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Student Recreation Center rapidly growing

By Paige Laliberte The Collegian Those who frequently use the Recreation Center have their eyes set on g etting in a worthwhile workout.

However, the growing population of the facility has put a damper on students being able to get around the gym easily.

Since the gym opened its doors in 2005, the gym has grown to become the most popular facility on campus.

“When we first opened the gym in 2005 our attendance at the gym has steadily risen each year,” Amy Allen, the recreation center’s customer relations coordinator, said. The facility has become a part of the campus culture, so in turn, numbers went up. This has now left the gym to become the most used facility on campus.”

Allen has been the customer relations coordinator since 2005 and says to have never heard complaints about the recreation center being overcrowded.

“We needed to get the word out about the Rec Center, so we began marketing,” Allen said.

“The marketing allowed students to recognize the Rec was part of dues, which shocked parents and students that they didn’t have to pay dues to the gym. That soon increased use, and it continues each year.”

But for some students, they think otherwise about overcrowding. Kelly Carlson, a fourth year exercise science major, uses the facility around five times a week.

Students working out at the Recreation Center often have to wait to work out on their favorite equipment.

“The treadmill is my favorite piece of equipment in the gym,” Carlson said. “I find myself having to wait to use this machine quite often.

When I go to the gym, I want to get in my workout and be finished, not waste time waiting for a machine.”

This however does not stop

students from still using the gym. The recreation center provides motivation for students.

“When I go to the gym, the Rec Center has an upbeat atmosphere, and I am surrounded by people who are all working towards the same goal as me,” Alex Mehas, a

third year business management student, said.

However she too feels that the center is overpopulated.

“I often find myself waiting around, or having to fill my time at the gym while waiting for a machine,” Mehas said.

“It can get pretty frustrating,” Allen does agree that the

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Rec Center needs to be expanded in ways more than just adding machines. The facility is constantly growing in popularity.

“My personal feeling is that we will need to expand the gym at some point,” Allen See WORKOUT, Page 3

Organization shares the minority experience with the university at large

By Danielle Solich The Collegian In an effort to share the minority experience with F resno State, the Mar tin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Committee brought in distinguished individuals annually for three years.

Founder of the committee Dr. Jeri Echeverria, who is no longer at Fresno State, thought the campus community could benefit from hearing more minority voices in campus dialogue. She challenged faculty and advance level staff to start this committee.

According to Dr. James Wa l t o n , a m e m b e r a n d English professor, a concern that brought this group to fruition was that the number of African American faculty at Fresno State was below 20

percent.

Roxanne Hinds, Fresno State development director and also a member, said the campus has been active on a number of plans trying to fix this issue but has a lot of ground to cover. She said a start could be to have faculty that is African American because this is one of the first things students are exposed to at the university.

“We can always do more to be welcoming and inclusive,” Hinds said. “We must put a spotlight on diversity.”

The Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Scholars Committee is comprised of seven members. Its aim is to encourage thinking and conversation on how social justice is connected to the gap between American ideals and the reality of American life based on gen-

der, race, class, age and other social categories.

The first year the committee brought in columnist and associate editor for the Wa s h i n g t o n Po s t E u g e n e Robinson. The following year Michael Eric Dyson, author and radio host, made an appearance.

Hinds said Dyson was very outspoken and controversial, but added that he connected with everyone there in some fashion.

“Dyson’s appearance got c o nve r s at i o n s s t a r t e d i n class,” Hinds said. “That’s the exact kind of inspiration we were looking for.”

The most recent appearance was last month by the New York Times best-selling a u t h o r Te r r y M c M i l l a n .

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Dog House parking bites

Think Different Joel Perez

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he battle of the sports bars has begun. And guess who is losing — the Dog House Grill customers! With Buffalo Wild Wings opening next to Dog House, the already bad parking situation has turned into a nightmare.

Last week, my coworkers and I decided to go to lunch at Dog House Grill. However, we were not able to find a single parking spot in the very limited lot. And as usual, all the curb side spots were taken.

In the past, Dog House customers used the Lazy Boy parking lot. But ever since Buffalo Wild Wings bought the

WEB-SPE@K Culled each week from discussions on The Collegian’s website.

Response:

‘Senate debate over nosmoking laws’ ‘eCigReviews’: “We have a smoking ban in the U.K. and it has worked wonders for the whole country.”

Response:

‘Let Libyans decide Libya’s fate’ ‘Join Ambit’: “I agree that we (America) shouldn’t be there, however we (America) must protect it’s interests and bomb any crazy radical Muslim or non-Muslim country that would seek to bomb us, or Israel, we must bomb them back to the Stone Age and then we must not rebuild their government.

Freedom only works for a moral people, morals only come from God.”

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space, Dog House customers have been banned from parking in any of the new restuarant’s stalls.

This leaves me to wonder, where am I supposed to park when visiting Dog House Grill?

My coworkers and I looked for approximately 15 minutes in order to eat lunch at Dog House and were unsuccessful. We planned to park in the Buffalo Wild Wings parking lot but were stopped by a parking security guard. He informed us that he worked for resturant chain and that if we parked there we would either get a ticket or get towed.

The fear of getting towed almost made us park on campus or at the Starbucks on Shaw Ave. and Woodrow Ave. and walk to Dog House. But we didn’t.

