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Universities join together to defend education By Dana Hull The Collegian Fresno State students will be joining other Califor nia State Universities today in a protest of educational budget cuts. The “Defend Education” movement is a statewide demonstration against the continuing budget cuts that have plagued the higher education system. Here at Fresno State, students will stage a carnival of games geared on educating students about the $500 million in cuts to the CSU budget, and what students can do to fight back. Hector Cerda, student organizer for Students for Quality Education, calls it the car nival of mockery games. These games include popping balloons and “pin the tail on the CSU.” “A lot of the students we are talking to feel like they are helpless — like there’s nothing they can do,”
Cerda said. “There are things you can do: You can write, you can rally — your voice can be heard.” Due to budget cuts, the CSU system has been forced to lay off more than 3,000 faculty, cut courses and hike student fees. “We really believe that people who have the decision-making powers have made a mockery of education,” Cerda said. “Everything they have done, especially with the recent increases, has been a burden and has been the opposite of what they are supposed to be doing.” Fresno State will be demonstrating alongside of CSU Fullerton, Sacramento State, San Francisco State and Sonoma State, all who have their own unique events at their campuses. The event will take place today from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Free Speech Area and Peace Garden.
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WHEN: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM EVENT: Students will stage carnival games demonstrating the perils of $500 million cut to the CSU budget. All games will incorporate an educational theme of what is happening to public education and what students can do to fight back.
WHERE: Free Speech Area and Peace Garden
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EVENT: Concerned with the state of public higher education in California students, faculty and staff will join together to show their support for affordability and accessibility in the CSU and community college. This event will feature: Speakers, rel-
“The Meaning and Value of Public Education: Renewing a Democratic Vision.” Forum to bring together students along with educators at all levels to discuss a proactive vision for the future, and also to workshop a “Declaration in Defense of Public Education.”
evant music and dance acts, spoken word performances, picket sign, banner and T-shirt making as well as letter-writing to legislators and campus administrators.
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EVENT: “Camp Out for Quality Education.” Students will maintain a presence on the school quad throughout the day with many small-scale events planned to draw attention to entertain the crowd and educate the public about public higher education. For example: hula hooping, talk-ins, guest lecturers, symposiums, local bands, painting and other crafts, henna tattoos, boardgames, drum circles, letter writing to the governor, chalking and more.
EVENT: Demonstration and dialogue to promote awareness on how the budget cuts are affecting the CSU, specifically Sacramento State’s students. The CSU system is facing a giant budget cut of $500 million dollars, with the possibility of the cuts doubling.
Bookstores remain relevant despite online options By Ciara Norton The Collegian Buying textbooks from a local bookstore is not the only way that students are getting their required course material, but it remains a prominent option. There are many ways that students can purchase their textbooks. Perhaps the easiest
outlet is to purchase them at a bookstore. While some students still prefer this option, others have reached out to various textbook providers. In the fall 2009, Chegg began renting textbooks out of the Kennel Bookstore. Since then, the number of students buying textbooks from the Kennel Bookstore has decreased. “I’m not sure that Chegg
is responsible for the trend,” Susan Bartel, book department manager at the Kennel Bookstore said. “Sales have been going down because enrollment has been going down. I think that Chegg is responsible for some of the decrease, but I don’t think that it’s a large portion.” Angela Pontarolo, a communications manager for
Chegg, confirmed that “more and more students are renting textbooks every year.” A m o n g t h e i r f i n d i n g s, Chegg also found an interesting trend about the gender of the majority of their customers. The trend showed that females rent more textbooks than males. Although Chegg’s profit is increasing, many students
still prefer to buy their textbooks from a bookstore. Sara Davis, a nursing major, always purchases her required text from the Kennel Bookstore. “I rented one before, but I didn’t like it,” Davis said. “You can’t write in them and fold the pages over when you’re taking notes, and I like to See BOOKS, Page 3
