, Moses is sure to make this season a winning season for the Bulldogs.

“I feel like we are the team to beat in the conference,” Moses said. “Everyone is out for us, but it is good because it makes us step up our play.”

Q&A When did you start playing softball and what made you want to continue at a collegiate level?

I started when I was 7-years-old. My sister played and my parents played.

I wanted to do what my big sister did, and just loved the game ever since.

What made you want to play for Fresno State?

Coach [Margie Wright], definitely.

I’m close to home and I can’t play in cold weather!

What injury was it last season that set you back?

It was my forearm. We worked really hard on it, the training staff and everything. It’s coming along great.

Are you feeling more confident at the plate this year, leading the team in RBI’s and homeruns?

Well, I definitely know what more to expect this season then I did last season. But, yes, definitely a lot more comfortable.

How did it feel to pitch your first complete game and accomplish a shut out?

It was amazing. Before I came here, my main position was pitcher and the injury set me back a little bit. So, pitching a full seven innings was something I didn’t expect to do, but it was amazing. It feels so much better to be on the mound again and be a help.

If you could give your team a letter grade for this pre-season going into conference, what would it be?

I would probably give us an A. I think we have had our share of ups and downs, but overall we fought. We have played the top teams in the country and it gets us ready for everything else. So, I would give us an A. What are your plans after you finish school?

I plan on going to PA [Physicians Assistant] school.

Outside of softball, what do you enjoy doing in your free time?

I love to hang out with my family. My mom, my sister and I are best friends.

We have tons of fun together. We play board games, go to the beach, hang out, go camping, stuff like that.

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