As we drove one last time by the cone blocked enterance of Dog House, we spotted someone leaving a parking spot. So we did what any individual hungry for lunch would do — ran over the cones as if they were tiny ants.

After pulling into the parking space the parking security guard started walking toward our car. But before he had the chance to get mad, my coworker pulled out a couple bucks and tipped the guy.

The parking security guard took the money and nonchalantly walked back toward the fallen cones to put them back in their place.

Is this what we, as Dog House customers, have come to:

Response:

‘Hybrids: Don’t buy the hype’ ‘Bryce H’: “I have a 2006 Prius with 144,000 miles, the only thing I have done is change the oil and I still get 50mpg. I paid $23k for it new and with the federal tax credit that came out to $20k. The main issue is not saving money on gas or even the environment, it’s to not buy as much arab oil.”

Response:

‘Hybrids: Don’t buy the hype’ ‘Save’: “I own a Prius, and I agree with most of what you said. My Prius makes sense because I needed a new car anyway. It almost never makes sense to throw away a perfectly good car to buy a new one even if the new car gets better mileage. Your claims about battery degradation sound reasonable, but they have not played out in reality. Consumer Reports just tested a 10-year-old Prius with 200,000 miles and found that car performed nearly as well as it did when new in all respects (including the battery).”

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driving over cones and tipping secuirty guards to get parking spaces that are not more than a mile away?

I tried to contact Dog House Grill by phone in order to get some advice on what customers should do regarding parking for future reference. No one answered the phone.

I also tried contacting Buffalo Wild Wings to get a comment regarding what led them to hire a parking security guard to prevent Dog House Grill customers from parking in their lot. But while someone did pick up the phone I was put on hold and forgot about.

Why is sharing a parking lot such a huge issue?

At a capacity of 240 patrons, Dog House only has 50 parking stalls, three of which are handicapped. Dog House needs to find a solution for the problem. I love the food but the parking issue makes me think twice about eating there.

How long are customers expected to circle around? How far are you willing to walk?

I guess I will just have to forget about Dog House Grill and Buffalo Wild Wings and go to The Mad Duck — at least they have plenty of parking.

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Response:

‘Let Libyans decide Libya’s fate’ ‘yallen28’: “It is hard not to contradict ourselves as we watch from afar these political uprisings. Clearly the U.S. government doesn’t really care about democracy or human rights as evident by their allies. They play cheerleader from afar during these uprisings until the people of other lands choose leaders we don’t like. And Americans, of course, like when people of other land protest against tyranny and demand ‘freedom’ until such protest is in their country, their town, their front lawn. Imagine an American uprising against the corporate state, the corporate government, raging unemployment and poverty; taking to the streets with demands of economic justice. They would be labeled terrorists, loons, wackos, and turned against by fellow citizens and the tyranny of the corporate state.

Can you imagine if crazy Muslim countries wanted to bomb all crazy Christian and Jewish countries? Oh, wait, they do? Join Ambit is retarded.”

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Mr. Harrison Did you knowingly give Mr. Daniel J. Harrison free advertisement space because, indeed, that is exactly what you allowed him to do with his “Letter to the Editor”? Mr. Harrison simply tried to make Associated Students, Inc. look bad and seem as if he was fighting for the student body (nice move as an ASI presidential candidate, not really). Mr. Harrison suggested that ASI didn’t advertise the elections properly. As an ASI candidate and student, I feel that ASI did a great job in advertising their upcoming elections. Most students I talked to knew about the upcoming elections, and I know a lot of students at Fresno State. Also, is it ASI’s fault that students don’t want to get involved with politics? Absolutely not! I mean, if Mr. Harrison felt that more students should have been involved than maybe he should have advertised the upcoming elections himself as I did. I took my time and recruited people, as two students running for Senators At-Large positions are students I spoke with. And honestly, if students were interested in joining the ASI team than they probably knew about the deadlines. The fact is, that maybe students don’t want to be ASI officers, but still care about voting, so let’s not blame ASI for things we are not certain of. And also, let’s not try to make ourselves seem as if we are the student voice because reality is that you simply insulted ASI. ASI does care about the student body and they do whatever is possible for the success of the student body at Fresno State.

— Oscar Perez, Senator at Large

‘I apologize’ It came to my attention this past week that in my “Letter to the Editor” last Friday, I said students pay $116 to ASI. This is false. I was misinformed and I apologize for the mistake. Although the amount students do pay to ASI is less, it does not take away the point I was trying to make: Students pay money to ASI and deserve the right and the opportunity to influence where the money goes, regardless of how much the fee is.

— Daniel J. Harrison Candidate for ASI President

Online gambling addiction The article “Students gamble online to help make ends meet” was inappropriate and not representative of the much larger issue which is gambling addiction by students. In fact, you callously lead readers to believe this is a normal operation for students and that winning is all but a matter of play enough hands and you will eventually come out on top mentality.

Interviewing two students about their online poker habits does not demonstrate the sheer destruction such behavior has on thousands of lives. For each “Jordan Butler” there are literally thousands of students who lose money. Often times rent, food, and tuition monies constitute the losses, not the previous sessions wins as your story would make readers believe. Perhaps you should interview the students who lost all their money through gambling instead of glorifying the lucky one.

Wait.

Those students had to drop out of school because they read articles such as this and were unable to afford tuition this semester. Next time Mr. Valerio, learn about responsible journalism before extolling a truly dangerous behavior.