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n a few weeks California Law makers will be voting on the future of higher education and California. Currently the proposed budget cuts $1.4 billion from higher education, and is broken down to $500 million for the CSUs and UCs respectively and $400 billion for the community colleges. To make the situation worse, this budget projection assumes law makers will approve tax extensions. If these extensions fail to get on the June ballot to allow voters to decide for themselves, we can see another round of cuts doubling the amount for the CSU system. How does this budget affect Fresno State? As one of the 23 campuses in the CSU system, our share of the $500 billion is estimated at $20 million. We can expect reduced services and classes for students, hiring freezes of new staff positions and a halt of unneeded maintenance to facilities. Students also should be prepared for a fee increase in the coming months that mirror the summer 2009 increases. To paraphrase State Controller
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John Chiang, the state of California will most likely try to balance its budget on the backs of the students that attend the UC, CSU and Community College systems. Given that this is a group known for its lack of political activism, this should not come as a surprise; the relative risk when elections come back is low. Polls have shown repeatedly that Californians see education as one of their top priorities, yet our lack of motivation and tenacity has seen this desire derailed. But we don’t have to take things as they are handed to us. Let’s remember our recent victories and build from them. Last year, former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger witnessed how students mobilized to preserve higher education and restored funding to the CSU system in his last budget. We still have time to make a difference, and here’s the first step: On March 14, 2011, an estimated 20,000 students from across the state will have the opportunity to march and rally in Sacramento to show their support for higher education. It has been proven that money spent on education boosts the economy and improves communities. If we students expect our concerns to be addressed, we must come to the realization that this will only
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become a reality when they have the persistence to stand up for what we believe to be right, and to weather the frustrations and setbacks that are all too common in the political system.
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Students and supporters rally against funding cuts to higher education at the capital in Sacramento, Calif., on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Marches, strikes, teach-ins and walkouts were planned nationwide in what was being called the National Day of Action for Public Education.
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We encourage all students to join us on March 14, 2011, to march in Sacramento for higher education, and we remind everyone that this is just one step of many that we must take. Associated Students Inc. will be taking students to the event; those interested should sign up in the ASI Business Office, Room USU 317. The political process represents many interests, and it will gladly ignore those that don’t speak up. Pedro Ramirez is a political science and agricultural economics major and president of ASI. Jaime Andrés Moncayo is a political science major and senator of legislative affairs of ASI.
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BOOKS: Students look for cheapest option for texts CONTINUED from page 1 do that because it helps me study.” Some students, like criminology major Jasmyn Moxley, take a dif ferent approach to getting their textbooks. Moxley tries to get her textbooks from the cheapest seller. Sometimes, she buys them from the Kennel Bookstore, and sometimes she rents them from Chegg. It just depends on who has the better deal. Fo r s t u d e n t s w h o a r e
his books online at AbeBooks. com. “I usually get international edition books,” McClure said. “They’re paperback versions of the regular text, but cost about one-third of the price. You can usually sell them back online for the same price you paid for them. And the only difference between the international edition and the regular edition is the paperback cover.” There are a few students who have decided to buy their
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ales have been going down because enrollment has been going down. I think Chegg is is responsible for some of the decrease, but I don’t think that it’s a large portion.” —Susan Bartel, Kennel Bookstore Manager
unhappy with the bookstore prices, there are other ways to get the textbooks they need at the prices they can afford. Jeff McClure, a business finance major, buys most of
books in the form of e-books. A survey conducted by The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press observed that only four percent of people who said they read a book
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Although sales at traditional bookstores may be dropping, the demand for their services remains.
in the past day did so using an electronic or digital book. The Pew also found that “though the public’s preferences for how they get news may be changing, the percent-
ages that say they read a book in the past day have remained largely steady.” No matter how students are getting their books, the point remains that the amount of
material they are reading is not decreasing. As long as their amount of reading stays up, so will the demand for textbooks, and the stores they are sold in.
How does Facebook affect your study habits? By Megan Hamik The Collegian “I need to get off Facebook and write my paper”: Plenty of students have seen those statuses posted by friends on
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homework done. It has become more distracting than TV or video games. The Daily Mail news research found that being on Facebook adding friends, playing games, joining groups and “chatting” with other users can take up hours of time that they should be studying. The good thing is that many students don’t feel that it really affects their grades. “It doesn’t really affect my g rades,” Justin Copeland, a senior majoring in Jazz Perfor mance, said. “It just extends the amount of time it takes to study.” Having classes online and typing papers has made it much easier to get distracted by things like Facebook. It is so easy when you are working on your computer to have Facebook up and keep checking it, especially now when friends’ statuses update instantaneously. “Facebook is not really distracting when I am taking an online test because it is timed, but it definitely is when I am trying to type a paper,” Kristin Grottkau, a junior majoring in
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liberal studies, said. “I try to do most of my studying off of the computer to avoid the distraction, but even then I still get notifications and updates on my phone.” Facebook may be the biggest distraction, but students still are able to get their work done. However, they may not get it done as quickly as they could. “Homework takes five more hours than it should because I get on Facebook and get distracted,” Rosemary Soares, who is also a junior majoring in liberal studies, said. The other major distraction Facebook causes that could affect students grades, is when taking notes in class. If a student is using their computer to take notes, how could they not be tempted to check Facebook? But it has potentially harmful ef fects on their lear ning in class. Students might stop listening and may miss some important notes or the instructions to an assignment. This could affect their grades on tests and eventually their final grade in the class.
“I’ve seen it affect people I have classes with,” Grottkau said. “They spend the entire class on Facebook and then ask me what the assignment is or for notes they missed.” Facebook may be distracting students from their homework, but to an extent does not seem to affect their grades. Students could focus a little more in class instead of being on Facebook, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that they will end up not doing well in the class. As far as study habits go, students may just need to account for the extra time that they know they will be spending on Facebook instead of studying.
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Dyer sued for discrimination By Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Two Fresno police deputy chiefs are accusing the city’s police chief of discrimination and harassment. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Fresno County Superior Court, Robert Nevarez and Sharon Shaf fer say Chief Jerry Dyer made derogatory racist and sexist comments at work. The lawsuit claims Dyer sang an antebellum slave song and mimicked slave dialect
when referring to African American individuals. The suit also says Dyer made offensive comments about women’s clothes and cleavage. Dyer’s attorney Martin J. Mayer tells The Fresno Bee that many of the alleged comments were embellished, misstated, taken out of context, or never made. The two deputy chiefs have been on paid administrative leave since first filing a complaint against Dyer.
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Entrepreneur Mentorship Program helps students prepare for their futures By Thomas Pearson The Collegian Colle ge g raduation and entering the work force may be scary thoughts for many students getting ready to leave campus. Fear of the future and having plans is something that frightens many students. Fortunately for students in Fresno State’s Entrepreneur Mentorship Program, they are given the tools and the access to networking that many other students on campus do not have access too. The EMP is based in the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and t h e p ro g r a m ’ s g o a l i s t o help students build the tools to succeed in the business
world as well as network with successful individuals in the community. Nancy Kobata, the office manager for the Lyles Center and head of the EMP, started the program five years ago. “We created it because we saw that students who were graduating lacked some of the basic skills to help them in the job market, so we decided [to] create the mentorship program to help them build these skills as well as network with successful individuals in the community,” Kobata said. The EMP is a year-long program that is very exclusive and accepts only 20 applicants each year. The applicants then begin a process in which they are required to interview before they are acce pted.
Ap p l i c a n t s m u s t b e ve r y committed. The program calls for around 15 hours a month for the program, including every Friday afternoon. T h e a c t iv i t i e s i n t h e program include workshops like a leadership assessment, business etiquette, and formal dining settings where proper dining etiquette is taught to the students. The students are also encouraged to meet with their mentors as often as possible to discuss their current and future goals. The students also have access to every mentor to help build their networks as well as seek additional advice. The EMP is a hands-on pro g ram, which seeks to provide its students with realworld experience.