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WORKOUT: Crowded gym frustrates students CONTINUED from page 1

said. “I do not see less people coming to use the free service; it will only keep growing.”

Everyone seems to recognize when the gym is less populated, however it is at

an unfavorable time while students usually are in their classes.

“Usually the gym sees the least activity in the mornings between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.,” Allen said.

“I usually go to the gym in

the evening, of course that’s when everyone seems to go,” Mehas said.

Carlson agrees with Mehas.

“The only time I can find time to make it to the gym is in the evening,” Carlson said. “I have work and school starting from 8 a.m.”

US teens, young adults ‘doing it’ less

By Carla K. Johnson and Mike Stobbe Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a gover nment survey shows, and theories abound for why they’re doing it less.

Experts say this generation may be more cautious than their predecessors, more aware of sexually spread diseases. Or perhaps emphasis on abstinence in the past decade has had some influence.

Or maybe they’re just too busy.

“It’s not even on my radar,” said 17-year-old Abbey King of Hinsdale, Ill., a competitive swimmer who starts her day at 5 a.m. and falls into bed at 10:30 p.m. after swimming, school, weight lifting, running, more swimming, homework and a volunteer gig working with service dogs for the disabled.

T h e s t u d y, r e l e a s e d Thursday, is based on interviews of about 5,300 young people, ages 15 to 24. It shows the proportion in that age group who said they’d never had oral, vaginal or anal sex rose in the past decade from 22 percent to about 28 percent.

The findings are sure to surprise some parents who see skin and lust in the media and worry that sex is rampant.

“Many parents and adults look at teens and sex and see nothing but a blur of bare midriffs. They think things are terrible and getting worse,” said Bill Albert, chief program officer for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.

There are other surveys of sexual behavior, but this is considered the largest and most reliable. “It’s the gold standard,” Albert said.

Health scientist Anjani

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Chandra of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention described the decline in sex as small but significant. She declined to speculate on the reasons. It’s difficult to look for a trend earlier than 2002 because previous surveys did not gather as much detail about various types of sex, she added.

However, data over the years on vaginal intercourse among never-married adolescents shows a steady decline since 1988. That seems to be in sync with other CDC studies showing an overall drop in teen pregnancy.

That the trend began in the late 1980s seems to undermine the idea that abstinenceonly sex education — heavily emphasized during the 20012009 presidency of George W. Bush — is the explanation, Albert said.

But it is possible those messages contributed, he added.

Comprehensive sex education — which includes abstinence but also teaches contraception and safer sex skills — didn’t go away during the Bush years, said Elizabeth Schroeder, executive director of Answer, a national sex education organization at Rutgers University.

“We have been redoubling efforts and it has made an impact on these statistics,” Schroeder said.

Sam Dercon, a 17-yearold high school junior from Princeton, N.J., said he’s learned to worry about the consequences of having sex.

“I do think that sexual education is taking away that idea that you are invincible,” said Dercon, who is also a contributing writer to www.sexetc. org, a project of Rutgers-based Answer.

“There’s always that fear of something going wrong with consequences that could screw up your future,” he said.

The leading influence on sexual activity among young adults is what parents teach and what peers are doing, experts said. And for whatever reason, smaller proportions are “doing it” than in the past.

King, the busy Illinois teen, said she broke up with a boyfriend because “we didn’t have time to hang out as much as we wanted to. We were both swimmers and the majority of the time we saw each other was at practice.”

She is on the junior board for Robert Crown Center for Health Education, a nonprofit organization that teaches sex ed to students in the Chicago area.

She sees sex, alcohol, smoking and drugs as distractions

to her goal of getting a college scholarship in swimming, she said.

“This generation is very focused on their future and not necessarily getting laid,” ag reed Washington, D.C.based sex educator Yvonne Fulbright.

But she also suggested that some young men aren’t making time for relationships.

“Some guys, at the end of the day, they’d rather channel their energy into music, playing their guitar or playing computer games,” Fulbright said. “That’s immediate gratification. People forget it takes work to woo somebody and keep her happy.”

The study showed that 27 percent of young men and 29 percent of young women reported no sexual contact.

It looked at older adults, too. It was based on in-person interviews of about 13,500 men and women ages 15 to 44, conducted in the years 2006 through 2008. The results were compared with those of a similar survey done in 2002.

Participants were offered $40 for sitting for the interview, which usually lasted an hour and included answering very specific questions on a computer about oral sex, anal sex and other sexual activities.

Among other findings: —More than half of young people who had oral sex said they did that before vaginal intercourse; that pattern was much more common in whites than blacks or Hispanics.

—Among young adults, the proportion who had had vaginal or oral sex declined. But the proportion who had anal sex held steady, at about 21 percent.

—For all ages in the study, women were more than twice as likely to have had sex with a same-gender partner than men were. That was true despite the fact that about the same proportion of male and female survey respondents described themselves as homosexual.

The explanation for that finding seems to be that women are much more willing to describe themselves as bisexual, or to at least acknowledge they find others of their gender attractive.

That may have a lot to do with television shows and other pop culture, which at times seems to celebrate woman-on-woman sexual contact, but not the same kind of behavior among men, said Michael Reece, director of Indiana University’s Center for Sexual Health Promotion.