“[The] mentorship program is an interactive one on one program that gives you an inside look at the business world from the eyes of a successful entre preneur,” EMP member Eric Thomson said. Many of the graduates go on to be very successful in the work force. Many graduates start their own business or are able to work their way up companies with the skills they acquire from the program. “The mentor prog ram allows you to get in contact with people you would never nor mally have access to, you get crazy connections,” Krystal Kitahara, a graduate of the EMP, said. “It really helped me lear n a lot and prepare myself.”
Another goal of the EMP is to help keep some of the entrepreneurs in Fresno to help with Fresno’s economy. The goal is to show entrepreneurs that they can run a successful business in Fresno and that they don’t need to go to Los Angeles or the Bay Area. Kobata also talked about how many of the students who graduate do go on to stay in Fresno and become successful. T h e E M P m ay o n ly b e in its fifth year, but it has already helped many students and is still looking for new innovative ways to help its students learn, network and gain hands-on experience.
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St. Elmo’s Fire-inspired places to party Characters from famous 1985 film had their bar, where’s Fresno State’s?
By Maddie Shannon The Collegian
St. Elmo’s Fire, the famous 1985 film that propelled Demi Moore to stardom, traced the lives of seven recent college graduates as they entered the world of adulthood. St. Elmo’s, the bar the seven friends and their Georgetown peers frequent, plays a central role in helping each of the characters cope with the postgrad struggles they face as they begin their lives as grown-ups. The film itself reflects a universal notion that all colleges have a specific place to hang out. Be that as it may, Fresno State in particular doesn’t have one specific place students frequent. Amongst the bars sur rounding Fresno State, there are certain qualities specific groups of students look for. Swigg’s Only five months old, Swigg’s has been many things over the years: The Big Yellow House, The Greenhouse, Baja’s, In Cahoots Two, Run with the Clubs, The Jungle, The Jungle 1440, Club Rio, VIP, The Bedroom, Bobby Salazar’s and Anici’s were all bars and restaurants that were housed in what is now Swigg’s. Despite the inconsistency of the building’s tenants, the current owners now run a bar that they thought would cater to college students, but got a little bit of everyone
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Students enjoy a beer with friends at Redwave, one of the most popular bars around Fresno State.
instead. “We predicted that we’d have more of a college crowd, but we got a pretty big young professional crowd instead,” Michael Jew, co-owner of Swigg’s, said. While in close proximity to Fresno State, students who want to run into
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friends or party somewhere that reflects the university’s population might try somewhere else. “We cater to a big mid-to-late 30s crowd,” Jew said. The Elbow Room A Fresno staple, The Elbow Room hosts all kinds of events that draw in customers of all ages. “We have a pretty diverse late-night crowd,” Randy McBride, manager of The Elbow Room, said. “We have bands perform on Sunday, like the one we had this weekend called Undercover.” Although a popular spot in Fig Garden Village for older crowds during on the weekend, many students gravitate toward the Elbow Room to blow off steam. “There’s a lot of older people there on Friday nights,” Tanner Sneed, a junior Kinesiology major, said. “They have live bands a lot, which is great. I really enjoy good music.” BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse A Fashion Fair favorite, this bar offers two extremes–it’s the place to go
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for students who want to dress up and go out, and it’s the place to go for families. “We’re very college friendly place,” Nikki Chang, a manager at BJ’s, said. “We also have a lot of families come here, because it’s a very family-friendly place as well.” Redwave Because it is a bar generations of Fresno State students have frequented, Redwave gets an honorable mention for best staying power. “Redwave has been here since ‘87,” Sarah Fierro, a cook at Redwave, said. Because of Redwave’s proximity to Fresno State, the majority of the bar’s clientele is students. “Our customers have always been mainly Fresno State students,” Fierro said. “We get a younger crowd in here.” Though it’s a popular bar, those who don’t like running into people they know while clubbing avoid Redwave. “I’ve heard it’s the kind of place where you always know someone,” Sneed said. “That’s why I like going to other bars.”
Poet reads at Fresno State By Karlena Franz The Collegian Sarah Wetzel, a prize-winning poet, read her latest work in the Peters Education Center Friday night to an auditorium full of graduate-level English students. Wetzel was the 2009 winner of the Philip Levine Prize in poetry for her book “Bathsheba Transatlantic.” “Every year a winner is chosen for the Levine Prize where the winner is given $2000, their book published and they do a reading as part of the process,” Connie Hales, masters of fine art coordinator, said. A class of MFA students read through hundreds of manuscripts sent in from all over the world and narrowed it down to 25 finalists. Then a poet judge chose the final winner. Wetzel was chosen by Garrett Hongo. “Depending on the number of manuscripts, we will do 10 to 20 readings a
week,” Michelle Brittan, an MFA graduate student, said. What students found in Wetzel’s work was something different that popped out to them, making them read more. “We encourage those reading the manuscripts to not spend too much time reading something that doesn’t pop out to them, something that doesn’t draw them deeper into the manuscript,” Megan Baptista-Geist, an MFA Graduate student, said. “If students spent a lot of time on all the manuscripts, it would virtually take them forever to read.” A lot of Wetzel’s ideas for poems come from the things she sees and hears on a day-to-day basis. One poem she wrote had to do with something she caught on TV, whereas another was about history passed down from generations of Israelis. “Find something that moves you, See POET, Page 6
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6 Hearth residue 7 Bagel purveyors 8 Warning, in Spanish 9 Zodiac twins 10 Space-going chimp of 1961 11 Frequent flier 12 10,000 square meters 13 Brosnan role before Bond 18 Machinist’s pin 23 “... a little tom-___-sang ...” 24 Component of all cells 2 6 Hand-in-the-car-door reaction 27 “National Velvet” author Bagnold 29 A second time 31 “Silly” birds 34 Sound of bacon frying 36 Small but loud songbird 37 Like a piper of folklore 38 Prohibit legally 39 Melonlike tropical fruits 40 Periodic table entry 42 Kind of driver or union 43 1,000,000,000 years 44 ___ deco 45 Talk turkey? 46 Southern drawl, for one 4 8 Sculptor’s tool 51 Last movement of a sonata 52 Rear-___ (road mishap) 55 African wading bird 57 Dracula portrayer Lugosi 60 Prefix with “moron” 61 “And now, without further ___ ...” 62 Monogram for Mr. Hyde’s creator
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Brief news for the brief attention span W E S T H O L LY W O O D, Calif. (AP) — Singer Christina Aguilera and her boyfriend have been arrested on suspicion of being drunk in a car that was stopped on a West Hollywood street. Sheriff’s Deputy Bill McSweeney says Aguilera was a passenger in the car that was stopped at about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday. Her boyfriend, 25-year-old Matthew Rutler, was booked
on suspicion of driving under the influence. His bail was set at $30,000. McSweeney says Aguilera appeared to be extremely intoxicated and unable to look after her own welfare. A sheriff’s website says she was booked on suspicion of a misdemeanor but McSweeney says she’s essentially being held at the West Hollywood sheriff’s station for her own protection and is expected to
be released without facing criminal charges. Calls to her agent and publicist weren’t returned early Tuesday. I N D I A NA P O L I S ( A P ) — Actor and activist Danny Glover has urged labor union members protesting at the Indiana Statehouse to stand in solidarity against what he called an organized campaign attacking American workers.
Several hundred union members cheered Monday as the star of the “Lethal Weapon” action movies told the protesters they are part of a nationwide battle to stop a “vicious attack” to take more from the middle class. The protesters responded to other speakers with chants such as “We will not be moved!”