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MINORITY: Committee pushes for more a African American faculty CONTINUED from page 1 Walton said it was time for the committee to sponsor a female voice.

Hinds said McMillan did an excellent job demonstrating what their organization is about. She said McMillan writes about the middle-class experience; what regular people say and do and the situations they find themselves in.

Walton said the appeal of McMillan is a person who is highly successful and creative.

He said this appearance was an opportunity to be exposed to the writing process and an inspiration for aspiring creative writers.

Upon introducing McMillan, member D r. D e A n n a Re e s e s a i d , “McMillan creates a realistic portrait of an AfricanAmerican life, from a sistas’ perspective.”

The Instruction Related A c t iv i t i e s B o a rd f u n d s these annual productions.

According to Hinds the committee has hopes to bring in private sponsors for future appearances.

Hinds said a long-term goal for the Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Scholars Committee is to bring in a speaker that doesn’t only put on a presentation but is shared with the university at large. She said the designated speaker would stay for a short duration and add an academic element by attending classes and other university selected activities.

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Police facing growing protest at UC Berkeley

By Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Baton-wielding police in riot gear faced off with a growing number of protesters lined up at the University of California, Berkeley where other protesters have chained themselves together on the ledge of a building.

Television video shows hundreds of yelling and chanting demonstrators. The protest Thursday comes after uni-

versity police said 17 people were arrested late Wednesday after refusing to leave a campus building during a protest against state education cuts.

All 17, including seven students, were cited for trespassing. Police Lt. Alex Yao says three people in the group also were booked at the Berkeley jail on suspicion of obstructing police.

The protest Wednesday was part of a day of action by students around the country opposed to education cuts.

India slaying suspect out on bail

By Associated Press SELMA, Calif. (AP) — A former Indian Army officer wanted in a 1996 killing in his native country is out of jail after his arrest in a Central California town in a domestic violence case.

Selma Police Chief Myron Dyck says 45-year-old Avtar Singh was arrested Feb. 19 when his wife reported that he choked her. Singh was released from Fresno County Jail the next day after posting

bond and is now back home.

After the arrest, police discovered that Singh is being sought in India, where he’s accused of killing a human rights lawyer in the disputed Kashmir region.

Singh denied the murder allegations in an interview with Fresno’s KFSN-TV. Dyck says police cannot keep Singh in custody without a warrant from international authorities.

Interpol officials say they’re working to get Singh extradited to India.

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Come on down, Collegian staff Nineteen members of The Collegian staff traveled to Hollywood yesterday for a taping of the CBS’ daytime hit, “The Price Is Right.”

After a three-hour drive to Hollywood and more than five hours of waiting in line, I can honestly say that it was an once-in-a-lifetime experience and worthwhile.

“The Price Is Right” is an hour-long game show that airs every weekday at 11 a.m. The most well-known host was Bob Barker, the second host since the show’s debut in 1972. Despite popular belief, Dennis James was the first host of “The Price Is Right” until 1979.

Since 2007, comedian Drew Carey has hosted the show.

The Collegian staff had to report to the CBS Studio at noon and the show didn’t tape until 4 p.m. A sea of people wearing red “The Price Is Right” T-shirts, homemade T-shirts and uncanny attire filled several rows outside the studio.

CBS Studio employees handed us a green card with a number and an area to write down our personal information. Everyone had to line up in numerical order, I was number 156.

I sat next to a couple and their friends for more than five hours. The husband, an active member of the military, was number 155. We chatted about the games on the show, what we would do if our names got called and all that small-talk jazz.

After sitting in a row and playing

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charades with my colleagues and the couple next to me, 12 of us went in front of the show’s director and introduced ourselves.

I was the last one in line. The rest of my 18 colleagues were next.

They watched and laughed as I told the director, “I’m an editor for an university newspaper and I’m aspiring to be the next Barbara Walters.” I also thought about busting out my old high school cheerleading skills by doing a high-kick or a turn.

But I stopped myself from the possible embarrassment.

The 11 strangers and I then walked by an In-N-Out truck, for employees only, and dropped off every electronic device we had. This included cell phones, with a camera or not, digital voice recorders, cameras and even nail filers.

We sat more and watched previous shows of “The Price Is Right” on TV screens above us. Once 4 p.m. finally rolled around, everyone went inside the infamous studio. Catchy and high-beat music blasted as the 19 of us entered and danced our way to our seats.

George Gray, the current announcer for “The Price Is Right,” popped out from behind the curtain first. His radio-television perfect voice is the No. 1 voice that contestants want to hear while inside the studio. He started off by telling us the rules and when to applaud, or actually when to just look at the lit-up applaud signs above us.

Drew Carey came out and showered the crowd with his hilarious jokes.

He came down the aisles and talked to selective people in the audience. One of the few people he talked to directly was our news editor Dana and her fiancé.

Nine contestants are called down, by complete and utter surprise, to the “contestant’s row.” More than 400 people filled the studio, hoping to hear their name and “come on down!”

Two employees held name cards on the stage to visually give audience

members a chance to see their name, if they couldn’t hear Gray over the microphone.

Despite the overwhelming excitement among the audience, it was easy to hear the names being called because everyone was waiting patiently for the next lucky contestant to be called.

People in the audience were cheering, screaming, clapping and crying. I’m surprised no one fell down the stairs or kissed Carey. I would have if I had the opportunity.

To my pleasant surprise, the man I sat next to, for what seemed to be an eternity, was called down to the front within the first few minutes of the show. Yeah, he walked away with more than $22,000! I felt proud and excited to have sat next to him and his family.

Four contestants are on the row at one time. Each person bids on retail values on an item, the contestant with the closest price without going over gets on stage for a chance of winning a prize. Once one person bids and gets on stage, a new name is called from the audience.

If you watch the show, you know the rest and if you don’t watch the show, then go watch it. “The Price Is Right” taping that we visited will air Monday, March 28 on CBS. If you don’t want to wake up at 11 a.m., then TiVo it. You’ll see me jumping out of my seat and making a fool out of myself, but it’s worth it.

Roundabouts cause confusion for some drivers

By Karlena Franz The Collegian

the roundabout when this lady who didn’t even look and pulled out in front of me,” Herbert said. “I came within inches of hitting her side door and she just kept going like nothing happened.”

A n i m a l s c i e n c e m a j o r C a rl i e Hughes said she finds roundabouts easier in some ways as there is no light or stop sign to cause traffic to be at a standstill. However, Hughes said from time to time traffic would be backed up at busier parts of the day.

“In the morning it saves me time when I come for class,” Hughes said.

Hughes said she uses the roundabouts at least two times a day.

“The roundabouts were apart of the Campus Pointe Project,” Armstrong said. “An email was sent out to the community on how to use roundabouts when they were first put in.”

Hughes said she has witnessed one accident within a roundabout. She said she believes someone rear-ended another car.

When events are being held on campus, like the Save Mart Center, directing traffic through a roundabout is easier.

“We can use cones to direct traffic to go the way needed instead of using officers, which means less man power,” Armstrong said.

Both Hebert and Hughes agree that they weren’t taught directly how to use a roundabout.

According to the University Police De par tment website, drivers are advised to reduce their speed and watch for pedestrians and bicyclists when approaching a roundabout. Once within a roundabout, drivers have the right-of-way over traffic entering the roundabout. Drivers should maintain a slow speed and signal when exiting the roundabout.

Drivers should also be aware of traffic signs displaying the speed limit and when to yield.

Hebert said trial and error and using common sense was how she learned to use a roundabout.

“When cars were coming I waited and when it was clear I went,” Hebert said. “Oh, and there is this thing called a yield sign, people don’t even bother to read signs.”

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Roundabouts provide a way to keep the flow of traffic smoother, but some students have mixed feelings about how well people know how to use them.

Roundabouts are apart of daily driving in Europe, but in Fresno they are not as common.

“They aren’t that common on the west coast and are usually in parking lots where people are driving at a lower speed,” Amy Armstrong, public infor mation officer for University Police, said. “People get confused.”

The roundabouts on campus are not in parking lots, but on semi-busy streets. There are two roundabouts on campus: one at Barstow and Chestnut Avenues and one in front of the Save Mart Center.

When using a roundabout drivers go around counterclockwise, those already in the roundabout do not need to stop unless to prevent an accident.

For the people who are looking to enter a roundabout, they must yield and wait until it is clear to enter.

“I

n the morning it saves me time when I come for class.”

— Carlie Hughes, Animal science major “People tend to be uncomfortable when using a roundabout and don’t really know who has the right of way,” Armstrong said. “But they are designed if used right, to keep the flow of traffic moving, unlike a four-way stop.”

B u s i n e s s e n t re p re n e u r m a j o r Lauren Hebert said she uses the roundabouts on campus about two to five times a week. Hebert feels that for the most part the roundabouts are OK and that a good amount of people seems to know how to use them, but there is always somebody who doesn’t.

“I almost took someone out with my truck once when I had just got in

Hasmik Harutyunyan’s workshop on Armenian Dance and Song Hasmik Harutyunyan’s workshop on Armenian dance and song offers a “full-body and voice immersion into Armenian song, dance, and life. Come prepared to sing your heart out and to dance your socks off!” The workshop, to be held from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, is sponsored by the Armenian Students Organization and Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State and is partially funded by the Associated Students, Inc. of Fresno State.

Saturday, March 5 1-5 p.m.

South Gym Room 133 Free for Fresno State students In Armenia, Hasmik is well-known for her work with the Shoghaken Folk Ensemble and for her deeply touching renditions of Armenian lullabies. Her performances are often broadcast on Armenian National Radio and presented at traditional music festivals around the world.

For more information, please contact the Armenian Studies program at Fresno State at 278-2669.

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Weekend of Movies Johnny Depp plays a lizard and Frankie Goes to Hollywood

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Four movies, ranging from an ‘80s throwback movie to a sci-fi romantic drama, mix things up in theaters this weekend.

By Maddie Shannon The Collegian Last weekend, probably the saddest weekend in the history of local movie theaters, brought a new round of Bieber Fever to Fresno and glamorized satanic cults. Fortunately, four new films are coming out today, hopefully flushing out the horror that hit the big screen last week.

Here is a rundown of this weekend’s movies.