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1. Take advantage of turnovers The Bulldogs forced 16 turnovers in the last meeting.
Analysis by Tim Salazar The Collegian
Breakdown: Bulldogs The Fresno State men’s basketball team has a chance to redeem itself from a home loss to the Vandals in January. But the ‘Dogs will not have the luxury of being at home this time, where they have an 11-5 record. The contest will be on the road where the ‘Dogs have stumbled to a 3-10 record. They have also beaten only one WAC team on the road this year, a Jan. 6 win at Louisiana Tech, 63-56. Currently Fresno State sits at 5-9 in the Western Athletic Conference and sit eigth in the conference standings. The Bulldogs could move in to the seventh spot with a win against the Vandals, and if San Jose State loses to the Hawaii on Thursday.
This is the Bulldogs’ final r o a d g a m e o f t h e y e a r. They will face Hawaii on Saturday followed by the WAC Tour nament, which begins Wednesday, March 9 in Las Vegas. They will need big games out of Kevin Olekaibe, Greg Smith and Tim Steed. Each have taken their turn leading the team in scoring the previous three games.
2. Don’t waste possessions on 3s The Bulldogs are shooting a WACworst .278 from beyond the arc.
Breakdown: Vandals The Vandals have had an upand-down season themselves, but still sit well ahead of the Bulldogs in the WAC standings at No. 4. I d a h o i s n o t a n ove rly impressive offensive team, having just scored 78 or more one time in regulation this season, an 86-74 victory over Eastern Oregon in the seasonopener. They do, however, make up for their short-comings with a strong defense. Idaho has kept opponents to 67 or less 17 times this year with four of those teams failing to score more than 50 points. In the first meeting between these two teams this season the Vandals held the Bulldogs to only 19 field goals and a
3. Body up Barone The Vandals’ big man had a gamehigh 18 points in the last meeting and was a force in the paint.
.358 shooting percentage. The Vandals also forced the ‘Dog to shoot 6-of-19 on from threepoint land. Idaho ran away with the victory late, 67-57. This is the last re gularseason WAC game for the Vandals. They have one more home game against Seattle on Saturday before they too play in the WAC Tournament.
Baseball climbs national polls After another undefeated weekend with three straight wins over Pepperdine, the undefeated Fresno State baseball team is garnering plenty of national recognition. Both Baseball America and the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper have the Bulldogs in the top 25. The National Collegiate Baseball Writers tabbed the Bulldogs at No. 29. Head coach Mike Batesole’s team is off to its best start since the 1995 season. Junior pitcher Derek Benny has started the season 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA. Benny has already won more games than he did all last year. Patel back on track after USC Invitational In a prolific field that included the national’s best golf team, Fresno State junior Bhavik Patel turned in his fifth top-five finish of the 2010-11 season. As a team, Fresno State finished 13th in the 15-team field, but Patel’s thirdround 67 vaulted him into the top-five
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Player to watch: Kevin Olekaibe, guard
after a 71 and 73 in Monday’s first two rounds. Patel be g an the fall por tion of the season in rough for m, finishing tied for 67th place at the Arizona Intercollegiate and tied for 33rd at the John Burns Invitational in Hawaii. Freshman Nate Jessup turned in the second-best finish on the team at the USC Invitational, tying for 57th place. Softball nationally-ranked again The Fresno State softball team has taken down a pair of ranked opponents this season, and the nationall polls are recognizing it. Head coach Margie Wright’s squad is now No. 23 in the recent USA Today/ NFCA Division I Top-25 poll. Led by strong performances by pitchers Michelle Moses and Mackenzie Oakes on the mound, the Bulldogs are 6-1 to start the season. Fresno State will be back in action starting this Friday when it takes on BYU in the Campbell/Cartier Classic in San Diego.