Rango (PG) What it’s about: Rango, a lizard with identity issues, has lived his whole life as a family pet. When he gets lost in the desert on an adventure gone wrong, he finds himself in the tiny podunk town of Dirt. In his new home, he gets thrust into the role of the town sheriff — complete with hat and gun. Through all the trials and tribulations of transforming from a cowardly lizard to a town hero, he realizes that though he can blend in, he was born to stand out.

smoothly. As David and Elise Beastly (PG-13) You should see it if: You grow closer, the Adjustment like a good old-fashioned W h at i t ’ s a b o u t : Kyle Bureau goes to greater and comedy. Marketed to famiKingson, a rich and popular greater lengths to drive them lies and little kids, “Rango” high school student, is handapart. is just what a comedy should some and adored be: funny, withby all at his school out gross or racy — until a classmate jokes. casts a spell on him.

Starring: The spell he’s forced Johnny Depp, Isla our new films are coming out today, live under transfigF i s h e r, A b i g a i l hopefully flushing out the horror that hit to ures him into a disfigBreslin, Bill the big screen last week.” ured, ugly being that Nighy and Alfred his father despises.

Molina.

As Kyle is banished to a Brooklyn apartThe Adjustment ment, he falls into an Bureau (PG-13) unexpected friendship with a Yo u s h o u l d s e e i t i f : girl named Lindy. His new and You’re into intelligent dramas.

What it’s about: David only friend holds the key to Though “The Adjustment Nor ris, an up-and-coming breaking the spell, which can Bureau” qualifies as a sci-fi congressman, meets a beauonly be lifted when he finds love story, the sci-fi element tiful young ballerina named someone to love him for who doesn’t get kitschy. No spaceElise. After a date or two, he is. ships and the like in this one David thinks he may just be You should see it if: Good — the smooth acting and flawfalling for her — until he sees love stories make you cry. less storyline serve to enhance something he’s not supposed While it is geared toward high the question, “Is there really to see. An obscure group of school kids, this fresh new free will?” Philosophy majors, spies who call themselves take on the classic “Beauty have a ball. the Adjustment Bureau don’t and the Beast” story brings Star ring: Emily Blunt, like David’s relationship with new life to an old tale. Even Matt Damon, Anthony Elise. This new little love moviegoers who aren’t fans of Mackie, John Slattery and affair that they did not anticiVanessa Hudgens will appreShohreh Aghdashloo. pate threatens their plan to ciate her role in a tale that is make sure the world functions truly as old as time.

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S t a r r i n g : Va n e s s a Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer, Peter Krause, Mary-Kate Olson and Neil Patrick Harris.

Take Me Home Tonight (R) W hat it’s about: Matt Franklin, a recent MIT graduate, stuns family and friends alike by moving home to Sherman Oaks and taking a job at the town video store.

Rebelling against his pending adulthood g rinds to a screeching halt when his old childhood buddies and an unrequited high school crush talk him into going to a party.

Dance-offs, grand theft auto and other shenanigans occur, deciding the course of not just Matt’s life but the lives of his friends.

You should see it if: You like a good eighties flashback movie. If you think Frankie goes to Hollywood and Vuarnet’s sunglasses were the epitome of cool, this movie is for you.

Starring: Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Dan Fogler, Teresa Palmer and Chris Pratt.

Actor Mickey Rooney tells Congress about abuse

By Stacey A. Anderson Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Actor Mickey Rooney told Congress on Wednesday that he was left powerless by a family member who took and misused his money.

“I felt trapped, scared, used and frustrated,” Rooney told a special Senate committee considering legislation to curb

abuses of senior citizens. “But above all, when a man feels helpless, it’s terrible.”

The 90-year-old film and television star told lawmakers that elder abuse comes in various forms, including physical and emotional. In his case, he described the abuse as financial.

In his testimony, Rooney did not identify the family member he contends abused him.

But he has obtained a restraining order from a judge in Los Angeles keeping his stepson, Chris Aber, away from him until an April 5 court hearing.

Rooney has accused Aber in court filings of withholding food and medicine and meddling in his personal finances.

Attempts by The Associated Press to find a working phone number for Aber have been unsuccessful.

Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., who chairs the Special Senate Committee on Aging, said the elderly are particularly vulnerable because they are “often fragile” and their abusers usal ly stand little chance of getting caught.

Ro o n e y b e g a n h i s f i l m career in the 1920s and has appeared in scores of feature films and TV shows, includ-

ing the musicals “Babes in Arms” (1939) and “Strike Up the Band” (1940) and the Andy Hardy film series. He was nominated for an Academy Award four times, including a supporting actor nomination for his role in “The Black Stallion” (1979).

He received an honorary Oscar in 1982.

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The daily crossword ACROSS 1 Male seal’s bevy 6 Partners of “ands” and “buts” 9 Dry gullies of Africa 14 Rock concert venue 15 Anointing substance 16 Fall off, as popularity 17 Make good use of class time 18 Bridal bio word 19 Asian palm 20 Keep time to the music, in a way 23 Famous computer of sci-fi 24 “___ the land of the free ...”

25 Sends into motion 27 Tenet 32 Cabbage, dough or bread 33 Brouhaha 34 Make a bust?

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SENIOR: Golubovic to start 66th career game Saturday CONTINUED from page 8 when the civil war broke out it was a little bit tougher on the economy so people kind of struggled. Otherwise, besides that culturally and socially it was pretty similar to here.”

After moving to Serbia, Golubovic started high school and g raduated after four years. He then decided to take a year off from school to pursue a professional career. He eventually changed his mind and decided to continue his education in the United States.

At 19 years old, Golubovic moved to the United States and decided to attend Findlay College Prep, one of the top pre paratory high schools i n t h e c o u n t r y. F i n d l ay

guys that came after me that I met. One of the guys goes to Berkeley (Jorge Gutierrez) and a few other guys go to Te x a s ( C o r y Jo s e p h a n d Tristan Thompson) so it’s a widely recognized program right now. They won a national championship a couple years back and they were runnerup last year. I think they’re ranked No. 1 right now too.”

After his one season at F i n d l ay C o l l e g e P re p, Golubovic star ted getting offers from various universities. Eventually, he decided on going to Fresno State because of the influence of one of the coaches.

“I liked the coaching staff here,” Golubovic said. “I know

“I

think this year we still have a chance to do better academically. I’m satisfied with where I’m at.”

— Nedeljko Golubovic, senior

College Prep is a Henderson Inter national School that is located in Las Vegas. He played only one year in Las Ve gas, but the experience proved to be enough.

“I played the year they finished No. 6 in the nation,” Golubovic said. “I played with the guy that goes to Florida S t at e D e iv i d a s D u l k y s. I played with a couple of guys that go to UNLV right now, Brice Massamba and Carlos Lopez. There are a few other

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coach [Jeff] Reinert. He came to Europe a couple of times and watched a couple tournaments that I played in. So I met him over there. When I came here and saw the environment and support from the community that Fresno State has. That’s what sold me in the end.”

Golubovic has averaged a little more than five points and three rebounds per game for his career, but his impact has

Golubovic will be playing his final home game in this Saturday’s regular-season finale against WAC foe Hawaii.

been felt with being named CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII for two consecutive years.

Now, the program has no sanctions and an improved API score, this goes along with Golubovic finishing his career at Fresno State.

After coming from Serbia and being the lone senior on

SPORTS: NFL just the beginning CONTINUED from page 8 nearly twice as much money into three players as the entire remaining roster combined, have tampered with several different starting lineups. The New York Knicks, meanwhile, practically gutted their roster in exchange for Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey

Billups. Of the 30 NBA teams now, eight are worth watching.

You may like it. Lebron James admits he likes it. I don’t.

I would much rather go back to the days when the Detroit Pistons suddenly contended for a Finals title with a roster of misfits.

I would also rather watch just 16 NFL regular-season

games next year and some of these NCAA athletes in orange jumpsuits rather than collegiate uniforms.

Never thought I would say this, but the MLB is, well, the MLB, and is safe for now.

the basketball team this season, Golubovic gave some thoughts on the last four years.

“I think overall it was successful,” Golubovic said. “On the basketball court, the last three years maybe I didn’t play as well as I wanted to. We had a chance but we didn’t do it. I think this year we still have

a chance to do better and academically I’m satisfied with where I’m at. I’m grateful for the opportunity here.”

Bulldog stars return to SMC On both the men’s and women’s basketball teams’ senior night, a handful of for mer Fresno State football greats will be on hand in the Save Mart Center.

Sixteen football alumni, including Chargers running back Ryan Mathews, Vikings w i d e re c e ive r B e r n a rd Berrian and San Francisco 49ers quarterback David Carr.

Track and field to compete in Cal Quad.

The Fresno State track and field team heads to Cal for its first outdoor meet of the 2011 season.

Cal, Stanford, UC Davis and Cal Poly will also be competing against the Bulldogs.

The meet will take place at historic Edwards Stadium on Cal’s campus in Berkeley, Calif.

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NFL: Negotiations to go on for at least one more day CONTINUED from page 8 their fans, who are the ones who obviously allow for all the money that they’re making.

So my expectation and hope is that they will resolve it without me intervening, because it turns out I’ve got a lot of other stuff to do.”

With the clock ticking down, Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL’s negotiating team arrived at a federal mediator’s headquarters about 45 minutes ahead of the NFLPA’s Smith and his group. “ We ’ r e wo rk i n g h a r d , ” Goodell said.

Also on hand for the NFL were Pash, outside counsel Bob Batter man, New York Giants owner John Mara, Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy, Washington Redskins general manager Bruce Allen and several other league executives. Mara and Murphy are members of the league’s labor committee,

which has the authority to call for a lockout if a new agreement isn’t reached.

“We’ll stay at it as long as it takes,” Pash said.

They’ll be staying at least into Friday, though a deal isn’t done. Washington Redskins

Since the 1987 players’ strike that shortened the season to 15 games — with three of those games featuring nonunion replacement players — there has been labor peace in the NFL. The foundation of the current CBA was reached in

The contract extension reached in 2006 was the final major act for Tagliabue, who then retired, succeeded by Goodell. An opt-out clause for each side was included in that deal, and the owners exercised it in May 2008 — three months

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o my expectation and hope is that they will resolve it without me intervening, because it turns out I’ve got a lot of other stuff to do. ” — President Barack Obama, On the ongoing NFL collective bargaining negotiations

player rep Vonnie Holliday told the AP that the two sides are “still apart” on a pact to replace the current CBA. “I don’t see how we can be that close right now unless somebody is going to pull a rabbit out of the hat; I just don’t see it,” he said.

1993 by then-Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and union chief Gene Upshaw. It has been extended five times as revenues soared, the league expanded to 32 profitable teams, and new stadiums were built across America to house them.

before Upshaw died.

Smith replaced Upshaw in March 2009.