MEDIA: Ribera says baseball team holds each other accountable CONTINUED from page 8 leave. The Fresno State athletes interviewed for this article believe it regardless of the level it is as much about selfawareness as self accountability. “I think that the level of intimacy is pretty much up high with social networking,” senior basketball player Taja Edwards said. “So I think that athletes themselves have to be mindful of what they’re posting. They get judged and more often get put up on a pedestal with anything they do, so I think they
need to take the initiative themselves.” Whether it’s using common sense, following guidelines or having a teammate’s back, the athletes at Fresno State are well versed in what is appropriate and not appropriate for social media and are constantly mindful of those limitations when logging on. They know they are constantly under the watchful eyes of the media, fans, friends and family and do their best to represent their program and their school at all times.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
‘Dogs mixed on social media Some premier Fresno State athletes use Twitter, Facebook responsibly
By Brandy Flores The Collegian
Jaleesa Ross senior point guard
The use of social media websites is a fast and fun way to share photos, videos, express personal thoughts and opinions, while staying connected with others regardless of distance. S i t e s l i ke Yo u T u b e, Twitter and especially Facebook garner a lot of traffic from Fresno State students and Bulldog athletes are no exception. However, unlike the rest of the student population, athletes have to be extremely selective on what they post, comment on or share with every-
one because they not only represent themselves, but their program and the school as well. “I just think that the coaches and, you know, the atmosphere should let them know we don’t do that,” senior basketball star Jaleesa Ross said. “Kind of like how Fresno State is, we don’t allow media things like that to ruin our reputation.” Of the seven athletes interviewed, the primary method of social comm u n i c at i o n u s e d w a s Facebook, allowing them to stay in touch with fam-
Jordan Ribera senior first baseman “We’ll definitely say something or let somebody know if they’re crossing the line on something, and we’re close enough friends where they’ll take it off or switch it or apologize if they said something to somebody.”
ily and friends and keep them updated on how their collegiate careers are going. “I don’t have a lot time to be calling family as much as I used to,” Ross said. “So [I] keep up with them and they keep up with my basketball through Facebook and stuff.” None of the athletes interviewed use Twitter, which is often one of the easiest and fastest ways for athletes to get in trouble due to its brevity and speed of circulation. Some reasons for not using it as much as Facebook were due to maintenance ease of use and overall lack of interest. “It’s a little egotistical for me,” junior Bulldog
baseball player Taylor Garrison said. “I don’t think everyone needs to know what I’m doing 24 hours of the day or I don’t need to be spending all my time telling people what I’m doing all the time.” Due to their athletic commitments to the school, and the increased visibility that comes along with representing Fresno State, most athletes are given general guidelines about what they should and should not post on the web, regardless of medium. For most of the athletes its information they’ve heard before and are well aware of the effects an inappropriate image or statement can reflect on them and their
“I don’t have a lot of time to be calling family as much as I used to. So [I] keep up with them and they keep up with my basketball through Facebook and stuff.”
program long term. “Well, before I came to America, I was at the Australian Institute of Sport and they had a very you know strict thing on what we could and could not post,” sophomore basketball player Rosie Moult said. “It’s pretty much the same, like don’t put anything that you don’t want people to see because everyone can see it, so I think it’s a good policy. You shouldn’t be stupid enough to post things that you know people are going to see. Like, if you know people are going to read it, don’t post it.” While each student strives to follow these personal and team guidelines as best as possible, they are aided by their teammates who will often point out if something
doesn’t appear suitable to be on the web. “Oh yeah definitely, we’re definitely a teamaccountable baseball club,” Western Athletic Conference preseason baseball Player of the Year Jordan Ribera said. “And we’ll definitely say something or let somebody know if they’re crossing the line on something, and we’re close enough friends where they’ll take it off or switch it or apologize if they said something to somebody. We do keep each other accountable.” With the use of social media athletes at all levels have been getting in trouble because of photos they post, statements they tweet or comments they See MEDIA, Page 7
Rosie Moult sophomore guard/forward “You shouldn’t be stupid enough to post things that you know people are going to see. Like, if you know people are going to read it, don’t post it.”