Joining Smith at the mediation session Thursday were union president Kevin Mawae, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Saturday, Batch and several others, including current and former

players.

The biggest sticking point all along has been how to divide the league’s revenues, including what cut team owners should get up front to help cover certain costs, such as stadium construction. Under the old deal, owners received about $1 billion off the top.

They entered these negotiations seeking to add another $1 billion to that.

Among the other significant topics: a rookie wage scale; the owners’ push to expand the regular season from 16 games to 18 while reducing the preseason by two games; and benefits for retired players. ___ AP Pro Football Writer B a r r y Wi l n e r, A P S p o r t s Writer Jose ph White and AP Writer Ken Thomas in Washington contributed to this report.

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he 2011 season is just about as mysterious as the one that will proceed it, if there is one at all.

It’s been a steady stream of dark days in just about every major American sport, and the coming seasons are riddled with just about as many question marks as the one we’re already stuck in.

It’s the offseason for the NFL but who knows if there will be a next season? And if there is, at what cost? How much with the nearly $9 billion per year revenue will be divvied up between the NFL and the players union, and if they do come to an agreement, how many Ben Ingersoll games will they try to cram into the season?

18 games? Super Bowl XLV MVP Aaron Rodgers suffered two concussions in a two-month span, so let’s see if we can tack on a couple more games and make “America’s player” retire early.

So if there is no NFL season, at least we can hang our hats on college football, right? Sure, the Football Bowl Subdivision will have a season next year, but let’s see how many convicted criminals the best teams can stick on the field at once, shall we?

The Pitt Panthers, who traditionally are among the Big East Conference’s best, had 22 players who have been arrested — 22! Before former Panthers coach Dave Wannstedt was run out of town, he apparently had no repercussions of fielding his very own Gridiron Gang.

It didn’t stop there. Sports Illustrated teamed up with CBS News to reveal the results of their six-month long investigation. Among Sports Illustrated’s 2010 preseason Top-25, just one team, TCU, had zero players criminally charged.

Even perennial feel-good story Boise State had 16 players charged.

In the NBA, it’s hard to even pledge allegiance to any one particular team anymore. If you’ve bought a jersey of one of your favorite players, chances are you already subjected it to the back of the closet. If you haven’t bought a jersey, don’t. Four of last season’s top10 scoring leaders are in different cities, different uniforms.

The Miami Heat, who have sunk

THIS WEEKEND

The No. 23 Fresno State softball team heads to San Diego for the Campbell/Cartier Classic on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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Ned’s last run

By Jerry Huerta The Collegian After starting his career as the lone freshman starter on the Fresno State basketball team, Nedeljko Golubovic, or more commonly referred to as “Ned”, began this season as the only senior on the opening-day roster.

During his freshman season at Fresno State, there were seven seniors on the team and two juniors. This year’s roster contains one senior and four juniors which is a big difference from when Golubovic was an underclassman.

“When I came here almost nine guys were seniors and now when I’m leaving; I’m the only one, so it’s quite different,” Golubovic, who has earned academic All-Western Athletic Conference honors for the past three seasons, said. “We have a great team and a lot of young guys that want to play. They’re fun to be around so it’s great.”

Since the forward is the only senior on the team he has tried to increase his leadership role.

“I’ve been a captain for three years now since my sophomore year, but this year even more because we’ve had so many young guys,” Golubovic said. “I felt that I had to let them by example more than anything. Especially, on the court, how to work and how to come ready for practice so I did try to step in and do more in that sense that I usually do.”

Golubovic has come a long way from where he was at a young age, literally.

He was born in Montenegro in the late ‘80s and moved to Serbia when he was 14.

Golubovic gave some thoughts on his childhood “It wasn’t much different than here,” Golubovic said. “At one period of time See SENIOR, Page 7

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NFL, union agree to 24-hour deadline extension

By Howard Fendrich Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s favorite sport is still in business — for another day.

The NFL and the players’ union agreed Thursday to a 24-hour extension of the current collective bargaining agreement so that negotiations can continue.

Indianapolis Colts center Jef f Saturday, a member of the NFL Players Association’s executive committee, told The Associated Press about the

extension after the sides met for about eight hours before a federal mediator.

The CBA was set to expire at midnight, which would likely have prompted the first work stoppage since 1987 for a league that rakes in $9 billion a year.

“We just know right now that we granted a 24-hour extension,” Saturday said as he and Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch left the session.

Union executive director DeMaurice Smith emerged from the talks soon after.

“For all our fans who dig our game, we appreciate your patience as we

work through this,” he said. “We are going to keep working. We want to play football.”

Failing to make a deal could put the two sides on the road to a year without football, even though opening kickoff of the 2011 season is still six months away. The labor unrest comes as the NFL is at the height of its popularity, breaking records for TV ratings: This year’s Super Bowl was the mostwatched program in U.S. history.

Without a new CBA, the owners could lock out the players, and the union could decertify to try and prevent that

through the courts — something the NFLPA did in 1989. It formed again in 1993.

While the league and players’ union met for a 10th day with mediator George Cohen, even President Barack Obama weighed in when asked if he would intervene in the dispute.

“I’m a big football fan,” Obama said, “but I also think that for an industry that’s making $9 billion a year in revenue, they can figure out how to divide it up in a sensible way and be true to See NFL, Page 7